Decorative and Design
Title: Mouse Tail Ball Clock
Depicting a detail of a vagina with a white mouse. Run when wound, automation works, unsure of accuracy of time. Light shelf wear. Item 10: Arabic numbers, wound and set by lever at top, painted face, female erotic with mouse, mouse's tail has automatic animation that is continuous after winding, viewable works, front and back open at notches, works engraved, "Doxa Locle/ Doxa" Father Time Antiques, Chicago, IL, insurance appraisal, 1997, $650
Title: Music Stand
Elegantly furnished music stand designed by Belgian architect and designer Serriurier-Bovy — who was foremost among a wave of artists and designers credited with first developing and creating the Art Nouveau style. The fluid curves and plantlike design comprised upon the stem of the stand tapers to a strong four-legged base, the lines delineating the shape of a flower upon which the polished walnut head rests. Height 50 1/2 inches. Provenance: Macklowe Gallery, New York, New York, 2005
Title: Nibble
A wild, sculptural take on the idea of a display cabinet by New Zealand furniture maker Greg Bloomfield, turning out a distinct torch-shaped piece of storage from intelligent use of wood (respectively mahogany & quilted maple) and acrylic. The shelving unit — formed of clear discs within the body of the vessel — recedes within the heavier shapes, suggesting an almost secondary concern. Bloomfield, knowingly or not, often subverts the very functional necessity of a piece of furniture with his unorthodox form, tending to create these pieces from a single idea that floats unconsciously to the artist as a formative model. Provenance: The artist Excellent condition. Middle shelf has chipped edge.
Hieronymus was established as an online gallery in 2014 to showcase the collection of the Richard and Alita Rogers Family Foundation.
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