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Large format photograph of a summer beach scene on the Mediterranean island of Lampedusa, from an earlier body of works (2012) by iconic Italian photographer Massimo Vitali, renowned for his grand scale topographical observations of the rites and rituals of modern leisure Lampedusa (2012) 61.25” x 81.7” / 156 cm x 207,5 cm limited edition of 6 + 2AP (signed, titled and dated on certificate of authenticity) last available edition: AP1 original archival photography print with diasec (acrylic glass) face mount in contemporary white lacquered gallery frame Each limited edition original Massimo Vitali photograph is printed in Italy under artist supervision in strictly limited edition (6 + 2AP) , signed/titled/dated upon final inspection and expertly framed at renowned European art framing facility Disclaimer of authenticity: although it is possible to acquire (small size) single page offset prints from the book "A Portfolio of Landscapes and Figures" (published by Steidl) in the secondary market, the artist studio strongly dissuades collectors from purchasing these single page prints outside of the context and authenticity of the complete portfolio. About the artist: Massimo Vitali was born in Como, Italy, in 1944. He studied photography at the London College of Printing, in the 1970s initially working as a photojournalist, but at the beginning of the 80s a growing mistrust in the belief that photography had an absolute capacity to reproduce the subtleties of reality led to a change in his career path. Vitali worked in cinematography for film and television before beginning a fine art practice in 1995. Over the next two decades, he would gain recognition for his highly detailed, epic-scale panoramas — sociopolitical observations of the natural habitat of humankind at leisure. Vitali’s iconic series of beach panoramas, captured from a distance with an elevated large-format camera platform, began in the light of drastic political changes in Italy. Drawing inspiration from Renaissance and Old Flemish masters, in which the central space is fully exploited and the urban or natural landscape becomes the background, Vitali’s photographs grasp the viewer by capturing highly detailed observances of the recreational habitats of modern civilization. Vitali’s work has been collected in six monographs: Beach and Disco, Natural Habitats, Landscapes With Figures, Swimming Pools, Short Stories and Entering A New World. Additionally, his work is represented in the world’s major museums, including the Centro de Arte Reina Sofia in Madrid, the Guggenheim Museum in New York, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Denver, the Fond National Art Contemporaine in Paris, the Centre Pompidou in Paris, the Musée National d’Art Moderne in Paris, the Fondation Cartier in Paris and the Museo Luigi Pecci in Prato. Massimo Vitali lives and works in Lucca (Italy) and in Berlin (Germany). __________________________ SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2025 94/22 Zander Galerie, Cologne 2024 Photolux Festival - Il bel paese? Palazzo Ducale, Lucca, Italy 2023 La Grande Oasi - The way we live, now OCA, Oasy Contemporary Art, Pistoia 2023 Standing Still Cortona On The Move, Arezzo, Italy 2022 Massimo Vitali PhotoESPANA Biblioteca Central Cantabria, Santander 2022 Endless Summer Edwin Hook Gallery, New York 2022 Massimo Vitali: Leporello 2020 Melbourne 2022 Ti ho visto Mazzoleni Gallery, Turin 2021 PienoVuoto Forte di Belvedere, Florence 2021 No Country For Old Men Visionarea Art Space, Rome 2020 'Human Constellations' Museo Ettore Fico, Turin 2019 Massimo Vitali: Short Stories' Mazzoleni, London 2018 'Coastal Colonies' Spiral, Tokyo 2017 ‘Disturbed Coastal Systems’ Benrubi Gallery...

Large vintage shop display counter from the 1930s. Restored ready to use. An exceptionally stylish piece of authentic vintage shop furniture that is ideal for displaying a wide vari...

large format photograph of a summer beach scene along Portugal's Atlantic coast by iconic Italian photographer Massimo Vitali, renowned for his grand scale topographical observations of the rites and rituals of modern leisure Carcavelos Pier Paddle (2016) 61.25” x 81.68” / 155.60 cm x 207.46 cm limited edition of 6 + 2AP (signed, titled and dated on certificate of authenticity) original archival photography print with diasec (acrylic glass) face mount in contemporary white lacquered gallery frame Each limited edition original Massimo Vitali photograph is printed in Italy under artist supervision in strictly limited edition (6 + 2AP) , signed/titled/dated upon final inspection and expertly framed at renowned European art framing facility Disclaimer of authenticity: although it is possible to acquire (small size) single page offset prints from the book "A Portfolio of Landscapes and Figures" (published by Steidl) in the secondary market, the artist studio strongly dissuades collectors from purchasing these single page prints outside of the context and authenticity of the complete portfolio. About the artist: Massimo Vitali was born in Como, Italy, in 1944. He studied photography at the London College of Printing, in the 1970s initially working as a photojournalist, but at the beginning of the 80s a growing mistrust in the belief that photography had an absolute capacity to reproduce the subtleties of reality led to a change in his career path. Vitali worked in cinematography for film and television before beginning a fine art practice in 1995. Over the next two decades, he would gain recognition for his highly detailed, epic-scale panoramas — sociopolitical observations of the natural habitat of humankind at leisure. Vitali’s iconic series of beach panoramas, captured from a distance with an elevated large-format camera platform, began in the light of drastic political changes in Italy. Drawing inspiration from Renaissance and Old Flemish masters, in which the central space is fully exploited and the urban or natural landscape becomes the background, Vitali’s photographs grasp the viewer by capturing highly detailed observances of the recreational habitats of modern civilization. Vitali’s work has been collected in six monographs: Beach and Disco, Natural Habitats, Landscapes With Figures, Swimming Pools, Short Stories and Entering A New World. Additionally, his work is represented in the world’s major museums, including the Centro de Arte Reina Sofia in Madrid, the Guggenheim Museum in New York, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Denver, the Fond National Art Contemporaine in Paris, the Centre Pompidou in Paris, the Musée National d’Art Moderne in Paris, the Fondation Cartier in Paris and the Museo Luigi Pecci in Prato. Massimo Vitali lives and works in Lucca (Italy) and in Berlin (Germany). __________________________ SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2021 'PienoVuoto' Forte di Belvedere, Florence 2020 'Human Constellations' Museo Ettore Fico, Turin 2019 Massimo Vitali: Short Stories' Mazzoleni, London 2018 'Coastal Colonies' Spiral, Tokyo 2017 ‘Disturbed Coastal Systems’ Benrubi Gallery (New York, USA) 2016 ‘Landscapes with Figures’ Guido & Schoen Arte Contemponania (Genoa, Italy) 2016 ‘Massimo Vitali’ Crown Gallery (Knokke-Zoute, Belgium) 2016 ‘Massimo Vitali’ Ronchini Gallery (London, UK) 2015 ‘New Prints’ Hilger Next (Vienna, Austria) 2014 ‘Massimo Vitali’ Studio La Citta (Verona, Italy) 2014 ‘Into The White’ Erich Lindenberg Art Foundation (Porza, Switzerland) 2014 ‘Sempre più pallide. Towards Achrome’ Palazzo Tadea (Spilimbergo, Italy) 2013 ‘Between Normalities’ Bonni Benrubi...

Large Liège bookcase or display cabinet from the first half of the 19th century. This outstanding piece of furniture comes from a upper-class household of a château or manor house, ...

Large sacristy buffet from the late 18th or early 19th century. Solidly crafted in oak. Originally, the piece was used to store high-quality vestments, robes and cassocks, as well ...

A French provincial Louis XV sideboard from the 18th century. Made of solid oak wood with waxed surface. Two-door side-cassetted corpus with rounded edges and slightly overhanging...

Early 20th century industrial metal drawer cabinet with great patina. Made in quality sturdy design with 60 drawers, each with a riveted black handle with label holder on the front. ...

large format photograph of Gulpiyuri, a flooded sinkhole with inland beach in Northern Spain, by iconic Italian photographer Massimo Vitali, renowned for his grand scale topographica...

A French provincial two-door cabinet or storage cupboard from Lower Brittany. Early/mid-19th century. Solid chestnut wood with beautiful original patina. An authentic example of tra...

A provincial Neoclassical chest of drawers from the early 19th century. Louis XVI style. Crafted from solid oak with a bleached finish. This unique piece is distinguished by the com...

Original vintage bottle dryer or bottle holder in the style of the well-known "Readymade" with the name "Porte-Bouteille" by the French Artist Mar...

A Louis Philippe tailor's table or cutting table (‘table de tailleur’ or ‘table de coupe’) with metre sticks. France, mid 19th century. Walnut with excellent patina. An elegant shop...

A very decorative German folk art grey stoneware jar with cobalt-blue painting from the 1st half of the 20th century. Traditional Westerwald stoneware is a type of ceramic ware that was produced in the lower Westerwald and the Kannenbäckerland in the early modern period. Since the 17th century, it has been one of the dominant types of German stoneware. The technique for producing grey stoneware with cobalt blue painting proved...

Exquisite French Louis XV baroque sideboard from the Dijon region circa 1740. Made of walnut and oak. Standing on 8 feet with 4 nicely carved scrolled cabriole legs between a beaut...

large format photography diptych by Italian photographer Massimo Vitali, renowned for his grand scale topographical observations of the rites and ritua...

A 19th Century French bookcase in Renaissance style, made of solid pine. Consists of an upper and a lower part with a total of 4 doors. Facade-like front. Pilaster strips with flut...

A French provincial armoire or hall cupboard from the late 18th century. Transition period. Solid cherry and oak wood. An authentic example of French provincial living culture and ...

large format original photograph of the iconic Mediterranean rock pools of Calafuria Vaschette in Tuscany by iconic Italian photographer Massimo Vitali, renowned for his grand scale ...

large format original photograph of the iconic Mediterranean white beaches of Rosignano in Tuscany by iconic Italian photographer Massimo Vitali, renowned for his grand scale topographical observations of beach rites and rituals of modern leisure From Massimo Vitali's body of works captured along Italy's (almost deserted) beaches in the pandemic summer of 2020 Spiagge Bianche...

Large sideboard from a shop fitting. Around 1900, made of solid pine wood. Restored ready for everyday use. Straight-lined pitch pine wooden body standing on a rectangular base in f...

A early 20th century ceramic vase from Bunzlau. Motif - old peacock's eye - sponge decoration, concentric dots in different colours Ceramics with this decoration received the gold ...

Large Italian Renaissance-Revival chest of drawers with mirror top. Tuscany, early 20th century. Solid walnut as well as veneered on pine. Side coffered chest of drawers with 4 large drawers under a slightly overhanging profiled top plate. Wide fluted pilasters of Corinthian order decorating the pilaster strips ending in 2 fully sculpted lion feet. All 4 drawers can be opened and closed by 2 large wooden knobs each. A mirror in aedicule motif is attached and fastened with 2 wooden dowels. Dimensions: 113.5 cm (chest of drawers) or 205 cm (incl. mirror) high / 44.68 inch (chest of drawers) or 80.7 inch (incl. mirror) high, 132 cm wide / 51.96 inch wide, 53 cm deep / 20.86 inch deep. Internal drawer dimensions: 13 cm (top drawer) or 18 cm high / 5.11 inch (top drawer) or 7.08 inch high, 88.5 cm wide / 34.84 inch wide, 45.5 cm deep / 17.91 inch deep. The furniture can be transported in 2 parts (chest of drawers and mirror...

large format photograph of Puglia ritual by iconic Italian photographer Massimo Vitali, renowned for his grand scale topographical observations of the rites and rituals of modern lei...

Multilayer 270 unique abstract photo paper collage (1 of 1) signed 39" x 31.5" / 100cm x 80cm About the artist Felix Schramm was born in Hamburg, German...

A 19th century Italian writing desk in renaissance revival style made of solid walnut. The table can be used as a writing desk or as a dining table. Both sides look the same. ...

Large late 18th-century Louis XVI style armoire or cabinet from France. Made of solid oak and waxed. Circa from the end of the 18th century. Body, with rounded corners, partially car...

A large Breton cabinet, former ‘lit-clos’. Dated 1817, rebuilt at the end of the 19th/beginning of the 20th century. Made from solid oak. This extraor...

Multilayer 301 unique abstract photo paper collage (1 of 1), signed 39" x 31.5" / 100cm x 80cm About the artist Felix Schramm was born in Hamburg, Germa...

large scale photograph of iconic summer beach scene in Puglia by Italian photographer Massimo Vitali, renowned for his grand scale topographical observations of the rites and rituals of modern leisure Porto Miggiano...

Large sacristy drawer cabinet or archive cabinet from the late 18th or early 19th century. Solidly crafted in oak. An authentic, one-of-a-kind piece with a linear design, combined ...

A exceptional large Art Deco butcher's block from the 1930s. Solidly crafted from beech wood. Since the Middle Ages, the profession of butcher has been one of the most respected an...

large format beach photograph by Italian photographer Massimo Vitali, renowned for his grand scale topographical observations of the rites and rituals of modern leisure Cala Conta...

Multilayer 285 unique abstract photo paper collage (1 of 1) signed 39" x 31.5" / 100cm x 80cm About the artist Felix Schramm was born in Hamburg, German...

Multilayer 328 unique abstract photo paper collage (1 of 1), signed 28.8" x 21.7" / 73cm x 55cm About the artist Felix Schramm was born in Hamburg, Ger...

Provincial classicist two-door hall cabinet or wardrobe from around 1800. Solidly crafted in poplar wood with original yellow paint finish. An exceptionally authentic piece of furni...

A large primitive hand carved wooden dough bowl with recessed grips. Carved in one piece from a hollowed poplar trunk split along its longitudinal axis. Traditionally the dough for b...

Rare trumeau shelf in Louis XV style. Late 19th century and later. Solid oak, skilfully carved with ornamental, floral and rocaille motifs. Trumeau was originally just the name for ...

A pair of French doors from around 1900, solid pine frame construction with 3 panels each. Dimensions: 238 cm high, 75.5 cm wide, 4.5 cm deep Also very suitable for installation as...

A large French provincial buffet à deux corps from the early 19th century. Louis XV style. Solidly crafted in walnut. Two-part, high, laterally coffered, ornamentally and volute car...

Authentic oak table from the 1920s/30s. Also ideal as a desk. Ready to use with beautiful original patina. Rectangular table frame consisting of 4 square legs with frame connection ...

A 19th century French butcher's block in original oxblood-coloured finish. Rectangular beechwood body standing on 4 feet with 2 large drawers and the original brass drop ring handle...

A pair of late 19th century doors from a built-in cupboard. Unrestored with original painted finish in light cream with dark cream contrasting profiles. Made of pine wood in frame a...

A large double sided console table or drapers table made of oak. Outstanding purist design combined with traditional craftsmanship and beautiful slightly weathered patina. Rectangul...

A provincial southern German baroque chest of drawers from the 18th century. Solidly crafted in pine. An authentic piece of furniture in an elegant purist design with beautiful soft...

Viennese baroque sewing table, around 1860. Solid walnut and veneered, as well as other various precious woods. Transverse oval top with musical marquetry motif consisting of a...

A French provincial sideboard or buffet from the late 18th century. Solidly crafted in walnut. Ready for everyday use with attractive original patina. Traditionally crafted in the s...

Large French double door from the late 19th century. Made of solid pine wood in the original paint. Doors made in frame construction with 4 cassettes each. Very beautiful origi...

Original authentic chopping block from the early 20th century. Solidly crafted in hardwood. A wonderfully unique piece in a purist, organically shaped design with an attractive pati...

Chest of drawers "en arbalète" in Louis XV style. Circa 1st half of the 19th century. Made of solid cherry wood. On a slightly trapezoidal ground plan, widening towards the back, a ...

A so-called Maria Theresa cabinet (furniture type named after the Austrian empress) or Baroque hall cabinet from the 18th century. On ball feet standing two-door coniferous corpus...

A late 18th century classicist Louis XVI or Directoire chest of drawers. Made from solid cherry wood with a beautiful patina. An authentic piece from the period in a classic design ...

German provincial Baroque display cabinet or buffet. West German, 2nd half of the 18th century. Solidly made of oak and partially carved. Th...

A provincial classicist Louis XVI chest of drawers. West German, around 1800. Made of solid oak with original patina. Traditionally cased oak body with three large drawers under a s...

large format photography diptych by Italian photographer Massimo Vitali, renowned for his grand scale topographical observations of the rites and rituals of modern leisure Punta Teg...

French 1930s Art Deco sculpture made of hand painted plaster with engraving on the pedestal "DEPOSE ARNOVA". The sculpture shows a representation of the Greek / Roman goddess of hunting called Artemis...

Unique antique wrought iron stair railing sandblasted and galvanized some years ago to protect it against rust. We are happy to a...

A late 18th century German neoclassicism Louis XVI armoire or cabinet. Two-door dismountable oak corpus with corner slopes standing on 5 ball feet. Subdivided by 3 pilasters with I...

Large double door with 2 side elements, or room divider, from around 1900. Solid pine wood with the original paint. Unrestored condition. Set consisting of four pieces made in frame...

A pair of Italian Baroque ‘poltrone’ or armchairs. Probably from the Umbria region, 17th century and later. Solid walnut with upholstered seat and backrest and remnants of the origin...

Art Nouveau double door with etched glass panes and chinoiserie painting. Belgium, around 1910. Four-piece set consisting of a double door fl...