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Period: 1950s
Period: Late 19th Century
Letter about Modigliani Exhibition by Palma Bucarelli - 1959
Located in Roma, IT
Modigliani Exhibition is a lot, composed of two items between Palma Bucarelli and the Countess Pecci Blunt, concerning the extension of the successfull Modigliani's exhibition at the National Modern Art Gallery in Rome in 1954. In Italian. Very good conditions,except for minor aging signs. In details: a Typewritten document of the Superintendence at the National Gallery of Modern Art, addressed to the Countess Mimì Pecci Blunt. A formal letter of request, asking for the extension of the courtesy of Pecci Blunt's Portrait of Jean Cocteau...
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1950s Modern More Art

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Paper, Ink

Ade Witboi - Rare Book Illustrated by George Grosz - 1955
Located in Roma, IT
Ade Witboi is an original modern rare book with illustrations by George Grosz (Berlin, 1823 - 1959, Berlin), published in 1955. Original First Edition. Published by Arani, Berlin Grunewald. Format: in 4°. The book includes XXII pages with 47 fullpage black and white drawings and 4 colored pages. Mint conditions. George Grosz (Berlin, 1823 - 1959, Berlin). By the war’s end in 1918, Grosz had developed an unmistakable graphic style that combined a highly expressive use of line with ferocious social caricature. Out of his wartime experiences and his observations of chaotic postwar Germany grew a series of drawings savagely attacking militarism, war profiteering, the gulf between rich and poor, social decadence, and Nazism. In drawing collections such as The Face of the Ruling Class (1921) and Ecce Homo (1922), Grosz depicts fat Junkers, greedy capitalists, smug bourgeoisie, drinkers, and lechers—as well as hollow-faced factory labourers, the poor, and the unemployed. At this time Grosz belonged to the Berlin Dada art movement, having befriended the German Dadaist brothers Wieland Herzfelde and John Heartfield...
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1950s Expressionist More Art

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Paper, Offset

Revolverate - Rare Book Illustrated by Gian Pietro Lucini - 1909
Located in Roma, IT
Revolverate , con una prefazione futurista di F.T. Marinetti. With a Futurist preface by Filippo Tommaso Marinetti and an inscription dated 1...
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1890s Surrealist More Art

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Paper

Corps Perdu - Rare Book Illustrated by Roman Orné - 1926
Located in Roma, IT
Edition of 990 copies including illustrations by Roman Orné and 2 drypoint of Jean Lurcat. Copy on velin Montgolfier. Very good conditions, partially uncut, cover browned. Philippe S...
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1890s Surrealist More Art

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Paper

Pair of Mixed Metal Bronze Japanese Meiji Period Toad Brush Pots
Located in Phoenix, AZ
These whimsical mixed metal bronze pots feature plump bug-eyed toads, warts and all with gaping mouths. These make excellent vases and have metal removable liners. The toads’ bellie...
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1890s More Art

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Bronze

Letter of Greeting from Alberto Moravia to Countess Pecci-Blunt - 1954
Located in Roma, IT
Nesting, a facade. With its envelope. Greeting letter in which the writer communicates the countess the forthcoming publication of a new novel.
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1950s Modern More Art

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Paper, Ink

Original Appointment of G. Garibaldi to the "Società di Mutuo Soccorso" - 1879
Located in Roma, IT
Societa di Mutuo Soccorso - Nomina di Giuseppe Garibaldi is original Italian historical Document, from "Societa di Mutuo Soccorso of Comune di Mil...
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1870s More Art

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Paper, Lithograph

Autograph Letter Signed by Tristan Tzara - 1955
Located in Roma, IT
Autograph Letter Signed by the Romanian and French avant-garde poet and artist, Tristan Tzara (Moinești, 1896 – Paris 1963) to the Swissh editor Nesto Ja...
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1950s More Art

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Paper, Ink

Ann Eliza Reed - Rare Book Illustrated by Oskar Kokoschka - 1952
Located in Roma, IT
Ann Eliza Reed is an original modern rare book illustrated by Oskar Kokoschka (Pöchlarn, 1886 – Montreux, 1980) in 1952. Original Edition. Published by Maximilian Geselschaft, Hamb...
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1950s Modern More Art

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Paper, Lithograph

Letter by Renato Guttuso About Falsifications - 1952
Located in Roma, IT
Letter by Renato Guttuso About Falsification is an Autograph Letter Signed by Renato Guttuso to the Countess Anna Laetitia Pecci Blunt. Rome, April 21st 1961. In Italian. On ivory co...
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1950s Modern More Art

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Paper, Ink

Autograph Letter Signed by Fabrizio Clerici - 1957
Located in Roma, IT
This is a Fabrizio Clerici's Autograph Letter Signed, to the Countess and Patron of arts, Anna Laetitia Pecci-Blunt. Rome, July 24th. Around 1957. Signed "Fabrizio". One page, singl...
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1950s Modern More Art

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Paper, Ink

Soldier - Lithograph by Alphonse de Neuville - 1883
Located in Roma, IT
Soldier is an lithograph realized by Alphonse de Neuville in 1883. Signed on Plate. Good conditions. The Artwork is depicted through soft strokes.
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1880s Modern More Art

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Lithograph

Tristan Tzara's Letter - 1955
Located in Roma, IT
Tristan Tzara's Letter is Autograph Letter Signed by the Romanian and French avant-garde poet Tristan Tzara ((Moinești, 1896 – Paris 1963) to Nesto Jaco...
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1950s Dada More Art

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Paper

Ex Libris - T. Wevers - Woodcut by Herbert Stefan Ott - 1953
Located in Roma, IT
Ex Libris - T. Wevers is a Modern Artwork realized in 1953 by the Author Herbert Stefan Ott . Ex Libris. B/W woodcut on ivory paper. Signed on plate and dated on the back. The wor...
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1950s Modern More Art

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Paper, Woodcut

Ten Etchings - 1870s - First Series - James Tissot - Modern
Located in Roma, IT
Suite of Ten etchings and dry-points: • L’Auberge des Trois-Corbeaux. Wentworth 29 (i/iii) • Quarrelling. Wentworth 18 • The Rubens’ Hat. Wentworth 8 • The Thames, Wentworth 20 • Bas...
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1870s Modern More Art

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Paper, Etching

Autograph Letter Signed by Fabrizio Clerici - 1956
Located in Roma, IT
This is a Autograph Letter Signed by Fabrizio Clerici to the Countess A.L. Pecci-Blunt. April 4th, 1956. Signed "Fabrizio". One page, single-sided. In Italian. Excellent condition, ...
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1950s Modern More Art

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Paper, Ink

Autograph Card by Garinei and Giovannini - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Autograph Card Signed by Pietro Garinei and Sandro Giovannini to their costume designer, Mara De Matteis. Around 1950s. One page, double-sided. In Ital...
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1950s Modern More Art

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Paper, Ink

The Hunting of the Snark - Etching by Henry Holiday - 1876
By Henry Holiday
Located in Roma, IT
The hunting of the snark is an original modern rare book written by Lewis Carroll (Daresbury, 1832 - Guiford, 1898) in 1876 and illustrated by...
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Late 19th Century Modern More Art

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Etching

Large 19th-Century French Frame with Gilt Patina, Cartouches & Acanthus Scrolls
Located in Jacksonville, FL
A Grand 19th-Century French Frame with Distinctive Patina This spectacular 19th-century French frame blends classical elegance with richly layered character. Its gilt finish has aged...
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Late 19th Century Rococo More Art

Materials

Wood

Rare 1950s Original Syndicated Ink Drawing Cartoon Strip Susie Q Smith Comic Art
Located in Surfside, FL
SUSIE Q. SMITH Medium: Newspaper comics Distributed by: King Features Syndicate First Appeared: 1945 Creators: Linda and Jerry Walter 5.75 X 19.5 Dated August 5, 1954 in top right corner. Like her contemporaries, Aggie Mack, Candy and Patsy Walker (before her conversion to a superhero), Susie Q. Smith was a female Archie-type — not exactly an imitator, because Archie, who had started only four years earlier, hadn't yet become popular enough to spawn imitators, but part of his genre. She attended high school, where her teachers often seemed unreasonable to her, interacted with the opposite gender in a typically adolescent way, and her parents didn't completely understand her. And she was cute and perky as only a teenage girl can be. Susie was the star of a comic strip distributed by King Features, the biggest of the comic strip syndicates, whose other offerings have ranged from Jackys Diary to Prince Valiant. King launched the strip in both daily and Sunday form in 1945. Daily, she was only in a panel at first, but it expanded into a full, multi-panel strip on February 7, 1953. In a very odd turn of events, in 1953 the Walters chose to leave King Features behind and hitch their wagon at the McNaught Syndicate. The creators were Harold "Jerry" Walter and his wife, Linda. Jerry was also responsible for Jellybean Jones, who has nothing to do with Jughead Jones's young sister, a modern-day addition to the Archie cast of characters. Together, they did The Lively Ones during the 1960s. Though each was capable of doing both major jobs in comic strip production, their usual working method was for Jerry to dream up the ideas and write the dialog, while Linda did the artwork. The Walters also collaborated on a series of Susie Q. Smith comic books for Dell Comics. Instead of reprinting newspaper strips, these ran new stories by the Walters. Between 1951 and '54, four issues were published as part of the Four Color Comics series, where many minor comic strips, including Dotty Dripple, Timmy and Rusty Riley had found a home. It had no other media spin-offs. Susie Q. Smith had a respectable run in the newspapers, but it ended in 1959. Jerry Walter (1915 - 2007) was an abstract expressionist artist whose output of energetic and colorful paintings were the products of the rich artistic milieu of post-war New York City. He was born Harold Frank Walter in Mount Pleasant, Iowa on November 25, 1915. After graduating from Colgate University in 1937, Walter moved to New York City, where he studied drawing and painting at the New School and the Art Students’ League. Before concentrating seriously on his art, he spent several years as a successful copywriter and idea man for the advertising agencies of J. Walter Thompson, McCann Ericson, and BBDO. During this time, he also worked as a syndicated cartoonist. Collaborating with his wife, Linda, his best-known series was Susie Q. Smith, which first appeared in 1945 and described as a “female Archie type.” Very popular, the cartoon was later the subject of a series of comic books published from 1951 to 1954. After serving in the United States Army for three years during World War II, Walter began to paint seriously. He ascribed his earliest artistic influence to Joan Miró, whose Dog Barking at the Moon (1926) he viewed when he was twelve, the year he published his first cartoon. Walter later wrote that jazz, “the first native expression of so-called modernism” was a strong influence on his work. During the later 1940s, Walters spent time at the Research Studio in Maitland, Florida. Founded in 1937 by artist and architect J. André Smith and supported by the philanthropist Mary Curtis Bok, the Research Studio was a lively colony that hosted prominent artists, including Milton Avery, Ralston Crawford, and Doris Lee. While at the Studio, Walter’s work was purchased by Frank Crowninshield. A founding trustee of the Museum of Modern Art and editor of Vanity Fair, Crowinshield was a noted collector; his collection included important works by Pablo Picasso, Marc Chagall, Henri Matisse, Edgar Degas, George Bellows, and Pierre Bonnard. Returning to New York after his time at the Studio, Walter became an active member of the New York school of the abstract expressionist movement, and in the summer of 1956, Walter exhibited 13 paintings and a selection of drawings at New York’s Chase Gallery. The adroit manipulation of both color and composition evident in his work shows the influence of Abstract Expressionism, particularly Willem de Kooning, Arshile Gorky, and Hans Hofmann. illustrator and female cartoonist Linda Walter was the talented female mind behind the beloved "Susie Q. Smith" comic strip. She played an instrumental role in shaping the cultural landscape through her vibrant illustrations. Known for the timeless charm of the "Susie Q. Smith" comic strip, Linda's artistry brought joy and laughter to countless readers during the 1950s and continues to resonate with fans across generations. She was part of the Woodstock artists community. from Women in Comics: Linda Walter was the artist of newspaper strip Susie Q. Smith, which was written by her husband, Jerry. It was syndicated by King Features Syndicate and ran from 1945 to 1959. The Walters also contributed original Susie Q. Smith stories to Dell's Four Color comic books from 1951 to 1954. From 1964-1965, they created a singled panel comic called The Lively Ones. Vintage Golden Age of Comics era. The Golden Age of Comic Books describes an era in the history of American comic books from 1938 to 1956. During this time, modern comic books were first published and rapidly increased in popularity. The superhero archetype was created. Between 1939 and 1941 Detective Comics (DC) and its sister company, All-American Publications, introduced popular superheroes such as Batman and Robin, Wonder Woman, the Flash, Green Lantern, Doctor Fate, the Atom, Hawkman, Green Arrow and Aquaman. Timely Comics, the 1940s predecessor of Marvel Comics, had million-selling titles featuring the Human Torch, the Sub-Mariner, and Captain America. Another notable series was The Spirit by Will Eisner. Dell Comics' non-superhero characters (particularly the licensed Walt Disney animated-character comics) outsold the superhero comics of the day. The publisher featured licensed movie and literary characters such as Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Roy Rogers and Tarzan. Additionally, MLJ's introduction of Archie Andrews in Pep Comics #22 (December 1941) gave rise to teen humor comics, with the Archie Comics...
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1950s More Art

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Paper, Ink

Autographs by Virgilio Guzzi - Set of 2 - 1955
Located in Roma, IT
This set is composed of Two Autographs Signed by Virgilio Guzzi, addressed to Silvio Perina, the director of the C.I.M, Roman warehouses, during the Fifties. Excellent condition, pe...
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1950s More Art

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Paper, Ink

Capogrossi Vintage Catalogue - With Hand-Written Dedication by Capogrossi - 1953
Located in Roma, IT
Capogrossi is the anastatic reprint edited by Edizioni del Cavallino in 1950, on the occasion of Capogrossi's first exhibition at the Galleria della Cometa in Rome. From the private collection of the Countess Anna Laetitia Pecci-Blunt. With an affectionate handwritten dedication to the Countess from the artist himself, dated 18 January 1953 and signed "Capogrossi". Introduction by Corrado Cagli (1910-1976). In-8º, text in Italian. pp. 7 + 7 b/w full-page ill., cm 24 x 0,3 x 18,5, 1950s. Reprint of the previous edition by De Luca Editor. Low-cut biding and visible signs of aging on the paper. Giuseppe Capogrossi (1900 - 1972) was a famous Italian painter, especially known for the foundation of the so-called Scuola Romana ("Roman School"), together with Corrado Cagli and Emanuele Cavalli...
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1950s Contemporary More Art

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Paper, Offset

Rare Judaica 1893 Jewish Yizkor Memorial Plaque Hebrew English Chromolithograph
Located in Surfside, FL
A rare Judaic memorial piece for mother.
Category

Late 19th Century Aesthetic Movement More Art

Materials

Lithograph

Picasso. Collection Bergengren, Lund - Catalogue by P. Picasso - 1957
Located in Roma, IT
Original Title: Picasso. Collection Bergengren, Lund. Arrangeret af Kunstforeningen i København på Frederiksberg Rådhus. Catalogue of Pablo Picasso's collection exhibited at the Malmö Museum from 28 September to 11 October 1957. In-8º, text in French and Danish, pp. 80 + 37 b/w illustrations, 1957. On the cover a reproduction of the color etching Woman...
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1950s Modern More Art

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Paper

La Tartaruga Gallery Catalogue - Vintage Catalog after A. Cardile- 1955
Located in Roma, IT
La Tartaruga Gallery Catalogue is a vintage catalog issued in 1955. It was realized for the exhibition of Antonio Cardile in La Tartaruga Gallery in ...
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Late 19th Century Modern More Art

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Paper, Offset

Autograph Happy Easter Card by Miguel Angel Ibartz - 1959
Located in Roma, IT
Autograph Happy Easter Card by Miguel Angel Ibartz to Silvio Perina. Barcelona, March 25th 1959. In Italian. Perfectly readable, excellent condition. Signed by Miguel and Maria Glo...
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1950s Contemporary More Art

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Paper, Ink

Vintage Golden Age Syndicated Ink Drawing Cartoon Strip Susie Q Smith Comic Art
Located in Surfside, FL
SUSIE Q. SMITH Medium: Newspaper comics Distributed by: King Features Syndicate First Appeared: 1945 Creators: Linda and Jerry Walter 6.5 X 19.5 Like her contemporaries, Aggie Mack, Candy and Patsy Walker (before her conversion to a superhero), Susie Q. Smith was a female Archie-type — not exactly an imitator, because Archie, who had started only four years earlier, hadn't yet become popular enough to spawn imitators, but part of his genre. She attended high school, where her teachers often seemed unreasonable to her, interacted with the opposite gender in a typically adolescent way, and her parents didn't completely understand her. And she was cute and perky as only a teenage girl can be. Susie was the star of a comic strip distributed by King Features, the biggest of the comic strip syndicates, whose other offerings have ranged from Jackys Diary to Prince Valiant. King launched the strip in both daily and Sunday form in 1945. Daily, she was only in a panel at first, but it expanded into a full, multi-panel strip on February 7, 1953. In a very odd turn of events, in 1953 the Walters chose to leave King Features behind and hitch their wagon at the McNaught Syndicate. The creators were Harold "Jerry" Walter and his wife, Linda. Jerry was also responsible for Jellybean Jones, who has nothing to do with Jughead Jones's young sister, a modern-day addition to the Archie cast of characters. Together, they did The Lively Ones during the 1960s. Though each was capable of doing both major jobs in comic strip production, their usual working method was for Jerry to dream up the ideas and write the dialog, while Linda did the artwork. The Walters also collaborated on a series of Susie Q. Smith comic books for Dell Comics. Instead of reprinting newspaper strips, these ran new stories by the Walters. Between 1951 and '54, four issues were published as part of the Four Color Comics series, where many minor comic strips, including Dotty Dripple, Timmy and Rusty Riley had found a home. It had no other media spin-offs. Susie Q. Smith had a respectable run in the newspapers, but it ended in 1959. Jerry Walter (1915 - 2007) was an abstract expressionist artist whose output of energetic and colorful paintings were the products of the rich artistic milieu of post-war New York City. He was born Harold Frank Walter in Mount Pleasant, Iowa on November 25, 1915. After graduating from Colgate University in 1937, Walter moved to New York City, where he studied drawing and painting at the New School and the Art Students’ League. Before concentrating seriously on his art, he spent several years as a successful copywriter and idea man for the advertising agencies of J. Walter Thompson, McCann Ericson, and BBDO. During this time, he also worked as a syndicated cartoonist. Collaborating with his wife, Linda, his best-known series was Susie Q. Smith, which first appeared in 1945 and described as a “female Archie type.” Very popular, the cartoon was later the subject of a series of comic books published from 1951 to 1954. After serving in the United States Army for three years during World War II, Walter began to paint seriously. He ascribed his earliest artistic influence to Joan Miró, whose Dog Barking at the Moon (1926) he viewed when he was twelve, the year he published his first cartoon. Walter later wrote that jazz, “the first native expression of so-called modernism” was a strong influence on his work. During the later 1940s, Walters spent time at the Research Studio in Maitland, Florida. Founded in 1937 by artist and architect J. André Smith and supported by the philanthropist Mary Curtis Bok, the Research Studio was a lively colony that hosted prominent artists, including Milton Avery, Ralston Crawford, and Doris Lee. While at the Studio, Walter’s work was purchased by Frank Crowninshield. A founding trustee of the Museum of Modern Art and editor of Vanity Fair, Crowinshield was a noted collector; his collection included important works by Pablo Picasso, Marc Chagall, Henri Matisse, Edgar Degas, George Bellows, and Pierre Bonnard. Returning to New York after his time at the Studio, Walter became an active member of the New York school of the abstract expressionist movement, and in the summer of 1956, Walter exhibited 13 paintings and a selection of drawings at New York’s Chase Gallery. The adroit manipulation of both color and composition evident in his work shows the influence of Abstract Expressionism, particularly Willem de Kooning, Arshile Gorky, and Hans Hofmann. illustrator and female cartoonist Linda Walter was the talented female mind behind the beloved "Susie Q. Smith" comic strip. She played an instrumental role in shaping the cultural landscape through her vibrant illustrations. Known for the timeless charm of the "Susie Q. Smith" comic strip, Linda's artistry brought joy and laughter to countless readers during the 1950s and continues to resonate with fans across generations. She was part of the Woodstock artists community. from Women in Comics: Linda Walter was the artist of newspaper strip Susie Q. Smith, which was written by her husband, Jerry. It was syndicated by King Features Syndicate and ran from 1945 to 1959. The Walters also contributed original Susie Q. Smith stories to Dell's Four Color comic books from 1951 to 1954. From 1964-1965, they created a singled panel comic called The Lively Ones. Vintage Golden Age of Comics era. The Golden Age of Comic Books describes an era in the history of American comic books from 1938 to 1956. During this time, modern comic books were first published and rapidly increased in popularity. The superhero archetype was created. Between 1939 and 1941 Detective Comics (DC) and its sister company, All-American Publications, introduced popular superheroes such as Batman and Robin, Wonder Woman, the Flash, Green Lantern, Doctor Fate, the Atom, Hawkman, Green Arrow and Aquaman. Timely Comics, the 1940s predecessor of Marvel Comics, had million-selling titles featuring the Human Torch, the Sub-Mariner, and Captain America. Another notable series was The Spirit by Will Eisner. Dell Comics' non-superhero characters (particularly the licensed Walt Disney animated-character comics) outsold the superhero comics of the day. The publisher featured licensed movie and literary characters such as Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Roy Rogers and Tarzan. Additionally, MLJ's introduction of Archie Andrews in Pep Comics #22 (December 1941) gave rise to teen humor comics, with the Archie Comics...
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1950s American Modern More Art

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Paper, Ink

A Journey to Austria - Autograph Letter Signed by Fabrizio Clerici - 1952
Located in Roma, IT
A Journey to Austria is the main content of this Autograph Letter by Fabrizio Clerici to the Countess and Patron of arts, Anna Laetitia Pecci-Blunt. Bad Gastein...
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1950s Modern More Art

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Paper, Ink

Invitation Letter by Franco Gentilini - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
This is an Invitation Autograph Letter Signed by Franco Gentilini to the Countess Anna Laetitia Pecci-Blunt. Not dated. Around 1950s. One page, single-sided. In Italian. In Excell...
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1950s Modern More Art

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Paper, Ink

Lithograph Postcard signed by Mimi Quilici Buzzacchi to Silvio Perina - 1958
Located in Roma, IT
Litho and Autograph Postcard Signed by Mimi Quilici Buzzacchi to Silvio Perina. Rome, July 22nd 1958. In Italian. On the front, a black and white lithograph "Tetti di Roma" "Roman...
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1950s More Art

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Paper, Lithograph

Rare 1950s Vintage Syndicated Ink Drawing Cartoon Strip Susie Q Smith Comic Art
Located in Surfside, FL
SUSIE Q. SMITH Medium: Newspaper comics Distributed by: King Features Syndicate First Appeared: 1945 Creators: Linda and Jerry Walter 5.5 X 19.5 Dated August 13, 1954 in top right corner. Like her contemporaries, Aggie Mack, Candy and Patsy Walker (before her conversion to a superhero), Susie Q. Smith was a female Archie-type — not exactly an imitator, because Archie, who had started only four years earlier, hadn't yet become popular enough to spawn imitators, but part of his genre. She attended high school, where her teachers often seemed unreasonable to her, interacted with the opposite gender in a typically adolescent way, and her parents didn't completely understand her. And she was cute and perky as only a teenage girl can be. Susie was the star of a comic strip distributed by King Features, the biggest of the comic strip syndicates, whose other offerings have ranged from Jackys Diary to Prince Valiant. King launched the strip in both daily and Sunday form in 1945. Daily, she was only in a panel at first, but it expanded into a full, multi-panel strip on February 7, 1953. In a very odd turn of events, in 1953 the Walters chose to leave King Features behind and hitch their wagon at the McNaught Syndicate. The creators were Harold "Jerry" Walter and his wife, Linda. Jerry was also responsible for Jellybean Jones, who has nothing to do with Jughead Jones's young sister, a modern-day addition to the Archie cast of characters. Together, they did The Lively Ones during the 1960s. Though each was capable of doing both major jobs in comic strip production, their usual working method was for Jerry to dream up the ideas and write the dialog, while Linda did the artwork. The Walters also collaborated on a series of Susie Q. Smith comic books for Dell Comics. Instead of reprinting newspaper strips, these ran new stories by the Walters. Between 1951 and '54, four issues were published as part of the Four Color Comics series, where many minor comic strips, including Dotty Dripple, Timmy and Rusty Riley had found a home. It had no other media spin-offs. Susie Q. Smith had a respectable run in the newspapers, but it ended in 1959. Jerry Walter (1915 - 2007) was an abstract expressionist artist whose output of energetic and colorful paintings were the products of the rich artistic milieu of post-war New York City. He was born Harold Frank Walter in Mount Pleasant, Iowa on November 25, 1915. After graduating from Colgate University in 1937, Walter moved to New York City, where he studied drawing and painting at the New School and the Art Students’ League. Before concentrating seriously on his art, he spent several years as a successful copywriter and idea man for the advertising agencies of J. Walter Thompson, McCann Ericson, and BBDO. During this time, he also worked as a syndicated cartoonist. Collaborating with his wife, Linda, his best-known series was Susie Q. Smith, which first appeared in 1945 and described as a “female Archie type.” Very popular, the cartoon was later the subject of a series of comic books published from 1951 to 1954. After serving in the United States Army for three years during World War II, Walter began to paint seriously. He ascribed his earliest artistic influence to Joan Miró, whose Dog Barking at the Moon (1926) he viewed when he was twelve, the year he published his first cartoon. Walter later wrote that jazz, “the first native expression of so-called modernism” was a strong influence on his work. During the later 1940s, Walters spent time at the Research Studio in Maitland, Florida. Founded in 1937 by artist and architect J. André Smith and supported by the philanthropist Mary Curtis Bok, the Research Studio was a lively colony that hosted prominent artists, including Milton Avery, Ralston Crawford, and Doris Lee. While at the Studio, Walter’s work was purchased by Frank Crowninshield. A founding trustee of the Museum of Modern Art and editor of Vanity Fair, Crowinshield was a noted collector; his collection included important works by Pablo Picasso, Marc Chagall, Henri Matisse, Edgar Degas, George Bellows, and Pierre Bonnard. Returning to New York after his time at the Studio, Walter became an active member of the New York school of the abstract expressionist movement, and in the summer of 1956, Walter exhibited 13 paintings and a selection of drawings at New York’s Chase Gallery. The adroit manipulation of both color and composition evident in his work shows the influence of Abstract Expressionism, particularly Willem de Kooning, Arshile Gorky, and Hans Hofmann. illustrator and female cartoonist Linda Walter was the talented female mind behind the beloved "Susie Q. Smith" comic strip. She played an instrumental role in shaping the cultural landscape through her vibrant illustrations. Known for the timeless charm of the "Susie Q. Smith" comic strip, Linda's artistry brought joy and laughter to countless readers during the 1950s and continues to resonate with fans across generations. She was part of the Woodstock artists community. from Women in Comics: Linda Walter was the artist of newspaper strip Susie Q. Smith, which was written by her husband, Jerry. It was syndicated by King Features Syndicate and ran from 1945 to 1959. The Walters also contributed original Susie Q. Smith stories to Dell's Four Color comic books from 1951 to 1954. From 1964-1965, they created a singled panel comic called The Lively Ones. Vintage Golden Age of Comics era. The Golden Age of Comic Books describes an era in the history of American comic books from 1938 to 1956. During this time, modern comic books were first published and rapidly increased in popularity. The superhero archetype was created. Between 1939 and 1941 Detective Comics (DC) and its sister company, All-American Publications, introduced popular superheroes such as Batman and Robin, Wonder Woman, the Flash, Green Lantern, Doctor Fate, the Atom, Hawkman, Green Arrow and Aquaman. Timely Comics, the 1940s predecessor of Marvel Comics, had million-selling titles featuring the Human Torch, the Sub-Mariner, and Captain America. Another notable series was The Spirit by Will Eisner. Dell Comics' non-superhero characters (particularly the licensed Walt Disney animated-character comics) outsold the superhero comics of the day. The publisher featured licensed movie and literary characters such as Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Roy Rogers and Tarzan. Additionally, MLJ's introduction of Archie Andrews in Pep Comics #22 (December 1941) gave rise to teen humor comics, with the Archie Comics...
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1950s American Modern More Art

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Paper, Ink

Merry Christmas Card by Nicolas Nabokov - 1954
Located in Roma, IT
Autograph Merry Christmas and Happy New Year Card Signed by Nicolas Nabokov to the Countess Anna Laetitia Pecci-Blunt. Paris, December 23rd 1954 . In 24°. In French. Excellent condition: As good as New. A Mr. and Mrs. Nicols Nabokov Business card with autograph notes of thanks, attached ( on letterhead paper "American Academy in Rome". Original envelope included. Collect or present this unique pieces of the Russian master. Background: During the Fifties, Nicolas Nabokov became General Secretaryof the newly formed Congress for Cultural Freedom (CCF), backed by the CIA, and remained in the job for more than fifteen years, organizing music and cultural festivals, and was musical director of the American Academy in Rome (Villino Aurelia, Porta S. Pancrazio). Never forgot to write to the mentor and patron of art A.L. Pecci Blunt, with this touching postcard he reveals the "naissance du petit Alexandre". Nicolas Nabokov (Russia 1903 –1978) The Russian-born composer and cultural figure, was the first cousin of the talented writer of "Speaks Memory", Vladimir Nabokov...
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1950s Modern More Art

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Paper, Ink

Merry Christmas Card by Dino Grandi - 1958
Located in Roma, IT
A unique Merry Christmas Card Signed by Dino Grandi to the Countess Pecci- Blunt, written in English and Italian. Excellent conditions. Perfectly readable, original envelope included. St. Paul, Brasil, Christmas 1958. Dino Grandi (Mordano, 1895 - Bologna, 1988) Dino Grandi was an Italian politician and diplomat, who went down in history for the presentation of the homonymous agenda to the Grand Council of Fascism on 25 July 1943 which led to the dismissal of Benito Mussolini. He was foreign minister, minister of Grace and Justice and ambassador to London of the Kingdom of Italy. In 1943 Dino Grandi moved to Spain and Portugal, where he resided until 1948. The forties were particularly hard: in Portugal he gave repetitions of Latin while his wife worked as a milliner to survive. Luck returned in the 1950s when he had representative positions for Fiat. During the same period he was a regular consultant to the US authorities, in particular to the ambassador in Rome, Clare Boothe Luce...
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1950s Modern More Art

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Paper, Ink

Rare Vintage Exhibition Leaflet - R.S. Matta - Galerie di Dragon - 1958
Located in Roma, IT
Exhibition Leaflet is an original rare vintage catalogue by the Chilean artist Roberto Sebastián Matta (1911-2002). This color artwork is the rare exhibition leaflet realized in occ...
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1950s Surrealist More Art

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Paper

Autograph Postcard Signed by Giuseppe Santomaso - 1955
Located in Roma, IT
Autograph Postcard Signed by Giuseppe Santomaso (Venice, 1907 - 1990) to the Capogrossi family. May, 11, 1955. Dated. In Italian On the front, a colored reproduction of Capogrossi'...
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1950s Abstract More Art

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Ink, Postcard

Le Monde Merveilleux des Insectes - Rare Book Illustrated by Jean Lurçat - 1950
Located in Roma, IT
Edition of 145 copies including 45 original coloured lithographs by Jean Lurçat. 3 of the lithographs are hand coloured by the artist. Copy on Grand Vélin à la forme des papeteries ...
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1950s Modern More Art

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Paper, Lithograph

Memories from Marina di Pisa by Nino Costa - 1899
Located in Roma, IT
Memories from Marina di Pisa is an Autograph Postcard Signed by the Italian painter Giovanni Costa (Rome, 1826 – Marina di Pisa, 1903), best-known as Nino Costa, to Adele Verducci. ...
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1890s Modern More Art

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Paper, Ink

Graphic Disadventures - Autographs Signed by Giuseppe Santomaso - 1954/1956
Located in Roma, IT
Disavventure Grafiche (Graphic Disadventures) is the main topic of this lot of Autographs Signed by Giuseppe Santomaso (Venice, 1907 - 1990) to Nesto Jacometti, written in Italian be...
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1950s More Art

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Paper, Ink

Family Memories - Autograph by Francesco Maria Guardabassi - 1944
Located in Roma, IT
Collect this unique Family Memories - Autograph Letter Signed by Francesco Maria Guardabassi to the Countess Pecci-Blunt. Santa Barbara, September 26th 1944. One page, four-sided, on light blue colored paper, in 8°, in English. On leterhead paper "Woodstock Pride's crossing - Massachusetts". Excellent conditions, usual folds. Perfectly readable, including original envelope. Confidential Letter concerning family memories between the Italian painter of the Risorgimento, F. Maria Guardabassi (Umbertide, Perugia 1867 - Palm Beach, Florida, 1952), owner of the Villa La Torre Monaldi in Perugia, attended by the young Countess Pecci. "You are too young to remember me in Perugia, my native town, when you were a very little girl and me allready a young man aand a great lover of art and music". This autograph letter with a nostalgic beginning, continues with an apology of the Pecci family name. Indeed the prestige of the family grew at the end of the nineteenth century, when Cardinal Vincenzo Gioacchino Pecci ascended to the papal throne with the name of Leo XIII...
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1950s Modern More Art

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Paper, Ink

Claribella- Rare book Illustrated by Fernand Edmond Jean Marie Khnopff - 1893
Located in Roma, IT
Claribella is an original modern rare book illustrated by Fernand Edmond Jean Marie Khnopff (12 September 1858 – 12 November 1921) in 1893. Original First Edition. Published by Beijers, Utrecht. Format: In 8°. The book includes 224 pages. Inscribed by the author on the front page, lithographic full page frontispiece by F.K. signed on the plate. Mint conditions. Fernand Edmond Jean Marie Khnopff (12 September 1858 – 12 November 1921). In 1881, he presented his works to the public for the first time at the "Salon de l'Essor" in Brussels. The critics' appraisal of his work is very harsh, with the exception of Emile Verhaeren who wrote a commending review. Verhaeren would remain a lifelong supporter and would write the first monograph on the painter. In 1883, Khnopff was one of the founding members of the group Le Groupe des XX. Khnopff exhibited regularly at the annual "Salon" organised by Les XX. In 1885, he met the French writer Joséphin Péladan the future grandmaster of the Rosicrucian "Ordre de la Rose...
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1890s Modern More Art

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Paper, Lithograph

L'Oeuvre Gravée -Correspondance by Édouard Pignon to Nesto Jacometti- 1955
Located in Roma, IT
L'Oeuvre Gravée - Correspondance between the French artist Édouard Pignon and Nesto Jacometti, his graphic art editor, written during the 1955 and composed of 2 items: Typewritten L...
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1950s Modern More Art

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Paper, Ink

Aladin - Correspondence by Maurice Estève and Nesto Jacometti - 1957/60
Located in Roma, IT
Take a look at this "Aladin - Correspondence" between Maurice Estève and Nesto Jacometti. Composed of 6 items written from 1957 to 1960, in French, perfectly readable. In excellent ...
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1950s Contemporary More Art

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Paper, Ink

Letter from Vitaliano Brancati to Countess Pecci Blunt - 1951
Located in Roma, IT
S. addressed to her "Dear Friend", the Countess Pecci Blunt. Rome, November 28, 1951. 21.29 cm. Includes letter envelope 16.11.5 cm. Perfect state. Leonardo Sciascia describes him w...
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1950s Modern More Art

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Paper, Ink

Good Wishes Leaflet - Greetings Card by André Lothe - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Good Wishes Leaflet is a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year folding card Signed by André Lothe. Around 1950s-1960s. In French and English. Inside a colour...
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1950s Modern More Art

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Paper

The Great Success of Italian Cinema - De Laurentiis Group - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
The Great Success of Italian Cinema is an interesting set of documents, typewritten letters and copies of telegrams of historical value, between Bruno Todini, the right arm of the Italian cinematographic producer Dino De Laurentis, and their costume designer, Maria De Matteis, at the end of 1950s. Composed of 7 items, concerning the success of "Guerra e Pace" movie after the Hollywood screening. Written by Bruno Todini, on behalf of Dino De Laurentis, In Italian. In excellent conditions except for minor signs of aging. "Hollywood also consecrates War and Peace the greatest film of all the times" In detail: Typewritten Letter Signed. On letterhead paper "Ponti- De Laurentiis...
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1950s Modern More Art

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Paper, Ink

Victorian Impressionist Landscape Oil Washerwomen on bank of River, Nice France
Located in ludlow, GB
Victorian Impressionist Landscape Oil of Washerwomen on bank of River, Nice in France. "Washerwomen on the River Paillon, Nice in France" Oil on Canvas on original stretchers, Si...
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Late 19th Century Impressionist More Art

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Oil

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year Card - Signed by Nicolas Nabokov - 1954
Located in Roma, IT
Autograph Merry Christmas and Happy New Year Card Signed by Nicolas Nabokov to the Countess Anna Laetitia Pecci-Blunt. Paris, December 23rd 1954 . In 24°. In French. Excellent con...
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1950s Modern More Art

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Paper, Ink

Autograph Happy Easter Card by Carlo Quaglia to Silvio Perina- 1952
Located in Roma, IT
Autograph Happy Easter Card by Carlo Quaglia to Silvio Perina. Paris, April 15th 1952. In Italian. Perfectly readable, excellent condition. Signed "Quaglia". A postcard of Happy Easter, sent from Paris by the Italian painter to the Director of CIM warehouses of Rome. Carlo Quaglia (Terni, 1903 - Rome,1970) The Italian painter Carlo Quaglia discovered his passions when he was an official in Libya, in the thirties, in Benghazi, Sirte and Derna. At the beginning of the Second World War, in 1940, he was taken prisoner by the British and transferred to India at Camp 27 of Yol on the slopes of the Himalayas. He spent five years of imprisonment devoting himself to the study of the arts, practicing the first painting tests that will lead him to take the decision to become a painter. Upon returning to Italy he took his leave and began his career as an artist. His was a short and successful career that led him to critical and public success. In his painting we find the colors of the Roman School of Scipio, Mario Mafai and Antonietta Raphaël...
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1950s Modern More Art

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Paper, Ink

Picasso Lithographe II, 1947-1949 by Farnand Mourlot - 1950
Located in Roma, IT
This volume includes 2 original lithographs by Pablo Picasso on cover and on frontespiece. Copy on velin d'arches. Perfect conditions. Pages: 208 Edition: Monte-Carlo, Sauret Forma...
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1950s Cubist More Art

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Paper

Letter from Tchelitchew to Countess Pecci-Blunt - 1950
Located in Roma, IT
Letter from Tchelitchew to Countess Pecci-Blunt is an original postcard hand-written by Pavel Tchelitchew to Contessa Pecci Blunt in 1950. The postcard is written from Molveno, Tren...
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1950s Modern More Art

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Paper

Collection of 4 Letters by Jean Dubuffet - 1955
Located in Roma, IT
Interesting collection of 4 letters by Jean Dubuffet (2 hand written and 2 typescript) addressed to the swiss editor Nesto Jacometti. All of them are dated 1955. Very good conditions...
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1950s Contemporary More Art

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Paper, Ink

Sujet Poisson (A.R. 139). Ceramic Stamped Madoura Plein Feu, Edition Picasso
Located in Madrid, ES
PABLO PICASSO Spanish, 1881-1973 SUJET POISSON (A.R. 139) marked 'Edition Picasso / Madoura' (underneath) terracotta pitcher with black and white engobe ...
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1950s Modern More Art

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Ceramic

Vintage Handwoven Tapestry Wool, Metal Folk Art Rug Weaving Wall Hanging
Located in Surfside, FL
Olga Fisch was born in Hungary, studied in Germany and lived in Morocco and Ethiopia before receiving asylum as a Jewish refugee in Ecuador in 1939. For her Indian-inspired designs, Mrs. Fisch uses natural black and white sheep...
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1950s Folk Art More Art

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Wool

Rare 1950s Original Syndicated Ink Drawing Cartoon Strip Susie Q Smith Comic Art
Located in Surfside, FL
SUSIE Q. SMITH Medium: Newspaper comics Distributed by: King Features Syndicate First Appeared: 1945 Creators: Linda and Jerry Walter 6.25 X 18.25 Like her contemporaries, Aggie Ma...
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1950s American Modern More Art

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Paper, Ink

Un Plan de Travail en Amérique Latine - Letters by Jean-Pierre Guillermet - 1959
Located in Roma, IT
Un Plan de Travail en Amérique Latine (A Working Plan in Latin America) is the main content of this autograph correspondance between Jean-Pierre Guillermet and Nesto Jacometti. Com...
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1950s Contemporary More Art

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Paper, Ink

Autograph Card Signed by Carla Gronchi - 1959
Located in Roma, IT
Autograph Card Signed by Carla Gronchi (1912-1993), the first lady of the Italian President Giovanni Gronchi (1955-1962), to the Countess Pecci-Blunt. ...
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1950s More Art

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Paper, Ink

"Monumental Chalice" Rare Ceramic Turquoise Green Red Graphic Signed
Located in Detroit, MI
“Monumental Chalice” is a stunning rare monumental ceramic chalice by the world re-known Italian potter Guido Gambone. The shape is light and delicate with a comfortable weight. Turq...
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1950s Modern More Art

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Ceramic, Glaze

Set of Autographs by Giovanni Omiccioli to Silvio Perina - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
This Set of Autographs by the Italian artist Giovanni Omiccioli to Silvio Perina, the director of the CIM warehouses in Rome, includes 5 items, written around 1950's, 1960's, in Italian : Autograph Letter Signed, concerning a new Omiccioli's solo-exhibition, (he has to realize 70 new artworks) and ask to borrow "Piazzale di Ponte Milvio...
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1950s Modern More Art

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Paper, Ink

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