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JUD HARTMANN (American, 1948-) "SUSQUEHANNOCK".
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Monumental bronze. Signed "Hartmann C 1986 AP" Edition of 5. Accompanied by a low walnut base. From The Voyages of CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH (of Jamestown, Va.) during the Years 1607-9:. ". . . 60 of those Susquehannocks came to us . . . such great and well proportioned men are seldome seene, for they seemed like giants to the English . . .these are the strangest people of all those countries both in language and attire; for their language it may well beseeme their proportions, sounding from them as a voice in a vault. Their attire is the skinnes of beares and woolves, some have cassocks made of beares heades and skinnes . . . The halfe sleeves coming to the elbows were the heades of beares and the arms through the open mouth . . . one had the heade of a woolf hanging from a chain for a jewell . . . with a club suitable to his greatness sufficient to beat out ones brains. Five of their chiefe wereowances came aboard us . . . (of) the greatest of them his hayre, the one side was long and the other shorn close with a ridge over his crowne like a cocks combe . . . The calfe of whose leg was _ of a yard around and all the rest of his limbes so answerable to that proportion that he seemed the goodliest man we ever beheld!" SIZE: 48" h x 24" across PROVENANCE: Private Maine/Texas Collector CONDITION: Very good with some slight discoloration to patina in spots 50012-79
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Monumental bronze. Signed "Hartmann C 1986 AP" Edition of 5. Accompanied by a low walnut base. From The Voyages of CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH (of Jamestown, Va.) during the Years 1607-9:. ". . . 60 of those Susquehannocks came to us . . . such great and well proportioned men are seldome seene, for they seemed like giants to the English . . .these are the strangest people of all those countries both in language and attire; for their language it may well beseeme their proportions, sounding from them as a voice in a vault. Their attire is the skinnes of beares and woolves, some have cassocks made of beares heades and skinnes . . . The halfe sleeves coming to the elbows were the heades of beares and the arms through the open mouth . . . one had the heade of a woolf hanging from a chain for a jewell . . . with a club suitable to his greatness sufficient to beat out ones brains. Five of their chiefe wereowances came aboard us . . . (of) the greatest of them his hayre, the one side was long and the other shorn close with a ridge over his crowne like a cocks combe . . . The calfe of whose leg was _ of a yard around and all the rest of his limbes so answerable to that proportion that he seemed the goodliest man we ever beheld!" SIZE: 48" h x 24" across PROVENANCE: Private Maine/Texas Collector CONDITION: Very good with some slight discoloration to patina in spots 50012-79
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Lots: 1000-1655
Lots: 2000-2603
Lots: 3000-3780
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203 Skowhegan Road
Fairfield
Maine
04937
United States
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3-Day Summer Fine Art, Antiques & Asian Auction
Auction: August 24, 25 & 26, 2016: 10am
Preview: August 23, 2016: 9am-5pm
Preview: August 24-26, 2016: 8am-10am
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We are extremely proud to present our annual summer auction this year as it is probably one of the best, if not the best, selection we have ever had the pleasure of representing. It is extremely difficult to put all of the special items & collections into a few words to get your attention so please, take a few moments and peruse the online catalog. I assure you that you will be glad you did.
This sale will feature 750+ American & European paintings, portraits, prints & bronzes, 900+ lots of American & European furniture & accessories; 280+ lots of Asian items. Items from various Estates & collections across the United States & abroad including an Estate Collection of prominent Maine/Texas collector; Private collection of Rockport/Gloucester paintings; Selections from the Collection of Elwyn Dearborn of Portland, Maine; Important artwork from two Philadelphia, PA area homes; Estate Collection from a founding family of Nantucket, MA & others. Important categories include: American & European paintings & bronzes, Folk art, Oriental rugs, Weathervanes, Furniture, Textiles, Nautical Paintings, Historical items including Civil War, Native American, Clocks, Porcelain, Silver & more. Asian items include Porcelain, a quantity of Jade, Silver, Bronzes, Furniture, Textiles, Cloisonné, Snuff Bottles, art & more.
