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The wild duck chase : inside the strange and wonderful world of the federal duck stamp contest /

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York, NY : Walker & Company, 2012.Description: x, 261 p. : chiefly col. ill. ; 20 cmISBN:
  • 9781620403075
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HJ5321 .S565 2012
Contents:
Prologue -- The hunters gather -- The first battle of specklebelly -- Guns, greed, and the grand idea -- Round one -- The second battle of Specklebelly -- The annual ordeal of artistic choices -- The power of the prize -- Round two -- What is art, anyway? -- The looming threats -- Round three -- The hunter-hugger schism -- Judgment day : the tiebreak round -- Where the wild things are.
Summary: The Wild Duck Chase takes readers into the peculiar world of competitive duck painting as it played out during the 2010 Federal Duck Stamp Contest-the only juried art competition run by the U.S. government.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Prologue -- The hunters gather -- The first battle of specklebelly -- Guns, greed, and the grand idea -- Round one -- The second battle of Specklebelly -- The annual ordeal of artistic choices -- The power of the prize -- Round two -- What is art, anyway? -- The looming threats -- Round three -- The hunter-hugger schism -- Judgment day : the tiebreak round -- Where the wild things are.

The Wild Duck Chase takes readers into the peculiar world of competitive duck painting as it played out during the 2010 Federal Duck Stamp Contest-the only juried art competition run by the U.S. government.

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