Lot 2
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Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait 1819 - 1905

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
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Description

  • Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait
  • Young Ruffed Grouse
  • signed A.F. Tait and dated NY '56, l.r.; also inscribed American Ruffed Grouse (Young) / Painted by A.F. Tait / 600 Broadway, N.Y. / August 1856 on the reverse
  • oil on panel
  • 10 by 12 1/2 in.
  • (25.4 by 31.7 cm)

Provenance

The Old Print Shop, New York
Acquired by the present owner from the above, circa 1951

Literature

Warder H. Cadbury and Henry F. Marsh, Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait: Artists in the Adirondacks, Toronto, 1986, no. 56.11, p. 134

Condition

Very good condition; under UV: basically fine.
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