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Trout Decoy. Classic Oscar Peterson spearing decoy. 20th century. Oscar Peterson, born Cadillac, MI 1887-died Cadillac, MI 1951. Smithsonian American Art Museum.
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Folk art secretary or plantation desk, possibly Southern, with dark brown wash surface, mixed woods, single piece construction. Gothic style trefoil carved cornice over two hinged paneled doors with applied trefoil and sun decoration and two white ceramic knobs; doors open to an interior with shelf over a bank of five pigeonholes. Hinged slant front writing surface opens to a storage compartment below with applied carving to front; legs are extensions of desk stiles with applied rectangular ornaments over ball-turned and faceted legs, ending in ball and spike feet. 70 1/4'' H x 32 1/2'' W x 25'' D. Circa 1860.
Case Auction
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18/19c Primitive American Folk Art Carved Goat
Neely Auction
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Le Corbusier
Cosmos, circa 1955-1960
Carved teak
Sotheby’s
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Carl Andre - Wood Saw-Cut Exercise
Wood, 61 × 8.9 × 8.9 cm, 1958
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[OS] Wooden canoe discovered in 1959 in Mexico City near the Tlalpan road and Emiliano Zapata street. It measures 5 m long by 61 cm wide and could carry approximately a ton of weight. Aztec. Postclassic, 1325-1521 CE. [1000x555]
SWITCH TO FIREFOX AND ADD UBLOCK ORIGIN
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Anni Albers
With Verticals, 1946 cotton and linen 154.9 × 118.1 cm (61 × 46.5 in.) 2004.12.1
Courtesy of the artist and Josef and Anni Albers Foundation
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Best Wishes For Christmas And The New Year Josef and Anni Albers 1951 Offset on heavy wove paper 6”x9” sheet
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Josef Albers, Color Study, Gouache on Paper, 7 1/16 x 10 3/16 inches.
© 2016 The Josef and Anni Albers Foundation/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
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