I wanted to share with you all a wonderful piece of Archectural and Baltimore History.
The client with the Fornesetti magazine stand has decided to also sell his house. I wanted to allow him some space for pictures and way to self publish this wonderful and unique looking house.
The house is located right off of Lake Matabelo on 2105 Erdman Ave 21218 and has a very interesting history and is one of few truly modern houses in Baltimore.
Built in 1947/1948, the house was built by Benjamin Eisenberg in a style that reflects the avant-garde and Modern Design aesthetics of the time. Eisenberg was know in History as a Lawyer and Developer and in 1958 bought Fort Carol to develop the land for a lavish casino.
The interior of the house is a mixture of the curved walls, sharp angles and open space design while the outside is Brutalist poured concrete mixed with organic curves of the 1950’s architectural style.
One of the other interesting features of the house is the cooling system. When the house was built, careful thought was given to the natural environment. The proximity to the Lake Montebello, the ground temperature is at a lower temperature. The house is built on a series of tunnels and with aid of an exhaust fan in the attic; the cool air would circulate throughout the house. A feature that would fits into our modern “green” concept.
I have included in the photos, an architectural layout of the house and the original building permit with Benjamin Eisenberg name.
If you have any questions or would like to see the house, please contact the owner. He is interested in selling the house and would be happy to talk.
Thank you and I hope you enjoy looking at this amazing and unique Mid Century Designed House located in one of Baltimore’s scenic locations.
Contact information:
2105erdmanavenue@gmail.com
Location:
2105 Erdman Ave 21218
Hello
I am sure most you know about my work with the historic Baltimore company called Globe Poster.
For almost 10 months I have been involved with finding a buyer for the amazing history this company has a massed. The company started in 1927 and has just recently closed it's door forever. In this span Globe did posters for, Auto Racing, Carnival and also Music Poster. Their arichive of material in this area spans most of the early R&B, Soul and Funk and up into the Hip Hop era. Not only do they have almost all their music plates of the photos of the artist but an archive of of the photos that were used to make the half tone plates. The photo collection numbers well over 7,000 photos.
Finding a buyers has taken time and to help to stablize the collection and to keep it intact, we have had to sell this amazing photo collection.
For the last 4 months I have been selling the photos on ebay.
Check out my almost weekly auction by clicking my name below
sturgisantiques
Any questions please feel free to call or contact me.
Since the early summer, I have been involved in one of the most important companies to come out of Baltimore. In the field of music, especially in the field of R&B, Soul, Funk and early Hip Hop Globe Poster have supplied artists with their brightly colorful and unique designed posters. For almost 80 years Globe Poster functioned as " a job shop" producing music, Theatre, Carnival, Auto Racing and other posters and after 80+ years, the company has closed their doors.
I had the rare chance to help find a major buyer to purchase this rare archive of Letterpress and music archive. With the help of the City Paper recently, they have helped with raising the awareness of my work in finding a savoir to preserve this treasure trove of African American Music history and the Letterpress history.
Here is a link to the featured article with photos:
http://citypaper.com/news/pressed-for-time-1.1095263
Please enjoy the article and if you have any questions, please feel free to contact me.
Christian Sturgis/ Sturgis Antiques
410-262-5383
www.sturgisantiques.com
When thinking of the word, amphora most people think of the Greek storage vessels from Antiquity, but during the late 1800's, the region of Bohemia, now Austria and Czechoslovakia area used the word to describe a style and a name of a fine Art pottery. This pottery mostly in the new style of the time, Secession (also called Jugensdtil) and Art Nouveau, the word took on a whole new meaning. The Pottery being produced was exciting, fanciful and true to the aesthetics of the style. With the use of abstractions of nature, new and inventive glazes these pottery objects were looked at with new and invigorated artistic statement.
Here is one such example of this style, with the organic almost stylized octopus buttress handles encrusted with bright enamel paint creating a jewel effect and the metallic glaze finishing of the piece. This piece has the artistic techniques of the time coming together to create this new and exciting form.
The leading marker/ company of the time was Riessner, Stellmacher & Kessel, which is this example. The bottom is marked with the Crown and the word “Amphora” in a cartouche which will date the piece in the early 1900’s, circa 1908.
The pieces created in the late 1800’s to very early 1900’s had a more Rookwood and Grueby style with an Art Nouveau style. This style gained recognition during the 1893 Worlds Fair having won Best in Show. The strong Jugensdtil style would be a few years away and would later cement the Amphora style as a unique and stylized Art Pottery form.
For more pictures please visit this amazing example I was able to get in from a recent estate.
A large oil on canvas by C. G. Beauregard of a young, almost defiant looking woman, being scolded by a teacher. The young woman sits in a chair holding a closed book in your lap while her studies are scattered across the floor. She appears to have been caught by her teacher, a religious man standing in anger at her neglected studies. It is obvious she choose the book over the work that was assigned to her.
The artist is C. G. Beauregard, Charles Grant Beauregard, American 1856-1919. His work shows a great sense of fine technique and ability, with his paintings having been sold at Pook and Pook, Bonhams, Weschler's and other noted Auction houses over the years.
Charles Grant Beauregard was born in 1856 in Canada and was mostly active in the New York area. His style of paintings have been associated to the Hudson River School and his subject include Figure/Figurative, Genre-Human Activity, Landscape, Portrait and Still Life. He died in 1919 in Troy New York.
The fine detailed painting is unique departure from the normal style of this artist. Most of his paintings are nature scenes and more Victorian classical style. Here Beauregard chooses a subject of rejection of classical and also shows the defiant stance women were beginning to take.
Another unique attribute of this painting is the size of the painting. The Frame is 57 1/2” x 43 1/2” and the canvas is approx 35” x 50”, making a grand statement for any room.
The painting will need a few repairs if you wanted to make them. One old repair has been made on the lower right near the signature and another hole is to the left of the repair as well.
This piece and other that I will mark in the descriptions, at the beginning of each item, are all coming from a Magnificent estate near Havre de Grace. If you have any question or wish to see more from this large estate please contact me.
