Glorious America: The Wolf Family Collection

Glorious America: The Wolf Family Collection

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Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait

Ruffed Grouse

Auction Closed

April 20, 09:25 PM GMT

Estimate

6,000 - 8,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait

1819 - 1905

Ruffed Grouse



signed A.F Tait and dated NY 1863 (lower right); signed A.F. Tait., titled Ruffed Grouse, dated 1863, numbered 268 and inscribed Morrisania / Westchester C* / N.* / U.* (on the reverse)

oil on panel

11⅛ x 16⅛ in. (28.3 x 41 cm.)

Executed in 1863.

The artist
Mr. Ludhins, New York (acquired directly from the artist)
M.R. Schweitzer Gallery, New York
Private Collection
Sotheby Parke-Bernet New York, March 14, 1968, lot 95A
Dr. John J. McDonough, Youngstown, Ohio
Sotheby Parke-Bernet New York, March 22, 1978, lot 2 (consigned by the above)
Wolf Family Collection No. 0205 (acquired from the above)
New Orleans, New Orleans Museum of Art, A Panorama of American Paintings: The John J. McDonough Collection, 1975, no. 57, p. 79, illustrated