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THB"Signor Hemingway" Wigeon Decoy by Christo Earnest
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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 13, 2023
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"Signor Hemingway" Wigeon
Giovanni "Nane Cristo" Simoncin (1920-2015)
Burano, Italy, c. 1950
14 in. longA new book on Italian decoys discusses this legendary European carver, "Giovanni Simoncin, known as "Nane Cristo", was certainly the most able and well-known producer of hunting decoys in italy, and among the best in Europe."
This Eurasian wigeon was part of the rig that was found on an island near Venice by Joseph B. French. The Italians who used this decoy guided Earnest Hemingway (1899-1961), who likely shot over it. The underside has painted "Signor Hemingway."
Original paint with even gunning wear.
Provenance: Joe French Collection
William J. Mackey Collection
Private Collection, Dallas
Literature: Andrea Turchetto et al., "Italian Hunting Decoys: History and Carvers," Crocetta del Montello, Italy, 2019, front cover and pp. 54-74 related decoys illustrated and discussed.Joseph B. French, "A Collector Tours Europe,” Decoy Collector’s Guide, July-Sept., 1965, pp. 7-8, rigmates illustrated.
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