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Cady Noland
Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 USD
bidding is closed
Description
- Cady Noland
- Black Slippery
- silkscreen on satin
- 129 by 45 in.
- 327.7 by 114.3 cm.
- Executed in 1989.
Provenance
Barbara Guggenheim Associates, Inc., New York
Acquired by the present owner from the above in December 1989
Acquired by the present owner from the above in December 1989
Condition
This work is in very good condition overall. The bottom and top edges have frayed slightly. There appears to be a reinforced, possibly ribbon border to reinforce the edges. The satin is slightly creased from storage. Some surface dirt is visible. There are tacking marks visible along all edges. This work is unframed.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
The text in the present lot is as follows:
"Colt's adventures in the evolution of long arms has already been told. It was the pistol, however, for which he became primarily known. Indeed his name is almost synonymous with it. There was little new in his invention, but circumstances dictated that he should come forward with his first practical and accurate multiple-firing weapons that could easily be carried on the person, at a time on the western frontier when they were most needed by most men. Sam Colt was not always first with the best in the course of his energetic career. He often was mistaken in his judgment. But he had a single-minded devotion to his craft and he scored frequently enough and, over-all, in such prodigious volume that he well deserves his honored place in the history of American firearms.
Anson Chase, who produced Colt's first model guns, made pistols as well as rifles for the young inventor. And when Colt opened his first factory at Paterson, New Jersey, in 1836, both pistols and long arms were put into production. These Paterson Colts were made in a variety of sizes from small pocket models with two-and-a-half-inch, .28-caliber barrels to large holster, or "Texas," models with nine-inch, .36-caliber barrels. Light guns with little stopping power and fragile construction, they were far from the perfect handgun for the developing West. Yet these were the guns with which Colonel Hays and fifteen Texas Rangers drove off eighty Commanches and thereby brought the new arm to the attention of the whole Southwest.
After Colt's business failed in 1842, it was the pistol, not the rifle that got him started again. Captain Samuel Walker, who had seen... 127."
- Cady Noland, Black Slippery
"Colt's adventures in the evolution of long arms has already been told. It was the pistol, however, for which he became primarily known. Indeed his name is almost synonymous with it. There was little new in his invention, but circumstances dictated that he should come forward with his first practical and accurate multiple-firing weapons that could easily be carried on the person, at a time on the western frontier when they were most needed by most men. Sam Colt was not always first with the best in the course of his energetic career. He often was mistaken in his judgment. But he had a single-minded devotion to his craft and he scored frequently enough and, over-all, in such prodigious volume that he well deserves his honored place in the history of American firearms.
Anson Chase, who produced Colt's first model guns, made pistols as well as rifles for the young inventor. And when Colt opened his first factory at Paterson, New Jersey, in 1836, both pistols and long arms were put into production. These Paterson Colts were made in a variety of sizes from small pocket models with two-and-a-half-inch, .28-caliber barrels to large holster, or "Texas," models with nine-inch, .36-caliber barrels. Light guns with little stopping power and fragile construction, they were far from the perfect handgun for the developing West. Yet these were the guns with which Colonel Hays and fifteen Texas Rangers drove off eighty Commanches and thereby brought the new arm to the attention of the whole Southwest.
After Colt's business failed in 1842, it was the pistol, not the rifle that got him started again. Captain Samuel Walker, who had seen... 127."
- Cady Noland, Black Slippery