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John J. Audubon: Works from the Shufeldt Family Trust
John James Audubon
Coot
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May 19, 03:38 PM GMT
Estimate
70,000 - 100,000 USD
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John J. Audubon: Works from the Shufeldt Family Trust
John James Audubon
1785 - 1851
Coot
inscribed La foulque ou La Morelle—Buffon Riviere Loire Joselle—English the Coot. (lower center) and No.77. (lower left)
watercolor and colored pencil on paper
18 ¼ by 12 ½ inches
(46.4 by 31.8 cm)
Executed circa 1802.
Mrs. E. C. Walker, Woodstock, Louisiana
Robert W. Shufeldt, 1885 (gift from the above)
Percy W. Shufeldt, 1934 (by descent)
Robert W. Shufeldt IV (by descent)
Helen M. Shufeldt, 2009 (by descent)
By descent to the present owner, 2018
Robert W. Shufeldt, 1885 (gift from the above)
Percy W. Shufeldt, 1934 (by descent)
Robert W. Shufeldt IV (by descent)
Helen M. Shufeldt, 2009 (by descent)
By descent to the present owner, 2018
Robert Wilson Shufeldt, “On an Old Portrait of Audubon, Painted by Himself, and a Word About Some Of His Early Drawings,” The Auk: A Quarterly Journal of Ornithology, vol. III, no. 4, October 1886, pp. 416-20
“Audubon Sketches,” Audubon, vol. 1, no. 12, January 1888, n.p.
Robert Wilson Shufeldt, “The Peccary: With Introductory Notes on the Order Ungulata,” Forest and Stream, no. 1, January 26, 1888, pp. 4-6
“Audubon Sketches,” Audubon, vol. 1, no. 12, January 1888, n.p.
Robert Wilson Shufeldt, “The Peccary: With Introductory Notes on the Order Ungulata,” Forest and Stream, no. 1, January 26, 1888, pp. 4-6