Piece #22 from a limited edition of 250 pieces.

Specifications

Approx. 37cm high, base approx. 23cm square. Edition tier: Standard Artist's Proof. Produced in collaboration with Wētā Workshop.

About This Piece

Rolph Flannegan still lives in the old red bricked building that housed the Alveridge County Orphanage. Even now it remains impressive, in a Gothic style, despite its current forlorn condition. The orphans have long since vacated the dormitories and the tired old schoolroom hasn't heard a houndlings laughter in many years. His residence is in one small corner of the rambling building, where he is and always has been a confirmed and committed bachelor.

To see him holding forth, in his tattered beige cardy, down at his favorite watering hole, Marvo's Bar and Grill, is to see a feisty octogenarian pounding the table, demanding that all who hear him ‘should mark my words!’ But give him a few pints of Wilks and his mood will change, usually corresponding directly to the number of hounds gathered around his table, and also to the number of empty jugs at his elbow, to tales of the orphanage and in particular his early influence in the life of Arthur Snout aka Lonely Dog.

He never tires of telling it, although the audience sometimes tires of hearing it. How, according to Rolph, he personally encouraged, nay, tutored the young Arthur Snout in the manly art of playing the 5 string Alveridgean Guitar. ‘His first chords were the ones I taught him! Now that's an umbilical chord that can't be broken! He plays guitar now exactly as I showed him then.’

About Ivan Clarke & Lonely Dog

Ivan Clarke is an internationally recognised New Zealand artist based in Queenstown, with work exhibited and represented through galleries in New Zealand, Australia, the US and the UK. He is best known today for Lonely Dog — the whimsical world of Arthur “Lonely Dog” Snout and the hounds and cats of Port Alveridge — with his Lonely Dog Legacy Collection spanning over 200 original artworks. Several pieces, including the bronze sculptures, were produced in collaboration with the world-famous Wētā Workshop.

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