Live Auction 2078019th Century American Art
SANFORD ROBINSON GIFFORD (1823-1880)
Lot 8

SANFORD ROBINSON GIFFORD (1823-1880)

Indians at Sunset (Sunset in the Wilderness)

Closed19 January 2022

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SANFORD ROBINSON GIFFORD (1823-1880)
Indians at Sunset (Sunset in the Wilderness)
oil on canvas
8 3⁄4 x 15 in. (22.2 x 38.1 cm.)
Painted circa 1859.

Private collection, Brooklyn, New York, by 1939.
Private collection, North Carolina, niece of the above, by descent, 1969.
Sotheby's, New York, 22 May 2013, lot 12, sold by the above.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.

Specialist note

The present work may be a study for the artist's exhibition piece Sunset in the Wilderness (location unknown), exhibited at the National Academy of Design in 1859. Elements of Indians at Sunset characterize Gifford's work of this period, such as the sun centered within the composition, the repoussoir of trees framing the scene and the native figures.