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Item Ships From: Chicago
"Seascape" by Michael Thompson
By Michael Thompson
Located in Chicago, IL
Entitled "Seascape," this painting by Chicago artist Michael Thompson is a departure from the collage work of his ongoing kite series. Rendered in grayscale palette, the painting has...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Chicago - Wall Decorations

Materials

Canvas, Paint

Josef Albers Silk Screen Print
By Josef Albers
Located in Chicago, IL
Josef Albers, Formulations - Articulations I & II Edition 974/ 1000 1972 screen-print on paper Embossed with Josef Albers initials, portfolio and folder number. This work is publi...
Category

1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chicago - Wall Decorations

Materials

Paper

Set of Three Framed Mao Woodblock Prints
Located in Chicago, IL
A striking set of three framed vintage Chinese woodblock prints from a book printed in the 1960s, each depicting a different phase of Chairman ...
Category

1960s Chinese Modern Vintage Chicago - Wall Decorations

Materials

Paper

Framed Chinese Erotic Miniature Painting, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Despite its explicit content, this intimate scene conveys a sense of tenderness and romantic love characteristic of Chinese erotic art. Known as “sp...
Category

Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Chicago - Wall Decorations

Materials

Paper

Contemporary Abstract Mixed-Media Work by John Fraser
By John Fraser
Located in Chicago, IL
John Fraser (1952-), three dimensional art collage on board with an open and pageless book, tape, acrylic paint and multilayered paper. Nicely backed and mounted. Titled "Interior with Blue Highlights." Measures: 18" x 18". Galleries with John Fraser permanent collections and select permanent collections. The Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH. The Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE. The New Mexico Museum of Art, Santa, Fe, NM. The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, HI. The McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, TX. Museo de Arte Contemporaneo Esteban Vincente...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Chicago - Wall Decorations

Materials

Acrylic, Paper, Wood

Maurice de Vlaminck Color Heliograph Limited Edition Pencil Signed
By Maurice de Vlaminck
Located in Chicago, IL
Village Sous la Neige, 1955 Color heliograph Measures: 17 5/8 × 21 1/8 in 44.8 × 53.7 cm Edition 92/100 Signed in pencil lower right, "Vlaminck" and in pencil lower left "92/1...
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20th Century French Modern Chicago - Wall Decorations

Materials

Paper

Set of Three Horse Paintings by Mary Sprague, 1988
Located in Chicago, IL
A set of three playful horse paintings by Mary Sprague, dated 1988. Each painting is rendered in graphite and white paint against yellow and orange papers...
Category

1980s American Modern Vintage Chicago - Wall Decorations

Materials

Paint, Paper

Jean Lurcat Cancer Zodiac Tapestry Lithograph
By Jean Lurçat
Located in Chicago, IL
Jean Lurcat Cancer zodiac tapestry lithograph.
Category

1950s French Vintage Chicago - Wall Decorations

Materials

Glass, Wood, Paper

"Study for Caldwell 49" by Jan Pieter Fokkens
By Jan Pieter Fokkens
Located in Chicago, IL
The colorful paintings of Jan Pieter Fokkens transport us to distant worlds beyond our comprehension. Within seemingly infinite networks of lines, dots, and crosses, he decodes the r...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Chicago - Wall Decorations

Materials

Paint, Canvas

3G Wall-Mounted Shelf in Anodized Aluminum Plate by Jonathan Nesci
By Jonathan Nesci
Located in Columbus, IN
The Minimalist wall-mounted 3G shelf is sculpted out of 1/4 inch thick, brushed and anodized. Each shelf has an inset bolted U-channel that spans the length of the shelf and easily m...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Minimalist Chicago - Wall Decorations

Materials

Aluminum

Mounted Early 20th Century Mende Country Cloth
Located in Chicago, IL
A wonderful early 20th century Mende handwoven Country Cloth composed of twelve narrow strips of indigo and cream dyed cotton and arranged to create a checkerboard pattern, and hand ...
Category

Early 20th Century Sierra Leonean Tribal Chicago - Wall Decorations

Materials

Cotton

Set of Three Framed Drawing by Anne Abueva, 2021
Located in Chicago, IL
A beautiful set of three framed abstract drawings by artist, Anne Abueva, rendered in conté crayon on paper and framed in simple maple gallery fram...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Expressionist Chicago - Wall Decorations

Materials

Paper, Crayon

"Study in Red" by Michael Thompson
By Michael Thompson
Located in Chicago, IL
Chicago-based artist Michael Thompson creates unique compositions of abstract painted elements and a collage of vintage Asian ephemera—including fragments of fabric, scrolls, drawings, and books collected during his travels. In a departure from his split bamboo kite series, this work on stretched canvas entitled "Study in Red" layers textured paper and silken fragments within a rosy red color story. A gradient of red to pink sweeps across the composition, interrupted by a panel of Japanese silk depicting a whimsical scene...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Chicago - Wall Decorations

Materials

Silk, Canvas, Paint, Paper

4g Wall-Mounted Shelf in Anodized Aluminum Plate by Jonathan Nesci
By Jonathan Nesci
Located in Columbus, IN
The Minimalist wall-mounted 4G shelf is sculpted out of 1/4 inch thick, brushed and anodized. Each shelf has an inset bolted U-channel that spans the length o...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Minimalist Chicago - Wall Decorations

Materials

Aluminum

Chinese Erotic Album Leaf, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Despite its explicit content, this intimate scene conveys a sense of tenderness and romantic love characteristic of Chinese erotic art. Known as “sp...
Category

Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Chicago - Wall Decorations

Materials

Paper

Jean Lurcat Libra Zodiac Tapestry Lithograph
By Jean Lurçat
Located in Chicago, IL
Jean Lurcat Libra zodiac tapestry lithograph.
Category

1950s French Vintage Chicago - Wall Decorations

Materials

Glass, Wood, Paper

Fragment of a Chinese Sign
Located in Chicago, IL
The sign is of Burmese origin, made from teakwood and covered in lacquer and gold leaf. The two legible characters are “Jade” and “Art”. As many carved signs were shop signs, this may have been a jade dealer’s sign...
Category

20th Century Chinese Chicago - Wall Decorations

Materials

Gold Leaf

6g Wall-Mounted Shelf in Anodized Aluminum Plate by Jonathan Nesci
By Jonathan Nesci
Located in Columbus, IN
The Minimalist wall-mounted 6G shelf is sculpted out of 1/4 inch thick, brushed and anodized. Each shelf has an inset bolted U-channel that spans the length of the shelf and easily m...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Minimalist Chicago - Wall Decorations

Materials

Aluminum

Chicago Wall-Mounted Shelf in Waxed Blackened Steel by Jonathan Nesci
By Jonathan Nesci
Located in Columbus, IN
Wall-mounted shelf in .125 thick blackened steel plate. This 5-bay shelf is made of laser-cut, bent and welded steel plate with a blackened finish. Recessed steel mounting brackets a...
Category

2010s American Minimalist Chicago - Wall Decorations

Materials

Steel

Vintage Japanese Indigo Folk Kamon Textile
Located in Chicago, IL
Dating to the mid-20th century, this vintage Japanese textile is a folk example of traditional stencil dyed fabric, known as katazome. Richly...
Category

Mid-20th Century Japanese Chicago - Wall Decorations

Materials

Cotton

Vintage Chinese 1930s Advertisement Poster
Located in Chicago, IL
This vintage poster from the 1930s features a fashionably dressed young mother posing with her son and daughter. The poster may have been given as a gift for the Chinese New Year, as...
Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Art Deco Chicago - Wall Decorations

Materials

Paper

"A Wheel Stopper" Mosaic by Toyoharu Kii
By Toyoharu Kii
Located in Chicago, IL
In the mosaic “A Wheel Stopper,” Toyoharu Kii records an object he encounters everyday while walking his dog. The round form, striped by small, rectangular tesserae, represents a bol...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Minimalist Chicago - Wall Decorations

Materials

Marble

Clyde Burt Ceramic Wall Art
By Clyde Burt
Located in Chicago, IL
Clyde Burt abstract ceramic wall relief in glazed stoneware with wooden frame. Signed to front: [C. BURT]. American, circa 1965.
Category

1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chicago - Wall Decorations

Materials

Wood, Ceramic

19th Century American Red Painted Gathering Basket
Located in Chicago, IL
A fantastic 19th century American red painted oak splint round gathering basket with a tapered asymmetrical form making it perfect for hanging on a wall. Found in Western Massachusetts.
Category

19th Century American Rustic Antique Chicago - Wall Decorations

Materials

Oak

Studded African Mask by Brian Stanziale
By Brian Stanziale
Located in Chicago, IL
In an exclusive collaboration with Pagoda Red, Chicago artist the bms. adds a contemporary twist to our collection of one-of-a-kind African art objects. Embellishing with silver and ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary African Tribal Chicago - Wall Decorations

Materials

Metal

Framed Chinese Deco Advertisement Poster with Mirrored Back, c. 1930s
Located in Chicago, IL
Influenced by Western advertising, commercial posters featuring beautiful women in modern settings gained popularity in China in the 1920s and 1930s. Commercial companies presented posters, like this one, to their clients for Chinese New Year. This poster depicts a woman luxuriously dressed in a western style fur-trimmed coat holding a purse that also indicates Art Deco influences. This brand of Chinese advertisement draws on the classic American advertisements...
Category

1920s Chinese Art Deco Vintage Chicago - Wall Decorations

Materials

Paper, Mirror

Josef Albers "Formulation : Articulation" Portfolio II, Folder 14
By Josef Albers
Located in Chicago, IL
JOSEF ALBERS (1888 – 1976) "Formulation : Articulation" Portfolio II, Folder 14 Screen-printed geometric composition printed by Ives Stillman, Inc., New Haven, CT. From the set of...
Category

1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chicago - Wall Decorations

Materials

Paper

6G Wall-Mounted Shelf in Waxed Aluminum Plate by Jonathan Nesci
By Jonathan Nesci
Located in Columbus, IN
The wall-mounted, Minimalist 6G Shelf is sculpted out of 1/4 inch thick, wax-polished aluminum. Each shelf has an inset welded U-channel that spans the length of the shelf and easily...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Minimalist Chicago - Wall Decorations

Materials

Aluminum

18th Century Tibetan Thangka Painting
Located in Chicago, IL
A rare striking 18th century Tibetan Thangka depicting the Green Tara seated on a lotus throne ready to step down to offer comfort and pro...
Category

18th Century Tibetan Tibetan Antique Chicago - Wall Decorations

Materials

Linen, Paint

Etienne Frederic Lignon Painting
Located in Chicago, IL
Il seppellimento di atala, da gautherot (the burial of atala, by Gautherot). Atala, a Christian, fell in love with Chactas and saved him from deat...
Category

1810s French Antique Chicago - Wall Decorations

Materials

Paper

1986 Jeri Summers Watercolor
Located in Chicago, IL
This black and white abstract watercolor was done by the Ohio artist Jeri Summers in 1986 and it’s in its original frame Titled "Break In".
Category

1980s American Vintage Chicago - Wall Decorations

Materials

Paint

"VFTS682" by Jan Pieter Fokkens
Located in Chicago, IL
Inspired by telescope images of deep space, contemporary computer compression algorithms, and early non-representational art, Chicago-artist Jan Pieter Fokkens recreates images that ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Chicago - Wall Decorations

Materials

Canvas, Paint

"Flower Near the Staircase" Mosaic by Toyoharu Kii
By Toyoharu Kii
Located in Chicago, IL
A leader of the cross-cultural craft resurgence, Japan-based artist Toyoharu Kii creates his intricate mosaics with handcut Italian marble and smalti, Venetian glass made by the same Italian family for over 400 years. Using traditional Italian techniques, Kii’s art is nonetheless modern. It is monochromatic, abstract, and highly textured and highlights the involved and technical art...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Chicago - Wall Decorations

Materials

Marble

Vintage Chinese Cigarette Advertisement Poster, c. 1930s
Located in Chicago, IL
This poster from the 1930s draws from a well known Chinese opera scene. It melds the meticulous detail of traditional Chinese painting with the craft of color lithography. These advertisements, influenced by the Art Deco movement in the west, recall the economic boom of early 20th century Shanghai, an international center of business and trade. Layered with imagery of traditional Chinese life, the poster is nonetheless an advertisement for the modern cigarette industry, with several brands displayed in the top left corner, including Lan Ting, Hong Chun, and Jade Rabbit...
Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Art Deco Chicago - Wall Decorations

Materials

Paper

'Balance of Opposites' by Karen Parisian
By Karen Parisian
Located in Chicago, IL
Acrylic on canvas. Karen Parisian is a Chicago based artist. Her work can be thought of as Spiritual Modernism as she has found inspiration in the modern masters as well as her o...
Category

2010s North American Modern Chicago - Wall Decorations

Materials

Canvas, Wood, Paint

Josef Albers "Formulation : Articulation" Portfolio II, Folder 15
By Josef Albers
Located in Chicago, IL
JOSEF ALBERS (1888 – 1976) "Formulation : Articulation" Portfolio II, Folder 15 Screen-printed geometric composition printed by Ives Stillman, Inc., New Haven, CT. From the set of 12...
Category

1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chicago - Wall Decorations

Materials

Paper

Vintage Chinese Hatamen Cigarettes Advertisement Poster, c. 1930
Located in Chicago, IL
This framed advertising poster for Hatamen Cigarettes from the late 1920s melds the meticulous detail of traditional Chinese painting with the Craft of color lithography. These adver...
Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Art Deco Chicago - Wall Decorations

Materials

Paper

Chinese Peony and Pheasant Canopy Painting, circa 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
The experience of art itself can be an intimate one and this bed canopy, hand painted over 100 years ago by an artist in Canton, was more intimate than most. Delicately painted birds...
Category

Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Chicago - Wall Decorations

Materials

Pine

Early 20th Century Massive Rustic Oak Circle with Hinges
Located in Chicago, IL
Massive rustic oak circle with hinges, American c. 1910. Architectural salvage, likely used as the top of a wooden vat/barrel. Wood: 1.75" D x 4.5"W.
Category

1910s American Rustic Vintage Chicago - Wall Decorations

Materials

Oak

"Victorian Soiree" Mixed-Media Tile by Pauline Hughes
Located in Chicago, IL
Liverpool-based artist Pauline Hughes takes a fluid approach to her ceramic practice, combining aspects of painting, collage, and printmaking into her w...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary British Chicago - Wall Decorations

Materials

Ceramic, Paper

Three Framed Drawings by Paul Chidlaw
Located in Chicago, IL
A set of three framed gestural drawings by Paul Chidlaw (1900-1989) depicting flocks of birds rendered in black ink on paper. Paul Chidlaw was an earl...
Category

20th Century American Modern Chicago - Wall Decorations

Materials

Paper

Chinese Reverse Glass Portrait of a Young Woman, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
With exquisite detail and sparkling color, this portrait of a young woman is a remarkable example of reverse glass painting. Lending the finished work a subtle three-dimensional effe...
Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Chicago - Wall Decorations

Materials

Wood, Glass

19th Century Bavarian Hunt Plaque
Located in Chicago, IL
A fantastic late 19th century Bavarian hand carved fruitwood hunt plaque depicting a roe deer hanging from a wooden peg over an oak branch with leaves and ...
Category

19th Century German Country Antique Chicago - Wall Decorations

Materials

Fruitwood

Robert Matheny Glitter Painting
Located in Chicago, IL
Robert E. Matheny Glitter on canvass. Early work 1969, original Lucite shadow box frame. Visual artist starting in circa 1960, two years after graduating from Long Beach state College with an art education Masters Degree, Contemporary of John Baldessari, San Diego Art...
Category

1960s American Modern Vintage Chicago - Wall Decorations

Materials

Canvas

J.J. McVicker Painting "Hard Edge" Painting
By J.J. McVicker
Located in Chicago, IL
J.J. McVicker painting "Hard Edge" painting "Number 2", 1980. Jesse Jay McVicker (b.1911-d.2004) was an American painter, printmaker and sculptor. ...
Category

1980s American Modern Vintage Chicago - Wall Decorations

Materials

Paint

"Azrael" Mosaic by Toyoharu Kii
By Toyoharu Kii
Located in Chicago, IL
In the series “Heavenly,” Toyoharu Kii honors the fullness of life and its continual rebirth. In some works, white tesserae assume abstract profiles. In others, irregular shapes cont...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Modern Chicago - Wall Decorations

Materials

Marble

"Literary Gathering" Chinese Scroll Painting, c. 1923
Located in Chicago, IL
Exquisitely painted with delicate line work and a subdued color palette, this Chinese scroll painting is an Late 20th-century reproduction of a...
Category

Late 20th Century Chinese Chicago - Wall Decorations

Materials

Silk, Paper

"Jeremiel" Mosaic by Toyoharu Kii
By Toyoharu Kii
Located in Chicago, IL
In the series “Heavenly,” Toyoharu Kii honors the fullness of life and its continual rebirth. In some works, white tesserae assume abstract profiles. In others, irregular shapes cont...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Modern Chicago - Wall Decorations

Materials

Marble

Josef Albers "Formulation : Articulation" Portfolio II, Folder 22
By Josef Albers
Located in Chicago, IL
JOSEF ALBERS (1888 – 1976) "Formulation : Articulation" Portfolio II, Folder 22 Screen-printed geometric composition printed by Ives Stillman, Inc., New Haven, CT. From the set of 12...
Category

1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chicago - Wall Decorations

Materials

Paper

Life-Size Original 3-Dimensional "Garden of Versailles" Two-Panel Wall Mural
Located in Chicago, IL
Painted by our very own starving artist here at Old Plank. A Garden in Versailles. This stunning Wall Art is 3- dimensional, so you actually feel as though you are in the garden, per...
Category

20th Century American Neoclassical Chicago - Wall Decorations

Materials

Plaster, Wood

Large 19th Century Glass Clock Face
Located in Chicago, IL
A large 19th century American milk glass clock face with faded Roman numerals around the perimeter. The numbers were originally applied to the surface of the glass and have left a sh...
Category

Late 19th Century American Antique Chicago - Wall Decorations

Materials

Glass

"Les Lettres" Contemporary Art Work by Raoul W.
Located in Chicago, IL
This contemporary art work entitled "Les Lettres" by Raoul W. This piece was made from various sizes and style of print blocks with a metal frame...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary French Chicago - Wall Decorations

Materials

Metal

Collection of Three Framed American Solider Photographs
Located in Chicago, IL
A heartwarming collection of three framed photographs depicting pairs of American soldiers, some in uniform and some flexing their muscles, but all charmi...
Category

1950s American Vintage Chicago - Wall Decorations

Materials

Paper

Vintage Chinese Fertilizer Advertisement Poster
Located in Chicago, IL
Influenced by Western advertising, commercial posters featuring beautiful women in modern settings gained popularity in China in the 1920s and 1930s. Posters like this one came to symbolize prosperity and fortune and were often purchased by Chinese consumers to decorate their homes. This 1930s advertisement...
Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Art Deco Chicago - Wall Decorations

Materials

Paper

Clyde Burt House Shaped Ceramic Wall Plaque
By Clyde Burt
Located in Chicago, IL
Clyde Burt house shaped ceramic wall relief in glazed stoneware with turned wood exterior sides and wooden frame. Signed to front: [C. BURT]. American, circa 1965.
Category

1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chicago - Wall Decorations

Materials

Wood, Ceramic

Framed Chinese Erotic Album Leaf, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Despite its explicit content, this intimate scene conveys a sense of tenderness and romantic love characteristic of Chinese erotic art. Known as “sp...
Category

Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Chicago - Wall Decorations

Materials

Paper

Josef Albers "Formulation : Articulation" Portfolio II, Folder 23
By Josef Albers
Located in Chicago, IL
JOSEF ALBERS (1888 – 1976) "Formulation : Articulation" Portfolio II, Folder 23 Screen-printed geometric composition printed by Ives Stillman, Inc., New Haven, CT. From the set of 12...
Category

1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chicago - Wall Decorations

Materials

Paper

"Ladies at Tea" Mixed-Media Tile by Pauline Hughes
Located in Chicago, IL
Liverpool-based artist Pauline Hughes takes a fluid approach to her ceramic practice, combining aspects of painting, collage, and printmaking into her w...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary British Chicago - Wall Decorations

Materials

Ceramic, Paper

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