TRUMAN CAPOTE'S GROUP OF THREE PETITE OWLS
Three small owls, two ceramic and one cloisonné. The largest is modeled crouching with the tail extended, painted in the Turkish manner with red tulips and green leaves on white and inscribed HAND MADE to the underside; the second stands upright in cloisonné, densely worked with polychrome flowers and a rosette to the breast in enamel within gilt wires; the smallest is blue and white porcelain with a close scale pattern and blue eyes.
Capote kept owls about him indoors and out. Of the sanctuary beyond his Sagaponack window he wrote: "A friendly community of pheasants and rabbits, wild geese and owls, all live there. Frequently I gaze out to find a fox staring me in the eye." —Truman Capote, "At the Sea and in the City," House Beautiful, April 1969.
Approx. Dimensions: largest 4"H x 4.75"W x 3"D
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: owls, ceramic owl, turkish ceramics, kutahya, cini, iznik style, blue and white, figural group, small ceramics, house beautiful, sagaponack, truman capote, celebrity estate
Three small owls, two ceramic and one cloisonné. The largest is modeled crouching with the tail extended, painted in the Turkish manner with red tulips and green leaves on white and inscribed HAND MADE to the underside; the second stands upright in cloisonné, densely worked with polychrome flowers and a rosette to the breast in enamel within gilt wires; the smallest is blue and white porcelain with a close scale pattern and blue eyes.
Capote kept owls about him indoors and out. Of the sanctuary beyond his Sagaponack window he wrote: "A friendly community of pheasants and rabbits, wild geese and owls, all live there. Frequently I gaze out to find a fox staring me in the eye." —Truman Capote, "At the Sea and in the City," House Beautiful, April 1969.
Approx. Dimensions: largest 4"H x 4.75"W x 3"D
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: owls, ceramic owl, turkish ceramics, kutahya, cini, iznik style, blue and white, figural group, small ceramics, house beautiful, sagaponack, truman capote, celebrity estate
