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Property from Casa de Sueños, Miami Beach
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- Sale 1037
Live
| Palm Beach
May 31 | 10:00 AM EDT
Live
| Palm Beach
Sale 1037
| Palm Beach
| Palm Beach
Estimate$8,000 – $12,000
Note:
In the upper-left corner, Castor and Pollux ride in on horseback towards a winged Fortuna, her Rota Fortunae or Wheel of Fortune positioned between her legs. Fortuna’s downward gaze falls upon Atlas, condemned to bear the weight of the heavens upon his shoulders. A personification of Africa rests her arms upon the spherical domain, while Hephaestus attends to his basin of fire to the left. Under a banner of drapery held aloft by cherubs, a draped male figure, likely Prometheus, triumphantly wields a flaming torch, ushering in the divine gifts of technology, knowledge and civilization for humanity. To his right, a draped female figure, possibly Urania, Muse of astronomy, holds a celestial globe. Instead of gazing upwards towards the heavens, she watches over the Judgment of Paris as Hera, Athena and Aphrodite vie for the favor of the judicious Trojan shepherd and prince.
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Donna Tribby is a senior specialist in the Southeast region at Hindman.
Ms. Tribby joined the firm in 2013 and has handled notable auctions and collections such as those of Phillip and Mary Hullitar and the Kennedy Winter White House. She uses her extensive experience on daily basis to evaluate property from large collections and estates across all categories. She has over 38 years of experience in the art world, previously serving as Vice President of the Catalogue and Appraisal department at Sloan & Company Fine Art Auctioneers and Director of a major Palm Beach gallery. After her tenure as director, she went on to open Waddington & Tribby Fine Art in Boca Raton and West Palm Beach.
