| The authentic painting of Gandalf [message #70357] |
Di, 28 Juni 2005 23:24 |
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Apologies if I'm duplicating what's already known. I'm not usually a
subscriber, but I thought this needed to be noted.
Sothebys has an auction on July 12 in New Bond Street, London, with a
bunch of Tolkien items. Not cheap. But this one catches the eye:
the *original* of the painting by Josef Madlener which Tolkein got on a
picture postcard in 1911 and eventually labeled "Origin of Gandalf".
The catalogue has a full-page reproduction, and you can order it through
the website www.sothebys.com, but it costs money. If you track down the
sale on the website and browse the catalogue on line, there's probably a
picture there.
Or, of course, if you've got 20 or 30 thousand quid handy, you might buy
the thing.
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Dan Drake
dd [at] dandrake.com
http://www.dandrake.com/
porlockjr.blogspot.com
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| Re: The authentic painting of Gandalf [message #90652 ] |
Mo, 25 Juli 2005 01:27 |
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Dan Drake wrote:
> Apologies if I'm duplicating what's already known. I'm not usually a
> subscriber, but I thought this needed to be noted.
>
> Sothebys has an auction on July 12 in New Bond Street, London, with a
> bunch of Tolkien items. Not cheap. But this one catches the eye:
> the *original* of the painting by Josef Madlener which Tolkein got on a
> picture postcard in 1911 and eventually labeled "Origin of Gandalf".
>
> The catalogue has a full-page reproduction, and you can order it through
> the website www.sothebys.com, but it costs money. If you track down the
> sale on the website and browse the catalogue on line, there's probably a
> picture there.
>
> Or, of course, if you've got 20 or 30 thousand quid handy, you might buy
> the thing.
>
More details from the Tolkien Society news article on it:
The painting, lot 423, is featured in Sotheby's 12 July 2005 sale
of 'English Literature, History, Children's Books and
Illustrations' (L05407), estimated at £20,000 - 30,000. Other
Tolkien material includes two copies of The Hobbit, presentation
copies of The Lord of the Rings, and two letters from Tolkien
concerning a production of The Hobbit and the source of the name
'Bag-End'.
http://www.tolkiensociety.org/news/gandalf-painting.html
It went for 84,000 and an image of it is at
http://search.sothebys.com/jsps/live/lot/LotDetail.jsp?& live_lot_id=423&sale_number=L05407
Very close to how I imagined Gandalf the White when the Three Hunters
came upon him in Fangorn (though without the red and other colors, of
course). And now finally I understand how the hat, the hood and the
cloak went together.
Barb
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