Fall 2023

Robert Motherwell (1915-1991), alongside Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, and Willem de Kooning, made up the quartet of abstract painters that radically defined Modern painting in Ameri...

This Italian wing chair was manufactured by I.S.A. Bergamo in the 1950s. The armchair has a slightly extended backrest and is covered with an extravagant fabric in warm tones. The bo...

This primitive set was produced by a French craftsman in the 1960s. The stools all have a slightly different shape, the table is of the same constru...

An unusual Grotto table, the rounded 'D' shaped flame mahogany and rosewood crossbanded top above a gilt metal cast base of a giant clamshell supported by...

Big Collina vase - clear dark, light ruby Vase in soft resin designed by Gaetano Pesce in 1995 for Fish Design collection. Additional Information: Material: Soft resin Colours: Cle...

Designed by combining a pyramid with conical shape, the sharp lines of the pyramid contrast with the curvature of the conical shape, to give a simple artistic manifestation. (Rounded Collection...

circa 1860 Monumental 19thC French Blue Painted Bookcase Sourced from the South of France sku 1416 W340 x D38 x H253 cm Base W321 x D38 x H94 cm Top W340 x D32 x H159 cm.

A very large and beautifully aged vellum lampshade, finished with new terracotta brown leather cording, and brass under-structure. Hanging from a tigh...

Monoxylite; Rationalist; Naive; Lounge Chairs; Outdoor Set; Pierre Frey; Fabric Alexander; Robust; Brutalism; France; Mid 20th Century; Sofa; Two-Seater; Brutalist naive two-seater,...

One of our favourite new additions. Wonderful original French vintage Maurin Quina alcohol poster from 1906. Stunning imagery. The devilish pixie was d...

A sculptural Kono coffee table designed by Lella and Massimo Vignelli. A thick sheet of glass appears to precariously balance on a copper cone and ma...

Amazing oval mirror with frame in rose tainted Murano glass. Creation by Studio Glustin (Pair available).

A leather chaise longue with stitched seams, designed and produced in Italy, 1980s.

A rare to find pair of Gio Ponti brass mirrors with solid wooden frames, produced by Luigi Fontana in the 1940s. Measuring 80.5 cm in height and 50 cm in width, these mirrors are of a medium size that makes them versatile and adaptable to various interior design styles. The proportions are carefully considered, creating a balanced and harmonious aesthetic that is both functional and visually appealing. Whether hung on a wall or leaned against a surface, these mirrors become a captivating focal point in any space, reflecting light and adding a sense of depth. One notable aspect of these mirrors is their very good vintage condition, with both mirrors labeled to indicate their authenticity and origin. This attests to their provenance as genuine Luigi Fontana (Fontana Arte) creations, adding to their value and desirability among collectors and design enthusiasts. About the designer: Gio Ponti (1891-1979) was an Italian architect, industrial designer, and artist who is widely regarded as one of the most influential figures in 20th century Italian design. Born in Milan, Italy, Ponti was known for his multifaceted career that spanned architecture, interior design, furniture design, and art, and his work left an indelible mark on the fields of modern design and architecture. As an architect, Ponti's style was characterised by his innovative use of materials, attention to detail, and his ability to create functional yet visually striking spaces. He designed numerous iconic buildings, including the Pirelli Tower in Milan, which is considered a masterpiece of Italian modernist architecture. Ponti's architectural designs were often characterszed by clean lines, open spaces, and a sense of elegance and sophistication. In addition to architecture, Ponti also made significant contributions to the field of industrial and furniture design. He designed a wide range of products, from furniture and lighting to ceramics and glassware, often incorporating bold shapes, vibrant colours, and experimental materials. Ponti's designs were known for their functionality, comfort, and beauty, and he was recognised for his ability to bridge the gap between art and design, creating objects that were both utilitarian and aesthetically pleasing. About the manufacturer: Luigi Fontana (1887-1968) was an Italian glassmaker and entrepreneur who founded the renowned Italian glassware...

Grape vine floor lamp France circa 1960 With custom toile lampshade. Measures: 24"diameter x 69”height.

We have a unique Japanese aesthetic sense. And only we can introduce unique items through our purchasing channels in Japan and the experience we have gained so far, in such a way tha...

20 drawings on canvas in perspex box

A breathtaking visual biography of Freud, told through his own words, unpublished private photographs, and painted portraits This unprecedented look at the private life of Lucian ...

Rare sofa by Alvar Aalto. Finland, 1956. Provenance: Kansanela¨kelaitos (The Social Insurance Institution of Finland). Example provided with original label....

The "Stora Kraal" easy chair was originally designed by Kerstin Hörlin-Holmquist in 1952, and was quickly incorporated into Nordiska Kompaniet’s famous Tri...

Pink Series is an artwork realized by Lucio Fontana in 1966. Etching and Aquatint on BFK Rives. cm 75,5x56, one of the biggest graphic works ever created by Fontana, and a conceptu...

New York-based contemporary sculptor Erin Sullivan employs the labor-intensive lost-wax process to create exquisite, realistic bronze interpretations of her organic subject matter. ...

Buccellati silver sea angler fish centerpiece in sterling silver. Buccellati centerpiece measures approximate 25? in length, 17? in width, 12? in height...

Ceram, Rouen, France, designed and crafted this stylish 1930s French Art Deco black ceramic vase. The decorative piece features silver depo...

The Netherlands Circa 1630 - 1660 A rare blue and white tile with the decoration of a nice fat cat! Cats are quite rarely depicted on tiles, why is unknown. With small oxheads as ...

President John F. & First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy’s English Victorian tea table Quite possibly the most important tea table in American History The famed, English Victorian tea table Owned by President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy A very fine and very rare, English Victorian, chinoiserie decorated, black lacquer and papier mâché, tea table, the removable rectangular tray decorated with five Chinese figures in golden polychrome colors on a black lacquered background, raised on a later rectangular conforming Japanned, chinoiserie and gilt decorated stand with four bracket-form legs. This magnificent table was among the furnishings that were used to decorate, then, Senator John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy’s Georgetown townhouse when Senator Kennedy represented the state of Massachusetts in the United States Senate. Senator Kennedy won the presidency in November of 1960. The Kennedy family moved from their Georgetown residence into the White House in early 1961. First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy commissioned New York, society decorator, Sister Parish, of the famed Parish Hadley Firm to decorate the private rooms in the White House that would be used by the First Family as their residence. This beautiful table was installed by Sister Parish as part of the decoration in the First Family’s living room called the Yellow Oval Room. A photograph of the table, in situ, in the Yellow Oval Room at the White House, is featured in the book, Parish Hadley Sixty Years of American Design, page 126. Numerous photographs of the Yellow Oval Room taken during the Kennedy administration, contain this beautiful tea table. In the Parish Hadley photograph, the table is shown next to the famous rocking chair, which became President Kennedy’s favorite chair. The rocking chair offered the President temporary relief from the debilitating back pain he suffered as a result of injuries he sustained during his service in the United States Navy during World War II. Other noteworthy furnishings in the room include a pair of Louis XVI fauteuil, once owned by President Thomas Jefferson and the famous, Denis-Louis Ancellet desk, upon which the Camp David Peace Accords were signed. Measures: Overall: 33-1/2” W x 27-1/4” D x 19” H Tray: 28-1/2” W x 22-1/4” D Provenance: From the Estate of Jacquelyn Kennedy Onassis, Sotheby’s, April 23 – April 26, 1996, Lot #50E Additional Images available upon request. Few First Ladies in American history have left their mark on the White House the way in which Jacqueline Kennedy elegantly cast her spell, not only on the American public but quite literally on everyone in the world. Mrs. Kennedy’s indelible style and magnificent taste became legendary. When John and Jackie Kennedy moved into the White House, Jackie found that the Truman era décor and furnishings were modern in style or were casual reproductions of period pieces. Jackie is quoted as saying that it, “looked like its been furnished by discount stores.” In short, Jackie considered the White House, “that dreary Maison Blanche.” With its haphazard decoration and reproduction furniture, Mrs. Kennedy felt the White House didn’t befit the heritage of the home of the President of the United States. Jackie’s upbringing and education gave her a deep appreciation for fine art and authentic period decorative arts. She looked for ways, on the White House’s limited budget, not only to redecorate the White House, but to restore the White House to a grander, more authentic period look appropriate to it’s roll in American life. In short order, the Kennedys created the White House Historical Association to help publicize the heritage of the President's house. They got the White House declared a museum to help preserve it and put in place a fine arts committee to accept gifts of antique furniture that fit the White House. Mrs. Kennedy enlisted Henry DuPont, a well-connected collector of Americana, Sister Parish of Parish Hadley, New York and Stéphane Boudin, a respected Parisian designer from the House of Jansen, Paris, to help acquire antiques from donors and add more rigor and sophistication to the decorating. Sister Parish would concentrate on the family’s private residence and Boudin would design and decorate the state floor rooms and the West Wing. Jackie approached the White House restoration and redecoration with exacting standards. She endlessly studied books and periodicals to learn about White House history. Thanks to her research, four Cezanne paintings in the National Gallery were moved to the White House, the original intended destination. Jackie was more than willing to roll up her sleeves and get her hands dirty in the process. She searched the White House from top to bottom, from basement storage rooms to bathrooms and closets, ultimately unearthing valuable items already housed in the White House. Her efforts aided in the discovery of carpets ordered by Theodore Roosevelt and French flatware used during James Monroe’s Presidency. Century old busts where found in a downstairs men’s room. When moving aside electronics and communication equipment in a downstairs broadcast room, Mrs. Kennedy uncovered the now famous Resolute Desk. The desk was constructed from wood salvaged from HMS [Her Majesty’s Ship] Resolute and was given as a gift from Queen Victoria to President Rutherford B. Hayes. Upon it’s discovery Mrs. Kennedy placed the desk in the Oval Office where is has remained for many presidential administrations. News about Jackie’s White House restoration began to spread as soon as the project began. A Life magazine article, in its September 1, 1961 issue, delved further into her work. It was via television that the First Lady was able to give the very first televised tour of the White House, which allowed her to share restoration details with the viewing public. On February 14, 1962, A Television Tour of the White House with Mrs. John F. Kennedy was broadcast on CBS and NBC. The show, seen by 56 million viewers, displayed Kennedy's depth of knowledge about numerous pieces in the White House. Well poised, elegant and always diplomatic, Jackie took this opportunity to share the White House and thank the many important donors. President Kennedy also made a brief on-camera appearance. The program went on to air around the world, even in countries on the opposite side of the United States in the Cold War. Future First Lady Barbara...

Stunning glass Pendant light by Kalmar -Name of this Serie: Fazzoletto , made in the 1970s Nice structured glass, beautifully refracting the light. High quality and in very good cond...

Magnificent 19th century six panel wallpaper screen by Zuber and Cie. The screen features six hand blocked wallpaper panels from "Le Paysage a Chasses" o...

In the realm of On Hansen's artistic universe, the notion of "infrathin" takes on profound significance. Delving into the intangible spaces between tangible forms, Hansen's creations...

Very impressive and unusual boldly decorated Nevers footed bowl. In its original condition, showing chips and losses that we purposely did not have restored? For further informatio...

Large double lamp by Sophie Rogers Dimensions: D 51 x H 50 (base only) / 74 (with bulb) cm Materials: white stoneware, matte black glaze, aged brass Bulb spec: 6W, E27, 340 Lumens, dimmable Black stoneware and white glaze also available. All our lamps can be wired according to each country. If sold to the USA it will be wired for the USA for instance. Nottingham - based ceramicist Sophie Roger designs and handcrafts sculptural lighting and homewares from her home studio. Her practice centres around the ancient Japanese carving...

Alexander Sharpe Ross - or Alex Ross. This work is a perfect artistic statement with every formal element in perfect harmony. It's a masterf...

Riot of leaves, from an elegant bronze color. Very nice, rich and original design. Gold iron and brass structure with all around the leaves in Murano glass, of bronze color. The lea...

Listing is for UNFRAMED print. Inquire within for framing. Edition of 1. If the exhibition piece is sold or the customer orders a different print size, the photograph is produced upon purchase. Please allow two weeks for production. Shipping time depends on method of shipping. Price is subject to availability. The Robin Rice Gallery reserves the right to adjust this price depending on the current edition of the photograph. ABOUT: For the last two years Mark and Kristen have collaborated using one of the earliest photographic methods, collodion wet plate to create ambrotypes on glass and tintypes on aluminum. They use a 1860 style view camera to create one-of-a-kind images, which become windows into an intimate, romantic, and beautiful world of faces, still lives, nudes, and landscapes. In this demanding process, the collodion coated tin or glass plates are immersed in a silver nitrate solution, and then they must be exposed in the camera and developed while still wet. Serendipitous flaws and beautiful imperfections are an inevitable part of this imprecise hands-on process. This show includes a combination of 24 tintypes and ambrotypes, which are 8x10 and smaller in size. Their intimate sizes ask the viewers to look closer and spend more time with these photographs to fully appreciate their power. — A welcome antidote to today's nonstop, ¬instantaneous imagery. Paradoxically, this intersection of past and present gives these pieces an unmistakably contemporary feel. The two collaborators deliberately play up the ambiguity of time. The nudes (some recalling E.J. Bellocq's alluring portraits of New Orleans prostitutes in 1912) are suffused with freshness and sensuality, even eroticism at times, with nearly all of them coming off as refined rather than crass. Fredrick Scott Archer developed the collodion process in 1851. Artists such as Julia Margaret Cameron, Lewis Carroll, William Henry Jackson and Civil War photographer Mathew Brady used the process, due to its cost and versatility advantages. In addition Sink and Hatgi’s work can also be seen revived in contemporary artists work...

"Ocelots" is an unframed oil on canvas painting by Hunt Slonem, depicting a group of ocelots with 6 blue floating balls against a red background. The artist's expressive brushstrokes...

Important HK piece for Georg Jensen in Denmark. It is called Masterpiece and has been nicknamed 'The Pregnant Duck' pitcher. It was designed by the danish silversmith and architect H...

Unique hand-carved sandstone occasional table with reclaimed wood block base and elegant white ceramic tile inlay. Grounded and breathtaking, this...

Mother of Pearl Side Table, England circa 1890 England circa 1890 Victorian era table painted with flowers and inset mother of pearl on tu...

Warm-toned abstract impressionist nude painting by Houston, TX artist Saralene Tapley. This painting depicts an intimate moment between the man and woman subject as seen through Tapl...

Postmodern Plaster Headboard w/Nightstands, 1970. Dresser and bar cabinet are sold in separate listing. John Dickinson style plaster bedroom set. All original.

BG Galleries HOLIDAY SALE until 15 December 2023 Ludwig Mies van der Rohe’s MR Chaise Lounge was designed in 1927 as part of his co...

Night Fall oil on artist paper board Signed LR when viewing the painting and again verso, on back. Image measures 12 x 16 The painting is now in good condition as it was cleaned an...

Antique 18th century Dutch Delft plate. Dia: 36 cm. Blue and white chinoiserie decoration depicting a oriental garden landscape scene. The flange is decorated with flowers and fol...

Vintage composition Turkish Kilim rug by Doris Leslie Blau. Size: 8'7" × 11'9" (261 × 358 cm). A Turkish Kilim rug dating back to circa 1950. The main field features horizontal bla...

Beautiful midcentury table Lamp in travertine, chrome and octagonal lampshade in silk by the Italian design Fratelli Mannelli. Made in Italy in the 1970s. The original label ...

Gae Aulenti Table lamp model “Parola” Manufactured by Fontana Arte Italy, 1975 Beveled crystal, glass, opaline glass Measurements: 19.81 cm diameter x 52.83 cm height 7.8 in diameter x 20.8 in height Concept: Gae Aulenti & Piero Castiglioni ‘Parola’ table lamp...

Antique American "Tiffany & Co." Silvered Bronze dressing mirror, Circa 1900's.

Mid-1970s Vintage Gerry Lopez Lightning Bolt surfboard. Features a vibrant yellow tinted deck with jet-black lightning bolt, ruby red single fin, and dia...

watercolor on Arches, framed Throughout Mala Breuer’s career she completed well over 400 watercolors and works on paper that preceded each and every one of her large works on canv...

Original Cenedese Tulip Table Lamp in green and blue Murano Glass Italy, 1970s. Entirely handmade in the 1970s in Murano, this design table lamp is an authentic creation of the famou...

Set of four 'Superleggera' chairs by Gio Ponti for Cassina, Italy 1950s. Iconic design made in solid Ash and their original black lacquered finish and upholstered seat. The seat is r...

Exceptional Quality Pink Triple Overlay Enameled Bohemian Glass Cake Stand Centerpiece, 19th century. Made for the Ottoman Islamic market. Fantastic detailing throughout, enameled ...

"I throw myself into the water almost every day- it grounds me, the body floats and the mind drifts. The "Swimmer series" has followed me over the years, resurfacing and evolving. Pr...

The Stool is the central piece of the Boudins Collection, a series of handcrafted functional objects that surprise and stand out by their sculptural shapes and transparent colorful palette. The Boudins pieces are iconic, yet functional and easily find their place in our daily living environments. The Stool stands at the crossroads of luxury and playfulness. It is entirely made out of glass transparent resin which creates distortions and reflections of the surrounding environment. Its nine resin rods are shaped individually then assembled in a row to form the seating. Their atypical shape starts very organized then gradually becomes loose and organic. In order to create a refine and unexpected color scale for Boudins, Sabourin Costes...

We only have one chair available. Plycraft style leather armchair feature beautiful bentwood shell design, rich cognac vintage leather upholstery, and...

1950s - 1960s French Guillerme et Chambron design oak chest of drawers and secretary "dos d'âne" model composed of a oak wood structure with 3 large drawers back and an hidden secret...

The Carl sofa is Martin & Brockett’s take on a traditional English roll arm, featuring our signature Lupa foot. A loose, deep seat cushion and tight back make for a relaxed feel and ...

Italian modern glass chandelier Firenze by Ettore Sottsass for Venini, 1990s Chandelier mod. Firenze (Florence) composed of a series of...

Rare Martin Brothers Grotesque spoonwarmer modelled as a wide-mouthed baby bird with snout in gunmetal and blue glazes undated, Circa 1880.

circa Mid 20thC Jacques Adnet Style Iron Faux Leather Console Table W112 x D42 x H73 cm.