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Period: 1950s
Gouache Painting "Skuggor" by Tore Nyberg, Sweden, 1950
Located in Hägersten, SE
Painting by Swedish artist Tore Nyberg. Gouache on paper titled "Skuggor" made in 1950. Signed and dated. Very good condition with sign of age related wear. Tore Nyberg, 1911-1993...
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Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage 1950s Wall Decorations

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Paint

Michel Rivière, Atelier Claude Tabet, Ceramic Mask, circa 1950-1960
By Michel Riviere, Atelier Claude Tabet, Colette Gueden
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Michel Rivière, Atelier Claude tabet, ceramic mask, circa 1950-1960 Sometimes attributed to Colette Gueden.
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French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Wall Decorations

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Ceramic

"Industry Along the River" by Joseph Wolins
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Signed lower left Joseph Wolins was born in Atlantic City, New Jersey in 1915. He studied at the National Academy of Design from 1935 to 1941 under Leon Kroll. While studying in Eur...
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American Vintage 1950s Wall Decorations

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Paint

"Live Fast, Die Young" Original US Film Poster
Located in London, GB
Original US Film poster for the 1958 film directed by Paul Henreid and starring Mary Murphy, Norma Eberhardt, Mike Conners.
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American Vintage 1950s Wall Decorations

"The Gunfighter / Romantico Avventuriero" Original Italian Movie Poster
Located in London, GB
Original Italian movie poster for Henry King's 1950 Western starring Gregory Peck, Helen Westcott. The art work on this poster is unique to the fi...
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Italian Vintage 1950s Wall Decorations

“D.O.A ? Dead on Arrival”, US Movie Poster
Located in London, GB
Original style B US movie poster for the 1950 crime film D.O.A. directed by Rudolph Mate and starring Edmond O'Brien.
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American Vintage 1950s Wall Decorations

"La cinematheque Française" Oil on Canvas with Relief, circa 1950, Signed TH
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
"La cinematheque Française" oil on canvas with relief, circa 1950, signed TH.
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European Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Wall Decorations

Materials

Paint

Huge Weathered on Industrial Sign
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Huge weathered on industrial sign. Very cool. Dimensions are per letter.
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American Industrial Vintage 1950s Wall Decorations

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Cut Steel

Georg Glud, Still Life, Oil on Panel, Listed Danish Artist
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Georg Glud, still life, oil on panel. Listed Danish artist. In very good condition. Signed, dated 59. Measures: 96 x 81 cm.
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Danish Vintage 1950s Wall Decorations

Rare Hoffman Beverages Porcelain Sign
Located in New York, NY
A rarely seen Hoffman beverages porcelain and metal sign from the 1950s. Great color and graphics.  
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American Vintage 1950s Wall Decorations

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Metal

"I Can Get It for You Wholesale, " Original US Film Poster
Located in London, GB
Original US film poster for the 1951 drama staring Susan Hayward, Dan Dailey, George Sanders.
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American Vintage 1950s Wall Decorations

Wall-Mounted Brass Silhouette of Sail Boat by P. Hertz Copenhagen, Denmark
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Brass silhouette of sail boat designed and manufactured by Royal Jeweler P. Hertz in Copenhagen, Denmark. Makers Mark/sticker present to the teak backplate.
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Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Wall Decorations

Materials

Brass

Art / Photography, Frank Paulin
By Frank Paulin
Located in Pompano Beach, FL
Lower East Side, New York 1958, vintage gelatin silver photograph, signed Frank Paulin and dated on verso.
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American Vintage 1950s Wall Decorations

Antique Swedish School, Teaching Chart, Poster "the Life of the Plants"
Located in Vienna, AT
Antique wall chart depicting "The life of the plants." The chart is signer M. Richter. This is a reprint probably from the 1950s. Colorful print o...
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Swedish Vintage 1950s Wall Decorations

Oil Painting by Tore Nyberg, Sweden, 1957
Located in Hägersten, SE
Painting by Swedish artist Tore Nyberg. Oil on canvas made in 1957. Signed and dated. Good condition with sign of age related wear. Tore Nyberg, 1911-1993, was a Swedish artist. B...
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Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage 1950s Wall Decorations

Materials

Paint

"At the Crossroads, " Masterpiece of French Surrealism by Delmotte, 1956
Located in Philadelphia, PA
In our opinion, the masterpiece of Marcel Delmotte's long artistic career, this highly-finished surreal painting depicts four semi-nude female figures, one very pale and ghostly in t...
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Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Wall Decorations

"Man in Green Sweater, " Striking Mid-Century Portrait by Zimmerman, 1950s
Located in Philadelphia, PA
One of the strongest Mid-Century portraits we have seen, this depiction of a young man in a vivid, emerald-green sweater was painted by Paul Zimmerman, an important artist who grew u...
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American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Wall Decorations

Materials

Paint

House of Wax, US Title Lobby Card for the 1953 3D Horror Movie
Located in London, GB
Original US Title Lobby Card for the 1953 3D Horror movie staring Vincent Price.
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American Vintage 1950s Wall Decorations

"Gaslight / Hantise" Original French Movie Poster
Located in London, GB
Original French movie poster for, George Cukor's 1944 Film Noir starring Charles Boyer, Ingrid Bergman, Joseph Cotten. The art work on this beautif...
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French Vintage 1950s Wall Decorations

"Tapestry with Giraffes, " Fabulous, Unique Mid-Century Weaving, North Africa
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Perhaps inspired by the renewal of ancient weaving traditions undertaken by the Ramses Wissa Wassef workshop in Egypt, among others in North Africa, this marvelous Mid-Century tapest...
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North African Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Wall Decorations

Materials

Wool

Gouache Painting "Blue" by Tore Nyberg, Sweden, 1955
Located in Hägersten, SE
Painting by Swedish artist Tore Nyberg. Gouache on paper made in 1955. Very good condition with few sign of age. Tore Nyberg, 1911-1993, was a Swedish artist. Born in Stockholm ed...
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Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage 1950s Wall Decorations

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Paint

"Fisherwomen and Fisherman, " Large, Pierced Wood Midcentury Wall Sculpture
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Expertly and sensitively carved from a slab of mahogany and finished with paint the color of gray flannel, this superb wall sculpture depicts two women and one man at the dockyard, c...
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American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Wall Decorations

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Wood

rare Alexander Noll woodcut.
Located in Toronto, Ontario
An interesting woodcut by Alexander Noll. The image is unusual with human forms with carved jug appendages and heads.
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French Vintage 1950s Wall Decorations

Black Painted Resin Panel of a Hunting Dogs Busts
Located in Washington, DC
A black painted resin panel of a hunting dogs busts.
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French Vintage 1950s Wall Decorations

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Resin, Wood, Paint

Walter Bosse Key Hanger by Hertha Baller, Austria, 1950s
Located in Wien, AT
Walter Bosse key hanger by Hertha Baller, Austria, 1950s. Original condition.
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Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Wall Decorations

Materials

Brass

Philippe Hosiasson Original Oil on Canvas, Tache Rouge
By Philippe Hosiasson
Located in East Hampton, NY
This is a wonderful midcentury textured abstract by important and listed French painter. Signed and titled on reverse "Tache Rouge 1956". We have left the original gilt frame within ...
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French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Wall Decorations

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Canvas, Wood

"Funny Face" Original Japanese Movie Poster
Located in London, GB
Original Japanese movie poster. This design was created only for this first release Japanese poster. It is exceptionally rare and is the only exa...
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Japanese Vintage 1950s Wall Decorations

Wall-Mounted Plant Holder
Located in Wien, AT
Wall-mounted plant holder. Polished and stove enameled. Please note that the offer without pot and flower is!!
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Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Wall Decorations

Materials

Brass, Copper

Charlotte Henschel, Oil on Canvas, France, 1950
Located in Catonvielle, FR
Composition abstracted from Charlotte Henschel (1905-1985), France, 1950, signed low right. Frame of origin, under glass. Measures: 99.5cm/72.5cm (off frame) Raise of the school...
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French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Wall Decorations

Materials

Canvas

Mid Century Impressionist View Norfolk Virginia, J Winston Lawler
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Beautiful oil on board painting of downtown Norfolk Virginia from the 1950s.
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American Vintage 1950s Wall Decorations

Materials

Wood, Paint

Splendid Vintage Cloud Design Batik from Java Indonesia
Located in Atlanta, GA
Probably one of the most beautiful batik textile designs from Indonesia, the wraparound skirt also known as Kain Panjang was an iconic design from Cirebon, North Coast of Java. The Cloud design...
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Indonesian Tribal Vintage 1950s Wall Decorations

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Textile

"Football Tackle, " Unique Mid Century Bronze Sculptural Panel by Torrey
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Sculpted and cast as the prototype for a bronze awards plaque celebrating accomplishment in American football, this piece shows two players in the middle of a dramatic tackle. The artist, Fred Torrey, is best known for his "Lincoln Walks at Midnight" sculpture which premiered at the 1939-1940 New York World's Fair (now displayed near the West Virginia state capitol), Torrey also sculpted another Lincoln sculpture this is displayed on the grounds of the Iowa state...
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American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Wall Decorations

Materials

Bronze

Original Vintage Bret Oil Motor Racing Sport Poster - Motorcycle Champions 1953
Located in London, GB
Original vintage motor sport advertising poster published by Bret-Oil in celebration of the 1953 Motorcycling Champions win by G. Monneret, P. Monneret, Camus and Lefevre using Bret Oil and by the Oliver, Collot, Schaad and Godey using its super lubricating additive Bretocyl Graphite. Dynamic sketch artwork...
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French Vintage 1950s Wall Decorations

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Paper

Mid-Century Modern Oil Painting of a Still Life
Located in Water Mill, NY
Mid-Century Modern still life decorative oil painting.
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American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Wall Decorations

Materials

Canvas

Oil on Canvas by W.R. Barrel 'Listed American Artist'
Located in East Hampton, NY
W.R. Barrel is a Fine Arts listed American artist - this piece is a beautiful scene of "Two ladies at the flower market" - reminiscent of Jackie O. Spatula oil on canvas. This ite...
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American Vintage 1950s Wall Decorations

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Canvas

"Il Mostro della Via Morgue, " Film Poster
Located in London, GB
Original Italian Movie poster for the 1954 Horror film directed by Roy Del Ruth and starring Karl Malden and Claude Dauphin. The film is an adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe's short stor...
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Italian Vintage 1950s Wall Decorations

Abstract by Maurice Golubov
By Maurice Golubov 1
Located in Sheffield, MA
Maurice Golubov, Russian/American, 1905-1987. Abstract. Oil on Canvas 30 by 40 in. W/frame 34 by 44 in. Biography Maurice Golubov first studied art as a teenager during evening c...
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Vintage 1950s Wall Decorations

Walter Bosse Thermometer, 1950s
Located in Wien, AT
Walter Bosse thermometer, 1950s Original condition.
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Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Wall Decorations

Materials

Brass

Original Cubist Oil on Canvas by Artist: Vickers, 1953
Located in East Hampton, NY
This framed Classic Mid-Century cubist portrait of lady in the red light district is signed in the lower right corner and dated 1953. Additional sig...
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American Vintage 1950s Wall Decorations

Materials

Wood

The Devil's Hairpin / La Curva del Diavolo Original Italian Film Poster
Located in London, GB
Original Italian film poster for the 1957 motor racing movie directed and staring Cornel Wilde.
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Italian Vintage 1950s Wall Decorations

"Space Forms" Pastel Artwork
Located in New York, NY
"SPACE FORMS", 1952 No. 3, pastel on paper with white frame (red, black, orange), by MICHAEL LOEW, (American 1907-1985), signed and dated '52 in pencil lower right
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American Post-Modern Vintage 1950s Wall Decorations

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Paper, Crayon

Set of Five Tribal Spears
Located in Chicago, IL
Set of five decorative spears from unknown origin. Good vintage condition.
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Unknown Tribal Vintage 1950s Wall Decorations

Materials

Steel

Brilliant, Rare "Nativity" Enamel Panel by Karl Drerup
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Arguably the finest enamel artist that America has ever seen, Karl Drerup immigrated here from Germany in 1937, his anti-Nazi activism and his wife's Jewish heritage forcing them to ...
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American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Wall Decorations

Materials

Walnut

Large Vintage School Teaching Chart "Particle Accelerator"
Located in Vienna, AT
Vintage wall chart depicting particle accelerator. Printed by Ernst Klett Verlag in 1957. Colorful print on paper. Good original condition, age-related traces of usage, partly fi...
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German Industrial Vintage 1950s Wall Decorations

Materials

Paper

Vintage Swedish Engineering Chart Poster
Located in Atlanta, GA
Vintage Swedish engineering instructional diagram chart or poster. Unframed. String hanger. Highly collectible ephemera from 1950's Sweden.
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Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Wall Decorations

Materials

Paper

John Szarkowski, Silver Gelatin Print Black and White Photograph Nature, 1952
By John Szarkowski
Located in High Point, NC
An early original silver gelatin print by John Szarkowski. Black and white landscape photo of plants / leaves. John Szarkowski is considered one of the most important individuals i...
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Modern Vintage 1950s Wall Decorations

20th Meeting of Altar Servers by Luque, Spain
Located in Miami, FL
Manuel Fernandez Luque. He was a painter of variegated compositions, parading, typical of Spanish folklore figures. His work has a literary expressionism burden becomes a tableau of ...
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Spanish Expressionist Vintage 1950s Wall Decorations

"Silk Stockings, " Film Poster
Located in London, GB
Original US film poster from (1957) 60 x 40 in. (152 x 102 cm) This poster would have been used outside the Drive-in theaters during the films original release. This poster has bee...
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American Vintage 1950s Wall Decorations

Set of five prints after Norman Rockwell
Located in NYC, NY
Set of five prints depicting illustrations by the all-American artist, of Scouting interest. Famed for his Life Magazine covers, Rockwell devoted a large number of his works to Sco...
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American Vintage 1950s Wall Decorations

"Jacob Wrestling with the Angel, " Large Midcentury Painting in Rust and Blue
By Leslie Snow Feron
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Painted by Leslie Snow Feron, an important New Hampshire artist along with her husband, Louis Feron, this large and remarkable painting depicts a nude Jaco...
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American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Wall Decorations

Materials

Paint

Rare Early Original Vintage Toyota Advertising Poster for Toyopet Pick Up Trucks
Located in London, GB
Rare early original advertising poster for Toyota. Colorful Mid-Century image on a blue and white background featuring two men wearing short sleeved shirts and caps, off-loading wooden crates from a yellow pick up truck...
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Japanese Vintage 1950s Wall Decorations

Materials

Paper

Brief Encounter
Located in London, GB
Original Japanese movie poster for the 1945 Drama Romance staring Celia Johnson, Trevor Howard, Stanley Holloway and directed by David Lean. The film is undoutable one of the most f...
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Japanese Vintage 1950s Wall Decorations

"Circus Performers, " Brilliant Example of Surrealist Folk Art in Inlaid Wood
By Renato Maggiora
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Brilliantly designed and executed, this example of wood inlay Folk Art, by Renato Maggiora in 1953, depicts a pair of circus acrobats at the centre, highly stylized and showing the i...
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Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Wall Decorations

Materials

Wood

Walter Bosse Thermometer, 1950s
Located in Wien, AT
Walter Bosse thermometer Original condition.
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Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Wall Decorations

Materials

Brass

"Charon Rowing Souls to the Afterlife, " Striking Midcentury Mixed-Media Painting
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Bold and striking, this depiction of Charon rowing departed souls to the afterlife was painted by Richard Schwarzkopf, renowned for his paintings and illustrations in what has been called the German Expressionist Art...
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German Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Wall Decorations

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Paint

India Ink Nude Painting in White Wood Frame (Signed Loew, 1959)
Located in New York, NY
Post-War American India ink on paper painting of a seated nude leaning on a table, executed in a minimalistic, contoured style in a white wooden frame (signed LOEW '59)
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American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Wall Decorations

Materials

Paper

Monumental Naval Mirror
Located in Chicago, IL
Naval mirror, heavy gauge metal with large two-sided round mirror, can be secured on most surfaces and or walls.  
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American Industrial Vintage 1950s Wall Decorations

Materials

Metal

Impressionist Style Country Chateau Scene
Located in New York, NY
Provence is a geographical region and historical province of Southeastern France, which extends from the left bank of the lower Rhône River to the west to the Italian border to the e...
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Swedish Other Vintage 1950s Wall Decorations

Materials

Canvas

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