Framed Black and White Photograph Arthur Tress

A framed vintage gelatin silver photograph print by American surrealist photographer Arthur Tress (1940-). The work belongs to the artist's "Dream Collector" series. Entitled "Girl i...

A large black and white photograph by American surrealist photographer Arthur Tress (born 1940-). The photo was entitled: Girl Collecting Goldfish, Chateau Breteuil, France. It was c...

An early vintage photography by British-American photographer Michael Kenna (1953-). "Scarecrow, Twyford, Oxfordshire, England". The gelatin silver print was printed in 1980. The ima...

Artist: John Patrick Dugdale (New York, b. 1960) Title: The Spirit Eye Medium: Cyanotype Year: 1998 Edition: number 3/12 Measurement: H 14...

A framed photograph by Chinese American photographer Don Hong-Oai (1929-2004) "Desert Vietnam". Signed lower left on the mat and appears in the original artist's frame with copyright mark on the back. Sight is 6.5"H x 9.5"W. Don Hong-Oai was born in Canton, China but raised and educated in Saigon, Vietnam. At age 13 he began an apprenticeship at a Chinese photo and portrait shop. In 1979 he immigrated to the United States and settled in the Chinatown of San Francisco. Don began making a living by selling his landscape photographs in front of Macy’s and began to receive recognition for his craftsmanship. His style was heavily influenced by the legendary photographer Long Chin...

A framed photograph by Chinese American photographer Don Hong-Oai (1929-2004) "The Yellow Mountain". Signed and dated 1982 lower left on the mat and appears in the original artist's frame with copyright mark on the back. Sight is 7.5"H x 9.5"W. Don Hong-Oai was born in Canton, China but raised and educated in Saigon, Vietnam. At age 13 he began an apprenticeship at a Chinese photo and portrait shop. In 1979 he immigrated to the United States and settled in the Chinatown of San Francisco. Don began making a living by selling his landscape photographs in front of Macy’s and began to receive recognition for his craftsmanship. His style was heavily influenced by the legendary photographer Long Chin...

Arthur Tress (American b. 1940) 'The Voyage' Gelatin silver print. Image: 15.75 x 15.75 in / 40 x 40 cm. Mat: 23 x 24.5 in / 50 x 62.5 cm. Full Margins. Signed, titled and numbered by the artist recto under image. This is a work by Arthur Tress not often seen. It is one of a large group of his images which features male nudes in various surrealist situations. Arthur Tress: Born in Brooklyn, New York, on November 24, 1940, Arthur Tress began his first camera work as a teenager in the surreal neighborhood of Coney Island where he spent hours exploring the decaying amusement parks. Later, during five years of world travel, mostly in Asia and Africa, he developed an interest in ethnographical photography that eventually led him to his first professional assignment as a U.S. Government photographer recording the endangered folk cultures of Appalachia. Seeing the destructive results of corporate resource extraction, Tress began to use his camera to raise environmental awareness about the economic and human costs of pollution. Focusing on New York City, he began to photograph the neglected fringes of the urban waterfront with a straight documentary approach. This gradually evolved into a more personal mode of “magic realism” combining improvised elements of actual life with stage fantasy that became his hallmark style of directorial fabrication. In the late 1960s Tress was inspired to do a series Based Upon children’s dreams that combined his interests in ritual ceremony, Jungian archetypes, and social allegory. Later bodies of work dealing with the hidden dramas of adult relationships and the reenactments of male homosexual desire evolved from this primarily theatrical approach. Beginning in the early 1980s, Tress began shooting in color, creating room-sized painted sculptural installations out of found medical equipment in an abandoned hospital on New York’s Welfare Island. This led to a smaller scale exploration of narrative still life within a children’s toy theater...

Arthur Tress (American b. 1940) 'Claire de Lune' Signed and titled in margin under image. Gelatin silver print. Later print. Image: 9.25 x 10 in / 23 x 24.5 cm. Full margins. Sheet: 11 x 14 in / 28 x 35.5 cm. No matting. This work is included full page in the book 'Fantastic Voyage, Photographs 1956 - 2000' by Arthur Tress. In the book it is dated to 1975. Arthur Tress: Born in Brooklyn, New York, on November 24, 1940, Arthur Tress began his first camera work as a teenager in the surreal neighborhood of Coney Island where he spent hours exploring the decaying amusement parks. Later, during five years of world travel, mostly in Asia and Africa, he developed an interest in ethnographical photography that eventually led him to his first professional assignment as a U.S. Government photographer recording the endangered folk cultures of Appalachia. Seeing the destructive results of corporate resource extraction, Tress began to use his camera to raise environmental awareness about the economic and human costs of pollution. Focusing on New York City, he began to photograph the neglected fringes of the urban waterfront with a straight documentary approach. This gradually evolved into a more personal mode of “magic realism” combining improvised elements of actual life with stage fantasy that became his hallmark style of directorial fabrication. In the late 1960s Tress was inspired to do a series Based Upon children’s dreams that combined his interests in ritual ceremony, Jungian archetypes, and social allegory. Later bodies of work dealing with the hidden dramas of adult relationships and the reenactments of male homosexual desire evolved from this primarily theatrical approach. Beginning in the early 1980s, Tress began shooting in color, creating room-sized painted sculptural installations out of found medical equipment in an abandoned hospital on New York’s Welfare Island. This led to a smaller scale exploration of narrative still life within a children’s toy theater...

Amazing Marcel Breuer style daybed. Tubular chrome at both ends. Bed has hinges which allow it to be lifted, allowing for storage underneath. Great pie...

A sensual black and white to slightly sepia tone interior photographic image of a partially nude woman holding a violin, pencil signed dated and numbered by artist on right side of m...

Vintage English Chesterfield sofa that we recently imported from Ireland and promptly handed over to our inhouse Old Plank upholstery department for a proper and thorough restoration. When we use the term restoration, we actually mean conservation with the initial concept of rebuilding the Chesterfield sofa from the inside out, while using as many of the original components as possible and in particular saving as much of the original leather as possible. Our English Chesterfield sofa was disassembled and the coil springs were tied 8-ways by hand. In each area where we had to add padding, our Old Plank upholstery department used horsehair, shredded coco fiber and cotton. Everything is done here old school and maybe it takes longer and the raw materials may cost more, but in the long run the sofa is going to hold its shape, be super comfortable and last for decades. Even the solid brass (bronze optional) lion paw feet we have cast locally for us and are used on our new Old Plank sofas...

Jean Charlot Fresco style painting in plaster on board in the original artist made frame. Titled on a label on the verso: "Bed Time.” In exce...

Sculptural and modern 1980's Directional waterfall bench in the style of Milo Baughman or Karl Springer. This on-trend bench exudes elegance a...

At well over 9 feet long (112"), this Adrian Pearsall style sofa appears to be soaring like a B-2 bomber with built-in, floating end tables exten...

Sterling silver Evening bag, enamel on guillochè, produced in Salimbeni factory in Florence, Italy. Evening bag oval shaped in 925/1000 sterling ...

This stylish 'Cleopatra' daybed by A.R. Cordemeijer for Auping, Netherlands, was designed and produced in circa 1953. Signed on the springs as can be seen in the photos. Featurin...

Arthur Tress (American b. 1940) 'Hockey Player 1972' Gelatin silver print. Photo taken 1970. Image: 10 x 10 in / 25.5 x 25.5 cm. Full margins. Mat: 1...

Arthur Tress (American b. 1940) 'The Voyage' Gelatin silver print. Image: 15.75 x 15.75 in / 40 x 40 cm. Mat: 23 x 24.5 in / 50 x 62.5 cm. Full Margins. Signed, titled and numbered by the artist recto under image. This is a work by Arthur Tress not often seen. It is one of a large group of his images which features male nudes in various surrealist situations. Arthur Tress: Born in Brooklyn, New York, on November 24, 1940, Arthur Tress began his first camera work as a teenager in the surreal neighborhood of Coney Island where he spent hours exploring the decaying amusement parks. Later, during five years of world travel, mostly in Asia and Africa, he developed an interest in ethnographical photography that eventually led him to his first professional assignment as a U.S. Government photographer recording the endangered folk cultures of Appalachia. Seeing the destructive results of corporate resource extraction, Tress began to use his camera to raise environmental awareness about the economic and human costs of pollution. Focusing on New York City, he began to photograph the neglected fringes of the urban waterfront with a straight documentary approach. This gradually evolved into a more personal mode of “magic realism” combining improvised elements of actual life with stage fantasy that became his hallmark style of directorial fabrication. In the late 1960s Tress was inspired to do a series Based Upon children’s dreams that combined his interests in ritual ceremony, Jungian archetypes, and social allegory. Later bodies of work dealing with the hidden dramas of adult relationships and the reenactments of male homosexual desire evolved from this primarily theatrical approach. Beginning in the early 1980s, Tress began shooting in color, creating room-sized painted sculptural installations out of found medical equipment in an abandoned hospital on New York’s Welfare Island. This led to a smaller scale exploration of narrative still life within a children’s toy theater...

Arthur Tress (American b. 1940) 'Claire de Lune' Signed and titled in margin under image. Gelatin silver print. Later print. Image: 9.25 x 10 in / 23 x 24.5 cm. Full margins. Sheet: 11 x 14 in / 28 x 35.5 cm. No matting. This work is included full page in the book 'Fantastic Voyage, Photographs 1956 - 2000' by Arthur Tress. In the book it is dated to 1975. Arthur Tress: Born in Brooklyn, New York, on November 24, 1940, Arthur Tress began his first camera work as a teenager in the surreal neighborhood of Coney Island where he spent hours exploring the decaying amusement parks. Later, during five years of world travel, mostly in Asia and Africa, he developed an interest in ethnographical photography that eventually led him to his first professional assignment as a U.S. Government photographer recording the endangered folk cultures of Appalachia. Seeing the destructive results of corporate resource extraction, Tress began to use his camera to raise environmental awareness about the economic and human costs of pollution. Focusing on New York City, he began to photograph the neglected fringes of the urban waterfront with a straight documentary approach. This gradually evolved into a more personal mode of “magic realism” combining improvised elements of actual life with stage fantasy that became his hallmark style of directorial fabrication. In the late 1960s Tress was inspired to do a series Based Upon children’s dreams that combined his interests in ritual ceremony, Jungian archetypes, and social allegory. Later bodies of work dealing with the hidden dramas of adult relationships and the reenactments of male homosexual desire evolved from this primarily theatrical approach. Beginning in the early 1980s, Tress began shooting in color, creating room-sized painted sculptural installations out of found medical equipment in an abandoned hospital on New York’s Welfare Island. This led to a smaller scale exploration of narrative still life within a children’s toy theater...

A black and white zebra animal photo print with white handcrafted frame, from London-based gallery, William Stafford, circa 21st century, England. ...

From Luis Gallos 1994-1995 Series. A set from his large series of black and white photographs of riders in the NYC subway. Eac...

Original black and white photograph of Iggy Pop by photographer John Stoddart in 1999. Large archival rag print from an edition of 10 signed on the bo...