Oil on canvas board, signed at lower right, retains label with title en verso, presented in a wormwood frame.

Board 24 x 20 in.; Frame dimensions 32 1/4 x 28 3/4 in.

Private Collection, Brooklyn, New York

A Russian emigrate, Kirk studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art. He exhibited frequently throughout New England. He was a member of the Connecticut Academy of Fine Art, the Society of Washington Artists, Audubon Artists, Boston Art Club, Allied Artists of America, North Shore Art Association, the Copley Society in Boston, the Springfield Art League and Grand Centre Art Galleries in New York City.

His work can be found in the Museum of Western Art in Moscow, the State Museum of New Jersey in Trenton, the Binghamton Museum of Art in New York, the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Cayuga Museum of History and Art.


Some flaking and abrasion in lower margin, very slight retouching visible under UV light inspection, and pinholes at each corner from a previous mounting.