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<HTML><HEAD><META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type"CONTENT="text/html; charset=x-mac-roman"/><META NAME="GENERATOR"CONTENT="[4th Dimension 2004.4 Macintosh]"/><TITLE>John Berkey art at auction</TITLE> <!-- last updated June 12, 2011 by Roger Reed --><META NAME="keywords" content= "auction, Berkey, John, illustration, art, paperback book cover, , The Caves of Steel, Isaac Asimov, 1989"/><META NAME="description" content= "Original art: Man with robotic arm."/></HEAD><BODY BGCOLOR="GRAY"TEXT="BLACK"Link="blue"VLink="navy"Alink="green"><CENTER><Table><TABLE BORDER=0 WIDTH=85%> <TR><TD COLSPAN=1 ALIGN=center VALIGN=middle><A HREF="a43_043.html"><IMG SRC="../../nav/buactpv.jpg"BORDER=0><br><FONT FACE="Copperplate,serif"SIZE=2>PREV</a></TD><TD COLSPAN=2 ALIGN=center VALIGN=middle><A HREF="../a43_bidform.html"><FONT FACE="Copperplate,serif"SIZE=2>Absentee<BR>Bid Form</A></TD><TD COLSPAN=2 ALIGN=center VALIGN=middle><A HREF="../auclist3a43.html"><FONT FACE="Copperplate,serif"SIZE=2>LIST<BR>of LOTS</A></TD><TD COLSPAN=2 ALIGN=center VALIGN=BOTTOM><A HREF="../../../home.html"><FONT FACE="Copperplate,serif"SIZE=5>Illustration<BR>House</A></TD><TD COLSPAN=2 ALIGN=center VALIGN=middle><A HREF="../a43_index.html"><FONT FACE="Copperplate,serif"SIZE=2>INDEX to <BR>ARTISTS</A></TD><TD COLSPAN=2 ALIGN=center VALIGN=middle><A HREF="../a43_terms.html"><FONT FACE="Copperplate,serif"SIZE=2>Terms of<BR>Sale</A></TD><TD COLSPAN=1 ALIGN=center VALIGN=middle><A HREF="a43_045.html"><IMG SRC="../../nav/buactnx.jpg"BORDER=0><br><FONT FACE="Copperplate,serif"SIZE=2>NEXT</a></TD></TR> <TR><TD COLSPAN=2><FONT COLOR=gray>x</TD><TD COLSPAN=8 ALIGN=left VALIGN=top><IMG SRC="../a43pix/a43_044.jpg"BORDER=1></TD><TD COLSPAN=2><FONT COLOR=gray>x</TD></TR> <TR><TD COLSPAN=1><FONT COLOR=gray>x</TD><TD COLSPAN=1 ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=CENTER><FONT SIZE=4>Lot 44</TD><TD COLSPAN=6 ALIGN=LEFT VALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Palatino,serif"SIZE=5><B>John Berkey</B></TD><TD COLSPAN=2 ALIGN=LEFT VALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Palatino,serif"SIZE=2></TD><TD COLSPAN=2 ALIGN=RIGHT VALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=GRAY>x</TD></TR> <TR><TD COLSPAN=2 ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=GRAY>x</TD><TD COLSPAN=8 ALIGN=LEFT><FONT SIZE=3><FONT FACE=Palatino,serif>Man with robotic arm. </TD><TD COLSPAN=2 ALIGN=RIGHT VALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=GRAY>x</TD></TR> <TR><TD COLSPAN=2 ALIGN=center VALIGN=middle><FONT COLOR=gray>x</TD><TD COLSPAN=8 ALIGN=LEFT><FONT SIZE=3>Paperback book cover: <I><B>The Caves of Steel</B></I>, by Isaac Asimov; Publisher: (Fawcett Books Q2858), 1989;<BR>Oil on board, 13.75 x 8.25", signed ll</TD><TD COLSPAN=2 ALIGN=RIGHT VALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=GRAY>x</TD></TR> <TR><TD COLSPAN=2 ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=GRAY>x</TD><TD COLSPAN=8 ALIGN=LEFT VALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Palatino,serif"SIZE=2>Estimate: $5,000 - 7,000</TD><TD COLSPAN=2 ALIGN=RIGHT VALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=GRAY>x</TD></TR> <TR><TD COLSPAN=2 ALIGN=center VALIGN=middle><FONT COLOR=gray>x</TD><TD COLSPAN=8 ALIGN=LEFT><FONT SIZE=2></TD><TD COLSPAN=2 ALIGN=center VALIGN=middle><FONT COLOR=gray>x</TD></TR> <TR><TD COLSPAN=2 ALIGN=center VALIGN=middle><FONT COLOR=gray>x</TD><TD COLSPAN=8 ALIGN=LEFT><FONT SIZE=2>Condition - Fine overall: mat is probably not archival; artwork is framed under glass in thin silver and black frame.</TD><TD COLSPAN=2 ALIGN=center VALIGN=middle><FONT COLOR=gray>x</TD></TR> <TR><TD COLSPAN=2 ALIGN=center VALIGN=middle><FONT COLOR=gray>x</TD><TD COLSPAN=8 ALIGN=LEFT><FONT SIZE=2>Like Asimov's fiction, Berkey's painting is arresting and unexpected. The hero is not the stereotypical sci-fi adventurer, and the globular reflections of him do not match, so seem to be parallel universes. His robotic arm is classic Berkey: completely whimsical yet perfectly believable. The image teases at the story-idea about the blurring between robots and humans.</TD><TD COLSPAN=2 ALIGN=center VALIGN=middle><FONT COLOR=gray>x</TD></TR> <TR><TD COLSPAN=2 ALIGN=center VALIGN=middle><FONT COLOR=gray>x</TD><TD COLSPAN=8 ALIGN=center VALIGN=middle><IMG SRC="../a43pix/a43_044p.jpg" BORDER=1></TD><TD COLSPAN=2 ALIGN=center VALIGN=middle><FONT COLOR=gray>x</TD></TR> <TR><TR><TD COLSPAN=1 ALIGN=center VALIGN=middle><A HREF="a43_043.html"><IMG SRC="../../nav/buactpv.jpg"BORDER=0><br><FONT FACE="Copperplate,serif"SIZE=2>PREV</a></TD><TD COLSPAN=2 ALIGN=center VALIGN=middle><A HREF="../a43_bidform.html"><FONT FACE="Copperplate,serif"SIZE=2>Absentee<BR>Bid Form</A></TD><TD COLSPAN=2 ALIGN=center VALIGN=middle><A HREF="../auclist3a43.html"><FONT FACE="Copperplate,serif"SIZE=2>LIST<BR>of LOTS</A></TD><TD COLSPAN=2 ALIGN=center VALIGN=bottom><A HREF="../../../home.html"><IMG SRC="../../nav/ihlogo1in.gif"BORDER=1></A></TD><TD COLSPAN=2 ALIGN=center VALIGN=middle><A HREF="../a43_index.html"><FONT FACE="Copperplate,serif"SIZE=2>INDEX to <BR>ARTISTS</A></TD><TD COLSPAN=2 ALIGN=center VALIGN=middle><A HREF="../a43_terms.html"><FONT FACE="Copperplate,serif"SIZE=2>Terms of<BR>Sale</A></TD><TD COLSPAN=1 ALIGN=center VALIGN=middle><A HREF="a43_045.html"><IMG SRC="../../nav/buactnx.jpg"BORDER=0><br><FONT FACE="Copperplate,serif"SIZE=2>NEXT</a></TD></TR> <TR><TD COLSPAN=2 ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=GRAY>x</TD><TD COLSPAN=2 ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=GRAY>x</TD><TD COLSPAN=4 ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE=Palatino,serif SIZE=2>110 West 25 Street<BR>New York, NY, 10001<BR>212 966-9444</FONT></TD><TD COLSPAN=2 ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=GRAY>x</TD><TD COLSPAN=2 ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=GRAY>x</TD></TR> </Table></BODY></HTML>