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Fine Art & Decorative Works, Day 2

Sat, Sep 12, 2015 09:00AM EDT - Mon, Sep 14, 2015 09:00AM EDT
Lot 223

Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait

Estimate: $12,000 - $18,000

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(New York/England, 1819-1905) Quail and Setter, 1876, signed lower left "A.F. Tait/ N.Y. 1876", inscribed originally verso "A.F. Tait/Long Lake/Hamilton Co/N.Y." (image), oil on canvas, 18 x 24 in.; gilt wood frame lined, restretched on new stretcher, cleaned, revarnished and readdressed retouch in sky by Colin Post, Asheville, North Carolina; frame with abrasions. Notes: Literature: Warder H.t Cadbury and Henry F. Marsh, [Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait: Artist in the Adirondacks], Cranbury, NJ: Associated University Presses, 1986, #76.9 in checklist, p. 236. Provenance: Commissioned from artist by John E. Sidman, April 1876; Estate of Hugh and Mary Chatham, State Road, North Carolina

Condition

lined, restretched on new stretcher, cleaned, revarnished and readdressed retouch in sky by Colin Post, Asheville, North Carolina; frame with abrasions