Art Nouveau Carved Wooden Picture Frame with Klimt Print of "The Kiss"

Brutalist mixed metal wall sculpture by Henrik Horst, 1970's. In original condition with a great patina. There is some wear to the corners of the frame, consistent with its age and u...

Handsome, early 20th century Amsterdam School - Art Deco Oak Mirror with shelf and beautifully carved decorative detail. The Amsterdam School (1910s through about 1930) was a Dutch counterpart to the Art Deco movement where, using beautiful woods like glossy mahogany and strong oak, renowned designers Paul Bromberg, K.P.C. de Bazel, Anton Kurvers, and J.J. Zijffers produced furniture in this highly distinctive style. Their designs encompassed every facet of design such as tables, chairs, and armchairs as well as from larger objects and architecture. This guaranteed that the furniture, bathroom tiles...

Dutch painter and graphic artist Jan Toorop is considered one of the most important members of a group of artists that led the way towards the new directions art in the Netherlands v...

Vintage 1970's Dutch ceramic wall plaque with 3 heavy sculptural ceramic tiles linked by thick blackened steel chain. Very attributable to Jan van Erp Waalre, whose recognizable oran...

Rare four panel screen with Gustav Klimt's "The Embrace" prominently featured. The art is dimensional (with carvings) and painted in vibrant colors along with gilding. The back of t...

The Kiss, no. 1 from the fifth installment of Das Werk Gustav Klimts Undoubtedly Klimt’s best known and most reproduced images, this printed version of The Kiss is the only one with which Klimt was directly involved. Unveiled at Vienna’s Kunstschau 1908, and saved for the fifth and final delivery of Das Werk, The Kiss marks a triumph in Klimt’s career and represents a culmination of many themes in his oeuvre up to that point. After all of the controversy surrounding the State’s prior rejection of the University murals commissioned from Klimt, the Ministry of Education reversed their policy toward the artist with a show of wholehearted support by purchasing for the Osterreichische Galerie BelvedereThe Kiss while it still hung in the Kunstschau exhibit. Considered in relation to the eight multicolored collotypes which preceded its print debut in the Das Werk portfolio, The Kiss literally embraces all which came before it. The golden seaweed dangling in tresses from the lovers’ feet harkens back to Water Snakes I and II. The bed of flowers evokes the settings Klimt created in both The Golden Knight and The Sunflower. In fact, this image sprung out of a particularly happy summer spent in the company of Klimt’s lover, Emilie Floge...

Gustav Klimt Print on Paper The Virgin Measures: Height 95.5 cm Width 95,5 cm Print on paper In good conservative condition, present signs of time due to use and age. (Please se...

Argentor picture frame attributed Hans Ofner. Polished and stove enameled.