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An original letter from the artist to Ms. Rosemary Kenney will accompany the lot.

According to Frank Bird Linderman, “Morning Star – better known as Agnes Clarke. She is a descendant of one of the prominent figures of the fur-trading days who married a Blackfeet woman. A girl of grace, beauty and education, she is actively engaged in the modern business life of the reservation.”

PROVENANCE
The artist
Ms. Rosemary Kenney, St. Paul, Minnesota, 1934
Present owner, by descent

LITERATURE
Frank Bird Linderman, Blackfeet Indians, Great Northern Railway, 1935, p. 44, illustrated
Antiques Roadshow, Public Broadcasting Service, Season 27, Episode 13, 2023
Larry Len Peterson, Blackfeet John L. “Cutapuis” Clarke and the Silent Call of Glacier National Park: America’s Wood Sculptor (2nd ed.), The Clarke Gallery, 2024, pp. 180-84, illustrated

Condition ReportAs viewed through glass. Painting appears to be in good condition.

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