Medicine Bag
- Date
- c.1858–62
- Material
- Oil on board
- made in
- United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Paintings
- Collection
- American Art
- Current Location
- On View, Gallery 321
- Dimensions
- 12 5/16 x 9 in. (31.3 x 22.9 cm)
framed: 16 1/8 x 12 5/8 x 1 1/8 in. (41 x 32.1 x 2.9 cm) - Credit Line
- Museum Purchase
- Rights
- Public Domain
- Object Number
- 49:1947
NOTES
Wimar painted this wolverine pelt medicine bag during his 1858 trip on the upper Missouri River. The study served as the source for a bag depicted on a Plains Indian in a painting Wimar made of a buffalo hunt.
Provenance
by 1908 - 1947
Claire (Mrs. Wimar A.) Becker (1870-1952), St. Louis, MO [1]
1947 –
Saint Louis Art Museum, purchased from Claire Becker [2]
Notes:
[1] Mrs. Claire Becker, widow of Wimar Becker is listed as owner of “a number of original Wimar sketches in oil and crayon” [William Romaine Hodges.“Carl Wimar A Biography.” Galveston, TX: Charles Reymershoffer, 1908, p. 85]. Wimar A. Becker was the son of August H. Becker (1836-1903), half-brother of the artist.
[2] Invoice, March 21, 1947 [SLAM document files]. Minutes of the Administrative Board of Control of the City Art Museum, February 6, 1947.
Claire (Mrs. Wimar A.) Becker (1870-1952), St. Louis, MO [1]
1947 –
Saint Louis Art Museum, purchased from Claire Becker [2]
Notes:
[1] Mrs. Claire Becker, widow of Wimar Becker is listed as owner of “a number of original Wimar sketches in oil and crayon” [William Romaine Hodges.“Carl Wimar A Biography.” Galveston, TX: Charles Reymershoffer, 1908, p. 85]. Wimar A. Becker was the son of August H. Becker (1836-1903), half-brother of the artist.
[2] Invoice, March 21, 1947 [SLAM document files]. Minutes of the Administrative Board of Control of the City Art Museum, February 6, 1947.
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