MID-20TH C VINT PAIR HAWAIIAN TIKI BOBBLEHEAD TRIBAL WOOD FIGS, W/SPEARS (JAPAN)

MID-20TH CENTURY VINTAGE PAIR HAWAIIAN TIKI BOBBLEHEAD, HAND PAINTED TRIBAL WOODEN FIGURES, W/FABRIC, HAIR, SPEARS AND METAL EARRINGS (JAPAN)

(Circa 1954-1962)

Vintage hand-crafted wooden Tiki-ware

DIMENSIONS: 

1st Figure: 8 ½" Height x 3 ½" base Diameter

2nd Figure: 7 ½" Height  x 3 ½" base Diameter

DESCRIPTION: 

Offered for your review and consideration is this just absolutely hilarious, over-the-top, crazy-good, pair of hand painted, vintage wooden Tiki-ware bobblehead Hawaiian tribal figures, with spring kinetic head mounts and body pins, which allow the figures to swing and sway in the warm breezes of the Hawaiian islands, readying themselves for perceived combat in a make-believe Polynesia or at a period 1950's vintage bar nearest you. They're 100% complete, with attached felt fabric skirt, long and really quite ridiculous, bowl-cut nylon hair, brass earrings and equipped with long wooden spears. Their faces are painted in war paint and they both stand on fixed round wooden mounts. They're stamped 'Made in Japan' on their wood bases. They were most likely fashioned in Japan in the mid-20th century, circa 1954-1962 and would've been placed on a Tiki bar or positioned near a punch bowl at a swinging Tiki party, where the party goers would be hopefully swinging and swaying like these two little guys. Have you got your Tiki on? Much more funny than they are politically incorrect. But then again, politically correct was never funny and seems to have always been unaccompanied by even innocent, much less mischievous humor. Killer vintage figures, when we all seemed to have been more light-hearted and enjoyed a good laugh, which wasn't necessarily mean-spirited or racist and which clearly didn't come at someone else's individual or group's collective expense. Outstanding vintage Tiki barware from a time that has now clearly passed us by.

 CONDITION:

Very Good to Excellent overall vintage condition.

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RARE 'THE SCIENCE OF SELF DEFENCE' by EDMUND PRICE 1ST ED 1867 EARLY BOXING BOOK

RARE 'THE SCIENCE OF SELF DEFENCE' by EDMUND E. PRICE, (1867, 1st EDITION, CLOTHBOUND) SPARRING, WRESTLING & TRAINING ANTIQUE BOOK, PUBLISHED BY DICK AND FITZGERALD, NEW YORK 

(Dated 1867)

Mid-19th c boxing/training literature

DIMENSIONS:

5" Width x 7" Height 

Total of 130 complete pages, plus an extra 6 pages of advertisements at the conclusion of other contemporary 19th century popular book titles.

DESCRIPTION:

'The Science of Self Defence' 

"A treatise on sparring & wrestling. Complete instructions in training and physical development. Several remarks upon and a course prescribed for the reduction of corpulency."

With dedication: 'To Charles G. Godfrey, Esq.

The Generous Friend & Accomplished gentleman. This work is affectionately dedicated by the Author.'

Hand writing by the previous owner on the first few blank pages that reads: A. H. Higgins, Hinsdale, N.H.

CONDITION:

Good to Very Good overall vintage condition. There's some minor wear on the top and bottom of the exterior cloth spine and some edge loss on the front paper label on the cloth front cover. The interior pages are complete and without any appreciable loss, debilitating corner folds or margin tears. The book was clearly previously read and referred to on occasion, as a result of its wear, which is commensurate with the volume's age. A rare, early 1st edition. Awesome.

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CAROL BLANCHARD (AMERICAN) b.1918, FRAMED O/B FEMALE FIGURE W/FRENCH HAT/POODLES

CAROL BLANCHARD (AMERICAN) b.1918 SIGNED, FRAMED OIL ON BOARD FEMALE FIGURE IN PERIOD FRENCH COSTUME, W/RUFFLED HIGH COLLAR, FITTED PANTS, WOOL HAT, PAIR OF 

POODLES & HOT AIR BALLOON

(Circa 1950-1958)

Mid-20th Century

DESCRIPTION:

Offered is this outstanding, very compelling, completely original Modernist figurative expressionist oil on board, by American artist Carol Blanchard (b. 1918) who enjoys extensive artist's listings and exhibition record. The work is a poetic visual narrative of a young female figure in full French period costume, with fitted black wool pants, leather shoes, billowing pin-striped jersey, high ruffled collar and 18th century folded wool French military hat. The girl however, has short, cropped hair in a 1950's French pixie-cut, demonstrating a new-found, post WWII personal, 'feminist' independence and sexual freedom, reminiscent of the self-possessed French female heroine 'Joan of Arc.' The treatment of the figure is extremely sensitive, with very tactile and 'plastic' handling of the figure's sympathetic facial expression. Even the manner in which the figure is leaning against what appears to be a wooden or glass walking stick or cane, is very accomplished and well executed. But more than just skill is on display here in this Carol Blanchard oil on board. Tremendous infusion of the artist's own life force and spirit is poured into the realization of the female figure and is clearly evident. The figure is self-referential and a self-portrait of sort, since Ms. Blanchard wore her hair in this same short, cropped mid-20th century style.  The realization of both poodles is exceptional as well, with the dancing dog on the ground, jumping on its hind legs, begging for the same attention as the dog held in the girl's arms. The jumping poodle's tongue is out and the details describing it are exquisite, playful and gestural. The figure clutches another poodle against her body with one arm, while softly grasping the grip of a walking stick with the other. Her legs are delicately crossed, with one foot resting on its point, as if in a ballet 'piruoette' position. In the distance and floating by, as if blown by a sudden wisp of air in the atmosphere, are two people commandeering a hot air balloon, hastily swept across the sky. The painting's surfaces are absolutely beautiful and amazing, with layered, transparent use of color, created by the use of artist oil glazes. This technique was championed and often employed by the Italian master Caravaggio. The image is relentlessly poetic and the visual language invented and literary. The image is also a harbinger for the literary and visual form of 'Magical Realism' that would appear later in literature and visual arts in Europe and in Latin America. The painting remains untouched and is a wonderful package, with its deep, wide-faced, painted period wooden frame. It is being offered without apologies and is fresh to the marketplace, never having been exposed previously after it was originally handled by 'Bresler Galleries' of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The artist's scrolled signature is incised into the wet paint film on the lower right of the painting with a sharp instrument, 'sgraffito' style. All Carol Blanchard's signatures are done in this manner. A portion of the end of her surname is hidden by the wood frame's liner on the right margin of the painting. Tender. Extremely felt and with tremendous transmission of human experience. Gorgeous. Exciting.

DIMENSIONS:

20 ½ " Width x 32 ¾" Height x 2" Depth (Frame)

11" Width x 23 ¼" Height (Image)

CONDITION:

Very Good to Excellent overall vintage condition. The painting is in its original period painted wooden frame with linen liner and still has a 'Bresler Galleries,' Milwaukee, Wisconsin embossed gold gallery label affixed to the back of the wood frame on the original brown paper dust cover. It remains as it has always been, in 100% original, unmolested, undisturbed, untouched vintage condition.

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