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Vintage All-American Cheerleader’s Megaphone: A Crimson Icon of Americana
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A vintage All-American cheerleader's megaphone, crafted from vibrant crimson red fiberglass and accented with a zinc metal handle and trim rings exemplifying the classic aesthetics o...
Category
American 21st Century and Contemporary Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Fiberglass
Vintage Silver Aurora Pen, 2000s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Silver Aurora Pen, in silver 925.
With its original box.
Excellent condition.
Category
Italian 21st Century and Contemporary Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver
Johnny Halliday Rock in the Blood French Edition Signed by Gilles Lhote
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Johnny Halliday Rock in the Blood French Edition Signed by Gilles Lhote author, paperback book.Johnny Halliday, Rock in the Blood - French Edition - De...
Category
French Folk Art 21st Century and Contemporary Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Secret Houses: Living in Menorca
Located in New York, NY
Secret Houses: Living in Menorca
Text by Susana Gallardo, Photographs by Karel Balas
Dreamy estates from the island of Menorca come alive in this lively collection of images pres...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
$65 / item
"Sotheby's London The Estate of Christian, Lady Hesketh", Auction Catalog 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Sotheby's London; The Estate of Christian, Lady Hesketh. London: Sotheby's, 2007. Softcover. 278 pp. Christian Mary McEwen, Dowager Lady Hesketh, was a British politician, journalist...
Category
English 21st Century and Contemporary Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
John Haberle American Master of Illusion by Gertrude Sill, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
John Haberle: American Master of Illusion by Gertrude Grace Sill, Pamela Barr Editor, Douglas K. S. Hyland Contributor. New Britain Museum, Connecticut, 2...
Category
American 21st Century and Contemporary Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Vivien Mallock: Queen Elizabeth II’s Diamond Jubilee Portrait Roundel, 2012
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
This is the bronze maquette for a bas-relief portrait commissioned by the City of Winchester in honour of Queen Elizabeth II’s Diamond Jubilee. The final roundel is six feet in diameter and is shaped as a Winchester Rose with Queen Elizabeth II in the centre. She is wearing a three-strand diamond necklace and the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland tiara. Signed ‘VM 1’. English, 2012.
The Girls of Great Britain and Ireland tiara was made by the House of Garrard...
Category
English 21st Century and Contemporary Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
Why Draw? 500 Years of Drawings and Watercolors from Bowdoin College, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Why Draw? 500 Years of Drawings and Watercolors from Bowdoin College, by Joachim Homann. Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick ME 2017. 1st Ed hardc...
Category
American 21st Century and Contemporary Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Pair of Leather Cartridge Bags, circa 2000
Located in London, GB
Unused pair of leather cartridge bags, designed to carry 100 shells each. Circa 2000. Good quality; sturdy leather, suede lining, canvas & leather strap and brass fittings, with no w...
Category
British 21st Century and Contemporary Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
$1,716 / set
Art Deco Inspired Boat in Wood and steel Designer: Marcelo Peña, 2024
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Incredible boat: in solid wood.
We have specialized in the sale of Art Deco and Art Nouveau and Vintage styles since 1982. If you have any questions we are at your disposal.
Pushin...
Category
Chilean Modern 21st Century and Contemporary Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Steel
Rare and Collectable TexAvery Figurine Statue by Demons & Merveilles
Located in Sofia, BG
Figurine statue "Swing shift Cinderella 1945" by Demons & Merveilles electrified as a table lamp.
Made in 2000 in its original box in perfect condition but the box is quite damaged....
Category
American 21st Century and Contemporary Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Plastic
$1,080 Sale Price
24% Off
The Sarah P. Duke Gardens, A Wonderful Wander, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
The Sarah P. Duke Gardens, A Wonderful Wander. Durham: Duke University, 2006. Hardcover with dust jacket. 142 pp. A book on The Sarah P. Duke Gardens a...
Category
American 21st Century and Contemporary Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
VISIONAIRE 34: Paris Hedi Slimane for Dior Homme (4994/6000) (shrink wrapped)
By Visionaire
Located in Kleinburg, ON
From the Visionaire website:
Curated by Hedi Slimane, former design director of Dior Homme, 34 PARIS is in many ways a reaction to our tendency toward the baroque – one that we had just fully indulged in the previous issue, 33 TOUCH. The issue is a testament to Hedi’s reductionist aesthetic and an exploration of a burgeoning new movement: art that has its base in architecture. To this end, architect Greg Lynn designed a lacquered gray monolith with an interior topography engineered to hold the bound book as though suspended in space. Contributors include architects Neil Denari, Andreas Angelidakis, and Dominique Perrault; video artist Chris Cunningham...
Category
American 21st Century and Contemporary Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Philippe Anthonioz Artist Presentation Booklet (Inscribed to Thierry Despont)
By Diego Giacometti
Located in New York, NY
Self-published presentation booklet of sculptural works by French artist, sculptor, and furniture-maker Philippe Anthonioz (b. 1953), who worked closely with Diego Giacometti in that...
Category
French Modern 21st Century and Contemporary Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Acrylic, Paper
Lifelike Replica of a Rhino Calf
Located in Eindhoven, NL
Lifelike replica of a rhino calf. The calf has all the details and can not be distinguished from real.
Category
European 21st Century and Contemporary Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Polyester
Golden Bell and Beehive: Light Fittings Designed by Alvar and Aino Aalto
Located in New York, NY
Book issued in conjunction with an exhibition held at the Alvar Aalto Museum in Jyvaskyla, Finland from Nov. 1, 200l to February 28, 2002. Published by the Alvar Aalto Museum in 2002...
Category
Finnish Scandinavian Modern 21st Century and Contemporary Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Painted on 21st St Helen Frankenthaler from 1950-1959 by John Elderfield, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Painted on 21st Street, Helen Frankenthaler from 1950-1959 by John Elderfield. Published by Gagosian Gallery / Abrams, New York, 2013. 1st Ed Exhibition hardcover catalog, no dust jacket as issued. Gagosian, in cooperation with the Estate of Helen Frankenthaler, presented a major exhibition devoted to Helen Frankenthaler’s paintings...
Category
American 21st Century and Contemporary Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Once Upon a Time (Inscribed by Slim Aarons)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
First edition, first printing (with number line ending in 1) of this compilation of photographs by renowned photographer Slim Aarons, known for his now-iconic environmental portraits...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern 21st Century and Contemporary Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
100 Cigars Humidor
By Pinetti
Located in Milan, IT
A striking addition to a personal collection or a superb gift for a cigar aficionado, this humidor box was crafted entirely of prized Spanish cedar and can be used to store up to 100...
Category
Italian 21st Century and Contemporary Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather, Wood, Cedar
$1,783 / item
Luxury Modern Shisha Hookah Nargile Swarovski Crystals and pure gold plated bowl
Located in Lohr, Bavaria, DE
This Shisha is a truly a piece of technological and esthetic perfection. It is made of finest materials such as blown glass coated with pure Gold, Jet-aluminum anodized in Gold, 228 Swarovski Crystals, Crystal Glass-Smoke-Column
Jet-aluminum anodized in Gold Smoke-Column, 360° SteamClick Closed Chamber connection-system, Swarovski Crystal Mouthpieces, Hand-stitched leather hoses, Tobacco Cutting Diffusor, LED Lightning System, Exclusive Vase Coating and a high-tech smoking experience. It comes in a luxurious box.
What is included?
One gold plated bowl
One gold plated Jet-aluminum-Smoke-Column
One blown Crystal Glass-Smoke-Column
Two hand crafted real leather hoses
The Shisha STEAMULATION EXCLUSIVE - THE TIGER is a masterpiece of German engineering and has the world's fastest rotary locking system, the SteamClick 360°, including integrated valve technology, the Advanced Closed Chamber System. It is protected by a patent and registered...
Category
German Modern 21st Century and Contemporary Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Aluminum, Gold Plate
The Perfect Kitchen
Located in New York, NY
A chic, polished guide to creating your dream kitchen from the cofounder of Waterworks, with hundreds of images and practical advice.
The kitchen is the heart of the home, the destination of every party, everyone's favorite gathering spot, where style and functionality must go hand in hand. Designing a kitchen is a vastly complicated affair, involving an array of appliances (movable and fixed) and storage zones, not to mention addressing the kitchen's role as a multifunctional social arena to be used from very early in the morning until late into the night. Creating a timeless, high-functioning space is daunting indeed. Where is one to begin?
In The Perfect Kitchen, Waterworks cofounder Barbara Sallick explores the process of designing a kitchen in great and beautiful detail, from surfaces and finishes to storage, cabinetry, and hardware. The book is enriched by dozens of images of kitchens by esteemed designers such as Steven Gambrel...
Category
American 21st Century and Contemporary Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
$55 / item
ELIE SAAB Maison Backgammon Tray by Giobagnara in Monogram Leather & Palladium
By Elie Saab, Giobagnara
Located in Mariano Comense, CO
Born from the exclusive collaboration between ELIE SAAB Maison and Giobagnara, this backgammon set is a celebration of refined craftsmanship, contemporary design, and timeless elegan...
Category
Italian 21st Century and Contemporary Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Steel
Rare and Collectable Texavery Figurine Statue by Demons & Merveilles
Located in Sofia, BG
Figurine statue of Droopy ready to party by Demons & Merveilles.
Made in 2000 in its original box in perfect condition.
Perfect gift and a part of a large collection.
USA, 2000.
Category
American 21st Century and Contemporary Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Plastic
1M Marquetry Pintail Longboard
By Emma Wood
Located in Nr Abergavenny, Monmouthshire
The w o o d p o p pintail longboards are handcrafted in workshops on either side of the Welsh/English border the UK. Each one is made from best quality Finnish Birch and vacuum lamin...
Category
Welsh 21st Century and Contemporary Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
$824 Sale Price / item
20% Off
Palm Beach Living Book by Jennifer Ash Rudick
By Jennifer Ash
Located in New York, NY
Palm Beach Living
By: Jennifer Ash Rudick
Photography by Nick Mele
Explore the pleasures of life in the homes and gardens of the legendary tropical island of Palm Beach
Could it be the subtropical climate and seaside breezes that have drawn multiple generations to Palm Beach for more than a century? Or does its timeless appeal lie in its unique mixture of charming bungalows, sleek minimalist houses, chic apartments, and iconic Mediterranean Revival residences by such legendary architects as Maurice Fatio and John Volk? Though the nation’s most exclusive barrier island is perennially thronged with visitors, few have seen the private homes and gardens showcased in Palm Beach Living. Some of the homes incorporate the exuberant colors of the island’s tropical flora; others opt for a soothing, more neutral palette to contrast with the surrounding landscape. All embrace indoor/outdoor living, and each reflects the singular aesthetic of the owner, realized with the help of renowned architects, including Fairfax & Sammons, Chris Stone and David Fox, Daniel Kahan, and Jeffrey W. Smith; superb landscape architects such as Mario Nievera, Jorge Sánchez...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Residential Architecture: Living Places by Dominick Tringali Architects 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Residential Architecture: Living Places by Dominick Tringali Architects. Stated 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. Publisher: Ashley Group, 2003. Michigan-based architect Dominick Tr...
Category
American 21st Century and Contemporary Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Sotheby's: Property from the Collections of Lily & Edmond J. Safra, 6 Volume Set
Located in valatie, NY
This is the original six volume set by Sotheby's for the auction of the collections of Lily and Edmond Safra in October 2011. Volumes 1-3 are in ...
Category
American 21st Century and Contemporary Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Houses DesignSource by Aitana Lleonard, Stated 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Houses DesignSource by Aitana Lleonard. Published by Harper Design, 2009. Stated 1st Ed softcover. Filled cover-to-cover with gorgeous full-color photographs of inspirational home id...
Category
American 21st Century and Contemporary Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Vladimir Kagan: A Lifetime of Avant-Garde Design
Located in New York, NY
With Vladimir Kagan’s death in 2016, the world of design lost one of its most celebrated practitioners. Pointed Leaf Press is honored to be reissuin...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Lamborghini Magazine Issue #29 Febuary 2021
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Lamborghini Magazine Issue #29 Febuary 2021.
Featuring the 50th anniversary of the legendary Countach.
Exploring the concept of time from several perspectives with unmissable interv...
Category
Italian Modern 21st Century and Contemporary Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Gaetano Pesce, "Ribbon" series bracelet, prod. Fish Design 2004
Located in Rivoli, IT
"Ribbon" series bracelet, designed by Gaetano Pesce and produced by Fish Design on 10/11/2004
A unique and original piece, it is the result of a manufacturing process where design, ...
Category
Italian 21st Century and Contemporary Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Resin
1960s Replica Greg Noll Black Walnut Trophy Surfboard
By Greg Noll
Located in Haleiwa, HI
Late-1960s replica Greg Noll Surf Center Hawaii wooden surfboard. Features a transitional-era (late 1960’s style) pintail shape made with one of the rarest a...
Category
American 21st Century and Contemporary Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Fiberglass, Hardwood
Cookbook Book
Located in New York, NY
Featuring 125 seminal cookbooks from the last 100 years, Cookbook Book is a celebration of the world's most beautiful, influential and informative cookbooks.
From the tried-and-tr...
Category
Chinese 21st Century and Contemporary Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
$60 / item
Splendid Settings: 100 Years of Mottahedeh Design
Located in New York, NY
The dinnerware of presidents and the teacups of dignitaries. Mottahedeh, founded 100 years ago and based on Mildred and Rafi Mottahedeh’s passion for antiques, is the most distinguis...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
$72 Sale Price / item
20% Off
Mill Game Taupe Leather Set
By Pinetti
Located in Milan, IT
A classy take on the strategy board game known as "nine-man morris", this design displays glossy, golden segments making up for a labyrinthine pattern that emerges from a backdrop in...
Category
Italian 21st Century and Contemporary Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
$2,283 / item
Sotheby's Catalogue the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Lammot Du Pont Copeland
Located in valatie, NY
Sotheby's: The Collection of Mr. & Mrs Lammot Du Pont Copeland: New York, January 19, 2002. Hardcover with dust jacket. The Copeland collection has legendary status among the America...
Category
American 21st Century and Contemporary Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Brown and White Speckled Longhorn Hide
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Brown and white speckling longhorn hide. Contemporary. Featuring an overall white and cream color with solid brown down spine. Light speckling around body with scattered larger spots...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Cowhide
Speckled Black and White Longhorn Hide
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Black and white speckled longhorn hide. Contemporary. Featuring an overall white color with black and gray speckling with scattered black spots. Branded "PG" at bottom. Great for use...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Cowhide
2008 Alaska Duck Stamp Print by Robert Steiner
Located in Soquel, CA
2008 Alaska Duck Stamp Print
2008 Alaska Duck Stamp Print by Robert Steiner (American, b. 1949). Four Alaska Duck Stamp Prints are the focal point with "3...
Category
American American Classical 21st Century and Contemporary Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Lord St. Helens & Sir William Fitzherbert. January 22, 2009. Christie's
By Christie's
Located in valatie, NY
Lord St. Helens & Sir William Fitzherbert. January 22, 2009. Christie's (London). 1st Ed softcover auction catalog. 682 lots in color and fully described and with results.
NPT Books...
Category
English 21st Century and Contemporary Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Dutch Colonial Homes in America Signed by Roderic Blackburn & Geoffrey Gross
Located in valatie, NY
Dutch Colonial Homes in America by Roderic H. Blackburn, Photography by Geoffrey Gross and Susan Piatt, introduction by Harrison Frederick Meeske. Hardcover with dust jacket. 240 pp....
Category
American 21st Century and Contemporary Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Extra Large Black and White Longhorn Hide
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Black and white speckled and spotted longhorn hide. Contemporary. Featuring an overall white color with scattered black speckling on body and large black spots on back and shoulders....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Cowhide
Speckled Black and White Longhorn Hide
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Black and white speckled longhorn hide. Contemporary. Featuring an overall black and gray color against white and cream color. Speckling is heavy across body, with thickest concentra...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Cowhide
Speckled Black and White Longhorn Hide
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Black and white speckled longhorn hide. Contemporary hide. Featuring an overall white and cream coloring with thick black speckling down middle/spine and lighter gray and black speck...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Hide
Nobuyoshi Araki "Bondage" Limited Edition Signed Collector Book by TASCHEN
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This book is a sealed copy of a SOLD OUT Collector’s Edition. Each book is numbered and signed by Nobuyoshi Araki.
This particular edition is number 312 out of 845 copies,
It consi...
Category
European 21st Century and Contemporary Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bamboo, Paper
Set of 14 Volumes of Selected Tales of Beatrix Potter
Located in valatie, NY
Set of 14 Volumes of Selected Tales of Beatrix Potter. Published by Frederick Warne & Co, 2002. Hardcovers with dust jackets. Original Peter Rabbit Books including: The Tale of Peter...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Marquetry Balance Board
By Emma Wood
Located in Nr Abergavenny, Monmouthshire
Each w o o d p o p balance board is meticulously handcrafted in our Black Mountains workshop in the UK. Doubling up as an integral part of any fitness r...
Category
Welsh 21st Century and Contemporary Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
VISIONAIRE 30: Game Louis Vuitton Italy (0929/6000)
Located in Kleinburg, ON
From the Visionaire website:
30 GAME is not only a collection of art but also a game. Taking as our starting point the Louis Vuitton Challenge...
Category
American 21st Century and Contemporary Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Plastic, Paper
Achille Salvagni
Located in New York, NY
A meticulously curated glimpse at the career of a design-world superstar.
"Stylistically, Salvagni is an avowed modernist; his work displays an elegant economy of means that is ut...
Category
American 21st Century and Contemporary Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
$65 / item
Modernism Foretold: the Nadler Collection of Late Antique Art from Egypt, 1/500
Located in valatie, NY
Modernism Foretold: The Nadler Collection of Late Antique Art from Egypt, 1/500
by Asen Kirin, Katherine Leigh Marsengill, Georgia Museum of Art. Georgia Museum of Art, 2020. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. "This exhibition catalogue features an extraordinary assembly of objects dating from the 3rd to the 8th century CE that belong to Emanuel and Anna Nadler of New York City and Palm Beach. The Nadler family has long been one of the most important collectors of Coptic art...
Category
American 21st Century and Contemporary Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles. by Fermín Solís
1st Edition Hardcover
Metro Media Limited, 2019 - Biographical comic books, strips, etc - 120 pages
A fascinating portrait ...
Category
Spanish Expressionist 21st Century and Contemporary Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Bonhams Sale, The Contents of Great Brampton House, on Site Auction 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Bonhams Sale, The Contents of Great Brampton House Sold by Order of Sir John and Lady Pidgeon. Wednesday 1 October 2008 Great Brampton House, Madley, Herefordshire. Over 700 lots of ...
Category
English 21st Century and Contemporary Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Art Nouveau by Klaus-Jurgen Sembach, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Art Nouveau, by Klaus-Jurgen Sembach. Published by TASCHEN, 2002. Softcover. Art Nouveau, whose emergence at the same time as cinema was no mere coincidence, it represents the most r...
Category
German 21st Century and Contemporary Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Art Along the Rivers by Amy Torbert, 1st Ed Exhibition Catalog
Located in valatie, NY
Art Along the Rivers: A Bicentennial Celebration by Amy Torbert. An exhibition that coincided with the Missouri state bicentennial. The catalog brings together the region's painting...
Category
American 21st Century and Contemporary Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Sanremo Game Compendium #2
Located in Milan, IT
Crafted using traditional methods of water-resistant saddle leather, this games compendium is a superb accent for a modern home. The exterior resembles a striking box with lid with an eye-catching pattern that can be used as a draughts board, while the bottom of the box features a backgammon board. The inside of the box reveals a precious set of boxwood chess pawns...
Category
Italian 21st Century and Contemporary Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather, Boxwood
$3,703 / item
Esko Männikkö: Naarashauki: the Female Pike
Located in valatie, NY
Esko Männikkö: Naarashauki: the Female Pike. Published by Oulu, Finland: Esko Mannikko / Kavela Kustannus Oy, 2000. Photographs and text (in Finnish and ...
Category
Finnish 21st Century and Contemporary Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Marcel Duchamp Boîte-en-Valise Facsimile Edition Mathieu Mercier 2015
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
An exceptional facsimile of Marcel Duchamp’s Boîte-en-Valise, meticulously edited by Mathieu Mercier and published by Wather König in 2015. This first edition is a complete reproduct...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern 21st Century and Contemporary Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
$1,107 Sale Price
40% Off
Long Island Modernism, 1930-1980, by Caroline Rob Zaleski, Stated 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Long Island Modernism, 1930-1980, by Caroline Rob Zaleski. Stated 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. An essential reference for architectural followers, historians, and everyone who ...
Category
American 21st Century and Contemporary Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Sutures and Spirits The Photographic Illustrations of Lejaren à Hiller 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Sutures and Spirits: The Photographic Illustrations of Lejaren à Hiller by Doug Manchee. RIT Cary Graphic Arts Press 2018. 1st Ed paperback. Lejaren a Hiller (1880-1969) pioneered ad...
Category
American 21st Century and Contemporary Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Tropical Light The Art of A. E. Backus Book by Natasha Kuzmanovic
Located in New York, NY
Tropical Light
The Art of A. E. Backus
By: Natasha Kuzmanovic
Winner of the 2016 Florida Book Award Gold Medal for Visual Arts Surpassing all potential rivals, artist A. E. Backus (1906–1990) developed a masterful aesthetic for portraying Florida’s lush tropical landscape, and his works became the definitive images of the state. Displaying a Backus painting quickly became a mark of distinction for a certain set of affluent Floridians. Defining his own artistic roots as “part Cracker [a hardy, early Florida pioneer] and part Monet,” Backus’s primary subject matter was tropical nature as defined by light, which he rendered using complementary colors. His avant‑garde use of a palette knife to create entire compositions produced paintings that combined a sensitive observation of nature with gestural paint application. So skillful was Backus at depicting the light and atmosphere of a particular locale that the season and exact time of day, to the hour, can be identified in most of his works. Backus excelled at capturing the essence of traditional Florida: rustic fishing camps, magnificent beaches, tidal rivers fringed with palms and mangroves, and the abrupt changes in the weather that characterize Florida’s tropical light to both natives and visitors. Besides his exceptional artistic talent, Backus also possessed an extraordinary humanitarian spirit. He drew no lines of distinction between young and old, rich and poor, black and white, and his studio door in Fort Pierce was open to all. He developed enduring friendships with black musicians, artists, and authors, including Zora Neale Hurston, one of the leading figures of the Harlem Renaissance. The circle of African‑American artists known as the Highwaymen...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
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Medal-Worthy Memorabilia from Epic Past Olympic Games
Get into the games! These items celebrate the events, athletes, host countries and sporting spirit.
Ahoy! You’ve Never Seen a Collection of Sailor Art and Kitsch Quite Like This
French trendsetter and serial collector Daniel Rozensztroch tells us about his obsession with objects related to seafaring men.
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The sought-after designer worked with the team at Hoffman Creative to produce a monograph that beautifully showcases some of Studio Shamshiri's most inspiring projects.
Moroccan Artworks and Objects Take Center Stage in an Extraordinary Villa in Tangier
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Montecito Has Drawn Royalty and Celebrities, and These Homes Are Proof of Its Allure
Hollywood A-listers, ex-pat aristocrats and art collectors and style setters of all stripes appreciate the allure of the coastal California hamlet — much on our minds after recent winter floods.
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