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Canada Goose
Ira Hudson 
Photo by John Parnell
Canada Goose
Canada Goose
Ira Hudson 
Photo by John Parnell
Canada Goose Ira Hudson Photo by John Parnell
Record Details

Canada Goose

Artist ((1876–1949))
Datec. 1920
Place/RegionChincoteague Island, Virginia, United States
MediumPaint on wood
Dimensions11 × 25 1/2 × 8 1/4"
Credit LineGift of Alastair B. Martin
Accession number1969.1.13
CopyrightThe American Folk Art Museum believes this work to be in the public domain.
Description

Ira Hudson was Virginia’s most prolific commercial decoy carver. His main source of income was derived from building small boats, but he was renowned for making duck, goose, brant, and shorebird decoys. After 1900, and over a period of almost forty years, he produced hundreds of decoys annually, in a variety of grades. He often incorporated found wood into solid and hollow-body decoys, using the natural qualities of the woods to enhance the forms.

Stacy C. Hollander, "Canada Goose," in American Anthem: Masterworks from the American Folk Art Museum (New York: Harry N. Abrams in association with American Folk Art Museum, 2001), 366.

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