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The Great Within: Auction Finds of the Week: 20th Century Design at Skinner
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Desire banality nostalgia mass culture art film photography antiques. Friday, January 2, 2015. Auction Finds of the Week: 20th Century Design at Skinner. Welcome back to Auction Finds of the Week. 160; This week will highlight 4 furniture lots and one fab metalwork lot being sold at the Modern Design. This week's first find, lot 9. The next discovery this week is lot 168. The next find this week is lot 299. This week's last discovery is lot 354. And contact me at info@theantiqueflaneur.com. Im a 19th cen...
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The Great Within: October 2011
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Desire banality nostalgia mass culture art film photography antiques. Friday, October 21, 2011. NORA NOODLE OF NEW YORK CITY. When she was born, she had a birthmark on her head underneath her hair and this mark started me thinking that she was somehow very special. So, with this thought in mind, I wanted to create something for her that demonstrated how important she was to me and something that she would have for the rest of her life. Nora Noodle of New York City. 160; Hire him! Time had no meaning in ...
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The Great Within: Auction Finds of the Week: Walls Are What Make A Room
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Desire banality nostalgia mass culture art film photography antiques. Tuesday, January 20, 2015. Auction Finds of the Week: Walls Are What Make A Room. Welcome back to Auction Finds of the Week! Currently, on eBay I have several consigned artwork lots. Mainly in watercolor. The highlight is a watercolor of a winter scene. By the listed and known French artist Roland Dubuc (1924-1998). The work is well-framed and matted and nicely conveys a bleak, cold winter day. Also available are a...By Giovanni Bat...
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The Great Within: August 2012
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Desire banality nostalgia mass culture art film photography antiques. Saturday, August 11, 2012. Notes on Nostalgia: Visiting the American Museum of Natural History. This past week I took my goddaughter and her older brother and sister to the American Museum of Natural History. Our first stop at the museum was the Hall of North American Mammals which first opened in 1942. I fondly remember seeing these dioramas as a child which is when I last visited the museum. . Nostalgia for a long ago ended childho...
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The Great Within: Georgian On My Mind: A George III Silver Cream Jug
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Desire banality nostalgia mass culture art film photography antiques. Saturday, January 19, 2013. Georgian On My Mind: A George III Silver Cream Jug. While I love to collect pieces of pottery and silver from The Aesthetic Movement. The hallmarks on the jug. The last mark on the right is the head of George III. King George III in Coronation Robes by Allan Ramsay, 1761-1762, oil on canvas, 58”x42”, National Portrait Gallery, London. The jug also has a superb period monogram which reads. Subscribe to: Post...
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The Great Within: June 2011
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Desire banality nostalgia mass culture art film photography antiques. Tuesday, June 21, 2011. Queering the Image 8: Gilding the Acrobats by Paul Cadmus. A Note to Readers- I must apologize dear readers for my dearth of posts so far in 2011. Unfortunately, real world events have been demanding much of my time and I have not been motivated to write about anything in particular. Hopefully, today is the beginning of more frequent posts. XOXO Kelly. Painted in 1935, Paul Cadmus’. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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The Great Within: August 2013
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Desire banality nostalgia mass culture art film photography antiques. Sunday, August 18, 2013. 19th Century Dreams of the 18th Century: The Rococo Revival in Great Britain. Francois Boucher The Interrupted Sleep 1750 oil on canvas 31”x27.75” The Metropolitan Museum of Art. A George IV sterling cream jug made in London in 1824 by George Knight. An 1824 London cream jug by George Knight. George VI 1824 cream jug decoration detail. Paintings of the French Rococo painter Jean-Antoine Watteau. The. And it sh...
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The Great Within: 19th Century Dreams of the 18th Century: The Rococo Revival in Great Britain
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Desire banality nostalgia mass culture art film photography antiques. Sunday, August 18, 2013. 19th Century Dreams of the 18th Century: The Rococo Revival in Great Britain. Francois Boucher The Interrupted Sleep 1750 oil on canvas 31”x27.75” The Metropolitan Museum of Art. A George IV sterling cream jug made in London in 1824 by George Knight. An 1824 London cream jug by George Knight. George VI 1824 cream jug decoration detail. Paintings of the French Rococo painter Jean-Antoine Watteau. The. And it sh...
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The Great Within: January 2013
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Desire banality nostalgia mass culture art film photography antiques. Saturday, January 19, 2013. Georgian On My Mind: A George III Silver Cream Jug. While I love to collect pieces of pottery and silver from The Aesthetic Movement. The hallmarks on the jug. The last mark on the right is the head of George III. King George III in Coronation Robes by Allan Ramsay, 1761-1762, oil on canvas, 58”x42”, National Portrait Gallery, London. The jug also has a superb period monogram which reads. Tuesday, January 8...
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The Great Within: March 2013
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Desire banality nostalgia mass culture art film photography antiques. Saturday, March 9, 2013. Georgian On My Mind Part II: A George III Cream Jug and A George IV Cream Jug. King George III by Sir William Beechy, 1799-1800, oil on canvas, National Portrait Gallery, London. George III was on the throne from 1760-1820. When this portrait was painted, my cream jug was being forged in London. George III sterling cream jug London 1799 with unreadable maker’s mark. In contrast to the neoclassical style of ...