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THBFox Rig Eskimo Curlew Decoy
Lot 314
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Copley Fine Art Auctions
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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Fox Rig Eskimo Curlew
Massachusetts, c. 1880
14 in. long
An elegant reaching Eskimo curlew by this highly revered Massachusetts master. Decoys by this maker are rare, suggesting that they were from a single rig, and some are marked for the "Fox" rig, giving this distinct group its moniker. Gigi Hopkins describes a closely related example in her "Massachusetts Masterpieces" exhibition book: "This stunning curlew is one of the most perfectly balanced and pleasing forms found in a shorebird decoy. It is masterfully garbed in lush, painterly daubs of earth tone colors." Another comparable resides in the Museum of American Folk Art collection and is currently on loan to the Center for American Decoys at the Peoria Riverfront Museum.
Excellent original paint with light wear and small partial crack in bill has been reset.
Provenance: Private Collection
Literature: Gwladys Hopkins, "Massachusetts Masterpieces," Lincoln, MA, 2016, pp. 42-43, 98-99, related example illustrated. The Ward Museum, "Massachusetts Masters: Decoys, Shorebirds, and Decorative Carvings," Salisbury, MD, 2010, p. 35, similar decoy illustrated. Jeff Waingrow, "American Wildfowl Decoys," Museum of American Folk Art, New York, NY, 1989, pp. 68-69, curlew illustrated and discussed.Please email condition report requests to colin@copleyart.com. 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.Condition
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