TRUMAN CAPOTE'S HANDMADE ACRYLIC LILY PAPERWEIGHT, AS SEEN IN ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST 1976
A domed acrylic paperweight, circular, with a flat base, a lily and its leaves set whole within the resin. Both the flower and the resin have gone amber with age, the petals now the color of dark honey and the leaf veining still legible through the body. Capote began collecting paperweights in 1948, when Colette gave him one in Paris — that weight is also in this sale — and in time he began making his own.
Condition: the acrylic is yellowed throughout, as cast acrylic of this age is, with light surface scratching to the dome and the base.
Approx. Dimensions: 3.5 " Dia x 1.5 " H
Artist or Maker: Truman Capote
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.
Literature: Architectural Digest, January/February 1976, text by Rosemary Kent, photography by Richard Champion.
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: acrylic paperweight, lucite paperweight, lily paperweight, handmade paperweight, capote made object, architectural digest 1976, hamptons, decorative arts, mid-century acrylic, artist made, literary memorabilia, truman capote
A domed acrylic paperweight, circular, with a flat base, a lily and its leaves set whole within the resin. Both the flower and the resin have gone amber with age, the petals now the color of dark honey and the leaf veining still legible through the body. Capote began collecting paperweights in 1948, when Colette gave him one in Paris — that weight is also in this sale — and in time he began making his own.
Condition: the acrylic is yellowed throughout, as cast acrylic of this age is, with light surface scratching to the dome and the base.
Approx. Dimensions: 3.5 " Dia x 1.5 " H
Artist or Maker: Truman Capote
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.
Literature: Architectural Digest, January/February 1976, text by Rosemary Kent, photography by Richard Champion.
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: acrylic paperweight, lucite paperweight, lily paperweight, handmade paperweight, capote made object, architectural digest 1976, hamptons, decorative arts, mid-century acrylic, artist made, literary memorabilia, truman capote
