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  Christopher Dresser / Benham & Froud Rare Aesthetic Movement Copper coffee pot 1888

  CHRISTOPHER DRESSER  (1834-1904)  UK
  BENHAM & FROUD  London, England

  Coffee pot   1888

  Copper, brass, wood handle and finial

  ***One of only two known models of this Dresser / Benham & Froud coffee pot.

  Marks: maker’s cipher, Reg. no. 114566 for 1888
  Only other model known illustrated: Christopher Dresser, by Widar Halén (Oxford:  Phaidon, 1990), illus. 192, p. 170 (variant model); Truth, Beauty, Power: Dr. Christopher Dresser 1834-1904, exhib. cat. Historical Design, Inc. (New York, 1998) p. 66.

  H: 9″ x D: 7 3/8″

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  George Manupelli “AC Sandino” Silk screen poster c. 1970

  GEORGE MANUPELLI (1931-2014) USA

  “AC Sandino” Silk screen poster c. 1970

  Silk-screen with black and red ink.

  This stylized “Ben-Day dot” technique image of Augusto Cesar Sandino (AC Sandino (1895-1934) was a Nicaraguan revolutionary and guerrilla leader), the poster is float mounted in a white gold leaf edged frame.

  Signed: george manupelli (in ink below image) and in pencil script below black inked printed name

  Poster dimensions: H: 35″ x W: 23″
  Framed dimensions: H: 41 1/2″ x W: 29 1/2″ x D: 2 1/2″

  George Manupelli was born in Boston’s North End in 1931. A pioneer in experimental film since 1955, he has exhibited and won awards internationally including the 1964 Venice and 1965 Sao Paulo Biennials. He recently received and Avant- Garde Master Award for his Dr. Chicago films. He holds a Doctorate Degree from Columbia University (1959), and has taught at the University of Michigan, York University, was Dean of the San Francisco Art Institute, and was a Fellow at the University of Illinois Center for Advanced Studies. Manupelli founded the Ann Arbor Film Festival in 1963 and directed it for 17 years. He was also a member of the music theatre ONCE Group. His many films are in the archive of the Anthology Film Archives in New York City.

  ***This print is made from a 1930s photo of revolutionary Augusto Sandino.