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Poor Richard Head, Salton Sea, California - Roadside America Color Photo
By Richard Heeps
Located in Cambridge, GB
head in the setting of the palm trees and desert dust and sun. This Roadside Giant is called 'Poor
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Poor Richard - Head, North Sore, Salton Sea, California - Color Photo
By Richard Heeps
Located in Cambridge, GB
sad state of his broken off head. Poor Richard refers to the Almanack published by Benjamin Franklin
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Poor Richard Head & Torso, Salton Sea, California - Roadside America Color Photo
By Richard Heeps
Located in Cambridge, GB
head in the setting of the palm trees and desert dust and sun. This Roadside Giant is called 'Poor
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Poor Richard - Head & Torso, North Sore, Salton Sea, California - Color Photo
By Richard Heeps
Located in Cambridge, GB
sad state of his broken off head. Poor Richard refers to the Almanack published by Benjamin Franklin
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Poor Richard - Head & Torso, North Sore, Salton Sea, California - Color Photo
By Richard Heeps
Located in Cambridge, GB
sad state of his broken off head. Poor Richard refers to the Almanack published by Benjamin Franklin
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Plate with Ram (Untitled)
By Henry Varnum Poor
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Roosevelt appointed Poor to the Commission on Fine Arts as an artist member. He later was named head of a
Category

1920s American Modern More Art

Materials

Ceramic

Poor Richard Torso, Salton Sea, California - Roadside America Color Photo
By Richard Heeps
Located in Cambridge, GB
head in the setting of the palm trees and desert dust and sun. This Roadside Giant is called 'Poor
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color

Poor Richard - Torso, Salton Sea California - America Roadside Giant Color Photo
By Richard Heeps
Located in Cambridge, GB
Poor Richard, a classic American icon, the roadside giant captured in the Salton Sea, California
Category

2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Poor Richard - Torso, Salton Sea California - America Roadside Giant Color Photo
By Richard Heeps
Located in Cambridge, GB
series of pictures by Richard Heeps featuring the torso and head in the setting of the palm trees and
Category

2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

I Dance For You Poor Foul - Large Abstract Painting Grey Beige Red White Brown
By Simon Richard Halimi
Located in Sofia, BG
"I dance for you poor fool" is an abstract and figurative painting by the French artist Maestro
Category

2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Abstract Metal Landscape "Lion's Head Study 4"
By Mark Hilltout
Located in Cape Town, ZA
conventional eye, this is a poor man’s shelter to be used only in the absence of alternatives, a reminder of
Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Metal, Steel, Iron

Medieval Heads, mid-century figural surrealist acrylic painting
By Clarence Holbrook Carter
Located in Beachwood, OH
headed the Northeast Ohio division of the painting projects arm of the Works Progress Administration, a
Category

1960s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Giant's Head Farm, Cerne Abbas - 1930s British drawing by Randolph Schwabe
Located in London, GB
RANDOLPH SCHWABE, RWS, NEAC (1885-1948) Giant’s Head Farm, Cerne Abbas Signed with initials
Category

1830s Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Pencil

CIRCA 1940's MAISON JANSEN DUCK / SWAN HEAD SIDE TABLE POLISHED CHROME & BRASS
By Maison Jansen
Located in GB
circa 1940's polished chrome and brass Maison Jansen France side table or stool with Duck's heads
Category

Vintage 1940s French Art Deco End Tables

Materials

Brass, Chrome

Two Studies of Henriette (Head of the artist's wife & The Artist's wife writing
By Leon Kelly
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Two Studies of Henriette (Left: Head of the artist's wife, Right: The Artist's wife writing a
Category

1920s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Portrait Head and Shoulders of a Man - Jewish 20s art male portrait oil painting
By Jacob Kramer
Located in London, GB
, shortly after his return to Leeds from living in London. It is a head and shoulders portrait of a
Category

1920s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Vintage 1924 Urushibara 10 Woodcuts After Frank Brangwyn
By Yoshijuro Urushibara
Located in Seguin, TX
John Lane, The Bodley Head Limited, London, 1924, limited edition number 6/250 . Each woodblock print
Category

Vintage 1920s English Arts and Crafts Prints

Materials

Paper

SORAYAMA Lady Ninja (Web Exclusive Version)
Located in Englishtown, NJ
and card. Opened for images only it has never been displayed. Head piece also included but not
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Resin, Textile

A Rare Pair of Bisque Porcelain Whippet Figurines by Boehm Studios
By Eduard Boehm
Located in San Francisco, CA
position with heads turned and ears pricked; with maker's mark to underside. The Museum of American
Category

Vintage 1950s American Other Animal Sculptures

Materials

Porcelain

Christian Cross by Danish Artist Ejvind Nielsen
By Ejvind Nielsen
Located in Odense, DK
consultant in Christianity at the Århus School System. Priest at Ravnsbjerg Church in Århus, head of the
Category

1990s Danish Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Stone, Iron

A Rare and Finely Carved Egyptian Wooden Headrest
Located in London, GB
A Rare and Finely Carved Egyptian Wooden Headrest with a Carved Head to both Sides Representing the
Category

Antique 15th Century and Earlier Egyptian Tribal Art

Materials

Wood

Rare M4 Leather WWII Horse Gas Mask
Located in Peekskill, NY
incomplete or in poor condition. The M4 Horse Gas Mask has 2 large filter canisters, one placed on each
Category

Early 20th Century American Industrial Arms, Armor and Weapons

Materials

Leather

Photography, digital Brooklyn Bridge, NYC Nuria Rabanillo 2010 55x33.33cm
Located in Mombuey, Zamora
already long career, the representation of the Human head, a little androgynous for sure Always value the
Category

2010s American Other Contemporary Art

Materials

Paper

Arthur Kolnik (1890-1972) - Early 20th Century Woodcut, Despair
By Arthur Kolnik
Located in Corsham, GB
. The woodcut shows a poor woman, looking despairingly up at the sky as she cradles the head of a man
Category

20th Century Portrait Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Photography, digital Brooklyn Bridge, NYC Nuria Rabanillo 2010 100x66.67 cm
Located in Mombuey, Zamora
already long career, the representation of the Human head, a little androgynous for sure Always value the
Category

2010s American Other Contemporary Art

Materials

Paper

A Pair Of White Marble Portrait Roundels of 'Morning' and 'Evening'
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
female heads. The face of “Morning” is characterised by an eager, uplifted look, and has a delicate
Category

Antique 19th Century Italian Wall-mounted Sculptures

Materials

Carrara Marble

Luigi Saccardo UFO Pedestal Table in Steel and Glass by Maison Jansen 1970s
By Maison Jansen, Luigi Saccardo
Located in Montecatini Terme, IT
able to provide financial solvency to the prominent but capital-poor atelier. Boudin's attention to
Category

Vintage 1970s French Mid-Century Modern Pedestals

Materials

Steel, Iron

Elettra, Music Score Lithograph Jannis Kounellis Arte Povera Italian Avant Garde
By Jannis Kounellis
Located in Surfside, FL
‘poor art’ but the word poor here refers to the movement’s signature exploration of a wide range of
Category

1960s Arte Povera Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Photo Lithograph Jannis Kounellis Arte Povera Italian Avant Garde Etching
By Jannis Kounellis
Located in Surfside, FL
the La Bertesca Gallery in Genoa curated by Celant, Arte povera means literally ‘poor art’ but the
Category

1960s Arte Povera Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Antique Large Carved Oak Figure of Saint Anthony of Padua, 18th-19th Century
Located in New York, NY
is depicted with his head raised, mouth ajar, as if in the process of speaking. He stands upright
Category

Antique Early 19th Century European Medieval Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Wood, Oak

Charles DICKENS. A Christmas Carol - FIRST EDITION SECOND ISSUE - 1843
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
outer hinges fine, head and foot of spine fine, a VERY GOOD clean copy. ADDITIONAL INORMATION: Regarded
Category

Antique 1840s British Books

Materials

Leather

Japanese Huge Pair Hand Painted Garden Swans
Located in South Burlington, VT
hand-cast and hand painted garden swans from the 1930s-1940s with detailed plumage, heads, beaks, tails
Category

Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Iron

1960s Extremely Tall and Thin Don Quixote Wooden Sculpture by Witco
By Witco, William Westenhaver / Witco
Located in Monrovia, CA
The Madness In His Head. He Believed That His Favorite Books Portrayed The World As It Is. So He
Category

Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Wood, Cedar

Over and Above Surprise (Serpent), 1960s snake painting, Cleveland School
By Clarence Holbrook Carter
Located in Beachwood, OH
of Portsmouth, where his father had worked. He then headed the Northeast Ohio division of the
Category

1960s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Casein

Abstract - Scottish 1950's Abstract art oil painting
By Alexander McNeish
Located in London, GB
was head of painting at Exeter College of Art and Design from 1965 to 1980. In 1963, 10 of his lino
Category

1950s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

Surrealist Still Life with Apples, Mid 20th Century Cleveland School Artist
By Clarence Holbrook Carter
Located in Beachwood, OH
worked. He then headed the Northeast Ohio division of the painting projects arm of the Works Progress
Category

1940s American Modern Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil

Night Garden, mid-century figural surrealist acrylic painting, Cleveland School
By Clarence Holbrook Carter
Located in Beachwood, OH
of Portsmouth, where his father had worked. He then headed the Northeast Ohio division of the
Category

1970s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Over and Above: No. 6, Surreal Cat w/ Fish Bones, 20th Century Cleveland School
By Clarence Holbrook Carter
Located in Beachwood, OH
of Portsmouth, where his father had worked. He then headed the Northeast Ohio division of the
Category

1960s American Modern Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

Volcano and Arch, Taormina, Sicily, Italy, Mid Century Cleveland School Artist
By Clarence Holbrook Carter
Located in Beachwood, OH
of Portsmouth, where his father had worked. He then headed the Northeast Ohio division of the
Category

1960s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Ovoid, geometrical figural surrealist acrylic painting, Cleveland School artist
By Clarence Holbrook Carter
Located in Beachwood, OH
of Portsmouth, where his father had worked. He then headed the Northeast Ohio division of the
Category

1990s American Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Virginia, Thanksgiving Turkey Diner Vintage Silver Gelatin Print FSA WPA
By Marion Post Wolcott
Located in Surfside, FL
Depression and the problems of the poor. When the school closed she went to Europe to study with her sister
Category

1940s American Realist Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

"Portrait of Young Woman with Bonnet, " Watercolor
By Hannah de Rothschild
Located in Milwaukee, WI
women living in the poorer districts of London. Hannah de Rothschild was born into a world of great
Category

1860s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Graphite

Portrait Lady in Russet Silk Dress c.1710, Michael Dahl, oil on canvas painting
By (Circle of) Michael Dahl
Located in London, GB
eighteenth century. At first, from a distance, the portrait seems like a standard formulaic head and
Category

18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Home of Colonel William H. Terrill Roanoke Virginia Original Photograph
Located in Soquel, CA
head and the two fell into a scuffle. After graduation, Terrill was assigned to the 3rd U.S. Artillery
Category

1870s Realist Black and White Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Ink, Silver Gelatin

Selection of eight restored 19th C Neo-Gothic Stained-Glass Windows
Located in Leuven , BE
biblical and saints’ stories that adorned the stained-glass windows became a kind of poor man’s bible. They
Category

Antique 19th Century Belgian Gothic Revival Architectural Elements

Materials

Art Glass, Stained Glass

An impressive silver gilt Lyme Regis & Charmouth Regatta Cup for 1846 presented
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
18th was poor and so the race was not able to take place on that date, taking place on the 19th of
Category

Antique 1840s English Nautical Objects

Materials

Silver

Cicada, Mid-century Figural Surrealist Cleveland School Painting, 1960s
By Clarence Holbrook Carter
Located in Beachwood, OH
Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000) Medieval Heads, 1966 Acrylic on scintilla Signed and
Category

1960s American Modern Animal Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Saint Florian
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
saint's beardless face is framed by curly hair. A small cap with a rolled-up brim covers his head.   Saint
Category

Antique 15th Century and Earlier German Gothic Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Saint Florian
Saint Florian
H 39.57 in W 13.39 in D 6.7 in
Brewer Street, Soho - 1930s British London Scene by Randolph Schwabe
Located in London, GB
before travelling to Italy. Unable to enlist due to poor health he was an official War Artist during
Category

1930s Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Page 47 from Si je mourais la-bas
By Georges Braque
Located in Palo Alto, CA
. Black, rippling lines flutter out from the head of the woman, creating a focal point and a bold counter
Category

1960s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Woodcut, Engraving

Sawaya & Moroni, Water Glasses, Italy, 2000s
By Sawaya & Moroni
Located in PARIS, FR
products towards the mill of art. In Italy, we also had the Poor Art movement, whose aim was to use art to
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Glass

Materials

Crystal

Class Struggle - Fay the Maid Dusts Henry Moore - New Yorker Magazine?
Located in Miami, FL
composition shows the maid half prisoner and half free. The statue engulfs her. The huge head looms down on
Category

1940s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Watercolor

China 549-577 AD Northern Qi Dynasty Ancient Caparisoned Horse In Earthenware
Located in Miami, FL
its extremely well modeled. The head is adorned with a large detailed tassels of plumes and the body
Category

Antique 15th Century and Earlier Chinese Archaistic Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Earthenware, Pottery

China 549-577 AD Northern Qi Dynasty Ancient Caparisoned Horse in Earthenware
Located in Miami, FL
looking forward and its extremely well modeled. The head is adorned with a large detailed tassels of
Category

Antique 15th Century and Earlier Chinese Archaistic Antiquities

Materials

Earthenware, Clay, Paint

Sunday Morning
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
priorities of cleanliness and family, are made the bright focal point in the poor, unstable atmosphere. Such
Category

1930s American Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

Edme Anthony NOEL French Art Deco Bronze Retiary Sculpture, 1875
By Edme Anthony Paul Noel
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
left to right, ready to throw the net, head turned towards his opponent, gaze fixed on him, the
Category

Antique Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Vintage Maison Gripoix White, Crystal, Faux Turquoise Gold Necklace Circa 1990s
By Maison Gripoix
Located in New York, NY
to attend the ball while looking so poor. The protagonist approaches her rich childhood friend with
Category

1990s French Artist Link Necklaces

Materials

Mixed Metal

Art Nouveau Southern French Fayance art pottery FLOOR VASE rare colours&pattern
Located in Kumhausen, DE
, For, when Our Lady's last procession went Down the long garden, every head was bent, And, rosary in
Category

Vintage 1910s French Art Nouveau Vases

Materials

Pottery

Untitled, Mixed media on paper, Black colour by Contemporary Artist "In Stock"
By Sanjay Bhattacharya
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
, ornately carved head-board set against bright sunlight coming in through open windows. It's not just empty
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media, Paper

Mandala No. 15, Abstract Ovoid Geometrical Mid-Century Painting Cleveland School
By Clarence Holbrook Carter
Located in Beachwood, OH
worked. He then headed the Northeast Ohio division of the painting projects arm of the Works Progress
Category

1960s American Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

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