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Casted Bronze Roman Style Theater Mask Wall Art, Pair
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Hand casted bronze Roman style theater mask wall art featuring a male and female face. Set of two
Category
1990s American Classical Greek Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Japanese Okame Ko-Omote Wood Carved Noh Theater Mask
Located in Studio City, CA
handcrafted and carved from natural wood.
Ko-omote translates as "little mask" or sometimes "small face." This
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Chinese Lacquered Theater Bench with Dragon Carvings, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
.
Each leg is carved with the expressive face of a dragon, powerful heavenly creatures that symbolize
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Benches
Materials
Elm
Japanese Antique Edo Signed Wood Noh Theater Mask Ko-Omote 17th-18th Century
Located in Studio City, CA
translates as "little mask" or sometimes "small face." Noh theater has many types of Onna-men (female masks
Category
Antique 18th Century Japanese Edo Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood, Lacquer, Paint
H 8 in W 5.25 in D 3.5 in
Fine Almost Life Size 1940's Plaster Comedy and Tragedy Theater Masks Sculptures
Located in Atlanta, GA
An almost antique pair of plaster comedy and tragedy theater masks. With incredible details, ultra
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Busts
Materials
Plaster
H 8.5 in W 5.5 in D 3.75 in
Japanese Signed Waka-Onna or Ko-Omote Wood Carved Noh Theater Mask, Showa 1900s
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful, wonderfully crafted, alluring mask made for Japanese Noh theater.
This mask is
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Masks
Materials
Wood, Paint
H 8.5 in W 5.5 in D 3 in
Antique English Iron Clock Dial Face, Smuggler, Fully Working with Seconds Hand
Located in Belper, Derbyshire
Watch. Beautifully painted in the vibrant colours of the theater, he was portrayed in Victorian
Category
Antique 19th Century British Folk Art Wall Clocks
Materials
Brass, Iron
H 18.75 in W 13 in D 2 in
Visages de la danse indienne, Introduction par Tara Michaël, Faces on Hindu Danc
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Visages de la danse indienne. Introduction par Tara Michaël.
Mazeran, Alain:
Theater, music and
Category
20th Century French Agra Books
Materials
Paper
H 11.5 in W 10.5 in D 0.25 in
Thai Polychrome Dancer Figure, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
face, painted white with theater makeup, and her robes are intricately decorated with raised linework
Category
Early 20th Century Thai Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Original Vintage Musical Advertising Poster Soon Rock Opera David Edward Byrd
By David Byrd
Located in London, GB
Original vintage musical advertising poster for Soon A Rock Opera Ritz Theater 219 W 48 St West of
Category
Vintage 1970s American Posters
Materials
Paper
H 22.05 in W 14.18 in D 0.04 in
Folies Bergère Art Deco Style Golden Relief in Resin After Maurice Picaud
By Maurice Picaud
Located in Ulm, DE
Golden wall plaque made after the model that decorates the facade of the revue theater “Folies
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Decorative Art
Materials
Resin
H 23.23 in W 23.23 in D 1.58 in
Folies Bergère Art Deco Style Silver Relief in Resin after Maurice Picaud
By Maurice Picaud
Located in Ulm, DE
Silver colored wall plaque made after the model that decorates the facade of the revue theater
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Decorative Art
Materials
Resin
H 23.23 in W 23.23 in D 1.58 in
OPERA: Pair of Contemporary Mexican Midwife Birthing Chairs in Mohair Velvet
By Higareda, Don S. Shoemaker
Located in colima, MX
childbirth.
The plush Belgian Mohair velvet, synonymous with theater grandeur, whispers heartfelt wishes for
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Mexican Folk Art Chairs
Materials
Mohair, Velvet, Oak
H 33.08 in W 22.45 in D 18.12 in
Antique Japanese Noh theatre Carved Painted Wooden Ko-Omote Mask
Located in Forney, TX
Japan in the 19th century, Ko-omote (literally “small face”) Noh masks are used for main or secondary
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Edo Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Cypress, Paint
Swedish Art Deco, Palladium Theatre "Comedy" Sculpture in Copper, Stockholm 1920
Located in New York, NY
completely of copper this “comedy” face is enclosed in a stylized Greek Chalcidian helmet. Newly restored the
Category
Early 20th Century Scandinavian Scandinavian Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Copper
H 36 in W 25 in D 22 in
Art Deco Hand-Carved Relief in Gold Leaf
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Bergères" theater in Paris. Shown in gold leaf, also available in silver leaf. For a pair, the reliefs will
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Art Deco Wall-mounted Sculptures
Art Rug After Pablo Picasso, Style Cubism
By (after) Pablo Picasso
Located in RÉDING, FR
"Art Rug After Pablo Picasso, Style Cubism"
Hand tufted carpet representing a cubist face.
Executed
Category
Late 20th Century Dutch Art Deco Western European Rugs
Materials
Acrylic
American: An Autobiography, Inscribed by Benjamin O. Davis, First Edition, 1991
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
the Mediterranean theater. In 1943 he organized and commanded the famed 332nd Fighter Group. Davis
Category
1990s American Books
Materials
Paper
H 9.75 in W 6.5 in D 2.25 in
Lladró Japan-Kabuki, Limited Edition
By Lladro
Located in New York City, NY
appreciated forms of Japanese theater. This powerful character dressed in a spectacular costume is a limited
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Porcelain
Labisse Félix, Surreal Woman, Lithography, Framed and Signed
Located in Leuven , BE
painter, Labisse pursued a career as a decorator for theater, dance and opera.
Description
A
Category
Mid-20th Century French Paintings
Materials
Paper
Memoirs: Year of Decisions and Years of Trial and Hope, Signed by Harry Truman
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
the Second World War coming to a high point, especially in the Pacific Theater, Truman explains his
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Books
Materials
Paper
H 9 in W 6 in D 3.88 in
"Personnage dans l'arbre", oil on canvas by Paul Ackerman, France, circa 1945
Located in Paris, FR
, sculptor and theater designer, living in France since 1912, he belongs to the School of Paris .
Paul
Category
Vintage 1940s French Paintings
Materials
Canvas
H 37.8 in W 76.78 in D 1.19 in
Meissen Mythological Group 'Thalia With Tree', by J.J. Kaendler, Germany, c 1900
By Johann Joachim Kaendler, Meissen Porcelain
Located in Vienna, AT
Very rare Meissen group:
Thalia, the muse of theater and comic poetry, covered only with a large
Category
Antique Early 1900s German Rococo Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
H 10.83 in W 7.49 in D 5.52 in
Original Charles Kiffer Lithograph of Alhambra Theatre Maurice Chevalier
By Charles Kiffer
Located in New York, NY
Alhambra Theater, featuring Maurice Chevalier, circa 1948. It features the actor donning a black bow tie
Category
Vintage 1940s American Mid-Century Modern Posters
Materials
Paper
Early 20th Century Gallant Scene with Citadel White and Green Marble Sculpture
Located in Milan, IT
young woman sitting before him, equipped with an elegant fan, contrasts with the melancholy face carved
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
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H 23.23 in W 18.9 in D 11.42 in
8 Rosewood Anna R Chairs Designed by Ludovica and Roberto Palomba
By Crassevig
Located in Pasadena, TX
projects, designed sets for theater and film, created costumes and prepared cultural exhibitions such as
Category
Vintage 1980s Italian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Rosewood
1993 Janet Biggs "Lipstick Dress" Cibachrome Triptych Photographs 108"
Located in Dayton, OH
work explores challenges faced by diverse groups including the Uighurs, Indonesian sulfur miners and
Category
1990s Modern Photography
Materials
Paper
Exquisite Rotunda Structure Kiosk Copper & Carved Stone Bench Seating Columns
Located in West Hollywood, CA
birds etc. holding in between 5 garden seat benches in stone supported by Double faced sitting Lions. On
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Charles X Architectural Elements
Materials
Stone, Copper
Paul Philippe, 'Irony’, French Art Deco Gilt Bronze & Marble Sculpture, ca. 1925
By Paul Philippe
Located in New York, NY
compositions were real-life and well-known faces to the sculptor - cabaret dancers, theater artists
Category
Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
H 19.5 in W 5 in D 4.5 in
Vintage Italian Ashtray Pair Made in Santafiora Stone
Located in Prato, Tuscany
on the faces of the block the shapes to be made, then made a first roughing with diamond discs
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays
Materials
Stone
Al Pacino: 35th Afi Life Achievement Award Paperback Book 2007
Located in North Hollywood, CA
inside of us. Like that other movie gangster with the streets of New York written on his face, James
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Expressionist Books
Materials
Paper
Memoirs Year of Decisions and Years of Trial and Hope, Signed and Inscribed
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Pacific Theater, Truman explains his decision to use atomic weapons for the first time in history
Category
Mid-20th Century Books
Materials
Paper
Paul Philippe, 'Irony’, French Art Deco Gilt Bronze & Marble Sculpture, ca. 1925
By Paul Philippe
Located in New York, NY
). Particularly frequent characters in Philippe’s sculptural compositions were real-life and well-known faces to
Category
Vintage 1920s French Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
H 11.25 in W 3.5 in D 4.5 in
Pair of Antique French Painted Linen Theater Panels
Located in Hudson, NY
, with theater faces and geometric designs. beautiful and subtle, with pale grey background and the
Category
Early 20th Century French Decorative Art
Materials
Linen
Danish Theater Poster by Bjorn Wiinblad from 1973
By Bjørn Wiinblad
Located in Stockholm, SE
the Aarhus Theater in Denmark.
Bjorn (Björn) Wiinblad (1918-2006) was a Danish designer and artist
Category
Vintage 1970s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Posters
Materials
Paper
20th Century Cast Plaster Statue of a Female Figure from the Granada Theater
Located in Chicago, IL
plaster costumed female statue salvaged from the auditorium of the historic (non-extant) Granada Theater
Category
Vintage 1920s American Renaissance Revival Figurative Sculptures
H 87 in W 20.7 in D 21.5 in
Greta Garbo Mask by Violet Clark, 1930s
Located in North Egremont, MA
on interior. Known as the "Woman of a Thousand Faces", Clark, of Stroudsburg, PA, created
Category
Vintage 1930s American Masks
Edward G. Robinson Mask by Violet Clark, 1940
Located in North Egremont, MA
, (1903-1999), signed and dated on interior. Known as the "Woman of a Thousand Faces", Clark, of
Category
Vintage 1940s American Masks
Well Worn Djimini Heddle Pulley in Wood
Located in New York, NY
classic Djimini fashion, the human face and characteristic boss and horns of a savannah buffalo. Catherine
Category
Vintage 1950s Ivorian Tribal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
"Playtime" by René Jean Clot, 1963
By René-Jean Clot 1
Located in Paris, FR
children are not always angelic. And then may be the women bearing the face of Christ or nuns who are evil
Category
20th Century French Paintings
Dürer and Rembrandt, Pair of Bronze Sculptures by Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse
By Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse
Located in Marseille, FR
inordinate amount of detail, the hands are finely crafted, the faces are crisp and in motion, the clothes are
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Renaissance Revival Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
H 16.93 in Dm 9.85 in
1920s Egyptian Revival Reebie Storage Building Twisted Glazed Terra Cotta
By Fritz Albert 2
Located in Chicago, IL
current too, and in particular, over 100 theaters were built and decorated to be Egyptian revival. The
Category
Vintage 1920s American Egyptian Revival Architectural Elements
Materials
Terracotta
Antique 19th Century Signed Japanese Shinto Laughing Man Noh Theater Face Mask
Located in Dayton, OH
masks were often used in theater (Gigaku) at Shinto festivals.
Category
Antique 19th Century Japonisme Masks
Materials
Hardwood, Lacquer
H 11.5 in W 8.25 in D 5 in
Etruscan Double Faced Theater Mask in Marble
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A round Etruscan style double faced profiles of theater masks shaping into a third face, hand
Category
Antique 18th Century Italian Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Carrara Marble
American Composition Pilaster from the Marbro Theater
Located in Chicago, IL
female face amongst scrolling details highlighted with gold leaf. The theatre, razed in 1964, was in
Category
Early 20th Century American Baroque Pedestals and Columns
Materials
Composition
10' Grand Theater Drawing by Dolores Puthold, France, 1987
By Dolores Puthod
Located in Austin, TX
Philipe, this is likely a preparatory work for a painting depicting a performance at this theater
Category
Vintage 1980s French Paintings
Materials
Paper
Loews Large Art Deco Theater Hanging Light Chandelier from Brooklyn
Located in New York, NY
This is a very tall Art Deco hanging light or chandelier that was salvaged from a theater in
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Chandeliers and Pendants
Rare J.W. Spears Puppet Theater with Stage Booth and Puppets
By JW Spears 1
Located in Buffalo, NY
Extremely rare Victorian J W Spears Punch & Judy Stand-up Puppet Theater Stage Booth with 8 Carved
Category
20th Century German Victorian More Folk Art
Materials
Fabric, Wood
Jean Cocteau Terracotta Pottery Dish, Faune Musicien 'Face', Signed and Dated
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Downingtown, PA
Jean Cocteau terracotta pottery dish,
Faune Musicien (Face),
Signed and dated by Jean Cocteau
Category
Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Terracotta
Pair of Neoclassical Style Wall Brackets or Uplights
Located in Essex, MA
theater, each idealized face surmounted by carved stylized acanthus leaves, flanked by carved tied ribbon
Category
Early 20th Century American Neoclassical Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Wood
French Pâte de Verre Vase by Argy-Rousseau
By Gabriel Argy-Rousseau
Located in New York, NY
six masks in relief, of orange color standing out against a paler background. Above the faces, rose
Category
Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Vases
Japanese Mask
Located in Brescia, IT
the late Momoyama period.
The early Edo period is the golden age of Noh tragic theater.
It is
Category
Antique 17th Century Japanese Edo Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Portrait of a Circus Performer - Gouache by Jerry Williamson
Located in Pasadena, CA
with pigments, traveling the world for Elisabeth Arden, and working for TV stars and theater performers
Category
Late 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Paper
Fine and Rare Noh Mask by Nakamura Fuseki 1824 Edo Period
Located in Atlanta, GA
A painted wood mask for Noh theater signed by the artist Nakamura Fuseki and dated to 1824, of Edo
Category
Antique 1820s Japanese Japonisme Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood, Paint
Pair Antique Japanese Porcelain Figures of Kabuki Actors
Located in Katonah, NY
intense sense of ancient Kabuki theater. The figures appear to be lifting their robes in traditional
Category
Antique 17th Century Japanese Japonisme Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Large Marble Busts of Roman Goddesses After Herms from Hadrian's Villa
Located in New York, US
century herms uncovered outside the entrance to the theater of Hadrian's Villa in the 18th century, each
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Italian Neoclassical Busts
Materials
Marble
Deer in the Clearing Oil on Canvas, Albert Holz, 1920
Located in Albignasego, IT
adult male deer in all its majesty. As with all of Albert Holz's works, the animal faces are
Category
Vintage 1910s German Paintings
Materials
Paint
Vintage Oil Painting by Artist Jurgen Draeger "Berlin"
Located in Pasadena, CA
Marlene Dietrich for the German Schauspielhaus Hamburg
1985 - Theater poster La Cage aux Folles
1988
Category
Late 20th Century German Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paint
Flying Tiger: Chennault of China, Twice-Signed by Robert Lee Scott, Jr., 1st Ed.
By Robert Scott
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
presented in a custom archival slipcase.
Famous for his leadership in the face of overwhelming odds, Claire
Category
Vintage 1950s American Books
Materials
Paper
H 9 in W 6 in L 9 in
Japanese Banko Teapot
By Banko
Located in PARIS, FR
white scarf with blue dots around his face and his eyes of different sizes. During local festivals like
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Bamboo
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