Richard Janson Pintail Drake

Sonoma Creek, CA, c. 1930 Richard "Fresh Air Dick" Janson (1872-1951) Sonoma Creek, CA, c. 1930

One of his earlier redwood decoys with appealing grain showing through. In very good original paint with light gunning wear; age lines at neck seam and back of head; chip to one carved primary feather; a few small paint rubs.

Literature: Michael R. Miller and Frederick W. Hanson, Wildfowl Decoys of the Pacific Coast, Davis, CA, 1986, dust jacket cover and pp. 142-152. Joe Engers, ed., The Great Book of Wildfowl Decoys, Lewes, DE, 1990, pp. 264-270.