Live Auction 21168Stewards of the West: The Knobloch Collection
JESSE TALBOT (1806-1879)
Lot 73

JESSE TALBOT (1806-1879)

Chieftan's Last Gaze

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JESSE TALBOT (1806-1879)
Chieftan's Last Gaze
signed with conjoined initials and dated 'JT-59.' (lower right)
oil on canvas
20 in. (50.8 cm.) diameter
Painted in 1859.

Jay Altmayer, Mobile, Alabama.
Charleston Renaissance Gallery, Charleston, South Carolina.
Private collection, Winter Park, Florida.
Sotheby's, New York, 19 May 2010, lot 65.
Acquired by the late owner from the above.

Specialist note

Associated with the Hudson River School, Jessie Talbot's interest in depicting the spirituality within nature can be seen in works such as Chieftan's Last Gaze, which evokes a sense of symbiosis between the figure and the sublime landscape.