(1921- 2008) who studied with Jacques painting backgrounds at the Field museum during his time at The American Academy of Art in the late 1930s, and were part of a line he created for the V. In downtown Chicago in the 1940s and 1950s. They are made of redwood, oil painted Masonite backgrounds, hand carved ducks in a full shadowbox with water and reeds in the bottom. There is nothing loose or rattling around, they hung in a dark den in his home after the store closed.
The salesman also showed me, on the back of a display, tiles my father had did of "risqué" women a la 1940's calendar. I'm sure the images were taken elsewhere, they were cute, such as a woman casting and having her skirt pulled up by the fly and the cast.
To show the times, I was embarrassed as my father was such a quiet man. I guess that the rich who patronized VL&A love that sort of thing. My father also did hunting tile tables and hunting scenes on individual tiles, that were fired and put on furniture as an early sort of ceramic coaster, or hung on the wall. Condition: They are in used/excellent condition, are made of redwood, painted Masonite backgrounds, hand carved ducks(ducks in absolute perfect condition, being not handled and under glass) in a full shadowbox with water and reeds in the bottom. There may be some minor natural wood darkening and minor shrinkage, as with all antiques from this period.Watch out for the reflections on the old glass, it shows up on some pictures and makes it difficult to gage the true color. The item "Pair of Duck Shadowboxes, hand painted/carved late 1940's from Chi V.
L & A store" is in sale since Friday, May 12, 2017. This item is in the category "Sporting Goods\Hunting\Vintage Hunting\Duck Decoys".The seller is "refulgentdolphins1" and is located in Chicago, Illinois. This item can be shipped to United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Denmark, Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Czech republic, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Estonia, Australia, Greece, Portugal, Cyprus, Slovenia, Japan, China, Sweden, South Korea, Indonesia, Taiwan, Thailand, Belgium, France, Hong Kong, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, Russian federation, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Singapore, Switzerland, Norway, Saudi arabia, Ukraine, United arab emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Croatia, Malaysia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa rica, Panama, Trinidad and tobago, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Barbados, Bangladesh, Bermuda, Brunei darussalam, Bolivia, Ecuador, French guiana, Guernsey, Gibraltar, Guadeloupe, Iceland, Jersey, Jordan, Cambodia, Cayman islands, Liechtenstein, Sri lanka, Luxembourg, Monaco, Macao, Martinique, Maldives, Nicaragua, Oman, Peru, Pakistan, Paraguay.