NEW MADISON GALLERY WALL

AN INSTALLATION OF IPPOLITA'S PERSONAL COLLECTION OF OBJECTS, RELIQUARY, MOMENTO MORI AND ART. A CABINET OF CURIOSITIES FILLED WITH LIFE LONG GATHERED TREASURE BOTH FOUND AND MADE.

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<strong>#1</strong> Maya’s Ballet shoes, 1992
<strong>#2</strong> Antique syringe, Flea Market, NYC
<strong>#3</strong> Susan Williams, Open Ended, oil on panel, 2010
<strong>#4</strong> Bronze man with laurel branch
<strong>#5a&b</strong> Ippolita Bangles, resin and 18K gold, 2011
<strong>#6</strong> Ippolita Rostagno, Glass hand, 2011
<strong>#7a&b</strong> South American saint hands, wood, early 20th century
<strong>#8</strong> Miniature glass hands
<strong>#9</strong> Bird feet, Brass, NYC
<strong>#10</strong> IPPOLITA torso, Brass, 2010
<strong>#11</strong> Reliquary, Naples, 19th century
<strong>#12</strong> Ring with hand on top, Porcelain, Canada, 2007
<strong>#13</strong> Photobooth picture in Italian silver frame, Gil, Ippolita, Maya, 1998
<strong>#14a&b</strong> Dina Brodsky, Miniature Landscapes, oil on wood
<strong>#15</strong> IPPOLITA bust sculpture, marble
<strong>#16</strong> Wood hand holding a pendant, butterfly wing and rock crystal
<strong>#17</strong> Stone relic from the river Jordan, 1953
<strong>#18</strong> Kanik Chung, Glass torso, 2011
<strong>#19</strong> South American saint head, wood, early 20th century
<strong>#20</strong> Beach stones, Crete, 2022
<strong>#21</strong> Victorian Cameo, Ivory, Portobello Road market
<strong>#22</strong> Maurizio Pettini, Postcard, 1984
<strong>#23</strong> Butcher Shop Counter from Neapolitan Crèche, wood, Naples
<strong>#24</strong> Rooster, oil on wood
<strong>#25</strong> DeVera, Necklace, Ivory hands and diamond beads
<strong>#26</strong> Ippolita figures, bronze
<strong>#27</strong> Ippolita's personal charm collection, mixed materials
<strong>#28</strong> Crushed metal pendant, metal and gold
<strong>#29</strong> Ring cast directly into a block of wood, gold, synthetic stone
<strong>#30</strong> Collection of Victorian mourning and skull rings, gold, human hair, ivory, enamel, diamonds
<strong>#31</strong> IPPOLITA standing figures, bronze, 2012
<strong>#32</strong> IPPOLITA Desk sculpture, glass 2011
<strong>#33</strong> IPPOLITA Clutch prototype, rock crystal, brass, 2009
<strong>#34</strong> IPPOLITA Clutch prototype, rock crystal, amethyst, citrine, brass, 2009
<strong>#35</strong> Saint hand, wood
<strong>#36</strong> Ippolita Rostagno, Little Shrine, Horn chairs, wood head, glass coral, Italian reliquary
<strong>#37</strong> IPPOLITA necklace, sterling silver, 2012
<strong>#38</strong> IPPOLITA necklace, sterling silver, black lip shell, 2005
<strong>#39</strong> Glass coral branch
<strong>#40</strong> IPPOLITA necklace, sterling silver, 2005
<strong>#41</strong> Castorina, Wreath, gilded wood, 2013
<strong>#42</strong> Leonardo Viano, Italian landscape, oil on wood
<strong>#43</strong> Giovanni Vettori, Face tile, glazed terracotta, 2012
<strong>#44</strong> Gil Gilbert, Portrait of Maya, 2008
<strong>#45</strong> Michele Oka Doner, Shell, glazed ceramics
<strong>#46</strong> Giovanni Vettori, Face bowl, glazed terracotta, 2012
<strong>#47</strong> IPPOLITA Seated figure, bronze, 2012
<strong>#48</strong> Beach stone, Crete, 2022
<strong>#49</strong> IPPOLITA Laurel leaf, bronze, 2022
<strong>#50</strong> Turquoise rough from Arizona
<strong>#51</strong> Heart charm necklace, sterling silver
<strong>#52</strong> African breast amulet
<strong>#53</strong> Dina Brodsky, oil on wood
<strong>#54</strong> Reliquary
<strong>#55</strong> Ippolita Rostagno, Reliquary Bones, glass, 2011
<strong>#56</strong> IPPOLITA headband, 18K gold, coral, diamonds
<strong>#57</strong> IPPOLITA earrings, 18K gold, coral
<strong>#58</strong> IPPOLITA necklace, 18K gold, coral
<strong>#59</strong> Skull made in high school, Bronze
<strong>#60</strong> Bronze nose
<strong>#61</strong> Venetian black coral branch with spider, glass
<strong>#62</strong> Collection of Sicilian rings, 19th century
<strong>#65</strong> South American blessing saint with pearl and coral necklace, wood
<strong>#66</strong> IPPOLITA Mouth body imprint, brass
<strong>#67</strong> IPPOLITA Wrist body imprint, sterling silver
<strong>#68</strong> Black coral bangle, Black coral
<strong>#69</strong> IPPOLITA Wavy circle pendant, sterling silver, leather
<strong>#70</strong> Francesco Di Cocco, Pendant, Copper and enamel, circa 1970
<strong>#71</strong> Remnants from the floor of a Venetian glass factory, Glass
<strong>#72</strong> French Reliquary, 19th century
<strong>#73</strong> My great grandmother's hat pins, NY 1920s
<strong>#74</strong> Dollar bill with acrylic paint
<strong>#75</strong> Ceramic hand from a flea market with antique rings
<strong>#76</strong> African trade beads, bohemian glass, 19th century
<strong>#78</strong> IPPOLITA Seated figure, bronze, 2012
<strong>#79</strong> Test for a flame mirror, glass, 2011
<strong>#80</strong> IPPOLITA Headband with ribbons, Sterling silver
<strong>#81</strong> IPPOLITA Bracelet prototype, sterling silver and mother of pearl doublet
<strong>#82</strong> IPPOLITA Bracelet prototype, sterling silver
<strong>#83</strong> IPPOLITA 'scultura' chandelier chain prototype, brass
<strong>#84</strong> Lion Cameo set in ivory
<strong>#85</strong> Shell
<strong>#86</strong> Polaroid group portrait, L to R, Siri Auster, Salman Rushdie, Kiki Smith, Ippolita Rostagno, Malgosia Bela, Maya Gilbert, Erin Gilbert, Jodie Lourie, Paul Auster, Andrea Grover, Owen Grover, Richard Lourie
<strong>#87</strong> IPPOLITA Reclining figure, bronze, 2012