Framed Tapa Cloth from New Caledonia

This collection of 33 Native American arrowheads found in Wisconsin's Waukesha County offers a glimpse into the rich indigenous history of the region. Framed in a 19th-century frame ...

A remarkable set of three early 20th century Italian cello backs, each frames in a deep shadow box with a simple white gallery frame. Perfect for the classical music aficionado in yo...

A wonderful early 20th century Kuba cloth panel with a fantastic all-over meandering motif woven in black and natural raffia. Kuba cloths are construc...

A striking 20th century Shoowa Kuba cloth panel with a fantastic all-over interlocking meandering hook and knot pattern woven in black and natural flat-wea...

A provocative late 20th century Kuba cloth panel with a bold zigzag and diamond pattern woven in black and natural cut pile raffia surrounding a tongu...

A painting from a Kwoma ceremonial house ceiling depicting an abstract polychrome pattern on a sago palm spathe. From the Metropolitan Museum of Art: "...

Antique Framed 3-dimensional hand-painted porcelain cityscape is signed by M. Renot, and is a remarkable expression of art! First, a porcelain was cast with full relief outlining the...

A vibrant 1969 lithograph by Ken Kusaka. Signed numbered and dated lower margin. In a period shadow box. Frame has some age wear and paint loss. Litho is in good condition.

Rare antique American Hand-Embroidered three dimensional paintings, Circa 1820. Paintings were mounted in shadowboxes to protect the embroid...

Stunning diorama by American artist Lloyd Brown. “View of Area Above San Rafael Reef, Utah” 1999. Signed and dated with gallery tags. I Lloyd Brown has been fascinated with the viewer’s experience of panorama, particularly as it seems to negate the role of the artist, throughout his career. Tradition has it that the artist, whether painter or photographer etc is singularly responsible for framing a scene. Mr. Brown takes this task off the plate of the artist and thusly provides the viewer with not only more visual information but also the agency to see and understand what they might see and understand within the composition with their own eyes. For example, Imagine if this composition did not include the information to your far right. The work would have been framed as a vista, a landscape painting, a scene of the horizon, the great American West. But by expanding (or in essence, breaking open) the frame, the viewer also sees the world of the artist, or the visual context as part of the vision. He or she stands on the same stained concrete as the artist , is able to see though their eyes but at the same time retain their autonomy by looking away from the vista. He or she does not have to see through the artists eyes and therefore understands the moment, experiences the moment, unencumbered by the task of looking. Viewer and artist are equal. So one might ask, Is the scene about the grand vista? Is it a scene of the great American West as we expect it to be? Or is it a scene that although grand serves to accentuate the viewer’s sense of alienation or even isolation and smallness in the moment, during the experience of the painting and ultimately throughout life’s path? The coupling of the mountains, garbage bins...

This artistic window was handmade in Italy in the 1960s. It's made from a ivory painted metal box, with plexiglass and golden aluminum passepartout. The religious representation is a...

1986 mixed-media untitled work by Dike Blair POOL table watercolor landscape Made in 1986, features watercolor landscape with POOL balls and felt holes. Framed in shadowbox. Sign...