Lot 54 : Rare and exceptional old squaw drake Joseph
Guyette & Schmidt, Inc. - Portland - July 26, 2008
Price Realized:
$120,000
Pre-Auction Price Estimate:
$100,000 - $125,000
Title:
Rare and exceptional old squaw drake Joseph
Description:
Rare and exceptional old squaw drake, Joseph Lincoln, Accord, Massachusetts, 1st quarter 20th century.
This is one of the finest Lincoln's to come to auction is some time. The detail in the paint is more stylized than on some of his work, with some scalloping to the white wing patches on the back, some unusual and fine feather detail both on the sides and
Outstanding dry original paint shows some crazing around the breast; the surface is dry and very appealing; one or two very tight thin cracks in the tail; overall superb structurally.
"Rare American Decoys and Bird Carvings", Richard Bourne, July 1986, lot 77; "Joseph W. Lincoln, Accord, Massachusetts", Cap Vinal, p. 44.
