Charles E Shang Wheeler

Lot 381: A BLACK DUCK

Name: A BLACK DUCK
Brand: Christie's
SKU: bx7dsogk6r

Est: $8,000 USD - $10,000 USDSold:

Christie'sNew York, NY, USJanuary 19, 2007

Item Overview

Description

Charles "Shang" Wheeler (1872-1949), Stratford, Connecticut, First to Second Quarters 20th Century
The sleeping duck inscribed on the underside: Made and Used by "Shang" Wheeler, 1935. Constructed with cork body and pine head and tail insert.
Original paint shows moderate wear; some minor denting and roughness to the body; light hit by shot; overall very good structurally.
5 3/4 in. high, 16 1/2 in. long

Artist or Maker

Charles E Shang Wheeler

Literature

Adele Earnest, Folk Art In America, A Personal View (Exton, PA, 1984), p. 135.
Adele Earnest, The Art of the Decoy: American Bird Carvings, (Pennsylvania 1982), p. 155.

Provenance

Purchased from Adele Earnest

Auction Details

Property From The Alvin E. Friedman-Kien Foundation

Christie's

January 19, 2007, 12:00 AM EST

20 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY, 10020, US

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