Chief Shakes

Date1914

Maker Belmore Browne born Staten Island, New York, 1880; died Rye, New York, 1954

Object number2018.5.10

ProvenanceEstate of the artist, {San Rafael}, California, 1954-1958; descended in the artist’s family; sold to [A.J. Kollar Fine Paintings, Seattle, Washington]; sold to Merwin Eide (“Bun”) Anderson (1930-2008), Fairbanks, Alaska, and Snohomish, Washington, {1958}-2008; with his death, sold to [A. J. Kollar Fine Paintings, Seattle, Washington]; sold to donor, 2009

Photo CreditPhoto: Elizabeth Mann

Published ReferencesBrowne, Belmore. “Canoeing with the Thlinkits,” in Robert H. Bates, Mountain Man: The Story of Belmore Browne, Hunter, Explorer, Artist, Naturalist, and Preserver of our Northern Wilderness. Clinton, N.J.: The Amwell Press, 1988. Chapter 28, pp. 389-397, reproduced p. 388 [source of text and image given simply as “unpublished”].

Credit LineGift of the Estate of Bruce Leven

Dimensions30 x 19 in. (76.2 x 48.3 cm) Framed: 37 1/4 x 26 1/4 x 2 1/2 in. (94.6 x 66.7 x 6.4 cm)

MediumOil on canvas