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TAYLOR JOHNSON (1863-1929), POINT PLEASANT, NEW JERSEY, LAST QUARTER 19TH/FIRST QUARTER 20TH CENTURY
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TAYLOR JOHNSON (1863-1929), POINT PLEASANT, NEW JERSEY, LAST QUARTER 19TH/FIRST QUARTER 20TH CENTURY
Mackey Collection stamped on underside; very rare high head pose
18 ½ in. long
TAYLOR JOHNSON (1863-1929), POINT PLEASANT, NEW JERSEY, LAST QUARTER 19TH/FIRST QUARTER 20TH CENTURY
Mackey Collection stamped on underside; very rare high head pose
18 ½ in. long
Provenance
William J. Mackey, Jr., Belford, New Jersey
Sold, Richard A. Bourne Co., Hyannis, Massachusetts, 20 October 1973, lot 81 (see Decoy Index for original cataloguing)
Sold, Richard A. Bourne Co., Hyannis, Massachusetts, 20 October 1973, lot 81 (see Decoy Index for original cataloguing)
Literature
W. J. Mackey, Jr., American Bird Decoys, New York, 1965, p. 117, pl. 100.
Exhibited
New York, New York, IBM Gallery of Arts and Sciences, Collection of William J. Mackey, Jr. of Belford, New Jersey, 29 August - 1 October 1966.
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