Aiden Lassell Ripley (1896-1969)
Grouse in Flight
signed “A. Lassell Ripley (c)” lower left
watercolor, 25 1/2 by 21 1/2 in.This bright and vivid watercolor, depicting the artist’s favorite bird, shows Ripley’s full brilliance. Sporting art collector Guido R. Perera, a friend and patron of the artist, marvels at Ripley’s knowledge of this favorite game bird: “Aiden may have been a grouse in one incarnation.” Provenance: Private Collection, Wisconsin
A painting I think of as the The Glorious Grouse genre. Ripley did a lot of grouse and was good at it. Many were sedate but this was one that glamourized them.
This one goes off at Copley soon.
