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Art For Sale
Style: Art Deco
Style: Fauvist
figurative drawing "Torero" water color and indian ink
Located in Roscoff, FR
Dans "Torero", Bertrand de Visme nous plonge dans l'univers de la tauromachie. La toile est dominée par les couleurs chaudes, rouges et oranges, qui ...
Category

2010s Art Deco Art

Materials

Ink, Watercolor

Roger Cortet (1910-1978) Still-life with a white sculpture, oil on canvas signed
By Roger Cortet
Located in Paris, FR
Roger Cortet (1910-1978) Still-life with a white sculpture Oil on canvas Signed lower right 64 x 80 cm Framed : 70 x 85.5 cm There is a small but inconspicuous hole in the frame groo...
Category

1930s Art Deco Art

Materials

Oil

Original 'Banque Nationale de Credit Emprunt National 1920' vintage poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original “Banque Nationale de Credit Emprunt National 1920” vintage Cappiello poster. Linen backed in B condition with touch-up restoration in various poster parts. The price ref...
Category

1920s Art Deco Art

Materials

Lithograph

Sofisticada, Drawing, Pen & Ink on Watercolor Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Sofisticada is a great classy and modern piece for home and office decor. :: Drawing :: Art Deco/Art Nouveau :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed b...
Category

2010s Art Deco Art

Materials

Pen

Acima, Drawing, Pen & Ink on Watercolor Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Acima is a modern and classy piece perfect for home and office decor. :: Drawing :: Art Deco/Art Nouveau :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by th...
Category

2010s Art Deco Art

Materials

Pen

"Lakme" Decca design
Located in Greenwich, CT
This design for a Decca recording of Lakme likely dates to the 1950s, and specifically to the 1952 recording with Mado Robin, conductor Georges Sébastian, at the Théâtre National de ...
Category

20th Century Art Deco Art

Materials

Gouache, Paper

Goldscheider - Vienna, Wall Mask, 1940s-50s.
Located in Firenze, IT
Goldscheider - Vienna Wall mask, 1940s-50s. Original paper label at the bottom: Goldsheider. Weltmark of the keramik. Polychrome majolica terracotta, mark on the back and printed num...
Category

1940s Art Deco Art

Materials

Ceramic

Jellyfish, Contemporary, Stylised, Fish
Located in Deddington, GB
Inspired by snorkelling in the Mediterranean , observing jellyfish peacefully drifting with the current. This painting is textured and aqueous. The gesso base applied with broad swee...
Category

2010s Art Deco Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Chinoiserie Egrets, Animal painting, Birds, Art deco
Located in Deddington, GB
Inspired by the highly decorative wallpapers of the Art Deco period. Painted to look like panels on a screen. The dividing lines are in fact trompe l’oeil, to trick the eye. Rich blu...
Category

2010s Art Deco Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Strandpflanzen (Beach plants), German antique botanical print
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Chromolithograph, circa 1895. 245mm by 300mm (sheet). Central vertical fold as issued.
Category

Late 19th Century Art Deco Art

Materials

Lithograph

Basset Bleu de Gascogne, French hound dog chromolithograph print, 1930s
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Basset Bleu de Gascogne'. French chromolithograph, published in 1931. Signed by artist in the plate. Printed title lower right of sheet. Plate number top right. From a French serie...
Category

1930s Art Deco Art

Materials

Lithograph

Bassets Ardennais, French hound dog chromolithograph print, 1930s
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Bassets Ardennais'. French chromolithograph, published in 1931. Signed by artist in the plate. Printed title lower right of sheet. Plate number top right. From a French series of i...
Category

1930s Art Deco Art

Materials

Lithograph

Self portrait oil on cardboard painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Jordi Curos - Self-portrait - Oil on cardboard Oil measurements 55x46 cm. Frameless. Jordi Curós Ventura (Olot, Girona, March 4, 1930) is a Spanish painter. He trained at the Olot ...
Category

1970s Fauvist Art

Materials

Oil, Cardboard

Berthomme Saint-André, Before Bathing, 1926
Located in Saint Amans des cots, FR
Watercolor by Louis BERTHOMME SAINT-ANDRE, France, 1926. Befor bathing. With frame: 74x63.5 cm - 29.1x25 inches ; without frame, just the watercolor: 50x36 cm - 19.7x14.2 inches. Si...
Category

1920s Art Deco Art

Materials

Watercolor

Roger Marcel Limouse, 1894 – 1989, French, Interior with Flowers - Nature Morte
Located in Bruges, BE
Roger Marcel Limouse Collo, Algeria 1894 – 1989 Paris French Painter 'Interior with Flowers – Nature Morte' The painting "Interior with Flowers - Nature Morte," created by Roger Ma...
Category

Mid-20th Century Fauvist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Reflected Flamingos, Original painting, Animal art, Tropical, Wildlife, Blue
Located in Deddington, GB
This joyful painting was inspired by a David Attenborough program! I was drawn to the symmetry of the reflections in the still water. The colours and composition make a fun yet peace...
Category

2010s Art Deco Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Floris Jespers, Antwerp 1889 - 1965, Belgian Painter, 'Yellow Tulips', Signed
Located in Bruges, BE
Floris Jespers Antwerp 1889 – 1965 Belgian Painter "Yellow Tulips" In the painting "Yellow Tulips," Floris Jespers showcases his Fauvist prowess, breaking free from representationa...
Category

Early 20th Century Fauvist Art

Materials

Board, Oil

Bather 2 (The Modern Beauty Series)
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Charles Lutz's series of color photographs titled "Modern Beauty" is a captivating exploration of femininity and aesthetics, drawing inspiration from the iconic photographers Erwin B...
Category

2010s Art Deco Art

Materials

Photographic Paper

Original Perlach Maccaroni - Spaghetti vintage poster pasta
By Richard Roth
Located in Spokane, WA
An original vintage poster of Perlach Macaroni Spaghetti created by Richard Roth for the German pasta brand, Perlach in the 1940s 1. The poster features an anthropomorphic pasta man...
Category

1940s Art Deco Art

Materials

Lithograph

"Fools", Harlequin Jester Twins, Carved Paper Relief Painting in Primary Colors
By Martin Ingley
Located in Soquel, CA
Whimsical textured relief painting of two stylized twin jesters in primary colors, their long mask-like faces created with the technique of hand carving layers of laminated paper board and painting with acrylic, by contemporary English artist Martin Ingley...
Category

Late 20th Century Fauvist Art

Materials

Acrylic Polymer, Acrylic, Illustration Board

Untitled (Standing Female Nude)
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Untitled (Standing Female Nude) Graphite on paper, c. 1930 Signed bottom right: Lorski (see photo) Sheet size: 9 5/16 x 5 13/16 inches From a sketchbook created while the artist was working in Paris Condition: Good Thin spots verso from previous mounting Soft vertical fold running across image Barely visible on recto Provenance: Estate of the Artist Dawson's Auctioneers and Appraisers, 2001 Amity Art Foundation Boris Lovet-Lorski Lithuanian/Russian/American 1894-1973 Sculptor, painter, and printmaker, Boris Lovet-Lorski was born in Lithuania in 1894. His mother died when he was age three. His father was affluent and owned real estate. Boris grew up in a privileged environment. He studied architecture and then fine arts at the Imperial Academy of Art in Petrograd, Russia (now Saint Petersburg). Following the revolution in 1917 and its aftermath, Boris immigrated to Boston to live with his brother. In the 1920’s, his stylized, Art Deco inspired sculptures, lithographs, and paintings proved to be popular among the American elite. He exhibited frequently, holding his first solo exhibition in Boston, 1920. In the following years, Boris exhibited in New York at Marie Sterner Gallery, Jacques Seligmann Galleries and Wildenstein and Company. He lived in Paris from 1926 to 1932 where he befriended Joseph Hecht, and was exposed to the works of Pablo Picasso, Ossip Zadkine, Contantin Brancusi and Aristide Maillol. In 1932 he returned to America where he became a citizen later in the decade. Lovet-Lorski exhibited in the United States, South America, Europe and Asia. He was a member of the Society of Independent Artists (New York), the National Academy of Design (New York), and the Lotos Club (New York), as well as several Parisian salons. His work is in the permanent collections of numerous museums including the Musée Luxembourg, Bibliotèque Nationale, and the Petit Palais in France, the British Museum in London, the Metropolitan Museum in New York, the National Gallery in Washington, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. (A more extensive list of his works in museums follows) He is considered one of the most successful and recognized sculptors of his generation. His creative influence can be seen in many of his contemporary artists. He died in Los Angeles in 1973. Regarding his iconic Art Deco sculptures of Cretan Dancers: “The stylizing of the Cretan allegories, used in figures of animals such as horses and bulls, symbolizes the ancient power of the South. These figures reveal a spiritual sensuality as he strives to attain a symbol of the earth and universe endowed with musical values. If man is the center of his idea of life and nature, it is because of the laws that govern the movement of stars and history. The link binding his figures together has, in a sense, a Pythagorean harmony.” Salvatore Quasimodo, Milan, 1967, quoted from Bush, Boris Lover-Lorski: The Language of Time, page 12. Lovet-Lorski created sculptures of the following major figures I.J. Paderewski, Prime Minister of Poland Arturo Toscanini, Italian Conductor Lilian Gish, Actress President Franklin D. Roosevelt Mrs. M. C. Niarchos, wife of Stavros Niarchos President Abraham Lincoln James Forrestal, Secretary of the Navy, First Secretary of Defense Pope Pius XII Dr. Albert Einstein, theoretical physicist President Dwight D. Eisenhower Albert Schweitzer, theologian, organist, writer, humanitarian, philosopher, and physician General Charles De Gaulle, President of the Fourth and Fifth Republic, France John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State, 1953-1959 President John F. Kennedy Works by Lover Lorski are in the following public collections: Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo Art Institute of Chicago Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris Brandeis University, Waltham, MA British Museum, London Boston University Brooklyn Museum California Palace of the Legion of Honor, Sam Francisco...
Category

15th Century and Earlier Art Deco Art

Materials

Graphite

Original 'Pas de Bon Cafe sans Composition des Moines" vintage coffee poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original COMPOSITION DES MOINES. Smaller format antique poster created by the artist Rene Vincent, This lithograph was created c. 1925. Fine/ Mint condition. Professional aci...
Category

1920s Art Deco Art

Materials

Lithograph

Bather 1 (The Modern Beauty Series)
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Charles Lutz's series of color photographs titled "Modern Beauty" is a captivating exploration of femininity and aesthetics, drawing inspiration from the iconic photographers Erwin B...
Category

2010s Art Deco Art

Materials

Photographic Paper

Paris, Les Halles Food Market, 1930s, Silver Gelatin Black and White Photography
Located in Atlanta, GA
A unique original silver gelatin black and white photograph by Press Agency Keystone View Co, Paris, circa 1930. Paris, A view of The Halles Food Market, in Paris, France. Features: ...
Category

1930s Art Deco Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Silvered Bronze Art Deco Statue by Aurore Onu "Chasing the Hind"
Located in Oakland, CA
Silvered Bronze Art Deco Statue Pair featuring a woman reaching and grasping the antlers of a deer, a rare version of “Chasing the Hind” Designe...
Category

1930s Art Deco Art

Materials

Marble, Bronze

1933 original poster by Pierre Commarmond Cordes – Maison du Grand Fauconnier
Located in PARIS, FR
Crafted in 1933 by the talented artist Pierre Commarmond, the original travel poster for Cordes – Maison du Grand Fauconnier, designed for the Chemins de Fer de Paris à Orléans, stan...
Category

1930s Art Deco Art

Materials

Lithograph, Paper, Linen

“Sylvia”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original fashion illustration for Tres Parisien, December, 1921 Moroccan Crepe Dress by Germaine-Paule Joumard, Fashion Art Deco Pochoir on Chinese Paper. Artwork size is 7.5 by 5 i...
Category

1920s Art Deco Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Stencil

Paris, Faubourg du Temple, 1926, Silver Gelatin Black and White Photography
Located in Atlanta, GA
A unique original silver gelatin black and white photography. Paris, Faubourg du Temple, view of one of the numerous cafés in Paris, 1926. Features: Original Silver Gelatin Print Pho...
Category

1920s Art Deco Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Charles PICART LE DOUX, Bouquet of Wild Flowers, 1934
Located in Saint Amans des cots, FR
Oil on canvas by Charles PICART LE DOUX (1881-1959), France, 1934. Bouquet of Wild Flowers. Artwork typical of the manner of Charles Picart Le Doux. However, the robust and contrasti...
Category

1930s Art Deco Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Street View in Paris, 1930s, Silver Gelatin Black and White Photography
Located in Atlanta, GA
A unique original silver gelatin black and white photography. A street view in Paris, France, circa 1930. Features: Original Silver Gelatin Print Photography Unframed. Press Photogr...
Category

1930s Art Deco Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Townscape - Figures in an Art Deco Town Early 20th Century Woodcut Print Picture
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A beautiful signed and dated 1935 Art Deco woodcut depicting well dressed figures in a town. The work is superbly executed and in very good condition for age. Presented in a black an...
Category

1930s Art Deco Art

Materials

Woodcut

Woman posing mixed media painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Jordi Curós Ventura (1930-2007) - Woman Mixed technique on canvas cardboard. Work measurements 55x46 cm. Frameless. Jordi Curós Ventura (Olot, Girona, March 4, 1930) is a Spanish pa...
Category

1970s Fauvist Art

Materials

Mixed Media

Circa 1920 Original poster - Quinquina Rambur apéritif
Located in PARIS, FR
In the realm of vintage advertising, certain posters stand out as captivating windows into the aesthetics and allure of their respective eras. The circa 1920 original advertising pos...
Category

1920s Art Deco Art

Materials

Paper, Lithograph

Paris, Les Halles Market, circa 1940, Silver Gelatin Black - White Photography
Located in Atlanta, GA
A unique original silver gelatin black and white photograph by Keystone View and Co. View of The Halles Market in Paris, circa 1940. Features: Original silver gelatin print photography unframed. Press photography. Press agency: KEYSTONE VIEW CO, Paris. Photographer: Anonymous. Title: Paris, The Halles, circa 1940. Provenance: Private collection. Image Size: 3.15 in high (8.1 cm) x 4.33 in wide (11.6 cm) - Archivally matted in a 17 in x 13 in mat. A typed caption at the back reads "Paris 1er ardt, Les Halles...
Category

1940s Art Deco Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

painting with romantic symbolism style "Seven Elephants of Happiness"
Located in Zofingen, AG
The painting is sold framed. Size with frame 70x50. The painting "Seven Elephants of Happiness" will perfectly fit into any interior. Everyone wants happiness, and 7 ELEPHANTS will...
Category

2010s Art Deco Art

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas

Seidenspinner (Silk spinner), German antique natural history print
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Chromolithograph, circa 1895. 240mm by 155mm (sheet).
Category

Late 19th Century Art Deco Art

Materials

Lithograph

Original Pierre Dieuzey and his six Captains Jazz New Orleans vintage poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original Pierre Dieuzey et ses Capetiens, Jazz New Orleans vintage poster. Artist: Pierre Merlin. Lithograph, archival linen-backed vin...
Category

1950s Art Deco Art

Materials

Lithograph

Paris, The Buttes Chaumont Public Garden, Silver Gelatin B and W Photography
Located in Atlanta, GA
A unique original silver gelatin black and white photography. Paris, The Buttes Chaumont public garden, circa 1930. Features: Original Silver Gelatin Print Photography Unframed. Pres...
Category

1930s Art Deco Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Victor Creten, Brussels 1878-1966, Belgian, 'A Lady in Black with a Rose'
By Victor Creten
Located in Bruges, BE
Victor Creten Brussels 1878 – 1966 Belgian Painter 'A Lady in Black with a Rose' Signature: Signed lower right Medium: Oil on board Dimensions: Image size 146 x 116 cm, frame size 1...
Category

Mid-20th Century Art Deco Art

Materials

Oil, Board

Barge Boats near Paris, France 1926, Silver Gelatin Black and White Photography
Located in Atlanta, GA
A unique original silver gelatin black and white photography. In the eastern suburb of Paris, France, in June 1926. A view of the canal with its barge boats in Charenton le Pont, an...
Category

1920s Art Deco Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

"In the Garden of Allah" lithograph
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: lithograph. Printed in 1939 and published in Paris by Teriade for the art revue Verve (Volume 1, Number 4). Image size: 9 x 6 1/4 inches (230 x 155 mm). Sheet size: 14 x 10 1...
Category

1930s Fauvist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Woman posing mixed media painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Jordi Curós Ventura (1930-2007) - Woman Mixed technique on canvas cardboard. Work measurements 55x46 cm. Frameless. Jordi Curós Ventura (Olot, Girona, March 4, 1930) is a Spanish pa...
Category

1970s Fauvist Art

Materials

Mixed Media

"Quelques aspects de Paris" lithograph
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: multi-stone color lithograph (after the original Bonnard lithograph). Printed in 1952 on Renage paper at the Mourlot atelier in faithful recreation of the original. According...
Category

1950s Fauvist Art

Materials

Lithograph

French Art Deco Diana the Huntress Bronze by S. Melanie 1930s
Located in Oakland, CA
French Art Deco Diana the Huntress Bronze by S. Melanie 1930s, crafted in the 1930s, stands as a testament to the artistic brilliance of the era. This extraordinary sculpture exudes ...
Category

1930s Art Deco Art

Materials

Marble, Bronze

"Deux femmes nues et nature morte" lithograph
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: lithograph (after the 1935 Andre Derain painting). Printed in Paris on Arches paper at the Mourlot studio in 1970 in an edition of 1000 for the Collection Pierre Lévy deluxe ...
Category

1970s Fauvist Art

Materials

Lithograph

A view in Lyon, France 1927, Silver Gelatin Black and White Photography
Located in Atlanta, GA
A unique original silver gelatin black and white photography. The Town Hall street in Lyon, France, March 1927. A view of the town hall street in Lyon, France, dated March 13th, 192...
Category

1920s Art Deco Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Tuileries Garden in Paris under the Snow 1926, Silver Gelatin B/W Photography
Located in Atlanta, GA
A unique original silver gelatin black and white photography. The Tuileries Garden in Paris under the snow, France, 26th of January 1926. The Parisians braved the cold at the end of...
Category

1920s Art Deco Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Lucien Charles E. Alliot French Art Deco Bronze The Gazelles 1930
By Lucien Alliot
Located in Oakland, CA
Lucien Alliot French Art Deco Bronze The Gazelles 1930. The brown patina on a marble base signed on the bronze L Alliot and stamped bronze on the deer. This particular piece has exceptional rhythm where the two gazelles interplay in a movement depicting leaping over the hills or water—a very three-dimensional treatment showing the movement of the animals. Lucien Charles Eduoard Alliot (1877-1967), the sculptor, was born in 1877 Paris, France. His work was part of the sculpture event in the art competition at the 1924 Summer Olympics. He exhibited regularly at the Salon des Artistes Français, was a member and the gold medal in 1920, out of competition, and was a member of the sculpture jury from 1934 to 1939. Alliot was well known for his figurative sculptures, exhibited at the Salon de Paris for many years. He received a third-place award in 1907 (which included funds for travel expenses) and a first-place award l in 1920. After he declared himself out of the artistic competition, he became a jury member at the Salon evaluating sculptural works from 1934 to 1939. Alliot created several allegorical groups, La Paix in 1939, and several religious illustrations: Sacré Cœur in 1924, La Vierge Marie...
Category

1930s Art Deco Art

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Interior
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Interior" is an original watercolor on paper by Israeli artist Itzchac Tarkay 1935-2012. It is signed at the lower right corner. The image size is 11.5 x 9 inc...
Category

Late 20th Century Art Deco Art

Materials

Watercolor

Untitled (Young Damsel)
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure FREE Shipping Worldwide Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authent...
Category

2010s Art Deco Art

Materials

Canvas, Charcoal, Acrylic, Pencil

Antique French Fauvist 1920's Signed Oil Painting Portrait of Fashionable Lady
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Lady French School, fauvist style indistinctly signed circa 1920's period oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 22 x 18 inches provenance: private collection condition: very ...
Category

Early 20th Century Fauvist Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, Black and White Original Photography Postcard
Located in Atlanta, GA
An original silver gelatin black and white photography postcard by Albert Monier, Paris. Notre Dame Cathedral circa 1950. Features: The original silver gelatin print photograph postc...
Category

1950s Art Deco Art

Materials

Postcard, Silver Gelatin

Art Deco 1925 Signed Limited Edition Screen Print
Located in Rochester Hills, MI
Art Deco 1925 1980 Silkscreen Paper size 33½" × 21"inches Signed in pencil and marked 234/300 Michael Knigin was born in 1942 in Brooklyn, NY. He attended and graduated from Tyler S...
Category

1980s Art Deco Art

Materials

Screen

Cadaques Spain oil on canvas painting fauvism spanish seascape urbanscape
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Jordi Curós Ventura (1930-2007) - Cadaques - Oil on canvas. Work measurements 61x50 cm. Frame size 66x55 cm. Jordi Curós Ventura (Olot, Girona, March 4, 1930) is a Spanish painter. ...
Category

1980s Fauvist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The International Fair in Lyon, France 1927, Silver Gelatin B and W Photography
Located in Atlanta, GA
A unique original silver gelatin black and white photography. The International Autumn Fair in Lyon, France, 16th of March 1927. The crowd rushes to the entrance of The Internationa...
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1920s Art Deco Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Man portrait oil on canvas painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Jordi Curós Ventura (1930-2007) - Man portrait Oil on canvas. Canvas measurements 46x38 cm. Frameless. Jordi Curós Ventura (Olot, Girona, March 4, 1930) is a Spanish painter. He tr...
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1970s Fauvist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Tropical Fruit. German antique natural history botanical print
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Chromolithograph, circa 1895. Key to fruit below the image. 240mm by 155mm (sheet).
Category

Late 19th Century Art Deco Art

Materials

Lithograph

Original "Post Office Savings Bank, Save for Supremacy" vintage British poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original vintage British World War II poster: Save for Supremacy Post Office Savings Bank Original linen backed lithographic poster. imag...
Category

1940s Art Deco Art

Materials

Lithograph

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