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Lot 43
A 19th Century royal blue and gilt decorated and floral spray painted pedestal dish and cover on stand, stand 20 cm diameter x 20 cm high overallCondition ReportIs in need of a good clean. Otherwise some wear to the gilding and paintwork and light surface scratching. General wear and tear conducive with age and use. See images for more details.
Lot 48A
An early 20th Century Chinese child's silk kimono decorated with birds amongst blossom on a black ground, approx 78 cm long, together with a black lace parasol with wrythen carved ebonised wooden handle, 75.5 cm longCondition ReportParasol - there is some minor rips to the lace top and one area of the edging is ripped. The silk underneath is broken and shot in various areas and the mechanism, although working, does not hold the parasol up for very long. Otherwise general wear and tear conducive with age and use. The Chinese top is a woman's rather than child's. Hand-made and condition - some small areas of dirt and moth damage, mainly to the sleeve ends and some of the seams are coming undone. Some marks to the back right hand shoulder predominantly. Collar is coming away. Some light fading to the embroidery -otherwise OK. See images for further detail.
Lot 527
A pair of modern oak cupboards in the 19th Century manner with single drawers above fielded panelled doors on turned and reeded baluster legs, 52 cm wide x 45 cm deep x 75.5 cm high, together with an early 20th Century giltwood and gesso framed salon chair with upholstered back panel and seat on turned and fluted legs in the Louis XVI taste, 48 cm wide x 97 cm high and a modern black painted metal framed double-sided light box / advertising sign, bearing monogram "AH", 237 cm x 100 cm x 17.7 cm deep
Lot 80
A pair of 19th Century cut glass decanters of onion form with faceted three collar neck and pear shaped stoppers, raised on square bases with star cut decoration, 33.5 cm high, together with a blown glass baluster shaped jug with applied ribbed decoration to the neck, 26.5 cm highCondition ReportOne stopper has a large chip running all the way down the end and a small chip to the base of one decanter. Decanters 19th Century. Jug 20th Century. Has chips to the ribbed decoration. All have light surface scratching, general wear and tear conducive with age and use, etc. See images for further detail.
Lot 89
A pair of Continental etched and gilded octagonal glass table candelabra, the twin branch candle holders with lustre drops on a faceted baluster stem to fan style foot, 40.7 cm high, together with a pair of early 20th Century Continental pale pink glass faceted table candlesticks with lustre drops (converted to electricity), 37.5 cm high (48.5 cm high including electrical fittings)Condition ReportThe pink pair: both drips trays smashed and with amateur repairs, otherwise appear basically sound, though both light holders at the top sit at at an odd angle. Clear pair: gilding worn through out, candle holders to one very damaged and with loss, the other basically sound apart from wear to the gilding. The Second basically sound but with wear to the gilding. One lustre damage. See images for further details.
Lot 122
Heaney, Seamus 12 works, 2 signed, comprising Electric Light. Faber & Faber, 2001. number 188 of 300 copies signed by the author, original black cloth-backed cream boards, slipcase; Electric Light. 2001, first trade edition, original black boards, orange dustwrapper; District and Circle. Faber, 2006, First edition, signed by the author on title, dustwrapper; The Spirit Level. Faber, 1996, first edition, dustwrapper; The Burial at Thebes. Sophocles' Antigone, translated by Heaney. Faber, 2004, First edition, original boards, dustwrapper; The Fire i' the Flint. O.U.P., 1974, original green wrappers; Spelling out Out. in honour of Brian Friel on his 80th Birthday. The Gallery Press, 2009, original brown wrappers; Dylan the Durable ? On Dylan Thomas. 1992, original pictorial wrappers; Diary of one who vanished, a song cycle by Leos Janacek in a new version by Seamus Heaney. Faber & Faber, 1999, original yellow wrappers; From the Republic of Conscience. Amnesty International, 1985, limited to 2000 copies, original wrappers; with Michael Longley. An Upstairs Outlook. Belfast, 1989, original wrappers; Sweeney Astray. Derry, 1983, First edition, original cloth, dustwrapper (12)
Lot 138
London, Jack The Call of the Wild London: William Heinemann, 1903. First UK edition, first impression stating July 1903, frontispiece, plates and illustrations by Philip R. Goodwin and Charles Livingston Bull within pagination, original pictorial blue cloth gilt, some very light spotting and a little marginal dampstaining in places, early ownership signature to half-title, some slight rubbing and bumping to covers
Lot 160
Thomas, Edward 13 books, comprising The Woodland Life. Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1897. First edition, 8vo, original green cloth, ownership signature to front free-endpaper, a little light foxing; [Idem] The Happy-go-Lucky Morgans. London: Duckworth & Co., 1913. First edition, 8vo, original green cloth gilt, ownership signature, a little light foxing, a little discolouration to covers, date stamp to rear paste-down; [Idem] The South Country. London: J.M. Dent & Co., 1909. First edition, 8vo, original green cloth gilt, a little light foxing; [Idem] Celtic Stories. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1918. Third edition, 8vo, original green paper-covered boards; [Idem] Norse Tales. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1921. Second edition, 8vo, original green paper-covered boards; [Idem] Lafcadio Hearn. London: Constable and Company Ltd., 1912. First edition, 12mo, green cloth; [Idem] The Childhood of Edward Thomas. London: Faber and Faber Limited, 1938. 8vo, original green cloth gilt, dust-jacket a little faded; and another copy; Thomas, Helen Time & Again, memoirs and letters. Manchester: Carcanet, 1978. First edition, 8vo, original cloth, dust-jacket, signed by the editor, Myfanwy Thomas, with additional ownership signature; Coombes, H. Edward Thomas. London: Chatto & Windus, 1956. 8vo, dust-jacket, neat gift inscription; Eckert, Robert P. Edward Thomas. London: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd., 1937. 8vo, some tears to dust-jacket; Moore, John The Life and Letters of Edward Thomas. London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1939. 8vo, original cloth; Gant, Roland, editor Edward Thomas on the Countryside. London: Faber and Faber, 1977. 8vo, dust-jacket not price-clipped (13)
Lot 167
Verne, Jules A Family Without a Name London: Sampson, Low, Marston, Searle , & Rivington, 1891. First UK edition, first impression with publisher's catalogue dated October 1890, frontispiece and 78 (of 79) plates, original pictorial red cloth gilt, occasional light spotting, shelf lean, lower hinge cracked, some fading and rubbing to covers, ownership signature to free-endpaper; [Idem] Five Weeks in a Balloon. London: Chapman and Hall, 1870. First UK edition, 8vo, original blue cloth gilt, hinges split, spine detached along lower joint, some internal and external soiling, signature to paste-down endpaper (2)
Lot 231
Miscellaneous, including The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and the Royal Commission. Vivisection. 1876, 8vo, original cloth, library stamp to title page; Doyle, A. Conan. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. 1892. First edition, 8vo, original blue cloth, rubbed, hinges weak, occasional light spot; Hutchinson, H.G. Golf. 1890., 8vo, original pictorial cloth; Hayes, M.H. Points of the Horse. 1897. Large 8vo, plates, original cloth; Townsend, Joseph. A Journey through Spain in the years 1786 and 1787. 1792, volumes 1-2 (of 3), plates, contemporary calf, morocco labels; Scott, Walter. Familiar Letters. 1894, 2 volumes, original cloth; [Isle of Jura] Some Account of Jura Red Deer. Derby, [n.d.], 8vo, number 198 of 200 copies, original cloth; Wilson, E.H. The Duchess of Windsor. 1937, plates, red half morocco gilt; Jonson, Ben. The Workes. 1976, folio, facsimile edition, original cloth-backed boards; Gordon, Arthur Charles Hamilton, 1st Baron Stanmore. Fiji. Records of Private and Public Life 1875-1880. Edinburgh: [Privately Printed], 1897, volume 1 (of 4), original cloth; Smith, John. Substance of the Work entitled Fruits and Farinacea the Proper Food of Man... for the Vegetarian Society. Manchester, 1873, 8vo, original cloth, library stamp to title, rubbed; Brocklehurst, Thomas. U. Mexico To-day. 1883. First edition, 52 (of 53) plates including 17 chromolithographed and 35 wood engraved plates, contemporary half calf
Lot 242
Duke, J. The Compleat Florist London: J. Robinson, 1747. 8vo, hand-coloured frontispiece and hand-coloured engraved title-page, 100 hand-coloured plates, contemporary green half calf gilt, a little dust-soiling and some light browning, front free-endpaper torn away, some rubbing and soiling to covers and spine
![Gardening & Botany 11 volumes, comprising [Jackson, Maria Elizabeth] The Florist's Manual. London: Henry Colburn and Co.,](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/7585ab16-9d02-401a-8ea4-ad4000cd8dfd/04cbc4e4-8c2e-480b-9ed0-ad4000faa29b/468x382.jpg)
Lot 245
Gardening & Botany 11 volumes, comprising [Jackson, Maria Elizabeth] The Florist's Manual. London: Henry Colburn and Co., 1822. Second edition, 8vo, hand-coloured folding frontispiece and 6 hand-coloured plates, later half calf gilt; Boswell, George A Treatise on Watering Meadows. London: J. Debrett, 1792. 8vo, 5 folding plates, later half calf gilt, a little foxing; Reid, John The Scots Gard'ner... Edinburgh: John Moncur, 1721. Second edition, 8vo, 5 plates, a little dampstaining, tear to one leaf affecting one word, some dust-soiling, leaves toned; [bound with] [Idem] The Gard'ners Kalendar. Edinburgh: John Moncur, 1721. 8vo, some dampstaining, leaves toned; [bound with] The Florist's Vade-Mecum. 8vo, lacking title-page and all before A1; in 20th century half calf gilt; Cobbett, William The Woodlands... London: William Cobbett, 1825. 8vo, contemporary quarter calf gilt, a little light internal foxing; Maund, B. The Botanic Garden. London: Baldwin and Cradock, 1827-8. Volume ii only, 8vo, 29 hand-coloured plates, contemporary half calf gilt; Harrison, Joseph The Floricultural Cabinet and Florists' Magazine. London: Whittaker and Co., 1843-1850. 4 volumes only comprising 1843, 1849, 1850 & 1851, 8vo, hand-coloured plates, contemporary green half morocco gilt; Paxton, Sir Joseph Paxton's Magazine of Botany. London: Orr and Smith, 1834-1836. 2 volumes only, 8vo, hand-coloured plates, contemporary half calf gilt, some fading and rubbing to covers and spine, a little light foxing (11)
Lot 250
New Naturalist Books, 1945-2015 123 volumes Comprising numbers 1-38, 41-55, 57-73, 75, 78, 80, 82, 84-129. London: Collins, 1945-2015. Mixed editions, 8vo, numbers 41, 70, 71, 75 and 80 present in paperback only, with 1 and 71 in duplicate, some jackets price-clipped, occasional creasing, chipping and browning to jackets, a little light internal soiling in places, 'Orkney' (70) paperback is ex-library, as are a few others, a little light foxing to a few earlier volumes, 3 hardback volumes without dust-jackets, some volumes with neat ownership signatures, bookplates or gift inscriptions (123)
Lot 253
Shaw, George and Frederick P. Nodder The Naturalist's Miscellany The Naturalist's Miscellany: or Coloured Figures of Natural Objects. London, [1789 - c. 1793], volumes 1-3 and 5-7 only, 208 hand-coloured engraved plates (of the 213 that should be in these 7 volumes), the missing ones clearly never bound in, early 19th century green half morocco gilt, some light spotting, chiefly to the text, lacking signature M in volume 3, lightly rubbed
![Holy Bible London: Thomas Newcomb and Henry Hills, 1712 4to, 136 plates, [Herbert 917; ESTC T89271]; bound with Book of Commo](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/7585ab16-9d02-401a-8ea4-ad4000cd8dfd/cc30d382-a596-41bf-b4e4-ad4000faca3d/468x382.jpg)
Lot 261
Holy Bible London: Thomas Newcomb and Henry Hills, 1712 4to, 136 plates, [Herbert 917; ESTC T89271]; bound with Book of Common Prayer, 1713, [Not recorded by ESTC, cf. ESTC T814], 2 engraved plates, contemporary panelled red morocco gilt, neatly rebacked retaining original spine, engraved portrait to BCP laid down; and The Whole Book of Psalms. London: Freeman Collins for Company of Stationers, 1812, [ESTC T82244], some spotting and marginal discolouration, occasional light stain
Lot 315
Tragara Press 20 volumes, comprising Orioli, Pino. Some letters of Pino Orioli to Mrs Gordon Crotch. 1974, number 18 of 120 copies, original quarter cloth; Crotch, M.G. Memories of Frieda Lawrence. 1975, number 124 of 175 copies, original quarter cloth; Thomas, Edward. Autumn Thoughts. 1975, limited to 90 copies, marbled wrappers; Fuller, Roy. An Old War. 1974, limited to 95 copies, original light grey wrappers; Fuller, Roy. Re-Treads. 1979, number 62 of 130 copies, pale green wrappers; Fuller, Roy. As from the Thirties. 1983, number 43 of 135 copies, green wrappers; Thomas, Edward. The Fear of Death. 1982, number 36 of 95 copies, marbled wrappers; Adlard, John. One Evening of Light Mist in London. 1980, number 13 of 145 copies, brown wrappers; Thomas, Edward. A Selection of Letters to Edward Garnett. 1981, number 104 of 175 copies, original green wrappers; Rolfe, Frederick. Frederick Rolfe's "Reviews of Unwritten Books". volumes 1 and 3, 1985-87, number 30 and 19 of 120 copies; Symons, Julian. Two Brothers. 1985, number 39 of 130 copies, red wrappers; Summers, Montague. Letters to an Editor. 1986, number 36 of 145 copies, maroon wrappers; Fuller, Roy. Lessons of the Summer. 1987, number 65 of 135 copies, green wrappers; White, J.T. The Death of a King. 1970, one of 75 copies, brown wrappers; Thomas, Edward. Letters to America 1914-1917. 1989, number 79 of 140 copies, green wrappers; O'Sullivan, Vincent. Selected Letters. 1993, number 39 of 50 copies, original green cloth, lacking paper label from spine; O' Sullivan, Vincent. Thomas de Quincey. Beauly, Privately Printed, 2010, number 16 of 45 copies, purple wrappers; Thomas, Edward. Rupert Brooke 1887-1915. Beauly, Privately Printed, 1912, number 4 of 45 copies, marbled wrappers; Sturgis, Matthew. Masks and Phrases. The Rivendale Press, 1999, number 51 of 100 copies, grey wrappers (20)
Lot 318
Wilde, Oscar The Sphinx London: Elkin Mathews and John Lane, at the Sign of The Bodley Head, 1894. 4to, First edition, one of 200 copies, decorated title-page and other illustrations by Charles Ricketts, printed in black, light red and green, original pictorial vellum gilt by Charles Ricketts, uncut, extremely small inscription of 'Joanna Forsyth' at head of front free endpaper, very small and faint pencil inscription from John Gold on first blank leaf, a few light spots to binding
Lot 347
Heath, Robert A Natural and Historical Account of the Islands of Scilly London: R. Manby and H.S. Cox, 1750. 8vo, folding map, folding table, lacking the advertisement leaf and portrait, contemporary calf, upper cover detached, lower cover lacking, a little internal dampstaining and light spotting [ESTC T132199]
Lot 354
Lysons, Daniel & Samuel Lysons Magna Britannia Being a concise topographical account of the several counties of Great Britain. London: T. Cadell, 1806. 4to, 6 books in 7 volumes, covering 9 counties, extra-illustrated with 192 plates from Britannia Depicta, contemporary calf gilt very neatly rebacked with later calf gilt spines, a.e.g., some internal foxing and offsetting, a little light dampstaining in places (7)
Lot 359
Mitchell, Joseph Reminiscences of My Life in the Highlands Chilworth and London: The Gresham Press, 1883. First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, folding map of Scotland in the front pocket of volume 1, original green cloth gilt, a little light foxing, news clippings pasted neatly to rear endpapersProvenance: Bookplates of John Philip Osbaldeston MitfordFootnote: Note: An unusual work, copies recorded on WorldCat in four libraries only
Lot 36
19th Century Children's Books including Lear, Edward. The Book of Nonsense and More Nonsense. Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd, [n.d.], Oblong 4to, 2 copies, original green and brown pictorial cloth; Dean & Munday, publishers. The Infant's Toy Book of Pretty Tales. [n.d.], 31pp., 12mo, hand-coloured illustrations, original wrappers, somewhat soiled; Newman, A.K., publisher. The House that Jack Built. [n.d.], 8vo, hand-coloured illustrations, original wrappers bound upside down, rather soiled; Bannerman, Helen. The Story of Little Black Mingo. James Nisbet, [1901], second edition, 12mo, pen scribbles on blank pages between p.46 and 54, original pictorial cloth; Schmid, Rev. Christopher. Easter Eggs and Robin Red Breast. Edinburgh: T. Clark, 1839, 2 copies; The Little Lamb. Edinburgh: T. Clark, 1839; Krummacher, F.A. The Little Dove. Edinburgh: T. Clark, 1838, these 4 all original wrappers, g.e., wrappers lightly soiled; Carroll, Lewis. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Heinemann, [1907], 8vo, plates by Arthur Rackham, binding slightly discoloured, slight crease to upper cover; Blackburn, Henry. Randolph Candecott. 1886, frontispiece, original pictorial cloth; Greenaway, Kate. Mother Goose or the Old Nursery Rhymes. 8vo, original green pictorial boards; Kate Greenaway's Almanack for 1927. 12mo, inscription dated 1927 to endpaper, original yellow cloth-backed pictorial boards; Crane, Walter. A Floral Fantasy in an old English Garden. Harper and Brothers, 1899. 4to, original pictorial cloth, light dust-soiling internally, binding slightly soiled; Verne, Jules. P'tit Bonhomme. J. Hetzel et Cie. [n.d.], 4to, 458pp, 8pp. advertisements, original pictorial cloth, some spotting, slight wear (15)
![Scottish History & Travel 13 books. comprising [Forsyth, Robert] The Beauties of Scotland. Edinburgh: Thomson Bonar and J](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/7585ab16-9d02-401a-8ea4-ad4000cd8dfd/a863e216-7782-414c-9c64-ad4000fba58e/468x382.jpg)
Lot 375
Scottish History & Travel 13 books. comprising [Forsyth, Robert] The Beauties of Scotland. Edinburgh: Thomson Bonar and John Brown, 1805. 5 volumes, 8vo, engraved plates, modern quarter calf, lacking map, several stamps of Selkirk Public Library, a little light browning; Taylor, James The Pictorial History of Scotland. London: Virtue & Co., [n.d.] 2 volumes, large 8vo, 19th century black half morocco gilt, bookplates; Teignmouth, Lord Sketches of the Coasts and Islands of Scotland, and of the Isle of Man. London: John W. Parker, 1836. 2 volumes, 8vo, folding map, contemporary calf gilt, Northern Lighthouse Board copy; Macpherson, James The History of Great Britain... Dublin: J. Exshaw, et al., 1775. 2 volumes, 8vo, contemporary calf, bookplates, joints cracked, some browning; [uniform with] [Idem] Original Papers; containing the Secret History of Great Britain... Dublin: Dublin: J. Exshaw, et al., 1775. 2 volumes, 8vo, upper cover of volume 4 detached (13)
Lot 397
The Hebrides 3 volumes, comprising Gregory, Donald History of the Western Highlands and Isles of Scotland from A.D. 1493 to A.D. 1625. Edinburgh: William Tait, 1836. 8vo, contemporary half calf, Forbes bookplate; MacDonald, James General View of the Agriculture of the Hebrides. Edinburgh: Richard Phillips, 1811. 8vo, 5 folding maps, plate, modern half calf gilt with purple morocco label to spine, some light spotting; 'Senex' Fragments Regarding the Ancient History of the Hebrides. Glasgow: Herald Office, 1850. 12mo, one of 50 copies, contemporary half calf neatly rebacked [COPAC listing only 2 copies] (3)
Lot 40
Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets London: Bloomsbury, 1998. First edition, first impression with the numberline 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 to the publisher's imprint page, 8vo, original paper covered boards, dust-jacket not price-clipped, dust-jacket spine faded, some light marginal toning to leaves
![Lhuyd, Edward Archaeologia Britannica volume 1: Glossography [all published]. Oxford: M. Bateman, 1707. First edition, folio,](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/7585ab16-9d02-401a-8ea4-ad4000cd8dfd/941984f9-6d10-4bcb-8617-ad4000fc3e65/468x382.jpg)
Lot 54
Lhuyd, Edward Archaeologia Britannica volume 1: Glossography [all published]. Oxford: M. Bateman, 1707. First edition, folio, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked retaining contemporary spine, early ownership signature to paste-down endpaper and title, flyleaves renewed with later ownership signature, bookplate, a little light internal spotting, a few minor damp spots to margins [ESTC T116102]Footnote: Note: A pioneering work, by the Welsh polymath Edward Lhuyd, on comparative Celtic philology.
Lot 58
Scottish Highlands 9 volumes, comprising McNicol, Donald. Remarks on Samuel Johnson's Journey to the Hebrides. London, 1779. First edition, 8vo, contemporary calf, Northern Light Board gilt stamp to upper cover; Maxwell, W.H. Highlands and Islands. 1852, 2 volumes, 8vo, frontispiece, contemporary calf gilt, spines gilt; Stewart, David. Sketches of the Character, Manners and Present State of the Highlanders of Scotland. 1825, Third edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, contemporary red half calf, spines gilt; Grant, J.P. Memoir and Correspondence of Mrs Grant of Laggan. 1844, 3 volumes, 8vo, frontispiece, black half morocco, Mount Stuart bookplates; Blackie, John S. Language and Literature of the Scottish Highlands, 1876, contemporary half morocco, spine slightly faded (9)
Lot 6
Campbell, Colin Vitruvius Britannicus or The British Architect, containing the Plans, Elevations and Sections of the Regular Buildings both Publick and Private in Great Britain... in 200 large Folio Plates. London: sold by the author, 1717-1717-1725. 3 volumes, folio (440 x 275mm), engraved titles to volumes 1 and 2, printed title to volume 3 in red and black, with 295 engraved plates after Colin Campbell, list of subscribers in all volumes, rebound in period style panelled calf, spines gilt, occasional light spotting, repairs to a few leaves and platesFootnote: Note: A magnificent collection of copperplate engravings. The Vitruvius Britannicus catalogues in fine detail many of the great English country houses and public buildings. Its beautiful illustrations include facades, ground plans, exterior elevations, perspective views and layouts for gardens and parks. Featured buildings include those designed by Inigo Jones, the 17th century architect who introduced Palladianism into England and the Classical-Revival architecture of Sir John Vanbrugh, as well as contemporary designs, including those of the author, the Scottish architect Colin Campbell. This work was instrumental in popularising the Neo-Palladian style in Britain and America during the eighteenth century and stands out as one of the most influential and original English architectural books of all time.
Lot 1180
BARRY X BALL1955 Pasadena/USATitel: The akra tapeinosis (.) - Portrait Matthey Barney. Untertitel: Rauminstallation. Datierung: 2000 - 2004.Technik: Mixed Media (Mexikanischer Onyx, Stahl, Rhodium, Polyurethan, Holz, Stahlseile, Licht). Maße: Kopf und Schaft: 175 x 15 x 20cm; Deckenkonstruktion: 225 x 225 x 40cm; Installationsmaß: ca. 320 x 350 x 350cm. Provenienz: - Salon 94, New YorkAusstellungen:- MOMA PS1, New York 2004Literatur:- Heil, Axel/Schoppmann, Wolfgang (Hrsg.): Most Wanted - The Olbricht Collection - Some Recent Acquisitions, Köln 2005, Abb. S. 160Der Künstler Barry X Ball wurde 1955 in Kanada geboren. Heute lebt und arbeitet er in New York. Werke des Bildhauers sind in bedeutenden internationalen Sammlungen vertreten und bereits mehrfach stellte Ball im Rahmen der Biennale in Venedig aus. Balls skulpturale Portraits haben einen revolutionären bildhauerischen Ansatz. Der Künstler selbst beschreibt seine Werke als Skulpturen, diese sind jedoch eher am Schnittpunkt zwischen Skulptur und Installation einzuordnen. Balls Vorgehensweise ist dabei hochkomplex. An einem einzigen Portrait arbeitet der Künstler im Schnitt zwei bis drei Jahre. In dem uns vorliegenden Portrait vergingen sogar vier Jahre bis zur Fertigstellung. Portraitaufträge lehnt dieser kategorisch ab. Die selbstgewählten Modelle sind Persönlichkeiten der bildenden Kunst, wie beispielsweise Künstler, Sammler und Galeristen. Arbeitet Ball an einem Portrait, so fertigt er zunächst Referenzfotos sowie einen Gipsabdruck des Kopfes und Halses an. Dieser Gipsabdruck wird dann in ein Gipspositiv umgesetzt und der noch raue Rohling anschließend in mühevoller Handarbeit abgerundet. Dabei entstehen keineswegs naturalistische Portraits. Die Manipulation der Vorarbeiten ist elementarer Bestandteil des Schaffensprozesses und wirkt sich entscheidend auf das fertige Portrait aus. Im Falle des Portraits von Matthew Barney trieb der Künstler diese Manipulation besonders weit. Er entfernte sämtliche Halsmuskulatur und setzte nur einen schlaffen Sack Haut zusammen mit den Eingeweiden an den Kopf an. Haut und Eingeweide waren in diesem Stadium noch als Ton modelliert. Nach Fertigstellung des Entwurfs in Gips und Ton, wurde dieser über einen 3D-Scanner digitalisiert, gefolgt von einer Reihe digitalen Bearbeitungsschritten. So wurde der eingescannte Gipskopf in diesem Portrait zunächst um 150% vertikal gestreckt. Anschließend scannte Ball ein viktorianisches Barockmuster ein, dass er über die gesamte Oberfläche legte. Im nächsten Schritt schrumpfte Ball diese Gesamtkonstruktion erneut um 85%, bevor er sie final mittels einer CNC-Fräsmaschine in mexikanischen, durchscheinenden Onyx übertrug. Das maschinell ausgeführte Schnitzen nahm dabei mehrere Tage in Anspruch. Einen Sockel für Balls Portraits sucht man vergebens. Stattdessen ist der Kopf von einer beidseitig angespitzten und vergoldeten Lanze aus Stahl durchbohrt. Befestigt ist die Skulptur an einer Vielzahl von Seilen, welche wiederum von einem großen Deckenpaneel ausgehen und Trichterförmig auf dem durchbohrten Scheitel zusammenlaufen. Das Deckenpaneel ist eine aufwendige Konstruktion aus Holz und zitiert eine Vielzahl historischer Dekorationsstile. Um das Deckenpaneel sind acht Halogenstrahler angeordnet, die die aufgespießte Skulptur anstrahlen. Der dabei erzeugte Schatteneffekt ist werkimmanent und vom Künstler bewusst herbeigeführt. Der Titel der Arbeit, "The akra tapeinosis" verweist auf die mittelalterliche Bildtradition des Schmerzensmannes. Hierbei steht der leidende Christus mit seinen Kreuzigungswunden im Fokus. Die Materialbeschaffenheit des Onyxes erzeugt den Eindruck der Wundmale Christi, die milchig-cremefarbene Beschaffenheit des Steins erinnert dabei unweigerlich an Elfenbein, ein Material aus dem viele mittelalterliche Christusskulpturen gefertigt wurden. Es ist eben dieser Detailgrad, der Ball aus der Masse der bildenden Künstler abhebt. Balls Skulpturen überzeugen nicht nur mit vielfachen kunsthistorischen Bezügen und der inhaltlichen Qualität, sondern auch unter formal-ästhetischen Gesichtspunkten als raumfüllende Installationen. Das Portrait Matthew Barneys sticht dabei besonders hervor und ist durch seine besondere Tiefe als ein Hauptwerk aus Balls Portraitserie einzuordnen. Erläuterungen zum KatalogBarry X Ball USA Fotografie Zeitgenössische Kunst Objekte 2000er Porträt Installation Mischtechnik Künstler BARRY X BALL1955 Pasadena/USATitle: The akra tapeinosis (.) - Portrait Matthey Barney. Subtitle: Room Installation. Date: 2000 - 2004. Technique: Mixed Media (Mexican onyx, steel, Rhodium, polyurethane, wood, steel ropes, light). Measurement: Head and shaft: 175 x 15 x 20cm; Ceiling construction: 225 x 225 x 40cm; Installation dimensions: ca. 320 x 350 x 350cm. Provenance: - Salon 94, New YorkExhibitions:- MOMA PS1, New York 2004Literature:- Heil, Axel/Schoppmann, Wolfgang (eds.): Most Wanted - The Olbricht Collection - Some Recent Acquisitions, Cologne 2005, ill. p. 160. Explanations to the Catalogue
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