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Decoy: Black Duck
A. Elmer Crowell (American, 1862–1952)
1890–1915
Object Place: East Harwich, Massachusetts, United States
Medium/Technique
White pine, glass eye, original paint
Dimensions
18.41 x 41.91 cm (7 1/4 x 16 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Maxim Karolik
Accession Number60.495
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsSculpture
Provenance1953, December, Dr. George Ross Starr brought five duck decoys by A. Elmer Crowell to the MFA for review by Curator Henry Rossiter and collector Maxim Karolik; all five, including this one, were subsequently purchased by Karolik; 1960, given by Karolik to the MFA (Accession date: April 14, 1960).