RARE
CERAMIC
SCULPTURES
Jaroslav Róna
born: 1957
Prague
Elephant Feet
Originals
Three
Available
ex: the
Collection of the Artist
± 102 cm high
1985
VERY RARE !!
3 December 2005 / Saturday -- I have three massive sculptures by Jaroslav Rona, a Czech artist from Prague, signed and dated 1985 and obtained from his own personal collection in the then Czechoslovakia.
Rona has a web site dedicated to his life and works -- Jaroslav Róna -- he "is an artist. He is a sculptor as well as actor and author. He was born on 27th April 1957 in Prague in a Czech - Jewish family."
These unusual sculptures have been sitting quietly in the large garden in West Trenton since they were acquired, where I lived for many years, which has recently been sold by the current owner of the property -- I have to move the many things I still have stored there before settlement, which will probably take place next month, January 2006.
At this moment all I have are a couple photos which I took yesterday -- I was doing other things there and did not take the measurements, but they are about chest high, and weigh a couple hundred pounds each -- massive ceramic. I'll get the measurements as soon as I can. In my catalogue it says 102 cm high x 62 cm wide (= ± 40" x 24"), but each is slightly different, they were not made in a mold.
This is their placement toward the back of the property --
the signature is on the top rim of each, and I have a round glass plate over the opening so that water and other things cannot get inside them -- you can see that there are vertical ceramic supporting elements built in for structural stability
single views of the two which are unobstructed by greenery --
each has a slightly different size and skin pattern, and they are ORIGINALS, he did not make copies or multiples.
I would have liked to take them to my place in the Canary Islands, but it seems as if I may never make that final move, for several reasons. I would like to keep one, the third half hidden in the above photo, unless some buyer would absolutely positively want all three. I cannot even put them in the large windows I have down stairs because they are occupied with my many cacti, and every other available space is filled with the things I had in the house I sold across the street last year. One I might be able to squeeze into the very small patio behind this place.
They would make fabulous stocking stuffers for that Republican friend or associate, maybe even Jeb Bush would love them for his office, fitting each with a marble top and using them as pedestals, for sponsorship donations, a table for a TV, with a slot for corporate gift checks, calling cards, a lock box with an opening wide enough for large wads of untraceable 100s, or whatever. Naturally, they may be displayed indoors or out.
Transporting them myself would present a problem, thus you would either have to come here to Trenton, New Jersey in a pick up or uHaul or contract a mover to deliver them (after payment, of course). I do know of someone who has moved some heavy things for me, but do not know if he would be available, whether the weather will be suitable, or what he might charge, say, within 100 miles, maybe more.
They were valued at over $2000us each, but I am willing to part with at least two of them for $1,200 each, at my loss [sniff ..... sniff .......] -- getting two or three might possibly twist my arm to offer a slight reduction in the total price, but remember that I am not Kmart. I never bought art at the bottom trawling prices they seem to be able to on their door buster bargains of electronics and other stuff. And you can be sure that your neighbors won't have one on their estate acres!
If interested, please get in touch with me asap -- my email contact address is found below -- and check out the antique wrought iron fence which I am also offering from the same location -- .
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