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Paintings For Sale
Style: Art Deco
Style: Hudson River School
Le Roi Yvetot, 1919 (no. 227)
Located in Greenwich, CT
Le Roi Yvetot (no. 227) from 1919 is a gouache painting on tissue paper mounted on board. The image size is 9.25 x 6 inches, framed in a gold-tone frame, 22.5 x 19 inches. Signed recto 'Erté' lower right, in the image and annotated verso, 'Les Rois des Lègendes, No 8, Le Roi Yvetot 227'. Erte name and 'Composition originale' stamps verso. Le Roi Yvetot is a design by Erte for the 1919 theater production of Les Rois des Lègendes. The King of Yvetot William Makepeace Thackeray: 1811 –1863 There was a king of Yvetot, Of whom renown hath little said, Who let all thoughts of glory go, And dawdled half his days a-bed; And every night, as night came round, By Jenny, with a nightcap crowned, Slept very sound: Sing ho, ho, ho! and he, he, he! That's the kind of king for me. And every day it came to pass, That four lusty meals made he; And, step by step, upon an ass, Rode abroad, his realms to see; And wherever he did stir, What think you was his escort, sir? Why, an old cur. Sing ho, ho, ho! and he, he, he! If e'er he went into excess, 'Twas from a somewhat lively thirst; But he who would his subjects bless, Odd's fish!—must wet his whistle first; And sofrom every cask they got, Our king did to himself allot, At least a pot. Sing ho, ho, ho! and he, he, he! To all the ladies of the land, A courteous king, and kind, was he; The reason why you'll understand, They named him Pater Patriae. Each year he called his fighting men, And marched a...
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20th Century Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Oil Landscape of Cabin In the Mountains
Located in Fredericksburg, VA
William Hart was an influential figure in the art world, best known for his contributions as a landscape painter during the 19th century. Born in Paisley, Scotland, in 1823, Hart imm...
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Late 19th Century Hudson River School Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Léa LAFUGIE (1890-1972), gouache of a Tibetan woman and child
Located in Paris, FR
Léa Lafugie is a painter who has travelled extensively throughout Asia. She is renowned for her portraits. She studied at the Ecole des Arts Décoratifs in Paris, then at the Ecole de...
Category

1920s Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Paper, Gouache

House in the Mountains of Upstate New York
Located in Fredericksburg, VA
"Little House in the Upstate New York Mountains" by C.H. Schmidt is a captivating painting that evokes a sense of rustic charm. Set against the backdrop of the majestic mountains of ...
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Late 19th Century Hudson River School Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Ragtime, Painting, Acrylic on Wood Panel
Located in Yardley, PA
This work is a hybrid of painting and relief sculpture, formed from offcuts of wood which have been arranged and painted. The work is created intuitively through a process of layering, reconfiguration, and re-painting until a kind of resolution is achieved. I am interested in the way that the eye moves around a composition and the visual rhythms that emerge; for me each piece is like a map to be explored...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Oil landscape of Autumn Forest
Located in Fredericksburg, VA
This Hudson River School autumn landscape is done by the famed artist David Johnson. He studied at the national Academy of Design in New York. He was best known for the development o...
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Mid-19th Century Hudson River School Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Portrait of a Black Woman, Maxine - Mid-Century WPA
Located in Miami, FL
A charming portrait of a Black woman with stylized hairstyle of the period - Midtown Galleries label on verso, Unframed Signed and date...
Category

1940s Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

New England Sunrise, 1910 by Lockwood DeForest (American, 1850-1932)
Located in New York, NY
"New England Sunrise," 1910 by Hudson River School painter Lockwood DeForest (American, 1850-1932) is oil on artists card-stock and measures 9.75 x 14 inches. The work is signed by DeForest and dated Sept. 17, 1910 at lower left. The work is framed in an elegant, period appropriate frame, and ready to hang. Lockwood de Forest was born in New York in 1850 to a prominent family. He grew up in Greenwich Village and on Long Island at the family summer estate in Cold Spring Harbor. As was customary for a cultivated family in the Gilded Age, the de Forests made frequent trips abroad. Excursions to the great museums, which were prominent on the de Forests agenda, deepened the young Lockwood's familiarity with European painting and sculpture. Though he had begun drawing and painting somewhat earlier, it was during a visit to Rome in 1868 that nineteen-year-old de Forest first began to study art seriously, taking painting lessons from the Italian landscapist Hermann David Salomon Corrodi (1844–1905). More importantly, on the same trip, Lockwood met one of America’s most celebrated painters, (and his maternal great- uncle by marriage) Frederic Edwin Church (1826–1900), who quickly became his mentor. DeForest accompanied Church on sketching trips around Italy and continued this practice when they both returned to America in 1869. Early on in his career, de Forest made a habit of recording the date and often the place of his oil sketches, as to create a visual diary of his travels. Lockwood’s profession as a landscape painter can be primarily attributed to Frederic E. Church and his belief in the young artist’s talent. De Forest often visited Church in the Hudson River community of Catskill where, in addition to sketching trips and afternoons of painting, he assisted with the architectural drawings and planning of Olana. In 1872, de Forest took a studio at the Tenth Street Studio Building in New York. During these formative years de Forest counted among his friend’s artists such as Sanford Robinson Gifford (1823–80), George Henry Yewell (1830–1923), John Frederick Kensett (1816–72), Jervis McEntee (1828–91), and Walter Launt Palmer (1854–1932). Over the next decade de Forest experienced success as a painter. He exhibited for the first time at the National Academy of Design in 1872, and made two more painting trips abroad, in 1875–76 and 1877–78, traveling to the major continental capitals but also the Middle East and North Africa. His trip to the Middle East and the library at Church’s home, Olana, established his interest in design during his mid-twenties. From about 1878 to 1902, landscape painting was overshadowed by his activities and preoccupation with East Indian architecture and décor, a style that became quite fashionable in late nineteenth century America. From 1879-1883, de Forest founded Associated Artists along with Louis Comfort Tiffany, Candace Wheeler...
Category

Early 20th Century Hudson River School Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Seguaro, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
An abstracted vision of the Seguaro cactus, prevalent in the American south-west. Floral motifs have always worked well as a vehicle for abstraction. Just ask Georgia O'Keefe. :: Pai...
Category

2010s Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Oil

The Treasures of Indo-China, 1922
Located in Greenwich, CT
The Treasures of Indo-China, created in 1922, is a gouache on paper, 15 x 11.25 inches and framed in a custom, closed-corner Art Deco frame. Signed rec...
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20th Century Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Female hunter stalks Stag, Art Deco Brooklyn Daily Eagle Sunday Magazine Cover
Located in Miami, FL
Post cubist work with the perfect balance of component parts. The work is rendered with meticulous precision. It's quite simply a masterful piece of graphic design. Signed lower c...
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1920s Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Flowers in a Pot by Fernand Blondin - Oil on Canvas - 61x50 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Fernand Blondin (1887-1967) was a Swiss painter and teacher, celebrated for his depictions of idyllic rural life, interiors, female nudes, portraits, still-lifes, religious subjects ...
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Mid-20th Century Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Micao KONO (1876 - 1954) , reclining female nude
Located in Paris, FR
Miçao Kono was a Japanese artist who came to Paris in the early 1920s. He painted in oils and watercolors, and also did a number of etchings. Micao Kono became famous with his nude p...
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1930s Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Paper, Oil

Australian 20th Century oil painting of figures on riverside track, Norman Lloyd
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Norman Lloyd (Australian, 1894 – 1983) Figures on a riverside track Oil on canvas Signed ‘NORMAN LLOYD’ (lower right) 18 x 22 in. (45.7 x 55.8 cm.) Norman Lloyd (1894–1983) was an A...
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20th Century Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Fall Landscape
Located in New York, NY
Signed lower left: Blakelock
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19th Century Hudson River School Paintings

Materials

Oil

Indian Encampment
Located in New York, NY
Signed lower left in arrowhead: R. A. Blakelock
Category

19th Century Hudson River School Paintings

Materials

Oil

Hudson River School Watercolor Titled Fishing the Creek
Located in Fredericksburg, VA
David Johnson was born in 1827 in New York City. Beginning in 1845, he studied for two years in the antique school of the National Academy of Design. His classmates and colleagues in...
Category

Late 19th Century Hudson River School Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Resting Beneath the Trees by the Stream
Located in Fredericksburg, VA
George Owen's "Resting Beneath the Trees by the Stream" is a quintessential Hudson River School painting that encapsulates the majesty and sublime beauty of the American landscape. T...
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Mid-19th Century Hudson River School Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The storm, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
PAINTING NAME: Waves MEDIUM: Acrylic on Canvas SIGNED BY: Preethi Mathialagan CONDITION: New - Excellent! DIMENSION: 48"x24"x1.5" Dominant Colors: Sea blue, turquois...
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2010s Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Portrait of Young Woman Sewing in a Rocking Chair
Located in Fredericksburg, VA
"Young Lady Sewing on Rocking Chair" by an 1860s American School artist is a charming watercolor painting that captures a traditionally domestic moment...
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Mid-19th Century Hudson River School Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Art Deco Horses and Nude Figures
Located in Miami, FL
This work is an exceptional example of Kádár's mature Cubist style. It's effortlessly designed around a complex composition of nude men and women tending to horses in a surreal landscape with Greek columns, friezes and marshmello clouds set against a rich blue saturated sky. Kádár was a Hungarian painter influenced by Der Blaue Reiter...
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1930s Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Antique American Hudson River School Scalp Level Pennsylvania Landscape Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American Hudson River School landscape oil painting by Jasper Holman Lawman (1825 - 1906). Framed. Oil on board. Signed. Image size, 10H by 16L.
Category

1870s Hudson River School Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

BEYLA (ORIGINAL GOUCHE)
Located in Aventura, FL
Unique, one of a kind original gouache on paper from Harper's Bazar series. Hand signed lower front by Erte; titled top front with studio catalog number on verso. Sheet size 10.7...
Category

1950s Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Fly Fising in a Mountain Stream
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
Signed lower right. Albert Nemethy Jr.'s pastel paintings beautifully capture the essence of nature, showcasing his mastery of light, texture, and atmo...
Category

1990s Hudson River School Paintings

Materials

Pastel, Synthetic Paper

Cat and Cockerel, Oil and Gold on Panel by Georges Manzana Pissarro, 1925
Located in London, GB
Cat and Cockerel by Georges Manzana Pissarro (1871 - 1961) Oil and gold on panel 65 x 94 cm (25 ⁵/₈ x 37 inches) Signed and dated, Manzana Pissarro 1925 This work is accompanied by ...
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1920s Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Gold

Les fleurs du mal by Erté
Located in New Orleans, LA
Erté (Romain de Tirtoff) 1892-1990 Russian-French Fleurs du Mal(The Flowers of Evil) Signed "Erté" (lower right) Inscribed 114.6 (en verso) Gouache on paper Captivating and vibrant, this colorful gouache entitledFleurs du Mal showcases Erté's masterful creativity and keen eye. Inspired by Les Fleurs du mal, the famed volume of poems by French writer Charles Baudelaire, this ensemble marries light purple and green floral motifs with the suggestive form of red lips poised for a smooch. This daring yet feminine appearance encapsulates the Art Deco allure for which the artist's creations are cherished. The sophisticated arrangement emanates the fundamental richness and theatricality that can only be accomplished by Erté, often hailed as the "Father of Art Deco." First published in 1857, Baudelaire's Les Fleurs du mal was controversial for its suggestive content and themes of decadence and eroticism. The volume provided a wealth of inspiration for Erté and he drew from several themes to create original fashion sketches...
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20th Century Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Flowers in a Vase by Fernand Blondin - Oil on Canvas - 60x73 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Fernand Blondin (1887-1967) was a Swiss painter and teacher, celebrated for his depictions of idyllic rural life, interiors, female nudes, portraits, still-lifes, religious subjects ...
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Mid-20th Century Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Boucles D'oreilles En Corail By Erté
Located in New Orleans, LA
Erté (Romain de Tirtoff) 1892-1990 Russian-French Boucles d'oreilles en corail (Coral Earrings) Signed “Erté” (lower right) Inscribed “n°3544 / Boucles d'oreilles en corail et tub...
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20th Century Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Manayunk PA Philadelphia Landscape
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Laura M. GREENWOOD (1897-1951). Green Lane Bridge, Manayunk, Philadelphia PA. Oil on canvas, 16 x 18 inches. Signed and titled on stretcher verso. Excellent conditionwith minor p...
Category

1930s Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Oil

Les Rois des Lègendes, Costume pour femme ésclave, 1919
Located in Greenwich, CT
Les Rois des Lègendes, Costume pour femme ésclave from 1919 is a gouache painting on black paper, 10.75 x 9 inches, framed in a custom, closed-corner, Art Deco frame, 24 x 20 inches....
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20th Century Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Paper, Gouache

MADELEINE (ORIGINAL GOUCHE)
Located in Aventura, FL
Unique, one of a kind original gouache on paper from Harper's Bazar series. Hand signed lower front by Erte; titled top front with studio catalog number on verso. Sheet size 10.7...
Category

1950s Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Raoul Dufy Fauvist Art Deco Nude Painting
Located in Dallas, TX
Raoul Dufy (French, 1877-1953) Nu allongé sur canapé, circa 1939 China ink, gouache, and watercolor on paper laid on board Sight: 16 x 19.75 inches (40.6 x 50.2 cm) Signed lower righ...
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1930s Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Paper

Embracing Couple on Sailboat , Art Deco Style Romantic
Located in Miami, FL
Love at sea. A nautical romance is captured as a handsome couple embrace. The big splash of water at the peak moment of drama symbolizes passion and defines Falter's creativity in communicating a romantic narrative. This is a companion piece to a romance story. Most likely done on assignment for a major newsstand magazine. Hand-signed by artist, sticker label, Magazine Illustration circa 1940 Oil on board Signed lower right h: 28.5 x w: 30 in / h: 72.4 x w: 76.2 cm Morris Weiss collection...
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1940s Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Oil

Futurist Vision - Mid-Century New York Skyline - Industrial Progress
Located in Miami, FL
Rarely do you come across a work of art that is vastly different than just about anything you see. This work is undeniably brilliant and a sheer pleasure to behold. Alexander Leydenfrost...
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1950s Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Board, Graphite, Charcoal

Peaches in Cut Glass Dish
Located in Greenwich, CT
Pristine and purely American in its aesthetic due to the fact that the artist concentrates on one type of fruit. Europeans were much more opulent in their approach to still lifes an...
Category

1870s Hudson River School Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

La Veuve Rusée By Erté
Located in New Orleans, LA
Erté (Romain de Tirtoff) 1892-1990 Russian-French La Veuve Rusée Signed “Erté” (lower right) Gouache on paper La Veuve Rusée, first performed in 1748 in Venice, is a comedy cente...
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20th Century Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Old Master's Paintings - W Harris
Located in Jacksonville, FL
A personalized and characterized depiction of old master’s paintings. Acrylic on canvas. Soft earth tone colors. 27664-LU2595214704382
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21st Century and Contemporary Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Oil Painting of Cockatoo Bird on Branch
Located in Fredericksburg, VA
Alfonso T. Toran is a Florida artist from the late 19th early 20th century. His works display bold animal portraits, mostly in birds and fish. Later on in his painting career, he mov...
Category

Early 20th Century Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

A Summer Gathering
By Ambrose Andrews
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
Signed lower right. An itinerant portrait, miniature, and landscape painter, Ambrose Andrews had a wide-ranging career geographically that saw him in many regions including New York (1829-31), Connecticut (1837), Texas (1837-1841) and Louisiana (1841-42). After 1844, he was active in St. Louis, New York City, Buffalo, New York, Vermont and Canada. He was born in West Stockbridge, Massachusetts, and in 1824, attended the National Academy of Design. Andrews exhibited paintings at the Republic of Texas Capitol...
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19th Century Hudson River School Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Art Deco Horses and Nude Figures
Located in Miami, FL
This work is an exceptional example of Kádár's mature Cubist style. It's effortlessly designed around a complex composition of nude men and women tending to horses in a surreal landscape with Greek columns, friezes and marshmello clouds set against a rich blue saturated sky. Kádár was a Hungarian painter influenced by Der Blaue Reiter...
Category

1930s Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Portrait of Woman with Jewelry
Located in Fredericksburg, VA
Richard Clague was sent to school in Geneva to study painting with Jean-Charles Ferdinand Humbert (1813-1881) where Richard developed a preference for landscape painting. Following his father's death in December, 1836, he received a substantial inheritance which allowed him to continue his studies. After completing his studies, he travelled to Morocco, Algiers and other destinations in the Middle East where he kept a sketchbook (now in the New Orleans Museum of Art, Louisiana) and developed an interest in Oriental subject matter. Although he was largely trained in Europe, he settled in Louisiana, becoming part of the "Bayou School".He regularly painted with William Buck...
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Mid-19th Century Hudson River School Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Brooklyn Tower
Located in Booklyn, NY
The Brooklyn Tower looms over the city as the tallest building in Brooklyn at 74 stories high. A dramatic new addition to the Brooklyn skyline in 2022, it is depicted shooting up be...
Category

Early 20th Century Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Oil, Pigment

Waterfall Landscape
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Laura Greenwood (1897-1951) Waterfall Landscape, ca. 1925 Oil on artist board, measuring 16 x 20 inches; 23 x 27 inches framed measurement. Signed lower right. Condition: the pi...
Category

1920s Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Oil

Backstage
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting an absolutely stunning and large original oil by French artist Paul Alex Deschmaker. "Backstage" is an original oil on canvas, signed, dated 1931, beautifully framed an...
Category

1930s Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Oil

19th Century White Mountain Landscape, Unknown American School
Located in New York, NY
Unknown White Mountain Artist White Mountain Landscape, 19th Century Oil on board 5 x 9 1/4 in. Framed: 7 3/4 x 11 3/4 in.
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19th Century Hudson River School Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

The Artists Studio
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting a wonderful oil on heavy jute canvas, "The Artists Studio." The painting depicts an artist preparing his canvases for painting. "The Artist...
Category

1940s Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Oil

Night Glow
Located in New York, NY
Ralph Albert Blakelock was a romanticist American painter known primarily for his landscape paintings related to the Tonalism movement.
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19th Century Hudson River School Paintings

Materials

Oil

Art Deco Glamorous woman in Purple Evening Dress - Golden Age of Hollywood
Located in Miami, FL
Framed Size 28.5 x 21 Jaro Fabry was a brilliant illustrator with a defined style of his own. There is not a brushstroke out of place in his works that appear loosely rendered. He is best known for his depiction of Golden Age of Hollywood...
Category

1940s Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Gouache, Pencil, Paper

Hookah, pipes and cigarettes by Giametta - Gouache on cardboard 47x62 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Italian painter Signed work Work on panel Flush frame in white wood 48 x 63 x 2 cm
Category

Mid-20th Century Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Inner peace
Located in Zofingen, AG
The painting, executed in a mixed technique, depicts a beautiful young woman. Her closed eyes emphasize the overall atmosphere of relaxation. Natural beauty, graceful figure, and the...
Category

2010s Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Gold

Set of Four 1930's Motor Car Racing Original Drawings
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Wonderful set of four original pencil drawings depicting vintage motor cars from the 1930's. They are an ideal gift or interior furnishing for any 'man cave' or 'boys room...
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Early 20th Century Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Pencil

High Peaks in the Adriondacks
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
Charles Henry Chapin - American (1830 - 1889) “High Peaks of the Adirondacks” Note: Peaks include Mount Marcy, Haystack Mountain, Basin Mountain, as viewed from the Ausable Lake Area...
Category

Late 19th Century Hudson River School Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Les Travestis By Erté
Located in New Orleans, LA
Erté (Romain de Tirtoff) 1892-1990 Russian-French Les travestis (The Transvestites) Signed “Erté” (lower right) Inscribed "No. 18.363 / Moi, j'aime le music-hall / Les Travestis" (en verso) Gouache on paper Erté’s costume...
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20th Century Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Art Deco Fantasy Charcoal Drawing Lithograph Print by Adolf Uzarski
Located in Atlanta, GA
This stunning charcoal drawing lithograph print on paper depicting a fanciful lion kidnapping a young woman was designed by Adolf Uzarski (1885-1970), a German artist. This drawing i...
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1910s Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Charcoal

Mountain Lake Landscape
By Joseph Kleitsch
Located in Soquel, CA
Southern California Lake. Signed "J Kleitsch," which could possibly be by Joseph Kleitsch. Oil on canvas in a period giltwood frame. Image size, 16"H x 28"L. Joseph Kleitsch was c...
Category

1920s Hudson River School Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars

Road-Side View (View in Wisconsin)
Located in New York, NY
Label on stretcher bar: No. 175. / AMERICAN ART-UNION. /Road-Side View / Painted by / Seth Eastman / Distributed December 20, 1850.
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19th Century Hudson River School Paintings

Materials

Oil

Summer Hills, Hunter Mountain
Located in New York, NY
Dated lower right: Sept. 67
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19th Century Hudson River School Paintings

Materials

Oil

Handsome Men at Race Track , Horse Racing
Located in Miami, FL
Done most likely for Look Magazine, Sports Illustrated and Playboy or perhaps an advertising agency. Work is framed in a simple metal frame
Category

1970s Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

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