Mid-20th Century More Art

Color lithograph on cream wove paper, 1956. Edition of 200. Printed by Mourlout, Paris.

A fine impressionist landscape of a Vermont farm by American artist Paul Starrett Sample (1896-1974). Sample was born in Louisville, Kentucky and went to school at Dartmouth College,...

Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) - Suerte de Picador Lithograph with quadrochromy from 1961. Dimensions of sheet: 37.9 x 27 cm Dimensions in frame: 53.2 x 43.2 cm Publisher: Éditions Ce...

Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) - Four original lithographs - A Los Toros series Lithograph from 1961. Dimensions of work: 31 x 25 cm. Reference: Bloch 1014-1017; Cramer 113. Printed by...

Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) - Matadores Lithograph with quadrochromy from 1961. Dimensions of sheet: 37.9 x 27 cm Dimensions in frame: 53.2 x 43.2 cm Publisher: Éditions Cercle d'A...

Chu Teh-Chun (1920-2014) - Composition abstraite Lithograph from 1960. Edition 60/60. Dimensions of work: 63.5 x 48.5 cm. Hand signed. Publisher: Galerie de France, Paris. Dime...

Jean Carzou (1907-2000) - Le débarquement Lithograph from 1966. Dedicated to Pierre Sorlier, on Arches paper. Dimensions of work: 77.7 x 62.2 cm. Hand signed. The work is in Exc...

Budd Hopkins, American (1931-2011) 'City Sun II', 1969 Oil painting on canvas. Hand signed and dated lower left. Verso: Artist, title, and year in pencil on stretcher. Dimensions: 36" H x 52" w. Frame: 37.25" h x 53.25" w. Budd Hopkins was one of the leading proponents of the "hard-edge" abstract minimalist school of painting in the 1950s and 1960s, Budd Hopkins (born 1931) created works that show the strong influence of Jackson Pollock and other leading painters of the Abstract Expressionism movement. Hopkins' paintings are now in numerous major collections, including the San Francisco Museum of Art, the Guggenheim Museum in New York, and the Hirshhorn Collection in Washington, DC. Recently, he has also been recognized for his research into the matter of UFOs and one of his books, "The Intruders", printed by Random House, was on the New York Times best-seller list and was the basis for a television show on CBS. Born in 1931, he is a graduate of Linsly Military Institute (now Linsly School) in 1949 and Oberlin College in 1953. He first displayed artistic abilities when, as a child recovering from a long-term illness, he began to create sculptures of ships made out of modeling clay. But it wasn't until he arrive at Oberlin that he made a serious study of art. Later, Hopkins included abstracted figures in his sculptural pieces. While moving away from Abstract Expressionism, Hopkins retained in his work the use of intense colors and hard-edged forms. His works of the 1980s, including Temples and Guardians, featured these "sentinels" who were, according to Hopkins, "participating in a frozen ritual, fixed – absolutely – within a privileged space..." Though Hopkins denied any connection, some critics viewed these ritualistic pieces as an extension of Hopkins' fascination with alien beings. Hopkins viewed his sculpted guardians not as human per se, but as magical, fierce, noble robots of the unconscious. He settled in New York after obtaining his degree and has had a residence there ever since. He and his wife, April Kingsley, and their daughter, Grace, divide their time between their home at Cape Cod, Mass., and that in New York City. In his work, he travels widely. He has exhibited in England, Finland, Italy and Switzerland. In 1963, Hopkins was selected by the Columbia Broadcasting System as one of the 15 painters featured in the network's first television special on American art. In 1958, Art News picked him as one of 12 Americans for exhibition in Spoleto, Italy, in the "Festival of Two Worlds." His brilliance has won him a number of fellowships and awards. In 1972, the West Virginia Arts and Humanities Council awarded him its Commission Prize. In 1976, he received the John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship for Painting and in '79 he received a fellowship from the National Endowment of the Arts. He also won a special project grant from the New York State Council on the Arts in 1982. He was friends with Robert Ryman and many of the other 10th street avant garde artists. He was an original member of March Gallery which showed Alice Baber, Elaine de Kooning, Mark di Suvero, Lester Johnson, Matsumi Kanemitsu. His work was handled by Poindexter Gallery. (a major gallery founded in 1955 in New York City by Elinor Poindexter. The gallery specialized in sculpture, abstract, and figurative art and featured the works of such artists as Richard Diebenkorn, Jules Olitski, Nell Blaine, Al Held, Willem de Kooning, Franz Kline, Earl Kerkam, Milton Resnick and Robert De Niro, among others. His art has been featured in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Modern Art, Bronx Museum of Art, Brooklyn Museum, Whitney Museum, Corcoran Gallery, Guggenheim Museum, Queens Museum in New York, and the Public Library of New York. He was included in Young America 1960: Thirty American Painters Under Thirty-Six buy Lloyd Goodrich at the Whitney Museum of American Art in NYC. Artists included: Sonia Gechtoff, Edward Giobbi, Ron Gorchov, James Harvey, Budd Hopkins, Wolf Kahn, Alex Katz, Robert Natkin, Rudy Pozzatti, Dean Richardson, Frank Roth, William Wiley, and Noriko Yamamoto...

Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) - Mother and Child Lithograph from 1946. Dimensions of work: 48 x 32.8 cm Publisher: Pantheon. The work is in Excellent condition. Fast and secure shi...

Henri Matisse (1869-1954) - Femme Nu Photogravure from 1952. Dimensions of work: 35.5 x 26.4 cm Publisher: Tériade, Paris. The work is in Excellent condition. Fast and secure sh...

Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) - Femme nue Lithograph, pochoir from 1962. An unnumbered copy from a limited edition of 262. Dimensions of work: 48.5 x 36 cm Publisher: Leda, Éditions ...

Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) - Notre-Dame Lithograph from 1957. The edition no. 211/275. With Arches watermark. Dimensions of work: 44.5 x 33.5 cm. Publisher: Fernand Mourlot Édite...

Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) - Femme nue debout Lithograph, pochoir from 1962. An unnumbered copy from a limited edition of 267. Dimensions of work: 48.5 x 36 cm Publisher: Leda, Éd...

Marc Chagall (1887-1985) - The Anointing of Saul Etching from 1952. Edition of 100 Enhanced with watercolour by the artist. Dimensions of work: 52 x 37 cm. Hand signed. Publish...

Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) - Guitare Lithograph, pochoir from 1962. An unnumbered copy from a limited edition of 261. Dimensions of work: 48.5 x 36 cm Publisher: Leda, Éditions d'...

Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) - Virgin Mary Lithograph with quadrochromy from 1961. Dimensions of sheet: 37.9 x 27 cm Dimensions in frame: 53.2 x 43.2 cm Publisher: Éditions Cercle d...

Dogwood Blossoms. 1949. Dimensions: Tile 6 X 6 Frame 7.75 X 7.75 inches. Provenance: The tile was in the possession of the Beers family and is from the estate. Catalogue raisonné number at Galerie St Etienne: Kallir T #87 An exceedingly rare, authenticated, and hand painted floral decorated tile by Grandma Moses herself, fired by Helen Beers. Tile dated 1949 and signed moses recto as well as 'Moses Fired by Helen C. Beers, painted by Grandma Moses, Pinewold Pottery'. There are only a handful of these known to exist, approximately five, this being one of those five, outside the private collection of Galerie St. Etienne, Manhattan NY. This listing is for the tile only. The photo archive, from the family, will be listed separately and is included here just for provenance and reference. Anna Mary Robertson Moses (1860 – 1961), or Grandma Moses, was an American folk artist. She began painting in earnest at the age of 78 and is a prominent example of a newly successful art career at an advanced age. Moses gained popularity during the 1950s, having been featured on a cover of Time Magazine in 1953. She was a subject of numerous television programs and of a 1950 Oscar-nominated biographical documentary. Her autobiography, titled My Life's History, was published in 1952. She was also awarded two honorary doctoral degrees. She embroidered pictures with yarn, until disabled by arthritis. In her 1961 obituary, The New York Times said: "The simple realism, nostalgic atmosphere and luminous color with which Grandma Moses portrayed simple farm life and rural countryside won her a wide following. She was able to capture the excitement of winter's first snow, Thanksgiving preparations and the new, young green of oncoming spring ... In person, Grandma Moses charmed wherever she went. A tiny, lively woman with mischievous gray eyes and a quick wit, she could be sharp-tongued with a sycophant and stern with an errant grandchild." Moses's work has been a subject of numerous museum exhibitions worldwide and has been extensively merchandised, such as on greeting cards. In 2006, her 1943 painting titled Sugaring Off was sold at Christie's New York for US$1.36 million, setting an auction record for the artist. Her work is fundamental for any Naive art or Americana collection. She was known as either "Mother Moses" or "Grandma Moses", and although she first exhibited as "Mrs. Moses", the press dubbed her "Grandma Moses", and the nickname stuck. As a young wife and mother, Moses was creative in her home; for example, in 1918 she used house paint to decorate a fireboard. Beginning in 1932, Moses used yarn to embroider pictures for friends and family. She created quilt objects, a form of "hobby art". Lucy R. Lippard stated in "The Word in Their Hands" that she found "hobby art" to be "an activity so 'low' on the art lists that it still ranks way below 'folk art'". She found that hobby art often involves reuse of otherwise discarded objects. Moses painted scenes of rural life from earlier days, which she called "old-timey" New England landscapes. Moses said that she would "get an inspiration and start painting; then I'll forget everything, everything except how things used to be and how to paint it so people will know how we used to live." From her works of art, she omitted features of modern life, such as tractors and telephone poles. Her early style is less individual and more realistic or primitive, with a lack of knowledge of, or perhaps rejection of, basic perspective. Initially she created simple compositions or copied existing images. As her career advanced, she created complicated, panoramic compositions of rural life. During a visit to Hoosick Falls in 1938, Louis J. Caldor, an art collector who worked as an engineer in the state of New York, saw paintings made by Moses in the window of a drug store. He bought their supply and ten more from her Eagle Bridge house for $3 or $5 each. The next year, three Grandma Moses paintings...

Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Visage d'homme, 1966 Red earthenware clay plaque Numbered 129/500, with 'Empreinte Originale de Picasso' and 'Madoura Plein Fe...

Andy Warhol The Souper Dress c. 1965-1967: Inspired by Andy Warhol’s Campbell’s Soup Cans, this dress was sold by the Campbell’s Soup Company in the late 19...

Vintage Jean Lurcat glazed fired enamel wall plaque ceramic plate limited edition hand inscribed faience Ceramique Saint Vicens charger. It depicts a h...

Georges Braque (1882-1963) - Cubist Portrait Lithograph from 1939. Dimensions of work: 35 x 26 cm Publisher: Tériade, Paris. The work is in Excellent condition. Fast and secure ...

Leo Castelli Gallery Exhibition Announcement for Frank Stella Paintings, November 25 – December 23, 1967. With a later complimentary autograph Uniquely signed in ink by Frank Stella ...

Pablo Picasso Service Poisson (Ramié, 26), 1947 White earthenware ceramic plate, with coloured 9 2/5 in diameter 24 cm diameter Edition of 300

A fine impressionist New England Fall mountain landscape with changing foliage by American artist Emile Albert Gruppé (1896-1978). Gruppé was born in Rochester, NY, and is renowned ...

A fine impressionist New England marine painting with a schooner at the dock by American artist Emile Albert Gruppé (1896-1978). Gruppé was born in Rochester, NY, and is renowned for...

Roy Lichtenstein (after) Moonscape Silkscreen from Banner, 1969 Silkscreen on fold out card. WIth additional (removable) sleeve with greeting and text from the Roy Lichtenstein Found...

CHARLES LEVIER – [SOLITUDE DE PIERROT ⚜ Oil on Canvas ⚜ Hand Signed Lower Right ⚜ Original Period Frame A THEATRICAL PORTRAIT OF MELANCHOLY “Solitude de Pierrot” captures Charles Levier’s fascination with the archetypal Pierrot from commedia dell’arte. With angular black outlines and muted pastel tones, Levier reduces the figure to its essential gestures, creating a poignant symbol of isolation and quiet reflection. The vertical format emphasizes Pierrot’s elongated stance, while his downcast eyes and red-tipped nose heighten the painting’s emotive impact. This work was acquired directly from the artist by noted Beverly Hills designer Dean Richard Kukuk and retains its original Martin Lowitz Gallery label, underscoring both provenance and historical context. WHY COLLECT THIS WORK? ✓ An early and expressive Charles Levier oil from circa 1950 ✓ Features the Pierrot subject, connecting to the theatrical tradition of commedia dell’arte ✓ Strong provenance: Martin Lowitz Gallery, Los Angeles, and the collection of Dean Richard Kukuk, Beverly Hills ✓ Retains its original period frame in excellent condition with gallery label affixed verso ARTWORK DETAILS: ▸ Title: [Solitude de Pierrot] ▸ Artist: Levier, Charles ▸ Medium: Oil on Canvas ▸ Creation Date: circa 1950 ▸ Country of Creation: US ▸ Signed: Hand Signed Lower Right ▸ Current Condition: Excellent commensurate with age. Original period frame in great condition consistent with age. ▸ Documentation: Martin Lowitz Gallery label affixed to verso ▸ Provenance: Martin Lowitz Gallery, Los Angeles; Dean Richard Kukuk, Los Angeles ▸ Dimensions: — ◼︎ Canvas Size: 44.25 inches x 15 inches — ◻︎ Frame Size: 59 inches x 30 inches x 2.625 inches INCLUDED DOCUMENTATION ✓ Certificate of Authenticity ✓ Artist Biography Document THE ARTIST: Charles Levier (1920–2003) was a French-American painter known for expressive oils, gouaches, and watercolors that bridge Modernism and postwar design sensibilities. His subjects include harbor towns, still lifes, café society, and commedia dell’arte figures such as Pierrot and Harlequin. Levier’s linear bite and stylized elongations have invited comparison to Bernard Buffet, while collectors of Modigliani, Rouault, and mid-century École de Paris painting...

In-folio Oblong Dimensions : 29x39 cm. Paris Atelier Crommelynck 1968 Edition of 200 copies including 12 original out-of-text etchings (7 etchings, 4 etchings and acquatint and 1 e...

Got mit uns is an original modern rare book illustrated by Renato Guttuso (Bagheria, 1911 – Rome, 1987) in 1947. Original Edition. 715 numbered copies. Published by La Margherita,...

Jean Cocteau "Visage" 30/30 from an edition of 30 Ceramic jug, conceived in 1958 Hand signed and inscribed on the base, " Edition originale de Jean Cocteau, Atelier Madeline-Jolly 30...

Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) - Jacqueline Lithograph with quadrochromy from 1961. Dimensions of sheet: 37.9 x 27 cm Dimensions in frame: 53.2 x 43.2 cm Publisher: Éditions Cercle d'...

Very rare. From part of a limited edition bound catalog produced by Galleria Flaviana on the occasion of Lucio Fontana's exhibition in 1966, during the artist's lifetime. There are t...

This piece is a unique, original gouache on paper by Erte, also known as Romain de Tirtoff. Erte was a vastly diverse artist who excelled in an array of fields including fashion, jew...

Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) - Table Before Window Lithograph from 1946. Dimensions of work: 48 x 32.8 cm Publisher: Pantheon. The work is in Excellent condition. Fast and secure ...

"Vitraux pour Jerusalem" is one of the most important books illustrated by Marc Chagall and considered as one of his editorial masterpieces. Th...

Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) - Minotaur Lithograph from 1946. Dimensions of work: 32,8 x 48 cm Publisher: Pantheon. The work is in Excellent condition. Fast and secure shipment.

Ballerina Dancing Print signed initials Metallic print on board, framed framed: 10 x 12 inches size: 6 x 8 inches Provenance: private collection Condition: very good condition For ...

Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) - Matadores Lithograph with quadrochromy from 1961. Dimensions of sheet: 38 x 27.5 cm Dimensions in frame: 53.2 x 43.2 cm Publisher: Éditions Cercle d'A...

Untitled (Still Life), an original oil on canvas by Denis Paul Noyer, is a piece for the true collector. Noyer's use of red immediately captures the viewer, which serves as the backd...

This is a lot of 2 Autographs by Dino Grandi to the Countess A.L. Pecci- Blunt, composed of: Autograph Letter Signed. London, March 13th, 1937, XV. In Italian. One page, single-sided, on letterhead paper "Italian Embassy-4, Grosnevor Square, 1". Including original envelope. Autograph Greeting Letter Signed. Two pages, single-sided. On letterhead paper "Il Ministero degli Affari esteri". From the Italian Embassy of London and from the Monistero degli Affari Esteri, the Italian diplomat, Dino Grandi writes these greeting and thank-you letters to the Countess and Patron of arts, Anna Laetitia Pecci-Blunt. These are hard times, during the Fascist period, as the Countess Pecci-Blunt writes in an autograph note attached "Epoca del ventennio", and how Dino Grandi refers. 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.During the second post war, he was a regular consultant to the US authorities, in particular to the ambassador in Rome, Clare Boothe Luce...

Marc Chagall (1887-1985) - The Wandering Musicians Original Lithograph from 1960. Dimensions of work: 32 x 24 cm. Publisher: Maeght Éditeur, Paris. The work is in Excellent condi...

CHARLES LEVIER – "[MÉLODIE COSMIQUE]" ⚜ Oil on board ⚜ Hand signed lower right ⚜ Custom frame SURREALIST-INFLECTED MID-CENTURY ABSTRACTION In [Mélodie cosmique], Charles Levier depa...

Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) - Matadores Lithograph with quadrochromy from 1961. Dimensions of sheet: 37.9 x 27 cm Dimensions in frame: 53.2 x 43.2 cm Publisher: Éditions Cercle d'A...

Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) - Arlequin Lithograph from 1962. An unnumbered copy from a limited edition of 260. Dimensions of work: 48.5 x 36 cm Publisher: Leda, Éditions d'Art, Par...

CHARLES LEVIER – UNTITLED [UNE PROMENADE DU DIMANCHE] Oil on Canvas ⚜ Signed Lower Right ⚜ Custom Conservation Frame A CHARMING MIDCENTURY PARISIAN STREET SCENE IN MOTION [Une Prome...

Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) - L'homme au mouton Lithograph from 1967. The edition of 500 on Auvergne Richard de Bas paper. With two watermarks - one of the paper, second of the publ...

Untitled Riverscape, an original oil on canvas by George Thompson Pritchard, is a piece for the true collector. An impressively calming nature of this plein-air painting draws you in...

A colorful Cape Ann, Massachusetts marine harbor scene with boats docked by American artist Emile Albert Gruppé (1896-1978). Gruppé was born in Rochester, NY, and is renowned for his New England landscapes and vigorous portrayals of the harbors and houses of Gloucester, Massachusetts. The son of landscape artist Charles P. Gruppé (1860-1940), Emile enjoyed a long and successful career that spanned over six decades.In 1925, Gruppé began spending summers in Gloucester. He established a studio on Rocky Neck in East Gloucester where he taught plein-air classes. In 1942 —along with Bridgman, Carlson, Miller and Chapman—he established the Gruppé Summer School, which he continued to operate until 1970.Gruppé’s works hang in many colleges and museums: Smith College, Silberman College in Montreal, the University of Idaho, the Los Angeles Museum, the San Antonio Museum and the de Cordova Museum. His paintings are also at the White House in Washington, D.C. and the Gruppe Summer School in Gloucester. Oil on canvas, signed lower right, title inscribed on verso stretcher “Sunset, Rockport Harbor...

Vintage Sailor Tattoo Flash Ink on mounted paper c. 1940 4 x 3

De Draeger, 1961 Bronze Medallion with book Numbered 1032 from the edition of 1500 Bronze Medallion: 3-1/8 inches (8 cm) diameter, numbered "1032" on verso of medallion Portfolio Siz...

Autographed Roy Lichtenstein Compositions exhibition catalog 1967: A must have hand-signed & dedicated example, with brilliant cover desi...

Paul Klee (1879-1940) - Winter Lithograph from 1938. Dimensions of work: 35 x 26 cm Publisher: Tériade, Paris. The work is in Excellent condition. Fast and secure shipment.

Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) - Portrait de Jacqueline Lithograph from 1967. The edition of 29/500 on Auvergne Richard de Bas paper. With two watermarks - one of the paper, second of ...

Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) - Jacqueline Lithograph with quadrochromy from 1961. Dimensions of sheet: 27 x 37.9 cm Dimensions in frame: 43.2 x 53.2 cm Publisher: Éditions Cercle d'...

Pablo Picasso Fish Subject (Sujet poisson), 1952 Ceramic pitcher, made of red earthenware clay, partially glazed and painted in black and white. Size 14 x 23 cm Edition: From the ed...

A wonderful piece of unknown edition by Andy Warhol. A silkscreen print on a Cellulose and Cotton dress. Fearing the artist's trade mark Campbell's soup can. In very good condition.

Marc Chagall (1887-1985) - The House in my Village Original Lithograph from 1960. Dimensions of work: 32 x 24 cm. Publisher: Maeght Éditeur, Paris. The work is in Excellent condi...

Marisol Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Rotterdam (Catalogue and Announcement Card) 1968: Rare vintage original 1960s catalogue/announcement from Marisol Escobar's exhibition at the M...

Streamline moderne or Art Deco, "Circlet" or "Disc" vase designed by G. McStay Jackson for Trenton potteries, an iconic design of their time. Made only from 1935-1942, they were part...

Ed Ruscha A Few Palm Trees 1971 (1st edition): Hand-signed 1st edition of Ed Ruscha's A Few Palm Trees. The highly collectible Ed Ruscha artsit book featuring photographs of thirteen...