Aiden Lassell Ripley (1896-1969), Woodcock

Lot 246

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Lot Description

Aiden Lassell Ripley (1896-1969)
Woodcock
signed "A. Lassell Ripley ©" lower left
watercolor, 16 3/4 by 12 3/4 in.

"Where alder bottoms, aspen groves, and willow swales wander alongside a stream through rolling farmland, the damp earth may be drilled and spattered by woodcock probing for worms, employing sensitive bills nearly as long as their bodies. They are inland sandpipers, related to snipe, shorebirds of the uplands with the strong migratory urge of most shore birds." Writing of the artist's relationship with woodcock, Robert Elman continues, "A. Lassell Ripley was fascinated by these unique game birds. Before his death in 1969, one of his last major endeavors was the completion of the fine etchings and watercolor frontispiece for William G. Sheldon's noteworthy treatise, 'The Book of the American Woodcock.'"

Literature: Edward Weeks, "A. Lassell Ripley: Paintings," Boston and Barre, MA, 1972, pl. 34, closely related watercolor illustrated.

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