Renaissance Man Antiques

Waylande Desantis Gregory

Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures

Ceramic

Glazed in a deep pink color overlaid by an elaborate pattern of markings in black and gold, this pair of ceramic doves was sculpted and glazed by Waylande Gregory, one of America's 2...

Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls

Ceramic

Full of high energy and brilliant color, this Mid-Century depiction of a cock fight in full swing was crafted and glazed in Italy, probably in the late 1940s or 1950s. The color pale...

Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Wall-mounted Sculptures

Terracotta

Spectacular in conception and execution, this large bas relief panel in glazed terra cotta depicts a nude mermaid in the foreground, with Art Deco waves and a dolphin in the distance...

Vintage 1970s French Mid-Century Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures

Bronze, Gold

Boldly sculpted in gilded bronze and gorgeously enriched with several shades of enamel, including mother of pearl and ruby red, this midcentury rondel depicts two nude figures Orpheu...

Allyn Cox

Vintage 1920s American Neoclassical Revival Drawings

Boldly and beautifully drawn, clearly following Renaissance and Baroque precedents, this pair of drawings sharing one sheet of rich, brown paper was executed by Allyn Cox as studies ...

Allyn Cox

Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Paintings

Paint

Full of sunlight and brilliant color, this scene of swimmers and boaters cavorting and sunning among the large boulders along the edge of Wingaersheek Beach in Cape Ann, on the north...

Antique 1810s Danish Neoclassical Paintings

Paint

After Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, an important 19th century Danish painter, and painted in a rich palette of dark reds and rosy flesh tones, this depiction of a reclining nude Na...

Oronzio Maldarelli

Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Sculptures

Oak, Plaster

An important piece of American fashion history and a significant example of American Art Deco sculpture, this unique piece was awarded to Priscilla McCaffrey of Henri Bendel for her ...

Frank Applegate

Vintage 1910s American Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures

Ceramic

An influential member of the New Mexico Painters, an Avant Garde group of artists including Ernest Blumenshein, William Henderson, Gustav Baumann, Victor Higgins, Walter Ufer, and B....

Waylande Desantis Gregory

Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Figurative Sculptures

Ceramic

Very rare and striking, this pair of polo players glazed in a rich, deep bronze-like glaze highlighted with old gold, represent one of the high points of Art Deco sculpture in Americ...

John B. Lear

Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Drawings

Although depictions of St. Sebastian have often depicted this figure with both pathos and sensuality, this example celebrates the beauty of the saint's physique more than the pain of...

Waylande Desantis Gregory

Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Tableware

Porcelain

Strikingly sculpted, incised and glazed, this very rare set of five coasters depicting polo players upon their horses -- each of them unique and incised by Gregory's hand -- is glaze...