Lot 165
  • 165

Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait 1819-1905

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 USD
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Description

  • Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait
  • Buck in the Forest
  • signed A.F. Tait and dated 1874, l.r.; also inscribed At Home, No. 28, Painted by A.F. Tait and Sketch From Nature, October 1874, Long Lake, Hamilton Co., NY, Adirondacks on the reverse
  • oil on canvas
  • 14 by 22 in.
  • (35.6 by 55.9 cm)

Provenance

Private Collection, circa 1965
By descent in the family to the present owner, 1990

Literature

Warder H. Cadbury and Henry F. Marsh, Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait: Artist in the Adirondacks, Newark, New Jersey, 1986, no. 74.19, p. 230

Condition

Very good condition, unlined; under UV: fine.
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