The "Lamino" Chair and Footstool by Swedish Designer Yngve Ekstrom

This color lithograph is by Victoria Montesinos. It features an elegant lady from early 20th Century holding a rose in her right hand. The artist m...

Utilizing the peacock as an emblematic Art Nouveau animal, a favorite of early 20th-century illustrators and designers, Mr. Blackwell, who was born in 1925, delivers a powerfully aesthetic scene between a woman and a peacock in this lithograph, paying homage to both Art Nouveau and Art Deco. He was among others an American fashion critic, television/radio personality, and fashion designer. We can imagine that this drawing was a study for a dress paying homage to the myth and quintessence of the beauty found within peacock feathers. Like any artist, there is a story, structure, composition, and arrangement of the woman and the peacock, creating an iridescent visual of blue, green, and yellow, a dialogue between forms, curves, and lines. It is said that the Eye on the bird’s feathers reminds us that God is always watching. The off-white background is sober, crossed by two simple circular colored shapes, in the lower part. The two subjects initially appear as one entity, but as we move into the scene, we see that the woman is holding the peacock under her arm as one might hold an accessory. Then very quickly, it appears as the main figure, taking over the entire narrative rather than an accessory or a secondary figure. The peacock's regal posture, with its unfurled feathers, contrasts with the woman's near imbalance, almost as if she was fainting. It could also be interpreted as an intimate and seductive dance, where the two subjects come together as one to pay homage to a poetic and metaphorical world where aesthetics, fashion, and onirism converge. Did you know that peacocks use...

"The Ocean and the Beach" by Pat Badt is a fascinating painting especially for Ocean lovers! It encapsulates the serene yet dynamic relationship between the ocean and its timeless pa...

Graphic, triangular forms in yellow, black and silver seem to represent a stylized mountain. This modernist abstract painting is part of the color field movement which emerged out of...

Set of six elegant dining chairs in the style of French designer Jacques Adnet. Made of cerused oak, these chairs feature an open cross back design and a seat upholstered in creamy w...

Ron Childer's "The Meeting" is an oil painting on thick paper . The painting offers a highly graphic work, borrowing some influences from cubism and semi-...

Yngve Ekström: "Lamino" Lounge Chair

Yngve Ekström: "Lamino" Lounge Chair

c. 1970s. Made in Sweden. Reupholstered in green dyed Mongolian curly lamb fur. Full beech wood frame.

"Lamino" Easy Chair by Yngve Ekstrom for Swedese The "Lamino" Easy Chair in oak and teak by Yngve Ekstrom for Swedese. It was made in Sweden, and the maker's mark is incised on the ...

Lamino Lounge Chair 1960s Yngve Ekstrom, Lamino Chair for SWEDESE Lamino easy chair is a classic modern Swedish design in an elegant organic shape 3...

1960s Yngve Ekström Lamino chair for Swedese Scandinavian Modern design is stamped, Made In Sweden. A Scandinavian Modern Design of the 1960s by Yngv...