Chieftan's Last Gaze

Details

JESSE TALBOT (1806-1879)
Chieftan's Last Gaze
signed with conjoined initials and dated 'JT-59.' (lower right)
oil on canvas
20 in. (50.8 cm.) diameter
Painted in 1859.

Provenance

Jay Altmayer, Mobile, Alabama.
Charleston Renaissance Gallery, Charleston, South Carolina.
Private collection, Winter Park, Florida.
Sotheby's, New York, 19 May 2010, lot 65.
Acquired by the late owner from the above.

Exhibited

(Possibly) New York, National Academy of Design, 1859, no. 324.

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Lot Essay

Associated with the Hudson River School, Jessie Talbot's interest in depicting the spirituality within nature can be seen in works such as Chieftan's Last Gaze, which evokes a sense of symbiosis between the figure and the sublime landscape.

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