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Suspension with Brass and Glass Structure
Located in Firenze, FI
the line of lamps designed by the Sardinian artist Piero Angelo Orecchioni that thinks of the light
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2010s Italian Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Aluminum, Brass

Suspension with Brass and Glass Structure
Located in Firenze, FI
the line of lamps designed by the Sardinian artist Piero Angelo Orecchioni that thinks of the light
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2010s Italian Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Aluminum, Brass

Glimpse to Fate
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
gestures as if time were in their favor, What really comes to your mind when you think about the Future
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic, Polymer

Original Vintage WWII Poster Great Americans Industrial War Work Military Design
Located in London, GB
factory machine with soldiers charging in the background. Issued by Think American Institute. Printed by
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Vintage 1940s American Posters

Materials

Paper

Achille Castiglioni, 1991 Right Handed Black Oiled Oak Lungangolo For Karakter
By Achille Castiglioni
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
do the opposite. Not because I have an anarchic behaviour, but because I think the fundamental basis
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2010s Danish Mid-Century Modern Bookends

Materials

Oak

Tane of Mexico Antique Beaker Sterling Silver by J. Marmolejos, ca. 1965
By J. Marmolejos
Located in Andernach, DE
over their shoulder. I think the facial features, especially of the young women, are beautifully done
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Mid-20th Century Mexican American Colonial Sterling Silver

Materials

Sterling Silver

Maxwell Street Dog circa 1949, Photo Signed
By Art Shay
Located in Chicago, IL
. Arts photos, like me, have the Chicago accent, which may be to say he’s telling you the truth. I think
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1960s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Augustus Edwin John signed original watercolour drawing of cave people, British
By Augustus Edwin John
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
be useful as suggestions. I`m sorry I couldn`t manage to send them before/ Augustus John/ I think the
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20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Achille Castiglioni Set of Three Lungangolo Shelves For Karakter
By Achille Castiglioni
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
have an anarchic behaviour, but because I think the fundamental basis of design consists in thinking
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2010s Danish Mid-Century Modern Bookends

Materials

Oak

Marcel Marceau Shopping on Maxwell circa 1956, Photo Signed
By Art Shay
Located in Chicago, IL
. Arts photos, like me, have the Chicago accent, which may be to say he’s telling you the truth. I think
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1960s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Nelson Algren at Comsiky Park circa 1949, Photo Signed
By Art Shay
Located in Chicago, IL
. Arts photos, like me, have the Chicago accent, which may be to say he’s telling you the truth. I think
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1960s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Hedda Hopper - Hat Lady, Hollywood circa 1956, Photo Signed
By Art Shay
Located in Chicago, IL
. Arts photos, like me, have the Chicago accent, which may be to say he’s telling you the truth. I think
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1960s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Vintage Hammered Gold Tone Round Link Choker with Victorian Fob Circa 1900s
Located in New York, NY
you love this but think the chain is too short, then let me know, and I may have a different chain.
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Antique Early 1900s British Modern Pendant Necklaces

Materials

Mixed Metal

Edison Little Folks Child s Dresser/ Armoir
By Thomas Edison
Located in Highland, IN
pull-out hanger rod. The decal of the puppy was added by the original owner and we think it greatly
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Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Children s Furniture

Materials

Metal

Girl with a bird. Contemporary Small Scale Oil Painting, Polish artist
By Monika Rossa
Located in Warsaw, PL
fascinated by the way people are. The way they think. The way they look. The way they act. What happens in
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Brass

Bad news., Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Igor Shulman
Located in Yardley, PA
, the fish got into the news. I don't think a single fish made the news. If only in the same way
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil

Bianchi e Neri II (Acetates) - Plate A - By Alberto Burri - 1969
By Alberto Burri
Located in Roma, IT
in both painting and etching, so that we may think at the etching just as a smaller motif. But the
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1960s Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Mixed Media

Georgian Contemporary Art by Mariam Odishvili - Occasion
Located in Paris, IDF
in Italy or Re-Think the Future at Tbilisi History Museum in Georgia the same year.
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2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Cardboard, Oil

Antique Brass Letter or Envelope Holder Paper Clip
Located in Stamford, CT
column. Not sure the meaning of it, but it does make you think the symbol for medicine. Snakes are
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Antique Late 19th Century Desk Sets

Materials

Brass

Pierre Jeanneret , Committee Chair for Chandigarh, PJ-SI-30-C, Circa 1950, India
By Pierre Jeanneret
Located in Girona, Spain
. I think the piece blends well with many interior styles. It can support pure, modern aesthetics by
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Mid-20th Century Indian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs

Materials

Fur, Teak

ALPSPITZE #3 (with Zabriskie Gallery Label), original pencil drawing of Bavaria
By Marsden Hartley
Located in New York, NY
they to do, but they are not like anything that the common world would think of as Alps, because these
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1930s Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pencil

French Contemporary Art By Nicole Azoulay - Explosion de Couleurs
Located in Paris, IDF
. Enthused by everything she invites you to think outside the box with her contemporary and luminous
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2010s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

French Contemporary Art By Nicole Azoulay - Contemplation
Located in Paris, IDF
. Enthused by everything she invites you to think outside the box with her contemporary and luminous
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2010s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

French Contemporary Art By Nicole Azoulay - L’Univers des Fantômes
Located in Paris, IDF
. Enthused by everything she invites you to think outside the box with her contemporary and luminous
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2010s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Glimpse #258
By Alison Haley Paul
Located in Napa, CA
memories: that summer you spent at the beach, the tree where you went to think, the path up the hill behind
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2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Charcoal, Wax, Oil, Graphite, Pigment

Andre Lhote, Reclining Woman, 1929 (after)
By André Lhote
Located in Southampton, NY
and a foundational thinker in the modern era. After Andre Lhote Femme allongee, Lhote L'Art Cubiste
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1920s Cubist Still-life Prints

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Lithograph, Stencil

Neo Deco “ 25-12-22, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper
By Corne Akkers
Located in Yardley, PA
day. Its more or less a sort of hit or miss. I think it might be a hit. I have a good feeling about
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2010s Art Deco Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Pencil

Desert Center - Polaroid, Contemporary, 21st Century, Color, Portrait
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
many useless ones convey nothing of that which remains in my head. I think back to the magical places
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Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Coastal Colour, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
in the sea breeze. I was buzzing when I painted this from seeing Coldplay, I think the energy and
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Porcelain Pheasant Table Lamp Germany 1950s
By J.J. Kändler
Located in Den Haag, NL
bottom. I think Dresden Porcelain Germany. 1930s.
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Vintage 1950s German Hollywood Regency Table Lamps

Materials

Porcelain

Our Prayer - Large Contemporary Cubist Monochrome Painting, Affordable Art
Located in Los Angeles, CA
what we think we’re feeling and what we should be feeling versus whatever is actually going on." With a
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Unknown Girl 01 - Street Portraits (Stranger than Paradise)
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
nothing of that which remains in my head. I think back to the magical places, just like to the
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Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Daytrip
By Alison Haley Paul
Located in Napa, CA
geographical memories: that summer you spent at the beach, the tree where you went to think, the path up the
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2010s Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Charcoal, Wax, Oil, Graphite, Pigment

Mémoire
By Alison Haley Paul
Located in Napa, CA
geographical memories: that summer you spent at the beach, the tree where you went to think, the path up the
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2010s Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Charcoal, Wax, Oil, Graphite, Pigment

Georgian Contemporary Art by Mariam Odishvili - Pegasuses
Located in Paris, IDF
Art Biennale in Italy or Re-Think the Future at Tbilisi History Museum in Georgia the same year.
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2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Cardboard

Georgian Contemporary Art by Mariam Odishvili - Phantasmagory
Located in Paris, IDF
Art Biennale in Italy or Re-Think the Future at Tbilisi History Museum in Georgia the same year.
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2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Cardboard

Georgian Contemporary Art by Mariam Odishvili - Choose a Direction
Located in Paris, IDF
the 2017 Venice Art Biennale in Italy or Re-Think the Future at Tbilisi History Museum in Georgia the
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2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Cardboard

10 ANTIQUE CiRCA 1780 ITALIAN LEATHER DINING CHAIRS FROM DONNINGTON CASTLE HOUSE
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
can see in the pictures and I think one top back line as well, the hide just screams originality, it
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Antique 1780s English Georgian Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Leather, Oak, Walnut

Haaland, Oslo, Norway by David Yarrow - Contemporary Staged Photography
By David Yarrow
Located in Chicago, IL
decision to play on a Viking theme, because it is difficult to think of another sportsman in the world who
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

My Place or Yours, Alaska by David Yarrow - Contemporary Wildlife Photography
By David Yarrow
Located in Chicago, IL
predators on the planet. I think the human detail not only complements the bear, but also makes the
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Husk Privacy Chair in Ash with a Winter Wheat Finish by Laura Mays for Wooda
By Wooda, Laura Mays
Located in Omro, WI
designs through her company, Yaffe Mays. She thinks that the objects we live with can enrich our lives
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Wingback Chairs

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Upholstery, Hardwood, Ash

"White monochrome" - Abstract Minimalist Contemporary White Painting
Located in Boston, MA
often a purification of the original image, created to inspire the observer to think and ask questions
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21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Blu White reflection - Abstract Blue Painting on Terracotta
Located in Boston, MA
often a purification of the original image, created to inspire the observer to think and ask questions
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21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

North Shore - colourful, impressionist, landscape, limited edition lithograph
By Alfred Joseph Casson
Located in Bloomfield, ON
When the world thinks about the famous Group of Seven, this is likely the kind of image they recall
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1990s Post-Impressionist Landscape Prints

Materials

Lithograph

"Bornholm" Denmark-inspired, female nude, text, iconography, folklore
Located in Philadelphia, PA
think back on the trip, I am immediately brought back to riding a bicycle in and out of forests and
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Chinese Red Lacquer Hide Headrest, circa 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
. Some scholars think the soft curve and height was intended to comfortably support the head and neck
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Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Mounted Objects

Materials

Hide

White Linen Female Nude Reclined On Bed Framed Oil Painting Cardiff Wales Artist
By David Knight
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
; I think most of my work is sculptural – I don’t know why I paint – I should be doing sculpture!”, he
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Pair of Baker Furniture Co. Large Sculpted Form 70 s or 80 s Ottomans or Poufs
By Baker Furniture Company
Located in St. Louis, MO
vintage Chintz floral and rope welt upholstery. I think the form of these are stunning, I would update the
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Vintage 1970s American Hollywood Regency Ottomans and Poufs

Materials

Upholstery

Swiss Modern Kinetic Pendant by Bucherer
By Carl F. Bucherer
Located in Litchfield, CT
style. When I think of Bucherer the words that come to mind are quality, taste, excellence, and
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Vintage 1980s Swiss Modernist Pendant Necklaces

Materials

Agate, Diamond, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold

Vintage Gold Tone Large Round Necklace Circa 1980 s
Located in New York, NY
, but I think maybe it was created for a show, as I've never seen anything like it. The neck portion
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Vintage 1980s American Modern Link Necklaces

Materials

Mixed Metal

Xanadu
By Alison Haley Paul
Located in Napa, CA
geographical memories: that summer you spent at the beach, the tree where you went to think, the path up the
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2010s Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Charcoal, Wax, Oil, Graphite, Pigment

Wine Decenter II
By Inkyeong Baek
Located in New York, NY
, Georgia. Baek’s playmobil figurines represent the public, who though they think of themselves as
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2010s Realist Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Driving Miss Daisy, Nantucket by David Yarrow - Contemporary Photography
By David Yarrow
Located in Chicago, IL
the morning. Just as well, as we were shooting on Sankaty Head Golf Club and I think the members may
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Black and White Cowboy Painting, Portrait Painting, Modern Art-Cowboy Blues
By Addison Jones
Located in Delaware , OH
shooting, I don’t really think about what the art will look like. My main goal is to get an image that
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Paper, Ink, Acrylic

Modern Art, Portrait Painting, Black and White Painting-Smokin Cowboys
By Addison Jones
Located in Delaware , OH
, I don’t really think about what the art will look like. My main goal is to get an image that
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paper, Ink, Acrylic

Hoof It, Amboseli, Kenya by David Yarrow - Contemporary Photography
By David Yarrow
Located in Chicago, IL
or from in front, I think the image would be too busy and have far less soul. As it is, this is all
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Bohemian Art Nouveau Harrach Blue and White Botanical Cameo Glass Vase, 1860
By Harrach Glassworks
Located in Worcester Park, GB
, probably under licence and possibly the majority of the glass we think of as Fratelli Tosso was also made
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Antique 1860s Czech Early Victorian Glass

Materials

Art Glass

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  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 16, 2024
    The Thinker statue is supposed to be Dante Alighieri. Born in Florence, Italy, in 1265, he was a poet and philosopher. Today, he is best known as the author of The Divine Comedy. Through his statue of Dante, Auguste Rodin intended to portray the writer gazing down into the circles of Hell as part of a larger work called The Gates of Hell. Find a diverse assortment of Auguste Rodin art on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 26, 2024
    The "real" or original Rodin Thinker is outside the Musée Rodin in Paris, France. There are more than 25 additional castings of the sculpture located around the world. In the U.S., you can see casts of The Thinker at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.; the University of Louisville in Louisville, Kentucky; the Detroit Institute of Art in Detroit, Michigan; the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, New York; the Legion of Honor in San Francisco, California; and the Cleveland Museum of Art in Cleveland, Ohio. On 1stDibs, shop an assortment of Auguste Rodin art.