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Felix de Weldon was a sculpture and United States Navy veteran. He is best remembered for his Marine Corps War Memorial that depicts marines raising an American flag during the battle of Iwo Jima of World War II. We at Nate D. Sanders Auctions sold a sculpture by Felix de Weldon for $3,411. Please see details below:
Felix de Weldon WWII Bronze Sculpture — Engraved, “Well Done Motion Picture Industry”
Bronze WWII sculpture by Felix de Weldon, the famous sculptor of the Marine Corps War Memorial. De Weldon crafted this piece as a tribute to the motion picture industry during WWII. Sculpture is shaped like a film reel, with the Iwo Jima flag raising image in the center surrounded by seven scenes. Two globes flank the reel at the bottom, and a scroll running across is engraved, “Well Done Motion Picture Industry”. Scroll also bears the engraved signatures of de Weldon as the artist, James Forrestal as Secretary of Defense and Robert P. Patterson as Secretary of War. Measures approximately 14.5″ across, 15.75″ high and weighs 14 pounds. Some flaking to finish, else near fine. Sold for $3,411.
The following are some additional art items we sold:
Statue by the artist Christopher Slatoff of a man cradling a boy, personally owned by Ray Bradbury. Ceramic statue, entitled ”Fr. Electrico” was a collaboration between Bradbury and Slatoff and is based upon a childhood memory of Bradbury’s, where his father carried him home after a day spent at two circuses when Bradbury was 13. The statue has further meaning with ”tattoos” on the man’s back which have come to life, as they do in ”The Illustrated Man”. Of the statue, the artist has stated ”On another level Ray has become a second father to me, and the sculpture becomes him, with his stories and friendship carrying me. Ray’s creativity and friendship picking me up and carrying me is truly one of the most touching things that I have experienced in my life.” Statue has won the Gold Medal for sculpture at the California Art Club’s 97th Annual Gold Medal Juried Exhibition at the Pasadena Museum of California Art. Upon the base Slatoff writes, ”for Ray / with all my love, we did it – Chris Slatoff”. Statue measures 19” x 36”. With a COA from the Bradbury estate. Sold for $3,750.
Pablo Picasso Femme Echevelee (A. R. 511) Ceramic
Pablo Picasso terre de faience (earthenware) plate, “Femme Echevelee” created at the famed Madoura pottery studio in the south of France, where Picasso collaborated the last 25 years of his life. Painted plate was created in 1963 in a small edition of 100, numbered 38/100, also with the workshop numbering, and with both the Empreinte Originale de Picasso and Madoura stamps. Measures 10.5″ in diameter. In very good condition with a minute chip on the rim. Number 511 in Alan Ramie’s “Picasso, Catalogue of the Edited Ceramic Works, 1947-1971”. Sold for $3,780.
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