Red Texan Wolf

Artist John Woodhouse Audubon (American, 1812 - 1862)

Artist John James Audubon (American, 1785 - 1851)

Lithographer John T. Bowen (American, 1801 - 1856)

Author John James Audubon (American, 1785 - 1851)

Date1846

Mediumlithograph on paper, hand-colored

Dimensions28 x 21 1/2 inches (71.1 x 54.6 cm)

Credit LineBequest of H.J. Lutcher Stark, 1965

Object number11.1.9.B.32_Red Texan Wolf

ClassificationsInformation Artifacts

Label TextThis print credits John James Audubon as the artist; however, his son John Woodhouse Audubon made the painting that was the basis for the print. J.W. Audubon saw a red wolf during his trip to Texas in 1845. He wrote about its bold behavior in stealing food. The red wolf once commonly roamed along the Texas Gulf coast. The United States placed it on the endangered species list and began a captive breeding project in the 1970s. U.S. Fish and Wildlife reintroduced red wolves into North Carolina.

ProvenanceArtist. unknown [1]. purchased November 25, 1958 through (Nada Kramar, Washington, D.C.) by H.J. Lutcher Stark [1887-1965]; bequeathed September 2, 1965 to the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation; accessioned to the Stark Museum of Art | 1. In a letter dated Oct. 8, 1958, from Nada Kramar, Washington, D. C., from whom this set was purchased, she states: "This set comes from a descendant of an old New York family whose head was a personal friend of John James Audubon." (see Stark file 13-30, p. 14)

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