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THBImportant Early Yellowlegs Decoy, Bradford Barkalow
Lot 108
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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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- Lot Description
Important Early Yellowlegs
Bradford Barkalow
Forked River, NJ, c. 1880
11 in. long
An elongated and folky decoy by one of New Jersey's earliest makers. Decoys from this celebrated rig have been featured in prominent national collections, including those of Donal C. O'Brien Jr., Dr. James McCleery, John Hillman, and Paul Tudor Jones II. The underside bears the rig marking of three small impressed initials.
This is one of the few decoys from this celebrated rig held outside of the collection of Paul Tudor Jones, who acquired the bulk of the rig from Mort Hansen. Hansen sourced the rig buried in an old farm building near Englishtown, New Jersey.
Original paint with even gunning wear.
Provenance: Mort Hanson Collection
Richard and Lynn Gove Collection
Literature: James R. Doherty, "Classic New Jersey Decoys," Louisville, KY, 2011, p. 171, rigmate illustrated. Copley Fine Art Auctions, "The Donal C. O'Brien Jr. Collection of Important American Sporting Art and Decoys, Sessions I-II," July 27, 2017, lot 26, rigmate illustrated. Guyette and Schmidt, "Important Auction of Rare Waterfowl Decoys from the Collection of John Hillman, April 25 & 26, 1996," St. Charles, IL, 1996, p. 145, lots 599 & 600, rigmates illustrated. Sotheby's and Guyette and Schmidt, "American Waterfowl Decoys: The Distinguished Collection of Dr. James M. McCleery," New York, NY, January 22–23, 2000, lot 368, rigmates illustrated. “North American Decoys Magazine,” Fall 1979, back cover, rigmates illustrated. Henry A. Fleckenstein Jr., "New Jersey Decoys," Exton, PA, 1983, p. 164, pl. 390, related example illustrated. Robert Shaw, "Bird Decoys of North America," New York, NY, 2010, p. 192, related Barkelow examples illustrated. Frank Schmidt and Gary Guyette, "The Art of Deception: Waterfowl Decoys from the Collection of Paul Tudor Jones II," St. Michaels, MD, 2006, p. 74, rigmates illustrated.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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