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Collections      Oversized Great Blue Heron Confidence Decoy - SoldPrice on RequestNew Jersey or Long Island, New York, circa 1900-1930 Softwood, carved, with original weathered patina, 37 x 37 x 2 ¼ inches Mounted nn a black metal stand. The majority of bird decoys representing the larger varieties of waterfowl often date from the twentieth century and were usually made as confidence decoys or ornamental carvings. Sometimes large folk art decoys like this one were used as garden ornaments and lawn decorations. Provenance: David A. Schorsch, Woodbury, CT: A distinguished Midwestern private collection Exhibited: “American Decoys II, A Folk Art Tradition,” David A. Schorsch, New York City, 1998 Literature: David A. Schorsch and Eileen M. Michaelis, American Decoys II, A Folk Art Tradition (New York, 1998), pp. 70-71, illustrated in color. Related published examples: Paul A Johnsgard, ed., The Bird Decoy, An American Art Form (Lincoln, Nebraska, 1976), p. 181. George Reiger, Floaters and Stick-Ups, A Personal Survey of Wildfowl Decoys (Boston, 1986), p. 11. Austin T. Miller American Antiques deals in American Folk Art, Americana, and Antique Folk Art. Valuation services and consignment sales are available for rare and important antique folk art, artwork, textiles, or antique furniture. Commonly sought items from within our American Folk Art Collection are antique weathervanes, whirligigs and folk art paintings. Austin T. Miller American Antiques has decades of expertise in rare outsider and naive art, as well as specific interests in paint decorated and antique furniture, baskets, and hooked rugs. For consignment sales inquiries, please use the contact link on this site or call during business hours.       |
