Lot Essay
These sculptures were commissions from the artist and many are inscribed to Russell B. Aitken.
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JACK FRANCO, ASSONET, MASSACHUSETTS
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A GROUP OF SIX DECORATIVE CARVED AND PAINTED WATERFOWL SCULPTURES
Jack Franco, Assonet, Massachusetts
Comprising: a marbled godwit; a willet, two-thirds lifesize, in preening posture, with wing outstretched on sand base with razor clam, signed by maker on base and dated 1982; a least sandpiper, standing on sand-covered base, with maker's name and Oct. 1980 date on bottom; a marsh wren, signed by maker under driftwood base and dated 1970; a greater yellowlegs, standing on sand-covered base, with razor clam, with maker's name, July 1980 and a limpkin, standing on driftwood, set in a naturalistic swamp landscape, including grasses signed and dated May, 1981 (6)
Jack Franco, Assonet, Massachusetts
Comprising: a marbled godwit; a willet, two-thirds lifesize, in preening posture, with wing outstretched on sand base with razor clam, signed by maker on base and dated 1982; a least sandpiper, standing on sand-covered base, with maker's name and Oct. 1980 date on bottom; a marsh wren, signed by maker under driftwood base and dated 1970; a greater yellowlegs, standing on sand-covered base, with razor clam, with maker's name, July 1980 and a limpkin, standing on driftwood, set in a naturalistic swamp landscape, including grasses signed and dated May, 1981 (6)
Exhibited
The Greater Yellowlegs: Philadelphia Wildfowl Exposition, 1980, p. 20.