Overdue: An American paddle tug towing in a storm-damaged steamer

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James Gale Tyler (Oswego, New York 1855-1931 Pelham Manor, New York)
Overdue: An American paddle tug towing in a storm-damaged steamer
signed 'JAMES G. TYLER' (lower left)
oil on canvas
40 x 60 in. (101.7 x 152.5 cm.)
Sold with a letter from the artistr to Mr. Moses Tanenbaum (11^thJuly 1895) and with a facsimile copy of a letter from J.M. Jones to Mr. Moses Tanenbaum (14^th November 1890)

Provenance

Purchased by Mr. Moses Tanenbaum (1890), from the artist's agent, J.M. Jones of New York and thence by descent.

Literature

The New York Times, 28^th April 1893.

Exhibited

New York, Holbein Company Gallery, April 1893.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

In a letter from James Gale Tyler to Mr Tanenbaum (11^th July 1895) the artist ranks the picture 'in the front line' of his art work, calling it 'such a picture as an artist realy [sic.] wishes to be remembered by'.

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