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Otto Natzler Signed Volcanic Glaze California Studio Pottery Oval Vessel Vase
By Otto Natzler
Located in Studio City, CA
Sublime in its simplicity, oval form, and design. Pale color with distinctive volcanic crater glaze. This is a truly amazing piece. Will give aesthetic pleasure for years to come.
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Category
Vintage 1970s American Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Bronze Sculpture of Head Bust of Japanese Woman in the Style of Isamu Noguchi
By Isamu Noguchi
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful, well-crafted work reminiscent of Isamu Noguchi's early work in bronze.
Heavy and solid on a beautiful rosewood base.
Apparently unsigned. From a collection of Japanese antiques and...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Bronze
Kiyoshi Saito Signed Limited Edition Japanese Woodblock Print Steady Gaze Paris
By Kiyoshi Saitō
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautifully and darkly composed woodblock print by famed Japanese printmaker Kiyoshi Saito. Many consider Saito to be one of the most important, if not the most important, contempo...
Category
Vintage 1960s Japanese Showa Prints
Materials
Paper
Kazuko Matthews Signed Brutalist Studio Pottery Slab Modern Table Lamp Sculpture
By Kazuko Matthews
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful, powerful, rivetting work by Japanese American, California architectural/post-modern potter and artist Kazuko Matthews. Quite heavy and substantial. Truly eye-catching.
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Category
20th Century American Modern Ceramics
Materials
Stoneware
Hans Burkhardt Signed Swiss California Original Midcentury Abstract Painting
By Hans Burkhardt
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful, highly engaging large original abstract female nude pastel painting/drawing by Swiss/ American/ Californian painter-artist Hans Burkhardt.
This work, titled "Seated Female" is hand-signed and dated (1958) by the artist.
An original, one-of-a-kind, and unusually large work by Burkhardt. Would be the crown jewel to any collection of his work or a stunning stand-alone art accent piece in about any setting. His earlier abstract female forms are becoming rare and harder to find.
Hans Burkhardt was born in 1904 in Basel, Switzerland. At the age of 20, he immigrated to New York to work with his father. From 1925 to 1928 he attended the Cooper Union School of the Arts, where he befriended mentor Arshile Gorky and Willem de Kooning—sharing Gorky's studio from 1928 to 1937. In 1937 he moved to Los Angeles, California.
Burkhardt held his first solo exhibition in 1939 at Stendahl Gallery in Los Angeles. In 1945 he had a highly acclaimed solo exhibition at the Los Angeles County Museum. Burkhardt spent most of the 1950s working in Mexico. Art critics of the time considered him a "great Mexican master” alongside Orozco, Rivera, and Siqueiros, and Rufino Tamayo admired his work. He returned to Los Angeles in the 1960s to create some of the most powerful examples of Abstract Expressionism of the time. During this time he also became well known for his richly drawn pastel abstractions of the human figure of which this original work certainly qualifies.
He died in Los Angeles in 1994.
Burkhardt's solo shows include:
1939: Stendahl Gallery, Los Angeles, March 27 – April 17
1945: Hans Burkhardt, Los Angeles County Museum of Art
1951: Museo de Bellas Artes, Guadalajara, Mexico: Exhibicion de Pinturas Modernas; Comara Gallery, Los Angeles
1953: Fisher Gallery, University of Southern California, Los Angeles
1957: Pasadena Art Museum, California: Ten Year Retrospective, June 14 – July 14;
1961-62: Thirty Year Retrospective (traveled to Santa Barbara Museum of Art, April 11 – May 7, 1961, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, January 9 – February 4, 1962, Legion of Honor (museum), San Francisco, June 10 – July 9, 1962)
1968: San Diego Museum of Art: Vietnam Paintings...
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint, Paper
Peter Shire Exp Signed Hand Painted Modern Large Ceramic Pottery Bowl
By Peter Shire
Located in Studio City, CA
A fantastic work by famed Los Angeles (Echo Park), California based artist Peter Shire who was a founding member (along with Italian designer Ettore Sottsass and others) of The Memphis Group, an international design movement that came out of Italy during the 1980s (1980-1988), and specialized in postmodern furniture, lighting, fabrics, carpets, ceramics, glass, and metal objects.
This work is from 2001 and is dated and signed with Shire's customary "EXP" (Echo Park Pottery...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Kitagawa Utamaro Japanese Woodblock Print Naniwa Okita Admiring Herself
By Kitagawa Utamaro 1
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautifully composed and subtly colored Japanese woodblock print featuring a well-dressed woman gazing admiringly at herself in her vanity mirror. This work is by Kitagawa Utamaro...
Category
20th Century Japanese Edo Prints
Materials
Paper
Sally Morgan Signed Australian Aboriginal Art Original Painting Marble Bar Pool
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful, large original acrylic painting on canvas by Australian Aboriginal artist/author/ activist/dramatist Sally Morgan titled "Marble Bar Pool."
The work is signed, dated (...
Category
1990s Australian Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Japanese Antique Edo Signed Wood Noh Theater Mask Ko-Omote 17th-18th Century
Located in Studio City, CA
A truly beautiful, wonderfully aged, alluring mask made for Japanese Noh theater. The naturally faded beauty and unique character drew us to this mask immediately.
The mask is hand...
Category
Antique 18th Century Japanese Edo Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood, Lacquer, Paint
Junichiro Sekino Japanese Limited Edition Woodblock Print "Eiza and Matsuomaru"
By Junichiro Sekino
Located in Studio City, CA
This exceptional and stunning, limited edition large woodblock print is considered by many experts to be Sekino's masterpiece. The print is seal...
Category
20th Century Japanese Showa Prints
Materials
Paper
Kiyoshi Saito Signed Limited Edition Japanese Woodblock Print Coral (B), 1958
By Kiyoshi Saitō
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautifully designed and composed woodblock print by famed Japanese printmaker Kiyoshi Saito. Many consider Saito to be one of the most important, if not the most important, conte...
Category
Vintage 1950s Japanese Showa Prints
Materials
Paper
Mid-Century Modern Funky Colorful Blown Glass Art Table Lamp
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful, funky, rather playful two-colored double stacked blown glass table lamp likely from the 1960s-1980s. Great shape and design. We have not seen another quite like it. The ...
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Glass, Lucite
Chinese Peking Opera Theatre Puppet Marionette Doll, Early 1900s
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful work complete with a unique wood-carved and hand-painted face and original textile garment.
From a group of 7 Chinese opera puppets, we acquired from a collector. Each puppet shows clear signs of previous stage use.
Likely from the early 1900s.
Would make for a great addition to any Chinese artifacts...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Textile, Wood, Paint
Kaoru Kawano Signed Large Japanese Woodblock Print Dancing Geisha Figure Eshima
By Kaoru Kawano
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful work by famed Japanese artist Kaoru Kawano who was known for his whimsical portrayals of women, children, and animals. Stylistically, he was one of the first Japanese artists to combine Western-style elements with the traditional methods of woodblock printmaking. This work is known as "Dancing Figure (Eshima)"
The print is signed (in white ink within the image) and sealed (in red) by Kawano.
This work is a quite rare self-printed lifetime double dai Oban large-size print. The quality and colors are striking. It is likely from a limited edition and perhaps numbered on the lower margin (we can not verify as it was previously framed but we are confident that this is the case).
A very beautiful and rich image. Would make for a great addition to any Japanese art and print collection or Stand-out accent work in about any setting.
Frame dimensions: 30.5" high, 20.5" wide, .5" deep
Viewable art...
Category
Vintage 1950s Japanese Showa Prints
Materials
Paper
Japanese Asian Signed Studio Pottery Wabi-Sabi Ceramic Glazed Chawan Tea Bowl
Located in Studio City, CA
A stunning Japanese stoneware studio pottery chawan tea bowl that features a beautiful, heavy and sumptuously multi-glaze with wonderful shifts in color and texture. This bowl is wit...
Category
20th Century Japanese Showa Ceramics
Materials
Stoneware
Japanese Edo Buddhist Monk Priest 7 Column Silk Brocade Kesa Ceremonial Robe
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful, brightly coloured and somewhat rare fully intact Japanese Buddhist monk/ priest's Kesa ceremonial silk robe.
Kesa (which came from the Chinese word "kasaya") robes have been handmade/handstitched by monks/priests as an act of devotion as ceremonial robes for centuries in various Asian cultures (Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, Indian, etc). The kesa is a rectangular garment designed to be worn over the left shoulder (see example image). The robes are made (often in a patchwork column pattern ranging from five, seven, nine or more pannels) specifically for fully ordained Buddhist monks, priests and nuns and are made from donations of exquisite textiles from wealthy patrons of Japanese Buddhist temples. The robes were used in daily ceremonies, temple gatherings, and private meditation.
Antique Kesa robes...
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Edo Textiles
Materials
Textile, Brocade, Silk
Large Mid-Century Modern Stoneware Bottle Vase in the Style of Peter Voulkos
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful, richly multi-glazed and textured, heavy Mid-Century Modern large stoneware bottle vase. Expertly crafted. The piece is very reminiscent of some of Peter Voulkos' early hand-painted works with traditional shaped vessels, though we believe it was made by a different artist.
From a Los Angeles estate that featured many well know Mid-Century and California artists' pottery pieces, artworks, and furniture.
Marked "BOT 2" on the underside.
Would be a great addition to any Mid-Century pottery/ceramics collection...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Stoneware
Japanese Signed Waka-Onna or Ko-Omote Wood Carved Noh Theater Mask, Showa 1900s
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful, wonderfully crafted, alluring mask made for Japanese Noh theater.
This mask is handcrafted and hand-carved from natural wood and signed/sealed by the maker on the underside.
This mask is the mask of Waka-Onna - or young beautiful woman. It may be that of Ko-omote. Ko-omote translates as "little mask" or sometimes "small face...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Masks
Materials
Wood, Paint
Japanese Signed Limited Edition Modern Abstract Framed Print
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful abstract Japanese print. Intense composition and colors.
Signed, dated (December 1990), numbered (8/30) and titled in Japanese by the artist.
Appears to be printed ...
Category
1990s Japanese Modern Prints
Materials
Paper
Saxbo Eva Stæhr Nielsen Signed Large Green Glazed Danish Pottery Table Lamp
By Eva Stæhr Nielsen, Saxbo
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous and somewhat rare Scandanavian stoneware pottery table lamp featuring a green hare's fur glaze by famed Danish designer/ceramis...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Stoneware
Junichiro Sekino Signed Limited Edition Japanese Woodblock Print Girl in Kimono
By Junichiro Sekino
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderfully composed and colored, limited edition woodblock print by famed Japanese artist Junichiro Sekino.
This print, which is titled "Profile/ Portrait of Young Girl in Kimono", is signed and sealed/ stamped in red at the lower right. It was created in 1957 and comes from a limited edition of 100 prints (the exact number of this particular print is likely listed in pencil below the matt but we have not removed the print from the frame to confirm the exact number). An exquisite and rare/hard-to-find work. The detail in the girl's kimono is quite beautiful.
Junichiro Sekino was largely considered, along with Kiyoshi Saito, to be one of Japan's paramount 20th-century master print artists. Both were prominent leaders of the Sosaku Hanga movement. Sekino's works can be found in many museums including:
The Museum of Modern Art, N. Y., the Art Institute Chicago, the Museum of Fine Art, Boston, the British Museum, and the Portland Art Museum among many other Fine museums throughout the world.
A version of this image can be found in the Harvard Art...
Category
Vintage 1950s Japanese Showa Prints
Materials
Wood, Paper
Laura Andreson Signed Glazed Mid-Century Modern California Studio Pottery Bowl
By Laura Andreson
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderfully crafted and beautifully glazed bowl by renowned American California master potter Laura Andreson. This bowl features a deep, mesmerizing, rich purple/blue glaze. Gorgeo...
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Earthenware
Hideo Hagiwara Signed Limited Edition Japanese Woodblock Print Masque Mask No 9
By Hideo Hagiwara
Located in Studio City, CA
Wonderful large abstract print by famed Japanese master printer Hideo Hagiwara who was generally considered one of the finest post-World War II Sosaku Hanga artists. In 1989 he was awarded a Gold Medal by the Nobel Prize Committee for five works produced on themes from the novels of Kawabata Yasunari.
This print, titled Masque No...
Category
Vintage 1960s Japanese Showa Prints
Materials
Paper
Japanese Antique Ancient Sueki Sue Ware Wabi-Sabi Pottery Vase Vessel Urn
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful, unique, and handcrafted piece of ancient Japanese Sueki Sue ware pottery dating back to the 500-600s (6th-7th century). Sueki/ Sue pottery was a ...
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Japanese Folk Art Ceramics
Materials
Pottery, Stoneware
Hans Wegner Midcentury Original Classic JH-512 Folding Lounge Chair, 1950s
By Hans J. Wegner
Located in Studio City, CA
Iconic in design and aesthetic. This exquisite folding chair was designed by famed Danish designer Hans Wegner and is in its original finish and cane seat and back. The chair has the...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Cane, Oak
Chinese Laughing Polychrome Hand Painted Sitting Temple Shrine Buddha
Located in Studio City, CA
A fun piece. Nicely hand painted and detailed. Made of light metal of some sort.
Was acquired from a collection of Chinese and South-East Asian artifacts...
Category
20th Century Chinese Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Metal
Junichiro Sekino Signed Japanese Limited Edition Woodblock Print Aquarium
By Junichiro Sekino
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderfully composed and richly colored, limited edition woodblock print by famed Japanese artist Junichiro Sekino.
This print, which is titled "Aquarium", is signed and sealed/ stamped in red at the lower right. We believe this was created in 1956 although it could have been made in 1946 (there are some conflicting dates on this image but we assume 1956 is correct) and comes from a limited edition of 50 prints (the exact number of this particular print and date/year is likely listed in pencil below the matt but we have not removed the print from the frame to confirm the exact number/year). The very image is widely considered by many Sekino critics and scholars to be one of Sekino's masterpieces. It is an exquisite and rare/hard-to-find work.
Junichiro Sekino was largely considered, along with Kiyoshi Saito, to be one of Japan's paramount 20th century master print artists. Both were prominent leaders of the Sosaku Hanga movement. Sekino's works can be found in many museums including:
The Museum of Modern Art, N. Y., the Art Institute Chicago, the Museum of Fine Art, Boston, the British Museum, and the Portland Art Museum among many other Fine museums throughout the world.
Would be a fantastic addition to any modern Japanese print...
Category
Vintage 1950s Japanese Showa Prints
Materials
Wood, Paper
Chinese Peking Opera Theatre Puppet Marionette Doll, Early 1900s
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful work complete with a unique wood-carved and hand painted face and original textile garment.
From a group of 7 Chinese opera puppets...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Textile, Wood, Paint
Shoji Hamada Mingei Nuka Glaze Japanese Pottery Yunomi Teacup with Signed Box
By Shoji Hamada
Located in Studio City, CA
An exquisite, beautifully crafted, and wonderfully designed striped Yunomi teacup by master Japanese potter Shoji Hamada featuring his nuka glaze over Mashiko stoneware pottery and hand-painted iron motif design. A unique work. Rare to find such a beautiful piece in such impeccable condition. It is a true pleasure to hold in your hand.
The original Hamada signed and sealed wood storage box is included.
A beautiful work. Would be a great addition and sure to shine in any Hamada or Japanese/Asian ceramics collection or serve as an eye-catching stand-alone accent piece in about any setting.
Shoji Hamada was designated a Living National...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Ceramics
Materials
Pottery, Stoneware
Kaneshige Toyo National Treasure Signed Japanese Bizen Pottery Sake Bottle Vase
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful, perfectly shaped and balanced antique Bizen ware shibui sake bottle (tokkuri) vase by renowned Japanese master potter/artist Kaneshige Toyo (1896-1967) featuring a unique natural, wonderfully textured organic forming ash glaze. Kaneshige is universally considered to be the founder of modern Bizen pottery.
In 1956, Kaneshige was certified as a Living National Treasure (Important Intangible Cultural Heritage) for his work in Bizen Ware pottery/ceramics. Bizen Ware is a type of Japanese pottery traditionally from the Bizen province, presently a part of the Okayama prefecture. It is considered one of the Six Ancient Japanese Kilns (along with Echizen ware, Seto ware, Shigaraki ware, Tamba ware, and Tokoname ware).
The piece is signed/ sealed on the base with one of Kaneshige's traditional incised marks.
A rather striking and engaging work. One of the best Kaneshige works we have come across. Scarce and hard to find in such an excellent condition. Would be a fantastic addition to any Japanese/Asian pottery or Bizen Ware collection or eye-catching stand-alone work in about any setting.
Kaneshige's work can be found in numerous prominent collections and museums including:
Aichi Prefectural Ceramic Museum, Seto, Japan
Brooklyn Museum, NY
Hagi Uragami Museum, Yamaguchi, Japan
Honolulu Art Museum, HI
Ibaraki Ceramic Art Museum, Kasama, Japan
Indiana Art...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Ceramics
Materials
Stoneware
Sally Morgan Signed Australian Aboriginal Art Limited Edition Print Home Country
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful work by Australian Aboriginal author/artist/ activist/dramatist Sally Morgan (1951- ) titled "Home Country", perhaps inspired by one of her nu...
Category
Vintage 1980s Australian Prints
Materials
Paper
Salvador Dali Rare Hand Signed Midcentury Book A Study Of His Art In Jewels 1959
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Studio City, CA
A quite scarce and coveted hardcover book in slipcase - "Dali: A Study of His Art-In-Jewels (The Collection of the Owen Cheatham Foundation)".
Bound into the book are color photog...
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Books
Materials
Paper
Harrison Mcintosh Signed Early Mid-Century Modern California Studio Pottery Vase
By Harrison McIntosh
Located in Studio City, CA
An exquisitely designed and gorgeously glazed vase by renowned American West Coast Californian master ceramist/potter Harrison Mcintosh who was famed for his Mid-Century Modern style...
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Earthenware, Pottery
Pre-Columbian Oaxacan Spouted Ox or Horned Bull Vessel, 14th-15th Century
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful Pre-Columbian spouted vessel with distinct features that of an ox or horned bull.
Well crafted with a nice feel and look to it. From a collection of Primitive and tribal artifacts...
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Central American Pre-Columbian Native A...
Materials
Pottery, Terracotta
Inuit Native American Eskimo Signed Stone Carved Walrus Sculpture
By Native American Art
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful soapstone carving of a walrus by the indigenous Inuit People who inhabit parts of the arctic regions of Greenland, Canada, and Alaska.
Signed ("E.Y.") and numbered/dat...
Category
Mid-20th Century Canadian Native American Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Soapstone
Chinese Peking Opera Theatre Puppet Marionette Doll, Early, 1900s
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful work complete with a unique wood-carved and hand-painted face and original textile garment.
From a group of 7 Chinese opera puppets, we acquired from a collector. Each puppet shows clear signs of previous stage use.
Likely from the early 1900s.
Would make for a great addition to any Chinese artifacts...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Textile, Wood, Paint
Laura Andreson Signed Glazed Mid-Century Modern California Studio Pottery Bowl
By Laura Andreson
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderfully crafted and beautifully glazed bowl by renowned American California master potter Laura Andreson. An uncommon form for Andreson with a high gloss glaze featuring a dark ocean deep blue / aqua color with delicate splashes of greens. Gorgeous in its Mid-Century Modern design.
Signed on the base by Andreson (and stamped).
A special and scarce work. Would be a great addition to any midcentury ceramics/ pottery collection or a very eye-catching stand-alone accent work in about any setting. This piece has a fantastic feel and heft to it.
Andreson, who studied under Glen Lukens, founded and headed the ceramics department at UCLA from 1933 to 1970. Her work can be found in many collections and museums worldwide including:
Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Museum of Modern Art
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Smithsonian Museum of American Art
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art
The Walker Art Center
The Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art.
Her exhibitions include:
1937 Rene Rosenthal Gallery, New York City, New York
1938 First California Ceramic Exhibition, San Diego, California
1940 Honolulu Academy of Art
1947 Eleventh National Ceramics Exhibition, Metropolitan Museum of Art
1970 Fredric Art Gallery, UCLA, Los Angeles, California
1970 Laguna Beach Art Gallery
1971 Mills College Art Gallery, Oakland, California
1971 Hoover Art Gallery, San Francisco, California
1971 San Diego Fine Arts Gallery, San Diego, California
1971 Utah State University, Logan, Utah
1972 Pasadena Art Museum, Pasadena, California
1972 Ceramics West, Utah State University, Logan, Utah
1972 Ogden Art Center, Ogden, Utah
1972 Bower Museum, Santa Ana, California
1973 Utah Museum of Fine Art, Salt Lake City, Utah
1973 Clay and Fiber Gallery, Taos, New Mexico
1973 California Crafts VIII, Crocker Art Gallery, Sacramento, California
1974 California Ceramics...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Earthenware
Bronze Thai Siam Asian Temple Shrine Buddha Head Sculpture on Wood Stand
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautifully sculptured Thai/ Siam Buddha head on a custom museum mount Stand. The Buddha's eyes are semi-closed in serene meditation. The work has a nice aged patina and a wonderful feel to it.
We are listing it as 19th century but could very well be older.
Would make for a great addition to any Asian art and artifacts collection or eye-catching Stand-alone accent piece in about any setting.
Dimensions including Stand: 6.5" high, 3" wide, 3.25" deep.
Head only...
Category
Antique 19th Century Thai Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Bronze
Kitagawa Utamaro Japanese Woodblock Print Wakaume of the Tamaya Edo-cho itchome
By Kitagawa Utamaro 1
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautifully composed and subtly colored Japanese woodblock print featuring a high-ranking noblewoman and her young attendant. The work is by Kitagawa Utamaro and is titled "Wakaum...
Category
20th Century Japanese Edo Prints
Materials
Paper
Bronze Thai Siam Asian Temple Shrine Buddha Head Bust Fragment Custom Wood Stand
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderfully sculpted Thai/ Siam Southeast Asian bronze Buddha head on a custom wood and lucite stand. The Buddha's eyes are closed in serene medi...
Category
Antique 19th Century Thai Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Bronze
Japanese Asian Large Ceramic Stoneware Studio Pottery Wabi-Sabi Bowl Charger
Located in Studio City, CA
A truly magnificent in size and execution Japanese stoneware studio pottery charger/bowl. This exceptionally large and heavy asymmetrical work features a circular swirl design patter...
Category
20th Century Japanese Showa Ceramics
Materials
Stoneware
Colorful Signed Japanese Showa Period Abstract Modern Woodblock Print
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderfully composed and boldly colored Japanese woodblock print.
The print appears to be signed along the top margin (or these are publisher marks).
From an impressive collect...
Category
20th Century Japanese Showa Prints
Materials
Paper
Sally Morgan Signed Australian Aboriginal Art Limited Edition Print Heartland
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful work by Australian Aboriginal author/artist/ activist/dramatist Sally Morgan (1951- ) titled "Heartland", perhaps inspired by one of her numer...
Category
Vintage 1980s Australian Prints
Materials
Paper
Shoji Hamada Japanese Mingei Pottery Plate with Original Signed Sealed Box
By Shoji Hamada
Located in Studio City, CA
An exquisite, unique plate by master Japanese potter Shoji Hamada, a fine early example of his iron pigment brushed and glazed bamboo hakeme motif. The original Hamada stamped or sealed and signed box is included. Rare to find such a beautiful piece in such impeccable condition with its original signed box.
This work is sure to shine in any collection or setting.
Shoji Hamada was designated a Living National Treasure in Japan in 1955. In 1968 he received Japan's highest artistic award the Order of Culture. His work can be found in collections and museums worldwide including Tokyo’s Japan Folk Art Museum and The Tate Museum...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Showa Ceramics
Materials
Stoneware
Arne Bang Signed Monumental Midcentury Danish Scandinavian Ceramic Pottery Bowl
By Arne Bang
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful and rare large work by Danish designer Arne Bang. Truly special.
Beautifully glazed and signed with artist mark and number on the base.
Would be a great addition to...
Category
Early 20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Verde Italia Italian Granite and Bronze End Table
Located in Studio City, CA
This Italian Verde Italia granite and bronze end table is fabulousness at its finest, circa 1980s.
Dimensions: 26" high, 24" wide, 24" deep.
Category
Vintage 1980s Italian Modern End Tables
Materials
Granite, Bronze
Inuit Native American Eskimo Signed Large Stone Carved Tusked Walrus Sculpture
By Native American Art
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful soapstone large, heavy carving of a tusked walrus by the indigenous inuit people who inhabit parts of the Arctic regions of Greenland, Canada, and Alaska.
Signed on th...
Category
Mid-20th Century Canadian Native American Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Soapstone
Beatrice Wood Signed Midcentury California Studio Pottery Luster Glaze Vase
By Beatrice Wood
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful gem of a piece by famed American/California ceramicist Beatrice Wood featuring her highly coveted, gorgeously radiant turquoise luster glaze. A beautiful design with a delicate long neck rising from a circular base. Classic and timeless.
Signed by Beatrice in her customary "Beato" on the underside of the base (with noted inventory number).
Would be an amazing addition to any Mid-Century Modern pottery collection or personal collectors of her work or a fabulous stand-alone accent piece in about any setting. One of the best Beatrice Wood's luster glaze vases we have come across in quite a while.
Know famously in the art world as "The Mama of Dada", Wood lived a long (1893-1998) and very fruitful, creative life and is considered by many experts and collectors alike to have been a centerpiece in the modern ceramic art movement of the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s. At one point in her career, Wood studied with master potters Otto and Gertrud Natzler and later become famed in her own right for her distinct luster-glazing techniques. In 1994, the Smithsonian Institution named Wood an "Esteemed American Artist".
Her other awards include:
1994 Governor’s Awards for the Arts (California)
1993 Recognition as A Role Model by Women in Film
1992 Gold Medal for Highest Achievement in Craftsmanship, American Craft Council
1988 Distinguished Service Award, Arizona State University
1987 Fellow of American Craft Council Women’s Art Caucus, National Award (NCECA Award)
1986 Women’s Building Award
1984 Living Treasure of California
1983 Symposium Award of the Institute for Ceramic History
1961 Goodwill Ambassador from USA...
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Earthenware
Japanese Asian Hand Painted Lacquered Temple Shrine Plaque Horses, 19th Century
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful and intricate work likely originally from a Japanese temple. The hand painted scene depicts a single rider and group of frolicking horses set against a gorgeous countrysi...
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens
Materials
Lacquer, Paint, Wood
Harrison Mcintosh Signed Mid-Century Modern Set of 6 Pottery Sake Liqueur Cups
By Harrison McIntosh
Located in Studio City, CA
An exquisitely formed and deeply blue glazed set of six ceramic sake/ liqueur cups by renowned American West Coast Californian master ceramist Harrison McIntosh who was famed for his Mid-Century Modern designed ceramics.
Mcintosh's works have been exhibited in such acclaimed venues as the Smithsonian in the United States the Louvre in France. Over his more than 60-year career, McIntosh had some 43 solo exhibitions from Los Angeles, New York, Belgium, Cannes, France to Japan. His work can be found in numerous collections and museums throughout the world including:
Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, France
The National Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts
Mingei International Museum, San Diego, California
The Huntington Library, San Marino, California
American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, California
Alfred Ceramic Art Museum, Alfred University, Alfred, New York
American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, California
Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, Arizona
Belgian...
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Jun Kaneko Signed Monumental Art Studio Pottery Ceramic Wall Sculpture Charger
By Jun Kaneko
Located in Studio City, CA
A truly breathtaking work by renowned Japanese born ceramic master Jun Kaneko. Kaneko studied with Peter Voulkos, Paul Soldner, and Jerry Rothman and was exposed to such artist as Ken Price and John...
Category
Vintage 1980s American Modern Ceramics
Materials
Paint, Ceramic, Stoneware
Frank Martin Signed Limited Edition British Woodcut Print "Maened", 1969
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful image by British artist or printmaker Frank Martin titled "Maened". The image is of dancer Olga Tshechowa and was later used for the poster of...
Category
Vintage 1960s English Mid-Century Modern Prints
Materials
Paper
Large Heavy Rustic Wood Hand Turned Carved Centerpiece Bowl, 1800s
Located in Studio City, CA
A truly wonderful and one-of-a-Kind piece. Fantastic patina. Large and heavy with just the right amount of natural wear. A very engrossing piece. Like the red violin...
Category
Antique 19th Century Rustic Decorative Bowls
Materials
Wood
Japanese Temple Shrine Buddhist Monk Juzu Prayer Wood Beads Mala Rosary Necklace
Located in Studio City, CA
A truly magnificent and special work - this beautiful and exceptionally long string of Japanese handcrafted natural wood (perhaps rosewood) Buddhist Juzu mala beads with four large square-like beads called shitenshu beads said to represent the Four Heavenly Kings: Jikko-Ten, Zocho-ten, Hiromoku-ten, and Tamon-ten (Since there are four square beads, the denomination is probably Tendai or Nichiren sect). These rosary-type prayer bead necklaces were used by Buddhist monks in temple prayers / rituals and worn by Samurai as amulets of protection. We have not come across another set of Juzu beads...
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Rakusai Takahashi III Signed Japanese Shigaraki Pottery Chawan Tea Bowl with Box
By Takahashi Rakusai III
Located in Studio City, CA
A stunning Shigaraki ware pottery chawan tea bowl by famed Japanese master potter the 3rd Rakusai Takahashi. The bowl features a beautiful, unique natural organic ash glaze with wond...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Ceramics
Materials
Stoneware
Japanese Asian Signed Four-Panel Byobu Folding Screen Winter Nature Landscape
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous hand-painted four-panel Japanese/Asian Byobu folding screen depicting a stark winter nature landscape scene with barren trees, rolling snow-filled hills, and a frozen lake. The deep, rich blacks-whites and grays, beautiful composition, and hand-painted detail make this an attractive and special work. We have not come across another screen quite like this one. The work is very reminiscent of Japanese artist Kiyoshi Saito's Winter in Aizu...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk, Wood, Paint
Sister Mary Corita Kent Signed Limited Edition Large Abstract Serigraph Print
By Corita Kent
Located in Studio City, CA
Known as God's own Pop artist, Sister Mary Corita Kent went straight from high school into Catholic convent life in 1936. While serving her order and teaching art at Immaculate Heart...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper
Leonor Fini Signed Framed Lithograh Print Femme Avec Cheveux Rouge, circa 1970s
By Leonor Fini
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful lithographic print by Argentinian-born Italian surrealist painter, designer, illustrator, and author Leonor Fini titled "Femme Avec Cheveux Rouge".
Leonor Fini was arguably the most ferociously and heroically independent woman artist of the 20th century. Fini herself never accepted the label of "woman artist," and likewise, never considered herself a Surrealist despite her works having been included in nearly every major Surrealism exhibition from 1936 to the present. In the 1930s she lived in Paris, France where she collaborated with, or who were influenced by such prominent 20th-century artists as Jean Cocteau, Man Ray, Leonora Carrington, Salvador Dalí, Joseph Cornell, Dora Maar, Anna Magnani, Albert Camus, Jean Genet...
Category
Vintage 1970s European Mid-Century Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper
Helen Webber Signed Monumental Large Custom Framed Jungle Scene Woven Tapestry
Located in Studio City, CA
A truly stunning, one-of-a-kind work by California master tapestry artist Helen Webber featuring various wild natural creatures in an African jungle scene. The colors are so rich and vibrant. This, without question, is one of the most wonderful pieces we have come across in some time.
A vibrant, rich, heavy, substantial work overall. Displayed in a custom crackle finish frame. Sure to stand out in about any setting. This work leaps off the wall. Truly a designer's dream.
The tapestry is signed by Webber in the lower left.
Webber's works can be seen in a number of various settings including worship centers/churches/temples, hospitals and health care facilities (Betty Ford...
Category
Vintage 1980s American Modern Tapestries
Materials
Fabric, Wool
Raul Coronel Signed Mid-Century Modern Ceramic California Pottery Bowl, 1960s
By Raul Coronel
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderfully made and colored ashtray/ bowl by Mexican born ceramic master Raul Coronel who played an important role in the American (he became a naturalized citizen) / California d...
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Stoneware
