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Lot 129
Rick Ayotte 1998 tri-level sculpture, with two frogs
on the pond's edge, a slider turtle swimming below, and the pond-bottom
with a clutter of leaves and plantlife. Ayotte's basin shape
recalls the playfulness of collecting in cups or jars, and the
composition evokes the bounty of an untainted habitat. Signed
and dated. Limited edition of 5.
Height 2 15/16"; Diameter 4 13/16". $3000-4000 |
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Lot 130
Rick Ayotte 1983 "American Bald Eagle Head"
paperweight, first in the Wildlife Portrait series. "I
employed the design concepts of antique sulphides to portray
the grandeur of the bird..." --Rick Ayotte. Signed and
dated. Limited edition of 50.
Diameter 3 3/8". $3000-4500 |
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Lot 131
Paul Stankard 1991 mountain laurel botanical sculpture,
with pink flowers and buds on a brown branch with green leaves;
cobalt blue background and base. Signed and dated.
Height 3 7/8"; Diameter 2 11/16". $7500-9000 |
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Lot 132
*Paul Stankard 1973 red poinsettia paperweight. This
work is an early piece, notable for its rich, naturalistic coloring
that Stankard would bring to his later Botanical series. Cane
signed "PS" and scratch-dated. Limited edition of 50.
Diameter 2 1/2". $800-1000 |
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Lot 133
Paul Stankard 1976 sippewisset bouquet paperweight.
"In the bouquet form, Stankard began to struggle with
the issue of overlapping objects in a deeper space. The complexity
of these arrangements and forms continued as the artist worked
further toward a fully realized sculptural space later achieved
in his upright forms." --Paul J. Stankard: Poetry in
Glass. See Paul J. Stankard: Homage to Nature, p. 51; Paul Joseph
Stankard: The First Decade, pp. 22, 24. Signature cane.
Diameter 2 7/8". $2000-3000 |