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THBOutstanding Large Brook Trout by Phillippe Sirois (1892-1979)
Lot 131
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Copley Fine Art Auctions
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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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Outstanding Large Brook Trout
Phillippe Sirois (1892-1979)
Bath, ME, 1949
fish is 23 in. long, plaque is 29 1/2 by 13 1/2 in.
This brook trout is one of the finest Sirois carvings to ever come to market. The maker, Gene Kangas, Ron Swanson, and Donna Tonelli agree based on their presentations of it in numerous publications. It is the largest known brook trout carved by Sirois, and inscriptions on the back indicate this massive fish was caught in Rangley Lake in 1949. It resided in the artist's personal collection for thirty years until Kangas acquired it in 1979.
Original paint with light wear, one small spot of touch-up to plaque above dorsal fin and tight crack beside dorsal.
Provenance: Kangas Collection of International Folk Art and Decoys, acquired from the artist
Private Collection
Literature: Ronald S. Swanson, "Fish Models, Plaques & Effigies," Journal of the American Museum of Fly Fishing, Summer 1992, p. 13, exact fish illustrated. Ronald S. Swanson, "Fish Models, Plaques & Effigies," Far Hills, NJ, 2009, p. 74, fig. 105, photo of Sirois proudly holding exact fish illustrated. Donna Tonelli, "Top of the Line Fishing Collectibles," Atglen, PA, 1997, p. 132, exact fish illustrated. Gene and Linda Kangas and Donald Kirson, ed., "Bonfire of Swans," Concord, OH, 2012, inside front cover and pp. 26-27, exact fish discussed and illustrated with Sirois. Gene and Linda Kangas, "Phillippe Sirois-Maine Folk Artist," Decoy Magazine, Lewes, DE, May/June 2000, p. 13, exact fish illustrated.Please refer to the description; if you have additional questions, email colin@copleyart.com.Condition
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