Michael Schofield The landscapes of Michael Schofield are justly prized and celebrated for the wealth of their fine detail, for the radiancy of their colors, and for the unfailing consonance of their diverse visual parts which enables those elements to form a harmonious visual whole. And his landscapes are not at all the same; Schofield has the ability to summon up the memories and images of different times and places, from years before and from miles and miles away, and recombine them on canvas with entirely new results. Indeed, though he has a characteristic elegance of style, his serigraphs are as distinct from one another as are the various natural beauties that inspire them. Schofield was born in Florida 1947, but his family moved to California that same year. He began to paint and study watercolor in high school. Like most teenage boys, he was at first much more interested in sports than in fine art, but his art teacher at Oakland High School recognized that Michael had an exceptional talent, and for nearly two years he tutored the youth privately. After a stint in the military, Schofield went to art school in Nashville, Tennessee. During the summers he would journey to Woodstock, New York, in order to study with watercolorist John Pike, an esteemed member of the National Academy of Art and the American Watercolor Society. Schofield soon opened his own art studio, where he painted and taught for more than a decade. He returned to California in 1980 to set up a silk-screen printing studio in order to be able to create his own original serigraphs. He wanted to be involved in every step of the intricate and exacting process of serigraph, from fabricating the stencils to adding the final finishing touches of color. Having been a successful artist for many years, Schofield has his works in numerous private and corporate collections, including the Bank of America, the Library of Congress, the Xerox Corporation, Occidental, and Twentieth Century, Inc. Schofield believes that the primary aspiration of art is to communicate a shared perception of beauty from one human heart to another, from the artist to the viewer of his art: I choose to create more traditional landscapes because they involved imagery most people can relate to, imagery that evokes a memory and therefore a feeling. I painting landscapes because they speak to everyone. In sharing a place I have known, I know that others will see places they have known. In that way, I can communicate with others without using a single word

SWAROVSKI CRYSTAL GOLD FLOWER BUTTERFLY PIN BROOCH, measures 2.25 in Wide x2.25 in Long MWF2318

Antique and very UNUSUAL Bread basket made of rush?, used in the French bakeries in the late 1800's to early 1900's to keep the pieces of bread before cooking. This basket is in very good condition! VERY HARD TO FIND!!! 3" x 18" x 7.5"We are in Texas (no in France).

Beautiful Enamel and Crystal Floral Design Necklace depicting flowers, butterflies and lady bugs. Total Necklace length measures approx 18 inches

Sergeants painting of a ~Nude Woman~ is painted in oil as a study of Renoirs depiction of a nude. Notice the similarity in colors and pallet work to Renoir. Sergeants work can be found on ArtFact. Exactly 20 x 24 inches, on board. This painting has a very low estimate of $2,5000 to $3,000 MWF1988

Beautiful Antique Grace Putnam Bye-Lo Baby Doll10 1/2 inches long and 10 inches in head circumfrenceFrog Body Stamped Bye-lo Grace Putnam on cloth body and on Back of Neck. Pat. Pending, older bye-lo dollNo cracks or damage to head or hands.slight tear and wear to nightgown Early 1920's doll

Vintage Art Nouveau Brass Womens Cuff / Bangle Scarab Beetle Bracelet, bracelet width measures 1in MWF2404

Here is a wonderful cushion pillow cover "Fleur de Lys" made by the famous French Parisian Company J. Pansu (supplier for the museums and monuments in France). Size: 18" x 18". This cushion covers a new! J.Pansu is much more than just a trademark. It is the name of a man who founded the company in 1878. Since then, they perpetuate with great passion the art of weaving as characterized by many different stitches, among them the famous Halluin stitch, the Loiselles stitch, the "Gobelins" type stitch and more recently, the Meurins stitch. With the 4th generation of this family, the story goes on... More than 125 years of tradition and "Know-How". Today, J Pansu offers all art lovers a very complete range of cushion covers. The fourth generation of the Pansu family - Séverine, Alain and Eric - has now taken over the helm, taking on new developments, dedicated to extending the influence of a family business which is celebrating its 125th year of existence. In 1994, J. Pansu launched a collection of Home Accessories (cushions.) created in its mill of Flanders by the "best craftsmen in France" who perpewtuate the art of weaving on jacquard looms. These collections combine the tradition of tapestry and museum derived productstho the modernity of young designers.

Classic Style Bronze Serpent Necklace. Pendant measures approx 2.75 inches, chain measures approx 18 inches.

Authentic antique French newspaper dating 1900. Authentic antique French newspaper which appeared weekly during the late 1800's. "Le Petit Journal" was the first French newspaper to have colored pictures. This newspaper's subject is: - First page: "Vive l'Armee" French soldiers leave Marseille to go to China. - Last page: King Humbert the Ist funerals, in Roma. 17" x 12"Condition: Fair (2 separated pages)We have more if you are interested. These are great to collect!

Authentic hand-painted porcelain Limoges box signed by artist from a famous studio! This box was created by an artist, graduate of one of the most prestigious French Fine Porcelain schools. Here is a "Duck" hand-painted Porcelain box. Excellent condition, hinges and clasps work fine. This Limoges box is marked "Peint main" (Hand-painted)Limoges France, signed: K-G as shown in picture. It is in mint condition (No chips, cracks or repairs). Would be a great value to any Limoges box collection. We ship from Texas (not from France)! h-1"/ w-3.25"/ d-2"

Here is a wonderful cushion pillow cover "French chicken" made by the famous French Parisian Company J. Pansu (supplier for the museums and monuments in France). Size: 13" x 13". This cushion covers a new! J.Pansu is much more than just a trademark. It is the name of a man who founded the company in 1878. Since then, they perpetuate with great passion the art of weaving as characterized by many different stitches, among them the famous Halluin stitch, the Loiselles stitch, the "Gobelins" type stitch and more recently, the Meurins stitch. With the 4th generation of this family, the story goes on... More than 125 years of tradition and "Know-How". Today, J Pansu offers all art lovers a very complete range of cushion covers. The fourth generation of the Pansu family - Séverine, Alain and Eric - has now taken over the helm, taking on new developments, dedicated to extending the influence of a family business which is celebrating its 125th year of existence. In 1994, J. Pansu launched a collection of Home Accessories (cushions.) created in its mill of Flanders by the "best craftsmen in France" who perpewtuate the art of weaving on jacquard looms. These collections combine the tradition of tapestry and museum derived productstho the modernity of young designers.

Athena Greek Goddess, Bronze Sculpture, After Rubin, 20"H x 10"W x 7"D 30 lbs This bronze sculpture was produced using the "Lost Wax" casting method. The"Lost Wax" Cast method is the most precise metal casting technique in existence, ensuring exquisite detail of the original host model which is usually sculpted in clay or wax. This "Lost Wax" casting method is an extremely labor intensive and expensive process, but the end results produce a Heirloom Quality Masterpiece!

Here is a wonderful French handbag with "Medieval Tapestry" made by the famous French Parisian Company J. Pansu (supplier for the museums and monuments in France). Size: 13.75" x 12.5". This handbag is new! J. PANSU handbags are made in France and perpetuate the tradition of "Savoir-faire" of a company founded in 1878. They are created with fabrics designed by a team of the "Best craftmen in France", then finished with very soft leather by very skilled artisans in the ancient tradition. J.Pansu is much more than just a trademark. It is the name of a man who founded the company in 1878. Since then, they perpetuate with great passion the art of weaving as characterized by many different stitches, among them the famous Halluin stitch, the Loiselles stitch, the "Gobelins" type stitch and more recently, the Meurins stitch. With the 4th generation of this family, the story goes on... More than 125 years of tradition and "Know-How". Today, J Pansu offers all art lovers a very complete range of cushion covers. The fourth generation of the Pansu family - Séverine, Alain and Eric - has now taken over the helm, taking on new developments, dedicated to extending the influence of a family business which is celebrating its 125th year of existence. In 1994, J. Pansu launched a collection of Home Accessories (cushions, bags.) created in its mill of Flanders by the "best craftsmen in France" who perpewtuate the art of weaving on jacquard looms. These collections combine the tradition of tapestry and museum derived productstho the modernity of young designers.

CLASSIC DESIGNER NOLAN MILLER STYLISH FLOWER BROOCH, MEASURES APPRX 3IN LONG X 2IN WIDE, LIFETIME WARRANTY CARD INCLUDED MWF1848

Lovely Faberge Inspired Blue Floral Egg adorned with Swarovski Crystals. Measures:2.5 inches in length, 2.5 inches in width and 4 inches high.

Precious Red Flamingo Jewelry Box adorned with Swarovski Crystals. Measures: 2.75 inches in length, 1.5 inches in width and 4.5 inches high.

Australian ~Day at the Sea~ oil on board. Twilight colors and subject matter similar to George, but without signature. Estimate $1000 to 2000 MWF1985

This large Columbian Emerald is 1011.85 carats of pure Beauty.This emerald is oval shape and finely faceted.The stone is estimated value of over $25,000.Apprasial comes with purchase of this fine Gemstone.

A wonderful cheery print.

Amazing Cluster Coral Necklace and Earrings Set, Necklace Size : 17 in + 2in L, Earring Size : 1 3/4in' L mwf2022

Here is a natural cabochon star ruby weighing 22.70 carats. It is of high quality with excellent luster and has a purplish color. A six rayed star is visible when under direct light.

This limoges Shell Shaped Ring Box is light yellow and white on the inside with beautifully hand painted flowers on the outside and inside.Museum quality peice from Estate Sale. approx. 21/2 inches across.

Steynovitz was born in Legnica, Poland and immigrated to Israel in 1957.[1] He aspired to become a painter from childhood, and had prior to leaving Poland begun his artistic activity. He immigrated to Israel in 1957. Steynovitz studied at both the Art School in Tel-Aviv and at the Royal Academy of Arts in London.Upon completing his studies he began his artistic activity in earnest; he established his place in the art world after exhibiting his work in one-man exhibitions and art fairs around the world. Steynovitz's images are reflections of both his Jewish and Eastern European heritage. His work suggests the style of Marc Chagall combined with the use of color of the present generation of artists.Zamy's art displays chromatic and thematic richness. His choice of subjects was strongly influenced by Jewish tradition and folklore, displaying general themes: Paris, still lifes, flowers, angels, circuses and landscapes. In the early stages of his work he used rich pastels, ink, watercolors and light brush strokes. However during his travels in South America during the 1980s his work was influenced by the new surroundings and enhanced by the local light and colours. His art gained chromatic power; the palette became richer in tones, the fixtures thicker, the backgrounds darker and more colorful. Through these developments Steynovitz's thematic elements persisted in his creation allowing him to develop into a sensitive and mature artist.Zamy expresses a universal humanistic idea in his creations: man's connection to his heritage and physical surroundings. He established his place in the art world after exhibiting his work in one-man exhibitions and art fairs around the world. Zamy is known in the circles of the Norwegian Nobel Institute as a result of his devotion to world peace. Consequently he is acquainted with many Nobel prize winners like Anwar Sadat, Menahem Begin, the Dalai Lama, Itzhak Rabin, Shimon Peres, Elie Wiesel, Desmond Tutu as well as many other politicians and artists.

Here is a wonderful cushion pillow cover "Tapestry Bayeux" made by the famous French Parisian Company J. Pansu (supplier for the museums and monuments in France). Size: 18" x 18". This cushion covers a new! J.Pansu is much more than just a trademark. It is the name of a man who founded the company in 1878. Since then, they perpetuate with great passion the art of weaving as characterized by many different stitches, among them the famous Halluin stitch, the Loiselles stitch, the "Gobelins" type stitch and more recently, the Meurins stitch. With the 4th generation of this family, the story goes on... More than 125 years of tradition and "Know-How". Today, J Pansu offers all art lovers a very complete range of cushion covers. The fourth generation of the Pansu family - Séverine, Alain and Eric - has now taken over the helm, taking on new developments, dedicated to extending the influence of a family business which is celebrating its 125th year of existence. In 1994, J. Pansu launched a collection of Home Accessories (cushions.) created in its mill of Flanders by the "best craftsmen in France" who perpewtuate the art of weaving on jacquard looms. These collections combine the tradition of tapestry and museum derived productstho the modernity of young designers.

Authentic hand-painted porcelain Limoges box signed by artist from a famous studio! This Limoges box was created by an artist, graduate of one of the most prestigious French Fine Porcelain schools. Here is a SUPERB "Egg" hand-painted Porcelain box. Excellent condition, hinges and clasps work fine. This Limoges box is marked "Peint main" (Hand-painted) Limoges France, signed: R-G, as shown in picture. It is in mint condition (No chips, cracks or repairs). Would be a great value to any Limoges box collection. We ship from Texas (not from France)! h-2.25"/ w-2"/ d-2"

Authentic antique French newspaper dating 1901. Authentic antique French newspaper which appeared weekly during the late 1800's. "Le Petit Journal" was the first French newspaper to have colored pictures. This newspaper's subject is: - First page: "Military parade in Vincennes". - Last page: "An accident!". 17" x 12"We have more if you are interested. These are great to collect!

Beautiful Hobnail Cruet Colbalt (Deep) Blue. hand made (Glass Pitcher/vase).Cruet has clear handle with raised design on glassCuret is approx. 8 inches tall.

Vintage 1928 Victorian Revival Gold Filigree Purple Cabocon Pendant Necklace, measures approx 32inches, pendant measures approx 4 inches mwf2243

Authentic hand-painted Limoges box signed by artist from a famous studio! This box was created by an artist, graduate of one of the most prestigious French Fine Porcelain schools. Here is a SUPERB "I LOVE YOU" hand-painted Porcelain box. Excellent condition, hinges and clasps work fine. This Limoges box is marked "Peint main" (Hand-painted) Limoges France, signed as shown in picture. It is in mint condition (No chips, cracks or repairs). Would be a great value to any Limoges box collection. h-0.75"/ w-2.75"/ d-2"For the shipping...don't worry, we ship from Texas (not from France)!

Highly collectible antique piece of pottery from from region of Bordeaux, Southwestern France. It is a very rare and very old French walnut oil jar pitcher with its irregular lines, dating mid 1800's, made of stoneware. This piece comes from a village in the Bordeaux region. The surface of the pitcher was glazed with a beige/ grey color. A very little chip at the top and no cracks . h-13"/ w-8.5"/ d-8.5". We ship from Texas (not from France)!

Set of 4 authentic French Parisian Bistro chairs, Circa 1920, directly from an old Cafe from Paris. I purchased these chairs during my last trip in France. I am sure you know, that it is VERY HARD to find a set of this kind of chairs in good condition and sturdy. We ship from Texas (not from France)! h-32" (top of the back) and 19.25" (top of the seat)/ w-16.5"/ d-14.5"

Authentic and original French military WWI print from 1926 with the French General Gallieni. Joseph Simon Gallieni (24 April 1849 - 27 May 1916) was a French soldier, most active as a military commander and administrator in the French colonies and finished his career during the First World War. He was made Marshal of France posthumously in 1921. Historians such as Georges Blond, Basil Liddell Hart, and Henri Isselin credit Gallieni with being the guiding intelligence behind the French victory in the First Battle of the Marne in 1914. h-19.5"/ w-13" Good condition! We ship from Texas (not from France)!

St. Isaacs Cathedral Faberge Inspired Egg, measures 4.5 inches H X 2 inches. Materials Pewter, Enamel, Crystal.

This is a natural cabochon star ruby weighing 51 carats. It is of high quality with excellent luster and has purplish color. A six rayed star is visible when under direct light. *

Vintage Style Multicolor Enamel, Crystal and Bronze Peacock Pendant. Pendant measures approx 2 inches in length, chain measures 27 inches

Set of 6 French Laguiole steak knives designed by Jean Dubost with its "Authenticity Certificate" DUBOST COLAS PRADEL was created in 1920, by Pierre DUBOST and his wife Marcelle COLAS PRADEL. The VERY FAMOUS set of 6 French steak-KNIVES "LAGUIOLE"...with Authenticity Certificate. The handle was made of olive wood & the blade made of very high grade stainless steel was stamped, ground and polished with 25 different manual production stages. The world renowned knives has been crafted in the heart of France for over 200 years. This Company was created in 1920, in the capital of French cutlery (Auvergne, center-France). These knives are the result of a family tradition of fine workmanship and very high quality products. Dubost Colas Pradel is situated in Viscomtat, a mountain village 15km from Thiers, the capital of french cutlery. Ever since its foundation in 1920 by Pierre Dubost and his wife Marcelle Colas Pradel, the company has passed down a family tradition of fine workmanship and high quality products. It is now in the hands of the third (Philippe Dubost) and the fourth (Alexandre Dubost) generations. The company has grown in notoriety due to being attentive to the changing needs of consumers, and its faithful presence at international fairs since 1962. Since its creation Dubost Colas Pradel has been in a perpetual development. Despite having started in a small workshop, production grew rapidly under the inspiration of Jean Dubost, the founder's son, who gave his name to the famous flatware line and the world renowned kitchen knives. Quality is an integral part of the company policy. Products are quality controlled at each step of production, with care to assure good workmanship, in order to provide consumers with pleasure and the assurance of long lasting use.Ref #98/13730

Pino, born Guiseppe Dangelico in Bari on November 8, 1939, began his studies at the city's Art Institute. In 1960 he entered Milan's Academy of Brera where he perfected his talent for painting nudes. In the two years he studied at the Academy, he came under the influence of the Pre-Raphaelites and Macchiaioli. From 1960 to 1979, his work appeared in several major exhibitions throughout Italy and Europe. He was also commissioned by Italy's two largest publisher's, Mondadori and Rizzoli, for book illustrations. However, he felt restricted in Milan. He wanted more artistic freedom, which he believed he could find in the United States. In 1979 he emigrated to the United States under the sponsorship of Borghi Gallery, where he held several shows in New York and Massachusetts. His struggle here became the greatest of his life. His sponsorship barely allowed him to feed his family. His English was limited and his means of transportation was a bicycle. After knocking on many doors, in February of 1980, "Zebra Books Publishers" promised him a job, commissioning him to do a book cover.His interpretation was new, fresh and sensual. Stylistically, he brought the characters into the foreground where his technique and talent for painting the anatomy was celebrated. His illustrations were so successful that he gained entrée into creative relationships with many leading publishers of romance novels. His popularity grew within the literary community and he became the artist-in-demand for Zebra, Bantam, Simon and Schuster, Harlequin, Penguin USA and Dell. From 1980 to 1993 he dedicated himself totally to this art where his style dominated and influenced the market. His illustrations combined elements fresh from Europe with a powerful sensuality, bringing this medium to new heights.Although Pino devoted 13 years to illustrating book covers, he never abandoned his desire to return to fine art. His desire to create pieces that emerge free from outside restrictions motivated him to find the time to devote himself to fine art again. In 1993, he contacted a major gallery. He sent out five paintings, which were well received, launching him into a new arena. Pino finally found the freedom he had always desired; to explore the profundity of his talents without restraint.Pino has been producing works of a highly romantic nature with a unique and innovative touch. Exploring the depths of his experiences, he puts on canvas subjects that embody life's simple pleasures. These works have a veil of nostalgia and the characters have subtle suggestions of complexity. Dressed in soft flowing fabrics, the colors of their garments in relation to the sea, sand, sky and sun elicit feelings of warmth, a perception of preciousness and a notion of an uncomplicated world.Reminiscent of his childhood environment, Pino's paintings are generally set in coastal, sunny, and vibrantly floral places. He uses a colorful pallet to create tender pleasurable feelings. His fine art is rich with sensuality, rousing the memory through all the senses. Pino's paintings resurrect in us the incidents of those simple, priceless moments we have stored in our memories and have so frequently forgotten.

Artist: Olivier KosovskyTitle: Fleurs FluoMedium: Lithograph on paper * Size of paper: 27 1/2 x 27 1/2 inches Publisher: Nouvellesimages, FranceDate: 2002Condition: Excellent

Very valuable French Louis XVI Style Gilt and Gesso Over Mantel Mirror, circa 1870 with a central crest of birds, a torch and quiver and flowers, on a wide floral relief decorated frame. The frame was made of wood and plaster. Old little cracks but it is nothing for its age! H.- 47 3/4 in., W.- 31 in., D.- 2 in. We ship from Texas (not from France)!

Here is a natural cabochon star ruby weighing 18.80 carats. It is of high quality with excellent luster and has a purplish color. A six rayed star is visible when under direct light.

Darling Lady Bug Jewelry Box adorned with Swarovski Crystals. Measures: 3.5 inches in length, 2.5 inches in width and 1.75 inches high.

Beautiful and colorful Vintage Reproduction of the Rolling Stones Concert Poster.L.A. CollesiumVintage poster difficult to find model looks topless. If you love the Stones you will love this Concert reproduction poster.poster is 12x18 in. in frame 18x24 in.

Rock and Roll band of the 60's Steppenwolf with Special Guest: Sugarloaf Concert PosterVintage Reproductiion of Concert poster of Concert by Steppenwolf from early 1960's at the Hoholulu Internation Center, dated Oct. 17th at 8 pm. 777 Ward Ave. Honolulu, Hi.96814Beautiful colored lithograph framed poster.

Artist: Theo TobiasseTitle: Cantique des Cantiques (Song of Songs) * Signature: Signed by the artistMedium: Lithograph on paper * Size: 14" x 20" and 20" x 14" * Edition: Limited, numberedDate: 2009 * Condition: ExcellentBiography * The art of Theo Tobiasse (1927- ) reflects a lifetime of struggle and a sense of survival that stems from his experiences as a Jew growing up in Paris during World War II. To escape severe economic conditions his family settled in Paris, France in 1931. During the German occupation of France, Tobiasse and his family survived by going into hiding for two years living in total isolation and darkness. It is this sense of survival and the joy of that realization that typifies Tobiasse's work. * His work reflects many themes including elements of his childhood memories, Jewish history, Biblical themes, and women. Since devoting his time to painting. His paintings have been described as having a purposely naive style with comparisons to Marc Chagall. * *

Beautifully cut 1.1 Cwt. Citrine mounted in solitaire setting of fine 925 silver.size of ring approx.6.5

Roy Fairchild (English b.1953)Born in 1953 in Surrey, England, Roy Fairchild lives and works most of the year in his country home. This peaceful environment is fundamental to Fairchild's well-being and stability as an artist, although he travels throughout Europe to obtain new sources of inspiration. Fairchild is particularly influenced by the painters of the Renaissance and often visits Italy to study the frescos, tapestries, and paintings to see for himself the techniques with which they were executed.Fairchild's vision is colored by his immersion in this past. Fairchild's surfaces are rich and sumptuous and he uses varied interwoven elements such as fabrics and flowers in his work. The crumpling plasterwork seen in ancient frescos are also alluded to in his use of plaster as base for acrylic and oil over-painting.Experimenting with different techniques, Fairchild developed entirely new methods of achieving effects in serigraphy to obtain qualities of light and color that are now in general use. Fairchild eventually gained sufficient financial security to be able to give up his commercial illustrations and return full time to his own painting and printmaking which he does under his family name, Fairchild.As a printmaker, Fairchild has found most favor with serigraphy where the rich, opaque colors of his work are furthered by the medium, although his figure drawings he still prefers to translate into etchings. Roy Fairchild's art is eagerly sought and purchase by astute collectors throughout the world.American Fine Art Editions, Inc. highlights the work of Roy Fairchild at our welcoming 12,000 sq. ft. showcase gallery in Old Town Scottsdale, AZ. Call one of our International Art Consultants today to receive the one on one attention you deserve in building your extraordinary collection of fine art. We specialize in the original 20th century masters of fine art including Picasso, Miro, Warhol, Neiman, Wyeth and more.

Artist: Jennifer Hollack Title: Missing Key IMedium: Lithograph on paper * Size of paper: 27 x 32 inches Publisher: Phoenix Art GroupDate: 2003Condition: Excellent

Swarovski Crystal Snake Bangle Bracelet, measures approx 2.5in x 7.0in diameter MWF2353

Here is a wonderful French Antique curio cabinet or bookcase, Second Empire period, circa 1860 (during Emperor Napoleon III reign), made of walnut and burled walnut by a cabinet maker from Southern France. 2 doors amd 2 shelves. H.74.5"/ W.39"/ D.18.5" Great condition!!! A nice piece and a very good price for this small part of France in your home. For the shipping...don't worry, we ship from Texas (not from France)!

Artist: Suzie Vuong Title: Window in the Tropics IMedium: Lithograph on paper * Size of paper: 21 x 27 1/2 inches Publisher: Haddad's Fine ArtsDate: 2001Condition: Excellent

Michael Schofield The landscapes of Michael Schofield are justly prized and celebrated for the wealth of their fine detail, for the radiancy of their colors, and for the unfailing consonance of their diverse visual parts which enables those elements to form a harmonious visual whole. And his landscapes are not at all the same; Schofield has the ability to summon up the memories and images of different times and places, from years before and from miles and miles away, and recombine them on canvas with entirely new results. Indeed, though he has a characteristic elegance of style, his serigraphs are as distinct from one another as are the various natural beauties that inspire them. Schofield was born in Florida 1947, but his family moved to California that same year. He began to paint and study watercolor in high school. Like most teenage boys, he was at first much more interested in sports than in fine art, but his art teacher at Oakland High School recognized that Michael had an exceptional talent, and for nearly two years he tutored the youth privately. After a stint in the military, Schofield went to art school in Nashville, Tennessee. During the summers he would journey to Woodstock, New York, in order to study with watercolorist John Pike, an esteemed member of the National Academy of Art and the American Watercolor Society. Schofield soon opened his own art studio, where he painted and taught for more than a decade. He returned to California in 1980 to set up a silk-screen printing studio in order to be able to create his own original serigraphs. He wanted to be involved in every step of the intricate and exacting process of serigraph, from fabricating the stencils to adding the final finishing touches of color. Having been a successful artist for many years, Schofield has his works in numerous private and corporate collections, including the Bank of America, the Library of Congress, the Xerox Corporation, Occidental, and Twentieth Century, Inc. Schofield believes that the primary aspiration of art is to communicate a shared perception of beauty from one human heart to another, from the artist to the viewer of his art: I choose to create more traditional landscapes because they involved imagery most people can relate to, imagery that evokes a memory and therefore a feeling. I painting landscapes because they speak to everyone. In sharing a place I have known, I know that others will see places they have known. In that way, I can communicate with others without using a single word

Shirley Temple Colbalt Blue Mug with Shirly Temple Face on Surface.Mug from 40s-and 50's soap boxMug in excellent conditions, no cracks or chipsestimated value of $75-$125.Start low bid of $35.

A very nice French faience plates made by Pornic, France. This plate was hand-painted by the artist (On the photo, you can see the stamp to guarantee this signature of the "Faiencerie de Pornic"). Excellent condition (No cracks, no chips). This kind of plates made in Pornic, Brittany is highly collectible in France. Lovely pieces for your collection or for the decoration of your home! For the shipping...don't worry, we ship from Texas (not from France)!

Vintage Bronze and Enamel Peacock Pendant, pendant measures approx 2 inches in length, chain measures 16 inches

Here is a wonderful pair of cushion pillow covers "Tapestry Bayeux" made by the famous French Parisian Company J. Pansu (supplier for the museums and monuments in France). Size: 13" x 13". These cushion covers a new! J.Pansu is much more than just a trademark. It is the name of a man who founded the company in 1878. Since then, they perpetuate with great passion the art of weaving as characterized by many different stitches, among them the famous Halluin stitch, the Loiselles stitch, the "Gobelins" type stitch and more recently, the Meurins stitch. With the 4th generation of this family, the story goes on... More than 125 years of tradition and "Know-How". Today, J Pansu offers all art lovers a very complete range of cushion covers. The fourth generation of the Pansu family - Séverine, Alain and Eric - has now taken over the helm, taking on new developments, dedicated to extending the influence of a family business which is celebrating its 125th year of existence. In 1994, J. Pansu launched a collection of Home Accessories (cushions.) created in its mill of Flanders by the "best craftsmen in France" who perpewtuate the art of weaving on jacquard looms. These collections combine the tradition of tapestry and museum derived productstho the modernity of young designers.

Rooster Bronze Sculpture After Barye, 13"H x 9"W x 6"D 16 lbs. This bronze sculpture was produced using the "Lost Wax" casting method. The"Lost Wax" Cast method is the most precise metal casting technique in existence, ensuring exquisite detail of the original host model which is usually sculpted in clay or wax. This "Lost Wax" casting method is an extremely labor intensive and expensive process, but the end results produce a Heirloom Quality Masterpiece! Antoine-louis Barye (1796 - 1875) Originally trained as a goldsmith, Antoine-Louis Barye served in Napoleon's army before studying sculpture and painting. He entered the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in 1818 and adapted the romantic-style subject matter of violent and majestic animals. After his crocodile-like sculpture entitled Tiger Devouring a Gavail, won a medal at the Salon of 1831, Barye became a successful and independent sculptor and painter. His animal sculptures competed at the Salon alongside the more traditional and revered human figures. In 1845, Barye began a foundry that produced smaller and more affordable bronze statues. He was appointed the keeper of plaster casts at the Louvre and professor of zoological drawing at the Musee National d'Histoire Naturelle, both in Paris. Elected to the Academie in 1868, Barye inspired a later generation of animal sculptors who called themselves the animaliers.

French pitcher from Eastern France, in PERFECT CONDITION!. This charming Pottery with its inscription "Potalux", dating around 1950's, with its brown-yellow color. h-5"/ w-5.75"/ d-4"Perfect condition! We ship from Texas (not from France)!

Old French brown & yellow galzed bird house (French Majolica/ Barbotine faience) probably from the famous manufacture of North East France "Sarreguemines", circa 1950. In very good condition (no chips, no cracks). h-7.75"/ diameter 3.75" We ship from Texas, not from France.

Yaacov Agam"Life In Spain " 1977Limited Edition PrintSerigraphSize: 39.75 x 15.5 inEdition #: 34/99Hand Signed: Framed with Plexiglass Black lacquer, linen mat, Original Owner. Private collection.Retail Price: $11,000 USDAsking Price: $7,500 USD87 Views

Maroon Heart Faberge Frame, The Faberge Maroon Heart Photo frame is ornamented by beautiful varied color enameled flowers. The edges are covered with pink/red crystals and beautiful ornaments. The colors and the designs are graceful and stylish to fit the elegance of the frame. Dimensions: 4in (H) X 4.5in (W), Material: Pewter, Crystals, Enamel.

Remington Bronzes and Artwork Made The Old West Come AliveFrederic Remington (1861-1909) was an American artist who first made a name for himself as an illustrator and painter. He took up sculpting just fourteen years before his death, but his work was so impactful that his name is now synonymous with bronze sculpture. Unlike many famous artists, Remington was well-known and appreciated in his own lifetime. Many attribute his success not to extensive art training, but instead to the subject matter of his artwork: Remington is famous for his depiction of the life of a cowboy in the 1880s and 1890s.

"Mountain Man" By Frederick Remington Bronze Sculpture

Gorgeous Pink Swarovski Crystal and Enamel Owl Brooch, Measures approx 2.3in long and 2.3 in wide MWF2362

A special piece and is an etching. Aproximately

Norman Percevel Rockwell (February 3, 1894 - November 8, 1978) was a 20th-century American painter and illustrator. His works enjoy a broad popular appeal in the United States, where Rockwell is most famous for the cover illustrations of everyday life scenarios he created for The Saturday Evening Post magazine for more than four decades.[1] Among the best-known of Rockwell's works are the Willie Gillis series, Rosie the Riveter (although his Rosie was reproduced less than others of the day), Saying Grace (1951), The Problem We All Live With, and the Four Freedoms series. He is also noted for his work for the Boy Scouts of America (BSA); producing covers for their publication Boys' Life, calendars, and other illustrations.

Artist: Kathleen Denis Title: Symphony in White IVMedium: Lithograph on paper * Size of paper: 24 x 36 inches Publisher: Bentley Publishing GroupDate: 2003Condition: Excellent

Beautiful Solid Brass Grasshopperdetailed art piece, movable antennas3 1/2 inches long two inches high.

Dark Green Beautifully cut Cabochon Round EmeraldVery nice size, color and quality for the price.4.67 ctw. natural Emerald with heat treatment.starting low bid price.

Highly collectible antique piece of pottery from from region of Bordeaux, Southwestern France. It is a very rare and very old French walnut oil jar with its irregular lines, dating around 1780's, made of stoneware. This piece comes from a village in the Bordeaux area. In the 1700's and 1800's, people used this piece of pottery to keep walnut oil (Many walnut trees in this region of France). We can notice a very thin crack one a side but not sure that it is one (see photo). h-8.5/ w-3.25/ d-3.25 We ship from Texas (not from France)!

Stunning three row white freshwater Pearl and pink jade necklace, measures 17-19 inches MWF2325

Artist: Hiro Yamagata Title: Once Upon a Time Year: 1986 Medium: Original Serigraph Size: 36" by 29" Paper: Arches Coventry No. of Colors: 73 Total Edition Size: 505 Artist's Proofs: 1-50/50 Hors de Commerce:1-50/50 Museun: 1-25/25 Printer's Proofs: 1-10/10 Screens: Destroyed Printer: Studio Heinrici Ltd., New York Publisher: Martin Lawrence Limited Editions, Inc. Van Nuys, CA

Beautiful Watercolor of Oak Creek Canyon in Sedona Az. Framed Museum Quality as shown 34 x 38

Michael Schofield The landscapes of Michael Schofield are justly prized and celebrated for the wealth of their fine detail, for the radiancy of their colors, and for the unfailing consonance of their diverse visual parts which enables those elements to form a harmonious visual whole. And his landscapes are not at all the same; Schofield has the ability to summon up the memories and images of different times and places, from years before and from miles and miles away, and recombine them on canvas with entirely new results. Indeed, though he has a characteristic elegance of style, his serigraphs are as distinct from one another as are the various natural beauties that inspire them. Schofield was born in Florida 1947, but his family moved to California that same year. He began to paint and study watercolor in high school. Like most teenage boys, he was at first much more interested in sports than in fine art, but his art teacher at Oakland High School recognized that Michael had an exceptional talent, and for nearly two years he tutored the youth privately. After a stint in the military, Schofield went to art school in Nashville, Tennessee. During the summers he would journey to Woodstock, New York, in order to study with watercolorist John Pike, an esteemed member of the National Academy of Art and the American Watercolor Society. Schofield soon opened his own art studio, where he painted and taught for more than a decade. He returned to California in 1980 to set up a silk-screen printing studio in order to be able to create his own original serigraphs. He wanted to be involved in every step of the intricate and exacting process of serigraph, from fabricating the stencils to adding the final finishing touches of color. Having been a successful artist for many years, Schofield has his works in numerous private and corporate collections, including the Bank of America, the Library of Congress, the Xerox Corporation, Occidental, and Twentieth Century, Inc. Schofield believes that the primary aspiration of art is to communicate a shared perception of beauty from one human heart to another, from the artist to the viewer of his art: I choose to create more traditional landscapes because they involved imagery most people can relate to, imagery that evokes a memory and therefore a feeling. I painting landscapes because they speak to everyone. In sharing a place I have known, I know that others will see places they have known. In that way, I can communicate with others without using a single word

Fan Style Lacquer Faberge Frame, The picture frame is in two colors enamel surrounded by a crystal set ribbon tie suspended by a laurel garland. The frames edges are covered with laurel border. Dimensions: 6.5in (D), Photo Opening Dimensions: 1.75in (D), Material: Pewter, Enamel, Crystals

Here is a wonderful pair of cushion pillow covers "The Licone" made by the famous French Parisian Company J. Pansu (supplier for the museums and monuments in France). Size: 13" x 13". These cushion covers a new! J.Pansu is much more than just a trademark. It is the name of a man who founded the company in 1878. Since then, they perpetuate with great passion the art of weaving as characterized by many different stitches, among them the famous Halluin stitch, the Loiselles stitch, the "Gobelins" type stitch and more recently, the Meurins stitch. With the 4th generation of this family, the story goes on... More than 125 years of tradition and "Know-How". Today, J Pansu offers all art lovers a very complete range of cushion covers. The fourth generation of the Pansu family - Séverine, Alain and Eric - has now taken over the helm, taking on new developments, dedicated to extending the influence of a family business which is celebrating its 125th year of existence. In 1994, J. Pansu launched a collection of Home Accessories (cushions.) created in its mill of Flanders by the "best craftsmen in France" who perpewtuate the art of weaving on jacquard looms. These collections combine the tradition of tapestry and museum derived productstho the modernity of young designers.

Caribbean Blue painted in bright island colors by a native of St. Martin. Artist sticker on back shows original selling price of $2,400 in 1998. 20.25 x 23.95 inches. Estimate $2,400 to $3,000. Painted on Gesso over wooden plank. MWF1986

Swarovski Crystal Leopard Bangle Bracelet mwf2140

Jiang was born in 1938, in Ningbo, Zhejiiang Province, in China. Even as a child he displayed a great love and talent for painting and drawing, and early on he knew the course his life would take.In 1959, in a highly competitive exam he won admission to the prestigious Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing. From 1962-64 he studied with the famous Chinese artist Huang Yong-yu, who first exposed him to the paintings from the Dunguang caves. In 1964 he earned his Bachelor of Arts degree. This was the last class to graduate before the cultural revolution. Jiang also learned about traditional Chinese art, an influence which would remain with him. Upon graduation in 1964 Jiang and a small number of other artists volunteered to go down to the Yunnan province. This turned out to be a blessing. This beautiful province is on the Vietnamese border. It is lush and tropical, filled with exotic flora and fauna,and is home to more than 20 different minority peoples. His new home allowed his talents to burst forth. Jiang's talent was so obvious that from 1966-73 the Chinese Government assigned him to produce "Socialist Realism" propaganda posters and sculptures during the Cultural Revolution. He even painted the famous large red-faced poster of Chairman Mao. But this sterile exercise did nothing to release the emotional side of Jiang's nature, and at night he worked in his small room, on his bed, to create his own style. The natural beauty of the Yunnan province inspired him. With two other artists, He Neng and Liu Shaohui, Jiang secretly formed the nucleus of what was first called the "Heavy Colorist" school and is now known as the "Yunnan School," began. The Progress of Jiang's CareerJiang's work quickly gained prominence and even the repressive authorities had to concede his talent. He became one of the most well-known illustrators of children's books in China. In 1974 he illustrated "Two Little Peacocks." In 1976 he designed the animated cartoon of the same book. In 1978, Jiang began to teach as an Associate Professor at the Yunnan Art Academy, where he would continue until 1983. In 1979, the Chinese Government commissioned him to paint a mural representing Yunnan Province for the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. The project took seven months and used six full panels of silk. This was the "Stone Forest" mural, one of Jiang's finest works. Jiang himself says: "This mural was the first time I had ever let my own true style show publicly. The color, energy, and fantasy of my painting was not appreciated by the government during Mao's Cultural Revolution. While I was painting "Stone Forest" an official came by and said I shouldn't do it that way. I said "Okay" as if I would change it. But I didn't change a thing. Later he came back and said "Oh, that's much better." He didn't know what he was talking about. He was just comforted to think that he, a government official, had control over this strange, dangerous art."For Jiang, success followed success. In 1979 he illustrated "The Secret of Jinchun Tree," which won the first prize as the best illustrated book out of Jiangsu Province. His painting "The Legend of the Water Sprinkling Festival of the Dai" was featured in the documentary film "Yunnan Scene." In 1980 the illustrated books "Little Red Riding Hood"; "The Ugly Duckling"; and "A Shi Ma" were published. For "A Shi Ma" Jiang was awarded Second Place in an international United Nations competition of illustrated books. In 1981, Jiang's work was featured in the "10 Artists From Yunnan" show in Beijing, and then, in 1982, was prominently featured at a show in Hong Kong, which also featured the Yunnan artists as well as some of their followers.But as early as 1981 the Chinese Government had returned to its repressive policies. Government officials publicly stated that they feared China was losing its "socialist morality" and becoming "morally polluted." Art officials favored a return to Socialist Realism painting and they expressed their displeasure by refusing to select paintings by Jiang, Liu Shaohai, or He Neng for the permanent collection of the National Art Gallery. Jiang was the prime target of their wrath--his paintings were excluded from television coverage and a seminar was even officially organized to criticize his work. His work was criticized as "...too daring and audacious...a nightmare." Jiang did have defenders. Liu Shaohai said that he would be glad to have nightmares every night if he could paint like that. The President of the Central Academy of Art and Design, Zhang Ding, wrote an article praising Jiang's work but withdrew it on the eve of its publication at his wife's urging, who remembered how Zhang Ding had been beaten and publicly humiliated during the Cultural Revolution. Even so, Zhang Ding did on a number of occasions speak out and express his admiration for Jiang and some of the other young artists.All of this was making life increasingly difficult for Jiang. In 1982 a National Geographic reporter who was doing a story on China saw Jiang's paintings, and brought some back to the U.S. A friend of the reporter brought them to the Fingerhut Gallery in Minneapolis, where Jiang's work met with great success. In 1983, Jiang came to the United States as part of a cultural exchange program with the University of Southern California, where he became a visiting Professor of Art.Under the sponsorship of Allan Fingerhut, Jiang moved to Minnesota with his wife Zhaolin. For Jiang, success in America quickly followed. His rich, strong color, and exotic but intimate imagery struck an immediate response with the American public.Jiang's talent and uniqueness quickly brought his work to the attention of critics and museum curators nationwide, and this resulted in many public exhibitions. In 1984, Jiang had an exhibition at the University of Southern California Gallery; in 1985 at the New England Center of Contemporary Art in Connecticut; in 1986 at the Portland Museum in Virginia; in 1987 at the Springfield Art Center in Ohio; in 1988 at the Connecticut College Art Gallery; in 1989 at the Museum at Northwestern University in Massachusetts; and in 1990-91 at the Everson Museum in New York; the Springfield Art Museum in Ohio; the Michelson Reeves Museum in Texas; the Valdosta Museum at Valdosta State University in Georgia; the Art & Cultural Center in Florida; and the Olin Fine Art Center in Pennsylvania. During this period Jiang also had 52 one-man gallery shows in cities all over the country. Artistic InfluencesTraditional Chinese InfluencesModern Western influences played a part in the formation of the Yunnan school, but traditional Chinese art--such as the sculpture from the Han Dynasty (221 B.C.-220 A.D.) played by far the most important role.The "flung ink" technique.This method, invented by the ancient zen artists more than 1500 years ago, is the precursor of abstract expressionism. By flicking the paint of the end of the brush the artists could create a totally energized surface. This is precisely what Jackson Pollock rediscovered in the 1940s and 50s. But the Chinese had always used this technique, and Jiang uses it masterfully.The Dunguang CavesBut the greatest Chinese influence was the art created in the Dunguang caves in central China. In 1907 European explorers rediscovered the Buddhist caves on the Ancient Silk Road that led from China through Persia and finally to the West. At Dunghuang, the last caravan stop with a plentiful amount of water and supplies before travelers from China ventured into the perilous Takla Makan desert, the explorers discovered a group of more than 400 caves with paintings of extraordinary quality which had been very well preserved by the dry desert climate. These paintings had been created over a period of 700 years, from roughly 300 to 1000 AD. They were commissioned as devotional acts by pious Buddhists: warriors, princes, kings, merchants, peoples from all walks of life--created in the same spirit as were the Gothic cathedrals of Europe. But by the 12th century wars and other geopolitical forces caused the abandonment of the caves, and they lay forgotten until their rediscovery by the Europeans in the 20th century.In 1942, a well-known and respected traditional Chinese artist Zhang Daqian led an expedition to the caves. He spent 2 1/2 years studying and copying the astounding paintings there. When his work became available to other artists and scholars it caused great excitement, for just as African and Iberian art and the cave paintings of Lascaux had inspired and liberated Picasso, so the revelation of the free flowing qualities of line and form and the rich mythic traditions of the Dunguang cave paintings inspired and liberated the young Chinese artists. Jiang was particularly moved by the colors, the linear quality, and the mythic stories of the cave painting--and we see this in his work. Jiang's colors are of unsurpassed richness. A colorist, Jiang's intention was to reverse the trend of the stale Chinese tradition of painting in gray, black, and white. Jiang says: "Chinese art had reached a sick level due to its lack of color." Jiang's credo is: "Long live the Line!" He is a genius at using line to give the illusion of depth to a flat two-dimensional surface--almost like an x-ray. Jiang's paintings are like cubism: by using superb drawing he creates transparency, and thus he reveals more than one level of reality in each painting. Jiang is a storyteller. His paintings are steeped in Buddhist and Chinese mythology. Each figure has a symbolic meaning. The paintings have so much complexity and visual fascination that the viewer is constantly seeing something new. Jiang says "For every picture there is a story, and for every story there is a picture."But above all, the cave art was an indigenous Chinese tradition, a tradition that gave the artists similar freedoms to those won by the artists in the west, but at the same time it was a tradition that the artists could freely pursue without fear of being accused of being Anti-Chinese. The traditional mythic themes and images, and the rhythmic flow of the cave art have found their way over and over again into paintings of Jiang and the other "Yunnan School" artists.The influence of the Dunguang imagery and style combined with European Cubist influences, such as the use of transparent washes of colors to allow for a multileveled view of reality, characterize Jiang's work to this day.Jiang would also incorporate many of these traditional Chinese folkloric images into his art. Jiang's PopularityWhat is the secret of Jiang's popularity?Jiang's colors are of unsurpassed richness. A colorist, Jiang's intention was to reverse the trend of the stale Chinese tradition of painting in gray, black, and white. Jiang says: "Chinese art had reached a sick level due to its lack of color."Jiang's use of imagery. As noted above, Jiang is a storyteller. His paintings are steeped in Buddhist and Chinese mythology. Each figure has a symbolic meaning. The paintings have so much complexity and visual fascination that the viewer is constantly seeing something new. Jiang says "For every picture there is a story, and for every story there is a picture."Jiang's vision has continued to grow and expand. Probably because of his personal experience in two cultures he has increasingly seen the world as a single system, as a meeting place of diverse forces. This is reflected in the number of environmental and ecologic themes which have recently begun appearing in his work, notably in such pieces as "Nature Suite," "Genesis," "Lovers Trees," and "My World."The secret and essence of Jiang's work is best expressed by the artist himself:"An artist is not a photographer; my work is my understanding of life. It is difficult for me to remember what distances I have traveled, how many mountains I have climbed, how many rivers I have crossed, and how many villages I have passed through. I can only recall the countless joyous moments and hardships of the past years from the many pictures I have painted. My deep love of the colorful earth and for Xishuangbanna, a region of the Yunnan Province, has encouraged me to explore and create unceasingly. Such a mysterious land blessed with unique beauty offers innumerable subjects to be painted. My paintings are not only pictures: they are also music and poetry that is bewitching, sweet dreams that are being dreamed."

STUNNING 4 Inch Swarovski Crystal Floral Rose Brooch, adorned with shades of Swarovski crystal shining jet, black diamond and pure clear.MWF2365

Bust of A Woman By Picasso Giclee Numbered 20x26Hand Embellished on Canvas

Roy Fairchild (English b.1953)Born in 1953 in Surrey, England, Roy Fairchild lives and works most of the year in his country home. This peaceful environment is fundamental to Fairchild's well-being and stability as an artist, although he travels throughout Europe to obtain new sources of inspiration. Fairchild is particularly influenced by the painters of the Renaissance and often visits Italy to study the frescos, tapestries, and paintings to see for himself the techniques with which they were executed.Fairchild's vision is colored by his immersion in this past. Fairchild's surfaces are rich and sumptuous and he uses varied interwoven elements such as fabrics and flowers in his work. The crumpling plasterwork seen in ancient frescos are also alluded to in his use of plaster as base for acrylic and oil over-painting.Experimenting with different techniques, Fairchild developed entirely new methods of achieving effects in serigraphy to obtain qualities of light and color that are now in general use. Fairchild eventually gained sufficient financial security to be able to give up his commercial illustrations and return full time to his own painting and printmaking which he does under his family name, Fairchild.As a printmaker, Fairchild has found most favor with serigraphy where the rich, opaque colors of his work are furthered by the medium, although his figure drawings he still prefers to translate into etchings. Roy Fairchild's art is eagerly sought and purchase by astute collectors throughout the world.American Fine Art Editions, Inc. highlights the work of Roy Fairchild at our welcoming 12,000 sq. ft. showcase gallery in Old Town Scottsdale, AZ. Call one of our International Art Consultants today to receive the one on one attention you deserve in building your extraordinary collection of fine art. We specialize in the original 20th century masters of fine art including Picasso, Miro, Warhol, Neiman, Wyeth and more.

Natural Solitaire Green 1.62 carat Peridot925 Silver Band. August birthstone. Gem quality. Beautiful Stone and ring

Very beautiful French pitcher from Savoie (French Alpes), in VERY GOOD CONDITION! This charming jaspee Pottery (Terracotta, beige, blue, grren colors) dates around 1950's. This very nice piece of pottery was made by a potter from Anncey region. In the baroque spirit: the "Jaspee" faience made In the French Alpes (Savoie region), said also " marbled in the mass ". This technique consists in mixing lands of different colors, generally brown nuances, brown, orange-colored and white cremate, until obtain a veiné marble aspect. 1775 is the date generally supposed by the appearance of this technique to Apt. If the game of the marbled colours lends itself to no symmetry, decorations modelled in white earth(ground), added, or applied to these details(rooms) balance and frame(supervise) the disorder of colors. The type of Jaspee pottery is very particular of Savoie pottery. Very good condition! (a very little chip a te top part) h-8"/ w-7"/ d-5". We ship from Texas (not from France)!

Vintage Style Bronze, Crystal and Black Pearl Brooch, measures approx 2.5 inches x 1 inches

12.55 ctw. Natural Purple Amethyst GemstoneOval Shape and well Faceted with great color.Great stone for price. No Visible flaws notedapprox. $7.00 a carat.

Darling Fox Bronze and Crystal Earrings, measure approx .75 inches x .75 inches, studs

Delicate Faberge Inspired Yellow Rose Jewelry Box adorned with Swarovski Crystals. Measures: 4 inches in length, 3.5 inches in width and 6 inches high.

Artist: Howard BehrensTitle: Bellagio Panel IMedium: Lithograph on paper * Size of paper: 14 x 38 inches Publisher: Rinehart Fine ArtsDate: 2003Condition: Excellent

Gorgeous 12 mm Multicolor Natural Pearl Necklace, measures approx 18 inches, beautiful floral clasp mwf2198

Here ia 2 pieces from a French wine maker from a vineyard in Bordeaux region.1/ A French Wine bottle corker SANBRI (Made in France) h-4.5"/ w-8"/ d-2"Made of aluminium. Perfect condition!2/ A brass mecanic bottle cleaner with metal brush at the extrimity (Made France) w- 21" (closed) Perfect condition!We ship from Texas (not from France)

Stunning Blue Topaz Ring with 925 silver band.Ring size is approx.6.5AAA quality Stone set in solitaire setting.Top quality stone.Brilliant round cut.Beautiful Blue colored stone,

"The most gratifying feeling I experienced as I entered my nineties came from the immediate success of my sculpture collection, and the realization that I have touched the lives of so many art collectors who otherwise might never have know this phase of my work. " -Erte Born Remain de Tirtoff in imperial St. Petersburg, Erte derived his pen name from the French pronunciation of his initials "R.T." Over a long and distinguished career, he had a major influence on the style and design of the 20th Century.At age 19, Erte left home and moved to Paris where he gained employment with the esteemed coutur-ier Poiret. Shortly thereafter, he began the 22-year pursuit which would make him famous: creating cover art and illustrations for the magazine Harper's Bazaar. It was here that his distinctive Art Deco-style emerged.During his prolific years at Harper's, Erte designed 250 covers and numerous drawings for its pages and diversified into a variety of other artistic activities. After a fling in Hollywood designing for extravagant silent films including Ben Hur, Erte left the magazine to create sets and costumes for theater and opera. For the next 40 years, he dressed an extraordinary roster of opera, stage and screen stars, including Mary Garden, Josephine Baker, Marion Davies, Lillian Gish. Mata Hari and Anna Pavlova. These achievements earned him the title "Father of Art Deco".In 1967 the Metropolitan Museum of Art purchased and exhibited a collection of some 200 Erte gouaches. Shows in London followed, bringing Erte even more recognition. His success at these exhibitions was summarized by the noted London Sunday Times art critic John Russell (later of the New York Times) who wrote, "If Michelangelo were to come back from the dead he could hardly have greater or more eulogious publicity than has been accorded to Erte."At age 75, Erte began to create limited edition serigraphs based on his designs. This medium allowed a wider audience to enjoy his work and helped satisfy popular demand for these images. International success in this endeavor led him to expand his work to a variety of materials, most notably bronze.The influence of Erie's style and the demand for his art live on. His work belongs to prestigious museum collections throughout the world, most notably the Smithsonian, The Victoria and Albert Museum (London). New York's Metropolitan Museum and The Museum of Modern Art. Many books have been published on the artist's life and work, including Erte at Ninef^-Five: The Complete New Graphics [The Extended Edition] and Erte-The Last Works.

Intricate Green and Blue Detailed Ceramic Bead Necklace. The necklace measures apprx 20 in length. Rich, earthy blue-green ceramic beads are mixed with detailed goldtone metal beads and gold plated pewter caps to create a stunning necklace.

HIGHLY COLLECTIBLE POTTERY FROM EASTERN FRANCE. WONDERFUL FRENCH MAJOLICA, BARBOTINE ASPARAGUS DISH. STUNNING SHADES OF GREEN AND CREAM COULORS. THIS DISH IS IN GREAT CONDITION (2 very little chips as you can see on photo #3). SIZE: 15.35" BY 9.85" BY 3.93" HIGH. A little part of France in your home. We ship from Texas (not from France).

Set of 6 French Laguiole steak knives designed by Jean Dubost with its "Authenticity Certificate" DUBOST COLAS PRADEL was created in 1920, by Pierre DUBOST and his wife Marcelle COLAS PRADEL. The VERY FAMOUS set of 6 French steak-KNIVES "LAGUIOLE"...with Authenticity Certificate. The handle was made of bubinga wood & the blade made of very high grade stainless steel was stamped, ground and polished with 25 different manual production stages. The world renowned knives has been crafted in the heart of France for over 200 years. This Company was created in 1920, in the capital of French cutlery (Auvergne, center-France). These knives are the result of a family tradition of fine workmanship and very high quality products. Dubost Colas Pradel is situated in Viscomtat, a mountain village 15km from Thiers, the capital of french cutlery. Ever since its foundation in 1920 by Pierre Dubost and his wife Marcelle Colas Pradel, the company has passed down a family tradition of fine workmanship and high quality products. It is now in the hands of the third (Philippe Dubost) and the fourth (Alexandre Dubost) generations. The company has grown in notoriety due to being attentive to the changing needs of consumers, and its faithful presence at international fairs since 1962. Since its creation Dubost Colas Pradel has been in a perpetual development. Despite having started in a small workshop, production grew rapidly under the inspiration of Jean Dubost, the founder's son, who gave his name to the famous flatware line and the world renowned kitchen knives. Quality is an integral part of the company policy. Products are quality controlled at each step of production, with care to assure good workmanship, in order to provide consumers with pleasure and the assurance of long lasting use.Ref #98/13691 /**ThinViewJs**/ var ifr = function() {}; ifr.browserDetect = function() {this.bFirefox = this.bWebTV = this.bOpera = this.bNav = this.bIE = this.bSafari =this.bWin = this.bMac = this.bMacppc = this.bMactel =this.bWinXp = this.bXpSp2 = this.bAOL = this.bVista = false;this.iVer = this.fVer = -1;this.fMinorVer = 0;this.init = function() {var nv = navigator, agt = nv.userAgent.toLowerCase(), i = 0, ver;with (this){if (agt.indexOf('webtv') != -1){bWebTV = true;i = agt.indexOf('webtv/') + 6;}else if (agt.indexOf('firefox') != -1){bFirefox = true;i = agt.lastIndexOf('firefox') + 8;}else if (agt.indexOf('safari') != -1){bSafari = true;i = agt.lastIndexOf('safari') + 7;}else if(typeof(window.opera)!='undefined'){bOpera = true;i = agt.lastIndexOf('opera') + 6;}else if (nv.appName == 'Netscape'){bNav = true;i = agt.lastIndexOf('/') + 1;}else if (agt.indexOf('msie') != -1){bIE = true;i = agt.indexOf('msie') + 4;if ((agt.indexOf('aol') != -1) || (agt.indexOf('america online') != -1))bAOL = true;}ver = bOpera?window.opera.version():agt.substring(i);iVer = parseInt(ver);fVer = parseFloat(ver);fMinorVer = fVer - iVer;bWin = (agt.indexOf('win') != -1);bWinXp = (bWin && (agt.indexOf('windows nt 5.1') != -1));bVista = (bWin && (agt.indexOf('windows nt 6.0') != -1));bXpSp2 = (bWinXp && (agt.indexOf('sv1') != -1));bMac = (agt.indexOf('mac') != -1);bMacppc = (bMac && ((agt.indexOf('ppc') != -1) || (agt.indexOf('powerpc') != -1)));bMactel = (bMac && (agt.indexOf('intel') != -1));}}this.init();return this;}var oCl = ifr.browserDetect();if (oCl.bFirefox) { ifr.init(1); } ifr.addLoadEvent = function(func) { var oldonload = window.onload;if (typeof window.onload != 'function') {window.onload = func;}else {window.onload = function() {if (oldonload) {oldonload();}func();}}};ifr.addLoadEvent( function() { ifr.init(2); } ); ifr.init = function(callerId) {var lastInitCall = '';var bSafari = oCl.bSafari;var bFirefox = oCl.bFirefox;var iVer = oCl.iVer;var bWin = oCl.bWin;var cTime = new Date().getTime();if (!window.bError) {var el = new Date().getSeconds();var lt = (el - window.bl);}if (typeof(clientErrorLog) !== 'undefined') {if (lt > clientErrorThresholdTime) {ifr.process(lt);}}if (((callerId !== 2) && (lastInitCall !== '') && ((cTime-lastInitCall) = 9 && (h==10000) && document.getElementById('EBdescription')) { h = document.getElementById('EBdescription').scrollHeight; }} else {h = document.body.offsetHeight; if (oCl.bSafari && oCl.iVer >= 523) {w = document.body.scrollWidth;} else {w = document.body.offsetWidth;if (window.scrollMaxX !== 0) {w += window.scrollMaxX;}}}if (isNaN(w)) {w = 0;}if ((oCl.bFirefox && oCl.bWin) && (h > 32000)) {h = 32000;}rv[0] += h;rv[1] += w;return rv;};ifr.resizeIt = function(callerId) {var oCl = ifr.browserDetect();var size = ifr.getSize();if (size) {if (!oCl.bSafari) {var rf = window.document.referrer;var re = new RegExp('^http\://cgi\.');var re2 = new RegExp('^(http\://www\.)([a-z]{2}\.)?([0-9a-z]{5}\.)?([a-z]{2}\.)?([a-z]{4}\.)([a-z]{3}|[a-z]{2})(\.[a-z]{2})?(/itm/)');if ((rf.toString().match(re) !== null) || (rf.toString().match(re2) !== null)) {parent.resizeFrame(size);}}ifr.setData(size, callerId);};}

CHINESE SNUFF BOTTLE -- Metal, turquoise, soapstone MWF2387

Original Woodcut by Irving Amen.. Very difficult to find this piece if available at all. Signed and numbered. A/P Perfect Condition..A REAL find.

Crawling Indian Bronze Sculpture, After Duchoiselle 8"H x 17"W x 7"D 26 lbs. This bronze sculpture was produced using the "Lost Wax" casting method. The"Lost Wax" Cast method is the most precise metal casting technique in existence, ensuring exquisite detail of the original host model which is usually sculpted in clay or wax. This "Lost Wax" casting method is an extremely labor intensive and expensive process, but the end results produce a Heirloom Quality Masterpiece!

Splendid Faberge Inspired Floral Jewelry Box. Measures: 3.5 inches in length, 3.5 inches in width and 1.75 inches high.

This painting was done by Natalie Krol and is 30" X 40" and is certain to be a wonderful addition to any collection. Natalie's pieces are in public collections as well as private collections around the world.

Nostalgic Green Enameled and Crystal Phoenix Pendant, pendant measures approx 2.5 inches, chain measures approx 26 inches.

Very nice pair of cast iron French Fleur de Lys, excellent for decoration, book-ends... The English translation of "fleur-de-lis" (sometimes spelled "fleur-de-lys") is "flower of the lily." This symbol, depicting a stylized lily or lotus flower, has many meanings. Traditionally, it has been used to represent French royalty, and in that sense it is said to signify perfection, light, and life. Legend has it that an angel presented Clovis, the Merovingian king of the Franks, with a golden lily as a symbol of his purification upon his conversion to Christianity. Others claim that Clovis adopted the symbol when waterlilies showed him how to safely cross a river and thus succeed in battle. We ship from Texas (not from France)! h-6"/ w-3.5"/ d-1.25"

Here is a French Louis Philippe table with one drawer, made during Emperor Napoleon III reign (Circa 1870), by a French cabinet maker from Eastern France (Alsace). This piece made of walnut wood is in very good condition. You can use this piece as a TABLE or as a VERY NICE DESK! Gorgeous patina! For the shipping...don't worry, we ship from Texas (not from France)!h-30.5/ w-51/ d-31

Excellent Camel & Rider, Bronze Sculpture, After L. Carvin, 7 inH x 4 3/4inW x 2 3/4in D 8lbs. This bronze sculpture was produced using the Lost Wax casting method. The Lost Wax Cast method is the most precise metal casting technique in existence, ensuring exquisite detail of the original host model which is usually sculpted in clay or wax. This Lost Wax casting method is an extremely labor intensive and expensive process, but the end results produce a Heirloom Quality Masterpiece!

Vintage Art Nouveau Brass Womens Cuff / Bangle Sea Horse Bracelet, bracelet width measures 1in MWF2403

Gorgeous Swarovski Crystal Floral Hair Comb, measures approx 6inches length by 2 inches width. MWF2375

Exceptional ANTIQUE FRENCH WEDDING BONNETIERE (Armoire one door) Louis XV Provincial from Southwestern France. This piece was made of solid fruit wood by a French cabinet maker in the late 1700's to very early 1800's. You can see on the top part of this armoire, the initiales L & P for names of this new couple and inlay on the bottom part. This bonnetiere is in a very good condition, with original and exceptional hardware and key!!! TRULY UNIQUE! We ship from Texas (not from France).h-88.5"/ w-43"/ d-25.75

Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable{mso-style-name:"Table Normal";mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;mso-style-noshow:yes;mso-style-parent:"";mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;mso-para-margin:0in;mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:#0400;mso-fareast-language:#0400;mso-bidi-language:#0400;}This original animation cel is from the Nickelodeon TV showSpongeBob Squarepants. The story takes place under the deep blue seain Bikini Bottom, where SpongeBob resides. SpongeBob, who is a yellow,porous sponge, is your typical happy-go-lucky character, as he is alwayscheerful and enjoys making people laugh. Patrick Star, SpongeBob's neighbor whois a starfish, is your average children's show idiot, as he boasts knowingnothing and is often getting himself into ridiculous situations. Between the homesof these two lies the home of the miserable Squidward, a squid, who is knownfor being grouchy and playing tricks on SpongeBob and Patrick. Both SpongeBoband Squidward work at the Krusty Krab, a fast food business run by the greedymoney-loving Mr. Krabs, a crab, the arch rival of the evil, possiblymisunderstood, Plankton. Another neighbor, Sandy Cheeks, an athletic squirrelwho normally wears an astronaut's space suit, was introduced in "Tea atthe Treedome." She spends most of her time inventing andexperimenting. * Spongebob, do I have to do everything for you?!?!? * * Original Production Animated Cel Overall Size of Cel: 10 1/2" x 20 1/4" Very Good ConditionThis is an original hand-painted cel set-up used in the productionof an episode of "SpongeBob SquarePants." Each one-of-a-kind set-uprepresents a slight change in position of the characters. When individuallyphotographed and projected in rapid succession, the images appear to move. * To create production cels, the original animator's drawing is transferred ontoan acetate cel (by hand-inking and/or photo copying). The cel is thenhand-painted on the reverse side. * The cel received by the winning bidder may be ever so slightly differentfrom the one in the auction photos. * The cel is ready to be matted andframed. The animator's notations are atthe bottom of the cel. *

SPECTACULAR UNHEATED 0.76ct PEAR NATURAL GREENISH BLUE SAPPHIRE

Unique Skull and Cross Design Swarovski Crystal Necklace Earring Set. Pendant measures approx 4 in x 3 in. The chain measures approx 18 in, and the earrings 2.25 inches. Mwf2304

Superior Black Pearl Tahitian Necklace, measures approx 10 inches, 14kt gold clasp mwf2196

HUGE 68inch White Akoya Baroque Pearl Necklace with 14k gold clasp, size 9-12 mm, Excellent Luster AAA MWF2393

Here is a natural cabochon star ruby weighing 19 carats. It is of high quality with excellent luster and has a purplish color. A six rayed star is visible when under direct light.

Roaring 20's Nude Showgirl, Bronze Sculpture, After Rubin 14"H x 6"W x 6 "D 12 lbs This bronze sculpture was produced using the "Lost Wax" casting method. The"Lost Wax" Cast method is the most precise metal casting technique in existence, ensuring exquisite detail of the original host model which is usually sculpted in clay or wax. This "Lost Wax" casting method is an extremely labor intensive and expensive process, but the end results produce a Heirloom Quality Masterpiece!

A very nice set of 2 French table-sets made by Pornic, France with "Fleur de Lys". Excellent condition. Lovely pieces for your collection or for the decoration of your home! We ship from Texas (not from France)! h-12"/ w-17.5"

Red, Yellow, and White fancy Sapphire sculptured Dog.Made of bonded translucent Fancy Sapphires.525 carats of Sapphires.

Artist: John MorganTitle: The KiteMedium: Lithograph on paper * Size of paper: 28 x 22 inches Publisher: Fairfield Art Publishing Co.Date: 1993Condition: Excellent

A very nice French faience earthenware/ terracotta milk pitcher jug made by the artist Roullet Renoleau (4th generation of artist). He studied at the famous Faience School in Limoges (France). This piece of pottery was hand-made and hand-painted by the artist (He signed each piece, you can see on the photo). For your information, the antique Renoleau faience is highly collectible in France. Lovely piece for your collection or for the decoration of your home! Excellent condition (no chips, no cracks) We ship from Texas (not from France)! h-4"/ w-4"/ d-3"

Here is a wonderful cushion pillow cover "The Licorne" made by the famous French Parisian Company J. Pansu (supplier for the museums and monuments in France). Size: 18" x 18". This cushion covers a new! J.Pansu is much more than just a trademark. It is the name of a man who founded the company in 1878. Since then, they perpetuate with great passion the art of weaving as characterized by many different stitches, among them the famous Halluin stitch, the Loiselles stitch, the "Gobelins" type stitch and more recently, the Meurins stitch. With the 4th generation of this family, the story goes on... More than 125 years of tradition and "Know-How". Today, J Pansu offers all art lovers a very complete range of cushion covers. The fourth generation of the Pansu family - Séverine, Alain and Eric - has now taken over the helm, taking on new developments, dedicated to extending the influence of a family business which is celebrating its 125th year of existence. In 1994, J. Pansu launched a collection of Home Accessories (cushions.) created in its mill of Flanders by the "best craftsmen in France" who perpewtuate the art of weaving on jacquard looms. These collections combine the tradition of tapestry and museum derived productstho the modernity of young designers.

Pablo Picasso1881 - 1973Pablo Picasso is unquestionably the most famous artist of the 20th Century. In his artistic life, lasting more than 75 years he created tens of thousands of works, including paintings, drawings, sculpture, original lithographs, etchings, linoleum cuts and ceramics. No single artist has had a greater influence on Modern Art and has changed art more profoundly in the 20th Century. Picasso has been described as having lived several lifetimes artistically. He created Cubism (with George Braque) and continued thereafter to develop his art with a velocity that is comparable to the pace and dramatic change of the 20th Century.Born in Malaga on October 25, 1881, Picasso received his first drawing lessons from his father, a drawing teacher, at La Coruna in 1891. In 1895 the family moved to Barcelona, where young Pablo brilliantly passed the entry examination to the famous La Llonga art school completing in a single day, the one-month qualifying exam. His father was so overwhelmed by his son's abilities that he gave him own brushes, and proclaimed that he would never paint again. In 1897 he exhibited drawings in a cafe called Els Quatre Gats the artistic center of Barcelona. In 1899 he met Jaime Sabartes and did his first etching El Zurdo. The following year saw Picasso in Paris for the first time, where he created and exhibited drawings. In 1901 he made drawings in Madrid and Paris and he started to sign his works 'Picasso,' his mother's maiden name. In 1904 he settled definitively in Paris, where he rented a studio in the "Bateau Lavoir." This is the period when he created his famous "Blue Period" works, so called because of their monochromatic tonality, and somber content.In 1907, Picasso created the painting that would in essence create "modern art." "Les Demoiselles d'Avignon" is considered the watershed painting of modern art. Artists from all over the world made pilgrimages to see the work themselves. It led to Picasso's collaboration with Braque (lasting into the 1920's), which created Cubism.The 1920's were important years in the development of Picasso's art and his fame. He designed theater sets and painted in cubist, neo-classical, and surreal modes. In 1937, the fascists horrified the world with the bombing of the civilian town of Guernica, Spain. Picasso was deeply affected by the carnage and responded by creating his other most notable masterpiece mural, "Guernica."Picasso became one of the most important original printmakers of all time. He was never content to use any media in its purely traditional way, and he revolutionized many of the graphic media he employed. In 1905 he engraved Les Saltimbanques. In 1906 Picasso did drypoints on celluloid and his first woodcuts. From 1909 to 1915 he produced Cubist prints, and from 1916 to 1920 he did neoclassic etchings. 1919 was the year of his first lithographs; in 1927 he did etchings for Balzac's Le Chef-d'oeuvre inconnu and etchings for Ovid's Metamorphoses in 1930. In 1933 he started work on a set of one hundred copperplates for Vollard (the Vollard Series). In 1934 he did Lysistrata and in 1935 the Minotauromachy. In 1937 engraved Franco's Dream and Lie (also in response to Guernica), the sugar aquatints for Buffon's Histoire Naturelle, and the portraits of Vollard that concluded the famous hundred plate series.Picasso moved to lithography in November 1945, producing his first color works in that medium at the famous Mourlot atelier. In 1948 he did Gongora and Reverdy's Le Chant des Morts. In 1949 Picasso created the lithograph entitled The Dove of Peace; in 1950 the illustrations for Cesaire's Corps Perdui; in 1952 the aquatints, Woman at the Window. From 1953 to 1957 came his aquatints, line engravings and lithographs (the Jacqueline series), and in 1958 his first color linocuts. In 1959 he did the Tauromachy series and linocuts. From 1960 to 1967, he did aquatints, etchings, drypoints and line engravings. In 1968, from March 16 to October 5, three weeks before his 87th birthday, he did three hundred and forty-seven etchings, line engravings, drypoints, mezzotints and aquatints, known as the "347 Series." Picasso died on April 8, 1973 in Mougins, France at the age of 91.

Highly collectible, Authentic French Quimper HB plate. This plate was hand-made and hand-painted by the artist. You can see on the picture, the signature HB, Quimper (Brittany). Good condition (Very little chips & little crack). Lovely piece for your collection ! We ship from Texas (not from France)!Diameter: 6.25"

Classical Floral Design Bronze Necklace, entire necklace length is approx 20 inches

French prayer chair with its rush seat, made of fruit wood by a cabinet maker from Southern France. This piece was made in the mid.1800's. Everything is original and great patina! Very good condition. For the shipping...don't worry, we ship from Texas (not from France)!

This is a Salvador Dali lithograph titled "Homage to Lincoln Dalivision". It's complete title is "Gala Contemplating the Mediterranean Sea Which at Twenty Meters Becomes the Portrait of Abraham Lincoln". Made on archival quality paper, facsimile pencil signed, numbered from an edition of 500. Measures 14" x 20" on 18" x 24" paper. In excellent condition, comes unframed. Comes with a

Dragon Pendant Necklace Circa 72- Alva Museum Replicas - Pendant is a large size, approximately 2 1/4in wide, 19in chain mwf2011

Very nice French Louis Philippe period side table nightstand with one drawer, made of solid walnut wood and burled walnut in the 1840's by a cabinet maker from Southwestern France. Very good condition! We ship from Texas (not from France)! h-28"/ w-14.75"/ d-13"

Clear Swarovski Crystal Classic Style Bangle Cuff Bracelet MWF2378

Here is a wonderful French handbag made by the famous French Parisian Company J. Pansu (supplier for the museums and monuments in France). Size: 13.75" x 12.5". This handbag is new! J. PANSU handbags are made in France and perpetuate the tradition of "Savoir-faire" of a company founded in 1878. They are created with fabrics designed by a team of the "Best craftmen in France", then finished with very soft leather by very skilled artisans in the ancient tradition. J.Pansu is much more than just a trademark. It is the name of a man who founded the company in 1878. Since then, they perpetuate with great passion the art of weaving as characterized by many different stitches, among them the famous Halluin stitch, the Loiselles stitch, the "Gobelins" type stitch and more recently, the Meurins stitch. With the 4th generation of this family, the story goes on... More than 125 years of tradition and "Know-How". Today, J Pansu offers all art lovers a very complete range of cushion covers. The fourth generation of the Pansu family - Séverine, Alain and Eric - has now taken over the helm, taking on new developments, dedicated to extending the influence of a family business which is celebrating its 125th year of existence. In 1994, J. Pansu launched a collection of Home Accessories (cushions, bags.) created in its mill of Flanders by the "best craftsmen in France" who perpewtuate the art of weaving on jacquard looms. These collections combine the tradition of tapestry and museum derived productstho the modernity of young designers.

Designer Tu-tone Bold Style Ribbed Bangel Bracelet. Features three bars of gorgeous pave set CZ simulated diamonds. The big and bold piece has a hidden strong magnetic claps closure and will fit an average 7-71/2 in wrist. Measures just over 1/2in wide on top and tapers on the bottom. It is beautifully finished on the inside. MWF1852

Early 1900's French cast iron balance scale with its 2 brass plates. VERY GOOD CONDITION! This scale was used at the fruit market of Libourne (Southwestern France, near Bordeaux) and will show signs of normal wear due to age and use. We ship from Texas (not from France)! h-10.5"/ w-19.75/ d-8.75" (with plates)

Set of 6 French Le Thiers steak knives designed by Jean Dubost with its "Authenticity Certificate". The handles are made of 6 different wood handles (Olive, wenge, bubinga, rosewood, oak, birch) in wood box & the blade made of very high grade stainless steel was stamped, ground and polished with 25 different manual production stages. All pieces are forged, stamped, flattened, hardened, honed, burnished, and sharpened to the highest of standards. What is the famous "Le Thiers"? Born of the reflection of an entire profession, "Le Thiers" bears the name of his city, the capital of French cutlery. This knife is harmonious lines subject to a Jurandi based on tradition cutlery Thiernois Basin, the charter consists of manufacturing quality and territoriality at every stage of product realization. The board then valid authorization for use of name and form, which each cutler apply its know-how. Finally, teachers visitors are empowered to monitor compliance with these rules from the manufacturer, which is a guarantee of quality for "The Thiers" and certify an authentic French manufacture. The manufacturer DUBOST COLAS PRADEL was created in 1920, by Pierre DUBOST and his wife Marcelle COLAS PRADEL.Dubost Colas Pradel is situated in Viscomtat, a mountain village 15km from Thiers, the capital of french cutlery.Ever since its foundation in 1920 by Pierre Dubost and his wife Marcelle Colas Pradel, the company has passed down a family tradition of fine workmanship and high quality products.It is now in the hands of the third (Philippe Dubost) and the fourth (Alexandre Dubost) generations.The company has grown in notoriety due to being attentive to the changing needs of consumers, and its faithful presence at international fairs since 1962.Since its creation Dubost Colas Pradel has been in a perpetual development.Despite having started in a small workshop, production grew rapidly under the inspiration of Jean Dubost, the founder's son, who gave his name to the famous flatware line and the world renowned kitchen knives.Quality is an integral part of the company policy.Products are quality controlled at each step of production, with care to assure good workmanship, in order to provide consumers with pleasure and the assurance of long lasting use.Ref #7913900 /**ThinViewJs**/ var ifr = function() {}; ifr.browserDetect = function() {this.bFirefox = this.bWebTV = this.bOpera = this.bNav = this.bIE = this.bSafari =this.bWin = this.bMac = this.bMacppc = this.bMactel =this.bWinXp = this.bXpSp2 = this.bAOL = this.bVista = false;this.iVer = this.fVer = -1;this.fMinorVer = 0;this.init = function() {var nv = navigator, agt = nv.userAgent.toLowerCase(), i = 0, ver;with (this){if (agt.indexOf('webtv') != -1){bWebTV = true;i = agt.indexOf('webtv/') + 6;}else if (agt.indexOf('firefox') != -1){bFirefox = true;i = agt.lastIndexOf('firefox') + 8;}else if (agt.indexOf('safari') != -1){bSafari = true;i = agt.lastIndexOf('safari') + 7;}else if(typeof(window.opera)!='undefined'){bOpera = true;i = agt.lastIndexOf('opera') + 6;}else if (nv.appName == 'Netscape'){bNav = true;i = agt.lastIndexOf('/') + 1;}else if (agt.indexOf('msie') != -1){bIE = true;i = agt.indexOf('msie') + 4;if ((agt.indexOf('aol') != -1) || (agt.indexOf('america online') != -1))bAOL = true;}ver = bOpera?window.opera.version():agt.substring(i);iVer = parseInt(ver);fVer = parseFloat(ver);fMinorVer = fVer - iVer;bWin = (agt.indexOf('win') != -1);bWinXp = (bWin && (agt.indexOf('windows nt 5.1') != -1));bVista = (bWin && (agt.indexOf('windows nt 6.0') != -1));bXpSp2 = (bWinXp && (agt.indexOf('sv1') != -1));bMac = (agt.indexOf('mac') != -1);bMacppc = (bMac && ((agt.indexOf('ppc') != -1) || (agt.indexOf('powerpc') != -1)));bMactel = (bMac && (agt.indexOf('intel') != -1));}}this.init();return this;}var oCl = ifr.browserDetect();if (oCl.bFirefox) { ifr.init(1); } ifr.addLoadEvent = function(func) { var oldonload = window.onload;if (typeof window.onload != 'function') {window.onload = func;}else {window.onload = function() {if (oldonload) {oldonload();}func();}}};ifr.addLoadEvent( function() { ifr.init(2); } ); ifr.init = function(callerId) {var lastInitCall = '';var bSafari = oCl.bSafari;var bFirefox = oCl.bFirefox;var iVer = oCl.iVer;var bWin = oCl.bWin;var cTime = new Date().getTime();if (!window.bError) {var el = new Date().getSeconds();var lt = (el - window.bl);}if (typeof(clientErrorLog) !== 'undefined') {if (lt > clientErrorThresholdTime) {ifr.process(lt);}}if (((callerId !== 2) && (lastInitCall !== '') && ((cTime-lastInitCall) = 9 && document.getElementById('EBdescription')) { h = document.getElementById('EBdescription').scrollHeight; var u = document.location.href; if(u && u.indexOf('&tid=') != -1 && document.getElementById('ngvi_store_id')) {h = document.getElementById('ngvi_store_id').scrollHeight;} h=h+40;}} else {h = document.body.offsetHeight; if (oCl.bSafari && oCl.iVer >= 523) {w = document.body.scrollWidth;} else {w = document.body.offsetWidth;if (window.scrollMaxX !== 0) {w += window.scrollMaxX;}}}if (isNaN(w)) {w = 0;}if ((oCl.bFirefox && oCl.bWin) && (h > 32000)) {h = 32000;}rv[0] += h;rv[1] += w;return rv;};ifr.resizeIt = function(callerId) {var oCl = ifr.browserDetect();var size = ifr.getSize();if (size) {if (window['postMessage'] && isPM) {parent.postMessage(size, '*');} else {if (!oCl.bSafari) {var rf = window.document.referrer;var re = new RegExp('^http\://cgi\.');var re2 = new RegExp('^(http\://www\.)([a-z]{2}\.)?([0-9a-z]{5}\.)?([a-z]{2}\.)?([a-z]{4}\.)([a-z]{3}|[a-z]{2})(\.[a-z]{2})?(/itm/)');if ((rf.toString().match(re) !== null) || (rf.toString().match(re2) !== null)) {parent.resizeFrame(size);}}ifr.setData(size, callerId);}};}

Michael Schofield The landscapes of Michael Schofield are justly prized and celebrated for the wealth of their fine detail, for the radiancy of their colors, and for the unfailing consonance of their diverse visual parts which enables those elements to form a harmonious visual whole. And his landscapes are not at all the same; Schofield has the ability to summon up the memories and images of different times and places, from years before and from miles and miles away, and recombine them on canvas with entirely new results. Indeed, though he has a characteristic elegance of style, his serigraphs are as distinct from one another as are the various natural beauties that inspire them. Schofield was born in Florida 1947, but his family moved to California that same year. He began to paint and study watercolor in high school. Like most teenage boys, he was at first much more interested in sports than in fine art, but his art teacher at Oakland High School recognized that Michael had an exceptional talent, and for nearly two years he tutored the youth privately. After a stint in the military, Schofield went to art school in Nashville, Tennessee. During the summers he would journey to Woodstock, New York, in order to study with watercolorist John Pike, an esteemed member of the National Academy of Art and the American Watercolor Society. Schofield soon opened his own art studio, where he painted and taught for more than a decade. He returned to California in 1980 to set up a silk-screen printing studio in order to be able to create his own original serigraphs. He wanted to be involved in every step of the intricate and exacting process of serigraph, from fabricating the stencils to adding the final finishing touches of color. Having been a successful artist for many years, Schofield has his works in numerous private and corporate collections, including the Bank of America, the Library of Congress, the Xerox Corporation, Occidental, and Twentieth Century, Inc. Schofield believes that the primary aspiration of art is to communicate a shared perception of beauty from one human heart to another, from the artist to the viewer of his art: I choose to create more traditional landscapes because they involved imagery most people can relate to, imagery that evokes a memory and therefore a feeling. I painting landscapes because they speak to everyone. In sharing a place I have known, I know that others will see places they have known. In that way, I can communicate with others without using a single word

Beautiful hand carved RoosterCarved from Water Buffalo Horn from South East Asia.Scrimshaw art is approx. 3 1/2 inches high.Great piece of scrimshaw art.

Turquoise and Silver Bangle Cuff Bracelet mwf2027

Cast iron rooster bank, early 20th c., 4 3/4'' h., together with two composition roosters. MWF2339

A very nice French faience earthenware/ terracotta dish drageoir made by the artist Roullet Renoleau (4th generation of artist). He studied at the famous Faience School in Limoges (France). This piece of pottery was hand-made and hand-painted by the artist (He signed each piece, you can see on the photo). For your information, the antique Renoleau faience is highly collectible in France. Lovely piece for your collection or for the decoration of your home! Excellent condition (no chips, no cracks) We ship from Texas (not from France)! h-1.25"/ w-5"/ d-4.5"

Vintage reproduction poster of Martha and the Vandellas at the Apollo Theater, March 24th, (early 60's)Dance and Show 9 p.m. until ?plus The Marvelettes and OrchestraMartha Reeves witht eh Vandellas, great poster 12x18 in. framed 19x24 in.

Image size is 31X20This is a very special print..It is the face of David Ben Gurion and is created in Hebrew which is the Israeli Constitution. It was signed by more people than I can list but 2 of them were Ronald Regan,and Jimmy Carter along with many other famous dignitaries. It is priceless. For COMPLETE INFO on this piece go to http://www.davidbengurion.com/   You can go to the above address and see ALL who signed this piece. This piece is not available ANYWHERE else. Great buy!!!!!

French old print of Paris, dated 1955: Montgolfieres in Paris in 1789. Very good condition (no damage)...the frame is new. h-16.75"/ w-16.5". This print will be a great part of France in your home! Don't worry for the shipping...we ship from Texas (not from France!)

9" Collectible porcelain doll. Head, hands and feet made of porcelain. She is absolutely stunning. Details on this doll are impeccable! Originally sold average around $129.00 in French stores. There is no paperwork with these doll. No designer. We ship from Texas (not from France)

Authentic French porcelain Limoges box signed "Limoges France" This box was created by an artist, graduate of one of the most prestigious French Fine Porcelain schools. Excellent condition! (No chips, cracks or repairs). Would be a great value to any Limoges box collection. We ship from Texas (not from France)! h-2.25"/ diameter-5"

Beautifully cut round Citron Gems10 gems each approximately 1/2 carat eachLight Lemon yellow color.Brilliant cut well faceted stones. Asking bid of only $ 2.00 each for starters!!!

Swarovski Crystal Golden Butterfly Brooch Pin, measures approx 2.75 in length by 2.25 width mwf2065

Flashy Bronze and Multicolor Enamel Peacock Necklace. Pendant measures approx 2 inches wide x 2 inches width. Chain measures approx 29 inches.

"The most gratifying feeling I experienced as I entered my nineties came from the immediate success of my sculpture collection, and the realization that I have touched the lives of so many art collectors who otherwise might never have know this phase of my work. " -Erte Born Remain de Tirtoff in imperial St. Petersburg, Erte derived his pen name from the French pronunciation of his initials "R.T." Over a long and distinguished career, he had a major influence on the style and design of the 20th Century.At age 19, Erte left home and moved to Paris where he gained employment with the esteemed coutur-ier Poiret. Shortly thereafter, he began the 22-year pursuit which would make him famous: creating cover art and illustrations for the magazine Harper's Bazaar. It was here that his distinctive Art Deco-style emerged.During his prolific years at Harper's, Erte designed 250 covers and numerous drawings for its pages and diversified into a variety of other artistic activities. After a fling in Hollywood designing for extravagant silent films including Ben Hur, Erte left the magazine to create sets and costumes for theater and opera. For the next 40 years, he dressed an extraordinary roster of opera, stage and screen stars, including Mary Garden, Josephine Baker, Marion Davies, Lillian Gish. Mata Hari and Anna Pavlova. These achievements earned him the title "Father of Art Deco".In 1967 the Metropolitan Museum of Art purchased and exhibited a collection of some 200 Erte gouaches. Shows in London followed, bringing Erte even more recognition. His success at these exhibitions was summarized by the noted London Sunday Times art critic John Russell (later of the New York Times) who wrote, "If Michelangelo were to come back from the dead he could hardly have greater or more eulogious publicity than has been accorded to Erte."At age 75, Erte began to create limited edition serigraphs based on his designs. This medium allowed a wider audience to enjoy his work and helped satisfy popular demand for these images. International success in this endeavor led him to expand his work to a variety of materials, most notably bronze.The influence of Erie's style and the demand for his art live on. His work belongs to prestigious museum collections throughout the world, most notably the Smithsonian, The Victoria and Albert Museum (London). New York's Metropolitan Museum and The Museum of Modern Art. Many books have been published on the artist's life and work, including Erte at Ninef^-Five: The Complete New Graphics [The Extended Edition] and Erte-The Last Works.

Chagall, Marc, Original Color Litho, 1983 {Bouquet Over The Town}Marc Chagall (1887-1985), Bouquet Over The Town, Original Color Lithograph, Signed & Numbered, FramedARTIST: Marc Chagall (1887-1985)TITLE: Bouquet Over The TownMEDIUM: Original Color LithographIMAGE SIZE: 18 1/2" x 12 1/2" (47cm x 31.5cm)SHEET SIZE: 25" x 19" (65cm x 48cm)FRAMED SIZE: 28" X 33" (71.1cm x 83.8cm)SIGNED: This work is hand signed by Marc Chagall (1887-1985) in pencil in the lower right margin.EDITION: Numbered 34/50 in pencil in the lower left margin. Out of the total edition of 50 signed & numbered proofs on Arches wove paper (aside from 12 black artist's proofs, signed & numbered) CONDITION: In excellent condition with bright, saturated colors throughout.

ENGLISH SILVER CHAMBER STICK, H 3 3/4in, W 7 1/2in, & SILVER PLATES, TWO:Including 1 Arts and Crafts style chamber stick with date letter S, shield enclosing a crown over ~IB & S~ and an F enclosed in a diamond (import mark, see additional photo). Together with 2 silver plates, Dia.5in & 6in. Three pieces total. MWF2389

Vintage SARAH COVENTRY Silver Abalone Pendant Necklace, necklace measures 16 in, with a beautiful Abalone center pendant mwf2236

Original Painting by Krol

Bart Simpson and the entire family sitting around the Dinner table at their home in Springfield. USABeautifully colored sericel of Cartoon characters. Cell not framed.Estimated value of $500.00 or more

AUTHENTIC Oil Lamp from France made of brass and glass in the 1860's. You can see on photo #4 inscription "Brevete Empereur" h-21"/ diameter-6" Probably a marine or coastal lamp. Very decorative and very good condition!!! Don't worry for the shipping...we ship from Texas (not from France!)

This is a beautiful etching, after Rembrandt, by master engraver Amand Durand. Titled "ABRAHAM AND ISAAC" (year of original 1645). Measurements: image size is 6.5" x 6" on 14" x 11" Somerset paper. This piece is signed and dated in the plate. Comes with a certificate of authenticity. Ref. #34 according to the British Catalogue, circa 1797, is a hand pulled-ETCHING from the AUTHENTIC & Original copper Rembrandt plates by Armand-Durand (1831-1905) overseen by Art World Industries, inc. This piece is in excellent condition, and has never been framed. Rembrandt was born in 1606 in Leiden , Holland . Before his 30th birthday, the name Rembrandt had become synonymous with artistic excellence. The Dutch master was known worldwide for his highly prized series of classical etchings. These images are known for their delicacy of tone and intricacy of detail. To raise funds in 1657, Rembrandt sold the plates at an auction of his entire estate to a prestigious European family with the expressed stipulation that not even one of the etchings could be printed until a full 100 years had passed after his death. The family faithfully honored the binding agreement. Owing to their great popularity and soft metallurgical consistency, the original plates became worn by the mid 1800's. To save these genius-inspired works, Amand Durand, a master engraver, born in France in 1831, spent the major part of his career exactly duplicating the genius of Rembrandt onto hard, lasting copper plates. Art historians and critics have been stunned by the incredible quality Durand achieved through his own technical genius. Historical references indicate that Armand Durand's amazing skills were well known to expert of the 19th and early 20th centuries. Many esteemed art critics and curators feel that Durand's works not only do great justice to Rembrandt's original concepts but subtly improve on the legendary Dutch master in a technical sense. Amand -Durand was a great admirer of Rembrandt. He desired to study the plates and techniques of this genius. Unfortunately at the time there only remained about 100 known plates, which were available to produce fine quality impressions. For 100 years the bulk of Rembrandt's plates were shrouded in mystery. As time moved on some of Rembrandt's plates began to surface. By this time Rembrandt's plates were miserably worn and dull. Amand-Durand, who by now had made the ranks of a noted engraver, decided to remedy this with his own gifted talents. He researched and intensely studied pieces that were available only in collections. From here on he spent the major part of his life exactly duplicating Rembrandt's images onto copper plates. These recreations were called Amand-Durand's after Rembrandt. Their unbelievable clarity and exactness were achieved because Amand-Durand used as his guide, not the worn and dull plates, but the first and second state etchings of the master's original works. By this time Durand's talent were known to experts of the 19th and 20th centuries. In 1855, Conservator of the Cabinet de Estampes, George Duplessis so appreciated the genius of this man that he had his work published in books which belong to the Bibliotheque Nationale in France. Amand-Durand was used as master etcher in an anthology of European engravings, which became so valuable that they were kept under locked scrutiny in most libraries. What we have is a noted master duplicating a master some 200 years later. Soon after Amand-Durand's death in 1905, his original copper plates were obtained by the prestigious French book publishing family, DOMINIQUE VINCENT et Cie. They mainly published the work for book illustrations to the Bibliotheque Nationale and the Louvre Museum as beautiful exact duplications of Rembrandt's etchings. Sporadically they sold to private parties interested in this unique creation. It was this reproducing that caused hushed rumor that spread throughout the entire art world. It was discreetly rumored among noted art circles, that in the early 1900's numerous Amand Durand after Rembrandt etchings found their way into famous collections much to the dismay of many. This was the rumor until 1985. An American art dealer doing research on the availability of Rembrandt etchings came across some so questionably perfect that he decided to research even further. Fierce studying proved that these were in fact Amand-Durand etchings that had been rumored and gossiped about for so many years. Completely aware of what information he and come across and the problems that developed when they were placed in the wrong hands, he resolved to locate the original copper plates. This took quite some time. However with unbelievable resourcefulness he was able to locate the Dominique Vincent family who had been completely unaware of the stories that were inadvertently created with these prints. The Bibliotheque Nationale and the Louvre Museum in Paris had been acquiring these etchings to allow the French to see the unimaginable story behind them. The American dealer purchased all 348 original copper plates. This allowed the American public to also see this unimaginable story of how a noted artisan through his talent and dedication for the great master Rembrandt, created effects of such quality that the repercussions were felt throughout the entire art world for many, many years. Over a century after Amand-Durand painstakingly recreated Rembrandt's etching, the benefits of his devotion to quality and beauty are again felt throughout the art world. The piece was made from the re-worked original copper plate by Amand Durand in the late 1800s. It is absolutely beautiful!

This bronze sculpture is mounted onto a green marble base, stands 23" high, and is signed with the artist's name in the bronze.

Alva Museum Replica Frog brooch, measures 1 1/4in by 1 3/8in Great condition! Mwf2314

Artist: Richard D'AmoreTitle: Bordeaux LandscapeMedium: Lithograph on paper * Size of paper: 15 1/2 x 28 inches Publisher: Haddad's Fine ArtsDate: 2002Condition: Excellent

DotyNeal Doty was born in 1941, in Glendale, California. He studied at the Art Center School of Design (Los Angeles, 1967); Los Angeles City College (AA Degree, Fine Art, 1971); and California State University at Northridge (BA Degree, Fine Art, 1973).A student of the late Ben Duer, Mr. Doty was awarded 1st Place in the 1976 Larchmont Art Exhibit in Los Angeles and, in 1977, worked as a commissioned artist with Paramount Studios in Hollywood.Mr. Doty's works have appeared at the N.Y. Art Expo in New York City, the Wash Art Fair in Washington, D.C., and the Basel Art Fair in Basel, Switzerland . Neal, a Viet Nam veteran, attended the USC School of medicine in 1974 and worked as a paramedic in the City of Glendale, California for a few years then relocated to his current residence in Palm Desert, California.Neal has "pushed the envelope" in his innovative printmaking and painting techniques and has a vast body of work collected around the world.

Norman Rockwell ~The Art Critic~Original CollotypeRAREAn AMAZING well-known collectible piece by renowned artist Norman Rockwell.This signed and numbered collotype piece measures about 24" by 26" and comes matted and framed or you can have just the collotype! Please feel free to ask any questions that you may have about this piece! This piece is HAND SIGNED!! 

This piece is facsimile signed which means that it has a copy of Picasso's original signature on it. Pencil numbered from a limited edition of 500. Measures 18.5" x 15". Printed on high quality archival paper. In excellent condition, comes unframed. Comes with a certificate.

Beautiful 185.36 Carat Natural Emerald. The Emerald is dark green in color, faceted and oval shape.There is no coloring or heating to the stone. It is all natural.

Artist: Hiro Yamagata Title: Autumn Afternoon Medium: Original Serigraph Year:1988 Size: 34" by 42" unframed Paper: 320g Coventry Rag No. of Colors: 53 Edition Size: Edition Size: 566, Artist's Proofs: 1-50/50, Printer's Proofs: 1-10/10, Museum: 1-25/25 Screens: Destroyed Printer: Maxwell-Nova Fine Arts, New York Publisher: Martin Lawrence Limited Editions Inc. Van Nuys, CA

Vintage Style Pearl and Swarovski Crystal Floral Drop Brooch, Measures approx 2inches wide MWF2376

Ceres Goddess of Motherly Love Bronze Sculpture, After A. Leonard, 14"H x 8 1/2"W x 5"D 14 lbs. This bronze sculpture was produced using the "Lost Wax" casting method. The"Lost Wax" Cast method is the most precise metal casting technique in existence, ensuring exquisite detail of the original host model which is usually sculpted in clay or wax. This "Lost Wax" casting method is an extremely labor intensive and expensive process, but the end results produce a Heirloom Quality Masterpiece!

Oval Faceted Absolutely Beautiful RubyHue: Purplish Red in color Tone: DarkSaturation: Fair-ModeratePremium appraisal by G. Cruz G.G. Gemological Institute of America.Estimated retail Replacement value not to exceed $52,600. Appraisal comes with Ruby.

A very nice pair of French hand painted faience plates made by Pornic, France. Each plate was hand-painted by the artist (On the photo, you can see the stamp to guarantee this signature of the "Faiencerie de Pornic"). Excellent condition (No cracks, no chips). This kind of plates made in Pornic, Britany is highly collectible in France. Lovely pieces for your collection or for the decoration of your home! We ship from Texas (not from France)! Diameter 10.25"

Bold cross-hatching is the dominant theme of this art print. * Artist: Ed MosesSignature: Signed by the artistTitle: "Untitled 1"Medium: Lithograph on paperSize: 33" x 25.25" Edition: Limited, numberedCondition: Excellent Biography: * Since the 1960s, Ed Moses has been one of the central figures in the Los Angeles art scene. Moses' position results not from the originality of his art but precisely from its unoriginality --that is, its fully developed synthesis of already-existing ideas and approaches. Moses, after all, is a direct inheritor of abstract expressionism and minimalism; he fairly parades his membership in the "extended family" of abstract painting. Furthermore, he has worked his way through several styles, as the MOCA shows in a retrospective, covering nearly a half-century of his work. *

Retro Style Bronze Owl Cuff Bracelet with Black Rhinestone Eyes

A very nice French faience pitcher made by Pornic, France. This piece was hand-painted by the artist (On the photo, you can see the stamp to guarantee this signature of the "Faiencerie de Pornic"). Excellent condition (No cracks, no chips). This kind of pitcher made in Pornic, Brittany is highly collectible in France. Lovely piece for your collection or for the decoration of your home! For the shipping...don't worry, we ship from Texas (not from France)!h-5.75/ w-6.5/ d-4.75

"The most gratifying feeling I experienced as I entered my nineties came from the immediate success of my sculpture collection, and the realization that I have touched the lives of so many art collectors who otherwise might never have know this phase of my work. " -Erte Born Remain de Tirtoff in imperial St. Petersburg, Erte derived his pen name from the French pronunciation of his initials "R.T." Over a long and distinguished career, he had a major influence on the style and design of the 20th Century.At age 19, Erte left home and moved to Paris where he gained employment with the esteemed coutur-ier Poiret. Shortly thereafter, he began the 22-year pursuit which would make him famous: creating cover art and illustrations for the magazine Harper's Bazaar. It was here that his distinctive Art Deco-style emerged.During his prolific years at Harper's, Erte designed 250 covers and numerous drawings for its pages and diversified into a variety of other artistic activities. After a fling in Hollywood designing for extravagant silent films including Ben Hur, Erte left the magazine to create sets and costumes for theater and opera. For the next 40 years, he dressed an extraordinary roster of opera, stage and screen stars, including Mary Garden, Josephine Baker, Marion Davies, Lillian Gish. Mata Hari and Anna Pavlova. These achievements earned him the title "Father of Art Deco".In 1967 the Metropolitan Museum of Art purchased and exhibited a collection of some 200 Erte gouaches. Shows in London followed, bringing Erte even more recognition. His success at these exhibitions was summarized by the noted London Sunday Times art critic John Russell (later of the New York Times) who wrote, "If Michelangelo were to come back from the dead he could hardly have greater or more eulogious publicity than has been accorded to Erte."At age 75, Erte began to create limited edition serigraphs based on his designs. This medium allowed a wider audience to enjoy his work and helped satisfy popular demand for these images. International success in this endeavor led him to expand his work to a variety of materials, most notably bronze.The influence of Erie's style and the demand for his art live on. His work belongs to prestigious museum collections throughout the world, most notably the Smithsonian, The Victoria and Albert Museum (London). New York's Metropolitan Museum and The Museum of Modern Art. Many books have been published on the artist's life and work, including Erte at Ninef^-Five: The Complete New Graphics [The Extended Edition] and Erte-The Last Works.

Meet The Beatles Poster\1964 Tour Schedule PosterReproduction of Original Tour Schedule of the 1964 Beatles TourAll the dates of the US/Canada 1964 Beatles TourStartin Aug.10, 1964 at Cow Palace in San Francisco to the Paramount Theater Sept. 20 2964 in New York City.Poster is 12x18 in. framed 16x20 in.

Artist: Theo TobiasseTitle: Tobiasse 4Signature: Signed by the artistMedium: Lithograph on Japon paperSize: 20" x 28"Edition: Limited, numberedCondition: ExcellentBiography * The art of Theo Tobiasse (1927- ) reflects a lifetime of struggle and a sense of survival that stems from his experiences as a Jew growing up in Paris during World War II. To escape severe economic conditions his family settled in Paris, France in 1931. During the German occupation of France, Tobiasse and his family survived by going into hiding for two years living in total isolation and darkness. It is this sense of survival and the joy of that realization that typifies Tobiasse's work. * His work reflects many themes including elements of his childhood memories, Jewish history, Biblical themes, and women. Since devoting his time to painting. His paintings have been described as having a purposely naive style with comparisons to Marc Chagall. * *

Highly collectible antique piece of pottery from South of France. It is a rare and very old French water jar with its irregular lines and 4 handles (1 handle is missing), dating around 1850's, made of terracotta and glazed. h-12"/ w-12"/ d-10". We ship from Texas (not from France)!

This piece is facsimile signed which means that it has a copy of Picasso's original signature on it. Pencil numbered from a limited edition of 500. Measures 25" x 19.5". Printed on high quality archival paper. In excellent condition, comes unframed. Comes with a certificate

Blue Swarovski Crystal and Gold Tone Skull Pendant Necklace, measures approx 20 inches mwf2313

Michael Schofield The landscapes of Michael Schofield are justly prized and celebrated for the wealth of their fine detail, for the radiancy of their colors, and for the unfailing consonance of their diverse visual parts which enables those elements to form a harmonious visual whole. And his landscapes are not at all the same; Schofield has the ability to summon up the memories and images of different times and places, from years before and from miles and miles away, and recombine them on canvas with entirely new results. Indeed, though he has a characteristic elegance of style, his serigraphs are as distinct from one another as are the various natural beauties that inspire them. Schofield was born in Florida 1947, but his family moved to California that same year. He began to paint and study watercolor in high school. Like most teenage boys, he was at first much more interested in sports than in fine art, but his art teacher at Oakland High School recognized that Michael had an exceptional talent, and for nearly two years he tutored the youth privately. After a stint in the military, Schofield went to art school in Nashville, Tennessee. During the summers he would journey to Woodstock, New York, in order to study with watercolorist John Pike, an esteemed member of the National Academy of Art and the American Watercolor Society. Schofield soon opened his own art studio, where he painted and taught for more than a decade. He returned to California in 1980 to set up a silk-screen printing studio in order to be able to create his own original serigraphs. He wanted to be involved in every step of the intricate and exacting process of serigraph, from fabricating the stencils to adding the final finishing touches of color. Having been a successful artist for many years, Schofield has his works in numerous private and corporate collections, including the Bank of America, the Library of Congress, the Xerox Corporation, Occidental, and Twentieth Century, Inc. Schofield believes that the primary aspiration of art is to communicate a shared perception of beauty from one human heart to another, from the artist to the viewer of his art: I choose to create more traditional landscapes because they involved imagery most people can relate to, imagery that evokes a memory and therefore a feeling. I painting landscapes because they speak to everyone. In sharing a place I have known, I know that others will see places they have known. In that way, I can communicate with others without using a single word

Size: 22.5" height, 18" length, 9.5" wideby Frederic Remington

Michael Schofield The landscapes of Michael Schofield are justly prized and celebrated for the wealth of their fine detail, for the radiancy of their colors, and for the unfailing consonance of their diverse visual parts which enables those elements to form a harmonious visual whole. And his landscapes are not at all the same; Schofield has the ability to summon up the memories and images of different times and places, from years before and from miles and miles away, and recombine them on canvas with entirely new results. Indeed, though he has a characteristic elegance of style, his serigraphs are as distinct from one another as are the various natural beauties that inspire them. Schofield was born in Florida 1947, but his family moved to California that same year. He began to paint and study watercolor in high school. Like most teenage boys, he was at first much more interested in sports than in fine art, but his art teacher at Oakland High School recognized that Michael had an exceptional talent, and for nearly two years he tutored the youth privately. After a stint in the military, Schofield went to art school in Nashville, Tennessee. During the summers he would journey to Woodstock, New York, in order to study with watercolorist John Pike, an esteemed member of the National Academy of Art and the American Watercolor Society. Schofield soon opened his own art studio, where he painted and taught for more than a decade. He returned to California in 1980 to set up a silk-screen printing studio in order to be able to create his own original serigraphs. He wanted to be involved in every step of the intricate and exacting process of serigraph, from fabricating the stencils to adding the final finishing touches of color. Having been a successful artist for many years, Schofield has his works in numerous private and corporate collections, including the Bank of America, the Library of Congress, the Xerox Corporation, Occidental, and Twentieth Century, Inc. Schofield believes that the primary aspiration of art is to communicate a shared perception of beauty from one human heart to another, from the artist to the viewer of his art: I choose to create more traditional landscapes because they involved imagery most people can relate to, imagery that evokes a memory and therefore a feeling. I painting landscapes because they speak to everyone. In sharing a place I have known, I know that others will see places they have known. In that way, I can communicate with others without using a single word

AAA Genuine Amethyst 14 ct. Solitaire Ring. (New)Round Cut 2.0 ctw. stone. Top quaility stone.Beautiful color purple and qualityWell Faceted.Size 6 1/2 ringMSRP $700.00

Authentic hand-painted Limoges box signed by artist from a famous studio! This box was created by an artist, graduate of one of the most prestigious French Fine Porcelain schools. Here is a SUPERB "Egg" hand-painted Porcelain box. Excellent condition, hinges and clasps work fine. This Limoges box is marked "Peint main" (Hand-painted) Limoges France, signed: G-V, as shown in picture. It is in mint condition (No chips, cracks or repairs). Would be a great value to any Limoges box collection. h-2.25"/ w-1.75"/ d-1.75"We ship from Texas (not from France)!

Artist: Theo TobiasseTitle: Tobiasse 3Signature: Signed by the artistMedium: Lithograph with Serigraphy on Japon and Arches paper * Size: 28" x 20"Edition: Limited, numberedCondition: ExcellentBiography * The art of Theo Tobiasse (1927- ) reflects a lifetime of struggle and a sense of survival that stems from his experiences as a Jew growing up in Paris during World War II. To escape severe economic conditions his family settled in Paris, France in 1931. During the German occupation of France, Tobiasse and his family survived by going into hiding for two years living in total isolation and darkness. It is this sense of survival and the joy of that realization that typifies Tobiasse's work. * His work reflects many themes including elements of his childhood memories, Jewish history, Biblical themes, and women. Since devoting his time to painting. His paintings have been described as having a purposely naive style with comparisons to Marc Chagall. * *

original mezzotints of G. H. Rothe. 1935-2007. Born as the daughter of a master goldsmith, G.H. Rothe grew up at Wiedenbrück a small town in the heart of Germany. Her first training was of a technical kind consisting of the drawing and goldsmithery practiced in her family. Shortly after finishing her studies of painting and art history she was awarded with the Villa-Romana-Prize which enabled her to live and work in Florence, Italy for a year. Her study trips included Paris, London, Vienna, Moscow, Madrid and Uruguay before she settled first in New York and later in Carmel, California. Museums all over the world appreciate her work. Rothe masters nearly all painting techniques but for the most suitable form of expression her choice is the technique of the mezzotint which is centuries old, skillfull and rarely used.

Purple hand made Fenton Carnival Glass Basket.Basket is approx.8 inches across and has an approx 7 in. high handle.The iredecent basket has purples,blues,greens, and gold as it shimmers in the light.Hand made by the Fenton Glass Co. premier glass Company.

Date:December, 1926Medium:Oil on canvasDimensions:22.2 x 14 cm. (8 ¾ x 5 ½ inches)Inscription:Inscribed "Décembre 26" on the stretcher in Picasso's distinctive handwritingReferences:1. The Picasso Project (Wofsy), Picasso's Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings and Sculpture: A Comprehensive Illustrated Catalogue 1885-1973, Toward Surrealism 1925-1929, San Francisco, 1996, no. 26-097, illustrated p. 76.2. Josep Palau i Fabre, Picasso 1917-1926: From the Ballets to Drama, English edition published by Konemann, Cologne, 1999, full-length, three-quarter page color illustration on page 482.3. David Douglas Duncan, Picasso's Picassos, Ballantine Books, New York, 1968, illustrated p.211.Provenance: Estate of the artist (Succession no. 12423), thence to a private collection.Maya Widmaier-Picasso and Claude Picasso have both confirmed the authenticity of this painting, and their certificates of authenticity will accompany its sale.

Authentic French porcelain Limoges box "Souvenir de Communion" signed "Limoges France" This box was created by an artist, graduate of one of the most prestigious French Fine Porcelain schools. Excellent condition! (No chips, cracks or repairs). Would be a great value to any Limoges box collection. We ship from Texas (not from France)! h-2.5"/ diameter-5"

Here is a print with black cross-hatching and subtle lines underneath. * Artist: Ed MosesSignature: Signed by the artistTitle: "Untitled 6"Medium: Lithograph on paperSize: 33" x 25.25" Edition: Limited, numberedCondition: Excellent Biography: * Since the 1960s, Ed Moses has been one of the central figures in the Los Angeles art scene. Moses' position results not from the originality of his art but precisely from its unoriginality --that is, its fully developed synthesis of already-existing ideas and approaches. Moses, after all, is a direct inheritor of abstract expressionism and minimalism; he fairly parades his membership in the "extended family" of abstract painting. Furthermore, he has worked his way through several styles, as the MOCA shows in a retrospective, covering nearly a half-century of his work. *

Red Opal Hand Made VaseApprox. 12 1/4 inches high and 6 1/2 inches across mouth.Base Clear glass with white accents

Here is a very nice Louis Philippe cabinet (with 2 shelves) made by a French cabinet maker from Brittany (Western France) of solid fruitwood. This piece, great to display your personal collection was made in the Mid.1800's (and probably earlier...you can see King Louis XV influence on photo #3, very popular in late 1700's). h-82.5"/ w-51.75"(with crown)/ d-22". Good condition. We ship from Texas (not from France).

Mount ST HELENS, HELENITE,oval 2.40cts and STERLING SILVER EARRINGS, Helenite comes fro the eruption of Mt St Helens back in 1980, they look a lot like fine emeralds and these really are a collectors item mwf2234

"Droles de Zebres (Triptych)" 1978Limited Edition PrintLithograph TriptychSize: 25.5 x 20 inCertificate of Authenticity: Framed with Plexiglass: Each piece is in Plexiglass & hinged together Hand Signed: Artist edition on Japon Nocra paper.

Highly collectible antique piece of pottery from from region of Bordeaux, Southwestern France. It is a very rare and very old French jug pitcher with its irregular lines, dating around mid 1800's, made of stoneware. You can see the number 3 on side of this piece. This piece comes from a village in the Bordeaux region. The surface of the pitcher was glazed. The color is the natural color of the stoneware. Very little chips and no cracks . h-14"/ w-8"/ d-8". We ship from Texas (not from France)!

Highly collectible, Authentic French Quimper HB plate/ platter. This plate was hand-made and hand-painted by the artist. You can see on the picture, the signature HB Quimper. Excellent condition (No cracks, a very little chip on edge as you can see on photo). Founded in Quimper in 1690, the HB-Henriot Manufacture has always innovated and worked with artists since this date. HB-Henriot is wellknown all over the world for its know-how: the "Quimper paint touch" and the tradition of producing and hand-painting every piece in-house as well as the creation of its own molds. Lovely piece for your collection ! We ship from Texas (not from France)! h-1.25"/ w-11.5"/ d-10.5"

Authentic hand-painted Limoges box signed by artist from a famous studio! This box was created by an artist, graduate of one of the most prestigious French Fine Porcelain schools. Here is a SUPERB "Dog" hand-painted Porcelain box. Excellent condition, hinges and clasps work fine. This Limoges box is marked "Peint main" (Hand-painted) Limoges France, signed: G-V, as shown in picture. It is in mint condition (No chips, cracks or repairs). Would be a great value to any Limoges box collection. We ship from Texas (not from France)!1.75x1.5x1

Vintage Art Nouveau Brass Womens Cuff / Bangle Egyptian Scarab Beetle Bracelet, bracelet width measures 1in MWF2421

900 carats of beautiful red,and blue rubies hand crafted in a translucent bonding material to form a Beautiful Rooster.

A wonderful sketch of Picasso's Wife Olga..

Artist: Jane Wooster Scott Good Wishes, Good Cheer Medium: Offset Lithograph Size: 18" by 24" Paper: Lustro 100% Archival Edition Size: 495 Artist's Proofs: 95 Hand SignedDescription Jane Wooster Scott Biography Jane Wooster Scott entered the millennium prepared to establish new records. She concluded the last millennium named by the Guinness Book of Records as the most reproduced artist in America , beating out runner-up Pablo Picasso for that distinction. TIME magazine was quick to report the surprising news, pleasing her countless collectors and admirers. Today this versatile and productive artist stands alone as the finest painter of Americana on the planet. Her works hang in museums, in public buildings and private homes in Europe , Asia and South America as well as in the United States . She has become legendary for her exceptional scenes of America 's celebrations and holidays, providing a trove of visual lore unlike any other. A dazzling coffee-table book of Scott's astonishing canvases continues to be a bestseller. Her paintings trace the cavalcade of the American experience. From her studio in Sun Valley , Idaho , Scott continues to discover new venues, celebrated traditions and everyday pleasures and beauty in this land of boundless joys and effervescent cultural diversity. In the years ahead, this dedicated artist will scour the country's nooks and crannies finding unusual, colorful panoramas of life, some typical, others rare and some so commonplace they go unnoticed by the casual observer. Wooster Scott has an unfailing eye for the charm and magnificence of her native land and paints it in her own breathtaking style for the ages. Youthful and energetic, and possessed with an aura of glamour, the personable Wooster Scott is as much at home among celebrities as she is with the ordinary folk who populate her paintings. Indeed, she has become a celebrity herself. She mingles comfortably with scores of stars, political lights and sports figures at her shows. She is in demand socially wherever she finds herself. Her collectors include Elizabeth Taylor, Paul Newman, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Marlon Brando, Charles Bronson, Steve Wynn, Merv Griffin and many, many other prominent art-lovers. Her enormously successful shows have been hosted by Sylvester Stallone, Dyan Cannon, Kirk Douglas, Carol Burnett and the late actors Henry Fonda and Gene Kelly. Wooster Scott has embarked on a series of campus paintings, which include University of Pennsylvania and the University of Southern California . Several others are in the planning stages. Scott is all for progress but laments the toll it takes on the landscapes she paints so poignantly. "It gets increasingly difficult to find the United States as I imagine it was a century ago-the barns, stables, cottages and town halls. Water pumps and windmills, covered bridges and one-room school houses are disappearing. But I intend to continue to seek out the remaining treasures of our heritage and paint them for my own joy and for people who share my love of country."

Golden Peacock Faberge Frame, Each piece of the Golden Picture Frame is carefully crafted from pewter and hand enameled afterwards to reach this multi colored piece of art. The peacock stands proudly in front of the frame with its feathers standing grandiosely upwards ornamented with sparkling crystals. Dimensions: 5in (D), Material: Pewter, Enamel, Crystals.

Pino, born Guiseppe Dangelico in Bari on November 8, 1939, began his studies at the city's Art Institute. In 1960 he entered Milan's Academy of Brera where he perfected his talent for painting nudes. In the two years he studied at the Academy, he came under the influence of the Pre-Raphaelites and Macchiaioli. From 1960 to 1979, his work appeared in several major exhibitions throughout Italy and Europe. He was also commissioned by Italy's two largest publisher's, Mondadori and Rizzoli, for book illustrations. However, he felt restricted in Milan. He wanted more artistic freedom, which he believed he could find in the United States. In 1979 he emigrated to the United States under the sponsorship of Borghi Gallery, where he held several shows in New York and Massachusetts. His struggle here became the greatest of his life. His sponsorship barely allowed him to feed his family. His English was limited and his means of transportation was a bicycle. After knocking on many doors, in February of 1980, "Zebra Books Publishers" promised him a job, commissioning him to do a book cover.His interpretation was new, fresh and sensual. Stylistically, he brought the characters into the foreground where his technique and talent for painting the anatomy was celebrated. His illustrations were so successful that he gained entrée into creative relationships with many leading publishers of romance novels. His popularity grew within the literary community and he became the artist-in-demand for Zebra, Bantam, Simon and Schuster, Harlequin, Penguin USA and Dell. From 1980 to 1993 he dedicated himself totally to this art where his style dominated and influenced the market. His illustrations combined elements fresh from Europe with a powerful sensuality, bringing this medium to new heights.Although Pino devoted 13 years to illustrating book covers, he never abandoned his desire to return to fine art. His desire to create pieces that emerge free from outside restrictions motivated him to find the time to devote himself to fine art again. In 1993, he contacted a major gallery. He sent out five paintings, which were well received, launching him into a new arena. Pino finally found the freedom he had always desired; to explore the profundity of his talents without restraint.Pino has been producing works of a highly romantic nature with a unique and innovative touch. Exploring the depths of his experiences, he puts on canvas subjects that embody life's simple pleasures. These works have a veil of nostalgia and the characters have subtle suggestions of complexity. Dressed in soft flowing fabrics, the colors of their garments in relation to the sea, sand, sky and sun elicit feelings of warmth, a perception of preciousness and a notion of an uncomplicated world.Reminiscent of his childhood environment, Pino's paintings are generally set in coastal, sunny, and vibrantly floral places. He uses a colorful pallet to create tender pleasurable feelings. His fine art is rich with sensuality, rousing the memory through all the senses. Pino's paintings resurrect in us the incidents of those simple, priceless moments we have stored in our memories and have so frequently forgotten.

Gorgeous 6-7MM Pink Pearls and White Coin Pearl Necklace MWF2324

Here is a wonderful drop-leaf table with one drawer, circa 1800. This table is very narrow with its 2 leaves down. Measurement: 42" by 49.75" with the 2 leaves (13.5" with both leaves down)/ h-29". Very good condition! We ship from Texas (not from France)!

A very nice French hand-painted earthenware cheese platter made by the artist Roullet Renoleau (4th generation of artist). He studied at the famous Faience School in Limoges (France). This piece was hand-made and hand-painted by the artist (Signature on the back as you can see on the picture). Excellent condition (No cracks, no chips). For your information, the antique Renoleau faience is highly collectible in France. Lovely piece for your collection or for the decoration of your home! We ship from Texas (not from France)! h-8"/ w-11.25"/ d-9.75"

Artist: Salvador DaliTitle: Helen of Troy from the Homage a Homere SuiteYear: 1977Medium: Lithograph on Arches, Signed in PencilEdition: 350, EAPaper Size: 30 x 21.5 inchesFrame: 37 x 28 inchesPublished by Levine and LevineReferenced in "The Official Catalog of the Graphic works of Salvador Dali" by Albert Field, 1996as Figure 77-4 B on page 118

Beautiful Handcarved Jade Goddess of Mercy Pendant, measures approx 2 inches mwf2189

This is a beautiful etching, after Rembrandt, by master engraver Amand Durand. Titled "PHARISEES IN THE TEMPLE (JEWS IN THE SYNAGOGUE)" (year of original 1648)Measurements: image size is 3" x 5". Paper size is: 8" x 11". Comes with a certificate of authenticity. Ref. #126 according to the British Catalogue, circa 1797, is a hand pulled-ETCHING from the AUTHENTIC & Original copper Rembrandt plates by Armand-Durand (1831-1905) overseen by Art World Industries, inc. This piece is in excellent condition, and has never been framed.Rembrandt was born in 1606 in Leiden , Holland . Before his 30th birthday, the name Rembrandt had become synonymous with artistic excellence. The Dutch master was known worldwide for his highly prized series of classical etchings. These images are known for their delicacy of tone and intricacy of detail. To raise funds in 1657, Rembrandt sold the plates at an auction of his entire estate to a prestigious European family with the expressed stipulation that not even one of the etchings could be printed until a full 100 years had passed after his death. The family faithfully honored the binding agreement. Owing to their great popularity and soft metallurgical consistency, the original plates became worn by the mid 1800's. To save these genius-inspired works, Amand Durand, a master engraver, born in France in 1831, spent the major part of his career exactly duplicating the genius of Rembrandt onto hard, lasting copper plates. Art historians and critics have been stunned by the incredible quality Durand achieved through his own technical genius. Historical references indicate that Armand Durand's amazing skills were well known to expert of the 19th and early 20th centuries. Many esteemed art critics and curators feel that Durand's works not only do great justice to Rembrandt's original concepts but subtly improve on the legendary Dutch master in a technical sense. Amand -Durand was a great admirer of Rembrandt. He desired to study the plates and techniques of this genius. Unfortunately at the time there only remained about 100 known plates, which were available to produce fine quality impressions. For 100 years the bulk of Rembrandt's plates were shrouded in mystery. As time moved on some of Rembrandt's plates began to surface. By this time Rembrandt's plates were miserably worn and dull. Amand-Durand, who by now had made the ranks of a noted engraver, decided to remedy this with his own gifted talents. He researched and intensely studied pieces that were available only in collections. From here on he spent the major part of his life exactly duplicating Rembrandt's images onto copper plates. These recreations were called Amand-Durand's after Rembrandt. Their unbelievable clarity and exactness were achieved because Amand-Durand used as his guide, not the worn and dull plates, but the first and second state etchings of the master's original works. By this time Durand's talent were known to experts of the 19th and 20th centuries. In 1855, Conservator of the Cabinet de Estampes, George Duplessis so appreciated the genius of this man that he had his work published in books which belong to the Bibliotheque Nationale in France. Amand-Durand was used as master etcher in an anthology of European engravings, which became so valuable that they were kept under locked scrutiny in most libraries. What we have is a noted master duplicating a master some 200 years later. Soon after Amand-Durand's death in 1905, his original copper plates were obtained by the prestigious French book publishing family, DOMINIQUE VINCENT et Cie. They mainly published the work for book illustrations to the Bibliotheque Nationale and the Louvre Museum as beautiful exact duplications of Rembrandt's etchings. Sporadically they sold to private parties interested in this unique creation. It was this reproducing that caused hushed rumor that spread throughout the entire art world. It was discreetly rumored among noted art circles, that in the early 1900's numerous Amand Durand after Rembrandt etchings found their way into famous collections much to the dismay of many. This was the rumor until 1985. An American art dealer doing research on the availability of Rembrandt etchings came across some so questionably perfect that he decided to research even further. Fierce studying proved that these were in fact Amand-Durand etchings that had been rumored and gossiped about for so many years. Completely aware of what information he and come across and the problems that developed when they were placed in the wrong hands, he resolved to locate the original copper plates. This took quite some time. However with unbelievable resourcefulness he was able to locate the Dominique Vincent family who had been completely unaware of the stories that were inadvertently created with these prints. The Bibliotheque Nationale and the Louvre Museum in Paris had been acquiring these etchings to allow the French to see the unimaginable story behind them. The American dealer purchased all 348 original copper plates. This allowed the American public to also see this unimaginable story of how a noted artisan through his talent and dedication for the great master Rembrandt, created effects of such quality that the repercussions were felt throughout the entire art world for many, many years. Over a century after Amand-Durand painstakingly recreated Rembrandt's etching, the benefits of his devotion to quality and beauty are again felt throughout the art world. The piece was made from the re-worked original copper plate by Amand Durand in the late 1800s. It is absolutely beautiful

Beautifully hand carved Penguin made from Water Buffalo horn from South East Asia.Penguin is approx. 3 inches tall and is a fine piece of hand carved Scrimshaw Art.

Beautiful Fanta Orange Spessartite Garnet1.8 ctw. stone Excellent color and quality. Top rated stone!May contain iron, manganese, and aluminim, which gives it its orange color.Stone is heat treated.

Scrimshaw Portrait of a Lady-decorated Whales Tooth, , lg. 4 in. MWF2386

Highly collectible pitcher from Alsace (Eastern France). Here is a charming Alsatian hand-painted stoneware jug-pitcher from the village of Betschdorf. No cracks and no chips. Great condition! h-9.25/ w-7.5/ d-5.5 We ship from Texas (not from France)!

AMAZING South Sea Black Pearl Necklace, measures 48INCH AAA+ Luster, 14kt Gold Clasp mwf2193

Highly collectible pitcher from Alsace (Eastern France). Here is a charming Alsatian stoneware jug-pitcher from the village of Betschdorf made in the 1880's. No cracks (very little chip as you can see on photo). Very good condition! h-8/ w-5.5/ d-5.5. We ship from Texas (not from France)!

Miró, Joan(Spanish 1893-1983)La Femme aux Bijoux (The Bejeweled Woman)1968Original aquatint and carborundum printed in colors on Mandeure rag paper.Hand signed in pencil lower right Miró.A superb, richly printed proof impression of the definitive state, apart from the edition of 75, annotated "H.C." (hors commerce - "not for sale") in pencil lower left. This is one of the small number of proofs that were printed above and beyond the numbered edition of 75, that were reserved for the artist and his collaborators. Published by Maeght Éditeur, Paris; printed by Arte Adrien Maeght, Paris.Catalog: Dupin 452Platemark: 18 1/4 x 13 3/8 inches Sheet size: 29 3/8 x 23 inchesIn pristine condition, with fresh, brilliant colors, printed on a sheet with full margins.

Lovers Bronze Sculpture, After Rubin, 14"H x 9"W x 8"D 24 lbs. This bronze sculpture was produced using the "Lost Wax" casting method. The"Lost Wax" Cast method is the most precise metal casting technique in existence, ensuring exquisite detail of the original host model which is usually sculpted in clay or wax. This "Lost Wax" casting method is an extremely labor intensive and expensive process, but the end results produce a Heirloom Quality Masterpiece!

Michael and Janet Jackson duet of Gold record "Scream". Very Rare,Limited edition of only 7000 total in the world. Be a part of history and own Michael Jackson"s Gold record.This gold record is a vintage reproduction of the original gold record which was given to Michael and Janet.

Here is a natural cabochon star ruby weighing 49.30 carats. It is of high quality with excellent luster and has a purplish color. A six rayed star is visible when under direct light.

HIGH Fashion Blue fire opal and Silver Ring, Size 6.75 mwf2187

This is a nice, patterned art print. * Artist: Ed MosesSignature: Signed by the artistTitle: "Eloi Vador 1"Medium: Etching on paperSize: 30" x 22.5"Edition: Limited, numberedCondition: Excellent Biography: * Since the 1960s, Ed Moses has been one of the central figures in the Los Angeles art scene. Moses' position results not from the originality of his art but precisely from its unoriginality --that is, its fully developed synthesis of already-existing ideas and approaches. Moses, after all, is a direct inheritor of abstract expressionism and minimalism; he fairly parades his membership in the "extended family" of abstract painting. Furthermore, he has worked his way through several styles, as the MOCA shows in a retrospective, covering nearly a half-century of his work. *

Breathtaking original oil on plank 19.5 x 24inches. Similar in content, color and style to James Ulrich. Perfect untouched condition. Estimated $1,500 to $2,500 MWF1987

Gargoyle - Lucifer, Bronze Sculpture, After Rolech, 14 1/2"H x8"W x 6"D 20 lbs This bronze sculpture was produced using the "Lost Wax" casting method. The"Lost Wax" Cast method is the most precise metal casting technique in existence, ensuring exquisite detail of the original host model which is usually sculpted in clay or wax. This "Lost Wax" casting method is an extremely labor intensive and expensive process, but the end results produce a Heirloom Quality Masterpiece!

Enormous Faberge Inspired Crab Jewelry Box adorned with Swarovski Crystals. Measures:8 inches in length, 5 inches in width and 3 inches high. Weighs approx 1.5 lbs.

This shoe was purchased this shoe at auction a few years ago, this is a signature with both authentic signatures, ( Mohammad Ali & Casius Clay). An original COA is included. My signature is listed with an eBay acredited company http://www.globalauthentics.com/ & the certification number is verified on that site GV105290. To further verify the authenticity of the signatures, I have submitted photos to Steve Jackson Authentications Specializing in Muhammad Ali Memorabilia http://www.sjauthentications.com/ paying $25 for the verbal verification.

Pino, born Guiseppe Dangelico in Bari on November 8, 1939, began his studies at the city's Art Institute. In 1960 he entered Milan's Academy of Brera where he perfected his talent for painting nudes. In the two years he studied at the Academy, he came under the influence of the Pre-Raphaelites and Macchiaioli. From 1960 to 1979, his work appeared in several major exhibitions throughout Italy and Europe. He was also commissioned by Italy's two largest publisher's, Mondadori and Rizzoli, for book illustrations. However, he felt restricted in Milan. He wanted more artistic freedom, which he believed he could find in the United States. In 1979 he emigrated to the United States under the sponsorship of Borghi Gallery, where he held several shows in New York and Massachusetts. His struggle here became the greatest of his life. His sponsorship barely allowed him to feed his family. His English was limited and his means of transportation was a bicycle. After knocking on many doors, in February of 1980, "Zebra Books Publishers" promised him a job, commissioning him to do a book cover.His interpretation was new, fresh and sensual. Stylistically, he brought the characters into the foreground where his technique and talent for painting the anatomy was celebrated. His illustrations were so successful that he gained entrée into creative relationships with many leading publishers of romance novels. His popularity grew within the literary community and he became the artist-in-demand for Zebra, Bantam, Simon and Schuster, Harlequin, Penguin USA and Dell. From 1980 to 1993 he dedicated himself totally to this art where his style dominated and influenced the market. His illustrations combined elements fresh from Europe with a powerful sensuality, bringing this medium to new heights.Although Pino devoted 13 years to illustrating book covers, he never abandoned his desire to return to fine art. His desire to create pieces that emerge free from outside restrictions motivated him to find the time to devote himself to fine art again. In 1993, he contacted a major gallery. He sent out five paintings, which were well received, launching him into a new arena. Pino finally found the freedom he had always desired; to explore the profundity of his talents without restraint.Pino has been producing works of a highly romantic nature with a unique and innovative touch. Exploring the depths of his experiences, he puts on canvas subjects that embody life's simple pleasures. These works have a veil of nostalgia and the characters have subtle suggestions of complexity. Dressed in soft flowing fabrics, the colors of their garments in relation to the sea, sand, sky and sun elicit feelings of warmth, a perception of preciousness and a notion of an uncomplicated world.Reminiscent of his childhood environment, Pino's paintings are generally set in coastal, sunny, and vibrantly floral places. He uses a colorful pallet to create tender pleasurable feelings. His fine art is rich with sensuality, rousing the memory through all the senses. Pino's paintings resurrect in us the incidents of those simple, priceless moments we have stored in our memories and have so frequently forgotten.

Highly collectible antique piece of pottery from from South of France. It is a very rare and very old French jug pitcher with its irregular lines, dating around very early 1800's, made of terracotta and green glaze at the top part. Very little chips and no cracks . One dark spot and one light spot. h-9.5/ w-6.25/ d-6.25. We ship from Texas (not from France)!

Rare natural Australian Black Opal, DoubletFULL OF FIRE!.80 carat Stone. Beautiful stone. Great for ring!

Ecellent Amethyst StoneWell colored and faceted Pear Shaped StoneNatural Stone is treated.Beautiful clairity and color.Great for ring setting or loose.

Swarovski Crystal Triple Row Bangle Bracelet MWF2355

Delightful Faberge Inspired Peacock Egg adorned with Swarovski Crystals. Measures: 2 inches in length,2 inches in width and 5.75 inches high.

Norman Percevel Rockwell (February 3, 1894 - November 8, 1978) was a 20th-century American painter and illustrator. His works enjoy a broad popular appeal in the United States, where Rockwell is most famous for the cover illustrations of everyday life scenarios he created for The Saturday Evening Post magazine for more than four decades.[1] Among the best-known of Rockwell's works are the Willie Gillis series, Rosie the Riveter (although his Rosie was reproduced less than others of the day), Saying Grace (1951), The Problem We All Live With, and the Four Freedoms series. He is also noted for his work for the Boy Scouts of America (BSA); producing covers for their publication Boys' Life, calendars, and other illustrations.

Artist: John Douglas Title: Shining Through IIMedium: Lithograph on paper * Size of paper: 27 x 27 1/2 inches Publisher: Phoenix Art GroupDate: 2003Condition: Excellent

Set of 6 French Laguiole steak knives designed by Jean Dubost with its "Authenticity Certificate" DUBOST COLAS PRADEL was created in 1920, by Pierre DUBOST and his wife Marcelle COLAS PRADEL. The VERY FAMOUS set of 6 French steak-knives "LAGUIOLE"...with Authenticity Certificate. The handle was made of Norvegian birchwood & the blade made of very high grade stainless steel was stamped, ground and polished with 25 different manual production stages. Blade: 4.5"/ total: 9.25"The world renowned knives has been crafted in the heart of France for over 200 years. This Company was created in 1920, in the capital of French cutlery (Auvergne, center-France). These knives are the result of a family tradition of fine workmanship and very high quality products. Dubost Colas Pradel is situated in Viscomtat, a mountain village 15km from Thiers, the capital of french cutlery. Ever since its foundation in 1920 by Pierre Dubost and his wife Marcelle Colas Pradel, the company has passed down a family tradition of fine workmanship and high quality products. It is now in the hands of the third (Philippe Dubost) and the fourth (Alexandre Dubost) generations. The company has grown in notoriety due to being attentive to the changing needs of consumers, and its faithful presence at international fairs since 1962. Since its creation Dubost Colas Pradel has been in a perpetual development. Despite having started in a small workshop, production grew rapidly under the inspiration of Jean Dubost, the founder's son, who gave his name to the famous flatware line and the world renowned kitchen knives. Quality is an integral part of the company policy. 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Elk and Tree Bronze Sculpture, After PJ Mene 16"H x 17"L x 7"D 38lbs. This bronze sculpture was produced using the "Lost Wax" casting method. The"Lost Wax" Cast method is the most precise metal casting technique in existence, ensuring exquisite detail of the original host model which is usually sculpted in clay or wax. This "Lost Wax" casting method is an extremely labor intensive and expensive process, but the end results produce a Heirloom Quality Masterpiece!Pierre Jules Mêne, (1810 -1879), was a FrenchSculptor andanimalière. He is considered the pioneer of animal sculpture in the nineteenth-century.Mêne produced a number of animal sculptures, mainly of domestic animals including horses, cows and bulls, sheep and goats which were in vogue during the Second Empire. He was one of a school of French animalières which also included Rosa Bonheur, Pierre Louis Rouillard, Antoine-Louis Barye, Auguste Caïn, and François Pompon.His work was first shown in London by Ernest Gambart in 1849. Mêne specialized in small bronze figures which explains why none of his works exist as public statuary. His work was a popular success with the bourgeois class and many editions of each sculpture were made, often to decorate an increasing number of private homes of the period. The quality of these works is high, comparable to Barye's. Mêne also seems to have enjoyed a longer period of success and celebrity than his contemporaries. He is considered to have been the lost-wax casting expert of his time, later surpassed only by Auguste Rodin.The elk, or wapiti (Cervus canadensis), is one of the largest species of deer in the world and one of the largest mammals inNorth America and eastern Asia.

Here is a wonderful pair of cushion pillow covers "Medieval tapestry" made by the famous French Parisian Company J. Pansu (supplier for the museums and monuments in France). Size: 18" x 18". These cushion covers a new! J.Pansu is much more than just a trademark. It is the name of a man who founded the company in 1878. Since then, they perpetuate with great passion the art of weaving as characterized by many different stitches, among them the famous Halluin stitch, the Loiselles stitch, the "Gobelins" type stitch and more recently, the Meurins stitch. With the 4th generation of this family, the story goes on... More than 125 years of tradition and "Know-How". Today, J Pansu offers all art lovers a very complete range of cushion covers. The fourth generation of the Pansu family - Séverine, Alain and Eric - has now taken over the helm, taking on new developments, dedicated to extending the influence of a family business which is celebrating its 125th year of existence. In 1994, J. Pansu launched a collection of Home Accessories (cushions.) created in its mill of Flanders by the "best craftsmen in France" who perpewtuate the art of weaving on jacquard looms. These collections combine the tradition of tapestry and museum derived productstho the modernity of young designers.

Amazing Red Sapphire Frog Figurine made from 430 carats of natural red sapphires.Frog is approximately 2 inches longSapphires bonded translucent bonding material.Great for frog collectors or just to have a beautiful little frog.

Unique Bronze Cicada Pendant on Chain, Pendant measures approx 2.5 inches

Authentic hand-painted Limoges box signed by artist from a famous studio! This box was created by an artist, graduate of one of the most prestigious French Fine Porcelain schools. Here is a SUPERB "Cat" hand-painted Porcelain box. Excellent condition, hinges and clasps work fine. This Limoges box is marked "Peint main" (Hand-painted) Limoges France, signed: T-R, as shown in picture. It is in mint condition (No chips, cracks or repairs). Would be a great value to any Limoges box collection. We ship from Texas (not from France)! h-2.5"/ w-2.25/ d-1.75"

Bronze Garuda Kroot Thai Amulet Myth Ring Size 7.25 NWF2351

Title: Sisters Artist: Yahuda Vardi Medium: Acrylic Painting Signed The Israeli painter Yehuda Vardi had gained name and recognition in his home country for his soft, colorful portraits of beautiful women. Born in Iraq, Vardi immigrated to Israel at the age of seven with his family, to settle first in a Kibbutz and later in Tel Aviv, where he studied art in University. He was a socially conscious artist, and upon reading about Wallenberg he came to see the Swedish diplomat as his hero. Mesmerized by the story of Wallenberg, the painter studied obsessively every book or document he could find about the savior of the Budapest Jewish community. Vardi was 62 years old when he died in tragic circumstances in 1990.

Beautiful green Depression glass Sugar and CreamerApproximately 4 inches highFederal depression glass. Love Bird design on sides of both pieces

Graceful Angel Fish Jewelry Box adorned with Swarovksi Crystals. Measures: 2.75 inches in length, 1.5 inches in width and 2.75 inches high.

Deep Blue Solitaire Sapphire Ring.925 Silver band.size approx 6.5AAA stone, beautiful ring for any occasion.

A very nice French faience earthenware plate made by the artist Roullet Renoleau (4th generation of artist). He studied at the famous Faience School in Limoges (France). This plate was hand-made and hand-painted by the artist (He signed the plate, you can see on the picture #4). Excellent condition (No cracks, no chips). For your information, the antique Renoleau faience is highly collectible in France. Lovely piece for your collection or for the decoration of your home! Diameter 9.75"We ship from Texas (not from France)!

A very nice French faience earthenware/ terracotta bread basket made by the artist Roullet Renoleau (4th generation of artist). He studied at the famous Faience School in Limoges (France). This piece of pottery was hand-made and hand-painted by the artist (He signed each piece, you can see on the photo). For your information, the antique Renoleau faience is highly collectible in France. Lovely piece for your collection or for the decoration of your home! Excellent condition (no chips, no cracks) We ship from Texas (not from France)! h-3"/ w-9.5"/ d-7"

Here is an absolutely wonderful French Louis XV Provincial armoire from Bordeaux (Southwestern France) with its "chapeau de gendarme", made in late 1700's or the very early 1800's with solid French oak. This armoire has 2 drawers at the bottom. Good condition with a few repairs in the back side of the armoire, one knob at right drawer is missing. This large armoire will be a great and unique entertainment center! h-110/ w-57.5/ d-25 We ship from Texas (not from France)!

Elephant Bronze Sculpture, After Barye, 11 "H x17"W x 7"D32 lbs. This bronze sculpture was produced using the "Lost Wax" casting method. The"Lost Wax" Cast method is the most precise metal casting technique in existence, ensuring exquisite detail of the original host model which is usually sculpted in clay or wax. This "Lost Wax" casting method is an extremely labor intensive and expensive process, but the end results produce a Heirloom Quality Masterpiece!

Retro Mulitcolor Enameled and Crystal Owl Pendant. Pendant measures approx 2.5 inches, chain measures approx 26 inches.

Painting dated 1947, Oil on board "French Alsatian countryside in the 1940's" signed by French artist F. Muller. H: 22" W: 27.25" with frame (H: 16" W: 21" for the painting). The scene for this painting is an Alsatian house and countryside with mountains on the back. On the bottom right, you can see the signature of artist (see photo #2). A small price for a very nice piece of art! Very good condition !!! For the shipping...don't worry, we ship from Texas (not from France)!

"The most gratifying feeling I experienced as I entered my nineties came from the immediate success of my sculpture collection, and the realization that I have touched the lives of so many art collectors who otherwise might never have know this phase of my work. " -Erte Born Remain de Tirtoff in imperial St. Petersburg, Erte derived his pen name from the French pronunciation of his initials "R.T." Over a long and distinguished career, he had a major influence on the style and design of the 20th Century.At age 19, Erte left home and moved to Paris where he gained employment with the esteemed coutur-ier Poiret. Shortly thereafter, he began the 22-year pursuit which would make him famous: creating cover art and illustrations for the magazine Harper's Bazaar. It was here that his distinctive Art Deco-style emerged.During his prolific years at Harper's, Erte designed 250 covers and numerous drawings for its pages and diversified into a variety of other artistic activities. After a fling in Hollywood designing for extravagant silent films including Ben Hur, Erte left the magazine to create sets and costumes for theater and opera. For the next 40 years, he dressed an extraordinary roster of opera, stage and screen stars, including Mary Garden, Josephine Baker, Marion Davies, Lillian Gish. Mata Hari and Anna Pavlova. These achievements earned him the title "Father of Art Deco".In 1967 the Metropolitan Museum of Art purchased and exhibited a collection of some 200 Erte gouaches. Shows in London followed, bringing Erte even more recognition. His success at these exhibitions was summarized by the noted London Sunday Times art critic John Russell (later of the New York Times) who wrote, "If Michelangelo were to come back from the dead he could hardly have greater or more eulogious publicity than has been accorded to Erte."At age 75, Erte began to create limited edition serigraphs based on his designs. This medium allowed a wider audience to enjoy his work and helped satisfy popular demand for these images. International success in this endeavor led him to expand his work to a variety of materials, most notably bronze.The influence of Erie's style and the demand for his art live on. His work belongs to prestigious museum collections throughout the world, most notably the Smithsonian, The Victoria and Albert Museum (London). New York's Metropolitan Museum and The Museum of Modern Art. Many books have been published on the artist's life and work, including Erte at Ninef^-Five: The Complete New Graphics [The Extended Edition] and Erte-The Last Works.

This is a beautiful etching, after Rembrandt, by master engraver Amand Durand. Titled "ADAM AND EVE" (year of original 1638). This piece is in excellent condition, and has never been framed. Measurements: image size is 7 x 5" on 14" x 10" Somerset paper. Comes with a certificate of authenticity. Ref. #28 according to the British Catalogue, circa 1797, is a hand pulled-ETCHING from the AUTHENTIC & Original copper Rembrandt plates by Armand-Durand (1831-1905) overseen by Art World Industries, inc. Amand Durand blindstamp SEAL on lower right. Rembrandt was born in 1606 in Leiden, Holland . Before his 30th birthday, the name Rembrandt had become synonymous with artistic excellence. The Dutch master was known worldwide for his highly prized series of classical etchings. These images are known for their delicacy of tone and intricacy of detail. To raise funds in 1657, Rembrandt sold the plates at an auction of his entire estate to a prestigious European family with the expressed stipulation that not even one of the etchings could be printed until a full 100 years had passed after his death. The family faithfully honored the binding agreement. Owing to their great popularity and soft metallurgical consistency, the original plates became worn by the mid 1800's. To save these genius-inspired works, Amand Durand, a master engraver, born in France in 1831, spent the major part of his career exactly duplicating the genius of Rembrandt onto hard, lasting copper plates. Art historians and critics have been stunned by the incredible quality Durand achieved through his own technical genius. Historical references indicate that Armand Durand's amazing skills were well known to expert of the 19th and early 20th centuries. Many esteemed art critics and curators feel that Durand's works not only do great justice to Rembrandt's original concepts but subtly improve on the legendary Dutch master in a technical sense. The copper plate was reworked by Amand Durand in the late 1800s and this piece was made from that plate. It is beautiful.

Here is a wonderful French Louis Philippe Chest of drawers made in the Mid.1800's (during French King Louis Philippe reign) of fruitwood, with marble top. It is in very good condition. Four drawers with handles and one key (the same key for all drawers). From my last buying trip in France! For the shipping...don't worry, we ship from Texas (not from France)!h-31/ w-41.25/ d-21.75

Michael Schofield The landscapes of Michael Schofield are justly prized and celebrated for the wealth of their fine detail, for the radiancy of their colors, and for the unfailing consonance of their diverse visual parts which enables those elements to form a harmonious visual whole. And his landscapes are not at all the same; Schofield has the ability to summon up the memories and images of different times and places, from years before and from miles and miles away, and recombine them on canvas with entirely new results. Indeed, though he has a characteristic elegance of style, his serigraphs are as distinct from one another as are the various natural beauties that inspire them. Schofield was born in Florida 1947, but his family moved to California that same year. He began to paint and study watercolor in high school. Like most teenage boys, he was at first much more interested in sports than in fine art, but his art teacher at Oakland High School recognized that Michael had an exceptional talent, and for nearly two years he tutored the youth privately. After a stint in the military, Schofield went to art school in Nashville, Tennessee. During the summers he would journey to Woodstock, New York, in order to study with watercolorist John Pike, an esteemed member of the National Academy of Art and the American Watercolor Society. Schofield soon opened his own art studio, where he painted and taught for more than a decade. He returned to California in 1980 to set up a silk-screen printing studio in order to be able to create his own original serigraphs. He wanted to be involved in every step of the intricate and exacting process of serigraph, from fabricating the stencils to adding the final finishing touches of color. Having been a successful artist for many years, Schofield has his works in numerous private and corporate collections, including the Bank of America, the Library of Congress, the Xerox Corporation, Occidental, and Twentieth Century, Inc. Schofield believes that the primary aspiration of art is to communicate a shared perception of beauty from one human heart to another, from the artist to the viewer of his art: I choose to create more traditional landscapes because they involved imagery most people can relate to, imagery that evokes a memory and therefore a feeling. I painting landscapes because they speak to everyone. In sharing a place I have known, I know that others will see places they have known. In that way, I can communicate with others without using a single word

Artist: Kent Wallis Title: Vibrant ReflectionsMedium: Lithograph on paper * Size of paper: 32" x 27" Publisher: Leslie LevyDate: 2003Condition: Excellent

Steynovitz was born in Legnica, Poland and immigrated to Israel in 1957.[1] He aspired to become a painter from childhood, and had prior to leaving Poland begun his artistic activity. He immigrated to Israel in 1957. Steynovitz studied at both the Art School in Tel-Aviv and at the Royal Academy of Arts in London.Upon completing his studies he began his artistic activity in earnest; he established his place in the art world after exhibiting his work in one-man exhibitions and art fairs around the world. Steynovitz's images are reflections of both his Jewish and Eastern European heritage. His work suggests the style of Marc Chagall combined with the use of color of the present generation of artists.Zamy's art displays chromatic and thematic richness. His choice of subjects was strongly influenced by Jewish tradition and folklore, displaying general themes: Paris, still lifes, flowers, angels, circuses and landscapes. In the early stages of his work he used rich pastels, ink, watercolors and light brush strokes. However during his travels in South America during the 1980s his work was influenced by the new surroundings and enhanced by the local light and colours. His art gained chromatic power; the palette became richer in tones, the fixtures thicker, the backgrounds darker and more colorful. Through these developments Steynovitz's thematic elements persisted in his creation allowing him to develop into a sensitive and mature artist.Zamy expresses a universal humanistic idea in his creations: man's connection to his heritage and physical surroundings. He established his place in the art world after exhibiting his work in one-man exhibitions and art fairs around the world. Zamy is known in the circles of the Norwegian Nobel Institute as a result of his devotion to world peace. Consequently he is acquainted with many Nobel prize winners like Anwar Sadat, Menahem Begin, the Dalai Lama, Itzhak Rabin, Shimon Peres, Elie Wiesel, Desmond Tutu as well as many other politicians and artists.

A very nice French faience earthenware tureen with its lid made by the artist Roullet Renoleau (4th generation of artist). He studied at the famous Faience School in Limoges (France). This piece of pottery was hand-made and hand-painted by the artist (He signed each piece, you can see on the photo). For your information, the antique Renoleau faience is highly collectible in France. Lovely piece for your collection or for the decoration of your home! Excellent condition (no chips, no cracks) We ship from Texas (not from France)! h-6"/ w-7"/ d-5.5"

Here is a very nice French painted Louis XV style chest of drawers made by a French cabinet maker probably in the mid. 1900's (3 drawers). I bought this piece during my last trip in Southwestern France (well known in France for the quality of the country pieces). Very good condition! Don't worry for the shipping...we ship from Texas (not from France).h-32.5"/ w-38"/ d-18"

Piano Black New Takmine/Jasmine Acoustic/Electric Guitar # EC341C 6 stringsNew without a scratch on the Black Piano Finish/Beautiflly marked and great tones.without case.You will love this guitar,

Vintage Poster of John Wayne and Jimmy Stewart in the classic movie " The MAn Who Shot Liberty Valance" Co-stars: Lee Marvin, Vera Miles, Edmund O'Brien, directed by John Ford.Reproduction of original, size is 12 by 18 inches. Framed poster, Great Poster!

Fuchsia Swarovski Crystal Butterfly Brooch / Pendant, Measures approx 3.25 inches by 2.75 inches. MWF2371

Brilliant Bluish Green 19.05 carat Flourite Gemstone.Scarce Large oval shaped Stone. Beautiful color and clarity. Great stone for collection or pendant.

This is a beautiful etching, after Rembrandt, by master engraver Amand Durand. Titled "Clump of Trees with a Vista" (year of original 1652). Signed in the plate. Measurements: image size is 5" x 8-1/4" on 11" x 15" Somerset paper. Comes with a certificate of authenticity. Ref. #222 according to the British Catalogue, circa 1797, is a hand pulled-ETCHING from the AUTHENTIC & Original copper Rembrandt plates by Armand-Durand (1831-1905) overseen by Art World Industries, inc. This piece is in excellent condition, and has never been framed. Rembrandt was born in 1606 in Leiden , Holland . Before his 30th birthday, the name Rembrandt had become synonymous with artistic excellence. The Dutch master was known worldwide for his highly prized series of classical etchings. These images are known for their delicacy of tone and intricacy of detail. To raise funds in 1657, Rembrandt sold the plates at an auction of his entire estate to a prestigious European family with the expressed stipulation that not even one of the etchings could be printed until a full 100 years had passed after his death. The family faithfully honored the binding agreement. Owing to their great popularity and soft metallurgical consistency, the original plates became worn by the mid 1800's. To save these genius-inspired works, Amand Durand, a master engraver, born in France in 1831, spent the major part of his career exactly duplicating the genius of Rembrandt onto hard, lasting copper plates. Art historians and critics have been stunned by the incredible quality Durand achieved through his own technical genius. Historical references indicate that Armand Durand's amazing skills were well known to expert of the 19th and early 20th centuries. Many esteemed art critics and curators feel that Durand's works not only do great justice to Rembrandt's original concepts but subtly improve on the legendary Dutch master in a technical sense. Amand -Durand was a great admirer of Rembrandt. He desired to study the plates and techniques of this genius. Unfortunately at the time there only remained about 100 known plates, which were available to produce fine quality impressions. For 100 years the bulk of Rembrandt's plates were shrouded in mystery. As time moved on some of Rembrandt's plates began to surface. By this time Rembrandt's plates were miserably worn and dull. Amand-Durand, who by now had made the ranks of a noted engraver, decided to remedy this with his own gifted talents. He researched and intensely studied pieces that were available only in collections. From here on he spent the major part of his life exactly duplicating Rembrandt's images onto copper plates. These recreations were called Amand-Durand's after Rembrandt. Their unbelievable clarity and exactness were achieved because Amand-Durand used as his guide, not the worn and dull plates, but the first and second state etchings of the master's original works. By this time Durand's talent were known to experts of the 19th and 20th centuries. In 1855, Conservator of the Cabinet de Estampes, George Duplessis so appreciated the genius of this man that he had his work published in books which belong to the Bibliotheque Nationale in France. Amand-Durand was used as master etcher in an anthology of European engravings, which became so valuable that they were kept under locked scrutiny in most libraries. What we have is a noted master duplicating a master some 200 years later. Soon after Amand-Durand's death in 1905, his original copper plates were obtained by the prestigious French book publishing family, DOMINIQUE VINCENT et Cie. They mainly published the work for book illustrations to the Bibliotheque Nationale and the Louvre Museum as beautiful exact duplications of Rembrandt's etchings. Sporadically they sold to private parties interested in this unique creation. It was this reproducing that caused hushed rumor that spread throughout the entire art world. It was discreetly rumored among noted art circles, that in the early 1900's numerous Amand Durand after Rembrandt etchings found their way into famous collections much to the dismay of many. This was the rumor until 1985. An American art dealer doing research on the availability of Rembrandt etchings came across some so questionably perfect that he decided to research even further. Fierce studying proved that these were in fact Amand-Durand etchings that had been rumored and gossiped about for so many years. Completely aware of what information he and come across and the problems that developed when they were placed in the wrong hands, he resolved to locate the original copper plates. This took quite some time. However with unbelievable resourcefulness he was able to locate the Dominique Vincent family who had been completely unaware of the stories that were inadvertently created with these prints. The Bibliotheque Nationale and the Louvre Museum in Paris had been acquiring these etchings to allow the French to see the unimaginable story behind them. The American dealer purchased all 348 original copper plates. This allowed the American public to also see this unimaginable story of how a noted artisan through his talent and dedication for the great master Rembrandt, created effects of such quality that the repercussions were felt throughout the entire art world for many, many years. Over a century after Amand-Durand painstakingly recreated Rembrandt's etching, the benefits of his devotion to quality and beauty are again felt throughout the art world. The piece was made from the re-worked original copper plate by Amand Durand in the late 1800s. It is absolutely beautiful!

Rothschild Faberge Inspired Egg, measures 9 inches H X 3 in, materials Pewter, Enamel, Crystals. The Rothschild egg is a jewelled, enameled decorated egg made under the supervision of the Russian jeweller Peter Carl Faberge in 1902 by the workshop of Michael Perchin, for Beatrice Ephrussi de Rothschild, who presented the egg to Germaine Halphen upon her engagement to Beatrice's younger brother, Edouard Alphonse James de Rothschild.

Artist: Arthur DampierTitle: Girl with her PetMedium: Lithograph on paper * Size of paper: 18 x 26 inches Publisher: Fapco, Inc.Date: 1994Condition: Very good; some crease marks on the right margin

American Artist Max Karp is one of the few contemporary painters to use enamel for his artistic work. He is internationally acclaimed as the father of modern enameling. His place in art history is assured, both because of his enormous talent and the fact that he has perfected unique processes, which allow the creation of museum-quality, kiln-fired collectibles. A self-taught artist, Karp was born in Ohio in 1916 and raised in California. He lives in Southern California. Karp began painting by recording in his oils various species of birds and insects for his father who was an ornithologist/entomologist. In the mid-1960's, Karp became interested in the enamel process. Beginning on a small scale, he taught himself the enamel technique and later experimented with the large paintings in enamel for which he is best known. During the last decade, Karp's enamel paintings have received critical recognition. In 1970 Hamilton Mint commissioned Karp to produce four paintings of the seasons of the year, which were then issued as a limited edition of plates on precious metal. In 1980 Karp's 20 x 24-inch enamel portrait of Beverly Sills was presented to the American Queen of Opera following her final performance on full-length opera. In addition, numerous private art collectors, including Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Happy Rockefeller and Sarah Churchill, have acquired works by Max Karp for their collections.

Vintage Style Floral Bronze and Crystal Necklace. Floral pattern measures approx 3.5 inches, necklace measures approx 19 inches

Spectacular Russian Pewter and hammered Brass and Copper Cuff Bracelet mwf2146

This ~flash~ painting in oil was accomplished with minimum brushstrokes while using an impressionist landscape as its theme. Measures 20 x 24. Comparables found on ArtFact. $500 to $750.00 MWF 1984

Here is a natural cabochon star ruby weighing 29 carats. It is of high quality with excellent luster and has a purplish color. A six rayed star is visible when under direct light. *

Authentic hand-painted porcelain Limoges box signed by artist from a famous studio! This box was created by an artist, graduate of one of the most prestigious French Fine Porcelain schools. Here is a SUPERB "Paloma" hand-painted Porcelain box. Excellent condition, hinges and clasps work fine. This Limoges box is marked "Peint main" (Hand-painted) Limoges France, signed: M-B, as shown in picture. It is in mint condition (No chips, cracks or repairs). Would be a great value to any Limoges box collection. For the shipping...don't worry, we ship from Texas (not from France)!h-1.5"/ w-1.5"/ d-1.5"

A very nice French faience earthenware plate(Decor Rouen) made by Pornic, Brittany, France. This plate was hand-made and hand-painted by the artist (On the photo, you can see the stamp to guarantee this signature of the "Faiencerie de Pornic"). Excellent condition (No cracks, no chips). This kind of plate made in Pornic, Britany is highly collectible in France. Lovely piece for your collection or for the decoration of your home! Diameter" 9.25"We ship from Texas (not from France)!

Artist: Elizabeth MatrozosTitle: Jungle Patterns IIMedium: Lithograph on paper * Size of paper: 22 x 28 inches Publisher: Rinehart Fine ArtsDate: 2002Condition: Excellent

Patriotic Red, White, and Blue Sapphire and Topaz Turtle 55o carats of Topaz and Sapphires!!!Made from bonded Sapphires and Blue Topaz Turtle is approximately 3 inches in length and made of 550 carats of Sapphires and Topaz.

A very nice pair of French hand painted faience earthenware plates made by the artist Roullet Renoleau (4th generation of artist). He studied at the famous Faience School in Limoges (France). Each plate was hand-made and hand-painted by the artist (He signed each plate, you can see on the picture #4). Excellent condition (No cracks, no chips). For your information, the antique Renoleau faience is highly collectible in France. Lovely pieces for your collection or for the decoration of your home! Diameter: 9.75"We ship from Texas (not from France)!

Highly collectible faisselle pot from Alsace (Eastern France). This charming Alsatian piece of pottery (hand-made and hand-painted), dating around 1940's, come from many different villages throughout the region. The dark brown "terre vernissee", or glazed pottery, with its decorative flowers, comes from the village of Soufflenheim. A faisselle is a container pierced with tiny holes (as this piece), in which fresh cheese is placed so the whey will drain out. But then metonymy came into play (or perhaps came in to play) and the word now also designates an unsalted soft curd cheese sold in such a container, itself nested in a larger, bucket-shaped tub. This clever contraption allows the whey to flow freely around the cheese, keeping it fresh and moist. And when you want to use the cheese, you simply lift the inner rack from the tub, and decide how much of the liquids you want to keep, depending on the consistency you're looking for. Good condition (No cracks, no chips). h-7/ w-9.25/ d-7.25. We ship from Texas (not from France)

Artist: Theo TobiasseTitle: Tobiasse 8Signature: Signed by the artistMedium: Lithograph with Mixed Media on Japon paperSize: 27.5" x 20" * Edition: Limited, numberedCondition: ExcellentBiography * The art of Theo Tobiasse (1927- ) reflects a lifetime of struggle and a sense of survival that stems from his experiences as a Jew growing up in Paris during World War II. To escape severe economic conditions his family settled in Paris, France in 1931. During the German occupation of France, Tobiasse and his family survived by going into hiding for two years living in total isolation and darkness. It is this sense of survival and the joy of that realization that typifies Tobiasse's work. * His work reflects many themes including elements of his childhood memories, Jewish history, Biblical themes, and women. Since devoting his time to painting. His paintings have been described as having a purposely naive style with comparisons to Marc Chagall. * *

Gorham antique Sterling Silver stamped aprrox 8 1/2 inches long & A Gorham sterling silver 11 1/2 inch mirror. Small crack on handle of brush illegible numbers marked can make out 112. Mirror stamped 245 . Stamps show it was made between 1875-1900Unknown troy weightAny Questions please ask

Michael Schofield The landscapes of Michael Schofield are justly prized and celebrated for the wealth of their fine detail, for the radiancy of their colors, and for the unfailing consonance of their diverse visual parts which enables those elements to form a harmonious visual whole. And his landscapes are not at all the same; Schofield has the ability to summon up the memories and images of different times and places, from years before and from miles and miles away, and recombine them on canvas with entirely new results. Indeed, though he has a characteristic elegance of style, his serigraphs are as distinct from one another as are the various natural beauties that inspire them. Schofield was born in Florida 1947, but his family moved to California that same year. He began to paint and study watercolor in high school. Like most teenage boys, he was at first much more interested in sports than in fine art, but his art teacher at Oakland High School recognized that Michael had an exceptional talent, and for nearly two years he tutored the youth privately. After a stint in the military, Schofield went to art school in Nashville, Tennessee. During the summers he would journey to Woodstock, New York, in order to study with watercolorist John Pike, an esteemed member of the National Academy of Art and the American Watercolor Society. Schofield soon opened his own art studio, where he painted and taught for more than a decade. He returned to California in 1980 to set up a silk-screen printing studio in order to be able to create his own original serigraphs. He wanted to be involved in every step of the intricate and exacting process of serigraph, from fabricating the stencils to adding the final finishing touches of color. Having been a successful artist for many years, Schofield has his works in numerous private and corporate collections, including the Bank of America, the Library of Congress, the Xerox Corporation, Occidental, and Twentieth Century, Inc. Schofield believes that the primary aspiration of art is to communicate a shared perception of beauty from one human heart to another, from the artist to the viewer of his art: I choose to create more traditional landscapes because they involved imagery most people can relate to, imagery that evokes a memory and therefore a feeling. I painting landscapes because they speak to everyone. In sharing a place I have known, I know that others will see places they have known. In that way, I can communicate with others without using a single word

A fury of lines and brushstrokes make up this terrific art print. * Artist: Ed MosesSignature: Signed by the artistTitle: "Moses y Bronco"Medium: Lithograph on paperSize: 31.5" x 23.5" Edition: Limited, numberedCondition: Excellent Biography: * Since the 1960s, Ed Moses has been one of the central figures in the Los Angeles art scene. Moses' position results not from the originality of his art but precisely from its unoriginality --that is, its fully developed synthesis of already-existing ideas and approaches. Moses, after all, is a direct inheritor of abstract expressionism and minimalism; he fairly parades his membership in the "extended family" of abstract painting. Furthermore, he has worked his way through several styles, as the MOCA shows in a retrospective, covering nearly a half-century of his work. *

Michael Schofield "12th at Augusta"Original Serigraph Signed NumberedFramed 43x36 outside frame size

Michael Schofield The landscapes of Michael Schofield are justly prized and celebrated for the wealth of their fine detail, for the radiancy of their colors, and for the unfailing consonance of their diverse visual parts which enables those elements to form a harmonious visual whole. And his landscapes are not at all the same; Schofield has the ability to summon up the memories and images of different times and places, from years before and from miles and miles away, and recombine them on canvas with entirely new results. Indeed, though he has a characteristic elegance of style, his serigraphs are as distinct from one another as are the various natural beauties that inspire them. Schofield was born in Florida 1947, but his family moved to California that same year. He began to paint and study watercolor in high school. Like most teenage boys, he was at first much more interested in sports than in fine art, but his art teacher at Oakland High School recognized that Michael had an exceptional talent, and for nearly two years he tutored the youth privately. After a stint in the military, Schofield went to art school in Nashville, Tennessee. During the summers he would journey to Woodstock, New York, in order to study with watercolorist John Pike, an esteemed member of the National Academy of Art and the American Watercolor Society. Schofield soon opened his own art studio, where he painted and taught for more than a decade. He returned to California in 1980 to set up a silk-screen printing studio in order to be able to create his own original serigraphs. He wanted to be involved in every step of the intricate and exacting process of serigraph, from fabricating the stencils to adding the final finishing touches of color. Having been a successful artist for many years, Schofield has his works in numerous private and corporate collections, including the Bank of America, the Library of Congress, the Xerox Corporation, Occidental, and Twentieth Century, Inc. Schofield believes that the primary aspiration of art is to communicate a shared perception of beauty from one human heart to another, from the artist to the viewer of his art: I choose to create more traditional landscapes because they involved imagery most people can relate to, imagery that evokes a memory and therefore a feeling. I painting landscapes because they speak to everyone. In sharing a place I have known, I know that others will see places they have known. In that way, I can communicate with others without using a single word

18 inches tall and in excellent condition with original Box.Princess Sarah, Dutchess of York in Bridal gown.Highly Collectable doll Bisque doll, original bridal gown, with all the trimmings.

Red Swarovski Crystal Teardrop style dangle Pierced Earrings, measures approx 2 inches in length MWF2372

Artist: Bryan Martin Title: MatrixMedium: Lithograph on paper * Size of paper: 22 x 22 inches Publisher: Haddad's Fine ArtsDate: 2002Condition: Excellent

Set of French LAGUIOLE Corkscrew & beer opener designed by Jean Dubost with its "Authenticity Certificate". These pieces are dishwasher safe (acrylic handles with blue color). DUBOST COLAS PRADEL was created in 1920, by Pierre DUBOST and his wife Marcelle COLAS PRADEL.Dubost Colas Pradel is situated in Viscomtat, a mountain village 15 km from Thiers, the capital of french cutlery.Ever since its foundation in 1920 by Pierre Dubost and his wife Marcelle Colas Pradel, the company has passed down a family tradition of fine workmanship and high quality products.It is now in the hands of the third (Philippe Dubost) and the fourth (Alexandre Dubost) generations.The company has grown in notoriety due to being attentive to the changing needs of consumers, and its faithful presence at international fairs since 1962.Since its creation Dubost Colas Pradel has been in a perpetual development.Despite having started in a small workshop, production grew rapidly under the inspiration of Jean Dubost, the founder's son, who gave his name to the famous flatware line and the world renowned kitchen knives.Quality is an integral part of the company policy.Products are quality controlled at each step of production, with care to assure good workmanship, in order to provide consumers with pleasure and the assurance of long lasting use.Ref #66130

Stunning Handcrafted Turquoise and Coral Necklace Earrings, necklace measures approx 17 inches with 3 inche extension. Earring measure approx .75 inches length

Excuisite piece by Leroy Neiman FRAMED. Linen Matting Gold Wood Insert for liner.

Vintage Neiman Marcus Torsade Choker Necklace. Can be worn twisted or not. Wearable length when worn twisted is 16". A bit longer if not twisted. Mwf2021

Beautiful 300 carat Sapphire Turtlemade by bonded translucent bonding material and 300+ carats of natural Sapphires.Hand maded turtle.Turtle is approximately 3 inches long.

Here is an antique French Henri II style "Buffet deux corps" (1 bottom part with 2 doors & 2 drawers + 1 top part with 2 doors) made by a French cabinet maker (of solid walnut wood) in the 1880's - 1890's. We bought this piece in South West of France (well known in France for the quality of the antique country pieces). Good condition!h-90.5"/ w-54.75"/ d-22.75"We ship from Texas (not from France).

Set of 6 French Laguiole steak knives designed by Jean Dubost with its "Authenticity Certificate". These knives are dishwasher safe (acrylic handles with ivory color). DUBOST COLAS PRADEL was created in 1920, by Pierre DUBOST and his wife Marcelle COLAS PRADEL.Dubost Colas Pradel is situated in Viscomtat, a mountain village 15 km from Thiers, the capital of french cutlery.Ever since its foundation in 1920 by Pierre Dubost and his wife Marcelle Colas Pradel, the company has passed down a family tradition of fine workmanship and high quality products.It is now in the hands of the third (Philippe Dubost) and the fourth (Alexandre Dubost) generations.The company has grown in notoriety due to being attentive to the changing needs of consumers, and its faithful presence at international fairs since 1962.Since its creation Dubost Colas Pradel has been in a perpetual development.Despite having started in a small workshop, production grew rapidly under the inspiration of Jean Dubost, the founder's son, who gave his name to the famous flatware line and the world renowned kitchen knives.Quality is an integral part of the company policy.Products are quality controlled at each step of production, with care to assure good workmanship, in order to provide consumers with pleasure and the assurance of long lasting use.Ref #66130

Edition of 50 pieces with 20 A/PMint Condition

French prayer chair with rush seat, made by a cabinet maker from Southern France. This chair was made in the 1870's. Everything is original and nice patina! Very good condition. We ship from Texas (not from France)! h-38" (15" from floor to seat)/ w-17"/ d-16"

Hand Painted Indian Vase, Dimensions: 12in (H) X 7in (D), Material: Papier Mache, Brass Lining

Beautifully printed Art of Michael JacksonArt Print from "Man In The Mirror" Artist L. CooperFramed Poster 18 in x 24 in framed.Own a beautifully printed painting of Michael

Commanding Caesar Bust Bronze Sculpture, 8 3/4inH x 3 1/2inW x 2 3/4in D 8lbs. This bronze sculpture was produced using the Lost Wax casting method. The Lost Wax Cast method is the most precise metal casting technique in existence, ensuring exquisite detail of the original host model which is usually sculpted in clay or wax. This Lost Wax casting method is an extremely labor intensive and expensive process, but the end results produce a Heirloom Quality Masterpiece!

Artist: Roger WilliamsTitle: Aspen MeadowMedium: Lithograph on paper * Size of paper: 26 x 32 inches Publisher: Leslie LevyDate: 2003Condition: Excellent

Artist: Richard D'AmoreTitle: Bordeaux ReedsMedium: Lithograph on paper * Size of paper: 15 1/2 x 28 inches Publisher: Haddad's Fine ArtsDate: 2002Condition: Excellent

Sensational 8-9MM Natural Tahitian Gray Pearl Necklace, measures 80 inches mwf2195

HUGE 4 INCH Swarovski Crystal Rose Brooch MWF2356

French farm table with one drawer, made during King Louis Philippe reign (Circa 1850), by a French cabinet maker from Southwestern France. This piece made of walnut wood is in very good condition. You can use this piece as a TABLE or as a VERY NICE DESK! Great patina! For the shipping...don't worry, we ship from Texas (not from France)!h-30/ w-47/ d-29.5

Engraving 33 1/2 X 23 Great piece. French ArtistOnly 1 of a kind..

Opinel knife #7: 4" closed and 7.25" opened. Beechwood handle and tempered high carbon steel blade with crowned hand hallmark etching. All feature safety ring for locking the blade open or closed.This knife is brand new and has never been used or carried. This item is not a second or factory defect and is authentic. The Opinel knife was invented by Joseph Opinel in 1890 in Savoie as a simple working man's. It proved popular with the local farmers, herdsmen, and paysans-vignerons (peasant winemakers) of the area. In 1897, a series of twelve sizes, numbered 1 to 12, was developed. From 1901-1903, Joseph Opinel built his first factory in Pont de Gévoudaz and produced a machine for mass production of the knife's wooden handles.To distribute his new range of knives, Opinel utilized the time-honored method of hiring peddlers to sell the knife, installing a small shop near the Chambéry railway junction, where the knives became popular with PLM railroad workers, who in the course of their work spread word of the new knife all over France. By 1909, Opinel had registered his first trademark for the Opinel knife, choosing the main couronnée ('crowned hand") as his emblem. A few years later Opinel annual sales were in the hundreds of thousands, and by the start of World War II as many as 20 million knives had been sold.The Opinel Virobloc or safety twistlock mechanism was invented by Marcel Opinel in 1955, greatly increasing the safety and versatility of the knife by allowing the blade to be locked in the open position. In 2000, the Virobloc locking mechanism was improved to allow locking the blade in either the open or closed position.The company is still run by the Opinel family, and Opinel sells around 15 million knives annually. A museum dedicated to the Opinel knife (Le Musée de l'Opinel) is located at Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne.The main couronnée ("crowned hand") device as you can see on photo was already present on the blade of very early models. Later the words OPINEL and FRANCE were added, as well as INOX ("stainless", from "INOXidable", meaning "non-oxidizable) in the case of stainless steel blades.The image of the hand comes from the arms of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, and represents the relics of John the Baptist, three of whose finger-bones were supposedly brought back from Alexandria by Saint Tecla in the 5th century. The crown comes from the arms of Savoie.We ship from Texas, not from France.

Exquisite Faberge Inspired Swarovski Crystal and Enamel Giraffe Design Jewelry Box. Measures: 2 inches in length, 2.5 inches in width and 6 inches high.

A very nice French faience earthenware/ terracotta vase made by the artist Roullet Renoleau (4th generation of artist). He studied at the famous Faience School in Limoges (France). This piece of pottery was hand-made and hand-painted by the artist (He signed each piece, you can see on the photo). For your information, the antique Renoleau faience is highly collectible in France. Lovely piece for your collection or for the decoration of your home! Excellent condition (no chips, no cracks) We ship from Texas (not from France)! h-9.5"/ w-3.75"/ d-3.75"

Dazzling Mulitcolor Swarovksi Crystal Parrott Design Jewelry Box. Measures:2.5 inches in length, 2.5 inches in width and 3.5 inches high.

Beautiful reprint of a Concert by Joan Baez and Bob Dylan.Iconic pop/rock stars of the 1960'sSex/drugs and rock and roll were the 1960's Peace demonstration and sitins were the insiration for the music of these two great singers.Poster is framed.Bidding starts at low Bid.

Artist: David Wander Title: HarvestMedium: Lithograph on paper * Size of paper: 13 x 38 inches Publisher: Haddad's Fine ArtsDate: 2002Condition: Excellent

Authentic hand-painted porcelain Limoges box signed by artist from a famous studio! This Limoges box was created by an artist, graduate of one of the most prestigious French Fine Porcelain schools. Here is a SUPERB "Hedgehog" hand-painted Porcelain box. Excellent condition, hinges and clasps work fine. This Limoges box is marked "Peint main" (Hand-painted) Limoges France, signed: G-V, as shown in picture. It is in mint condition (No chips, cracks or repairs). Would be a great value to any Limoges box collection. We ship from Texas (not from France)! h-1.75"/ w-2.25"/ d-1.5"

Here is a wonderful Louis Philippe period Sideboard (buffet) made of solid fruitwood by a French cabinet maker in the Mid.1800's (1830-1850). 2 drawers. h-37"/ w-51.5"/ d-22.5". I bought this piece during my last trip in Southwestern France (well known in France for the quality of the antique country pieces). Good condition! We ship from Texas (not from France).

Lovely Swarovski Crystal Peacock Style Feather Peirced Earrings, earrings measure approx 2.75 inches in length MWF2369

Jiang was born in 1938, in Ningbo, Zhejiiang Province, in China. Even as a child he displayed a great love and talent for painting and drawing, and early on he knew the course his life would take.In 1959, in a highly competitive exam he won admission to the prestigious Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing. From 1962-64 he studied with the famous Chinese artist Huang Yong-yu, who first exposed him to the paintings from the Dunguang caves. In 1964 he earned his Bachelor of Arts degree. This was the last class to graduate before the cultural revolution. Jiang also learned about traditional Chinese art, an influence which would remain with him. Upon graduation in 1964 Jiang and a small number of other artists volunteered to go down to the Yunnan province. This turned out to be a blessing. This beautiful province is on the Vietnamese border. It is lush and tropical, filled with exotic flora and fauna,and is home to more than 20 different minority peoples. His new home allowed his talents to burst forth. Jiang's talent was so obvious that from 1966-73 the Chinese Government assigned him to produce "Socialist Realism" propaganda posters and sculptures during the Cultural Revolution. He even painted the famous large red-faced poster of Chairman Mao. But this sterile exercise did nothing to release the emotional side of Jiang's nature, and at night he worked in his small room, on his bed, to create his own style. The natural beauty of the Yunnan province inspired him. With two other artists, He Neng and Liu Shaohui, Jiang secretly formed the nucleus of what was first called the "Heavy Colorist" school and is now known as the "Yunnan School," began. The Progress of Jiang's CareerJiang's work quickly gained prominence and even the repressive authorities had to concede his talent. He became one of the most well-known illustrators of children's books in China. In 1974 he illustrated "Two Little Peacocks." In 1976 he designed the animated cartoon of the same book. In 1978, Jiang began to teach as an Associate Professor at the Yunnan Art Academy, where he would continue until 1983. In 1979, the Chinese Government commissioned him to paint a mural representing Yunnan Province for the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. The project took seven months and used six full panels of silk. This was the "Stone Forest" mural, one of Jiang's finest works. Jiang himself says: "This mural was the first time I had ever let my own true style show publicly. The color, energy, and fantasy of my painting was not appreciated by the government during Mao's Cultural Revolution. While I was painting "Stone Forest" an official came by and said I shouldn't do it that way. I said "Okay" as if I would change it. But I didn't change a thing. Later he came back and said "Oh, that's much better." He didn't know what he was talking about. He was just comforted to think that he, a government official, had control over this strange, dangerous art."For Jiang, success followed success. In 1979 he illustrated "The Secret of Jinchun Tree," which won the first prize as the best illustrated book out of Jiangsu Province. His painting "The Legend of the Water Sprinkling Festival of the Dai" was featured in the documentary film "Yunnan Scene." In 1980 the illustrated books "Little Red Riding Hood"; "The Ugly Duckling"; and "A Shi Ma" were published. For "A Shi Ma" Jiang was awarded Second Place in an international United Nations competition of illustrated books. In 1981, Jiang's work was featured in the "10 Artists From Yunnan" show in Beijing, and then, in 1982, was prominently featured at a show in Hong Kong, which also featured the Yunnan artists as well as some of their followers.But as early as 1981 the Chinese Government had returned to its repressive policies. Government officials publicly stated that they feared China was losing its "socialist morality" and becoming "morally polluted." Art officials favored a return to Socialist Realism painting and they expressed their displeasure by refusing to select paintings by Jiang, Liu Shaohai, or He Neng for the permanent collection of the National Art Gallery. Jiang was the prime target of their wrath--his paintings were excluded from television coverage and a seminar was even officially organized to criticize his work. His work was criticized as "...too daring and audacious...a nightmare." Jiang did have defenders. Liu Shaohai said that he would be glad to have nightmares every night if he could paint like that. The President of the Central Academy of Art and Design, Zhang Ding, wrote an article praising Jiang's work but withdrew it on the eve of its publication at his wife's urging, who remembered how Zhang Ding had been beaten and publicly humiliated during the Cultural Revolution. Even so, Zhang Ding did on a number of occasions speak out and express his admiration for Jiang and some of the other young artists.All of this was making life increasingly difficult for Jiang. In 1982 a National Geographic reporter who was doing a story on China saw Jiang's paintings, and brought some back to the U.S. A friend of the reporter brought them to the Fingerhut Gallery in Minneapolis, where Jiang's work met with great success. In 1983, Jiang came to the United States as part of a cultural exchange program with the University of Southern California, where he became a visiting Professor of Art.Under the sponsorship of Allan Fingerhut, Jiang moved to Minnesota with his wife Zhaolin. For Jiang, success in America quickly followed. His rich, strong color, and exotic but intimate imagery struck an immediate response with the American public.Jiang's talent and uniqueness quickly brought his work to the attention of critics and museum curators nationwide, and this resulted in many public exhibitions. In 1984, Jiang had an exhibition at the University of Southern California Gallery; in 1985 at the New England Center of Contemporary Art in Connecticut; in 1986 at the Portland Museum in Virginia; in 1987 at the Springfield Art Center in Ohio; in 1988 at the Connecticut College Art Gallery; in 1989 at the Museum at Northwestern University in Massachusetts; and in 1990-91 at the Everson Museum in New York; the Springfield Art Museum in Ohio; the Michelson Reeves Museum in Texas; the Valdosta Museum at Valdosta State University in Georgia; the Art & Cultural Center in Florida; and the Olin Fine Art Center in Pennsylvania. During this period Jiang also had 52 one-man gallery shows in cities all over the country. Artistic InfluencesTraditional Chinese InfluencesModern Western influences played a part in the formation of the Yunnan school, but traditional Chinese art--such as the sculpture from the Han Dynasty (221 B.C.-220 A.D.) played by far the most important role.The "flung ink" technique.This method, invented by the ancient zen artists more than 1500 years ago, is the precursor of abstract expressionism. By flicking the paint of the end of the brush the artists could create a totally energized surface. This is precisely what Jackson Pollock rediscovered in the 1940s and 50s. But the Chinese had always used this technique, and Jiang uses it masterfully.The Dunguang CavesBut the greatest Chinese influence was the art created in the Dunguang caves in central China. In 1907 European explorers rediscovered the Buddhist caves on the Ancient Silk Road that led from China through Persia and finally to the West. At Dunghuang, the last caravan stop with a plentiful amount of water and supplies before travelers from China ventured into the perilous Takla Makan desert, the explorers discovered a group of more than 400 caves with paintings of extraordinary quality which had been very well preserved by the dry desert climate. These paintings had been created over a period of 700 years, from roughly 300 to 1000 AD. They were commissioned as devotional acts by pious Buddhists: warriors, princes, kings, merchants, peoples from all walks of life--created in the same spirit as were the Gothic cathedrals of Europe. But by the 12th century wars and other geopolitical forces caused the abandonment of the caves, and they lay forgotten until their rediscovery by the Europeans in the 20th century.In 1942, a well-known and respected traditional Chinese artist Zhang Daqian led an expedition to the caves. He spent 2 1/2 years studying and copying the astounding paintings there. When his work became available to other artists and scholars it caused great excitement, for just as African and Iberian art and the cave paintings of Lascaux had inspired and liberated Picasso, so the revelation of the free flowing qualities of line and form and the rich mythic traditions of the Dunguang cave paintings inspired and liberated the young Chinese artists. Jiang was particularly moved by the colors, the linear quality, and the mythic stories of the cave painting--and we see this in his work. Jiang's colors are of unsurpassed richness. A colorist, Jiang's intention was to reverse the trend of the stale Chinese tradition of painting in gray, black, and white. Jiang says: "Chinese art had reached a sick level due to its lack of color." Jiang's credo is: "Long live the Line!" He is a genius at using line to give the illusion of depth to a flat two-dimensional surface--almost like an x-ray. Jiang's paintings are like cubism: by using superb drawing he creates transparency, and thus he reveals more than one level of reality in each painting. Jiang is a storyteller. His paintings are steeped in Buddhist and Chinese mythology. Each figure has a symbolic meaning. The paintings have so much complexity and visual fascination that the viewer is constantly seeing something new. Jiang says "For every picture there is a story, and for every story there is a picture."But above all, the cave art was an indigenous Chinese tradition, a tradition that gave the artists similar freedoms to those won by the artists in the west, but at the same time it was a tradition that the artists could freely pursue without fear of being accused of being Anti-Chinese. The traditional mythic themes and images, and the rhythmic flow of the cave art have found their way over and over again into paintings of Jiang and the other "Yunnan School" artists.The influence of the Dunguang imagery and style combined with European Cubist influences, such as the use of transparent washes of colors to allow for a multileveled view of reality, characterize Jiang's work to this day.Jiang would also incorporate many of these traditional Chinese folkloric images into his art. Jiang's PopularityWhat is the secret of Jiang's popularity?Jiang's colors are of unsurpassed richness. A colorist, Jiang's intention was to reverse the trend of the stale Chinese tradition of painting in gray, black, and white. Jiang says: "Chinese art had reached a sick level due to its lack of color."Jiang's use of imagery. As noted above, Jiang is a storyteller. His paintings are steeped in Buddhist and Chinese mythology. Each figure has a symbolic meaning. The paintings have so much complexity and visual fascination that the viewer is constantly seeing something new. Jiang says "For every picture there is a story, and for every story there is a picture."Jiang's vision has continued to grow and expand. Probably because of his personal experience in two cultures he has increasingly seen the world as a single system, as a meeting place of diverse forces. This is reflected in the number of environmental and ecologic themes which have recently begun appearing in his work, notably in such pieces as "Nature Suite," "Genesis," "Lovers Trees," and "My World."The secret and essence of Jiang's work is best expressed by the artist himself:"An artist is not a photographer; my work is my understanding of life. It is difficult for me to remember what distances I have traveled, how many mountains I have climbed, how many rivers I have crossed, and how many villages I have passed through. I can only recall the countless joyous moments and hardships of the past years from the many pictures I have painted. My deep love of the colorful earth and for Xishuangbanna, a region of the Yunnan Province, has encouraged me to explore and create unceasingly. Such a mysterious land blessed with unique beauty offers innumerable subjects to be painted. My paintings are not only pictures: they are also music and poetry that is bewitching, sweet dreams that are being dreamed."

Vintage ALVA STUDIOS BRASS AZTEC GOD BROOCH, , measures approx 1.5 in x 1.5 in mwf2123

Artist: Richard D'AmoreTitle: South Carolina ShoreMedium: Lithograph on paper * Size of paper: 15 1/2 x 28 inches Publisher: Haddad's Fine ArtsDate: 2002Condition: Excellent

A wonderful Black and White Hand Colored Lithograph numbered and signed in the plate!

Here is a natural cabochon star ruby weighing 41.30 carats. It is of high quality with excellent luster and has a purplish color. A six rayed star is visible when under direct light. *

Chuncky High Fashion Beaded Necklace and Earring Set, necklace measures 18 in, expands to 21 inches. Earrings are approx 1.5 inches length. Mwf2235

Artist: Jennifer Hollack Title: Missing Key IIMedium: Lithograph on paper * Size of paper: 27 x 32 inches Publisher: Phoenix Art GroupDate: 2003Condition: Excellent

Artist: Theo TobiasseTitle: Tobiasse 6Signature: Signed by the artistMedium: Lithograph with Embossing on Arches paperSize: 40.5" x 27.5"Edition: Limited, numberedCondition: ExcellentBiography * The art of Theo Tobiasse (1927- ) reflects a lifetime of struggle and a sense of survival that stems from his experiences as a Jew growing up in Paris during World War II. To escape severe economic conditions his family settled in Paris, France in 1931. During the German occupation of France, Tobiasse and his family survived by going into hiding for two years living in total isolation and darkness. It is this sense of survival and the joy of that realization that typifies Tobiasse's work. * His work reflects many themes including elements of his childhood memories, Jewish history, Biblical themes, and women. Since devoting his time to painting. His paintings have been described as having a purposely naive style with comparisons to Marc Chagall. * *

"The most gratifying feeling I experienced as I entered my nineties came from the immediate success of my sculpture collection, and the realization that I have touched the lives of so many art collectors who otherwise might never have know this phase of my work. " -Erte Born Remain de Tirtoff in imperial St. Petersburg, Erte derived his pen name from the French pronunciation of his initials "R.T." Over a long and distinguished career, he had a major influence on the style and design of the 20th Century.At age 19, Erte left home and moved to Paris where he gained employment with the esteemed coutur-ier Poiret. Shortly thereafter, he began the 22-year pursuit which would make him famous: creating cover art and illustrations for the magazine Harper's Bazaar. It was here that his distinctive Art Deco-style emerged.During his prolific years at Harper's, Erte designed 250 covers and numerous drawings for its pages and diversified into a variety of other artistic activities. After a fling in Hollywood designing for extravagant silent films including Ben Hur, Erte left the magazine to create sets and costumes for theater and opera. For the next 40 years, he dressed an extraordinary roster of opera, stage and screen stars, including Mary Garden, Josephine Baker, Marion Davies, Lillian Gish. Mata Hari and Anna Pavlova. These achievements earned him the title "Father of Art Deco".In 1967 the Metropolitan Museum of Art purchased and exhibited a collection of some 200 Erte gouaches. Shows in London followed, bringing Erte even more recognition. His success at these exhibitions was summarized by the noted London Sunday Times art critic John Russell (later of the New York Times) who wrote, "If Michelangelo were to come back from the dead he could hardly have greater or more eulogious publicity than has been accorded to Erte."At age 75, Erte began to create limited edition serigraphs based on his designs. This medium allowed a wider audience to enjoy his work and helped satisfy popular demand for these images. International success in this endeavor led him to expand his work to a variety of materials, most notably bronze.The influence of Erie's style and the demand for his art live on. His work belongs to prestigious museum collections throughout the world, most notably the Smithsonian, The Victoria and Albert Museum (London). New York's Metropolitan Museum and The Museum of Modern Art. Many books have been published on the artist's life and work, including Erte at Ninef^-Five: The Complete New Graphics [The Extended Edition] and Erte-The Last Works.

Set of 6 French Laguiole steak knives with stainless steel handles designed by Jean Dubost with its "Authenticity Certificate". DUBOST COLAS PRADEL was created in 1920, by Pierre DUBOST and his wife Marcelle COLAS PRADEL.Dubost Colas Pradel is situated in Viscomtat, a mountain village 15km from Thiers, the capital of french cutlery.Ever since its foundation in 1920 by Pierre Dubost and his wife Marcelle Colas Pradel, the company has passed down a family tradition of fine workmanship and high quality products.It is now in the hands of the third (Philippe Dubost) and the fourth (Alexandre Dubost) generations.The company has grown in notoriety due to being attentive to the changing needs of consumers, and its faithful presence at international fairs since 1962.Since its creation Dubost Colas Pradel has been in a perpetual development.Despite having started in a small workshop, production grew rapidly under the inspiration of Jean Dubost, the founder's son, who gave his name to the famous flatware line and the world renowned kitchen knives.Quality is an integral part of the company policy.Products are quality controlled at each step of production, with care to assure good workmanship, in order to provide consumers with pleasure and the assurance of long lasting use.Ref #97600

This is a beautiful etching, after Rembrandt, by master engraver Amand Durand. Titled "THE GOOD SAMARITAN" (year of original 1633)Measurements: image size is 9.5" x 8" Paper size is: 19" x 15". Comes with a certificate of authenticity. Ref. #90 according to the British Catalogue, circa 1797, is a hand pulled-ETCHING from the AUTHENTIC & Original copper Rembrandt plates by Armand-Durand (1831-1905) overseen by Art World Industries, inc. This piece is in excellent condition, and has never been framed.Rembrandt was born in 1606 in Leiden , Holland . Before his 30th birthday, the name Rembrandt had become synonymous with artistic excellence. The Dutch master was known worldwide for his highly prized series of classical etchings. These images are known for their delicacy of tone and intricacy of detail. To raise funds in 1657, Rembrandt sold the plates at an auction of his entire estate to a prestigious European family with the expressed stipulation that not even one of the etchings could be printed until a full 100 years had passed after his death. The family faithfully honored the binding agreement. Owing to their great popularity and soft metallurgical consistency, the original plates became worn by the mid 1800's. To save these genius-inspired works, Amand Durand, a master engraver, born in France in 1831, spent the major part of his career exactly duplicating the genius of Rembrandt onto hard, lasting copper plates. Art historians and critics have been stunned by the incredible quality Durand achieved through his own technical genius. Historical references indicate that Armand Durand's amazing skills were well known to expert of the 19th and early 20th centuries. Many esteemed art critics and curators feel that Durand's works not only do great justice to Rembrandt's original concepts but subtly improve on the legendary Dutch master in a technical sense. Amand -Durand was a great admirer of Rembrandt. He desired to study the plates and techniques of this genius. Unfortunately at the time there only remained about 100 known plates, which were available to produce fine quality impressions. For 100 years the bulk of Rembrandt's plates were shrouded in mystery. As time moved on some of Rembrandt's plates began to surface. By this time Rembrandt's plates were miserably worn and dull. Amand-Durand, who by now had made the ranks of a noted engraver, decided to remedy this with his own gifted talents. He researched and intensely studied pieces that were available only in collections. From here on he spent the major part of his life exactly duplicating Rembrandt's images onto copper plates. These recreations were called Amand-Durand's after Rembrandt. Their unbelievable clarity and exactness were achieved because Amand-Durand used as his guide, not the worn and dull plates, but the first and second state etchings of the master's original works. By this time Durand's talent were known to experts of the 19th and 20th centuries. In 1855, Conservator of the Cabinet de Estampes, George Duplessis so appreciated the genius of this man that he had his work published in books which belong to the Bibliotheque Nationale in France. Amand-Durand was used as master etcher in an anthology of European engravings, which became so valuable that they were kept under locked scrutiny in most libraries. What we have is a noted master duplicating a master some 200 years later. Soon after Amand-Durand's death in 1905, his original copper plates were obtained by the prestigious French book publishing family, DOMINIQUE VINCENT et Cie. They mainly published the work for book illustrations to the Bibliotheque Nationale and the Louvre Museum as beautiful exact duplications of Rembrandt's etchings. Sporadically they sold to private parties interested in this unique creation. It was this reproducing that caused hushed rumor that spread throughout the entire art world. It was discreetly rumored among noted art circles, that in the early 1900's numerous Amand Durand after Rembrandt etchings found their way into famous collections much to the dismay of many. This was the rumor until 1985. An American art dealer doing research on the availability of Rembrandt etchings came across some so questionably perfect that he decided to research even further. Fierce studying proved that these were in fact Amand-Durand etchings that had been rumored and gossiped about for so many years. Completely aware of what information he and come across and the problems that developed when they were placed in the wrong hands, he resolved to locate the original copper plates. This took quite some time. However with unbelievable resourcefulness he was able to locate the Dominique Vincent family who had been completely unaware of the stories that were inadvertently created with these prints. The Bibliotheque Nationale and the Louvre Museum in Paris had been acquiring these etchings to allow the French to see the unimaginable story behind them. The American dealer purchased all 348 original copper plates. This allowed the American public to also see this unimaginable story of how a noted artisan through his talent and dedication for the great master Rembrandt, created effects of such quality that the repercussions were felt throughout the entire art world for many, many years. Over a century after Amand-Durand painstakingly recreated Rembrandt's etching, the benefits of his devotion to quality and beauty are again felt throughout the art world. The piece was made from the re-worked original copper plate by Amand Durand in the late 1800s. It is absolutely beautiful!

Khemosabi+++ is the most favorite Arabian Ever. Done in1985 is an Original Serigraph. 36 x 24. It is limited numbered Impressions. There are 300 numbered impressions 50AP 9PPSigned by The Artist.  

Old green & brown galzed plate (French Majolica/ Barbotine faience) probably from the famous manufacture of North East France "Sarreguemines", circa 1920. The subject is Saint Joan of Arc, nicknamed "The Maid of Orléans" (French: Jeanne d'Arc), is considered a national heroine of France and a Catholic saint. In good condition (a little chip on the edge as you can see on photo). We ship from Texas, not from France.

DESIGNER CHRISTIAN DIOR Rhinestone Dainty Clip On Petite Designer Earrings, Signed, measures apprx 9/16in x 3/8in

Retro Stylish Swarovski Crystal Butterfly Brooch, measures approx 3.75 in length by 2.75 width mwf2066

DescriptionThis is a magnificent piece. Handmade paper as well as painting in the piece. Signed..It is a monoprint meaning this is the only 1 in the world. This is done with Hand Made paper. Colmans work is all over the world in many private collections

Here is a natural cabochon star ruby weighing 53.60 carats. It is of high quality with excellent luster and has a purplish color. A six rayed star is visible when under direct light.

Runway ~GIVENCHY Paris New York~ Double Hoop Designer Earrings. Measure 1.5IN in length and 1IN wide, Showy, Elegant, Large gold plate doubleloop fashion earrings.

A very nice French faience earthenware/ terracotta large platter made by the artist Roullet Renoleau (4th generation of artist). He studied at the famous Faience School in Limoges (France). This piece of pottery was hand-made and hand-painted by the artist (He signed each piece, you can see on the photo). For your information, the antique Renoleau faience is highly collectible in France. Lovely piece for your collection or for the decoration of your home! Excellent condition (no chips, no cracks) We ship from Texas (not from France)! h-2"/ w-17.75"/ d-12.75"

Splendid Golden Tiger Eye Necklace Measures approx 20 inches. Mwf2242

STUNNING UNHEATED 0.62ct PEAR NATURAL GREENISH BLUE SAPPHIRE

Another mixed media piece by Coleman. 32x40

The Artist by Picasso Numbered Giclee 20x26Hand Embellished on Canvas

American Artist Max Karp is one of the few contemporary painters to use enamel for his artistic work. He is internationally acclaimed as the father of modern enameling. His place in art history is assured, both because of his enormous talent and the fact that he has perfected unique processes, which allow the creation of museum-quality, kiln-fired collectibles. A self-taught artist, Karp was born in Ohio in 1916 and raised in California. He lives in Southern California. Karp began painting by recording in his oils various species of birds and insects for his father who was an ornithologist/entomologist. In the mid-1960's, Karp became interested in the enamel process. Beginning on a small scale, he taught himself the enamel technique and later experimented with the large paintings in enamel for which he is best known. During the last decade, Karp's enamel paintings have received critical recognition. In 1970 Hamilton Mint commissioned Karp to produce four paintings of the seasons of the year, which were then issued as a limited edition of plates on precious metal. In 1980 Karp's 20 x 24-inch enamel portrait of Beverly Sills was presented to the American Queen of Opera following her final performance on full-length opera. In addition, numerous private art collectors, including Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Happy Rockefeller and Sarah Churchill, have acquired works by Max Karp for their collections.

Very nice old French chandelier Louis XV style with 3 lights, mid.1900's. Very good condition! A small part of France in your home. h-12"/ w-14"/ d-14"We ship from Texas (not from France)!

Artist: Hiro Yamagata Title: Rainbow Medium: Original Serigraph Year:1983 Edition Size: 470 Artist's Proofs: 1-50/50 Prnter's Proofs: 1-10/10 Printer: Accent Studios, Los Angeles Publisher: Martin Lawrence Limited Editions, Inc. Van Nuys, CA

"The most gratifying feeling I experienced as I entered my nineties came from the immediate success of my sculpture collection, and the realization that I have touched the lives of so many art collectors who otherwise might never have know this phase of my work. " -Erte Born Remain de Tirtoff in imperial St. Petersburg, Erte derived his pen name from the French pronunciation of his initials "R.T." Over a long and distinguished career, he had a major influence on the style and design of the 20th Century.At age 19, Erte left home and moved to Paris where he gained employment with the esteemed coutur-ier Poiret. Shortly thereafter, he began the 22-year pursuit which would make him famous: creating cover art and illustrations for the magazine Harper's Bazaar. It was here that his distinctive Art Deco-style emerged.During his prolific years at Harper's, Erte designed 250 covers and numerous drawings for its pages and diversified into a variety of other artistic activities. After a fling in Hollywood designing for extravagant silent films including Ben Hur, Erte left the magazine to create sets and costumes for theater and opera. For the next 40 years, he dressed an extraordinary roster of opera, stage and screen stars, including Mary Garden, Josephine Baker, Marion Davies, Lillian Gish. Mata Hari and Anna Pavlova. These achievements earned him the title "Father of Art Deco".In 1967 the Metropolitan Museum of Art purchased and exhibited a collection of some 200 Erte gouaches. Shows in London followed, bringing Erte even more recognition. His success at these exhibitions was summarized by the noted London Sunday Times art critic John Russell (later of the New York Times) who wrote, "If Michelangelo were to come back from the dead he could hardly have greater or more eulogious publicity than has been accorded to Erte."At age 75, Erte began to create limited edition serigraphs based on his designs. This medium allowed a wider audience to enjoy his work and helped satisfy popular demand for these images. International success in this endeavor led him to expand his work to a variety of materials, most notably bronze.The influence of Erie's style and the demand for his art live on. His work belongs to prestigious museum collections throughout the world, most notably the Smithsonian, The Victoria and Albert Museum (London). New York's Metropolitan Museum and The Museum of Modern Art. Many books have been published on the artist's life and work, including Erte at Ninef^-Five: The Complete New Graphics [The Extended Edition] and Erte-The Last Works.

Swarovski Crystal Skull Pendant Necklace mwf2301

Unique Multicolor Swarovski Crystalv Floral Brooch / Pendant, Measures approx 3.35in by 2in MWF2380

Blue Serpent Clock Faberge Egg, Dimensions: 6in (H) X 2in (W), Material: Pewter, Enamel, Crystals, The Blue Serpent Clock Egg is made of varicolored gold, diamonds and translucent royal blue and opalescent white enamel. Designed as a clock in the S?vres tradition, this Egg is a beautiful example of Faberge's use of the quatre couleur technique in gold. Around the shaft supporting the Egg, a diamond-set serpent is coiled, the head and tongue pointing to the hour. The famed Faberge eggs are jeweled eggs, often with the most ornate, minuscule designs on them. The House of Faberge made the original pieces from 1885 to 1917. At that time, they became popular gifts given during the Easter season. Larger versions were made for the Russian royal family, including Alexander III and Nicolas II. Of these, 42 of the 50 originals exist today. Most Faberge eggs, though, were much smaller and hung from a chain around the neck. These eggs have precious metals on them or gemstone decorations, often with intricate detailing. These are a symbol of luxury and thought of as individual masterpieces.

Delicate Faberge Inspired Red Rose Jewelry Box adorned with Swarovski Crystals. Measures: 4 inches in length, 3.5 inches in width and 6 inches high.

Swarovski Crystal Floral Design Pendant / Brooch, measures approx 2.3 in wide by 2.3 in long MWF2359

Set of 5 antique Resin pots from Landes(Southwestern France) These clay pots were used, in the 1800's (made between early 1800's to mid.1800), to collect resin from pine-trees. Pine resin was collected manually by resiniers, who 'hurt' or damaged the pine tree trunk so that it 'bleeds'. The raw resin, which of itself has little commercial use, was then distilled to produce two products: turpentine, and rosin (colophane in French). In some parts of Southwestern France, resin-tapping had been done since the Middle Ages and before. Size: about h-5"/ diam-5.5" Because the clay pots were hand-made in mid.1800's, each one is unique (the photos enclosed are to show samples...possible little difference in shape and colors). Due to their age, none will be in brand new condition. Sometimes, there are OLD chips but they are antique pots (not reproduction) which have wear and tear due to their age. Can be used for topiaries, plants, potpourri, decoration, etc. A small part of France in your home! This price is for THE SET of 5 pots For the shipping...we ship from Texas (not from France)!

Here is an antique French book (wrote in French) dated 1802 as you can see on page #2. Subject: "Beaux Exemples de Piete Filiale et de Concorde Fraternelle", history of famous children and life of Joan of Arc by Anne-François-Joachim Fréville which was "un homme de lettres français" 1749-1832. This book was printed in Paris. Leather cover, 478 pages. Condition: Fair (or less) condition for its age (a few pages missing at end of the book)! h-7"/ w-4"/ d-1.5" We ship from Texas (not from France)

Artist: Hiro Yamagata Title: Winter Day Medium: Original Serigraph Year:1989 Size: 19" by 35 1/2"

This French mixing bowl (the legendary French tian) was used in a French farmhouse from Alsace, Eastern France in late 1800's. It was used for several years in French kitchens for washing dishes or cooking. Made from terra cotta, it was also used for double-duty as an oven bowl. No chips, parts of glaze missing inside the bowl (but it is a very old bowl used for a very long time!!!), no cracks. h: 4.5"/ diameter: 11". You can see that this bowl was glazed on the inside and outside for ease of cleaning. Good condition for its age! We ship from Texas (not from France).#ALSPOTBOWL1

VINTAGE MULTICOLOR RHINESTONE BUTTERFLY BROOCH / PIN, Measures approx 1 in x 2 in mwf8082

Artist: John Douglas Title: Shining Through IMedium: Lithograph on paper * Size of paper: 27 x 27 1/2 inches Publisher: Phoenix Art GroupDate: 2003Condition: Excellent

Victorian Royal Lady and Greyhound, After F. Priess, Bronze Sculpture, 18"H x 8"D x 11"W 24 lbs This bronze sculpture was produced using the "Lost Wax" casting method. The"Lost Wax" Cast method is the most precise metal casting technique in existence, ensuring exquisite detail of the original host model which is usually sculpted in clay or wax. This "Lost Wax" casting method is an extremely labor intensive and expensive process, but the end results produce a Heirloom Quality Masterpiece!

Itzchak Tarkay was born in 1935 in Subotica on the Yugoslav-Hungarian border. Towards the end of World War II, Tarkay was sent with his family to the Mathausen concentration camp by the Nazis. Tarkay was only nine years old at this time. Tarkay's family survived and returned home after the war and Itzchak developed a keen interest in art, He won a prize for excellence in painting while still in school in Subotica. In 1949 Tarkay and his family immigrated to Israel and were sent to the transit camp for new arrivals at Beer Yaakov.The next two years were spent in a Kibbutz. In 1951 Tarkay received a scholarship to the Bezalel Art Academy where he studied for one year before he had to leave due to difficult financial circumstances at home. In order to continue his scholarship, Tarkay was allowed to study under the artist Schwartzman until his mobilization in the Israeli Army. After his service term ended, Tarkay returned to his familiar environment in Tel Aviv and enrolled in the Avni Institute of Art, which he completed in 1956.Today, Itzchak Tarkay is one of the most popular and loved artists in the world. A modern master, very much alive and very much in the moment, Tarkay draws upon the entire realm of art history in a body of work that is not only aesthetically agreeable and compositionally seductive, but a cultural phenomenon responsible for countless love letters, innumerable nights of passion and incalculable furtive glances - the very substance of visual poetry.As a successor to the giants of art history in popularity, Tarkay's graceful personal iconography has generated over a hundred million dollars of sales in a decade during which the art market can be generously described as unstable. While the dollar value of art should, in a perfect world, have no bearing on the aesthetic value of creativity, Tarkay's acceptance by serious art collectors despite that at that time the relatively low prices were charged for his originals and limited editions, all of this must be noted. What chord does this man strike in the common thread that weaves through our universal consciousness? Tarkay's roots as a painter take hold in the decisive years of modern art. The bright colors and flat patterns build on the paths forged by Matisse, Mouly, and the Fauves. Like Picasso and Tobiasse, the sculptural grows stronger than the pictorial. Tarkay constructs a perspective and then takes it away. The paintings go through an abstract transformation, the perspective dissolves into colors and shapes, her face remains, and the world reconstructs around her. She is the natural woman - satisfied, calm, and serene. With closed eyes, her blue eyelids open onto a different world. She is floating, peaceful. There is an ancient mystery in the work of Tarkay that must be discovered for oneself. This is what Tarkay's paintings achieve. Tarkay's fertile female form is a timeless enigma. The poses that Tarkay's figures manifest are every bit as classical as The Winged Victory or Venus de Milo. Tarkay dives deep into history, and brings up pearls for our times. The quality of his line is organic, the quality of his woman, his art, is magic. Visit American Fine Art to see Tarkay's most unique collection of paintings, mixed media and original serigraphs.

Large French hand-painted bowl with brown, green & yellow glazed (French Majolica/ Barbotine faience) made and signed by the famous manufacture of Saint Clement, North East France, circa 1950. You can see the sign "Peint main" (for hand-painted) at the bottom part. In perfect condition (no chips, no cracks). h-3.75"/ w-20.25"/ d-7.5" We ship from Texas, not from France.

Beautiful hand made Glass Syrup Pitcher.Hand made by Fenton Glass Co. made in USAPitcher is approx. 5 inches tall.Aqua Marine Blue hand made Syrup Pitcher.Hard to find in any store or antique shop.Fenton Tag with Pitcher, New !

Large Red African Ruby349 Cararts of pure beauty.Oval shaped and well facetedestimated value of $2500start auction bidding at less than $ 1.50 a carat.

A fine art casting"Coming Through the Rye" was Frederic Remington's most ambitious sculpture. It depicts a group of four cowboys on running horses, the men shouting and shooting pistols into the air. Whether the "Rye" in the title refers to the plains' grasses or the variety of whiskey is anyone's guess!In 1989, a set of 23-part set of plaster molds were purchased from the son of Eric Heikka, an artist and friend of Frederic Remington. These molds still had waxes within them, which we carefully removed and restored over a period of several months. While we cannot say whether these waxes date from the period of Remington's original castings of this piece, there is no doubt that the castings from these molds are exceptionally fine. Our "Coming Through the Rye" is available in a limited edition of 100 bronze castings, each individually numbered and recorded. The artwork is signed "Frederic Remington" in the bronze, stands 29" high by 30" wide by 25.5" deep, and weighs a hefty 262 lbs. It is mounted onto a marble base.

Huge 4.5 inch Black Swarovski Crystal Floral Design Brooch mwf2309

Here is Louis Philippe table with 2 drop leaves, made during Napoleon III reign, 2nd Empire by a French cabinet maker in the Late.1800's. I bought this piece in South West of France (well known in France for the quality of the antique country pieces). Good condition! One leg is not exactly upright (you can see on photos #3...left side if you take your glasses) but very stable and sturdy. h-27.5"/ w-39"/ d/37"We ship from Texas (not from France).

Artist: Olivier KosovskyTitle: Fluo FlowerMedium: Lithograph on paper * Size of paper: 27 1/2 x 27 1/2 inches Publisher: Nouvellesimages, FranceDate: 2002Condition: Excellent

HIGHLY COLLECTIBLE FAIENCE FROM FRANCE. Faience box with its lid. You can see on photo #4 insciption "La Faiencerie, peint main"...for "hand-painted" + signature of the French artist. A little part of France in your home. Fair condition (2 chips at bottom lid). For the shipping...don't worry, we ship from Texas (not from France). h-2.25"/ w-3"/ d-3"

Title: First Day of Fall Artist: Hiro Yamagata Medium: Original Serigraph Size: 33" by 38" Year: 1989

Here is a wondeful set of 9 antique French books (wrote in French) dated 1807 by Louis Pierre Anquetil (1723-1808). Louis Pierre Anquetil was a famous historian during the First Empire. At the request of Emperor Napoleon, he wrote the French History. The subject of these books is "Precis de l'Histoire universelle"...The French history. Originally, it was a set of 10 books (the #9 is missing) Condition: Some books are in good condition and other ones in fair (or less) condition. 7" x 4.25" x 1.5"We ship from Texas (not from France)

Artist: Bryan Martin Title: BalanceMedium: Lithograph on paper * Size of paper: 22 x 22 inches Publisher: Haddad's Fine ArtsDate: 2002Condition: Excellent

Here is a wonderful French Wine Bottle Demijohn carboy used in late 1800's to early 1900's in a vineyard of Bordeaux region. This Vintage 15" Round Wine Bottle features beautiful wavy glass with bubbles in it, and a fairly large opening at the top. This is a very cool Wine Bottle that would make a great decorator item in many areas, especially your home bar or kitchen! Excellent/Mint Condition No Chips or Cracks Wine Bottle Height = 15" (approx) Bottle Width = 11" (approx) We ship from Texas (not from France)

Signed illegibly lower right. From a Rhode Island estate. Dimensions: 12" high x 9" wide

Artist: Hoovier Title: Venetian Dreams IMedium: Lithograph on paper * Size of paper: 20 x 38 inches Publisher: Haddad's Fine ArtsDate: 2003Condition: Excellent

Artist: Suzie Vuong Title: Window in the Tropics IIMedium: Lithograph on paper * Size of paper: 21 x 27 1/2 inches Publisher: Haddad's Fine ArtsDate: 2001Condition: Excellent

Limoges Tea Pot & Warmer w/Insert Candle Holder, Burgundy w/Romantic Period Couple Pictured, 11"T

Joan of Arc, After Steiner, Bronze Sculpture, 16"H x 5 1/2"L x 5 1/2 D 14 lbs. This bronze sculpture was produced using the "Lost Wax" casting method. The"Lost Wax" Cast method is the most precise metal casting technique in existence, ensuring exquisite detail of the original host model which is usually sculpted in clay or wax. This "Lost Wax" casting method is an extremely labor intensive and expensive process, but the end results produce a Heirloom Quality Masterpiece!

Vintage ALVA STUDIOS BRASS RABBIT BROOCH, measures approx 1.5 in x 1.5 in mwf2122

Here is a wonderful cushion pillow cover "Da Vinci flowers" made by the famous French Parisian Company J. Pansu (supplier for the museums and monuments in France). Size: 18" x 18". This cushion covers a new! J.Pansu is much more than just a trademark. It is the name of a man who founded the company in 1878. Since then, they perpetuate with great passion the art of weaving as characterized by many different stitches, among them the famous Halluin stitch, the Loiselles stitch, the "Gobelins" type stitch and more recently, the Meurins stitch. With the 4th generation of this family, the story goes on... More than 125 years of tradition and "Know-How". Today, J Pansu offers all art lovers a very complete range of cushion covers. The fourth generation of the Pansu family - Séverine, Alain and Eric - has now taken over the helm, taking on new developments, dedicated to extending the influence of a family business which is celebrating its 125th year of existence. In 1994, J. Pansu launched a collection of Home Accessories (cushions.) created in its mill of Flanders by the "best craftsmen in France" who perpewtuate the art of weaving on jacquard looms. These collections combine the tradition of tapestry and museum derived productstho the modernity of young designers.

HUGE 4.5inch Swarovski Crystal Phoenix Drop Brooch, adorned with glistening clear and two tone green Swarovski crystals MWF2360

Here is a natural cabochon star ruby weighing 13.70 carats. It is of high quality with excellent luster and has a purplish color. A six rayed star is visible when under direct light. *

Here is a very nice French Farm table-desk with one drawer and curved legs, in very good condition (Circa 1850). This piece was made of fruitwood by a French cabinet maker from Eastern France. You can use as a TABLE or as a VERY NICE DESK! In very good condition and gorgeous patina! For the shipping...don't worry, we ship from Texas (not from France)!H-30.25/ W-42.25/ D-31.5

Vintage 80s Style Enamel and Gold Tone Necklace, necklace measures approx 18 inches. MWF2317

Artist: Howard BehrensTitle: Bellagio Panel IIMedium: Lithograph on paper * Size of paper: 14 x 38 inches Publisher: Rinehart Fine ArtsDate: 2003Condition: Excellent

American in Paris, 1986 Original Serigraph, 35" by 28" Screen: Destroyed Artist: Hiro Yamagata Title:American in Paris Medium: Original Serigraph Year: 1986 Size: 35" by 28" unframed Paper: Arches Coventry No. of Colors: 73 Total Edition Size: 507 Artist's Proofs: 1-50/50 Printer's Proofs: 1-10/10 Museum: 1-25/25 Printer: Studio Heinrici Ltd,. New York Publisher: Martin Lawrence Limited Editions, Inc. Van Nuys, CA

Lovely Vintage Style Swarovski Crystal Floral Brooch / Pendant, measures approx 3.75 inches MWF2374

Highly collectible old piece of pottery from Alsace (Eastern France). This charming little Alsatian tureen with its lid was made in the very early 1900's. This green "terre vernissee", or glazed pottery, with its decorative flowers, comes from the village of Soufflenheim. A little part of France in your home. No cracks, VERY small chips. h-4.75"/ w-6"/ d-5" Good condition! We ship from Texas (not from France).

Pablo Picasso Pablo Picasso was born in South Spain in Malaga. Malaga is a scenic city on the shore of the Mediterranean Sea. His father, Don José Ruiz Blasco and mother, Doña Maria Picasso y Lopez lived modestly. His father was a painter and naturally, Pablo was exposed to art and the creation of it, very early on in life. The first ten years of Pablo's life was spent in Málaga. The family was poor, and when two other children were born Lola (Dolorès) in 1884 and Concepción (Conchita) in 1887 it put pressure on Don to find a higher paying position. When Don José was offered a better-paid job, he accepted it immediately, and the Picassos moved to the provincial capital of La Corua, Galicia and and he studied art with his father at the Fine Arts at La Corua. In 1900 he moved to Barcelona. At that time Barcelona was home to many intellectuals and artists. Picasso headed into what now is referred to as the "blue period" (1901-1904), marked by the blue tonalities in his paintings as he shuffled back and forth from Paris to Barcelona. In 1905 Picasso moved to Paris and met George Braque. His style also took on a new look. Pinks and Grays were some recognizable color scheme of this period now known as the "rose period". In 1907 Picasso painted "Les Demoiselles d' Avignon". This is considered to be one his most important works not only of his life but in 20th century art. In 1909 just before his introduction to the U.S. Pablo began to develop his cubism style in several of his works. Picasso had his first exhibition in the U.S. at Photo - Section Gallery in New York (1911). Soon after this Picasso began to work in college and in 1914 he went to Rome to work as a designer. He worked with Sergey Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes. In 1915 Picasso met his wife, Olga, who was then a dancer. Olga Koklova became the subject of several of his paintings. The next 10 years of his life was spent designing theater sets and painting in Cubism, Classical, and Surrealism. From 1929 to 1931 he worked on a large quantity of graphic illustrations and he pioneered wrought iron sculpture with Julio Gonzalez, a good friend of his. In 1935 his daughter Maria Therese was borne. She later became the model for one of my all time favorite paintings "Girl Before the Mirror". In this painting a girl sees herself imperfectly and through Picassos use of color and his use of the reflected image, one can gain a look into the emotion of the "Girl Before the Mirror." If you have not sat and looked at this painting, you might want to consider doing so.a true masterpiece. In 1937 the world was becoming entangled by Nazi attacks. Picasso responded with his great anti-war painting "Guernica," a very powerful and disturbing portrayal of man. Death became a major subject in most of his work from 1939 to 1945. Francois Gilot became Picasso's liason during the 1940's. She borne him two children and she also appeared in many of his works from that time period. Jacqueline Roque, whom he met in 1953 and married in 1961 was his last companions to be portrayed in his art. Most of his time in the 50's was spent in southern France. He unveiled "Head of a Woman" for Chicago 's Civic Center in 1967. Towards the end of his life Picasso created 347 engravings with themes of the circus, bullfights, and love. He died April 8th in 1973. Picasso was one of the few artists to be appreciated and celebrated during his lifetime. He loved life and celebrated the beauty of it and he made a good living doing what he loved. Les Demoiselles d'Avignon is one of the most important works in the genesis of modern art. The painting depicts five naked prostitutes in a brothel; two of them push aside curtains around the space where the other women strike seductive and erotic poses-but their figures are composed of flat, splintered planes rather than rounded volumes, their eyes are lopsided or staring or asymmetrical, and the two women at the right have threatening masks for heads. The space, too, which should recede, comes forward in jagged shards, like broken glass. In the still life at the bottom, a piece of melon slices the air like a scythe. The faces of the figures at the right are influenced by African masks, which Picasso assumed had functioned as magical protectors against dangerous spirits: this work, he said later, was his "first exorcism painting." A specific danger he had in mind was life-threatening sexual disease, a source of considerable anxiety in Paris at the time; earlier sketches for the painting more clearly link sexual pleasure to mortality. In its brutal treatment of the body and its clashes of color and style (other sources for this work include ancient Iberian statuary and the work of Paul Cézanne), Les Demoiselles d'Avignon marks a radical break from traditional composition and perspective. With Les Demoiselles d'Avignon, the Spanish painter Pablo Picasso offends the Paris art scene in 1907. Showing his eight-foot-square canvas to a group of painters, patrons, and art critics at his studio, Picasso meets with almost unanimous shock, distaste, and outrage. The painter Matisse is angered by the work, which he considers a hoax, an attempt to paint the fourth dimension. "It was the ugliness of the faces that froze with horror the half-converted," the critic Salmon writes later. The painter Derain comments wryly, "One day we shall find Pablo has hanged himself behind his great canvas." In the months leading up to the painting's creation, Picasso struggles with the subject -- five women in a brothel. He creates more than 100 sketches and preliminary paintings, wrestling with the problem of depicting three-dimensional space in a two -dimensional picture plane. The original composition includes two men -- a patron surrounded by the women, and a medical student holding a skull, perhaps symbolizing that "the wages of sin are death." In the final composition, the patron is gone and the medical student -- who has been called a stand-in for the painter himself -- has become a fifth woman with a primitive mask, holding back the crimson curtain to reveal her "sisters." The painting is described as a battleground, with the remains of the battle left on the canvas. The Iberian women in the center of the canvas clash with the hideously masked creatures standing and squatting on the right. In creating Les Demoiselles d'Avignon, Picasso turns his back on middle-class society and the traditional values of the time, opting for the sexual freedom depicted in a brothel. He also rejects popular current movements in painting by choosing line drawing rather than the color- and light-defined forms of Impressionism and the Fauves. The painter's private demons take shape in the figures on the canvas. Picasso later calls Les Demoiselles d'Avignon "my first exorcism painting." He likens the act of painting to that of creating fetishes, or weapons: "If we give spirits a form, we become independent." The originality of Picasso's vision and execution in Les Demoiselles d'Avignon help plant the seeds for cubism, the widely acclaimed and revolutionary art movement that he and painter Georges Braque develop in years to come. After its initial showing, the painting remains largely unseen for 39 years. It is shown at the Galerie d'Antin in Paris in 1916, then lies rolled up in Picasso's studio until it is bought in the early 1920s by Jacques Doucet, sight unseen. It is reproduced in the publication La Revolution Surrealiste in 1925, but remains relatively unknown until 1937, when it is shown at the Petit Palais in Paris. The Museum of Modern Art in New York buys it soon afterwards, and in later years it becomes a prized part of the collection.

"The most gratifying feeling I experienced as I entered my nineties came from the immediate success of my sculpture collection, and the realization that I have touched the lives of so many art collectors who otherwise might never have know this phase of my work. " -Erte Born Remain de Tirtoff in imperial St. Petersburg, Erte derived his pen name from the French pronunciation of his initials "R.T." Over a long and distinguished career, he had a major influence on the style and design of the 20th Century.At age 19, Erte left home and moved to Paris where he gained employment with the esteemed coutur-ier Poiret. Shortly thereafter, he began the 22-year pursuit which would make him famous: creating cover art and illustrations for the magazine Harper's Bazaar. It was here that his distinctive Art Deco-style emerged.During his prolific years at Harper's, Erte designed 250 covers and numerous drawings for its pages and diversified into a variety of other artistic activities. After a fling in Hollywood designing for extravagant silent films including Ben Hur, Erte left the magazine to create sets and costumes for theater and opera. For the next 40 years, he dressed an extraordinary roster of opera, stage and screen stars, including Mary Garden, Josephine Baker, Marion Davies, Lillian Gish. Mata Hari and Anna Pavlova. These achievements earned him the title "Father of Art Deco".In 1967 the Metropolitan Museum of Art purchased and exhibited a collection of some 200 Erte gouaches. Shows in London followed, bringing Erte even more recognition. His success at these exhibitions was summarized by the noted London Sunday Times art critic John Russell (later of the New York Times) who wrote, "If Michelangelo were to come back from the dead he could hardly have greater or more eulogious publicity than has been accorded to Erte."At age 75, Erte began to create limited edition serigraphs based on his designs. This medium allowed a wider audience to enjoy his work and helped satisfy popular demand for these images. International success in this endeavor led him to expand his work to a variety of materials, most notably bronze.The influence of Erie's style and the demand for his art live on. His work belongs to prestigious museum collections throughout the world, most notably the Smithsonian, The Victoria and Albert Museum (London). New York's Metropolitan Museum and The Museum of Modern Art. Many books have been published on the artist's life and work, including Erte at Ninef^-Five: The Complete New Graphics [The Extended Edition] and Erte-The Last Works.

Michael Schofield The landscapes of Michael Schofield are justly prized and celebrated for the wealth of their fine detail, for the radiancy of their colors, and for the unfailing consonance of their diverse visual parts which enables those elements to form a harmonious visual whole. And his landscapes are not at all the same; Schofield has the ability to summon up the memories and images of different times and places, from years before and from miles and miles away, and recombine them on canvas with entirely new results. Indeed, though he has a characteristic elegance of style, his serigraphs are as distinct from one another as are the various natural beauties that inspire them. Schofield was born in Florida 1947, but his family moved to California that same year. He began to paint and study watercolor in high school. Like most teenage boys, he was at first much more interested in sports than in fine art, but his art teacher at Oakland High School recognized that Michael had an exceptional talent, and for nearly two years he tutored the youth privately. After a stint in the military, Schofield went to art school in Nashville, Tennessee. During the summers he would journey to Woodstock, New York, in order to study with watercolorist John Pike, an esteemed member of the National Academy of Art and the American Watercolor Society. Schofield soon opened his own art studio, where he painted and taught for more than a decade. He returned to California in 1980 to set up a silk-screen printing studio in order to be able to create his own original serigraphs. He wanted to be involved in every step of the intricate and exacting process of serigraph, from fabricating the stencils to adding the final finishing touches of color. Having been a successful artist for many years, Schofield has his works in numerous private and corporate collections, including the Bank of America, the Library of Congress, the Xerox Corporation, Occidental, and Twentieth Century, Inc. Schofield believes that the primary aspiration of art is to communicate a shared perception of beauty from one human heart to another, from the artist to the viewer of his art: I choose to create more traditional landscapes because they involved imagery most people can relate to, imagery that evokes a memory and therefore a feeling. I painting landscapes because they speak to everyone. In sharing a place I have known, I know that others will see places they have known. In that way, I can communicate with others without using a single word

Vegas Showgirl Art Deco Bronze Sculpture, After Leonard, 16"H x 13"W x 6"D 28 lbs. This bronze sculpture was produced using the "Lost Wax" casting method. The"Lost Wax" Cast method is the most precise metal casting technique in existence, ensuring exquisite detail of the original host model which is usually sculpted in clay or wax. This "Lost Wax" casting method is an extremely labor intensive and expensive process, but the end results produce a Heirloom Quality Masterpiece!

Rooster Giclee Numbered 20x26 Hand Embellished on canvas

Vintage Style Art Glass Irish Charm Bracelet, measures approx 7.5 inches mwf2252

HIGHLY COLLECTIBLE PITCHER FROM ALSACE (Eastern France) Charming and old Alsatian jug-pitcher (with #2 on the side for 2 liters), dating around 1920's, comes from the village of Betschdorf. No cracks and no chips. Great condition! We ship from Texas (not from France)!h-10/ w-7.5/ d-6

Pino, born Guiseppe Dangelico in Bari on November 8, 1939, began his studies at the city's Art Institute. In 1960 he entered Milan's Academy of Brera where he perfected his talent for painting nudes. In the two years he studied at the Academy, he came under the influence of the Pre-Raphaelites and Macchiaioli. From 1960 to 1979, his work appeared in several major exhibitions throughout Italy and Europe. He was also commissioned by Italy's two largest publisher's, Mondadori and Rizzoli, for book illustrations. However, he felt restricted in Milan. He wanted more artistic freedom, which he believed he could find in the United States. In 1979 he emigrated to the United States under the sponsorship of Borghi Gallery, where he held several shows in New York and Massachusetts. His struggle here became the greatest of his life. His sponsorship barely allowed him to feed his family. His English was limited and his means of transportation was a bicycle. After knocking on many doors, in February of 1980, "Zebra Books Publishers" promised him a job, commissioning him to do a book cover.His interpretation was new, fresh and sensual. Stylistically, he brought the characters into the foreground where his technique and talent for painting the anatomy was celebrated. His illustrations were so successful that he gained entrée into creative relationships with many leading publishers of romance novels. His popularity grew within the literary community and he became the artist-in-demand for Zebra, Bantam, Simon and Schuster, Harlequin, Penguin USA and Dell. From 1980 to 1993 he dedicated himself totally to this art where his style dominated and influenced the market. His illustrations combined elements fresh from Europe with a powerful sensuality, bringing this medium to new heights.Although Pino devoted 13 years to illustrating book covers, he never abandoned his desire to return to fine art. His desire to create pieces that emerge free from outside restrictions motivated him to find the time to devote himself to fine art again. In 1993, he contacted a major gallery. He sent out five paintings, which were well received, launching him into a new arena. Pino finally found the freedom he had always desired; to explore the profundity of his talents without restraint.Pino has been producing works of a highly romantic nature with a unique and innovative touch. Exploring the depths of his experiences, he puts on canvas subjects that embody life's simple pleasures. These works have a veil of nostalgia and the characters have subtle suggestions of complexity. Dressed in soft flowing fabrics, the colors of their garments in relation to the sea, sand, sky and sun elicit feelings of warmth, a perception of preciousness and a notion of an uncomplicated world.Reminiscent of his childhood environment, Pino's paintings are generally set in coastal, sunny, and vibrantly floral places. He uses a colorful pallet to create tender pleasurable feelings. His fine art is rich with sensuality, rousing the memory through all the senses. Pino's paintings resurrect in us the incidents of those simple, priceless moments we have stored in our memories and have so frequently forgotten.

Charming Dragonfly Jewelry Box adorned with Swarovski Crystals. Measures: 2.75 inches in length, 2.25 inches in width and 1.5 inches high.

Wonderful Louis XV Provincial armoire from Western France (Nantes region), made in late 1700's to very early 1800's by a Breton cabinet maker with solid Fruit wood and inlay (top and bottom parts). Original hardware (made of brass), lock and key. Great shape. You can see on picture #1 a little space between the crown and the top of the armoire...it is not a new piece but an old lady! We ship from Texas (not from France)!h-87/ w-53/ d-24.5

Beautiful and Stunning 1.06 carat Ruby ring with 14 k white gold band.Ring size 6.5

Beautifully Hand carved Water Buffalo Horn Scrimshaw TigerTiger is sitting up growling, ready for a fightTiger is approx. 5 inches tall (Rare Piece)Water Buffal horn from S.E.Asia

Artist: Kathleen Denis Title: Symphony in White IIIMedium: Lithograph on paper * Size of paper: 24 x 36 inches Publisher: Bentley Publishing GroupDate: 2003Condition: Excellent

French Louis XV style armchair. Floral carving on the top of the back. This armchair is very confortable and very sturdy. A very small price...because we buy directly in France! We ship from Texas (not from France)!

Authentic and antique French engraving in its original frame "Napoleon Bonaparte at Sainte Helene" by Roomild. This engraving was made in very early 1800's...probably 1830's! Good condition (little stains as shown on photos). For information, selling prices in French auctions: $1.000 to $1,400.- H:14" W:17.25" d:1.5". We ship from Texas (not from France!)

Dog is approx.2 1/2 inches highBonded together by traslucent type of material.approx 525 carats of light and dark sapphires.

Lovely Multistrand 7-8mm White & Black Akoya Cultured Pearl Necklace, measures approx 18 inches with 14kt gold clasp mwf2240

Very nice French mirror. The frame was made of iron with cream color. Very good condition. h-21.5"/ w-21.5"/ d-2" We ship from Texas (not from France)

Flower & Bird Pattern Cloisonne Snuff Bottle , mwf1182

Beautiful Cottage Scene by Sargon. Very difficult to find.

Swarovski Crystal Phoenix Brooch, Measures approx 3.5 inches length by 2 inches width MWF2373

Offered here is an all natural gemstones in a heart shaped cutting which weighs 3.2 carats. It is of high quality with excellent cutting, clarity, and luster/ *

A beautiful acrylic 30 x40 in bright colorful tones..  A real treasure.

Highly collectible antique piece of pottery from from region of Bordeaux, Southwestern France. It is a very rare and very old French wine pitcher with its irregular lines, dating early 1800's, made of stoneware. This piece comes from a village in the Bordeaux region. The surface of the pitcher was glazed. The color is the natural color of the stoneware. No chips and no cracks . h-11"/ w-7.5"/ d-7.5". We ship from Texas (not from France)!

Artist: Hoovier Title: Venetian Dreams IIMedium: Lithograph on paper * Size of paper: 20 x 38 inches Publisher: Haddad's Fine ArtsDate: 2003Condition: Excellent

Highly collectible! A very nice and old Apothecary pot made of faience by an artist from Italy. This pot was hand-painted by an Italian artist. Very good condition (a little chip under the lid)! Lovely piece for your collection or for the decoration of your home! 11" x 5"We ship from Texas (not from France)!

Miró, Joan(Spanish 1893-1983)LE BELUGA1975Original aquatint and carborundum printed on etching ground in colors on Arches wove paper.Hand-signed in pencil in the margin lower right Miro.A superb impression of definitive state, from the edition of 50, numbered "5/50" in pencil in the margin lower left. Published by Maeght Editeur, Paris; printed by Morsang, Paris.Catalog: Dupin 756image: 29 1/4 x 45 1/2 inches sheet: 48 1/4 x 63 inchesIn excellent condition, with bright, fresh colors, printed on a sheet with full margins.

Authentic antique French newspaper dating 1906. Authentic antique French newspaper which appeared weekly during the late 1800's. "Le Petit Journal" was the first French newspaper to have colored pictures. The subject is: "Un drame au fonds de la mer"... It is an original printed on 1906. h-17"/ w-13"We ship from Texas (not from France)!

Artist: Hiro Yamagata Title: Normandies Year: 1979 Medium: Original Serigraph Size: 18" by 31" Paper: Gallery 100 No. of Colors: 61 Total Edition Size: 340 Artist's Proofs: 1-25/25 Printer's Proofs: 1-5/5 Screens: Destroyed Printer: Accent Studios, Los Angeles Publisher: Naif International, Ltd. Los Angeles

HANS J. WEGNER PEACOCK CHAIR PP550 PP MoblerDesign: Hans J. Wegner (1914-2007) Manufacturer: Manufactured under license in Denmark by PP Mobler Design Year: 1947 Material/Finish: Ash/Soaped Dimensions (in): 40.5 h | 30.3 d | 30.3 w | seat: 14.2 h Condition: Excellent condition. Please contact us with specific questions concerning condition before bidding. Design History: When Finn Juhl first saw this chair he immediately noticed its characteristic back and named it The Peacock Chair - a name which stuck with the chair. Its consciously modern lines are not merely a matter of looks. Rather, the sweeping back with its extravagantly shaped sticks are a feat of ergonomic aesthetics. The flat part of the sticks, which gives it its peacock-like appearance, are placed where the shoulder-blades meet the chair's back. Retail: $12500.00

Beautiful large Faceted Yellow Flourite GemstoneFine yellow colored 10.65 StoneThis stone is scarce and difficult to find in yellow colors.Oval Shape

Kaiko Moti, Indian (1921 - 1989) Kaiko Moti was born in Bombay, India in 1921. As a young man, he attended the Bombay School of Fine Arts for five years. Upon receipt of a scholarship from University College, he moved to London.In 1950 Moti moved to Paris, where he studied sculpture under Ossip Zadkine. Lack of space in Paris was a challenge to Moti, so he turned from sculpture to printmaking. He studied at Atelier 17 with Stanley Hayter. Noted for his ephemeral aquatints, Moti also taught at the University of Wisconsin. Moti's work has been shown all over the world, most notably the Biennale in Venice, the Bibliotheque Nationale in Paris, the New York Public Library and the New Delhi Museum of Art. His work can be found in public and private collections including Victoria and Albert Museum in London; the French National Museum of Modern Art and the Bibliotheque Nationale in Paris.

Born in 1953 - First of all, there's artist Csaba Markus's appearance, which appears more appropriate to his Hungarian ancestry of a warrior rather than a contemporary artist. But his appearance is not the only contrast in his life. There is Csaba's art, which is world-renowned for its complexity, as his work is equally suited to both the modern and ancient eras. The classical influences in Markus's art are tied to his origins in Budapest, Hungary, where he was born in 1953. Starting from early childhood, Markus challenged himself to be the greatest artist in the world. Feeling stifled by his native country, Csaba Markus decided to escape the rigorous controls of the Communist system and arrived in the United States in 1978. Since then he has been deemed the Artisan of the Milleniums, a title which brings not only appropriate recognition but also a challenging role for Markus to fill. His art must span the ages, able to exist in either the distant past or the existing present. Markus' must incorporate the traditions, cultures, and legends of ancient eras, providing the necessary bridge to the modern era for a contemporary audience to appreciate and enjoy. It's a difficult position to uphold... and one that Csaba Markus navigates with ease and skill, as though he'd been born to fulfill the role.

Wonderful Dali piece. Signed and numbered.78/350Original Color Lithograph. 30x213/8. Is in the Official Catalog of The Graphic Works of Salvador Dali by Albert Field. Guaranteed Original or Money back.

Impressive 8-9mm Natural Pink Tahitian Pearl Necklace, measures approx 48 inches, 14kt gold clasp mwf2199

A wonderful piece. Unframed 12x14 by Brooke J.

Wonderful Etching 12x14 Framed

FORMAL Three Row White Freshwater Pearl Necklace measures 17-19in 7-8mm MWF2326

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Tiffany style Square base Lilly Pond LampTable lamp tha is approx. 2 ft. high.Beautiful Hand cut glass lamp Light green with darker green base and pink hand cut glass flowers. All stained glass.Estimated value of lamp is $1200-$2300.Start bid at very low price

This art print has a cross hatched pattern in subdued tones, creating a feeling of texture. * Artist: Ed MosesSignature: Signed by the artistTitle: "Eloi Ricco 2"Medium: Lithograph on paperSize: 30" x 22" Edition: Limited, numberedCondition: Excellent Biography: * Since the 1960s, Ed Moses has been one of the central figures in the Los Angeles art scene. Moses' position results not from the originality of his art but precisely from its unoriginality --that is, its fully developed synthesis of already-existing ideas and approaches. Moses, after all, is a direct inheritor of abstract expressionism and minimalism; he fairly parades his membership in the "extended family" of abstract painting. Furthermore, he has worked his way through several styles, as the MOCA shows in a retrospective, covering nearly a half-century of his work. *

Ram on a Rock Edge Bronze Sculpture, After Bayre - 16"H x 12"L x 5"D 15lbs. This bronze sculpture was produced using the "Lost Wax" casting method. The"Lost Wax" Cast method is the most precise metal casting technique in existence, ensuring exquisite detail of the original host model which is usually sculpted in clay or wax. This "Lost Wax" casting method is an extremely labor intensive and expensive process, but the end results produce a Heirloom Quality Masterpiece!Antoine-louis Barye (1796 - 1875) Originally trained as a goldsmith, Antoine-Louis Barye served in Napoleon's army before studying sculpture and painting. He entered the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in 1818 and adapted the romantic-style subject matter of violent and majestic animals. After his crocodile-like sculpture entitled Tiger Devouring a Gavail, won a medal at the Salon of 1831, Barye became a successful and independent sculptor and painter. His animal sculptures competed at the Salon alongside the more traditional and revered human figures. In 1845, Barye began a foundry that produced smaller and more affordable bronze statues. He was appointed the keeper of plaster casts at the Louvre and professor of zoological drawing at the Musee National d'Histoire Naturelle, both in Paris. Elected to the Academie in 1868, Barye inspired a later generation of animal sculptors who called themselves the animaliers.

This is a woderful piece by Lynn Baker. Makes 1 feel as though they were at the beach and is very beautiful. it is 33" x 25"

Highly collectible old piece of pottery from Alsace (Eastern France). This charming Alsatian milk jug was made in the very early 1900's. This yellow "terre vernissee", or glazed pottery, with its decorative flowers, comes from the village of Soufflenheim. A little part of France in your home. h-6.5"/ w-8"/ d-6.75" Good condition for its age! One crack on the handle, very little chips, a little bit of missing glaze on sides. We ship from Texas (not from France).

This is a limited edition hand signed serigraph by Anton Sipos titled "PORTO VENERE". Medium: Serigraph on White Coventry Paper Hand Signed and Numbered in Pencil by the artist. Edition size: 375. Paper size: 32" x 44". Image size: 26" x 38.5". Comes with a certificate of authenticity. Comes unframed. In mint condition! Anton Sipos was born in 1938 in the small village of Donji Vakuf in the central mountain region of Yugoslavia. Drawing has been the anchor of his restless, unsettled life. He left home in his teens and supported himself as a film animation artist. His very first collaboration Surrogat (1961) won an Academy Award for best animated short subject. Six years in Paris saw him become one of the elite painters of the Ecole de Paris. His paintings from this period hang in major galleries throughout Europe, in the company of works by Pugni, Clave, Chagall, Buffet, Pignon, and others. He exhibited annually at the Salon des Artists Francais in the Grand Palais. In 1970 Anton arrived in Los Angeles and immersed himself in his work. His superb classical training won him a contract with the Eleanor Ettinger Studios in New York to work with Norman Rockwell, transposing his original oils to lithographic plates. His latest film collaboration was with Andrei Konchalovsky on Maria's Lovers (1984), a film in which Anton appears in a scene with Natassja Kinski. For more than 30 years, Anton Sipos' unflagging devotion to his own unique impressionist vision, has resulted in a rich harvest of paintings, which stand the test of time.

American oil on board of a black cotton picker, late 19th c. signed Annie Garham, 9inches x 6inches. MWF2340

Stevie Wonder Vintage reproduction PosterSoulful Stevie Wonder at the Apollo Theater253 W. 125th Street Harlem, New York4.2 In Concert12x18 in. poster framed 19x25 in.

Norman Percevel Rockwell (February 3, 1894 - November 8, 1978) was a 20th-century American painter and illustrator. His works enjoy a broad popular appeal in the United States, where Rockwell is most famous for the cover illustrations of everyday life scenarios he created for The Saturday Evening Post magazine for more than four decades.[1] Among the best-known of Rockwell's works are the Willie Gillis series, Rosie the Riveter (although his Rosie was reproduced less than others of the day), Saying Grace (1951), The Problem We All Live With, and the Four Freedoms series. He is also noted for his work for the Boy Scouts of America (BSA); producing covers for their publication Boys' Life, calendars, and other illustrations.6500

Sapphire and Diamond Ring with sterling silver bandRing size 6 1/2.Sapphire center stone is .50 carats with two diamonds, one on each side with total carat wt. of .02cts.The center stone is a midnight blue marquise cut stone.Diamonds are faceted with a round shape.Estimated retail value of $1,101.00Absolutely stunning ring. Appraised by C. Cruz Graduate Gemologist from Gemological Institute of America. Appraisal comes with ring.

American Artist Max Karp is one of the few contemporary painters to use enamel for his artistic work. He is internationally acclaimed as the father of modern enameling. His place in art history is assured, both because of his enormous talent and the fact that he has perfected unique processes, which allow the creation of museum-quality, kiln-fired collectibles. A self-taught artist, Karp was born in Ohio in 1916 and raised in California. He lives in Southern California. Karp began painting by recording in his oils various species of birds and insects for his father who was an ornithologist/entomologist. In the mid-1960's, Karp became interested in the enamel process. Beginning on a small scale, he taught himself the enamel technique and later experimented with the large paintings in enamel for which he is best known. During the last decade, Karp's enamel paintings have received critical recognition. In 1970 Hamilton Mint commissioned Karp to produce four paintings of the seasons of the year, which were then issued as a limited edition of plates on precious metal. In 1980 Karp's 20 x 24-inch enamel portrait of Beverly Sills was presented to the American Queen of Opera following her final performance on full-length opera. In addition, numerous private art collectors, including Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Happy Rockefeller and Sarah Churchill, have acquired works by Max Karp for their collections.

G. H. Rothe. 1935-2007. Born as the daughter of a master goldsmith, G.H. Rothe grew up at Wiedenbrück a small town in the heart of Germany. Her first training was of a technical kind consisting of the drawing and goldsmithery practiced in her family. Shortly after finishing her studies of painting and art history she was awarded with the Villa-Romana-Prize which enabled her to live and work in Florence, Italy for a year. Her study trips included Paris, London, Vienna, Moscow, Madrid and Uruguay before she settled first in New York and later in Carmel, California. Museums all over the world appreciate her work. Rothe masters nearly all painting techniques but for the most suitable form of expression her choice is the technique of the mezzotint which is centuries old, skillfull and rarely used.

French antique engraving: "Louis XV, Roi de France 1715-1774", by Pannier (c.1820).This engraving was made from a painting by Vanloo. Very good condition (no damage). The engraving is old but the frame is new. We ship from Texas (not from France!)12 x 10

Michael Schofield The landscapes of Michael Schofield are justly prized and celebrated for the wealth of their fine detail, for the radiancy of their colors, and for the unfailing consonance of their diverse visual parts which enables those elements to form a harmonious visual whole. And his landscapes are not at all the same; Schofield has the ability to summon up the memories and images of different times and places, from years before and from miles and miles away, and recombine them on canvas with entirely new results. Indeed, though he has a characteristic elegance of style, his serigraphs are as distinct from one another as are the various natural beauties that inspire them. Schofield was born in Florida 1947, but his family moved to California that same year. He began to paint and study watercolor in high school. Like most teenage boys, he was at first much more interested in sports than in fine art, but his art teacher at Oakland High School recognized that Michael had an exceptional talent, and for nearly two years he tutored the youth privately. After a stint in the military, Schofield went to art school in Nashville, Tennessee. During the summers he would journey to Woodstock, New York, in order to study with watercolorist John Pike, an esteemed member of the National Academy of Art and the American Watercolor Society. Schofield soon opened his own art studio, where he painted and taught for more than a decade. He returned to California in 1980 to set up a silk-screen printing studio in order to be able to create his own original serigraphs. He wanted to be involved in every step of the intricate and exacting process of serigraph, from fabricating the stencils to adding the final finishing touches of color. Having been a successful artist for many years, Schofield has his works in numerous private and corporate collections, including the Bank of America, the Library of Congress, the Xerox Corporation, Occidental, and Twentieth Century, Inc. Schofield believes that the primary aspiration of art is to communicate a shared perception of beauty from one human heart to another, from the artist to the viewer of his art: I choose to create more traditional landscapes because they involved imagery most people can relate to, imagery that evokes a memory and therefore a feeling. I painting landscapes because they speak to everyone. In sharing a place I have known, I know that others will see places they have known. In that way, I can communicate with others without using a single word

"The most gratifying feeling I experienced as I entered my nineties came from the immediate success of my sculpture collection, and the realization that I have touched the lives of so many art collectors who otherwise might never have know this phase of my work. " -Erte Born Remain de Tirtoff in imperial St. Petersburg, Erte derived his pen name from the French pronunciation of his initials "R.T." Over a long and distinguished career, he had a major influence on the style and design of the 20th Century.At age 19, Erte left home and moved to Paris where he gained employment with the esteemed coutur-ier Poiret. Shortly thereafter, he began the 22-year pursuit which would make him famous: creating cover art and illustrations for the magazine Harper's Bazaar. It was here that his distinctive Art Deco-style emerged.During his prolific years at Harper's, Erte designed 250 covers and numerous drawings for its pages and diversified into a variety of other artistic activities. After a fling in Hollywood designing for extravagant silent films including Ben Hur, Erte left the magazine to create sets and costumes for theater and opera. For the next 40 years, he dressed an extraordinary roster of opera, stage and screen stars, including Mary Garden, Josephine Baker, Marion Davies, Lillian Gish. Mata Hari and Anna Pavlova. These achievements earned him the title "Father of Art Deco".In 1967 the Metropolitan Museum of Art purchased and exhibited a collection of some 200 Erte gouaches. Shows in London followed, bringing Erte even more recognition. His success at these exhibitions was summarized by the noted London Sunday Times art critic John Russell (later of the New York Times) who wrote, "If Michelangelo were to come back from the dead he could hardly have greater or more eulogious publicity than has been accorded to Erte."At age 75, Erte began to create limited edition serigraphs based on his designs. This medium allowed a wider audience to enjoy his work and helped satisfy popular demand for these images. International success in this endeavor led him to expand his work to a variety of materials, most notably bronze.The influence of Erie's style and the demand for his art live on. His work belongs to prestigious museum collections throughout the world, most notably the Smithsonian, The Victoria and Albert Museum (London). New York's Metropolitan Museum and The Museum of Modern Art. Many books have been published on the artist's life and work, including Erte at Ninef^-Five: The Complete New Graphics [The Extended Edition] and Erte-The Last Works.

Pino, born Guiseppe Dangelico in Bari on November 8, 1939, began his studies at the city's Art Institute. In 1960 he entered Milan's Academy of Brera where he perfected his talent for painting nudes. In the two years he studied at the Academy, he came under the influence of the Pre-Raphaelites and Macchiaioli. From 1960 to 1979, his work appeared in several major exhibitions throughout Italy and Europe. He was also commissioned by Italy's two largest publisher's, Mondadori and Rizzoli, for book illustrations. However, he felt restricted in Milan. He wanted more artistic freedom, which he believed he could find in the United States. In 1979 he emigrated to the United States under the sponsorship of Borghi Gallery, where he held several shows in New York and Massachusetts. His struggle here became the greatest of his life. His sponsorship barely allowed him to feed his family. His English was limited and his means of transportation was a bicycle. After knocking on many doors, in February of 1980, "Zebra Books Publishers" promised him a job, commissioning him to do a book cover.His interpretation was new, fresh and sensual. Stylistically, he brought the characters into the foreground where his technique and talent for painting the anatomy was celebrated. His illustrations were so successful that he gained entrée into creative relationships with many leading publishers of romance novels. His popularity grew within the literary community and he became the artist-in-demand for Zebra, Bantam, Simon and Schuster, Harlequin, Penguin USA and Dell. From 1980 to 1993 he dedicated himself totally to this art where his style dominated and influenced the market. His illustrations combined elements fresh from Europe with a powerful sensuality, bringing this medium to new heights.Although Pino devoted 13 years to illustrating book covers, he never abandoned his desire to return to fine art. His desire to create pieces that emerge free from outside restrictions motivated him to find the time to devote himself to fine art again. In 1993, he contacted a major gallery. He sent out five paintings, which were well received, launching him into a new arena. Pino finally found the freedom he had always desired; to explore the profundity of his talents without restraint.Pino has been producing works of a highly romantic nature with a unique and innovative touch. Exploring the depths of his experiences, he puts on canvas subjects that embody life's simple pleasures. These works have a veil of nostalgia and the characters have subtle suggestions of complexity. Dressed in soft flowing fabrics, the colors of their garments in relation to the sea, sand, sky and sun elicit feelings of warmth, a perception of preciousness and a notion of an uncomplicated world.Reminiscent of his childhood environment, Pino's paintings are generally set in coastal, sunny, and vibrantly floral places. He uses a colorful pallet to create tender pleasurable feelings. His fine art is rich with sensuality, rousing the memory through all the senses. Pino's paintings resurrect in us the incidents of those simple, priceless moments we have stored in our memories and have so frequently forgotten.

Artist: Kent Wallis Title: Home In GreveMedium: Lithograph on paper * Size of paper: 32" x 27" Publisher: Leslie LevyDate: 2003Condition: Excellent

Pino, born Guiseppe Dangelico in Bari on November 8, 1939, began his studies at the city's Art Institute. In 1960 he entered Milan's Academy of Brera where he perfected his talent for painting nudes. In the two years he studied at the Academy, he came under the influence of the Pre-Raphaelites and Macchiaioli. From 1960 to 1979, his work appeared in several major exhibitions throughout Italy and Europe. He was also commissioned by Italy's two largest publisher's, Mondadori and Rizzoli, for book illustrations. However, he felt restricted in Milan. He wanted more artistic freedom, which he believed he could find in the United States. In 1979 he emigrated to the United States under the sponsorship of Borghi Gallery, where he held several shows in New York and Massachusetts. His struggle here became the greatest of his life. His sponsorship barely allowed him to feed his family. His English was limited and his means of transportation was a bicycle. After knocking on many doors, in February of 1980, "Zebra Books Publishers" promised him a job, commissioning him to do a book cover.His interpretation was new, fresh and sensual. Stylistically, he brought the characters into the foreground where his technique and talent for painting the anatomy was celebrated. His illustrations were so successful that he gained entrée into creative relationships with many leading publishers of romance novels. His popularity grew within the literary community and he became the artist-in-demand for Zebra, Bantam, Simon and Schuster, Harlequin, Penguin USA and Dell. From 1980 to 1993 he dedicated himself totally to this art where his style dominated and influenced the market. His illustrations combined elements fresh from Europe with a powerful sensuality, bringing this medium to new heights.Although Pino devoted 13 years to illustrating book covers, he never abandoned his desire to return to fine art. His desire to create pieces that emerge free from outside restrictions motivated him to find the time to devote himself to fine art again. In 1993, he contacted a major gallery. He sent out five paintings, which were well received, launching him into a new arena. Pino finally found the freedom he had always desired; to explore the profundity of his talents without restraint.Pino has been producing works of a highly romantic nature with a unique and innovative touch. Exploring the depths of his experiences, he puts on canvas subjects that embody life's simple pleasures. These works have a veil of nostalgia and the characters have subtle suggestions of complexity. Dressed in soft flowing fabrics, the colors of their garments in relation to the sea, sand, sky and sun elicit feelings of warmth, a perception of preciousness and a notion of an uncomplicated world.Reminiscent of his childhood environment, Pino's paintings are generally set in coastal, sunny, and vibrantly floral places. He uses a colorful pallet to create tender pleasurable feelings. His fine art is rich with sensuality, rousing the memory through all the senses. Pino's paintings resurrect in us the incidents of those simple, priceless moments we have stored in our memories and have so frequently forgotten.