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Engravings are available. Medallions/Appliqués can be applied to some of these trophies as well.
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Tiffany~esque Pewter Loving Cup with Lid
H 12.75″
Ref: STLC
$650
Tidewater Trophy
H 18″
Ref: #STTW
$1,600
Looking for a stunning award with a huge presence for your special event! Then this is the one for you. This magnificent pewter Tidewater Trophy measures approximately 18″ tall with the lid on and makes an ideal champion’s trophy. Celebrate your big winner in a way they won’t soon forget!
Pewter Hamilton Cup Trophy
H 8.5″
$735
Engravings available
Pewter Jr. Ben Hogan
H 11″
Ref: 294PXX_BHH_CG
$602
Crossed Polo Mallets can be added to these trophies at an additional fee of $80.
Pewter Sr. Governor’s Cup
H 11.25 inches
Ref: 997P_C_CG
$784
Crossed Polo Mallets can be added to these trophies at an additional fee of $80.
Pewter Jr. Glen Arven Cup
H 10″
Ref: 1031P_CG
$598
Crossed Polo Mallets can be added to these trophies at an additional fee of $80.
Pewter Sr. Torino Bowl
H 7″
Ref: 995P_CG
$618
Crossed Polo Mallets can be added to these trophies at an additional fee of $80.
Pewter Jr. Governor’s Bowl
H 9.5″
Ref: 996P_C_CG
$674
Crossed Polo Mallets can be added to these trophies at an additional fee of $80.
Pewter Sr. Casco Bay Cup
H 14.5″
60304PC_CG
$925
Crossed Polo Mallets can be added to these trophies at an additional fee of $80.
Prices subject to change
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“Asaroton 2000” Inspiration derived from the Ancient Roman Mosaic called Asaroton meaning unswept floor, Second Century A.D. 75 x 55 inches (1.7 x 1.4 meters)
Vanessa Somers Vreeland’s Mosaic: Asaroton 2,000
By Prof. Giandomenico Spinola
Expert on the Vatican Asaroton, Vatican Museums, Rome
The story of the “Asaroton Oikos,” the Unswept Floor, is very ancient. First mentioned by Pliny (Nat. Hist. XXXVI 184) who noted that this work was made for a mosaic pavement by Sosos, a well-known mosaic artist [in
the 2nd Century B.C.]
The fame of the Asaroton was astounding, due to the effect of its three-dimensionality (with shadows faithfully depicted), and as a work of beauty. The Romans copied it various times, including the Asaroton signed by Heraclitus, in our own Vatican Museum, and another version of it in the Museum of Aquileia. As in the original from Pergamon, these ancient Roman copies are works of technical virtuosity, made with tesserae (mosaic pieces) that are particularly small and carefully cut. In the Vatican Asaroton this comes down to nearly a million tesserae per square metre. Everything that was brought to the table in the Greco-Roman world can be found translated into rubbish on the unswept floor: fish bones, antennae of crustaceans, clam shells, chicken bones and feet, fruit skins and kernels, and so on. In the Vatican mosaic only the mouse is alive in this dead “tableau vivant,” while the theatrical masks, placed on one side of the floor, represent the entertainment. The value of such an art work is also in its allegories.
Pitagora said it was never necessary to clean up the fallen bits of food during a banquet, as they were destined for departed ancestors. It was a tradition to leave this detritus on the floor—at least until the guests had left—so as not to anger the dead.
There were always theatrics at a banquet: a traditional ceremony of poems, dances, plays. These receptions demonstrated the luxury and power of the host: with food brought in from foreign parts; expensive and highly exotic. The banquet represented in the Asaroton is exaggerated and ironic: imaginary rubbish, trash that doesn’t pollute or smell.
The precious and brilliant mosaic work of Vanessa Somers Vreeland represents a version just as artistic and ironic as the other Asaroton, naturally represented in a contemporary key. Instead of luxury she substituted modern technology. Instead of the contents there is often – though not only – its container. We should have entered into the era when garbage is sorted by categories, but our garbage is only theoretically recyclable; and here is our floor, our Earth, covered with empty cans, bottles and utensils from the kitchen and table. Our poor mouse doesn’t have much for his banquet. Vanessa Somers Vreeland’s mosaics are artistic masterpieces. They are also, perhaps, in her heart a satirical denunciation of what and how much we consume as well as what and how much detritus we leave for posterity.
View Vanessa Somers Vreeland’s Artist Page
View Ewdina Sandy’s Artist Page
“Prancing Tulips” Limited Edition on canvas, Artist’s Proof Edition of 45, 30 x 40 inches, Signed & Dated 2003
“Dancing Tulips” Limited Edition on canvas, Edition: 2/45, 40 x 30 inches, Signed & Dated 2003
View Tsolmon Damba’s Artist Page
Born in Darkhan City of Northern Mongolia in 1970, Tsolmon Damba studied Monumental Art at the College of Fine Art in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Upon graduation he taught Studio Art at the College for two years. He has had a number of live demonstrations at the Smithsonian’s Freer Gallery of Art, the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery and the Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C. As recognition for the universal appeal for his art, Tsolmon was chosen to paint a mural for the Mark Twain House & Museum in Hartford, Connecticut. Not only is he remarkably original in his ideas, all of his artworks are original – he makes no reproductions.
“On The Way Home” Watercolour on paper, 40 x 31 inches, Signed & Stamped
“Genghis Kahn” Ink on paper, 27 x 33 inches, Inscribed, Signed & Stamped
Visit Jeremy Rugge-Price’s Artist Page
“Forever and a Day” Oil on board, 18 x 24 inches, Signed
“Pilot Cutter” Oil on panel, 18 x 24 inches, Signed
“Across the Valley” Oil on canvas, 6 x 12 inches, Signed lower right
Visit Elizabeth Guarisco’s Artist Page
Elizabeth Guarisco, American Contemporary
Wind and the Arabian Stallon II
Bronze on revolving walnut base
Edition: 21/24
11.25 x 10.5 x 8 inches
Signed: E. Guarisco
Provenance: The Artist
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Paul Desmond Brown’s Feature article in Hurlingham Polo Magazine
View Paul Brown’s Artist Page
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View Paul Brown’s Artist Page
Please contact Jeanne Chisholm for more info and pricing:
Mobile: 845.505.1147
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Cynthia Olson, American Contemporary
Tigre di Luna
Oil on canvas
40 x 50 inches
Signed
Polo – On The Ball
Limited Edition: 3/75
20 x 24 inches
28 x 32 inches
Signed & Numbered
Stadium #14
Oil on canvas
44 x 40 inches
46 x 42 inches
Signed
Sailboats
Oil on canvas
36 x 46 inches
Signed
Bark Yard
Collage & Mixed media on canvas
34 x 29 inches
Signed
Solange Rossi
Letters From My Mill
Oil on panel
9 x 7 inches
12.25 x 10.25 inches
Signed
Edwina Jane, British Contemporary
At The Races: Throughbred Racing
Gouache & Mixed media
15.5 x 23 inches
21 x 28.5 inches
Signed & Dated, Jane ’81
Paul Desmond Brown, American (1893-1958)
American Polo Scene: The Save
Hand-coloured aquatint on imported handmade paper
17 x 24 inches
Published by The Derrydale Press, 1930
Paul Desmond Brown, American (1893-1958)
American Polo Scene: On the Boards
Hand-coloured aquatint on imported handmade paper
17 x 24 inches
Published by The Derrydale Press, 1930
Paul Desmond Brown, American (1893-1958)
Player #4
Limited Edition: 32/250
Signed & Numbered in pencil
Chisholm Gallery’s paintings and decorations in the Ralph Lauren Polo Bar at 5th Avenue and 55th Street.
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