Study for “The Wounded Buffalo”: hill sage, buffalo head and hoof, bull berry, stone axe and cactus …

Artist: Charles Ferdinand Wimar, American (born Germany), 1828–1862
Date: c.1858–62
Material: Oil on canvas
made in: United States, North and Central America
Classification: Paintings
Collection: American Art
Current Location: Not on view
Dimensions: 8 1/16 x 12 in. (20.5 x 30.5 cm)
framed: 12 1/4 x 16 1/4 x 1 5/8 in. (31.1 x 41.3 x 4.1 cm)
Credit Line: Museum Purchase
Rights: Public Domain
Object Number: 53:1947

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.

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