LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

29.76 in. (75.60 cm.) (height) by 43.50 in. (110.50 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed and dated 'A.F. Tait/NY. 1853.' (lower right)

Exhibited:

New York, National Academy of Design, 29th Annual Exhibition, 1854. Boston, Massachusetts, Museum of Fine Arts, Sport in American Art, October 10-December 10, 1944, no. 86. New York, Time and Life Building, and elsewhere, Sport in Art: From American Collections Assembled for an Olympic Year, October 31-November 4, 1955, no. 94.

Literature:

Artist's record book, no. 37. Museum of Fine Arts, Sport in American Art, exhibition catalogue, Boston, Massachusetts, 1944, pp. 19, 38, no. 86, pl. XII, illustrated (as Duck Shooting). Sports Illustrated, Sport in Art: From American Collections Assembled for an Olympic Year, exhibition catalogue, New York, 1955, n.p., no. 94 (as Duck Shooting). (Probably) W.H. Cadbury, H.F. Marsh, Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait: Artist in the Adirondacks, Newark, New Jersey, 1986, p. 117, no. 51.12, illustrated.

Provenance:

(Probably) James Clark, Brooklyn, New York. (Probably) Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York. Carroll S. Tyson, Jr., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. By descent to the present owners.