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THREE BOXES OF BOOKS, RECORDS, ETC AND A SMITH PREMIER TYPEWRITER, including vintage Children's annuals, etc, National Geographic Atlas of the World, eleven volumes of Newnes Pictorial Knowledge, travel and photography interest, etc, records incldue Decca Hundred best tunes etc (three boxes)
Artist: Rudolf Bauer (German, 1881 - 1953). Title: "Non-objective Solitary Confinement Prison Drawing [No.13]". Medium: Pencil drawing on paper. Date: Composed 1938. Dimensions: Overall size: 8 3/16 x 5 3/8 in. (208 x 137 mm).Lot Note(s): Signed with the initial in pencil (as was his custom), lower left. Drawn on grey/green wove paper. Good condition. Provenance: Estate of the Artist. Comment(s): Another example of a Bauer prison drawing sold for $6,875 at Doyle New York, November 5, 2013, lot #86. Our drawing is a highly important example of Bauer’s rare “prison drawings.” Among them, the “solitary confinement prison drawings” are of the utmost rarity. As Wikipedia states, “during his time in prison [1938], he created dozens of non-objective drawings on scavenged scraps of paper.” Bauer was in prison for several months. Initially he was held in solitary confinement. He created the present drawing, our example, during the solitary confinement period. He then was moved to the general prison population and allowed to perform office clerking functions. During this time he created yet more drawings, generally more refined and on office stationery, many with typewriter type on the verso. These drawings, while still rare, are obtainable, whereas the “solitary confinement” drawings are virtually unobtainable. The complete text of the Wikipedia article dealing with this period: “In 1938, upon his return from an exhibition of his work in Paris, Bauer was arrested by the Nazis for his ‘degenerate’ art and for speculating on the black market — meaning selling his work to [Solomon] Guggenheim. The previous year Bauer’s work had been included in the infamous Degenerate Art show in Munich, organized by the Nazis to show all the deviant, abstract art. In spite of this Bauer had refused to move from his home country. Upon his arrest Bauer was held in a Gestapo prison for several months, as [Hilla] Rebay and Guggenheim worked to free him. After several false starts, he was finally released unconditionally in August 1938. During his time in prison, he created dozens of non-objective drawings on scavenged scraps of paper. He spent the next months getting his paperwork in order and made the difficult decision to leave his homeland, emigrating to the United States in July 1939, just months before the beginning of World War II.” Image copyright © Rudolf Bauer Estate and Archives. [29852-1-800]
Three Art Deco mantle clocks, early 20th century cut glass scent bottle, Victorian papier mache box, vintage Underwood typewriter, brass inkwell, selection of early 20th century East Riding postcards, pair of Brookes and Crookes scissors with ornate pierced handles, cased etc - Condition Report
A rare Third Reich STAR GLOBE from German U-boat U-570, formerly on loan to Portsmouth Museum. German naval markings and held within original cage. Globe with lacquered card gores by Ernst Schotte & Co, Berlin. The black brass frame bears the stamp Nautische Werksatten GMBH Kiel 3063 and a Kriegsmarine eagle insignia with 'N 269'.These were used for navigation by German U-Boats generally reducing the time on the surface and thus making the submarine less vulnerable to detection and enemy attacks. 'Graf' or HMS Graph as she was named after she was captured was a German Type VIIC U-boat that the British Royal Navy captured during World War II. Commissioned as U-570 in Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine in mid-1941, she was attacked and captured on her first patrol. She was decommissioned from active service in February 1944 and was to be scrapped in the Clyde but she ran aground off the west coast of Islay and was abandoned. Other surviving relics from the boat include her typewriter, held by the museum at Bletchley Park.Provenance: From the collection of Lt.Cdr E.D.Norman who took command of U-570 in October 1941, after it had surrendered to an RAF Hudson aircraft south of Iceland in August, it was then renamed HMS Graph. U-570's cryptographic material had been ditched and many instruments smashed, but in a year's trials under Norman, Graph gave the Allies, priceless information about the construction, performance and weaponry of the standard Type VII U-boat. See earlier lot 275 for further details of Lt.Cdr E.D.Norman's career.

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