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Item Ships From: Palm Beach
Wall Artistic Ceramic Sculpture, 1960
Located in palm beach, FL
Wall artistic work composed of a ceramic representing several characters applied on a wooden panel.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Palm Beach - Wall Decorations
Materials
Ceramic, Wood
Framed Watercolor Painting of Lady Lounging in Robe Attire
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Amazing vintage framed hand painted watercolor painting. Features a portrait of a lady laying with some blue clothes on.
Category
1960s American Vintage Palm Beach - Wall Decorations
Materials
Paint
$476 Sale Price
20% Off
Pair of Flowers Gold Framed Art Print
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Magnificent pair of white flowers with a vibrant colorful background.
Category
1970s Vintage Palm Beach - Wall Decorations
Postmodern Original Oil Painting by Don Mingolla
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Wonderful vintage postmodern oil punting by Don Mingolla. Features an abstract design with blue, green, red, pink and gold.
Category
1980s Post-Modern Vintage Palm Beach - Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas
$636 Sale Price
20% Off
Pair of Italian 17th Century Oil Painted on Wood Still Life Paintings
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A beautiful pair of Italian 17th century oil painted on wood still life paintings. Each painting is set within their original mottled rectangular giltwood frames with a fine decorati...
Category
17th Century Italian Antique Palm Beach - Wall Decorations
Materials
Wood
Large Cleve Gray Abstract Painting, 65"W
By Cleve Gray
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Artist/Designer; Manufacturer: Cleve Gray (American, 1918-2004)
Marking(s); notes: signed
Materials: acrylic on canvas
Dimensions (H, W, D): 50"h, 65"w; 51"h, 66.5"w frame
Addition...
Category
Early 20th Century American Palm Beach - Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas
Leonard Howard Reedy Following Pony Tracks Drawing-Watercolor
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Leonard Howard Reedy (1899-1956)
Following Pony Tracks
Drawing-Watercolor
Watercolour/paper
Signed Leonard H. Reedy (lower left)
Measures: Fr...
Category
20th Century Palm Beach - Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Continental 20th Century Louis XVI Style Carrara and Griotte Marble Plaque
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A beautiful and extremely high quality Continental 20th century Louis XVI st. white Carrara and Rouge Griotte marble freestanding plaque of Joseph Carlino, sculpted by Remo Liverzani...
Category
20th Century Italian Louis XVI Palm Beach - Wall Decorations
Materials
Marble
Jazza, (American, 20th /21st Century) Mona Lisa New Baby
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Jazza, (American, 20th /21st Century)
Mona Lisa New Baby
Acrylic on canvas/mixed Media, signed, titled, numbered NW-1995-21on the reverse
35.5 by 35.5 in. (90.17 by 90.17 cm.), Ove...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Palm Beach - Wall Decorations
Materials
Paint
Jean-Louis Forain
At the Theater
Graphite and Colored Chalk
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Jean-Louis Forain (1852-1931)
'At the Theater'
graphite and colored chalk on paper
signed Forain (lower left)
Size with frame: Height 22.87 in. (58...
Category
20th Century Palm Beach - Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
"Boston, Stronghold of the American Revolution" Signed Bruce Elliot Roberts
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Bruce Elliot Roberts
(American B. 1910)
Boston, Stronghold Of The American Revolution
signed Bruce Elliot Roberts and dated 1975 (lower righ...
Category
1910s Vintage Palm Beach - Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas
Belgian School, 19th Century Oil on canvas "A musical interlude"
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Belgian School, 19th century
Oil on canvas
"A musical interlude"
Signed (lower left)
Measures: 21 x 27 1/8 in (53.3 x 68.8cm).
Category
19th Century Antique Palm Beach - Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas
Dutch School, 19th Century an Autumn Landscape
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Dutch School, 19th Century
An Autumn Landscape
oil on panel
signed lower left: Thos. Fenton
unframed: 21 x 25 cm.; 8 x 9.5 in.
framed: 31 x 25 cm.; 12 x 14 in.
Category
20th Century Palm Beach - Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas
Pair of Italian Early 19th Century Louis XV Style Corner Wall Brackets
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning pair of Italian early 19th century Louis XV st. giltwood and white Carrara marble corner wall brackets. Each wall bracket displays a mag...
Category
19th Century Italian Louis XV Antique Palm Beach - Wall Decorations
Materials
Carrara Marble
"Sunset in Bristol" Oil on Board
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Continental school
19th/20th century
"sunset in Bristol"
Oil on board
Board sight size: 19.5 x 15.5 in. (49.53 x 39.37 cm.)
Size with frame: 24.5 x 20.5 in. (62.23 x 52.07 cm.)....
Category
20th Century Palm Beach - Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas
"Arab Market" Watercolor by Frederick Goodall
By Frederick Goodall R.A.
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Frederick Goodall (English. 1901-1980)
"Arab Market". Monogrammed F G l/l. Watercolor. Measuring: 8 3/4" by 6 1/2".
Category
Mid-20th Century Palm Beach - Wall Decorations
Daniel Sherrin "Afternoon after a Storm" Oil on Canvas
By Daniel Sherrin
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Daniel Sherrin (1868-1940)
Afternoon after a storm
signed
oil on canvas
Measures: 26 x 36 inches
Provenance:
John Britnell
Art Galleries Limited
London and Toronto.
Category
20th Century Palm Beach - Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas
"Bridge over Sindh River" Signed and Dated 1958
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Continental school
20th Century
"Bridge over Sindh River"
signed and dated 1958 (lower right)
Oil on board
Canvas: 24 by 19 1/2 in.; 60.9 by 49.5 cm
Framed: 31 by 27 in.; 78.4 ...
Category
20th Century Palm Beach - Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas
Continental School 19/20th Century "Portrait of a Lady"
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Continental Schoo
19/20th Century
"Portrait of a Lady"
Oil on canvas
Canvas sight size 11 x 17 in. (27.94 x 43.18 cm.),
Size with frame: 15 x 21 in. (38.1 x 53.34 cm).
Category
20th Century Palm Beach - Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas, Cane
Antique Fine Quality Charcoal Colored Portrait of Gentleman
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Exceptional antique framed portrait of a gentleman in a suit. Features a wooden frame.
Category
Early 20th Century American American Classical Palm Beach - Wall Decorations
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
$316 Sale Price
20% Off
1980s Signed Multi Color Painting of Playing and Dancing
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Incredible original signed painting in golden frame. Subject is a group of people dancing and playing.
Category
1980s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Palm Beach - Wall Decorations
Materials
Metal
True Pair of French 19th Century Belle Époque Period Terra Cotta Wall Plaques
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A beautiful and wonderfully executed true pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Belle Époque period Terra Cotta decorative wall plaques signed N. Laval 1880. Each oval plaque displays exceptional attention to detail with the left plaque depicting a beautiful maiden dressed in classical period attire with a blooming flower at her lapel and wonderful large flowing foliate hat all set within a mottled border. The right plaque depicts a handsome young man...
Category
19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Palm Beach - Wall Decorations
Materials
Terracotta
Leon GISCHIA "Portrait of a woman" Signed and dated
GISCHIA 47
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Leon GISCHIA (1903-1991)
"Portrait of a woman"
Signed and dated 'GISCHIA 47' (upper right)
Oil on canvas
18 x 10 in. (46.4 x 26.7 cm.)
Provenance:
Christies New York July 2...
Category
20th Century Palm Beach - Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas
Alexandre Bertin Oil on Canvas
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Alexandre Bertin (1854-1934)
"Renaissance Gathering"
Signed Bertin Alexandre. (lower left)
The reverse with stencil for Rey & Perrot, Paris
Oil on canvas
Measures: Canvas: 39 by...
Category
20th Century Palm Beach - Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas
Carl Link
1887-1968
"Mittenwald-Bayerische Alpen" Watercolor
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Carl Link(1887-1968)
"Mittenwald-Bayerische Alpen"
Watercolor
signed Carl Link (lower right),
Measuring: 22.5 in. x 31.5 in. (57.15 cm. x 80.01 cm.).
Category
20th Century Palm Beach - Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Marinus Johannes De Jongere Oil on Canvas "Ships at a Bustling Port"
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Marinus Johannes DE JONGERE (1912-1978)
Oil on canvas
"Ships at a Bustling Port"
Measures: 16 in. x 32 in. (40.64 cm. x 81.28 cm.)
Framed 19.5 in. x 36 ...
Category
20th Century Palm Beach - Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas
English School
19th Century
Signed J. NOBLE l/r.
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
English School (19th Century)
Untitled "Squire Thornhill introduces himself to the family of The Vicar of Wakefield". Signed J. NOBLE l/r.
Oil on canvas. Measuring 37 1/2 by 45 i...
Category
19th Century Antique Palm Beach - Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas
Man Holding Birds, Framed and Signed Lithograph 74/120 by Laiquot
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Exotic framed lithograph depicting man holding birds in cages. Numbered 74/120.
Additional information:
Material: Glass, Paper, Wood
Color: Green, Orange
Style: Mid-Century, Vi...
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Palm Beach - Wall Decorations
Materials
Wood
$224 Sale Price
43% Off
Ernest Haskell
1876-1925
Gentleman with a Moustache, Pencil on Paper
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Ernest Haskell (1876-1925)
Gentleman with A Moustache.
Pencil on paper
Measures: 7 x 4 3/4 inches (sight size)
size with frame
10 3/4 x 14 1/4 inches
Provenance:
Richard York...
Category
20th Century Palm Beach - Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Italian Early 18th Century Roman Oil on Canvas, of an Architectural Theme
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A very attractive Italian early 18th Century Roman oil on canvas, of an architectural theme. The painting is of a central round pavilion amidst ruins accente...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Palm Beach - Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas, Giltwood
Continental School 19th-20th Century "Hindu Gathering" Watercolor on Silk
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Continental School
19th-20th century
"Hindu Gathering"
watercolor on silk
Size with frame 33 x 25 in. (83.82 x 63.5 cm.)
Category
20th Century Palm Beach - Wall Decorations
Materials
Silk
Charles Stuart
Fl. 1854-1868
"Grapes, Pineapple, Plums, Apple, Jug"
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Charles Stuart (Fl. 1854-1868)
"Grapes, Pineapple, Plums, Apple, Jug and a Gourd on a Straw Covered Ledge"
Signed Charles Stuart and dated 1866 l/l.
Oil on canvas. Measuring:
Si...
Category
19th Century Antique Palm Beach - Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas
French 19th Century Belle Époque Period Patinated Bronze and Ormolu Wall Plaque
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A beautiful and very high quality French 19th century Louis XVI st. Belle Époque period patinated bronze and ormolu decorative wall plaque. The wonderfully executed circular plaque...
Category
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Palm Beach - Wall Decorations
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Italian Watercolor by Mariano De Franceschi
By Mariano De Franceschi
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Mariano De Franceschi (1849-1896)
Italian. "Peasant Woman and Boy Watching Baby"
watercolor
Measures: 29 1/4" x 20 3/4".
Signed M. De Franceschi and insc...
Category
1890s Antique Palm Beach - Wall Decorations
Edouard Detaille Set of Four, Hand Colored Lithograph
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Edouard Detaille (1848-1912)
"Soldiers with flag"
Print-multiple, set of four, hand colored lithograph
Measures: Framed height 20.5 in. (52.07 cm.), width 16.37 in. (41.57 cm.)
W...
Category
20th Century Palm Beach - Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Jim Dine
1935
"Throat, from Pop Artist
s Volume II"
By Jim Dine
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Jim Dine (1935)
"Throat, from Pop Artist's Volume II"
Gallery Mikro 36
Screen-print in colors, 1965,
signed in pencil, numbered 'XXXI'
sheet, 30" x 24 in.
Framed size: Height...
Category
20th Century Palm Beach - Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas
"Peasant Woman and Boy Watching Baby" Watercolor
By Mariano De Franceschi
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Mariano De Franceschi (1849-1896)
Italian
"Peasant Woman and Boy Watching Baby"
Watercolor
Framed size 35 by 44 in. (889 mm. x 1117.6 mm.)
20 by 2...
Category
20th Century Palm Beach - Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas
Jean-Pierre Capron
1921-1997
"La Mosquee Bleue D
istanbul" Oil on Canvas
By Jean-Pierre Capron
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Jean-Pierre Capron (1921-1997)
"La Mosquee Bleue D'Istanbul"
Oil on canvas, painted by Jean-Pierre Capron (1921-1997),
signed J.P. Capron lower right, in a gilded gallery frame
...
Category
1950s Vintage Palm Beach - Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas
Continental School, Seascape, Oil on Canvas Gallery Label John Britnell
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Continental School, 19th century
Seascape, with figures on a beach and a mountainous landscape, illegible signature lower left.
Oil on canvas
with gallery label...
Category
19th Century Antique Palm Beach - Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas
Pair of 19th Century Ornithological Color Prints
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A lovely pair of 19th century ornithological color prints of European birds, within an elegant wood frame. The science of ornithology has a long history and studies on birds have hel...
Category
19th Century Unknown Antique Palm Beach - Wall Decorations
Materials
Wood
$3,000 / set
Continental School, 20th Century "Salle a Manger"
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Continental School, 20th century
"Salle a Manger"
Painting
Oil on canvas
Size with frame
29.75 x 25.375 in. (75.56 x 64.45 cm.).
Category
20th Century Palm Beach - Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas
Gustav Kohler Oil on Board Portrait of a Lady
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Gustav KOHLER (1859-1932)
Oil on Board
Portrait of A Lady
Signed upper left Gustav Kohler
Size without frame:
8 x 6 in. (20.32 x 15.24 cm.)
Size ...
Category
20th Century Palm Beach - Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas
Berlin
K.P.M.
Porcelain Plaque after Gustaaf Wappers
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
After Gustaaf Wappers (1803-1874)
Christopher Columbus in chains
A Berlin (K.P.M.) Porcelain Plaque, circa 1870
painted with a bearded Christopher Columbus in a cloak with his han...
Category
1860s Antique Palm Beach - Wall Decorations
Materials
Porcelain
"Bedtime" by Jan Portielje, Oil on Canvas Signed
By Jean Frederik Pieter Portielje
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Jan Portielje (1829-1908)
"Bedtime"
signed J Portielje (lower right)
oil on canvas
Framed height: 33 3/4 in. (85.72 cm.), width 39 3/4 in. (100.96)
...
Category
Mid-19th Century Antique Palm Beach - Wall Decorations
Vintage Boho Abstract Original Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A truly captivating work of original art, this large-scale abstract painting is alive with expressive energy and sophisticated color. The artist employs dynamic, gestural brushstroke...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Palm Beach - Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Nicola Simbari "Deux Clowns" Silkscreen Print, Signed
By Nicola Simbari
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Nicola Simbari (Italian b. 1927)
"Deux Clowns" signed Simbari in pencil, numbered 134/300, published 1979.
One of five editions comprising suite entitled Cirque Simbari
Silkscree...
Category
1970s Vintage Palm Beach - Wall Decorations
Bruce Elliot Roberts
1910
Oil on Canvas
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Bruce Elliot ROBERTS, (1910)
Oil on canvas
Signed Bruce (lower right)
accompanied with letter of authenticity
Size with frame:
Height 27.75 in. (70.48 cm.)
Width 23.75 in. (60....
Category
1910s Vintage Palm Beach - Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas
Clara Klinghoffer Still Life of Fruit Set Upon a Table, Oil on Canvas
By Clara Klinghoffer
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Clara Klinghoffer (1900-1972)
Still life of fruit set upon a table.
Oil on canvas
Signed Klinghoffer, lower right, dated 1969, lower left.
Size with frame
Height 36.5 in. (92.71...
Category
Early 1900s Antique Palm Beach - Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas
Italian 19th Century Oil on Canvas Still Life Painting
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An outstanding Italian 19th century oil on canvas still life painting. The highly detailed painting depicts a vibrant and charming bouquet of flowers in a vase, against blue sky. The...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Palm Beach - Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas, Giltwood
Italian 19th Century Oil on Canvas Painting in Its Original Giltwood Frame
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A striking Italian 19th century oil on canvas painting in its original giltwood frame. The painting is framed within a beautiful and most elegant mottled giltwood border with a fine ...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Palm Beach - Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas, Giltwood
19th Century Signed H. Fournel Oil on Canvas Titled ‘A Difficult Task’
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A charming European 19th century oil on canvas titled "a difficult task" signed H. Fournel. The delightful painting is of an older gentleman by a window putting thread in a needle wh...
Category
19th Century European Antique Palm Beach - Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
Very Fine French Parcel-Gilt Enamel Plaque within Ormolu Frame
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A very fine French parcel-gilt enamel plaque within ormolu frame
Late 19th-early 20th century
The rectangular plaque depicting a family seated at a theatre balcony, within a pink a...
Category
Early 20th Century Palm Beach - Wall Decorations
Materials
Ormolu
"Historic Flags of the United States" ZHANG Boju
ZHANG Xinzeng
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
ZHANG Boju & ZHANG Xinzeng (XIX-XX)
A Mixed Media Wall Installation:
Titled: "Historic Flags of the United States"
each bears an inscription on verso...
Category
20th Century Palm Beach - Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Madonna and Child, Fine Berlin KPM Plaque, Signed A. Deckelmann
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Madonna and Child, Fine Berlin KPM Plaque
Last quarter of the 19th century
After Raphael, depicting the Madonna and child with a river and city in the dis...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Palm Beach - Wall Decorations
Italian 19th Century Etched Glass Family Crest Signed J. Prat. Colon 7
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A unique and extremely decorative Italian 19th century etched frosted glass and giltwood plaque signed J. Prat. Colon 7. The large scale wall decor ret...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Palm Beach - Wall Decorations
Materials
Glass, Giltwood
"Love" by David Chan, Acrylic on Rice Paper
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
David Chan (Singaporean, B. 1979), "LOVE", acrylic on rice paper
Measures: 27 by 16 1/2 in., overall 38 1/2 by 27 in.
Provenance: J. Gallery, Hong Kong.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Palm Beach - Wall Decorations
Ernest Ochme
19th Century
"Musician on a Terrace", Signed Ernest Ochme
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Ernest Ochme (19th century)
"Musician on a Terrace".
Signed Ernest Ochme and dated 1858 l/r.
Oil on Canvas.
Measuring 33.75 by 26.25 inches.
Provenance:
Dixon & Dixon, New O...
Category
19th Century Antique Palm Beach - Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas
19th Century Old Master Oil on Canvas Painting Titled, “Susanna And The Elders”
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning Continental early 19th century old master oil on canvas painting titled, "Susanna and the Elders" after Giovanni Martinelli. The wonderfully executed painting is set in it...
Category
19th Century Unknown Antique Palm Beach - Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas, Giltwood
Nicholas Briganti Oil on Canvas
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Nicholas Briganti (1861-1944)
Oil on canvas
"River Landscape With Mill"
Measures: 24 in. x 36 in. (60.96 cm. x 91.44 cm.)
Category
20th Century Palm Beach - Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas
Christian Zacho
1843-1913
Peter Morch Christian Zacho "a sunlit glade"
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Christian Zacho (1843-1913)
Peter Morch Christian Zacho
"A sunlit glade"
oil on canvas
Measures: 25.5 x 34 in. (64.77 cm. x 86.36 cm.)
Framed 29.5 in. x 38 in. (74.93 in. x 96....
Category
20th Century Palm Beach - Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas
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