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  Andre Arbus (attr.) French Art Deco Straw Marquetry Box c. 1940

  ANDRÉ ARBUS (attr.) (1903-1969) France

  Straw marquetry box   c. 1940

  Natural gold and ebony stained straw inlaid in a design of a window pane diamond pattern on the hinged lid, original suede cloth/paper interior, wood frame

  For more information see: André Arbus: architecture-décorateur des années 40, Yvonne Brunhammer (Paris: l’Editions NORMA, 1996).

  W: 8″ x D: 5 1/2″ x H: 1 1/2″

   

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  Pedro de Lemos / Art Deco Orange glazed American Pottery Clydesdale Horse Sculpture c. 1930

  PEDRO DE LEMOS (1882-1945) Bay Area, California

  Clydesdale horse sculpture c. 1930

  Hand modeled orange glazed terra cotta.

  Marks: De Lemos Palo Alto (sticker on the bottom), various pencil notations on the foot bottom

  H: 9 1/8″ x D: 3 1/2″ x W: 9 1/2″

  Pedro Joseph de Lemos (25 May 1882 Austin, Nevada – 5 December 1945) was an American painter, printmaker, architect, illustrator, writer, lecturer and museum director. He started his art career in the Bay Area. He studied under Arthur Frank Mathews at the Mark Hopkins Institute of Art in 1900, later was a student of George Bridgman at the Art Students League in New York and of Arthur Wesley Dow at Columbia University Teachers College. The influence of traditional Japanese woodcuts is clearly seen in his work.

  Pedro’s father Francisco, a cobbler, emigrated from the Azores in 1872, and settled in Oakland, California where Pedro was educated. Pedro and his brothers Frank and John all followed careers in art. Pedro was employed by Pacific Press Publishing Company between 1900 and 1906, afterwards starting the Lemos Illustrating Company with his brothers in 1907. Later this became known as the Lemos Brothers Art and Photography Studio, which offered art classes in copper, leather and landscaping as well as the traditional media of drypoint, etching and illustrating.

  Lemos worked from a studio overlooking Lake Merritt and taught art at the University of California, Berkeley, working at the same time as illustrator and designer and giving classes in decorative design and etching at the San Francisco Institute of Art, where he had earlier studied when it was the Mark Hopkins Institute. He helped found the California Society of Etchers and an aqua print of his was acclaimed at the 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition, for which he helped organise the California print exhibition. He filled the position of Professor of Design at Stanford University and became director of the Stanford University Museum of Art in 1919. Besides being the first president of the Carmel Art Association, he was an affiliate member of several art organisations such as the California Society of Etchers, the California Print Makers, the Palo Alto Art Association, the Chicago Society of Etchers and the Bohemian Club. In 1943 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts in London.

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  Art Deco “Fire Opal” necklace, frosted rock crystal round beads and four sided custom rock crystal bezels set in 18K yellow gold with 16 round–cut accent diamonds featuring five large natural fire opals (G.I.A certificate, dimension of each fire opal, 13.00 x 8.15 x 6.20mm for a TW of approx. 17.50 carats), c. 1940’s

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  Hulda Rotier Fischer Art Deco “Giraffes” handbuilt glazed pottery sculpture 1936

  HULDA ROTIER FISCHER (1893 – 1982) Milwaukee, WI

  Three-resting giraffes sculpture 1936

  Handbuilt earthenware sculpture with a golden light brown glaze.

  Marks: Hulda Rotier Fischer 36 (hand incised)

  H: 6 1/2″ x W: 7″ x D: 5 1/2″

  Price: $2,300

  Hulda Rotier Fisched studied at the Milwaukee Normal School and was a student of Robert von Neumann Sr. In 1921 she also studied with Carl Holty. She worked as an Art Instructor at Shorewood Opportunity School for 30 years. Rotier Fischer was a Member of the Milwaukee Art institute.

  She is the recipient of many Milwaukeee Journal Awards.