拍品 1075
1075
WOOD DUCK DRAKE AND HEN
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WOOD DUCK DRAKE AND HEN

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

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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)
來源
Thomas C. Marshall, Fairfield, Connecticut, December 1973
出版
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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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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