SAMUEL SOPER (1863-1943), BARNEGAT, NEW JERSEY, CIRCA 1930

Details

HOLLOW-CARVED SLEEPING CANADA GOOSE
SAMUEL SOPER (1863-1943), BARNEGAT, NEW JERSEY, CIRCA 1930
Mackey Collection stamped on underside
22 in. long

Provenance

William J. Mackey, Jr., Belford, New Jersey
Sold, Richard A. Bourne, Hyannis, Massachusetts, 21 August 1973, lot 103 (see Decoy Index for original cataloguing)

Literature

Q. Colio, American Bird Decoys, Ephrata, Pennsylvania, 1972, p. 35.
J. Barnitz et al., The David and Peggy Rockefeller Collection: Art of the Western Hemisphere, New York, 1988, vol. II, p. 296, no. 182 (illustrated in color, p. 297).

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.
Osaka, Japan, United States Pavilion, Japan World Exposition, 15 March - 13 September 1970.

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Lot Essay

This graceful "sleeper" is a superb example of a Canada Goose decoy. Not many of Soper's decoys are left to be enjoyed and this one is truly a work of art with its graceful curved neck and elegant sleeping pose.

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