Ogden M. Pleissner (1905-1983)
Two Watercolors
Quail Hunting in Georgia
signed "Pleissner" lower right
6 1/2 by 8 3/4 in.
Salmon Fishing on the Restigouche
signed "Pleissner" lower left
6 3/4 by 10 1/4 in.
Ralph P. Terrill was the founder of Crossroads of Sport, Inc., the noted sporting art gallery in New York. Prior to forming the gallery, Terrill worked in the book and art department at Abercrombie & Fitch, where he helped popularize the Federal Duck Stamp program by working with Richard Bishop to sell collectible prints of his 1936 design, framed along with the stamp. Terrill was from Lima, New York, and attended Yale University, 1916-1920. He died at age 70 in 1967.
Provenance: Ester and Ralph D. Terrill Collection, received as a wedding gift from Ralph P. Terrill, his father, in 1946
Peter Bergh, purchased from the Ester Terrill Collection, 1999
Private Collection, Vermont
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