Master Paintings Part II

Master Paintings Part II

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Property from the Estate of Paul Kasmin

James Ward, R.A.

The Shire Horse Elephant in an Extensive Landscape

Lot Closed

January 30, 03:28 PM GMT

Estimate

20,000 - 30,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from the Estate of Paul Kasmin

James Ward, R.A.

London 1769 - 1859 Cheshunt

The Shire Horse Elephant in an Extensive Landscape


Signed in ligature JWARD RA lower right; incised with initials JW RA on the reverse and inscribed Elephant / For Henry Mieux's / favourite / JWARD RA on an old label affixed to the reverse

oil on panel

panel: 9 7/8 by 10 1/4 in.; 24.7 by 26 cm. 

framed: 14 1/2 by 18 1/4 in.; 36.8 by 46.4 cm. 

Anonymous sale, London, Christie's, 24 November 1998, lot 99;
Bernadette and William M.B. Berger, Denver (acquired from the above sale);
By whose trust sold, New York, Sotheby's, 26 January 2017, lot 235;
Where acquire by Paul Kasmin. 
O. Beckett, The Life and Work of James Ward:  A Forgotten Genius, Margate, 1995, p. 97, illus. p. 92