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Property from a Private Collection, Laguna Niguel, California
ARTHUR FITZWILLIAM TAIT (1819-1905)
The Surprise
Details
ARTHUR FITZWILLIAM TAIT (1819-1905)
The Surprise
signed and dated 'A.F. Tait/NY. 79' (lower right)—signed and dated again and inscribed with title (on the reverse prior to lining)
oil on canvas
12 1/2 x 16 3/4 in.
Painted in 1879.
The Surprise
signed and dated 'A.F. Tait/NY. 79' (lower right)—signed and dated again and inscribed with title (on the reverse prior to lining)
oil on canvas
12 1/2 x 16 3/4 in.
Painted in 1879.
Provenance
Sotheby's, New York, 2 October 2018, lot 57.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.
Literature
W.H. Cadbury, H.F. Marsh, Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait: Artist in the Adirondacks, Newark, Delaware, 1986, pp. 243-44, no. 79.3, illustrated.
Brought to you by
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Senior Vice President, Head of American Art