Artist: Jeff de Boer
Title: VIKING CAT
Date: 2000
Medium: brass, leather, aluminum and wood; ed. #1/3
Dimensions: 22 x 22.5 x 9 in. (55.9 x 57.2 x 22.9 cm)
Notes:
signed, titled, dated & editioned
LOT: 85
Auction: 2011 February | Hodgins Art Auctions
Artist: Jeff de Boer
Title: WARHEAD
Date: 2003
Medium: cast bronze and nickel; ed. #1/24
Dimensions: height 29 in. (73.7 cm)
Notes:
signed, dated & editioned
This important work by Jeff de Boer began as an exploration of technologies, a fusion of a 1950s rocket ship with a Milanese helmet, and with the observation that while technology has changed, the basic person has not. “Warhead” came to represent the power and duality of opposites: masculine and feminine; beautiful and terrifying; religious and sacrilegious; yin and yang. As an additional dimension, a high polish in the bronze was critical to de Boer, so that viewers could see themselves in the work.
In a 2004 video interview de Boer says of this work:
“It’s one of these rare sculptures that you make in your life. I love this piece because it’s something that I just can’t see myself improving on… It’s for me, the perfect object.”
Note: While part of an edition, based on prototype patterns and models, de Boer constructs each sculpture by hand, with variation, so that each piece is unique.
LOT: 44
Auction: 2015 November | Hodgins Art Auctions
Artist: Jeff de Boer
Title: IMAGES OF CORPORATE LIFE IN 1066
Medium: wood and mixed media sculptures (3), along with the study (mixed media on paper)
Dimensions: sculptures: each approximately 20 in. (50.8 cm) in height; study: 4.5 x 15.5 in. ( 11.4 x 39.4 cm)
Notes:
The analogy between the medieval and corporate world has been a theme in Jeff de Boer’s work, drawing a comparison between a suit of armour and a business suit, a briefcase and a sword. De Boer writes: “…there was no difference between something like a great historical battle, such as the Battle of Hastings in 1066, and a modern corporate take-over. The players are the same and the emotions are the same. There was no difference between an office tower and a keep; they served the same function. A little research into the history of the business suit revealed that it had its origin in the arming doublets that were worn under armour or even as armour. The cut and line of a modern suit would still work as padding for the tassels that hung from a breast plate. And what of the handshake, and words like freelance or blackmail? Yes, all the traditions that we mindlessly take for granted have their origins in the world and code of the warrior class.”
LOT: 60
Auction: 2017 May | Hodgins Art Auctions
Artist: Jeff de Boer
Title: ARMOURED MOUSE
Date: 1995
Medium: sterling silver, brass and wood
Dimensions: length: 5.5 in. (14 cm)
Notes:
signed & dated
Note: This piece is accompanied by a signed copy of the book “Jeff de Boer: Articulation” (1994).
LOT: 1
Auction: 2016 May | Hodgins Art Auctions
Artist: Jeff de Boer
Title: EXOMOUSE
Medium: mixed metal on petrified wood, on artist's customized stand; unique
Dimensions: 11.25 in. (28.6 cm) long
Notes:
Note: This work is from the “Articulation” exhibition of 1994-1996. According to the artist, it was made as a fusion of the Mouse Armour and Exoforms series, and is featured in the exhibition catalogue that accompanied the show. De Boer states that he has never since created a similar work.
LOT: 261
Auction: 2013 May | Hodgins Art Auctions
Artist: Jeff de Boer
Title: ARMOUR FOR A MOUSE
Date: 1994
Medium: silver, brass and wood
Dimensions: 6 in. (15.2 cm) long
Notes:
Provenance: Estate of Evelyn Fisher, Calgary
LOT: 1
Auction: 2010 June | Hodgins Art Auctions
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