Hunting Pals
Signed lower right: A. Lassell Ripley 35
Description
Hunting Pals is a brilliant example of his work, demonstrating his dexterity with the watercolor medium. One is immediately taken by the level of detail he was able to achieve when rendering the two figures and their boat and the various implements required for their outing. He was also a master at interpreting the way sunlight and shadow play across the scene, particularly in the reflections on the rippling water. While not specifically located, the Hunting Pals relates to a watercolor titled Duck Hunting, Eastham (private collection), which was completed in the same year and features a pair of similarly attired duck hunters. Eastham, Massachusetts, on the outer peninsula of Cape Cod, was one of the sites frequented by Ripley and his sporting friends, especially during the cooler months of fall and winter when black ducks were prevalent.
Provenance
Inscriptions
(verso of paper in pencil) R-99 / 20 x 26 / Hunting Pals
Labels
Exhibitions
Literature
Condition
Very Good. Very minor color loss from age present. It was recently conserved during which minor soils were removed verso, along with old tape and tape residue from the verso’s edges. On the front, spots of glue residue in the far upper right sky were removed and minor pigment loss was touched in, and a small dot stain near the bottom of the watercolor was reduced. The artist’s pinholes and slight mat stains from an old mat were left along the margins and are now covered by an archival mat. The watercolor was deacidified and flattened, and is housed behind museum glass.
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Description
Hunting Pals is a brilliant example of his work, demonstrating his dexterity with the watercolor medium. One is immediately taken by the level of detail he was able to achieve when rendering the two figures and their boat and the various implements required for their outing. He was also a master at interpreting the way sunlight and shadow play across the scene, particularly in the reflections on the rippling water. While not specifically located, the Hunting Pals relates to a watercolor titled Duck Hunting, Eastham (private collection), which was completed in the same year and features a pair of similarly attired duck hunters. Eastham, Massachusetts, on the outer peninsula of Cape Cod, was one of the sites frequented by Ripley and his sporting friends, especially during the cooler months of fall and winter when black ducks were prevalent.
Provenance
Inscriptions
(verso of paper in pencil) R-99 / 20 x 26 / Hunting Pals
Labels
Exhibitions
Literature
Condition
Very Good. Very minor color loss from age present. It was recently conserved during which minor soils were removed verso, along with old tape and tape residue from the verso’s edges. On the front, spots of glue residue in the far upper right sky were removed and minor pigment loss was touched in, and a small dot stain near the bottom of the watercolor was reduced. The artist’s pinholes and slight mat stains from an old mat were left along the margins and are now covered by an archival mat. The watercolor was deacidified and flattened, and is housed behind museum glass.
