SAL record control number: 163022 ;

Record level: Item ;

Record type: Movable work ;

Work title: The haunt of the lions  [original title from exhibition catalog] ;

Alternate work titles:
2023 : The haunt of the lions  [original title from exhibition catalog] ;
1989 : Lion family in landscape  [from collection list] ;

Work date: 1921 [based on exhibition catalog] ;

Work creator: William “Will” Henry Drake (1856-1926) [RA 1887-1926] ;

Work medium: Oil on canvas ;
Work dimensions: 30 x 40 inches [unframed] | 38 x 48 x 1-3/4 inches [framed] ;

Inscribed / signed front: 

Verso:

Marking type: Dedication.
Location: Verso.
Text: ‘To the American Red Cross 1970 / W. H. Drake, ANA / 1960’.

SAL category: Genre ;
SAL sub-category: Animal ;

Archives of American Art subjects:
Animal
Animal — Lion
Art
Art—American
Art―Private collections―New York (State)
Art―Private collections―New York (State)―Salmagundi
Landscape

Description of work:

Provenance:
after ca.1970s SCNY, New York, NY ;
ca.1960s-1970s American Red Cross, New York, NY ;
after 1921 Private collection of the Drake family [possibly], New York, NY ;
1921 William “Will” Henry Drake (1856-1926) [RA 1887-1926], the artist .

Exhibition history:
2023 SCNY Big! : oversize works from the collection January 28 – April 1.
1921 SCNY Annual exhibition and auction sale of picture February 2-11.

References / citations:
– SCNY Big! : oversize works from the collection January 28 – April 1, 2023.
– 1989 collection list accession #:O-209 as Lion family in landscape ;
– SCNY Annual exhibition and auction sale of picture February 2-11, 1921, #60 shown as The haunt of the lions.

Notes:
– 2018 On display in the operations office ;
– Drake painted lion pictures typically between 1906 until his death in 1926 ; This example is 1921.

Document information

Document permalink:
http://salmagundi.org/artwork/?p=163022

Digital-born document number:
SAL.2023.163022

Record birth date:
February 03, 2023

Last updated: February 22, 2023 at 19:38 pm