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.

Click on any of the thumbnail sketches below to find more detail about the pieces that inspire and influence Ippolita's unique aesthetic.

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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>#63</strong> Paul Vangelisti, Collage, 1982
<strong>#64</strong> Bronze hand with glass pendant by Kanik Chung
<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>#77</strong> Cobweb encased in glass with black sapphire beads and gold spider
<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

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— Ippolita Rostagno