Live Auction 1959Important American Furniture, Folk Art, Prints And Decoys
A SWIMMING BLACK DUCK
Lot 362

A SWIMMING BLACK DUCK

JOHN BLAIR SR., PHILADELPHIA, LAST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

Closed18 January 2008

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USD 18,750

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A SWIMMING BLACK DUCK
John Blair Sr., Philadelphia, Last Quarter 19th Century
Hollow carved flat bottomed style with glass eyes
Original feather painting with minor discoloration and wear, several tiny dents
17½ in. long

Specialist note

For similar examples, see Harrison Huster and Doug Knight. Floating sculpture (Spanish Forks, UT, 1982), p. 32.