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Kimball USA Pair Fiberglass Bullet Planters on Iron Stands, ca 1950s
By Kimball Manufacturing Co.
Located in Cathedral City, CA
Kimball USA Pair Fiberglass Bullet Planters on Iron Stands, ca 1950s Charcoal gray fiberglass bullet shaped planters sit into iron tripod stands as shown. These classic bullet plan...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Planters and Jardinieres

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Iron

Purvis Young (1943-2010) "Sailing to Freedom" Painting, 1999
By Purvis Young
Located in Cathedral City, CA
Purvis Young (1943-2010) "Sailing to Freedom" Painting, 1999 Includes signed COA document from Patrick T. and Just A. Parker indicating the painting was acquired directly from the a...
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Late 20th Century American Modern Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Wood, Paint, Paper

Purvis Young (1943-2010) Abstract Painting, ca 1990s
By Purvis Young
Located in Cathedral City, CA
Purvis Young (1943-2010) Abstract Painting, ca 1990s Includes paper attesting to this work being part of the "American Salvage Find" where numeroius work presumed to be Purvis Young...
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Late 20th Century American Modern Paintings

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Acrylic, Wood, Paint

John De La Rosa California Brutalist Fish Sculpture, ca 2000s
By John De La Rosa
Located in Cathedral City, CA
John De La Rosa California Brutalist Fish Sculpture, ca 2000s Sculpture measures 30" wide, 7-1/4" deep, 17-1/4' high overall, Base plate measures 7-1/4" square, 1" high. Signature e...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Brutalist Animal Sculptures

Materials

Metal

Geoffrey Bowman "Black Diamond", Oil and Mixed Media on Canvas, 1984
Located in Cathedral City, CA
Geoffrey Bowman (1928-2009) "Black Diamond", Oil and Mixed Media on Canvas, 1984 Beautiful colorful and textural smaller scale painting by California artist Geoffrey Bowman. Measures 21-1/2" high, 21-1/2" wide as framed. Canvas measures 21" high, 21" wide. Signed and dated on reverse. Retains partial artist tag. Geoffrey Bowman was born in San Francisco on December 29, 1928. In 1946, he quit high school and joined the Navy and traveled to China, Korea, the Philippines, and Hawaii. In 1948 after being discharged from the Navy, Bowman earned his high school equivalency diploma. Five years later he met and married his first wife Mill, and graduated from San Francisco State University with a BA in Social Science. During this time he also became intensely interested in art and printmaking and began to study art formally. By 1957 Geoffrey had earned his graduate degree in art and began to teach art in San Quentin. In 1960 Bowman left his teaching job at San Quentin to spend more time working on his art and examining Asian philosophy at the American Academy of Asian Studies in San Francisco. During this time to support himself and his wife Geoffrey drove a taxi at night so that he could have his days free to work in the studio. In 1964 he joined the art faculty at San Jose State University and moved to San Jose and became a full professor in 1973. Geoffrey taught at SJSU for twenty-nine years, specializing in lithography and intaglio printmaking techniques. At the same time he was deeply involved in his own work and accumulated an impressive professional exhibition record and his work was exhibited regionally, nationally, and internationally. Bowman’s work is in several public permanent collections including the San Jose Museum of Art, San Francisco Museum of Art, Achenbach Foundation of Graphic Arts San Francisco, Lannan Foundation New York, and Crown Press Berkeley. After retiring from teaching in 1994 Geoffrey turned to painting as his primary medium of expression. Although there was a media shift he continued to focus on one subject: the consistency of change. This he accomplished in part with combinations of paint and an assortment of reflective materials such as metallic flake and leaves, glass beads, and light-refracting pigments. Bowman became quite private in his later years and had his last one-man public exhibition in 2001 at the Fredrick Spratt Gallery in San Jose. Bowman died in San Jose, California on October 9, 2009. Source: The Annex Galleries
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Vintage 1980s American Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Wood, Paint

Nick Crosbie for Inflate UK "Chair" Pair of Inflatable Cushion Chairs ca 1996-97
Located in Cathedral City, CA
Nick Crosbie for Inflate UK "Chair" Pair of Inflatable Cushion Chairs ca 1996-97 As much a piece of art as a piece of furniture, this pair of inflatable chairs was produced in Engla...
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1990s English Modern Chairs

Materials

Steel, Chrome

Biomorphic Serpentine Sofa, ca 1950s
Located in Cathedral City, CA
This is a beautiful sofa in a biomorphic shape emblematic of the designs of the 1950s. Although no labels are present as the sofa has been reupholstered in the past, the dimensions a...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sofas

Materials

Upholstery, Naugahyde, Foam, Walnut

Paul Frankl for Johnson Furniture Cork and Mahogany Corner Table, ca 1951
By Paul Frankl, Johnson Furniture Company
Located in Cathedral City, CA
Paul Frankl for Johnson Furniture Cork and Mahogany Corner Table, ca 1951 Unique large corner table that would be perfect with two larger mid-century sofas set in a L-shape arrangem...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern End Tables

Materials

Mahogany, Cork

1960s Pop Art Oversized Light Bulb Pendant Light
By Ingo Maurer
Located in Cathedral City, CA
1960s Pop Art Oversized Light Bulb Pendant Light Unique pendant lamp in the form of an oversized light bulb made of blown glass and metal cap with a red en...
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Vintage 1960s Unknown Post-Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Metal

Peter Pepper Products Palos Verdes California Surfboard Candle Holders ca 1950s
By Peter Pepper Products
Located in Cathedral City, CA
Peter Pepper Products Palos Verdes California Surfboard Candle Holders ca 1950s Fun and original set of four 1950s wall sconces manufactured by Peter Pepper Products in Palos Verdes, California, ca 1950s. The sconces are purple, orange, green and blue carved wood planks...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Candle Sconces

Materials

Metal

Style of Tony Paul Rattan Fish Trap Lamp with Ball Feet ca 1960s
By Raymor, Tony Paul
Located in Cathedral City, CA
Style of Tony Paul Rattan Fish Trap Lamp with Ball Feet, ca 1960s Rattan or possibly bamboo fish trap basket shade woven on a wrought iron frame with...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Metal, Wrought Iron, Wire

Gustav Kvapil, Scottsdale Black Walnut Sculpture on Custom Metal Stand ca 1970s
Located in Cathedral City, CA
Gustav Kvapil (1914-2015), Scottsdale Black Walnut Sculpture on Custom Metal Stand, ca 1970s Striking carved wood sculpture in a newer custom metal stand. As seated the overall di...
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Vintage 1970s American Organic Modern Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Metal

Waterford Crystal Contemporary Opal and Amber "Evolution" Vase
By Waterford Crystal
Located in Cathedral City, CA
Waterford Crystal Contemporary Amber and Opal "Evolution" Vase This is a gorgeous opaline crystal vase with amber design throughout and a swirl motif on the base by famed Irish glas...
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2010s Polish Modern Vases

Materials

Crystal

Lorraine Crawford, Berkeley California Brutalist Iron Sculpture, ca 1960s
By Lorraine Crawford
Located in Cathedral City, CA
Lorraine Crawford, Berkeley California Brutalist Iron Sculpture, ca 1960s. Attribution provided by previous owner. Dimensions: Overall: 29½" high x 14" wide x 7½" deep St...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Steel, Wrought Iron

Chinese Round Black Lacquer Box with Mother of Pearl Inlay, likely 20th Century
Located in Cathedral City, CA
Chinese Round Black Lacquer Box with Mother of Pearl Inlay, likely 20th Century Beautiful and useful 20th century. Chinese lacquer box of circular shape, the domed cover with flora...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Decorative Boxes

Materials

Mother-of-Pearl, Wood, Lacquer

American Deco Pair Chrome Bud Vases, ca 1930s
By Chase Brass and Copper Company
Located in Cathedral City, CA
American Deco Pair Chrome Bud Vases, ca 1930s Unmarked, therefore listed as "in the style" of Chase and Co. Original vintage condition and expected wear. Some scratches throughout ...
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Early 20th Century American Art Deco Vases

Materials

Metal, Steel, Chrome

Art Nowo for Elmar Flototto, Germany Postmodern Cactus Lamp Set of Three ca 1990
By Elmar Flötotto
Located in Cathedral City, CA
Art Nowo for Elmar Flototto, Germany Postmodern "SUCU" Cactus Lamps, ca 1990 The set consists of two larger lights measuring 30” high x 14” diameter, and one smaller light measuring...
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Late 20th Century German Post-Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Metal

Design Technics Brown Tone Ceramic Lamp with Original Fiberglass Shade, ca 1950s
By Design Technics
Located in Cathedral City, CA
Design Technics Brown Tone Ceramic Lamp with Original Fiberglass Shade, ca 1950s This lamp was purchased in New Jersey around 2013 at the Estate of one of the cousins of the Design ...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Metal

Brutalist, USA Gilt Eyelash or Wheat Sheaf Chandelier, ca 1970s
Located in Cathedral City, CA
Brutalist, USA Sculptural Gilt Eyelash or Wheat Sheaf Chandelier, ca 1970s Union label found on lamp so presume was made in the United States although I have seen listings for the s...
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Vintage 1970s American Brutalist Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Metal

Maurizio Tempestino for Salterini Pair Clamshell Lounge Chairs, ca 1950s
By Salterini, Maurizio Tempestini
Located in Cathedral City, CA
Maurizio Tempestino for Salterini Pair Clamshell Lounge Chairs, ca 1950s Overall dimensions are 22-1/2” wide, 25” deep, approximately 26”high. Seat varies from 11" high back to 15-1...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Patio and Garden Furniture

Materials

Metal, Wrought Iron

Don Freedman Fiber Art Weaving Wall Decor, ca 1970s
By Don Freedman
Located in Cathedral City, CA
Don Freedman Fiber Art Weaving Wall Decor, ca 1970s. Initials "DF" are woven into the tapestry Tapestry measures 24” wide, 55” from top of string h...
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Vintage 1970s Indian Mid-Century Modern Tapestries

Materials

Wool, Jute, String, Wood

Michael Lax Design Grainware METAAL Vase, circa 1992
By Michael Lax
Located in Cathedral City, CA
Measures 12-3/4” high, 7-1/2” wide at the mouth, 2-7/8” wide at the base. Stamped on base METAAL Grainware c 1992 Michael Lax Design ML-4012 There are some light scuffs and scratches especially toward the base, patina to finish. See images for detail. Michael Lax (1929–1999) was an American industrial designer who created household products for companies such as Copco, Lightolier, Dansk, Salton, Metaal, Mikasa, Tupperware, and American Cyanamid. Several of his best-known products, including the Lytegem lamp by Lightolier and the Copco enamel...
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1990s American Post-Modern Vases

Materials

Aluminum

Karim Rashid for Leonardo Germany Limited Edition New Move Glass Vase, ca 1999
By Karim Rashid
Located in Cathedral City, CA
Karim Rashid for Leonardo Germany Limited Edition New Move Silver Glass Vase, ca 1999. Measures 8” high, base 3-1/2” wide, and mouth 2-1/4” wide. There is a small scratch of silver finish/coating on glass (we've posted an image of the interior and exterior at the area of the scratch). There is also a faint area of small blemishes at the base See images for more detail. If there’s one thing karim rashid hates, it’s trophies. The 40-year-old designer has more than 40 of them, from big international ones like the 1999 George Nelson Award (given for breakthrough furniture design), to quaint little Canadian ones like Designer of the Year 2001. “It came with a little pin,” says Rashid, “and a … a … very nice …” He tries to describe the shape of the award with his hands but gives up. “It’s time that whole trophy thing changes. It’s kitsch. They’re functionless things.” Rashid was asked to design one for the DaimlerChrysler Design Awards (he’s a past recipient). “I was going to make it electro-luminescent. When the lights go out, it has a sensor so it turns on,” he says. But the trophy-as-night-light, a reminder of one’s worth in the darkest hours, didn’t impress Chrysler’s people. He never heard back. They may well be gnawing their knuckles over that decision right now because Rashid’s conquest of the realm of product design is all but complete. A lush and suitably worshipful retrospective of his work, Karim Rashid: I Want to Change the World (Thames & Hudson; 249 pages), hits Australasian bookstores this month. There was a crowd around anything with his stamp on it-including stools, chess sets and storage units-at the recent International Contemporary Furniture Fair in New York City. More than 2 million North Americans are throwing their rubbish into a receptacle he designed, while 750,000 or so park their rears on one of his cheapo plastic chairs. It’s not just in North America. He has been dubbed Der Poet des Plastiks by a retailer in Germany and the prolifico progettista Americano by Interni magazine in Italy. Trophies he may despise, but accolades Rashid can handle. The problem with being the Most Famous Industrial Designer in All the Americas is that you’re still less famous than someone who got kicked off Survivor the first week. Most people cannot name the designer of one nonclothing item in their homes. Rashid, who was born in Egypt, raised in Canada and is living in New York City, is more than happy to bring an end to this anonymity. Not just because he wants to be famous, although there seems to be that, but because he believes design should be a bigger part of the social discourse. “I have been almost alone in this country, trying to make design become a public subject,” he says. His chief method of persuasion is to make the banal better so that people notice design more. He likes creating expensive furniture and perfume bottles just fine, but what really gets his juices going is the everyday: manhole covers, a cremation urn, disposable cigarette lighters, garbage bins, salt and pepper shakers, plastic pens. “I want American Standard to come to me to do the toilets for Home Depot,” he says. In many ways Rashid is more like an itinerant industrial evangelist than a designer. He traveled 200 days last year. He claims to have been to every major mall in America, where he signs his products in high-end design stores and trolls about observing humans interacting with the objects around them. He has taught at design schools for more than a decade, and his work has been in 11 art shows in the past eight months. But mostly he has proselytized the corporate barbarians. And like any good missionary, he has learned to speak the language of his converts. One of the first things he does when he gets new clients is tour their factories to understand their manufacturing capacity. He also visits the retail outlets to see how the product might be displayed. And he really knows how to sell, especially himself. “I work with a guy in L.A.,” says Rashid, declining to name him. “He made a lot of really bad furniture. His business was hand-to-mouth. I proposed seven or eight projects. The pieces I’ve done for him have already become iconic.” The subtitle of his monograph, I Want to Change the World, is not ironic, just characteristically immodest. “Most industrial-design studios try to interpret a client’s needs and come up with a style,” says Paul Rowan, co-founder of housewares manufacturer Umbra. “Karim has his own personal vision.” It helps that Rashid’s vision incorporates things that Rowan needs, like a design that will stack and ship easily and that creates little waste in the making. Rashid’s father was a set designer for Canadian TV who rearranged the family furniture every Sunday. So perhaps it was ordained that Karim would grow up to become one of the pioneers in non-cheesy plastic, making objects that have energy and personality but aren’t wacky. He, like many of his generation, has championed the could-only-be-designed-with-computers blob. But his is not just a blob for its own sake. His Oh Chair...
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1990s German Minimalist Vases

Materials

Blown Glass

Evelyn Ackerman Carved Redwood Panel for Panelcarve, circa 1950s
By Panelcarve, Evelyn Ackerman
Located in Cathedral City, CA
Evelyn Ackerman Carved Redwood Panel for Panelcarve, circa 1950s. Features a bird, ram and frog in typical Ackerman style. Measures 36" wide, 12" high and 1" deep. Stamped "copyrig...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art

Materials

Wood

Victoria Littlejohn California Pottery Notched Ceramic Bowl, ca 1960s
By Victoria Littlejohn
Located in Cathedral City, CA
Victoria Littlejohn California Pottery Notched Ceramic Bowl, ca 1960s Bowl measures 7” diameter at base, 8-1/4” diameter at rim, and 3-1/4” high. Signed Littlejohn 472 on base. There is one pinprick glaze nick or skip, possibly from production. This bowl is highly carved so it's very difficult to see or notice. One "tooth" on the edge may have an older repair, it's difficult to tell but we've added several images and priced accordingly. See photos for details. Victoria Littlejohn is a California native, who received her BFA and MFA from USC, where she studied with F. Carleton Ball...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls

Materials

Pottery

Midcentury Iron 6 Candle Candelabra, ca 1950s
Located in Cathedral City, CA
Midcentury Iron 6 Candle Candelabra, ca 1950s in the style of some of Van Keppel-Green's work in California in the 50s and 60s. Composed of wrought iron rods bent and welded with si...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Candelabras

Materials

Iron

Mastercraft USA Elegant Black Lacquer and Brass Console, ca 1970s
By Maitland Smith
Located in Cathedral City, CA
Mastercraft USA Elegant Black Lacquer and Brass Console, ca 1970s Stunning and long Mastercraft black lacquer and brass console table with Greek key motif. This is an uncommon piec...
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Vintage 1970s American Hollywood Regency Console Tables

Materials

Brass

Maitland Smith Woven Patinated Copper and Brass Table Lamps ca 1970s
By Maitland Smith
Located in Cathedral City, CA
Maitland Smith Woven Patinated Copper and Brass Table Lamps ca 1970s Beautiful woven patinated copper lamp base in a basket form with circular steppe...
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Vintage 1970s Philippine Hollywood Regency Table Lamps

Materials

Metal, Brass, Copper

Taxco Mexico Brass Copper and Azurite Malachite Hinged Box, ca 1960s
By Taxco
Located in Cathedral City, CA
Taxco Mexico Brass Copper and Azurite Malachite Hinged Box, ca 1960s Superb handwrought circa 1965 mixed metals - silver, copper and brass - inlay box by a skilled silversmith (make...
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Vintage 1960s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes

Materials

Malachite, Brass

Helmut Schaffenacker Ulm, Germany Abstract Ceramic Fish Plaque, ca 50s
By Helmut Friedrich Schäffenacker
Located in Cathedral City, CA
Helmut Schaffenacker Ulm, Germany Abstract Ceramic Fish Plaque, ca 50s This is a beautifully executed ceramic wall plaque with abstract fish decor with a deep blue mottled backgrou...
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Vintage 1950s German Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art

Materials

Ceramic

Stephen White Eugene, Oregon Pair of Sculptural Light Sconces, ca 2000s
By Stephen White
Located in Cathedral City, CA
A stunning pair of Light Sculpture Sconces created by Stephen White. Crafted from bent wood and paper and inspired by asian lanterns and the natural beauty of Alaska and Hawaii, thes...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Organic Modern Wall Lights and Sc...

Materials

Metal

Martha Sturdy Canada Pair Frosted Yellow & Green Resin Candle Holders, ca 1980s
By Martha Sturdy
Located in Cathedral City, CA
A pair of opaque resin candle holders, one green and the other a light yellow resin. The cylindrical shapes are asymmetrical, solid and confident but have been carved as if they wer...
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Vintage 1980s Canadian Modern Candlesticks

Materials

Resin

Emma Gismondi Schweinberger for Artemide Dedalo Plastic Umbrella Stand, ca 1966
By Emma Gismondi Schweinberger, Artemide
Located in Cathedral City, CA
Emma Gismondi Schweinberger for Artemide "Dedalo" Red ABS Plastic Umbrella Stand, ca 1966. This is an iconic space age MOD item made in the mid-late 60s in Italy. A perfect Pop Art ...
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Vintage 1960s Italian Space Age Umbrella Stands

Materials

Plastic

Alessandro for Baker Asian Inspired Coffee Table with Faux Parchment & Shagreen
By Baker Furniture Company, Alessandro Gambrielli, Alessandro for Baker Furniture
Located in Cathedral City, CA
Alessandro for Baker Furniture Asian Inspired Coffee Table with Faux Parchment and Shagreen, circa 1980s. In 1980, innovative Italian interior designer Alessandro Gambrielli Gambal...
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Vintage 1980s American Hollywood Regency Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Faux Leather, Wood, Lacquer, Paint

Marc Bellaire Balinese Ceramic Covered Dish California ca 1950s
By Marc Bellaire
Located in Cathedral City, CA
Marc Bellaire Balinese Ceramic Covered Dish California ca 1950s. This is a fabulous and colorful hand-painted designed ceramic dish that could be used on a dresser to store trinkets ...
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Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic, Paint

Jean-Michel Frank and Adolphe Chanaux Pair "Armchair 40" Club Chairs by Ecart
By Adolphe Chanaux & Co., Ecart International, Jean-Michel Frank
Located in Cathedral City, CA
Jean Michel Frank and Adolphe Chanaux for Ecart International Pair of Club Chairs, "Armchair 1940". Ecart has re-edited this design and has been producing it from their Paris showroo...
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Early 2000s French Art Deco Club Chairs

Materials

Fabric, Wool, Upholstery, Oak

Lorin Marsh Fluted Lucite Ice Bucket with Gold Plated Lid and Trim, ca 1970s
By Lorin Marsh
Located in Cathedral City, CA
Lorin Marsh fluted lucite ice bucket with gold plated lid and trim, ca 1970s. This is an elegant luxury item retailed at Lorin Marsh, one of the first boutique showrooms in New York....
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Vintage 1970s Italian Art Deco Barware

Materials

Gold Plate

Marre Moerel Anatomy Series Signed Edition Gluteus Murano Glass Vase Covo, Italy
By Marre Moerel, covo
Located in Cathedral City, CA
Marre Moerel Signed and Numbered Limited Edition "Gluteus" Murano Glass Vase for Covo, Italy, ca 2001. This vase is part of her Anatomy Series and is numbered #5 of 29. The glass is a deep purple color (eggplant or wine) cased with white glass sandwiched with a pink/clear glass on the interior. Marre has said that the shapes were in reference to the beauty of the human body and colors chosen to reflect the variety of skin tones. Highly evocative and intriguing, this design is beautiful and also evokes conversation and thought. A true piece of art! This sculpture is part of a project named Smash, and curated by Emmanuel Babled for Covo in 2001. A group of famous designers (James Irvine, Jeffrey Bennet, Jerszy Seymour, Marre Moerel, Richard Hutten, Ritsue Mishima...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass

Marre Moerel Anatomy Series Corpus Cavernosum Murano Glass Vase Covo, Italy
By Marre Moerel, covo
Located in Cathedral City, CA
Marre Moerel Signed and Numbered Limited Edition "Corpus Cavernosum" Murano Glass Vase for Covo, Italy, ca 2001. This vase is part of her Anatomy Series and is numbered #2 of 29. The glass is a deep purple color (eggplant or wine) cased with white glass sandwiched with a pink/clear glass on the interior. Marre has said that the shapes were in reference to the beauty of the human body and colors chosen to reflect the variety of skin tones. Highly evocative and intriguing, this design is beautiful and also evokes conversation and thought. A true piece of art! This vase is part of a project named Smash, and curated by Emmanuel Babled for Covo in 2001. A group of famous designers (James Irvine, Jeffrey Bennet, Jerszy Seymour, Marre Moerel, Richard Hutten, Ritsue Mishima...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass

Marre Moerel Anatomy Series Signed Edition Corpus Murano Glass Vase Covo, Italy
By Marre Moerel, covo
Located in Cathedral City, CA
Marre Moerel Signed and Numbered Limited Edition "Corpus" Murano Glass Vase for Covo, Italy, ca 2001. This vase is part of her Anatomy Series and is numbered #6 of 29. The glass is a light pink color (almost a flesh color) cased with white glass sandwiched with orange glass on the interior. Marre has said that the shapes were in reference to the beauty of the human body and colors chosen to reflect the variety of skin tones. Highly evocative and intriguing, this design is beautiful and also evokes conversation and thought. A true piece of art! This vase is part of a project named Smash, and curated by Emmanuel Babled for Covo in 2001. A group of famous designers (James Irvine, Jeffrey Bennet, Jerszy Seymour, Marre Moerel, Richard Hutten, Ritsue Mishima...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass

Frank Matranga Manhattan Beach California Pottery Spiral Design Vase ca 1970s
By Frank Matranga
Located in Cathedral City, CA
Frank Matranga Manhattan Beach California Pottery Spiral Design Vase ca 1970s. This glaze on this vase has a beautiful coloration including purples, reds, blues and browns, The des...
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Late 20th Century American American Craftsman Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Charles and Ray Eames for Herman Miller Plywood Folding Screen Ash Veneer 1950s
By Charles and Ray Eames, Herman Miller
Located in Cathedral City, CA
This is an iconic piece of American design history, designed by Charles and Ray Eames in 1946, for Herman Miller. This example is one of the earlier versions produced between 1946-1955. The veneer is a warm ash. The connecting fabric is a cotton canvas and allows for the screen to bend in a multitude of ways producing a screen in a variant of formations and also allows the screen to fold nearly flat for storage or shipping. A true classic! We have included several detail photos so you can get a true picture of condition, As is common with these older screens...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Canvas, Ash, Plywood

Elie Bleu France Shagreen Eight Compartment Cufflink or Ring Box, ca 2000s
By Elie Bleu, Bergdorf Goodman
Located in Cathedral City, CA
This gorgeous cufflink or ring box has eight compartments, suitable for 8 rings or 8 pairs of cufflinks. It is made of shagreen with silver inlay and fine wood interior and suede lin...
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Early 2000s French Modern Jewelry Boxes

Materials

Silver, Stainless Steel

Cuir d'Ocean France Bespoke Shagreen Watch and Cufflink Box w Bone Trim and Key
By Bergdorf Goodman
Located in Cathedral City, CA
This is an exquisite shagreen with bone trim watch and cufflink box of the finest quality and construction made by famed bespoke manufacturer of luxury objects, Cuir d'Ocean of Franc...
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Late 20th Century French Modern Jewelry Boxes

Materials

Brass

Danny Ho Fong for Tropi-Cal Wicker and Iron Dining Table and Chairs, ca 1960s
By Danny Ho Fong, Tropi-cal
Located in Cathedral City, CA
Danny Ho Fong for Tropi-Cal Wicker and Iron Dining Table and Chairs, ca 1960s. Sublime Asian-inspired California Design wicker and iron dining set by Danny Ho Fong for Tropical-Cal ...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables

Materials

Iron

Maitland Smith Tessellated Rosso Levanto Marble Box, ca 1990s
By Maitland Smith
Located in Cathedral City, CA
Exquisite Maitland Smith Tessellated Rosso Levanto Marble Box, ca 1990s. This octagonal slope sided box is clad in a beautiful tessellated rosso levanto marble and accented with a ...
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Late 20th Century Philippine Modern Decorative Boxes

Materials

Marble, Brass

Maitland Smith Tessellated Pink Marble Apple Box with Brass and Malachite Stem
By Maitland Smith
Located in Cathedral City, CA
Exquisite Maitland Smith Tessellated Lidded Pink Marble Apple Box with Brass and Malachite Stem and beautiful wood interior. Measures 7" diameter and 8" height. Label on bottom of b...
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Late 20th Century Philippine Hollywood Regency Decorative Boxes

Materials

Malachite, Marble, Brass

Lee Porzio Mixed Media Painting Midcentury Scottsdale Arizona Artist
By Lee Porzio
Located in Cathedral City, CA
Lee Porzio, Untitled, Oil on Gesso Board with String, ca 1960s. Painting measures 32: high x 48" wide; with frame painting measures 33-1/2 high x 49-3/4" wide. Painting is in good vintage condition with new gold wood frame. LEE PORZIO (1913-2004) Lee was born in Paterson, New Jersey in September 1913 to Italian immigrant parents. Growing up in nearby Hawthorne, New Jersey, Lee met first husband Angelo di Benedetto, by then a well-known artist in his own right. They married in 1942 while Angelo was serving in the Air Force. In 1946, when he was discharged, they remained in Colorado, where he had been stationed, settling in Central City near Denver. Apparently, Angelo’s years-long obsession with turning a warehouse into a giant art studio created tension in their relationship ending in their divorce. By 1953, Lee had met Allen Ditson and moved to Arizona; they married in 1954. Once in Arizona, they began building their reputations as artists able to work in various media. Allen was a sculptor in metal and wood and a furniture designer. Lee was known for her skill as a graphic artist and could execute her designs in clay, oils, fabrics and fibers. Her work was sold at fine galleries nationwide. Together, their commissions include works of dramatic size and scope in the architectural and commercial field throughout the United States as well as intimate pieces for homes and small offices. Their work adorned numerous banks, offices, restaurants, churches and university buildings all over Phoenix, Arizona. Lee passed away in Paradise Valley, Arizona in 2004. Allen died in 2007. Exhibitions: - Syracuse Ceramic National Exhibition, 1948 - Art Institute of Chicago, 25th Annual Exhibition by the Society for Contemporary American Art...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Gesso, String, Masonite, Wood, Paint

“Geometrics in Space”, Hard Edge Postmodern Acrylic on Canvas, Signed H Karp ‘80
Located in Cathedral City, CA
“Geometrics in Space”, Acrylic on Canvas in White Artist Frame, signed H Karp ‘80. Great graphic painting in vivid shades of blue, green, red and white. Artist unknown. Hard-edge style that also fits in with the Post-modern style and interiors. The painting is somewhat reminiscent of Soviet constructivism...
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Vintage 1980s American Post-Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic, Wood

Sally Sirken Lewis for J. Robert Scott Goatskin Game Table, ca 1980s
By J. Robert Scott 1, Sally Sirkin Lewis
Located in Cathedral City, CA
Sally Sirken Lewis for J. Robert Scott Goatskin Game Table, circa 1980s. A beautiful and Classic design. Measurements - Overall: 29 ½" high x 36" wide ...
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Vintage 1980s American Hollywood Regency Card Tables and Tea Tables

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Goatskin, Wood, Lacquer

Corrie Schmidt Abstract Rectangular Form Fiber Art Sculptural Wall Hanging 1980s
Located in Cathedral City, CA
Cornelia (Corrie) Johanna Schmidt-Tom (1934-2020), Dutch-American, Fabulous Rectangular-Form Fiber Art in vivid red, purple, pink, blue, orange and white with a tan border around the...
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Vintage 1980s American Organic Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures

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Metal, Brass

Pair Rodney Kinsman Red T7 Tractor Stools for OMK, 1971
By Rodney Kinsman, OMK
Located in Cathedral City, CA
A pair of fabulous T7 Tractor seat stools designed by Rodney Kinsman, a British designer, for his company OMK in 1971. Truly an avant-garde design in a highly desirable red color. Th...
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Vintage 1970s English Post-Modern Stools

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Enamel, Steel, Chrome

Karim Rashid Silver Vinyl Shroom Stool for IDEE Limited Edition Signed Numbered
By Karim Rashid, Idée Japan
Located in Cathedral City, CA
Karim Rashid Shroom Stool designed for IDEE, Japan in 1998. This silver vinyl version was a limited edition and is signed and numbered #4/57 on the IDEE labeled fabric on the bottom of the stool. It was part of the TOTEM Design collection; TOTEM - The Objects That Evoke Meaning - was a a progressive and influential retail design gallery in Manhattan operating between 1994-2004 that represented cutting edge modern design of the period. Overall the stool is on good condition with a couple small tears, minor dents and scuffs to the vinyl, and wear as shown in the detail photos. The stool measures 18" high x 16 ½" wide x 14" deep. Karim Rashid (born 1960) is an Egyptian-born and Canadian raised industrial designer. His designs include luxury goods, furniture, lighting, surface design, brand identity and packaging. Time magazine has described him as the "most famous industrial designer in all the Americas" and the "Prince of Plastic". He is based in New York City, as well as Belgrade, Miami and India. Rashid's work is featured in 20 permanent collections. His pieces are exhibited in museums worldwide, including the MoMA, Centre Pompidou, and SFMOMA. He is known for designs such as the "Garbo" waste can and "Oh Chair...
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1990s Japanese Futurist Stools

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Upholstery, Synthetic, Foam, PVC

George Herms Beat Movement Assemblage "Handle", Signed and Dated, 1997
Located in Cathedral City, CA
George Herms, California (b. 1937), "Handle", 1997. Found object assemblage. Mixed media including metal, wood, wire, newspaper, carpet and parchment. Signed and dated on verso. Measures 22" high x 22-1/2" wide x 6"deep. Artwork is in very good as-found condition. Detailed photos show full condition. George Herms is an American artist best known for creating assemblages out of discarded, often rusty, dirty or broken every-day objects, and juxtaposing those objects so as to infuse them with poetry, humor and meaning. He is also known for his works on paper, including works with ink, collage, drawing, paint and poetry. The prolific Herms has also created theater pieces, about which he has said, "I treat it as a Joseph Cornell box big enough that you can walk around in. It's just a continuation of my sculpture, one year at a time." Legendary curator Walter Hopps, who met Herms in 1956, "placed Herms on a dazzling continuum of assemblage artists that includes Pablo Picasso, Kurt Schwitters, Marcel Duchamp, and Joseph Cornell, as well as California luminaries Wallace Berman...
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1990s American Modern Paintings

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Metal, Iron, Wire

Daniel Pollock Organic Modern Carved Pine Wood Stool or Sculptural Object, 1995
By Daniel Pollock
Located in Cathedral City, CA
Daniel Pollock organic modern carved wood stool or sculptural object hand carved out of pine wood. This is a very heavy piece and the imperfections only add to its charm and appeal. ...
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1990s American Organic Modern Stools

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Wood, Pine

Kazuko Matthews California Post-modern Ceramic Kimono Vase Signed, ca 1980-1990s
By Kazuko Matthews
Located in Cathedral City, CA
This is a gorgeous Post-modern ceramic vase by California artist Kazuko Matthews with a different design executed on front and back. This large vase measures 17-1/2" tall, 14" wide a...
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1990s American Post-Modern Vases

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Ceramic

Andrew Mandolene, Green Garden, Hard Edge Abstract Modern Painting, 2020
Located in Cathedral City, CA
Andrew Mandolene ”Green Garden” Acrylic on canvas Unframed Dimensions: 24" w 36" h Signed at lower right AM 20. ANDREW MANDOLENE (b. 1960) Andrew Mandolene is one of those rare talents, who hadn’t picked up a paint brush in 40 years since graduating from The Art Institute of Pittsburgh. After a successful career as an Art Director, he determinedly took to the canvas in 2020 as though he had been painting for years developing a style that he felt certain defined him as a unique artist. Mandolene’s style of painting evolves from his sensibility of scale, form and color. The tension felt in his compositions combined with that strong color sense keeps him up at night with excitement. His creative space is shared in a Palm Springs warehouse with his other passion.Classic car collecting...
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2010s American Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic, Wood

Andrew Mandolene, Color Crash, Hard Edge Abstract Modern Painting, 2020
Located in Cathedral City, CA
Andrew Mandolene ”Color Crash” Acrylic on canvas Framed Dimension: Unframed - 18" W 24" H As framed - 19.5" W 25.5" H Signed at lower right AM 20. ANDREW MANDOLENE (b. 1960) Andrew Mandolene is one of those rare talents, who hadn’t picked up a paint brush in 40 years since graduating from The Art Institute of Pittsburgh. After a successful career as an Art Director, he determinedly took to the canvas in 2020 as though he had been painting for years developing a style that he felt certain defined him as a unique artist. Mandolene’s style of painting evolves from his sensibility of scale, form and color. The tension felt in his compositions combined with that strong color sense keeps him up at night with excitement. His creative space is shared in a Palm Springs warehouse with his other passion...classic car collecting...
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2010s American Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic, Wood

Andrew Mandolene, Pink Prowess, Abstract Hard Edge Painting, 2020
Located in Cathedral City, CA
Andrew Mandolene ”Pink Prowess” Acrylic on canvas Framed Dimensions: unframed - 24" w 36" h as framed - 25.5" w 37.5" h Signed at lower right AM 20. ANDREW MANDOLENE (b. 1960) Andrew Mandolene is one of those rare talents, who hadn’t picked up a paint brush in 40 years since graduating from The Art Institute of Pittsburgh. After a successful career as an Art Director, he determinedly took to the canvas in 2020 as though he had been painting for years developing a style that he felt certain defined him as a unique artist. Mandolene’s style of painting evolves from his sensibility of scale, form and color. The tension felt in his compositions combined with that strong color sense keeps him up at night with excitement. His creative space is shared in a Palm Springs warehouse with his other passion...classic car collecting...
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2010s American Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic, Wood

Andrew Mandolene, Grey Gig, Hard Edge Abstract Modern Painting, 2020
Located in Cathedral City, CA
Andrew Mandolene ”Grey Gig” Acrylic on canvas Framed Dimension: Unframed - 36" W 48" H As framed - 37.25" W 49.25" H Signed at lower right AM, 20. ANDREW MANDOLENE (b. 1960). Andrew Mandolene is one of those rare talents, who hadn’t picked up a paint brush in 40 years since graduating from The Art Institute of Pittsburgh. After a successful career as an Art Director, he determinedly took to the canvas in 2020 as though he had been painting for years developing a style that he felt certain defined him as a unique artist. Mandolene’s style of painting evolves from his sensibility of scale, form and color. The tension felt in his compositions combined with that strong color sense keeps him up at night with excitement. His creative space is shared in a Palm Springs warehouse with his other passion...classic car collecting...
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2010s American Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic, Wood

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