Puerto Rico 1910 Original Antique Map Of The Island In A Period Wood Frame

Framed Shih-Hua dream stone diptych landscape. This is a gorgeous pair of framed and matted marble stone slice known as a dream stone Shih-Hua This Diptych boasting swirling hues of...

Jarron Con Flores, ink on paper by Rene Portocarrero (1912-1985). This wonderful drawing made by Rene Portocarrero, is one of the few that survive from his artistic period of the 1...

Oil on masonite by Eugenio Fernandez Granell (1912-2001). Fantastic piece of art, realized by the Spanish artist Eugenio Fernandez Granell, back in the 1952. This art-piece were realized during his living period in Puerto Rico, when he decided to emigrated from Spain. Represent several surrealistic animals and personages, like a bull, a horse and the synthesis of a torero with a helmet. Clearly a bullfighting image. Title: Estampa Taurina. Year: 1952 Technique: Oil on masonite wood. Art Measures: 463.55 mm by 368.30 mm (23.5 x 17.5 Inches). Frame Measures: 463.55 mm by 368.30 mm (29.5 x 23.5 Inches). Signature: At lower right corner signed, "GRANELL 52". Eugenio Fernandez Granell As a Surrealist artist, Eugenio's work is principally characterized by its bright and vivid colors that explore nature and the indigenous symbolism of the Americas. His most famous works include Autorretrato (1944), Elegía por Andrés Nin (1991) as well as Crónica de los fiscales de los años horrendos (1986). Granell's work has been incorporated into exhibitions in the Maeght Gallery, the Bodley Gallery, The Museum of Modern Art as well as The Museum of Contemporary Art alongside other Surrealists such as André Breton and Marcel Duchamp. Granell also dedicated himself as a poet, essayist and novelist, publishing 15 books in all. Some his first, and most prominent works, include "El hombre verde" (The Green Man, 1944) and Lo que sucedió (What Occurred), a book he illustrated and designed himself which won Mexico's Don Quixote novel prize in 1969. From the mid-1960s until retirement, he was professor of Spanish literature at Brooklyn College. The Eugenio Granell Foundation was inaugurated in 1995 to conserve the life and work of the artist with an expansive collection of his oils, drawings, constructions, collages and archives. The museum also dedicates itself to the preservation of other Surrealists such as Joan Miró, Wifredo Lam, José Caballero...

Nephrite jade and gilded silver desk frame. Beautiful neo classic desk picture frame, created in Moscow Russia, back in the 1915. Carefully crafted in the Russian imperial and Louis XVI style, with solid gilded silver, translucent nephrite green jade...

Antique map titled 'The Leeward or North Caribbean Islands'. Original antique map of Cuba, Haiti and Porto Rico. This map originates from ‘The Imperial Atla...

Vintage map titled 'Antilles'. Original map of the Antilles. Shows the Cayman Islands, Cuba, Hispaniola (subdivided into the nations of the Dominican Republic and Haiti), Jamaica, and Puerto Rico. Also shows the Lesser Antilles...

Antique map of South America. Displayed in a new Roma frame with museum quality matting. Custom frame in platinum. No print date, but cert...

This map of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, published by Jean Alexandre Buchon in 1825, offers a unique look at the Caribbean during a time of E...