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Lot 131
Rick Ayotte "Heavenly Blue"
bouquet paperweight, with
a trio of large pale pink camellia flowers, above light and dark
blue forget-me-nots, buds, and dark green leaves, over clear
ground. Signed/dated 2000. LE of 25.
Diameter 3 5/8". $1500-2000 |
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Lot 132
Rick Ayotte 1989 faceted tiger lily
bouquet paperweight, with
orange and yellow blossoms, buds, and long green leaves radiating
from a central gathering, on opaque pale yellow-green ground.
Six and one facets. Signed/dated. LE of 50.
Diameter 3 11/16". $1500-2000 |
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Lot 133
Rick Ayotte 1980 Eastern Bluebird paperweight,
containing an Eastern
bluebird, perched on a brown branch with green leaves, over clear
ground. Of the Eastern bluebirds native to his New Hampshire
homeland, the artist remarks, "One of my favorite birds.
A common sight throughout my life that once was a great harbinger
of spring. My spirits still soar when I see one." A strikingly
similar example is pictured in Songs Without Words: The Art of
the Paperweight-Rick Ayotte, p. 32. Signed/dated. #17 of 50.
Diameter 2 3/8". $700-900 |
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Lot 134
Rick Ayotte 1986 miniature tanager
paperweight, containing
a centrally-placed dark red scarlet tanager, on a branch with
three yellow tulip tree blossoms and green leaves, over clear
ground. Signed/dated.
Diameter 1 7/8". $600-800 |
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Lot 135
Rick Ayotte 1985 Monarch butterfly
paperweight, consisting
of a large orange and black monarch butterfly, with white spots
on its wingtips, flying over a curved branch of cream-colored
wood sorrel blossoms and green leaves, over clear ground. The
layered composition here is an early example of an approach the
artist would become known for: "He has developed a compound
layering technique, which gives a sense of depth and realism
to his work." -All About Paperweights. Signed/dated.
LE #43 of 50.
Diameter 3 3/8". $2000-2500 |