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THBThe Waterfield Ward Preening Canada Goose, Lemuel T. Ward (1896-1984)
Lot 71
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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
The Waterfield Ward Preening Canada Goose
Lemuel T. Ward (1896-1984)
Crisfield, MD, 1968
20 1/2 in. long
An exceptional preening goose made by Lem for his friend, legendary Cedar Point guide Amos Waterfield. While Waterfield made his career hunting over Ward decoys, today he is known for the carvings he collected, traded, and purchased directly from the Wards, including this special commission.
While Lem is known to have made numerous decorative Canada geese, few employed the fluidity of this preening extended-wing model with its fine feathering. The underside of the hollow body is signed, dated, and inscribed by Lem to Amos.
Excellent original paint with minimal wear and very minor touch-up to small area on breast, one small area of shrinkage towards tail.
Provenance: Amos Waterfield Collection, acquired from the artist
Vance Strausburg Collection
Literature: Glenn Lawson, “The Story of Lem Ward,” West Chester, PA, 1984, pp. 62-63, and back dust-jacket cover, related example 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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