Kestrel
Floyd Scholz (b. 1958)
Hancock, VT, 1989
14 1/2 in. tall

"Scholz is a five-time U.S. National Champion and the 2005 World Master's Best in Show Champion. Scholz's work has been included in the prestigious Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum Birds in Art exhibition and has been featured in many publications including Smithsonian Studies in American Art and People Magazine, where he was heralded as 'one of the world's true Renaissance men.' One of his dear friends and collectors Elizabeth Taylor once summed it up perfectly when she said, 'Floyd, you really soar with your eagles!'" -The Ward Museum of Wildfowl Art

A highly refined decorative kestrel with the maker's signature and date on the underside of the base. It is also numbered "0192" and dedicated "For Pete Pasky thanks for the 'push.'"
Excellent original paint with minimal wear.

Provenance: Pete Pasky Collection, acquired from the artist
Private Collection, by descent from the above

Literature: "Floyd Scholz," Ward Museum of Wildfowl Art website, Salisbury, MD.

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