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Live Auction

Premier Auction - Session I

Fri, Sep 16, 2022 09:00AM EDT
Lot 775

Anthony Elmer Crowell Attributed Black Duck Decoy

Estimate: $400 - $600

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$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000

(East Harwich, Massachusetts, 1862-1951)

circa 1930, unsigned, carved and painted wood duck with glass eyes, 6-1/2 x 16-1/4 x 6 in.

Note: Inscribed accession number "1969.1.58" (accessioned 1969)

Provenance: Gift of Alastair B. Martin; Property from the Collections of the American Folk Art Museum

Condition

crack and small separation along bill, crack and separation around neck, head slightly loose, surface dirt and accretion, scattered surface scratches and bumps, minor areas of paint loss, some nail holes

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