拍品专文
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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SAMUEL SOPER (1863-1943), BARNEGAT, NEW JERSEY, CIRCA 1930
细节
HOLLOW-CARVED SLEEPING CANADA GOOSE
SAMUEL SOPER (1863-1943), BARNEGAT, NEW JERSEY, CIRCA 1930
Mackey Collection stamped on underside
22 in. long
SAMUEL SOPER (1863-1943), BARNEGAT, NEW JERSEY, CIRCA 1930
Mackey Collection stamped on underside
22 in. long
来源
William J. Mackey, Jr., Belford, New Jersey
Sold, Richard A. Bourne, Hyannis, Massachusetts, 21 August 1973, lot 103 (see Decoy Index for original cataloguing)
Sold, Richard A. Bourne, Hyannis, Massachusetts, 21 August 1973, lot 103 (see Decoy Index for original cataloguing)
出版
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).
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).
展览
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.
Osaka, Japan, United States Pavilion, Japan World Exposition, 15 March - 13 September 1970.
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