[AUTOMATON]. Saturday Night. Richard Wilson “Master of Miniatures,” ca. 1970s-1980s. Large, elaborate diorama model of a bordello-saloon in the Wild West, with three dancing “Can-Can” dancers with moving legs, a bartender with a moving right arm, and with a piano player with moving hands (currently, his hands have fallen off the moving actuators on the piano, but it may be possible for them to be re-set). With 16 additional non-moving figures of male and female saloon habitues. Model is set within a custom-built wooden case, with glass front and side panels. In a hidden side panel is a portable cassette-tape player, with saloon music (the speaker is covered with a cloth mesh). When a switch is depressed, the music begins, the figures begin to move, and lights come on inside the model (there is a switch that can activate the tape player, but disables the moving figures and lights). Approximately 38 x 19 x 24 ½”. Some minor soiling, a few areas of minor damage. A truly amazing and delightful model.