CHARLES "SHANG" WHEELER, STRATFORD, CONNECTICUT, CIRCA 1940

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A PAIR OF CURLEW
Charles "Shang" Wheeler, Stratford, Connecticut, Circa 1940
Decoratives, in virtually identical plumage, with metal legs, in naturalistic setting of sand and simulated marsh grasses
One bird has a thin split in the neck, one blade of grass has a tiny chip; otherwise, excellent and original

Provenance

Bud Ward

Exhibited

National Sportsmans Show, New York City, 1949.

Lot Essay

Nine such pairs are illustrated in "Shang" by Dixon MacD Merkt, p. 28, pl. 21. All the pairs of Wheeler shorebirds originally were owned by the Connecticut Audubon Society. They were all shown at the exhibition "Shang Wheeler and the Housatonic Decoy", 8/3/83 - 2/22/84 at the Old State House, Hartford, CT and New York City in 1949 at The National Sportsmans Show.

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