02-25-200102-25-2001
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsBolton MA
2056
February 25, 2001 10:00 AMCalender
1203

Assembled Group of Five Carved Crow Decoys

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$2,185$1,900
Auction: Sale #2056 - 2056Location: BoltonDate / Time: February 25, 2001 10:00AM

Description:

Assembled Group of Five Carved Crow Decoys, one attributed to Charles Perdew, Illinois, c. 1930s-50s, all painted black, approx. lg. 16 in. Provenance: Raymond Saroff/Howard Rose collection, Aarne Anton/American Primitive Gallery. Literature: One of these birds is pictured in Roger Ricci and Frank Maresca's AMERICAN PRIMITIVE: DISCOVERIES IN FOLK SCULPTURE, (New York, 1988),p. 158, fig. 221. Exhibitions: "The Fine Art of American Folk," The Edith C. Blum Institute, Bard College, 1990.
Estimate $3,800-4,200

Keywords

Charles Perdew, Howard Rose, Raymond Saroff, Frank Maresca, American Primitive Gallery, Bard College, Edith C. Blum Institute