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THBPintail Drake
About Seller
20 Winter Street
Pembroke, MA 02359
United States
Founded in 2005, Copley Fine Art Auctions is a boutique auction house specializing in antique decoys and American, sporting, and wildlife paintings. Over the course of the last two decades, the firm has set auction records for not only individual decoy makers, but also entire carving regions. Copley...Read more
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About Auction
LiveJul 28, 2017 - Jul 29, 2017
Copley Fine Art Auctions cinnie@copleyart.com
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- Lot Description
Pintail Drake
Lake Villa, IL, c. 1890
16 1/2 in. long
Birds from this rig were found in a carriage house on the Ernest Lehmann estate, in Lake Villa, Illinois. While the maker has yet to be identified, the carving closely resembles the work of Stephen Lane (1843-1900) of Lacon, Illinois. Like Lane’s decoys, this carriage house bird has no nails at its body seam.Lane decoys have elegantly carved heads with pronounced breasts that give them an "S" shape. The sharply pointed tails work in contrast with the smooth frontal lines, giving Lane birds a racy attitude. Similar to carvings by early decoy maker Henry Ruggles, though not as pronounced, Lane's birds have V-shaped bottoms. These slight nuances give his birds a graceful schooner-shaped appearance, similar to the bird carvings of his native New Jersey coast. While the maker of this decoy may never be known, the Lane connection should be further examined.
Original paint with gunning wear, repair to tip and underside of bill.
Literature: Stephen O'Brien, Jr. and Julie Carlson, "Masterworks of the Illinois River," Boston, MA, 2005, p. 25, similar decoy illustrated.Condition
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.
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