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Alfred Jacob Miller (1810-1874), Indian Shooting a Cougar
Estimate:
$800,000 - $1,200,000
Sold
$500,000
Live Auction
2014 Jackson Hole Art Auction
ARTIST
Alfred Jacob Miller
Description
Title: Indian Shooting a Cougar
Medium: oil on canvas
Dimensions: 24 x 19 7/8
Frame dimensions: 36 3/8 x 32 1/4 x 5 1/4
Medium: oil on canvas
Dimensions: 24 x 19 7/8
Frame dimensions: 36 3/8 x 32 1/4 x 5 1/4
Condition
Overall this painting is in excellent condition. Under UV inpainting is evident around the edges, as well as scattered throughout the rest of the canvas. Craquelure is evident on the surface. The gilt frame is very stable and in excellent condition. The painting is unsigned
Signature
unsigned
Provenance
John Nicholas Carroll and Mary Thomas Carroll (probably commissioned from the artist), Baltimore, Maryland; Douglas Gordon Carroll (their son) and Amelie Hack Carroll, Brooklandville, Maryland; Douglas Gordon Carroll, Jr. (their son) and Marguerite Dewey Carroll, Brooklandville, Maryland; By descent in the family to Private Collection, Brooklandville, Maryland, ca. 1984
Literature
Ron Tyler, ed., Alfred Jacob Miller: Artist on the Oregon Trail, with a Catalogue Raisonné by Karen Dewees Reynolds and William R. Johnston, Fort Worth, Texas: The Amon Carter Museum, 1981, no. 51, p. 247; cat. no. 146C. Debbie White and Ashley Waechter, eds., with an essay by Ron Tyler, Alfred Jacob Miller: Artist as Explorer, Santa Fe: Gerald Peters Gallery, 1999, pl. 29, p. 108 (illustration of oil on paper 11 X 10 inches). Alfred Jacob Miller: Oregon Trail Suite, Gerald Peters Gallery, 2009, unpaginated, (illustration of watercolor 9 X 8 1/16 inches).
Exhibited
Baltimore, Maryland, The Walters Art Gallery, Alfred Jacob Miller Artist on the Oregon Trail , October 16, 1981-January 10, 1982. Traveled to: The Amon Carter Museum, Ft. Worth, Texas, January 29-March 14, 1982; Buffalo Bill Historical Society, Cody, Wyoming, May 1- September 30, 1982. Baltimore, Maryland, Government House (courtesy of the Maryland Historical Society) 1984-88. Baltimore, Maryland, The Walters Art Museum, 2005-2013 (courtesy of Present owner).
