heavily-provenanced-pintail-drake-sleeper-decoy
Lot 171
Heavily Provenanced Pintail Drake Sleeper Decoy
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
Paint decorated with glass eyes, the weighted underside ink inscribed "Used in 2 paintings by Bob Timberlake," with the artist's signature plus "Swan Island Club / All Original/ From Tilford Wade's Collection."

5.5 x 13.5 x 6 in.

Objects from the Bob Timberlake Collection, Lexington, NC

Selected objects from The Bob Timberlake Collection Bob Timberlake, an internationally acclaimed realist painter, furniture maker, author, and philanthropist lives in Lexington, North Carolina. Primarily known for his watercolor paintings, his depiction of life in his Native North Carolina has endeared his work to an international audience.

Made by Sam Smith, Amityville, Long Island, and brought south by the northern members of SIC in the late 19th century. Ref: Krogie Anderson's Decoy Book.

Age appropriate shrinkage and paint loss.

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