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Diane Cooper Mixed Media over Wood Wall Mounted Bundle Sculpture
Located in Chicago, IL
Diane Cooper Mixed Media over Wood Wall Mounted Bundle Sculpture, From Ruth Horwich collection.
Textures Canvas and Metal
About Diane Cooper:
Inspired by the visual culture in Japan,...
Category
1990s American Modern Mounted Objects
Materials
Metal
Neos Lorenz du Pasquier & Sowden Postmodern Clock
By George Sowden, Nathalie du Pasquier
Located in Chicago, IL
Neos Lorenz du Pasquier & Sowden Postmodern Clock
A blue and purple plastic postmodern wall clock with yellow hands and numbers designed by Nathalie du Pasquier and George Sowden for...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Wall Clocks
Materials
Plastic
Tony Rosenthal "Thunderclap" Wall Sculpture
By Tony Rosenthal
Located in Chicago, IL
Tony Rosenthal "Thunderclap" Wall Sculpture
Sculpture by Rosenthal, torch-cut and burnished aluminum. Etched signature lower right corner Rosenthal 61
And on back "THUNDERCLAP" 61
Ca...
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Aluminum
Robert Arneson Footed Bowl 1960c.
By Robert Arneson 1
Located in Chicago, IL
Robert Arneson Footed Bowl 1960 c.
circa 1960
glazed earthenware, incised 'ARNESON' on underside
Diameter 8.50"
3" high
Category
Vintage 1960s Decorative Bowls
Materials
Earthenware
Glazed Stoneware by Elena Rakochy "La Linda Nedra"
Located in Chicago, IL
La Linda Nedra by Elena Rakochy
Artist Bio and Statement
Elena Rakochy is a sculptor from Chicago, specializing in clay and drawing inspiration from nature and interpersonal connect...
Category
Early 2000s American Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stoneware
Phillips Starck Custom Stainless Steel Dishes, set of Thirty-Eight
By Philippe Starck
Located in Chicago, IL
Phillips Starck Custom Stainless Steel Dishes set of Thirty-Eight, from The Clift Hotel, San Fransisco California.
Two sizes:
Both 1/2" high
Smaller 23" in total
9" x 6"
Larger 15 in...
Category
1990s Italian Art Deco Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Materials
Stainless Steel
Viktor Schreckengost Vase with Fish Cowan Pottery
By Viktor Schreckengost, Cowan Pottery
Located in Chicago, IL
Viktor Schreckengost Vase with Fish for Cowan Pottery
Drypoint decorated glazed earthenware
Size : 6½ h × 5½ w in
Impressed studio mark to underside ‘Cowan’.
Literature: Cowan Potter...
Category
Vintage 1930s American Bottles
Materials
Earthenware
Rare Viktor Schreckengost Little Nell
Located in Chicago, IL
Rare Viktor Schreckengost Little Nell, Glazed Porcelain Figurine with an impressed manufacturer's mark on the base.
Dimensions: 5.5" H x 4" W x 3.5" D.
Schreckengost (June 26, 1906 –...
Category
Vintage 1930s American Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Richard Meier Candleholders for Swid Powell
By Swid Powell, Richard Meier
Located in Chicago, IL
Richard Meier Candleholders for Swid Powell, Silver-plated brass,Both stamped RM MADE IN ITALY SILVER PLATED with copyright
Category
Vintage 1980s Italian Post-Modern Candelabras
Materials
Silver Plate
Luigi Benzoni Titled Volta Glass Sculpture
By Luigi Benzoni, Unico edizioni
Located in Chicago, IL
Luigi Benzoni titled "Volta" Glass Sculpture, with gold leaf details. Benzoni, born in 1956 in Bergamo, Italy, is a Venetian artist renowned for his innovative approach to art. Initi...
Category
Early 2000s Italian Post-Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Glass
Tony Rosenthal Tabletop Bronze Sculpture
By Tony Rosenthal
Located in Chicago, IL
Tony Rosenthal Tabletop Bronze Sculpture
Untitled. Vertically oriented black painted bronze sculpture with three interior voids with irregular edges welded to base, signed, circa 19...
Category
1990s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Tony Rosenthal Welded Steel Architectural Sculpture
By Tony Rosenthal
Located in Chicago, IL
Tony Rosenthal Welded Steel Architectural Sculpture
Untitled. Welded steel sculpture with oxidized surface finish composed of architectural elem...
Category
Vintage 1980s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Tall Fantoni Orange and Green Glazed Vase
By Fantoni
Located in Chicago, IL
Tall Fantoni Orange and Green Glazed Vase, This is the larger more rare version, signed Fantoni Italy underside.
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Bottles
Materials
Ceramic
Fantoni Ceramic Bowl
By Marcello Fantoni
Located in Chicago, IL
Fantoni ceramic bowl, graduated colors inside and out makes this technical glaze a trademark of Fantoni.
Signed underside Fantoni Italy for Ramor.
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Clay, Ceramic
Olmec Head by Eric Ledoux
By Eric Ledoux
Located in Chicago, IL
Glazed ceramic bust by Eric Ledoux.
Born in Paris in 1946.
Studied at Academy “Grande Chaumière” (drawing and composition).
In 1968 he lead his own print workshop for the textile industry.
During this time he worked with Pierre Cardin and Pierre Balmain.
In 1968 he made his first trip to México to visit his uncle, renowned fashion designer Henri de Chatillon which would greatly impact his life.
In 1989 Eric Ledoux along with his and his wife with his wife and his son permanently established their residence in México.
His fascination with the colors, culture, and people are of constant inspiration often implementing bisque ceramics...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Mexican Brutalist Busts
Materials
Ceramic
In the Style of Paul Evans Wall Torch
By Paul Evans
Located in Chicago, IL
Brutalist wall sculptural Torchere, can be wired for electric or used as candle torch.
Cast aluminum with brass anodized prong light holder grooved and d...
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Aluminum
Florence Resnikoff Welded Steel Sculpture
By Florence Resnikoff
Located in Chicago, IL
Florence Resnikoff welded steel sculpture. Abstract form welded metal with patina.
Known for her jewelry designs Resnikoff's early designs were...
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Arnaldo Pomodoro, Sculpture, 1960-1970
By Arnaldo Pomodoro
Located in Chicago, IL
Arnaldo Pomodoro House of Cards by ; 18 die-cut interlockable cards, notched on all sides that can be arranged into many ways to create your own Pomodoro sculpture. Cards are lettered from A-X. Cards for the first half of the alphabet have B/W photos of Pomodoro sculptures on one side, backed by text on silver background: "An Exchange of Letters: Arnaldo Pomodor and Tom L...
Category
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Books
Materials
Paper
Sculpture by Richard Walsh
Located in Chicago, IL
Richard Walsh freeform sculpture. Tubular metal bent and welded to torch-cut circular base, Brutalist in form and patina. Sturdy stabile sculpture,
circa 1975.
Category
Vintage 1970s American Brutalist Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Marchello Fantoni Vibrant Blue Bowl
By Marcello Fantoni
Located in Chicago, IL
Marchello Fantoni Vibrant Blue Bowl blue bowl.
Signed Fanton underside.
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Metal
Murano Vase
Located in Chicago, IL
Murano Glass Vase
This item is currently on view in our NYC Greenwich Street Location.
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Vases
Materials
Glass
Set of Six Small Fornasetti Dishes
By Fornasetti
Located in Chicago, IL
6 gold leaf ceramic dishes rare design with original box.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-P...
Materials
Ceramic
Fantoni Blub Shaped Vase
By Fantoni, Marcello Fantoni
Located in Chicago, IL
Fantoni blub shaped vase, with layered glazes. Signed underside Fantoni Italy with layered glazes. Signed underside Fantoni Italy.
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Large Brass Pineapple Vase
Located in Chicago, IL
Large-scale vase is made with solid brass.
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Brass
Christo and More SMS A Collection of Multiples 'William N. Copley, 1968'
By Roy Lichtenstein, Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Yoko Ono 1
Located in Chicago, IL
Christo and More SMS A Collection of Multiples 'William N. Copley, 1968'
S.M.S. is an art collection in a box that was available by subscription in 1968. Through February and December, subscribers were mailed six issues containing assorted works of art curated by William N. Copley. The portfolios consist of “original reproductions" by 73 artists including William Copley, Christo, Marcel Duchamp, Roy Lichtenstein, Joseph Kosuth, Walter de Maria, Yoko Ono, Lawrence Weiner, Richard Artschwager, Man Ray, Bruce Nauman, John Cage, Terry Riley and more.
S.M.S. included renowned and unknown artists side by side. As form of protest against galleries, S.M.S. made contemporary art affordable and accessible at a modest price of $125.00 per subscription. The portfolios are all kept in their original display covers.
Edition of approximately 2,000 published by Letter Edged in Black Press.
Volume No. 1 February 1968
Little Box of Earthquake and Cotton (cover), Irving Penn; Black Dress, James Lee Byars; Chicago Project…, Walter de Maria; My Country ‘Tis of Thee, Kasper Konig; Luggage Labels Nancy Reitkopf; Project for a Bridge, Sue Braden; A Postcard for Mother, Richard Hamilton; Two Propositions in Black, Le Monte Young and Marian Zazeela; Store Front, Christo; Sol Mednick; Pharmaceuticals, Julian Levy.
Volume No. 2 April 1968
Seven Minute Recording of Contapetrie, a surrealist word game (cover), Marcel Duchamp; The Mirror of Genoveva, Meret Oppenheim; Three Color Separations, Alain Jacquet; A Two-Year-Old Girl Choked to Death Today on an Easter Egg, Ray Johnson; A Proposed Comic Section for the New York Times, Bernard Pfreim; Farwell to Faust, George Reavey; Album, Clovis Trouille; Legal Tender, Bruce Conner; 10 collages, Marcia Hertscovitz; Cynocephalus & Co., Nicolas Calas.
Volume No. 3 June 1968
Untitled abstract landscapes (cover), John Battan; Clouds, William Bryant (Bill Copley); Ode to London, Dick Higgens; Two Drawings, Ronnie Landfield; Bush in Hand, Roland Penrose; The Father of Mona Lisa, Man Ray, signed and numbered; Glove, Enrico Baj; Four Titled Abstracts, Joseph Kosuth; Correspondence, H.C. Westerman; Signal Flag Poem, Hannah Weiner; Poppy Nogoods All Night Flight, Terry Riley; Poems, Atograf.
Volume No. 4 August 1968
Untitled (cover), Robert Stanley; Drift Study 4:37:4:05:09:50 5 VII 68, La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela; Permanent Parking Decal, Robert Watts; 100 Year Calendar, On Kawara; Lichtenstein Hat, Roy Lichtenstein; Diary: How to Improve the World (You Will Only Make Matters Worse) continued, John Cage; Phenakistiscope, Hollis Frampton...
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Books
Materials
Paper
Tribal Sculpture
Located in Chicago, IL
Artist Park hand sculpts and welds objects creating a tribal-esque sculpture.
Category
Vintage 1960s American Tribal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Marcello Fantoni Sculpture
By Marcello Fantoni
Located in Chicago, IL
Marcello Fantoni, Untitled, Copper and Steel, 1960
This item is currently on view in our NYC Greenwich Street Location.
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Sculptures
Materials
Copper, Steel
Gabor Kalman Brutalist Steel Sculpture
Located in Chicago, IL
Kalman takes steel and torch-cuts it, then contours it for a Brutalist effect.
Signed base Gabor Kalman '68.
This item is currently on view in our NYC Greenwich Street Location.
Category
Vintage 1960s American Brutalist Sculptures
Materials
Cut Steel
Early Marchello Fantoni Vase
By Fantoni, Marcello Fantoni
Located in Chicago, IL
Early Marchello Fantoni vase, Abstract geometric designs with blue glaze.
Signed underside "Fantoni" Italy.
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Clay, Ceramic
Set of Linda Kramer Ceramic Chairs
By Linda Kramer
Located in Chicago, IL
Set of five ceramic chairs sculpture by Chicago based artist Linda Kramer.
Measures: Chair heights: 5.5", 7.5", 10.25", 14.5", 19.5"
Born in New York City in 1937, raised in C...
Category
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Sergio Asti Sculpture
Located in Chicago, IL
Unique Sergio Asti architectural sculpture. Patinaed reflective glaze over ceramic. Hand signed on underside, Sergio Asti, 1971.
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Post-Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Fantoni Bowl
By Marcello Fantoni
Located in Chicago, IL
Fantoni bowl, outer edge fluctuations with colorful glazes
Signed underside Fantoni italy.
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Ceramic
Ram's Skull Silver Plated
Located in Chicago, IL
Rams skull rests on plinth base. Marked "Made in France on underside from Wingate and Johnston"
Category
Vintage 1960s French Aesthetic Movement Mounted Objects
Materials
Silver
Modern Grandfather Clock by Howard Miller
By Howard Miller, George Nelson
Located in Chicago, IL
Modern grandfather clock by Howard Miller, chrome and Lucite.
Category
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Grandfather Clocks and Longcas...
Materials
Metal
Geometric Glass Bowl
Located in Chicago, IL
Geometric textured outside body
Category
Vintage 1980s Unknown Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Glass
Ceramic Male Figure
Located in Chicago, IL
Ceramic male figure, fired stoneware with monochromatic pattern.
Incised signature underside.
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Early Peter Voulkus Ceramic Vase
By Peter Voulkos
Located in Chicago, IL
Early Peter Voulkus ceramic vase early 1960'd
[unsigned].
Category
Vintage 1960s American Brutalist Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Ceramic Vase
Located in Chicago, IL
Black ceramic vase with white/gray volcanic like glaze technique.
Category
Vintage 1970s Unknown Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Holmegaard Vase
By Holmegaard
Located in Chicago, IL
Green transparent vase
Category
Vintage 1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Blown Glass
Black and White Ceramic Vase
Located in Chicago, IL
Black ceramic vase with white glaze drips
Category
Vintage 1970s Unknown Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Textured Porcupine Vase
Located in Chicago, IL
Textured Porcupine vase, stamp on underside.
Category
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Clay
Enzo Mari Style Sculpture
By Enzo Mari
Located in Chicago, IL
Enzo Mari style sculpture, solid steel mass with architectural elements.
Category
Vintage 1980s American Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Horse Sculpture
By A. Mead
Located in Chicago, IL
Horse sculpture, signed Jo Mead.
Category
Vintage 1940s American Mid-Century Modern Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
Blenko Glass Top Cowboy Hat
By Blenko Glass
Located in Chicago, IL
Purple glass blown in the shape of a top hat.
stamped
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Blown Glass
Georges Jouve Crucifix
By Georges Jouve
Located in Chicago, IL
Georges Jouve Crucifix in Black glazed earthenware
Inscribed to top 'INRI'.
Incised signature and artist's cipher to verso ‘Jouve’.
Category
Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Mounted Objects
Materials
Earthenware
Georges Jouve Soleil Bowl
By Georges Jouve
Located in Chicago, IL
Georges Jouve Soleil Bowl, Black glazed earthenware.
Incised artist's cipher to the underside.
France, circa 1950
It can hang on the wall.
Category
Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Earthenware
Roger Capron Bowl
By Roger Capron
Located in Chicago, IL
Roger Capron Bowl, Glazed Earthenware Made in France, c. 1960
Glazed earthenware, signature to underside ‘Capron Vallauris M82’.
Category
Vintage 1960s French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Baskets
Materials
Earthenware
Tony Rosenthal Sculpture
By Tony Rosenthal
Located in Chicago, IL
Rosenthal bronze sculpture.
1965, untitled.
Stamped "Rosenthal, 1965."
Nice original patina.
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Mario Dal Fabbro Sculpture
By Mario Dal Fabbro
Located in Chicago, IL
Mario Del Fabbro sculpture No. 17
Signed Mario Dal Fabbro, F.42
1984
Multi-disciplinary artist Mario Dal Fabbro was born in Cappella Maggiore, Italy in 1913.
He trained in his family...
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Marcello Fantoni Ceramic Shelf Hanger
By Raymor, Marcello Fantoni
Located in Chicago, IL
Marcello Fantoni for Raymor ceramic shelf hanging person. Glazed Ceramic. Cat pictured sold separately.
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Robert Arneson Studio Vase, 1961
By Robert Arneson 1
Located in Chicago, IL
Robert Arneson Studio vase, 1961
Glazed earthenware, (signed in black on underside 'ARNESON 61').
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Earthenware
Mario Dal Fabbro Sculpture
By Mario Dal Fabbro
Located in Chicago, IL
Mario Dal Fabbro - No. 22
'construction' noted on back
Multi-disciplinary artist Mario Dal Fabbro was born in Cappella Maggiore, Italy in 1913. He trained in his family's furniture design shop prior to attending both the R. Superior Institute for Decorative and Industrial Arts in Venice as well as Magistero Artistico, graduating with high honors in 1937.
From the years of 1938-1948 Dal Fabbro immersed himself in furniture design and academia. Primarily, he designed furniture for both design houses and private clients. Del Fabbro participated in the Triennale de Milano competition in both 1939 and 1947 and won the Ganzatti Contest for 'Standardization of Furniture". During this period he also contributed to the Italian design publications Domus and Stile and the French magazine L'Architecture D'Aujourd'hui.
In 1948 Mario Dal Fabbro immigrated to America and began designing furniture for mass production, working for J.G. Furniture in New York and Quakertown, PA. During his years steady employ, he published Modern Furniture: Its Design And Construction in 1949 and contributed regularly to The New York Times and House and Garden. His subsequent publications spanned a little over the decade and included How to Build Modern Furniture (1951), How to Make Built-In Furniture (1955), and How to Make Children's Furniture and Play Equipment...
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood
John Dickinson Sculpture
By John Dickinson
Located in Chicago, IL
Driftwood sculpture selected by John Dickinson for the Historic Firehouse, San Fransisco.
Placed in John's bedroom on the same cases shown, (also available) Custom brass display mount...
Category
Vintage 1970s American American Craftsman Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Silas Seandel Sun Spots Sculpture
By Silas Seandel
Located in Chicago, IL
Silas Seandel Sun Spots Sculpture, composed of Torch cut bronze, steel, copper and brass elements.
Category
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Mounted Objects
Materials
Brass, Bronze, Copper, Steel
Mario Dal Fabbro Sculpture
By Mario Dal Fabbro
Located in Chicago, IL
Mario Dal Fabbro - No. 14
signed Mario Dal Fabbro
Multi-disciplinary artist Mario Dal Fabbro was born in Cappella Maggiore, Italy in 1913. He trained in his family's furniture de...
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Clyde Burt Ceramic Vase
By Clyde Burt
Located in Chicago, IL
Clyde Burt ceramic vase in glazed stoneware with incised, abstract details.
Signed to underside: [CB].
American, circa 1965.
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Mario Dal Fabbro Sculpture
By Mario Dal Fabbro
Located in Chicago, IL
Mario Dal Fabbro Sculpture No. 1
Signed: [Mario Dal Fabbro 1979]
Multi-disciplinary artist Mario Dal Fabbro was born in Cappella Maggiore, Italy in 1913. He trained in his family...
Category
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Angelo Mangiarotti for Skipper Vase in Carrara Marble
By Skipper, Angelo Mangiarotti
Located in Chicago, IL
Angelo Mangiarotti for Skipper vase in Carrara Marble.
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Carrara Marble
Angelo Mangiarotti Vase for Knoll
By Knoll, Angelo Mangiarotti
Located in Chicago, IL
Angelo Mangiarotti Vase for Knoll, Light Grey Marble with Dark Grey veining.
[Stamped underside Made in Italy]
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Marble
Mario Dal Fabbro Sculpture
By Mario Dal Fabbro
Located in Chicago, IL
Mario Dal Fabbro sculpture no. 24
Signed, 1976. Nodding head. C.6
Multi-disciplinary artist Mario Dal Fabbro was born in Cappella Maggiore, Italy in 1913. He trained in his family's furniture design shop prior to attending both the R. Superior Institute for Decorative and Industrial Arts in Venice as well as Magistero Artistico, graduating with high honours in 1937.
From the years of 1938-1948 Dal Fabbro immersed himself in furniture design and academia. Primarily, he designed furniture for both design houses and private clients. Del Fabbro participated in the Triennale de Milano competition in both 1939 and 1947 and won the Ganzatti Contest for 'Standardization of Furniture". During this period he also contributed to the Italian design publications Domus and Stile and the French magazine L'Architecture D'Aujourd'hui.
In 1948 Mario Dal Fabbro immigrated to America and began designing furniture for mass production, working for J.G. Furniture in New York and Quakertown, PA. During his years steady employ, he published Modern Furniture: Its Design And Construction in 1949 and contributed regularly to The New York Times and House and Garden. His subsequent publications spanned a little over the decade and included How to Build Modern Furniture (1951), How to Make Built-In Furniture (1955) and How to Make Children's Furniture and Play Equipment...
Category
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood
