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Auction archive: Lot number 57

(HEMINGWAY, ERNEST.) A PAIR OF BULL'S HORNS MOUNTED IN BRASS GIVEN TO HEMINGWAY BY ANTONIO ORDÓÑEZ

Estimate
US$10,000 - US$15,000
Price realised:
n. a.
Auction archive: Lot number 57

(HEMINGWAY, ERNEST.) A PAIR OF BULL'S HORNS MOUNTED IN BRASS GIVEN TO HEMINGWAY BY ANTONIO ORDÓÑEZ

Estimate
US$10,000 - US$15,000
Price realised:
n. a.
Beschreibung:

(Hemingway, Ernest) A PAIR OF BULL’S HORNS MOUNTED IN BRASS, GIVEN TO HEMINGWAY BY ANTONIO ORDÓÑEZ One horn inscribed by the bullfighter in red ink "[two illegible words] Ernest Hemingway / My gran amigo / Antonio Ordonez / el torito mas grande del Mondo / Pamplona / 1953," which roughly translates to "Ernest Hemingwa y/ My great friend / Antonio Ordonez / the biggest bull in the world / Pamplona / 1953." Depicted above this in blue ink is a sketch of the bull by Ordóñez. Inscribed on the other horn, in blue ink, is the signature "Picasso" dated 19 November 1953.

Auction archive: Lot number 57
Auction:
Datum:
24 Apr 2017
Auction house:
Sotheby's
New York
Beschreibung:

(Hemingway, Ernest) A PAIR OF BULL’S HORNS MOUNTED IN BRASS, GIVEN TO HEMINGWAY BY ANTONIO ORDÓÑEZ One horn inscribed by the bullfighter in red ink "[two illegible words] Ernest Hemingway / My gran amigo / Antonio Ordonez / el torito mas grande del Mondo / Pamplona / 1953," which roughly translates to "Ernest Hemingwa y/ My great friend / Antonio Ordonez / the biggest bull in the world / Pamplona / 1953." Depicted above this in blue ink is a sketch of the bull by Ordóñez. Inscribed on the other horn, in blue ink, is the signature "Picasso" dated 19 November 1953.

Auction archive: Lot number 57
Auction:
Datum:
24 Apr 2017
Auction house:
Sotheby's
New York
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