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Art For Sale
Artist: Mitchell Funk
Artist: Erté
Joyful San Francisco Victorian in Purple with Rainbow like Gay Flag
Located in Miami, FL
A prismatic rainbow symbolic of the Gay Flag crowns a pair of purple San Francisco Victorians, adding color and meaning. The whole image exudes a sense of joy...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Pigment
Dancing Waters: The Fountain in Washington Square Park - Monochromatic
Located in Miami, FL
Blurry figures are vaguely seen through the dancing waters of the Washington Square Fountain in New York. Raking light strikes the water streams, which results in dots and dashes of...
Category
2010s Post-Impressionist Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Street Walkers - New York Street Photography Abstraction
Located in Miami, FL
The history of street photography has been characterized by a loose snapshot style where the central purpose was to capture random moments as they unfold in time. Little emphasis was...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
American Flag Swaying from a New York City Building With Graffiti Wall Art
Located in Miami, FL
Art imitates life. A five-story wall painting of a verdant tree seamlessly blends in with a similar tree in the foreground, creating a double take. To the immediate right, direction...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Pigment
New York City Street Photography - Ephemeral Car Reflections
Located in Miami, FL
On a busy Manhattan street, unnatural light reflects off of windshields and forms a mind-bending abstraction of colors and shapes. In the background, four male mannequins stare at th...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
The Bridges of New York City at Sunset Vibrant Orange
Located in Miami, FL
A unique vantage point, a vibrant sunset, and bleeding colors give this view of New York's Whitestone and Throgs neck Bridges a dreamy quality.
This archival color photograph by ...
Category
2010s Post-Impressionist Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Bikini Window Abstraction Times Square - Urban Street Photography
Located in Miami, FL
Extreme late light darts down a street in Times Square. It illuminates a colorful and semi-abstract window display. A single female figure at the extreme right of the compostion sh...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Pigment, Archival Paper
Adobe Mission Church in Taos New Mexico
Located in Miami, FL
San Francisco de Assisi Mission Church in Taos was photographed in 1973 by Mitchell Funk. The image is characterized by radical cropping and a simplification of elements and is set ...
Category
1970s Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment
Daydream, 1986
By Erté
Located in Greenwich, CT
Daydream is an expertly crafted, embossed serigraph on paper with foil stamping and an image size of 11.5 x 25.5 inches. From the edition of 418, the art is numbered 83/300 and signe...
Category
20th Century Art Deco Art
Materials
Screen, Paper
Manhattan in Snow Storm - Golden Abstraction
Located in Miami, FL
Street Photographer Mitchell Funk grabs a taxi moment in front of Grand Central Station. The image communicates the spirit of wintery New York, with skies filled with falling snow. I...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Inspiring Spires: Empire State Building in New York City at Gold Sunset
Located in Miami, FL
A parade of New York City spires is on full display in this unique view of Manhattan from Queens. Taken in 1974, its composition and graphic appeal still inspires after 50 years. Sa...
Category
1970s Post-Impressionist Art
Materials
Archival Pigment, Archival Paper, Archival Ink
Deck Chair Casual Abstraction with Raking Light and Shadows
Located in Miami, FL
Deck chairs randomly positioned on an Upper East Side balcony are captured by Photographer Mitchell Funk. Raking light produces abstract long shadows giving the overall arrangement of elements a casual abstract look. In the center of the composition is a yellow and green chair with colors...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Fleeting Glance in Fleeting Light - Washington Square Park
Located in Miami, FL
Veteran Street Photographer Mitchell Funks' signature style is to energize traditional photojournalism/ street photography with overly dramatic light, color, and composition. This wo...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Pigment, Archival Paper, Archival Ink
Dream Landscape - Woman Strolls in Fantasy Forest of Blue Green
Located in Miami, FL
Questions about the nature and boundaries of reality are contextualized in this dreamy image of a woman strolling in a fantasy forest that breathes high-pitched color. Pioneering pho...
Category
1970s Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Aspen Colorado Golden Landscape Luminous Lines of Light and Bicycle
Located in Miami, FL
Golden rays transform power lines into luminous lines of light that stretch across the Aspen landscape. A solitary biker punctuates the scene. Over his 55-year photography career, M...
Category
1970s American Impressionist Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Pigment
Human - Tree Fusion - ( Photographic Abstraction )
Located in Miami, FL
While in Central Park, Photographer Mitchell Funk captures a moment where a leafless tree trunk and a faceless human with a flowering hat have a symbiosis. They are both weird lookin...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Ermine Brocade, 1987
By Erté
Located in Greenwich, CT
Ermine Brocade is an expertly crafted, embossed serigraph on black paper with foil stamping and an image size of 27 x 25 inches. From the edition of 580, the art is numbered 24/300 a...
Category
20th Century Art Deco Art
Materials
Screen, Paper
San Francisco Cable Car at Sunset - Golden Haze
Located in Miami, FL
The quintessential symbol of San Francisco is small in the picture frame but still is the central focus of the composition. Mitchell Funk's photograph of a Cable Car is as unexpecte...
Category
1990s Impressionist Art
Materials
Archival Pigment, Archival Ink, Archival Paper
Old House and Truck in 1970's Urban Scene
Located in Miami, FL
What America looked like in 1979. This three-storied house with peeling paint, dilapidated terraces, and a clothesline was shot in Hartford, Connecticut.
Signed, dated and numb...
Category
1970s American Realist Art
Materials
Archival Pigment, Archival Paper, Archival Ink
Deer Louse Point East Hampton in Ginger Sky - Nature's Splendor
Located in Miami, FL
Nature's Splendor is captured with deer grazing at sunset on East Hampton's famous Louse Point.
This image is signed, dated and numbered 3/15 lower right recto. Other sizes are ava...
Category
Early 2000s Post-Impressionist Art
Materials
Archival Pigment, Archival Paper, Archival Ink
Public Statues. Young Boy and Old Man in New York City Park
Located in Miami, FL
In the 1970s, senior citizens were fixtures on New York City park benches. In this image, golden light conveys the expressive nature of a disparate relationship between an old man an...
Category
1970s American Impressionist Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Pigment
Lyre, 1990
By Erté
Located in Greenwich, CT
Lyre is an expertly crafted, embossed serigraph on black paper with foil stamping and an image size of 28.5 x 23.5 inches. From the edition of 650, the art is numbered 161/300 and es...
Category
20th Century Art Deco Art
Materials
Screen, Paper
Billionaires Row - New York Skyline from Central Park
Located in Miami, FL
A familiar scene to all New Yorkers and millions of tourists is pictured in a way that none see with their own eyes in person. This luminous image of the Billionaires Row skyline is ...
Category
2010s Romantic Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Pigment
Retro Urban Street Photograph - A Conversation in Blues and Reds
Located in Miami, FL
Two men have a conversation and joke-it-up on the steps of a boarded-up store named Nicks Cleaners. The whole scene is awash in dreamy blues and reds. Absorbing the influence of bot...
Category
1980s American Realist Art
Materials
Archival Pigment, Archival Paper, Archival Ink
Untitled Fashion Design, 1920
By Erté
Located in Greenwich, CT
Untitled (Fashion Design) was created for Harper's Bazar and appeared in the February, 1920 edition of the magazine. This is a gouache painting on tissue paper measuring approximately 10 x 6.5 inches and framed in a custom, closed-corner Art Deco...
Category
20th Century Art Deco Art
Materials
Gouache, Paper
Copacabana
By Erté
Located in Greenwich, CT
Copacabana presents Erté's vision of fantasy, splendor, and femininity in a statuesque model wearing a cabaret costume. The gown is noted for its luxuriant richness and design. Softe...
Category
20th Century Art Deco Art
Materials
Bronze
American Millionairess
By Erté
Located in Greenwich, CT
The inspiration for this sculpture comes from Erté's original costume design entitled "Texas," for the 1917 New York stage production of "The American Millionaires." This spectacular...
Category
20th Century Art Deco Art
Materials
Bronze
Les Rois des Lègendes, Costume pour femme ésclave, 1919
By Erté
Located in Greenwich, CT
Les Rois des Lègendes, Costume pour femme ésclave from 1919 is a gouache painting on black paper, 10.75 x 9 inches, framed in a custom, closed-corner, Art Deco frame, 24 x 20 inches....
Category
20th Century Art Deco Art
Materials
Gouache, Paper
Troisemmè Dame, 1919
By Erté
Located in Greenwich, CT
Troisemmè Dame from 1919 is a gouache painting on paper, 12 x 9.5 inches, framed in a custom, closed-corner, Art Deco frame to 20.25 x 18 inches. Signed recto 'Erté' mid lower right ...
Category
20th Century Art Deco Art
Materials
Gouache, Paper
Martha, Act I (Chicago Opera), 1925
By Erté
Located in Greenwich, CT
Martha, Act I (Chicago Opera) from 1925 is a gouache on paper measuring approximately 9 x 7 inches and framed in a custom, closed-corner frame. Signed recto 'Erté' mid-right and stam...
Category
20th Century Art Deco Art
Materials
Gouache, Paper
La Pendule (Au Réveil de Passé), 1923
By Erté
Located in Greenwich, CT
La Pendule from Au Réveil de Passé was created in 1923 and is a gouache on paper measuring approximately 15 x 10.75 inches and framed in a custom, closed-corner Art Deco...
Category
20th Century Art Deco Art
Materials
Gouache, Paper
The Cannons of Vicksburg - Civil War on My Mind Surrealism
Located in Miami, FL
A silhouetted man looks out to infinity and ponders the buried memories on the hallowed grounds of Vicksburg. He is seen in silhouette in the bottom half of the composition. The top half shows two Civil War...
Category
1970s Surrealist Art
Materials
Archival Pigment, Archival Paper, Archival Ink
Optimism and Pessimism, 1927 (Harper's Bazar Cover - May 1929)
By Erté
Located in Greenwich, CT
Optimism and Pessimism, created in 1927, was the cover design for Harper's Bazar in May 1929. This is a gouache painting on board, signed recto 'Erté' lower right in the image, and f...
Category
20th Century Art Deco Art
Materials
Gouache, Paper
Street Fashionista in Pink Ensemble on New York City Rainy Day
Located in Miami, FL
Street Photography meets Fashion Photography in this boldly graphic image of a stylish woman with an umbrella crossing the street. The composition is minimal as its color scheme is b...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Art
Materials
Archival Pigment, Archival Paper, Archival Ink
Mermaid
By Erté
Located in Greenwich, CT
Whether in the draping of a silk gown worn by an opera diva, or in the sparkle of an intricately beaded headdress worn by a woman of society, Erté had an exceptionally acute visual memory of every detail of his early design creations. It was no wonder then that his fashion designs were so adeptly applied to the sculpture format.
In Mermaid, we have a fine example of how Erté carried the technical possibilities of the sculpture medium to a new level. This attention to detail added to his legend as one of the Twentieth Century’s foremost artist-designers, with work represented in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, the Museum of Modern Art, New York, the Paris Opera House, the Smithsonian Institution and the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
Through Mermaid, Erté takes us beyond the female form by choosing the intriguing legendary sea creature whose upper body is that of a woman, and whose lower body is that of an aquatic creature. In quintessential Erté style...
Category
20th Century Art Deco Art
Materials
Bronze
The Treasures of Indo-China, 1922
By Erté
Located in Greenwich, CT
The Treasures of Indo-China, created in 1922, is a gouache on paper, 15 x 11.25 inches and framed in a custom, closed-corner Art Deco frame. Signed rec...
Category
20th Century Art Deco Art
Materials
Gouache, Paper
Demeter (Les Idoles, Folies Bergère), 1924
By Erté
Located in Greenwich, CT
Déméter from Les Idoles, Folies Bergère was created in 1924 and is a gouache on paper measuring approximately 14.75 x 10.5 inches. Framed in a custom, closed-corner Art Deco...
Category
20th Century Art Deco Art
Materials
Gouache, Paper
A New Skyline is Born - The Manhattan Queens Skyline
Located in Miami, FL
Perched high on the roof of an East Side highrise, Mitchell Funk merges the boroughs. Funk creates a new New York City Skyline composed of buildings and smokestacks by selecting the...
Category
2010s Art
Materials
Archival Pigment, Archival Paper, Archival Ink
Le Roi Yvetot, 1919 (no. 227)
By Erté
Located in Greenwich, CT
Le Roi Yvetot (no. 227) from 1919 is a gouache painting on tissue paper mounted on board. The image size is 9.25 x 6 inches, framed in a gold-tone frame, 22.5 x 19 inches. Signed recto 'Erté' lower right, in the image and annotated verso, 'Les Rois des Lègendes, No 8, Le Roi Yvetot 227'. Erte name and 'Composition originale' stamps verso.
Le Roi Yvetot is a design by Erte for the 1919 theater production of Les Rois des Lègendes.
The King of Yvetot
William Makepeace Thackeray: 1811 –1863
There was a king of Yvetot, Of whom renown hath little said,
Who let all thoughts of glory go, And dawdled half his days a-bed;
And every night, as night came round, By Jenny, with a nightcap crowned,
Slept very sound: Sing ho, ho, ho! and he, he, he!
That's the kind of king for me.
And every day it came to pass, That four lusty meals made he;
And, step by step, upon an ass, Rode abroad, his realms to see;
And wherever he did stir, What think you was his escort, sir?
Why, an old cur. Sing ho, ho, ho! and he, he, he!
If e'er he went into excess, 'Twas from a somewhat lively thirst;
But he who would his subjects bless, Odd's fish!—must wet his whistle first;
And sofrom every cask they got, Our king did to himself allot,
At least a pot. Sing ho, ho, ho! and he, he, he!
To all the ladies of the land, A courteous king, and kind, was he;
The reason why you'll understand, They named him Pater Patriae.
Each year he called his fighting men, And marched a...
Category
20th Century Art Deco Art
Materials
Gouache, Paper
Impressionist Snow Storm - Bethesda Fountain Central Park
Located in Miami, FL
Heavy snow blankets Bethesda Fountain and simplifies the landscape so that only a few sick-figure people dot the blue on the blue-white ground. The one figure with a red coat acts ...
Category
2010s Impressionist Art
Materials
Archival Pigment, Archival Paper, Archival Ink
Chinchilla Sleeves
By Erté
Located in Greenwich, CT
Chinchilla Sleeves is based on a 1924 fashion design for Harper's Bazaar that showcased Erté's stunning new wraps and gowns for the upcoming season. A velvet gown edged with chinchil...
Category
20th Century Art Deco Art
Materials
Bronze
Roaring Twenties
By Erté
Located in Greenwich, CT
Erté is largely credited with creating the look of the Jazz Age. The 'Roaring Twenties' is a phrase used to describe the 1920s, principally in North America, but also in London and P...
Category
20th Century Art Deco Art
Materials
Bronze
On the Avenue
By Erté
Located in Greenwich, CT
On the Avenue was created originally as a gouache and presents a female figure wearing a typical 1920's flapper outfit. During the 1920s, fashion for young women focused less on the ...
Category
20th Century Art Deco Art
Materials
Bronze
Sci Fi Close Encounters with Orange New York City
Located in Miami, FL
Conceptual Photographer Mitchell Funk created a Sci-Fi image 2 years before the iconic Close Encounters of a Third Kind was released in 1977. Funk's work is really two images combine...
Category
1970s Conceptual Art
Materials
Archival Pigment, Archival Paper, Archival Ink
Faubourg St. Honoré
By Erté
Located in Greenwich, CT
The Rue Faubourg St. Honoré is a famous street in Paris's 8th District. While narrow compared to the Champs Elysées, it is considered the capital of Haute Couture due to the presence...
Category
20th Century Art Deco Art
Materials
Bronze
Rigoletto, Erté
By Erté
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Erte, Romain de Tirtoff (1892-1990)
Title: Rigoletto
Year: 1988
Medium: Bronze
Edition: 145/375
Size: 19.75 x 18.13 x 5.75 inches
Condition: Excellent
Inscription: Incised wi...
Category
1980s Art Deco Art
Materials
Bronze
An Evening in 1922, Erté
By Erté
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Erte, Romain de Tirtoff (1892-1990)
Title: An Evening in 1922
Year: 1982
Medium: Bronze
Edition: 61/250 Numbered, 12 AP, 9 HC
Size: 17 inches
Condition: Excellent
Inscription...
Category
1980s Art Deco Art
Materials
Bronze
Sisters
By Erté
Located in Greenwich, CT
Sisters was inspired by a gouache painting from 1921 entitled 'Les baisers pervers ou la brune et la blonde' and is a wonderful example of an invention of Erté's from the early 1920s...
Category
20th Century Art Deco Art
Materials
Bronze
New York City Snow Abstract Architecture, Monochromatic
Located in Miami, FL
A New York City snowstorm allows Street Photographer Mitchell Funk to transform facades of Upper Eastside walkups into a stunning impressionist cityscape. Monochromatic grays are pun...
Category
2010s Impressionist Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
The Wave
By Erté
Located in Greenwich, CT
Originally executed as a fashion illustration for Harper's Bazaar, The Wave presents an anthropomorphic vision of feminine beauty borne from the sea while paying homage to Hokusai’s ...
Category
20th Century Art Deco Art
Materials
Bronze
Cabaret
By Erté
Located in Greenwich, CT
Cabaret, so evocative of cabaret-style shows, was a costume design for a 1940 production entitled 'Dream Waltz' by Oscar Strauss, based on a novella from 1905 by Hans Müller-Einingen...
Category
20th Century Art Deco Art
Materials
Bronze
Pas de Deux - Romantic Tango Partner Dance in Central Park Bandshell
Located in Miami, FL
Two Tango Dancers immersed in their art, strike-the-pose under the towering classical half down. Street Photographer Mitchell Funk was there at the perfect moment to capture a non...
Category
2010s Romantic Art
Materials
Archival Pigment, Archival Paper, Archival Ink
Broadway's in Fashion
By Erté
Located in Greenwich, CT
Erté, considered by many as the “Father of Art Deco,” often acknowledged that his love for the theater was a great source of creativity and inspiration. He conveyed in his art a drama with which he lived his life – a dream that came from the very innermost expression of his soul. Just like theater has two faces - comedy and tragedy - Erté was a brilliant showman, as well as a quiet man who sometimes would prefer to be left alone. From a young age, he was immersed in the world of opera, ballet, and theater. When he designed costumes and sets for theatrical productions, it was a lifelong desire that he was fulfilling.
“Broadway’s in Fashion” is a fitting tribute to the legendary Broadway from a man who pursued the theatrical in everything he did. In 1978, Erté was honored by the Eugene O’Neill Foundation at a gala celebration in New York entitled “Broadway’s in Fashion” for which Erté designed the poster. This led to a CBS-TV film on Erté narrated by the legendary Diana Vreeland, and an exhibition of his costume designs at the Boston Center of the Arts. This sculpture, in scarlet and black, with white gold embellishments, incorporates the elements for which Broadway is best known. Her elegant and confident posture reveals her costume, which is itself an homage to Broadway – the scarlet robe with gold tassels evokes the stage curtain as it rises to reveal the first act, the male and female dancers, energetically giving their all for each performance, and the Greek masks of comedy and tragedy...
Category
20th Century Art Deco Art
Materials
Bronze
Symphony In Black
By Erté
Located in Berlin, MD
Erte (Romain de Tirtoff) Russian/French 1892-1990. Pencil Signed lower right, numbered 27/300 LL. Perhaps the most iconoclastic Erte work, recognized on book covers, calendars and b...
Category
Late 20th Century Art Deco Art
Materials
Screen
Lady with a Rose
By Erté
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: (Romain De Tirtoff) Erte (Russian, 1892-1990)
Title: Lady with a Rose
Year: 1980
Medium: Color serigraph
Edition: Numbered 180/300 in pencil
Image size: 13.75 x 9 inches
Framed size: 29.25 x 22 inches
Signature: Hand signed in pencil
Condition: Excellent
Frame: Custom framed in a wooden silver frame, with silver color bevel and fabric matting
Description: Created 1980, published 1985. With the blind stamp of the publisher, Circle Fine Art, Chicago IL at the lower left side
About the artist:
Romain Erte was born Romain de Tirtoff in St. Petersburg, Russia. The only son of an admiral in the Imperial Fleet, he was raised amidst Russia's social elite. As a young boy, he was fascinated by the Persian miniatures he found in his father's library. These exotic, brightly patterned designs continued to be important to him and influenced the development of his style. He moved to Paris at the age of eighteen and took the name Erte, from the French pronunciation of his initials, R and T.
In 1915 he began his long relationship with Harper's Bazaar, during which time he created over 240 covers for the magazine. His fashion designs also appeared in many other publications, making him one of the most widely recognized artists of the 1920s. He also designed costumes and sets for the theater.
In 1976 the French government awarded Erte the title of Officer of Arts and Letters, and in 1982 the Medaille de Vermeil de la Ville de Paris was bestowed upon him. His work is in many prominent museums, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Los Angeles County Museum, the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.
The designs created by Erté during his long and illustrious life influenced not only the world of theatre, film and fashion, but an entire art movement as well. The genius of the artist is evidenced by an enormous body of work that is considered among the most influential and unique of the 20th century. Erté—Romain de Tirtoff—was born in Russia in 1892, and died at age 97 in 1990.
His legendary career spanned nearly the entire length of his life. In 1912, Erté moved to Paris and his unique talent was immediately recognized by the city's most established couturiers. In 1915, he began an association with Harper's Bazaar by designing covers of each of their magazines for the next 22 years. The influence of his work as a result of the high visibility of this periodical influenced an entire art movement that was to become known as "Art Deco".
Throughout this period, the artist also created original costume and fashion designs for many of the era's most renowned screen actresses, including Joan Crawford, Lillian Gish, Marion Davies, Anna Pavlova, Norma Shearer and others. His creations for the stage included extravagent designs for productions at such venues as New York's Radio City Music Hall, the Casino de Paris and the Paris Opera, as well as for the Folies-Bergères and George White...
Category
Late 20th Century Art Nouveau Art
Materials
Screen
Urban Melancholy Blue. Motionless Young Man, Graffiti Wall in Soho
Located in Miami, FL
An urban youth shrouds his head in a blue sweater as he coils up against a blue Soho wall marked with Graffiti. Reminiscent of Picasso's Blue Period, the photograph is characteriz...
Category
2010s Street Art Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Lovers and Idol
By Erté
Located in Greenwich, CT
Lovers and Idol was featured on the cover of Harper’s Bazar in August, 1917, a very early work in Erte’s collaboration with the magazine. In his sculpt...
Category
20th Century Art Deco Art
Materials
Bronze
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