TRUMAN CAPOTE'S CARVED AND SILVERED EAGLE
Carved wooden eagle with the wings raised and spread and the head turned down to one side, the plumage cut in overlapping feathers, the surface silvered and worn back to a warm ground and to bare wood at the high points, the reverse hollowed and flat.
Approx. Dimensions: 7"x 6"x 3.5"
Artist or Maker: Unknown
Provenance: Truman Capote; Gerald Clarke, his biographer
This lot is part of The Magpie and the Swans: The Possessions of Truman Capote, collected over a lifetime between New York and Sagaponack, and preserved since 1984 by his biographer, Gerald Clarke.
Notes: Although care is taken to photograph and describe the item, absence of a condition report does not imply perfect condition. It is the responsibility of the buyer to verify the condition of the item, either in person during our viewing hours prior to auction or through requested condition reports. All bids are final and are subject to our terms and conditions.
Appeal: eagle, carved wood, silvered, giltwood, architectural carving, crest, folk art, bird, wall mount, sagaponack, truman capote, celebrity estate
Carved wooden eagle with the wings raised and spread and the head turned down to one side, the plumage cut in overlapping feathers, the surface silvered and worn back to a warm ground and to bare wood at the high points, the reverse hollowed and flat.
Approx. Dimensions: 7"x 6"x 3.5"
Artist or Maker: Unknown
Provenance: Truman Capote; Gerald Clarke, his biographer
This lot is part of The Magpie and the Swans: The Possessions of Truman Capote, collected over a lifetime between New York and Sagaponack, and preserved since 1984 by his biographer, Gerald Clarke.
Notes: Although care is taken to photograph and describe the item, absence of a condition report does not imply perfect condition. It is the responsibility of the buyer to verify the condition of the item, either in person during our viewing hours prior to auction or through requested condition reports. All bids are final and are subject to our terms and conditions.
Appeal: eagle, carved wood, silvered, giltwood, architectural carving, crest, folk art, bird, wall mount, sagaponack, truman capote, celebrity estate
