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Art For Sale
Period: 1950s
Color:  Gray
Slim Aarons - John Rawlings - Estate stamped
Located in London, GB
1950, Fashion photographer John Rawlings (1912 - 1970) on the beach at Montego Bay, Jamaica. (Photo by Slim Aarons / The Getty Images Archive & Darkroom, London, England) This photograph epitomises the travel style and glamour of the period's wealthy and famous, beautifully documented by Aarons. In his words, he loved to photograph 'beautiful people in beautiful places, doing beautiful things'. A beautiful and classic Slim Aarons C-type photograph, limited edition to 150 only, numbered and stamped by The Slim Aarons Estate on verso. Supplied with certificate of authenticity. Gorgeous print measuring a Huge 30 x 30" inches / ca 76 x 76 cm's. Produced utilising the original transparency held at archive source. GALERIE PRINTS works in close partnership with the prestigious Getty Images Archive and Slim Aarons Estate, London England - to bring you officially certified prints from this beautiful collection. Our prints are produced as Original Colour C-type or Black & White Silver Gelatin Photographs – utilising the original transparencies and negatives housed at the Archive. We ship regularly using Fedex Express services and shipping to all international locations is complimentary. Beach vintage Car 1950...
Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

C Print

'The Carlton Hotel' 1955 (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in London, GB
'The Carlton Hotel' 1955 (Slim Aarons Estate Edition) A Cadillac with Florida plates parked outside the Carlton Hotel, Cannes, France, circa 1955. Another gorgeous and typically 'S...
Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Company K - Book Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Board Signature: Signed Lower Right Book cover for "Company K" by William March. Subject matter features three army soldiers in monochrome ...
Category

1950s Art

Materials

Oil, Board

Slim Aarons Carlton Hotel Limited Estate Print
Located in London, GB
'Carlton Hotel' by Slim Aarons The entrance to the Carlton Hotel, Cannes, France, 1958. A couple dressed elegantly in all white tennis outfits with rackets in hand, wander past the...
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1950s Modern Art

Materials

C Print

'Tennis In San Diego' California (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in London, GB
'Tennis In San Diego' California (Slim Aarons Estate Edition) A man and a woman playing tennis on a court surrounded by palm trees, San Diego, California, October 1956. The elegant pair dressed in tennis whites, save for the striped shirt of the young lady, enjoy a game of tennis, in the heat of the Californian sunshine...
Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

C Print

Galerie Maeght /// Abstract Geometric Ellsworth Kelly Minimalism Modern Paris
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Ellsworth Kelly (American, 1923-2015) Title: "Galerie Maeght" Year: 1958 Medium: Original Lithograph, Exhibition Poster on light wove paper Limited edition: Unknown Printer: ...
Category

1950s Minimalist Art

Materials

Lithograph

(Untitled)
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1958 Medium: Oil on Board Dimensions: 23.20" x 33.50" Signature: Signed Lower Left Story illustration for Good Housekeeping magazine, December 1958. Image of woman and two sailors leaving house at Christmas time. Exhibited: The Triumph of Winter, National Arts Club, New York, December 16, 2013- January 5, 2014 A Native American finding a Raggedy Ann doll...
Category

1950s Art

Materials

Oil, Board

Marilyn Monroe, Jumping
Located in New York, NY
1954 Gelatin silver Print, vintage 14 x 11 in. Stamped on verso
Category

1950s Other Art Style Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Holy Family in Barn
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Board Signature: Signed Lower Right
Category

1950s Art

Materials

Oil, Board

T. C. Jones on Broadway in "Mask and Gown"
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Pen and Ink on Illustration Board Signature: Signed Upper Right On 20.00" x 13.00" illustration board with an image that measure to 14.00" x 10.00." Illustration includes blue to indicate halftone. Caricature by George Wachstster (1911-2006) of Female Impersonator T.C. Jones on Broadway in `Mask and Gown` at the Golden Theatre. Ran 9/10-10/12/1957. Jones impersonated Bette Davis, Tallulah Bankhead, Mae West, Judy Holliday, Marilyn Monroe, Katharine Hepburn and Ethel Merman...
Category

1950s Art

Materials

Ink, Illustration Board, Pen

The Lion and the Throne, The Atlantic Magazine Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Contact for exact dimensions. The Atlantic Magazine Cover Illustration. November 1956, Volume 198
Category

1950s Art

Materials

Oil, Board

Six Vintage Stainless Steel Sculptural Dining Chairs Sculpture Mid-Century Set 6
Located in New York, NY
Six Vintage Stainless Steel Sculptural Dining Chairs Sculpture Mid-Century Set Kings and Queens could feats on these sculptures, this stunning set of six dining chairs. They are art...
Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Stainless Steel

Slim Aarons - Palm beach street - estate stamped
Located in London, GB
Palm Beach Street by Slim Aarons Cars parked on a tree-lined street in Palm Beach, Florida, circa 1953. How typically 'Slim style' this photograph is. Beautiful and iconic 1950's c...
Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

C Print

Multicolored Vintage French Painting - Ceramic Pitchers in Mosaic Style
Located in Houston, TX
Richly-hued vintage French acrylic painting of three ceramic pitchers, in a style beautifully mimicking a mosaic, circa 1950. Original artwo...
Category

1950s Art

Materials

Acrylic, Paper

Parisienne Lovers
Located in London, GB
23rd June 1951: A young couple sharing an intimate moment in one of the pavement cafes on the Champs-Elysees, Paris. Original Publication: Picture Post – 5343 – Sunday Morning In The...
Category

1950s Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

THE MAKING OF TORTILLAS - Mural Size 47 1/2 inches Long
By Leopoldo Méndez
Located in Santa Monica, CA
LEOPOLDO MENDEZ (1902 – 1969) THE MAKING OF TORTILLAS 1954 Linocut. Edition unknown. This example signed in pencil and dated 1957. 14” x 47 3/8” ...
Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Linocut

"La Sirène" Chagall wood engraving pencil signed from Estampes Robert Rey 1950
Located in Paonia, CO
La Sirène after Marc Chagall is bursting with bold colors depicting a mermaid in gold with long black hair topped by a crown and her lover in blue with a bunch of red roses between them in a green background. It is one of 12 wood engravings from the portfolio Estampes by Robert Rey...
Category

1950s Abstract Expressionist Art

Materials

Woodcut, Archival Paper

Venice - Gondola 1954
Located in Cologne, DE
Silver Gelatine Print by Erich Andres, 1954. Andres was born 1905 in Germany and passed away 1992. He started his career as a photographer in 1920. He was one of the first photograph...
Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Ancient Landscape II (Ancient City)
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Signed and titled in pencil by the artist; Annotated: "E130 A/1" in pencil lower right Estate stamp verso Edition: 20 Provenance: Estate of the Artist (Foundation sta...
Category

1950s Abstract Expressionist Art

Mid-Century Modern Vintage Still Life Watercolour - The Teapot
Located in Bristol, GB
THE TEAPOT Size: 58 x 56 cm (including frame) Watercolour An elegant and gentle still life painted in watercolour. A teapot, a pitcher, a plate of fruits, and a garlic glove are la...
Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Watercolor

Grey Dior Outside Paris Louvre Metro, 1957
Located in New York, NY
Grey Dior Outside Paris Louvre Metro, 1957 -- This image of a model wearing a gray Dior suit outside the Louvre Metro station was photographed by Mark Shaw in Paris in 1957 for LIFE magazine's September article "A Bright Young Look in Paris". Image size is 13.75" x 20" (for 17" x 22" paper size). All Mark Shaw prints are made to order in limited editions on Hahnemuhle photo rag paper. Each print is Estate stamped on the back and signed and numbered by David Shaw, and accompanied by a letter of authenticity. Lead time is four to six weeks, but we often receive them sooner. *Please note this image is available in several sizes. Prices increase as editions sell out. Fashion photography of a model wearing a grey Dior dress outside by the metro entrance at the Louvre. The model is also wearing gloves and a hat. She is standing in profile and looks behind her. In front of her, she is holding a map. She is standing in front of the Louvre metro map.
Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Giclée

Le port de Sète (South of France) - Oil on canvas, 66x92 cm., framed
Located in Nice, FR
Oil on Canvas by François Desnoyer, not framed. It depictes the port at Sète, in Occitanie, France. François Desnoyer, né à Montauban (Tarn-et-Garonne) le 30 septembre 1894, et mort...
Category

1950s Expressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Salvador Dali - The Wine Casks
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - The Wine Casks - Original Lithograph Joseph FORET, Paris, 1957 PRINTER : Delorme. SIGNATURE : plate signed by Dali. LIMITED : Total edition of 233 SIZE : 41 x 33 cm ...
Category

1950s Surrealist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Audrey Hepburn in Grey Turtleneck Sweater, Glances Right , 1953
Located in New York, NY
Audrey Hepburn, c23_14 -- Audrey Hepburn was photographed for LIFE magazine in 1953. The photo essay shows images from a regular day on the set. "…Not because there is anything so re...
Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Giclée

Mid Century Figurative Seascape with Sailboats
By Henryk Dzienczarski
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid-century figurative seascape with boats by Henryk Dzienczarski, (Poland, b-1917). Signed "H. Dzienczarski" lower right. Displayed in a wood fra...
Category

1950s Post-Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil, Cardboard

Slim Aarons, Blonde Beauties (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Blonde Beauties, 1966 (printed later) Archival pigment print Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150 with Certificate of authenticity Bathers by a pool at the Tahoe...
Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Picasso with Woman Head and Faun - Original etching - "Bon a tirer" proof
Located in Paris, FR
Pablo PICASSO and Paul LEMAGNY Portrait of Picasso with Woman Head and Faun, 1956 The upper part (portrait of Picasso) is an original etching by Paul Lemagny The lower part (woman head and faun) is an original etching by Pablo Picasso Printed signature in the plate Annotated 9th state and 'Bon à tirer...
Category

1950s Realist Art

Materials

Etching

Audrey Hepburn on Striped Sofa, Arm Back, Head Tilted Smiling, 1954
Located in New York, NY
Audrey Hepburn, r15_9 -- Audrey Hepburn at home. This image is an out take from the photo shoot for the cover of the April 19, 1954 international issue of Life magazine. Image size i...
Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Giclée

Chanel Red Velvet Dinner Dress in Cour de Rohan, 1955
Located in New York, NY
Courtyard Chanel Red Velvet Dinner Dress, Cour de Rohan, 1955 -- A velvet dinner dress by Chanel, is photographed in the vine hung Paris courtyard, Cour de Rohan, in 1955. THE 24” x ...
Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Giclée

Grey Dior Outside Paris Louvre Metro, BW 1957
Located in New York, NY
Dior, Palais de Glace Dress, 1957. Image size is 13.75" x 20" (for 17" x 22" paper size). All Mark Shaw prints are made to order in limited editions on Hahnemuhle photo rag paper. Ea...
Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Giclée

Audrey Hepburn at Home, Heron Day Bed, Looks Down, 1954
Located in New York, NY
Audrey Hepburn, r18_4 -- Audrey Hepburn at home. This image is an out take from the photo shoot for the cover of the April 19, 1954 international issue of Life magazine. Image size i...
Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Giclée

Nice Spot for Lunch, Bermuda Beach, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Step into the idyllic 1950s with Slim Aarons' captivating photograph, Nice Spot for Lunch, 1957. Featuring a Cliffside Picnic in Bermuda, this piece beautifully encapsulates the era'...
Category

1950s Realist Art

Materials

Lambda

Audrey Hepburn Looks Back, 1953
Located in New York, NY
Audrey Hepburn Turns, audrey_07 -- Photographed by Mark Shaw in 1953, this image is an outtake from the photo essay on Audrey Hepburn for the December 1953 issue of LIFE. Image size ...
Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Giclée

Jean Cocteau - Blue Lady - Original Lithograph
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Original Lithograph by Jean Cocteau Title: Blue Lady Signed in the plate Dimensions: 32 x 25.5 cm Edition: 200 1959 Publisher: Bibliophiles Du Palais Unnumb...
Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Untitled Abstract Expressionist
By Sandro von Lorsch
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Expressionist Abstract Composition Canvas size 24"x32" gold leaf frame 27"x35", signed lower right corner. Sandro von Lorsch German painter born 1921-1993. Very dynamic and expressi...
Category

1950s Abstract Art

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Oil

Marilyn Monroe, unique print of 1988 from original negative
Located in Cologne, DE
Ed Feingersh photographed Marilyn Monroe for Redbook magazine in March 1955 for a story which would follow Monroe through her daily routine, the photography to be candid and shot wit...
Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Post Impressionist/ Modernist; 'Hilly Landscape with Ruins' oil circa 1952
Located in Frome, Somerset
A fine mid 20thCentury Modernist/Post Impressionist Landscape circa 1952 oil on canvas 46cmx54cm Good quality silver gilt gallery frame 59cmx68cm Painted by Thure Wahlstrom (1908- ? ...
Category

1950s Post-Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

after Henri Matisse - Acrobat
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
after Henri Matisse - Acrobat Edition of 200 with the printed signature, as issued 76 x 56 With stamp of the Succession Matisse References : Artvalue - Succession Matisse
Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Henri Michaux - Beach - Original Lithograph
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Henri Michaux - Beach - Original Lithograph 1956 Dimensions: 32 x 25 cm Edition: G. di San Lazzaro. From the art review XXème siècle Unsigned and unumbered as issued
Category

1950s Abstract Expressionist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Mid Century Serene Lake German Impressionist Landscape
By Karl Lechner
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid Century Serene Lake German Impressionist Landscape by Karl Max Lechner Gorgeous mid-century plein air oil painting of a lake in a sprawling ...
Category

1950s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil, Cardboard, Canvas

'At the Park', Metropolitan Museum, NY MoMA, AIC, ASL, Whitney Museum, Toledo
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, in graphite, 'Rainey Bennett' (American, 1907-1998) and dated 1958; titled, verso, 'Romantic Landscape' and accompanied by original ...
Category

1950s Expressionist Art

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Ink

Prof Sir Albert Richardson PRA Architect A Classical Building with Elegant Figs.
Located in London, GB
To see our other architectural drawings and Modern British Art, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller" - or send us a message if you ...
Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Watercolor

See Britain from Her Roads original vintage poster by Barbara Jones
Located in London, GB
To see our other original vintage posters, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller" - or send us a message if you cannot find the poster you want. Barbara Jones...
Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Monuments: Sunrise, 1950s Southwestern Desert Landscape Oil Painting, 24 x 30 in
Located in Denver, CO
'Monuments: Sunrise', original vintage 1950s oil painting of a southwestern desert landscape in early morning with rock formations, trees and brush with brilliant sky with clouds by ...
Category

1950s American Realist Art

Materials

Board, Oil

Kennedy, Jackie and Caroline, Book Cover, 1959
Located in New York, NY
Jackie and Caroline, Book Cover -- Jackie and Caroline on the beach in Hyannis Port, 1959. This photo was used as the cover of Mark Shaw's famous book, the John F. Kennedys, which wa...
Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Giclée

Primroses - Mid 20th Century French Naïf Potted Flowers Still Life Oil Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A beautiful 1950's oil on canvas still life depicting potted primroses by French Naïf artist Peter Orlando. The work is signed lower right and presented in a simple gilt frame in ve...
Category

1950s Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Original Vintage Travel Advertising Poster BOAC Smaller World By Speedbird 1950s
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel advertising poster - it's a smaller world by Speedbird fly BOAC - featuring a great mid-century design depicting a modern map of the world on a red globe refl...
Category

1950s Art

Materials

Paper

Black White Orange Abstract - Italian/South African art fifties oil painting
Located in London, GB
This superb large abstract oil painting is by Italian born but South African based artist Armando Baldinelli. It was painted circa 1958 after Baldinelli left Italy for South Africa a...
Category

1950s Abstract Art

Materials

Oil

Portrait of Hope G. Simpson - British 1952 art female portrait oil painting
Located in London, GB
This superb British realist portrait oil painting is by noted artist Gerald Leslie Brockhurst. It was painted in 1952 when Brockhurst was in his sixties and living in America since 1939. The sitter is Hope G. Simpson. The painting is a half length portrait of a striking blonde woman in a blue buttoned up Chinese style garment. It is a strong portrait with bold colours and confident brushwork and an excellent example of his work. Signed and dated 1952 lower right. Provenance. Hiram Hoelzer New York label verso. Portraits Inc. East Street new York. Label verso. Condition. Oil on canvas, 30 inches by 25 inches and in good condition. Frame. Housed in its original wooded frame, 37 inches by 32 inches and in good condition. Gerald Leslie Brockhurst (1890-1978) was a British painter and etcher. Brockhurst was born in the Edgbaston district of Birmingham on 31 October 1890, son of a coal merchant called Arthur Brockhurst, he soon showed precocious drawing skills and entered the Birmingham School of Art at the age of twelve. A pupil at the Royal Academy Schools in 1907, he won the gold medal and a travelling scholarship in 1913, enabling him to visit both France and Italy. This led to a closer study of such 15th-century artists as Piero della Francesca, Botticelli and Leonardo da Vinci, whose work had an abiding influence on him. In 1914 he married for the first time to a Frenchwoman, Anaïs Folin, whom he used as the model for most of his early etchings of young womanhood (especially from 1920 till 1934). From 1915 to 1919 Brockhurst and his wife Anaïs lived in Ireland, where they were friendly with the artist Augustus John and his circle. Though he tried his hand at etching in 1914, it was not until 1920 that he began his career as an etcher in earnest, eventually achieving success as both a printmaker and society portraitist. Brockhurst held his first important exhibition in 1919, in London, and after it was well received returned to live there. In 1921 he was one of the early members of the newly-formed Society of Graphic Art and exhibited with them. Throughout the 1930s he continued an increasingly successful career as a portrait artist, with notable sitters including the film stars Merle Oberon and Marlene Dietrich, as well as the Duchess of Windsor, whose husband commissioned her portrait. In 1937 Brockhurst was elected to the Royal Academy and was able to command a price of 1,000 guineas for a portrait. In the same year however details of his relationship with his young model Kathleen Woodward, whom he had renamed Dorette, were made public after she gave an interview to the Sunday Express. Brockhurst's marriage had previously come under strain in 1922 when his wife discovered his adultery with her sister, Marguerite, and now broke down acrimoniously, with Brockhurst counter-suing on the grounds of his wife's adultery. In August 1939 Brockhurst and Dorette moved to the United States, and he was eventually divorced from his first wife in 1940. He married Kathleen in 1947. In New York City, Brockhurst became both famous and rich with a series of society portraits but his printmaking output diminished, especially his etchings. He produced a few lithographs at the end of his career (around 1945). In 1951, he was elected into the National Academy of Design as an Associate member. In 1958, he appeared as a guest challenger on the TV panel...
Category

1950s Realist Art

Materials

Oil

Man Playing his Favorite Instrument
Located in Dallas, TX
Signed and dated.
Category

1950s Surrealist Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

A Nice Spot For Lunch Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
A Nice Spot For Lunch 1957 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition A group enjoy a picnic at a rocky coastline in Bermuda, 1957. u...
Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

James Dean in Restroom
Located in Austin, TX
Hilarious black and white candid shot of actor James Dean talking on the phone while using the restroom. James Dean was an American actor. He is remembered as a cultural icon of te...
Category

1950s Contemporary Art

Materials

Digital, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Mountain's view by M. Völlmy - Oil on wood 40x50 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Oil paint on wood with original frame. Total size with frame: 60x50x5 cm
Category

1950s Academic Art

Materials

Oil

Original Vintage Travel Advertising Poster NAC New Zealand Airways Airline Map
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel advertising poster for New Zealand National Airways Corporation Flying's the way to travel - NAC Fast & Frequent Flights Throughout New Zealand - featuring th...
Category

1950s Art

Materials

Paper

CZ by the Pool Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
CZ by the Pool 1955 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition American socialite Mrs. Winston F. C. Guest (aka CZ Guest, 1920 – 2003) perches on the edge of the Grecian te...
Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Kennedy And Friends Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Kennedy And Friends 1953 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition 1953: Senator John F. Kennedy (1917 – 1963), Shirley Rogan Ellis and Betty LoSavio at Montego Bay Airpor...
Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Frontispiece, from: Fifty Drawings - French Impressionism Portrait
Located in London, GB
This original etching is hand signed in black ink by the artist "Henri Matisse" at the lower right margin. The work is from the edition of 1,000 published alongside 50 reproductions...
Category

1950s Impressionist Art

Materials

Etching

Sacré-Coeur by Itzhak Frenkel-Frenel - Cityscape painting of Paris
By Yitzhak Frenkel-Frenel
Located in London, GB
Sacré-Coeur by Itzhak Frenkel-Frenel (1899-1981) Oil on canvas 92 x 73 cm (36 ¹/₄ x 28 ³/₄ inches) Signed lower right Frenel This painting represents the Sacré-Coeur, in Montmartre,...
Category

1950s Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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