Wisconsin

Exquisite dinner size Seville by Towle sterling silver flatware set - 49 pieces. Great starter set! This set includes: 6 Dinner Size Knives, 9 1/2" 6 Dinner Size Forks, 7 5/8" 6...

The work of Ruth Leavitt (1944, Saint Paul, Minnesota) employs computation to manipulate and alter abstract forms by virtually stretching, rotating and deforming them across three ax...

Chateau rose by Alvin sterling silver flatware set - 24 pieces. Great starter set! This set includes: six knives, 8 7/8", six forks, 7 1/4", ...

Dinner size golden ashmont (gold accent) by Reed & Barton sterling silver flatware set, 56 pieces. This set includes: Ten dinner size knives, knife blades vary slightly, 10", ten ...

"Passage a Village" is an original drypoint print by Hermine David. It depicts a number of figures on a path into a village using various forms of transportation. This piece is edition 120/150. 11" x 9 3/4" art 21 5/8" x 17" frame Hermine Lionette Cartan David (19 April 1886 in Paris-1 December 1970 in Bry-sur-Marne) was a French painter and the wife of Jules Pascin. She was also a great-granddaughter of the revolutionary painter Jacques-Louis David. Hermine David was one of the Ecole de Paris...

Martele by Gorham Exceedingly Rare Martele by Gorham sterling silver asparagus tray with chased asparagus design. There were only eight ...

Woven in Iran, this hand-knotted Sarouk carpet measures 4’ x 6’5” and belongs to the Antique Collection. Crafted using a traditional Persian wea...

The Colfax sterling silver flatware pattern that showcases the artistry and skill of Durgin Sterling Silver Flatware originally issued in 1922. With its fine pearl and bead border an...

Malvern by Lunt sterling silver flatware set - 48 pieces. This set includes: 12 Knives, 9" 12 Forks, 7 1/4" 12 Salad forks, 6 3/4" 12 Teaspoons, 6" Includes bonus brand new storage...

"Milwaukee Reads - Harry W. Schwartz Bookshop" is a silkscreen poster for a bookshop in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The illustrator Arnold (Arnie) Gore designed it a...

"Heaven" is International artist Karen Hoepting's 2000 acrylic on paper, signed lower left. The abstract subject includes birds and cats against a bright blue and yellow background. ...

Celeste by Gorham, circa 1956, sterling silver flatware set of 57 pieces. This set includes: Eight knives, 9 3/8", eight forks, 7 1/2", eight salad forks, 7 1/8", eight teaspoon...

Detailed by organically dyed shades of red, purple, pink, light green, and brown wool, this hand-knotted Heriz carpet measures 8’5” x 10’10” and belongs to the Orley Shabahang Tradit...

EMILIO PUCCI c.1960’s Multicolor Signature Kaleidoscope Print Stocking Leggings Circa: 1960’s Label(s): Emilio Pucci, Saks Fifth Avenue Designer: Emilio Pucci Style: Tights/leggings ...

Ilya Bolotowsky's Red/Blue/Black Diamond from around 1970, immediately shows the deep influence of Piet Mondrian's New-Plasticism. Bolotowsky first saw Mondrian's paintings in the 19...

In the mid-80s, the famous Clemanti factory became part of the Buccellati Group. Established in 1912 by the German family Wilkens di Bremen to produce fine flatware, this factory mai...

The work of Ruth Leavitt (1944, Saint Paul, Minnesota) employs computation to manipulate and alter abstract forms by virtually stretching, rotating and deforming them across three ax...

The work of Ruth Leavitt (1944, Saint Paul, Minnesota) employs computation to manipulate and alter abstract forms by virtually stretching, rotating and deforming them across three ax...

Honeysuckle by Whiting, circa 1870, sterling silver Flatware set - 40 pieces (including Mother of Pearl Knives). This set includes: 12 Knives, Mother of pearl handle, 7 1/2" (not B...

Fiddle Shell by Frank Smith sterling silver flatware set, 54 pieces. This set includes: Eight knives, 8 1/2" Eight forks, 7 1/4" Eight salad forks, 6 1/2" Eight teaspoons, 5 3/4" Ei...

The ceramic sculptures of Wisconsin artist Michael Gross are personal narratives that reveal an unusual mix of earthly magic and primal vitality. The artist works in a variety of forms, including figurines, large vessels and furniture. The present vase is among the top tier of his works from the 1980s, showing multiple playful figures in relief around the vessel. In his Neo-Expressionist style, hearkening to the works of Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat, the figures are colored in painterly polychrome. Also, not unlike the painted narrative vessels of Ancient Greece, though much more subversive, many of the figures and stories are identified with text: 'King of Fart,' 'Dance Little Sister,' 'Girls for Every Boy,' and 'Beach Boy.' 22 x 13 x 12 inches overall Signed 'Gross' near base Dated 1986 near upper rim SELECTED COLLECTIONS INCLUDING WORKS BY GROSS: Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.; Sharon Lynne Wilson...

Rare Louis XV by Durgin, circa 1891, sterling silver Flatware set - 54 pieces (plus 12 Mother of Pearl handle knives). This set includes: 12 Mot...

The academic nature in which designer Antione Heller looked to the past for inspiration also stems from the Beaux Arts movement. Cluny takes its name and inspiration from a real plac...

12 knives, 9 1/4", 12 forks, 7 1/8", 12 salad forks, 6 1/2", 12 teaspoons, 6", 12 cream soup spoons, 6 3/8", 12 flat handle butter spreaders, 5 7/8", 12 cocktail forks, 5 1/2",...

"Little Crow-Sioux" is an original lithograph created by Leonard Baskin. This is a proof purchased directly from the artist. Baskin signed the work in the lower right margin and lab...

King Edward by Gorham sterling silver flatware set, 44 pieces. This set includes: Eight place size knives, 9 1/8", eight place size forks, 7 1/2", eight place size salad forks, 6...

Fendi black leather metal chain fringe moto jacket designed by Karl Lagerfeld. Silver and gold-toned looped metal snake chain fringe along front and...

Lap over edge by Tiffany & Co. sterling silver flatware set of 44 pieces in original vintage box. This set includes: 12 dinner forks, 7 5/8". Eight teaspoons, 6". 12 place soup spoo...

Stunning Cinderella by Gorham sterling silver Flatware set, 97 pieces. This set includes: 12 Knives, 8 1/2" 12 Forks, 7 1/4" 12 Salad Forks, 6 1/4" 12 Teaspoons, 5 3/4" 12 Gumbo Sou...

Harold Altman was born in New York City in 1924. He attended the Art Students League, the Black Mountain College, the Academie de la Grande Chaumiere in Paris, and was a graduate of ...

"Old Barns" is an original etching signed by the artist Stephen Parrish. This etching depicts two barns in a rocky forest-edge landscape. The scene suggests nature's gentle and slow ...

In 'The Rabbit,' Wisconsin artist Clarice George Logan presents the viewer with a multi-figural scene: under a wood-frame structure, four children crouch on the ground, gathered around a young woman who presents a rabbit. Under normal circumstances, such an image of children with a bunny would recall childhood storybooks. In this case, however, the image is more ambiguous and suggests the unfortunate economic circumstances many children suffered during the interwar years. Nonetheless, the group could also be interpreted as a nativity play, with the rabbit taking the place of the Christ child, shining light on the children like in a painting by the Italian Renaissance artist Correggio. The careful line-work of the woodblock engraving adds a sense of expressionism to the scene, leaving the figures looking distraught and dirty, though the image nonetheless falls into the Social Realist category that dominated American artists during the Great Depression. This print was published in 1936 as part of the Wisconsin Artists' Calendar for the year 1937, which included 52 original, hand-made prints - one for each week of the year. Clarice George Logan was born in Mayville, New York in 1909 but moved to Wisconsin in 1921. She attended the Milwaukee State Teachers College from 1927 to 1931 where she studied with Robert von...

Lovely Baron Gerard by Souche-Lapparra French 925 sterling silver set with beautiful floral, leaf and wing design - 20 pieces. This set includes: 4 Din...

The present work is an original screen print signed by Lester Johnson, from his 'Street Scene Portfolio.' It features four figures, all wearing fashionable street clothing emblematic...

Designed with an eye for balance and proportion, each piece of Tiffany Co. flatware is a masterpiece of form and function. Windham was first introduced by Tiffany in 1923. It w...

Dinner Size Lady Diana by Towle Sterling Silver Flatware set - 48 pieces. This set includes: 8 Dinner Size Knives, 9 5/8" 8 Dinner Size Forks, 7 7/8" 8 Salad Forks, 6 3/8" 8 Teaspoo...

Modern design Cordis by Tiffany & Co. sterling silver Flatware set, 89 pieces. This set includes: 12 Regular Knives with blunt stainless blades, 9 1/8" 12 Regular Forks, 7 1/8" 12 S...

Donatello by Amston, circa 1912, sterling silver Flatware set - 43 Pieces. This set includes: 8 Knives, 9 1/8" 8 Forks, 7 1/4" 8 Salad Forks, 6 1/2" 8 Teaspoons, 6 1/8" 8 Cream Sou...

Aegean weave gold accent by Wallace sterling silver flatware set, 48 pieces. This set includes: 12 knives, 9 3/8" 12 forks, 8" 12 salad forks, 6 7/8" 12 ...

Baltimore Rose by Schofield sterling silver repoussed flatware set, 75 pieces. This set includes: 12 knives, 8 3/4", 12 forks, 7 1/8", 12 salad forks, 6 1/4", 12 teaspoons, 6", ...

Lovely Madiera by Towle sterling silver flatware set - 40 pieces. This set includes: 8 Knives, 9" 8 Forks, 7 3/8" 8 Salad Forks, 6 1/2" 8 Teaspoons, 5 7/8" 8 Place Soup Spoons, 6 3/...

Harold Altman was born in New York City in 1924. He attended the Art Students League, the Black Mountain College, the Academie de la Grande Chaumiere in Paris, and was a graduate of ...

"Le Bouquet tout fait (The Ready-made Bouquet)" is a color lithograph after a 1954 original painting by Rene Magritte. A bourgeois "little man" faces away from the viewer looking towards a fall forest. Flora, the goddess of flowers and season of spring, from Sandro Botticelli's "Primavera" is painted on the back of the man. This juxtaposes fall and spring. Art: 12 x 9.75 in Frame: 22.38 x 20.38 in René-François-Ghislain Magritte was born November 21, 1898, in Lessines, Belgium and died on August 15, 1967 in Brussels. He is one of the most important surrealist artists. Through his art, Magritte creates humor and mystery with juxtapositions and shocking irregularities. Some of his hallmark motifs include the bourgeois “little man,” bowler hats, apples, hidden faces, and contradictory texts. René Magritte’s father was a tailor and his mother was a miller. Tragedy struck Magritte’s life when his mother committed suicide when he was only fourteen. Magritte and his two brothers were thereafter raised by their grandmother. Magritte studied at the Brussels Academy of Fine Arts from 1916 to 1918. After graduating he worked as a wallpaper designer and in advertisement. It was during this period that he married Georgette Berger, whom he had known since they were teenagers. In 1926, René Magritte signed a contract with the Brussels Art Gallery, which allowed him to quit his other jobs and focus completely on creating art. A year later he had his first solo show at the Galerie la Centaurie in Brussels. At this show Magritte exhibited what is today thought of as his first surrealist piece, The Lost Jockey, painted in 1926. In this work a jockey and his steed run across a theater stage, curtains parted on either side. Throughout the scene, there are trees with trunks shaped somewhat like chess pawns with musical scores running vertically up their sides and branches sticking out from all angles. Critics did not enjoy this style of art; it was new, different, and took critical thought to understand, but The Lost Jockey was only the first of many surrealist artworks Magritte would paint. Because of the bad press in Brussels, René and Georgette moved to Paris in 1927, with the hope that this center of avant-garde art would bring him success and recognition. In Paris, he was able to become friends with many other surrealists, including André Breton and Paul Éluard. They were able to learn from and inspire one another, pushing the Surrealist movement further forward. It was also in Paris that Magritte decided to add text to some of his pieces, which was one of the elements that made his artwork stand out. In 1929, he painted one of his most famous oil works: The Treachery of Images. This is the eye-catching piece centered on a pipe. Below the pipe is written “Ceci n’est pas un pipe,” which translates to “This is not a pipe.” This simple sentence upset many critics of the time, for of course it was a pipe. Magritte replied that it was not a pipe, but a representation of a pipe. One could not use this oil on canvas as a pipe, to fill it with tobacco and smoke it. Thus, it was not a pipe. In 1930, Magritte and Georgette moved back to Brussels. Though they would travel to his exhibitions elsewhere, their home going forward would always be in Brussels. Magritte had his first American exhibition at the Julien Levy Gallery in New York City in 1936 and his first show in England two years later in 1938 at The London...

Plisse aka Pleated by E. Dragsted Danish sterling silver flatware set - 40 pieces. The pattern design is truly striking. This scarce set includes: 8 K...

Grann & Laglye was founded by two silversmiths, Johannes Lauritz Grann and Johannes Laglye and manufactured silver up until it was sold to Toxsvaerd in 1955. Grann and Lagyle were ve...

Superb Valencia by International sterling silver flatware set, 55 pieces. The Valencia pattern was introduced in the year 1964 and features a contemporary elongated handle with an al...

Rare Springfield by Unger Bros, circa 1900 sterling silver dinner and luncheon flatware set of 156 pieces. Matching "S" monogram on all pieces. 12 dinner size knives (silver plate b...

Stately in perfect proportion, this design is an elegant execution of form and function. Very unassuming in appearance yet every bit as formal as our other patterns, Craftsman’s unadorned surface displays the magnificence of high quality sterling silver to its fullest. Craftsman by Towle...

Large silver sculpture by Reed and Barton sterling silver flatware set of 70 pieces. (See photo of Reed & Barton's 1954 advertisement, as illustrated in Modernism in American Silver ...

Mid-Century Modern sculptured beauty by International sterling silver flatware set of 43 pieces. This set includes: Eight knives, 9 1/4". Eight forks, 7 1/4". Eight salad forks, 6 1...

Exquisite figural Renaissance by Dominick and Haff flatware set, 168 pieces. The Renaissance pattern was patented in 1894. The handle front and the back at the base of the handle are...

Heirloom quality LYRIC BY GORHAM sterling silver Flatware set - 69 Pieces. This set includes: 12 KNIVES, 8 7/8" 12 FORKS, 7 1/4" 12 SALAD FORKS, 6 1/2" 12 TEASPOONS, 6" 12 HOLLOW H...

Luxurious Dinner size Buttercup by Gorham sterling silver Flatware set - 38 pieces. This pattern is large, heavy, and impressive. Great starter set! This set includes: 6 Dinner Kniv...

Beautiful TARA BY REED & BARTON sterling silver Flatware set - 24 pieces. This set includes: 6 KNIVES, 9" 6 FORKS, 7 1/2" 6 SALAD FORKS, 6 1/2" 6 TEASPOONS, 6" Includes BONUS brand...

Lisa Fellerson’s paintings provoke an interplay and tension between line, shape, and color. With no preconceived idea in mind, she begins by dripping, scrapping, and gouging acrylic ...

Ringebu by David Andersen 830S silver dessert set for 6 in the unique open handle pattern Ringebu by David Andersen. This set includes: 8 lu...

Dinner size Valdres by Th. Marthinsen (Norway) sterling silver flatware set with ornate pierced handle, 73 pieces. This set includes: 12 dinner size knives, 9 1/4" 12 dinner size fo...

This original lithograph is one of six produced by Joan Miró especially for the fourth volume of the catalogue of his lithographs. These are excellent examples of his later work and ...

LASTING SPRING BY ONEIDA sterling silver Flatware set - 59 Pieces. This pattern has a simple, Mid-century Modern design. This set includes: 12 KNIVES, 8 7/8" 12 FORKS, 7 1/8" 12 SAL...

"Toda Raba #4" is an original acrylic painting on canvas by Reginald K. Gee, signed in the lower right hand corner. Centered in the canvas is a history of brushstrokes forming an exp...