Decoy: Redhead Drake

A. Elmer Crowell (American, 1862–1952)

1890–1915

Object PlaceEast Harwich, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, United States

Medium/TechniquePainted wood

Dimensions19.05 x 32.38 cm (7 1/2 x 12 3/4 in.)

Credit LineGift of Maxim Karolik

Accession number60.492

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ClassificationsSculpture

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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).