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THBSwan by Mark McNair (b. 1950)
Lot 310
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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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Swan
Mark McNair (b. 1950)
Craddockville, VA, 2016
28 1/2 in. long
"Mark McNair is the dean of contemporary decoy carvers. We have all the great masters here at the Shelburne Museum: Albert Laing, Elmer Crowell, Charles 'Shang' Wheeler... and it really speaks to Mark's place within this field that he is the only living artist we have in the museum's collection." - Kory Rogers, The Francie and John Downing Senior Curator of American Art, Shelburne Museum, Vermont
An exceptional and unique hollow swan decoy with a serpentine neck that ranks among McNair's finest works.
This design draws parallels with the famous Harry V. Long Collection nesting Canada goose by A. Elmer Crowell. A related example and its preening mate from the Barrie and Bernice Stavis Collection were acquired by the Shelburne Museum in Copley Fine Art Auctions' Sporting Sale 2009.
The body was carved from a single Atlantic white cedar log that was halved and hollowed. The neck draws back and rests in the body before sweeping forward to the left where the cheek settles within the rising breast.
The underside bears an incised signature, heart-shaped weight, and rare star-burst copper nails.
Original paint with light wear and fill to crack in underside by the artist.
Provenance: Private Collection
Literature: Kory W. Rogers, "Birds of a Feather," Shelburne, VT, 2017, p. 149, related Stavis pair illustrated.Please refer to the description; if you have additional questions, email colin@copleyart.com.Condition
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