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Alfred Jacob Miller 1810 - 1874
Estimate
100,000 - 150,000 USD
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Description
- Alfred Jacob Miller
- Two Indians Killing a Buffalo
- signed with the artist's monogrammed signature AJMiller (lower right)
- watercolor, gouache and pencil on paper
- 9 1/4 by 15 3/4 inches
- (23.5 by 40 cm)
Provenance
Eugenia Miller Whyte (the artist's niece) or Louisa Whyte Norton (the artist's grandniece)
The Old Print Shop, New York, 1947
The Boatman's National Bank, St. Louis, Missouri (now Bank of America), 1947 (acquired from the above)
The Old Print Shop, New York, 1947
The Boatman's National Bank, St. Louis, Missouri (now Bank of America), 1947 (acquired from the above)
Exhibited
St. Louis, Missouri, The Boatman's National Bank, May 1964, no. 31 (as Buffalo Kill)
Kansas City, Missouri, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art; Houston, Texas, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Alfred Jacob Miller: Romancing the West in the Bank of America Collection, September 2010-September 2011, no. 14, p. 102, illustrated in color p. 103
Kansas City, Missouri, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art; Houston, Texas, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Alfred Jacob Miller: Romancing the West in the Bank of America Collection, September 2010-September 2011, no. 14, p. 102, illustrated in color p. 103
Literature
Mary Bartlett Cowdrey and Helen Comstock, "Alfred Jacob Miller and the Farthest West," Panorama, vol. 3, no. 1, August-September 1947, p. 1
Ron Tyler ed., Alfred Jacob Miller: Artist on the Oregon Trail, Fort Worth, Texas, no. 367A, p. 317
Ron Tyler ed., Alfred Jacob Miller: Artist on the Oregon Trail, Fort Worth, Texas, no. 367A, p. 317
Condition
This work is in good condition. There is some rippling along the left and right edges of the paper. Under UV: inpainting along the bottom edge and in the upper right quadrant. For a more detailed condition report prepared by Julius Lowy Frame and Restoring Company, Inc., please contact the American Art department.
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In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.