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THBOgden M. Pleissner (1905-1983), Grassing the Boat
Lot 403
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Copley Fine Art Auctions
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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
Ogden M. Pleissner (1905-1983)
Grassing the Boat
signed "Pleissner" lower left
watercolor, 16 by 26 in.
This classic Pleissner duck hunting scene was commissioned by the Morgan family, depicting duck hunting at Long Point.
As Peter Bergh writes, “Great sporting artists are great artists who know the habits of wild creatures and have committed to memory every detail of habitat. These are men who have experienced the thrill of an Atlantic salmon or a large trout taking a well-presented fly, the explosion of a bursting covey of quail, sunrise on a duck marsh, running the rapids in a canoe, sleeping under the stars, and in many other ways truly lived in nature. Partly because special experience is behind all true sporting art, it is in a class by itself, and has had very few masters...One can always sense, in Pleissner’s sporting pictures, that he is painting the things he likes to look at in the places he likes to be… .” This atmospheric work, depicting a duo of hunters, reflects the history of North American waterfowling and its ties to industry and businessmen who sought relaxation and escape in nature.
Indeed, Pleissner writes, “A large number of the fishing and shooting fraternity are awfully nice people who love to travel and enjoy the outdoors. They are conservationists and like to be out and see the game and the country. They’re damn fine people, I have found, and they and their bird dogs make very good friends.”
Included with this painting is a limited-edition hardcover book entitled "The Long Point Company" by Junius S. Morgan and Edward Harris.
Provenance: Henry Sturgis Morgan Collection
Private Collection, by descent in the family
Literature: Peter Bergh, "The Art of Ogden M. Pleissner," Boston, MA, 1984, pp. 73, 94.Please email condition report requests to leah@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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