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ANYONE HEARD OF BRONZE ARTIST DUKE DUCOTE?

Has anyone heard of Duke DuCote; the artist of this bronze piece I bought at an estate auction? Also, is this still called a statue, even though it's more like a plaque?

Finally, on the back of it is engraved BEAVER NEERS - does anyone know what that is suppose to mean?!

I appreciate any help.

 

 

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ANYONE HEARD OF BRONZE ARTIST DUKE DUCOTE?

I think "Beaverneers" may be a play on words to be like pioneers.

 

As far as to what to call it I would simply call it a "small bronze" without specifying statue or otherwise perhaps.

 

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THANK YOU - THAT HELPS!

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I found a 1985 newspaper article about someone's collection of nautical memorabilia, in which it said, "An artist friend, Duke Ducote of Kansas City, Kan., carved the 'salty' sea captain that stands nearby..."
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I nextfound a 1971 newspaper article about a Colorado art gallery that had an art exhibition that included a "wood carving by Duke Ducote."
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Thank you! Now I can list it as a 'Bronze statue by listed artist'!

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I think "Beaverneers" is meant to be a play on the word "Engineers"
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Unless its marked with his name,Id be very careful about attributing this to him. Your basing that on a sticker someone else put on it. It could possibly open you up to a snad. Its adorable,I love it and would buy it ,but I searched and searched and couldnt find any examples of his work in bronze. So its a sticky wicket. 

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I did a search with Duke Ducote in quotes and got several auction results for what sounds like your piece but no pictures.  There was one auction attributing a different piece to Duke Ducote described as follows: "Nice small Western bronze of a roaming buffalo on a wooden plinth. Numbered 3/100 and signed "Rouge Spurr," attributed to Duke Ducote."  but again, no pictures.  Here is the link to the search in case you would like to take a look.  I just glanced over a few of the links so maybe I missed something.  Hope this is helpful.

 

https://www.google.com/search?q=%22Duke+Ducote%22+bronze&biw=1047&bih=490&source=lnms&sa=X&ei=JVydVY...

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I also found the buffalo link w/o photos, but that was as far as I got.

Your right johnnycb09

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@kens10666pp8 wrote:
I think "Beaverneers" is meant to be a play on the word "Engineers"

I like that much better! Undoubtedly that is it!

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johnnycb09 made an excellent point and in spite of what I am finding, I think he is absolutely correct that unless the piece is marked by that artist, it should not be conclusively attributed to him.

 

Having said that, I found THIS link to a Kansas directory listing for Ducote (emphasis mine). I don't see where it indicates if those studio listings are current, but perhaps he is still active?

 

6.  Ducote, Duke
Sculpture in bronze, stone and wood, western themes.

 

 

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I checked the cache on the page to which that link directs you and it says it is a snapshot of the page as of June 23, 2015, but the "Duke Ducote" link in the cached image is dead.

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Yes I knew Duke ducote. I have a lot of his wood carvings. He lived in kansas city, kansas

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Did the man you know do any painting, I have the ugliest painting I posted some years ago by Duke.....never got any where with it, but the painting has a mark I was told he used as a signature but never got anything but award for the ugliest painting....I got the same info as posted here 

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