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THBSperm Whale Clark Voorhees (1911-1980)
Lot 228
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Copley Fine Art Auctions
20 Winter Street
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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Sperm Whale
Clark Voorhees (1911-1980)
Old Lyme, CT c. 1955
16 1/2 in. long
The following seven lots comprise a complete set of marine mammal carvings. This important carver began making whales in Old Lyme, Connecticut, the same town in which his father, Clark Greenwood Voorhees (1871-1933), was a founder of the Old Lyme Art Colony. The son later moved his workshop to Vermont. Many of his carvings were sold through the Four Winds Shop on Nantucket.
Signed on the back with incised "CV" and stamped "C VOORHEES." Original paint with minimal wear.
Provenance: Private Collection, California, acquired directly from the artist in the 1950s
Literature: Kevin Tulimieri, "Clark Voorhees' Carved Whales," The Magazine Antiques, January/February 2011, pp. 56-62.Condition report requests can be made via email or by telephone (info@copleyart.com or 617.536.0030). 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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