GEORGE LOUIS VIAVANT, (American/New Orleans)
Bobwhite Quail, 1921
watercolor on cardboard
signed lower left, G.L. Viavant, dated NO 1921
24 in. by 17 in.

Provenance: The Sporting Gallery and Bookshop, NY, NY

GEORGE LOUIS VIAVANT (1872-1925) was born in Lousiana and was to become one of Americas most acclaimed artists of wild life. Working primarily in Lousiana during the teens and 1920's, Viavant has been referred to as 'The Artist of the Hunt' by George E. Jordan, author of "George L. Viavant, Artist of the Hunt".

Viavant produced exquisite detailed drawings and watercolors of the fowl, birds, small game and the fish of Lousiana's bayous, lagoons and marshes. The Viavant family documents, chronologies and historical papers form part of the holdings in The Historic New Orleans Collection.

Condition pending. - FOXED, YELLOWED, DRY

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