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Chaise Longue by Italian Artist Angelo Brescianini, 2008
Located in Antwerp, BE
optical sculptures in movement. In 1999 the art gallery L’Ariete in Ponte San Pietro (Italy) organized
Category

Early 2000s Italian Post-Modern Chaise Longues

Materials

Stainless Steel

Action Which Enables Us to Project Our Forces Into the Outside World
By Jessica Houston
Located in Montreal, Quebec
movie musical pale blue and their gear is a bit too colorful for the era of man-hauling. And then
Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Holding Up and Attracting the Earth
By Jessica Houston
Located in Montreal, Quebec
movie musical pale blue and their gear is a bit too colorful for the era of man-hauling. And then
Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Around Us and Within Us
By Jessica Houston
Located in Montreal, Quebec
movie musical pale blue and their gear is a bit too colorful for the era of man-hauling. And then
Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

There Remains and Irreducible Parity
By Jessica Houston
Located in Montreal, Quebec
movie musical pale blue and their gear is a bit too colorful for the era of man-hauling. And then
Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

A Balancing Land
By Jessica Houston
Located in Montreal, Quebec
movie musical pale blue and their gear is a bit too colorful for the era of man-hauling. And then
Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Inextricably Linked
By Jessica Houston
Located in Montreal, Quebec
movie musical pale blue and their gear is a bit too colorful for the era of man-hauling. And then
Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Polar Opposites and Complementary Relationship
By Jessica Houston
Located in Montreal, Quebec
movie musical pale blue and their gear is a bit too colorful for the era of man-hauling. And then
Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

If the Two Realities Are Thus Brought Together
By Jessica Houston
Located in Montreal, Quebec
movie musical pale blue and their gear is a bit too colorful for the era of man-hauling. And then
Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

The Impossible Abyss Which Separates the Two Sides
By Jessica Houston
Located in Montreal, Quebec
movie musical pale blue and their gear is a bit too colorful for the era of man-hauling. And then
Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Of a Difference in Which the Differences Are Inseparable
By Jessica Houston
Located in Montreal, Quebec
movie musical pale blue and their gear is a bit too colorful for the era of man-hauling. And then
Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Between Them
By Jessica Houston
Located in Montreal, Quebec
movie musical pale blue and their gear is a bit too colorful for the era of man-hauling. And then
Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Compass Rose
By Jessica Houston
Located in Montreal, Quebec
movie musical pale blue and their gear is a bit too colorful for the era of man-hauling. And then
Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Both Above and Below
By Jessica Houston
Located in Montreal, Quebec
movie musical pale blue and their gear is a bit too colorful for the era of man-hauling. And then
Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

The nine of us worked things out...
By Jessica Houston
Located in Montreal, Quebec
movie musical pale blue and their gear is a bit too colorful for the era of man-hauling. And then
Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

The Sky Was A Doorway
By Jessica Houston
Located in Montreal, Quebec
movie musical pale blue and their gear is a bit too colorful for the era of man-hauling. And then
Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Drawing in Water
By Jessica Houston
Located in Montreal, Quebec
movie musical pale blue and their gear is a bit too colorful for the era of man-hauling. And then
Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Ink, Archival Paper

Footprints
By Jessica Houston
Located in Montreal, Quebec
movie musical pale blue and their gear is a bit too colorful for the era of man-hauling. And then
Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Ink, Archival Paper

The Shadow Economy of Extraction
By Jessica Houston
Located in Montreal, Quebec
movie musical pale blue and their gear is a bit too colorful for the era of man-hauling. And then
Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

The Fatigue of the Conquest
By Jessica Houston
Located in Montreal, Quebec
movie musical pale blue and their gear is a bit too colorful for the era of man-hauling. And then
Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Ink, Archival Paper

Heart World
By Jessica Houston
Located in Montreal, Quebec
movie musical pale blue and their gear is a bit too colorful for the era of man-hauling. And then
Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Taking Place
By Jessica Houston
Located in Montreal, Quebec
movie musical pale blue and their gear is a bit too colorful for the era of man-hauling. And then
Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Ink, Archival Paper

To Hang In Between
By Jessica Houston
Located in Montreal, Quebec
movie musical pale blue and their gear is a bit too colorful for the era of man-hauling. And then
Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

we came in sight of the Barrier...
By Jessica Houston
Located in Montreal, Quebec
movie musical pale blue and their gear is a bit too colorful for the era of man-hauling. And then
Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

We were sledgehaulers
By Jessica Houston
Located in Montreal, Quebec
movie musical pale blue and their gear is a bit too colorful for the era of man-hauling. And then
Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

The little Yelcho
By Jessica Houston
Located in Montreal, Quebec
movie musical pale blue and their gear is a bit too colorful for the era of man-hauling. And then
Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

The steam from our own small funnel
By Jessica Houston
Located in Montreal, Quebec
movie musical pale blue and their gear is a bit too colorful for the era of man-hauling. And then
Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

instead of a narrow bight...
By Jessica Houston
Located in Montreal, Quebec
movie musical pale blue and their gear is a bit too colorful for the era of man-hauling. And then
Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

They Surveyed the Mountain Peak as a Philosophical
By Jessica Houston
Located in Montreal, Quebec
movie musical pale blue and their gear is a bit too colorful for the era of man-hauling. And then
Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Archival Paper, Magazine Paper

The Second Flight
By Jessica Houston
Located in Montreal, Quebec
movie musical pale blue and their gear is a bit too colorful for the era of man-hauling. And then
Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Archival Paper, Magazine Paper

Into Mystery Land
By Jessica Houston
Located in Montreal, Quebec
movie musical pale blue and their gear is a bit too colorful for the era of man-hauling. And then
Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Archival Paper, Magazine Paper

Aerial Exploration
By Jessica Houston
Located in Montreal, Quebec
movie musical pale blue and their gear is a bit too colorful for the era of man-hauling. And then
Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Archival Paper, Magazine Paper

The Plume of Nationalism
By Jessica Houston
Located in Montreal, Quebec
movie musical pale blue and their gear is a bit too colorful for the era of man-hauling. And then
Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Archival Paper, Magazine Paper

Geological Markers
By Jessica Houston
Located in Montreal, Quebec
movie musical pale blue and their gear is a bit too colorful for the era of man-hauling. And then
Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Archival Paper, Magazine Paper

Undercurrents
By Jessica Houston
Located in Montreal, Quebec
movie musical pale blue and their gear is a bit too colorful for the era of man-hauling. And then
Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Archival Paper, Magazine Paper

Launching Strategy
By Jessica Houston
Located in Montreal, Quebec
movie musical pale blue and their gear is a bit too colorful for the era of man-hauling. And then
Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Archival Paper, Magazine Paper

Territory Over Land
By Jessica Houston
Located in Montreal, Quebec
movie musical pale blue and their gear is a bit too colorful for the era of man-hauling. And then
Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Archival Paper, Magazine Paper

Captain Cook’s Legacy
By Jessica Houston
Located in Montreal, Quebec
movie musical pale blue and their gear is a bit too colorful for the era of man-hauling. And then
Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Archival Paper, Magazine Paper

No Such Border
By Jessica Houston
Located in Montreal, Quebec
movie musical pale blue and their gear is a bit too colorful for the era of man-hauling. And then
Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Archival Paper, Magazine Paper

Architecture of the Anthropocene
By Jessica Houston
Located in Montreal, Quebec
movie musical pale blue and their gear is a bit too colorful for the era of man-hauling. And then
Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Archival Paper, Magazine Paper

Mine At Last
By Jessica Houston
Located in Montreal, Quebec
movie musical pale blue and their gear is a bit too colorful for the era of man-hauling. And then
Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Archival Paper, Magazine Paper

Henson and Peary - Past Entanglements
By Jessica Houston
Located in Montreal, Quebec
movie musical pale blue and their gear is a bit too colorful for the era of man-hauling. And then
Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Archival Paper, Magazine Paper

Ghost in the Land
By Jessica Houston
Located in Montreal, Quebec
movie musical pale blue and their gear is a bit too colorful for the era of man-hauling. And then
Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Archival Paper, Magazine Paper

The Forward March Loses Ground
By Jessica Houston
Located in Montreal, Quebec
movie musical pale blue and their gear is a bit too colorful for the era of man-hauling. And then
Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Archival Paper, Magazine Paper

The Long Haul
By Jessica Houston
Located in Montreal, Quebec
movie musical pale blue and their gear is a bit too colorful for the era of man-hauling. And then
Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Photographic Paper

Africa 2
By David Yarrow
Located in Chicago, IL
chance to do what I had always wanted to do. We grabbed our gear and made haste. When we arrived the sun
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

AFRICA
By David Yarrow
Located in Chicago, IL
chance to do what I had always wanted to do. We grabbed our gear and made haste. When we arrived the sun
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Hollywood Midcentury Movie Camera with Geared Head and Wood Tripod Legs
By Mitchell Camera Corporation
Located in Dallas, TX
displayed on a British Made MOY Mini Geared Head and American Wood Tripod Legs. This is an outstanding
Category

Mid-20th Century American Industrial Mounted Objects

Materials

Metal, Brass

Superb Cold War Era Naval Observation Binoculars
Located in New York, NY
An aesthetically and optically superb set of enormous Japanese Naval Binoculars in excellent
Category

Vintage 1950s Japanese Scientific Instruments

Materials

Aluminum, Brass

Strikingly Original Tabletop Sculpture by Feliciano Bejar C. 2001
By Feliciano Béjar
Located in Palm Springs, CA
mysterious "magiscope" Feliciano Bejar (1920-2007). The structure is welded steel cubes with brass gear
Category

Early 2000s Mexican Industrial Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Steel

Deep Blue Monochrome Double-Sided Rug
Located in Graz, Styria
Khenifré. This nomadic people also used blue carpets during the summer to optically cool their tents. These
Category

20th Century Moroccan Moroccan and North African Rugs

Magnificent Old Double-Sided Rug
Located in Graz, Styria
the summer or to optically heat their tents in the cold winter months. These carpets were never geared
Category

20th Century Moroccan Moroccan and North African Rugs

Magnificent Old Double-Sided Rug
Magnificent Old Double-Sided Rug
W 64.57 in L 131.89 in
Wonderful old double sided Rug
Located in Graz, Styria
their textiles to 'cool down' their tents during the summer or to optically heat their tents in the cold
Category

Vintage 1950s Moroccan Moroccan and North African Rugs

Wonderful old double sided Rug
Wonderful old double sided Rug
W 76.38 in L 116.15 in
Akeley US Army 35mm Cinema Tracking Camera, Sculpture, circa Mid-20th Century
By Akeley Camera Inc.
Located in Dallas, TX
. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Offered for your consideration is this Akeley 35mm Motion Picture Camera with a geared Reflex tracking
Category

Mid-20th Century American Industrial Aviation Objects

King Barker 1916 Hand Crank Movie Iconic Camera Wood and Brass with Tripod
By Barker Brothers Silver Ltd.
Located in Dallas, TX
production. The later vintage tripod with geared chrome head is included in the price. “Like artifacts of
Category

Early 20th Century American Art Deco Scientific Instruments

Materials

Metal, Brass

Universal Cinema Camera Built in 1928 Rare Cinema Field Camera. Use As Sculpture
Located in Dallas, TX
for your display. Gear head shown in display is not included in the price but additionally available
Category

Vintage 1920s American Art Deco Historical Memorabilia

Materials

Metal, Brass

Rare Pathe 35mm Professional Type-X French Cinema Film Camera, circa 1908-1912
By Pathe Freres
Located in Dallas, TX
lubricated some of the geared internal movement of this camera but retained ALL of the original wear, aged
Category

Antique Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Historical Memorabilia

Materials

Metal, Brass, Bronze, Iron

Pathe 35mm Antique Professional Type-X Rare French Cinema Film Camera circa 1908
By Pathe Freres
Located in Dallas, TX
of the geared internal movement of this camera but retained ALL of the original wear, aged surfaces
Category

Antique Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Historical Memorabilia

Materials

Metal, Brass, Bronze, Iron

Mitchell Model a 35mm Movie Camera 1919 Design, Hand Crank Ability, as Sculpture
By Mitchell Camera Corporation
Located in Dallas, TX
built Mitchell Geared Head, original VERY RARE vintage factory Standard Mitchell Wood Tripod and two
Category

Mid-20th Century American Industrial Scientific Instruments

Rare Mitchell 35mm Antique Hollywood Feature Cinema Camera Package as Sculpture
By Mitchell Camera Corporation
Located in Dallas, TX
century. Included is the iconic Worrall Geared Tripod Head that lived with this camera during it's
Category

Mid-20th Century American Industrial Collectibles and Curiosities

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Optical Gear For Sale on 1stDibs

Surely you’ll find the exact optical gear you’re seeking on 1stDibs — we’ve got a vast assortment for sale. If you’re looking for an optical gear from a specific time period, our collection is diverse and broad-ranging, and you’ll find at least one that dates back to the 20th Century while another version may have been produced as recently as the 21st Century. When looking for the right optical gear for your space, you can search on 1stDibs by color — popular works were created in bold and neutral palettes with elements of gray, blue, brown and purple. There have been many interesting optical gear examples over the years, but those made by Jessica Houston and David Yarrow are often thought to be among the most thought-provoking. These artworks were handmade with extraordinary care, with artists most often working in oil paint, paint and panel.

How Much is a Optical Gear?

An optical gear can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price for items in our inventory is $1,900, while the lowest priced sells for $1,100 and the highest can go for as much as $199,000.