A Trapper
ca. 1910-15
Oil on canvas
34 1/4 x 25 in. (87 x 63.5 cm)
Framed: 41 1/2 x 32 1/2 x 3 in. (105.4 x 82.6 x 7.6 cm)
Gift of the Estate of Bruce Leven
2018.5.6
Provenance: According to a hand-written label on backing board, the painting was in the family of one James Hardan; consigned by an unidentified source to [Knoedler Galleries, New York, stock no. S3320, Oct. 30, 1957 - Jan. 1967]; installed in home of E. Coe Kerr, Jr., President of Knoedler Gallery, Carlton House, New York, 1967 - Nov. 20, 1968; officially removed from inventory and released to E. Coe Kerr, Jan. 1969, probably upon the establishment of Coe Kerr Gallery, New York; to Mrs. E. Coe Kerr, Jr., New York, probably by bequest upon her husband’s death in 1973, at least 1980; {Mrs. George Arden}; sold [Christies, New York, American Paintings from the Collection of Mrs. George Arden, Part I, May 22, 1991, sale no. 7304, lot no. 197]; sold to [American Illustrators Gallery, New York], 1991; [A. J. Kollar Fine Paintings, Seattle, Washington]; sold to Bruce Leven, Seattle, Washington; Estate of Bruce Leven, 2017-2018; bequeathed to Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, 2018
Photo: Elizabeth Mann