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Antique Horse Print "The Stone Faceder" Signed by Snaffles, 1934
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
This is a hand-colored, remarked and signed Charles Johnson Payne lithographic print, entitle: The Stone Faceder. The border area of the art is sign by the artist using his known pseudonym - Snaffles. The print depicts equestrian style riding in the Irish countryside. The art also features a hand-drawn fox running through brush leading one to believe this is an Irish fox hunting print.
Born January 17, 1884 at Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, Charlie was the fourth of a boot-maker’s eight children and from his youth developed a passion for all things military. He tried to enlist in the army to fight in the Boer war, but was rejected on the grounds that he was too young. Eventually, he joined the Royal Garrison Artillery at the age of 18 as a gunner...
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1930s British Vintage Colorado - Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Patriotic 48-Star American Flag Folding Fan
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Presented is a printed folding fan featuring the American Flag, which dates to the early 20th century. With 48 printed stars on the fan’s canton, the fan celebrates New Mexico and Arizona statehood. The fan’s design is completed with 13 alternating red and white stripes across its white sticks and guard.
The 48-star flag had a fly date of 47 years, from July 4, 1912 to July 3, 1958. Prior to the introduction of the 48-star flag with the admission of New Mexico and Arizona to the Union in 1912, no legislation existed regarding the official proportions, sizes, and pattern for stars on the American flag. As a result, many Americans designed the starry canton of their homemade flags to their own whim, in medallion, spiral, and flower star configurations. Coinciding with the introduction of the 48 star flag in 1912, President William Howard Taft...
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Early 20th Century Colorado - Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Roman Scene Frieze wall sculpture
Located in Pueblo, CO
Beautiful vintage Roman chariot scene - large plaster wall hanging Frieze, with chariot, horses, soldier, and angel relief with a peach color finish. ...
Category
1980s American Classical Roman Vintage Colorado - Wall Decorations
Materials
Plaster
Patriotic Folding Fan with American Flag Motif
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Presented is a patriotic folding paper fan, with an American flag motif. The fan is painted with two small American flags at left and right and two...
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Mid-20th Century Colorado - Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Untitled 'Kachina Doll', Hand Colored Lithograph
Located in Denver, CO
Vintage Hand colored lithograph by artist Swankar Hanumann of a kachina (Katsina) Doll standing on a pedestal holding a rattle and bow. Presen...
Category
20th Century American Native American Colorado - Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Original Edward S. Curtis Photogravure, "The Klamath Hunter" 1923
By Edward S. Curtis, 1868-1952
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Presented is a beautiful photogravure showing a Klamath man hunting from a dugout canoe. This image is Plate 458 from Volume 13 of Edward Curtis' epic project The North American Indian. The photogravure was published in 1923 by Suffolk Engr. Co., in Cambridge, MA. The Klamath people are from the inland region of Northern California and Southern Oregon. Their oral history records the volcanic eruption that created Crater Lake over 7000 years ago
Edward S. Curtis created one of the most enduring and iconic visual records in the history of the photographic medium. He was an award-winning artist, a consummate craftsman, a visionary, an intrepid entrepreneur, and was highly regarded as a respected ethnographer and publisher.
Curtis began photographing Native Americans in the mid-1890s and selling these images in his successful downtown Seattle studio. One of his earliest models was Princess Angeline, the aged daughter of chief Sealth, the Suquamish Indian after whom Seattle is named. At the National Photographic Convention of 1899 Curtis was awarded the grand prize for three of his soft-focused, sepia-toned images of Puget Sound Native Americans: Evening on the Sound, The Clam Digger, and The Mussel Gatherer.
Curtis spent the summer of 1900 with George Bird Grinnell observing the Sun Dance at an encampment of Blood, Blackfeet, and Algonquin in Montana. This was a pivotal experience for Curtis, confirming his desire to study and photograph the Native tribes of North America. A trip to visit the Hopi reservation in Arizona a few months later further fueled his enthusiasm.
Curtis envisioned a plan to create a massive scholarly and artistic work that would document the tribes west of the Mississippi, their ceremonies, beliefs, daily life, and landscapes. In 1906, Curtis approached railroad tycoon J.P. Morgan to request financial assistance for his project. Morgan agreed to pay him a total of $75,000, or $15,000 a year for five years. Morgan and Curtis decided that Curtis' masterwork, The North American Indian, would be a set of 20 volumes of ethnographic text illustrated with high quality photoengravings taken from his glass plate negatives. Each of these volumes would be accompanied by a portfolio of large size images, all sumptuously bound in Moroccan leather. The papers used for printing would also be of the best quality: a Dutch etching stock by Van Gelder, a Japanese vellum, and for the most discerning subscribers, a translucent Japanese tissue paper. To fund publication, Curtis would sell subscriptions at approximately $3,000 per set, with a total of 500 sets to be published.
An ambitious and extensive project, Curtis spent much of his life documenting as many Native tribes as possible. The importance and the urgency of the task was clear to him, as he wrote in the introduction to his first volume of The North American Indians in 1907, "The information that is to be gathered ... respecting the mode of life of one of the great races of mankind, must be collected at once or the opportunity will be lost." In 1930, some 24 years after his initial request for funding, the last two volumes, Vol. 19 and Vol. 20, were published and The North American Indian project was finally completed. Curtis took over 40,000 photographs and made over 10,000 wax cylinder...
Category
1920s American Vintage Colorado - Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Victorian Cherub Corbel pair
Located in Pueblo, CO
Victorian pressed tin cherub corbel pair. Absolutely stunning construction, these 150 year old embellishments are held in place by a wooden bracket that a...
Category
Late 19th Century American High Victorian Antique Colorado - Wall Decorations
Materials
Tin
C. Jere Bicycle Wall Sculpture
By Curtis Freiler, Jerry Fels, Curtis Jeré, C. Jeré Artisan House
Located in Littleton, CO
This 1970s Curtis Jeré "Bicycles" wall sculpture is a wonderful example of the artistry and craftsmanship of Curtis Freiler and Jerry Fels, founders of Artisan House in Los Angeles. ...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Colorado - Wall Decorations
Materials
Metal, Brass, Copper
Original Large Painting, Native American Ledger Drawing Style by Randy Lee White
Located in Denver, CO
Original painting by Randy Lee White Native American Indian ledger style in acrylic on canvas with assemblage including feather and wood. Wrapped canva...
Category
20th Century American Native American Colorado - Wall Decorations
Materials
Acrylic
"Georgius Washington" Engraving by Giuseppe Longhi, 1817
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Presented is a handsome engraved portrait of George Washington by Italian artist Giuseppe Longhi. Titled “Georgius Washington” this engraving was published in Padua, Italy in 1817. The composition is based on a drawing by Longhi himself, but certainly influenced by the Gilbert Stuart and John Trumbull portraits. Washington is depicted in a head and shoulders pose, with his chest to the left but his head angled to the right. He wears a dark coat and vest and a white shirt and ruffled cravat.
The father of our country, George Washington was the commander in chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War (1775-83) and served two terms as the first United States president...
Category
1810s Italian Federal Antique Colorado - Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
"Ogalala Woman" by Edward S. Curtis, 1908
By Edward S. Curtis, 1868-1952
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Presented is a fine photogravure portrait of an Ogalala woman by Edward Curtis. The image is Plate 94 from Supplementary Portfolio 3 of Edward Curtis' epic project The North American Indian. The caption provided by Curtis for this image is “A face so strong that it is almost masculine, showing strikingly how slight may be the difference between the male and female physiognomy in some Primitive people.” The photograph was taken in 1907 and the photogravure was published in 1908 by John Andrew & Son, in Boston.
Edward S. Curtis created one of the most enduring and iconic visual records in the history of the photographic medium. He was an award-winning artist, a consummate craftsman, a visionary, an intrepid entrepreneur, and was highly regarded as a respected ethnographer and publisher.
Curtis began photographing Native Americans in the mid-1890s and selling these images in his successful Downtown Seattle studio. One of his earliest models was Princess Angeline, the aged daughter of chief Sealth, the Suquamish Indian after whom Seattle is named. At the National Photographic Convention of 1899 Curtis was awarded the grand prize for three of his soft-focused, sepia-toned images of Puget Sound Native Americans: Evening on the Sound, The Clam Digger, and The Mussel Gatherer.
Curtis spent the summer of 1900 with George Bird Grinnell observing the Sun Dance at an encampment of Blood, Blackfeet, and Algonquin in Montana. This was a pivotal experience for Curtis, confirming his desire to study and photograph the Native tribes of North America. A trip to visit the Hopi reservation in Arizona a few months later further fueled his enthusiasm. Curtis envisioned a plan to create a massive scholarly and artistic work that would document the tribes west of the Mississippi, their ceremonies, beliefs, daily life, and landscapes.
In 1906, Curtis approached railroad tycoon J.P. Morgan to request financial assistance for his project. Morgan agreed to pay him a total of $75,000, or $15,000 a year for five years. Morgan and Curtis decided that Curtis' masterwork, The North American Indian, would be a set of 20 volumes of ethnographic text illustrated with high quality photoengravings taken from his glass plate negatives. Each of these volumes would be accompanied by a portfolio of large Size images, all sumptuously bound in Moroccan leather. The papers used for printing would also be of the best quality: a Dutch etching stock by Van Gelder, a Japanese vellum, and for the most discerning subscribers, a translucent Japanese tissue paper. To fund publication, Curtis would sell subscriptions at approximately $3,000 per set, with a total of 500 sets to be published.
An ambitious and extensive project, Curtis spent much of his life documenting as many Native tribes as possible. The importance and the urgency of the task was clear to him, as he wrote in the introduction to his first volume of The North American Indians in 1907, "The information that is to be gathered . respecting the mode of life of one of the great races of mankind, must be collected at once or the opportunity will be lost." In 1930, some 24 years after his initial request for funding, the last two volumes, Vol. 19 and Vol. 20, were published and The North American Indian project was finally completed. Curtis took over 40,000 photographs and made over 10,000 wax cylinder...
Category
Early 1900s American Antique Colorado - Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
"Vote on the Woman Suffrage Ballot" North Dakota Ballot Broadside, circa 1917
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Presented is an original women's suffrage ballot broadside, dating to 1917. The printed broadside advocates for the adoption of women's suffrage, with “VOTE ON THE Woman Suffrage Ba...
Category
1910s American Vintage Colorado - Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
"G. Washington" Lithograph after Gilbert Stuart
By Gilbert Stuart
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Presented is a handsome lithographed portrait of George Washington. This lithograph is based on a painting by Gilbert Stuart, the famous “Athanaeum” bust portrait from 1796. Washington is depicted in a head and shoulders pose, positioned left but looking center. He wears a dark coat and vest and a white shirt and ruffled cravat.
The father of our country, George Washington was the commander in chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War (1775-83) and served two terms as the first United States president...
Category
19th Century American Federal Antique Colorado - Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
"Vase of Flowers" by Hobson Pittman
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Hobson Pittman (1899-1972)
Signed upper left. Oil on panel.
Provenance: Boca Raton Museum of Art
Many examples of Pittman's paintings can be found in numerous museum collections, ...
Category
1940s American Arts and Crafts Vintage Colorado - Wall Decorations
Materials
Paint
Mid-Century Modern Mosaic Artwork Circa 1960s
Located in Wheat Ridge, CO
A one-of-a-kind handmade mosaic art piece circa 1960s with brilliant shades of browns, copper, amber, turquoise and white. Intricate beading, mixed metal, glass, and copper make up t...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Colorado - Wall Decorations
Materials
Metal, Copper
Etching of a pig titled "Betsy's Harvest" by Ford Ruthling, dated 1973, 72/75
Located in Centennial, CO
An absolutely charming original etching by listed New Mexico artist Ford Ruthling (1933-2015) titled, "Betsy's Harvest", dated 1973, numbered 72/75. This whimsical etching of a pig was either done as an artist study for his painting by the same name (published in Eli Levin...
Category
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Colorado - Wall Decorations
Materials
Glass, Paper
1955 "Quaternary: Ice-Age Landscape" Woolly Mammoth Vintage Wall Hanging
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Presented is an original, hanging wall chart from the 1955 “History of Life on Earth” series by Austrian paleontologist Erich Thenius and illustrator Fritz Zerritsch. The series consists of ten paintings that show the progression and evolution of mammals, invertebrates, and plants over time. This specific scene is the tenth and final composition. Titled “Quartär Eiszeit-Landschaft” (translated: Quaternary - Ice-age landscape)” the composition features two woolly mammoths walking single file across a snowy, boulder strewn landscape. A herd of caribou is in the background. Small inset illustrations in the lower margins included a numbered key to the animals, plants, and fossils from that time period.
“The History of the Life on Earth” suite series was first conceived as a way to illustrate University of Vienna paleontologist Erich Thenius’ 1955 book “Die Geschicte des Lebens auf der Erde.” Thenius chose the Viennese landscape artist Fritz Zerritsch to produce the illustrations for this book. Resulting in a final completed suite of ten paintings, the suite “represented biotas and ecosystems present in different geologic time.” Starting with the Early Paleozoic period and ending with the Quaternary period, the scenes range from landscapes to underwater marine scenes. Stylistically, Thenius and Zerritsch drew inspiration from well known paleoartists Rudolph Ballinger and Charles R. Knight.
Black and white versions of Zerritsch’s original paintings were included in the back of the book and were referenced throughout the text. The paintings were also mass produced as classroom teaching aids in the form of roll-up wall charts, as seen here. In German-speaking countries, both the book and the hanging wall charts were marketed together. The wall charts were printed by Hofmanndruck Wein, a Viennese printing company. In the United States, the wall chart series was distributed by Denoyer-Geppert Co., an American company specializing in maps, atlases...
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1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Colorado - Wall Decorations
Materials
Metal
"Wear the 'FIGHTIN'EST' wings in the service" Vintage WWII Marine Poster, 1942
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
This is an original World War II Marines recruitment poster from 1942. The poster, a color lithograph, was printed by the Alpha Litho. Co., out of Camden, NJ. In the center of the composition appears a striking blue eagle, which tears apart a Japanese plane with its talons. The poster displays the slogan "Wear the FIGHTINEST wings in the service, Fly with the Marines" in bold letters above and below the image. On the bottom in black lettering is the phrase: "Apply, or write, to nearest recruiting station." The Marines logo appears in yellow in the top right hand corner of the composition, set against a red background.
The Second World War ushered in the biggest government-led advertising campaign to date, critical to the wartime communication needs of every combatant: from raising money, recruiting soldiers and boosting volunteer efforts, to spurring production and provoking outrage at enemy atrocities. The Office of War Information (OWI) commissioned some of the nation’s leading artists to produce the stark, colorful graphic designs. The posters played to the fears, frustrations, and faith in freedoms that lingered in people's minds during the war.
The most common themes found in the posters were the consequences of careless talk, supporting the war effort at home through conservation, victory gardens, and the purchasing of War Bonds, and anti-German and Japanese propaganda...
Category
1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Colorado - Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Signed Jessie E. Muntz (Great Britian, Active 1903-1924) Landscape, Watercolor
Located in Centennial, CO
A beautiful and skillfully painted original watercolor of a rural landscape scene by early 1900s watercolor painter Jessie E. Muntz, a British artist. Research on the painting is pos...
Category
Early 20th Century British Belle Époque Colorado - Wall Decorations
Materials
Paint, Paper
1917 "What is the Federal Suffrage Amendment?" National Woman Suffrage Broadside
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Presented is an original National Woman Suffrage broadside, titled “What is the Federal Suffrage Amendment?” The document was published in New York, in February of 1917 by the National Woman Suffrage Publishing Company, Inc.
Published just three years before the 19th Amendment was passed, this rare broadside advocates for women’s right to vote on a national level. The document lists states that have already passed women’s suffrage...
Category
1910s American Art Deco Vintage Colorado - Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
George Washington Engraving by H. B. Hall, after William Birch
By William Birch
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Presented is a handsome engraved portrait of George Washington by artist H. B. Hall. This engraving was published in New York, in a limited edition of 125 impressions. The engraving is based on a painting by William Birch Gilbert Stuart, a small miniature in enamel, completed in 1796. Birch painted Washington from life in his office in Philadelphia, by the request of I. G. Van Staphorst, Esqr. of Amsterdam. In the small portrait, Washington is depicted in a head and shoulders pose, facing right. He wears a dark coat and vest and a white shirt and ruffled cravat.
The father of our country, George Washington was the commander in chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War (1775-83) and served two terms as the first United States president...
Category
19th Century American Federal Antique Colorado - Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
"San Francisco, Upper California” 1851 Antique Map of San Francisco
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
This is a pictorial lettersheet view of the city and harbor of San Francisco. This lithograph was printed on grey wove paper, across a double sheet, by famed lithographers Britton & ...
Category
1850s American Antique Colorado - Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
California Mountain Landscape With Cows by Carl Henrik Jonnevold (1856-1955)
By Carl Henrik Jonnevold
Located in Centennial, CO
A beautiful California mountain landscape with cows, oil on canvas, by listed artist Carl Henrik Jonnevold (1856-1955). Jonnevold was bo...
Category
Early 20th Century American Belle Époque Colorado - Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas, Paint
"The British Surrendering their Arms to Gen. Washington..." after Renault, 1819
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Presented is an engraving entitled “The British surrendering their arms to Gen. Washington after their defeat at Yorktown Virginia October 1781.” The dedication continues in the bottom margin, “To the defenders of American independence, this print is most respectfully inscribed by their fellow citizen, Jn. Fcis. Renault, assistant secretary to the Count de Grass, and engineer to the French Army, at the siege of York.” The engraving is after a painting by John Francis Renault, and engraved by Tanner, Vallance, Kearny & Co. and William Allen, in Philadelphia in January of 1819.
This historic print depicts the surrender of the British forces after the Battle of Yorktown. The print shows Lord Cornwallis offering his sword to the Duke de Lauzun, who defers the weapon to General Washington. British officers stand with Cornwallis on the right and French and American officers are shown at center and left. The immediate background is filled with an elaborate allegorical scene. Behind the British troops is a female representation of “Discord,” wearing a billowing robes and liberty cap and floating on storm clouds, as she sends lightning bolts to up-end the British people and a chariot below her. Behind the American and French officers, “Prosperity” stands next to an overflowing cornucopia, with “Justice”, an infant child with a paddle inscribed “American Constitution,” representing the helm of statehood. They crowd around a neoclassical monument with a giant urn...
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1810s American Federal Antique Colorado - Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
"Fight Or Buy Bonds. Third Liberty Loan" WWI Poster by Howard Chandler Christy
By Howard Chandler Christy
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
This original WWI poster encourages onlookers to "Fight or Buy Bonds" and dates to 1917. Issued as part of the Third Liberty Loan run, the poster w...
Category
1910s American Art Deco Vintage Colorado - Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Charlie Duke Signed Photograph of Apollo 16 Moonwalk
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Presented is an Apollo 16 mission photograph, signed and inscribed by Apollo 16 moonwalker Charlie Duke. The photograph shows Duke collecting lunar samples n...
Category
1970s American Modern Vintage Colorado - Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Jacques Coquillay (B. 1935, France), "Saint Bandol". Pastel on Board
By Jacques Coquillay
Located in Centennial, CO
An absolutely beautiful pastel drawing of a landscape with town and church, signed in pencil "Saint Bandol, Jacques Coquillay" in the lower left. Presumably a scene of the Mediterran...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Other Colorado - Wall Decorations
Materials
Other
"View of the Capitol at Washington" Print, after William Henry Bartlett
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Presented is a charming, hand colored engraving of “View of the Capitol at Washington.” The engraving is after William Henry Bartlett’s engraving o...
Category
Late 19th Century American Victorian Antique Colorado - Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
"Work on a farm... this Summer. Join the U.S. Crop Corps" Vintage WWII Poster
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Presented is an original WWII U.S. Crop Corps recruitment poster. Designed by Douglas, this poster was issued by the Office of War Information in Washington DC, in 1943. In the compo...
Category
1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Colorado - Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Paul Calle "In Search of Beaver" Signed Le Artist Print # 652/950
By Paul Calle
Located in Evergreen, CO
In what is considered one of Paul Calle's signature works, "In Search of Beaver" offers a photo realistic view of a group of trappers, framed by an old growth pine forest as they cro...
Category
1980s Vintage Colorado - Wall Decorations
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
Moonwalkers Limited Edition Lithograph by Ron Lewis, Ed. 433/1000, Signed, 1986
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Presented is a much sought-after, limited edition lithograph entitled Moonwalkers by Ron Lewis. This piece of space history contains the original signatures of eleven of the twelve American astronauts who stepped onto the Moon's surface. Signed in felt tip blue ink by their portraits are the original autographs of Buzz Aldrin, Alan Bean...
Category
1980s American Vintage Colorado - Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
"Mountain Lake I" by Anne Raymond
By Anne Raymond
Located in Littleton, CO
This rare and beautiful 2-panel mono-print is signed, numbered and hand-titled by the artist.
Anne Raymond's work is in the permanent collections of major museums including the Mu...
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Colorado - Wall Decorations
Materials
Paint, Paper
Mid 20th Century C Jeré Round Metal Abstract Signed Wall Sculpture
By Curtis Jeré
Located in Wheat Ridge, CO
A unique C. Jeré abstract round metal wall sculpture with copper, bronze and brass tones. Signed on the bottom right.
Measurements: 24" diameter and 4.25" deep.
C. Jeré (or Curtis ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Colorado - Wall Decorations
Materials
Metal
"The Death of General Wolfe" Engraving by William Woollett, after Benjamin West
By Benjamin West
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Presented is one of the most important historical prints ever published, "The Death of General Wolfe," an engraving by William Woollett, after the painting of the same title by Benja...
Category
1770s English Georgian Antique Colorado - Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Pair of Hand-Painted Wooden Corbels, Vintage 1940s New Mexico Art, 20th Century
Located in Denver, CO
This exquisite pair of wooden painted corbels from New Mexico, dating back to circa 1940, offers a striking example of Southwestern craftsmanship. Each corbel measures 32 inches in h...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Native American Colorado - Wall Decorations
Materials
Wood
1891 Football Match and Association Game after W. Overend, Antique Photogravure
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
This wonderfully expressive photogravure was published in 1891 in London. The etching was made after W.H. Overend’s original work, still showcasing his signature at the bottom left o...
Category
1890s English Antique Colorado - Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
"Army of the Potomac" by John Bachelder, Civil War Era Lithograph, circa 1863
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Fully-entitled: Army of the Potomac. The Wagon Trains of the Army of the Potomac en Route from Chickahominy to James River VA. During the Seven...
Category
19th Century American Antique Colorado - Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
1870s Plateau Rawhide Parfleche Envelope, Geometric Patterns, Transitional Style
By Plateau Indians
Located in Denver, CO
This beautifully painted parfleche container, crafted in the shape of an envelope, features an abstract design and is a striking example of North American Indian art. This piece, or...
Category
Late 19th Century North American Native American Antique Colorado - Wall Decorations
Materials
Hide
Contemporary Jordi Gomez Geisha Plexi, Spain 2010
Located in Aspen, CO
Jordi Gomez Geisha Plexi, Spain 2010
Category
2010s Spanish Colorado - Wall Decorations
Materials
Plexiglass
"For Defense, Buy United States Savings Bonds and Stamps." Vintage WWII Poster
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
This is a vintage savings bond poster from WWII, dating to 1941. The poster reads "For Defense. Buy United States Savings Bonds and Stamps. Ask About Our Pay Roll Allotment Plan" in dark green, teal, and red lettering. The poster was published in Washington, D.C. by the U. S. Government Printing Office. It depicts the Concord Minute Man...
Category
1940s American Vintage Colorado - Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Contemporary Jordi Gomez Geisha Plexi, Spain 2010
Located in Aspen, CO
Contemporary Jordi Gomez Geisha Plexi, Spain 2010
Category
2010s Spanish Colorado - Wall Decorations
Materials
Plexiglass
“The Restaurant of the House of Representatives” Engraving by Harper's Weekly
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
This original wood engraving is titled “The Restaurant of the House of Representatives, Washington, DC.” It was published as a double-page image, in the August 12, 1893 issue of the famous 19th century newspaper Harper’s Weekly. The print was illustrated by Charles Stanley Reinhardt.
The House Restaurant, a unique part of life in the Capitol, has been in the same location since the 1857 Capitol Expansion. Congressional members’ busy work schedule made the availability of food on site a necessity. But the restaurant also served as an informal meeting spot for members to continue conversations and deal making.
This 1893 print illustrates the convivial atmosphere. Details including elegantly dressed tables...
Category
1890s American Antique Colorado - Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
"Bear's Teeth - Arikara" by Edward S. Curtis, 1908
By Edward S. Curtis, 1868-1952
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Presented is a fine photogravure portrait of Bear’s Teeth of the Arikara tribe by Edward Curtis. The image is Plate 154 from Supplementary Portfolio 5 of Edward Curtis' epic project The North American Indian. The caption, written by Curtis, for this image is as follows: “A member of the Night order of the medicine fraternity.” This photogravure was published in 1908 and was printed by John Andrew & Son, in Boston.
Edward S. Curtis created one of the most enduring and iconic visual records in the history of the photographic medium. He was an award-winning artist, a consummate craftsman, a visionary, an intrepid entrepreneur, and was highly regarded as a respected ethnographer and publisher.
Curtis began photographing Native Americans in the mid-1890s and selling these images in his successful downtown Seattle studio. One of his earliest models was Princess Angeline, the aged daughter of chief Sealth, the Suquamish Indian after whom Seattle is named. At the National Photographic Convention of 1899 Curtis was awarded the grand prize for three of his soft-focused, sepia-toned images of Puget Sound Native Americans: Evening on the Sound, The Clam Digger, and The Mussel Gatherer.
Curtis spent the summer of 1900 with George Bird Grinnell observing the Sun Dance at an encampment of Blood, Blackfeet, and Algonquin in Montana. This was a pivotal experience for Curtis, confirming his desire to study and photograph the Native tribes of North America. A trip to visit the Hopi reservation in Arizona a few months later further fueled his enthusiasm. Curtis envisioned a plan to create a massive scholarly and artistic work that would document the tribes west of the Mississippi, their ceremonies, beliefs, daily life, and landscapes.
In 1906, Curtis approached railroad tycoon J.P. Morgan to request financial assistance for his project. Morgan agreed to pay him a total of $75,000, or $15,000 a year for five years. Morgan and Curtis decided that Curtis' masterwork, The North American Indian, would be a set of 20 volumes of ethnographic text illustrated with high quality photoengravings taken from his glass plate negatives. Each of these volumes would be accompanied by a portfolio of large size images, all sumptuously bound in Moroccan leather. The papers used for printing would also be of the best quality: a Dutch etching stock by Van Gelder, a Japanese vellum, and for the most discerning subscribers, a translucent Japanese tissue paper. To fund publication, Curtis would sell subscriptions at approximately $3,000 per set, with a total of 500 sets to be published.
An ambitious and extensive project, Curtis spent much of his life documenting as many Native tribes as possible. The importance and the urgency of the task was clear to him, as he wrote in the introduction to his first volume of The North American Indians in 1907, "The information that is to be gathered ... respecting the mode of life of one of the great races of mankind, must be collected at once or the opportunity will be lost." In 1930, some 24 years after his initial request for funding, the last two volumes, Vol. 19 and Vol. 20, were published and The North American Indian project was finally completed. Curtis took over 40,000 photographs and made over 10,000 wax...
Category
Early 1900s American Antique Colorado - Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Late 20th Century Mixed Media Swing Art Piece by Lee Milmon
Located in Wheat Ridge, CO
An Original Mixed Media 3 Dimensional "Swing Art" Painting by Lee Milmon. This large 6 foot tall eye-catching piece is quite the conversation starter!
Meas...
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Late 20th Century American Modern Colorado - Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas, Paint
"U.S. Marines on Land at Sea in the Air Defend America" Vintage WWII Poster 1942
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
This is an original World War II Marines recruitment poster, issued in 1942 and illustrated by Paul Woyshner. The poster depicts a swooping bald eagle and the outline of the United States map...
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1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Colorado - Wall Decorations
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Paper
"Remember Dec. 7th" Vintage WWII Poster by Allen Saalburg, 1942
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
This is an original WWII poster by Allen Saalburg, published in 1942. The poster features a tattered American flag at half-mast, with billowing smoke, flames, and a partially obscur...
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1940s Vintage Colorado - Wall Decorations
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Paper
"Shall We Be More Tender with Our Dollar" Vintage WWI 2nd Liberty Loan Poster
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
This original WWI poster was issued as part of the Second Liberty Loan run and dates to 1917. The poster depicts a young soldier holding an American flag in one hand and his uniformed hat in the other. Next to him, a sailor holds a leaflet outstretched toward the viewer. The leaflet is printed with an emblem of the Statue of Liberty and says “We Depend On You.” At the top of the poster is a quote by Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo, “Shall we be more tender with our dollars than we are with the lives of our sons?” The quote is printed in white block letters on a red field. Below, the poster encourages viewers to “Buy A United States Government Bond of the 2nd Liberty Loan of 1917” in white block letters on a blue field. The poster was printed for the U.S. Treasury by Edwards & Deutsch Litho. Co. in Chicago.
The poster encourages Americans to help with the war effort by purchasing bonds to finance the war. Each of the four Liberty Loan campaigns (two in 1917, two in 1918) and the Victory Loan campaign of early 1919 aimed for rapid subscription in the loan and bond programs, to generate quick funding of the war effort. Subscribing to the bonds became a symbol of patriotic duty in the United States and introduced the idea of financial securities to many citizens for the first time.
Working Americans could buy bonds...
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1910s American Vintage Colorado - Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
"Now Let's All Buy Defense Bonds" Vintage Poster by Gary Orr, 1950
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Presented is a 1950 vintage Defense Bonds poster, illustrated by Gary Orr. The horizontal poster depicts a billowing 48-star American flag, in front of an orange and blue sky. The te...
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1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Colorado - Wall Decorations
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Paper
"On the March to the Sea" Print by Alexander Hay Ritchie, after F.O.C Darley
By Alexander Hay Ritchie
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
This color print of On The March to the Sea by Felix O.C. Darley, and engraved by A.H. Ritchie, is a stunning portrayal of William T. Sherman’s notorious Georgia Campaign. Originally...
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1860s American Antique Colorado - Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
"U.S. Flag Behind Capitol" by Ron Sloan, Mixed Media Painting, 1985
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Presented is “U.S. Flag Behind Capitol,” an original mixed-media painting by American artist Ron Sloan. The drawing shows an intricately detailed rendering of the front entrance to the United States Capitol building. Behind the Capitol is a large, waving American flag, set outside an orange-hued rounded rectangle. Sloan created this stunning artwork in February of 1985, for use on the Fleetwood First Day Cover of the 22 cent “Flag Over Capitol” stamp, issued in March of that same year.
The painting depicts the iconic neoclassical building from the east orientation, with it’s dome towering overhead. Plans began in May of 1854 to build a new cast-iron dome for the United States Capitol. The then-architect of the Capitol Thomas Walter and his team were sold on the aesthetics of a new dome, as well as the utility of a fire-proof one. A year later, on March 3, 1855, President Franklin Pierce signed off on the appropriation of $100,000 to build the dome. Construction began in September of that year with the removal of the first dome raised by Charles Bulfinch. Over the next 11 years, the dome rose over the nation's capital.
By December of 1863, Walter was able to set the bronze sculpture “Statue of Freedom” atop the dome. Thomas Walter resigned in 1865 and his replacement, Edward Clark, assumed the role of finishing the last aspects of the dome. Just over a month later, in January 1866, Constantino Brumidi, who had been hired to paint a fresco above the interior dome's oculus, removed the scaffolding used...
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1980s American Vintage Colorado - Wall Decorations
Materials
Paint
"Johnson for Vice President. Leadership for the 60's" Vintage Campaign Poster
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
This is an original 1960 "Johnson for Vice President" campaign poster. This poster was an iconic part of Kennedy and Johnson’s campaign in 1960. The poster featured a black and white...
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1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Colorado - Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
"Back 'Em Up. Buy Extra Bonds" Vintage WWII Poster by Boris Chaliapin, 1944
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Presented is a vintage WWII War Bonds poster by Boris Chaliapin. Printed in 1944 by the U.S. Government Printing Office, the poster features General Dwight D. Eisenhower at the cente...
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1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Colorado - Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
1902 "In the Sand" Photogravure by James Michael Brown from Sporting Pictures
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Presented is a color photogravure by James Michael Brown entitled “In the Sand”. The print depicts two golfers with their young caddies on the historic St. Andrews golf course. One p...
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Early 1900s American Antique Colorado - Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
"Washington/ Go By Train/ Pennsylvania Railroad" Vintage Travel Poster
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
This is a vintage travel poster, printed for the Pennsylvania Railroad, by Einson-Freeman Co., New York. The poster depicts the iconic United Sta...
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Mid-20th Century American Colorado - Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
"Statue of Freedom" by Tom Lydon, Original Chalk on Paper, 1991
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Presented is “Statue of Freedom,” an original chalk drawing by American artist Tom Lydon. The drawing shows an intricately detailed rendering of the ...
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1990s American Colorado - Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Elena Lyakir Wind Photograph, Land and Sea Series, 2008
By Elena Lyakir
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary New York artist Elena Lyakir's Wind was photographed in 2008 and is part of her Land and Sea Series. This is a meditation on the essence of seeing the world through our ...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Colorado - Wall Decorations
Materials
Aluminum
Theodore Roosevelt Etching by Jacques Reich, Signed Remarque Proof, 1919
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Presented is a handsome etched portrait of President Theodore Roosevelt by 20th century artist Jacques Reich. The etching, printed in 1919, is signed by the artist in pencil and note...
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1910s American Vintage Colorado - Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
"Pres. Lincoln And Family" Engraving by A. B. Walter, after Francis Schell, 1865
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Presented is an original 1865 engraving Pres. Lincoln and Family, depicting the Lincoln family in April of 1865. The artist Francis Schell painted the original work, A. B. Walter eng...
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1860s American High Victorian Antique Colorado - Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
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