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Shadow Man Painting
Richard Hambleton
This Shadow Man painting is a true treasure! It was personally painted for, and given to "Glenn", owner of Casa de Oro Antiques & Fine Art, by the artist himself, Mr. Richard Hambleton!
The spots are from the rain storm that insued after painting was presented to Glenn.
Dated 8 2 95.
Measures: 20 " wide x 24" long
Japanese Geisha Girl Woodblock Print
with dedication
Vivid Ukiyo-e Japanese woodblock print, double matted. originally purchased at Shirokiya Department Store in Tokyo 1963.
Measurements:
21 1/2" long x 16 1/2" wide
Wonderful Salvadore Dali Lithograph #117/300
Still vivid though without frame or glass, this Salvadore Dali Lithograph is number 117 of 300 lithographs with a strong signature present. Possibly from 1948.
Titled, "Slave Market with the Disappearing Bust of Voltair"
Measures: 30" wide x 22" tall
Salvador Dali did the original oil painting, titled, “The Slave Market With The Disappearing Bust Of Voltaire” in 1940.
Like many of Dali’s other works, the “Slave Market with the Disappearing Bust of Voltaire” is something of a montage. The setting of this painting is a slave market in a yellow-sanded desert. In the background are bluish or earthen tinted mountains and hills, and a brown arched brickwork that marks the slave market. The sky blends from a deep teal to a warm yellow as it nears the horizon.
A woman sits at a table viewing the slave market, but we are unable to see her features.
Behind the table is the scene of the slave market. There are three dutch merchants recognised thus due to their attire of black and white clothing. Although they are facing the viewer, their faces are not detailed; we can only tell that they have a pair of eyes, a nose, and vaguely, a mouth.
There are a few men who seem to be free people as unlike the slaves, for they are wearing clothes. Two of them are standing up, wearing clothes and a turban and seem to be haggling with the maids because of their authoritative postures, and are thus assumed to be slave dealers. Their backs face the viewer, so we are unable to tell how their facial features are like. There are two other men on the left side of the painting don’t seem to be as well off as the others, for their clothes seem worn out and dull. Also, one of them is on the ground, reaching out with one hand to one of the woman. This man seems to be begging the Dutch merchant.
One of the double image involves the man that is wearing green clothes, on the right side of the painting. The peach on the fruit holder is also the man’s hips.
The rest of the human figures in the painting are probably the slaves. The slaves are not well defined. They were not given faces, and only their figures were painted. 2 of the slaves are standing against the wall; both of them are in the same pose. That is another of Dali’s favourite thing to do, painting multiple of the same image. Judging by the figures of these 2 slaves, and that they are only wearing a loin clothe over their groin, I would surmise that these 2 slaves are males. There are another 2 slaves sitting on the ground, looking up towards the free men. Judging by their figures, I would deduce that they are females. These slaves are painted in almost the same shade of the background, as if melting off, unimportant.
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