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In the living room, lacquered walls make the art pop. Facing sofas are by AI, updated by Harris. Works by Texas talents include a James Surls sculpture (wall niche, right), Pedro Friedeberg Hand chair (by mantle), Ed Wilson's coffee table and by Dorman David, the magnificent carved fireplace surround. One corner of the library shows its owner's mania for volumes, history, antiques, vintage 20th-century toys and art of all regions, periods and continents. Top: In the living room, decorator Ed Harris updated classic furnishings from Oshman's River Oaks Boulevard residence (in this case, AI sofas) with new upholstery. The stools with the spotted cushions are "from a marvelous furniture maker in L.A., Stephen Courtney," Oshman says. A major early canvas by John Alexander, The Last Supper, 1984, cohabits with Magdalena Abakanowicz's poignant figure (right) and an animalistic wooden bench by Houston artist Dorman David. Left: The library has the spirit of a cabinet of curiosities. One of Oshman's favorite pieces, Tom Duncan's sculpture of a man being eaten by a bear, is a darkly humorous find from Andrew Edlin Gallery, NYC. Ed Harris added the feather tribal headdresses, a gift found in Santa Fe for this client, who he "thought would be the only other person in the world to appreciate them." NOVEMBER | PAGE 55 | 2013