TOM KIDD (B.1955) SCI-FI ILLUSTRATIONTOM KIDD (B.1955) SCI-FI ILLUSTRATION PAINTINGFramed oil on board painting, "Riding the Torch," signed lower right Tom Kidd (Thomas Kidd, American, b.1955), dated 1984, cover illustration for "Riding the Torch" by Norman Spinrad (American, b.1940), published by Bluejay Books, sight: 31.5"h, 21.5"w, overall: 32.25"h, 22.25"w, 5.5lbs **Provenance: from the collection of writer, magazine publisher, director, and producer Kerry O'Quinn, most noted for the creation of Starlog, Fangoria, Cinemagic, Future Life, Rock Video, Hard Rock and Comics Scene magazines. O'Quinn also produced the Star Trek 20th Anniversary Convention, the Star Wars 10th Anniversary Convention, and the Starlog 20th Anniversary Convention. **
After Godfried Schalcken - A BoyAfter Godfried Schalcken - A Boy Blowing on a Firebrand to Light a Candle, oil on canvas, 69.5 x 60cm More Information Relined, and with some surface grime; otherwise good condition.
OUTDOOR BRONZE GOLFING LAWN JOCKEYOUTDOOR BRONZE GOLFING LAWN JOCKEY LIGHT 42" ,20th CenturyNaturalistic young boy with a bag of golf clubs in one hand and a lantern in the other.
19TH C. FRENCH IRON TORCHIERE OF19TH C. FRENCH IRON TORCHIERE OF EGYPTIAN BOY ON COLUMN...Western Europe, France, ca. late 19th century CE. After "Egyptien" by Mathurin Moreau (French, 1822 to 1912) for the Val d'Osne Foundry. Cast iron and paint. An exemplary and enlightening cast iron torchiere or streetlamp in the form of a charming Egyptian youth standing atop a Classical baluster. Dynamically posed in a contrapposto stance, the delightful child raises a sizable torch fitted with an electric lightbulb high above his head with his left hand while placing his right on his hip. His slender body is dressed in a shendyt that wraps around his waist with billowing folds of fabric cascading down the front, secured by a slender belt and a sash with a decorative pattern of repeated circles that diagonally crosses from his left hip to his right shoulder. Gold-painted armbands adorn his biceps. Size: 14.8" W x 95.7" H (37.6 cm x 243.1 cm); Size without bulb: 85.7" H (217.7 cm)
He gazes downward, his head bowing under the heavy weight of his pleated nemes and elaborate headband featuring a stylized uraeus, as his cherubic visage displays almond-shaped eyes, a naturalistic nose, and bow lips flanked by fleshy cheeks. Though his body is painted black, save for the whites of his eyes, the youth's clothing boasts vibrant pigments in hues of gold, copper, teal, and maroon. The endearing figure mounts a cylindrical baluster, which showcases relief decoration of floral motifs and is highly embellished with brilliant shades of burgundy, marigold, olive, cyan, and gold on a creamy beige ground. A gorgeous glass covering with swirling indentations to resemble a flame caps the child's torch, allowing him to light the way for passersby. Designed to serve as a streetlamp, this piece is believed to have been exported to the Storyville District of New Orleans in the late 19th century and then moved to the French Quarter around 1914 when the Storyville District was destroyed. A beautiful example of Napoleon III style, exemplifying the period's interest in both the Classical past and the archeological findings of the day!
Napoleon's invasion of Egypt in 1798 to 1801 and the subsequent publication by the French government of the "Description de l'Egypte" (1809-22) awakened a European interest in the culture of ancient Egypt known as the Egyptian Revival, which lasted throughout the 19th century. This example is not only a perfect representation of the Egyptian-revival manner, but also showcases French academic style in the modelling of the child and also derives from a much older European tradition known as the "blackamoor" - a term used to describe stylized and stereotyped portrayals of African people in primitive or orientalist costumes and serving a subordinate or functional purpose.
This figure was based on an iron sculpture made by Mathurin Moreau for Val d'Osne Foundry, which is now located in Musee de Saint-Dizier (inventory number 2012.5.1). The designs for the figure and baluster are published in "Societe Anonyme des Hauts-fourneaux et fonderies du Val d'Osne" (1900. Paris: Impr. Typographique de P. Dubreuil) as plate 577, 36 "Egyptien" and plate 569, K, respectively. According to the National Trust Collections of the United Kingdom, "Val d’Osne was a leading French art foundry that produced high-quality cast-iron ornaments throughout the 19th century and into the 20th. Established in 1835 by J.P. Andre Victor, the firm manufactured an extensive range of products from their Haute-Marne ironworks including candelabra and torcheres, garden sculpture, architectural furnishings and fountains. Casts could be purchased from catalogues or from the company’s Paris showrooms. Val D’Osne expanded to buy out its competitors Barbezat & Cie and Ducel, taking on their pattern books. Barbezat was known for its collaborations with important artists and sculptors, including the academy sculptor Mathurin Moreau (1822-1912)… Moreau modelled for Barbezat and Val D’Osne from 1849 to 1879 and was a shareholder in the company."
Cf. National Trust Collections, Hughenden Manor, Buckinghamshire, England, NT 428756 and Cliveden Estate, Buckinghamshire, England, NT 765997.
Provenance: private Eagle, Colorado, USA collection, acquired in the 1990s
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Condition:
Functions as a lamp. Some minor loss and fading of paint on baluster, child's clothing, and child's eyes. Screws visible on left arm and back for wiring, as well as base of figure for attachment to column. Otherwise, intact and excellent with lovely patina.
Bronzed Figural Lamp of Young BoyBronzed Figural Lamp of Young Boy ''Whistler'' 9 1/2'' body.
A 1984 LOS ANGELES SUMMER OLYMPICA 1984 LOS ANGELES SUMMER OLYMPIC TORCHA 1984 Los Angeles Summer Olympic torchA 1984 Los Angeles Olympics torch, brass-finished with light blue stitched leather handle (upper and lower) manufactured by Turner Ind and engraved 1983 LAOOC w
BRONZE AND IRON TORCHIERES, MANNERBRONZE AND IRON TORCHIERES, MANNER OF OSCAR BACH 73" Twisted stems with heraldic lions in medallions on top over amber textured glass. Companion piece to mirror.
A 1948 London Olympic aluminiumA 1948 London Olympic aluminium torch designed by Ralph Lavers the flared bowl pierced in three panels with five Olympic Rings and cast to band below with ''XIVTH Olympiad 1948 Olympia to London with Thanks to the Bearer'' with plain turned handle 16.25ins high later adapted to form an electric table lamp and with additional aluminium and turned oak tray topped base Provenance : Originally carried by a Marine based at Deal Barracks Deal Kent and carried on the route from Dover to Wembley. The torch was subsequently given in payment for a bar bill by the Marine at The Beach Brow Hotel in Deal the landlady Nellie Wakefield and thence by descent to the present vendor Note : This was one of eighty torches carried on the section between Dover and Wembley in 73 stages covering some 255 kilometres
FIGURAL BRONZE LAMP AFTER AUGUSTEFIGURAL BRONZE LAMP AFTER AUGUSTE MOREAU: Frolicking Young Boy with Large Urn, 2 light lamp with iridized Tiffany Favrile-style shades, 22'' h.
RARE 1984 OLYMPIC GAMES LOS ANGELESRARE 1984 OLYMPIC GAMES LOS ANGELES RELAY TORCH United States,Dated 1984Carried prior to the 1984 Summer Olympic games by John Cox of the Pioneers, Hamburg-Olean Council. Accompanied by a photograph of Cox carrying the torch and an Olympic committee booklet, one of 4,500 made.
A Victorian style torch?re 122cmA Victorian style torch?re 122cm (48") high
Box Old Boy Scout Novels 8pcBox Old Boy Scout Novels 8pc
Enrique Chagoya b.1953. Flame BoyEnrique Chagoya b.1953. Flame Boy (from the Collective Impressions portfolio). 1998, screenprint in colors. 18 h × 24 w in. result: $250. estimate: $400–600. Signed, titled, dated and numbered to lower right ‘P.P. 7/7 Enrique Chagoya '98 Flame Boy’. This work is number 7 of 7 printer's proofs apart from the numbered edition of 60 published by Landfall Press, Chicago.
Boy in the Sierra Madre MountainsBoy in the Sierra Madre Mountains by Horacio Horacio Rentiara Rocha (Mexico 1912-1972) ?20th century. Oil on canvas portrait of a young boy holding a sword and cap standing beneath a tree with an expansive mountainous?landscape in the background including a group of four figures in the valley below signed Horacio l.r.; 23 x 17.25 in. (sight).
THREE CANDLE LIGHTS - PHILIP ROTHtwoTHREE CANDLE LIGHTS - PHILIP ROTHtwo tin Italian-style with glazed tops, the other an iron 5-light the pair 21" H, the canelabrum 16" H
Property from the estate of Philip Roth. Philip Roth was born in Newark New Jersey on 19 March, 1933. The second child of second-generation Americans Bess and Herman Roth, Roth grew up in the largely Jewish community of Weequahic, a neighborhood that he was to return to time and again in his writing. After graduating from Weequahic High School in 1950, he attended Bucknell University, Pennsylvania and the University of Chicago where he received a scholarship to complete his M.A. in English Literature. In 1959, Roth published Goodbye Columbus - a collection of stories and a novella for which he received the National Book Award. Ten years later, the publication of his fourth novel Portnoy's Complaint brought Roth both critical and commercial success, firmly securing his reputation as one of America's finest young writers. Roth was the author of thirty-one books including those that were to follow the fortunes of Nathan Zuckerman and a fictional narrator narrator named Philip Roth through which he explored and gave voice to the complexities of the American experience in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Roth's lasting contribution to literature was widely recognized in his lifetime, both in the United States and abroad. Among other commendations he was the recipient of the Pulitzer Prize, the International Man Booker Prize, twice the winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award and the National Book Award and presented with the National Medal of Arts and the National Humanities Medal by Presidents Clinton and Obama respectively. Philip Roth died on 22 May 2018 at the age of eighty-five having retired from writing six years previous.
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BRONZE STATUE OF BOYBronze StatueBRONZE STATUE OF BOYBronze Statue of boy
VENETIAN GONDOLIER FIGURAL LAMPVENETIANVENETIAN GONDOLIER FIGURAL LAMPVENETIAN GONDOLIER FIGURAL LAMP, the young boy with loose curls wearing a fez, patterned tunic and striped hose with a light in one hand and an oar in the other, standing atop a gondola with scrolling decoration atop simulated waves and a circular base, now modified for electricity - h:35.50in. Provenance: Estate of Col. Robert E. Bartos and Sharon Bartos
ROBERT SONNEMAN / GEORGE KOVACSROBERT SONNEMAN / GEORGE KOVACS "MACK" TORCHIERE (1987)A "Mack" torchiere floor lamp by George Kovacs Lighting Inc., designed by Robert Sonneman (American, b. 1943) in homage to architect and designer Charles Rennie Mackintosh (Scottish, 1868-1928). Foot dimmer switch, fitted for halogen 300w bulb.
Measures 69 1/2" x 16" x 9".
Condition
Very good overall cosmetic condition, noting a small chip to the glass diffuser inside the torchiere bowl. Tested and working.
1997 Byers Choice Ltd, The Carolers,1997 Byers Choice Ltd, The Carolers, Salvation Army Boy with "Blood and Fire" flag, mint condition, 10 1/2" tall Estimate $20-40
LARGE FIGURAL TORCHèRE LAMPA largeLARGE FIGURAL TORCHèRE LAMPA large figural torchère lamp, executed in bronze patinated spelter depicting a heroic male figure astride and eagle holding a flame form shade aloft. Mounted on a marble and metal base. Dimensions, 34" x 10".
SANDRO BONAIUTO (ITALIAN/AMERICAN,SANDRO BONAIUTO (ITALIAN/AMERICAN, 20TH CENTURY) 5" x 8 ½" x 5 ½" "Love's Labours' Lost" Rowfant candlestick. Sculpted by Sandro Bonaiuto for the Rowfant Club of Cleveland Ohio, numbered 73/125 marking the centennial date of the founding of the men's bibliophilic organization. The abstracted form, when holding a candle in flame forms the shadow of the club's mascot, a groundhog, on the open page below.
BLACKAMOOR FIGURAL CARVED FIVE-LIGHTBLACKAMOOR FIGURAL CARVED FIVE-LIGHT TORCHIEREPolychrome painted and carved wood Blackamoor torchiere, 20th c., modeled as a standing figure holding a torch, terminating in scrolled foliate candelabrum with five lights, on integral platform base, in need of wiring, approx 69"h, 10"w, 11"d
PATINATED METAL AND TOOLED LEATHERPATINATED METAL AND TOOLED LEATHER TORCHEREPatinated Metal and Tooled Leather Torchere , 20th c., h. 63 in., w. 12 in., d. 12 in . Provenance: Schwitz Collection, Franklin, LA
HAUBNER BRONZE ALPINE BOY & DOGHAUBNER BRONZE ALPINE BOY & DOG FIGURAL LAMP ,20th CenturyYoung boy in nineteenth century attire standing with hands in pockets and a dog at his feet, iridescent art glass shades, mounted on a gray marble plinth.
A Painted Cast Metal Torchère
EarlyA Painted Cast Metal Torchère
Early 20th Century
Height 88 inches.
An early 20th Century bronze cigarAn early 20th Century bronze cigar lighter modelled in the form of a black child sitting astride a gaping crocodile the detachable head concealing the wick 4ins high
A Pair of Steel and Bronze TorchieresA Pair of Steel and Bronze Torchieres in the manner of Oscar Bach having an inverted bell-form diffuser cast with rams masks raised on a twist standard over the tripartite base. Height 67 inches.
LAMPLIGHTER 1005205 - LLADRO PORCELAINLAMPLIGHTER 1005205 - LLADRO PORCELAIN FIGURINEGlossy porcelain sculpture of a mustached man, wearing a blue coat, lighting a street lamp.
Includes original box. Lladro backstamp.
Artist: Salvador Furi�
Issued: 1984
Dimensions: 19"H x 5.5"W
Manufacturer: Lladro
Country of Origin: Spain
Condition:
Good
CARVED AND GILT WOOD BLACKAMOORCARVED AND GILT WOOD BLACKAMOOR TORCHIERE FLOOR LAMP: 6 electric light floor torchiere held by carved blackamoor figure 6.5 ft tall x 22'' x 17''.CONDITION: Note repair to earring mottled paint on base.
after Godfried Schalcken (Dutch)after Godfried Schalcken (Dutch) The Candleoil on canvas unsigned mid 19th century copy of an 17th century painting by Schalcken (1643-1706) featuring a young boy lighting a candle while a young girl looks on presented in the likely original frame.SS 9.75 x 8.5 in.; DOA 17.75 x 16.5 in.
BEAT-UP BOY, FOOTBALL HERO, THEBEAT-UP BOY, FOOTBALL HERO, THE SATURDAY EVENING POST, AFTER JOSEPH CHRISTIAN LEYENDECKER Watercolor gouache on paper. Signed with artist cipher (lower right).
FRENCH SPELTER FIGURAL LAMPAntiqueFRENCH SPELTER FIGURAL LAMPAntique bronzed metal (spelter) French figural lamp depicting a nude boy under flowering tree titled EROS, 2 lights, 24 in high. Good with spot weld broken on hand of boy.
Gouache painting of a young boyGouache painting of a young boy c.1870 in dress and carrying a sword a rifle at his feet and mounted in a gilt lined rosewood frame. 9.5"x7"
Wrought iron torchere, three candleWrought iron torchere, three candle sockets above central profile of pitcher, probably 20th century, 63 in. Scattered light rust.
AFTER JEAN-PIERRE CORTOT: FIGURALAFTER JEAN-PIERRE CORTOT: FIGURAL OIL LAMPspelter; converted for electricity with a single socket and push-button switch; cast as a fallen soldier holding a torch; marked "Soldat Spartiate" to base Dimensions: 22 1/2 x 18 x 7 in. (57.2 x 45.7 x 17.8 cm.) Condition: Converted for electricity, as stated; working condition unknown; no shade; heavy wear to patination
ITALIAN GILT AND POLYCHROME BLACKAMOORITALIAN GILT AND POLYCHROME BLACKAMOOR TORCHIERE Italian, early 20th century. Carved parcel gilt and polychrome decorated figure of a blackamoor, modeled as a Venetian gondolier, holding aloft a single light, on a draped pedestal base. Unmarked. Approx. h. 71".