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Ancient Marine Life: Handcolored Fossils of Cephalopods and Corals, 1845
Ancient Marine Life: Handcolored Fossils of Cephalopods and Corals, 1845

Ancient Marine Life: Handcolored Fossils of Cephalopods and Corals, 1845

Located in Langweer, NL

**Turritelle turbinée, var** - Turritella is a genus of sea snails with tightly coiled, elongated shells. The print is a hand-colored engraving from 'Dictionnaire Classique des Scie...

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Antique 1840s Prints

Materials

Paper

Robert Lee Morris Slugs in Love Sterling Silver Brooch
Robert Lee Morris Slugs in Love Sterling Silver Brooch

Robert Lee Morris Slugs in Love Sterling Silver Brooch

By Robert Lee Morris

Located in New York, NY

Well yes, the names Robert had to come up with for all his forms were often quirky and odd, and this brooch is from the Slug family of shapes, a unique vocabulary that reflects the c...

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Vintage 1980s American Modern Brooches

Materials

Sterling Silver

Thomas Sergent Palissy Trompe l’oeil Crustaceans School of Paris Wall Plaque
Thomas Sergent Palissy Trompe l’oeil Crustaceans School of Paris Wall Plaque

Thomas Sergent Palissy Trompe l’oeil Crustaceans School of Paris Wall Plaque

By Thomas Sergent

Located in Philadelphia, PA

An oval platter heaped with trompe l’oeil fish and crustaceans in the center, the raised rim border with a snake, frog, salamander, a snail and other shells on a green leafy ground o...

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Antique Late 19th Century French Aesthetic Movement Wall-mounted Sculptures

Materials

Earthenware

Still Life
Still Life

Still Life

By Jan Davidsz. de Heem

Located in Douglas, Isle of Man

De Heem was one of the greatest painters of still lifes in the Netherlands, combining a brilliance and harmony of colour along with an accurate rendering of objects: flowers, in all ...

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18th Century Dutch School Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Set for 12 Guests "Las Sirenas" signed by Salvador Dali 1977, N°302/1000
Set for 12 Guests "Las Sirenas" signed by Salvador Dali 1977, N°302/1000

Set for 12 Guests "Las Sirenas" signed by Salvador Dali 1977, N°302/1000

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Paris, FR

Each piece is decorated by mermaids dressed hatted with red coral and surrounded by small charming patterns: a fisherman, ants, a snail-shaped shell, a sailboat, a young girl enjoyin...

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20th Century German Dining Room Sets

Materials

Porcelain

Diner Set for 12 Guests "Las Sirenas" by Salvador Dali 1977, N°378/1000
Diner Set for 12 Guests "Las Sirenas" by Salvador Dali 1977, N°378/1000

Diner Set for 12 Guests "Las Sirenas" by Salvador Dali 1977, N°378/1000

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Paris, FR

Each piece is decorated by mermaids dressed hatted with red coral and surrounded by small charming patterns: a fisherman, ants, a snail-shaped shell, a sailboat, a young girl enjoyin...

Category

20th Century German Modern Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

French Neo Expressionist Mixed Media Impasto Dancing Painting Alexis Gorodine
French Neo Expressionist Mixed Media Impasto Dancing Painting Alexis Gorodine

French Neo Expressionist Mixed Media Impasto Dancing Painting Alexis Gorodine

Located in Surfside, FL

The inspiration for Alexis Gorodine's paintings and etchings comes from all things organic, whether it be ancient fossils and petrified forms or living organisms as found in fossils,...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Paint, Board

French Neo Expressionist Mixed Media Impasto Dancing Painting Alexis Gorodine
French Neo Expressionist Mixed Media Impasto Dancing Painting Alexis Gorodine

French Neo Expressionist Mixed Media Impasto Dancing Painting Alexis Gorodine

Located in Surfside, FL

The inspiration for Alexis Gorodine's paintings and etchings comes from all things organic, whether it be ancient fossils and petrified forms or living organisms as found in fossils,...

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20th Century Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paint, Mixed Media, Board

Spira Fiore
Spira Fiore

Spira Fiore

By Charissa Brock

Located in Boston, MA

Words used to describe this piece: shell, nautilus, ocean, snail, abstract, bamboo Artist Biography: I work primarily with bamboo, and have made it my life's work to explore its po...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Sculptures

Materials

Linen, Glass, Wood, Wax, Handmade Paper

Double Personage
Double Personage

Double Personage

By Wifredo Lam

Located in Fairlawn, OH

I could have been a good painter from the School of Paris, but I felt like a snail out of its shell. What really broadened my painting is the presence of African poetry.”

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1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

'The Prairie School Collection' exhibition poster Milwaukee Art Museum
'The Prairie School Collection' exhibition poster Milwaukee Art Museum

'The Prairie School Collection' exhibition poster Milwaukee Art Museum

By Frank Lloyd Wright

Located in Milwaukee, WI

A great example is the Larkin Company Administration Building in Buffalo, New York (1903), and the Guggenheim Museum in New York City (1943), which resembles the structure of a shell...

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1980s American Modern More Prints

Materials

Paper, Offset

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