Category Archives: Framed Prints

Art, Framed Prints, Switzerland

Lucy in the Swiss Alps: Walther von Klingen Print

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Medieval framed print in the Ricardo’s Lucerne hotel room

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 from Codex_Manesse
Codex Manesse, UB Heidelberg, Cod. Pal. germ. 848, fol. 52r: 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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50s Retro, Art, Framed Prints, Monte Carlo

The Mertzes in Monte Carlo: Cameo Miniatures

cameo-pictureSeen 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.

Little Ricky Gets a Dog: Cameo miniature plaques on the Rcardo’s wall after 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.

Little Ricky Learns to Play the Drums -Cameo pictures on the wall in Fred and Ethel's apartment.
Little Ricky Learns to Play the Drums -Cameo pictures on the wall in Fred and Ethel’s apartment.

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.

Art, Framed Prints, Monte Carlo

Lucy goes to Monte Carlo: Watteau Painting Print

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Monte Carlo Hotel set: Framed print of Festival of Love by Jean Antoine Watteau

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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The Feast (or Festival) of Love (1718 – 1719) Oil on canvas, 61 x 75 cm Gemäldegalerie, Dresden

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50s Retro, Art, Ethel Mertz, Figurines, Florence Ceramics, Framed Prints, Monte Carlo

The Mertzes in Monte Carlo: Nicholas Lancret Framed Print

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Ethel and Fred Mertz in their Monte Carlo room

On the wall of the Mertzes Monte Carlo hotel room is a well known Nicholas Lancret framed print called La Camargo Dancing. Also seen on the chest of drawers beside the door is a figurine we saw in the Mertzes Connecticut home in another I Love Lucy episode. A figurine of a colonial lady, Florence Ceramics “Charmaine”.

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Nicholas Lancret La Camargo Dancing Nicolas Lancret – La Camargo – c.1730, oil on canvas Washington, National Gallery of Art, Andrew W. Mellon Collection – © Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington

The woman dancing in the painting is Marie Anne de Cupis de Camargo a famous French/Belgian ballet dancer known as La Camargo. She was first woman to execute the entrechat quatre,  the first dancer to wear slippers instead of heeled shoes, and also first to wear the shorter calf-length ballet skirt and the now standard ballet tights.

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Art, Framed Prints, Monte Carlo

Lucy Goes to Monte Carlo: George Bickham Framed Print

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Lucy in Monte Carlo- A framed musical print on the wall from The Musical Entertainer (George Bickham Jr.)

On the wall of the Ricardo’s Monte Carlo hotel room is a framed print of an antique song sheet.

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The Musical Entertainer George Bickham Jr

The sheet music is reproduced from an original copper plate print by engraver George Bickham. The sheet of music entitled “Reason for Loving”  is from an antique song book The Musical Entertainer circa 1737 and 1739 Vol II.  The book in two volumes can be viewed or downloaded at:  http://imslp.org/wiki/The_Musical_Entertainer_(Bickham_Jr.,_George)

Similar framed vintage prints can be found on eBay:

http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=George+Bickham+Musical+Entertainer+&_sacat=0

 

Art, Framed Prints, I love Lucy Props, Mid-century, Utrillo

Update: Utrillo Print

Vintage prints of the 1922 Utrillo picture seen on I Love Lucy seem to be quite rare. There is one on offer online  CLICK HERE to see it – still available as of Oct 9 2015 – I don’t know the size.utrillo

Read more about the  picture in my previous post:

http://www.50slucy.com/i-love-lucy-prop-utrillo-painting-print.html

50s Retro, Art, Framed Prints, I love Lucy Props, Margo Alexander, Mid-century

Margo Alexander print on I Love Lucy

Margo Alexander Framed Picture in The Ricardo's Apartment
Margo Alexander Framed Picture in The Ricardo’s Apartment
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Margo Alexander Studio Print


Here is another Margo Alexander print seen on the I Love Lucy set. This one is seen in the early episodes as one of three landscape prints on the back wall of the living room set. Later, after the Ricardo’s move to the bigger apartment it can occasionally be seen above the mantel alcove over the livingroom fireplace, as seen in the publicity picture below

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Here we see the Margo Alexander picture indicated by an arrow  uppermost above the fireplace. Below it are a pair of E Melvin Bolstad prints we looked at in this post.
More about Margo Alexander in this earlier post Here.

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Art, Framed Prints, I love Lucy Props, Utrillo

Utrillo Mont Cenis Prints

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Maurice Utrillo Framed Print on the back wall of the I Love Lucy set

Seen on eBay this week are two Utrillo prints similar to the one on I Love lucy – although a slightly different version – Utrillo painted this scene several times. Also a mid-century ornate frame below to recreate the look of the one on the show. The exact print in I Love Lucy is hard to find. Click on the images to view the eBay listings.

Mont-Cenis Street under the Snow, 1917 - Maurice Utrillo
Mont-Cenis Street under the Snow, 1917 – Maurice Utrillo

 

Le Cercle Catholique du Sacre-Coeur, Rue du Mont-Cenis a Montamartre (1912)
Le Cercle Catholique du Sacre-Coeur, Rue du Mont-Cenis a Montamartre (1912)
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Hollywood Regency frame seen on eBay

Above is a Hollywood Regency frame in a similar style to the one on the show that should fit the above prints – its on ebay this week Click Here to view

 

Click here for earlier post about the original Utrillo print on I Love Lucy

Art, Framed Prints, I love Lucy Props

Lucy’s French Fashion Prints

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Peter is back  with another great find to share with us. ( See also his previous contribution on the mantel lusters )

Peter writes  “The pair of french fashion prints can be found to the right of the kitchen door in the first couple of seasons. They first appear in “The Marriage License” episode then last until she gets new furniture and replaces them with the Trend banjo clock. You can then spot them in the Mertz’s apartment until they move to the country.

French Fashion Prints from La Mode Ilustree
French Fashion Prints from La Mode Ilustree

They were prints from La Mode Illustree and can easily be found on eBay but the trick is to find the illustrations that were used on the show. Here’s a link to a set that sold recently:  http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Oval-Framed-Fashion-Prints-La-Mode-Illustree-set-of-2-/261700000496”

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Art, Framed Prints, I love Lucy Props, Utrillo

Vintage copy of Utrillo Painting

Maurice Utrillo inspired Painting 12" x 16" on artists board
Maurice Utrillo inspired Painting 12″ x 16″ on artists board

On eBay currently is a vintage painting that appears to  be copy of Utrillo’s painting  “Restaurant au Mont Cenis” even including the signature. I Love Lucy fans will recognize the scene from the Utrillo Print of the same name that hung on the wall of the Ricardo’s livingroom. Click on the picture above to see the item on eBay.
Read more about the original Utrillo prop print from the show here