[78-L] Barraud "Nipper" painting at auction in Maine

[H D Goldman]

In the earl/mid 1980s, EMI released a limited number of lithographs of what was then a recently discovered copy of the Barraud painting. If memory serves, this painting was found during a cleanup of a storeroom adjoining the board room.  The painting does not bear any logo, the record is the size of the platter, no label is visible & the "shadow" of part the original cylinder machine can be observed as in the original painting. 

A small number of these copies were available in the US from a well known dealer in California.   Tim Fabrizio had several copies at one time.  Peter Martland in EMI, the first 100 years, states that 24 copies were of the original were prepared for the Gramophone & Victor Companies. 

Regards,

Duane Goldman

On Mar 21, 2010, at 4:13 PM, Michael Biel wrote:

> Kristjan Saag wrote:
>>> * Additional Information: According to someone familiar with this work it is not a genuine original. We do not know this for sure. We are selling it with no guarantee (It is 60-80 years old for sure)"
>>> 
>> --
>> If the disc on the turntable is a Columbia it might not be an original.
>> Kristjan
>> 
> Good point!  I looked at the turntable earlier, and now am looking 
> again.  The record on the turntable is not the full size of the 
> turntable as it would be unless it was an early 5-inch toy record.  The 
> surface outside the record is tan.  There seems to be a reddish label on 
> the record.  AND last but not least -- the word Victor is lettered 
> across the machine under the brass brake bracket.  Would Barrard have 
> modified the painting for the copies given to an American store???
> 
> If you don't want to sign up on the site just to see it, I can forward a 
> watermarked image of it to you.
> 
> Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com
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