Lot 170
  • 170

Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait

Estimate
6,000 - 9,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait
  • Young Ruffed Grouse
  • signed A F Tait, dated 1857, and numbered No 45 (on the reverse)
  • oil on panel, circular
  • 7 1/2 by 7 3/4 inches
  • (19 by 19.7 cm)

Provenance

Post Road Gallery, Larchmont, New York
Robert and Judith Bahssin, Larchmont, New York
By descent from the above to the present owner

Literature

W.H. Cadbury and H.F. Marsh, Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait:  Artist in the Adirondacks, Newark, 1986, no. 57.7, p. 139

Condition

SURFACE: In good condition. UNDER UV: No signs of inpainting.
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