G. Vichy Pierrot Serenading Moon Automaton, Circa 1885

Vendor: The Antique Toy Gallery
Regular price: $18,500.00
Sale price: $18,500.00
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This magnificent and totally original Automaton of Pierrot Serenading the Moon was made in France during the late 1880's by the world-renown and premier maker of automations, G. Vichy of Paris, and based on the series of poems published in 1884 by the Belgian poet Albert Giraud

With a complex and remarkable mechanisms which allow Pierrot to play his Mandolin, with the sound emitting from the concealed music box to the Moon itself - The Moon's eyes open and close in sheer delight, as does the his mouth .

“Pierrot Lunaire” consists of three groups of seven poems: In the first group, Pierrot sings of love, sex and religion; in the second, of violence, crime, and blasphemy; and in the third of his return home to Bergamo, with his past haunting him.

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G. Vichy Pierrot Serenading Moon Automaton, Circa 1885

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