VARIOUS ARTISTS (20TH CENTURY)

A group of eight prints of Ducks and Gaming Birds

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VARIOUS ARTISTS (20TH CENTURY)
A group of eight prints of Ducks and Gaming Birds
eight photo-lithographs in colors, circa 1975, on wove papers, most plates signed in pencil, Back Bay - Mallards and Dusk in the Bay numbered 99/600 and 43/600 respectively, Mallard Hen and Young and Mallard Pair both numbered 425/650, Salute to the Dawn numbered 167/350, Sunrise Serenade inscribed 'To Russ Aitken Rog Preuss', Wood Ducks with the Regency House Art Inc. blindstamp, all with margins, minor surface soiling to varying degrees on several plates, a few soft handling creases mostly in the margins and along the extreme margin edges on several plates, Sunrise Serenade with heavier soiling within the margins, pale time staining, tears and creases along the upper and lower sheet edges, otherwise all generally in good condition; and PETER MAZELL (ACTIVE 18TH CENTURY), AFTER P. PAILLOUL (ACTIVE 18TH CENTURY), The White Fronted Wild Goose--engraving with hand-coloring, circa 1770, on laid paper, with margins, surface soiling, occasional pale scattered foxing, an area of moisture staining in the lower right margin corner, not examined out of the frame
all L. approx. 19½ x 27½ in. (495 x 698 mm.)
all S. approx. 25½ x 32½ in. (647 x 825 mm.) (9)

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Including: AFTER JOHN JAMES AUDUBON (1785-1851), Canvas backed Duck. Fuligula Vallisneria; AFTER GUY COHELEACH, Wood Ducks. Aix Sponsa; AFTER OWEN J. GROMME (B. 1896), Salute to the Dawn - Whooping Cranes at Wood Buffalo National Park; AFTER DAVID A. MAASS (B. 1929), Back Bay - Mallards; and Dusk in the Bay - Canada Geese; AFTER ROGER PREUSS, Sunrise Serenade; AFTER MAYNARD REECE (B. 1920), Mallard Hen and Young; and Mallard Pair

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