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Greek Poet Head

"Royal Vienna” Plaque Painted with 4 Ladies with Flower Baskets on Their Heads
By Royal Vienna Porcelain
Located in Boston, MA
flowing robes are walking barefoot carrying baskets of flowers on their heads to give the flowers as an
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Antique 1890s Austrian Classical Greek Porcelain

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Mid 20th Century Bronze Bust of The Greek Goddess of Music
Located in Stamford, CT
The Mousai (Muses) were the goddesses of music, song and dance, the source of inspirations to poets
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Mid-20th Century Busts

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Bronze

17th Century Mythological Aubusson Tapestry "The Rape of Proserpina"
By Aubusson Manufacture
Located in New York, NY
watchdog of the underworld. He was usually said to have three heads, though the poet Hesiod (flourished 7th
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Antique 17th Century European Classical Greek Tapestries

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'The Calydonian Boar' 15th Century Italian Marble Fragment
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
The story of the Calydonian Boar dates back to Ancient Greece, predating the times of famed poets
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Antique 15th Century and Earlier Italian Renaissance Sculptures and Carv...

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Napoleon III Style Large Oil On Canvas French Subject Calliope Gold Background
Located in Prato, Tuscany
inspiration and beauty. The Muses were deities of Greek mythology who inspired artists, poets, and musicians
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Antique Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Paintings

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Homer Antique Plaster Bust
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
This Greek bust depicts the legendary poet and author Homer who is presumed to have penned the two
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Antique Mid-19th Century English Neoclassical Busts

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Plaster

Homer Antique Plaster Bust
Homer Antique Plaster Bust
H 22.83 in W 13.39 in D 10.43 in
French Ormolu and Silvered Bronze Mounted Malachite Three-Piece Clock Set
By Pierre Alexandre Schoenewerk 1
Located in London, GB
and superbly crafted figure of the Greek poet Sappho, seated on a ledge with her legs crossed and head
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Antique Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Mantel Clocks

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Malachite, Ormolu, Bronze

La Puce de Madame Des Roches; ou Jeux poétiques
Located in Middletown, NY
, 5 large chapter heads, 3 tailpieces; tissue guards. The signatures are loose, some unopened, and
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Mid-20th Century French Books

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Gold Leaf

1900 The Grey Fairy Book
By Andrew Lang
Located in Bath, GB
from Lithuania, Africa, Germany, France, Greece, and other regions of the world. Containing 'The
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Antique Early 1900s British Books

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Paper

1900 The Grey Fairy Book
1900 The Grey Fairy Book
H 7.5 in W 2 in D 5 in
Ovid, Lettres Des Amoureuses, Art Nouveau Illustrations, Binding by R. Kieffer
Located in Middletown, NY
panel of vine leaves in gilt and palmettes in blind at head and foot, a.e.g., silk doublures printed
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Early 20th Century French Books

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Gold Leaf

Of Gardens; Four Books by Rene Rapin & John Evelyn the Younger
Located in Middletown, NY
f.e.p. and previous owner's signature dated 1770 at head of dedication page. Internally clean and bright
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Antique 17th Century English Books

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Leather, Paper

Flemish 17th, Orpheus and Animals, Large Decorative Wall Old Master Painting
Located in Greven, DE
above his head. This central tree frames with its crown the scenery towards the horizon and at the same
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17th Century Baroque Landscape Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Summer, Quaker Hill oil painting by Nell Blaine
By Nell Blaine
Located in Hudson, NY
circle of New York artists and poets that included John Ashbery, Frank O'Hara, Kenneth Koch, Mr. Rivers
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1960s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Board, Oil

Rare Italian Marble of a Nude Goddess Adelaide Pandiani Maraini
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
. Stunning, albeit small, "Sappho" takes it's name from Plato's tenth muse, a Greek lyrical poet, who
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Antique 1890s Figurative Sculptures

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Marble

Louis XV Ormolu Cartel Clock Approximately 1745
By Henri-Charles Balthazar
Located in SAINT-JEAN-CAP-FERRAT, FR
asymmetrical ormolu cartel clock case headed by a mask of Apollo, framed by a stylised wave and flanked by a
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Antique Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Wall Clocks

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Bronze

Touch of Fall watercolor and pastel painting by Nell Blaine
By Nell Blaine
Located in Hudson, NY
. Blaine was prominent among a circle of New York artists and poets that included John Ashbery, Frank
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1990s Abstract Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pastel, Watercolor

Adolf Dehn, Haitian Scene A, signed painting, Associated American Artists, 1950s
By Adolf Arthur Dehn
Located in New York, NY
stayed in Minneapolis and became a journalist and poet). Adolf became particularly close to Wanda Gag
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1950s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Gouache, Board

After Georges Braque - Antiborée - Lithograph
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
, Georges Braque worked on a Greek head for the Louvre, which obsesses him, and he wishes to free his mind
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1950s Cubist Animal Prints

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Lithograph

Getting Ready for the Revolution - Learning How to Ride in the Subway
By Adolf Arthur Dehn
Located in Fairlawn, OH
(who stayed in Minneapolis and became a journalist and poet). Adolf became particularly close to
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1930s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Oil Crayon

Eileen Lake
By Adolf Arthur Dehn
Located in Fairlawn, OH
annotated verso "Eileen Lake, early 1930s girlfriend" Note: Eileen Hall Lake was an American poet and Adolf
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1930s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Oil Crayon

GEORGES DAYEZ Etretat (Sailboats Along the French Coast) Cubist 1956 oil canvas
By Georges Dayez
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
poet Jean Lescure . In 1956 , 1957, and from 1961 to 1967, he was a member of the Prix ​​de Rome jury
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1950s Cubist Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Leda and the Swan, an early 20th Century Aesthetic Movement Allegorical Painting
By Fernand Allard L'Olivier
Located in Cotignac, FR
from Greek mythology in which the god Zeus, in the form of a swan, rapes Leda. According to later Greek
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Early 20th Century Aesthetic Movement Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

New York Night
By Adolf Dehn
Located in Fairlawn, OH
(who stayed in Minneapolis and became a journalist and poet). Adolf became particularly close to
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1930s American Modern Landscape Prints

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Lithograph

New York Night
New York Night
H 19.125 in W 13.5 in
The Golden Gate
By Adolf Arthur Dehn
Located in Fairlawn, OH
colony), and Johan Egilrud (who stayed in Minneapolis and became a journalist and poet). Adolf became
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1940s American Realist Landscape Prints

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Lithograph

Brooklyn Waterfront
By Adolf Arthur Dehn
Located in Fairlawn, OH
(who stayed in Minneapolis and became a journalist and poet). Adolf became particularly close to
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1920s American Modern Landscape Prints

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Lithograph

Jersey Shore III
By Adolf Arthur Dehn
Located in Fairlawn, OH
colony), and Johan Egilrud (who stayed in Minneapolis and became a journalist and poet). Adolf became
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1960s American Modern Landscape Paintings

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Oil

Horses Leaving the Barn
By Adolf Dehn
Located in Fairlawn, OH
(who stayed in Minneapolis and became a journalist and poet). Adolf became particularly close to
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1940s American Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Mouvement Spatiale, 1962 - crayon, 80x130 cm., framed.
Located in Nice, FR
runs the family business of optical equipment but he's also a theatre lover, an author and a poet. He
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1960s Surrealist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Crayon

Lady Dormore - A 16th Century Portrait of a key member of Shakespeare's England
Located in London, GB
, dedicated to Southampton a poem in Latin, Narcissus, recounting the Greek legend of a beautiful young man
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16th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings

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Oil

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1972, Prefab Nova House by Studio Rochel
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Located in Vienna, AT
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Located in Toledo, Castilla La Mancha
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Antique Late 18th Century French Figurative Sculptures

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Located in London, GB
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