Photo By/Credit
Robert Hautman/USFWS
Date Shot/Created
06/30/2018Media Usage Rights/License
Copyrighted, All Rights Reserved - Used by Permission
Image
Robert Hautman (1959- )
Robert “Bob” Hautman started selling pictures of ducks painted on weathered boards at art fairs. When he won his first state duck stamp contest in 1987 in Minnesota, his professional wildlife art career began. He credits his success to the influence of his parents and supportive family environment. Bob’s 2017 Federal Contest entry, featuring a pair of mallards landing in a marsh, received a perfect score of 25 from the panel of five judges. This is Bob’s third Federal Duck Stamp; he also created the 1997-1998 stamp, featuring a solitary Canada goose, and the 2000-2001 stamp, featuring a northern pintail. Bob’s work has also been featured on eight state waterfowl stamps. He was named Ducks Unlimited Flyway Artist of the Year in 2018, and his work is featured on the National Wild Turkey Federation print for 2018. With his brothers, he was selected to paint twelve stamps supporting the United Nations Endangered Species program. The Hautman brothers were mentioned in the movie “Fargo” and Bob and his brothers are among the artists featured in the 2016 documentary “The Million Dollar Duck”. Bob is strongly committed to the preservation of wetlands and other places that provide wildlife habitat. He lives and works on his farm in western Minnesota, where his studio overlooks wetlands he has been restoring for the past twenty years.
DESIGN: artist— Robert Hautman; art director— Suzanne Fellows, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; modeler— Joseph Sheeran. PRINTING: process— offset, microprint "FWS"; printer and processor— Ashton Potter USA Ltd., Williamsville, N.Y.; press— Muller A76; inks— cyan, magenta, yellow, black, invisible fluorescent; paper— nonphosphored type III; pressure-sensitive adhesive; issue quantity— 50,400 stamps (pane of 4); 2.16 million (pane of one); 200,000 stamps (pane of 20); formats— pane of 20 (one design); pane of 4 (one design); pane of 20 (one design); self-adhesive pane of one, size— 1.762 inches by 1.289 inches (image); 1.89 inches by 1.417 inches (overall); 8.25 inches by 8.25 inches (pane of 20); 6.125 inches by 2.625 inches (pane of one); 25.5 inches by 27 inches (press sheet); plate numbers— "P" followed by five single digits (pane of 20, pane of 4), none (pane of one); marginal markings— Selvage text: "Artist: Robert Hautman" in four positions, "Department of the Interior 20 × $25.00" in two positions, silhouetted image of duck in two positions; plate number in four locations (front of pane 20); bar codes on four corners of pane, federal duck stamp information on back of each stamp (back of pane of 20); "U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service," "2018-2019 Migratory Bird Hunting & Conservation Stamp," "Peel Here," "Artist: Robert Hautman," "Mallards," "If applicable sign your stamp," "Conserve Habitat for the Future … Buy Duck Stamps!," informational text (front of self-adhesive pane of one); verso text, bar code, ordering information, black and white sandhill crane image, Ordering information; U.S. Department of the Interior logo, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service logo (back of self-adhesive pane of one); Selvage text - U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, 85th Anniversary, Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation stamp, Artist: Robert Hautman, U.S. Department of Interior logo, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service logo, Plate number (1 position) (front of pane of 4); Verso-text, barcode, black and white sandhill crane image, 4 x $25.00 (back of pane of 4); USPS item No.— 336000 (pane of 20), 335900 (pane of one), 335800 (pane of 4).
Images of the stamp are copyrighted. To use the image on a product that will be produced and sold, you must apply for, and be accepted as, a Licensee. <https://www.fws.gov/service/license-duck-stamps-or-junior-duck-stamp-imagery>
Robert “Bob” Hautman started selling pictures of ducks painted on weathered boards at art fairs. When he won his first state duck stamp contest in 1987 in Minnesota, his professional wildlife art career began. He credits his success to the influence of his parents and supportive family environment. Bob’s 2017 Federal Contest entry, featuring a pair of mallards landing in a marsh, received a perfect score of 25 from the panel of five judges. This is Bob’s third Federal Duck Stamp; he also created the 1997-1998 stamp, featuring a solitary Canada goose, and the 2000-2001 stamp, featuring a northern pintail. Bob’s work has also been featured on eight state waterfowl stamps. He was named Ducks Unlimited Flyway Artist of the Year in 2018, and his work is featured on the National Wild Turkey Federation print for 2018. With his brothers, he was selected to paint twelve stamps supporting the United Nations Endangered Species program. The Hautman brothers were mentioned in the movie “Fargo” and Bob and his brothers are among the artists featured in the 2016 documentary “The Million Dollar Duck”. Bob is strongly committed to the preservation of wetlands and other places that provide wildlife habitat. He lives and works on his farm in western Minnesota, where his studio overlooks wetlands he has been restoring for the past twenty years.
DESIGN: artist— Robert Hautman; art director— Suzanne Fellows, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; modeler— Joseph Sheeran. PRINTING: process— offset, microprint "FWS"; printer and processor— Ashton Potter USA Ltd., Williamsville, N.Y.; press— Muller A76; inks— cyan, magenta, yellow, black, invisible fluorescent; paper— nonphosphored type III; pressure-sensitive adhesive; issue quantity— 50,400 stamps (pane of 4); 2.16 million (pane of one); 200,000 stamps (pane of 20); formats— pane of 20 (one design); pane of 4 (one design); pane of 20 (one design); self-adhesive pane of one, size— 1.762 inches by 1.289 inches (image); 1.89 inches by 1.417 inches (overall); 8.25 inches by 8.25 inches (pane of 20); 6.125 inches by 2.625 inches (pane of one); 25.5 inches by 27 inches (press sheet); plate numbers— "P" followed by five single digits (pane of 20, pane of 4), none (pane of one); marginal markings— Selvage text: "Artist: Robert Hautman" in four positions, "Department of the Interior 20 × $25.00" in two positions, silhouetted image of duck in two positions; plate number in four locations (front of pane 20); bar codes on four corners of pane, federal duck stamp information on back of each stamp (back of pane of 20); "U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service," "2018-2019 Migratory Bird Hunting & Conservation Stamp," "Peel Here," "Artist: Robert Hautman," "Mallards," "If applicable sign your stamp," "Conserve Habitat for the Future … Buy Duck Stamps!," informational text (front of self-adhesive pane of one); verso text, bar code, ordering information, black and white sandhill crane image, Ordering information; U.S. Department of the Interior logo, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service logo (back of self-adhesive pane of one); Selvage text - U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, 85th Anniversary, Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation stamp, Artist: Robert Hautman, U.S. Department of Interior logo, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service logo, Plate number (1 position) (front of pane of 4); Verso-text, barcode, black and white sandhill crane image, 4 x $25.00 (back of pane of 4); USPS item No.— 336000 (pane of 20), 335900 (pane of one), 335800 (pane of 4).
Images of the stamp are copyrighted. To use the image on a product that will be produced and sold, you must apply for, and be accepted as, a Licensee. <https://www.fws.gov/service/license-duck-stamps-or-junior-duck-stamp-imagery>
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