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French Mid-Century Modernist Steel and Glass Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
French Mid-Century Modernist (1940's) steel 9 arm chandelier with 3 discs on top and glass disc
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Vintage 1940s French Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

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Steel

Modernist Desk Lamp attr. Pietro Chiesa for Fontana Arte in Brass and Glass
Located in London, GB
Elegant Italian Modernist 1940's desk or table lamp with adjustable brass shade sits on a glass
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Vintage 1930s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Brass

Chrysophase Carnelian Gold Link Bracelet
Located in Stamford, CT
Modernist 1940-1949 Carnelian and Chrysophase bracelet in 14k yellow gold, with a hint of green
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Vintage 1940s Link Bracelets

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Carnelian, Chrysophrase, 14k Gold, Gold

Bottled Perfume Modernist Display, circa 1940
Located in Barcelona, ES
This antique display counter is a rare and beautiful piece of the Modernist movement in Barcelona
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Vintage 1940s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Candle Sconces

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Metal

Bottled Perfume Modernist Display, circa 1940
Bottled Perfume Modernist Display, circa 1940
H 25.2 in W 26.38 in D 11.03 in
Large modernist candelabra, circa 1940
Located in PARIS, FR
Large modernist brass candelabre from an ancient church. Good condition, nice patina. 52cm x
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Early 20th Century French Candelabras

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Bronze

Large modernist candelabra, circa 1940
Large modernist candelabra, circa 1940
H 12.6 in W 20.48 in D 4.73 in
American Modernist Silver Brooch by La Paglia, 1940
By Alphonse La Paglia
Located in Stamford, CT
Danish but is American Modernist in style made in 1940.. The Danish similarity is due to the fact that
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Vintage 1930s American Modernist Brooches

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Silver

Modernist Brass Wall Lamp, France, 1940
Located in Paris, FR
Beautiful original French Modernist wall light in brass from Art Deco period of the 1940s. The
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Vintage 1940s French Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

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Brass

Modernist Brass Wall Lamp, France, 1940
Modernist Brass Wall Lamp, France, 1940
H 4.73 in W 13.39 in D 7.09 in
Modernist Umbrella Stand, circa 1940, Belgium
Located in Paris, FR
This rare umbrella stand was in the entrance hall of a 1940s house, since the building of the house. It is made of chromium-plated metal and black bakelite. Made in Benelux (most pro...
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Vintage 1940s Belgian Art Deco Umbrella Stands

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Metal, Chrome

Modernist Umbrella Stand, circa 1940, Belgium
Modernist Umbrella Stand, circa 1940, Belgium
H 22.84 in W 16.54 in D 8.27 in
Modernist Center Table, France, 1940
Located in Catonvielle, FR
Center table with double top, France 1940. The stepped base is in solid mahogany, the tops are in
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Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Center Tables

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Mahogany, Zebra Wood

Modernist Center Table, France, 1940
Modernist Center Table, France, 1940
H 28.75 in W 21.78 in D 20.2 in
1940 American Modernist Nocturnal Framed Painting Haunted House
Located in Buffalo, NY
A whimsical modernist painting depicting an old home on a dark and stormy night. Unsigned but with
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1940s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Watercolor, Paper

Charles Dudouyt large Modernist walnut coffee table 1940
By Charles Dudouyt
Located in Paris, IDF
This large modernist Charles Dudouyt coffee table made in solid walnut wood is sure to add an
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Vintage 1940s French Art Deco Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Walnut

Traditional Decorative Modernist Ceramic Spanish Tile, circa 1940
By Antoni Gaudí
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
. Manufactured by unknown artist in Spain, circa 1940. Materials: Ceramic In good original condition, with
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Vintage 1940s Spanish Jugendstil Decorative Art

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Ceramic

Modernist Bronze Sculpture by Nils Fougstedt, Sweden, 1940
By Nils Fougstedt
Located in Stockholm, SE
Beautiful bronze figurine by Nils Fougstedt, in the form of two young women. The women are reaching out their arms and have their faces turned upwards. Lovely attention to detail, vi...
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Vintage 1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Pair of Modernist Wrought Iron Andirons, French, circa 1940
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This pair of modernist wrought iron andirons have pure lines and are very elegant. Very nice
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Vintage 1940s French Mid-Century Modern Andirons

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Wrought Iron

Pair of Italian Modernist Lounge Chairs, Italy, circa 1940
Located in New York, NY
sophisticated design; so indicative of the Art Deco design era. Northern Italy, circa 1940 Size: 28 1/2' back
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Vintage 1940s Italian Art Deco Lounge Chairs

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Leather, Fruitwood, Walnut

Pair of modernist wrought iron andirons. French work. Circa 1940
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This nice and unusual pair of modernist andirons is made of wrought iron. This is a French work
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Vintage 1940s French Mid-Century Modern Fireplace Tools and Chimney Pots

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Wrought Iron

Modernist Carved Oak Pendant, France 1940's
By Andre Sornay
Located in New York, NY
Large Oak carved pendant with six lights, the body carved in a geometric pattern, original matching canopy and chain.
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Early 20th Century French Brutalist Chandeliers and Pendants

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Oak

American Modernist Maple & Leather Armchair, c. 1940
Located in Kenilworth, IL
American Modernist maple armchair. The chair seat and back have been re-upholstered in natural buff
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Armchairs

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Leather, Maple

A Modernist Peter Pfisterer Table Lamp ca' 1940's
By Peter Pfisterer
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A rare and unusual modernist lamp by Peter Pfisterer, ca' 1940's. Shade pivots to aim light and
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Vintage 1940s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Aluminum, Brass

Jacques Adnet, Modernist Mirrored Tray, Maison Adnet, France, 1940-1950
By Jacques Adnet
Located in Firenze, IT
Modernist mirrored tray Jacques Adnet, Paris, France 1940s-1950s Metal, glass Measures: H
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Vintage 1940s French Modern Serving Pieces

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Metal

Modernist Art Deco Sideboard Attributed to Jacques Adnet, circa 1940
By Jacques Adnet
Located in London, GB
The result of successive eliminations of ornamentation, palette and form, this supremely Modernist
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Vintage 1940s French Art Deco Sideboards

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Wood, Lacquer

Antique Wooden Wall Cabinet Shelf Unit Modernist Style, circa 1940
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Shelves designed by an unknown designer in modernist style, circa 1940 Manufactured in France
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Vintage 1940s French Mid-Century Modern Shelves

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Wood, Pine

Sterling Modernist Clamper Bracelet
Located in New York, NY
Sterling Modernist Clamper from the 1940's. Handmade with 4 wires and handmade ball motifs. The
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Vintage 1940s American Modernist Clamper Bracelets

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Sterling Silver

4-Lights Modernist Chandelier in Chromed Brass, France, circa 1940
Located in VÉZELAY, FR
and milky opalines. Art Deco Modernist / Mid-Century Modern style, France, circa 1940-1950
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Vintage 1940s French Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

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Brass, Chrome

Gio Ponti Attributed Italian Modernist Brass Framed Mirror, Italy, circa 1940
By Gio Ponti
Located in New York, NY
, circa 1940 Size: 39 1/2" high x 23" wide at top x 20" wide at base x 1 1/2" deep
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Vintage 1940s European Mid-Century Modern Wall Mirrors

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Brass

1940 American WPA Modernist New York City Watercolor Painting Pushcart Tenements
By Samuel Grunvald
Located in Surfside, FL
Exhibition 1940 Leonard Hutton Gallery, New York 1960 World House Galleries, New York 1959 Florence Wilson
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1940s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Unusual Modernist Tall Back Iron Chairs, 1940-1960
Located in Rochester, NY
A rare set of four tall back iron chairs with a great looking modernist form. Beautifully detailed
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20th Century Chairs

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Aluminum, Iron, Wrought Iron

Table Lamp by the Artist Henri Morand, 1940, Modernist Style.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Table lamp by the artist Henri Morand, 1940, Modernist style. Table lamp in chromed metal and
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20th Century French Modern Table Lamps

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Metal, Chrome

1940 Modernist Still Life with Flowers, Framed Floral Oil Painting, Red Yellow
By John Edward Thompson
Located in Denver, CO
An original modernist still life oil painting by John E. Thompson (1882-1945), table is draped in
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1940s American Modern Interior Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Pair of modernist cast iron and wrought iron andirons. French work. Circa 1940
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This nice pair of modernist andirons is made of cast iron and wrought iron. This is a French work
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Vintage 1940s French Mid-Century Modern Fireplace Tools and Chimney Pots

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Iron, Wrought Iron

Paul Meltsner, Portrait of a Youth, American Modernist Realism O/C, c. 1940
Located in New York, NY
American Art Deco Modernist Social Realism Paul Raphael Meltsner Portrait of a Youth Oil on canvas
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Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Paintings

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Canvas

1940's Americana WPA Modernist Watercolor Painting Catskill Mountains Bungalow
By Samuel Grunvald
Located in Surfside, FL
Bungalow (fauvist painting of New York scene) 1940's. image is 10X 11.5 inches. Hand signed lower
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1940s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Rebajes Sterling Modernist Bird Brooch
By Rebajes
Located in New York, NY
Rebajes Sterling Modernist Bird Brooch made from a single sheet of sterling metal. The wing is cut
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Vintage 1940s American Modernist Brooches

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Sterling Silver

'Instruction' 1940
By Thomas Hart Benton
Located in Pembroke Pines, FL
THOMAS HART BENTON (American, 1889-1975) "Instruction", 1940 Lithograph on paper 10-1/4 x 12-1/4
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1940s Post-War Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

'Instruction' 1940
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H 10 in W 12 in D 1 in
Pair of Art Deco Modernist Armchairs, circa 1940
By Marcel Breuer
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Pair of Art Deco modernist armchairs, circa 1940. The back inclination can be modified.  
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Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Armchairs

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Chrome

Southern Modernist Abstract Musical Oil Painting by Ethel Davis, Alabama 1940
Located in Baltimore, MD
Valley Museum of Art in 1972. To pay tribute to her, the Museum held an exhibition of her modernist
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1940s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings

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Oil

modernist art deco desk in walnut circa 190/1940
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
modernist art deco desk in walnut circa 190/1940 To be restored, missing wood veneer
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Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Desks

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Walnut

Vintage French Modernist Oak Lounge Chairs, 1940's, Belgian Linen Upholstery, 2
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A pair of modernist armchairs from France, circa 1940. Crafted in Oak wood and freshly
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Chairs

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Oak

French Modernist 18 Karat Gold Necklace
Located in New York, NY
artistic character. The French necklace from ca 1940 is composed of 7 straight and curved elements on
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Vintage 1940s French Modernist More Necklaces

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18k Gold

Rolex Stainless Steel Chronometer Bubbleback with Black Dial 1940's
By Rolex
Located in Long Beach, CA
perfect choice for any person. These bracelets were custom made during the 1940's for the model watch.
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Vintage 1940s Swiss Modernist Wrist Watches

1940's Modernist Wrought Iron Chairs, Set of Four
By John Salterini
Located in Rochester, NY
A set of four modernist wrought iron chairs in beautifully aged old worn pale sage green painted
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Patio and Garden Furniture

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Wrought Iron

1940's Modernist French Iron Verre Eglomise Mirror Cocktail Table, Regency
By Gio Ponti
Located in Buffalo, NY
Delightful and chic round coffee table with a scrolled wrought iron base with highly decorative detail and twisted gilt iron wood top surround. Gilding to base. Verre Eglomise´ mirro...
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Vintage 1940s French Other Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Iron

Vintage 1940's William Spratling Mexican Sterling Silver Flexible Link Bracelet
By William Spratling
Located in Munich, Bavaria
in use from 1940-1946 ca.
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Vintage 1940s Mexican Modernist Link Bracelets

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Sterling Silver

20th century modernist grey stoneware ceramic vase by Armand Bedu La Borne 1940
By La Borne Potters
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
Armand Bedu Realised circa 1940 in La Borne Modernist 20th century stoneware ceramic vase by
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20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Vases

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Ceramic

1940's American WPA Modernist New York City Watercolor Painting Tenement Market
By Samuel Grunvald
Located in Surfside, FL
The Market, (fauvist painting of NYC scene) 1940's. image is 10X 11.5 inches. Hand signed lower
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1940s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Modernist Face
By Itzhak Sankowsky
Located in Los Angeles, CA
ITZHAK SANKOWSKY "MODERNIST FACE" WOOD, SIGNED ROMANIAN-AMERICAN, C.1940 24.5 INCHES Itzhak
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1940s Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Wood

Sornay Style Deco Rosewood Lounge Chairs, France 1930-1940 Mid-Century Modernist
By Andre Sornay
Located in New York, NY
chairs with beautiful Patina throughout. Modernist square arms and tilting back. In lovely original
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Vintage 1940s French Art Deco Lounge Chairs

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Rosewood

Harmon Steel Art Deco Single Button Chronograph with Original Dial from 1940's
Located in Long Beach, CA
: Steel CIRCA / YEAR: 1940's DIMENSIONS / SIZE: Length 28mm X Diameter 32mm MOVEMENT / CALIBER: Manual
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Vintage 1940s Swiss Modernist Wrist Watches

Modernist Cityscape
By Esther Rollick
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original modernist oil painting by American female artist Esther Rollick.
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1940s American Modern Landscape Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Tudor Yellow Gold Filled Watch with Original Dial and Hands from 1940's
By Tudor
Located in Long Beach, CA
/ MATERIAL: Gold Filled Top CIRCA / YEAR: 1940's DIMENSIONS / SIZE: Length 43mm x Diameter 34mm MOVEMENT
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Vintage 1940s Swiss Modernist Wrist Watches

Modernist Art Deco Table circa 1930-1940 Attributed to Jacques Adnet
By Jacques Adnet
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Modernist Art Deco table circa 1930-1940 attributed to Jacques Adnet.
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Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Dining Room Tables

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Walnut

Modernist Enamel Pendant, Germany
Located in New York, NY
Elegant Modernist Enamel Pendant from Germany circa 1940's. Charming matte enamel bird on branch in
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Vintage 1940s German Art Deco Anklets

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Sterling Silver, Enamel

Modernist Enamel Pendant, Germany
Modernist Enamel Pendant, Germany
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H 17 in W 1.2 in L 1.75 in
Arthur Dove 1940 "Sun" Painting
By Arthur Dove
Located in San Francisco, CA
Arthur Dove: 1880-1946. One of the most important early American Modernists and Abstract
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1940s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Mixed Media

Marcel Breuer Table, circa 1940
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Table by Marcel Breuer Manufactured, circa 1940. In original condition, with minor wear
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Vintage 1940s French Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Metal

Marcel Breuer Table, circa 1940
Marcel Breuer Table, circa 1940
H 29.93 in Dm 43.12 in
Jean Després Lapis Lazuli and Gold Ring circa 1940
By Jean Despres
Located in New York, NY
. 1940. Stamped with maker's mark & French assay marks. Ring size 6. This ring can be resized. Després
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Vintage 1940s French Modernist Cocktail Rings

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Lapis Lazuli, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold

1940's French Modernist Figure in Interior Setting, Intriguing Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, initialed and dated 1947. Title: Figurative Study within interior Medium: signed oil painting on canvas, unframed. Size: canvas: 24 x 19.75 in...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Abstract Paintings

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Oil

Mid-Century Modernist 14K Gold Amethyst Pendant Necklace
Located in Venice, CA
A gorgeous modernist Amethyst gemstone pendant set into 14k yellow gold. The pendant takes a
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Vintage 1940s Unknown Modernist Pendant Necklaces

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Amethyst, Yellow Gold, 14k Gold

Mid-Century Modernist 14K Gold Amethyst Pendant Necklace
Mid-Century Modernist 14K Gold Amethyst Pendant Necklace
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H 2.25 in W 1.63 in L 16 in
Early American Modernist Exotic Wood Brass Lute Earrings
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Handmade, one of a kind lute earrings made of carved exotic wood with brass wire "strings" and gold hooks for pierced ears. Earrings measure 2.25" in length by 1" wide and are unsig...
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Vintage 1940s Unknown Modernist Drop Earrings

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Brass

1940's French Signed Modernist Oil Painting Nude Figure in Room Interior
By Maurice Delavier
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Nude in Interior by Maurice Delavier (French mid 20th century) signed and dated 1944 oil on board, unframed board: 18.5 x 14.5 inches inscribed verso provenance: private collection, ...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Modernist Wheat Sheaves Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful landscape of wheat sheaves with modernist vibe by Eleanor Walls Plau (Plaw) (American
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1940s Modern Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

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