81 Irving Place GremlinI have an older impression mold of this adorable little sculpture which is on a still standing apartment building at 81 Irving Place at 19th Street in Manhattan. The building was designed by the well known Architect George F. Pelham in 1929. Pelham was the architect of literally hundreds of different buildings in NYC spanning decades. 717 East 9th Street ( http://www.urbansculptures.com/buildingphotos/Plate-36-b.html ) was designed by Pelham in 1898. This little Gnome-like fellow or gremlin forms a capital crowning a spiraled column between the windows on the ground floor near the sidewalk. As was customary practice, likely Pelham at the very least provided sketches if not detailed drawings of the designs to the artists at the terra cotta company where all the originals were made.
At least one commercial firm has made partial impressions of this piece many years ago and casts out of plaster, the casts I've seen around in catalogues were always bumpy, warped looking and distorted, and only included the very minimum face part of the piece as they were cut down. My cast-stone version of this is much nicer, and deeper- which includes more details and a backing block- the flat portion behind the figure's shoulders spanning from the glass to the glass as shown in the photos of the original on the building. The backing block forms a nice flat background surface to show the 3-D sculpture off better. The additions and changes were done by Randall and these portions are copyrighted.
 Cast shown in the Red Terra Cotta finish.
New designsThe clay models that can be seen by the work in progress photos on a growing number of my store pages such as 120-R "Elizabeth" Webster Hall Griffin, Nr 202-R girl keystone, Griffin panel Nr SH-R etc are obviously NOT simply molded off existing antique pieces, these hand sculpted models are created from scratch by Randall in water clay, and typically take an average of 30 hours to set up, layout and model each. When the clay models are molded here with high quality silicone, interior cast-stone as well as concrete casts are available for clients to purchase. The mold making process usually destroys the unfired clay model. Instead of moulding existing antiques which are limited to what happens to be for sale at a given time at antique and salvage firms, costly to purchase, typically fairly large in scale (meant to be seen from the street 5 floors below) and are more difficult to display in today's smaller homes and apartments; The Lost New York City Collection has been rapidly expanding into creating brand new original models based on authentic 19th century and early 20th century Victorian and Art Deco architectural sculptures. While I do have a small number of direct molded pieces, these are being phased out over time in favor of creating my own original models. There are some 15 designs created by Randall in the last year all in the authentic looking Victorian and Art Deco styles used on these unique 19th and early 20th century buildings.
COPYRIGHT NOTICE:Sculptures in Randall's Lost New York City Collection are copyrighted with all rights reserved, this includes reproductions of antique pieces upon which I made certain modifications, alterations or changes- the changes are copyright and reproduction of same would constitute copyright infringement. I do not sell molds, nor casts for others to replicate and will enforce my proprietary rights. I reserve the right to decline sales to anyone.Original clay models created by Randall (and all of my casts of them produced for sale) carry my stamped model numbers, logo, date of creation and signature on one of the sides. Additionally, the casting number and casting date are inscribed by hand on the back of every cast. 
General information applicable to all of my sculptures
My standard cast-stone is for INTERIOR OR UNDER A COVERED PORCH/SUN ROOM ONLY! Out in the garden they might last 4 or 5 years, maybe longer before showing weather damage.If you are looking for something to place in the garden or build into a wall, I offer concrete as a special order item which takes approx 3 weeks. Not all pieces are available in concrete, inquire before ordering. All of my sculptures have a heavy wire embedded on the back to hang them on the wall. I can produce any quantity and custom configurations. All of my sculptures are personally hand-cast in my home studio, they are signed, numbered and dated. These are finished to order at the time of purchase.
FINISHES AVAILABLEI offer several different finishes and all finishes are available on all sculptures as you wish. The suggested default finish for each is shown in the ordering menu for each sculpture. On certain pieces- 2 metallics are standard. They vary from piece to piece, and actual colors displayed on your monitor will vary as well. From left to right (the last three are not shown) they are;
SHIPPINGI use FEDEX ground service for all shipments in the lower 48 states. I no longer ship outside the US.
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