Retro Living Wall Decorations

Desenho (Man Painting) - The painting shows someone who begins a drawing, looking on the paper with a pen in the hand. Álvaro Siza describes the very special moment of taking the decision to make a painting, facing the white paper. A reproduction of his situation, doing this series of paintings: not knowing what to do until the decision to draw was being made. Then the idea of mythology came to his mind. “It is, in some way, an expression of my personal moment making drawings. But it is not a self-portrait, I am quite different than this man. It is not a specific person on purpose, because everyone makes drawings. Maybe not everyone does it, but everyone could do it.” Álvaro Siza started drawing at the age of six. With a great variety of drawings on his portfolio, many of them are inspired by mythology and historic scenes. “The drawings are what came to my mind in this very moment. I like mythology and expressing the stories in images. I have made a lot of mythological drawing...

A total commitment to experimentation with materials. This piece is unsigned, but we note the muscular slab-built Brutalism of this piece and wonder about the influence of American Brutalist sculptor...

Surrealist framed print by Bruce Richards (American, born 1948): "Witness (Man Ray)". Numbered 2/45 and signed Bruce Richards '92.

A very cool handmade metal sun sculpture / wall hanging, circa 1970s. The piece is 39.5" in diameter and depicts a happy sun with a cherub face. It...

Rare wooden antique garland from the beautiful Val Gardena, authentic '700 period - May be an overdoor , over mirror or over a padded headboard. M/1523.

Brutalist wall sculpture designed and manufactured by the Danish artist Henrik Horst, circa 1970s. Patinated metal construction mounted on a frame of wood.

Mid-Century Modern copper and brass school of 15 fish wall sculpture. The Brutalist design is in the style of Curtis Jere. The back has a round circle on either end to hang it from.

Decorative Bronze Wall Sculpture created by layering hammered bronze circles, some of which have been oxidized by time and enhance the patina of the artwork

- very nice colored.

This is a wooden woodblock produced in Japan from the late Edo period to the Taisho period (about 1800s to 1920s). The material used is something like beech wood, and the wood is dec...

An Art Deco period Corpus Christi cross. The Jesus figurine is made of gilt spelter. The cross is made of solid rosewood with unpolished brass inlays at the ends. In good condition. ...

Cavalo de Troia (The Trojan Horse) - The drawing is a representation of the wooden horse, developed by Odysseus, which the Greeks used during the Trojan War to enter the city of Troy. The Trojans pulled the horse into their city as a victory trophy, not knowing there was a selected force of men hiding inside, who came out after reaching the city. Álvaro Siza started drawing at the age of six. With a great variety of drawings on his portfolio, many of them are inspired by mythology and historic scenes. “The drawings are what came to my mind in this very moment. I like mythology and expressing the stories in images. I have made a lot of mythological drawing...