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Image Not Available for English Pheasants Surprised by a Spanish Dog or Sauve Oui Peut, n. d.
English Pheasants Surprised by a Spanish Dog or Sauve Oui Peut, n. d.
Image Not Available for English Pheasants Surprised by a Spanish Dog or Sauve Oui Peut, n. d.

English Pheasants Surprised by a Spanish Dog or Sauve Oui Peut, n. d.

Victor Gifford Audubon (American, 1809–1860)
John Woodhouse Audubon (American, 1812–1862)
1830–62
Medium/TechniqueTranslucent and opaque watercolor on paper mounted on canvas
DimensionsOverall: 44.5 x 66cm (17 1/2 x 26in.)
Framed: 70.2 x 91.8 cm (27 5/8 x 36 1/8 in.)
Credit LineJessie and Sigmund Katz Collection
Accession number1988.505
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsWatercolors
InscriptionsUnsigned. Same composition as oil painting in American Museum of Natural History, now attributed possibly to Victor and John W. Audubon. Affixed to reverse of frame: Kennedy Gallery authentication; review of Whitney exhbition, 1942, N. Y. Herald Tribune, Feb. 1, 1942; review of Kennedy Gallery show, Nov. 4-26, 1954, Antiques, Nov. 1954, p. 410.ProvenanceEstate of Mrs. Sigmund J. Katz; bequest to MFA, November 1988.
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