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Item Ships From: Los Angeles
Vintage Portrait Painting of Family Reading
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Condition: Original Vintage Condition Materials: Oil On Canvas, Gilt-Wood Frame Style: Realism
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1950s American Other Vintage Los Angeles - Wall Decorations

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Canvas, Wood

Romain de Tirtoff Erté 1987 Loge De Theatre, Framed Silk Scarf Wall Art, Signed
By Erté
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Introducing the exquisite Romain de Tirtoff Erté 1987 Loge De Theatre Framed Silk Scarf Wall Art, Signed. This stunning piece combines the elegance of ...
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1980s French Art Deco Vintage Los Angeles - Wall Decorations

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Silk

Hamilton Hamilton Oil on Canvas "Othello and Desdemona"
By Hamilton Hamilton
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Hamilton Hamilton (American, 1847-1928) A large and impressive oil on canvas "Othello and Desdemona" after the William Shakespeare's play "Othe...
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1920s American Art Nouveau Vintage Los Angeles - Wall Decorations

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Canvas, Giltwood

Antique Marquetry Inlaid Scenic Tarsia Panel of Raffigurante "Il Carro Dell Auro
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Antique Marquetry Inlaid Scenic Tarsia Panel of Raffigurante "Il Carro Dell'Aurora"
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18th Century Italian Renaissance Antique Los Angeles - Wall Decorations

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Wood

Antique California Portrait Oil Painting of Sisters by Wanda Neumann
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Condition: Original Vintage Condition Designer: Wanda S. Neumann Manufacturer: Wanda S. Neumann Materials: Oil On Canvas, Wood Frame Style: California Realism
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1920s American Other Vintage Los Angeles - Wall Decorations

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Canvas, Wood

Italian Sculpted Rattan Magazine Wall Mounted Rack
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Italian sculpted rattan magazine wall mounted rack Italy, 1970s This piece is so fun! Wall mounted magazine holder has 4 sections for magazines or books Intricately woven rattan enc...
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1970s Italian Vintage Los Angeles - Wall Decorations

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Iron

Framed Botanical. Study #2
Located in Los Angeles, CA
French Botanical study of various flora from the end of the 19th century and beginning of 20th century, plate includes species identification. The frame is from reclaimed wood. Part ...
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19th Century French Antique Los Angeles - Wall Decorations

19th C Signed Framed Horse Litho
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19th C signed Framed Horse Litho By Olso.
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19th Century American Adirondack Antique Los Angeles - Wall Decorations

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Paper

19th C Signed Framed Horse Litho
19th C Signed Framed Horse Litho
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Sven Lukin: Silkscreen #1
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Sven Lukin: Silkscreen #1 Released by Pace Gallery in NY 1969 Limited Edition
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1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Los Angeles - Wall Decorations

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Paper

A pair of large bronze figurative wall hanging sculptures, 20th century
Located in View Park, CA
A pair of mid century modern bronze figurative wall hanging sculptures, 20th century. These two works depict one figure climbing a ladder and the other a stair, arms extended out tow...
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Mid-20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Los Angeles - Wall Decorations

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Bronze

Evelyn Ackerman Large Scale Wood Carved Panel for Era Industries
By Evelyn Ackerman
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Large scale wood carved panel by California artist, Evelyn Ackerman for  Era Industries c.1960s. This carving features various nature themes like the sun, trees, fish, birds and leav...
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1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Los Angeles - Wall Decorations

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Wood

Art Deco Wall Console with a Marble Top, USA, 1940s
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Introducing our exquisite Art Deco Wall Console With a Marble Top, proudly made in the USA during the 1940s. This stunning piece of furniture is sure to elevate your home décor with its vintage charm and timeless elegance. Crafted from high-quality materials, this wall-mounted shelf features a beautiful gold gilt finish and an intricate carved base that adds a touch of luxury to any room. The marble top adds a touch of sophistication and serves as a perfect spot to display your favorite photos, vases or other decorative items. This Art Deco Wall Console is not only a beautiful addition to your space, but it is also functional. It provides ample storage space for your everyday items, such as keys...
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1940s American Art Deco Vintage Los Angeles - Wall Decorations

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Marble

1970 s Curtis Jere Friedle Bruce Brass Style Sunburst Wall Sculpture
Located in West Hollywood, CA
A bold expression of mid-century artistry, this 1970s brass and iron wall sculpture — styled after the celebrated works of Curtis Jeré and William Friedle Bruce...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Los Angeles - Wall Decorations

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Brass

Monumental Metal Paper Clip
By Think Big
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Giant metal paperclip slightly under 1.5 ft tall. Quirky accent piece or wall art. Good weight to object. Slight wear to metal exterior. Good vintage condition. Two available. Priced...
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1980s Taiwanese Vintage Los Angeles - Wall Decorations

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Metal

Italian 20th C. Oil on Panel "Battipanni" The Carpet Beaters by Nino Caffè
By Nino Caffè
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine Italian Mid-20th century oil on panel "Battipanni" (The Carpet Beaters) by Nino Caffè (1908-1975) depicting a group of Cardinals playing around with ...
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20th Century Italian Baroque Revival Los Angeles - Wall Decorations

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Hardwood, Paint

Antique California Portrait Oil Painting of Girl Sitting by Wanda Neumann
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Condition: Original Vintage Condition Designer: Wanda S. Neumann Manufacturer: Wanda S. Neumann Materials: Oil On Canvas, Wood Frame Style: California Realism
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1920s American Other Vintage Los Angeles - Wall Decorations

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Canvas, Wood

Antique Sign for the "Richmond Skating Club"-early 20th century
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Antique sign for the "Richmond Skating Club." The sign features a classic arched top design with hand-painted lettering and graphics, including a red ice skate and a shield with the...
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Early 20th Century North American American Craftsman Los Angeles - Wall Decorations

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Wood

18th Century Large Hand-Tinted Botanical Lithograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
18th century large hand-tinted botanical lithographs. Beautiful images to hang in powder room, framing doorways, kitchens or anywhere! The measurement below is for the frame only. ...
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Early 18th Century English Antique Los Angeles - Wall Decorations

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Paper

Vintage French Art Deco Le Verre Francais Glass Wall Sconce Covers
By Le Verre Francais
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Vintage French Art Deco Le Verre Francais Glass Wall Sconce Covers, 1930s. This lovely pair of glass sconce covers date to the art deco period. Ad...
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20th Century French Art Deco Los Angeles - Wall Decorations

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Glass

Flemish 18th-19th Century Verdure Landscape Tapestry Panel Centered with a Tree
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine flemish 18th-19th century Verdure landscape tapestry, the wool and silk tapestry centered by a scene of a tall tree within a forest background and a foliage border. Circa: 180...
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Early 19th Century Belgian Baroque Antique Los Angeles - Wall Decorations

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Wool, Silk

20Thc Amazing Shaker Style Spice Wall Box
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This hanging wall spice box is made so well with small wood pulls and old pin nailed construction.This fine American made spice box has such great cut outs & someone made plastic lin...
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1930s American Adirondack Vintage Los Angeles - Wall Decorations

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Wood

19th Century Oil on Canvas Bacchante Group Attributed to Leopold Schmutzler
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A large 19th century oil on canvas Bacchante group depicting two allegorical young semi-nude maidens dancing with pan, attributed to Leopold Schmutzler...
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Early 20th Century German Greco Roman Los Angeles - Wall Decorations

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Canvas, Giltwood

"Variant IV" from the Formulation: Articulation Portfolio by Josef Albers
By Josef Albers
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Josef Albers’s “Formulation: Articulation” portfolio contains 127 silkscreens of his most iconic works, published by Harry N. Abrams and printed by Albers’s Yale colleagues Norman Iv...
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1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Los Angeles - Wall Decorations

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Glass, Wood, Paper

Monumental Los Angeles 101 Freeway Sign, 1988 USA
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Cool Los Angeles freeway sign retired from the 101 freeway. Made in the the 1980s. This freeway takes you north/ south along the entire west coast of the United States from San Diego...
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1980s American Vintage Los Angeles - Wall Decorations

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Steel

Adolf Constantin Baumgartner Stoiloff Oil on Board Cossacks Warriors on Horsback
By Adolf Constantin Baumgartner-Stoiloff
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Adolf Constantin Baumgartner Stoiloff (Austrian/Russian, 1850-1924) a fine oil on board "Charging Cossack Warriors on Horseback" within an ornate giltwood frame, circa 1890 Born in 1850 in Linz (Austria) Stoiloff died in Vienna in 1924. According to a research of Russian literature, he studied in the 1880s at St. Petersburg Imperial Academy of Fine Arts. He was very well known for his Russian horse...
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Late 19th Century Russian Baroque Antique Los Angeles - Wall Decorations

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Gesso, Canvas, Giltwood, Paint

18th Century French Tapestry 5 6 X 5 6
Located in Los Angeles, US
A wall hanging tapestry, simply put, is a textile specifically designed and woven to portray an artistic scene with the intent of hanging it on a wall. Antique tapestries, those that...
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18th Century French French Provincial Antique Los Angeles - Wall Decorations

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Wool, Cotton

19th C Framed Fraktur Watercolor Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful 19th C Fruktur by Martha Geist The poem on the Fruktur (watercolor) is re-written below. "If my name heaven is my station, This world is my habitation. Christ is my ...
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19th Century American Country Antique Los Angeles - Wall Decorations

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Wood

Pair of Vintage French Art Deco Wood Frames
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Condition: Original Vintage Condition Materials: Wood Frames
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1940s American Art Deco Vintage Los Angeles - Wall Decorations

Materials

Wood

Framed Reprint of an Audubon Society Style Lithograph of Pheasant
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Framed reprint of 1905 Druckerei Meyer lithograph depicting pheasants. In original condition with some wear to the frame.
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Mid-20th Century German Los Angeles - Wall Decorations

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Glass, Wood, Paper

Large Wall Hanging Shelving Unit in Solid Maple by Elliott Marks
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Solid maple shelving unit that hangs from wall and ready to ship. The vertical frames attach to the wall and have slots that precisely hold the deep shelves in place. Rounded edges ...
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21st Century and Contemporary North American Modern Los Angeles - Wall Decorations

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Maple

Antique California Portrait Oil Painting of Reading Girl by Wanda Neumann
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Designer: Wanda S. Neumann Manufacturer: Wanda S. Neumann Materials: Oil On Canvas, Wood Frame Style: California Realism
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1920s American Other Vintage Los Angeles - Wall Decorations

Materials

Canvas, Wood

Antique Portrait Painting of Matriarch Reading with Gold Leaf Frame
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Condition: Original Vintage Condition Materials: Oil On Canvas, Gold Leaf Wood Frame Style: Realism
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1940s American Other Vintage Los Angeles - Wall Decorations

Materials

Canvas, Wood

20th Century Japanese Crane Panels
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The Japanese Crane paneling from the 20th century are a fusion of traditional and contemporary atristory. The pieces are executed on solid pitch pine wood panel boards that are 18" x...
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20th Century North American Post-Modern Los Angeles - Wall Decorations

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Gold Leaf

Hans Zatzka Austrian, 1859-1945 a Very Fine Oil on Canvas "Spring Beauties"
By Hans Zatzka
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Hans Zatzka (Austrian, 1859-1945) a very fine and charming oil on canvas "Spring Beauties", depicting three young maidens picking flowers by a lake. The three young girls sitting, kneeling and laying on a grassy area of the forest, her wicker basket filled with the freshly picked flowers, the middle one wearing a bonnet and a straw-hat laying on the ground behind with butterflies flying by, within a gilt-wood and gesso carved frame. Signed (l/r): H. Zatzka. Circa: 1890-1900's, Hans Zatzka (Austrian, 1859-1945) was a well known and regarded Austrian fantasy artist whose most popular and valuable works depicted figures of young maidens with angels, floral and other cheerful and warm scenes, including Orientalist themes. In the past thirty years alone, the high quality and detail of his beautiful paintings has caught the attention of International collectors and art dealers alike, creating a highly sought after market and demand for his instantly recognizable body of work. In the late 19th and early 20th century, many of Zazka's charming works were photographed for commercial and collectable postcards. Though no information about his works being exhibited in museums is currently available, most of Zatzka's paintings are in private collections and, in the past century, very few of them have become available on the open market. At the young age of eighteen Zatzka joined Austria's Academy of Fine Arts under the leadership of Professor Blaas. For his fine early works, in 1880 he received The Golden Fügermedal award. Zatzka, like many other artists of the era, traveled around Europe working and selling his art and, in one of his many trips to Italy, he developed a special interest in Religious themes, decorating churches with frescos as well as painting several religious scenes of Madonna's and Child, Saints, Angels and others. In 1885 Zatzka was commissioned to paint "The Naiad of Baden" a ceiling fresco at Kurhaus Baden. Most of Zatzka's income came from his work in religious art and special church commissions. Numerous leading art dealers from around the world that specialize in late 19th and early 20th century European genre paintings have come to the conclusion that the painter signing his works Bernard Zatzka, Joseph Bernard or J. Bernard is almost certainly the artist Hans Zatzka. The consensus seems quite plausible when comparing works known to have been executed by Hans Zatzka together with similar works displaying the signature; Joseph Bernard, J. Bernard or Bernard Zatzka. Lohengrin refers to the knight of the swan, hero of German versions of a legend widely known in variant forms from the European Middle Ages onward. It seems to bear some relation to the northern European folktale of “The Seven Swans,” but its actual origin is uncertain. It is also a character in German Arthurian literature. The son of Parzival (Percival), he is a knight of the Holy Grail sent in a boat pulled by swans...
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Late 19th Century Austrian Belle Époque Antique Los Angeles - Wall Decorations

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Canvas, Giltwood

Acrylic on Masonite Painting by Jesus Leuus, Mexico 1970 s
By Jesus Leuus
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Introducing our exquisite Acrylic on Masonite Painting by renowned Mexican artist, Jesus Leuus, created in 1979. This captivating piece showcases a heartwarming scene of a family en...
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1970s Organic Modern Vintage Los Angeles - Wall Decorations

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Acrylic, Masonite

Eugène Galien-Laloue "Theatre du Chatelet" Watercolor and Gouache
By Eugene Galien-Laloue
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Eugène Galien-Laloue (1854-1941) "Theatre du Chatelet" watercolor and gouache on paper signed 'E Galien Laloue' lower left, within a giltwood and gesso c...
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Early 1900s French Belle Époque Antique Los Angeles - Wall Decorations

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Glass, Giltwood, Paper

Holstein Milk Painted Metal Trade Sign
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This folky original painted hand made Holsteins Milk metal farm trade sign has the original chain for hanging.It has spots that has paint loss and mino...
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20th Century American Folk Art Los Angeles - Wall Decorations

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Metal

50 Piece Barzilay Walnut Wall Unit
By Barzilay
Located in Los Angeles, CA
We have over 50 pieces of this amazing Barzilay walnut wall unit with aluminum accents. Please contact us for custom pricing and visit our L...
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1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Los Angeles - Wall Decorations

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Aluminum

Contemporary Steel Wall Sculpture Signed by Tom Hollenback
By Tom Hollenback
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Contemporary steel wall sculpture signed by Tom Hollenback titled Leaning Figure. Signed and dated on the back. Like the best artists of any era, Tom Hollenback creates art that s...
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Late 20th Century American Modern Los Angeles - Wall Decorations

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Steel

Antique Cast Iron Articulating Elephant Wall Hook
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Antique cast iron articulating wall hook Early 20th century This piece is a work of art The long articulating elephant trunk serves as a light weight storage hook which puts the fun in functional Wall mounted hook is supported by a single crescent moon shaped bracket which requires three screws Minor paint loss Wonderful patina from age and use We have a wide inventory of antique wall hooks...
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Early 20th Century Unknown Los Angeles - Wall Decorations

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Iron

Michael Taylor Acanthus Leaf Natural Wall Brackets, a Pair #2
By Michael Taylor
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Michael Taylor acanthus leaf wall brackets in natural finish. These are being sold a s a true pair. Both left and right carving details. Add some chic Michael Taylor style to your de...
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1990s American Other Los Angeles - Wall Decorations

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Wood

Pair of 18th C Style Pierre Bouillon Engraving Prints of Roman Greek Friezes
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
18th Century style Pierre Bouillon neoclassical engraving Prints of Roman & Greek Friezes. Beautifully framed. Additional information: ...
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Early 20th Century Neoclassical Los Angeles - Wall Decorations

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Giltwood

Framed Botanical. Study #1
Located in Los Angeles, CA
French Botanical study of various flora from the end of the 19th century and beginning of 20th century, plate includes species identification. The frame is from reclaimed wood. Part ...
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19th Century French Antique Los Angeles - Wall Decorations

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Wood

Carlos Marinas Rubio XL Hammered Copper Brutalist Sculpture, 1975
By Carlos Marinas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A monumental work of art, this extra-large Brutalist wall sculpture by Carlos Marinas Rubio hails from Spain, crafted in 1975. Executed in hammered copper, brass, and steel, this pow...
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1970s Spanish Brutalist Vintage Los Angeles - Wall Decorations

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Brass, Copper, Steel

Italian Mid-19th Century Oil on Board Representing a "Mother and Child"
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An Italian mid-19th century oil on board representing a "Mother and Child". The Renaissance revival style painting in the manner of a Raphaelite Madonna and Child, of a seated young ...
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Mid-19th Century Italian Renaissance Revival Antique Los Angeles - Wall Decorations

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Wood, Giltwood

Pair of French Oil on Canvas "Diana Flora" After Jean-Marc Nattier
By Jean-Marc Nattier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Pair of French Oil on Canvas Marie Adelaide Of France As Diana And Henriette Of France As Flora, after the originals by Jean-marc Nattier (French 1685-1766). Marie-Adelaide (1732-1800), depicted as a seated Diana, was the third daughter of Louis XV, the original work by Nattier is currently on display at the Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence. Henriette Of France, depicted as a seated Flora. Henriette was also considered the favorite daughter...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XV Los Angeles - Wall Decorations

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Canvas, Giltwood

Scarab Beetles 1 by Luciano Di Concetto
By Luciano di Concetto
Located in Los Angeles, CA
One of the most important contemporary French painters is Luciano Di Concetto whose stylized work is becoming famous worldwide. His work displays contrasts of light and dark, richne...
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21st Century and Contemporary French Los Angeles - Wall Decorations

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Paper

After Pieter van Bloemen Oil on Canvas Hunting Ruins Scene
Located in Los Angeles, CA
School of Pieter van Bloemen (Flemish, 1657-1720) oil on Canvas "Hunting & Ruins Scene". The capriccio scene depicting two male hunters in robes, on...
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19th Century Belgian Renaissance Revival Antique Los Angeles - Wall Decorations

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Canvas, Wood, Giltwood

Itzchak Tarkay Watercolor Painting, Signed, Label
By Itzchak Tarkay 2
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful watercolor by the well known artist Tarkay, This work was purchased in a charity auction and retains label also art work measure 16x 12 inches,...
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1990s American Post-Modern Los Angeles - Wall Decorations

Materials

Paint

Vintage Still Life Oil Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Stunning original still life oil painting, original artists frame.
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21st Century and Contemporary Los Angeles - Wall Decorations

Materials

Canvas, Paint

Framed Reprint of an Audubon Society Style Lithograph of Vertebrates
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Framed reprint of 1905 Druckerei Meyer lithograph depicting vertebrates in mating season colors. In original condition with visible wear including chip to corners of the frame. Other...
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Mid-20th Century German Los Angeles - Wall Decorations

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Glass, Paper

Giant Double Sided Wood Peach Trade Sign from California Farm
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Great wooden trade sign from a California farm. Giant peach with graphics on both sides. Sign reads 'Hamilton's Tree Ripened Peaches 1/2 Mile' on on...
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1980s American Vintage Los Angeles - Wall Decorations

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Wood

Curtis Jere mix metals large ship / boat clipper sculpture brass / copper .
By Curtis Jeré
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful and traditional well known wall metal clipper ship , signed C jere . at stern .
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Late 20th Century American Modern Los Angeles - Wall Decorations

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Metal

After Raffaello Sanzio 1483-1520 Raphael La Madonna della Seggiola Oil on Canvas
By (after) Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Fine Italian 19th Century Oil Painting on Canvas "La Madonna della Seggiola" after Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino 1483-1520). The circular painted canvas depicting a seated Madonna holding an infant Jesus Christ next to a child Saint John the Baptist, all within a massive carved gilt wood and gesso frame, which is identical to the frame on Raphael's original artwork. This painting is a 19th Century copy of Raphael's Madonna della Seggiola painted in 1514 and currently exhibited and part of the permanent collection at the Palazzo Pitti, Galleria Palatina, Florence, Italy. The bodies of the Virgin, Christ, and the boy Baptist fill the whole picture. The tender, natural looking embrace of the Mother and Child, and the harmonious grouping of the figures in the round, have made this one of Raphael's most popular Madonnas. The isolated chair leg is reminiscent of papal furniture, which has led to the assumption that Leo X himself commissioned the painting. A retailer's label reads " Fred K/ Keer's Sons - Framers and Fine Art Dealers - 917 Broad St. Newark, N.J." - Another label from the gilder reads "Carlo Bartolini - Doratore e Verniciatori - Via Maggio 1924 - Firenze". Circa: 1890-1900. Subject: Religious painting Canvas diameter: 28 inches (71.1 cm) Frame height: 54 inches (137.2 cm) Frame width: 42 1/2 inches (108 cm) Frame depth: 5 1/2 inches (14 cm) Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino (Italian, March 28 or April 6, 1483 - April 6, 1520), known as Raphael, was an Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance. His work is admired for its clarity of form, ease of composition, and visual achievement of the Neoplatonic ideal of human grandeur. Together with Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci, he forms the traditional trinity of great masters of that period. Raphael was enormously productive, running an unusually large workshop and, despite his death at 37, leaving a large body of work. Many of his works are found in the Vatican Palace, where the frescoed Raphael Rooms were the central, and the largest, work of his career. The best known work is The School of Athens in the Vatican Stanza della Segnatura. After his early years in Rome much of his work was executed by his workshop from his drawings, with considerable loss of quality. He was extremely influential in his lifetime, though outside Rome his work was mostly known from his collaborative printmaking. After his death, the influence of his great rival Michelangelo was more widespread until the 18th and 19th centuries, when Raphael's more serene and harmonious qualities were again regarded as the highest models. His career falls naturally into three phases and three styles, first described by Giorgio Vasari: his early years in Umbria, then a period of about four years (1504–1508) absorbing the artistic traditions of Florence, followed by his last hectic and triumphant twelve years in Rome, working for two Popes and their close associates. Raphael was born in the small but artistically significant central Italian city of Urbino in the Marche region, where his father Giovanni Santi was court painter to the Duke. The reputation of the court had been established by Federico III da Montefeltro, a highly successful condottiere who had been created Duke of Urbino by the Pope - Urbino formed part of the Papal States - and who died the year before Raphael was born. The emphasis of Federico's court was rather more literary than artistic, but Giovanni Santi was a poet of sorts as well as a painter, and had written a rhymed chronicle of the life of Federico, and both wrote the texts and produced the decor for masque-like court entertainments. His poem to Federico shows him as keen to show awareness of the most advanced North Italian painters, and Early Netherlandish artists as well. In the very small court of Urbino he was probably more integrated into the central circle of the ruling family than most court painters. Federico was succeeded by his son Guidobaldo da Montefeltro, who married Elisabetta Gonzaga, daughter of the ruler of Mantua, the most brilliant of the smaller Italian courts for both music and the visual arts. Under them, the court continued as a centre for literary culture. Growing up in the circle of this small court gave Raphael the excellent manners and social skills stressed by Vasari. Court life in Urbino at just after this period was to become set as the model of the virtues of the Italian humanist court through Baldassare Castiglione's depiction of it in his classic work The Book of the Courtier, published in 1528. Castiglione moved to Urbino in 1504, when Raphael was no longer based there but frequently visited, and they became good friends. He became close to other regular visitors to the court: Pietro Bibbiena and Pietro Bembo, both later cardinals, were already becoming well known as writers, and would be in Rome during Raphael's period there. Raphael mixed easily in the highest circles throughout his life, one of the factors that tended to give a misleading impression of effortlessness to his career. He did not receive a full humanistic education however; it is unclear how easily he read Latin. Early Life and Works His mother Màgia died in 1491 when Raphael was eight, followed on August 1, 1494 by his father, who had already remarried. Raphael was thus orphaned at eleven; his formal guardian became his only paternal uncle Bartolomeo, a priest, who subsequently engaged in litigation with his stepmother. He probably continued to live with his stepmother when not staying as an apprentice with a master. He had already shown talent, according to Vasari, who says that Raphael had been "a great help to his father". A self-portrait drawing from his teenage years shows his precocity. His father's workshop continued and, probably together with his stepmother, Raphael evidently played a part in managing it from a very early age. In Urbino, he came into contact with the works of Paolo Uccello, previously the court painter (d. 1475), and Luca Signorelli, who until 1498 was based in nearby Città di Castello. According to Vasari, his father placed him in the workshop of the Umbrian master Pietro Perugino as an apprentice "despite the tears of his mother". The evidence of an apprenticeship comes only from Vasari and another source, and has been disputed—eight was very early for an apprenticeship to begin. An alternative theory is that he received at least some training from Timoteo Viti, who acted as court painter in Urbino from 1495.Most modern historians agree that Raphael at least worked as an assistant to Perugino from around 1500; the influence of Perugino on Raphael's early work is very clear: "probably no other pupil of genius has ever absorbed so much of his master's teaching as Raphael did", according to Wölfflin. Vasari wrote that it was impossible to distinguish between their hands at this period, but many modern art historians claim to do better and detect his hand in specific areas of works by Perugino or his workshop. Apart from stylistic closeness, their techniques are very similar as well, for example having paint applied thickly, using an oil varnish medium, in shadows and darker garments, but very thinly on flesh areas. An excess of resin in the varnish often causes cracking of areas of paint in the works of both masters. The Perugino workshop was active in both Perugia and Florence, perhaps maintaining two permanent branches. Raphael is described as a "master", that is to say fully trained, in December 1500. His first documented work was the Baronci altarpiece for the church of Saint Nicholas of Tolentino in Città di Castello, a town halfway between Perugia and Urbino. Evangelista da Pian di Meleto, who had worked for his father, was also named in the commission. It was commissioned in 1500 and finished in 1501; now only some cut sections and a preparatory drawing remain. In the following years he painted works for other churches there, including the Mond Crucifixion (about 1503) and the Brera Wedding of the Virgin (1504), and for Perugia, such as the Oddi Altarpiece. He very probably also visited Florence in this period. These are large works, some in fresco, where Raphael confidently marshals his compositions in the somewhat static style of Perugino. He also painted many small and exquisite cabinet paintings in these years, probably mostly for the connoisseurs in the Urbino court, like the Three Graces and St. Michael, and he began to paint Madonnas and portraits. In 1502 he went to Siena at the invitation of another pupil of Perugino, Pinturicchio, "being a friend of Raphael and knowing him to be a draughtsman of the highest quality" to help with the cartoons, and very likely the designs, for a fresco series in the Piccolomini Library in Siena Cathedral. He was evidently already much in demand even at this early stage in his career. 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