1950s Decorative Art Nude Painting on Masonite Panel in a Style of Art Deco

Set of sterling silver plates engraved and signed by Bernard Buffet dated from 1973-1978. Gazelle, Panda, Giraffe, Lion and Rhinoceros. Each one in fitted wooden display case, wit...

1950s brass and bronze floor lamp "model 944" manufactured and edited by Maison Arlus France. (see documentation attached) The body of the lamp is made up of a column in brass and bl...

Art Deco wrought iron floor lamp from the 1920s in the style of René Prou, with its original lampshade redone in linen fabric. Lampshade dimensions : Top diameter/42cm Bottom diamete...

French coffee table from the 1950s with a magazine rack. Structure in brass and black enameled metal with its original round glass top. The shapes of this coffee table are reminisc...

Pair of wingback French lounges armchairs, newly upholstered.   

Magazine rack in the style of Jacques Adnet.

American intra-war artist and illustrator Porter Woodruff (1894-1959). Arabian Horse scene, oil and gold leaf on board with chalky gouache. Signed Woodruff on lower right of painting. Signature somewhat obscured by frame. His Art Deco-influenced paintings are highly decorative and appealing, the compositions complex and well-thought out. The gold leaf background is decorative and elegant. His are rare Modernist paintings by an artist who found himself at the very heart of design, fashion and celebrity life in the early part of the century. Label at back for Pitt & Scott Ltd London - well known for its expertise in handling antiques, works of art and fragile artefacts. Dimensions: 11.5"h x 15.5"w (sight) 12.5"h x 17.5"w (frame) Porter Woodruff, was an illustrator artist and contributor to Vogue Magazine and Home & Garden (including covers for both). He was one of five artists stationed in Paris in 1923 for Vogue. Woodruff spent considerable time in Tunisia, North Africa, residing with his romantic partner, Romanian socialite George Sebastian. Sebastian owned a lavish, coastal property in then-trendy Hammamet, near Tunis on the Mediterranean. Sebastian fell in love with the simple beauty of the quiet fishing port of Hammamet and was the first of the international set of the times to build his villa there. He started a trend that has never ceased. Frank Lloyd Wright is said to have claimed Dar Sebastian to be ”the most beautiful house I have ever seen”. American and European intelligentsia and upper-crust were attracted to the area between the wars. The artists Cocteau, Elsa Schiaparelli, Paul Klee, Andre Gide, the Sitwells, and Cecil Beaton enjoyed visiting, partying, and undertaking what someone once described as indulging the opportunity to do 'some rather elaborate sinning'. Other visitors included Art Deco designer Jean-Michel Frank, Wallis Simpson, Somerset Maugham, and Greta Garbo, among others. The onset of war disrupted this scene and it never truly regained its former glory. Dar Sebastian was requisitioned by the 'Desert Fox', German General, Field Marshal Erwin Rommel...

French Art Deco mixed-media painting on panel by Vanvinckenray (School: Beaux-Arts of Brussels). Provenance: Daughter of the artist.

Italian male nude oil painting on wood panel, circa 1930. Stunning and unusual framed Italian male nude oil painting on a wood panel. This Italian A...

Art Deco painting in oil on canvas illustrating a young nude woman, pensive, half lying down, in front and the face resting on her right hand. Her skin is clear and she wears a short hairstyle in the fashion of the 30s. A certain light emanates from this work which takes up a classic theme of Western art: the female nude. This Art Deco painting is not signed but can be linked to the work of the French...

Mid-century abstract lacquer painting on Masonite Highly interesting abstract painting in lacquer with incised outlines. The artwork is monogr...

Pair of Paintings in Oil on Panel Signed L. Houssot Measurements with frame: 32x28x5cm