CHARLES GREENOUGH "CHIPPY" CHASE (ME, 1908-1988)

"Common Eider", carved wood sculpture, signed and inscribed on base "Charles Greenough Chase, Common Eider, Somateria Mollissima, No. 344, Sept. 1984", depicting a standing eider searching for mussels amid rocks and seaweed, on carved integral base. Comes with three personal notes from Chase, information about the artist, and an invitation to a 1983 New York exhibition of his bird sculpture where this piece was purchased (including receipt from down payment), 12" high, 25 1/4", 15 1/2". Sun fading and dryness to one side, edge shrinkage cracks.