Lot 91
  • 91

Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait

Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 USD
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Description

  • Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait
  • Steady, Woodcock Shooting
  • signed A.F. Tait. N.A. and dated N.Y/86 (lower right); signed A.F. Tait, titled "Steady" "Woodcock Shooting" and dated 1886 NY (on the reverse)
  • oil on canvas
  • 16 by 24 inches
  • (40.6 by 61 cm)

Provenance

Private Collection, New England
Godel & Co., New York
Acquired from above by the present owner

Exhibited

New York, National Academy of Design, 61st Annual Exhibition, 1886, no. 718

Literature

W.H. Cadbury and H.F. Marsh, Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait:  Artist in the Adirondacks, Newark, 1986, no. 86.5, p. 277

Condition

Canvas is not lined. SURFACE: in good condition
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