$1,593
Jess Blackstone Miniature Carved and Painted Blackburnian Warbler Figure, New Hampshire, 1941, carved wooden bird mounted on a rock-form base, identified, signed "JB," "#1," and dated "1941" on the base, ht. 1 7/8 in. Provenance: Acquired from Jess Blackstone's widow, Edie Blackstone. Literature: This bird is pictured and discussed in Birds in Wood and Paint, by Joseph H. Ellis, University Press of New England, 2009, p. 130, fig. 14.4.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2012-08-12