Decoy

c. 1942

Hester Duany

Associated Names
Hester Duany

Artist, American, 1891 - 1964

The image features a wooden duck decoy with intricate textures, displayed upright on a slim stand. The color scheme is primarily composed of natural wood tones, including browns, tans, and grays, with darker details near the duck's eye and beak. The decoy is facing left in profile, slightly tilted upward, against a simple light background, with the stand extending downwards in the lower part of the image.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor with white heightening over graphite on paperboard

  • Credit Line

    Index of American Design

  • Dimensions

    overall: 35.7 x 40.9 cm (14 1/16 x 16 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.8.9640

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

2002

  • Drawing on America's Past: Folk Art, Modernism, and the Index of American Design, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2002-2003, no. 10, as Greater Yellowlegs Decoy.

Bibliography

2002

  • Drawing on America's Past: Folk Art, Modernism, and the Index of American Design. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2002-2003: no. 10.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: Hester Duany

Wikidata ID

Q64574255

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