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Maison Jansen Valet
By Maison Jansen
Located in Chicago, IL
Maison Jansen (French, founded 1880) Ram's head valet, circa 1960. Italian, brass and brushed stainless steel, curved jacket bar with brass hooves, adjust...
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Neoclassical Coat Racks and Stands
Materials
Brass, Steel
Milo Baughman Upside Down U Ottoman
By Milo Baughman, Directional
Located in Chicago, IL
Milo Baughman Upside Down U Ottoman with solid brass foot supports, Reupholstered with Knoll Aegean Boucle.
Category
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Footstools
Materials
Brass
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
Warren Platner Sink
By Warren Platner
Located in Chicago, IL
Sink taken out of a Warren Planter designed home in Connecticut. Sculptural curves with large nautilus handle accents. Located in Chicago.
Category
Vintage 1980s American Art Deco Stone Sinks
Materials
Ceramic
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
Walnut Side Table in the Style of Edward Wormley
By Edward Wormley
Located in Chicago, IL
Walnut table with inlaid geometric design flip-top and plain on verso, table breaks down for easy storage and logistics.
Category
1990s American Mid-Century Modern End Tables
Materials
Walnut
Florence Knoll Desk
By Florence Knoll
Located in Chicago, IL
Knoll International Planed Office Group double pedestal desk with modesty panel model 1503.
Features five drawers one for files.
Modesty panel shows st...
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Metal
Ron Fritts Wall Sculpture
By Ron Fritts
Located in Chicago, IL
Ron Fritts (20th century) is a contemporary American artist, fashion designer, painter, and educator. Fritts studied Fine Art at the Carnegie Institute, theatre arts at Columbia, pai...
Category
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Foil
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
Modern Vase or Drink Table in the Style of Edward Wormley
By Edward Wormley
Located in Chicago, IL
Slender scale pedestal high tripod table, solid carved walnut lip edge top with ceramic design details inset.
Feet have lighter tone wood accent.
Category
1990s American Mid-Century Modern Tables
Materials
Ceramic, Walnut
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
Pair of Marble Architectural Display Columns in Calacatta Pink Quarried in Italy
Located in Chicago, IL
Pair of marble architectural display columns in Calacatta pink quarried in Italy.
Measures: Height: 31.5"
Diameter: 8.25".
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Pedestals and Columns
Materials
Marble
Robert Kleinschmidt I-Beam Display Pedestal
By Robert Kleinschmidt
Located in Chicago, IL
Chicago design legend Robert Kleinschmidt, of Powell-Kleinschmidt Interior Architects. Solid steel and powder-coated with removable felt-padded top.
An...
Category
Vintage 1970s American Industrial Pedestals
Materials
Steel
Pierre Cardin Cocktail Table
By Pierre Cardin
Located in Chicago, IL
Pierre Cardin geometric grid table, intersecting brass and chrome patterns with polished 3/4" glass top with radius corners.
Category
Vintage 1970s French Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Chrome, Brass
Set of Five Tribal Spears
Located in Chicago, IL
Set of five decorative spears from unknown origin. Good vintage condition.
Category
Vintage 1950s Unknown Tribal Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Edward Fields Rug
By Edward Fields
Located in Chicago, IL
Patrik Korb Design for Edward Fields geometric patterns with graduated optical tones.
Category
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern North and South American Rugs
Materials
Wool
Carl Auböck Brass and Leather Magazine Rack
By Illums Bolighus, Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Chicago, IL
Carl Auböck brass and leather magazine rack, patined cognac leather and brass, model 3808
Note; strong patina and wear with several tears on edges and underside, consistent with age...
Category
20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Magazine Racks and Stands
Materials
Brass
Monumental Naval Mirror
Located in Chicago, IL
Naval mirror, heavy gauge metal with large two-sided round mirror, can be secured on most surfaces and or walls.
Category
Vintage 1950s American Industrial Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Chapman Brass Woven Front Mirror
By Chapman Manufacturing Company
Located in Chicago, IL
Chapman brass woven front mirror, can be displayed Vertical or horizontally.
Label on back (Chapman 1978).
Category
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Floor Mirrors and Full-Length ...
Materials
Brass
Neil Small Faceted Slopes Mirror Wall Sculpture
By Neal Small, Converso
Located in Chicago, IL
Neil Small faceted slopes mirror wall sculpture, these are "The Original" authorized by Neil Small edition of 30. Mirrors have signature plate signed by Mr....
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Wall Mirrors
Materials
Mirror
Custom Blackened Mastercraft Coffee Table
By Mastercraft
Located in Chicago, IL
Custom blackened Mastercraft coffee table, tubular steel matte black finish with brass rings on each leg, inset glass.
Category
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Brass, Steel, Metal
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 Marcello Fantoni, 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
Rocket Sculptures Mobile
Located in Chicago, IL
Three steel cast rockets movable and suspended on 16 foot long cables.
Each sculpture has designated cable. Turn buckle mounting mechanism on each cable.
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Toys and Dolls
Materials
Metal, Wire
Macrame
Located in Chicago, IL
Knitted wool wall-mounted tapestry. Item contains seven individual pieces. unsigned but numbered.
Category
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Tapestries
Materials
Wool
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 Yoko Ono 1, Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Roy Lichtenstein
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
Florence Knoll Desk
By Florence Knoll
Located in Chicago, IL
Knoll International Planed Office Group double pedestal desk with modesty panel model 1503.
Features five drawers one for files.
Modesty panel shows steel reveal details.
(Ten mor...
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Metal
Tommi Parzinger Brass Pitcher
By Tommi Parzinger
Located in Chicago, IL
Brass Pitcher with lid and walnut handle.
Category
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Pitchers
Materials
Brass
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
Milo Baughman Dining Table for Directional
By Milo Baughman, Directional
Located in Chicago, IL
Milo Baughman Dining Table for Directional, Striped multi-wood table top: rosewood, walnut, and ash. Two additional matching leaves.
The Table extends from 72" to 108" fully extended...
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
Materials
Rosewood, Walnut, Ash
Pair of Carrara Marble End Tables
By Angelo Mangiarotti
Located in Chicago, IL
Italian marble end tables, polished Carrara marble with offset square edge details, top 2.5" thick top sits on 10" x 10" square column securely. Measure: Total height 22.75".
[Stamp...
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern End Tables
Materials
Carrara Marble
Marble End Table in the Style of Lucia Mercer
By Lucia Mercer
Located in Chicago, IL
Barrel shaped solid marble stump table.
Category
Vintage 1980s American Mid-Century Modern End Tables
Materials
Carrara Marble
Early Marchello Fantoni Vase
By Marcello Fantoni, 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
Lightolier Chandelier
By Lightolier
Located in Chicago, IL
16-light chandelier by Lightolier.
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Steel
Casella Desk or Table Lamp
By Casella Lighting
Located in Chicago, IL
Casella desk lamp, chrome plated with T-base and cantilevered light source.
Category
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Chrome
Carl Auböck III Fondue Set
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Chicago, IL
Carl Auböck III Fondue set, by Riess: Enameled steel, stainless steel,
Austria, circa 1980
Signed underside.
Category
Vintage 1980s Mid-Century Modern Serving Bowls
Materials
Metal
Pair of Solid Calcutta Marble Lamps Robsjohn Gibbings Style
By T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings
Located in Chicago, IL
Pair of solid calcutta marble lamps Robsjohn Gibbings style, brass stem with double cluster sockets.
Lamps are great working order.
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Marble, Brass
J.J. McVicker Painting
By J.J. McVicker
Located in Chicago, IL
"Black Over Green", 1970.
Jesse Jay McVicker (b.1911-d.2004) was an American painter, printmaker and sculptor. Born in Oklahoma McVicker studied ...
Category
Vintage 1970s Saint Pierre and Miquelon Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint
Six Cup Espresso Set by Lagardo Tackett
By Lagardo Tackett
Located in Chicago, IL
Set of six cups and dishes in original packaging.
Signed
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Materials
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
Josef Albers "Formulation : Articulation" Portfolio II, Folder 15
By Josef Albers
Located in Chicago, IL
JOSEF ALBERS (1888 – 1976)
"Formulation : Articulation" Portfolio II, Folder 15
Screen-printed geometric composition printed by Ives Stillman, Inc., New Haven, CT.
From the set of 12...
Category
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Prints
Materials
Paper
Brass Floral Lamp
Located in Chicago, IL
Brass floor lamp features cut-out petals and leaf details.
Has exposed lighting element and takes multiple bulb styles, shown here clear bulb.
Base has spotted patina consistent with...
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Brass
Modern Grandfather Clock by Howard Miller
By George Nelson, Howard Miller
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
Custom Phillip Starck Mirrored Louis XVI Style Chairs, Cliff Hotel San Francisco
By Philippe Starck
Located in Chicago, IL
Custom Phillip Starck mirrored Louis XVI style chairs, Cliff Hotel San Francisco, silver painted wood with cut mirrored glass on seat and back de...
Category
Early 2000s French Louis XVI Lounge Chairs
Materials
Mirror, Wood
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
In the Style of Angelo Lelli Table Lamp
By Angelo Lelii
Located in Chicago, IL
Black tubular steel frame with adjustable chrome-plated fixture.
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Chrome, Metal
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
Stig Lindberg Terma Pitcher for Gustavsberg
By Gustavsberg
Located in Chicago, IL
Dark purple toned pitcher. Stamped on underside.
Category
Vintage 1960s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Pitchers
Materials
Ceramic
Arthur Umanoff Wine Rack
By Arthur Umanoff
Located in Chicago, IL
Wrought iron and leather strapped wine rack.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Wine Coolers
Materials
Wrought Iron
