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THBSwimming High-Head Broadbill, The Ward Brothers
Lot 68
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Copley Fine Art Auctions
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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Bidsquare : The Sporting Sale 2018, Day 1
https://www.bidsquare.com/auctions/copley/the-sporting-sale-2018-day-1-3286
On July 19, Copley Fine Art Auctions will lead off their annual Sporting Sale with 140 lots from the Donal C. O’Brien, Jr. Collection of Important American Sporting Art and Decoys. On July 20 Copley will present an additional 425 lots of decoys, fish carvings, and sporting art. Copley Fine Art Auctions cinnie@copleyart.com
On July 19, Copley Fine Art Auctions will lead off their annual Sporting Sale with 140 lots from the Donal C. O’Brien, Jr. Collection of Important American Sporting Art and Decoys. On July 20 Copley will present an additional 425 lots of decoys, fish carvings, and sporting art. Copley Fine Art Auctions cinnie@copleyart.com
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Swimming High-Head Broadbill
The Ward Brothers
Lemuel T. (1896-1983) and Stephen (1895-1976) Crisfield, MD
15 1/2 in. long
Lem and Steve carved together for over fifty years and this cedar swimming broadbill is among their most animated decoys. Signed on the bottom "L.T. Ward- Bro- 1936 - Lem Ward, Steve Ward" and marked with a Richardson collection ink stamp. This broad decoy exhibits excellent head carving and position with a forward-reaching and turned-head posture. Lem finished the carving with excellent stippled white lead paint.
O'Brien's notes state that this was Bud Ward's "favorite Ward decoy—a Broadbill which had landed short of the rig and was swimming away."
Original and working Ward paint with gunning wear.
Provenance: Robert H. Richardson Collection
Donal C. O'Brien, Jr. Collection
Literature: Laurence Sheehan, "The Sporting Life," New York, NY, 1992, p. 78, exact decoy illustrated.
Ronald J. Gard and Brian J. McGrath, "The Ward Ward Brothers' Decoys: A Collector's Guide," Wolfe City, TX, 1989, p. 46, pl. 38, related decoys illustrated.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.Condition
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