Featured Decoys From Museum Of American Bird Art Exhibit On Display

By Ammoland

USA – -(AmmoLand.com)- Guyette & Deeter July 22 2019, preview to be accompanied by featured decoys from “The Surgeon & the Explorer – Naturalist” exhibit from the Museum of American Bird Art at Mass Audubon.

Some of the featured decoys from the new exhibit “The Surgeon & the Explorer-Naturalist: The Shorebird Decoys of Clarence Gardner & Newton Dexter” will be on display at the Guyette and Deeter preview reception on July 22.

Don’t miss this opportunity to view some of the best known Gardner Dexter decoys, including the famed dowitcher pair from the collection of Jane and Ron Gard, formerly of the James McCleery Collection.

Curator Gigi Hopkins and museum director Amy Montague will be available to discuss the museum exhibition and new research on the makers.

The extraordinary rig of Dr. Clarence T. Gardner and Simon Newton Dexter was made in the late 1800s at Sakonnet Point, Little Compton, Rhode Island. These are the only decoys known to have been made in that state. The birds from this single group, created for the makers’ own use, demonstrate a remarkable range, from stunning pristine sculpture to shot-over working decoys.

This display will coincide with the Guyette & Deeter Auction …Read the Rest

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