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THBStanding Blue-Winged Teal Pair The Ward Brothers, Lemuel T. (1896-1983) and Stephen (1895-1976)
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65 Sharp Street
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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LiveFeb 17, 2017 - Feb 18, 2017
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Standing Blue-Winged Teal Pair
The Ward Brothers, Lemuel T. (1896-1983) and Stephen (1895-1976)
Crisfield, MD, c. 1945
Exceedingly rare pair of standing blue-winged teal, one of only three or four such pairs known to exist. A similar pair is held by the Ward Museum of Wildfowl Art at Salisbury University, located in Salisbury, Maryland.
This pair displays cedar heads and tails with balsa bodies, carved "peach basket" raised wings, glass eyes, and feet mounted on half-round bases. This lot, along with a closely related pair sold by this firm in 2008, is among the finest Ward teal pairs known to exist. Excellent original paint with minimal wear and some restoration to feet.
PROVENANCE: Pat Vincenti, acquired from a Crisfield home, 2008
Private Collection, Maryland, acquired from the above
LITERATURE: Ronald J. Gard and Brian J. McGrath, The Ward Brothers' Decoys: A Collector's Guide, Plano, TX, 1989, plate 109, p. 125, related pair illustrated. Copley Fine Art Auctions, The Sporting Sale, Boston, MA, 2008, lot 322.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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