Arctic Hare, c. 1841

Inscription

upper left in black ink: Leach; to the right of the earsof the hare, left to right respectively: 2. / 1.

Provenance

The artist [1785-1851]; probably by inheritance to his son, John Woodhouse Audubon [1812-1862], Salem, New York; probably John Woodhouse Audubon's second wife, Caroline Hall Audubon [1811-1899], Salem, New York; probably their son, William Bakewell Audubon [1847-1932], Australia; by inheritance to his son, Leonard Benjamin Audubon [1888-1951], Sydney, Australia; sold 1950 to E.J.L. Hallstrom [1886-1970], Sydney, Australia; gift 1951 to NGA.

Exhibition History

1951

Audubon as an Animal Painter [Third Audubon Centennial Exhibition], National Audubon Society, New York, 1951, no. 17, as "Polar Hare" (Arctic), by John James Audubon.

1951

Audubon Paintings and Prints from the Collection of the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1951.

1954

[John James Audubon exhibition for the benefit of the Roscoe B. Jackson Memorial Laboratory, Bar Harbor, Maine], Kennedy Galleries, New York, 1954.

1967

National Gallery Loan Exhibition, Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, North Carolina, 1967, no. 8.

1981

Two Hundred Years of American Paintings, 1700-1900, Inaugural Exhibition, The Museum of Arts and Sciences, Macon, Georgia, 1981, no. 8.

Bibliography

1965

Munson-Williams-Proctor & P. Morgan Lib., AUDUBON WC & DRWGS., Utica, NY?: 1965, 89.

1970

American Paintings and Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1970: 10, repro.

1980

American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 21, repro.

1984

Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 394, no. 563, color repro.

2000

Boehme, Sarah E. John James Audubon in the West: The Last Expedition, Mammals of North America. New York, 2000: 160, repro.

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