Hudsonian Curlew Harry V. Shourds (1861-1920)

Lot 222

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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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Lot Description

Hudsonian Curlew
Harry V. Shourds (1861-1920)
Tuckerton, NJ, c. 1890
13 in. long

This important Shourds decoy has been owned by three of the top private shorebird collectors of all time, in addition to the Shelburne Museum. The Shelburne Museum inventory code “27.FD 19.301” is on the underside, a related number is on a Gelston curlew, lot 218, in this sale. The bottom also has Joe French collection markings and a faded ink stamp. Original paint with even gunning wear and a replaced bill.

Provenance: Shelburne Museum Collection
Donal C. O'Brien, Jr. Collection
Joseph B. French Collection
Grant Nelson Collection

Literature: Copley Fine Art Auctions, "The Donal C. O'Brien, Jr. Collection of Important American Sporting Art and Decoys, Sessions I-II", Hingham, MA, 2017, p. 141, lot 70, related example.
Joe Engers, ed., "The Great Book of Wildfowl Decoys," San Diego, CA, 1990, p. 116, similar decoys illustrated.
James R. Doherty, "Classic New Jersey Decoys," Louisville, KY, 2011, p. 69, related decoys illustrated.

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