ARTHUR FITZWILLIAM TAIT* (1819-1905)

Details

ARTHUR FITZWILLIAM TAIT* (1819-1905)

Let Him Go

signed A.F. Tait, l.c.--oil on canvas
34¼ x 44¼in. (87 x 112.3cm.)

Provenance

American Art Union, New York
Sale: New York, American Art Union Sale, 1852, no. 240
Harry T. Peters, Middleburg, Virginia

Literature

M. B. Cowdrey, "Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait, Master of the American Sporting Scene", American Collector, New York, January, 1945, Vol. XIII, no. 12, p. 17-18
W. H. Cadbury and H. R. Marsh, Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait: Artist in the Adirondacks, Cranbury, New Jersey, 1986, p. 116, no. 51.6, illus.

Exhibited

Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, The Brandywine River Museum, In Pursuit of Sport, Sept.-Nov., 1987

Lot Essay

This painting was executed early in 1851 and was purchased by the American Art Union with another painting of a deer's head for the sum of $200. This was an extraordinary honor for a young upstart artist and indicated the critical and commercial success that Tait would receive in the years to follow.