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THBBronze Duck Head Joel D. Barber (1876-1952)
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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
Bronze Duck Head
Joel D. Barber (1876-1952)
Wilton, CT, 1926
6 in. long by 3 1/2 in. high
Of this bronze black duck edition Joel Barber writes in "Wild Fowl Decoys," “In Plate No. 99 I show a decoy head cast in bronze. I whittled it myself but used as a model an old decoy from the lower Jersey Coast. The body of this decoy was little more than a float to receive a skin but the head was very fine. My jackknife copy of this head reproduced in bronze was sold by art galleries over a period of several years and in considerable numbers. I have always considered the unknown original maker a real artist. Even though he lived and worked, unknown on the Jersey barrens, his Black Duck head has been perpetuated. The feather of accomplishment does not belong to me. I merely whittled what he conceived. After a fashion, however, it vindicates my interest in the art of decoy making. The decoy itself is now a highly prized item of my collection. After my coveting it for several years, the former owner, Mr. J. H. Phillips of Babylon, gave it to me for my records of Barnegat Bay.”
On the right side of the base is "B/26 (c)" and on the left side of the base is "GORHAM CO FOUNDERS OFSV." While the edition size is unknown, this represents one of only a handful that have surfaced in the last fifty years.
Original patina.
Provenance: Donal C. O'Brien, Jr. Collection
Literature Joel Barber, "Wild Fowl Decoys," Garden City, NY, 1937, p. 131, plate 99, related example illustrated.
Joel Barber, "Wild Fowl Decoys," New York, NY, 1954, p. 129, plate 129, similar example illustrated.Condition
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