CHARLES E. (SHANG) WHEELER (1872-1949), STRATFORD, CONNECTICUT, CIRCA 1930

Details

WOOD DUCK DRAKE AND HEN
CHARLES E. (SHANG) WHEELER (1872-1949), STRATFORD, CONNECTICUT, CIRCA 1930
matched pair
14 in. long (drake); 13 in. long (hen)

Provenance

Thomas C. Marshall, Fairfield, Connecticut, December 1973

Literature

A. Earnest, The Art of the Decoy, Exton, PA, 1965, p. 73, fig. 58.
J. Barnitz et al., The David and Peggy Rockefeller Collection: Art of the Western Hemisphere, New York, 1988, vol. II, p. 303, no. 192 (illustrated in color, p. 303).

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Lot Essay

This pair of wood ducks as well as the standing drake (in previous lot) are excellent examples of Shang Wheeler's decorative carvings and complement his working decoys. Adele Earnest called these decorative decoys "the rarest of the rare."

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