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THBBlack Duck
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 25, 2015 - Jul 26, 2015
Copley Fine Art Auctions cinnie@copleyart.com
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- Lot Description
Charles H. Hart (1862-1960), Gloucester, MA, c. 1920
This bold hollow-carved decoy with a pronounced breast displays carved bill detail and highly defined raised wings and primaries. The body of this decoy was hollowed out to one-half-inch thickness and no bottom board was applied, leaving it open. This unusual construction was designed to create a suction on calm gunning waters. Warren Babson, M.D. of Gloucester, Massachusetts, acquired a rig of similar decoys from Hart, from which a pair of mallards went to the Dr. George Ross Starr Collection. This black duck is amongst the finest Hart decoys ever to come on the market.
Provenance: Private Collection
Literature: George Ross Starr, Jr., M.D., "Decoys of the Atlantic Flyway," New York, NY, 1974, p. 178, Figure 88, rigmates illustrated.
Outstanding original paint with even gunning wear.Condition
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