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The Gustav Klimt Water Serpents Habotai Silk Scarf features elements from the painting Wasserschlangen II (in English Water Serpents II) by the Austrian symbolist painter Gustav Klimt (1862-1918).
The painting has had a colorful history. It was originally commissioned for Jenny Steiner, the daughter of a wealthy industrialist, and after the death of her husband Gebrüder Steiner, was herself the director of a silk manufacturing company. Under the Anschluss of 1938 and being of Jewish heritage, her family's factories were expropriated by the Nazis and her extensive art collection, which included many works by Klimt including Wasserschlangen II, was stolen and auctioned in Vienna beginning in 1940. Steiner escaped with many of her family members to Portugal, then Brazil and finally to the USA. In 2013 the painting was one of the works at the centre of The Bouvier affair, when it was sold, potentially fraudulently, by the Swiss art dealer Yves Bouvier to the Russian billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev for $183.3 million. 100% Habotai Silk. Hand rolled hems. Dimensions: 70” x 20.5” (180cm x 52cm).
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This beautifully designed Frank Lloyd Wright Tree of Life Pendant features three stacked charms that allow for elegant movement and dynamic visual appeal. The geometric natural forms of the abstracted Tree of Life art glass window in the Darwin D. Martin house (1903) was designed to allow visual access to the outdoors while providing additional privacy. Solid brass, electroplated with...
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The design of the Frank Lloyd Wright April Showers Ceramic Bowls is adapted from his "April Showers" cover design submitted to Liberty Magazine. However it was considered too avant-garde and rejected. In this design, Wright's masterful use of the tools of his trade: a t-square, triangle, compass, colored pencils, created an enduring design that captures the essence of spring. These...
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The intricate Frank Lloyd Wright Imperial Peacock Ceramic Bowl design is adapted from a peacock motif rug in the Imperial Hotel in Tokyo (1913-1922, demolished 1968), which depicts a geometric interpretation of the peacock, a motif that was repeated as a mural in "Peacock Alley", the hotel's lavish main lobby. These Frank Lloyd Wright bowls are officially licensed by the...
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Charley Harper’s The Alpine Northwest Jigsaw Puzzle captures Harper’s signature whimsical style which has delighted art and animal lovers for more than sixty years. Harper’s distinctive use of simple geometric shapes, patterns, and vivid colors became part of his hallmark style. The Alpine Northwest poster is one of ten posters Charley Harper was commissioned to create for the National Park...