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On offer on this occasion is one of the most stunning, rattan mirror you could hope to find. This is an ultra-rare opportunity to acquire what is, unequivocally, the best of the best...

This is a Gustavian Style Unique 3 Drawer Chest Of Drawers. Its been restored and repainted with Milk Paints "Oyster White"

Exotic gourd shape Kutani ceramic vase with flying Cranes decoration from Mid Century Japan. The hand painting was done with great care and artistic knowledge. The vase is painted ...

signed and bears the artist's studio label verso. Genre: Impressionist Subject: Landscape Medium: watercolor Surface: paper Country: United States Dimensions: 11.5 X15.5 Jennings (...

On offer on this occasion is one of the most stunning, table you could hope to find. This is an ultra-rare opportunity to acquire what is, unequivocally, the best of the best, it bei...

Born in Savannah, Georgia in 1912, abstract expressionist painter Morris Shulman studied at the National Academy of Design, Art Students League and Hans Hofmann School of Art in New ...

This is a Unique Gustavian Style 3 Drawer Chest Of Drawers, its been restored and repainted with Milk Paints "Oyster White"

For FULL item description click on CONTINUE READING at the bottom of this page. Offering One Of Our Recent Palm Beach Estate Fine Furniture Acquisitions Of A Set of 2 Ralph Lauren Style Fabric Country French Antique...

From The British mandate Pre State of Israel Palestine Period. Eliahu Sigad (Eliyahu Sigard), painter, born 1901, Lithuania. Founder of Israeli Painters' Association. Educated in Eur...

A vintage 1940s Meissen plaque with a flower bouquet on the front and Meissen mark on the reverse.

Lift arm petrol lighter made in Mexico Beautiful vintage lift arm petrol lighter, created in the city of Taxco in Mexico during the late Art Deco period,...

A metal, brass and fabric table lamp designed by Josef Frank and produced by Svenskt Tenn, Sweden, 1940s. Socket takes standard E-26 medium base bulb. There is no maximum watta...

This is a unique Gustavian Style 3 Door Sideboard, its been restored and repainted with Milk Paints "Oyster White"

This is a unique Bust of Roman Emperor Lucius Aurelius Verus. the hair and beard is covered in Green Algae.

Sign: Central Die Casting & Mfg Co. Chicago- Usa We have specialized in the sale of Art Deco and Art Nouveau and Vintage styles since 1982. If you have any questions we are at you...

An oil on board Judaic painting by modern artist Ben-Zion Weinman. It depicts a portrait in profile of an old Jew. The work is signed "Ben-Zion". Born in 1897, Ben-Zion Weinman celebrated his European Jewish heritage in his visual works as a sculptor, painter, and printmaker. Influenced by Spinoza, Knut Hamsun, and Wladyslaw Reymont, as well as Hebrew literature, Ben-Zion wrote poetry and essays that, like his visual work, attempt to reveal the deep “connection between man and the divine, and between man and earth.” An emigrant from the Ukraine, he came to the US in 1920. He wrote fairy tales and poems in Hebrew under the name Benzion Weinman, but when he began painting he dropped his last name and hyphenated his first, saying an artist needed only one name. Ben-Zion was a founding member of “The Ten: An Independent Group” The Ten” a 1930’s avant...

This is a unique Gustavian Style 3 Drawer Chest Of Drawers, its been restored and repainted with Milk Paints "Oyster White"

Be amazed by this vintage 1930's green Enamel 18K Yellow Gold flexible snake Bracelet. The green Paillonne enamel shine with every movement. Elegant Hand-carved engraving of the gold...

An eternity ring band with Natural Diamonds. Beautiful classic art-Deco eternity ring made in America, circa 1940. It was crafted in solid .900/.999 pla...

On offer on this occasion is one of the most stunning, table you could hope to find. This is an ultra-rare opportunity to acquire what is, unequivocally, the best of the best, it bei...

On offer on this occasion is one of the most stunning, table and chairs you could hope to find. This is an ultra-rare opportunity to acquire what is the most spectacular and beautifu...

Original mid-century illustration for the children's book "Good Work" by John G. McCullough, Young Scott Books, N.Y. It depicts a busy harbor filled with commercial and leisure traffic. Notice all the charming little people, busy at work - dotting the docks and boats. Ipcar masterfully designed the work so that your eye effortlessly travels from more prominent foreground elements to more minor elements in the distance. But her color scheme limited only to two colors sets "Harbor Scene" apart from the humdrum and elevates it to a sophisticated children's book illustration. The suspension bridge in the back of the composition is modeled after the Golden Gate. The illustration bears the hallmarks of modernism with its flat shapes and quick painterly style. "Harbor Scene" represents the artist's early style. By the '60s and '70s, her work began to take on a new direction with intricate patterns and depicting animals. Signed lower right with the artist's label on verso. Dahlov Ipcar...

"Free shipping in florida" It was exhibited at Palm beach "American International Fine Art Fair (AIFAF)" Desk Year 1940 French Wood and chrome Finish: polyurethanic lacquer It is an ...

An exceptional cuff designed by Ed Wiener (1918-1991). This very rare modernist sculptural piece is one of Wiener's first creations as a jeweler-artist, in New York city, circa 1948...

"Timeless Beauty: Authentic Old European-Cut Diamond Solitaire Pendant Elevate your elegance with this enchanting 0.60 carat old European-cut natural earth mined diamond pendant. The diamond, near colorless and slightly included SI2 in clarity, captures the essence of vintage allure. Meticulously re-set in a new domed solitaire bezel pendant, the captivating gem shines anew, exuding a graceful charm. The pendant gracefully dangles from an 18-inch sliding chain, allowing for effortless adjustments to complement any neckline. The bezel, approximately 9mm in diameter, adds a touch of modern sophistication while preserving the diamond's vintage essence...

Vintage Egyptian silver .900 vanity table round shape mirror with Peacock figurine in the center, and flower and leaves textured relief design. Circ...

Beautiful timeless tale of elegance. A vintage Retro jewel, in all its glory. Delicate floral reminiscent cradles a dazzling approx. 2.50 carats total genuine Old European cut diamon...

A lovely peach colored marble vase from Italy in the shaped of an urn with a ruffled rim on a square base. Circa 1940s.

Giant lift arm petrol lighter made in Mexico Beautiful vintage giant lift-arm petrol lighter, created in the city of Taxco in Mexico during the late Art Deco period, circa 1940. Thi...

Dazzle yourself with this Diamond Sapphire Platinum Vintage Bow Pendant in an exquisite four-strand necklace. The center for this exquisite piece is crafted in solid platinum; Cente...

2 floor lamps Art Deco Materials: wood, glass, chrome France 1940 You want to live in the golden years, those are the floor lamps that your project needs. We have specialized in the...

Incredible Louis XVI Bronze clock circa 1840, machine stamped Shaw Paris, this is an original piece of the period, depicting a standing warrior.

On offer on this occasion is one of the most stunning circular lion planters you could hope to find. This is an ultra-rare opportunity to acquire what is, unequivocally, the best of...

Vintage ladies Bulova in 14k white gold. Manual Circa 1940s. Fine Pre-owned Bulova Watch. Certified preowned Vintage Bulova Classic watch is made...

Reuven Rubin (Rubin Zelicovici) was a Romanian-born Israeli painter, celebrated as a pioneer in the Israeli art world. Born on November 13, 1893 in Galati, Romania. His paintings use...

This is a unique set of 2 Gustavian Style Night Stands. They have been restored and repainted with Milk Paints "Oyster Grey".

Large pair of lamps. Brass and ceramic

“Graduation Day” is emblematic of mid-century American Illustration. But the real story of this storytelling work is that it embodies the lost art of portrait painting and graphic design. Alex Ross borrows on the classical tradition and flaunts his skills as a narrative painter. In “Graduation Day”, he paints a complex composition involving at least thirteen portraits. The subjects are beautifully rendered and lit. They are set against a dark grey background and jump off the surface at the viewer. The composition is complexly designed. The future graduate in the red jacket engaging with a girl photographer is a compositional device that leads the viewer's eye to the main subject - a father congratulating his son on graduating from medical school. Creating art that relies on facial expressions and body gestures is a talent absent in contemporary art. Why? It’s very hard to do and takes years and training and practice to get it right. Despite Alex Ross's folksy subject matter, this work is a high example of naturalism and representation by an important member of the Golden Age of American Illustration. Signed lower right Born in the town of Dunfermline, Scotland, Alexander Sharpe Ross (1908-1990) moved with his family to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1911. After attending Carnegie Tech (now Carnegie Mellon University), Ross moved to New York and joined the Charles E. Cooper Studio, where he worked among such notable illustrators as Ward Brackett, Stevan Dohanos, J. Frederick Smith...

Leon Dolice: 1892-1960. Well listed American artist with Auction results as high as $6000 for a pastel of the Chrysler building. This is exactly what you want in a Dolice. A tonalist...

An Art Deco tube radio designed by Delco. Here we are offering an absolutely stunning 1941 Delco model R-1171 tabletop tube radio. Featuring a gorgeous dark brown marbled Bakelite c...

Gents Hamilton 14k case, 14k bezel, leather leather band with two piece clasp. Manual movement. Certified pre-owned. Fancy Label lugs. Center Sweepcenter hand,Gold Triangular applied...

A spectacular 1.43tcw emerald and diamond halo pendant. Crafted in two-toned gold. The center gemstone is floating among stunning diamonds. The earth-mined emerald is handset in a se...

This is one of the rare examples of American WWII posters that feature a person of color. WWII occurred in the midst of Jim Crow laws, so the fact that this poster features George Washington Carver, an example of Black Excellence is a statement by the artist, William Kautz...

An original vintage pair of striped half sphere clip-on earrings circa 1940. The earrings are in very good condition and the design is subtle enough that they can be worn night and d...

A brass and fabric table lamp designed and produced by a Swedish Designer, Sweden, 1940s. Dimensions of Lamp (inches) : 12.5 x 8 x 5 (Height x Width x Depth) Dimensions of Lampsh...

Unisex Bulova gold fill case & bezel with hooded lugs on a leather leather band. Manual wind 17 jewel movement. Circa 1940's. Fine Pre-owned Bulova Watch. Certified preowned Vintage Bulova watch...

Unique petrol lighter designed by Dunhill. Beautiful and elegant table desk lift arm petrol lighter, designed by the Alfred Dunhill Company during the post war period, circa 1940-...

A wonderful brass box with a Greek key design in a marble or stone. The interior is lined in wood and has two compartments. It is very pretty. Circa 1940s, Mexico marked on bottom.

Lift arm petrol lighter made in Mexico Beautiful lift arm petrol lighter, created in the city of Taxco in Mexico during the late Art Deco period, circa 1940. It was crafted in sol...

A pair of vintage metal arm chairs designed by René Malaval for Bloc Metal France. Quite rare to find these chairs with arms. These post-war chairs feature a painted white finish wi...

An oak and shearling lounge chair designed and produced in Denmark, 1940s.

Swimmers and sun tanners at the local watering hole. Her birth name was Theresa Berney. At the time of her passing she was known as Theresa Loew. Birth place: Baltimore artist, blo...

This is a Unique Swedish Gustavian Style Sideboard. Its been restored and repainted with Milk Paint "Oyster White"

Newly restored and reupholstered vintage three-strand rattan armchair and footstool dating from the late 1940s to early 1950s. The removable cushions have been reupholstered in a Josef Frank style indoor/outdoor performance fabric. The bentwood and streamlined frames are in the transitional style between Art Deco and Mid-Century Modern and remind us of speed lounge chairs...

An adjustable, chrome steel and white vinyl lounge chair with ottoman, designed by Gilbert Rohde and produced by Troy Sunshade Company, Troy,...

Beautiful Vintage antique distressed white finished Iron Crib with Nautical Shells and Brass knobs on the Top. Comes with Springs on Slat Boards. Rustic Coun...

Charming circa 1940s Streamlined Moderne bachelor chests by Karpen Furniture Co. are refinished in softest olive to highlight their all-original floriate ceramic drawer knobs in vivi...

Recently, women artists have been soaring in price to millions of dollars. In many cases, many of these women were quite obscure. For example, recently acknowledged Gertrude Abercrombie, a naive surrealist artist, has recently seen her paintings rise to the area of $400K. Lorraine Fox, who is a consummate female artist/ illustrator whose work rivals any of the recently anointed female stars is still an unknown quantity. She has exhibited at the Brooklyn Museum and is in the collection of the Smithsonian Archives of American Art, and she is a member of the Famous Artists School in Westport, Connecticut along with Norman Rockwell, Today she is relatively unknown and completely off the radar of the so-called art establishment. Wedding Day is a wonderful example of her mid-century, somewhat naive style. The work is signed lower right and was exhibited at the Brandywine River...

Maqueta las Toninas, 1944 BMY-022, 1970 Edition 1/25 Bronze 22 x 22 x 10 cm 8.6 x 8.6 x 3.9 in ABOUT THE ARTIST Narvaez was born in Porlamar, Venezuela, in 1905; he was the fifth son of eleven siblings; his parents were Jose Lorenzo Narvaez and Vicenta Rivera. Don José Lorenzo, a multifaceted and creative man, sowed the seed of creativity in his son. “My father did not fit in with his fantasies of cabinetmaker, bricklayer, master builder, and self-taught architect.”1 From an early age, Francis was led to the artistic activity, he traced, carved, made replicas of the furniture and the saints restored by his father. In 1920 he obtained his first professional assignment, a San Rafael for the Church of Carupano, and, in 1922, his father authorized him to travel to Caracas to pursue his studies as an artist. He studied at the atelier of Marcos Castillo, at of the Angel Cabre y Magriña and at the Academy of Fine Arts in Caracas, where he was introduced to the painters and intellectuals of the time. In 1928 he presented his first solo exhibition at the Club Venezuela. With the money raised from the sale of the works and the support of Monsignor Sosa, and the Ministers Centeno Grau and Arcaya, he studied in Paris on a scholarship. Once there, he enrolled at the Académie Julian, where Tito Salas, Cristóbal Rojas and Arturo Michelena had also studied. It was in Paris where, unable to work in wood, he turned to stone carving. “In Paris, I didn’t have wood, so I carved a lot in stone (…), when there were demolitions I purchased chunks of stone, I would take them to the workshop and carve them.”2 His first attempts at volumetric sculptures and painting in plain colours, linked to the thematic of American miscegenation and Creole reality, can be traced back to that first trip to Paris. During his stay in the French city, Arturo Uslar Pietri, Alfredo Boulton, and Finita Vallenilla supported the artist both financially and logistically, and in February of 1930, the trio of friends arranged another exhibition for him at the Club Venezuela. Narvaez describes his exhibition as follows: “(…) in it I feel that the sculptural work is more my own, done with more assurance, a response to my pursuit of large planes, stylisation and synthesis.”3 By then, as Boulton himself noted in his book about the artist, Narvaez departed from most of the artistic traditions that prevailed by that time in Venezuela. In 1931 he returned to Caracas and established his atelier at the Barrio Obrero in Catia. The atelier became the hub of the intellectual life of the time. “In those years, the atelier of Francisco Narvaez was the hub of the greatest Venezuelan hope. Nothing comparable to it can be found either before or since.”4 From that year onwards, exhibitions, projects, trips, and awards we multiplied. He was awarded the President of the Republic of Venezuela Prize, the National Sculpture Prize of the 1st Official Venezuelan Art Salon, and the John Boulton Prize of the 3rd Annual Venezuelan Art Salon; for the Military Academy, he produced a spectacular relief entitled La Patria. In 1945, commissioned by the architect Carlos Raúl Villanueva, he produced two groups of sculptures known as Las Toninas, both located in the O’Leary Square. There, as he himself states, he incorporates some baroque patterns into the figures to the source itself: “It is a work of balance between the decorative requirements and the sculpture of planes and angles.”5 In 1948 he was awarded the National Painting Prize. In the same year, he was called upon by the architect Carlos Raul Villanueva to participate in the project for the arts integration in the Universidad Central de Venezuela. Francisco Narvaez’s public output continued with works such as the statue of Fermín Toro, La Educacion, La Ciencia, three murals (produced by María Luisa Tovar) for the Instituto de Medicina Experimental, El Cristo; el Atleta, the equestrian statue of General Rafael Urdaneta. In 1953 he was appointed Director of the School of Plastic and Applied Arts, and in July of the same year, he exhibited “Francisco Narvaez, Maderas, Piedras y Bronces” (Francisco Narvaez, Woods, Stones and Bronzes) at the Museum of Fine Arts. Narvaez is, unquestionably, one of the great Venezuelan sculptors, his work goes through various stages and interests; as the art world evolves, the artist does not remain in his initial scopes of work. His creations are not imposed by the prevailing trends or fashion but do evolve by experimenting with new materials and interests. When one peruses the artist’s lengthy list of exhibitions, commissions, and awards, it is worth remembering the Narvaez who embark on his career as a child and who, overcoming obstacles, knew how to make the most of his curiosity. He did not settle for living off his successes. He did not remain stagnant as many creators of his environment did. Narvaez managed to understand the changes in the history of art around him. We must not overlook the fact that Francisco Narvaez is an artist amid all the changes occurring in the art world. He moves from the classics to the great transformations in the art world. It is the Europe of Picasso, Braque, Arp. He observes, he is aware of what is happening in the centres of the world of art, but between his craft and his sensitivity, the result is NARVAEZ, his stamp, and his identity. Francisco Narvaez comes from tradition, and his first stage is linked to the classics, to the exploration of his heritage, but always with his very own language. Throughout his prolific career, he knew how to remain true to himself, without disregarding the influences of his surroundings or his artistic interests: his ability as a sculptor, his selection of materials, whether they were wood, stone or bronze; his choice of the subject of his work…His mastery and great craftsmanship are a constant that over time have made him a leading player in the history of contemporary Venezuelan and world art. From his beginnings, no subject was foreign to him. His paintings, drawings, aquarelles, and sketches are testimony to his prolific output. Among his themes are portraits, our traditions, still lifes, and landscapes. Narvaez is an artist who represents his time. Later, he evolved towards purer and simpler forms, abandoning figurative art for short periods. In 1956 he declared to the newspaper El Nacional: “Every day I am freeing myself, it is a soul that frees itself from the ephemeral wrappings of the circumstantial always, as well as from the inevitable weight of the anecdote. This second stage of my work is remarkably close to abstractionism, even if there are still certain figures or figurations in the sculptures that I will shortly be showing. However, pure, and absolute abstractionism, it will treat the form itself as the sole reason for its existence on the plane of artistic excellence.”6 The artistic development was his professional life. Each period of his life as an artist, he went one step further, searching, solving, seeing plenty of things and understanding how diverse expressions were transforming themselves. His hands followed his gaze and his mind, always inquisitive. He added movement to the volumes. Arturo Uslar Pietri, “Formas Nuevas”, Cromotip editions, 1956 “Francisco Narvaez is a path: the path that Venezuelan sculpture...

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