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THBAlexander Pope Jr. (1849-1924), Upland Plover
Lot 228
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Copley Fine Art Auctions
65 Sharp Street
Hingham, MA 02043
United States
Copley Fine Art Auctions is the world's leading American sporting art auction company. Located in Hingham, MA, Copley specializes in antique decoys and 19th- and 20th-century American, sporting, and wildlife paintings. Principal Stephen O'Brien Jr., a fourth-generation sportsman with a refined colle...Read more
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Alexander Pope Jr. (1849-1924)
Upland Plover
signed "A. Pope Jr." lower right
watercolor, 13 by 19 in.
The Old Print Shop, New York label on back
Alexander Pope, Jr. was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and began his art career as a young boy carving animals from the spare wood of his father’s lumber business. Although Pope had some formal instruction under Boston artists Walter Rimmer and William Copley, he was for the most part self-taught. Pope lived the entirety of his life in Boston, painting and sculpting works that revolved around hunting and fishing. According to author Alfred Frankenstein, Pope was “of the back-slapping, club-going variety who spent his entire life in and around Boston.”
An avid outdoorsman, Pope belonged to the Laurel Brook Club, a fly fishing and shooting club in Uxbridge, Massachusetts. A member from 1902 to 1908, he served on its Executive Committee with Aiden Lassell Ripley (1896-1969). He was passionate about fishing and hunting and chose these subjects for his paintings and sculptures. Along with his contemporaries R. LaBarre Goodwin (1840-1910) and George Cope (1855-1929), Pope created "trompe l’oeil" still lifes, often featuring game birds.
Provenance: Private Collection, MassachusettsPlease email condition report requests to leah@copleyart.com. Any condition statement given is a courtesy to customers, Copley will not be held responsible for any errors or omissions. The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition.Condition
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