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THBRunning Golden Plover
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20 Winter Street
Pembroke, MA 02359
United States
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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LiveJul 28, 2017 - Jul 29, 2017
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- Lot Description
Running Golden Plover
Charles Sumner Bunn (1865-1952) Shinnecock Reservation, NY or William "Bill" Bowman of Bangor, ME, and Lawrence, NY, c. 1890
11 in. long
This decoy is one of only a few plover that the carver ever made in this position. It shares similar form with the curlew from the Nina Fletcher Little Collection.
In 1970, pioneer decoy collector William Mackey wrote this text for Weiler’s Classic Shorebird Decoys portfolio. Of the maker’s work, Mackey writes, “Bowman’s decoys have the feel of real birds. His knowledge and study of the live bird and his skill with a knife transferred the feel of the wishbone, the unfolded wings and the modeling of the bone structure to blocks of wood. His was a unique talent not given to any other decoy maker.” Mackey also states, “Nothing finer has been found ever since.”
This shorebird decoy exhibits pronounced shoulder, cheek, and raised-wing carving. The reaching head has deeply recessed, German bead glass eyes.
Original paint with gunning wear, wear to top of the head, age lines, and a small tail tip chip. Bill is a possible replacement.
Provenance: Russell B. Aitken Collection
Grant Nelson Collection
Literature: Timothy Sieger, "The Decoys of Long Island," Water Mills, NY, 2010, p. 40, related example illustrated.
Henry A. Fleckenstein, Jr., "Shore Bird Decoys," Exton, PA, 1980, p. 48, plate 49, related decoy illustrated.
The Decoy Hunter, Clinton, Indiana, Nov./Dec. 1982, p.10, exact decoy illustrated.Condition
Condition report requests can be made via email or by telephone (info@copleyart.com or 617.536.0030). 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.
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