Here we spot another Georges Rouault picture, “The Old King” in the the Ricardos Hollywood apartment. This is considered Rouault’s finest work. It was painted at a time when monarchies were being overthrown. The king is holding a white flower of peace.
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In the Ricardo’s Hollywood apartment where they stay while Ricky is making a movie, we see a Georges Rouault framed print on the wall.
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Georges Rouault 1871 –1958 painted in a style associated with Fauvism and Expressionism and was popular with mid-century collectors. His works reflect his background as a stained glass artist. Rouault burned 300 of his pictures a while before he died because he felt he dd not have time to complete them.
Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_Rouault
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Here is a framed Margo Alexander Studio print we looked at in a previous post , seen above in the Ricardo’s apartment on I Love Lucy . This another Desilu studio prop that shows up several years later on the Andy Griffith Show, below it is seem over a fireplace in two different episodes
Andy Griffith, Season 6, scene showing the Margo Alexander print in color over 10 years later in 1964.
And the same picture on Andy Griffith, Season 5, Episide 7. Man In The Middle
Margo Alexander Studio Print
Here it is seen in another I Love lucy location over the fireplace.
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This Borghese chalkware/plaster framed fashion print matches one of a pair of oval pictures seen on the chimney breast in the Ricardo’s livingroom of their first apartment.
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Found some fun art books that were in the background from the episode, Lucy Becomes Sculptress and wanted to share them.
A publicity photo shows Lucille painting at home:
http://www.housebeautiful.com/design-inspiration/celebrity-homes/a3983/lucille-ball-home/
This is from the Sentimental Anniversary episode, 2/1/54 (3rd season) where the Ricardos sneak out of their apartment
and run into Ethel, as they leave and soon after Fred shows up with their anniversary cake.
Artist: Leonard Campbell Taylor (British, 1874–1969)
Title: WOMAN IN WHITE DRESS
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Size: 68 x 59 cm. (26.8 x 23.2 in.)
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The original vintage print reproduction of a 1922 Maurice Utrillo lithograph is offered on eBay this week. I have only seen a few of these on offer since I started this blog so we may not see another like it for some time.
Read more about the original print on the show in my previous post:
http://www.50slucy.com/i-love-lucy-prop-utrillo-painting-print.html
On the wall in the Ricardo’s room in Lucerne there is a framed Medieval print from the Codex_Manesse of Walther von Klingen
Walther von Klingen AKA: “Count Walter III of Altenklingen”
Birthdate: circa 1220
Birthplace: Altenklingen, Thurgau, Switzerland
Death: Died March 1, 1286 in Altenklingen, Thurgau, Switzerland
He was a Minstrel and author of songs in the Codex. The Codex Manesse, is a medieval songbook, the single most comprehensive source of Middle High German Minnesang poetry, written and illustrated between ca. 1304 when the main part was completed, and ca. 1340 with the addenda.The codex was produced in Zürich, for the Manesse family.
The manuscript is “the most beautifully illumined German manuscript in centuries;” its 137 miniatures are a series of “portraits” depicting each poet. ( Source Wikipedia)
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Seen in the Mertzes Monte Carlo room are framed cameo miniatures on the wall. Similar miniatures are seen in the Mertz living room and in the Ricardo’s apartment in the window alcove on either side of the piano following their return from the trip.
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This gilt framed cameo miniature portrait by A Cameo Creation is similar to the one seen in the screenshot above. ‘A Cameo Creation’ miniatures were inspired by the more expensive Victorian originals and were sold in the home decor sections of department stores at affordable prices.
Cameo miniatures are also seen in the Mertz apartment, seen here in a scene from the episode Little Ricky Learns to Play the Drums after they return from the trip.
An ornate framed print of The Feast (or Festival) of Love by Jean-Antoine Watteau is seen in the set of the Monte Carlo hotel on I Love Lucy.
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