$889
American School, Early 20th Century Portrait of a Fancy-feathered Rooster. Unsigned, the work attributed to Dr. Charles B. Davenport, Cold Springs Harbor, New York, painted about 1910. Gouache and chalk on paperboard, 20 1/2 x 16 1/4 in., in a later frame. Condition: Light moisture stains to background, minor paint loss. Note: According to inscriptions on verso, the subject was a live bird raised at Cold Springs Harbor, New York, and was illustrated in an article: Sex-limited Inheritance in Poultry," reprinted in The Journal of Experimental Zoology, Vol. 13, No. 1, July 1912.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2012-03-04