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Michael Landy b. 1963 UNTITLED (FROM SCRAPHEAP SERVICES) cut-out figures from old cans fast food wrapping and household waste held in plexiglas tube height: 95.5cm.; 37.625in. In 1993 Michael Landy set about creating a fictitious cleaning company called Scrapheap Services. What started as a six-month project escalated into a large-scale venture spanning over two years. Provenance Karsten Schubert Ltd. London
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Sam Taylor-Wood b. 1967 FIVE REVOLUTIONARY SECONDS VII colour photograph 21 by 200cm.; 8.25 by 7.75in. Executed in 1997 this work is number 2 from an edition of 3. provenance Jay Jopling London Literature Exhibition Catalogue Milan Fondazione Prada Sam Taylor-Wood London 2002 p. 24-25 illustration of another example in colour During a five second time scale Sam Taylor-Wood rotates the camera on its axis the product this single panoramic image which despite being decidedly sequential in nature is ultimately devoid of narrative. In the present work we view the inhabitants comfortable in their setting utterly unaware of one another although confined within a common space. The subjects are divorced from their affluent surrounds held within staged scenarios and left frozen in their fallacious solitude leading us to speculate on how these ambiguities will resolve if they ever do. The artist described the method behind her work as breaking "... down a scene into its basic building blocks. First the narrative structure is removed then the whole thing is filtered and divided into separate sequences" a technique that prevails in Five Revolutionary Seconds VII.
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Carl Andre b. 1935 UNTITLED red slate and sulphur on two cement blocks red slate: 1 by 6.2 by 3cm.; .25 by 2.5 by 1.25in. sulphur: 2.6 by 4.5 by 4cm.; 1 by 1.75 by 1.5in. cement blocks: 6 by 29 by 29cm.; 2.25 by 11.5 by 11.5in. Executed circa 1973. Carl Andre’s method of taking common resources out of their man-made confinements and freeing them to exist as separate entities is perfectly displayed in Untitled. However it is the combination of this technique with the more unusual element of juxtaposing natural and man-made media that makes this work especially interesting. Warmly toned offerings of red slate and yellow sulphur are placed at the centre of each cement slab transforming their blocks into pedestals and highlighting the cement’s rough monochromatic traits in comparison to their own more organic qualities. Not wanting to detract from the inherent attributes of his materials the scale of Andre’s work generally does not extend far beyond the natural height of its medium provoking us to regard the work's order setting and individual characteristics. Untitled is no exception. The work is not imposing but rather something for the observer to contemplate admire and enjoy; and whilst the slabs stand together they hold their own space maintaining the functional aloofness that underlies all of Andre’s sculpture. ½
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Early C20th taxidermy stuffed trout, in black painted & glazed bowfronted case, with paper label inscribed 'PRESERVED BY F. ERNEST GUNN, ST. GILES STREET, NORWICH', and another card label inscribed 'RIVER BURE. HORSTEAD 6.7.33 / Caught Thread Line, spinning / with 1 1/2 natural minnow / Weight 5lbs. 1 3/4 ozs. Length 21 1/2 ins. Girth 13 1/4 ins. / SCALE READING BY G.H. HALL. / Age 6 1/4 yrs. Spawned 3rd (?) 4th 5th 6th winters / First four years slow growth, then very rapid. / condition 21 % above summer standard', the case 28.5ins. wide (overall).
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An early 20th Century gun metal cased keyless Calendar Pocket Watch with stop watch, the frosted movement (incomplete) with bi-metallic cut compensated balance and blued steel over coiled hair spring, to a Roman enamelled dial with subsidiaries for seconds and half hours, an outside scale of 0 to 300 (centre hand lacking), in a hinged case with gilt and silvered Oriental detail of a dragon, with slide and hand set to the band, diameter 2 1/4"
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A late 19th Century French gilt brass and grey marble mounted Desk Compendium, the twin oval case surmounted by a cast ring carry handle, united by a central pedestal column and each raised on spreading circular bases to a shaped oval platform base, to a Roman enamelled dial (A/F and repaired), with blued steel moon hands, and opposed by an aneroid barometer, with oval enamel scale of 27 to 31, height 6 1/2"
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Alexander Borisovich Serebriakov, 1907-1995 design for a decorative panel in the kaspia caviar house, paris signed in Latin and dated Nov. 1957 l.r.; further titled in French: decorative panel for the stairwell / of the Kaspia Caviar house / 17 place de la Madeleine, Paris / scale: 15cm : 1m and inscribed with the artist's address watercolour over pencil on paper heightened with gouache image size: 52.25 by 23cm., 20.5 by 9in.
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A William III Britannia Standard Monteith, with marks for London 1701-2 maker John Bache, marked to the body and the rim, of circular form, the rim with C-scrolls, mask motifs and fish-scale detail, the sides chased with vertical fluting under a band of stylised foliage, with a blank cartouche with fish-scale ground and C-scroll border, all raised on a spreading foot with dentilled border, the handles of scroll form issuing from a lion mask; together with a later cover with marks for London 1782, maker John Crouch and Thomas Hannah, of circular form, with large floral finial, with marks for WE, with radiating chased fluting to match the Monteith. Height without cover 23cm, with cover 28cm, 97oz total. Provenance: Stirling Maxwell Collection, Pollok House Note: For a very similar Monteith see lot 78 - Christie's Magnificent Silver, sold on behalf of the Republic of Philippines, January 10th 1991
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A New Hall porcelain teapot and cover, circa 1800, of boat shape painted with a basket of flowers beneath a scale border reserved with flower sprays, a Chamberlain Worcester teapot and cover, circa 1820, gilt with floral sprays beneath an overlapping band of ovals, a Royal Worcester teapot and cover, circa 1887, decorated with flower sprays against an ivory ground with overhead bamboo handle, a Royal Copenhagen teapot and cover, a 20th Century Spode ‘Lancaster Cobalt’ teapot and cover, together with a collection of sixteen other assorted teapots and covers (faults)
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Hurel-Dubois et Miles/Saro-Miles. An important collection of brochures, documentation, original hand-written notes, specifications, photographs and associated literature relating to the co-operation between these companies, including original manufacturers documentation for the HD32, HD37, HD321, and HD-M 103 & 104 with hand-written notes for the 3 ton Alvis "Leonides" powered freighter with Rolls Royce "Soar" assisted take off power, correspondence with H.D. and large scale fold-out drawings, together with a group of H.D.M. 105 photographs, a project report on the Saro-Miles "Caravan" H.D.M. 106 with large scale drawings sketches of the float-plane and four-engined versions of this aircraft, test pilot's report on the H.D.34 (flown by J. S. Booth), H.D.M. Astazon and Lycoming powered aircraft-type costings, original brochures and a file of correspondence and details of the collapse and liquidation of Avions Hurel-Dubois et Miles, an historic archive for the aviation historian (a lot)
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*Tank locomotive. An '0' gauge live steam spirit fired model of a narrow gauge 0-4-2 tank locomotive, the copper boiler with normal fittings, twin outside cylinders with inside slip eccentric reverse, displacement lubricator and other details finished in green and black with brass plates embossed 'W.G. Bagnall Ltd., Castle Engine Works, Stafford, England, No. 970 April 1888' and 'Excelsior No. 20 Wright Scale 1999', 9 in (22.8 cm) long (1)
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*Traction Engine. A well-engineered 2 inch scale model of the Burrell single crank compound two speed, three shaft general purpose traction engine 'Marguerite', built by Bailey, with brazed copper boiler with fittings including water and pressure gauges, safety, blower, injector, simpling and clack valves, engine details include cylinders, approx. 1 in and 0.5 in bores x 1.18 in stroke, studded stuffing boxes, bar type crosshead slides, footplate controlled, mechanical lubricator (lid missing), dummy pickering type governor Stephenson's link reverse, wedged and bolted big end, two road speeds, eccentric driven feed pump and bypass and other details, chassis details including spoked straked wheels, brass hubcaps, worm and roller chain steering, spuds and rack, footplate controlled damper, cable drawn, cable and favileads, water lift pipe and rose, band brake to twin shaft, injector, foot board with tool box under, headlamps and other details, finished in maroon, red with black and white lining, black and polished brightwork, 16.5 x 25 in (42 x 63.5 cm), trolley (1)
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