Piero Aversa "Masquerading Cats" Original Mixed-Media, circa 1970s

Paul Slapion (American, 20th century) mixed-media abstract painting Title: In Each of Us...All of Us #9, circa 1985 A fine mixed-media painting created with many layers of glass, ink and oils. Visually stunning optical art. Dimensions: 16 inches x 20 inches. Frame dimensions: 20.25 inches x 16.25 inches. Very good vintage condition. Lightly distressed frame. Signed verso with the original "OK Harris Gallery, NY" label. The OK Harris Gallery was an art gallery located at 383 West Broadway...

Paul Slapion (American, 20th century) mixed-media abstract painting Title: In Each of Us...All of Us #2, circa 1985 A fine mixed-media painting created with many layers of glass, ink and oils. Visually stunning optical art. Dimensions: 16 inches x 20 inches. Frame dimensions: 20.25 inches x 16.25 inches. Very good vintage condition. Lightly distressed frame. Signed verso with the original "OK Harris Gallery, NY" label. The OK Harris Gallery was an art gallery located at 383 West Broadway...

Arne Besser (American, b.1935) two hearts original oil painting, circa 1970 Original oil on canvas. Dimensions: 20" x 30". The frame measures 25" x 35"....

Paul Slapion (American, 20th century) mixed-media abstract painting Title: In Each of Us...All of Us #4 circa 1985 A fine mixed media painting created with many layers of glass, ink and oils. Visually stunning optical art. Dimensions 16 inches x 20 inches. Frame dimensions 20.25 inches x 16.25 inches. Very good vintage condition. Lightly distressed frame. Signed verso with the original "OK Harris Gallery...

Mixed media on panel. Sprawling cat. Hand signed lower right. Dimensions: (Frame) H 8.25" x W 10.25" (Board) H 5" x W 7" Piero Aversa was born in Asmara, Eritrea, East Africa, educated at the Belle Arte in Rome, and lived and exhibited worldwide. He moved to the US in 1953. Piero Aversa was passionate about many facets of artistic expression. A larger than life Gay Artist, he enjoyed the company of many jet setters in New York City during his Fashion and Interior Design days. Originally from Italy he finally settled in Key West, Florida where the largest collection of his art is displayed. His talents span design in fabrics, wall covering, jewelry and films as well as the fine arts. The exhibition in Rome in 1959, of “The Most Beautiful Women of Rome”, catapulted him to international recognition. In New York, he designed celebrity mannequins for the windows of Saks Fifth Avenue. The depicted “New York's high-born, wealthy jet-setters” included Louise Savitt, Baby Jane Holzer and Wendy Vanderbilt. He is acknowledged for his sensitivity to the different lands he had been inspired by, from the primitive backdrops of Greek Mythology to the botanical lushness of Mexico, Italy, Greece and the Southern United States. He established his own line of wallpapers and fabrics, receiving praise for his interior design of suites at the historic Colony Hotel in Palm Beach, Florida. Aversa was collected by actresses Katherine Hepburn and Agnes Moorehead; diplomat and prominent New York socialite, Francis Kellogg; gallery owner, Julius Fleischmann; society songstress and millionaire industrialist, Mr. & Mrs. David Muss; and American songwriter, Jule Styne. He was also collected by various Italian nobility, Count and Countess Scribani Rossi from Rome, Principessa Niky Boncompagni, and Countess Alicia Paolozzi from Rome. The arrival of Piero in Mykonos, Greece and opening of his bar in the early 70's began a somewhat historical era for the gay community of the time. His work has a Surrealist quality that reminds me of Van Eno another Key West art...

'Three Siamese Cats' An Art Deco style contemporary painting by Vera Jefferson depicting Siamese cats stretching amongst a stylised background. Signed V Je...

Cat is an original Vintage Offset Print on ivory-colored paper, realized by Franco Gentilini (Italian Painter, 1909-1981), in the 1970s. The state of preservation of the artwork is ...

A mid-century ink painting of a cat by French artist Marie Paulette Lagosse (1921-1996) circa 1969 and its antique stucco frame. The picture is protecte...