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American & Southern Auction | October 16, 2024

Wed, Oct 16, 2024 10:00AM EDT
Lot 662

American Polychrome Painted Wood Seagull

Estimate: $2,000 - $4,000

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early 20th century, naturalistically carved, original painted surface, with glass eyes, approximately 17-1/4 x 7-1/2 x 29 in., mounted on circular wood base with wrought iron support, 24-3/4 x 11-1/2 x 29 in. overall

Provenance: Sotheby's, New York, Important Americana: The Charles and Olenka Santore Collection, January 19, 2023 lot 276 for $12,600; Private New England Collection

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Sotheby's, New York, Important Americana: The Charles and Olenka Santore Collection, January 19, 2023 lot 276 for $12,600; Private New England Collection

painted surface with notable chipping, flaking, and loss, cracks around neck and proper right torso, chip and loss to tip of beak, additional hole drilled for wrought iron support, rust and corrosion to metal elements, surface dirt/accretion