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Item Ships From: Pennsylvania
Roy Lichtenstein Crying Girl, SIGNED!
By Roy Lichtenstein, Castelli
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Roy Lichtenstein Crying Girl 1963. Edition of an unknown number. Signed bottom right. Colors very nice with one area shown with a press te...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Pennsylvania - Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Large Antique Capodimonte Porcelain Plaque of a Naiad or Water Nymph
By Capodimonte
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine and large-scale Italian porcelain plaque
By Capodimonte.
Depicting a naiad (Greek: ναϊάς) or water nymph holding cattails in her hands and attended by a small cherub.
Cast ...
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18th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Pennsylvania - Wall Decorations
Materials
Porcelain
Silkwork of Irish Interest-Erin Go Bragh: Patriotic Irish Silkwork Panel
Located in Downingtown, PA
Fine Silkwork of Irish Interest:
Erin Go Bragh: Patriotic Irish Silkwork Panel
Date: mid-to-late 1800s
Historical Context and Interpretation of Symbols
This silkwork is more than ju...
Category
1860s Northern Irish Early Victorian Antique Pennsylvania - Wall Decorations
Materials
Silk
British Botanical Watercolor of Tulips
Located in Downingtown, PA
Botanical Splendor: A British Watercolor of Tulips, Early 19th Century
This early 19th-century British botanical watercolor is a stunning exampl...
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Early 19th Century English Georgian Antique Pennsylvania - Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Botanical Splendor- Johann Weinmann Set of Twelve Botanical Engravings
By Johann Wilhelm Weinmann
Located in Downingtown, PA
A Fine Set of Twelve Botanical Engravings from Johann Weinmann's Phytanthoza Iconographia
________________________________________
This is a beautiful and historically significant s...
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1740s German Georgian Antique Pennsylvania - Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Antique Polish Ciupaga Shepherd’s Axe Cane Walking Stick
Located in Shippensburg, PA
A FINE HISTORICAL CARPATHIAN CIUPAGA OR SHEPHERD'S AXE
Poland, probably 19th century
34 7/8" H x 5 1/4" W (head)
A holdover from the Middle Ages, the ciupaga shepherd's axe was at ...
Category
19th Century Polish Antique Pennsylvania - Wall Decorations
Materials
Brass
English Regency Period Original Watercolor Maple Frame Blackbird Nest and Eggs
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An original British School Regency Period watercolor study of a Blackbird’s nest and eggs, mounted in a Georgian Period Maple frame – Dated 1863.
These...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Regency Antique Pennsylvania - Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper, Birdseye Maple
"Blond Nude in Blue Room", Mid Century Painting with Male Nude
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Sensitively and beautifully painted, this portrait of a young man, blond-haired, ruddy-complexioned and nude, was painted in the 1950s by Vito Tomasello. The subject is looking down...
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Pennsylvania - Wall Decorations
Materials
Paint
Le Faune
Head of a Faun
Etching
Aquatint by Pablo Picasso, 1958
By Pablo Picasso, Aldo
Piero Crommelynck
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine framed etching & aquatint on Japan paper.
By Pablo Picasso (1881 - 1973)
Entitled "Le Faune" (The Faun).
Signed in pencil to the lower right.
Numbered 42/200.
P...
Category
Mid-20th Century Expressionist Pennsylvania - Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
A Portrait of a Dog, likely European, 20th C.
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A brown dog portrait in a wooden frame.
- Oil on canvas, signed indistinguishably lower right, "B......"
- Framed dimensions : 17.25 in x 21.5 in
Category
20th Century European Pennsylvania - Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
Very Fine Carved Bird-Head Antique Walking Stick Cane
Located in Shippensburg, PA
CARVED WALKING STICK WITH AVIAN HANDLE
Probably English or Continental, circa early 20th century
34 3/8" H x 1" D x 4 5/8" W
This finely carved walking stick features a carefully d...
Category
Early 20th Century Victorian Pennsylvania - Wall Decorations
Materials
Hardwood
Estate Authorized Picasso from Marina Picasso Collection 248/500
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Estate Authorized Pablo Picasso Lithograph, 248/500. Estate seal and Arches paper seals to corners. Originally sold through Richard Norton Gallery...
Category
1980s French Modern Vintage Pennsylvania - Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
"C
est Moi", The Artist on Stage by Society Portraitist Channing Weir Hare, 1942
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Quirky and a bit transgressive, this self portrait by Channing Weir Hare hints at his fabulous life in Palm Beach and Maine, and the high society swells he painted and socialized wit...
Category
1940s American Art Deco Vintage Pennsylvania - Wall Decorations
Materials
Paint
Vintage Carved Hardwood Sterling Silver Overlaid Cane Walking Stick
Located in Shippensburg, PA
CARVED HARDWOOD CANE WITH STERLING SILVER OVERLAID HANDLE
In the Art Nouveau taste, circa 20th century
34 1/2" H x 4 1/8" W (handle)
A finely carved hardwood cane, the tapering sha...
Category
20th Century Art Nouveau Pennsylvania - Wall Decorations
Materials
Sterling Silver
Vintage Majolica Jose Alvaro Lobster Plate, Caldas Da Rainha Portugal C 1930
By Caldas Da Rainha
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Portuguese Palissy Ware Majolica Lobster and Shellfish Charger by José Alvaro, Caldas da Rainha, circa 1930
A striking hand-modeled and vividly glazed Palissy-style majolica charger ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Portuguese Folk Art Pennsylvania - Wall Decorations
Materials
Majolica
Mid Century Paul Evans Cityscape Floating Shelf or Console Table Chrome
Brass
By Paul Evans, Directional
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An incredible design, a cityscape wall shelf designed by Paul Evans in the 1970's. The set features Fine heavy construction with brass & chrome clad patchwork design. Includes two L ...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Pennsylvania - Wall Decorations
Materials
Brass, Chrome
Vintage Brutalist Abstract Metal Nail Wall Art Sculpture, circa 1970
By William Bowie, Curtis Jeré
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Brutalist Abstract Metal Nail Wall Art Sculpture
In the Style of William Bowie, circa 1970's
Artist Unknown
" in very good vintage condit...
Category
1970s American Brutalist Vintage Pennsylvania - Wall Decorations
Materials
Metal
Roy Lichtenstein Hand
Foot
By Roy Lichtenstein
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Roy Lichtenstein "Hand & Foot" Signed and numbered original Lithograph. 265/ 300, 1964. Iconic Image from one of the 1960's master of POP. Image area is 16.25 x20.75. Overall fra...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Pennsylvania - Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
$23,600 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage Piero Fornasetti Gold Adam Porcelain Plates, Set of Twelve
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Vintage Piero Fornasetti Gold Adam Porcelain Plates,
1970s.
A complete set of twelve vintage painted gold ground transfer-printed porcelain plates in black and white...
Category
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Pennsylvania - Wall Decorations
Materials
Porcelain
French Barbizon Antique Landscape Oil Painting of Evening River by Henri Perret
Located in Shippensburg, PA
HENRI FRANCOIS PERRET
French, b. 1825
Lavandières au bord de la rivière
Oil on canvas signed lower left "H. Perret"
17 1/4" H x 26 1/8" W [frame]
12 7/8" H x 21 7/8" W [canvas]
...
Category
19th Century French Barbizon School Antique Pennsylvania - Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas, Paint
"Five Olympic Rowers", Monumental Art Deco Painting of Nude Male Oarsmen
Located in Philadelphia, PA
One of the most stunning and monumental depictions of male nude figures -- and male athletes -- ever accomplished in the Modern era, this large painting shows five nude rowers, relax...
Category
1930s British Art Deco Vintage Pennsylvania - Wall Decorations
Materials
Paint
"Pipe Fitters", 1951 Paean to the Working Man by Gere, Wisconsin Painter
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Although this painting dates to 1951, a few years after the Works Progress Administration (WPA) period ended in the 1940s, this tight composition of two pipe fitters doing their work in a cramped space is very much akin to America's Depression-era murals that celebrated the American worker. The painter was Byron Gere...
Category
1950s American Art Deco Vintage Pennsylvania - Wall Decorations
Materials
Paint
Antique Art Deco Framed Louis Icart Etching “Manon”, Signed, Paris circa 1920
By Louis Icart
Located in Bernville, PA
Antique Art Deco Louis Icart print titled "Manon" depicts a woman walking from a carriage. Embossed lower left L.I Paris 6 of 492, pencil signed lower right, framed in a beautiful go...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Pennsylvania - Wall Decorations
Materials
Other
Lithograph Portrait of Abraham Lincoln by William E. Marshall, 1866
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Portrait of Abraham Lincoln
by William E. Marshall
Engraving / Lithograph, 1866
image 15" x 19"
frame 24.5" x 28.5 x .75"
nice pressed wood frame - no glass
"One of the best after-death portraits of Lincoln."
"William Edgar Marshall 1837-1906, New York born painter and engraver. Marshall started his career as an engraver of pocket watch cases. In 1856, encouraged by his mentor, Cyrus Durand, who with his brother, Asher B. Durand, were important early banknote engravers, Marshall made his first engraved portraits - images of the Presidential candidates, James Buchanan and John Charles Fremont. The quality of these two images led to Marshall's appointment as the chief engraver at the American Bank Note Company in 1858. In 1862 he engraved a portrait of George Washington after a painting by Gilbert Stuart...
Category
1860s American American Classical Antique Pennsylvania - Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Large Port Scene Painting of a View of Valletta Harbour, Malta
Located in Downingtown, PA
Large Port scene painting of a view of Valletta Harbour, Malta,
Oil on canvas,
Mid-19th century.
The massive painting was made from the upper gardens...
Category
Mid-19th Century Maltese Folk Art Antique Pennsylvania - Wall Decorations
Materials
Paint
"Swimming in the Cloisterham Weir", Watercolor by Shinn for Dickens
Edwin Drood
By Everett Shinn
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Many a Baby Boomer will recall growing up with a bookshelf lined with classic novels issued by The Heritage Press with newly-commissioned illustrations by celebrated artists of the d...
Category
1940s American Art Deco Vintage Pennsylvania - Wall Decorations
Materials
Paint
"Dream Garden", Spectacular 1920s Print with Maxfield Parrish-Inspired Frame
By Maxfield Parrish
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This extraordinary paean to Maxfield Parrish brings together an original, 1920s print featuring the "Dream Garden" mosaic in Philadelphia, with a recent, ...
Category
1920s American Art Deco Vintage Pennsylvania - Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
$2,800 Sale Price
20% Off
Yacht Racing off Cape Cod, Vernon Broe (American 1930-2011)
Located in Downingtown, PA
Yacht Racing off Cape Cod,
Vernon Broe (American 1930-2011),
oil on board
A fine example of Vernon Broe work depicting a yacht race off Cape Cod, Massach...
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Pennsylvania - Wall Decorations
Materials
Paint
"Youths Bathing in the Bay of Algiers, " Monumental Painting by Ortega, 1934
By José Ortega
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Brilliantly painted in tones of turquoise, Mediterranean blue, aqua, sky blue and a range of rich browns, tans and grays, this view of three young men bathing...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Pennsylvania - Wall Decorations
Materials
Paint
$22,400 Sale Price
20% Off
"Late Afternoon on the Beach", Mid Century Painting w/ Blond Nude Male Figure
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This atmospheric and magical view of a single nude male figure on a California beach is imbued with lovely, unexpected colors and textures which rise up to a sky that is a pale shade of green. The blond young man has been sunbathing on a towel stretched along the sand, and seems to be placidly examining the viewer -- the painter -- from afar. The artist is Duane Wakeham...
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Pennsylvania - Wall Decorations
Materials
Paint
"Shore Leave, " Large Art Deco Mural with Sailors at New Orleans Brothel, 1940s
Located in Philadelphia, PA
One of the most striking and remarkable Art Deco paintings we have ever offered, this depiction of a group of 1940s sailors visiting a New Orleans brothel is full of boisterous energy and strong color, providing an amused and amusing view of Navy life during or after World War II. The sailors -- in their tight white pants and youthful swagger -- are enjoying the company of an array of brothel workers, reigned over by a madam dressed in ruby red, with two young paramours to her side. Taking it all in is a group of jeering young men in straw hats to the right, and a young gay...
Category
1940s American Art Deco Vintage Pennsylvania - Wall Decorations
Materials
Paint
$15,600 Sale Price
20% Off
"Rebel", Rare Art Nouveau/Symbolist Print w/ Male Nude by Emma Goitein Dessau
By Emma Goitein Dessau
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A rare work by Emma Goitein Dessau, this color print entitled "Born to Work -- Rebel," depicts a kneeling nude male figure in chains, in the foreground, rebelling against the roiling crowd of nude figures behind him, all caught up in the crush of work and toil. The artist was clearly protesting the demands of modernity, and the toll it was taking on humanity, using a parade of beautifully captured nude figures to make her point. Goitein was German Jewish...
Category
1920s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Pennsylvania - Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
$2,560 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage Lithograph by Johnny Friedlaender, circa 1968
By Johnny Friedlaender
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Lithograph
Johnny Friedlaender: 1912 - 1992
circa 1968
Very nicely framed with gold frame and linen mat. Ready to hang.
Frame Size: 21" W x 23 3/4" H
Visible Image Size: 14" W x 17" H
"Johnny Gotthard Friedlaender (1912-1992), printmaker and painter, was born in Pless, Prussian Silesia (Germany) on June 21, 1912, the son of a pharmacist. He moved to Breslau in 1921 and, in 1928, he enrolled at the Breslau Art Academy where he attended master classes taught by Otto Mueller, a member of Die Brücke. During his academy years Friedlaender worked in lithography and etching.
In 1930, he moved to Dresden, where his work was included in group exhibitions at Galerie J. Sandel and, in 1936, he traveled to Czechoslovakia, Switzerland, Austria, France, and Belgium. Friedlaender and his young wife fled the Nazi regime in 1937 settling in Paris as political refugees. In 1938 and 1939, Friedlaender worked at the literary weekly magazine Marianne on Paul Chadourne's recommendation. From 1939 to 1943 he was interned in a series of concentration camps. After the war, the Friedlaenders returned to Paris in 1945, in 1947 he became a member of the Salon de Mai, and in 1950 he became a French citizen.
"Friedlaender worked for various journals and focused on etching as his main medium of expression. He became one of the great innovators in color printmaking and a school formed in Paris around his work as a painter and printmaker. From his Paris atelier Friedlaender instructed younger artists who themselves went on to become noteworthy, among them Arthur Luiz Piza, Brigitte Coudrain...
Category
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Pennsylvania - Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Striking Painting of Birds in Birdcage with Berries and Fruit
By Maitland Smith
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Handsome oil on board still life painting of birds in a decorative birdcage outfitted with berries and fruit.
Note: A matching painting that is slightly ...
Category
1990s American Pennsylvania - Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas
"Standing Male Model from Behind, " Beautiful Male Nude, Three-Quarters Size
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Beautifully and sensitively painted, this view of a young, nude male model, facing away from the viewer, places him in an artist's studio or atelier, with painters and their easels v...
Category
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Pennsylvania - Wall Decorations
Materials
Paint
Amuneal
s Black Wood, Steel, and Bronze Industrial Wall Mounted Shelving
By Amuneal
Located in New York, NY
Amuneal's Charred Pine, Steel and Bronze Shelving with Formed Returns. This single bay Loft Shelving Series unit is wall-mounted to support five shelves, using custom machined brass fittings on bent steel posts. Amuneal’s proprietary machined hardware clamps onto the posts so that the shelves can be easily adjusted at any time. The burnt oak shelves are milled in house from pine before being hand-finished using the traditional Shou Sugi Ban process of burning the wood. Ebonized oak is a similar looking alternative black wood option. Once completed, the shelves are sealed with a protective coating that keeps that burnt finish from rubbing off. The combination of blackened steel posts, machined and patinated brass hardware and the charred oak shelves make this a stunning and sculptural shelving...
Category
2010s American Modern Pennsylvania - Wall Decorations
Materials
Brass, Steel
1970s Lee Reynolds Landscape Painting with Boats, Buildings, and Trees
By Lee Reynolds
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This original 1970s painting by Lee Reynolds captures a serene landscape with boats, buildings, and trees. The combination of vibrant colors and masterful brushstrokes creates a capt...
Category
Mid-20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Pennsylvania - Wall Decorations
Materials
Paint
"Giant" Vintage Slide Rule by Pickett
By Pickett
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Giant" Vintage Slide Rule by Pickett
"Pickett All-American Quality Slide Rules".
circa 1960s
The slide rule is a working model that was most likely u...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Pennsylvania - Wall Decorations
Materials
Aluminum
"Standing Male Nude, " Pastel Drawing by Allyn Cox, US Capitol Muralist
By Allyn Cox
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Beautifully executed in warm, roseate colors -- coral, terra cotta, brick and ivory -- this drawing was made by Allyn Cox, probably as a study for one of many murals he was commissioned to paint at the US Capitol...
Category
1950s American Art Deco Vintage Pennsylvania - Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
$1,760 Sale Price
20% Off
"Farmer with Scythe, " Depiction of American Worker by U.S. Capitol Muralist
By Allyn Cox
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Drenched with sun and full of optimism, this depiction of a shirtless farm worker, with scythe in hand, is a high-spirited paean to the American laborer, at a time when the Works Progress Administration and other institutions were commissioning murals that celebrated industry, agriculture and commerce. Here, the worker is lean and strong, and his face shows signs of sunburn from his hours in the open. The painter was Allyn Cox, son of the famous muralist Kenyon Cox...
Category
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Pennsylvania - Wall Decorations
Materials
Paint
"Peace, " Monumental Art Deco Tapestry w/ Goddess of Abundance and Nudes, 1945
By Gaston Alfred Henrich
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A unique and remarkable work of art with great historical importance, this monumental Art Deco tapestry celebrating the end of World War II presents a large scene of nude male and female...
Category
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Pennsylvania - Wall Decorations
Materials
Wool
$52,000 Sale Price
20% Off
"Europa and the Bull", Art Deco Masterwork of Marquetry by Szoeke, 1939
By Andrew Szoeke
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This masterwork of marquetry or inlaid wood -- in stunning, interlocking pieces of burled walnut and maple, mahogany and beech -- depicts Europa riding the bull, a classic story from...
Category
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Pennsylvania - Wall Decorations
Materials
Wood
Vintage Enamel on Copper Image of Birds
By Judith Danner
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Enamel on Copper image of Birds - signed
new frameless Swiss Corner clip hanging system
ready to hang.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Pennsylvania - Wall Decorations
Materials
Enamel, Copper
Impressive Large Seascape by English Artist Guy Gladwell
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Incredibly beautiful large seascape titled “A Time of Peace”, by listed English artist Guy Gladwell, 1931-2014.
The oil on canvas captures a magical time of day where the sea is cal...
Category
20th Century English Pennsylvania - Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas, Wood
"Hand on Hip", Male Nude Torso Painting by Tchelichew in Ruddy Brown and Gray
By Pavel Tchelitchew
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Painted in a rich, deep palette of ruddy browns and grays, this 1929 masterpiece by Paul Tchelichew (or Tchelichev) depicting a nude male torso, the figure's hand on his hip, was exe...
Category
1920s American Art Deco Vintage Pennsylvania - Wall Decorations
Materials
Paint
Bruce of LA /AKA Bruce Bellas Photograph of Drew Burton
By Bruce Bellas
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Popular beef cake model Drew Burton was photographed by many male physique photographers. His All American Good Looks made him very popular! Didn't hurt th...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Pennsylvania - Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
"Benjamin Franklin
Nude Athletes", 1925 Bronze Relief for Univ of Pennsylvania
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Extraordinary in size and subject matter, this monumental bronze relief sculpture, dating from 1925, depicts four nude athletes receiving the victory laurel from a seated Benjamin Fr...
Category
1920s Vintage Pennsylvania - Wall Decorations
Materials
Bronze
"Bathers on Rocky Shore", Striking English Painting of Nude Male Figures, 1930s
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This striking and unusual painting -- beautifully composed with a rich palette -- depicts two nude British youth, sitting on a rocky outcropping during a day of swimming. Each is sl...
Category
1930s British Art Deco Vintage Pennsylvania - Wall Decorations
Materials
Paint
Framed Ceramic Rooster Art Tile Plaque, French, 1950
s
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Framed Ceramic Art Tile Plaque
of Whimsical and Colorful Rooster
French, 1950's, signed
"Beautifully done Ceramic Tile Rooster Wall Hanging. Made up of 10 tiles to form the compos...
Category
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Pennsylvania - Wall Decorations
Materials
Ceramic
"Nude Angel with Torch", Vivid Art Deco Painting w/ Male Nude in Night Sky
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vividly and boldly painted, this Art Deco depiction of a nude male angel, holding a torch aloft and transported by multi-colored, elaborate wings, was created by Henry Strachey in 19...
Category
1920s British Art Deco Vintage Pennsylvania - Wall Decorations
Materials
Paint
"Laying Track", WPA-Era Woodblock Print with Nude Male Workers by Ruegg
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This remarkable -- perhaps unique -- woodblock print depicts a group of five nude male workers laying railroad track, their strong, muscled figures interlaced as they strive to move ...
Category
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Pennsylvania - Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
"Frieze of Nude Male Figures, " Art Deco Scene of Bathers and Workers, France
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Drenched in rich color and somehow both modern and classical, this scene of nude male figures is presented as a frieze of men along a horizontal plane -- as if they are peopling a mu...
Category
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Pennsylvania - Wall Decorations
Materials
Paint
"Nasturtium, " Watercolor by Louis Comfort Tiffany for Stained Glass Window,
21
By Louis Comfort Tiffany
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Beautifully painted in vivid tones of yellow-orange, mossy green, warm red and deep blue -- echoing the rich tones of the stained glass he employed -- this rare and gorgeous watercolor by Louis Comfort Tiffany was clearly painted to inspire and guide the design of one of his stained glass windows featuring the nasturtium flower. In the earliest years of his career in the decorative arts, Tiffany served as the primary designer for his firm, inspired by ancient Byzantine and Roman glass as well as the bounty of American flowers and trees to be found in his native Northeast. As his business grew and it was necessary for him to oversee the work of many artists and artisans, he came to rely on others to develop most designs, such as Frederick Wilson for his figural church windows and Clara Driscoll...
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1920s American Art Nouveau Vintage Pennsylvania - Wall Decorations
Materials
Paint
"Seated Figure, " Important Photograph of Male Nude by Barthe
By Richmond Barthé
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This original black and white photograph of one of Richmond Barthé's rare, little-known sculptures was taken by the famous studio of Morgan and Marvin Smith, who located on West 125th Street next to the renowned Apollo Theater. The Smith brothers moved from their native Kentucky to New York in the early 1930s, and proceeded to establish a studio that brought together almost every major figure in the Harlem Renaissance in the 1930s, 40s and 50s, mentoring artists such as Jacob Lawrence, Gwendolyn Knight, Selma Burke, Ernest Crichlow and Robert Blackburn. The Smiths captured the night life of Harlem, including musicians and actors such as Harry Belafonte, Sydney Poitier, Eartha Kitt, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Count Basie, Ethel Waters, Billie Holiday, Hattie McDaniels, Zora Neal Hurston, Step n' Fetchit, Pearl...
Category
1940s American Art Deco Vintage Pennsylvania - Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
"Dancer at Rest, " Large Painting of Half-Nude Male Ballet Dancer, Mid Century
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Large and striking, this painting by Robert Childers presents a reclining ballet dancer, clothed above the waist in a dancer's sleeveless shirt, but nude below, holding a pink ribbon and accompanied by three wire-back chairs. Enigmatic and full of symbolism, the dancer is facing away from the viewer so his expression cannot be seen; the three chairs with heart-shaped backs suggest that the man may be in love. Childers himself had been a dancer for two years; he also studied painting at the Philadelphia Museum School of Art, the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, and Fleisher Art Memorial, all in Philadelphia. Later he led a peripatetic life, designing for greeting card companies, and creating fabrics, toys and illustrations at one time or another in New York and elsewhere. The painting is oil on canvas, and retains its original wormy chestnut frame...
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Pennsylvania - Wall Decorations
Materials
Paint
"Riding the Spotted Pony", Art Deco Painting with Nude Male American Indian
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Painted at a time when the nation was increasingly interested in exotic places and peoples -- including Mexico, the South Pacific, Asia and the Southwest -- this Art Deco painting of...
Category
1940s American Art Deco Vintage Pennsylvania - Wall Decorations
Materials
Paint
"Tree of Life, " Large Midcentury Tapestry by Ahmed, Early Student, Wissa Wassef
By Ramses Wissa Wassef Workshop
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Dating from 1976, about 20 years after Ramses Wissa Wassef established his tapestry workshop in the 1950s, this monumental tapestry by Samina Ahmed...
Category
1970s Egyptian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Pennsylvania - Wall Decorations
Materials
Wool
$20,000 Sale Price
20% Off
"Study for Icarus, " Drawing by Emlen Etting, 1940s
By Emlen Etting
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Emlen Etting returned again and again to the theme of Icarus Falling, in part because it gave him an opportunity to depict the nude male in motion. This large drawing served as a stu...
Category
1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Pennsylvania - Wall Decorations
"On the Waterfront", Nine Sailors at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, 1946 Oil Painting
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Painted just after the end of World War II in a style that could be called Art Deco meets Mid Century, this striking painting depicts nine sailors in their Navy uniforms, most of the...
Category
1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Pennsylvania - Wall Decorations
Materials
Paint
"Male Nude w/ Aureole, " Bronze Relief Sculpture, Art Nouveau/Symbolist Influence
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Large and spectacular, this bronze relief sculpture depicts a standing male nude figure on a ground that is rich with curving decorative motifs...
Category
Early 20th Century Dutch Art Nouveau Pennsylvania - Wall Decorations
Materials
Bronze
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A longtime admirer of Kahn’s work, 1stDibs editorial director Anthony Barzilay Freund explores why it’s relevant now more than ever.
Why Jules Chéret Was the King of the Modern Poster
The streets of fin-de-siècle Paris were set aglow with colorful poster ads, thanks to the printing techniques invented by Jules Chéret. Now, the Milwaukee Art Museum is celebrating this undersung talent in America's first solo show dedicated his exuberant works.
Anna Condo’s Multifaceted Career Spans Film, Photography and NFTs
From her historic Manhattan townhouse, the talented creator and curator of 1stDibs' latest NFT exhibition tells us about the art in her home and how she got involved with cryptoart.
How Keith Rivers Went from NFL Linebacker to Blue-Chip Art Aficionado
The former football player is as serious about becoming a great contemporary-art patron as he once was about making tackles. Here, Rivers tells us how he got the collecting bug and how his tastes have evolved over the years.