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THBEarly Turned-Head Canvasback Drake Ivar Gustav Fernlund (1881-1933)
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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
Early Turned-Head Canvasback Drake
Ivar Gustav Fernlund (1881-1933)
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, c. 1915
15 in. long
Ivar Gustav Fernlund was raised in Michigan where he began his career as a patternmaker. He was promoted to foreman and transferred to Hamilton, Ontario, where he took up waterfowling. As a professional patternmaker, his earliest decoys were finer than most would ever accomplish, as this canvasback demonstrates.
Paul Brisco chose this exact decoy for the dust jacket cover of his "Waterfowl Decoys of Southwestern Ontario" book. Brisco writes thatthis carving, "with its fine profile, tapered body and turned head is an exquisite decoy. Longer and narrower than his later cans, it has heavy oil painting with cross-thatched combing to give a feathered look and help cut glare."
Original paint with some touch-up and gunning wear.
Provenance: Donal C. O'Brien, Jr. Collection
Literature: R. Paul Brisco, "Waterfowl Decoys of Southwestern Ontario," Erin, ON, 1986, front dust jacket cover and pl. 68, exact decoy 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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