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Patrick Kapty
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Author, historian, curator, reseller - I sell wearable and other art, and I am fascinated by cultures and artifacts from around the world!
My shop is: California Dreaming Art Jewelry Etc:
https://www.rubylane.com/shop/california-dreamin-art-jewelry-etc
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Auguste Herbin (French, 1882-1960) :
Composition, 1938

Gouache on paper
34 x 26 cm | 13.39 x 10.24 in

The Berès Gallery, Paris

Bio in the alt text 👇
Herbin was born in Quiévy, FR, 1882. He moved to Paris in 1901 and began painting in the Impressionist style. His encounter in 1909 with Picasso, Braque, and Juan Gris brought him closer to Cubism. At the 1910 Salon des Indépendants, Herbin exhibited in the same room as Fernand Léger and Albert Gleizes. Two years later, he participated in the important Section d'Or exhibition. In 1917, the artist painted his first abstract canvases, then returned to a figurative style. It was in 1927 that he discovered geometric abstraction. In 1929, he became a co-founder of the Salon des Surindépendants. In 1931, he founded the Abstraction-Création group with Georges Vantongerloo. His painting then became purely geometric, composed of squares, circles, and other shapes in flat areas of pure color. In 1946, Herbin developed his "Plastic Alphabet," an attempt to codify the correspondences between letters, colors, and shapes. Using 26 colors, each associated with geometric forms, he created a new language modeled on everyday speech. He then painted his canvases based on a word, translating it into his new alphabet. He also associated colors with musical sounds, composing his canvases like a symphony. In 1949, he presented his book "Non-Figurative, Non-Objective Art," in which he presented his Plastic Alphabet and his theories of color, inspired in part by Goethe's. This book became one of the major references for abstract painting of this period. In 1953, struck by hemiplegia, Herbin learned to paint with his left hand. The artist died in 1960 in Paris, at the age of 78. One of his canvases remained unfinished and bears the title "The End." Herbin enjoys international recognition today, and his works are exhibited in museums around the world.
November 28, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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Into Infinity
📍Opernturm, Frankfurt am Main
📷André Meylan
#architecturephotography #architecture #photography #monochrome #blackandwhite #bnw #flickr flic.kr/p/2rwyhJv
November 28, 2025 at 4:57 AM
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sur la toile
#photographie
#nudeart
#nudeartphotography
November 28, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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Luba or Luba-Kusu
Power Figurine
wood, metal, antelope horns
early 20th century
Congo (DRC)

#art #sculpture #luba #lubakusu #congo #DRC #africa #africanart #powerfigure #ritual #magic #protection #divination #revenge #tribal #tribalart #tribalsculpture #africansculpture
November 28, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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Super unique no doubt one of a kind mixed metals modernist brooch signed by the maker circa 1970.

Available...

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#handmade #oneofakind #mixedmetals #modernist #brooch #wearableart #studiojewelry #jewelrydesign #statementjewelry #vintagemodern #modernism #pin #art
A sculptural one of a kind vintage 1960s 70s signed handmade mixed metals (sterling, copper, bronze) modernist dimensional design brooch pin. Such a unique piece unlike anything that I've seen before! A ring of jagged copper that resembles flames over a gilded bronze section with etched details, and from which emerges a copper dome on one side of which is a bronze disk from which emerges several bronze bead-tipped wires. I can't help but think that this is some kind of celestial model, maybe a sun flare, or a comet sinking into the sun? Or maybe an abstract composition with no figurative message. I can't say for sure, but the craftsmanship is astounding! Measures 3-1/8" widest by 2.5" diameter by about 1" depth at thickest point. Marked at back with cutout crescent moon shape and a dot, an unusual maker mark that I haven't seen before. No doubt originally sold in an art gallery or fair with accompanying paperwork or labeling for the maker that has been lost over the years. In any case, a fantastic one of a kind piece of wearable modernist art by a talented designer/metalsmith! Excellent vintage condition.
November 28, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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Rhodochrosite with Quartz
Sweet Home Mine
Colorado, USA.

#rhodocrosite #crystals #mineral #quartz #sweethomemine #colorado #usa #gemstone #mineralspecimen #gemology #mineralogy #geology #nature #beauty #red #colorless
November 28, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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JINGASA helmet
carved lacquered wood, cloth straps
Edo period, 19th century
Japan

#jingasa #helmet #carved #lacquered #wood #Japan #edoperiod #19thcentury #militaria #japaneseantiques #antique #art #craft
A light helmet worn by samurai and ashigaru (foot soldiers), the jingasa served both as protection and as a distinctive mark. This example, crafted in lacquered wood, bears a mon (clan emblem) indicating its owner's affiliation. The jingasa thus embodies the alliance between military utility and aesthetic refinement characteristic of Japan during the Edo period.
November 28, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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Major Events of the Buddha's Life
12th century
"Andagu" stone with pigments
India
Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art

#art #ancientart #buddhism #buddhist #buddha #carved #stone #buddhaslife #buddhistart #indianart
November 27, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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Some new vintage modernist items in my shop.

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#vintagemodern #jewelry #modernistjewelry #handmade #sterlingsilver #acrylic #enamel #oneofakind #bracelet #ring #cufflinks #modernism #danishmodern #statementjewelry #wearableart #artistjewelry #sculpture
November 27, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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Leonora Carrington :
Cat Tapestry, c.1950s

Wool

Museo Nacional de Arte INBA
November 25, 2025 at 6:21 AM
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Philadelphia.

City Whispers series.

Ray K. Metzker, 1983.
November 25, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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The Stone Eye: I saw
found stone, acrylic, wax
1965
Tatsuo Ikeda
Japanese, 1928-2020

Tatsuo Ikeda was a Japanese avant-garde artist active in the Japanese postwar art scene, his works adopted a surrealist sensibility deeply grounded in social and political critique.

#tatsuoikeda #surrealist #art
November 25, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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Scène de piscine, Provence, France, 1975 - Martine Franck (1938-2012), photographe belge de l’agence Magnum, connue pour ses portraits en noir et blanc et son regard humaniste. Engagée auprès de personnes marginalisées, elle a cofondé la Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson avec son mari.
#MartineFranck
November 25, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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Tourmaline & Lepidolite
Pederneira Mine
Brazil

#tourmaline #lepidolite #mineral #gemstone #gemology #mineralogy #mineralspecimen #brazil #pederneiramine #nature #beauty #green #pink #geology
November 25, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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SEPIK MASK
Bahinemo 'Garra' Hook Mask
wood, pigments
early 20th century
Hunstein Mountain Range
Papua New Guinea

#mask #hookmask #sepik #papuanewguinea #carved #wood #pigments #early20thcentury #tribal #oceanic #art #tribalart #oceanicart
November 25, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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SILVER BOWL
Attributed to Masayoshi
Japan
Meiji period (1868-1912)
Stamped pure silver

#Japan #finesilver #bowl #meijiperiod #masayoshio #japanesesilver #japaneseantiques #metalsmith #japanesecraft #metalworking #silversmith
November 25, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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#tcmparty Somehow, this was my first time seeing The Magnificent Ambersons (1942). Totally absorbing. Will watch again, many times. Just look at this scene when Lt. Tragg (Jack) leaves George to catch his train. But now I join the others in feeling a sense of loss for Welles’ full original.
Dark figure in hat and coat stands in foreground while another dark figure moves away towards light streaming in from windows.
November 9, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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Wim van der Kant, sculpteur néerlandais, connu pour ses sculptures réalistes en bronze de jeunes hommes. Ses œuvres s'inspirent de l’Antiquité grecque et romaine, où les jeunes étaient admirés pour leur vitalité et leur naïveté.
#sculpture
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November 24, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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Putting the Art in Art Deco!
#laxzlomoholynagy #hungary #modernart #modernism #bauhaus #artdeco #moderne #abstract #geometric #artwork
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László Moholy-Nagy (Hungary, 1895–1946) :
Composition A. II, 1924

Oil on canvas

Solomon Guggenheim Museum NYC
November 24, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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A super rare one of a kind vintage 1950s Johannan Peter Ein Hod Israel ceramic abstract modernist artwork.

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#modernart #modernist #ceramicart #johannanpeter #einhod #Israel #vintagemodern #artwork #modernart #modernism #israelimodern #oneofakind #1950s
A super rare one of a kind vintage 1950s handmade ceramic abstract modernist wall-hanging artwork by metalsmith/ceramicist Johannan Peter of the Ein Hod artist colony in Northern Israel. Johannan Peter designed and made jewelry in silver which he sometimes combined with small ceramic 'jewels'. He also made ceramic artworks like this one which are kiln-fired ceramic plaques that are painted with glaze in abstract designs resembling an oil painting. The artwork also has embedded bronze dots on the surface that are part of the composition. Johannan Peter was one of the founders of the Ein Hod artist colony in the 1950s along with Marcel Janco and Jean (Hans) Arp. Peter and Arp collaborated on a series of jewelry designs in the 1950s that were designed by Arp but realized in metal by Peter in his idiosyncratic manner. To the best of my knowledge, Johannan Peter never put any of his designs into production, and his pieces, both jewelry and artworks, are entirely handmade and one of a kind. This artwork measures roughly 14" by 10" at outer edges of the frame by 1" thick. The ceramic section at center measures 7-5/8" tall by 3-3/4" wide visible, though it may extend further underneath the framing. Looks to be the original framing from the period. Has a small sticker at back marked "Peter Ein-Hod Israel". The artwork itself is all original and untouched, though I have touched up the gilding to the wood frame slightly, and it is ready to hang. Purchased from an estate in Israel. Excellent vintage condition.
November 24, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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Coney Island Baby (Infected Tattoo)

#art #artwork #artist #drawing #antiaesthetic #painting #larsbeelzebub #illustration #fineart #contemporaryart #arte #undergroundart #modernart #ink #neoexpressionism #lowbrow #kunst
November 24, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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Hotei figure
hand painted porcelain
Edo period circa 1700
Japan

#hotei #budai #clothsack #japan #edoperiod #porcelain #goodoffortune #goodluck #handpainted #japaneseexport #happygod
The corpulent deity is laughing, comfortably seated on his sack his left hand holding it, his right hand resting on his knee. His jolly countenance is accentuated by a slight frown and a small tilt of the head. The figure is decorated in iron-red, blue, green and black enamels. Hotei, known in China as Budai, was a 9th or 10th century Chinese Zen Buddhist monk, who was later deified as a god of good fortune. Hotei is recognizable by his large belly and his-equally large bag containing his possessions which he carries everywhere. His name is a pun: Hotei literally means "cloth sack". Hotei became a favorite subject for Japanese and Chinese artists as early as the 13th century. From the late 17th to early 18th century, porcelain figures were shipped to Europe from Japan, ordered by the Dutch East India Company and the private trade. They were models of human figures, animals, mythical creatures and gods. Including Hotei, the god of good fortune and happiness.
November 24, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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A biomorphic modernist ceramic platter/artwork by Aviva Margalit of the Ein Hod artist colony in Israel - measures 12" wide!

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A biomorphic modernist vintage 1950s handmade studio pottery abstract design tray/artwork by ceramicist Aviva Margalit of the Ein Hod colony in Israel. Ein Hod became an artists' colony in 1953. The driving spirit behind the project was Marcel Janco, an acclaimed Dada artist, who kept the village from being demolished by the security forces and convinced the government to let him build an artists' colony there instead. In 1957, in close proximity to one another, Itche Mambush and his wife Aviva Margalit opened pottery workshops in Ein Hod Artists Village, see my last photo for a short biography of the artist from the Information Center for Israeli Artists. Ten Ein Hod residents have won the Israel Prize, awarded annually on Israel Independence Day, including Genia Berger, one of the founders of the colony who won the prize in 1953, Zahara Schatz, for painting and sculpture in 1955, and Marcel Janco, for painting in 1967. According to Robert Nechin, who lives in the village, the artists working there today "are fully aware of the illustrious example of these great artists and scholars, who lived and are still living among them. This exceptional tray measures 12" across by 9.75" tall by 1.5" high at the rim. Signed at back as shown in the photos, "Margalit Ein-Hod Israel". Excellent vintage condition.
November 24, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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'Josephine Baker' sculpture
wire on wood base
1926
Alexander Calder
(1898-1976)

#sculpture #wiresculpture #modernart #modernsculpture #josephinebaker #circa1926 #alexandercalder #20thcenturysculpture #americancraft #metalsmith
November 24, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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"Saragossa"
hand blown glass
1954
Dino Martens design
Aureliano Toso
Murano, Italy

#murano #muranoglass #handblown #glass #artglass #italianglass #sculpture #art #glasssculpture #dinomartens #aurelianotoso
November 23, 2025 at 5:09 PM