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George Catlin
1796-1872
Deer Hunting by Moonlight (No. 553)

oil on canvas
19 x 26 1/2 inches ( 48.3 x 67.3 cm )
Provenance:
Acquired by the present owner, 1998 Private Collection, Southern California Gordon H. Fraser, Minneapolis, by 1980 Kennedy Galleries, Inc., New York, by 1978 M. Knoedler & Co., Inc., New York, by 1977 Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc., New York Lee Pritzer, Canada Sir Edmond Osler, Toronto, who presented this amongst a group of Catlin paintings to the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Canada, c. 1950-52 Mr. H. Williams, 307 Fifth Avenue, New York, 1907 Richard Smithill, Rockbeare, Hants, England The King of the Belgians, c. 1859 The Artist, 1846-48
Exhibition:
London, 1859 (Truettner Reference) Kennedy Galleries, Inc., c. 1978, exhibition number 121085.3 (titled in the exhibition: Hunting Deer, Night Scene) Museum Exhibition, Whitney Gallery, Buffalo Bill Historical Center, Cody, Wyoming, Jan. 1, 1980 to Jan. 1, 1981 (titled in the exhibition: Deer Stalkers)
Literature:
Kennedy Galleries, Inc., New York, Kennedy Quarterly #16, June 1978, illustrated in black and white, page 95 William H. Truettner, The Natural Man Observed: A Study of Catlin's Indian Gallery, Washington, D.C., Smithsonian Institute Press, 1979, reference page 301 and page 316. Illustrated in black and white, page 301. Listed as #553.