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THBThe “Shang” Wheeler Dust-Jacket Mallard Decoy by Charles E. "Shang" Wheeler (1872-1949)
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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 13, 2023
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The “Shang” Wheeler Dust-Jacket Mallard
Charles E. "Shang" Wheeler (1872-1949)
Stratford, CT, c. 1940
15 ½ in. long
“...the highest development yet reached in the American art of decoy carving.” — Joel Barber, discussing a dynamic Wheeler turned-head mallard drake at the 1923 Anti-Duskers carving competition
This singular presentation decoy was selected for both the front and back dust-jacket covers of the monograph on Wheeler titled Shang. It features the Stratford carver’s celebrated sleeping pose with the head and bill fully integrated into the back.
Mallard carvings by any Atlantic Flyway carver were rare during this period. The only known comparable Connecticut mallard is the carver’s champion swimmer held in the Shelburne Museum in Vermont. Both of these drakes feature dynamic poses, extensive feather detail, and hollow bodies. This is believed to be the best “Shang” Wheeler mallard held in private hands.
Excellent original paint with light wear.
Provenance: Thomas M. Evans Jr. Collection
Literature: Dixon MacD. Merkt, "Shang: A Biography of Charles E. Wheeler," Spanish Fork, UT, 1984, p. 70 and front and back dust-jacket cover, exact decoy illustrated multiple times.Condition
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.
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