"Benga, " Important Photograph of Barthe Sculpture by M. Smith

This original black and white photograph of one of Richmond Barthé's rare, little-known sculptures was taken by the famous studio of Morgan and Marvin Smith, who located on West 125th Street next to the renowned Apollo Theater. The Smith brothers moved from their native Kentucky to New York in the early 1930s, and proceeded to establish a studio that brought together almost every major figure in the Harlem Renaissance in the 1930s, 40s and 50s, mentoring artists such as Jacob Lawrence, Gwendolyn Knight, Selma Burke, Ernest Crichlow and Robert Blackburn. The Smiths captured the night life of Harlem, including musicians and actors such as Harry Belafonte, Sydney Poitier, Eartha Kitt, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Count Basie, Ethel Waters, Billie Holiday, Hattie McDaniels, Zora Neal Hurston, Step n' Fetchit, Pearl...

This important example of WPA art, which celebrates American history and folklore like so many murals and other artworks in the 1930s, presents the bearded fig...

An MGM Studios prop and an important survivor of Hollywood's Golden Age, this piece may be the most ambitious Art Deco sculpture produced by any of America's leading porcelain manufa...

This remarkable ceramic sculpture, probably the best work of Elisabeth Andersen Seaver, one of the famous Cleveland School ceramicists -- depicts an Indian chief with full feather he...

Beautifully sculpted from a ruddy block of mahogany and finished with a patina that gives it a lovely glow, this piece is a superb example of WPA-era sculpture. The artist, Raymond T...

Although Fritz Henle was born in Germany and worked in America for years, he was truly an international figure, living and working in the Caribbean, Asia, Mexico and Europe over several decades. He was called "the last of the great classic photographers" by Helmut Gernsheim, the great photography historian, and because he often used the 2.25" square format film for the Rolleiflex camera...

Vintage photograph of an unknown abstract sculptor.

This large floor piece "Diptych 1" consists of two clear Lucite panels that encase pinhole photo transparencies with images taken from under an urban expressway. The panels are held ...

This large floor piece "Diptych 2" consists of two clear Lucite panels that encase pinhole photo transparencies with images taken from under an urban expressway. The panels are held ...

Important plaster sculpture of a Hidalgo by Coste, 1964.

Important pair of ceramic sculptures by Tim Orr in Brissac, France, circa 1970. Excellent original conditions. Signature under the...

Large modern irregular shaped ceramic black vase with a ribbon-like decoration in gold, silver and red called "sho (hovering)" by Kato Reikichi (1953, Japan) from Seto, Aichi Provinc...