Ken Anger Excellent Black Duck

Ken Anger (1904-1983) Dunnville, Ontario, Canada 16.25" long

Anger was a highly regarded commercial decoy carver whose work became a defining part of the Dunnville carving tradition. An avid hunter and fisherman, Anger developed a distinctive style characterized by substantial bodies, detailed carving and heavily rasped surfaces. He was strongly influenced by carver Peter Marshall Pringle (1878-1953), whose higher-profile, heavily textured decoys helped shape Anger’s evolving style. Anger went on to become one of Canada’s most celebrated decoy carvers of his time, winning multiple blue ribbons at the National Decoy Contest in New York in 1948 and 1949.

The black duck is very well preserved with bold rasping in the slightly turned head and incised carving in the bill. Looped feather paint with a softly rasped surface and incised carving outlining the wings on the back.

Condition: Near mint, couple small dents, few spots of white (paint?) on right side.