LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

34.25 in. (87.00 cm.) (height) by 50.98 in. (129.50 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed and dated 'A.B. Durand/1854' (lower left)

Exhibited:

(Probably) New York, National Academy of Design, 29th Annual Exhibition, March 22-April 25, 1854, no. 94.

Literature:

(Probably) H. Tuckerman, Book of the Artists: American Artist Life, Comprising Biographical and Critical Sketches of American Artists, New York, 1867, p. 196. (Probably) The New York Historical Society, National Academy of Design Exhibition Record, 1826-1860, vol. 1 (A-L), New York, 1943, p. 139. (Probably) D.B. Lawall, Asher B. Durand: A Documentary Catalogue of the Narrative and Landscape Paintings, New York, 1978, pp. 99-100, no. 181. The Magazine Antiques, vol. 134, 1988, p. 24, illustrated. F.T. Reuter, Jr., Animal & Sporting Artists in America, Middleburg, Virginia, 2006, p. 214.

Provenance:

The artist. (Probably) William P. Wright, New York, acquired from the above, 1854. (Probably) Sale: Henry H. Leeds and Miner, W.P. Wright Collection, 18 March 1867, lot 32, sold by the above (as Summer). Dr. C.W. Stewart, 1927. Babcock Galleries, New York. Acquired by the present owners from the above, 1988.