- A GROUP OF INSCRIBED ARTWORKS BY GUESTS
OF FRED DAVIS'S HOMEA group of inscribed artworks by guests of Fred Davis's home, Comprising various personalized works from guests of Frederick Davis' Cuernavaca home including:...
[more like this] - PINTAIL PAIRRichard "Fresh Air Dick"
Janson
(1872-1951) Sonoma Creek, CA, c. 1940
17 1/2 in. long
A pair of classic West Coast decoys with layered primary feathers. The drake is hollow.
Original paint with even wear...
[more like this] - PREENING MALLARD PAIRWilliam "Bill"
Neal (1924-2014)
Black Point, CA, 1976
14 in. long
Two preeners signed by the maker on the underside and dated. The undersides of the ducks' tails bear Neal’s “WN”...
[more like this] - CINNAMON TEAL PAIRWilliam "Bill" Neal
(1924-2014)
Black Point, CA, c. 1985
13 1/2 in. long
The undersides of the tails bear Neal's "WN" brand.
Original paint with light wear.
Provenance: Richard and Dorothy...
[more like this] - MINIATURE FLYING BRANTWilliam "Bill"
Neal (1924-2014)
Black Point, CA, 1977
9 1/2 in. long
A McLellan-style brant with an eighteen-inch-long wingspan. This decorative has movable wings and is signed and dated...
[more like this] - CANVASBACK DRAKE"Dick" Allen (1891-1971)
Vallejo,
CA, c. 1925
14 1/2 in. long
Allen hunted San Francisco Bay and the Delta for over fifty years, carving decoys for his own use. Under the fine form is a flush-poured weight...
[more like this] - FEEDING PINTAIL PAIRHarold "Pappy" Kidwell
(1895-1982)
Berkeley, CA, c. 1980
20 in. long
This well-documented pair of rare feeding pintails in two poses were made by one of California's more colorful characters, who...
[more like this] - FLYING BRANTGeorge William McLellan
(1897-1987)
Eureka, CA, c. 1941
24 in. long, 41 in. wingspan
One of only nine flying decoys originally created for this legendary rig. Few would argue that Bill McLellan’s...
[more like this] - BUFFALO BILL'S WILD WEST PROGRAM.Cody,
W.F. Buffalo Bill's Wild West Program. Buffalo: Courier Litho, 1900. A 64-page program for Buffalo Bill's Congress of Rough Riders of the World featuring Annie Oakley, Johnny...
[more like this] - SNOWDEN FAMILY PHOTOS AND SLAVE DOCUMENT,
MEMPHIS TN AN...Archive of photographs and 1 slave document related to the Snowden family of Tennessee. 1st item: 1848 Bill of Sale recording the sale by J.B. (John Bayard)...
[more like this] - GRP: MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY ART BOOKSLarge
group of reference books, monographs, and catalogs on modern and contemporary art, including works on major movements such as Futurism and Synchromism, and artists including...
[more like this] - GEORGE FREDERICK WATTS (1817-1904)
STUDIES
OF THE MALE NUDE red chalk on paper, unsigned, bears inscription under the mount WATERMARK 1853-4, GIVEN TO ME IN 1938 AS ONE OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE WATTS GALLERY, COMPTON...
[more like this] - JOHN F. KENSETT (AMERICAN, 1816-1872)
"SINGING BEACH & EAGLE ROCK, MAGNOLIA, MASSACHUSETTS" oil on canvas. signed & dated ‘J.F. K. ‘68’ (lower left) Important Quotes Regarding "Singing Beach & Eagle Rock,...
[more like this] - Frederick Billing painting (Frederick
William Billing, California/Utah, 1835-1914), "Riding Camels", figures racing camels across a desert, conjoined monogram lower right "FWB. 82", oil on paper, 7 x 9-7/8 in.;...
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