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THBSleeping Mallard Hen
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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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LiveJul 25, 2015 - Jul 26, 2015
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Charles H. Perdew (1874-1963), Henry, IL, c. 1935
?Of his many styles, Perdew is most revered for his masterful sleepers and preening decoys. Both Robert Elliston and Charles Perdew felt that the presence of sleepers and preeners added a suggested calm to the rig that was more enticing to waterfowl. Whether this actually made any difference to the circling birds is subject to debate; however, the graceful pose inherent in these styles is desirable among collectors.? -Stephen O?Brien, Jr., ?Masterworks of the Illinois River?
An exceptional sleeping mallard hen with Charles Perdew?s best paint. Behind the neck is a small metal tube.
This decoy has all the traits one looks for in a premier Illinois River decoy, including elegant form, superb paint, fine craftsmanship, and excellent history having been gunned over by a founding member and past president of Ducks Unlimited, Louis H. Barkhausen.
In ?Perdew: An Illinois River Tradition,? author Ann Tandy Lacy discusses this rig: ?Further down the river, south of Peoria near Beardstown, one of Illinois? most highly respected conservationists also hunted over a rig of Perdew decoys. This hunter, Louis H. Barkhausen, was a co-founder in 1937 of Ducks Unlimited, an international organization for the preservation and reclamation of wetlands and waterfowl breeding grounds? Located on the back of each decoy, at the base of the neck, was a small metal tube that had been inserted to leave an opening from the hollow cavity in the body of the decoy to the outside air. This opening appears to be a breathing hole, the theory being that it would allow the decoy to ?breathe? and dry evenly on the inside and out. Supposedly this would decrease the chances of its cracking or splitting along the seams where the wood is joined. This breathing hole appears to be unique to the Barkhausen rig of Perdew decoys??
Provenance: Louis H. Barkhausen Rig
Private CollectionLiterature: Stephen B. O?Brien, Jr. and Julie Carlson, "Masterworks of the Illinois River," Boston, MA, 2005, p. 81, rigmate illustrated.
Frank Maresca and Roger Ricco, "American Vernacular," Boston, MA, 2002, p. 31, similar decoy illustrated.
Ann Tandy Lacy, "Perdew: An Illinois Tradition," Muncie, IN, 1993, pp. 96-97.Condition
In original paint with very light gunning wear, two very small old drops of paint on the left side, and right side of bill is reset.
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