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Art For Sale
Period: 1940s
Period: 1920s
Original 1942 Pour L'An II COMPAGNONS Rooster vintage French poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Professionally archival linen-backed vintage French poster: pour L'An II COMPAGONS Tous Unis Celebrons, Notre Pain, Notre Sang, Notre Terre. This full lithograph antique poster fe...
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1940s American Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Nude Water Nymph
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
5-2738a Acrylic on artist board Displayed in a vintage gilt wood frame Image size 11x15"
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1940s Art

Materials

Acrylic

Exotic - Scottish 1920's exhibited 'Glasgow Girl' art portrait oil painting
Located in London, GB
This stunning much exhibited 1920's Scottish portrait oil painting is by noted Glasgow Girl artist Norah Nielson Gray. Painted circa 1923, the model for the painting was Rita McIlraith but the artist did not want to use her name in the title and it was called 'Exotic.' Norah Neilson Gray...
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1920s Art Deco Art

Materials

Oil

1927 Original poster entitled "Panthère noire" by Paul Jouve - Black Panther
Located in PARIS, FR
The original 1927 poster entitled "Panthère noire" by Paul Jouve is a captivating work that embodies the artist's talent for capturing the majesty and powe...
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1920s Art

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Lithograph, Paper

Stowe Vermont Village Sleigh Ride, Mid Century Winter Figurative Landscape
By Walter Thomas Sacks
Located in Soquel, CA
Stowe Vermont Village Sleigh Ride - Mid Century Winter Figurative Landscape A bright, crisp morning and a sleigh ride through new snow in Stowe, Vermont...
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1940s Post-War Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Matisse, Couverture, Verve: Revue Artistique et Littéraire (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin des Papeteries du Marais paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, Verve: Revue Artistique et Littéraire, Vo...
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1940s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Landscape with Cabins
Located in New York, NY
Oil on masonite. Sign and dated in oil in lower right corner.
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1940s Art

Materials

Masonite, Oil

Antique American Impressionist White Rose Flower Still Life Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American impressionist still life oil painting by Harriette Bowdoin (1880 - 1947). Framed. Oil on board. Signed. Image size, 18H by 22L.
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1920s Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Owl
Located in PARIS, FR
Edouard Marcel SANDOZ (1881-1971) Owl A bronze sculpture with a silvered patina Signed on the base " Ed. M. Sandoz " Cast by " Susse Frs Edts Paris " (with the foundry mark used for...
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1920s Art Deco Art

Materials

Bronze

Santa Fe The Chief Way original American railroad poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original Santa Fe The Chief Way vintage railroad travel poster. Archival linen backed in very fine condition, ready to frame. Most of the Santa Fe Railway posters feature American Indians, but this poster features the big boss, The Chief! The poster has about a 1" white border around the entire image, the linen backing is not counted in the poster's measurement. Several of the trains were named "Chief" which includes the San Francisco Chief, Texan Chief, Kansas City Chief...
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1940s American Impressionist Art

Materials

Offset

Large Maritime Oil Painting Called Breakers at Utö, 1928
Located in Stockholm, SE
We are delighted to offer for sale this exquisite painting by the Swedish artist Otto Lindberg, titled "Bränningar vid Utö" (Breakers at Utö). Completed in 1928, this stunning piece ...
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1920s Post-Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Mid Century Abstract Original Painting - Blue Calligraphy on Crimson Water
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid Century Abstract Original Painting - Blue Calligraphy on Crimson Water in Oil and Tempera on Paper Wonderful Bay Area abstract composition by San Francisco's artist Honora Berg ...
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1940s Abstract Expressionist Art

Materials

Paper, Oil, Tempera

Still life of peaches and cherries oil on canvas painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
José Miret Aleu (1912-1999) - Still life of peaches and cherries - Oil on canvas Oil measurements 50x61 cm. Frameless. Painter born in Barcelona in 1912. He studied drawing at the B...
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1940s Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Lanternes du Japon" Olio cm. 46 x 38 1910 ca
Located in Torino, IT
Luminoso quadro con mazzo di fiori arancioni su fondo verde
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1920s Post-Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil, Plywood

"Henry Morse Stephens Memorial Oak" - 1921 UC Berkeley Yearbook Color Lithograph
Located in Soquel, CA
"Henry Morse Stephens Memorial Oak" - 1921 UC Berkeley Yearbook Color Lithograph "Henry Morse Stephens Memorial Oak" 1921 University of California Berkeley Color Lithograph by Pedro Lemos...
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1920s American Impressionist Art

Materials

Paper, Ink

The Mischievous Boy
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting an extremely rare, early oil painting by English artist Ernest Procter. Ernest Procter was classically trained and extensively exhibited throughout his lifetime. Procter ...
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1920s Symbolist Art

Materials

Oil

'Monterey Coast', California Impressionist, Paris, St. Ives, Laguna Beach, AIC
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
A fresh and breezy view of the much-loved Pinnacle Point in Monterey painted with the artist's characteristic freshness and vigor and dating to the 1920's. Initialed lower right, 'G....
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1920s Impressionist Art

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Gouache

Viennese Impressionist Josef Jungwirth Rose Still Life, 1921
Located in New York, NY
Josef Jungwirth (Austrian, 1869-1950) Sclien, 1921 Oil on wood panel 19 x 16 1/8 in. Framed: 21 3/4 x 18 3/4 x 7/8 in. Signed, dated, and inscribed lower right: J. Jungwirth, Sclien,...
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1920s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Early Mexican City Scene by Chicago Artist Francis Chapin, San Miguel de Allende
Located in Chicago, IL
A charming, vibrant, early Mexican city street scene by famed Chicago Modern artist Francis Chapin (Am. 1899-1965). Titled "Old Church, San Miguel de Allende (Spanish Plaza)", the p...
Category

1940s American Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Le "FLIP" Soap original vintage French antique poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original French vintage poster. le "Flip" Soap. This fun image shows the tube of 'Flip" pushing away the shaving bowl, towel, and shaving brush. I...
Category

1920s Art Deco Art

Materials

Lithograph

St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna - Hand Colored Cityscape Lithograph
Located in Soquel, CA
Detailed and dramatic hand-colored etching by Luigi Kasimir (Austrian, 1881-1962). St. Stephen's cathedral towers above the streets of Vienna, with people going about their daily bus...
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1920s Photorealist Art

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Lithograph

Original 1945 Paris (France) vintage travel poster travel by train
Located in Spokane, WA
Original PARIS linen-backed 1946 vintage travel poster, preservation linen-backed and ready to frame. Very good condition, Grade A- Original 1946 Paul Colin Paris Vintage Poster ...
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1940s American Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Magritte, Composition, Les chants de Maldoror (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin papier pur chiffon paper. Paper Size: 10 x 7.375 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the album, Les chants de Maldoror, illustrat...
Category

1940s Surrealist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Scandinavian Archipelago at Dusk, 1948
Located in Stockholm, SE
Archipelago at Dusk, 1948 Oil on canvas, likely depicting a coastal scene from the Söderhamn archipelago bathed in the warm glow of dusk. Lindberg masterfully captures the tranquilit...
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1940s Post-Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

'Cubist Still Life', Italian School (circa 1940s)
Located in London, GB
'Cubist Still Life', gouache on paper, from the Italian School of artists (circa 1940s). Surely this very attractive piece was inspired by Juan Gris (1887-1927) and Georges Braque's ...
Category

1940s Modern Art

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Scene d'interieur (B 74), Lithograph by Pablo Picasso
Located in Long Island City, NY
Pablo Picasso, Spanish (1881 - 1973) - Scene d'interieur (B 74), Year: 1926, Medium: Lithograph on BFK Rives, Edition: 100, Image Size: 8.75 x 11 inches, Size: 12.75 x 19.75 in. (32...
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1920s Cubist Art

Materials

Lithograph

View of a bridge in Lyon, France 1927 Silver Gelatin Black and White Photography
Located in Atlanta, GA
A unique original silver gelatin black and white photograph. View of a bridge in Lyon, France, March 1927. This view of the Pont de l'Université in Lyon, France, was taken from the ...
Category

1920s Art Deco Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Paul Klee - Sganrelle - Art Print
Located in Winterswijk, NL
Art print on heavy paper After the original from 1922 In great condition
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1920s Art

Materials

Color

Antique American School WPA Modernist Black Figure Ashcan Dock View Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed.
Category

1920s Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Vidal Rolland 20 Roses Original Oil. painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Antonio Vidal Rolland (Barcelona, 1889 - 1970 Catalan painter. Disciple of José Ruiz Blasco father of Picasso a Lonja and Aleix Clapés. He started out as a sculptor. He participated,...
Category

1940s Realist Art

Materials

Oil

Original 1940s Retrofuturism Gouache Painting 'Birth of Mind' in Black & White
Located in Denver, CO
This vintage 1940s gouache painting, titled Birth of Mind, is a striking example of retrofuturism by Charles Ragland Bunnell, a prominent artist from the Broadmoor Academy...
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1940s Futurist Art

Materials

Gouache

DOUGLAS JULEFF Vintage 1940s "Beefcake" Photograph MIKE CARVER Mr. Michigan 1948
Located in Glenford, NY
Cold Winter Sale....$900. Framed. Rare 1940s Original Vintage Gelatin Silver Photograph by DOUGLAS JULEFF - also known as DOUG OF DETROIT - of MIKE CARVER, Mr. Michigan 1948. Photog...
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1940s Post-War Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Gongora (Soneto Burlesco), Etching by Pablo Picasso
Located in Long Island City, NY
Pablo Picasso, Spanish (1881 - 1973) - Gongora (Soneto Burlesco), Year: Circa 1947, Medium: Etching, Size: 15 x 11.25 in. (38.1 x 28.58 cm), Reference: Bloch 476-516, Provenance: Fr...
Category

1940s Modern Art

Materials

Etching

Antique European Tropical Framed Impressionist Mountain Town Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Oil on canvas. Framed. Image size, 11H x 9L.
Category

1940s Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Juggler / - Artistic naturalness -
Located in Berlin, DE
Claire Jeanne Robertine Colinet (1880 Brussels - 1950 Asnières-sur-Seine), Juggler, around 1920. Brownish patinated bronze with gilded balls on a round, multi-profiled stone base (10...
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1920s Art Deco Art

Materials

Bronze

OPHELIA (Jeunesse Dorée / Golden Youth - the artist's mistress / second wife)
Located in New Orleans, LA
This elegant etching titled the gilded youth is of the second wife of the artist The edition is 75 and is referenced as Fletcher #80 Gerald Brockhurst is best known for his portrai...
Category

1940s American Modern Art

Materials

Etching

Square Face Smirking (Plate XXX), from Carmen
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Pablo Picasso Title: Square Face Smirking (Plate XXX) Portfolio: Carmen Medium: Etching on Montval wove paper Year: 1949 Edition: 289 Frame Size: 21" x 18" Sheet Size: 13" x ...
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1940s Cubist Art

Materials

Etching

Signed American School Handsome Male Portrait Framed Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American impressionist oil painting portrait. Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed.
Category

1920s Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Original 1942 Plaza de Toledo vintage bullfighting poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original linen-backed “Plaza de Toros de Toledo" bullfighting poster for 20 August 1942. Grandiosa Corrida de Toros. Six bulls from the famou...
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1940s Art Deco Art

Materials

Lithograph

The Bath : Two Women Wiping - Lithograph (Petrides 1947)
Located in Paris, IDF
Suzanne VALADON (1865-1938) Two Women Wiping Lithograph enhanced with stencil after a drawing Signed in the plate On Lana vellum, 32 x 25 cm (c. 13 x 10 in) INFORMATION: Lithograph...
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1940s Academic Art

Materials

Lithograph

Through The Spring Fields, Early 20th Century Landscape w Wildflowers in Bloom
Located in Soquel, CA
A gorgeous early 20th century landscape oil painting of fields of yellow and blue wildflowers in bloom by Northern Californi...
Category

1920s American Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Léger, Composition, L'Art Cubiste, Théories et Réalisations (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph and stencil on vélin paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the album, L'Art Cubiste, Théories et Réalisations, Etude Critique...
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1920s Cubist Art

Materials

Lithograph, Stencil

Torso of a woman
Located in PARIS, FR
Torso of a woman by Auguste HENG (1891-1968) Sculpture in pink marble stone Signed on the base " A. Heng " Presented on an olive-wood base France circa 1925 height 34,5 cm height ...
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1920s Art Deco Art

Materials

Stone

Antique American School Modernist Hamptons New York Sandy Path Rare Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Oil on canvas. Framed. Image size, 18H x 24L.
Category

1940s Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

'The Port of Algiers' Lithograph
Located in London, GB
'The Port of Algiers", original lithograph, by Albert Marquet (circa 1940s). Marquet spent five years in Algiers, between 1940-45. Due to his travelling, harbour scenes were an impor...
Category

1940s Expressionist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Composition au verre a pied (Composition with stemmed glass)
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Composition au verre a pied (Composition with stemmed glass) Lithograph (Ink drawing, pen and brush transferred to lithograph stone) , 1947 Unsigned Editi...
Category

1940s Cubist Art

Materials

Ink, Lithograph

The Sleeping Woman La dormeuse - Sleeping Women Portrait French Spanish
Located in London, GB
This lithograph is hand signed in blue pencil by the artist "Picasso" at the lower left image. It is also hand numbered in blue pencil from the edition of 50, at the lower right corn...
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1940s Art

Materials

Lithograph

Lost in Thought - Australian art 1920's portrait oil painting woman flowers
By Frederick William Leist
Located in London, GB
This stunning romantic Art Deco portrait oil painting is by noted Australian/British artist Frederick Leist. He was born in Sydney, his parents both Londoners, and moved to England with his wife Ada in 1910 and exhibited prolifically, including at the Royal Academy, on his return. Like many artists, he became a war artist during the first world war and his dramatic battle scenes contrast markedly with his more delicate portraits. This composition is of a beautiful young woman kneeling on the ground, a striped blanket covers her head and auburn curls and is around her shoulders and spread out on the ground around her. In one hand and scattered around her are beautiful pink flowers the colour of her lips. One shoulder and her face are bathed in light as she gazes down to her left, lost in thought. The brushwork and use of light are superb. Almost Orientalist by design, it is a super roaring twenties painting, full of vitality and impressionistic colour and influences and an excellent example of Leist's work. Signed lower right. Provenance. Collection IMI PLC. Condition. Oil on canvas. Unframed size is 30 inches by 25 inches, in excellent condition. Housed in a fine Bourlet gilt gallery frame. Framed size is 40 inches by 35 inches, in excellent condition. Frederick William (Fred) Leist (1873-1945) born Sydney. He was the eighth surviving and fifteenth child of Edward Frederick Leist, builder, and his wife Harriet Eliza, née Norris, both Londoners. Leist was educated at Crown Street Public School and, while training as a furniture designer in the workshops of David Jones Ltd, studied art at Sydney Technical College before becoming a student of the Art Society of New South Wales; under Julian Ashton's tuition he learned plein air techniques. 1898 he married Ada Sarah Roberts. Leist drew for the Bulletin in the 1890s and became staff artist on the Sydney Mail; he was also local representative for the London Graphic from 1900. According to William Moore he 'was the first to portray the Australian girl as a definite type'. Leist was an original council-member of the Society of Artists, Sydney, in 1895 and, after their merger, of the Royal Art Society of New South Wales. However in 1907 he was one of the twelve who re-established the Society of Artists. The Leists moved to England and from 1910 to 1925 he exhibited regularly at the Royal Academy of Arts. His first successful picture, 'The Mirror', a portrait of his daughter, was hung on the line at the Royal Academy in 1911 and next year at the Salon de la Société des Artistes Français. At the 1914 Royal Academy exhibition his painting of two Spanish guitar players, 'The Rivals', was acclaimed. The Review critic wrote: 'it is a composition in light and a pattern of colour, given power and meaning by restraint'. Noted for his studies of handsome women, Leist was elected to the Royal Society of British Artists and to the Chelsea Arts Club in 1913 and next year to the Royal Institute of Oil Painters; later he also exhibited with the Royal Society of Portrait Painters. During World War I, Leist worked for the War Office designing recruiting posters. Then, in September 1917, he was appointed an official war artist with the Australian Imperial Force and attached to 5th Division headquarters as an honorary lieutenant. From September to December and from June to August 1918, 'dodging shells and mustard gas', he produced about 150 small sketches, drawings and watercolours, and a portrait of Lieutenant-General Sir Talbot Hobbs. He later fulfilled commissions to paint four large battle scenes including 'Battle of Polygon Wood' and 'Capture of Mont St Quentin'. The striking colours of these battle scenes are in strong contrast to the delicacy and muted tones of his watercolours such as 'The Lacemaker'. In London, Leist consolidated his reputation: he was represented in the 1918 exhibition of Australian war...
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1920s Realist Art

Materials

Oil

Lac du Bois de Boulogne - Fauvist Landscape Oil Painting by Louis Valtat
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed fauvist oil on canvas laid on panel riverscape circa 1925 by French painter Louis Valtat. The work depicts a boat being rowed on the Bois de Boulogne lake in Paris, France. It...
Category

1920s Fauvist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Panel

“Gloucester Docks”
Located in Southampton, NY
Beautiful oil on fiberboard painting of fishing boats at the docks of Gloucester by the well known North Fork Long Island artist Caroline M. Bell. Circa 1945. Signed lower left by the artist. Condition is very good. Housed in its original silver leaf over wood frame in restored condition. Overall framed measurements are 20 by 18 inches. Provenance: Sarasota, Florida estate. Biography: Caroline M. Bell (1874 -1870) Caroline Bell was the leader of a group of artists known as the Peconic Bay...
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1940s Post-Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil, Fiberboard

Skyscrapers.
Located in Storrs, CT
Skyscrapers. c. 1950. Pastel. 29 3/4 x 19 7/8 (framed 37 x 27). Provenance: The New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, Connecticut. Signed, lower right. Housed in a stunn...
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1940s American Modern Art

Materials

Pastel

PARERA Portrait Spanish elegant woman fan Belle Epoque 20th
Located in PARIS, FR
Francisco PARERA Y MUNTE 1850 - after 1920 Oil on canvas 72 x 52 cm (79 x 68 cm with the frame) Signed and dated lower right "F. Parera/ 1922" Beautiful antique oval frame Francisco...
Category

1920s Art Nouveau Art

Materials

Oil

Head of Man - Bronze Sculpture by Amedeo Bocchi - 1920s
Located in Roma, IT
Head of Man is an original artwork realized by Amedeo Bocchi in 1920 ca. This little sculpture is made in gilded bronze. The original wax model is published on the artist's monogra...
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1920s Art

Materials

Bronze

Tug Boat in New York Harbor
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Tug Boat in New York Harbor Screen print, c. 1942 Signed in the screen lower right (see photo) Condition: Excellent Image size: 16 x 20 inches Published by Living American Art, Inc.,...
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1940s American Realist Art

Materials

Screen

Circa 1944 original poster showcasing the Swastika Broken by the Allies
Located in PARIS, FR
The circa 1944 original poster showcasing the "Croix gammée brisée par les alliés" (Swastika Broken by the Allies) is a powerful piece of World War II propaganda art. This poster cap...
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1940s Art

Materials

Linen, Lithograph, Paper

Antique American Abstract Cubist Still Life Large Framed Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Finely painted vintage American modernist still life. Cubist composition with great color. Oil on board. Framed. Signed.
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1940s Cubist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

1943 War Period Textured Still Life Of Table With Oranges And Bottle
Located in Frederiksberg C, DK
Presenting a charming and decorative composition painted in 1943 by Danish artist Evan Wulff. This stilleben painting unveils a rustic table adorned simply with a wine bottle and two...
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1940s Post-War Art

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Oil

Illusion : Boy, Cat and Soap Bubbles - Original woodcut, Handsigned
Located in Paris, IDF
Gabriel BELOT Illusion : Boy, Cat and Soap Bubbles, 1922 Original woodcut Handsigned in pencil Numbered /154 On vellum 32.5 x 25.5 cm (c. 13 x 10 in) Bears the blind stamp of the ed...
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1920s Art Deco Art

Materials

Woodcut

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