John (1811) James

Lot 29: JOHN JAMES AUDUBON

Name: JOHN JAMES AUDUBON
Brand: Sotheby's
SKU: d9d97990c6

Est: $70,000 USD - $100,000 USDSold:

Sotheby'sNew York, NY, USApril 11, 2013

Item Overview

Description

1785 - 1851
MARYLAND YELLOWTHROATS
titled Maryland Yellow Throat: A.W. Sylvia Marylandia, dated April 24th Pennsa and inscribed This original drawing by John J. Audubon was presented to Mrs. Nellie J. Wilstach by Edward Harris May 31, 1855/ Moorestown N.J. all in another hand and on two pieces of paper glued together and attached to the same backing
watercolor, pencil and charcoal on paper
13 1/2 by 10 in..
38.7 by 24.8 cm.

Artist or Maker

John (1811) James

Literature

Maria R. Audubon, Audubon and His Journals, New York, 1897, vol. I, pp. 56-57, 265-266, 429, 454; v. II, pp. 72-73
Edward H. Dwight, Audubon Watercolors and Drawings, Utica, 1965, p. 15

Provenance

Edward Harris, Moorestown, New Jersey
Mrs. Nellie J. Wilstach (acquired from the above, 1855)
Sale: Sotheby's, New York, December, 1987, lot 12 (consigned by the descendants of the above)
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

Auction Details

American Paintings, Drawings & Sculpture

Sotheby's

April 11, 2013, 12:00 PM EST

1334 York Avenue, New York, NY, 10021, US

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