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THBThe Konopasek Perdew Mallard Hen Decoy, Charles H. Perdew (1874-1963)
Lot 405
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Copley Fine Art Auctions
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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- Lot Description
Charles H. Perdew (1874-1963)
Henry, IL, c. 1932
16 1/2 in. long
An early Illinois River decoy with Edna Perdew's finest swirl and feather paint. Examples of this caliber are highly coveted by collectors and showcase this husband and wife team at the top of their game.
Gene Konopasek was an important Illinois River decoy collector from Fox Grove and past president of the Midwest Decoy Collectors Association. His decoys were known for their quality, including one of the finest preeners to come out of the region, a Bert Graves mallard hen.
Anne Tandy Lacy, in her thoroughly researched treatise on the Perdews, discusses this exact decoy:
“The mallard hen... exhibits some of Edna's finest paint, similar in style to that found on the Green-winged teal carved for Robert weeks. The bold and graceful feathers found on the back of the bird along with the lines of the wings are carefully outlined with a light gray paint, the same color used to accent the overlapping tips of wing feathers.” Outstanding original paint with minimal gunning wear, a few small smudges of green paint, likely from a drake's head when the decoy was stacked after being painted, and very minor touch-up to a few flakes mostly on right shoulder.
Provenance: Gene Konopasek Collection
Herb Wetanson Collection
Literature: Ann Tandy Lacy, "Perdew: An Illinois Tradition," Muncie, IN, 1993, pp. 138-139, exact decoy illustrated.
Robert Shaw, "Call to the Sky: The Decoy Collection of James M. McCleery, M.D.," Houston, TX, 1992, p. 107, related drake illustrated.
Stephen O'Brien and Julie Carlson, "Masterworks of the Illinois River," Boston, MA, 2005, p. 79, pintail hen with similar paint illustrated.
Please email condition report requests to colin@copleyart.com. 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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