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THBWilliam Harold Zimmerman (1937-2011), Merriam's Wild Turkey
Lot 597
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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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William Harold Zimmerman (1937-2011)
Merriam's Wild Turkey
oil on canvas, 13 by 18 in.
titled and inscribed "Meleagris Gallapayo Merriami" on back
William Zimmerman was born in 1937 in Indiana. Inspired by John James Audubon, as a young man he was drawn to art and the outdoors and consequently studied at the Cincinnati Art Academy.
As a conservationist, he was a supporter of Sycamore Land Trust and Sassafras Audubon Society in Indiana. Named in his honor, the Zimmerman Wetland Bird Habitat in Brown County is where the Zimmerman Wetlanders, a group of volunteers, conduct a monthly bird survey.
As an artist, he was a peer of Roger Tory Peterson and John Ruthven, with whom he published "Top Flight: Speed Index to Waterfowl Identification" in 1965. During his early career, he also exhibited with Abercrombie & Fitch in Chicago and New York. His major work was "Waterfowl of North America," published in 1974, depicting all forty-two species of American waterfowl to much acclaim. Zimmerman illustrated "The Birds of Indiana" in 1984, and these originals are on display at Indiana University in Bloomington. "Birds of Illinois," "Birds of Ohio," "Birds of Kentucky," and "Woodpeckers of North America" are among his other publications. Today, his paintings are in the collection of the Indiana State Museum in Indianapolis and the Zimmerman wing of the Brown County Art Gallery in Nashville, Indiana.
This work was Zimmerman's submission for the National Wild Turkey Federation's stamp contest. It is considered to be one of the artist's best works.
Provenance: William Zimmerman Collection, by descent in the familyPlease email condition report requests to leah@copleyart.com.Condition
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