Roland H. Clark (1874-1957) Ducks in Flight Over Marshes

Lot 97

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Lot Description

Roland H. Clark (1874-1957)
Ducks in Flight Over Marshes,
signed "Roland Clark" lower right
oil on canvas, 20 by 28 in.
inscribed "Ducks in Flight Over Marshes" on back

Roland Clark is known as a premier wildlife etcher and painter. He was born in New Rochelle, New York, and studied at the Art Students League in Manhattan. After living in the Tidewater region of Virginia for several years where he enjoyed hunting and other outdoor pursuits, Clark returned to New York City and devoted himself to painting and illustrating full time. Beginning in 1937, the Derrydale Press reproduced two of Clark’s watercolors of wildfowl every year in limited edition prints. In addition, he submitted illustrations to “Ducks Unlimited,” a booklet that was published by the More Game Birds in America Foundation. In 1938 one of Clark’s paintings of pintail ducks was chosen as the fifth Federal Duck Stamp design.

This composition relates closely to the famous Clark work "Tranquility" published by Frank Lowe in 1946.

Provenance: Prentice A. Lanphere Collection Private Collection, by descent in the family

Literature: The Crossroads of Sport, Inc. Catalog, New York, NY, 1980-81, p. 67, related image illustrated.

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