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Nathan Nissim b.1946 Heliogabalous, 2002 1. Fear: Eric Stern 2. Iron trade mark (heater) 3. Pencil decorated with beads 4. Black jade fragment, partly polished 5. Black limestone sphere with ammonites 6. African (Yoruba) door key 7. Watch case, marcasite beads 8. Pair of African metal die stamps 9. German handbill, 1920's 10. Metal toilet paper holder, Albany, New York 11. Pair of cast iron flower holders 12. 12 lb. Iron shot put, iron base 13. Discus 14. 2 magnifying glasses, bases 15. Multiple convex lenses Nathan Nissim is a social worker and a collector. Here he makes a selection from his many collections, which include found objects, minerals and his extensive collection of contemporary Pittsburgh art. This selection is set out in a museum case and suggestively arranged to evoke a cabinet of curiosities, a surreal realm or perhaps an art object in itself. 16. Electric lamp, glass base 17. Untitled, drawing: James Brindle 18. African double bracelet, ivory 19. Pair of ivory spheres 20. Pair of bone dice 21. Quartz bird point arrowhead 22. Bone spear head 23. Rubber arrowhead 24. Assemblage: Nathan Nissim 25. Pair of manikin forearms 26. Red velvet box 27. Green velvet riding hat 28. Untitled: Emil Lukas 29. Agassiz bottle, Civil War era clay balls 30. Tin ball 31. Snow globe 32. Celluloid swan 33. Pig, advertising ephemera 34. Volume of drawings of sheep 35. Glass tray, clay marbles, 3 glass marbles, 1 dried orange, 2 steel ball bearings 36. Ubu Compendium: Alfred Jarry 37. Intaglio print: Susan Lang 38. Cloth toy (ball) 39. Sacred Heart 40. Watercolor: Anonymous 41. Small papier maché trumpet (sun) 42. Pot metal clown 43. Carnival punk 44. Assemblage: Nathan Nissim 45. Magazine illustration of African nail fetish 46. Spinning toy 47. Magazine clipping depicting magazine clippings 48. Clicker 49. Toy whistle (blackface) 50. Roman bronze fragment (head) 51. Ambrotype 52. Carved nude: Mark Blaustein 53. Watch fob 54. fractured mortar (War of 1812) base