Mao Cultural Revolution Portraits on Tin

Beautiful Mexican retablo or ex voto, painted in 1936, describing a mother giving thanks to the Virgin for the safety of her two boys. The crowned Virgin of Guadeloupe floats surroun...

A graphically bold, lifesize embroidered textile depicting Moa Zedong grasping a symbolic red umbrella and shoulder satchel. The banner was created as a potent visual tool in announc...

This spectacular lightbox with Mao Tse Tung's (Mao Zedong) silkscreen reversed painting on acrylic is a reinterpretation of the iconic Andy Warhol's design. The rare piece was crafte...

The artwork by legendary poster artist Silvano "Nano" Campeggi on this 1966 re-release Italian locandina is simply stunning. Surely the best artwork of Paul Newman and Elizabeth Tayl...

Attractive oil on board painting portrait of a 14th century woman. Very well done and modeled. In a very good condition. Signed F. Small. Appears to be made 20th century or earlier...

Delightful pair of concave enameled tin plates with hunting scenes in frames of hand-wrought iron embossed with masks, mythological figures and fruit...

Five posters from Chinese cultural revolution era circa 1970s. Four depicts scenes from modern revolutionary opera, two with music scores and lyrics. Two from "the Story of Red Lanten", one from "The Red Female Army" and one from "Sha Family Village". Some with publication date and origin. These are from a New England Collection purchased directly in Beijing in the 80s. They are in a simple black poster frame. These stylized posters served as a wide range of propaganda during the cultural revolution in China. For history and background as well as many similar posters, see" Chinese Posters...

Early copy of Dutch painting. Oil on canvas in antique style wooden frame. “Elisabeth Bas (1571, in Kampen – 2 August 1649 in Amsterdam) was a figure in the Dutch Republic. She was the wife of Jochem Hendrickszoon Swartenhont, an admiral in the navy of the Dutch Republic and military hero. The portrait is now in the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, where it is known as Elisabeth Bas and attributed to Ferdinand Bol...

Miniature framed portrait of a lady painted on porcelain An oak wooden frame with in oval placed porcelain plaque, painted with a scene of a lady w...

A very rare mid 19th-century picture depicting the storming the Bastille in Paris, 14 July 1789. With incredible attention to detail, the figures all picked out in multicolored rolls...