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THBPintail Hen Decoy by Horace "Hi" Crandall (1892-1969)
Lot 110
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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
Pintail Hen
Horace "Hi" Crandall (1892-1969)
Westwood, CA, c. 1935
15 in. long
Crandall was an outdoorsman, a taxidermist, and a talented watercolor painter at a young age. After moving California in 1917, Crandall was an engineer on a ferry which shuttled trains across Carquinez Straits before the bridge was built. He built his first decoys using the redwood railroad ties that washed ashore near his home.
Original paint with light wear.
Provenance: Les Vache Collection, acquired from the Crandall family
Richard and Dorothy Wheeler Collection, acquired from the above
Literature: Michael R. Miller and Frederick W. Hanson, "Wildfowl Decoys of the Pacific Coast,"Portland, OR, 1989, p. 362, related carvings illustrated. Michael R. Miller, "Wildfowl Decoys of California,"Spokane, WA, 2015, p. 585, related drake 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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