Wife of Kee-o-kúk
1835
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 73.7 × 60.9 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-134215
“This woman was the favourite one, (I think) of seven whom he had living, (apparently quite comfortably and peaceably,) in his wigwam, where General Street and I visited him in his village on the Des Moines river. And, although she was the oldest of the ‘lot,’ she seemed to be the favourite one on this occasion---the only one that could be painted; on account, I believe, of her being the mother o…
Provenance
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Joseph Harrison, Jr.
Registry history
- 1835 — Recorded in the collection of Smithsonian American Art Museum
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