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Famous Afro American

KEISHA M. Hand Drawn Lithograph, Young Black Female Portrait, Afro Hairstyle
By Elizabeth Catlett
Located in Union City, NJ
KEISHA M. is an original hand drawn, limited edition lithograph by the renowned African-American
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Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Vintage Art Deco Dancer Sculpture Lueur Clarté with Onyx Ball by Max Le Verrier
By Max Le Verrier
Located in Ulm, DE
the upper part of the body and a third for the legs. For this last part he asked an Afro American
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Early 20th Century French Art Deco Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Marble, Onyx, Spelter

"Awakening" Oil Painting
By Matt Talbert
Located in Denver, CO
with an Afro reclining with her hands clasped in her hair. Artist bio/statement: Matt Talbert is a
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2010s Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

"Awakening" Oil Painting
"Awakening" Oil Painting
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H 22 in W 32 in
1945 Brazilian Master, Art Deco Clown Serigraph Woodcut
By Odetto Guersoni
Located in Surfside, FL
did in the 1940's, we sold one called Ritmo Negro, they are about Afro-Brazilian jazz, dance and music
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1940s Art Deco Nude Prints

Materials

Woodcut

1945 Brazilian Master, Art Deco Nudes Serigraph Woodcut Carnaval Bahia
By Odetto Guersoni
Located in Surfside, FL
the 1940's, we sold one called Ritmo Negro, they are about Afro-Brazilian jazz, dance and music
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1940s Art Deco Nude Prints

Materials

Woodcut

1945 Brazilian Master, Art Deco Serigraph Woodcut Colonial Architecture Mission
By Odetto Guersoni
Located in Surfside, FL
the 1940's, we sold one called Ritmo Negro, they are about Afro-Brazilian jazz, dance and music
Category

1940s Art Deco Nude Prints

Materials

Woodcut

1945 Brazilian Master, Art Deco Nudes Serigraph Woodcut Carnaval Bahia
By Odetto Guersoni
Located in Surfside, FL
the 1940's, we sold one called Ritmo Negro, they are about Afro-Brazilian jazz, dance and music
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1940s Art Deco Nude Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Letter b Irene Brin to Countess Pecci Blunt - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
. Maria Vittoria Rossi, the Great Lady of the Twentieth Century, became famous under the pseudonym
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1940s Modern More Art

Materials

Paper, Ink

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21st Century and Contemporary American Books

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H 13 in W 9.75 in D 1.4 in
Pair of Art Deco Style Table Lamp Seated Nude with Globe Max Le Verrier Enigma
By Max Le Verrier
Located in Antwerp, BE
Art Deco style lamp nude holding a globe ENIGME signed Max Le Verrier with foundry mark. Design ca. 1930. Posthumous contemporary cast at the Le Verrier foundry in Paris. Patinated ...
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21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Table Lamps

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Marble, Metal

Enigme Art Deco Style Woman Sculpture on top of an Obelisk Lamp Max Le Verrier
By Max Le Verrier
Located in Ulm, DE
“Enigme” Original “Max Le Verrier” Sculpture in Art Deco style, France Beautiful lady sitting on an Obelisk. She seems to be hypnotized and fascinated by the lighted Glass Ball. ...
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21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Table Lamps

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Art Deco Style Black Panther Sculpture by Max Le Verrier on Stepped Marble Base
By Max Le Verrier
Located in Ulm, DE
Panther sculpture named “Jungle” on a stepped marble base. Original “Max Le Verrier”, signed Designed in France during the roaring 1920s by “Max Le Verrier” (1891-1973) Art Deco s...
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2010s French Art Deco Animal Sculptures

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Marble, Spelter

Art Deco Style Lady Bookends Meditation by Pierre Le Faguays for Max Le Verrier
By Pierre Le Faguays, Max Le Verrier
Located in Ulm, DE
“Meditation” Designed in France during the roaring 1920s by “Fayral”, which is one of the pseudonyms from “Pierre Le Faguays” (1892-1962), signed. Original “Max Le Verrier” Art De...
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21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Bookends

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Marble, Spelter

Pair of French Art Deco Style Clarte Sculptures designed by Max Le Verrier 1928
By Max Le Verrier
Located in Ulm, DE
Smallest model of the famous "Clarté" “Lueur Lumineuse” Original “Max Le Verrier” Art Deco style, France. Table lamp, lighted sculpture made in spelter / white-bonze (french = Régu...
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21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Figurative Sculptures

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French Art Deco Amazon Sculpture Atalante by Jean de Marco for Max Le Verrier
By Jean de Marco, Max Le Verrier
Located in Ulm, DE
Archer, Amazon sculpture named "Atalante" by Jean Antoine de Marco (1898-1990), signed “DEMARCO” for “Maison Max Le Verrier” Art Deco style, France. Sculpture made in “Régule” (sp...
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21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Figurative Sculptures

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Marble, Spelter

Pair of Art Deco Style Lamps Clarté Standing Nude with Globe by Max Le Verrier
By Max Le Verrier
Located in Antwerp, BE
Pair of Art Deco style figural table lamps of a standing nude lady holding a glass globe. This model is called Lueur lumineuse and is the smaller version of the iconic Clarté lamp by...
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21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Table Lamps

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Marble, Metal

Here Comes Moses, Ed. 51/200
By Faith Ringgold
Located in Washington Depot,, CT
lithograph in colors
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2010s Contemporary Landscape Prints

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The House of Shango — African American artist
By Samella Lewis
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Samella Sanders Lewis, 'The House of Shango', lithograph, 1992, edition 60. Signed, dated, titled, and numbered '31/60' in pencil. A superb, richly-inked impression, on Arches cream ...
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1990s Realist Figurative Prints

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Art Deco Style Table Lamp Monkey with Umbrella by Max Le Verrier, France
By Max Le Verrier
Located in Antwerp, BE
Art Deco style lamp monkey with umbrella PLUIE by Max Le Verrier. Patinated metal on marble base, frosted glass umbrella shade. Design 1927. Posthumous contemporary cast at the Le...
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2010s French Art Deco Animal Sculptures

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Marble, Metal

FARM WOMAN Signed Lithograph, Gullah Woman, Quilts, African American Culture
By Jonathan Green
Located in Union City, NJ
FARM WOMAN, by JONATHAN GREEN, is a vibrantly colored limited edition lithograph printed in 19 colors using hand lithography techniques on archival printmaking paper, 100% acid free....
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Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Prints

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Lithograph

French Art Deco Table Lamp Serenite Sculpture by Fayral Original Max Le Verrier
By Pierre Le Faguays, Max Le Verrier
Located in Ulm, DE
Lighted item table lamp, sculpture "Sérénité" Designed in France during the roaring 1920s by "Fayral", which is one of the pseudonymes from "Pierre Le Faguays" (1892-1962), signed M...
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21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Table Lamps

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Marble, Spelter

Marion-Signed limited edition nude print, Contemporary Black white photo, Model
By Ian Sanderson
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Marion - Signed limited edition archival pigment print , France, 2003 - Edition of 5 This is an Archival Pigment print on fiber based paper ( Hahnemühle Photo Rag® Baryta 315 g...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Their Whole Private Selves - Two Nude Bodies Entwined, Original Oil on Panel
By Rick Sindt
Located in Chicago, IL
Using pornography as a vehicle for understanding, Rick Sindt's work explores the discovery and development of queer attraction. Sindt transforms pornographic stills, repurposing them...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Gordon Parks in Brilliant Color
By Morris Lane
Located in New York, NY
became the first Afro-American to write, direct, and produce a film for a major American motion picture
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1980s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Georg Jensen Bangle No. 203 with Amethyst by Torun
By Vivianna Torun Bülow-Hübe
Located in San Francisco, CA
Afro-American painter, meeting many of the jazz greats of that time. She designed jewelry for among
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Mid-20th Century Danish Modernist Bangles

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Amethyst, Sterling Silver

Vivianna Torun "Biot" Period Sterling Silver Modernist Ring (Size 4.5)
By Vivianna Torun Bülow-Hübe
Located in San Francisco, CA
custody of her son. She moved to France with her third husband, Walter Coleman, an Afro-American painter
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Mid-20th Century French Modernist Fashion Rings

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Quartz, Sterling Silver

Georg Jensen Sterling Silver "Mobius" Bangle Bracelet, No. 206 by Vivianna Torun
By Vivianna Torun Bülow-Hübe
Located in San Francisco, CA
third husband, Walter Coleman, an Afro-American painter, meeting many of the jazz greats of that time
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Vintage 1960s Danish Modernist Bangles

Materials

Sterling Silver

Georg Jensen Sterling Silver Neckring with Amethyst No. 133/174 By Torun
By Vivianna Torun Bülow-Hübe
Located in San Francisco, CA
custody of her son. She moved to France with her third husband, Walter Coleman, an Afro-American painter
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Mid-20th Century Modernist Drop Necklaces

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Amethyst, Sterling Silver

Georg Jensen Modernist Sterling Silver Ring No. 155 by Vivianna Torun (SIZE 6.5)
By Vivianna Torun Bülow-Hübe
Located in San Francisco, CA
Afro-American painter, meeting many of the jazz greats of that time. She designed jewelry for among
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Vintage 1970s Danish Modern Fashion Rings

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Sterling Silver

Georg Jensen Sterling Silver Bangle No. 230 by Vivianna Torun
By Georg Jensen
Located in San Francisco, CA
son. She moved to France with her third husband, Walter Coleman, an Afro-American painter, meeting
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Vintage 1970s Danish Modernist Clamper Bracelets

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Cavaliers arabes aux murs de Marrakech - Early 20th Century, Animal, Painting
By Mattéo Brondy
Located in Arles, FR
variety of landscapes: plains, mountains and springs, all illuminated by the Afro-Mediterranean light that
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1910s Other Art Style Figurative Paintings

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Art Deco Dancer Sculpture Leuer with Onyx Ball Original Max Le Verrier, France
By Max Le Verrier
Located in Ulm, DE
for the upper part of the body and a third for the legs. For this last part he asked an Afro American
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21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Figurative Sculptures

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Onyx, Marble, Spelter

"Feeling Good" Oil Painting
By Matt Talbert
Located in Denver, CO
an Afro reclining with her hands clasped in air. Artist bio/statement: Matt Talbert is a
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2010s Realist Figurative Paintings

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1945 Brazilian Master, Art Deco Nudes Serigraph Woodcut Carnaval Bahia
By Odetto Guersoni
Located in Surfside, FL
the 1940's, we sold one called Ritmo Negro, they are about Afro-Brazilian jazz, dance and music
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1940s Art Deco Nude Prints

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1945 Brazilian Master, Art Deco Clown Serigraph Woodcut
By Odetto Guersoni
Located in Surfside, FL
did in the 1940's, we sold one called Ritmo Negro, they are about Afro-Brazilian jazz, dance and music
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1940s Art Deco Nude Prints

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Woodcut

1945 Brazilian Master, Art Deco Nudes Serigraph Woodcut Carnaval Bahia
By Odetto Guersoni
Located in Surfside, FL
the 1940's, we sold one called Ritmo Negro, they are about Afro-Brazilian jazz, dance and music
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1940s Art Deco Nude Prints

Materials

Woodcut

1945 Brazilian Master, Art Deco Serigraph Woodcut Colonial Architecture Mission
By Odetto Guersoni
Located in Surfside, FL
the 1940's, we sold one called Ritmo Negro, they are about Afro-Brazilian jazz, dance and music
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1940s Art Deco Nude Prints

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Italian Abstract Collage 'No a Questa America' Large Screenprint Hand Signed
By Emilio Vedova
Located in Surfside, FL
works by second generation American abstract painters like Joan Mitchell and Michael Goldberg. Even more
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1960s Arte Povera Abstract Prints

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Lithograph, Screen

Art Deco Dancer Sculpture Lueur with Onyx Ball Original Max Le Verrier France
By Max Le Verrier
Located in Ulm, DE
In 1928 Max Le Verrier created his famous CLARTÉ - a woman with a lighted glass ball - the main
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21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Figurative Sculptures

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Marble, Onyx, Spelter

Art Deco Style Dancer Sculpture Clarté with Jade Ball Original Max Le Verrier
By Max Le Verrier
Located in Ulm, DE
for the upper part of the body and a third for the legs. For this last part he asked an Afro American
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21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Figurative Sculptures

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Marble, Jade, Spelter

Art Deco Style Dancer Sculpture Clarté with Jade Ball Original Max Le Verrier
By Max Le Verrier
Located in Ulm, DE
the upper part of the body and a third for the legs. For this last part he asked an Afro American
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21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Marble, Onyx, Spelter

Contemporary Dancer Sculpture LUEUR with Ball Original Max Le Verrier
By Max Le Verrier
Located in Ulm, DE
the upper part of the body and a third for the legs. For this last part he asked an Afro American
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21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Figurative Sculptures

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Onyx, Marble, Spelter

Art Deco Style Dancer Sculpture Clarté with Onyx Ball Original Max Le Verrier
By Max Le Verrier
Located in Ulm, DE
for the upper part of the body and a third for the legs. For this last part he asked an Afro American
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21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Onyx, Marble, Spelter

French Art Deco Dancer Sculpture Leuer with Onyx Ball Original Max Le Verrier
By Max Le Verrier
Located in Ulm, DE
for the upper part of the body and a third for the legs. For this last part he asked an Afro American
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21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Onyx, Marble, Spelter

Contemporary Dancer Sculpture LUEUR with Ball Original Max Le Verrier
By Max Le Verrier
Located in Ulm, DE
the upper part of the body and a third for the legs. For this last part he asked an Afro American
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21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Onyx, Marble, Spelter

Art Deco Style Dancer Sculpture Clarté with Jade Ball Original Max Le Verrier
By Max Le Verrier
Located in Ulm, DE
the upper part of the body and a third for the legs. For this last part he asked an Afro American
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21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Figurative Sculptures

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Jade, Marble, Spelter

Italian Abstract Collage 'Linea Nera' Large Screenprint 1960s Vietnam Era
By Emilio Vedova
Located in Surfside, FL
works by second generation American abstract painters like Joan Mitchell and Michael Goldberg. Even more
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1960s Arte Povera Abstract Prints

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Katherine Dunham dans Bahiana, Theatre du Palais de Chaillot Saison de Paris
Located in San Francisco, CA
man, Jean Target frequented the Parisian theaters and cabarets, just like his role model, the famous
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Mid-20th Century Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel

Georg Jensen Pendant by Vivianna Torun, no. 304 with Neck Ring, no. 174
By Georg Jensen
Located in San Francisco, CA
husband, Walter Coleman, an Afro-American painter, meeting many of the jazz greats of that time. She
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Vintage 1970s Danish Drop Necklaces

Materials

Sterling Silver

Georg Jensen Quartz & Amethyst Dangle Pendant by Vivianna Torun, no. 135
By Georg Jensen
Located in San Francisco, CA
Afro-American painter, meeting many of the jazz greats of that time. She designed jewelry for among
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Vintage 1960s Danish Drop Necklaces

Materials

Amethyst, Quartz, Sterling Silver

Georg Jensen Amethyst Dangle Pendant by Vivianna Torun, no. 135
By Georg Jensen
Located in San Francisco, CA
third husband, Walter Coleman, an Afro-American painter, meeting many of the jazz greats of that time
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Vintage 1960s Danish Drop Necklaces

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Amethyst, Sterling Silver

Georg Jensen Quartz Pendant by Vivianna Torun No. 311C
By Georg Jensen
Located in San Francisco, CA
France with her third husband, Walter Coleman, an Afro-American painter, meeting many of the jazz greats
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Vintage 1960s Danish Drop Necklaces

Materials

Quartz, Sterling Silver

Vivianna Torun Opalescent Drop from her Swedish Studio
By Vivianna Torun Bülow-Hübe
Located in San Francisco, CA
her son. She moved to France with her third husband, Walter Coleman, an Afro-American painter, meeting
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Vintage 1950s Swedish Drop Necklaces

Materials

Sterling Silver

Georg Jensen Neck Ring No. 174 With Drop Pendant by Vivianna Torun No. 302
By Georg Jensen
Located in San Francisco, CA
husband, Walter Coleman, an Afro-American painter, meeting many of the jazz greats of that time. She
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Vintage 1960s Danish More Necklaces

Materials

Sterling Silver

Georg Jensen by Torun Yellow Gold No. 1227 Wristwatch
By Georg Jensen
Located in San Francisco, CA
custody of her son. She moved to France with her third husband, Walter Coleman, an Afro-American painter
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Late 20th Century Danish Modernist Wrist Watches

Materials

18k Gold

Georg Jensen Drop Pendant Bracelet by Vivianna Torun, no. 205
By Georg Jensen
Located in San Francisco, CA
husband, Walter Coleman, an Afro-American painter, meeting many of the jazz greats of that time. She
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Vintage 1960s Danish Bangles

Materials

Sterling Silver

Georg Jensen Sterling Silver and Rutilated Quartz Ring No. 151
By Georg Jensen
Located in San Francisco, CA
son. She moved to France with her third husband, Walter Coleman, an Afro-American painter, meeting
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Late 20th Century Danish Fashion Rings

Materials

Quartz, Sterling Silver

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