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THBWilliam Goadby Lawrence (1913-2002) Leaping Sailfish
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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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LiveFeb 17, 2017 - Feb 18, 2017
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William Goadby Lawrence (1913-2002)
Leaping Sailfish
signed "Wm Goadby Lawrence" lower left
oil on canvas, 19 1/4 by 23 1/2 in.
William Goadby Lawrence was born in Rumson, New Jersey, in 1913. He attended the Art Students League in New York City and had his first show at the outfitters Abercrombie and Fitch. During World War II, he served as a combat artist, a Chief Boatswain's Mate, and experienced action in battles in North Africa and Japan. After the war, Lawrence continued his artistic pursuits. His illustrations appeared in various magazines, including Field and Stream. On February 28, 1942, the cover of The Post featured a marlin painting by Lawrence. His work was also published in Van Campen Heilner's Salt Water Fishing and Bob Dunn and Peter Goadby's Saltwater Game Fishes of the World. Lawrence's paintings have been exhibited in the Library of Congress, the Museum of Natural History, and the U.S. Coast Guard Academy Museum. Lawrence is widely recognized as one of the greatest fish painters of all time.
PROVENANCE: John L. Wehle, founder of the Genesee Country Museum and the John L. Wehle Gallery of Art in Mumford, New York, purchased from the Crossroads of Sport, Inc., New York, June 1946
By descent to the present ownerCondition
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