Antique Collectible Sterling Wm WISE & Son 1918 DEBUTANTE Place/Oval Soup Spoon 7 1/8" Mono L great vintage condition. There are some gentle scuffs.See pictures. William Wise sterling flatware is extremely rare and highly collectible. The only other known collection can be viewed is at the Brooklyn Museum in Brooklyn, NY. This spoon is in very good condition and it will polish beautifully. Marked with the Whiting RD, Sterling, Pat 1929 and Wm Wise & Son. Monogram appears to be a L. The Wise company was started by William M. Wise, Jr, who lived between 1834 and 1903. His son, Alfred, was introduced to the firm in 1882 and the name change was made to include "& Son." William Wise died in 1903 and the business was ultimately sold to J. Ernest Stein in 1915. 1 5/8 oz - 47 gr Please contact us for combined and international shipping quotes.
Original oil on canvas laid on board by Joseph Lomoff (1899-1956) Exceptional midcentury painting depicting the mine worker, 1929. Measures: 31 1/2 x 43 3/4 inches Frame approximately. 37 x 50 inches In excellent condition. Joseph Lomoff was born 1893 in Sevastopol, studied art in Odessa, and immigrated to the New York in 1915. During the Depression Lomoff worked as an artist for the WPA program. His style vacillated between a gauzy, abstract cubism and social realism. Later in his career Lomoff returned to his "Futurist" themes, but the paintings by Lomoff which seem most appreciated today are his social realist works. Lomoff tended to paint from a Proletarian view depicting the noble worker… As so many of his New York contemporaries, he must have visited the coal mining and Industrial areas in surrounding states and gained a respect for the physical labor of the common man. Lomoff exhibited with the Society of Independent Artists in 1925, 1927-28, 1930, 1932-33, 1937, and 1940-41. The Brooklyn museum holds several of his paintings.
A lone woman in a fur-collared coat walks away with an empty clothes basket, having hung her wash out to dry in the brilliant sunshine. The crowded clothesline hangs in the background over the dramatic shadows cast by the brilliant sun on the snowy ground. Some buildings can be seen in the background and a dog house sits in the foreground half obstructed by the fallen snow. This image coveys both the coldness of the day as well as the intensity of the sunlight. Born on June 7, 1881 in Castlemaine, Australia, Lewis was obsessed with drawing from an early age. Mostly self-taught, he studied at the Art Society’s School in Sydney under Julian Rossi Ashton and later worked in newspaper illustration. In 1900, he moved to San Francisco, where he worked as a decorative stage painter for William McKinley’s presidential campaign. Lewis eventually settled in New York which became his home and major source of artistic inspiration for the rest of his life. In 1915, Lewis created his first print which was so successful that Edward Hopper asked Lewis to teach him etching. In 1920, Lewis traveled to Japan to study traditional printmaking, returning to the United States two years later. He worked occasionally in mezzotint and aquatint, two techniques that render tones more easily than drypoint, but he preferred the high contrast lines of drypoint for his studies of light and movement. His creativity with drypoint was his imaginative use of the burnisher that he had discovered with his early work with mezzotint. Lewis often drew with the burnisher the way he drew with the needle. Lewis died in 1962 in New York, NY. Today, his works are in the collections of the Brooklyn Museum, the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C., The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, among others.
Emil Fuchs 1915 American Impressionist Portrait of a Nude Female -Oil painting oil painting on Panel - signed in label in verso Provenance Brooklyn museum circa 1915 frame size 20 x 24" board size 14 x 18" Artist biography Emil Fuchs was active/lived in New York / Austria, England. He is known for carved marble sculpture, medals, painting, illustration, etching. Emil Fuchs - 1866 (Vienna, Austria) - 1929 (NYC (suicide)) Taught at the Royal Academy in London, Paris Berlin, Munich, Vienna and Rome. Austrian sculptor, medallist and painter, he studied at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Vienna, and at the Berlin Akademie. He traveled to Rome before settling in London in 1897, exhibiting at the Royal Academy the following year. His sculptural oeuvre consists of large groups, portrait busts, statuettes and memorials in marble, bronze and silver. The bronze statue La pensierosa (New York, Met. ) is a good example of his contemplative style, and the marble Mother-love (exh. London, RA, 1898; untraced, see autobiography, opp. p. 28) of his liking for melodramatic allegory; his memorials include The Sisters (marble; Liverpool, Walker A. G. ). His paintings are mostly portraits, in a flashy style that owes much to his friend John Singer Sargent (e. g. Sir Joseph Duveen, 1903; London, Tate). Both his painted and sculpted portraits were immensely fashionable in Britain at the turn of the century, and he was taken up by the royal family, modelling a number of medals that were struck for Queen Victoria, portraying Princess Alexandra as the Princess of Pity (silver, 1900; London, BM) and executing a coronation medal for Edward VII (silver and bronze, 1902). He brought to the British medal the soft-edged decorative style then popular in Austria, to which he always remained faithful. He designed the postage stamps of Edward VII, but after World War I he moved to New York, where he continued working until his suicide. A beautiful piece that will add to your décor! less
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B.J.O. Nordfeldt, 'Broad Street (Wall Street)', etching, edition not stated, c. 1915. Signed in pencil. A superb impression, with rich burr, selectively wiped plate tone, and inky plate edges, on cream wove paper; the full sheet with margins (3/4 to 1 1/4 inches), in excellent condition. Printed by the artist. Matted to museum standards, unframed. Impressions of this work are in the permanent collections of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Princeton University, Smithsonian American Art Museum. A view looking down Broad Street past the New York Stock Exchange Building on the right with the columned Federal Hall building on the left. The image was drawn and etched by the artist as viewed and consequently printed as a mirror image of the actual street view. ABOUT THE ARTIST A solo exhibition of Nordfeldt’s etchings and woodcuts was presented by the Smithsonian Institution in 1926. In 1920, Nordfeldt had a one-man show at the Chicago Arts Club. In 1926, he won the bronze medal at the sesquicentennial exposition in Philadelphia and the Logan Medal at the Art Institute of Chicago. In 1927, he won the first annual prize from the Brooklyn Society of Etchers, and the following year he won first prize from the Chicago Society of Etchers. In 1929, Nordfeldt had a one-man show at the Denver Art Museum. Nordfeldt's work is held in numerous museum collections including Amon Carter Museum of Western Art, Ft. Worth; Anschutz Collection, Denver; Art Institute of Chicago; Biblioteque d’Art et d’Archeologie, Paris; British Museum, London; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; Los Angeles County Museum; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City; Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe; National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC; National Gallery, Sydney, Australia; Phillips Collection, Washington, DC.
Abram Tromka was born May 1, 1896 in Poland. At the age of seven he immigrated with his family to the United States, settling in New York City. It was on the boat coming to New York where Tromka first became interested in art. Fascinated by a woman who was painting, he decided that he wanted to become an artist. Upon arrival at immigration headquarters, Tromka’s family adopted the surname “Phillips,” which he kept until 1930. Hence the artist’s early works bear the signature — ‘Phillips.’ Having a rough childhood, Tromka left home at 15 and spent the remainder of his teenage years living at the Henry Street Settlement. Lilian D. Wald, founder and head of the settlement, was so impressed by young Tromka’s talent for art that the settlement began offering art classes. In 1915, she used his drawings and etchings to illustrate her book, The House on Henry Street. That same year, Tromka began his schooling at the Ferrer School, where he studied under Ashcan artists Robert Henri (1865-1929) and George Bellows (1882-1925) until 1922. Tromka was very impressed by the Ashcan style, and Henri and Bellows especially influenced his artistic development. In 1927, Tromka befriended the curator of painting at the Brooklyn Museum, Herbert Tschudy who organized Tromka’s first solo exhibition at the museum in 1932. As a resident of Brooklyn, Tromka contributed to the New York arts throughout the rest of his artistic career, participating in many shows and exhibitions in galleries and museums, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Tromka’s work was most frequently shown at the ACA Gallery in New York City beginning in 1933. Following the success of his first Brooklyn Museum exhibition, his art was also shown throughout the country, and a traveling exhibition of serigraphs including his work was shown in the U.S.S.R. His work is contemporary to David Burliuk and Nicolai Cikovsky, Ben Shahn and the Moses and Isaac Soyer. As a member of the New York branch of the American Artists Congress, Tromka participated in membership exhibitions and served on the exhibition committee. He also participated in the Federal Art Project throughout its entire duration from 1935 to 1943. Rather than joining out of necessity, Tromka was invited to the WPA program to offer prestige to the Depression-era program. The industrial subject matter and style of his art during the Art Project continued to resonate with that of Henri’s and Bellows’ realist approach. Tromka’s artistic style developed fully under the instruction of Robert Henri and George Bellows during his years as a student at the Ferrer School. Henri and Bellows recognized his artistic talent and remained close with Tromka throughout his early years as an artist. Tromka’s broad, sweeping brushstrokes depicting urban subject matter reminisce the realist style of the Ashcan movement of which both Henri and Bellows were involved. Tromka’s unique, bold style gained him his first solo exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum during the summer of 1932. Its success led to many subsequent showings of his work during the 1930’s and 1940’s including a 1938 exhibition of his silkscreen prints in the U.S.S.R. In 1935 he was invited to participate in the WPA Federal Art Project at its inception. 1896 Born on May 1 in Poland 1907 Emigrates to the U.S with this family and adopts the American name “Phillips” 1911 Leaves his family and moves into the Henry Street Settlement 1912 Learns to do etching from Nora Hamilton, art teacher at the Henry Street Settlement 1915 Illustrates Lillian D. Wald’s book The House on Henry Street 1915-22 Studies at the Ferrer School under Robert Henri and George Bellows 1923 Moves into a studio at 92 Fourth Avenue N.Y.C. 1927 Meets Herbert Tschudy, curator of painting at the Brooklyn Museum 1930 Changes his surname from Phillips back to Tromka 1932 First solo exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum 1935-43 Participates in the WPA Federal Art Project 1938, 1939 Exhibits with the American Artists Congress 1943 Exhibits at the Metropolitan Museum of Art 1946, 1952 Award, Brooklyn Museum 1948 Award, Butler Art Institute 1948 Award, Long Island Arts Festival 1954 Died at the age of 58 in New York City COLLECTIONS BiroBidjan Museum, USSR Boston Public Library, MA Brandeis University, MA Brooklyn Museum, NY Butler Art Institute, Youngstown, OH Carnegie Institute Corcoran Museum, Washington D.C. Federal Arts Project, WPA Library of Congress Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY Montclair Art Museum, NJ Newark Public Library, NJ Norfolk Museum, VA Smithsonian Institute, Washington D.C. Syracuse University Museum, NY Tel Aviv and Ein Harod Museums, Israel EXHIBITIONS 1932 Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts 1932 Brooklyn Museum (solo) 1933, 1935, 1937, 1942, 1950 Brooklyn Museum 1935, 1942 Art Institute of Chicago 1938, 1948 Whitney Museum of American Art 1941, 1944 American Water Color Society 1941, 1944, 1945 Carnegie Institute, PA 1942 A. Albright Gallery 1942 Traveling Exhibition of Serigraphs, USSR 1943 Metropolitan Museum of Art 1943 De Young Memorial Museum, CA American Artists Congress (New York branch) Artists Equity Association Brooklyn Society of Artists Federal Arts Project New York Journal-American – Staff artist Salons of America Society of Independent Artists less
An Iconic Tie from an Iconic store that became Macy's. It is a dark lipstick red with taupe and tan. Made by Robert Stewart for Abraham & Straus Department store. Some history below if you are interested. This tie appears to be from the 1970s It is made of wool. But no material tags. In great condition Measures 55" by 3 3/4" Abraham & Straus was a company started in 1893 In 1912, Isidor Straus, along with his wife Ida, perished in the sinking of the Titanic. Around 1915, after Abraham's daughter married Isidor's son Percy Selden Straus, the Straus family divided up the empire with Nathan's family running A&S and Isidor's family running Macy's. Eighty-one years ago on the morning of March 6, 1929, millions of Americans opened their edition of The New York Times to find a headline that would send the business and retail world into a spin of excited chatter and speculation - “Abraham & Straus and Filene’s to Unite.” The announcement marked the beginning of the evolution of what was to become one of the largest and most influential corporations in retail history. Federated Department Stores, Inc. (renamed Macy’s, Inc. in June 2007) was born through the combination of Abraham & Straus of Brooklyn, Filene’s of Boston, F&R Lazarus & Co. of Columbus, OH, and Bloomingdale’s of New York. Each of these retailers was an established, prominent presence with a rich history of its own. In joining together, they agreed to maintain their separate identities while linking their financial interests. These pioneers recognized the immense opportunity that lay before them and on November 25, 1929, Federated Department Stores was incorporated as a revolutionary new company in American retail.
TYGE HVASS - DESIGN MODERNE SCANDINAVE Une belle paire sculpturale de lampes murales unika conçue par Tyge Hvass vers 1950 pour une maison privée, Danemark. Les lampes sont faites d'un cadre en laiton patiné. Côtés, fond et façade en verre opalin blanc mat. Mesures : H 28,5 cm, P 14 cm, L 16-24 cm. En parfait état de marche et en excellent état vintage. Intérieur : Les lampes fonctionnent bien dans un environnement où les lampes peuvent être tamisées, par exemple dans une salle à manger, une salle de cinéma ou une chambre à coucher. Tyge Hvass (5 juillet 1885-4 septembre 1963) était un architecte fonctionnaliste danois et l'un des premiers pionniers de cette grande époque. Il a eu une carrière à la fois nationale et internationale. Tyge Hvass, architecte du bâtiment danois des expositions internationales de Barcelone (1929), s'est inspiré de l'architecture vernaculaire danoise. L'éclairage du pavillon provenait de Louis Poulsen - conçu par Poul Henningsen - et le mobilier était conçu par Kaare Klint, les grands maîtres du design danois. Photo jointe. Autres travaux : Tyge Hvass a réalisé des travaux de conception lors de l'exposition universelle de San Francisco (1915) et pour Kay Fisker lors de la construction du bâtiment danois de l'exposition internationale de Paris (1925). Il a été l'architecte de l'exposition danoise à Cologne (1927), de l'exposition danoise au Brooklyn Museum de New York (1928) et du bâtiment danois aux expositions internationales de Barcelone (1929), d'Anvers (1930), de Bruxelles (1935), de Paris (1937) et de New York (1939). À propos de nous : Nous sommes spécialisés dans les œuvres de design originales du XXe siècle, avec un accent particulier sur le design scandinave de la période 1930-1960. Nous nous procurons des objets qui ont une histoire et/ou présentent une esthétique particulière de l'époque. Notre collection représente certains des plus beaux exemples d'artisanat, d'architecture et de design de haute qualité des plus célèbres designers scandinaves du 20e siècle, notamment Hans J. Wegner, Arne Vodder, Arne Jacobsen, Finn Juhl, Poul Henningsen, Alvar Aalto, Paavo Tynell, Estrid Ericson, Poul Kjærholm, Mogens Lassen et Josef Frank. Nous sommes extraordinairement passionnés par Kaare Klint. Au fil des ans, nous avons acquis une connaissance approfondie de son savoir-faire et avons inclus de nombreuses pièces magnifiques de Kaare Klint dans notre inventaire. Nous travaillons depuis longtemps avec des galeries internationales, des architectes d'intérieur et des collectionneurs privés. N'hésitez pas à nous contacter pour toute demande spécifique ou si vous souhaitez organiser une visite personnelle.
José de Creeft (Spanish-American, 1884-1982), Slave Girl, 1921. Campos 245. Carved signature verso: "J. de Creeft". Sculpture measures 14 1/2 inches tall and sits on a stone base measuring 4 1/4 inches. Slave Girl is a stunning example of the unique results of José de Creeft's technique of direct carving to create a spontaneous artwork rather than a predetermined design. The eye of this master sculptor is evident at once in the careful selection of his materials. Born in Guadalajara, Spain, de Creeft moved to Paris in 1905. By 1915, he turned to direct carving of wood and stone, and through this technique found his desire to preserve the natural qualities of the material. He emigrated to the United States in 1929, and had his first solo exhibition at Feragil Galleries in New York. De Creeft was a teacher of sculpture at the New School of Social Research, 1932-39; the Art Students League, 1944-48; and Black Mountain College, the summer of 1944. His work can be found in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Brooklyn Museum, Museum of Modern Art, NY, Whitney Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Seattle Art Museum, and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, among others. Published: Campos, Jules. The Sculpture of José de Creeft. New York: Da Capo Press, 1972, No. 245.
An Iconic Tie from an Iconic store that became Macy's. It is a dark lipstick red with taupe and tan. Made by Robert Stewart for Abraham & Straus Department store. Some history below if you are interested. This tie appears to be from the 1970s It is made of wool. But no material tags. In great condition Measures 55" by 3 3/4" Abraham & Straus was a company started in 1893 In 1912, Isidor Straus, along with his wife Ida, perished in the sinking of the Titanic. Around 1915, after Abraham's daughter married Isidor's son Percy Selden Straus, the Straus family divided up the empire with Nathan's family running A&S and Isidor's family running Macy's. Eighty-one years ago on the morning of March 6, 1929, millions of Americans opened their edition of The New York Times to find a headline that would send the business and retail world into a spin of excited chatter and speculation - “Abraham & Straus and Filene’s to Unite.” The announcement marked the beginning of the evolution of what was to become one of the largest and most influential corporations in retail history. Federated Department Stores, Inc. (renamed Macy’s, Inc. in June 2007) was born through the combination of Abraham & Straus of Brooklyn, Filene’s of Boston, F&R Lazarus & Co. of Columbus, OH, and Bloomingdale’s of New York. Each of these retailers was an established, prominent presence with a rich history of its own. In joining together, they agreed to maintain their separate identities while linking their financial interests. These pioneers recognized the immense opportunity that lay before them and on November 25, 1929, Federated Department Stores was incorporated as a revolutionary new company in American retail.
An Iconic Tie from an Iconic store that became Macy's. It is a dark lipstick red with taupe and tan. Made by Robert Stewart for Abraham & Straus Department store. Some history below if you are interested. This tie appears to be from the 1970s It is made of wool. But no material tags. In great condition Measures 55" by 3 3/4" Abraham & Straus was a company started in 1893 In 1912, Isidor Straus, along with his wife Ida, perished in the sinking of the Titanic. Around 1915, after Abraham's daughter married Isidor's son Percy Selden Straus, the Straus family divided up the empire with Nathan's family running A&S and Isidor's family running Macy's. Eighty-one years ago on the morning of March 6, 1929, millions of Americans opened their edition of The New York Times to find a headline that would send the business and retail world into a spin of excited chatter and speculation - “Abraham & Straus and Filene’s to Unite.” The announcement marked the beginning of the evolution of what was to become one of the largest and most influential corporations in retail history. Federated Department Stores, Inc. (renamed Macy’s, Inc. in June 2007) was born through the combination of Abraham & Straus of Brooklyn, Filene’s of Boston, F&R Lazarus & Co. of Columbus, OH, and Bloomingdale’s of New York. Each of these retailers was an established, prominent presence with a rich history of its own. In joining together, they agreed to maintain their separate identities while linking their financial interests. These pioneers recognized the immense opportunity that lay before them and on November 25, 1929, Federated Department Stores was incorporated as a revolutionary new company in American retail.
An Iconic Tie from an Iconic store that became Macy's. It is a dark lipstick red with taupe and tan. Made by Robert Stewart for Abraham & Straus Department store. Some history below if you are interested. This tie appears to be from the 1970s It is made of wool. But no material tags. In great condition Measures 55" by 3 3/4" Abraham & Straus was a company started in 1893 In 1912, Isidor Straus, along with his wife Ida, perished in the sinking of the Titanic. Around 1915, after Abraham's daughter married Isidor's son Percy Selden Straus, the Straus family divided up the empire with Nathan's family running A&S and Isidor's family running Macy's. Eighty-one years ago on the morning of March 6, 1929, millions of Americans opened their edition of The New York Times to find a headline that would send the business and retail world into a spin of excited chatter and speculation - “Abraham & Straus and Filene’s to Unite.” The announcement marked the beginning of the evolution of what was to become one of the largest and most influential corporations in retail history. Federated Department Stores, Inc. (renamed Macy’s, Inc. in June 2007) was born through the combination of Abraham & Straus of Brooklyn, Filene’s of Boston, F&R Lazarus & Co. of Columbus, OH, and Bloomingdale’s of New York. Each of these retailers was an established, prominent presence with a rich history of its own. In joining together, they agreed to maintain their separate identities while linking their financial interests. These pioneers recognized the immense opportunity that lay before them and on November 25, 1929, Federated Department Stores was incorporated as a revolutionary new company in American retail.
