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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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Like fellow architect and decoy collector Joel Barber (1876–1952), Harry Bextel was drawn to the decoy as a truly American art form. The Bextels began collecting decoys over thirty-five years ago and quickly immersed themselves in the field, forming a special relationship with Mark McNair. For early patrons, such as Barrie and Bernice Stavis and the Bextels among others, McNair created some of his best work. Harry spent much of his career as an associate with the renowned architectural firm Kevin Roche John Dinkeloo and Associates, where he designed spaces for the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City from 1967 until his retirement in 2011.
Running Curlew
Mark S. McNair (b. 1950)
Craddockville, VA, 1993
23 1/2 in. long
A Phillips Rig-style long-billed curlew. Signed by the maker with an incised "McNAIR." The removable bill has a message for the patron.
Original paint with wear.
Provenance: Harry and Judy Bextel Collection, acquired from the artist
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