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Art For Sale
Style: Art Deco
Style: Renaissance
Chanson d'Amour
Located in Boston, MA
Donald De Lue, American (1897-1988). Chanson d'Amour, 1986. Bronze, 15 1/2 inch height. Bronze with Renaissance Brown patina, as well as Pewter patina on instrument. Number 1 in an...
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20th Century Art Deco Art

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Bronze

Antique French Gilt Bronze Marble Statue Sculpture of Fortuna Louis G Fulconis
Located in Portland, OR
A very good large antique French gilt bronze of the Roman goddess Fortuna, by Louis Guillaume Fulconis (1818-1873), circa 1860. The bronze is inspired by sculpture of the Italian Ren...
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1860s Renaissance Art

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Bronze

Vintage French Elegant Art Deco Signed Bronze Figural Sculpture La Coquette Rare
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage art deco bronze sculpture by Erte. Bronze. Signed.
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1980s Art Deco Art

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Bronze

"Water Nymph" Black Basalt Sculpture 8" x 6" x 4" inch by Alfons Louis
Located in Culver City, CA
"Water Nymph" Black Basalt Sculpture 8" x 6" x 4" inch by Alfons Louis Medium: black basalt ABOUT THE ARTIST Born in Cairo 1959- Graduated from faculty of fine art (painting) Alexa...
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21st Century and Contemporary Art Deco Art

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Stone

CAMPESINO / MINISTERIO DE AGRICULTURA. 1936.
Located in New York, NY
JOSEP RENAU MONTORO (1907-1982) CAMPESINO / MINISTERIO DE AGRICULTURA. 1936. 60x41 3/4 inches, 152 1/2x104 cm. Graficas Valencia, Valencia. Ref: Guerra Civil en 2000 Carteles. Vol I,...
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1930s Art Deco Art

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Lithograph

Bela De Kristo Art Deco Cubist Oil on Canvas Man Playing Guitar
Located in Oakland, CA
Art Deco cubist painting of a guitar player by Bela De Kristo. Strong cubist style and colors, original and of the period. The image representing a solo guitarist with dancers in the...
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1930s Art Deco Art

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Canvas

Lucien Gibert Bronze Statue 'The Archer' French Art Deco Sculpture
Located in Oakland, CA
Master sculptor Lucien Gilbert's famous “The Archer” sculpture embraces the finest in French bronze detailing of the period. The size, quality, and weight of this piece are impressiv...
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1930s Art Deco Art

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Bronze

Jozef Popczyk Cubist Art Deco Painting Female Forms of Geometric Shapes
Located in Oakland, CA
Jozef Popczyk, Cubist Art Deco Painting Female Forms of Geometric Shapes. Joseph Popczyk is a Polish artist known for his vivid palette and love of Cubism. In this case, the chevrons...
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1930s Art Deco Art

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Canvas, Paint

Art Deco Greyhound Dogs Bronze Sculpture Statue by S. Bizard
Located in Oakland, CA
Two Greyhound Dogs is a nickeled bronze sculpture by French artist Suzanne Bizard. It is a stylized figural and accurate rendering of a pair ...
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1930s Art Deco Art

Materials

Bronze

Florentine Garden
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
Ricciardo Meacci (Italian, 1856 - 1938) Signed: R. Meacci (Lower, Left) " Florentine Garden " Watercolor on Paper 7 1/2" x 15 1/4" Housed in a 3" Frame Overall Size: 19 5/8" x ...
Category

Late 19th Century Renaissance Art

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

"The Hare" Black Basalt Sculpture 8" x 6" x 4" inch by Alfons Louis
Located in Culver City, CA
"The Hare" Black Basalt Sculpture 8" x 6" x 4" inch by Alfons Louis Medium: black basalt ABOUT THE ARTIST Born in Cairo 1959- Graduated from faculty of fine art (painting) Alexandr...
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21st Century and Contemporary Art Deco Art

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Stone

Antique Art Deco Bronze Sculpture Statue Female Nude Dancer Josef Lorenzl 1925
Located in Portland, OR
A very elegant antique Art Deco bronze sculpture, statue by Josef Lorenzl, Austria, 1925. This beautiful bronze sculpture portrays a beautiful young woman, she is modeled as a nude t...
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1920s Art Deco Art

Materials

Bronze

Boucles D'oreilles En Corail By Erté
Located in New Orleans, LA
Erté (Romain de Tirtoff) 1892-1990 | Russian-French Boucles d'oreilles en corail (Coral Earrings) Signed “Erté” (lower right) Inscribed “n°3544 / Boucles d'oreilles en corail et tu...
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20th Century Art Deco Art

Materials

Gouache, Paper

La Valse By Erté
Located in New Orleans, LA
Erté (Romain de Tirtoff) 1892-1990 Russian-French La valse Signed “Erté” (lower right) Inscribed "No. 4096 / La Traviata / Acte I / Scenes II et IV / La Valse / Composition origin...
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20th Century Art Deco Art

Materials

Gouache, Paper

Les Travestis By Erté
Located in New Orleans, LA
Erté (Romain de Tirtoff) 1892-1990 Russian-French Les travestis (The Transvestites) Signed “Erté” (lower right) Inscribed "No. 18.363 / Moi, j'aime le music-hall / Les Travestis" (en verso) Gouache on paper Erté’s costume...
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20th Century Art Deco Art

Materials

Paper, Gouache

"Mercury" NYC 1931 Bronze 5th Ave Traffic Light Sculpture American Art Deco WPA
Located in New York, NY
"Mercury" NYC 1931 Bronze 5th Ave Traffic Light Sculpture American Art Deco WPA In the late 1920s, Joseph Freedlander was asked by the City of New York ...
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1930s Art Deco Art

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Bronze

Tender is the Night - Photographic Print on Glass with 23.4 carat Gold leaf
Located in London, GB
"Taken on Hikkaduwa Beach, Sri Lanka as the sun was setting; casting its golden rays along the beach... The image endeavours to celebrate the noble presence and elegant sway of the ubiquitous palm tree. The palm tree has many symbolic meanings and in this image I have tried to highlight its association with immortality and regeneration with the addition of gold leaf." - Valda Bailey...
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2010s Art Deco Art

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Gold Leaf, Gold

Saint Cosmas And Saint Damian Attributed To Bonifacio Bembo
By Bonifacio Bembo
Located in New Orleans, LA
Attributed to Bonifacio Bembo c.1444-1477 Italy Saint Cosmas and Saint Damian Tempera on panel These exceptionally rare early Renaissance panels of Saint Cosmas and Saint Damian are an extraordinary new discovery. Based on the research of art historians Marco Tanzi and Andrea de Marchi, it is believed that these represent the missing panels from the famed polyptych formerly displayed on the altar of the Chapel of San Nicola da Tolentino in the Church of Sant’Agostino in Cremona, Italy. To find two matching early Renaissance panels outside of a museum or church, particularly in such remarkable condition, is an extraordinary rarity. The central and left-sided panels of the original five-part polyptych are currently in the collection of the Museo Civico Ala Ponzone in Cremona. These panels have luckily remained intact, and respectively portray the Madonna and Child Enthroned with Angels and Donor, Saint Nicholas of Tolentino (the chapel’s namesake) and Saint George. While the present panels have since been reduced, that they belong to the Cremonese altarpiece is confirmed by a number of stylistic elements. All five panels contain the same rich decorative arabesque pattern on their stamped gold background, while the figures’ knurled haloes are identical in both their fineness of line and use of perspective. The proportions of the figures coincide perfectly; Saints Cosmas and Damian would have originally also been depicted as full-length figures, fitting into the vertical, Gothic style of the altarpiece. According to the Christian religion, Saint Cosmas and Saint Damian were 3rd century physicians born in Arabia. Little is known about their lives except that they were reputedly twin brothers and that they were martyred in Syria during the persecution of Emperor Diocletian. It was believed that the saints were skilled in healing, and when their medicines failed, their faith and prayers could always perform miracles. Thus, the saints are often depicted with their medical equipment while wearing the traditional medieval doctor’s garb of crimson robes and distinctive round red hats. The saints are similarly depicted in the present panels, though considering the manner in which they have been cut, their medical tools are not immediately evident. The saints were highly popular as patrons of wealthy families during the Gothic and Renaissance eras, particularly the Medici, and thus they occur frequently in art from the era. The twins, for instance, are found in the famed San Marco Altarpiece by Fra Angelico in the San Marco Museum (Florence), as well as in a set of Medici panels crafted by Filippo Lippi...
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15th Century and Earlier Renaissance Art

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Tempera, Panel

Still Life painter (British school) - 20th century painting - Interior flower
Located in Varmo, IT
English painter (20th century) - Vase of flowers. 61 x 48 cm without frame, 76.5 x 66.5 cm with frame. Ancient oil painting on hardboard, in carved and lacquered wooden frame. - W...
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Early 20th Century Art Deco Art

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Oil, Canvas

Art Deco Style Portrait of Lady Bobbed Hair Red Jacket Signed Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Lady in Red British School, 20th century signed oil on board, framed in heavy thick wooden frame framed: 30 x 23 inches board: 23 x 16 inches provenance: private collection, UK c...
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20th Century Art Deco Art

Materials

Oil

Art Deco Portrait of a Young Blonde
By Franc Root McCreery
Located in Buffalo, NY
A beautiful pastel portrait by American female modern artist Franc Root McCreery Franc Root McCreery (1888-1957) Born: Dodge City, Kansas, US Franc Root M...
Category

1920s Art Deco Art

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Pastel, Paper

Male Nude
Located in London, GB
Fresson print, inscribed ‘LAG 17033’ (verso), 29cm x 23cm (on view), 37cm x 30.5cm (sheet size), (48cm x 41cm framed). The photograph is framed to the line and crop indicated by the photographer on the print, behind museum quality UV non-reflective glass. (A Fresson print is a type of photographic printing, created in 1899, that has been passed down in the family for four generations. Still to this day, the Fresson family keeps some elements of the process a secret but make sure it stays alive. Located in the outskirts of Paris, their workshop is the only one in the world to produce such prints.) Albin-Guillot studied drawing and painting before becoming interested in photography. In 1925, she went on to have the first one-person exhibition at the Paris Autumn Salon. She also served as president of the French Societe des Artistes Photographes and in June 1928, was included in the first independent Salon of Photography in Paris. Published in 1932, she took a series of male nudes taken for Henry de Motherlant’s La Deesse Cypris. The strongly cropped images in which the male nudes fill the entire frame accompany the author’s text about sensuality. In 1933, she collaborated with the poet Paul Valery...
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1930s Art Deco Art

Materials

Black and White

Lincoln Velocity - Original Vintage Advertising on Paper - 1927
Located in Roma, IT
Lincoln Vélocité is a beautiful double-sided sheet of original color illustrations realized at the beginning of XX century. A wonderful original French automobile advertisement for a...
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Early 20th Century Art Deco Art

Materials

Illustration Board

Jozef Popczyk Cubist Art Deco Painting Still Life
Located in Oakland, CA
Jozef Popczyk Cubist Art Deco Painting Still Life oil on poster board. Joseph Popczyk is a Polish artist known for his vivid palette and love of Cubism, and in this case, the chevrons and wavy patterns of Art Deco can also be detected. Like many of his contemporaries in Eastern Europe, the artist was born in Poland and gravitated toward Paris in the 1910s. He loved to depict the flash and jazz of club life in Paris, always with stamina and energy. This still life has outstanding elements: drinking glasses...
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1930s Art Deco Art

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Wood, Paint

Art Deco Elephant Sculpture on Marble Styled Base
Located in Oakland, CA
Art Deco elephant sculpture on marble stylized base. Spelter metal with ivoroid ( synthetic) tusks is in the lucky position to go upward. This is a great piece, showing style and mov...
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1930s Art Deco Art

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Marble, Metal

Art Deco Bronze Statue of Man Pulling Boat Sculpture
Located in Oakland, CA
An Art Deco bronze sculpture of a man gripping a rope and pulling a rowboat ashore. It is a strong and unusual image, in contrast to the many images of men throwing spears or bending...
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1930s Art Deco Art

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Bric-A Brac - Scottish 1933 Art Deco exhibited interior portrait oil painting
Located in London, GB
This fantastic Scottish Art Deco exhibited interior portrait oil painting is by Glasgow artist John Dobbie. It was painted in 1933 and exhibited that year at the Glasgow Institue of ...
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1930s Art Deco Art

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Oil

Art Deco Group of Panthers by the French Artist Dominique Jean Baptiste Hugues
Located in Oakland, CA
Beautiful bronze Art Deco group of two panthers by the French artist Dominique Jean Baptiste Hugues. The sculpture has a lovely patina and stands on a Portoro marble base with onyx i...
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1930s Art Deco Art

Materials

Bronze

Edouard Marcel Sandoz Porcelain Musician Guitarist Statue
Located in Oakland, CA
Edouard Marcel Sandoz Porcelain Musician Guitarist Statue. Figure “Pierrot Musicien”, circa 1917. Hard-paste porcelain with a white glaze and paint...
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1920s Art Deco Art

Materials

Enamel

Art Deco Bronze Sculpture by Bouraine of Amazon Queen Penthesilea
Located in Oakland, CA
Iconic sculpture by Marcel Andre Bouraine of “Penthesilea, queen of the amazons”, is cast bronze in the rarest original antique silver color patina. Depicted is a nude woman archer i...
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1930s Art Deco Art

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Marble, Bronze

Art Deco Elephant Sculpture Lamp, French, 1930
Located in Oakland, CA
Art Deco elephant sculpture lamp French 1930, patinated art metal with antique red glass inlay. Excellent condition mood lamp with detailed embossed ...
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1930s Art Deco Art

Materials

Metal

Jan & Joel Martel Art Deco Cubist Bronze Angel Monumental 2 of 8
Located in Oakland, CA
Original bronze by Jan and Joel Martel. Image of a stylized cubist Angel playing a harp.. Rare and famous figurative bronze made by Susse Frères foundry was cast posthumously from th...
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1920s Art Deco Art

Materials

Bronze

Jozef Popczyk Cubist Art Deco Painting Music Group
Located in Oakland, CA
Jozef Popczyk Cubist Art Deco Painting Music Group oil on canvas. Joseph Popczyk Polish artist known for his vivid palette and love of Cubism, and in ...
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1930s Art Deco Art

Materials

Wood, Paint

Agony in the Garden of Gethsemane. Circa 1600
Located in Firenze, IT
Francis Bassano , workshop. Agony in the Garden of Gethsemane. Venetian school. Late Renaissance Italian painting. Christ praying in the Garden of Gethsemane.u2028 Late 16th - Ear...
Category

18th Century and Earlier Renaissance Art

Materials

Oil

Original Proigal Son Le Fils Prodigue French vintage movie poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original vintage French movie poster: THE PRODIGAL SON; Le Fils Prodigue. Rare linen-backed poster Stars: Lana Turner and Edmund Purdom, Louis Calhern, Audrey Dalton, Neville Bran...
Category

1950s Art Deco Art

Materials

Lithograph

TARKAY, ITZCHAK "LAKE CAFE" 2000, ORIGINAL ACRYLIC ON CANVAS 36X48
Located in Pembroke Pines, FL
Artist: TARKAY, ITZCHAK Title: LAKE CAFE Year: 2000-2010 Size: 36 X 48 INCHES Medium: ORIGINAL ACRYLIC ON CANVAS Edition: ORIGINAL 1/1 Description: Hand signed by the artist. The art...
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Early 2000s Art Deco Art

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Canvas, Acrylic

Policemen in Paris circa 1930, Silver Gelatin Black and White Photography
Located in Atlanta, GA
An original silver gelatin black and white photograph by Wide World Photos - New York Times, Paris. Policemen in Paris circa 1930. Features: Original Silver Gelatin Print Photography...
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1930s Art Deco Art

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Silver Gelatin

1928 original poster for Citroën la conduite intérieure Demi-Luxe - N. 10
Located in PARIS, FR
The 1928 original poster for Citroën, showcasing the "la conduite intérieure" or "Demi-Luxe" model and featuring photographs of Citroën stands in various cities such as Bordeaux, Lon...
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1920s Art Deco Art

Materials

Paper, Lithograph

1928 original poster for Citroën promoting "les cabriolets" N. 12
Located in PARIS, FR
The 1928 original poster for Citroën, promoting "les cabriolets" and inviting viewers to visit the Citroën factories, is a captivating piece of automotive advertising from the interw...
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1920s Art Deco Art

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Paper, Lithograph

Prodigus - Original etching by Gerard de Jode - 1570
By Gerard de Jode
Located in Roma, IT
Prodigus is a beautiful black and white engraving on paper, made by Gerard de Jode around 1570. Title in Latin "Delitys fruitur veneris patrisque liei / Prodigus, the premiere mox miser ecce fame" on the plate on the lower margin and "MC" monogrammed on plate the lower left margin and inscription of the author on the plate on the lower right margin ( the name is partially readable). The parable of the son to the prodigy...
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16th Century Northern Renaissance Art

Materials

Etching

Boulevard Montmartre, Paris, Busy Street View, Silver Gelatin B-W Photography
Located in Atlanta, GA
An original silver gelatin black and white photograph by Wide World Photos, Paris. A street view of Boulevard Montmartre in Paris, circa 1930. Features: Original Silver Gelatin Print...
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1930s Art Deco Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

On the Road near Paris 1930 - Silver Gelatin Black and White Photography
Located in Atlanta, GA
A unique original silver gelatin black and white photograph. A family on the road near Paris, France, circa 1930. The car in the background is a Renault KZ. Features: Original Silve...
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1930s Art Deco Art

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Silver Gelatin

Hagenauer Carved Wood with Bronze Base Sculpture Head of African Woman, 1930
Located in Oakland, CA
Hagenauer wood sculpture Head of African Woman. This beautiful sculpture was designed and manufactured by Hagenauer in Vienna in the 1930s during the Ar...
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1930s Art Deco Art

Materials

Bronze

Onyx Coiffure
Located in Greenwich, CT
Onyx Coiffure is an expertly crafted, embossed serigraph on paper with foil stamping and an image size of 27 x 22 inches. From the edition of 650, the art is numbered 214/300 and est...
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20th Century Art Deco Art

Materials

Paper, Screen

Original Art Deco Portrait by Wladyslaw Roguski Poland 1937
Located in Oakland, CA
Wladyslaw Roguski (1890-1940) was a Polish artist known for his contributions to the Art Deco movement, particularly in the realm of portraiture. His works are highly regarded for th...
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1930s Art Deco Art

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Wood, Paint

Art Deco Bronze Blue Bird Bell Sculpture by Edouard Marcel Sandoz Cubist, French
Located in Oakland, CA
Art Deco bronze blue bird bell sculpture by Edouard Marcel Sandoz. Bronze cubist bird figurine, circa 1920, finished in original dark brown/copper patinated bronze. Written on both e...
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1920s Art Deco Art

Materials

Bronze

European Art Deco 925 Silver Pair of Candlesticks
Located in Oakland, CA
European Art Deco 925 silver pair of candlesticks. They are in Formal style with tremendous details, each piece stamped with fleur de leis and the 925 symbols. Quality construction a...
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1930s Art Deco Art

Materials

Silver

On a Souvent Besoin.... Pochoir Print
Located in Aberdeen Dyce, GB
Art Deco original pochoir print. Please find the dimensions of the artwork: 20 x 15 cm - Dimensions of the image 26 x 20 cm - Dimensions of the paper 28 x 22,5 cm - Framed dimensi...
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Early 20th Century Art Deco Art

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Paper

Charming French Art Deco Bronze Nude by F. Trinque, 1930
Located in Dallas, TX
French Art Deco bronze sitting nude by F. Trinque, 1930. A gorgeous Art Deco woman stretching her arms and drying her back with a towel possibly after a swim or bath with a rich gold...
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1930s Art Deco Art

Materials

Bronze

Harriet Frishmuth 1923 Bronze Of The Vine
Located in Dallas, TX
Harriet Whitney Frishmuth (American, 1880-1980) The Vine, 1921 Bronze with brown and green patina Height: 11.5 inches (29.2 cm) high on a 3/4 inches (1.9 cm) high marble base Inscrib...
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1920s Art Deco Art

Materials

Bronze

Georges Braque Nude 1957 Collotype “Nu Aux Feulles”
Located in Dallas, TX
Collotype after a 1928 drawing by Georges Braque (French, 1882-1963), "Nu Aux Feuilles" Art Deco, Art Nouveau nude of a woman. From the “Braque Espace” portfolio by Daniel Jacomet 19...
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1950s Art Deco Art

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Paper

Charles Paillet "Medaille D'or" Bronze of Two Playful Goats
By Charles Paillet
Located in Dallas, TX
A large Charles Paillet French (1871-1937) bronze of two playful goats "Medaille D'or" Here we have a fun and whimsical statue sculpture of two young goats playing in the grass. One...
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1920s Art Deco Art

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Bronze

Jacques Martin Ferrieres 'French 1893-1972' Landscape
Located in Dallas, TX
Jacques Martin Ferrieres (French, 1893-1972) A delightful landscape of mountains with agricultural fields with a river and colorful trees. The pallet and texture make this a special art piece as it is probably done with knives and tools other than brushes. Probably vineyards in the countryside of France. Executed in 1926 Oil on canvas Dimensions: 81 x 65 cm (32 x 25 in.) Framed: 37.5 x 31.25 Inches signed lower right “Jac Martin Ferrieres...
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1920s Art Deco Art

Materials

Paint

Maximilien Louis Fiot 'Fr 1886 - 1953' Combat Des Aigles
Located in Dallas, TX
Maximilien Louis Fiot (French, 1886 - 1953) A very large bronze animalier sculpture of combatant eagles in flight above an outcropping or rocks. The Eagles are fighting for their li...
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1920s Art Deco Art

Materials

Bronze

18th Century Nature Morte Dutch / French Oil Painting
Located in Dallas, TX
Early 18th century museum quality Nature Morte still life Dutch or French oil painting. This Nature Morte painting has all the Classic attributes or a masterpiece showing various ga...
Category

Mid-18th Century Renaissance Art

Materials

Paint

Louis Icart, French, 1888-1950 Ladies in a Carriage Pastel on Paper
Located in Dallas, TX
Louis Icart (French, 1888-1950). Ladies in a carriage. Pastel on Paper. 20-5/8 x 18-1/2 inches (52.3 x 47.0 cm). Louis Icart (French, 1888-1950). Ladies in a carriage. Pastel on ...
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1930s Art Deco Art

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Paper

Anton Faistauer Nude, 1913
By Anton
Located in Dallas, TX
Anton Faistauer ( 1887-1930) Female Nude standing 1913 Black chalk on paper Signed upper right and dated 1913, Sheet: 18.9 X 13 Inches (48x33cm) framed: 26.5 X 20.75 Provenance: Re...
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1910s Art Deco Art

Materials

Paper

Raoul Dufy Fauvist Art Deco Nude Painting
Located in Dallas, TX
Raoul Dufy (French, 1877-1953) Nu allongé sur canapé, circa 1939 China ink, gouache, and watercolor on paper laid on board Sight: 16 x 19.75 inches (40.6 x 50.2 cm) Signed lower righ...
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1930s Art Deco Art

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Paper

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