Lot 172
  • 172

Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait
  • The Farmyard
  • signed A F Tait and dated NY 70 (lower right); signed A F Tait, dated 1870 and numbered No 395 (on the reverse)
  • oil on panel
  • 9 1/4 by 11 1/4 inches
  • (23.5 by 28.6 cm)

Provenance

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. 70.37, p. 214

Condition

SURFACE: In generally good condition; consistent craquelure throughout; losses to the upper edge; frame abrasions to left edge. UNDER UV: Crackle fill to the lower left and lower right quadrants; appears to have older cleaning.
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