Francis Lee Jaques (1887-1969) Mourning Doves

Lot 19

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Lot Description

Francis Lee Jaques (1887-1969)
Mourning Doves,1945
signed "F.L. Jaques" lower right
oil on canvas on masonite, 24 by 20in.

In "Outdoor Life's Gallery of North American Game," P.A. Parsons describes the mourning dove: "Most of us, no matter what state we live in, have heard the soft, cooing call of the male mourning dove. These elusive, swift-flying birds are probably the most widely distributed of all our game birds...North or South, East or West, the mourning dove is a lover of open country. Densely forested areas are not for him, although he may take shelter in small and rather open groves."

"Skilled dove hunters vow that here is as good a game bird as any. You don't have to go with them all the way to admit that the dove makes mighty sporty shooting."

Provenance: Private Collection, Connecticut

Literature: Patricia Condon Johnston, "The Shape of Things: The Art of Francis Lee Jaques," Camden, SC, 1994, p. 133, illustrated. P.A. Parsons, "The Mourning Dove -- Gray Ghost of the Fields," Outdoor Life's Gallery of North American Game, New York, NY, 1946, pp. 56-59, illustrated.

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