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Lot 869
Sir Jacob Epstein (1880-1959) "Tiger King (Man of Aran)" bronze, approx. 43.8cms, (17 1/4") mounted on a stepped marble base. (1) With his strong jaw, dark curly hair and determined expression, Colman “Tiger” King (1900-1976), was an ideal choice to play the lead role in Robert Flaherty’s 1934 film Man of Aran. King played the role to perfection, showing great courage in rowing a currach through rough seas. However, being a real Aran Islander, he had little time for the hype and publicity surrounding the film’s premiere in London. King had served in the Irish army and in addition to farming on the islands, was a blacksmith and fisherman. Although he and Flaherty had a temperamental working relationship, the film director brought King to Jacob Epstein’s studio, where the sculptor created a portrait bust of the islander that captured his proud and independent personality. After the success of Man of Aran, King settled in London, where he lived until his death in 1976. He is buried in the graveyard at Cill Éinne. The bronze casting of his portrait bust was limited to an edition of eight. One of the casts is in the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool, while in 1963, another was presented to the Hugh Lane Gallery, by the Friends of the National Collections. The present cast was in the collection of Nelson Bell in Belfast. Born in Hester Street, in New York, as a teenager Jacob Epstein attended classes at the Art Students League. While studying sculpture at the Art Students League, he tried his hand at several jobs, before being employed as an assistant in a bronze foundry. He also drew and painted, and in 1902 produced illustrations for The Spirit of the Ghetto, a study of New York’s Lower East Side by journalist Hutchins Hapgood. With the money earned from this commission, Epstein travelled to Paris, enrolling at the École des Beaux-Arts and the Académie Julian. From the outset, through his study of African and Polynesian art, his sculptures were characterised by their vigorous, rough-hewn, ‘primitive’ quality. In 1905 he moved to London, where he joined the New English Art Club, and two years later was commissioned to create a set of sculptures for the British Medical Association’s new headquarters on the Strand. These proved controversial for their frank portrayal of the human body. In 1908, influenced by the work of Eric Gill, Epstein carved a tomb for Oscar Wilde, an equally controversial commission, which was unveiled in Père Lachaise cemetery in Paris. Two years later, now enjoying the patronage of the New York collector John Quinn, Epstein became a British citizen. The critical reception to his work was often hostile, but eventually, through his public sculptures, as well as portrait busts and other work, he came to be regarded as one of the finest sculptors of the twentieth century. In 1910 he sculpted a portrait bust of Lady Gregory. He also sculpted busts of Joseph Conrad, Paul Robeson, George Bernard Shaw and Albert Einstein. Peter Murray 2024 Provenance: Nelson Bell Collection - The Bell Gallery, Belfast
Lot 805
Francis Wiles, Irish (1889-1956) "Resting Nude," marble, signed and dated 'F. Wiles, 1932' approx. 20"high x 30" long. (1) Naturalistic, but with a degree of stylisation, Frank Wile’s marble sculpture Seated Woman depicts a nude figure, turning, with her head resting on her hands. Both the woman and the rock she sits on are carved from one piece of stone. The artist’s working of stone, and his depiction of the human form, reveals the influence of Oliver Sheppard, and in turn Auguste Rodin. The smooth polished legs and arms of the woman contrast with areas of stone left roughly chiselled. The theme of this work relates closely to Wiles’s 1914 bronze The Dawn of Womanhood, in the Ulster Museum, Born in Larne, Co. Antrim, Francis Wiles was the son of David, a civil servant, and Margaret Wiles, an accomplished woodcarver. Francis—or Frank as he was known—studied at the Belfast School of Art under Seamus Stoupe, and also at the Metropolitan School of Art in Dublin, where his tutor was Oliver Sheppard. He assisted Sheppard and also later taught at the Metropolitan School. Wiles was a prize-winning student, winning the Patterson scholarship at the Belfast School of Art, and a Gold Medal at the MSA in 1913. During his career, he specialised in portraits and figurative sculpture and allegorical works. He became a member of the Royal Ulster Academy, and also exhibited at the RHA, RA and RSA. Among the public sculptures he worked on are the War Memorial in Newcastle, Co. Down. This was designed by Lady Mabel Annesley, who commissioned Wiles to sculpt a lion, using granite from the Mourne mountains, in a style that echoes Assyrian and ancient Egyptian sculpture. In 1927 hr exhibited a granite sketch design for the lion at the RHA. That same year he showed a bronze relief portrait of the President of the Supreme Court in the Irish Republic, J. Creed Meredith, at an exhibition of “Irish Portraits by Ulster artists”. A memorial exhibition of Wiles’s work was held at the Old Museum, Belfast, in 1958. There is also a sculpture by him at St. Columba’s College in Dublin. Peter Murray 2024 Provenance: The Bell Gallery, the Personal Collection of Nelson Bell.
Lot 865
Aime Jules Dalou, French (1838-1902) "Le Semure," (The Sower), bronze with patina, signed, and inscribed 'Susse Frs. Paris Cire perdue', approx. 48cms (19") high. (1) Note: The present model is one of the statues that Dalou executed whilst working on his monument to the workers. Provenance: Nelson Bell Collection - The Bell Gallery, Belfast
Lot 720
Emma McDermott, Irish - Contemporary "Vincent O'Brien and Nijinsky," bronze, approx. 36cms high x 36cms long (14" x 14"), mounted on rectangular marble base, signed and dated 'E. Mac D - 1998' No. 27/30 Limited Casting. (1)In 1970, Nijinsky became the first horse for thirty-five years to win the English Triple Crown, a feat that has not been repeated since. He is regarded as one of the greatest European flat racehorses of the 20th century.Provenance: Commissioned by Ms. Jacqueline O'Brien, and presented as a gift to the present vendor.
Lot 467
Naval Interest: A 19th Century bronze and embossed makers Badge, for Marine Engineers 'Ellott and Garrood - (Makers & Batentees) Beccles, Suffolk England', with pierce holes and Royal Cypher, stamped size F.H., No. 1354, C'ship unknown, as is. (1) * Elliot and Garrood where founded in 1868, they pioneered the manufacturing of steam captons. They closed operations in 1978.
Lot 957
A fine quality heavy bronze and ormolu decorated "Warwick" type two handled Vase and Cover, the loose lid with resting cherub surmounted, the handles modelled from grape vines, the body with cherub figures in relief parading, on a turned base with circular marble plinth, approx. 37cms (14 1/2") high. (1)
Lot 479
Militaria: A World War II period Japanese 'Wakizashi' Short Sword, the handle with black cloth and ray skin grip [tang unsigned] each side with decorative bronze, the pierced tsuba decorated in the typical taste, issuing slightly curved steel blade housed in blackened scabbard, approx. 34cms (13 1/4") long. (1)
Lot 895
A fine quality 19th Century Louis XVI style French Boulle Bracket Clock, the top surmounted with a bronze classical figure in military attire holding a shield and spear, above an ornate dial with enamel Arabic numerals, the sides flanked with figural pillars and the centre with a charioteer and horse on a shaped base supported by horse and shaped legs, resting on a separate shaped bracket with grotesque mask and rams heads, approx. 142cms high (56"). (2)
Lot 820
John Henry Foley, RA (1818-1874) Statues of Oliver Goldsmith and Edmund Burke a pair, bronze, each 51cms high, Each stamped to base, 'J. H FOLEY. RA. SG, LONDON' and ELKINGTON & CO. FOUNDERS' These statues are maquettes for the full-size bronzes erected at the gates of Trinity College Dublin in 1863 and 1868. The original plaster models are in the Birmingham City Art Gallery. (2) Provenance: Nelson Bell Collection - The Bell Gallery, Belfast
Lot 1002
An important large pair of 19th Century French bronze and ormolu seven light Candelabra, with cherub supports, the rustic design branches with vines and grapes interwoven, supported by cherubs on rock holding an urn, surmounted on circular bases with out scrolled leaf decorated legs, each approx. 76cms (30") h. (2)
Lot 898
James MacIntyre, RUA (1926-2015) "Cutting Seed Potatoes," bronze, approx. 21cms (8 1/4") high x 23cms (9") wide, signed and dated "MacIntyre 15", Limited cast No 4/6, foundry stamp (Morris Singer - London) stamp underneath "The Bell Gallery". (1) Provenance: Nelson Bell Collection - The Bell Gallery, Belfast.
Lot 827
Gary Trimble, A.R.HA. (1928-1979) "Sean Keating," bronze, mounted on white marble, signed in initials on back, approx. 51cms (20") high overall. (1) With its robust and vigorous modelling, Trimble’s portrait bust of Sean Keating captures perfectly the individualistic personality of the sitter. Keating is portrayed as weather-beaten and bearded. His quizzical expression is reminiscent of an Aran fisherman. A renowned figurative painter, Sean Keating held the people of the Aran Islands in high regard, seeing in them an honesty and grace that was rapidly being lost in Ireland as the twentieth century advanced. Trimble shared Keating’s vision, and many of his bronze portrait busts are of remarkable individuals who contributed to a sense of nation; artists, actors and writers. He sculpted portrait busts of writers James Joyce and James Plunkett, the jockey Lester Piggott, political leaders Michael Collins and Eamon de Valera, artist Christy Brown and the actor Cyril Cusack. He also sculpted animals, as with his 1978 bronze Panther and his 1973 King of the Burren. Trimble’s bronzes were generally cast in the Dublin Art Foundry. Born in 1928, Gary Trimble trained as an architect, qualifying from UCD in 1952. He exhibited with the RHA from 1959 onwards. While working with the Office of Public Works, he also made sculptures, often for new schools being built by the State. His War of Independence memorial, representing three figures on a tall stone base, was unveiled in 1963, at Elphin in Co. Roscommon. Ten years later Trimble retired from the OPW, to concentrate on his sculpture. His first one-person exhibition was held in Dublin in 1971, but his career was tragically cut short when he died in a road accident eight years later.Peter Murray 2024 Provenance: The Bell Gallery, the Personal Collection of Nelson Bell.
Lot 214
FRENCH GILDED BRONZE & CHAMPLEVE ENAMEL FOUR GLASS MANTEL CLOCK, circa 1900, surmounted with an urn and with pineapple finials to the Corinthian columns, circular silvered dial with Arabic numerals, eight-day movement striking on a gong, 35 (h) x 17.5 (w) x 15cms (d)Provenance: private collection Gwynedd
Lot 394
A LIMITED EDITION BRONZE 'FROGMAN' SCULPTURE BY TIM COTTERILL, sculpture named Prince Charming, hand applied coloured patina, signed and numbered 1335/2000, with original box and certificate of authenticity, signed on the base (1 + box + cert) (Condition Report: good condition, box a little creased)
Lot 568
DECORATIVE ORIENTAL FIGURES AND BRONZE CAR MASCOT, comprising four carved wooden female figures holding rabbits, three carved hardstone male figures, two hardstone Dogs of Fo, a carved hardstone storage jar and cover, with dragon chasing a flaming pearl to the side, a Japanese Posy vase and a bronze car mascot in the form of a flying female figure, indistinct registration mark under one wing, US patent under the other, approximate height 8cm
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