George Boyd Yellowlegs

George Boyd (1873-1941) Seabrook, NH, c. 1920 A classic New England shorebird with Boyd's finest "wet- on-wet" stippled paint. Of the dozens of George Boyd yellowlegs that we have handled over the last twenty years, the paint on this example is perhaps the finest. Original paint with minor rubs to wing tips and bill; tiny chip to tail; hairline crack to neck has been professionally reset with virtually no touch up (approximately a 11/2 millimeter band).

Provenance: Peter Brams Collection

Literature: Jeff Waingrow, American Wildfowl Decoys, New York, NY, 1985, pp. 108 and 109. Joe Engers, ed., The Great Book of Wildfowl Decoys, San Diego, CA, 1990, p. 68. John and Shirley Delph, New England Decoys, Exton, PA, 1990, p. 45 and 50. William J. Mackey, Jr., American Bird Decoys, New York, NY, 1965, p. 72. Henry A. Fleckenstein, Jr., Shorebird Decoys, Exton, PA, 1980, plate 98.

Provenance

Peter Brams Collection