ETC Fish Mission Arts & Crafts Era Hammered Brass Tray Ca. 1910

A transitional Art Nouveau / Arts & Crafts gong made of solid hammered copper and brass. Circa. 1910. Striker is not original to gong.

Original, large-scale painting of Tumacacori Mission , Arizona by William Norris Dakin (Will Dakin) dated 1952. Painted from a sketch done in 1936. Original frame. William Norris Dakin: Born in San Francisco, CA on Nov. 5, 1910. Dakin graduated from Burlingame High School and studied for three years on scholarships at the CSFA under Macky, Randolph, and Poole. During the 1930s he worked for Disney Studios and in the 1940s was a staff artist at Eimac Corporation. He died in Burlingame, CA on Dec. 16, 1992. His oils and drawings include urban and rural scenes, old mansions, marine vessels, and Mexican genre. Member: SWA; Peninsula AA; Society for Sanity in Art. Exh: Calif. State Fair, 1933 (1st prize); SFAA, 1935; SFMA, 1935; San Mateo Co. Fairs. In: Bancroft Library (UC Berkeley). Tumacacori Mission: Founded by Jesuit Father Eusebio Francisco Kino in January 1691, Mission San Cayetano...

A Lucite or acrylic geometric sculpture. Diminishing aqua rectangles in clear Lucite monolith create an architectural skyscraper effect. In the...

Exceptional abstract kinetic metal table top sculpture by Jerome Kirk. Dancing figures, signed and dated 1995. Sculpture base measures 8" square. Works Held: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA., Storm King Art Center, Mountainville, NY., Albright-Knox Gallery, Buffalo, NY., Sheldon Art Gallery, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE., Phoenix Museum of Art, Phoenix, AZ., University of California, Berkeley Galleries, Santa Barbara, CA. Jerome Kirk, (1923- ) was born in Detroit. After serving in World War II, he received his B.S. degree in mechanical engineering from MIT in 1951. Influenced initially by Alexander Calder, David Smith and Harry Bertoia, Kirk's work has set new standards in kinetic sculpture. Other pieces of his in Southern California can be seen at TRW in Redondo Beach...

The unknown sculptor of this fine, gilded-mahogany pelican appears to have been influenced by the turn-of-the-century Symbolist movement in Europe. The breast feathers are subtly car...

A gorgeous Arts & Crafts period hand hammered copper pen tray By Roycroft (signed with impressed orb and cross mark) USA, Early 20th Century Measures: 7.38"W x 2.75"D x 0.5"H. Go...

A gorgeous Arts & Crafts period hand hammered copper pen tray By Roycroft (signed with impressed orb and cross mark) USA, Early 20th Century Measures: 7.25"W x 1.63"D x 1.88"H. G...

A gorgeous Arts & Crafts period hammered copper and brass humidor By Benedict Studios USA, Circa 1910 Measures: 5"W x 5"D x 5.75"H. Good original ...