William Kentridge (born 1955)Soho in Bed with Rhinoceros' (Drawing for Mine) signed 'Kentridge' and dated '91' (lower right)charcoal and red chalk120 x 141cm (47 1/4 x 55 1/2in).Footnotes:ProvenanceAcquired by the current owner at the Goodman Gallery, 'Drawings for Projection' in 1992;A private collection.ExhibitedJohannesburg, Goodman Gallery, 'Drawings for Projection', February, 1992.Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts/Paleis voor Schone Kunsten; Munich, Kunstverein München; Austria, Neue Galerie Graz am Landesmuseum Joanneum, William Kentridge, May, 1998 to January, 1999.LiteratureDan Cameron, William Kentridge, (London, 1999) p.115 (illustrated)Mark Rosenthal, William Kentridge, Five Themes, (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2009), p. 79 (illustrated)Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, William Kentridge, (Brussels: Societe des Expositions du Palais des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles/Vereniging voor Tentoonstellingen van het Paleis voor Schone Kunsten Brussel, 1998), p. 69 (illustrated)Lilian Tone, William Kentridge Fortuna, (London: Thames & Hudson, 2013), p. 151 (illustrated)Matthew Kentridge, The Soho Chronicles, 10 Films by William Kentridge, (London, New York & Calcutta: Seagull Books, 2015), p. 187 (illustrated) Margaret K. Koerner, Smoke, Ashes, Fable, William Kentridge In Bruges, (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2017), p. 125 (illustrated) This drawing, which dates from 1991 is from Mine, the second of Kentridge's animated films. It was used as the final sequence in this film from 5:25 min to 5:32 min., when the Rhinoceros tenderly nuzzles at Soho's out-stretched hand.The work is the most significant of the 'Drawings for Projection' to come to the market in recent times and has not been seen publicly since its inclusion in the 1998/99 exhibition.'In these films Kentridge established the story line that would prevail throughout the series: the evolution of the dark-suited industrialist Soho Eckstein, whose complex combination of economic power, personal ruthlessness, and guilt-laden memory characterize one aspect of contemporary South Africa, and his alter ego Felix Teitlebaum, who is portrayed as nude and thoughtful, an artist who wins Soho's wife at least temporarily. In these early films Soho builds his empire and becomes a civic benefactor... ...The early films focus extensively on the struggle of Soho and Felix for Mrs. Eckstein...Soho's appearance derives from a linocut Kentridge had made in his youth of 'my grandfather in his three-piece pin-stripe suit sitting on Muizenberg beach from an old family photograph'...In these early films, Soho is most often seen in his bed surrounded by a clutter of half-eaten food and office machines. The utter jumble of these objects on his bed, and the conjunction of Soho's public and private life, recall the late self-portraits of Philip Guston, in which the artist lies haunted by nightmare and doubt' (Neal Benezra, William Kentridge: Drawings for Projection, exhib. cat. for New York, pgs. 19-20).Playing a consistent caricature throughout Kentridge's work, references of the rhinoceros can be seen in early drawings from the 1980's, to a symbol of the repressed by the hands of the German colonial force in Black Box created in 2005. Here we see the rhinoceros not as a wild animal, but a domestic pet tamely interacting with Soho who dominates the scene. While this may be a display of Kentridge's affection for the animal, given his favourable use of the subject, the rhinoceros also symbolises the bourgeois exploitation of the South African ecosystem. Following the consequences that the mining industry had on the South African environment, Kentridge critiques conservation motivations whilst simultaneously examining the irony of controlling wild animals through eco-tourism. Eco-tourism, Kentridge analyses, has obscured and consequentially manipulated the nature in South Africa, throwing into question the definition of 'wild' given the nature and game reserve's domesticized state.'The technique I use is to have a sheet of paper stuck up on the studio wall and, half-way across the room, my camera, usually an old Bolex. A drawing is tarted on the paper, I walk across to the camera, shoot one or two frames, walk back to the paper, change the drawing (marginally), walk back to the camera, walk back to the paper, to the camera, and so on. So that each sequence as opposed to each frame of the film is a single drawing. In all there may be twenty drawings to a film rather than the thousands one expects. It is more like making a drawing than making a film (albeit a gray, battered and rubbed about drawing). Once the film, editing, adding sound, music and so on proceeds like any other. '...I started filming drawings as a way of recording their histories. Often I found – I find – that a drawing that starts well, or with some interest in its first impulse, becomes too cautious, too overworked, too tame, as the work progresses. (The ways in which a drawing can die on you are depressingly numerous.) A film of the drawing holds each moment. And of course, often, as a drawing proceeds, interest shifts from what was originally central, to something that initially appeared incidental. Filming enables me to follow this process of vision and revision as it happens. This erasing of charcoal, and imperfect activity, always leaves a gray smudge on the paper. So filming not only records the changes in the drawing but reveals too the history of those changes, as each erasure leaves a snail-trail of what has been.' (Lecture, 1993, published in Cycnos: Image et Langage, Problemes, Approches, Méthodes, Nice, vol. 11 no.1, 1994, pp. 163-168. Republished in C. Christov-Bakargiev, William Kentridge, William Kentridge, Societe des Expositions du Palais de Beaux-Arts, Bruxelles 1998, pgs.61-64)BibliographyMatthew Kentridge, The Soho Chronicles, 10 Films by William Kentridge, (London, New York & Calcutta: Seagull Books, 2015)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ARAR Goods subject to Artists Resale Right Additional Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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Everest. Tom Stobart (1914-1980) OBE. An archive of camera equipment, scientific instruments and ephemera amassed during the career of this adventurer and ground-breaking filmmaker, best remembered as the cameraman to the British Mount Everest Expedition, 1953 - the first successful ascent of Mount Everest. Comprising:Autographs: An original used food package from the British Mount Everest Expedition, 1953, signed by John Hunt, Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary. The signatures, though faded, are visibly inscribed 'Everest '53' by Hunt. The foil package, bearing an official expedition label, originally contained 'cocoa', 'orangeade powder' and a 'banana bar', which was consumed during the expedition. 33.5cm by 23.5cm. Framed & glazed.Miscellaneous Items: An ice axe, originally used by Tom Stobart during the Tibetan Hunt for the "Abominable Snowman" in 1954, 65cm; a canvas painting of the bhavacakra [Wheel of Life], donated by a Tibetan Buddhist monastery or temple to Tom Stobart during the British Mount Everest Expedition, 1953, and originally rolled and carried by him during the expedition, 72.5cm by 52cm; two Tibetan tea urns, 34cm height, acquired by Tom Stobart during either the Everest expedition or hunt for the "Abominable Snowman".Ephemera: An official programme for the 'First Performance of "The Conquest of Everest", In the gracious presence of Her Majesty the Queen and His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh', with Thomas Stobart listed in the credits as the filmmaker, plus loosely inserted tickets for said 'First Performance' as well as a 'Special Pre-view of the Film' (Mr. & Mrs. R. F. Stobart); a letter inviting Mr. Stobart to meet the members of the Everest Expedition at London Airport, on British Mount Everest Expedition 1953 letterhead (Royal Geographical Society), dated 30 June 1953, plus a sheet outlining arrangements for said meeting; an English translation of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad's speech, 29 June 1953; The Conquest of Everest with Hunt, Hillary and Tensing, Countryman Films programme, [1953], with loosely-inserted compliments slip from Countryman Films Ltd.; a scrapbook of newspaper clippings recording the Everest expedition, including clippings about Tom Stobart, 'cameraman to the expedition'; three black & white photographs depicting Tom Stobart; a quantity of loose newspaper clippings relating to the Everest expedition and 'Yeti Hunt', to include The Times colour supplement, 'Everest', 1953, and a facsimile of The Times newspaper, 3 June 1953, produced by Royal Mint in presentation box.Camera Equipment: A Paillard Bolex H-16 Reflex 16mm cine camera, possibly used by Tom Stobart during the hunt for the "Abominable Snowman", but certainly used by him for the later cookery programmes in his career; a Paillard Bolex Swiss-made speed-control motor in fitted carrying case; an Adam's "Minex", London, De Luxe Model plate camera, in fitted Adam's velvet-lined, leather carrying case.Scientific Instruments, Lenses & Specimens: Thomas Armstrong & Brother, Manchester & Liverpool, No. 474, microscope with attachments in fitted, lockable mahogany case with brass carrying handle; a brass microscope by C. Baker, London; a mahogany campaign case of lenses & attachments, two engraved 'Smith & Beck, 6 Coleman Street, London', with loose card of manuscript notes/measurements; a Powell & Lealand, London brass microscope attachment, together with glass bottles & accessories in a modern wooden case; a 19th-century mahogany 18-drawer specimen cabinet housing a quantity of glass slides, including leaf scales, pollen grains, fungal spores, and other specimens, most with manuscript labels, the final drawer housing an Abbe's Test Platte in Carl Zeiss morocco case; a 19th-century mahogany 12-drawer specimen cabinet housing a quantity of glass slides, including insect antennae, marine biology, sections of butterfly wings, feathers, and other specimens, most with manuscript labels, some from Australia and Peru, the empty section at base housing an exercise book with 4pp. of manuscript notes recording microscope details. NB: Some of the specimen slides are inscribed 'T.S.' [Tom Stobart], and some are inscribed 'R.F.S.' [Ralph Forrester Stobart].Provenance: By descent. The vendor's late father was Tom Stobart (1914-1980) OBE, a ground-breaking cameraman and filmmaker who in 1953 filmed the first successful ascent of Mount Everest. Stobart captured some of the most famous expeditions and achievements in human history. During his career, he followed a team of scientists exploring Antarctica in 1949, as well as the Tibetan hunt for the "Abominable Snowman" in 1954, but he's best remembered as being the cameraman to the British Mount Everest Expedition, 1953, and for his film The Conquest of Everest. Stobart was left partially disabled after being shot twice in the legs during a filming trip to Ethiopia in c. 1956. He died suddenly in 1980.
A collection of camera / photograpic and video items and accessories to include vintage Panasonic M1 VHS Movie camera in case with accessories, a vintage Premier De-Luxe 16/8 mm precision film joiner, a Kohka Automatic 8 film camera, a Bolex 280 Macrozoom film camera, a Sanyo VM-D66P video camera recorder, a WW2 RAF Bubble Sextant MK IX, a Rollei projector, a Chinon 2000GL dual gauge cine projector, a vintage Bell & Howell 16mm Filmosound, a Zenit B camera and a vintage Chad Valley bakelite super show projector.
A Bolex H16 Reflex Cine Camera, serial no 130703, motor runs, body G-VG, some wear to tripod mount, with Taylor Hobson2.8in f/2.8 Telekic lens, barrel G-VG, some light scratches, elements G-VG, some dust/spotting, a Kern Pallaird Switar 16mm f/1.8 lens, barrel G-VG, elements G-VG, a Kern Palliard Switar 25mm f/1.4 lens, barrel G-VG, elements G-VG, with non reflex finder,, C mount extension tubes, slide filter set, cable release, user guide, in Bolex case
A Bolex S 321 16mm Cine Projector, untested, body G-VG, outer case showing a little age, with Paillard Bolex 25mm f/1.3 lens, elements VG, with two 2000ft boxed Bolex empty spools, power cable, speaker cable, headphones, a boxed Bolex film splicer, a Bolex microphone with stand, with base and outer case and manual
A BOX AND LOOSE PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT, to include a cased Minolta SR T 100X fitted with an f2 45mm lens, a cased Voigtlander Vito B with f2.8 50mm lens, in original bicentenary box with instructions, a pair of Carl Zeiss Jena Binoctem 7x50W binoculars, in fitted leather case, a Zeiss Ikon Ikoblitz 4 in original box, Gossen light meters, a Grundig TK20 reel to reel player, a Bolex Paillard 8mm camera, a cased Bolex Paillard 18-5 projector, a Voigtlander Perkeo HN slide projector, etc (1 box + loose) (sd, untested)
Bolex and Meopta Cine Film Movie Cameras a Paillard Bolex S1 Zoom Reflex Automatic 8mm cine film camera, serial no. B33112, 1964, with maker's case, instruction manual and an opened box of expired Kodachrome II 8mm film, a Bolex 280 Macrozoom Super 8 camera and a Meopta A8G 8mm camera, untested, A/F
Four Paillard Bolex Double 8 Clockwork Motion Picture Cine Cameras, to include a Bolex D8L, body VG, spring requires service but does wind & run, film present, with Switar f/1.8 5.5mm, Switar f/1.8 12.5mm, & Yvar f/2.8 36mm lenses, two with aperture assist levers, all with lens hoods, optics G-VG, minimal dust present, with a Bolex D8L, body G-VG, spring requires service, with Pizar f/2 5.5mm, Yvar f/2.5 12.5mm, & Yvar f/2.8 36mm lenses, optics F-G, some haze & cleaning marks present, also with a Bolex B8L, body G, spring requires service, with Pizar f/1.9 5.5mm & Yvar f/2.8 36mm lenses, optics F-G, some haze present, also with a Bolex C8, body G-VG, motor winds & runs correctly, with Yvar f/2.5 12.5mm lens, optics F-G, together with a Bolex pistol gripNote: Lot imported under Temporary Admission. 5% UK import VAT will be charged on the ‘hammer’ and 20% UK VAT will be charged on the ‘buyer’s premium’ and invoiced on an inclusive basis under UK Margin Scheme rules.
A Small Selection of Bolex Paillard Accessories, to includes a boxed motor, a BE-22 Transformer, & a Bolex Movi LightNote: Lot imported under Temporary Admission. 5% UK import VAT will be charged on the ‘hammer’ and 20% UK VAT will be charged on the ‘buyer’s premium’ and invoiced on an inclusive basis under UK Margin Scheme rules.
A Bolex Paillard Zoom Reflex P3 8mm Motion Picture Cine Camera, body G-VG, motor winds & runs, with fixed Som Berthiot Pan-Cinor f/1.9 8-40mm lens, optics G-VG, in fitted maker's case with adjustable handle holeNote: Lot imported under Temporary Admission. 5% UK import VAT will be charged on the ‘hammer’ and 20% UK VAT will be charged on the ‘buyer’s premium’ and invoiced on an inclusive basis under UK Margin Scheme rules.
A Bolex Paillard Zoom Reflex P2 8mm Motion Picture Cine Camera, body P, motor jammed, with fixed Som Berthiot Pan-Cinor f/1.9 8-40mm lens, in fitted maker's case with adjustable handle holeNote: Lot imported under Temporary Admission. 5% UK import VAT will be charged on the ‘hammer’ and 20% UK VAT will be charged on the ‘buyer’s premium’ and invoiced on an inclusive basis under UK Margin Scheme rules.
A Bolex Paillard Zoom Reflex Automatic Motion Picture Cine Camera, black, motor winds & runs, optics G-VG, with maker's carry caseNote: Lot imported under Temporary Admission. 5% UK import VAT will be charged on the ‘hammer’ and 20% UK VAT will be charged on the ‘buyer’s premium’ and invoiced on an inclusive basis under UK Margin Scheme rules.
A Good Paillard Bolex 8mm Standard Cine Camera Outfit, black, body G-VG, motor winds & runs smoothly, with a Bolex Ocatfinder, eye-level viewer, with a Switar f/1.8 5.5mm lens, optics VG, also with a Switar f/1.5 12.5mm lens, optics VG, also with a Switar f/1.8 36mm lens, optics G-VG, single small fungal bloom to edge of lens element, also with a Bolex pistol grip, in maker's carry caseNote: Lot imported under Temporary Admission. 5% UK import VAT will be charged on the ‘hammer’ and 20% UK VAT will be charged on the ‘buyer’s premium’ and invoiced on an inclusive basis under UK Margin Scheme rules.
A Bolex 5120 Sound Macrozoom Super 8 Motion Picture Cine Camera, black, body G, motor runs when batteries are inserted, not tested with film, with f/1.8 6-72mm lens, optics G, some very light haze present, in maker's carry caseNote: Lot imported under Temporary Admission. 5% UK import VAT will be charged on the ‘hammer’ and 20% UK VAT will be charged on the ‘buyer’s premium’ and invoiced on an inclusive basis under UK Margin Scheme rules.
A Bolex 150 Super Motion Picture Cine Super 8 Camera, black, body G, motor working when batteries are inserted, with Paillard Bolex f/1.9 8.5-30mm lens, optics G, some light haze present, with strap & makers caseNote: Lot imported under Temporary Admission. 5% UK import VAT will be charged on the ‘hammer’ and 20% UK VAT will be charged on the ‘buyer’s premium’ and invoiced on an inclusive basis under UK Margin Scheme rules.
A Mixed Selection of Motion Picture Cine Cameras, to include a Bolex 680, with wide angle attachment & maker's case, does not power on, also with a Sankyo Super 5x, motor runs when batteries are inserted, also with an Ilford Elmo Zoom 8-CZ, untested, also with a Fujica Single-8 Z800 camera, untested, corrosion to battery compartment, in maker's case with accessoriesNote: Lot imported under Temporary Admission. 5% UK import VAT will be charged on the ‘hammer’ and 20% UK VAT will be charged on the ‘buyer’s premium’ and invoiced on an inclusive basis under UK Margin Scheme rules.
A Bolex Paillard 18-5 8mm Film Projector, hammertone, body VG-E, otherwise untested, in carrying boxNote: Lot imported under Temporary Admission. 5% UK import VAT will be charged on the ‘hammer’ and 20% UK VAT will be charged on the ‘buyer’s premium’ and invoiced on an inclusive basis under UK Margin Scheme rules.
Two Nikon 35mm film SLR cameras, quantity of lenses and associated accessories. Nikon F3 SLR with DE-2 eye level finder, and a Type K rangefinder focusing screen. Serial number 1659254. Dressed in a genuine Nikon leather travel case. Also includes a Nikon FE SLR with standard Type K rangefinder focusing screen, serial number 3944288. Accompanied with a third-party soft leather travel case. 5 Nikkor lenses, and two third-party lenses in Nikon F-Mount. Nikkor S.C 50mm f1.4 prime lens; Nikkor 24mm f2.8 prime lens; Nikkor 28mm f2.8 prime lens, Micro Nikkor 55mm f2.8 macro lens; Nikkor Q Auto 135mm f2.8 prime telephoto lens; Sigma 28-200mm Macro f3.5-5.6; Vivitar 75-205mm Close Focusing zoom telephoto lens. Also includes a Nikon Speelight SB-16 flash unit, and a Vivitar 283 flash unit. To also include a Nikon Photomic T Meter System for an F body SLR and a Paillard Bolex 18-5 L Super cine film projector. All AF and untested. Optically, the lenses are fair to very good. Some light salt crystals to one, some minor coating scratches present to another. All have responsive aperture blades and are free of oil marks.
Bolex H 16 EL, um 1975Bolex, Schweiz. 16mm-Filmkamera für Filmrollen bis zu 120 m. Antrieb: Elektromotor. Ausschnittkontrolle über Reflexprisma. Eingebauter Belichtungsmesser. Objektiv: Vario-Switar 2/12,5-100 mm. - Dabei: Transportkoffer mit Bedienungsanleitungen und elektrischem sowie optischem Kleinzubehör. - Elektrische Funktionen ungeprüft. Start Price: EUR 600 Zustand: (2/2)Bolex H 16 EL Camera, c. 1975Bolex, Switzerland. 16 mm film camera for up to 120 m film rolls, with electric motor, section control via reflex prism, built-in light meter and Vario-Switar 2/12.5-100 mm lens. - In addition: Transport case with operating instructions and small electrical and optical accessories. - Electrical functions of camera and outfit untested. Start Price: EUR 600 Condition: (2/2)
Bolex H 16, um 1960Paillard, Schweiz. Filmkamera für 16mm-Material auf 30m-Tageslichtspule. Federwerksantrieb 12-64 B/s, läuft. Mit Switar 1,6/10 mm, Glas sauber, mit Original-Sonnenblende. Seitenwand zum Filmeinlegen müßte neu justiert werden. Start Price: EUR 140 Zustand: (3/4)Bolex H 16 Motion Picture Camera, c. 1960Paillard, Switzerland. For 16 mm on a 30 m daylight spool, spring drive 12-64 fps and Switar 1.6/10 mm with original sunshade, motor running, glass clean, side wall for film insertion in need of adjustment. Start Price: EUR 140 Condition: (3/4)
Bolex H16 und Bolex H8, um 1960Bolex, Schweiz. 1) Bolex H16 mit 3 Objektiven im Revolverkopf: Schneider Xenon 1,9/16 mm, Xenon 2,3/50 mm und Angenieux 1,4/25 mm. Ausschnittkontrolle über Vario-Sucher. Antrieb durch Elektromotor. Elektrische Funktionen ungeprüft. - Und: 2) Bolex H8 mit 3 Kern-Objektiven im Revolverkopf, Ausschnittkontrolle über Vario-Sucher. Antrieb: Federwerk 8-64 B/s. Kamera für bis zu 30 m Doppel-8-Film. Start Price: EUR 400 Zustand: (3/3)Bolex H16 and Bolex H8 Cameras, c. 1960Bolex, Switzerland. 1) Bolex H16 with 3 lenses in the turret: Schneider Xenon 1.9/16 mm, Xenon 2.3/50 mm and Angenieux 1.4/25 mm, detail control via vario viewfinder and electric motor, electrical functions untested. - And: 2) Bolex H8 with 3 Kern lenses in the turret, detail control via vario viewfinder, spring drive 8-64 fps, camera for up to 30 m double-8 film. Start Price: EUR 400 Condition: (3/3)
A Paillard Bolex H16 Reflex 16mm camera serial number 169104, 1959, fitted with a Kern-Paillard 16mm 1:2,8 Nr 152592, Hugo Meyer Kino Plasmat f1.5 3/4" Nr 502686, together with a cine camera body and a leather carry case. (2)The Bolex winding mechanism is in good working condition as is the clutch. the interior is clean with no rust or debris. The lenses have general wear to the outer casing no evidence of fungus.
A Group of Bolex Cine Cameras, including two Bolex 150 Super, a Bolex P1 Zoom Reflex, with Som Berthiot 8-40mm f/1.9 lens, a P3 Zoom Reflex, with Som Berhiot 8-40mm f/1.9 lens, both motors runs, 2 S1, with Schneider 9-30mm lenses, AF, a K2, with Kern 8-36mm lens, AF, and a C8 & B8 body, both motors runs
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