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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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Jul 27, 2017 - Jul 28, 2017
Root-Head Yellowlegs
Atlantic Coast, c. 1880
9 1/2 in. long
This whimsical root-head yellowlegs epitomizes the decoy as folk art. A single branch was used for the head, neck, and bill to utilize the natural strength of the wood. With its long knife marks along the body and original head and bill, this is one of the finest examples from the rig that we have identified.
Original paint with even gunning wear.
Provenance: Lloyd Johnson Collection
Donal C. O'Brien Jr. Collection, acquired from the above
Literature: Adele Earnest, "Folk Art In America," Exton, PA, 1984, p. 138 (3rd bird from left), nearly identical rigmate illustrated.
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