Description: William Beard THE BEAR DANCE in forest ~ high quality museum art poster ~ 36x27" Combined shipping available on select posters. Please ask any questions before buying. Thanks! Theme: The Bear Dance, c. 1870Size: 36" x 27"Stock: Medium weightArtist: William H. BeardPublisher: New York Historical SocietyPrinted In: USADate: 1990sOrigin: New old stock (NOS) from a poster store in Vermont that went out of business in the early 2000s.Status: Out-of-print (OOP)Mounting: NOT mounted / loose posterShipping: Ships rolled in a rigid tube. Questions: Please ask any questions before bidding or buying.Notes: William Holbrook Beard, who worked in New York City from 1859 until his death, earned a reputation as one of America's finest animal painters. Many of his paintings employed animals to mimic and satirize human behavior, thus participating in a tradition dating back to antiquity. This painting of a rather exclusive party in a forest clearing is also known as The Bears of Wall Street Celebrating a Drop in the Stock Market, and The Wall Street Jubilee.The painting was previously owned by the Strangers Club in New York City. When the club disbanded its property was divided among its members, and this painting was taken by Joseph R. Megrue, father of the donor. Oil on canvas painting depicting a large congregation of bears dancing and socializing in a forest clearing; those in the foreground dance to music provided by a group of musicians playing trombones, trumpets, the bass, drums and cymbals on a ledge at left; a group in left foreground eats watermelon and drinks wine from bottles; wine cases at left, a basket of grapes, a grapevine and a covered pewter stein in the lower foreground. Another band plays in the right middleground while more bears arrive, descending a hill at right, some dancing and carrying grape vines and garlands. Foliaged trees provide a backdrop; blue sky visible above. Thanks for looking!
Price: 13.6 USD
Location: Colchester, Vermont
End Time: 2025-01-16T02:54:52.000Z
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Item Specifics
All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Unit of Sale: Single-Piece Work
Artist: William Beard
Size: Medium (up to 36in.)
Signed: No
Material: Paper
Framing: Unframed
Original/Licensed Reprint: Open Edition Print
Subject: Bear, Famous Paintings/Painters
Type: Poster
Item Height: 27 in
Theme: Animals, Art, Fairy Tales, Fantasy
Style: Romantic
Features: Unframed
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Handmade: No
Item Width: 36 in
