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THBRuddy Turnstone Decoy, Levi Rhodes Truex (1860-1934)
Lot 181
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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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Ruddy Turnstone
Levi Rhodes Truex (1860-1934)
Atlantic City, NJ, c. 1910
11 in. long
While many examples of shorebirds exist by this well-known New Jersey maker, the ruddy turnstone represents an exceedingly rare species for Truex. To wit, James Doherty's comprehensive classic "New Jersey Decoys" book illustrates curlew, plover, and yellowlegs, but no turnstones. Additionally, decoy historians and authors Fleckenstein and Headley/Somers feature Truex birds in their respective books, but nary a turnstone can be found. Eventually, a deep dive into Gosner's book revealed one related example. This tremendously rare carving displays the maker's best work.
Original paint with light gunning wear.
Provenance: William C. McMaster M.D. Collection
Literature: James R. Doherty, "Classic New Jersey Decoys," Louisville, KY, 2011, p. 174, no turnstones illustrated. Kenneth L. Gosner, "Working Decoys of the Jersey Coast and Delaware Valley," Cranbury, NJ, 1985, p.166, related example 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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