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THBWading Greater Yellowlegs Pair Noah Bernard Sterling (1884-1954)
Lot 239
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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
Wading Greater Yellowlegs Pair
Noah Bernard Sterling (1884-1954)
Crisfield, MD c. 1910
17 in. tall
Made famous in Adele Earnest's 1965 publication "The Art of The Decoy," birds from this rig are pure folk art in every sense. They pre-date the "Bird in Space" sculptures by the pioneer of modernism Constantin Brancusi (1876-1957), yet evoke parallels to the minimalist's avian representation. Sterling has rendered the wading yellowlegs down to its basic geometric forms, comprised of spherical heads, cylindrical necks, and conical bodies with a sharp chine on the underside. These iconic sculptures transcend the art of the decoy and stand with the works of the Modernists. Maryland shorebird decoys are exceedingly rare, with only a handful of makers known to exist. Among this small group, Noah Sterling towers above the rest. One of the birds has the "Adele Earnest Collection" stamp on the bottom of the base. Original paint with gunning wear. One has original bill reset at base; the other has a replaced bill. Original wire legs.
PROVENANCE: Adele Earnest Collection Grant Nelson Collection, acquired from Stephen O'Brien, Jr. Fine Arts
LITERATURE: Adele Earnest, "The Art of the Decoy," West Chester, PA, 1965, p. 51, plate 28, similar decoy 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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