Alfred Egerton Cooper, (2) Great Danes, 20th c., Alfred Egerton Cooper (British, 1883-1974), (2) oils on Birchmore (artist's) board paintings, each initialed "A.E.C.", each inscribed in red ink verso "Signed and painted by Edgerton Cooper, R.A.", Bonhams auction gallery sticker verso, smaller: 8"h x 4.75"w (sight), 12.25"h x 9.25"w (frame), larger: 9.5"h x 6"w (sight), 13.25"h x 10"w (frame)

Provenance: From the Collection of Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw; Bonhams, New York, The Dog Sale, February 13, 2007, Lot 201

Notes/Literature: Art dealer, connoisseur, and philanthropist Eugene Victor Thaw (1927-2018) was widely considered to be among the world's greatest collectors of European master drawings, French Post-Impressionism, Cubism, and an early advocate of the American Abstract Expressionists. One of the most respected art dealers of his day, he is credited with placing hundreds of major works into museums around the world, and was the founding member and past president of the Art Dealers Association of America.

Good, not examined out of frames