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THBThe Hart Family Penguin Charles Hart (1862-1960)
About Seller
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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LiveJul 28, 2017 - Jul 29, 2017
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- Lot Description
The Hart Family Penguin
Charles Hart (1862-1960)
Gloucester, MA, c. 1920
12 in. tall
One of the most important mantel-size Hart penguins ever to come on the market, this emperor penguin was a personal favorite of the maker's and sat in the Hart family living room for over fifty years. The penguin was originally consigned directly from Charles Hart’s granddaughter, Norma Hart Anderson. She fondly remembers playing with her grandfather’s whimsical carvings in the yard while growing up in Gloucester in the 1940s.This plump penguin was made into a table lamp and resided at Charles Hart’s 159 Essex Avenue residence in Gloucester where it developed its warm patina. A related twelve-inch-tall Charles Hart penguin sold for $44,275, a world record for any carving by the maker. Strong original paint with minor wear, minor touch-up to a half inch diameter area on top of head, chips to the sides of both feet, and paint loss to nail holes on wings.
Provenance: Private Collection of the artist Charles Howard Hart and his wife Annette
By descent to his granddaughter Norma Hart Anderson
Private Collection, MassachusettsCondition
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