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Zenith Watch Co., Swiss Art Deco Metal Dore and Cloisonne Enamel Clock, 1920s
Located in New York, NY
Zenith SA is a Swiss luxury watchmaker. The company was started in 1865 by Georges Favre-Jacot at the age of 22, in Le Locle in the canton of Neuchâtel. Zenith w...
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Vintage 1920s Swiss Art Deco Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
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Metal
French Modernist Abstract Bronze Sculpture of a Woman Carrying a Vessel, c. 1960
Located in New York, NY
This remarkable patinated-bronze sculpture attracts the viewer's eye with its outstanding graceful lines and special elegant proportions. The figure of a woman carrying a vessel on her shoulder, distinguished by a majestic tread, a slender figure in tight-fitting clothes and a proud posture, is an unusual symbiosis of African ritual...
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Vintage 1960s French Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Expressionist Ceramic Sculptural Vase Attributed to Vally Wieselthier, c. 1920
By Vally Wieselthier
Located in New York, NY
Although unsigned, this magnificent Austrian expressionist art ceramic sculptural vase with three receptacles is attributed to Vally Wieselthier for Wiener Werkstatte, ca. 1920.
Valerie "Vally" Wieselthier (Austrian-American, 1895 – 1945) was an outstanding ceramic artist. She was born to a Jewish family in Vienna, Austria. Her father, Wilhelm Wieselthier was a lawyer. Valluy attended theWiener Frauenacademie in Vienna from 1912 to 1914 and studied at the Vienna School of Applied Arts with Rosalinda Rothhansl, Kolo Moser, Jodef Hoffmann and Michael Powolny from 1914 to 1920. In addition, she worked as an auxiliary nurse during the First World War.
From 1917 to 1922, she worked for the Wiener Werkstatte. From 1922 to 1927, she ran her own ceramic workshop in cooperation with the Augarten porcelain factory, which was newly founded in 1923, but also with other companies such as Friedrich Goldschider, Gmundner Keramik and Lobmeyr.
Her expressive and humorous porcelain figures attracted attention at the Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et industriels modern in Paris in 1925 and are considered typical examples of the Art Deco style style. From 1928, the artist increasingly moved her center of life to the United States. She went to the International Exhibition of Ceramic Art in New York City in October 1928. In 1933, she moved to Chicago with Paul Lester Wiener...
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Vintage 1920s Austrian Expressionist Vases
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Ceramic
Brutalist Modernism, Raymond Rocklin, Abstract Bronze Composition, 1969
By Raymond Rocklin
Located in New York, NY
Raymond Rocklin (American, 1922 – )
Birth place: Moodus, CT, USA
Education: Educational Alliance, NYC, with Abbo Ostrovsky; Cooper Union Art Sch., with Milton Hebald...
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Emmanuel Fougerat, O/C Portrait of La Argentinita, ca. 1920
By Emmanuel Fougerat
Located in New York, NY
DIMENSIONS:
Height: 16.25 inches
Width: 13.5 inches
Depth: 2.25 inches
Frame width: 2.5 inches
ABOUT MODEL
Encarnación López Júlvez, known as La Argentinita (Buenos Aires, March 3, 1898 – New York, September 24, 1945) was a Spanish-Argentine flamenco dancer (bailaora), choreographer and singer. La Argentinita was considered the highest expression of this art form during that time.
López Júlvez was the daughter of Spanish immigrants in Argentina, where her father had a fabric business. While living there, two of her siblings died in a scarlet fever epidemic. Consequently, she was brought to the north coast of Spain in 1901, where she began to learn Spanish regional dances.
When she was only four years old, she started learning flamenco from Julia Castelao. Her first public performance was at the age of eight at the Teatro-Circo de San Sebastián, in the Basque Country. She chose the name "La Argentinita" in deference to the famous flamenco dancer Antonia Mercé (La Argentina).
After travelling throughout Spain as a child prodigy, she settled in Madrid to perform at Teatro La Latina, Teatro de la Comedia, Teatro de La Princesa, Teatro Apolo and Teatro Príncipe Alfonso. Her success led her to tour in Barcelona, Portugal and Paris, and then Latin America.
In the early 1920s, she returned to Spain, where she worked in Madrid. Among her early performances was the 1920 premiere of Federico García Lorca's musical play El maleficio de la mariposa as "the Butterfly". She announced her retirement in 1926, but would quickly return to the show business as part of the artistic renewal that led her to the Generation of ‘27, in which she combined flamenco, tango, bulerías and boleros. She danced to the compositions of Manuel de Falla, Joaquín Turina, Isaac Albéniz, Enrique Granados and Maurice Ravel. She helped in the development of Ballet Español.
Adapting pieces to popular tradition, she toured Europe, triumphing in Paris and Berlin and participating in the artistic movements of that time along with Spanish poets such as Rafael Alberti, Federico García Lorca, Edgar Neville and Ignacio Sanchez Mejias. Sánchez Mejías, an intellectual and bullfighter, was a married man and her lover. La Argentinita retired a second time to maintain her clandestine relationship with him. However, she would return to the stage with the aid of Sánchez Mejías, who participated in the search and employment of interpreters for her subsequent performances.
In 1931, López Júlvez and García Lorca recorded five gramophone slate records, which were accompanied by García Lorca's piano. The selection of songs was prepared, adapted and titled Colección de Canciones Populares Españolas by García Lorca. Among the ten songs were "Los cuatro muleros", "Zorongo gitano", "Anda Jaleo" and "En el Café de Chinitas".
With the beginning of the Second Spanish Republic, López Júlvez formed her own ballet company called Bailes Españoles de la Argentinita together with her sister, Pilar López Júlvez, and García Lorca. López Júlvez staged several flamenco theatrical shows, including an adaption of Falla's El amor brujo (Love, the Magician) in 1933, and Las Calles de Cádiz (The Streets of Cadiz) in 1933 and 1940.[7] She travelled through Spain and Paris, where she was recognized as one of the most important flamenco artists of her time. Her company included the flamenco figures Juana la Macarrona, La Malena, Fernanda Antúnez, Rafael Ortega and Antonio de Triana, who was her first dancing partner until the 1940s.
At the end of her tour around Spain, her lover Sánchez Mejías was gored to death in 1934 in the Manzanares bullring. She sought refuge in her work and moved to Buenos Aires to dance at the Teatro Colón; from there she embarked on a long American tour. In 1936 she achieved success in New York. Afterwards, she returned to Spain but was forced to flee the country shortly before the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War. She travelled through Morocco, France, the UK, the Netherlands, Belgium and the USA, where she remained in exile in New York. From then until her death in 1945, she developed her career and became one of the biggest stars of international dance, and even participated in movies.
In 1943, she presented the flamenco troupe El Café de Chinitas at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York, with her own choreography, texts by García Lorca, scenery by Salvador Dalí and the orchestra directed by José Iturbi. In addition, she performed at the Washington DC Watergate complex with her sister.
On May 28, 1945, she gave her last performance at the Metropolitan of the orchestral work El Capricho Español, composed in 1887 by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov and based on Spanish melodies. At the end of the event, she had to be admitted to a hospital, where she died on September 24 from a tumor in her abdomen. She did not want to have it operated on because she did not wish to abandon dancing. Her body was repatriated to Spain in December and buried in the Spanish capital. That same year, the company of Bailes Españoles de la Argentinita was dissolved.
Among the honors she received after her death was a plaque consecrated at the Metropolitan Opera House, positioned among the medals of Alfonso X El Sabio and La Orden de Isabel la Católica to honor her merits in the field of culture.
ABOUT ARTIST
Emmanuel Fougerat (French, 1869 – 1958) was a renowned French painter, museum curator and art historian. A former student of the Regional School of Fine Arts in Rennes, Fougerat studied in the studio of Albert Maignan and that of Jean-Paul Laurens in Paris.
He was appointed director of the Nantes School of Fine Arts and was also the founder and curator of the Museum of Fine Arts in the same city. Emmanuel Fougerat was named Chevalier of the Legion of Honor in 1912. In 1923, he was placed on temporary leave from the French State in order to carry out a mandate as director of fine arts education in the Province of Quebec, Canada; where he served as an art teacher and director of the École des beaux-arts de Montréal from 1923 to 1925.
Emmanuel Fougerat’s paintings are in the following public collections:
• Nantes Museum of Fine Arts, France.
• Museum of Modern Art in Paris, France.
• Rennes Town Hall: permanent decorations.
• Museum of Fine Arts of Saint-Nazaire (destroyed in 1944), France
• National Museum of Fine Arts of Quebec, Canada.
Emmanuel Fougerat is also the author of works on several French painters, including Albert Besnard, Paul Baudry...
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Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Modernist Bronze Sculpture of Male Nude by Irving Amen, Ca. 1960
By Irving Amen
Located in New York, NY
MARKINGS
Signed ‘AMEN’
IRVING AMEN (American, 1918-2011) was one of the most versatile American artists of any era, creating oil paintings, woodcuts, linocuts, etchings, engravin...
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
French Antique Bronze Sculpture of She-Bear, Early XX Century
Located in New York, NY
This exquisite French animalistic bronze sculpture from the early twentieth century is beautiful in every way - its artistic expressiveness, as well as the highest-level rendition, h...
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Continental Antique Patinated Bronze Sculpture of Drunken Satyr, Late XIX C.
Located in New York, NY
Probably French, this elegant figurine, covered with an original black patina, depicting a tipsy satyr sitting on a stump hugging a bottle of wine, will be a wonderful artistic decor...
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Antique 1880s French Belle Époque Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
A Pair of Art Deco Ceramic Candle Holders by Roockwood Pottery, ca. 1920
By Rookwood Pottery Co.
Located in New York, NY
MARKINGS
Each candle holder is fully marked on the bottom, including date XX (ca. 1920) and model number (2304).
ROOCKWOOD POTTERY
Roockwood is the synonym of the American Art Pottery. Founded on Thanksgiving Day in 1880 by Maria Longworth Storer, Rookwood made history – the first large manufacturing enterprise founded and owned by a woman in the United States and launching the art pottery movement in America. Within a decade, Rookwood pottery gained international acclaim, rivaling European and Asian firms that had been in existence for hundreds or thousands of years.
Maria Longworth Nicholas, was the daughter of a wealthy art collector, she was inspired by Japanese pottery. When she discussed her desire to create fine pottery with her father, he provided the means and environment that allowed her to pursue her creative passions. And although it may have started as a hobby, the talented Maria quickly managed to establish Rookwood pottery as a quality producer of fine ceramic art potter.
She setup the Rookwood company, hired artists like Japanese artist Kataro Shirayamadani who came to work for the company in 1887, and talented art students and encouraged them to use their creativity to experiment and create unique pottery pieces. Almost every piece designed by these artists sold for hundreds of dollars, and today they are regarded as highly collectible. A Rookwood piece by Japanese artist Kataro Shirayamadani sold for $198,000 in 1991. He was a Rookwood artist from 1887 until 1948.
The Rookwood airbrush, called the mouth atomizer, was developed by Rookwood to apply glazes in an innovative way. The technique helped the company develop its own individual look. The atomizer helped add the beautiful layers of color Rookwood is known for, and the technique is still used at the Rookwood pottery today.
More well-known pottery manufacturers and recognized artists doubted this female led company would have what it takes to succeed, but much to their surprise Rookwood turned out to be one of the best. By combining extraordinary attention to detail and innovative design Maria Longworth Nicholas made Rookwood the standard for ceramic pottery manufacturers to aim for.
Today antique and vintage Rookwood Pottery...
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Vintage 1920s American Art Deco Candlesticks
Materials
Ceramic
Modernist Carved Ebonized Wood Female Bust, ca. 1950
Located in New York, NY
This remarkable modernist carved ebonized wood female bust, ca. 1950s with a proudly set head on an exaggeratedly elongated neck and hair flowing over the shoulders, immediately conj...
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Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Busts
Materials
Wood
Alfonso Canciani, Viennese Secession Orientalist Bronze Vase, c. 1910
By Alfonso Canciani
Located in New York, NY
Alfonso Canciani (Italian-Austrian, 1863-1955) was a famous Italian-Austrian sculptor of the period of accession to the Viennese Secession. Son of a stonemason, after a realist period he managed to establish himself as a leading sculptor of the Viennese Secession. In fact, he worked in Vienna, where he had enrolled in 1886 at the Academy of Fine Arts, then at the Higher School of Sculpture and finally at the Special School, where he obtained the Rome prize for the sketch for Dante's Monument.
He developed a notable business obtaining important prizes and numerous commissions. First among the sculptors of the Viennese capital, he was invited to join the Association of the Viennese Secession, of which Klimt was magna pars, after the exhibition of Dante's group in 1900 at the Secession exhibition, and obtained the most important Austrian artistic prize, the Kunstlerlpreis.
This same work, presented in 1910 in Berlin, at the Great Art Exhibition, also received an important recognition here. He obtained the Rome prize in 1896, exhibited successfully in Munich and in 1899 at the III International Art Exhibition in Venice.
In that period he made some statues of saints for the cathedral of Santo Stefano in Vienna, the monument to Wagner, the bust of Nietzsche for the University, the scepter and the gold chain of the University Rector, figures of Italian poets ( Petrarch, Boccaccio, Tasso, Ariosto).
He submitted a sketch for the official monument to Empress Elizabeth, which was then built in Austrisn Gföhl and Pula. At the time of his accession to the Secession, he dedicated himself to decorating the facade of the Artaria house in Vienna in collaboration with the architect Max Fabiani.
He later abandoned the symbolist decorativism of the Jugendstil for a more concentrated and vigorous style, approaching the Belgian sculptor Constantin Meunier for the theme of work, and preferring to exhibit at the Künstlerhaus.
In Vienna, he was generous with advice and help with the Italians and in particular with his fellow citizens (such as the Brazzanese Luigi Visintin, then a university student).
After the First World War, he returned to Italy and lived in Friuli, penalized by the fact that the Habsburg Empire had by now disappeared. Instead of large-scale public monuments, he then devoted himself to engraving medals (e.g. for Benedict XV and for the Italian mission in Vienna in 1919) and to designing funeral monuments (examples in Mali Lošinj and Trieste) and portrait busts (of Generals Carlo Caneva and Antonio Baldissera in Udine, sculptures of the War Memorial of Corno di Rosazzo). After all, he had already executed the Bab grave monument in the Döblinger cemetery in Vienna in 1909.
He taught in Trieste from 1920 until 1935, at the local school of industrial art, where he had Marcello Mascherini...
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Vintage 1910s Austrian Jugendstil Vases
Materials
Bronze
Modernist Oil on Canvas Portrait of a Boxer by Joe Stein, ca. 1950s
Located in New York, NY
MARKINGS
Signed ‘Joe Stein’
NOTE
Original un-restored period frame has a Paris art gallery label affixed on the reverse.
ABOUT PAINTING
T...
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Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Mildred Watkins, ‘Clouds’, Enamel on Copper Decorative Plate, 1948
By Mildred Watkins
Located in New York, NY
A copy of this artwork by Mildred Watkins is in the permanent collection of the Crocker Art Museum, Enamel Arts Foundation Collection.
Markings
Signed and dated on the base: Clou...
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Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Decorative Art
Materials
Copper
After The Thinker, Modern Carved Wood Sculpture, ca. 1960s
Located in New York, NY
Permanently exhibited at the Musee Rodin in Paris, ‘The Thinker’ (French: Le Penseur), the original Auguste Rodin’s bronze sculpture of...
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
French Art Nouveau Patinated Bronze Sculptural Iris Vase, ca. 1900
Located in New York, NY
ABOUT IRIS
The iris is a special and mysterious flower. Not only because of its striking appearance, but also from an artistic and historical point of view. It is also like a work of art, as though created by Mother Nature. The unique leaves of this plant not only create wonderful shadow casts, but also look as if they were painted by hand. It's no wonder that iris acts as the muse for countless artists, and can be seen in many famous works of art.
The iris was first spotted in the time of Pharaoh Thutmose, in 1504 BC. He had the iris inscribed into the wall reliefs of a temple as a sign of his power, as well as decorating his sceptre with motifs of the flower. Since then, the iris has been a symbol of victory in Egypt. But the symbolism of the iris goes further than that. In Japan, the flower represents courage and is the symbol of the boys' festival. In Islamic cultures, the iris is a symbol of prosperity. In Europe, the flower was a popular weapon symbol in the Middle Ages and stood for chivalry. And in Christianity, the iris was seen as a symbol of the trinity because of its three-part flowers. With more than 300 varieties, the iris is now the most popular flower among growers and gardeners following the rose.
Countless artists use the iris in their works and the flower is present in all eras. You can see the flower on furniture, vases, jewelry, fabrics, sculptures, coats of arms and much more. Did you know that the iris is also called the sword lily? It's not a coincidence that it used to symbolize physical and emotional pain and suffering caused by a weapon. We also see the flower in religious art, where it's often associated with Mary and Jesus. The iris is also associated with the Greek goddess Iris, where the flower symbolizes reconciliation and divine messages. This is also reflected in many paintings.
Finally, the iris is also visible in Dutch and Flemish still-life paintings. This can be in a religious form, incorporated into an object or as a decorative flower.
In the Art Nouveau art movement, the iris (along with other plants, such as the birch) was often used as an expression of feminine beauty. With its almost otherworldly appearance, the iris is perfectly suited to the Art Nouveau aesthetic and is featured in many well-known works of art. The poet of that era, Hermann Hesse...
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Antique Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières
Materials
Bronze
French Art Deco, Lounging Nude, Carved Wood Sculpture, ca. 1930
Located in New York, NY
This sculpture of a female nude was created by an unknown sculptor in the manner of the popular modernist movement in French art of the very end of the 19th century, Les Nabis...
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Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Sébastien Tamari, Femme Nu, French Modernist Patinated Bronze Sculpture, 1960s
By Sebastien Tamari
Located in New York, NY
Sébastien Tamari (French, 1900-1991)
1900 Birth in Baku of Sébastien Tamari (Russian Empire).
1920 He left his hometown due to political events. He travelled through the Caucas...
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Vintage 1960s French Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Nicolas Issaiev, Still Life with Fruits, Original Oil Painting, Ca. 1920’s
By Nikolai Alexandrovich Isaev
Located in New York, NY
Nicolas Issaiev (a/k/a Nikolai Alexandrovich Isaev, Russian-French, 1891-1977) was a painter, graphic artist, set designer, illustrator.
In the early 1900s he studied in art scho...
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Vintage 1920s French Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Head, French Modernist Hand-Carved Wood Sculpture, ca. 1950
Located in New York, NY
Unusual in its conciseness and modernistic vision of a rather familiar subject - the human head - this original elegant sculpture does not leave anyone indifferent and is imprinted i...
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Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Paul Loiseau-Rousseau, French Art Nouveau Gilt Bronze Jug, Ca. 1900
By Paul Loiseau-Rousseau 1
Located in New York, NY
Paul Louis Emile Loiseau-Rousseau (French, 1861-1927) was a famous French sculptor. In his youth, he planned to devote himself to etching, was a student of Antoine-Louis Barye at the...
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Antique Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Vases
Materials
Bronze
WMF, German Jugenstil, a Pair of Copper & Brass Candlesticks, Ca. 1910
By WMF Ikora
Located in New York, NY
DETAILS
Marked on bottom.
WMF GmbH
In 1853, mill owner Daniel Straub, together with the Schweizer brothers, Louis and Friedrich, established the Straub & Schweizer metal works in Geislingen an der Steige, Germany. Only a few years later in 1862, their silver-plated tableware and serving dishes were awarded a medal of distinction at the world exhibition in London. The company, originally called Metallwarenfabrik Straub & Schweizer, merged in 1880 with Ritter & Co - a producer of high end luxury items who were ahead of their time in silver plating technique.
Instead of using the method of heat and mechanical pressure to plate their wares, Ritter dipped the item into a bath of silver which together with an electric current produced pieces that were finely and evenly covered in a layer of silver. This method of plating was called ‘Galvanisation’ and allowed more intricate and complex pieces to be plated.
After several years both companies still faced financial problems and in 1880 they joined with the Wurttemberg Union Bank and the company was renamed “WMF” (Württembergische Metallwarenfabrik). From its founding as one company, WMF's growth was tremendous - acquiring more factories along the way, notably including "Orivit AG" and "Orion KM". By the end of the 1900's, they were the world's largest producer and exporter of household metalware.
WMF started making glass in 1883 when a glass house was built at Geisslingen near Stuttgart to produce their own glass inserts. The original 1883 glass house was destroyed during the First World War and a new, more modern facility opened in 1922. The young glass designer Karl Wiedmann perfected the technique of iridized surfaces and the resulting "MYRA"- Kristall entered production in 1926. The same year also saw the beginning of the first "IKORA" glass - reputedly discovered by accident whilst correcting a Myra glass...
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Vintage 1910s German Jugendstil Candlesticks
Materials
Brass, Copper
Joahim Berthold, Modernist Bronze Sculpture of a Lounging Couple, ca. 1960
By Joahim Berthold
Located in New York, NY
About object
Signed and numbered in back.
Signed: J. Beithold.
Limited Edition: 4/9
Joachim Berthold (German, 1917 – 1990)
Joachim Berthold, born 1917 in Eisenach, lived and w...
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Vintage 1960s German Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Art Nouveau Sculptural Gilded Vienna Bronze Candy Bowl, ca. 1900
Located in New York, NY
Probably, Austrian, this very original Art Nouveau orientalist sculptural candy bowl made of gilded Viennese bronze, depicts a young street vendor in bloomers and a fez, holding a hu...
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Antique Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Decorative Bowls
Materials
Bronze
Austrian Jugenstil Patinated Bronze Sculpture of Fawn Youth, Ca. 1900
Located in New York, NY
Probably Austrian, this lovely Jugenstil desk-sized black-patinated bronze figurine on its original marble pedestal depicts a fawn youth, checking the size of his tail to see how muc...
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Antique Early 1900s Austrian Jugendstil Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Antique Continental Patinated Bronze Fawn Candlestick, 19th Century
Located in New York, NY
Probably Italian, 19th Century patinated bronze candlestick in form of a dancing Fawn holding a candle-vessel in his hands, on its original wood base.
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Antique 1880s Italian Belle Époque Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Louis Féron, Male Torso, Carved Wood Sculpture, 1990
By Louis Féron
Located in New York, NY
Louis Féron (French, 1901-1998) was a sculptor, chaser, gold- and silversmith. He was born in Rouen, Normandy, and apprenticed in Paris in the Volk Bronze ...
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1990s French Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Bernard Taurelle, Nu, French Modernist Oil on Canvas Painting, circa 1960s
By Bernard Taurelle
Located in New York, NY
Signed lower right corner.
Stamped en verso Galerie Felix Vercel Paris - New York.
Original period frame.
Bernard Taurelle (French, B. 1931) is a famous French artist, widely known ...
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Vintage 1960s French Post-Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Paul Silvestre, Faun & Goose, French Art Deco Bronze Sculpture, ca. 1920's
By Paul Silvestre
Located in New York, NY
Signed on the plinth “Silvestre”
Original wooden base.
Dimensions
Height: 11.75 inches (29.37cm)
Width: 23.25 inches (58.12cm)
Depth: 6 inches (15cm)
PAUL SILVESTRE (French...
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Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Roberto Rosati, Italian Futuristic Art Deco Majolica Wall Plate, ca. 1930s
By Roberto Rosati
Located in New York, NY
This large and stunningly beautiful hand-painted futuristic Art-Deco majolica wall plate by famous Italian ceramist, Roberto Rosati depicts a peasant wo...
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Vintage 1930s Italian Futurist Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
Att: Hugo Lisberg, Striding Giraffe, Dutch Modernist Bronze Sculpture, ca. 1955
Located in New York, NY
ABOUT SCULPTURE
An incredibly graceful depiction of an animal beloved by everyone in the interpretation of the famous Danish master of the last century, Hugo Liisberg attracts the v...
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Vintage 1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Italian Modernist 800° Silver, Agate, Malachite, Nacre & Wood Box, ca. 1960
Located in New York, NY
ABOUT BOX
This unusual, finely handcrafted tabletop box most likely was intended to hold money. It unmistakable appearance immediately evokes the distinc...
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Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Silver
Fred Press, American Art Deco, Painted Plaster Bust of a Faun, ca. 1930s
By Fred Press
Located in New York, NY
Signed ‘Fred Press’ on back
FRED PRESS (American, 1919 – 2012) was born to Samuel and Rose Press, who emigrated from Russia in the early 1900’s. He was the fourth of five children. He was married to Alice Bernadette for over 60 years and they had three children, David, Peter and Christopher.
At an early age Fred showed his sculpting prowess as the Ivory Soap contest winner in the early 1930’s. During his contemporary stage, he created numerous sculptures with bold design choices and unique subject matter. Fred’s sculptures reflect both historically significant figures and time periods but he also showed a more fanciful side with sculptures depicting mythical folklore using the likeness of some of his relatives. His subject matter also reflected the people and cultures he came into contact with while a member of the Sixth Air Force Division stationed in the Panama Canal Zone...
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Busts
Materials
Plaster
Claudio Botta, ‘Salome’, Patinated Bronze Sculpture, Ca. 1923
By Claudio Botta
Located in New York, NY
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Claudio Botta (Italian, 1891–1958) was an Italian sculptor and painter. Son of Battista Botta and Maria Martinelli, from 10 to 14 he works as an apprentice in a del...
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Vintage 1920s Italian Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Emmanuel Villdnis, ‘Nelly’, French Art Nouveau Patinated Bronze Bust, ca. 1890
By Emmanuel Villdnis
Located in New York, NY
DETAILS
Signed and foundry mark on back.
DIMENSIONS
Height: 4-15/16 inches
Width: 2-5/16 inches
Depth: 2.25 inches
ABOUT THE SCULPTURE
This portrait bust is of Nelly Faner, famous burlesque dancer at the turn of the XX Century Paris.
ABOUT THE SCULPTORE
Emmanuel Villdnis (French, 1858 – 1914) was born to Italian parents in France, in 1858. He moved with the family to Piedmont, Italy, in March 1861; after the proclamation of the Kingdom of Italy.
Known in Italy as Villani, he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts Albertina in Turin from 1871 to 1880 alongside master-sculptor Odoardo Tabacchi. When Villanis graduated, he exhibited his first works in cities across Italy, notably his bust ‘Alda’ in Milan, in 1881.
Villanis returned to France in 1885, living and working in the Montmartre district of Paris and didn’t leave Montmartre until his death on August 28th 1914.
Villanis specialised in female bronze busts...
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Antique 1890s French Art Nouveau Busts
Materials
Bronze
Japanese Art Nouveau, Awaji Ware Art Studio Pottery Flower Vase, Ca. 1900
By Awaji Pottery
Located in New York, NY
DIMENSIONS:
Height: 12.5 inches
Width: 6.75 inches
Depth: 6.75 inches
ABOUT AWAJI POTTERY
Awaji pottery was made on the Japanese island of the same name between 1830 and 19...
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Antique Early 1900s Japanese Art Nouveau Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Paul Dachsel for Turn Teplitz, Austrian Jugenstil Ceramic ‘Fern’ Vase, ca. 1900
By Paul Dachsel
Located in New York, NY
DETAILS:
Fully marked on bottom.
DIMENSIONS:
height: 6.75 inches, width: 4.5 inches, depth: 4.5 inches
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Paul Dachsel (Czech, born circa 1880) was the son-in-law of Alfred...
Category
Antique Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Japanese Meiji Era Bronze Lotus Leaf Bowl, Vide Poche, ca. 1900
Located in New York, NY
DIMENSIONS: Height: 4 inches Width: 6 inches Depth: 6 inches
ABOUT THE OBJECT
With the laconic Japanese-style Art Nouveau design, filled with symbolism and metaphorism, this multi-use bowl...
Category
Antique Early 1900s Japanese Art Nouveau Vases
Materials
Bronze
Chinese Art Deco, Bird & Flower Motif Cloisonné Enamel Trinket Box, Ca. 1920
Located in New York, NY
Chinese Art Deco
Bird & Flower Motif
Cloisonné enamel trinket box
ca. 1920
DIMENSIONS:
Height: 1.75 inches
Width: 6.75inches
Depth: 3.75...
Category
Vintage 1920s Chinese Art Deco Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Metal
Chinese Art Deco Enameled Bronze Inkwell w/ Bird and Flower Motif, ca. 1920
Located in New York, NY
Chinese Art Deco
Enameled Bronze Inkwell
w/ Bird and Flower Motif
ca. 1920
Dimensions:
Height: 2.5 inches.
Width: 6.75 inches.
Depth: 3.5 inches.
Category
Vintage 1920s Chinese Art Deco Inkwells
Materials
Brass
Alexandre Zeitlin, Faerie, American Art Deco Patinated Bronze Sculpture, C. 1920
By Alexandre Zeitlin
Located in New York, NY
DETAILS
Signed by the author and stamped with Roman Bronze Works Foundry NYC stamp.
DIMENSIONS
Height: 14.5 inches
Width: 6.5 inches
Depth: 9inches
ABOUT THE SCULPTURE
Made of black patinated bronze, the fairy literally floats in the air thanks to a wonderful composition using a huge light scarf fluttering in the wind.
ABOUT THE SCULPTOR
Alexandre Zeitlin (French/American, 1872 - 1946) was an outstanding sculptor known for his portrait busts. Alexander Zeitlin was born in Tiflis, Georgia (Russian Empire), in 1872. He held his first art exhibition in his hometown in his early teens. At first, the novice sculptor studied at the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts (1890–1894), where his portrait busts of Archduke Otto were noted.
He then studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. Zeitlin's ‘Despair’ statue and a portrait bust of the opera singer Jeanne Hatto were among the first to receive public recognition. He became known for his portrait busts. Zeitlin received the Ordre des Palmes académiques (1903) for the busts of Camille Flammarion...
Category
Vintage 1920s North American Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Vintage Gilt Wood Étagère-mannequin in Salvatore Dali Style, Ca. 1980s
Located in New York, NY
Vintage
In Style of Salvatore Dali
Étagère-Mannequin
Silvered & Gilt Wood
ca. 1980s
DIMENSIONS
Height: 29.5 inches
Width: 11.5 inches
Dep...
Category
Vintage 1980s American Futurist Bookcases
Materials
Wood
American Art Deco Carved Slate Nude Kneeling Woman Sculpture, ca. 1920
Located in New York, NY
American Art Deco
Nude Kneeling Woman
Carved Slate Sculpture
ca. 1920
DETAILS
Mounted on original marble base.
Apparently unsigned.
DIMENSIONS
Hei...
Category
Vintage 1920s American Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Slate
Max Le Verrier, ‘Boubou’, French Art Deco Patinated Bronze Desk Lamp, Ca. 1920
By Max Le Verrier
Located in New York, NY
DETAILS
Signed, original black & white marble base, period wiring and fittings.
DIMENSIONS
Height: 6.5 inches
Width: 3.5 inches
Depth: 5.5 inches
ABOUT THE LAMP
A charming and very funny monkey named Boubou, excited by some suspicious sounds, decided to shine a lantern and discover the source and origin. The sculptural interpretation of this scene with a simple plot by a wonderful French sculptor turns a seemingly small trivial table lamp into a real work of art - with such skill the author conveys its emotional state, a mixture of fright and curiosity!
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Louis Octave Maxime Le Verrier (French, 1891 – 1973), known more commonly as Max Le Verrier, also known by the pseudonym Artus was a famous French sculptor. He was known for being a pioneer within the Parisian Art Deco movement, creating decorative art objects often made in bronze as well as historical sculptures.
Max le Verrier was born on the in Neuilly-sur-Seine, near Paris, in 1891. His mother was Belgian and his father was a Parisian goldsmith and jeweler on Boulevard Malesherbes in Paris. His parents divorced when he was 7 years old. Le Verrier attended several boarding schools (Collège de Verneuil sur Avre) and was a brilliant student. He grew an interest for drawing and art during his education.
However, his father thought that his future would be in farming, therefore he sent Max to study agriculture (St. Sever and La Réole) against Ma’s wishes. However, Max Le Verrier kept his liking for sculpture during his spare time lively. At the age of 16, he returned to Paris and did odd jobs to escape farm-work and to provide for himself. (His father emancipated him, and, as a result, he was left to fend for himself).
In 1909, when he was 18, he left for England. As a foreigner, it was very difficult for him to find a job in London; refusing to come back to France and admitting defeat, he lived very difficult days. From an early age he showed great promise as an artist and sculptor; and after serving in the French army during World War I, he studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Geneva. During his studies in Switzerland he met fellow sculptors Pierre le Faguays and Marcel Bouraine, who became close friends and with whom he collaborated for much of his life.
After completing his studies, le Verrier returned to France in 1919, and founded his own studio in Paris. It was at this time that he created his first popular sculpture, the famous 'Pelican' - which was the first of a long line of animal...
Category
Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
Sier Kunst, Bull, Austrian Art Deco Wood & Brass Sculpture, ca. 1930
Located in New York, NY
Austrian Art Deco
Sier Kunst
Bull
Wood & Brass Sculpture in Haguenauer Manner
ca. 1930
DETAILS
Marked ‘SK’ in a triangle for Sier Kunst and ‘Made In Aus...
Category
Vintage 1930s Austrian Art Deco Animal Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Antique Carved Wood Lion’s Head from a Manhattan Bar, ca. 1880s-1890s
Located in New York, NY
Dimension:
Height: 14 inches
Width: 13 inches
Depth: 12 inches.
About the object:
This elaborately carved wood lion's head was an integral decorative piece of a bar counter or shelf unit in a Manhattan bar...
Category
Antique 1880s American American Classical Animal Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Spanish Colonial, Virgin Mary, Original O/C Painting, XVIII Century
Located in New York, NY
Spanish Colonial
Virgin Mary
Original Oil on Canvas Painting
XVIII Century
DETAILS
Original period frame.
PAINTING DIMENSIONS
Height: 17.5 inches
Width: 12.75 inches
...
Category
Antique 18th Century Mexican Spanish Colonial Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Spanish Colonial, Madonna and Child, Original Oil on Wood Painting, XVIII C
Located in New York, NY
Spanish Colonial
Madonna and Child
Original oil on wood painting
XVIII century
DETAILS
Original period frame.
PAINTING DIMENSIONS
Height: 6-3/8 inches
Width: 7.5 inches
Depth:...
Category
Antique 18th Century Mexican Spanish Colonial Paintings
Materials
Wood
Spanish Colonial, Penitent Mary Magdalene, Original O/C Painting, 18th Century
Located in New York, NY
Spanish Colonial
Penitent Mary Magdalene
Original oil on canvas painting
XIX century
Details
Original period frame.
Painting dimensi...
Category
Antique 18th Century Mexican Spanish Colonial Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Spanish Colonial, Mother of God and Jesus w/ Lambs, O/W Painting, XVIII Century
Located in New York, NY
Spanish Colonial
Mother of God and Young Jesus with Lambs
Original Oil on Wood Panel Painting
XVIII Century
DETAILS
Original period frame.
PAIN...
Category
Antique 18th Century Mexican Spanish Colonial Paintings
Materials
Wood
Meiji Period Satsuma, Japanese Art Nouveau, Kinkōzan Decorative Bowl, ca. 1900
Located in New York, NY
Dimensions Height: 2.5 inches Diameter: 12.25 inches
About the object
This unique decorative bowl, most likely, was created at the Kinkozan workshop. Kinkozan pottery...
Category
Antique Early 1900s Japanese Meiji Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Head of a Jazzman, Patinated Bronze Sculpture, American, ca. 1940s
Located in New York, NY
About sculpture
This remarkable portrait bust is in all likelihood a privately commissioned sculpture from around 1940s. Despite the fact that the sculpture is not signed, it is cer...
Category
Vintage 1940s American Streamlined Moderne Busts
Materials
Bronze
Austrian Jugenstil-Secessionist Brass Desk Lamp with Glass Cabochons, ca. 1900
Located in New York, NY
About Lamp
Rare, museum-quality and unique in its most unusual yet discreet low-key design and the finest workmanship, this Austrian Jugenstil/Secessionist brass...
Category
Antique Early 1900s Austrian Jugendstil Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Harlequin, American Cubist Modernist Welded Metal Sculpture, ca. 1970s
Located in New York, NY
About sculpture
This figurative sculpture of a Harlequin standing in a relaxed pose is unusual not only in the choice of materials; but, most importantly, due to the unusual combina...
Category
Vintage 1970s American Brutalist Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Richard Wilt, Caesar, American Mid-Century Modern O/C Painting, Ca. 1960s
By Richard Wilt
Located in New York, NY
ABOUT ARTIST
Richard Wilt (American, 1915 - 1981) > Chronology and Exhibition History
1915 Born in Tyrone, PA
1981 Died in Ann Arbor, MI
EDUCATION:
1...
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Giorgio A. Roccamonte, Robot, Abstract Modern Chromed Metal Sculpture, Ca. 1960
By Giorgio Amelio Roccamonte
Located in New York, NY
ABOUT ARTIST
Giorgio Amelio Roccamonte a/k/a Elio Roccamonte (Argentine/Italian, Buenos Aires, 1927 - Rome, 1980) was a renown Italian sculp...
Category
Vintage 1960s Argentine Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Richard Bauroth, Bathers, German Jugenstil Patinated Bronze Sculpture, Ca. 1919
Located in New York, NY
ABOUT ARTIST
Richard Bauroth (German, 1884-?) was active/lived in Germany. German sculptor, Richard Bauroth studied in Munich et al. under Adolf von Hildebrand.
DIMENSIONS
Heigh...
Category
Vintage 1910s German Jugendstil Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
American Modernism, a Pair of Nude Males, Hand-Carved Wood Sculpture, ca. 1940s
Located in New York, NY
About Sculpture
This homoerotic ebonized hand-carved wood sculpture of a pair of nude males, the older one supporting the falling down body of the youth, was created by an anonymous...
Category
Vintage 1940s American Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Doug Rochelle, 3 Faces, American Abstract Expressionist Ceramic Sculpture, XX C
Located in New York, NY
ABOUT ARTIST
Doug Rochelle came to New York in 2001 from Kansas City and got a job as a waiter, working nights. Doug joined the LaMano Pottery Studio in...
Category
1990s American Expressionist Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Clay
Linn Lovejoy Phelan, Head of a Woman, Modernist Ceramic Sculpture, 1953
By Linn Lovejoy Phelan
Located in New York, NY
LINN LOVEJOY PHELAN, LINN PHELAN (American, 1906-1992), one of the most famous New York based artist-potter worked with earthenware clay that was coated wi...
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Busts
Materials
Ceramic
Henry Carnier, Oriental Medina Street Scene, Original O/C Painting, Ca. 1880s
Located in New York, NY
ABOUT
This eye-pleasing painting was created by the famous French painter, Henry Carnier (French, 1843-1902) around 1880s; that is, at the height of the Belle Époque artistic movem...
Category
Antique 1880s French Belle Époque Paintings
Materials
Canvas