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    • Carlos Zapata, Watermelon Eater, a hand-operated automaton, wood, painted wood, wire, signed and dat
      Feb. 21, 2023

      Carlos Zapata, Watermelon Eater, a hand-operated automaton, wood, painted wood, wire, signed and dat

      Est: £200 - £400

      Carlos Zapata, Watermelon Eater, a hand-operated automaton, wood, painted wood, wire, signed and dated Carlos Zapata 2002, approx. 17.5cm high, 9.5cm wide, 12cm deep; together with Flying Caravan, Germany, wood, spring, string, wire, in plain box with two stick-on labels Der Grüne Punkt with curved arrow logo, approx. 14.5cm high, 15.5cm wide, 18cm deep; Money Box, Mexico, a hand-operated automaton, wood, painted wood, plywood, brass, approx. 23.8cm high, 16.5cm wide, 15cm deep; and Ron Fuller, 1936-2017, Sheep Shearing Man featuring the Wild Man of Ubbeston, a hand-operated automaton, wood, painted wood, metal wire, inscribed PROPERTY OF CRESWELL COMPANY, titled to side, approx. 24cm high, 18.4cm wide, 6.5cm deep (4) Sir Nicholas Goodison noted: Watermelon Eater: A wire attached to the back of the head, anchored to a nail in an eccentrically mounted cam, and a link to the arm ensure that the man bites as the slice of melon comes to his mouth. He looks contented and has a good row of teeth. Flying caravan Anon: The pilot looks more airworthy than his craft, which is well equipped with the necessities of a life on wheels. When the string is pulled the caravan dances up and down on the flexible spring, its flippers behaving like wings, the paddles rotating. Most would say it is a gimcrack way to fly, but as long as it is attached to the ceiling, fly it does. Money Box: The bank teller stamps the paying-in book as the coin, inserted in the slot on the floor in front of his counter, falls into the box (helped on its way by a notched roller). It is all before the time of ATMs but is a form of automation. The bank clerk keeps a wary eye out for crime and turns his watchful head from right to left as he does the stamping. This is a bank you can trust, especially in Mexico. Provenance: Watermelon Eater: Purchased, Cabaret Mechanical Theatre, London, December 2002. Exhibited, Out of the Box, Air Gallery, London, December 2002. Flying Caravan: Gift, 1995. Money Box, Purchased, Frivoli, Chiswick, London, May 1999. Roseberys do not guarantee the working order of any automata or toy.

      Roseberys
    • CARLOS ZAPATA (20TH CENTURY) Head study of a young
      Jul. 11, 2014

      CARLOS ZAPATA (20TH CENTURY) Head study of a young

      Est: £50 - £80

      CARLOS ZAPATA (20TH CENTURY) Head study of a young girl, signed, oils on canvas board, 28 x 23cm

      Mallams
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