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Contemporary Art For Sale
Period: 1930s
Period: 1940s
Taureau dans l’arène
By Madoura, Pablo Picasso
Located in PAU, FR
Pablo Picasso/ MadouraTaureau dans l'arène
1948 (Ramié 80).
Plat rectangulaire en terre de faïence blanche. Tampons "Madoura plein feu" "CR" et "Edition Picasso" Edition à 450 exempl...
Category
1940s French Modern Vintage Contemporary Art
Materials
Ceramic, Acrylic
Monumental 1930s Wood No Smoking Sign from New York City
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Monumental hand carved wood sign from the 1930s. Made by H.H. Upham & Co. Interestingly, this company owned a huge sign manufacturing business in the ...
Category
1930s American Vintage Contemporary Art
Materials
Wood
Les Fleurs du Mal, Georges Rouault, 1933
Located in Saint ouen, FR
Les Fleurs du Mal, Georges Rouault, 1933
Lithograph by Georges Rouault, great french expressionnist painter of the french Paris School (with Modigliani, Picasso, Braque, Matisse...)...
Category
1930s Vintage Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper
Polychrome Screen print "Romanesque" by Josef Zenk
By Joseph Zenk
Located in Montreal, QC
Polychrome Screen print "Romanesque" by Josef Zenk Signed, titled and numbered to lower edge ‘Romanesque 1/24 Zenk’. This work is number 1 from the edition of 24. Zenk studied for th...
Category
1940s American Vintage Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper
Restored 1949 Rattan Framed Square Crane Bark Cloth Fabric Sample by Spectrum
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Framed crane barkcloth fabric artwork sample by the Spectrum Company, circa 1949.
Category
1940s American Vintage Contemporary Art
Materials
Fabric
Selection of Three WPA Era Paintings
Located in Atlanta, GA
Group of Three WPA Era Paintings, American, circa 1930s-1950s.
From left to right, they are:
1) Brick mason oil painting, American, circa 1930s. It ...
Category
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Wood
Jankel Adler Erotic Work on Paper of a Seated Couple - Graphite & Gouache, 1940s
Located in London, GB
As an artist Jankel Adler personified the European avant-garde in Britain in the 1940s, becoming a central figure in the art worlds of Glasgow and then London. Though born in Poland,...
Category
1940s Vintage Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper
American Frohse Anatomical Chart
Located in Otley, GB
A superb vintage American Frohse anatomical chart on canvas. The medical chart is dated 1947 & supplied by Adam Rouilly & Co Ltd London. The an...
Category
1940s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas
"Spirit of Oshkosh, " Art Deco Mural Study by Eugene Savage, 1937
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This very rare and important study for "The Spirit of Oshkosh," a major mural in Wisconsin, was painted by Eugene Savage in 1937. Savage is best know...
Category
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Contemporary Art
Materials
Paint
Henry Moore Modernist Prints
By Henry Moore
Located in Atlanta, GA
Henry Moore prints, from the limited edition folio entitled "The Drawings of Henry Moore", published by Curt Valentin, New York, 1946. They have been professionally matted and framed...
Category
1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Contemporary Art
Materials
Glass, Paper, Wood
Louis Stettner Subway New York 1946 Printed, circa 1990
By Louis Stettner
Located in Hudson, NY
Louis Stettner, Subway New York, 1946, printed circa 1990. This image is illustrated the book " Traveling Light". It was published to celebrate a major...
Category
1940s American Modern Vintage Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper
Depero Fortunato Painting, Title: Horse and Stained Glass, Archive Certificate
Located in Milano, IT
Rare and beautiful painted work by Fortunato Depero from 1948, Title: Horse and Stained Glass Window. Technique: Indian ink and diluted Indian ink on paper. Details: Signature top le...
Category
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper
Abstract Painting by the Dutch School of Art, Holland, 1930s
Located in New York, NY
1930s Dutch school of art abstract painting.
Signed by artist STM.
Newly framed art floating on linen backing.
From a large collection of work.
Category
1930s Dutch Vintage Contemporary Art
Materials
Other
Depero Fortunato Painting, Title: L'ingegnere with Certification Archive
Located in Milano, IT
Rare and beautiful painted work by Fortunato Depero from 1948. The work bears the Signature in the lower left-hand corner. Work archived at the Archivio Unico per il catalogo delle o...
Category
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper
Abstract Painting by Dutch School of Art, Holland, 1930s
Located in New York, NY
1930s Dutch school of art abstract painting.
Signed by artist FA.
Newly framed art floating on linen background.
From a large collection of work.
Category
1930s Dutch Vintage Contemporary Art
Materials
Other
Abstract Painting by Dutch School of Art, Holland, 1930s
Located in New York, NY
1930s Dutch school of art abstract painting.
Newly framed art floating on linen background.
From a large collection of work.
Category
1930s Dutch Vintage Contemporary Art
Materials
Paint
Abstract Painting by the Dutch School of Art, Holland, 1930s
Located in New York, NY
1930s Dutch school of art abstract painting.
Newly framed art floating on linen backing.
From a large collection of work.
Category
1930s Dutch Vintage Contemporary Art
Materials
Other
Abstract Painting by the Dutch School of Art, Holland, 1930s
Located in New York, NY
1930s Dutch school of art abstract painting.
Signed by artist STM.
Newly framed art floating on linen backing.
From a large collection of work.
Category
1930s Dutch Vintage Contemporary Art
Materials
Other
Millard Sheets Signed Original Drawing Wartime Boats in Stormy Seas Harbor, 1942
By Millard Sheets
Located in Studio City, CA
Wonderful and darkly intriguing original artwork by renowned American Modernist artist and California artist benefactor Millard Sheets (1907-1989) featuring wartime boats caught in stormy seas. Very evocative and certainly quite relevant to the time it was created taken in the context of the war.
The work is hand pencil signed and dated (1942) by Sheets on the mat just below the artwork.
Provenance: Property from the estate of Millard Sheets.
Would be a great addition to any collectors of his work or Mid-Century Modern artist or an eye-catching stand-alone accent artwork in about any setting.
Sheets many awards include:
Watson F. Blair Purchase Prize, Chicago Art Institute (1938)
Philadelphia Watercolor Club Prize (1939)
Dana Watercolor Medal, Pennsylvania Academy of fine Arts (1943)
Drawing Prize, Los Angeles County Museum of Art (1946)
Gold Brush Award, Artists Guild of Chicago, Award of the Year (1951)
Honorary Doctor of Laws, University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana (1964)
His works can be found in numerous permanent collections, public settings, and international museums including:
The Museum of Modern Art, New York
Scripps College, CA
The White House (Washington, DC)
The San Diego Museum
The Los Angeles Public Library...
Category
1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper
Maria Lagorio, Female Nude, Oil on Canvas, France, 1930s
By Maria Lagorio
Located in New York, NY
Maria Lagorio, who studied under the "World of Art" members Bilibin and Lanceray, fled Russia after the revolution, and spent most of her working life in France. Her early graphic wo...
Category
1930s French Vintage Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Surrealist Lithographs by Wassily Kandinsky and Andre Masson, circa 1938
Located in Atlanta, GA
Selection of Surrealist Lithographs, by Wassily Kandinsky and Andre Masson for the limited edition 1938 portfolio Verve and printed by the famed French printer Mourlot. The one seen ...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Contemporary Art
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
Picasso by Gertrude Stein
Located in valatie, NY
Picasso by Gertrude Stein. B.T. Batsford, LTD, London, 1948. 3rd Ed hardcover no dust jacket. With 64 illustrations in color and B&W. The famous writer ...
Category
1940s Vintage Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper
Surrealist Lithographs by Wassily Kandinsky and Andre Masson, circa 1938
Located in Atlanta, GA
Selection of Surrealist Lithographs, by Wassily Kandinsky and Andre Masson for the limited edition 1938 portfolio Verve and printed by the famed French printer Mourlot. The one seen ...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Contemporary Art
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
Pablo Picasso Le Chien 'The Dog' Bloch 334
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973) Le Chien
Pablo Picasso Original etching with sugar-lift aquatint and drypoint on Vollard paper. Thi...
Category
1930s Vintage Contemporary Art
Materials
Tulipwood, Paper
American Impressionist New England Harbor Scene Painting "Sails Up" by A. Thieme
Located in Savannah, GA
This striking American impressionist oil on canvas harbor scene entitled “Sails Up” features colorful boats and figures by well-known Dutch / American artist Anthony Thieme. Signed in lower lefthand corner.
“Anthony Thieme 1888 –1954 was a landscape and marine painter and a major figure of the Rockport, MA School of American regional art. Born in Rotterdam, Thieme studied there at the Academie of Fine Arts for two years and then, briefly, at the Royal Academy, the Hague. He traveled widely in Europe, frequently finding work as a stage designer.
Thieme traveled to the United States at the age of 22. He quickly found work as a stage designer at the Century Theater in New York, designing sets for the Russian...
Category
1930s American Other Vintage Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Wood
Gouache Contemporary Portrait Painting of a Woman Helen Wagner Malta 1930s
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
An early contemporary still-life Gouache portrait painting of a woman. On paper, this piece depicts a seated woman reclining in a pigmented blue chair. Her hair is short and dark and she wears a red dress. This sketch was created by Helen Wagner Malta and is signed at the bottom right in black ink "Helen Wagner" before her marriage. Her later works are signed "Helen Wagner Malta".
Helen Wagner Malta was born in 1912 and worked in New York City in the 1930s teaching at the Harlem Art...
Category
1930s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Contemporary Art
Materials
Paint, Paper
1949 Fernand Léger Lithograph "Est elle Aimee"
Located in Cathedral City, CA
1949 Fernand Léger lithograph, pochoir Medium Remarks: black ink
Estelle Aimee (illustration for "Les Illuminations" by Arthur Rimbaud)
Lux...
Category
1940s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Contemporary Art
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
Nude Painting, Wilhelm Christens, 1930s
Located in Albignasego, IT
Wilhelm Christens - female nude
64cm x 42cm (frame excluded) - oil on canvas applied to rigid cardboard
1920s
Christens, Wilhelm (1878 Düsseldorf - 1964)
He attended the Karl...
Category
1930s German Vintage Contemporary Art
Materials
Paint
Mid-Century Modern Oil Painting, Portrait of Boy by Robert Rukavina, circa 1948
By Robert Rukavina
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Vintage portrait of a young boy wearing a striped red shirt with blue argyle sweater. Oil on canvas painting by artist Robert Rukavina (1914-1977), who lived in the United States and...
Category
1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Reclaimed Wood, Paint
Decorative Lacquer Panel Midcentury by P. Paulin theme “Heaven on Earth’’
Located in Miami, FL
French painter and master glassmaker, Beaux Art School in Lyon , born in 1907 . He sudied with G. Decote who used to work with Gustave Moreau. He is inspired by the symbolist movemen...
Category
1940s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Contemporary Art
Materials
Lacquer
Robert Libeski Painting Lady with Dog 1946 Mixed Media
Located in Vienna, AT
A mixed media painting by Robert Libeski, which shows a Lady with Dog, 1946 in soft colors.
Robert Libeski ( 1892 - 1988 )
Robert Libeski was activ in...
Category
1940s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper
Paul Landacre Signed Limited Edition Mid-Century Modern Wood Engraving "Anna"
By Paul Landacre
Located in Studio City, CA
A riveting impression on Japanese cream woven paper by famed Modernists wood engraver Paul Landacre. This particular work was purportedly created for the cover of the Prospectus, Pau...
Category
1930s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper
Suite of 26 Art Deco Nude Alphabet Pen and Ink Drawings
Located in Atlanta, GA
Suite of 26 Art Deco nude alphabet pen and ink drawings, American, circa 1930s. Perfect for an old school country club, bar, or gentleman's study. Framed in cle...
Category
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Contemporary Art
Materials
Wood, Paper, Glass
1930s Wood Campgrounds Sign
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage wood campgrounds sign from the 1930s. Sign was used to let people use shovels and supplies and make sure they are returned. Great rustic sign, cool piece of Americana. 2.5 fe...
Category
1930s American Vintage Contemporary Art
Materials
Wood
"Samson and Delilah" in 1940s America, Art Deco Painting
By Joseph E. Bolden
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Brilliantly transposed from Biblical times to 1940s America, this vivid scene shows Samson and Delilah in a quintessentially domestic setting, complete with pink wallpaper...
Category
1940s American Vintage Contemporary Art
Materials
Gouache, Paper
Red, Cream, Black, Blue Abstract Painting, Italy, 1930s
Located in New York, NY
1930's Italian abstract painting.
Tempura painting in a slightly weathered black vintage frame.
Dominant color is red with cream, black and blue.
M...
Category
1930s Italian Vintage Contemporary Art
Materials
Other
1930s Nude Oil Painting Signed Maubri
Located in Cathedral City, CA
French nude painting (oil on canvas) with original frame signed Maubri.
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Contemporary Art
Materials
Wood, Canvas
Louis Wolchonok Painting "Reclining Woman"
Located in Cathedral City, CA
1940s oil on canvas painting of reclining woman signed by Louis Wolchonok. (American/New York 1893-1973)
Please note: Two small repairs see details pictures.
Louis Wolchonok stud...
Category
1940s American Modern Vintage Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas
1940s American Abstract Expressionism Painting
By Richard Pousette-Dart
Located in Cathedral City, CA
1940s American abstract expressionism painting on board in the style of Richard Poussette-Dart.
Category
1940s American Expressionist Vintage Contemporary Art
Materials
Board
Green, Navy and Blue Abstract Painting, Italy, 1930s
Located in New York, NY
1930's Italian abstract tempura painting.
Multiple colors include green, navy, medium blue, red and cream.
Part of a collection of tempura paintings,...
Category
1930s Italian Vintage Contemporary Art
Materials
Other
Painting, Oil, 'Street Scene' Signed Bela Kadar
By Bela Kadar
Located in New York, NY
Painting, Street Scene, Signed Bela Kadar, (Hungary 1877-1955), un-framed, oil on board.
Bela Kadar was born in Hungary in 1877. Amongst his early interests was mural painting. Li...
Category
1930s Hungarian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Contemporary Art
"Restraining the Horse" Gouache Painting by Collazzi
By J. Collazzi
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Finely painted in gouache by J. Collazzi, who did a series of landscapes and fantasy paintings in the 1930s, this scene of two classical figures restraining a horse is classic Art De...
Category
1930s American Vintage Contemporary Art
Materials
Gouache, Paper
Floating Art Deco Nude, Drawing by Zaidenberg
By Arthur Zaidenberg
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An extremely prolific writer, teacher and practicing artist, Arthur Zaidenberg was virtually a household name in the 1940s and 1950s, thanks to the dozens of books he wrote for a gen...
Category
1930s American Vintage Contemporary Art
Materials
Charcoal, Paper
Painted Door Art
Located in Hudson, NY
Painted door art
came out of an art school in France in the 1940s. They were used as painting surfaces. Two available.
Category
1940s French Vintage Contemporary Art
Art Deco Studies, "Leda and the Swan" by William Hunt Diederich
By Wilhelm Hunt Diederich
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Famous for his attenuated, highly stylized horses, hounds and other animals, often executed in iron or ceramic, William Hunt Diederich was one o...
Category
1930s American Vintage Contemporary Art
'New Objectivity' Drawing, Woman with Veil by Beeldens
By Beeldens
Located in New York, NY
Drawing by Beeldens, Belgium, circa 1935.
References: Modern and Contemporary Art, New Objectivity, Neue Sachlichkeit.
Category
1930s Belgian Modern Vintage Contemporary Art
Materials
Pencil, Paper
Woodland Scene with Pan and Three Graces
By A. Gargiulo
Located in Philadelphia, PA
At once fantastical and earthbound, this remarkable drawing depicts three seminude goddesses -- perhaps the Three Graces -- dancing to a tune provided by a nude Pan figure seated on ...
Category
1930s Argentine Vintage Contemporary Art
Materials
Pencil, Paper
Gouache Contemporary Portrait Painting of a Woman Signed Helen Wagner Malta 1930
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
An early contemporary still-life Gouache portrait painting of a woman. On paper, this piece depicts a seated woman reclining in a brown rocking chair. She wears a hat, and her arms are crossed across her chest. Her legs are crossed at her ankles, and she wears a blue-green ankle-length skirt. This sketch was created by Helen Wagner Malta and is signed at the bottom right in black ink "Helen Wagner" before her marriage. Her later works are signed "Helen Wagner Malta".
Helen Wagner Malta was born in 1912 and worked in New York City in the 1930s teaching at the Harlem Art...
Category
1930s American Modern Vintage Contemporary Art
Materials
Paint, Paper
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