Cinnamon Teal
Art Jensen
Hayward, CA, c. 1950
12 in. long
A refined teal with a turned head, raised wings, and a pleasing carved wing and feather design. Jensen was a painter as well as a hunter and a decoy carver. He used salvaged life rafts to source balsa for his decoys. "Jensen's cinnamon teal are very nicely done," Miller and Hanson relay in their book featuring this exact decoy, which is also illustrated in Miller's California volume.
Original paint with light gunning wear.
Provenance: Richard and Dorothy Wheeler Collection, acquired from the maker
Literature: Michael R. Miller and Frederick W. Hanson, "Wildfowl Decoys of the Pacific Coast,"Portland, OR, 1989, p. 232, exact decoy illustrated.
Michael R. Miller, "Wildfowl Decoys of California,"Spokane, WA, 2015, p. 275, exact decoy illustrated.
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