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"Wrap Around Figures" is an original slab ceramic by David Barnett. The artist created this using collagraph plates by Joseph Rozman that featured abstracted animals. The artist sign...

"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...

14K white gold ring featuring a large cushion cut morganite weighing 10.85 carats. The genuine earth mined morganite has light pink/peach color and measures about 18mm x 13mm. The mo...

"Psalm 63:4...While I Live" is a religious original oil pastel drawing on a grocery bag by Reginald K. Gee. The artist signed and titled the piece lower right. This piece illustrates...

Magnificent Antique Blooming Sarouk in Coral, Berry, & Blue in Rare size Size: 6.2 x 9.1 Age: Antique, C. 1930's Pile: Low pile with character-rich patina throughout. One area I...

CANDLELIGHT BY TOWLE sterling silver Flatware set - 24 Pieces. GREAT STARTER SET! This set includes: 6 KNIVES, 8 1/2" 6 FORKS, 7 1/4" 6 SALAD FORK...

El Grandee by Towle sterling silver flatware set, 24 pieces. Great starter set! This set includes: six knives, 9", six forks, 7 1/2", six salad forks, 6 1/2", six teaspoons, 6" Includes bonus brand new Towle wooden flatware...

Modern clean lines in a Classic column motif makes this pattern, Triade, forever timeless. Monumental Triade Gold Accent by Christofle France Silverplated Flatware set - 132 pieces....

Else Marie by Orla Vagn Mogensen Danish sterling silver flatware set of 36 pieces. Renowned silversmith Orla Vagn Mogensen was a silversmith in Denmark (Copenhagen) from 1949-1975....

Superb Olympian by Tiffany & Co. sterling silver flatware set, 53 pieces. This set includes: 12 large dinner size knives with stainless blunt blades, 10 1/4" 12 dinner size forks, 7...

"Dog & Horse in Landscape on Mountain Top" is an original ink drawing on handmade amate paper by Miguel Castro Leñero. The artist initialed the piece lower right. This piece features...

The present work, drawn with black Conté crayon on a calendar sheet, Sylvia Spicuzza presents the viewer with a rhythmic vision of an urban lakefront. The beach scene is dominated by...

Aegean Weave Gold Accent by Wallace sterling silver flatware set, 68 pieces. This set includes: 12 knives, 9 3/8" 12 forks, 8" 12 salad forks, 6 7/8" 12 teaspoons, 6 1/2" 12 cocktai...

Monumental German silver plated flatware set by Carl Eickhorn Solingen, 102 pieces. This set includes: 12 dinner size knives, 10 1/4" 12 dinner size forks, 8 1/4" 11 luncheon knives, 8 1/2" 11 luncheon forks, 7 1/4" 12 salad forks, 3-tine, 6" 12 small teaspoons, 5 1/4" 12 large dinner spoons, 8 1/4" 2 berry spoons, 8 1/2" 1 horseradish scoop, 5" 2 fruit serving forks, 2-tine w/stainless, 7 1/2" 2 serving forks, 3-tine w/stainless, 7" 2 gravy ladles, 7 1/4" 2 sugar spoons, large, 7" 1 hollow handle master butter, 6 1/2" 1 salad serving set with celluloid, 10" 1 sauce ladle, 6 1/2" 1 cake server with stainless blade, 11" 1 pastry tong...

Gorgeous Spanish provincial gold by Towle sterling silver flatware set, 48 pieces. Gold flatware is on trend and makes a bold statement on your table. This set is vermeil (complete...

Designed in 1916 by Georg Jensen himself, the "Beaded" pattern is a delicate and simply elegant design that is representative of the early 20th century Art Nouveau style. The pattern...

Outstanding monumental dinner and Luncheon Elegante by Reed and Barton sterling silver Flatware set, 102 pieces. This set includes: 12 dinner size knives, blunt, 10" 12 dinner si...

Titled “Leopardess,” this cream and grey detailed carpet showcases a spotted leopard perched in a tree, surveying her surroundings for her prey. The carpet’s pile is hand-knotted uti...

"Looking North 2" by Janet Richardson-Baughman is a pastel drawing on paper, signed in the lower right corner. The work is framed and matted with acid-free mat board. This landscape ...

"Mi Gato" is an original collagraph by Joseph Rozman. The artist signed, dated, and titled the artwork below the image. This artwork is the artist's proof. This artwork features an a...

"Double Opinion" is an original oil pastel drawing on a grocery bag by Reginald K. Gee. The artist signed the piece lower left. It depicts a confused and wide-eyed face with two mout...

Mickey Myers is perhaps best known for her Pop art designs from the 1970s and '80s, where she would make vibrant compositions of Crayola crayons. In her l...

This Golek puppet was made by an unknown Indonesian artist using wood and cloth. It is approximately 26" tall. Traditional Wayang Golek plays can be comp...

Wild Rose by International sterling silver flatware set, 30 pieces. Great starter set! This set includes: Six knives, 9 1/8", six forks, 7 1/4", six salad forks, 6", six teaspoo...

"Near Tottenham Midd." is an original etching by John Thomas Smith at the top right of the image, reading "Drawn & Etch'd by J. T. Smith, Engraver of the Antiquities of London & Envi...

Add some luxe to your life with this fabulous Lansdowne Gold by Gorham Sterling silver flatware set of 32 pieces. Gold flatware is on trend and makes a bold statement on your table. ...

Woven in vibrant shades of red, blue, pink, cream, green, and gold wool, this Persian Bakhtiari carpet is hand-knotted in pure handspun wool and measures 4’6” x 7’0”. The hand-knotte...

Mary Chilton by Towle. Mary Chilton by Towle four-piece sterling silver tea set. This Classic looking set includes a three-piece tea set and a hot water...

Monumental Louis XV Rocaille by Boulenger French silver plate flatware set, 160 pieces. This set includes: 24 dinner size knives, 10" 24 dinner size forks, 8 1/2" 12 luncheon knives...

"Sunny Sandy Summer" is an original acrylic and mixed media piece by Katherine Hartley. It depicts four figures on a beach with various beach objects scattered in the sand. The artis...

Measuring 3’7” x 5’7”, this transitional red, blue, and cream Persian Kashkouli wool carpet is hand-knotted and belongs to the Orley Shabahang World Market Collection. Because this carpet utilizes a traditional Persian weaving technique, this carpet is constructed and held together without toxic glues or latex. This weave provides a plush and luxurious pile while also creating a durable and functional foundation. The Kashkouli design resembles a Persian flower garden with three large, crab-like medallions representing the garden's water fixtures...

"Egg" is an original ceramic sculpture by Atelier Madoura. It is 2 3/4" high and was created around 1974. Atelier Madoura created ceramic sculptures in the shape of eggs. Item not si...

El grandee by Towle sterling silver flatware set 32 pieces. This set includes: eight knives, 9", eight forks, 7 1/2", eight salad forks, 6 3/4", eight ...

Retro 14K yellow gold ring featuring a rectangular brilliant cut aquamarine weighing 4.52 carats. The light blue aquamarine measures about 12.8mm x 9.4mm. There are applied hand made...

"Couple Tree" is an original oil painting on wood by Wisconsin artist Robert Richter, signed on the verso. The frame was created and hand-carved by the artist, making it integral to ...

Dinner size beaded by Georg Jensen sterling silver flatware set, 56 pieces. This set includes: 8 dinner size knives, short/wide handles, 8 7/8"...

Superb dinner and Luncheon size "Reeded Edge" by Tiffany and Co. sterling silver flatware set, 84 pieces. This pattern was introduced by Tiffany in the year 1937 and features a Class...

"Amay" is an original oil pastel and watercolor drawing on red paper by Reginald K. Gee. The artist signed the piece on the back. It features abstracted figures and mountain shapes i...

"Sky Flower" is an original mixed media piece by David Barnett that incorporates a dried rose on a background of watercolor. The image is signed in the lowe...

"Monumental" is an original springstone sculpture by Shona sculptor Phineas Masaya. The artist signed the piece. This artwork features an abstracted figure. 10 1/2" x 4" x 4" art Shona artists and crafts people have been working in different media for generations. These include paintings, pottery, basket ware, wood carvings, and sculpture done in metal as well as the stone carvings. While there is not a long standing tradition of sculpture in what is now Zimbabwe (formerly Southern Rhodesia), stone carvings dating from the 15th century were seen in Great Zimbabwe, an excavated temple near Bulawayo. Most of the artifacts from this location have been moved to museums in Cape Town, South Africa or London. It is generally agreed that Zimbabwean stone sculpture as seen today began during the late colonial period of the 1950's and 1960's. During this period the artists and artisans depicted many of the traditional Shona and other tribal spiritual myths. Out of all the nations in Africa, the large varieties and abundant supplies of rock formations present throughout the Zimbabwe landscape...

"Out on a Limb" is an original ink drawing with a second side, titled "Tortoise & the Hare," both by David Barnett. It is signed on the lower right verso. On the front side, a bearded lady stands on a tree branch in front of a sidewalk and a children's mobile. The back features a sketch of the tortoise and hare...

High-end Antique with Gorgeous Medallion and Variations of Strawberry Field About: One of the most Ralph Lauren styles pieces we've ever had. Old world charm that has been beloved by the many, the europeans, the eastern market, and the western american market all the same - true one-of-one antique beauty. From top to bottom this piece has such a refined sophistication about it. Matured dyes, subtle age-related patina, and a color palette that belongs near old-growth wood, fine craftsmanship molding, leatherbound books...

David Barnett’s ‘Buddha Board Water Series’ marks the use of a new medium for the artist. In this series, Barnett experimented with the Buddha Board, a reusable canvas that allows us...

No. 189. Prestel. Ed. Ralf Michler and Lutz W. Lopsinger. Catalog Raisonne of Dali's Etchings and Mixed-Media Prints, 1924 - 1980. From the Secret Poems by Apollinaire Series (Poemes...

"Ram Eating Bark" is an original etching by Karel DuJardin. DuJardin completed many delicate etchings of rams. 3 3/4" x 7 3/4" art 16 3/8" x 19 1/8" f...

Dinner size King George by Gorham sterling silver flatware set - 85 pieces. This set includes: 8 dinner size knives, 9 5/8" 8 dinner size forks,...

21 Foot Long Botanical Beauty! Narrow Stair Runner in Unique Softer Hues About: Vintage runner for your stairs; look how narrow this piece is!! That is magical, as typically the lo...

Styled in the lavish Baroque manner, this highly collectible pattern is our best seller. Introduced in 1941, it captures classic symbols of the Renaissance in the exquisitely carved ...

"First Day of Spring" is an original watercolor by David Barnett. The artist signed and dated the piece lower left. It depicts a number of brightly-colored flowers. 10" x 8" art 17...

Gorgeous Large & Muted Antique Kurd-Malayer Charcoal, Purple, Taupe, Grey, Rust, More About: These colors are Nuts! If you look closely, you'll see Purple, Moss Greens, Pistachio, ...

"El Baile (The Dance)" is an original oil painting on Jute by Ernesto Gutierrez. The artist signed the piece in the lower right. This painting depicts five figures dancing and playin...

These two figures were created by an unknown Indonesian artist using carved, painted wood. The bride and groom figures were to be used at a traditional wedding in Indonesia. The Loro Blonyo...

"Two Rams Facing Each Other" is an original etching by Karel DuJardin. The artist signed the plate. DuJardin completed many delicate etchings of rams. ...

"Shooting on the Prairie" is an original hand-colored lithograph by Currier & Ives. It depicts a hunter shooting at fowl in an open field. 8 1/2" x 12 1/2" art 20 1/4" x 23 3/4" frame Nathaniel Currier was a tall introspective man with a melancholy nature. He could captivate people with his piercing stare or charm them with his sparkling blue eyes. Nathaniel was born in Roxbury, Massachusetts on March 27th, 1813, the second of four children. His parents, Nathaniel and Hannah Currier, were distant cousins who lived a humble yet spartan life. When Nathaniel was eight years old, tragedy struck. Nathaniel’s father unexpectedly passed away leaving Nathaniel and his eleven-year-old brother Lorenzo to provide for the family. In addition to their mother, Nathaniel and Lorenzo had to care for six-year-old sister Elizabeth and two-year-old brother Charles. Nathaniel worked a series of odd jobs to support the family, and at fifteen, he started what would become a life-long career when he apprenticed in the Boston lithography shop of William and John Pendleton. A Bavarian gentleman named Alois Senefelder invented lithography just 30 years prior to young Nat Currier’s apprenticeship. While under the employ of the brothers Pendleton, Nat was taught the art of lithography by the firm’s chief printer, a French national named Dubois, who brought the lithography trade to America. Lithography involves grinding a piece of limestone flat and smooth then drawing in mirror image on the stone with a special grease pencil. After the image is completed, the stone is etched with a solution of aqua fortis leaving the greased areas in slight relief. Water is then used to wet the stone and greased-ink is rolled onto the raised areas. Since grease and water do not mix, the greased-ink is repelled by the moisture on the stone and clings to the original grease pencil lines. The stone is then placed in a press and used as a printing block to impart black on white images to paper. In 1833, now twenty-years old and an accomplished lithographer, Nat Currier left Boston and moved to Philadelphia to do contract work for M.E.D. Brown, a noted engraver and printer. With the promise of good money, Currier hired on to help Brown prepare lithographic stones of scientific images for the American Journal of Sciences and Arts. When Nat completed the contract work in 1834, he traveled to New York City to work once again for his mentor John Pendleton, who was now operating his own shop located at 137 Broadway. Soon after the reunion, Pendleton expressed an interest in returning to Boston and offered to sell his print shop to Currier. Young Nat did not have the financial resources to buy the shop, but being the resourceful type he found another local printer by the name of Stodart. Together they bought Pendleton’s business. The firm ‘Currier & Stodart’ specialized in "job" printing. They produced many different types of printed items, most notably music manuscripts for local publishers. By 1835, Stodart was frustrated that the business was not making enough money and he ended the partnership, taking his investment with him. With little more than some lithographic stones, and a talent for his trade, twenty-two year old Nat Currier set up shop in a temporary office at 1 Wall Street in New York City. He named his new enterprise ‘N. Currier, Lithographer’ Nathaniel continued as a job printer and duplicated everything from music sheets to architectural plans. He experimented with portraits, disaster scenes and memorial prints, and any thing that he could sell to the public from tables in front of his shop. During 1835 he produced a disaster print Ruins of the Planter's Hotel, New Orleans, which fell at two O’clock on the Morning of the 15th of May 1835, burying 50 persons, 40 of whom Escaped with their Lives. The public had a thirst for newsworthy events, and newspapers of the day did not include pictures. By producing this print, Nat gave the public a new way to “see” the news. The print sold reasonably well, an important fact that was not lost on Currier. Nat met and married Eliza Farnsworth in 1840. He also produced a print that same year titled Awful Conflagration of the Steamboat Lexington in Long Island Sound on Monday Evening, January 18, 1840, by which melancholy occurrence over One Hundred Persons Perished. This print sold out very quickly, and Currier was approached by an enterprising publication who contracted him to print a single sheet addition of their paper, the New York Sun. This single page paper is presumed to be the first illustrated newspaper ever published. The success of the Lexington print launched his career nationally and put him in a position to finally lift his family up. In 1841, Nat and Eliza had their first child, a son they named Edward West Currier. That same year Nat hired his twenty-one year old brother Charles and taught him the lithography trade, he also hired his artistically inclined brother Lorenzo to travel out west and make sketches of the new frontier as material for future prints. Charles worked for the firm on and off over the years, and invented a new type of lithographic crayon which he patented and named the Crayola. Lorenzo continued selling sketches to Nat for the next few years. In 1843, Nat and Eliza had a daughter, Eliza West Currier, but tragedy struck in early 1847 when their young daughter died from a prolonged illness. Nat and Eliza were grief stricken, and Eliza, driven by despair, gave up on life and passed away just four months after her daughter’s death. The subject of Nat Currier’s artwork changed following the death of his wife and daughter, and he produced many memorial prints and sentimental prints during the late 1840s. The memorial prints generally depicted grief stricken families posed by gravestones (the stones were left blank so the purchasers could fill in the names of the dearly departed). The sentimental prints usually depicted idealized portraits of women and children, titled with popular Christian names of the day. Late in 1847, Nat Currier married Lura Ormsbee, a friend of the family. Lura was a self-sufficient woman, and she immediately set out to help Nat raise six-year-old Edward and get their house in order. In 1849, Lura delivered a son, Walter Black Currier, but fate dealt them a blow when young Walter died one year later. While Nat and Lura were grieving the loss of their new son, word came from San Francisco that Nat’s brother Lorenzo had also passed away from a brief illness. Nat sank deeper into his natural quiet melancholy. Friends stopped by to console the couple, and Lura began to set an extra place at their table for these unexpected guests. She continued this tradition throughout their lives. In 1852, Charles introduced a friend, James Merritt Ives, to Nat and suggested he hire him as a bookkeeper. Jim Ives was a native New Yorker born in 1824 and raised on the grounds of Bellevue Hospital where his father was employed as superintendent. Jim was a self-trained artist and professional bookkeeper. He was also a plump and jovial man, presenting the exact opposite image of his new boss. Jim Ives met Charles Currier through Caroline Clark, the object of Jim’s affection. Caroline’s sister Elizabeth was married to Charles, and Caroline was a close friend of the Currier family. Jim eventually proposed marriage to Caroline and solicited an introduction to Nat Currier, through Charles, in hopes of securing a more stable income to support his future wife. Ives quickly set out to improve and modernize his new employer’s bookkeeping methods. He reorganized the firm’s sizable inventory, and used his artistic skills to streamline the firm’s production methods. By 1857, Nathaniel had become so dependent on Jims’ skills and initiative that he offered him a full partnership in the firm and appointed him general manager. The two men chose the name ‘Currier & Ives’ for the new partnership, and became close friends. Currier & Ives produced their prints in a building at 33 Spruce Street where they occupied the third, fourth and fifth floors. The third floor was devoted to the hand operated printing presses that were built by Nat's cousin, Cyrus Currier, at his shop Cyrus Currier & Sons in Newark, NJ. The fourth floor found the artists, lithographers and the stone grinders at work. The fifth floor housed the coloring department, and was one of the earliest production lines in the country. The colorists were generally immigrant girls, mostly German, who came to America with some formal artistic training. Each colorist was responsible for adding a single color to a print. As a colorist finished applying their color, the print was passed down the line to the next colorist to add their color. The colorists worked from a master print displayed above their table, which showed where the proper colors were to be placed. At the end of the table was a touch up artist who checked the prints for quality, touching-in areas that may have been missed as it passed down the line. During the Civil War, demand for prints became so great that coloring stencils were developed to speed up production. Although most Currier & Ives prints were colored in house, some were sent out to contract artists. The rate Currier & Ives paid these artists for coloring work was one dollar per one hundred small folios (a penny a print) and one dollar per one dozen large folios. Currier & Ives also offered uncolored prints to dealers, with instructions (included on the price list) on how to 'prepare the prints for coloring.' In addition, schools could order uncolored prints from the firm’s catalogue to use in their painting classes. Nathaniel Currier and James Merritt Ives attracted a wide circle of friends during their years in business. Some of their more famous acquaintances included Horace Greeley, Phineas T. Barnum, and the outspoken abolitionists Rev. Henry Ward, and John Greenleaf Whittier (the latter being a cousin of Mr. Currier). Nat Currier and Jim Ives described their business as "Publishers of Cheap and Popular Pictures" and produced many categories of prints. These included Disaster Scenes, Sentimental Images, Sports, Humor, Hunting Scenes, Politics, Religion, City and Rural Scenes, Trains, Ships, Fire Fighters, Famous Race Horses, Historical Portraits, and just about any other topic that satisfied the general public's taste. In all, the firm produced in excess of 7500 different titles, totaling over one million prints produced from 1835 to 1907. Nat Currier retired in 1880, and signed over his share of the firm to his son Edward. Nat died eight years later at his summer home 'Lion’s Gate' in Amesbury, Massachusetts. Jim Ives remained active in the firm until his death in 1895, when his share of the firm passed to his eldest son, Chauncey. In 1902, faced will failing health from the ravages of Tuberculosis, Edward Currier sold his share of the firm to Chauncey Ives...

Absolutely Stunning intricate Cube lounge /club chair in the manner of Percival Lafer. It features removable cushions, which could easily be updated, if you would want to match the c...

"From: Ilsee, Princesse de Tripoli "Ilsee and Jaufre" is an original lithograph by Alphonse Mucha. From "Ilsee, Princesse de Tripoli," a rare illustrated book. Image: 8.12" x 6" F...

"Carribean Cruise Pool" is an original watercolor painting on paper by David Barnett, signed in the lower left. The painting is abstract and brightly colored, featuring deep blues, b...

"Some of What I Know, A Lot of What You Thought Was a Mistake" is an original oil pastel drawing on rag board by Reginald K. Gee. The artist signed the piece lower left. It depicts a...

This hand-knotted floral Persian rug with classic Khorasan design, measuring 4' x 6', possesses subtle brown, orange, green and cream tones. A refined nod to Persian textile heritage...

"American Bald Eagle Flying Through Silver Clouds Between Heaven and Earth" is an original mixed media piece by David Barnett, signed on the lower left center. It incorporates watercolor, ink, iridescent acrylic, rubber stamps, collage, and oil pencil. This piece depicts a surrealist landscape. A cow with an cowl perched on its back stands in the lower left corner, and tracks lead away from it across the bottom of the picture. A small turtle approaches a pond in the lower right. In the center register of the image, two leaves have been collaged into an abstractly-drawn forest. The eagle of the title is shown in several stages of its flight through the blue and yellow sky. Art size: 7 15/16" x 9 1/2" Frame size: 15 1/4" x 16 1/8" David Barnett, an artist, collector, appraiser and gallerist has been passionate about art from the early age of five. David’s career as an art dealer began at age nineteen when, as a fine arts student, he sponsored an exhibition of work by fellow student artists. In 1966, he opened his first gallery in a converted basement apartment at Wisconsin Avenue and 21st Street. David’s talents for recognizing undervalued artists and for meeting the needs of art lovers, art collectors and artists have created a vibrant, flourishing gallery and collection of over 6,000 works of art. David was born and raised in Wisconsin. He has been painting in watercolors, acrylics, oil pastels as well as fine art photography. David has more than 10 different series he has developed over the years. They include Abstract, Surrealism, Morph Dog, Up North Birch Bark, Impressions of Mexico City, Southwest, Fireworks, Famous Artist Paying Homage and Garden Panorama. Influential artists include Vermeer, Miro, Kandinsky, Chagall, Nolde and Klee. David has been featured in many magazines, newspapers and public television programs regarding his beautiful gallery, collection and knowledge and passion of fine art. David also has work in the permanent collection Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Arizona. Exhibits “Morph Dog Series”, David Barnett Gallery, 1996 “Renewal", Art Escape Gallery, Thiensville, WI, 2003 “Recent Watercolors", David Barnett Gallery, 2003, Lora D. Art Gallery, Chicago, IL, 2004 “Group Show”, Broden Gallery Ltd., Madison, WI, May-June 2004 "Homage to Kandinsky", David Barnett Gallery, Milwaukee, WI 2014 Collections Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, AZ Private collections throughout the United States and around the world including collections in Wisconsin, Maryland, New York, Washington D.C., Arizona, Illinois, Florida, Kentucky. International collections in Brazil, Singapore and Hong Kong. Articles Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Barnett Gives His Work an Exhibit" by James Auer, November 1996 Exclusively Yours...