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Tim Liddy, The Barbie Game (1960) Queen of the Prom, Oil and enamel on copper, plywood back 2007
TIM LIDDY (b. 1963) Kirkwood, Missouri
“The Barbie Game” (1960) Queen of the Prom 2007
Oil and enamel on copper, plywood back
Signed in script: Tim Liddy “circa 1960” 2007, red circular ring
Provenance: Kidder-Smith Gallery (Boston, MA)
H: 9 5/8” x W: 22 ¼” x D: 1 ½”
With his recent paintings, Liddy has both reasserted the construct of hyperrealist painting and developed a thoroughly unique advancement of that mode by extending the cultural reality of the indexed original. Based on the illustrated box lids of vintage board games, Liddy has recontextualized a subject, which evokes the underlying rules of life. Painted on copper or steel in the precise dimensions of the original, the metal is then manipulated to demonstrate the exact rips and tears from years of usage and includes trompe-l’oeil renditions of the scotch tape that might be holding the cardboard box together, the assorted stains, or the various graffiti of time. Liddy leaves no possibility of ambivalence, these works speak to a concurrent understanding of their original object identity and to themselves as works of art engaged in historical and psychological dialogue.
Tim Liddy, The Barbie Game (1960) Queen of the Prom, Oil and enamel on copper, plywood back 2007
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SHEETS-ROCKFORD SILVER PLATE CO. Rockford, Ill.
Creamer and sugar on tray c. 1928
Silverplated brass with green bakelite handles
Marks: Rockford logo in circle, E.P.N.S. 1529 (marks on both creamer and sugar), Rockford logo in circle, E.P.N.S. 15115 (on tray)
Tray: L: 11 7/8” x W: 8 3/8”
Sugar: H: 3 1/8” x W: 4 5/8” x D: 2 ¼”
Creamer: H: 3 1/8” x W: 4 3/8” x D: 2 ¼”
KURT ERIC CHRISTOFFERSEN (1926-1981) Denmark
INTERNATIONAL SILVER COMPANY Meriden, CT
Pair of Continental candlesticks c.1955
Sterling silver
Marks: INTERNATIONAL STERLING / Christoffersen Designed / CV200
Illustrated: International Sterling Crafts Associates
These candlesticks are illustrated in a vintage ad from the mid-1950’s and were priced at $70 for the pair!
H: 5″ x Dia: 4″
Price: $3,500
Born in Ringsted, Denmark, Kurt Eric Christoffersen graduated from the Academy of Arts and Crafts in Copenhagen. The gifted young craftsman apprenticed with the Copenhagen fir m of Petersen & Lassen, Goldsmiths, before training under the aegis of A. Michelsen, jewelers to the Royal House of Denmark. In 1949, Christoffersen received the Silver Medal for Excellence, the highest award given by the Danish Gold and Silversmiths Guild. Christoffersen began designing for International Silver Co. in 1955.
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