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Beautiful CASTLE ROSE BY ROYAL CREST sterling silver Flatware set, grille size (WITH LONG HANDLES ON THE KNIFE AND FORK) - 24 pieces. GREAT STARTER SET! This set includes: 6 GRILLE ...

In a 2' x 3' size, this organic modern wool Persian area rug in brown and cream showcases a pleasant and harmonious pattern. The medley of neutral earth tones utilized in this handkn...

Palm by Tiffany & Co. sterling silver flatware set, 51 pieces. This set includes: Eight knives, 9 1/4", eight forks, 7 1/8", eight salad forks, three-tine, 6 1/2", eight teaspoo...

Art Deco 18K white gold filigree .41ct diamond ring. The GIA report #2231041985 states circular brilliant cut natural diamond measuring 4.78mm x 4.94mm x 2.79mm with G color and VS2 ...

The Dan people of Liberia have a history of using masks like these for rituals pertaining to various aspects of their lives. This particular mask has a commanding, yet gentle presence. The carved wooden face...

Old Colony by Watson circa 1922 sterling silver flatware set of 47 pieces. This set includes: Eight knives, 9". Eight forks, 7 1/4". Eight salad forks, 6". Eight teaspoons, 6". Eigh...

Etruscan by Gorham sterling silver flatware set - 79 pieces. This set includes: Six knives, new French blade, 8 1/2" six knives, old French blade, 8 3/4" 12 forks, 7" 12 salad f...

EMILIO PUCCI c.1960’s Green Signature Op Art Long Sleeve Silk Jersey Shift Dress Circa: 1960’s Label(s): Emilio Pucci; Made in Italy for Lord & Taylor Designer: Emilio Pucci Style: ...

Georg Jensen Ring, No. 151 By Vivianna Torun with rutilated quartz in a bullet shaped cabochon. US ring size 5. Highly sought after design from 1970. Rich brown rutiles throughou...

ALEXANDER McQUEEN S/S 1999 “No. 13” Black Concealed ButtonExtended Shoulder Blazer / Jacket Brand / Manufacturer: Alexander McQueen Collection: S/S 1999 “No. 13” Designer: Alexander...

Beautiful 14K yellow gold stick pin collection flower basket brooch. The pin has 8 stick pins including: blue zircon, cultured pearls, opals, tur...

Vintage Gianni Versace Couture Spring/Summer 1994 "Punk Collection" black bodysuit top. Sleeveless with embroidered circle cutout detail at the chest and upper back. High cut legs. C...

ALEXANDER McQUEEN S/S 2001 "Voss" Pink Paisley Print Silk Halter Top NWT Brand / Manufacturer: Alexander McQueen Collection: Spring / Summer 2001 “Voss”; Runway look #45 Style: Ha...

Art Deco 14K white gold necklace featuring a large beautiful frosted and reverse carved rock crystal quartz panel. The large oval crystal measures about 30mm x 22mm, and is accented ...

Measuring: 8’1” x 10’5”, approximately 8’ x 10’, this carpet’s warm cream background is detailed with deep black silk highlights. Hand knotted and with all-natural wool and silk, thi...

Platinum diamond ring featuring a fine red ruby weighing 1.14 carats. It is pear shape and has a lab report stating deep red color. It is very clean and has few inclusions, a fine qu...

"Untitled" is an original oil pastel drawing on ragboard by Reginald K. Gee. It features surreal drawings on a background of color fields in blue, green, purple, red, and yellow. The...

"Jungle" is an important, rare color lithograph signed by Carol Summers from the early years of his production. The image offers a landscape of a dark jungle, printed mostly in black ink. In the center, a blue pool of water is shaded by two trees. Summers' technique in this print renders a painterly quality to the image: the grasses and leaves of the scene are all created with playful, energetic swiping motions much like watercolor paint. This technique and the use of fields of color predict the style Summers would adopt in the coming decades, making this an important early work. 30 x 22 inches, artwork Numbered 14 of the edition of 27 Carol Summers (1925-2016) has worked as an artist throughout the second half of the 20th century and into the first years of the next, outliving most of his mid-century modernist peers. Initially trained as a painter, Summers was drawn to color woodcuts around 1950 and it became his specialty thereafter. Over the years he has developed a process and style that is both innovative and readily recognizable. His art is known for it’s large scale, saturated fields of bold color, semi-abstract treatment of landscapes from around the world and a luminescent quality achieved through a printmaking process he invented. In a career that has extended over half a century, Summers has hand-pulled approximately 245 woodcuts in editions that have typically run from 25 to 100 in number. His talent was both inherited and learned. Born in 1925 in Kingston, a small town in upstate New York, Summers was raised in nearby Woodstock with his older sister, Mary. His parents were both artists who had met in art school in St. Louis. During the Great Depression, when Carol was growing up, his father supported the family as a medical illustrator until he could return to painting. His mother was a watercolorist and also quite knowledgeable about the different kinds of papers used for various kinds of painting. Many years later, Summers would paint or print on thinly textured paper originally collected by his mother. From 1948 to 1951, Carol Summers trained in the classical fine and studio arts at Bard College and at the Art Students League of New York. He studied painting with Steven Hirsh and printmaking with Louis Schanker. He admired the shapes and colors favored by early modernists Paul Klee (Sw: 1879-1940) and Matt Phillips (Am: b.1927- ). After graduating, Summers quit working as a part-time carpenter and cabinetmaker (which had supported his schooling and living expenses) to focus fulltime on art. That same year, an early abstract, Bridge No. 1 was selected for a Purchase Prize in a competition sponsored by the Brooklyn Museum. In 1952, his work (Cathedral, Construction and Icarus) was shown the first time at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City in an exhibition of American woodcuts. In 1954, Summers received a grant from the Italian government to study for a year in Italy. Woodcuts completed soon after his arrival there were almost all editions of only 8 to 25 prints, small in size, architectural in content and black and white in color. The most well-known are Siennese Landscape and Little Landscape, which depicted the area near where he resided. Summers extended this trip three more years, a decision which would have significant impact on choices of subject matter and color in the coming decade. After returning from Europe, Summers’ images continued to feature historical landmarks and events from Italy as well as from France, Spain and Greece. However, as evidenced in Aetna’s Dream, Worldwind and Arch of Triumph, a new look prevailed. These woodcuts were larger in size and in color. Some incorporated metal leaf in the creation of a collage and Summers even experimented with silkscreening. Editions were now between 20 and 50 prints in number. Most importantly, Summers employed his rubbing technique for the first time in the creation of Fantastic Garden in late 1957. Dark Vision of Xerxes, a benchmark for Summers, was the first woodcut where Summers experimented using mineral spirits as part of his printmaking process. A Fulbright Grant as well as Fellowships from the Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation and the Guggenheim Foundation followed soon thereafter, as did faculty positions at colleges and universities primarily in New York and Pennsylvania. During this period he married a dancer named Elaine Smithers with whom he had one son, Kyle. Around this same time, along with fellow artist Leonard Baskin, Summers pioneered what is now referred to as the “monumental” woodcut. This term was coined in the early 1960s to denote woodcuts that were dramatically bigger than those previously created in earlier years, ones that were limited in size mostly by the size of small hand-presses. While Baskin chose figurative subject matter, serious in nature and rendered with thick, striated lines, Summers rendered much less somber images preferring to emphasize shape and color; his subject matter approached abstraction but was always firmly rooted in the landscape. In addition to working in this new, larger scale, Summers simultaneously refined a printmaking process which would eventually be called the “Carol Summers Method” or the “ Carol Summers Technique”. Summers produces his woodcuts by hand, usually from one or more blocks of quarter-inch pine, using oil-based printing inks and porous mulberry papers. His woodcuts reveal a sensitivity to wood especially its absorptive qualities and the subtleties of the grain. In several of his woodcuts throughout his career he has used the undulating, grainy patterns of a large wood plank to portray a flowing river or tumbling waterfall. The best examples of this are Dream, done in 1965 and the later Flash Flood Escalante, in 2003. In the majority of his woodcuts, Summers makes the blocks slightly larger than the paper so the image and color will bleed off the edge. Before printing, he centers a dry sheet of paper over the top of the cut wood block or blocks, securing it with giant clips. Then he rolls the ink directly on the front of the sheet of paper and pressing down onto the dry wood block or reassembled group of blocks. Summers is technically very proficient; the inks are thoroughly saturated onto the surface of the paper but they do not run into each other. The precision of the color inking in Constantine’s Dream in 1969 and Rainbow Glacier in 1970 has been referred to in various studio handbooks. Summers refers to his own printing technique as “rubbing”. In traditional woodcut printing, including the Japanese method, the ink is applied directly onto the block. However, by following his own method, Summers has avoided the mirror-reversed image of a conventional print and it has given him the control over the precise amount of ink that he wants on the paper. After the ink is applied to the front of the paper, Summers sprays it with mineral spirits, which act as a thinning agent. The absorptive fibers of the paper draw the thinned ink away from the surface softening the shapes and diffusing and muting the colors. This produces a unique glow that is a hallmark of the Summers printmaking technique. Unlike the works of other color field artists or modernists of the time, this new technique made Summers’ extreme simplification and flat color areas anything but hard-edged or coldly impersonal. By the 1960s, Summers had developed a personal way of coloring and printing and was not afraid of hard work, doing the cutting, inking and pulling himself. In 1964, at the age of 38, Summers’ work was exhibited for a second time at the Museum of Modern Art. This time his work was featured in a one-man show and then as one of MOMA’s two-year traveling exhibitions which toured throughout the United States. In subsequent years, Summers’ works would be exhibited and acquired for the permanent collections of multiple museums throughout the United States, Europe and Asia. Summers’ familiarity with landscapes throughout the world is firsthand. As a navigator-bombardier in the Marines in World War II, he toured the South Pacific and Asia. Following college, travel in Europe and subsequent teaching positions, in 1972, after 47 years on the East Coast, Carol Summers moved permanently to Bonny Doon in the Santa Cruz Mountains in Northern California. There met his second wife, Joan Ward Toth, a textile artist who died in 1998; and it was here his second son, Ethan was born. During the years that followed this relocation, Summers’ choice of subject matter became more diverse although it retained the positive, mostly life-affirming quality that had existed from the beginning. Images now included moons, comets, both sunny and starry skies, hearts and flowers, all of which, in one way or another, remained tied to the landscape. In the 1980s, from his home and studio in the Santa Cruz mountains, Summers continued to work as an artist supplementing his income by conducting classes and workshops at universities in California and Oregon as well as throughout the Mid and Southwest. He also traveled extensively during this period hiking and camping, often for weeks at a time, throughout the western United States and Canada. Throughout the decade it was not unusual for Summers to backpack alone or with a fellow artist into mountains or back country for six weeks or more at a time. Not surprisingly, the artwork created during this period rarely departed from images of the land, sea and sky. Summers rendered these landscapes in a more representational style than before, however he always kept them somewhat abstract by mixing geometric shapes with organic shapes, irregular in outline. Some of his most critically acknowledged work was created during this period including First Rain, 1985 and The Rolling Sea, 1989. Summers received an honorary doctorate from his alma mater, Bard College in 1979 and was selected by the United States Information Agency to spend a year conducting painting and printmaking workshops at universities throughout India. Since that original sabbatical, he has returned every year, spending four to eight weeks traveling throughout that country. In the 1990s, interspersed with these journeys to India have been additional treks to the back roads and high country areas of Mexico, Central America, Nepal, China and Japan. Travel to these exotic and faraway places had a profound influence on Summers’ art. Subject matter became more worldly and nonwestern as with From Humla to Dolpo, 1991 or A Former Life of Budha, 1996, for example. Architectural images, such as The Pillars of Hercules, 1990 or The Raja’s Aviary, 1992 became more common. Still life images made a reappearance with Jungle Bouquet in 1997. This was also a period when Summers began using odd-sized paper to further the impact of an image. The 1996 Night, a view of the earth and horizon as it might be seen by an astronaut, is over six feet long and only slightly more than a foot-and-a-half high. From 1999, Revuelta A Vida (Spanish for “Return to Life”) is pie-shaped and covers nearly 18 cubic feet. It was also at this juncture that Summers began to experiment with a somewhat different palette although he retained his love of saturated colors. The 2003 Far Side of Time is a superb example of the new direction taken by this colorist. At the turn of the millennium in 1999, “Carol Summers Woodcuts...

"What is Joy" is an original acrylic painting on canvas by Reginald K. Gee. The artist signed the piece in the lower right. 11" x 14" art Contemporary African American and Native ...

Outstanding Arts & Crafts sterling 171 piece flatware set. The hammering on this set is all hand done in a rustic style. Applied matching monogram. English Antique Hammered by Reed ...

Dinner size Fiddle Shell by Frank Smith sterling silver flatware set, 40 pieces. Dinner size in this pattern is especially scarce. This popular Classic pattern was first offered in 1...

Massive Kenilworth by International Sterling silver flatware set - 200 pieces including:  12 dinner knives, 9 1/2", 12 dinner forks, 7 3/8", 12 regular knives, 8 1/2", 12 regular fo...

14K white gold enhancer pendant featuring a large 14.2mm black cultured Tahitian pearl. The pearl is a fine quality with peacock and aubergine overtones. It is a drop shape and is ve...

Continental is the perfect pattern choice for those who are looking for a highly polished, clean, contemporary look. Continental by International Dinner and Luncheon Size Sterling S...

This superb 101 piece dinner size 800 silver old Italian (Italy) set is highest Italian quality, large and heavy and includes: 12 dinner size knives, 10". 24 dinner forks, 8 1/4". 1...

Golden Tradewinds by International sterling silver flatware set - 51 pieces. This pattern features a unique basket weave design and bamboo border wit...

BURBERRY Prorsum S/S 2016 Criss Cross Embroidered Black Gold Adjustable Sandals Brand / Manufacturer: Burberry Collection: Burberry Prorsum S/S 2016 Style: Sandals Color(s): Shade...

Flowing scroll work follows the gently curved handles of this magnificent pattern. A true "American Classic", this pattern design is timeless. American Classic by Easterling sterlin...

"Country Church" is an original linoleum print by Elsa E. Ulbricht. A front facing view of a country church is proudly replicated within this print. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Image:7" x 5" Framed: 15.25" x 13.25" Painter, Teacher When she directed The Milwaukee Handicraft Project, Elsa Ulbricht...

Stunning Esprit by Gorham sterling silver flatware set, 37 pieces. This set includes: 8 knives, 9" 8 forks, 7 3/8" 8 salad forks, 6 5/8" 8 teaspoons, 6" 1 gravy ladle, 7 1/4" 1 serv...

This Persian Yazd carpet circa 1910 consists of a hand-knotted handspun wool pile and natural vegetable dyes. The size is 10' x 16'9" and it is in excellen...

"Orient-Express" is a lithograph poster by Pierre Fix-Masseau. It depicts two people dining and being served drinks on a luxury train. The artist signed the artwork in the image lower right. There was a small tear on the margin that has been repaired. 38 5/8" x 24 1/4" art 40 1/2" x 26" frame French Poster...

"Musee de L'Athenee" is an original color lithograph poster by Joan Miro. It is from an edition of 1000. It showcases Miro's surreal biomorphic marks and is an advertising poster for...

Onslow by Tuttle sterling silver dinner size flatware set, 48 pieces. This pattern is heavy with wonderful pistol-grip handles on the knives. This set includes: 12 dinner size knives, 9 5/8", 12 dinner size forks, 7 3/4", 12 salad forks, 6 1/8", 12 teaspoons, 5 7/8". Includes bonus brand new storage chest - styles vary. No monograms, excellent condition. All pieces have "RMN" date mark for Nixon, 1969-1974. This set will be beautifully professionally polished prior to shipping. Onslow is finely crafted of heavier weight sterling silver. Impressive in the hand with dramatic pistol handles it is perfect for traditional to transitional table...

Early scarce "Indian" by Whiting, circa 1874, American sterling silver flatware set, 66 pieces. This set includes: 6 knives, flat handle all-sterling, 8 1/4" 6 dinner forks, 7 3/4" ...

Elevate your space with the serene beauty craftsmanship of this 5' x 7' pastel, wool and silk Persian Tabriz carpet. Measuring exactly 5' x 7'1", its delicate hues whisper tranquilit...

Beautiful Lily of the valley by Gorham sterling silver flatware set of 40 pieces. Great starter set! This set includes: Six knives, 9", six forks, 7 1/4", six salad forks, 6 5/8"...

French renaissance by Reed & Barton sterling silver flatware set, 40 pieces. This set includes: eight knives, 9", eight forks, 7 1/8", eight salad forks, 6 1/8", eight teaspoons,...

14K white gold rainbow moonstone and teal sapphire pendant featuring a cushion cut moonstone weighing 2.5 carats. The moonstone is transparent/cl...

Incredible Dinner Size Saint Dunstan by Tiffany and Co. Sterling Silver Flatware set - 72 pieces. This set includes: 8 Dinner Knives, 10 1/4" 8 Dinner Forks, 7 3/4" 8 Regular Knives...

"Home from Work" by Wisconsin artist Robert Richter is an oil painting on wood, signed on the verso. The frame was created and hand-carved by the artist, making it an integral part o...

This mask, made out of wood and clay, was created by an unknown artist from the Lega tribe in Zaire. This mask was to be worn on the chest. 12 1/2" x 8 3/8" x 1 1/4" mask Bwami ma...

Add some luxe to your life with this fabulous repousse gold by kirk sterling silver flatware set - 48 pieces. Gold flatware is on trend and makes a bold statement on your table. This...

Fleetwood by Manchester sterling silver flatware set of 60 pieces. This set includes: 12 knives, 8 3/4". 12 forks, 7". 12 salad forks, 6". 12 teaspoons, 5 7/8". 12 cream soup spoons...

This red and gold “Flutter” modern abstract wool rug by Orley Shabahang, sized 2' x 3', introduces a dynamic blend of contemporary design and artisanal craftsmanship. The rug feature...

Beautiful original Dixie desk in walnut, two sided desk. Large space for an office chair. Very nice wood grain. Small areas of wear, adding vintage charm. S...

Intricately carved floral motifs carefully arranged along the handle and by the neck of this fanciful pattern are balanced by a slender central panel edged with delicate borders. Int...

Greenbrier by Gorham sterling silver dinner size flatware set of 54 pieces. This set includes: Eight dinner size knives, 9 1/2". Eight dinner siz...

"Patio in Peru" is an original oil painting on canvas signed in the lower right by Ernesto Gutierrez. It depicts an archway leading out to a patio where sunlight pours in. 10" x 8"...

Grann & Laglye was founded by two silversmiths, Johannes Lauritz Grann and Johannes Laglye and manufactured silver up until it was sold to Toxsvaerd in 1955. Grann and Lagyle were ve...

Vintage c.1960s Emilio Pucci for Neiman Marcus shift dress. All over brown, beige, and orange abstract op art signature print. Short sleeves. Bateau neckline. Center button closure a...

EMILIO PUCCI c.1960's Geometric Wave Abstract Signature Print Silk Jersey Top Circa: 1960’s Label(s): Emilio Pucci; Exclusively for Saks Fifth Avenue Designer: Emilio Pucci Style: ...

King Edward by Gorham sterling silver flatware set includes: 12 knives, 8 7/8" 12 forks, 7" 12 salad forks, 6 1/8" 12 teaspoons, 6" Includes bonus brand new storage chest - styles ...

GUCCI S/S 2017 Blue Green Pink Floral Wool Pointed Collar Blazer Jacket Brand / Manufacturer: Gucci Collection: S/S 2017 Designer: Alessandro Michele Style: Blazer Color(s): Shades ...

This double-sided lithograph by Paolo Garretto features a Vanity Fair cover "The Face Off" on the front and a Camel Cigarette ad on the back. It was pu...

Fabulous George II rex hand chased by Watson sterling silver dinner size flatware service, 75 pieces. This pattern is wonderfully heavy. This set include...

Blok by Georg Jensen sterling silver dinner size flatware set - 72 pieces. This set has scarce extra large dinner knives and forks! This set includes: 12 extra large dinner knives,...

The Peruvian Chancay (pre-Columbian) Mummy Bundle mask, from around 1600 is made of painted wood, textiles, and human hair. According to the Walters Art Museum: Andean cultures are ...

Extremely Rare - Vintage Missoni c.1980's New old stock pink salmon lucite oval hoops statement necklace. Pink salmon semi-translucent marbleized lucite like plastic. Double strand s...

GIANNI VERSACE Couture A/W 1997 Black Cutout Leather Knit Gather Pleated Blouse Brand / Manufacturer: Gianni Versace Collection: A/W 1997 Style: Cutout Blouse...