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THBOgden M. Pleissner (1905-1983), Quail Hunting
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Pembroke, MA 02359
United States
Founded in 2005, Copley Fine Art Auctions is a boutique auction house specializing in antique decoys and American, sporting, and wildlife paintings. Over the course of the last two decades, the firm has set auction records for not only individual decoy makers, but also entire carving regions. Copley...Read more
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LiveMar 4, 2022
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Ogden M. Pleissner (1905-1983)
Quail Hunting
signed "Pleissner" lower left
watercolor, 9 by 6 in.
Theodore Marvin, who commissioned these paintings on behalf of the Hercules Powder Company, was born in 1899 in Billings, Montana. After assaying at the Tom Boy and Smuggler Union Mines near Telluride, Marvin attended the Colorado School of Mines in Golden, where he earned an MA, served as an instructor in the Metallurgy Department, and ran on the track team. He was awarded the Mines Distinguished Award in 1959.
Marvin then had a successful thirty-year career at Hercules Powder Company, including twenty-two as Director of Advertising and Public Relations. His obituary notes, “His love of the arts was manifested in his interest in the Wilmington Society of the Fine Arts, and his retention of the great N.C. Wyeth and other famous artists [including Ogden Pleissner] to paint illustrations for the annual Hercules calendars.”
In addition to many other industry organizations, Marvin served on the National Safety Council and in the American Mining Congress. He lived with his family in Wilmington, Delaware, and had a 100-acre farm in Pennsylvania. He was an active participant in the Delaware chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution and a member of the Wilmington Club and the Wilmington Country Club.
Provenance: Theodore Marvin Collection, Delaware
Estate of Marjorie Pierson Marvin, by descent
Literature: Montgomery R. Budd, “Memorial in Appreciation of Theodore Marvin,” The Mines Magazine, June 1972.Please email condition report requests to leah@copleyart.com. Any condition statement given is a courtesy to customers, Copley will not be held responsible for any errors or omissions. The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition.Condition
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