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Pierre Emmanuel Guerin, (American, NY, NY born France, 1833-1911). Large PE Guerin foundry bronze casting of Mercury. Measures 36"h x 11"w x 8" across. Rests on a decorative bronze...

Frank Vittor (1888-1966) important bronze of mother and child. Signed by the artist “F. Vittor” and dated 1915. Also bears the foundry mark. Measures 12 1/2"h x 12 ½”w x 9"long. Bronze rests on a 1 ½ inch marble plinth. Artist born in Italy, studied with Rodin. The foundry is the National Art bronze works. The bronze was converted to a lamp at one point, and still bears a threaded tube projecting from the lower base approximately ½ inch. Frank Vittor (January, 6, 1888 - January 24, 1968) was an Italian immigrant to the United States who became famous as a sculptor. Vittor was born in Mozzato, Como, a suburb of Milan, Italy. He studied art in Milan at the Academy of Beres and then traveled to Paris, France to study under Auguste Rodin. When Vittor was 18, in 1906, U.S. architect Stanford White brought Vittor to New York to work on his staff. White, who had designed Madison Square Garden II, was murdered at a performance at The Garden two weeks after Vittor arrived. The youth, having little money and knowing very limited English, decided to stay in America and soon opened an art studio. He met his future wife, Ade Mae Humphreys, a resident of Pittsburgh, and made the move to her home town. Aviator Charles Lindbergh's first solo trans-Atlantic 3,600-mile (5,800 km) flight between Long Island, New York and Paris, France was immortalized in bronze by Vittor with a 50-foot-tall (15 m) sculpture showing a winged youth spanning the Statue of Liberty and the Eiffel Tower. Congress approved the expenditure in 1928, and the work was completed in 1929. Perhaps no work by Vittor created as much controversy and media coverage as did his nude statue of Henrietta Leaver, Miss America 1935. Though Leaver posed for Vittor, she did so in a bathing suit, accompanied by her grandmother. Upon first viewing the life-size 5-foot 5-inch plaster statue Leaver was shocked that it was a nude and demanded her representation be draped or veiled. Vittor did not agree and called in art experts to judge the work and all agreed it should stay as it had been created. Leaver did not back down and demanded people her own age review The American Venus, as it had originally been called. Unfortunately for Leaver her 60 peers, many of whom were art students, agreed it should remain unveiled. Though the strong disagreement between the two eventually did subside, Leaver, Vittor and the statue resurfaced five decades later in recaps of controversial Miss America mishaps. Baseball player Honus Wagner, one of the first five players inducted into the Hall of Fame, was memorialized by Vittor in a 17-foot-tall (5.2 m) bronze statue, originally on display near the Pittsburgh Pirates Forbes Field. It was moved to Three Rivers Stadium and, when that stadium was imploded in 1971, the statue was relocated to PNC Park.[6] In 1958, one of Vittor's greatest works, a 50-foot-tall (15 m) granite base and bronze statue of Christopher Columbus, was unveiled in Pittsburgh's Schenley Park. Shortly after the statue was placed, the bronze plaque at the base was stolen by vandals. The Sons of Columbus USA desire to replace the plaque with the original wording; however, there exists no record of what Vittor had written regarding Columbus. Charles Lindbergh was the recipient of a second work of art created by Vittor. The artist and sculptor designed a commemorative stamp picturing the pilot and his plane, the Spirit of St. Louis. Walter F. Brown, the U.S. Postmaster General, authorized a 175th anniversary commemorative "Battle of Braddock" 2-cent stamp to be designed by Vittor. The artwork he created featured a likeness of Colonel George Washington with the inscription "Battle of Braddock's Field, 1755-1930. In 1936 the U.S. Congress authorized minting a half-dollar coin to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the American Civil War. Vittor was the person selected to design the coin. The obverse depicts the profile of two soldiers, one from the North and one from the South and the reverse holds a symbol of the battle placed between the combatant's shields. The coins were distributed through the Pennsylvania State Commission for Gettysburg. Throughout Pittsburgh and the surrounding communities there exist more than 50 statues and fountains, as well as numerous other works, including a dozen historical panels on County bridges...

19th Century Gilt Wood Carved Conquistadors. Beautiful pair purchased in France. Age appropriate wear, see detailed photos or message us with questions.

Set of three vintage display pedestals, likely 1970s. Sold as a set but may consider selling individually. They are octagon in shape, brass clad over wood and show age-appropriate si...

Wonderful original color lithograph by Paul Berthon (1872-1909). In excellent condition with great color. Unframed. Presents in a 2-Ply Museum Mat. Titled: "Lecon de Violon." Maitre ...

Circa 1900 Louis XVI Style Bouillotte Lamp Beautiful Lamp purchased in France. Age appropriate wear, see detailed photos or message us with questions.

oil and wax on canvas Mala Breuer grew up attending classes in painting and drawing from a young age at the California College of Arts and Crafts. After high school she attended ...

18th Century Louis XV Style Epoque Game Table With Leather Top Beautiful piece purchased in France. Age appropriate wear, see detailed photos or message us with questions.

18th Century Portrait of a Nobleman. Beautiful painting purchased in France. Age appropriate wear, see detailed photos or message us with any questions. Inner Frame Dimensions: Hei...

oil and wax on canvas, signed, dated, with size on verso 1927 - 2017 Mala Breuer grew up attending classes in painting and drawing from a young age at the California College of Art...

Early Watercolor of West Palm Beach by Southern Woman Artist Grace Martin (Frame) Taylor. The work is in excellent condition and nicely framed under glass. Painting measures 11"h x 14"w. The frame is 19 5/8"h and 22"w. The watercolor is signed and dated lower left and also titled and dated in graphite as well. Grace Martin Frame Taylor (1903-1995), a native of Morgantown, West Virginia, launched a nearly forty-year affiliation with the Mason College of Music and Fine Arts, now part of the University of Charleston in West Virginia. In 1921, Taylor enrolled at the University of West Virginia in her hometown; disappointed by the art curriculum, however, she left after just one year to attend the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. She returned to the University of West Virginia in 1924 to finish her bachelor’s degree, selecting English as her major, with an emphasis on journalism; she eventually earned a master’s degree there in 1929. Following her graduation, Taylor went to Provincetown, Massachusetts, and renewed her interest in art under the guidance of her distant cousin Blanche Lazzell. Both Provincetown and Lazzell had gained a significant reputation for a particular kind of color woodblock printmaking known as the white line method. Grace Taylor embraced this approach wholeheartedly; for twenty-eight summers she returned to Provincetown to advance her printmaking skills with Lazzell and Heinrich Pfeiffer. In the ensuing decades, she also studied under Hans Hofmann whom she called her “very favorite modern master.” Taylor traveled to other destinations to further her education. In the late 1930s and early 1940s, she spent time at the Carnegie Institute of Technology in Pittsburgh; closer to home, she studied at the Old White Art Colony in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, and took lessons in portraiture in the capital city of Charleston...

Studio pottery charger by Peter Voulkos, circa 1950-1955. Two incised expressionist female figures with stylized bird and sun. Size: 18" W x 16 1/4" W x 1" H. In excellent condition. This charger is a recent purchase from the Louis Bunce...

Circa 1875 Reclining Bronze Sphinx Door Stop Beautiful piece purchased in France. Age appropriate wear, see detailed photos or message us with questions.

oil and wax on linen 1927 - 2017 Mala Breuer grew up attending classes in painting and drawing from a young age at the California College of Arts and Crafts. After high school she ...

encaustic on panel b. 1954, Reno Nevada Michael David is best known for his use of encaustic on large abstract paintings. A practitioner of Abstract Expressionism, David layers bees...

acrylic on canvas 1927 - 2017 Mala Breuer grew up attending classes in painting and drawing from a young age at the California College of Arts and Crafts. After high school she att...

Beautiful signed and numbered abstract serigraph by Japanese artist Norio Azuma. Artist: Norio Azuma, Japanese (1928 - 2004) Title: 40th Anniversary...

Circa 1950 French White Opaline Lamp Beautiful lamp purchased in France. Age appropriate wear, see detailed photos or message us with questions.

Lovely original etching, a portrait of a local girl by Anders Zorn (1860-1920) $1500 Created 1912 and titled “Skerikulla." The image measures 9 3/4" H x 7 3/4" W. Paper size: 15 3/8"...

Mari Simmulson designed Swedish mid-century ceramic vase. Decorated in a geometric figural pattern. Maker: Upsala-Ekeby. Height:10 3/8 in., Diameter: 7 1/4 in. Very good vintage con...

Title: Misfit Artist: Greg Singley Signed original signature Archival Pigment Print, 100% Rag Paper 300 gm Paper size: 24 x34 inches Image Size: 20 x 30 inches Greg Singley Greg Singley – was born in 1950 in Greensboro, Alabama. He received his Associates Degree at Walker Collage Jasper Alabama and furthered his college education at the University of South Alabama, Mobile Alabama. He attended the revered Ringling School of Art for his art training in Sarasota Florida and graduated with honors with a certificate in commercial illustration. In 1978 Singley moved to Phoenix Arizona to pursue his passion for western art and illustration. He worked for several years as an art director for Phoenix Public News and as a freelance illustrator and at the same time experienced sales of Native American and Western Landscape in several Arizona galleries which include Ratliff Williams Gallery, Sedona Arizona, Fagan Peterson Fine Art, Scottsdale and the Dan May Gallery, Scottsdale Arizona. After a foray into freelance illustration Singley sought representation for his varied abilities and interest in fine art and found the Phoenix Art Group...

encaustic on canvas Neo-romantic painter Hiro Yokose fuses multiple layers of wax and oil paint to create mysterious, veiled landscapes illuminated with flashes of light in the sky...

Bucolic watercolor by Saturday Evening Post illustrator, Stevan Dohanos, (1907-1994). The painting measures: 7" H x 8" W. Frame size is approximately 18" H x 18 3/4" W. It is in exce...

Carlton Ball (1911-1992) studio ceramic lidded vase, circa 1960s-1970s. Beautiful green and brown glaze with sgraffito swirl design on the body. Signed on the bottom “F. Carlton Ball”. Excellent condition. Measures: 7 1/8" H (includes lid) x 5 3/4" W. Born 1911 in Sutter Creek, California, Frederick was a ceramicist, ceramics professor, and author of Making Pottery Without a Wheel. He taught ceramics for over 50 years at several different colleges including the University of Puget Sound...

Female torso sculpture purchased from the original owners’ son. He remembers the piece being around since the ‘70s or ‘80s. I believe it is ceramic. Heavy and in excellent condition ...

1979 C. Jeré Artisan House urchin or pom pom brass wall art. This is the much less common massive round version and measures about 40” wide and 10” deep. It features 12 urchins on cu...

This beautiful original etching and aquatint is by the noted Czech artist Vojtech Preissig. The work depicts one of the beautiful female portraits from his Orchid series in the Art Nouveau style. The image measures 1 5/8"h x 2"wide. The paper size is 6 3/4"h x 5 1/2"h. The work is signed in pencil with the artist’s name beneath the image lower left. The print is un-matted and unframed, in perfect condition - ready to frame and enjoy. Vojtech Preissig (1873-1944) was born in the Czech Republic - His father was a mining engineer. In 1884 he moved to Prague where he studied at the School of Applied Industrial Art from 1892 to 1896, then at the School of Decorative Architecture from 1897 to 1898. In 1897 he moved to Paris and worked for two years with the Czech Art Nouveau artist Alphonse Mucha. He returned to Prague in 1903 where he founded the periodical "Czech Graphics", published the book "Color Etchings and Color Engravings" in 1909 and opened his own graphics studio in 1905. He moved to the United States in 1910 and worked as an art instructor. Preissig remained in the United States until 1930. He taught at Columbia University and the Art Students League of New York starting in 1912, then moved to Boston by 1916 and taught a course in graphic arts for the Wentworth...

Beautiful contemplative image by Polish New York artist Hyman Katz (1899-1970). The etching measures 9 5/8 x 11 3/4. It rests in a 16 x 20 inch museum mat and is unframed. The work i...

Politically charged oil on canvas by Depression Era New York artist William Gropper. Painting measures: 20" H x 16" W. Frame measures: 24" H x 20" W. Signed lower right and in excell...

Outstanding abstract watercolor on paper by Emil Bisttram signed lower right. Painting measures: 20 x 15 inches. Frame size: 27 3/4"h x 23 1/4"w. In excellent condition and beautifu...

Bright, exciting painting by well known New York/New Mexico/California artist John McCracken. Framed simply and in excellent condition. Signed on the verso and dated 1973. Painting m...

John Sloan (1871-1951) etching created 1916. Edition: 100 Titled: “McSorley’s Back Room” Plate size: 5 1/4" H x 7 " W Sheet size: 7 1/2" H x 10 3/8" W In excellent condition, unframe...

Napoleon III Late 19th Century Majolica Pig. Unique piece purchased from France. Age appropriate wear, see detailed photos or message us with questions.

Otto Kuhler (1894-1976) original etching, 1923. Title: “Mississippi Evening” Signed in pencil lower right. Title in pencil lower center. Dated lower left, 1923. Image measures 7 7/8...

Pair 19th Century French Monumental Obelisks. Exquisite design, must see photos.

This beautiful original etching and aquatint is by the noted Czech artist Vojtech Preissig. The work depicts one of the beautiful female portraits from his Orchid series in the Art Nouveau style. The image measures 1 5/8"h x 2"wide. The paper size is 6 3/4"h x 5 1/2"h. The work is signed in pencil with the artist’s name beneath the image lower left. It is also signed and dated 1913 in pencil in the sheet beneath the image lower right. The print is un-matted and unframed, in perfect condition - ready to frame and enjoy. Vojtech Preissig (1873-1944) was born in the Czech Republic - His father was a mining engineer. In 1884 he moved to Prague where he studied at the School of Applied Industrial Art from 1892 to 1896, then at the School of Decorative Architecture from 1897 to 1898. In 1897 he moved to Paris and worked for two years with the Czech Art Nouveau artist Alphonse Mucha. He returned to Prague in 1903 where he founded the periodical "Czech Graphics", published the book "Color Etchings and Color Engravings" in 1909 and opened his own graphics studio in 1905. He moved to the United States in 1910 and worked as an art instructor. Preissig remained in the United States until 1930. He taught at Columbia University and the Art Students League of New York starting in 1912, then moved to Boston by 1916 and taught a course in graphic arts for the Wentworth...

Abstract expressionist gouache and watercolor on paper by noted artist Rolph Scarlett - Signed and dated lower right. Archivally matted, unframed. Image size: 11" H x 15" W. In excel...

mixed media on paper; unframed Neoromantic painter Hiro Yokose fuses multiple layers of wax and oil paint to create mysterious, veiled landscapes illuminated with flashes of light i...

19th Century French Louis XVI Style Chair Purchased in France. Beautiful chair with chipped Gold Leaf. Age appropriate wear, see detailed photos. Message us with questions.

18th Century Pair Directoire Bergeres Detached Columns Unique pair purchased in France. Age appropriate wear, see detailed photos or message us with questions.

mixed media on paper; unframed Neoromantic painter Hiro Yokose fuses multiple layers of wax and oil paint to create mysterious, veiled landscapes illuminated with flashes of light i...

Excerpts from William Peterson, Tom Waldron, 1985 They cut through space like beautiful and efficient tools. No bases or pedestals are required. They sit ...

This lamp is a striking example of mid-century Hollywood Regency style, likely dating from the 1950s or 1960s. It embodies the era's love for "glamour-meets-classical" aesthetics, le...

Excellent ceramic designed by well known Wiener Werkstatte artist Gudrun Baudisch. Executed by the Wiener Werkstatte, 1925. Man holding a bowl. The ceramic work measures: 4" height...

19th Century French Pair Bronze & Sienna Urns. Beautiful pair purchased in France. Age appropriate wear, see detailed photos or message us with questions.

19th Century (Mid) Terra Cotta Bust Bacchus. Beautiful piece purchased in France. Age appropriate wear, see detailed photos or message us with questions.

This rare vintage bone china Narumi teapot is about 20" in diameter and 6.5" high. The pot holds about 40 Oz of liquid. There are no cracks, chips or any other damages.

A set of 12 Lifetime 'Gold Crown' Champaign / Sherbet glasses in excellent condition. This set was made approximately in 1951. Each glass is 3 3/4" in diameter and 4.5" tall. Sold as...

H. Wilson Smith (1901-1981) California Artist Oil on board in the original frame. Painting measures 24 x 20. Frame: 25 x 21. Titled on the verso “Nude - Automatic Elevator” Signed lo...

Georg Jensen sterling carving set, large, Bernadotte pattern. Designed by: Sigvard Bernadotte (1907-2002) in 1939. Sterling silver handles with ...

Georges De Feure (French 1868-1943) also Georges Joseph van Sluijters Original pen & ink with watercolor - The Swordsman and the Cannoneer Initialed by the artist lower right “G.F.”...

Regency Honduran Mahogany Etagere. C1810 Unique piece purchased in France Age appropriate wear, see detailed photos. Message us with any questions.

Rare Early 19th Century Louis XVI Style Octagon Table with Carrera Marble Unique Piece Purchased in France. Age appropriate wear, see detailed photos. Message us with questions.

Charming etching by Italian/Pennsylvania artist Salvatore Pinto (1905-1966). The work is titled in pencil lower left “Beach Houses.” Created 1935. Signed in pencil lower right “Salv...

These whimsical mixed metal bronze pots feature plump bug-eyed toads, warts and all with gaping mouths. These make excellent vases and have metal removable liners. The toads’ bellie...

Mala Breuer grew up attending classes in painting and drawing from a young age at the California College of Arts and Crafts. After high school she attended the, now, San Francisco A...

Modern Masters Tapestries INC. in Manhattan was specializing in limited edition tapestries, handwoven in silk or wool by world famous artists. Signature on the back with trademark R...

This original watercolor by Depression Era New York artist William Gropper relates to two of Gropper's most important Depression Era prints: “Refugees” and “Uprooted.” Signed lower r...

Circa 1810. French Empire Mahogany Secretary With Ormolu Fittings & Trim

oil and gold leaf on porcelain tile signed, dated, title on verso Neoromantic painter Hiro Yokose fuses multiple layers of wax and oil paint to create mysterious, veiled landscapes ...