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THBImportant Summer Yellowlegs A. Elmer Crowell (1862-1952)
Lot 292
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Copley Fine Art Auctions
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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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Important Summer Yellowlegs
A. Elmer Crowell (1862-1952)
East Harwich, MA c. 1910
8 3/4 in. long
Crowell's lesser yellowlegs decoys are exceptionally rare. As stated by Crowell author and historian Brian Cullity, "The lesser yellowlegs was a relatively uncommon species to be used as a model for a decoy." On the pattern for this decoy Crowell identifies the species as "summer yellow leg." This important example was exhibited in Dr. McCleery's "Call to the Sky" museum exhibition and accompanying book. It was also held back by the McCleery estate from the 2000 sale along with four other of his best Crowell shorebirds. This select group of five was offered at Sotheby's in 2005 where this lot was featured on the catalog cover. Original paint with light gunning wear and a professionally replaced bill.
PROVENANCE: Dr. James M. McCleery Collection Private Collection, New York
LITERATURE: Sotheby's, "Important American Folk Art, Furniture and Silver," New York, NY, May 2005, front cover and lot 104, exact decoy illustrated.
Brian Cullity, The Songless Aviary: The World of A. E. Crowell & Son, Hyannis, MA, 1992, pp. 60 and 114, plate 116, Crowell's pattern and related example illustrated.
Robert Shaw, Call to the Sky: The Decoy Collection of James M. McCleery, M.D., Houston, TX, 1992, pp. 14-15, exact decoy illustrated.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.Condition
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