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THBAiden Lassell Ripley (1896-1969) Woodcock Pair
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LiveJul 27, 2017 - Jul 28, 2017
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Aiden Lassell Ripley (1896-1969) Woodcock Pair, 1949
signed and dated "A. Lassell Ripley © '49" lower left
watercolor, 20 1/2 by 28 1/4 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. One of his last major endeavors before his death in 1969 was the completion of the fine etchings and watercolor frontispiece for William G. Sheldon's noteworthy treatise, "The Book of the American Woodcock." "
Provenance: Donal C. O'Brien, Jr. Collection, acquired from Sportsman's Edge Ltd., New York
Literature: Stephen B. O'Brien, Jr. and Julie Carlson Wildfeuer, "The Art of Aiden Lassell Ripley," Boston, MA, 2009, p. 104, plate 92, illustrated.
Robert Elman, "The Great American Shooting Prints," New York, NY, 1972, pl. 56.Condition
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