Photo: Doyle Auctioneers & Appraisers
More than 100 lots of paintings, sculpture, drawings, prints and books comprising the sporting art collection of James W Smith will be included in Doyle’s Dogs in Art auction in New York on February 13.
Smith (1941-2018) was a master breeder of smooth fox terriers and the board chairman of the American Kennel Club. Among the paintings from his collection will be this study of two wire-haired fox terriers in a wood by the British wildlife and animal artist Arthur Wardle (1860-1949).