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Large Rare Herters Co. Vintage Antique Folk Art Wood Black Swan Decoy Sculpture
Located in Studio City, CA
A fantastic, exceptionally rare large hand-carved Herters (Herter's) Company black swan decoy sculpture that features a beautiful, natural wood grain patina that comes with age. T...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Folk Art Decoys
Materials
Wood
Yoshitoshi Mori Signed Limited Edition Japanese Woodblock Stencil Print, 1969
By Yoshitoshi Mori
Located in Studio City, CA
A large, earthly toned, dramatically composed print, with just the right touch of humor, is by Japanese master printmaker Yoshitoshi Mori who was famed ...
Category
Vintage 1960s Japanese Showa Prints
Materials
Paper
Japanese Asian Edo Nagasaki School Nanpin Nature Floral Flower Bird Painting
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful Japanese Asian Edo Period (1603-1868) Nagasaki School/ Nanpin School nature landscape scene painting featuring a playful bird and colorful spring flowers in full bloom. ...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk, Paint
Bob Stocksdale Signed Monumental Mid-Century Modern Turned Exotic Wood Charger
By Bob Stocksdale
Located in Studio City, CA
An exquisitely crafted, rare wood charger/platter by American California master Woodturner Bob Stocksdale.
Signed and marked ("Harewood from England"...
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Harewood
Bill Haskell Signed Carved Wood Turned Olive Wood Vase
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful work with elegant shape by California master woodturner artist Bill Haskell.
The piece is signed and noted "Olive" on the base.
Would be...
Category
20th Century American Modern Vases
Materials
Wood
Tatsuzo Shimaoka Signed Japanese Mingei Henko Rope Inlay Pottery Vase with Box
By Tatsuzo Shimaoka 2
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderfully designed, gorgeously glazed, and highly coveted press-molded square Mingei Henko vase by Japanese National Treasure and Mashik...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Ceramics
Materials
Earthenware
Brother Thomas Bezanson Signed Benedictine Monk Studio Pottery Glazed Art Vase
By Brother Thomas Bezanson
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderfully glazed, beautifully crafted, and classically shaped vase/vessel by renowned Canadian master potter Brother Thomas Bezanson (1929-2007).
Brother Thomas studied design at Nova Scotia College in the late 40s and early 50s, It was during this time that he discovered a love for the ceramic art form. In 1959 he became a monk and joined the Weston Priory, Vermont, a community of Benedictine men. Here he continued his art while also pursuing a degree in philosophy. In 1978 he traveled to Japan where he met and worked with five Japanese potters, designated “Living National Treasures” by the Japanese government. These particular artists and the time spent with them deeply influenced his work and his thought. In 1985, he became artist-in-residence at Mount Saint Benedict Monastery in Erie, Pennsylvania, where worked until his death in 2007. Brother Thomas was universally known and esteemed for his mastery of complex glazes and his adaptation and application of traditional Chinese and Japanese pottery methods and materials.
The vase features a sumptuous green glaze that absolutely radiates in the light.
The work is signed by Brother Thomas with his traditional signature and cipher.
A special piece. Would be a great addition to any Brother Thomas or Mid-Century pottery/ceramics collection or make for an eye catching stand alone accent work in about any setting.
His work can be found in numerous collections and international museums including:
Aidekman Art Center, Tufts University, Medford, MA
Allen Art Museum, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH
Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, MA
Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Bunting Institute, Radcliffe College, Cambridge, MA
Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, Quebec, Canada
Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA
Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution, New York, NY
Davis Museum and Cultural Center, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA
Dimock Gallery, George Washington University, Washington, DC
Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
Fleming Museum, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT
Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Framingham State University, Framingham, MA
Hokkaido University, Hokkaido, Japan
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ
Portland Museum of Art Portland, ME
Pucker Gallery...
Category
20th Century Canadian Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
Crash John Matos Signed Large Original Watercolor Painting Jessica Rabbit, 1990
By John Crash Matos
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful work by famed New York street artist Crash (John Matos) who is highly regarded as a Pioneer of the Graffiti art movement in the 1980s. In 1984 he collaborated with a series of murals and installations with artist Keith Haring at the Musee d'art Moderne de la Villa de Paris, France. This early work features the iconic cartoon character Jessica Rabbit...
Category
1990s American Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper
Japanese Erotic Framed Edo Period Shunga Woodblock Print of Couple, 19th Century
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful, highly erotic Japanese Shunga woodblock print. This work is likely by the renowned Ukiyo-e artist Utagawa Kunisada 1786-1865 (also known as Utagawa Toyokuni III) and created during the Edo period (1603–1867).
Shunga is a type of Japanese erotic art...
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Edo Prints
Materials
Paper
Toshiko Takaezu Signed Japanese Shigaraki Ware Pottery Chawan Yunomi Tea Bowl
By Toshiko Takaezu
Located in Studio City, CA
An absolutely beautiful and extremely rare Shigarakai Yaki Ware Chawan tea bowl / Yunomi cup by famed Japanese Hawaiian American pottery master Toshiko Takaezu. The work features a gorgeous dripped glaze over a anagama kiln fired Shigaraki clay body. It is a unique and one-of-a-kind work with a very Wabi-Sabi feel to it.
The piece is signed on the base with her traditional "TT" mark / monogram.
Shigaraki Ware pottery comes from Shiga Prefecture, Japan. The kiln there is one of six ancient kilns in Japan (along with Echizen ware, Seto ware, Bizen ware, Tamba ware, and Tokoname ware).
In 1993, Toshiko was invited to Japan by Shiro Otani to work with the quartz rich clay and local artists/potters at the Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park. In 1995 she made the journey there to work in master Japanese ceramicist Shiho Kanzaki's studio in Shigaraki,. We believe this work was likely created at this time. It appears few pieces that she made during this particular visit exists today as we have only seen one other work - another Chawan - that she created during this trip (The works were fired in Kanzaki's anagama kiln in February 1996 and subsequently shipped back to Toshiko in New Jersey).
This particular work also encompasses the Japanese Wabi-Sabi aesthetic - the appreciation of beauty that is imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete in nature and embraces the principles of asymmetry, roughness, simplicity, economy, austerity, modesty, intimacy, and the appreciation of both natural objects and the forces of nature upon them.
Would be a great addition to any collectors of Toshiko's work or Japanese/Hawaiian pottery...
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Pottery, Stoneware
Thai Siam Bronze Gilt Rattanakosin Kingdom Seated Temple Shrine Buddha, 1800s
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful gem of a piece. This beautifully sculpted and adorned bronze and gilt seated meditation Buddha is from the Thai Rattanakosin Kingdom period (1782-1932) and has a nice patina and character acquired through age. The Buddha is in the Bhumisparsha (calling the earth to witness) mudra position symbolizing the moment when he attained enlightenment under the Bodhi tree...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Thai Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Bronze
Kiyoshi Saito Signed Limited Edition Japanese Woodblock Print Tosyodai-Ji Nara
By Kiyoshi Saitō
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautifully composed, rare woodblock print by famed Japanese printmaker Kiyoshi Saito. Many consider Saito to be one of the most important, if not the most important, contemporary Japanese printmakers of the 20th century. This print is titled "Tosyodai-Ji Nara". The wood grain and rich colors are amazing.
The print is signed in white ink and stamped within the image and titled, dated (1959) and numbered (75/80) in pencil by the artist in the lower margin. This particular image is quite rare and hard to find. A copy of this print can be found in the Museum of fine Arts in Boston.
Would be a great addition to any modern Japanese print...
Category
Vintage 1950s Japanese Showa Prints
Materials
Plexiglass, Paper
José Luis Cuevas Signed Limited Ed. Mexican Lithograph Lo Feo de Este Mundo III
By José Luis Cuevas
Located in Studio City, CA
A fantastic and oddly alluring large lithograph in colors on wove paper is by renowned Mexican artist José Luis Cuevas (1934-2017). It is titled "Lo Feo de Este Mundo III" and is fr...
Category
Vintage 1960s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Prints
Materials
Paper
Tatsuzo Shimaoka Signed Japanese Mingei Rope Inlay Ceramic Pottery Bowl Plate
By Tatsuzo Shimaoka 2
Located in Studio City, CA
An exquisitely decorated and wonderfully executed ceramic Mingei glazed plate/ low bowl by Japanese National Treasure and Mashiko pottery master Tatsuzo Shimaoka. This work displays his famous Jomon Zogan rope inlay design, hand-painted decoration, and has his impressed "Ta" signature on the base.
Shimaoka, who started as an apprentice to famed Japanese potter Shoji Hamada in 1946 before opening his pottery studio, has exhibited worldwide including in North America, Asia, and Europe. In 1996 he was bestowed the title of Japanese Living Treasure...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Ceramics
Materials
Earthenware
Ryohei Tanaka Signed Large Limited Edition Japanese Etching Thatched Roof House
By Tanaka Ryohei
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful image of a rural Japanese landscape scene by famed Japanese artist Ryohei Tanaka featuring two thatched roof country houses and long pathway leading to the larger dwellin...
Category
Vintage 1970s Japanese Showa Prints
Materials
Paper
Carved Gilt Wood Seated Japanese Asian Buddha Amida Nyorai Sculpture Statue
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful and serene wood and gilt Japanese Amida Nyorai Buddha on display stand/alar (the stand and buddha are attached together)
Meticulously hand carved in fine detail (see han...
Category
20th Century Japanese Showa Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood, Giltwood
Japanese Asian Large Meiji Period Silk Embroidery Peacock Bird Flower Tapestry
Located in Studio City, CA
A stunning Meiji Period (1868-1912) Japanese large framed embroidery/ tapestry featuring a pair of finely detailed birds - likely peacocks in a floral garden landscape. A truly magn...
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Tapestries
Materials
Silk, Glass, Wood
Guy de Neyrac Signed French Impressionistic Painting Pont Alexandre III, Paris
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful, moody and wonderfully composed Mid-Century original watercolor painting by French artist Guy de Neyrac (1900-1950) featuring the famed Paris bridge/walkway Pont Alexandr...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paint, Paper
Paul Ami Bonifas Signed Large Early Mid-Century Swiss Studio Pottery Art Bowl
By Paul Bonifas
Located in Studio City, CA
A truly gorgeous and wonderfully crafted large art bowl by Swiss American sculptor/artist/ceramicist Paul Ami Bonifas (1893-1967). The glaze on this par...
Category
Vintage 1930s Swiss Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Stoneware
Torii Kotondo Signed Pre-War Japanese Woodblock Print Steam Bath Yuge Vapor 1929
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful and strongly composed woodblock print by renowned Japanese painter/artist Torii Kotondo. This work, titled Steam (Steam Bath)/ Vapor (Yuge), ...
Category
Vintage 1920s Japanese Showa Prints
Materials
Paper
Robert Kawika Sheer Signed Framed Color Photograph The Spirits of Stonehenge
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful chromogenic photograph by American artist/photographer Robert Kawika Sheer titled "The Spirits of Stonehenge". Sheer is known for his "Spirit Shadow" technique using dig...
Category
20th Century American Modern Photography
Materials
Wood, Paper
Chinese Blue and White Yuan or Ming Dynasty Yuhuchunping Ceramic Porcelain Vase
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful Yuan (1271-1368) or Ming (1368-1644) Dynasty antique Chinese blue and white yuhuchunping (yuhuchun) pear shaped dehua porcelain vase. The vase features a rounded body wi...
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Chinese Ming Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain, Pottery, Paint
Carved Gilt Wood Seated Japanese Asian Edo Buddha Amida Nyorai Sculpture Statue
Located in Studio City, CA
A truly beautiful and supremely serene Japanese Amida Nyorai Buddha. A magnificent work.
Meticulously hand carved in such fine and amazing detail (see hands and flowing robes). Gilded throughout. Seated with narrowed eyes in deep meditation and hands in Buddhist Abhaya Mudra position offering a blessing of protection, reassurance, peace, and benevolence. This hand position, also known as the "fear not" gesture, was achieved by Buddha immediately following his enlightenment.
This work is from the late Edo period, (1603-1868)/ early Meiji period (1868-1912).
From a California collection.
Would be a fantastic addition to any Japanese or Asian artifacts/buddha collection or eye-catching stand-alone accent work in about any setting. One of the best Japanese Buddha sculptures...
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Edo Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood, Giltwood, Lacquer
Robert Crowder Signed 5 Panel Large Japanese Nihonga Lanscape Pastoral Painting
By Robert Crowder
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful, engaging, original, and quite rare work of art by American artist Robert Crowder (1911-2010). Crowder lived in Japan in the 1930s (u...
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paint, Paper
Jerome
Jerry
Evelyn Ackerman Micro-Mosaic Inlaid Desk Drawer Handle Pull
By Evelyn
Jerome Ackerman
Located in Studio City, CA
A fantastic little micro-mosaic design gem with orange colored mosaic inlay by well know Mid-Century Modern designers Jerome (Jerry)
Evelyn Ackerman.
The Ackermans began their career in design primarily in ceramics in the early 1950s. After finishing at Alfred University, Jerome worked at the Jenev Design Studio developing ceramic molds...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Metal
Large Green Glazed Ceramic Serene Buddha Head Bust Sculpture Custom Wood Stand
Located in Studio City, CA
A truly wonderful, one of a kind, unique artisan Buddha head sculpture beautifully drip glazed with Fall shades of green, brown and yellow colours. The Buddha's eyes appear closed in...
Category
20th Century Asian Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
Ito Shinsui Signed Limited Edition Japanese Woodblock Print Snow at the Shrine
By Ito Shinsui
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautifully composed and richly colored woodblock print by famed Japanese shin-hanga artist/printmaker Ito Shunsui (1898-1972) titled "Snow at the Shrine (Shatô no yuki)" from Shin...
Category
Vintage 1930s Japanese Showa Prints
Materials
Paper
Barbara Willis Signed Large Mid-Century Modern California Studio Pottery Bowl
By Barbara Willis
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautifully designed and gorgeously glazed large stoneware Mid-century Modern low bowl by California studio pottery artist Barbara Willis (1917-2011). The elongated curved contour...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Pottery, Stoneware
Japanese Chinese Asian Two-Panel Byobu Folding Screen Ancestral Immortal Figures
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous, quite large, boldly colored, and alluring hand-painted two-panel Chinese/Japanese/Asian Byobu folding screen depicting 18 exquisitely clad male ancestral or immortal figu...
Category
20th Century Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Masami Teraoka Signed Limited Edition Exhibition Lithograph Zen Monk on Whale
By Masami Teraoka
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful, brightly colored, large exhibition lithograph print by famed Japanese American artist Masami Teraoka titled "Thanatopsis/Contemplations On Death. (Zen Monk and Ascending...
Category
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Prints
Materials
Glass, Paper
Beatrice Wood Signed Mid-Century California Pottery Luster Crater Glaze Vase
By Beatrice Wood
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderfully designed work by famed American California Studio master ceramist Beatrice Wood featuring a gorgeous, sumptuous, iridescent luster (lustre) volcanic lava crater glaze (...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Earthenware, Pottery
Iwao Akiyama Signed Limited Ed. Japanese Woodblock Print of Nude Female Goddess
Located in Studio City, CA
Wonderful work of a nude woman - likely a mythical goddess - by Japanese artist and printmaker Iwao Akiyama who was widely known for his distinctive images of cats, owls, animals and...
Category
Vintage 1970s Japanese Showa Prints
Materials
Wood, Paper
Large Hand Painted Polychrome Asian Buddha Head Bust Sculpture on Display Stand
Located in Studio City, CA
A large polychrome Buddha bust on an acrylic base. Stunning piece, wonderfully executed. From a larger collection of Asian artifacts and religious works. Would make a great centerpie...
Category
20th Century Asian Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood, Paint
Paul Cézanne French Etching Portrait de Guillaumin au Pendu with a Hanging Man
By Paul Cézanne
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful and somewhat odd and strangely composed drypoint etching after renowned French Post-Impressionism painter/artist Paul Cezanne titled "Portrait of Guillaumin with a Hangin...
Category
20th Century French Prints
Materials
Wood, Paper
Japanese Wood Gilt Lacquer Buddha Buddhist Temple Traveling Zushi Shrine Altar
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful Japanese Buddhist portable traveling zushi shrine altar with Amida Buddha (Amitabha) concealed inside the folded wood doors.
This work dat...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Showa Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Metal, Gold Leaf
Tadashi Nakayama Signed Limited Edition Japanese Woodblock Print Two Horses 1963
By Tadashi Nakayama
Located in Studio City, CA
This wonderfully designed, abstract work by esteemed Japanese printmaker Tadashi Nakayama. The print is pencil signed, numbered (13/80), dated 1963, stamped on the verso by the artist, and embellished with metallic pigments. It is an uncommon and hard to find work.
Nakayama has exhibited internationally in cities such as Rome, Tokyo, Krakow, Milan, and his works can be found in museums around the world including:
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Australia.
Cincinnati Museum of Art, Ohio, USA.
fine Arts Museum of San Francisco - Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, USA.
Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
Honolulu Academy of Arts, Hawaii, USA.
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., USA.
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Pennsylvania, USA.
Western Australian Art Museum, Perth...
Category
Vintage 1960s Japanese Showa Prints
Materials
Paper
Raul Coronel Signed Mid-Century Modern Large Heavy Ceramic Pottery Bowl, 1960s
By Raul Coronel
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderfully made and colored heavy bowl by Mexican born ceramic master Raul Coronel who played an important role in the American (he became a naturalized ...
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Earthenware
Jerome
Jerry
Evelyn Ackerman Micro-Mosaic Inlaid Desk Drawer Handle Pull
By Evelyn
Jerome Ackerman
Located in Studio City, CA
A fantastic little micro-mosaic design gem with turquose colored mosaic inlay by well know Mid-Century Modern designers Jerome (Jerry)
Evelyn Ackerman.
The Ackermans began their career in design primarily in ceramics in the early 1950s. After finishing at Alfred University, Jerome worked at the Jenev Design Studio developing ceramic molds...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Metal
Junichiro Sekino Signed Japanese Woodblock Print Boy and His Dog
By Junichiro Sekino
Located in Studio City, CA
A relatively large, very appealing and enduring image of youth and friendship exemplified by a boy and his dog by master Japanese artist or printer Junichiro Sekino. The print is stamped with the artist's seal and signed in pencil by the artist and may also be numbered and dated as well, as most of his works are, but if so, it is hidden under the mat.
Junichiro Sekino was largely considered, along with Kiyoshi Saito, to be one of Japan's paramount 20th-century master print artists. Both were prominent leaders of the Sosaku Hanga movement. Sekino's works can be found in many museums including:
The Museum of Modern Art, N. Y., the Art Institute Chicago...
Category
20th Century Japanese Showa Prints
Materials
Paper
Hiroshi Yoshida Signed
Sealed Framed Japanese Woodblock Print Azalea Garden
By Hiroshi Yoshida
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful image tilted "Azalea Garden" by Hiroshi Yoshida (1876–1950) one of Japan's finest 20th century artist and one of, if not the greatest artist working in the Shin-Hanga art...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Prints
Materials
Wood, Paper
Mitch Epstein Signed Color Photograph Pushkar Camel Fair, Rajasthan India, 1978
By Mitch Epstein 1
Located in Studio City, CA
An absolutely stunning chromogenic print by esteemed American Fine Art photographer Mitch Epstein. One of his most well-known images which can be found in his book "In Pursuit of Ind...
Category
20th Century American Modern Photography
Materials
Paper
Keith Haring Vintage Large NYC Pop Shop te Neues Art Lithograph Poster Pyramid
By Keith Haring
Located in Studio City, CA
A rare and extremely hard-to-find vintage Keith Haring (1958-1990) Pop Shop Art offset lithograph poster (Untitled but often referred to as his "Pyramid, Child, Dog" piece) featuring...
Category
1990s American Modern Posters
Materials
Paper
Edward S. Curtis Original Signed Stamped Platinum Photograph Hopi Weaver, 1899
By Edward S. Curtis, 1868-1952
Located in Studio City, CA
An original platinum print on textured paper by iconic American photographer Edward Curtis titled "Hopi Weaver"(sometimes known as "The Weaver"). Curtis was famed for his work with the Native American peoples of the American West at the turn of the century. This image features a male Hopi elder weaving a blanket - an exclusively masculine occupation at the time.
This platinum print is hand-signed in ink, blind-stamped with Curtis' embossed studio copyright stamp, and dated 1899. The negative number ("X 743") can possibly also be imperceptibly/faintly seen written by Curtis on the lower-left edge. The photo is mounted on a single, handmade lightweight paper typical of other mounted Curtis photos...
Category
Antique 1890s American Native American Photography
Materials
Wood, Paper
Framed Hand Painted Persian Manuscript Page Miniature Mosque Painting, 1800s
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful hand-painted Persian manuscript page featuring what appears to be a serene mosque scene with colorfully clad attendees in the foreground and a wonderful blue tree of life...
Category
Antique 19th Century Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood, Paint, Paper
Tashiko Tazaezu Signed Japanese Hawaiian Studio Pottery Modernist Abstract Vase
By Toshiko Takaezu
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful, relatively large free form modernist abstract vase with indentations by famed Japanese Hawaiian American pottery master Toshiko Takaezu. The high-fired vase features a s...
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Porcelain, Pottery
Rose Cabat Signed Large Mid-Century Modern Ceramic Studio Pottery Bowl, 1950s
By Rose Cabat
Located in Studio City, CA
A fantastic, quite unique, and rare early work by famed American studio potter Rose Cabat who became well known for her ceramic "feelies" and use of innovative glazes. These formative early pieces are very scarce. This handsome work has a very natural, organic feel to it and displays a beautiful repeating pattern.
This piece is signed by Cabat on the base.
Would be a wonderful addition to collectors of Cabat or other midcentury potter...
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Earthenware
Doyle Lane Mid-Century Modern Rare Colored Glass Ceramic Pottery Square Form
By Doyle Lane
Located in Studio City, CA
A rare, beautifully designed glass or ceramic form by famed midcentury American artist or potter Doyle Lane. Lane was a glaze specialist much like Glen Lukens and Otto Natzler. His colorful glazes would melt, bubble and crack over his pieces creating a very tactile look and feel. His work ranged from beaded necklaces and pendants to small, delicate vases or weed pots to ceramic sculptures, clay paintings, and large scale wall mosaics (including his most well-known work - an 18-foot mosaic or mural known as the orange wall which was commissioned by architect Welton Becket...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Nobuyoshi Araki Signed Limited Edition Sexual Desire Portfolio I Complete Set
By Nobuyoshi Araki
Located in Studio City, CA
A very engaging and alluring set of fifteen photographs by famed controversial Japanese photographer and contemporary artist Nobuyoshi Araki from his 2000 highly sexually charged Sexual Desire Portfolio I. Araki is best known for his provocative works that merge elements of eroticism and fine art, frequently exploring themes of intimacy, sexuality, and the fleeting nature of life. This limited edition portfolio (only 30 in total were published) comprises the complete set (quite rare as few complete sets exist today) of fifteen offset prints on watercolor paper and is published by Taka Ishii Editions, Tokyo. The collection of photographs is based on his 1996 exhibition Serie Sexual which was first presented as a large wall installation...
Category
20th Century Japanese Modern Photography
Materials
Paper
Japanese Bronze Edo Period Buddhist Temple Shrine Buddha Statue Amulet Sculpture
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous Japanese bronze temple shrine Buddha. The small piece has a beautiful aged patina and a wonderful, surprisingly hefty feel to it when held in...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Japanese Edo Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Bronze
Kiyoshi Saito Signed Limited Edition Japanese Woodblock Print Syoren-In Kyoto
By Kiyoshi Saitō
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautifully designed and composed woodblock print by famed Japanese printmaker Kiyoshi Saito. Many consider Saito to be one of the most important, if not the most important, contem...
Category
Vintage 1960s Japanese Showa Prints
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
Keith Haring Vintage NYC Pop Shop Art Lithograph Poster Dancing Dogs Wolves 1991
By Keith Haring
Located in Studio City, CA
A rare and extremely hard-to-find limited vintage Keith Haring (1958-1990) Pop Art offset lithograph poster featuring one of his more coveted images of two dancing dogs/wolves from a...
Category
1990s American Modern Posters
Materials
Paper
Ed Moses Signed Limited Edition Screenprint "Ikuru Speak-No" 11/250, 1990
By Ed Moses
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful and rivetting work by American/ California artist Ed Moses titled "Ikuru Speak-No".
This work is on wove and Japanese paper (The print was made with two attached sheets...
Category
1990s American Post-Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
Peter Shire Exp Signed Ceramic Pottery Splatter Tall Mug Sculpture, Dated 1981
By Peter Shire
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful work by famed Los Angeles (Echo Park), California-based artist Peter Shire who was a founding member (along with Italian designer Ettore Sottsass and others) of The Memphis Group, an international design movement that came out of Italy during the 1980s (1980-1988), and specialized in postmodern furniture, lighting, fabrics, carpets, ceramics, glass, and metal objects.
This work is from 1981 and is signed with Shire's customary "EXP" pottery (Echo Park Pottery...
Category
Vintage 1980s American Post-Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Japanese Antique Edo Hand Carved Wood Noh Theater Mask Otobide 17th-18th Century
Located in Studio City, CA
A truly beautiful, wonderfully aged, alluring mask made for Japanese Noh theater. The naturally faded beauty and unique character drew us to this mask immediately.
The mask is handcrafted and hand-carved from natural wood, clearly by a master of his trade.
We believe this mask is of the Noh theatre character Otobide.
This mask dates back to the Edo Period (1603-1868). It comes with a wooden storage box (which may have been added at a later date).
A rare, unique, and exquisite mask. Finely carved and executed. Would be a great addition to any Japanese or Asian art/artifacts collection or an eye-catching stand-alone accent piece in about any setting.
Mask dimensions: 7.7" high, 5.7" wide, 2.1" deep...
Category
Antique 18th Century Japanese Edo Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood, Lacquer, Paint
Thai Siam Bronze Gilt Rattanakosin Kingdom Seated Temple Shrine Buddha, 1800s
Located in Studio City, CA
A quite wonderful piece. This beautifully sculpted and adorned bronze and gilt seated meditation Buddha is from the Thai Rattanakosin Kingdom period (1782-1932) and has a nice patina...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Thai Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Bronze
Japanese Asian Two Panel Meiji Edo Byobu Cherry Blossom Tree Folding Screen
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous, large two-panel antique Japanese Byobu folding screen depicting a nature landscape scene with a venerable cherry blossom tree and a running river with blooming flowers. ...
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silver Leaf
Tatsuzo Shimaoka Signed Japanese Mingei Rope Inlay Mashiko Pottery Plate Charger
By Tatsuzo Shimaoka 2
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderfully decorated and executed large Mingei pottery plate/charger by Japanese National Treasure Mashiko-yaki ceramic master Tatsuzo Shimaoka. This work exhibits his signature r...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Ceramics
Materials
Earthenware, Pottery
Large Serene Asian Wood Carved Buddha Head Bust on Display Stand
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful hand carved head/bust of Buddha on display stand with a beautiful patina and faded polychrome pigmentation. The Buddha's face reflects a very serene, contented expressio...
Category
20th Century Asian Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Beatrice Wood Signed Early Large Mid-Century Modern Low Bowl Plate Charger 1940s
By Beatrice Wood
Located in Studio City, CA
An exceptionally rare and fine early piece by famed American ceramist Beatrice Wood featuring a dynamic and unique design. The colors illuminate like stained glass under the glaze wh...
Category
Vintage 1940s American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Japanese Asian Signed Four Panel Folding Byobu Screen of Mount MT Fuji Landscape
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous four-panel Showa Period Japanese Byobu folding screen featuring a luminous Mount (Mt,) Fuji perched high above a beautiful natural landscape scene which depicts a small qu...
Category
20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
