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THBBlack-Bellied Plover A. Elmer Crowell (1862-1952)
About Seller
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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LiveJul 27, 2017 - Jul 28, 2017
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- Lot Description
Black-Bellied Plover
A. Elmer Crowell (1862-1952)
East Harwich, MA, c. 1910
11 in. long
This early gunning plover is from the Parker Williams “Buck” Whittemore (1872-1959) rig. Whittemore was a Harvard graduate, class of 1895, where he captained the baseball team. A manufacturer of railroad cars, Whittemore lived in West Gloucester and Boston’s Back Bay. He also had an estate in Wareham, Massachusetts, and hunted on Cape Cod. The underside of the plover bears two of his “P.W.W.” brands.
Known for their bold forms and exceptional paint patterns, Crowell took tremendous care in carving these early shorebird rigs for his affluent patrons. The brief period during which he carved these life-like working decoys was just prior to the passing of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918.
In excellent original paint with minimal gunning wear.
Provenance: Donal C. O'Brien, Jr. Collection
Literature: Jackson Parker, “Decoy Record Price Set at SPB Auction of Gregory Folk Art,” North American Decoys, Spanish Fork, UT, Summer 1979, p. 7, rigmate illustrated.Condition
Condition report requests can be made via email or by telephone (info@copleyart.com or 617.536.0030). 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.
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