Rudolf Nureyev gold statuette by Emiel Hartman

Nureyev In Solid Gold: Sculptor Emiel Hartman has just completed his homage to the superb talent and vital physical beauty of Rudolf Nureyev. It takes the form of an exquisite little 14 inch high statuette of the great ballet dancer, in 18ct solid gold, it weights 56 1/2 oz, and will cost6, 000. Mr Hartman has arranged to produce 10 or 12 castings of the statuette, for sale. With the restrictions in gold purchases in force at the moment, Mr Hartman's statuette offers an attractive proposition, one could contemplate the artistic beauty of the sculpture and have the added warm glow of possible leaps in gold prices, as well as Nureyev's leap. Emiel Hartman has been working on the model for several months, and made countless drawings of Nureyev before this; I have always loved ballet, and Nureyev combines strength with beauty, it was the perfect subject's he says. Mr Hartman made the final study from Nureyev's performance at the Royal House. I'm very pleased with the result say's Mr Hartman, It has the strength, rhythm and poetry that I'd hoped to capture Mr Emiel Hartman, of South African birth achieved a record in the own right in 1959, when he flew for 50ft in his flying machine the Orthopter, an extraordinary structure of cloth and feather wings which were flapped with man power alone, being engine less. Since then, (the experiment ended in a dangerous plummet to the ground) Mr Hartman has restricted his soaring to artistic endeavors. I would like to do the Panovas now he says. Photo Shows Emiel Hartman with his solid gold 18ct, statute of Rudolf Nureyev

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