The Richard Kazarian Collection
Wed, Apr 9, 2025 10:00AM EDT
Lot 253
Michael Garman - City Scape Door Window Scale Model
Estimate: $200 - $400
Starting Bid
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| $0 | $25 |
| $300 | $50 |
| $1,000 | $100 |
| $2,000 | $200 |
| $5,000 | $500 |
| $10,000 | $1,000 |
| $20,000 | $2,000 |
| $50,000 | $5,000 |
| $100,000 | $10,000 |
| $1,000,000 | $50,000 |
Michael Garman (1938-2021), City Scape Door Window'. This piece, made in 1975, is a 1:6 scale model of one of Garman's favorite characters, Spence, shown gazing out his front door. Chipped red bricks, cracks in the sidewalk, and a trash can full of garbage spilling out into the street. The top of the model has a hatch with two light bulbs that shine light down onto his work.
H 27 in. W 19-1/2 in D 9-3/4 in.
Condition: Original condition.
Born in Fort Worth in 1938 and raised in Arlington, Texas, Michael Garman was eight years old when he began creating little pipe-cleaner men. “I would twist pipe cleaners around pipe cleaners to make the muscles, arms and legs, and other features just right,” Michael Garman recalls “I used my mother’s sewing machine to design little cavalry uniforms and cowboy boots. I carved horses out of wood so that some of my guys were mounted. Then I’d gather up all my characters on my bed like a battle scene. I had guns and cannons and horses. Then the great battle began and my hero would get shot. I would arrange him just so, as he was dying. And I would cry and cry for him. I mean, I’d really be sobbing. And then I would scoop them all up and do it over again.”
According to Michael Garman, that was his start on 1959-Guatemala, the path to becoming America’s Storyteller Sculptor. Then, in 1959, Michael Garman hitchhiked into Mexico with $35 in his pocket and his Nikon camera for what he thought would be a two-week sojourn. When his money ran out, he would charm his way into a restaurant, offering to sweep the floor or something for a bit to eat or a drink. More often than not, the owner would give him a meal and a place to sleep. “No one I asked hired me, but everyone fed me.”
He hitchhiked his way further south through Central and South America. Two years later, he had traveled all the way to Santiago, Chile where he talked his way for free into the School of Fine Arts. It was here that he discovered his talent for sculpting.
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