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Set of 8 for sale PINK ROSE FLORAL PLATE SIGNED "ZACCAGNINI" MADE FOR WALTER HATCHES Plates Circa 1900 Ugo Zaccagnini began his career at the Ginori factory in the 19th century and left Ginori in 1891 to open his own studio in Florence. In 1896 Ugo closed his studio and entered into a partnership with six of the most talented artisans and craftsmen in Florence at the time. The new company was named “La Societa Industriale per Fabbricazione della Maioliche Artistiche “(The Society for Industrial Fabrication of Majolica Art) and was known by the acronym SIFMA. The story of SIFMA can be found in this forum (see the article about the history the Egisto Fantechi factory). In 1905 Ugo left SIFMA to once again open his own ceramics factory in Florence. His five children joined him and the company was named “Manifattura Ugo Zaccagnini e figli” ("Manufacturer Ugo Zaccagnini and Sons"). It should be noted, however, that two of his five children were daughters (Ade

ORIGINAL Watercolor Painting "Wind on Grass" Realism Landscape by Shel St Clair

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Marc Chagall Bouquet with Flying Lover This is an advertising poster used for a show in the Tate museum. The painting featured hangs in the Tate in London and was painted by Chagall circa 1934. The lithograph is in beautiful condition.  Offset Lithograph by Marc Chagall entitled "Bouquet with Flying Lovers". The Offset Lithograph is 30 inches in height by 20 inches in width and the image area measures 20.5 inches in height by 15.25 inches in width. The year of this Offset Lithograph is 1985 and it's from an unknown edition size. The "Bouquet with Flying Lovers" Minor signs of Age". Here is some additional information about the Offset Lithograph: Poster for exhibition held at the Tate Gallery. Marc Chagall  born 1887 [- 1985] Russian-born painter,  lithographer ,  etcher  and designer. Born in Vitebsk of a deeply religious Jewish family. First artistic instruction under Penn, a local painter, then spent 1907-10 in St Petersburg, where he

Mottahedeh Rare Vintage Lace Cut Dish / Matching Platter hand painted floral 24K The Porcelain Art Of Mottahedeh Knows No Age By BARBARA GAMAREKIAN Published: April 6, 1989 AS guests linger over after-dinner coffee at the White House and diplomats sip cocktails across the street at the newly restored Blair House, they are surrounded by what they suppose to be priceless porcelains: glorious Chinese export bowls holding lilies and freesia; olive dishes emblazoned with the American eagle, serving as ashtrays; a classic Tobacco Leaf epergne, filled with fruits and candy. The ceramics are indeed beautiful - beautiful fakes. But Mildred Mottahedeh, the energetic, 80-year-old collector of Chinese export porcelains whose company produces these museum-quality reproductions, would cross swords with anyone who chose to employ such a disparaging term. Fake indeed. Good reproductions insure that works of art will be preserved for future generations. ''The originals are just

Original "Picasso" Exhibition Poster 1962 "Buste De Femme Au Chapeau" Picasso and the Linocut Linocuts form a relatively small part of Picasso’s oeuvre as a printmaker, however some of his most outstanding compositions were produced using this method in a short burst of activity between 1958 and 1963. It was a combination of geographic necessity and artistic curiosity which led the artist, at the age of 78, to turn away from etching and lithography – hitherto his favourite means of graphic expression – and take up the linocut technique. Picasso had left Paris with Jacqueline Roque in 1958, dividing his time between Villa La Californie at Cannes and his newly acquired property Château de Vauvenargues near Aix-en-Provence. A major practical drawback of this move was the delayed communications with the printing studios in Paris. There plates could be proofed and returned within a matter of hours; now it took days. Picasso’s first involvement with