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Cherry Egg, Multi-Drawer Small Decorative Chest, Hand Carved Wood Sculpture
By Steve Turner
Located in Chicago, IL
This hand-carved wood egg sculpture is also a functioning object, with small working drawers capable of storing small collectables.
Steve Turner
Cherry Egg, 2021
cherry wood
12.50H ...
Category
1990s American Modern Chicago - Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Slice #1, Objet d'Art - Sliced Figurine with Hood Ornament on a Marble Base
By John Seubert
Located in Chicago, IL
Self-taught artist John Seubert, AKA John Dolly, uses objects he uncovers as he rehabs older homes in Chicago. This piece has a "slice" of a metal sculpture that was salvaged. A sev...
Category
2010s American Modern Chicago - Sculptures
Materials
Metal
19th Century French Shoe Cobbler's Mallet on Custom Mount
Located in Chicago, IL
A trusty, hardworking 19th century French walnut shoe cobbler's mallet with the most beautiful patina only two hundred years of use could bestow, and mounted on a custom steel stand....
Category
19th Century French Rustic Antique Chicago - Sculptures
Materials
Walnut
Grand Talisman, Abstract Sculpture, Brightly Colored Intertwined Geometric Form
By Robert Segal
Located in Chicago, IL
Robert Segal’s abstract sculpture offers a particularly fertile ground for experiments in shape, color, proportion, and technique. He steps away from non-traditional sculpting method...
Category
1990s American Modern Chicago - Sculptures
Materials
Acrylic, Fiberglass
Chinese Stone Axe Head on Custom Mount
Located in Chicago, IL
This Chinese Neolithic-inspired stone axe head, meticulously carved from yellow nephrite stone, is a testament to ancient craftsmanship and cultural si...
Category
20th Century Chinese Prehistoric Chicago - Sculptures
Materials
Stone
Chinese Gilt Limestone Stele of Maitreya Buddha
Located in Chicago, IL
This intricate limestone stele of a standing buddha likely depicts Maitreya, the Buddha of the Future. The only Buddhist divinity revered as both a bodhisattva and a Buddha, Maitreya is prophesied to return to Earth some time in the distant future and continue the historic Buddha's teachings of the Dharma. Like the historic Shakyamuni Buddha, Maitreya is a compassionate being devoted to showing the path to enlightenment.
Carved in the style of sixth century Chinese statuary...
Category
20th Century Chinese Qing Chicago - Sculptures
Materials
Limestone
Summer Pear, Bronze Sculpture with Textured Golden Surface on Concrete Base
By Mary Block
Located in Chicago, IL
An oversized bronze pear sits upon a circular concrete base in Mary Block's unique work entitled Summer Pear. This one of a kind bronze sculpture is perfe...
Category
2010s North American Modern Chicago - Sculptures
Materials
Cement, Bronze
Hand Carved and Polished Feldspar Stone Sculpture on Lacquered Wood Base.
Located in Chicago, IL
Natural feldspar stone sculpture. Hand carved and polished, then mounted on lacquered wood base with felt bottom. Great color, movement and composition.
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chicago - Sculptures
Materials
Stone
Slice #4 , Objet d'Art - Sliced Figurine with Wooden Column on a Marble Base
By John Seubert
Located in Chicago, IL
Self-taught artist John Seubert, AKA John Dolly, uses objects he uncovers as he rehabs older homes in Chicago. This piece has a "slice" of a metal sculpture that was salvaged. A sev...
Category
2010s American Modern Chicago - Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Petite Bronze Garuda Figurine
Located in Chicago, IL
This petite bronze figurine is cast in the form of Garuda, a demigod and mythical king of birds in Hindu and Buddhist faith. Taking the form of half-bird...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chicago - Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Vintage Italian Capodimonte Vegetables
Located in Chicago, IL
A wonderfully whimsical collection of vintage Italian Capodimonte hand-painted porcelain vegetables including artichokes, eggplants, and a ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Country Chicago - Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Midnight Matinee, Ceramic and Found Object Assemblage Sculpture
By Philip Capuano
Located in Chicago, IL
Artist statement:
During the summers in Connecticut when I was a pre-teen, I lived for playing baseball. I grew up on a farm and had to work hard, but I always made time for baseball. I played everyday and sometimes even slept with my glove underneath my pillow. I dreamed of playing professionally for the New York Yankees. The only thing that dragged me away from playing baseball was an arts and craft’s class in my school’s summer program. On Tuesday afternoon, after lunch, baseball was on hold for arts and crafts. In my first class, they taught us how to make pot holders and build things with Popsicle sticks by gluing them together. It was so much fun. I guess this was the earliest telling of what was to unfold in the future years.
I continued to play semi-pro baseball until the age of 38. I was also into weightlifting and even placed in a national competition. Sports and art have always been my passions. I was willing to put sports on hold for my art, though. And sports have always influenced my artwork. My first great influence in art was my craft teacher in high school, Shirley Charron. I was not an “A” student by any means and I did not excel in math or science. Ms. Charron knew I wasn’t a great student and encouraged me to apply for art school at Silvermine College of Arts. The college was holding interviews and all I had to do was make an appointment and bring my artwork. I was excited to find out that they didn’t need to know my S.A.T. scores. So I met with Dean Bob Gray and he liked my artwork. I became a student at the Silvermine College and received my Associate’s Degree from there. I went on to the Maryland Institute of Art where I received my Bachelor of Arts degree. I met several students from various backgrounds and different countries. I was fortunate for having great teachers and mentors along the way. Visiting artists were a big influence to me, as well. My college years helped greatly, keeping me out of the ‘real world’ and into the realm of creativity and free flowing ideas.
After receiving my Masters Degree from the Art Institute of Chicago in 1977. I stayed in Chicago. I became ‘so-to-speak’ a “Chicago” artist, living in lofts, dreaming the dreams of becoming known and reaching for the stars. I was still quite naïve at the age of 30. Luckily, I kept my day job as a cleaning man. I worked hard during those years after graduate school and still do 28 years later. During those 28 years, I tried out for the Chicago White Sox...
Category
2010s American Modern Chicago - Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Vintage Neoclassical Cherub/Putti Garden Statue
Located in Chicago, IL
Vintage Neoclassical Cherub/Putti Garden Statue
From a beautiful Southern Estate, approximately 50 years old. Stunning, neoclassical cherubs/putti...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Neoclassical Chicago - Sculptures
Materials
Clay
19th Century French Stone Carver's Hammer and Chisels on Custom Stand
Located in Chicago, IL
An incredible and rare set of 19th century French stone carver's wooden mallet and six iron chisels, mounted on a custom steel stand. Found in Roen, Nor...
Category
19th Century French Primitive Antique Chicago - Sculptures
Materials
Iron
Brass Bud Vase II by Gentner Design
By Christopher Gentner
Located in Geneve, CH
Brass Bud vase II by Gentner Design
Dimensions: D 5 x W 5 x H 15.2 cm
Materials: dull tarnished brass
Each of these delicately, handcrafted Bud Vases i...
Category
2010s American Post-Modern Chicago - Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Tell Me That You Love Me, Objet d'Art Box with Opening Door and Small Portraits
By John Seubert
Located in Chicago, IL
Self-taught artist John Seubert, AKA John Dolly, repurposes objects he uncovers as he rehabs older homes in Chicago. This piece, with it's titled "Tell Me That You Love Me" embossed ...
Category
2010s American Modern Chicago - Sculptures
Materials
Reclaimed Wood, Paint
Rare Resin Exhibition Invitation by Gaetano Pesce for Fish Design
By Fish Design, Gaetano Pesce
Located in Chicago, IL
Rare Resin Exhibition Invitations by Gaetano Pesce Exhibition Moss Gallery NYC
Silver Resin Reads:
MOSS GALLERY MARCH 29- MAY 6
152 GREENE STREET
NEW YORK XL XL
MONUMEMTAL WORK BY GA...
Category
1990s Chicago - Sculptures
Materials
Resin
Found and Salvaged Steel House Structure on a Reclaimed Steel Plate, Wooden Base
By Jim Rose
Located in Chicago, IL
Jim Rose, known primarily for his steel furniture, was an avid collector and scoured salvage yards for unique and interesting items. Here, a collection of found steel is reworked whi...
Category
2010s American Folk Art Chicago - Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Steel
Don't You Dare - Multi-Panel Folding Door Painting, Objet D'art
By John Seubert
Located in Chicago, IL
Self-taught artist John Seubert, AKA John Dolly, repurposes objects he uncovers as he rehabs older homes in Chicago. Here, multiple paintings depicting doors are hinged together with...
Category
2010s American Modern Chicago - Sculptures
Materials
Reclaimed Wood, Paint
Antonio Gresiaga Kieff Abstract Bronze Sculpture, 1970
By Antonio Kieff
Located in Chicago, IL
Antonia Gresiaga Kieff Abstract Bronze Sculpture on Black Marble Base, 1970's.
Canadian/Spanish, Born 1936. Mounted on marble base which is signed and marked 1 of 5.
Measures 33" tal...
Category
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chicago - Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Claude Conover Ceramic Stoneware Vessel Okkintok
By Claude Conover
Located in Chicago, IL
Claude Conover large ceramic vessel titled Okkintok.
This stoneware vase is glazed in two different tones and finely decorated with Conover's signature one iconic markings.
Classic and contemporary in form, this bold and unique ceramic vessel has surface decorations with incised geometrical and linear designs.
Signed on underside.
Conover was very inspired and influenced by pre-Columbian...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chicago - Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Teotihuacan Redware Figure
Located in Chicago, IL
This intriguing redware figure was crafted in 400 A.D. from the ancient Teotihuacan region of Mexico. Earthenware figurines were made in great abundance throughout Teotihuacan's history. After 250 A.D. objects made from clay increased dramatically, serving a wide variety of purposes and functions from religious rituals to burial offerings.
Figurines like this commemorated important people and events within the city of Teotihuacan and other parts of Mesoamerica, portraying individuals of different rank and status such as soldiers, merchants, bureaucrats, and occasionally divinities. This figure is adorned with an elaborate headdress, a thick beaded necklace...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Mexican Pre-Columbian Antique Chicago - Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Found and Salvaged Steel Structure on a Steel & Wooden Circular Base
By Jim Rose
Located in Chicago, IL
Jim Rose, known primarily for his steel furniture, was an avid collector and scoured salvage yards for unique and interesting items. Here, a collection of spare parts come together ...
Category
2010s American Folk Art Chicago - Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Steel
Autumn Pear, Bronze Sculpture with Textured Golden Surface on Concrete Base
By Mary Block
Located in Chicago, IL
An oversized bronze pear sits upon a concrete base in Mary Block's unique work entitled Autumn Pear. This one of a kind bronze sculpture is perfect in its imperfect shape as only nat...
Category
2010s North American Modern Chicago - Sculptures
Materials
Cement, Bronze
Pair of Tamberma Shields on Stands
Located in Chicago, IL
A pair of wonderfully sculptural early 20th century handwoven wicker shields from the Tamberma people of Togo, mounted on custom steel stands.
Category
Early 20th Century Togolese Tribal Chicago - Sculptures
Materials
Wicker
"Get a Load" by Esther Shimazu
By Esther Shimazu
Located in Chicago, IL
Bald and chunky, Esther Shimazu’s quirky clay figures are unabashedly naked and delightfully indulgent. Drawing up on her Japanese ancestry and experience...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Chicago - Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
'The Big Duck', a Bronze Sculpture by Edith Barretto Parsons, 1920
Located in Chicago, IL
'The Big Duck,' a captivating bronze sculpture by Edith Barretto Parsons, is a masterpiece of artistry and emotion. Created in 1920, this sculpture beautifully captures the innocence and unbridled joy of childhood. In this enchanting piece, a toddler cradles a large duck against their chest, the bird's wings outstretched in a playful dance while its feet kick with exuberance. The child's expression is a priceless reflection of pure delight.
Parsons, a talented American sculptor born in 1878, studied at the Art Students League of New York under renowned sculptors like Daniel Chester French...
Category
1920s American Vintage Chicago - Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Chinese Polychrome Jade Emperor Altar Figure, c. 1800
Located in Chicago, IL
This 18th-century carved wooden figure likely depicts the Jade Emperor, the supreme monarch of heaven and earth in Chinese folklore and Taoist mythology. Ruler of all deities and ben...
Category
Early 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Chicago - Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Silas Seandel Sun Spots Sculpture
By Silas Seandel
Located in Chicago, IL
Silas Seandel Sun Spots Sculpture, composed of Torch cut bronze, steel, copper and brass elements.
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chicago - Sculptures
Materials
Brass, Bronze, Copper, Steel
Heart-Throb, Abstract Sculpture, Brightly Colored Intertwined Geometric Form
By Robert Segal
Located in Chicago, IL
Robert Segal’s abstract sculpture offers a particularly fertile ground for experiments in shape, color, proportion, and technique. He steps away from non-traditional sculpting method...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Chicago - Sculptures
Materials
Acrylic, Fiberglass
Gupta Empire Torso of Vishnu
Located in Chicago, IL
A mesmerizing Gupta Empire (mid-3rd century BCE - 543 AD) mounted terracotta torso of a standing Vishnu. Vishnu is the preserver god, which means he p...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Bangladeshi Hellenistic Antique Chicago - Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Ceramic Male Figure
Located in Chicago, IL
Ceramic male figure, fired stoneware with monochromatic pattern.
Incised signature underside.
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chicago - Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Carlo Zauli Italian Artist Abstract Ceramic Sculpture Signed Zauli
By Carlo Zauli
Located in Chicago, IL
Ceramic sculpture by Carlo Zauli from the series "Sphere" done in the circa 1970s.
Stoneware and very abstract. Influences of Lucio Fontana are apparent.
Exhibited large scale installations during Milan Design Week 2013.
Carlo Zauli is indisputably considered one of the most important sculptors of the twentieth century.
After having won the main awards in ceramics in the fifties, the early sixties saw him evolve towards a markedly sculptural interpretation of his Craft. In these years he developed his own artistic language, imbued with informal atmospheres intertwined with a harmonious but disruptive "naturalness": these are the years of growing international success. From 1958, the year in which the great high-reliefs were made for the Baghdad palace and the Kuwait State Printing Office, he saw his fame grow continually, up to the end of the seventies and eighties, throughout Europe, Japan , North America, where he realizes exhibitions and placed work permanently.
Carlo Zauli was born in 1926 in Faenza, where he died in 2002.
Instead of ornate platters and decorative vases, his work seemed to have emerged from the earth itself, with organic curves, jagged edges, cracks and fissures that reflected the artist’s keen connection with nature. It was this passion for the natural world that made his work revered in Japan.
Zauli first showed in the Japan as well in 1964 with the International Exhibition of Contemporary Ceramic Art that toured several top museums.
At the beginning of 1960s, Carlo Zauli enters an artistic period in which he could be defined 'a sculptor of vases.' He subjects his vases to a progressive process of geometrical synthesis that, combined with a sort of abnormal growth, turns them into true sculptures. His studio receives frequent visits from Arnaldo and Giò Pomodoro, Giuseppe Spagnulo...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chicago - Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Helical Passage, Abstract Sculpture, Brightly Colored Intertwined Geometric Form
By Robert Segal
Located in Chicago, IL
Robert Segal’s abstract sculpture offers a particularly fertile ground for experiments in shape, color, proportion, and technique. He steps away from non-traditional sculpting method...
Category
1990s American Modern Chicago - Sculptures
Materials
Acrylic, Fiberglass
Vintage Italian Capodimonte Fruits
Located in Chicago, IL
A wonderfully whimsical collection of vintage Italian Capodimonte hand-painted porcelain fruits including oranges, pears, and apples, perfe...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Country Chicago - Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Lucky Girl Headrest, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
To keep her elaborate hairstyle intact while sleeping, a well-to-do Qing-dynasty woman would use a rigid headrest or neck pillow to keep her head elevated. Whether functional or purely decorative, such headrests were crafted from a variety of materials and were often decorated with elaborate patterns or symbolic motifs.
This porcelain headrest...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Chicago - Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Hand Built Earthenware Monument to a Hamburger
By Steve Banks
Located in Chicago, IL
This ode to an American classic is a chunky, hand built sculpture depicting a group of columns with a ceramic hamburger atop. Its earthenware coloring is complemented by the smalles...
Category
2010s American Industrial Chicago - Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Earthenware
Vintage English Terra-Cotta Pot Man Sculpture for Home, Garden Cty Staffordshire
Located in Chicago, IL
Outstanding vintage English Terra-Cotta Flower Pot Man. This guy is the perfect folk art host for most anywhere, here at the store we have him in the foyer welcoming guests...
Category
20th Century English Folk Art Chicago - Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Slice #3 , Objet d'Art - Sliced Figurine with Toy Horse & Cart on a Marble Base
By John Seubert
Located in Chicago, IL
Self-taught artist John Seubert, AKA John Dolly, uses objects he uncovers as he rehabs older homes in Chicago. This piece has a "slice" of a metal sculpture that was salvaged. A sev...
Category
2010s American Modern Chicago - Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Early 20th Century Scottish Bagpiper's Bonnet on Stand
Located in Chicago, IL
A playful yet strong early 20th century Scottish bagpiper's bonnet with a woven wool checkerboard headband and decorated with a large black ostrich feather plume and a white feather hackle, mounted on a turned wood stand.
Category
Early 20th Century Scottish Chicago - Sculptures
Materials
Wool, Feathers
fferrone Contemporary Abstract Black Small Serving Tray Decorative Sculpture
By Felicia Ferrone
Located in Chicago, IL
Lift, too small size
Simple. Elegant. Minimalist. The abstract contemporary black small serving tray titled Lift, Too will redefine the landscape o...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Chicago - Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Mario Dal Fabbro Sculpture
By Mario Dal Fabbro
Located in Chicago, IL
Mario Dal Fabbro - No. 14
signed Mario Dal Fabbro
Multi-disciplinary artist Mario Dal Fabbro was born in Cappella Maggiore, Italy in 1913. He trained in his family's furniture de...
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Chicago - Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Hand Built Earthenware Monument to Breakfast Icon Cap'n Crunch
By Steve Banks
Located in Chicago, IL
An ode to a childhood favorite - this chunky, hand built sculpture depicts a bust of Cap't Crunch cluttered amidst ionic columns and bridge girders. Its earthenware coloring is comp...
Category
2010s American Industrial Chicago - Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Earthenware
Pair of 18th Century French Millstones on Custom Wall Mounts
Located in Chicago, IL
A stunning pair of 18th century French millstones carved from granite and each with curved grooves carved into the surface which were originally used to crush course grains. We've mo...
Category
18th Century French Primitive Antique Chicago - Sculptures
Materials
Granite
Mario Dal Fabbro Sculpture
By Mario Dal Fabbro
Located in Chicago, IL
Mario Dal Fabbro - No. 22
'construction' noted on back
Multi-disciplinary artist Mario Dal Fabbro was born in Cappella Maggiore, Italy in 1913. He trained in his family's furniture design shop prior to attending both the R. Superior Institute for Decorative and Industrial Arts in Venice as well as Magistero Artistico, graduating with high honors in 1937.
From the years of 1938-1948 Dal Fabbro immersed himself in furniture design and academia. Primarily, he designed furniture for both design houses and private clients. Del Fabbro participated in the Triennale de Milano competition in both 1939 and 1947 and won the Ganzatti Contest for 'Standardization of Furniture". During this period he also contributed to the Italian design publications Domus and Stile and the French magazine L'Architecture D'Aujourd'hui.
In 1948 Mario Dal Fabbro immigrated to America and began designing furniture for mass production, working for J.G. Furniture in New York and Quakertown, PA. During his years steady employ, he published Modern Furniture: Its Design And Construction in 1949 and contributed regularly to The New York Times and House and Garden. His subsequent publications spanned a little over the decade and included How to Build Modern Furniture (1951), How to Make Built-In Furniture (1955), and How to Make Children's Furniture and Play Equipment...
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Chicago - Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Chinese Stone Shoemaker's Weight with Zhu Bajie, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Hand carved of stone, this object would have been used in a shoemaker’s shop to press down large pieces of leather. Doubling as a handle, the central figure depicts the curious figure of a man with pig-like facial features holding a rake. The figure is Zhu Bajie, a character from the Ming-dynasty novel “Journey to the West...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Chicago - Sculptures
Materials
Stone
Conceptual Miniature Chair by Natasha Nicholson
Located in Chicago, IL
Conceptual Miniature Chair by Natasha Nicholson, Oakwood structure with rubber strands pass through multiple holes throughout.
Can be displayed hung on wall or Shelf, Table, etc.
Fro...
Category
1980s American Post-Modern Vintage Chicago - Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Chinese Polychrome Wooden Altar Spirit, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Carved in wood, this 19th-century figure of a spirit paid tribute to ancestors past on a traditional altar table. Allowing the base to reflect the wood’s natural state, the artist ca...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Chicago - Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Boys and Toys - Painting & Vanity Mirror with Antique Toys, Objet D'art
By John Seubert
Located in Chicago, IL
Self-taught artist John Seubert, AKA John Dolly, repurposes objects he uncovers as he rehabs older homes in Chicago. Here, a framed mirror is attached to the back of a multi object c...
Category
2010s American Modern Chicago - Sculptures
Materials
Mirror, Reclaimed Wood, Paint
Chinese Ho Ho Boy Headrest, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
To keep her elaborate hairstyle intact while sleeping, a well-to-do Qing-dynasty woman once used this ceramic headrest as a pillow. This headrest is shaped in the form of a baby boy,...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Chicago - Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
"China Cabinet" Memory Jug by Michael Thompson
By Michael Thompson
Located in Chicago, IL
Based in Chicago, IL, contemporary artist Michael Thompson creates unique kites, collages and mixed media works assembled from material fragments of past and present collected in his travels. In his ongoing series of memory jugs, Thompson adorns stoneware vessels with a kaleidoscope of ceramic shards, found objects, and pocket-sized trinkets he collected over the course of his life.
Also known as forget-me-not jugs or spirit jars, memory jugs are African American folk art objects that honor a loved one who has recently passed. Small tokens and mementos of the deceased are gathered and affixed to the exterior of a jug or vase, an abundance of memories that celebrates a life lived to the fullest.
Michael Thompson applies this tradition to his own practice, creating tactile assemblages of this and that. Formed in the manner of collage, each jug honors the lost memories of generations past and his own memories of personally discovering each item. With varied sources for materials including Kyoto, Turkey, and Mexico, a great number of the found shards are 18th and 19th century ceramics...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Chicago - Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
Tibeto-Chinese Seated Lama Figure, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Cast in brass with a rich patina, this seated figure is a Lama, a spiritual master and teacher of the Dharma in Tibetan Buddhism. The figure likely de...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Tibetan Chicago - Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Found and Salvaged Industrial Objects, Metal Sculpture on Base
By Jim Rose
Located in Chicago, IL
Known for his steel furniture, Jim Rose was an avid collector and scoured salvage yards for unique, interesting items. Here he has paired various repurposed finds together to create...
Category
2010s American Folk Art Chicago - Sculptures
Materials
Steel, Metal
African Wooden Headrest
Located in Chicago, IL
This headrest comes from 20th century Kenya, hand-carved from one piece of indigenous wood. Headrests held great value to North Western nomadic pastoral tribes of Kenya as they have ...
Category
20th Century Kenyan Tribal Chicago - Sculptures
Materials
Leather, Wood
Age and Experience, Ceramic and Found Object Assemblage
By Philip Capuano
Located in Chicago, IL
Artist Statement:
During the summers in Connecticut when I was a pre-teen, I lived for playing baseball. I grew up on a farm and had to work hard, but I always made time for baseball. I played everyday and sometimes even slept with my glove underneath my pillow. I dreamed of playing professionally for the New York Yankees. The only thing that dragged me away from playing baseball was an arts and craft’s class in my school’s summer program. On Tuesday afternoon, after lunch, baseball was on hold for arts and crafts. In my first class, they taught us how to make pot holders and build things with Popsicle sticks by gluing them together. It was so much fun. I guess this was the earliest telling of what was to unfold in the future years.
I continued to play semi-pro baseball until the age of 38. I was also into weightlifting and even placed in a national competition. Sports and art have always been my passions. I was willing to put sports on hold for my art, though. And sports have always influenced my artwork. My first great influence in art was my craft teacher in high school, Shirley Charron. I was not an “A” student by any means and I did not excel in math or science. Ms. Charron knew I wasn’t a great student and encouraged me to apply for art school at Silvermine College of Arts. The college was holding interviews and all I had to do was make an appointment and bring my artwork. I was excited to find out that they didn’t need to know my S.A.T. scores. So I met with Dean Bob Gray
and he liked my artwork. I became a student at the Silvermine College and received my Associate’s Degree from there. I went on to the Maryland Institute of Art where I received my Bachelor of Arts degree. I met several students from various backgrounds and different countries. I was fortunate for having great teachers and mentors along the way. Visiting artists were a big influence to me, as well. My college years helped greatly, keeping me out of the ‘real world’ and into the realm of creativity and free flowing ideas.
After receiving my Masters Degree from the Art Institute of Chicago in 1977. I stayed in Chicago. I became ‘so-to-speak’ a “Chicago” artist, living in lofts, dreaming the dreams of becoming known and reaching for the stars. I was still quite naïve at the age of 30. Luckily, I kept my day job as a cleaning man. I worked hard during those years after graduate school and still do 28 years later. During those 28 years, I tried out for the Chicago White Sox...
Category
Early 2000s American Modern Chicago - Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Jim Rose - Construct No. 03, Salvaged Steel and Aluminum Industrial Objects
By Jim Rose
Located in Chicago, IL
Jim Rose, known primarily for his steel furniture, was an avid collector and scoured salvage yards for unique, interesting items. Here he has welded together various washers, nuts, ...
Category
2010s American Folk Art Chicago - Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Steel
Mid-20th Century Italian Avocado Sculpture
Located in Chicago, IL
A playful and whimsical mid-20th century Italian porcelain sculpture with five avocados, one cut in half with the pit showing, and placed in a basket with grass, all molded in porcel...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Chicago - Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Neolithic Jar on Stand
Located in Chicago, IL
This Neolithic jar originates from China 3500 BC and these funerary jars were placed in tombs and intended for use in the afterlife.
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique Chicago - Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
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Tour the Wabi-Sabi New York Apartment of Andrianna Shamaris
As her sun-filled home reveals, the furniture maker and dealer puts a contemporary spin on antiques from around the globe.
Vicente Wolf’s Tips for Finding — and Living with — Eastern Treasures
The A-list designer shares his expertise on choosing authentic objects and displaying them with style.
Rodrigo Rivero Lake’s Mexico City Showroom Is a Museum-Worthy Trove of Spanish Colonial and Asian Antiques
The dealer and curator has spent the past 50 years amassing a collection of exceptional art, furniture and architectural elements that trace the cultural influence of the Spanish empire from Europe to the Americas and beyond.