Guy Taplin Pair Folk Art Swans
Pair of folk art wooden and painted swans. One swimming and one sleeping. Signed Guy Taplin, Wivenhoe Essex. Paint flaking but just the right look. Signed by Guy Taplin (bird sculptor to the stars). Guy Taplin makes wooden birds and ducks "you get a bit of wood, he says you chop up anything doesn't look like a duck. It's a piece of cake, really dead easy." His birds are in Tate Britian in the Royal Collection Jacqueline Onassis bought them, Michael Palin and John Snow buy them, so do Guinnesses and Sainsburys. "The birds are beautiful, graceful and lovely to the eye. It makes you want to touch them…"
This is a large or fragile item, so shipping will not calculate on our website. Please contact the Gallery at (208) 769-7575; [email protected] to get a shipping quote, or to purchase.
This is a large or fragile item, so shipping will not calculate on our website. Please contact the Gallery at (208) 769-7575; [email protected] to get a shipping quote, or to purchase.
PERIOD: Late 20th Century
ORIGIN: England, Europe
SIZE: Largest 32" x 12" x 29" Male; 31" x 12" x 13" Female
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Guy Taplin Pair Folk Art Swans
Pair of folk art wooden and painted swans. One swimming and one sleeping. Signed Guy Taplin, Wivenhoe Essex. Paint flaking but just the right look. Signed by Guy Taplin (bird sculptor to the stars). Guy Taplin makes wooden birds and ducks "you get a bit of wood, he says you chop up anything doesn't look like a duck. It's a piece of cake, really dead easy." His birds are in Tate Britian in the Royal Collection Jacqueline Onassis bought them, Michael Palin and John Snow buy them, so do Guinnesses and Sainsburys. "The birds are beautiful, graceful and lovely to the eye. It makes you want to touch them…"
This is a large or fragile item, so shipping will not calculate on our website. Please contact the Gallery at (208) 769-7575; [email protected] to get a shipping quote, or to purchase.
This is a large or fragile item, so shipping will not calculate on our website. Please contact the Gallery at (208) 769-7575; [email protected] to get a shipping quote, or to purchase.
PERIOD: Late 20th Century
ORIGIN: England, Europe
SIZE: Largest 32" x 12" x 29" Male; 31" x 12" x 13" Female
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Pair of folk art wooden and painted swans. One swimming and one sleeping. Signed Guy Taplin, Wivenhoe Essex. Paint flaking but just the right look. Signed by Guy Taplin (bird sculptor to the stars). Guy Taplin makes wooden birds and ducks "you get a bit of wood, he says you chop up anything doesn't look like a duck. It's a piece of cake, really dead easy." His birds are in Tate Britian in the Royal Collection Jacqueline Onassis bought them, Michael Palin and John Snow buy them, so do Guinnesses and Sainsburys. "The birds are beautiful, graceful and lovely to the eye. It makes you want to touch them…"
This is a large or fragile item, so shipping will not calculate on our website. Please contact the Gallery at (208) 769-7575; [email protected] to get a shipping quote, or to purchase.
This is a large or fragile item, so shipping will not calculate on our website. Please contact the Gallery at (208) 769-7575; [email protected] to get a shipping quote, or to purchase.
PERIOD: Late 20th Century
ORIGIN: England, Europe
SIZE: Largest 32" x 12" x 29" Male; 31" x 12" x 13" Female
