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THBRare Miniature Black Duck, Charles E. "Shang" Wheeler (1872-1949)
Lot 236
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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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- Lot Description
Charles E. "Shang" Wheeler (1872-1949)
Stratford, CT, c. 1935
6 1/2 in. long
The rarity of this miniature cannot be overstated. While Wheeler made many decorative carvings in his lifetime, his stand-alone miniatures are virtually non-existent. There is only one other waterfowl miniature, which is set against a painted grass backdrop, pictured in Dixon Merkt's comprehensive treatise on the carver. This six-and-one-half-inch-long black duck was likely made for a carving competition. It displays a slightly turned head, glass eyes, scratch-painted head detail, and grooved wing definition. An inscription on the bottom of the carving reads "Made by Shang Wheeler, Black Duck, Babylon, NY, 1935" in faint pencil. Babylon was the annual site of the National Decoy Show starting in 1923. Wheeler took home top honors at that first show and was often in attendance in the 1930s and 40s.
Original paint with touchup along neck seat and very minor touch-up to underside of bill tip.
Provenance: Todd Lovell Collection
Private Collection
Literature: Decoys Unlimited Auctions, "Our Sale of Rare and Important Decoys, Related Artifacts & Americana," July 18, 1999, lot 151E, exact decoy 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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