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Where We First Met Seater by Claste
Located in Geneve, CH
Where we first met seater by Claste Dimensions: D 47.6 x W 152.4 x H 55.9 cm Material: Glass
Category

2010s Canadian Post-Modern Chairs

Materials

Marble

Where We First Met Seater by Claste
Where We First Met Seater by Claste
H 22.01 in W 60.01 in D 18.75 in
Claste Where We First Met Bench in Ultra Clear Glass with Pink Onyx Marble Slab
By Claste, Quinlan Osborne
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A handcrafted slab of marble or onyx is suspended between 3 panes of glass to create this remarkable bench which emphasizes both the beauty of the stone and the delicate yet deceptiv...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Modern Benches

Materials

Glass

If Wes Anderson Met Marc Foster Grant - Abstract Portraits on Paper
By Marc Foster Grant
Located in Soquel, CA
If Wes Anderson Met Marc Foster Grant - Abstract Portraits on Paper Two -Man Portrait by Marc
Category

Early 2000s Pop Art Portrait Paintings

Materials

Paint, Paper, Ink

Vrouw met Gans Woman with Goose Bronze Sculpture Contemporary
By Erwin Meijer
Located in Utrecht, NL
Vrouw met Gans Woman with Goose Bronze Sculpture Contemporary The statues of Erwin Meijer are
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Vrouw met Vos Fox Lady Bronze Sculpture Girl LImited Edition
By Erwin Meijer
Located in Utrecht, NL
Vrouw met Vos Fox Bronze Sculpture Girl Lady with Fox Figure People Animal LImited Edition The
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Man met Kraag Man with Collar Unique Bronze Sculpture Contemporary
By Erwin Meijer
Located in Utrecht, NL
Man met Kraag Man with Collar Unique Bronze Sculpture Contemporary The statues of Erwin Meijer are
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Vrouw met Kraag Woman with Collar Bronze Sculpture Contemporary In Stock
By Erwin Meijer
Located in Utrecht, NL
Vrouw met Kraag Women with Collar Bronze Sculpture Contemporary In Stock The statues of Erwin
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Vrouw met Bontjas Woman in Fur Bronze Sculpture Contemporary Green Cigarette
By Erwin Meijer
Located in Utrecht, NL
Vrouw met Bontjas Woman in Fur Bronze Sculpture Contemporary Green Cigarette The statues of Erwin
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Vrouw met Badmuts Woman with Swimming Cap Bronze Sculpture Nude Female
By Erwin Meijer
Located in Utrecht, NL
Vrouw met Badmuts Woman with Swimming Cap Bronze Sculpture Nude Female The statues of Erwin Meijer
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

"My Met Gala Heart" Contemporary Pop Oil Painting Wood with White Floater Frame
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
. Shaoul’s works can be found in hundreds of private and corporate collections worldwide. Since her first
Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board, Glass

Vrouw met Uil Owl Bronze Sculpture Girl with Owl on Head Wisdom In Stock
By Erwin Meijer
Located in Utrecht, NL
interprete the work in the conscious and unconscious brain? The first will be hit by the clear styled forms
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Boat photography, summer photography, "Sometimes we float" by Addison Jones
By Addison Jones
Located in Delaware , OH
, created a sense of harmony with the environment. The next morning, I met my guide, Linh, a friendly local
Category

2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Rag Paper

Once we were Warriors (Stage of Consciousness) - starring Radha Mitchell
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
29 Palms (first begun in 1999) the two women characters Radha and Max act out a scenario that is both
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

C Print, Color, Polaroid, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper

"First Man" Bronze with Black Patina, Nude Male Sculpture
By Artis Lane
Located in Detroit, MI
"First Man" is a contemplative figure of an nude man with his hands clasped together and his head
Category

Late 20th Century Contemporary Nude Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

"Emerging First Man" Bronze Sculpture, Male Figurative, Ceramic Shell, Resin
By Artis Lane
Located in Detroit, MI
their own being. - Artis Lane "Emerging First Man" is a figurative bronze sculpture of a nude male
Category

1990s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

"Her First Love" Playing Piano at Chateau de Chambo Impressionist Interior Scene
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
, where Ortiz and Haring began collaborating when they first met. This style of creation heavily impacted
Category

2010s Contemporary Interior Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Quinto Martini Female Nude Sculpture 20 century terracotta signed.
By Quinto Martini
Located in Florence, IT
bohemian cafés and cultural circles enlivened by a Parisian avant-garde atmosphere. There he met Felice
Category

Mid-20th Century Other Art Style Nude Sculptures

Materials

Terracotta

With Confidence- 21st Century Contemporary Mythology painting of a Running Man
By Nikita Mogilevtsev
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
prominent artists, it was almost impossible for him to follow in his footsteps. (When we met him at gallery
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Ice Skating- 21st Century Contemporary Winter Landscape with Ice Scater
By Nikita Mogilevtsev
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
artists, it was almost impossible for him to follow in his footsteps. (When we met him at gallery Bonnard
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Guillerme & Chambron Highboard with Graphical Doors in Oak
By Guillerme et Chambron, Votre Maison
Located in Waalwijk, NL
design and architecture at the École Boule and graduated first in his class in 1934. Meanwhile, Jacques
Category

Vintage 1960s French Mid-Century Modern Wardrobes and Armoires

Materials

Metal

20th Century Man Ray Mirror "Les grands transparents" for Gavina, '70s
By Man Ray, Simon Gavina Editions
Located in Turin, Turin
until his death in 1976. Man Ray met Dino Gavina in Paris. At first the meeting was tense because Man
Category

Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Mirrors and Full-Length M...

Materials

Mirror, Wood

Picture Frame Art Deco Chinese influence Enamel Sterling Silver Salimbeni
By Salimbeni, Giorgio Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Cartier buyers first, and also with Tiffany later, and for them he created objects in this style inspired
Category

Vintage 1980s Italian Art Deco Sterling Silver

Materials

Sterling Silver, Enamel

Picture Frame Red enamel Empire Style Sterling Silver Salimbeni
By Salimbeni, Giorgio Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
precisely in New York, he made contact with Cartier buyers first, and also with Tiffany later, and for them
Category

Vintage 1970s Italian Napoleon III Sterling Silver

Materials

Sterling Silver, Enamel

Joan Miró - MARAVILLAS CON VARIACIONES... Lithograph Contemporary Art Abstract
By Joan Miró
Located in Madrid, Madrid
Dalmau, whom would give him the opportunity to have his first solo exhibition in 1918. Miró did his first
Category

1970s Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Paper, Lithograph

Pierre Chapo's Own Family Dining Table in Elm 158cm/62.2inches
By Pierre Chapo
Located in Waalwijk, NL
unique piece, a delight to come by for anyone who can appreciate the work of Pierre Chapo. At first
Category

Vintage 1970s French Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables

Materials

Elm

Table Box Art Deco Style Inspired by Louis Cartier Sterling Silver Salimbeni
By Franco Salimbeni, Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
numerous high-fire enamelled firings at about 800° C. About cooperation Salimbeni and Cartier. Our first
Category

Vintage 1970s Italian Art Deco Decorative Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver, Enamel

Square Table Clock Art Deco Inspired by Louis Cartier Sterling Silver Salimbeni
By Salimbeni, Giorgio Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Salimbeni and Cartier. Our first meetings with the Cartier USA Company took place through the Giorgini
Category

Vintage 1970s Italian Islamic Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

Materials

Amethyst, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Box Art Deco style designed for Cartier USA Sterling Silver Salimbeni
By Giorgio Salimbeni, Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
cooperation Salimbeni and Cartier. Our first meetings with the Cartier USA Company took place through the
Category

Vintage 1980s Italian Art Deco Decorative Boxes

Materials

Gold, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Powder Case Art Deco style designed for Cartier USA Sterling Silver Salimbeni
By Giorgio Salimbeni, Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
-fire enamelled firings at about 750°
Category

Vintage 1980s Italian Art Deco Jewelry Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver, Enamel

Joan Miró - MARAVILLAS CON VARIACIONES... Lithograph Contemporary Art Abstract
By Joan Miró
Located in Madrid, Madrid
Dalmau, whom would give him the opportunity to have his first solo exhibition in 1918. Miró did his first
Category

1970s Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

20th Century Franco Albini Pair of CD38 White Nightstands in Wood for Poggi, 60s
By Poggi, Franco Albini
Located in Turin, Turin
international realities. But it's when he met Edoardo Persico, that his work became more rationalist. The new
Category

Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Night Stands

Materials

Wood, Faux Leather

Olle Hjortzberg Still Life With Yellow Roses, 1946
Located in Dallas, TX
Olle Hjortzberg (Swedish, 1872-1959) Stilleben met gula rosor (Still life with yellow roses), 1946
Category

1940s Still-life Paintings

Materials

Paint

Joan Miró - MARAVILLAS CON VARIACIONES... Lithograph Contemporary Art Abstract
By Joan Miró
Located in Madrid, Madrid
met other artists such as Pablo Picasso or Tristan Tzara. With the latter he made his first forays
Category

1970s Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

The Road to Reno - Inge Morath - 1st Edition, Steidl, 2006
Located in London, GB
First Edition, published by Steidl, 2006. Essay by Lucy Raven, Afterword by Arthur Miller. Joining
Category

Early 2000s Books

Materials

Paper

Joan Miró - MARAVILLAS CON VARIACIONES... Lithograph Contemporary Art Abstract
By Joan Miró
Located in Madrid, Madrid
Dalmau, whom would give him the opportunity to have his first solo exhibition in 1918. Miró did his first
Category

1970s Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Joan Miró - MARAVILLAS CON VARIACIONES... Lithograph Contemporary Art Abstract
By Joan Miró
Located in Madrid, Madrid
Dalmau, whom would give him the opportunity to have his first solo exhibition in 1918. Miró did his first
Category

1970s Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Paper, Lithograph

Joan Miró - MARAVILLAS CON VARIACIONES... Lithograph Contemporary Art Abstract
By Joan Miró
Located in Madrid, Madrid
met other artists such as Pablo Picasso or Tristan Tzara. With the latter he made his first forays
Category

1970s Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Paper, Lithograph

Joan Miró - MARAVILLAS CON VARIACIONES... Lithograph Contemporary Art Abstract
By Joan Miró
Located in Madrid, Madrid
met other artists such as Pablo Picasso or Tristan Tzara. With the latter he made his first forays
Category

1970s Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Paper, Lithograph

"Innocence" Painting 22" x 14" inch (circa 1970) by KAMAL KHALIFA
Located in Culver City, CA
these modest living quarters where he produced all his great work and where he eventually met his demise
Category

20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Acrylic

Joan Miró - MARAVILLAS CON VARIACIONES... Lithograph Contemporary Art Abstract
By Joan Miró
Located in Madrid, Madrid
Dalmau, whom would give him the opportunity to have his first solo exhibition in 1918. Miró did his first
Category

1970s Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

"Abstract Visage" Painting 16" x 10" inch (1970) by KAMAL KHALIFA
Located in Culver City, CA
these modest living quarters where he produced all his great work and where he eventually met his demise
Category

20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Acrylic

Portrait Noblewoman Dog Van Loo Paint 18th Century Oil on canvas Old master Art
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
, where he won the first prize for painting in 1726. In 1728 he returned to Rome, where he met Francois
Category

18th Century Old Masters Paintings

Materials

Oil

Historical Lithographic Framed Poster of Drawings by Picasso, circa 1961
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
-, Neoclassicism, Surrealism and Expressionism. Pablo Picasso and the Gaspar family met in 1955 and from that
Category

Vintage 1960s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Posters

Materials

Paper

Joan Miró - MARAVILLAS CON VARIACIONES... Lithograph Contemporary Art Abstract
By Joan Miró
Located in Madrid, Madrid
met other artists such as Pablo Picasso or Tristan Tzara. With the latter he made his first forays
Category

1970s Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Paper, Lithograph

Joan Miró - MARAVILLAS CON VARIACIONES... Lithograph Contemporary Art Abstract
By Joan Miró
Located in Madrid, Madrid
Dalmau, whom would give him the opportunity to have his first solo exhibition in 1918. Miró did his first
Category

1970s Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Joan Miró - MARAVILLAS CON VARIACIONES... Lithograph Contemporary Art Abstract
By Joan Miró
Located in Madrid, Madrid
Dalmau, whom would give him the opportunity to have his first solo exhibition in 1918. Miró did his first
Category

1970s Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Paper, Lithograph

Joan Miró - MARAVILLAS CON VARIACIONES... Lithograph Contemporary Art Abstract
By Joan Miró
Located in Madrid, Madrid
did his first trip to Paris in 1920 and there, he met other artists such as Pablo Picasso or Tristan
Category

1970s Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Tube Chair in Canaletto Walnut, Upholster Seat, by Giopato & Coombes
By Giopato & Coombes, Miniforms
Located in Brooklyn, NY
formation of the company Industrial. The same year they met Vittorio Livi, who commissioned their first
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Chairs

Materials

Wood, Upholstery

Joan Miró - MARAVILLAS CON VARIACIONES... Lithograph Contemporary Art Abstract
By Joan Miró
Located in Madrid, Madrid
exhibition in 1918. Miró did his first trip to Paris in 1920 and there, he met other artists such as Pablo
Category

1970s Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Laundresses on River 19th century Barbizonian Landscape by French Master
Located in Stockholm, SE
, he joined the jury of the Paris Salon for the first time, alongside his friend Corot. The same year
Category

Mid-19th Century Barbizon School Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Wood, Cotton Canvas, Oil

Joan Miró - MARAVILLAS CON VARIACIONES.. Lithograph Contemporary Art Abstraction
By Joan Miró
Located in Madrid, Madrid
met other artists such as Pablo Picasso or Tristan Tzara. With the latter he made his first forays
Category

1970s Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Paper, Lithograph

Joan Miró - MARAVILLAS CON VARIACIONES... Lithograph Contemporary Art Abstract
By Joan Miró
Located in Madrid, Madrid
met other artists such as Pablo Picasso or Tristan Tzara. With the latter he made his first forays
Category

1970s Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Paper, Lithograph

Joan Miró - MARAVILLAS CON VARIACIONES... Lithograph Contemporary Art Abstract
By Joan Miró
Located in Madrid, Madrid
met other artists such as Pablo Picasso or Tristan Tzara. With the latter he made his first forays
Category

1970s Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

René lalique Lamp Cover 6 Dancers
By René Lalique
Located in NANTES, FR
René Lalique. Glass has attracted René Lalique for some time now. In 1907, he met the perfumer François
Category

Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Table Lamps

Materials

Glass

"Sunday at the Chateau de Chambord" Impressionist Interior Scene with Piano
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
. Shaoul’s works can be found in hundreds of private and corporate collections worldwide. Since her first
Category

2010s Contemporary Interior Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Joan Miró - MARAVILLAS CON VARIACIONES... Lithograph Contemporary Art Abstract
By Joan Miró
Located in Madrid, Madrid
met other artists such as Pablo Picasso or Tristan Tzara. With the latter he made his first forays
Category

1970s Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Paper, Lithograph

Joan Miró - MARAVILLAS CON VARIACIONES... Lithograph Contemporary Art Abstract
By Joan Miró
Located in Madrid, Madrid
met other artists such as Pablo Picasso or Tristan Tzara. With the latter he made his first forays
Category

1970s Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

"Champagne & Tunes - Chateau de Chambord" Oil Painting Interior Scene with Piano
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
worldwide. Since her first group show at Parsons School of Design in 2009, her work has been showcased
Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Iconic 1996 Madonna 'Evita' Film-Worn Beaded Ivory Silk Couture Archival Gown
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Best Actress Golden Globe Award for her performance as the First Lady of Argentina. Madonna wears this
Category

1990s Aesthetic Evening Dresses

"Harold, The Magpie on Rope" Bird Bronze Sculpture with Bronze and Red Patina
By Gillie and Marc Schattner
Located in New York, NY
they create. Gillie and Marc first met in Hong Kong. She was a nurse from England and he was a boy from
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

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