LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

70.00 in. (177.80 cm.) (height) by 101.73 in. (258.40 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed C. Kahler (lower left)

Exhibited:

Chicago, World’s Columbian Exposition, "California Building," 1893 (lent by Kate Birdsall Johnson).

Literature:

Harley Davis, "Kahler, the Cat Painter," The Salt Lake Herald, July 16, 1893, p. 12. Final Report of the California World's Fair Commission, Sacramento, 1894, p. 58, 172, detail illustrated opp. p. 92. Anna Cora Winchell, "Artists and their Work," San Francisco Chronicle, October 21, 1917, p. 38. "Exhibit Portrait of Cats which Inherited $500,000," The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, August 10, 1911, p. 5. Edgar Durling, "On the Side," Shamokin News-Dispatch, April 28, 1949, p. 6. "My Wife's Lovers," Independent (Long Beach, California), August 15, 1969, p. 36. Robert Reed, "Inside Antiques: Cat Collectibles, A Purr-Fect World," The Wayback Times (www.waybacktimes.com/insideantiquescats.html).

Provenance:

Kate Birdsall Johnson, San Francisco (acquired directly from the artist in 1891 and sold, her sale, Golden Gate Hall, San Francisco, 1894). Ernest Haquette, San Francisco (acquired at the above sale and hung in his "Palace of Art Salon"). Frank C. Havens (acquired for his Piedmont Art Gallery and sold, H. Taylor Curtis, San Francisco, October 21, 1917). J. H. Moskow (acquired at the above sale). Sale: J. A. Munro, San Francisco, February 6, 1930. Sale: W. H. Adams & Sons Auctioneers, Salt Lake City, June 3, 1931. Mr. and Mrs. Julian, Chicago (acquired before 1943). Julian Art Gallery, Detroit . John and Helene Gaydon, Old Stage Antique Shop, Buena Park, California (acquired from the above, 1961). Private Collection (acquired from the above, 1988). Alexander Gallery, New York. Private Collection. Acquired from the above in 2005