Lot Essay
This painting was signed and dated again, inscribed with title and Prairie Shooting and Pinnated Grouse and numbered 85 on the reverse before lining.
Property from THE COLLECTION OF MRS. GEORGE ARDEN
ARTHUR FITZWILLIAM TAIT (1819-1905)
Details
ARTHUR FITZWILLIAM TAIT (1819-1905)
The Challenge
signed A.F. Tait and dated N.Y. 1877, l.r.--oil on canvas
20¼ x 30½in. (51.4 x 77.5cm.)
The Challenge
signed A.F. Tait and dated N.Y. 1877, l.r.--oil on canvas
20¼ x 30½in. (51.4 x 77.5cm.)
Provenance
Kennedy Galleries, Inc., New York
Literature
W.H. Cadbury and H.F. Marsh, Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait: Artist in the Adirondacks, Newark, 1986, p. 240, no. 77.12, illus.