Quintessential Things
The Gates, original oversized Manhattan Subway Banner, uniquely signed, Framed
By Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Located in New York, NY
. We've never seen another hand signed anywhere else on the market or in the world.
Few things are more
Category
Early 2000s Pop Art Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph, Offset
Garden Chair: Modern Still Life Photograph of Domestic Objects by David Halliday
By David Halliday
Located in Hudson, NY
a fading essence of things quintessentially ‘American’. For the artist, beauty and nostalgia are
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
David HallidayGarden Chair: Modern Still Life Photograph of Domestic Objects by David Halliday, 2023
$2,600
H 34 in W 24.5 in D 1.5 in
Square Table (Contemporary Sepia Toned Still Life Photograph of Antique Table)
By David Halliday
Located in Hudson, NY
. Together they represent a fading essence of things quintessentially ‘American’. For the artist, beauty and
Category
1990s Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Silver Gelatin
$1,300
H 8.5 in W 8.5 in D 1 in
Bed (Sepia Toned Still Life Photo of Mahogany Canopy Bed with Lace Bedspread)
By David Halliday
Located in Hudson, NY
. Together they represent a fading essence of things quintessentially ‘American’. For the artist, beauty and
Category
1990s Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Silver Gelatin
$1,300
H 8.5 in W 8.5 in D 1 in
Rope and Side Table (Contemporary Still Life Diptych in Custom Frame )
By David Halliday
Located in Hudson, NY
ordinary objects of everyday life. Together they represent a fading essence of things quintessentially
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Archival Paper
$1,800
H 31.5 in W 21 in D 1 in
Piano Stool (Silver Toned Gelatin Print Still Life in Vintage Frame)
By David Halliday
Located in Hudson, NY
of everyday life. Together they represent a fading essence of things quintessentially ‘American’. For
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
$1,200
H 16 in W 12 in D 1 in
Side Table with Chain & Window Stay (Dadaist Diptych in Vintage Frame)
By David Halliday
Located in Hudson, NY
representations of the most ordinary objects of everyday life. Together they represent a fading essence of things
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Archival Paper
$1,800
H 30 in W 20 in D 1 in
Staircase (Square, Sepia Toned Vintage Photograph of a Spiral Staircase)
By David Halliday
Located in Hudson, NY
representations of the most ordinary objects of everyday life. Together they represent a fading essence of things
Category
1990s Modern Still-life Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
$1,100
H 17 in W 17 in D 1 in
Rope and Plant Stand (Silver Toned Gelatin Print Still Life in Vintage Frame)
By David Halliday
Located in Hudson, NY
of everyday life. Together they represent a fading essence of things quintessentially ‘American’. For
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Archival Paper
$1,800
H 43 in W 17.5 in D 1 in
Candle Stand (Sepia Toned Still Life of Side Table in Vintage Frame)
By David Halliday
Located in Hudson, NY
of the most ordinary objects of everyday life. Together they represent a fading essence of things
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Archival Paper
$1,050
H 15 in W 12 in D 1 in
Stoneware Bowl (Small Sepia Toned Still Life Photograph of White Ceramic Bowl)
By David Halliday
Located in Hudson, NY
representations of the most ordinary objects of everyday life. Together they represent a fading essence of things
Category
1990s Modern Still-life Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
$1,100
H 17 in W 17 in D 1 in
Magnolia Leaf (Framed Sepia Toned Still Life Photograph of Single Leaf)
By David Halliday
Located in Hudson, NY
of everyday life. Together they represent a fading essence of things quintessentially ‘American’. For
Category
1990s Modern Still-life Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
$1,100
H 21 in W 17 in D 1 in
American Flag (Sepia Toned Still Life of Vintage Flag Leaning Against Wall)
By David Halliday
Located in Hudson, NY
representations of the most ordinary objects of everyday life. Together they represent a fading essence of things
Category
1990s Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
$1,400
H 21 in W 21 in D 1 in
Lilies & Plantains: Sepia Toned Still Life Photograph of Flowers and Fruit
By David Halliday
Located in Hudson, NY
ordinary objects of everyday life. Together they represent a fading essence of things quintessentially
Category
Early 2000s Modern Still-life Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
$1,500
H 17.5 in W 21.5 in D 1 in
American, Unknown (Graphic, Vintage Style Red, White, Blue Patriotic Triptych)
By David Halliday
Located in Hudson, NY
represent a fading essence of things quintessentially ‘American’. For the artist, beauty and nostalgia are
Category
2010s Modern Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
$4,800
H 63.5 in W 24.5 in D 2.5 in
Fish on Blue (Still Life Photograph of Silver Fish on a Pastel Blue Table)
By David Halliday
Located in Hudson, NY
ordinary objects of everyday life. Together they represent a fading essence of things quintessentially
Category
2010s Modern Still-life Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Flowers, Compote & Buttons (Still Life Photograph of Flowers on a Tabletop)
By David Halliday
Located in Hudson, NY
representations of the most ordinary objects of everyday life. Together they represent a fading essence of things
Category
Early 2000s Modern Still-life Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Shell (Black & White Still Life Photograph of a White Shell, Framed)
By David Halliday
Located in Hudson, NY
of everyday life. Together they represent a fading essence of things quintessentially ‘American’. For
Category
Early 2000s Modern Still-life Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
$2,900
H 25 in W 30.25 in D 2 in
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Pewter Stack (Vintage, Vertical Sepia Toned Print of Silver Pewter Dishware)
By David Halliday
Located in Hudson, NY
. Together they represent a fading essence of things quintessentially ‘American’. For the artist, beauty and
Category
Early 2000s Modern Still-life Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
H 24.5 in W 13 in D 2.5 in
Fan (Sepia Toned Still Life Photograph of Vintage Western Electric Fan, Framed)
By David Halliday
Located in Hudson, NY
life. Together they represent a fading essence of things quintessentially ‘American’. For the artist
Category
1990s Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Silver Gelatin
Blueberries in Colander: Square Sepia Toned, Vintage Country Style Kitchen Scene
By David Halliday
Located in Hudson, NY
representations of the most ordinary objects of everyday life. Together they represent a fading essence of things
Category
1990s Modern Still-life Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
David HallidayBlueberries in Colander: Square Sepia Toned, Vintage Country Style Kitchen Scene, 1992
H 16.5 in W 16.5 in D 1 in
Corner Store (Colorful Horizontal or Vertical Triptych of Old Storefront Vinyl)
By David Halliday
Located in Hudson, NY
ordinary objects of everyday life. Together they represent a fading essence of things quintessentially
Category
2010s Modern Color Photography
Materials
Cotton, Rag Paper, Archival Pigment
H 16.5 in W 84.75 in D 3 in
Spanish Cabinetmaker Mid-Century Brutalist Armchairs, Spain ca 1960s
Located in Utrecht, NL
Red-caped matadors, knights in armour battling windmills, cabinets. All of these things are
Category
Vintage 1960s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Sheepskin, Oak
Cruett and Eye (Surrealist Still life Composition, Silver Gelatin Print, Framed)
By David Halliday
Located in Hudson, NY
represent a fading essence of things quintessentially ‘American’. For the artist, beauty and nostalgia are
Category
Early 2000s Surrealist Still-life Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Pecans & Shell (Surrealist Still life Composition, Silver Gelatin Print, Framed)
By David Halliday
Located in Hudson, NY
. Together they represent a fading essence of things quintessentially ‘American’. For the artist, beauty and
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Compote with Teeth (Still Life Photograph of White Teeth in a Glass Cup)
By David Halliday
Located in Hudson, NY
life. Together they represent a fading essence of things quintessentially ‘American’. For the artist
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
H 21.5 in W 16.5 in D 2 in
Golf Ball: Still Life Photograph of a White Golf Ball, Handmade Dark Wood Frame
By David Halliday
Located in Hudson, NY
ordinary objects of everyday life. Together they represent a fading essence of things quintessentially
Category
Early 2000s Modern Still-life Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
H 14.5 in W 14.5 in D 1 in
Flowers, Compote & Buttons (Color Still Life Photograph of Flowers on Tabletop)
By David Halliday
Located in Hudson, NY
a fading essence of things quintessentially ‘American’. For the artist, beauty and nostalgia are
Category
Early 2000s Modern Still-life Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
H 19.5 in W 23 in D 1.5 in
Cabana Magazine Issue seven, in Collaboration with Burberry
Located in New York, NY
cover. This issue explores all things quintessentially British, from the majestic Chatsworth House to
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Books
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'Plissé White Edition' Pleated Textile Table Lamp by Folkform for Örsjö
By Örsjö Industri AB
Located in Glendale, CA
'Plissé White Edition' pleated textile table lamp by Folkform for Örsjö.
This unique table lamp was awarded “Lighting of the Year 2022” by Residence Magazine Sweden, who called it “...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Swedish Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Textile
$1,320 Sale Price / item
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H 16.1 in Dm 11.5 in
Pierre Vandel Coffee Table
By Pierre Vandel
Located in Jersey City, NJ
A large double level cocktail table in lucite and brass by Pierre Vandel.. This table is signed and new glasses. have been added. This table fits with any style of interiors and br...
Category
Late 20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Brass
Warhol superstar Ultra Violet & friends nude for 'After Dark' magazine
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
Warhol superstar Ultra Violet, art dealer Jason McCoy and art historian Ron Caran photographed nude for 'After Dark' magazine in 1971. This is a vintage gelatin silver print, made b...
Category
1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
$1,260 Sale Price
30% Off
H 14 in W 11 in
Victorian Cased Taxidermy, Pheasant
Located in London, GB
Victorian cased taxidermy of a pheasant amongst natural Habitat.
Dimension: H 55.5 x W 80 x D 23 cm.
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Victorian Taxidermy
Materials
Glass, Wood, Feathers, Animal Skin
"Armand" Angular Burl Wood Desk by Christiane Lemieux
Located in New York, NY
The first ready-to-assemble desk from Lemieux et Cie features angular cut corners and ample surface space for use as a table, console or vanity. A single hidden drawer adds storage s...
Category
2010s Vietnamese Scandinavian Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Burl
Mid-Victorian Moorish wrought & cast iron pergola or decorative garden structure
Located in London, GB
A monumental Moorish mid-Victorian wrought iron Pergola or Decorative Garden Structure, a unique masterpiece in High Victorian Ironwork design. Our research confirms it is French, da...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century European Moorish Architectural Elements
Materials
Wrought Iron
$116,828
H 240 in W 552 in D 120 in
Premier Quality Shoulder Mount Taxidermy Burchell's Zebra
Located in New York, NY
Premier quality shoulder mount taxidermy Burchell's zebra, a southern subspecies of the plains zebra, from South Africa. This exquisite piece of art measures 33” x 16” x 30”, making ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary African Animal Sculptures
Materials
Zebra Hide
"Boyfriends Jeans" Photography 24" x 32" inch Edition 2/7 by Lukas Dvorak
By Lukas Dvorak
Located in Culver City, CA
"Boyfriends Jeans" Photography 24" x 32" inch Edition 2/7 by Lukas Dvorak
24" x 32" inch
Pigment print on Epson Fine ART paper
2019
Ships rolled in a tube
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Luka...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Pigment
$1,450
H 24 in W 32 in D 0.1 in
Artist/Warhol Superstar Ultra Violet and friends Jason McCoy and Ron Caran
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Artist/Warhol Superstar Ultra Violet, with friends Jason McCoy and Ron Caran, 1971, nude, photographed in 1971 in New York City. Comes d...
Category
1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
$1,170 Sale Price
53% Off
H 14 in W 11 in
Untitled - The Princess and her Lover
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
The Princess and her Lover, 2007
Edition of 10, 20x24cm,
digital C-Print based on a Polaroid.
Signature label and Certificate.
Artist Inventory #7105.
Not mounted.
A German v...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid, Archival Paper
$287 Sale Price
20% Off
H 7.88 in W 9.45 in D 0.04 in
Large Bellini Style Rectangle Dining Table in Coral Portuguese Travertine
By Mario Bellini
Located in AMSTERDAM, NL
This minimalist table is made from one material, featuring a rectangular top with a reversed step-edge profile that elegantly sits on four cylindrical columns.
Drawing inspiration ...
Category
2010s Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
Materials
Stone, Limestone, Travertine, Marble
$8,987 / item
H 29.53 in W 35.44 in D 90.56 in
Mario Bellini "Camaleonda" Sofa for B&B Italia, Cognac Leather, 1970, Set of 6
By B&B Italia, Mario Bellini
Located in Lonigo, Veneto
Mario Bellini "Camaleonda" modular sofa for B&B Italia, Cognac leather, Italy, 1970, set of 6.
"Camaleonda" is an icon, rediscovered. First designed in 1970 by Mario Bellini, it wa...
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Sectional Sofas
Materials
Leather, Plastic
$39,000 / set
H 23.63 in W 35.44 in D 35.44 in
Tudor Bed in Traditional Stained Solid Cherry with Paneled Headboard and Ceiling
Located in Tiverton, RI
Impressive in its formal qualities and celebration of craft and detail this piece has a fully wood paneled ceiling and headend with large turned footposts.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American British Colonial Beds and Bed Frames
Materials
Wood
$24,200
H 90 in W 66 in D 90 in
Agate Grand Tour Obelisks
Located in New Orleans, LA
These impressive Egyptian Revival obelisks are crafted of dynamically patterned agate. The rare 19th-century models were almost certainly made in Italy during the height of the Grand...
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Egyptian Revival Natural Specimens
Materials
Agate
Modular Modern Solid Oakwood Cocktail Cubes with Bronze Details (SET of 6)
By Alabama Sawyer
Located in Birmingham, AL
These modern solid oakwood cocktail cubes with bronze details are the right height for a coffee table or cocktail table for drinks and tapas. The interior fits records, books or coll...
Category
2010s North American Organic Modern Bookcases
Materials
Bronze
$4,500 / set
H 36 in W 16 in D 16 in
Mid-Century Modern Sculpted Lucite Coffee Table
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This beautiful vintage modern coffee table boasts an unusual sculpted Lucite base. A large rectangular piece of glass that is 3/4 inches thick sits comfortably on top. A butterfly sh...
Category
Vintage 1970s Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Glass, Lucite
$1,120 Sale Price
30% Off
H 14.75 in W 53.75 in D 24 in
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Quintessential Things For Sale on 1stDibs
There is a broad range of quintessential things for sale on 1stDibs. Browse a selection of contemporary, modern or abstract versions of these works for sale today — there are 56 contemporary, 18 modern, 9 Photorealist, 6 Pop Art and 4 abstract examples available. There are many variations of these items available, from those made as long ago as the 20th Century to those made as recently as the 21st Century. If you’re looking to add quintessential things that pop against an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include that feature elements of brown, black, gray, orange and more. Many versions of these artworks are appealing in their rich colors and composition, but David Halliday, Josh Talbott, Stefanie Schneider, Richard Britell and Damien Hirst produced especially popular works that are worth a look. Each of these unique pieces was handmade with extraordinary care, with artists most often working in paint, paper and acrylic paint.
How Much are Quintessential Things?
Prices for pieces in our collection of quintessential things start at $23 and top out at $139,378 with the average selling for $3,475.
David Halliday for sale on 1stDibs
David Halliday's photographs are about beauty, pure and simple. His primary subjects are carefully composed still lifes, portraits and landscapes which he shoots in black and white film with only natural light. He is a purist behind the lens, rarely manipulating his negatives in any way and a master in the darkroom. His work has an ethereal quality that's translated not only through the subject, but also by the warm colors and sepia tones he uses in his printing.
Finding the Right Still-life-photography for You
When it comes to accenting a home or collection with visual art, still-life photography complements all design aesthetics. And there are numerous ways to arrange your still-life photography and other wall art in your home. A salon-style gallery wall, for example, presents the opportunity to intersperse photographs and prints with such items as wall sculptures, baskets, plates, mirrors and sconces. For a harmonious mix, however, choose still-life photos with the same general palette as the other artworks.
Ranging from minimalist scenes to lavish, campy arrangements, still-life photography encompasses multiple genres to fit any taste. Following the tradition of still-life painting, still-life photography elevates often ordinary, inanimate objects. When photography was a new medium in the 19th century, daguerreotype and salt-print still lifes frequently mimicked the arrangements that had been popular in painting. In the 20th century, still-life photographs evolved, reshaped by the experimentation of modernism.
Far more versatile than the name implies, still-life photography involves numerous styles and themes. Photographers like Stefanie Schneider use still lifes to capture their subjects in their most raw state. They can also create hyperreal scenes that border on Pop art, such as in the work of Giuliano Bekor.
Find still-life photographs on 1stDibs by artists including Dora Franco, Allan Forsyth, Stuart Möller and many more.