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Typewritten Correspondence by Stefano Cairoli - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
This is the typewritten correspondence between Stefano Cairoli, the historical Milanese gallerist of Galleria della Spiga e Corrente (Siena, 1897- Milan, 1972) and Beppe Guzzi, writt...
Category
1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
$331 Sale Price
20% Off
French Abstract - Blue Chevrons
Located in Houston, TX
Impactful abstract painting of triangular shapes in hues of blue floating on a black background, circa 1950.
Original artwork on paper displayed on a white mat with a gold border. ...
Category
Abstract Geometric 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Paper
Antique American School Modernist Abstract Mid Century Framed Rare Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American school modernist abstract painting. Oil on canvas. Housed in a great period modernist silver leaf frame.
Category
Abstract 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,800 Sale Price
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Antique American School Abstract Cubist Flower Still Life Modernist Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Very well painted period cubist still life. Oil on canvasboard. Framed. No signature found.
Category
Modern 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,020 Sale Price
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Modern Landscape, Abstract Oil on Canvas Painting by Joe Jones
By Joe Jones
Located in Long Island City, NY
A simplified landscape oil painting by Joe Jones. This two-toned piece is nicely framed and signed.
Modern Landscape
Joe Jones, American (1909–1963)
Date: circa 1940
Oil on Canvas, ...
Category
1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
'Abstract in Coral and Jade', Painters Eleven, Ontario, Canadian Modernist Oil
By Hortense Mattice Gordon
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'Hortense M. Gordon' for Hortense Crompton Mattice Gordon (Canadian, 1886-1961) and dated 1949.
Previously with: Dominion Gallery of Montreal (stamp, verso).
Phot...
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1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Virginia Tillou Signed Antique American Female Modernist Still Life Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage modernist still life painting by Virginia Tillou (1906 - 1995). Oil canvas. Housed in a period Heydenryk frame. Image size, 12L x 18H. Sig...
Category
Modern 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Tertiaries Colour Exercise, Colour Theory Illustration, c.1940s gouache
Located in London, GB
Tertiaries Colour Exercise
Gouache
20 x 25 cm
Provenance: The family of A. E. Halliwell
This vibrant abstract composition explores the harmony of tertiary colours through interwov...
Category
Abstract 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache
The Conference
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Jirayr Zorthian(1911-2004), went through two Turkish massacres before age eight. He left Turkey at age nine with his family and spent a year in Padua, Italy, waiting for his visa to...
Category
1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$24,000 Sale Price
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The Dancer
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Belgian artist Miette Braive(1916-2000), was classically trained in Belgium, before moving to Paris to pursue her art career as first a student and then a contemporary of the famed F...
Category
1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache
On the corner. 1947, paper, mixed technique, 18.5x22.6 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Adolfs Zardins
(1890 08 II Riga, Latvia – 1967 07 II Jurmala, Latvia), painter.
Only in 1990 his relatives give his artistic heritage to publicity.
“I am 58, and in five Years my c...
Category
Abstract 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper
$1,667 Sale Price
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Antique American School Modernist Abstract Nature Study Virginia Trees Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Very finely painted abstract landscape by Nancy Weyl. Oil on canvas. Framed.
Category
Abstract 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,820 Sale Price
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Antique American Abstract Bridge Landscape Oil Painting by Will Hollingsworth
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American surreal abstract landscape painting Will Hollingsworth. Oil on canvas, circa 1940. Signed. Displayed in a period modernist fr...
Category
Abstract 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Geometric Fabric Design by Kenneth Hills
Located in London, GB
Kenneth Hills
Geometric Fabric Design
Gouache
39 x 31 cm
Signed top left
Provenance: The family of A. E. Halliwell
Little is known about the artist other than the fact that he st...
Category
Abstract Geometric 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Antique American Modernist Cubist Abstract Signed Rare Early Oil Painting
By Lela Axline
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract oil painting by Lela "Jackie" Axline (1910-1998). Oil on board, circa 1940. Signed. Displayed in a period modern frame. Image, 15"L x 19"H.
Category
Abstract 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$10,000 Sale Price
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Carter's Seeds, c.1940s poster design
Located in London, GB
Carter's Seeds
Poster Design
Gouache
49 x 32 cm
Provenance: Family of A. E. Halliwell
Little is known about the artist other than the fact that he studied under the celebrated art...
Category
Surrealist 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Abstract Figurative Painting NY Gallery Label Mystery Painting Colorful 1940
Located in Buffalo, NY
Abstract figurative painting on board. Carl Bredemier label on the reverse. Framed. Oil on board
Category
Modern 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Archival Paper
$791 Sale Price
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Geometry in Abstraction, gouache by A W Wallis
Located in London, GB
A W Wallis
Geometry in Abstraction
Gouache
21 x 26 cm
Signed to reverse
Provenance: The family of A. E. Halliwell
Little is known about the artist A W Wallis, though the fact tha...
Category
Abstract 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Found Objects, surrealist composition c.1940
Located in London, GB
Found Objects
Gouache
55 x 38 cm
Provenance: The family of A. E. Halliwell.
Little is known about the artist other than the fact that he studied under the celebrated artist A. E. H...
Category
Surrealist 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Untitled Abstract, c.1940s painting by Naish
Located in London, GB
Naish
Untitled Abstract
c.1940
26 x 21 cm
Signed 'Naish' within the painting
Little is known about the artist Naish, though the fact that Halliwell collected this painting sugges...
Category
1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache
“Abstract Sailing, 1945”
Located in Southampton, NY
Oil on academy board by the Russian/American artist Nahum Tschacbasov. Signed and dated lower left, 1945. Condition: Excellent. Presently not framed.
Biography :
Russian-America...
Category
Modern 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Fiberboard
$4,800 Sale Price
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Figurative Cubist Surrealist Abstraction Mid 20th Century American Modern Large
Located in New York, NY
Figurative Cubist Surrealist Abstraction Mid 20th Century American Modern Large
O. Louis Guglielmi (1906 - 1956)
OBSESSIVE THEME
44 x 33 inches
Oil on canvas
Signed and dated '48 lo...
Category
American Modern 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique American Southern School Macabre Street Scene Mortuary Framed Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American modernist street scene. Reminiscent of New Orleans or another souther city. A bustling street scene. Nicely framed. No signature found. Image size, 24...
Category
Modern 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$700 Sale Price
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Large Important Modernist Framed Original Cubist Abstract Still Life Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist signed abstract oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed. Image size, 42L x 24H.
Category
Abstract 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$2,796 Sale Price
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"Surreal Woman"
Located in Southampton, NY
Original oil on fiberboard painting by the Russian/American artist, Nahum Tschacbasov. Signed lower left. Circa 1945. Condition is good. Presently unframed. Framing options are av...
Category
Post-Modern 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Fiberboard
Untitled (original framed watercolor on paper)
Located in Aventura, FL
Original watercolor on paper. Initialed lower right by Rolph Scarlett. Artwork size 7.75 x 8.75 inches. Frame size 17.5 x 21.5 inches.
Artwork is in excellent condition. Certifi...
Category
Abstract 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
$2,100 Sale Price
25% Off
La Tapisserie Française Moderne by Jean Lurçat - 1947
By Jean Lurçat
Located in Roma, IT
La Tapisserie Française Moderne is the title of the solo exhibition of Jean Lurçat, hold at the Kunsthalle Bern, from June 25th to the first July ...
Category
1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
Antique American School Modernist Fauvist Abstract Framed Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Finely painted modernist abstract landscape painting. Oil on canvas. Framed.
Category
Abstract 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$980 Sale Price
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Antique Canadian Modernist Algonquin Park Signed Exhibited Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique Canadian modernist signed oil painting. Oil on board. Signed. Framed. Image size, 16L x 12H.
Category
Modern 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,020 Sale Price
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S. Teresa del Bambin Gesù - A.L.S. by Alberto Gerardi - 1939
Located in Roma, IT
S. Teresa del Bambin Gesù is a Autograph Letter Signed by the Italian artist Alberto Gerardi to the Countess Pecci-Blunt.
Rome, April 24th 1939. One page, single-sinded. In Italian. Excellent condition.
Perfectly readable, thanks to an elegant calligraphy.
Touching letter addressed to the Countess and patron of arts, thanking her for her purchase proposal of a hand study drawing...
Category
Modern 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
Untitled Abstract Composition signed Joe Stefanelli
Located in New York, NY
This Untitled Abstract Composition in Oil on Canvas signed Joe Stefanelli is a gem of Mid-Century American Abstraction. This painting brilliantly exemplifies the approach and movemen...
Category
Abstract 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paint
Correspondance by Max Gubler - 1949
Located in Roma, IT
This Correspondance between Max Gubler and Nesto Jacometti, written in 1949, in French, is in excellent conditions and includes 3 items:
Autograph Letter S...
Category
1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
Village - Original Ink Drawing by E. De Tomi - 1947
Located in Roma, IT
Village is an original drawing in pen realized by Enrico De Tomi in 1947 ca, hand-signed on the lower-left of margin.
In good condition.
Sheet dimension :18.5 x 24 cm.
The artwork...
Category
Modern 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Ink
$266 Sale Price
25% Off
Antique American School Modernist Hay Barn Regionalist Farmer Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American modernist farm landscape painting. Framed. Oil on canvas. Image size, 25H by 30L.
Category
Modern 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,180 Sale Price
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Antique American Mid Century Modern Kitchen Still Life Original OilPainting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage modernist still life painting. Oil on canvas. Housed in a period frame. Image size, 14L x 8H. Signed.
Category
Modern 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$556 Sale Price
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Monumental New York City Brooklyn Bridge Cityscape Framed Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Monumental antique American modernist abstract cityscape oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. No signature found. Very impressive painting in person here.
Category
Modern 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$3,880 Sale Price
20% Off
UN Poster Design American Scene Mid 20th Century Modernism WPA World Peace
By Jo Cain
Located in New York, NY
UN Poster Design American Scene Mid 20th Century Modernism WPA World Peace
Jo Cain (1904 – 2003)
We Are All Members of the Human Race: UN Poster Proposal
21 x...
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American Modern 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Egg Tempera, Board
Spring
Located in New York, NY
Oil on masonite
Signed and dated, l.r.
This painting is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
About the artist:
Konrad Cramer grew up in Wurtzburg, Germany, and attended the Karlsruhe Academy. He was a member of Der Blaue Reiter...
Category
Modern 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Signed 1956 Antique American School Modernist Abstract Indian Space Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive and large mid century abstract painting. Signed and dated illegibly lower right. Oil on canvas.
Category
Modern 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$3,600 Sale Price
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Vintage Signed American Surreal Exhibited Beach Scene "Femininity" Oil Painting
By Harry Long
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist oil painting by Harry Lane. Oil on canvas, circa 1940. Signed. Exhibited. Framed. Image size, 20L x 16H.
Category
Modern 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,196 Sale Price
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Vintage Art Deco Abstract Spot Light Aeronautical Framed Landscape Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist signed abstract oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed.
Category
Abstract 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,196 Sale Price
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Antique American Modernist Abstract Still Life Interior View Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist abstract still life oil painting. Oil on board, circa 1950. Housed in a vintage frame. Image size, 22L x 13H. Signed.
Category
Modern 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$716 Sale Price
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American School Modernist Framed Original Sunset Signed Seascape Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist signed seascape oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed.
Category
Modern 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$636 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique American Abstract Bridge Landscape Oil Painting by Will Hollingsworth
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American surreal abstract landscape painting Will Hollingsworth. Oil on canvas, circa 1940. Signed. Displayed in a period modernist fr...
Category
Abstract 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Buffalo New York Regionalist Modern Landscape Signed Exhibited Rare Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist landscape painting signed "Welch '42". Oil on board, circa 1942. Signed. Image size, 16L x 14H. Housed in a modern frame.
Category
Modern 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,036 Sale Price
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Subjective Farm Landscape abstract oil painting by Ralph Rosenborg
Located in Hudson, NY
Subjective Farm Landscape
1940
Oil on canvas, 24" x 30"
37.5" x 31" x 2" framed - frame is original to this artwork
Signed recto lower right: "rosenborg 40" & arrow box cypher. Signe...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique American Modernist Beach Sunset Landscape Original Hampton Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist landscape oil painting. Oil on canvas, circa 1940. No signature found. Displayed in a period modern frame. Image, 20"L x 16"H.
Category
Abstract 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Gouache
$796 Sale Price
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Untitled
Located in New York, NY
Ink and wash on paper. Signed and dated in ink lower right.
John Sennhauser became known for his nononjective paintings in the early 1940's. Per teh Smithsonian Institute, "In 194...
Category
Abstract 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Ink, Paper
Terry Frost 'Bottle and Statue' oil painting abstract still life interior
Located in London, GB
Sir Terry Frost (1915-2003)
Bottle and Statue
Oil on board
38 x 46cm
A distinctive still life featuring bottle, statue, and drapery.
Terry Frost was a prominent British abstract artist. Frost is most noted for his simplistic abstract forms and unusual colour; he worked alongside the St Ives group...
Category
1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil
Vintage American Modernist Abstract Mixed Media Sculpture Original Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist mixed media sculpture painting by Duayne Hatchett
(1925 - 2015) . Mixed media metal sculpture . Signed on verso.
Category
Impressionist 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Metal
$1,750 Sale Price
29% Off
Mexican Modernist Oil Painting - Double Sided Abstract Figures and Buildings
Located in Soquel, CA
Mexican Modernist Oil Painting - Double Sided Abstract Figures and Buildings
Dynamic abstract pieces by Ernesto Butterlin, aka Linares, (Mexican, German b. 1917 d. 1964.) The front ...
Category
Modern 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Cubist Crucifixion Scene with Bright Yellow
Located in Houston, TX
Deep tonal cubist style painting of the Crucifixion of Christ. Like traditional Crucifixion imagery, there are two figures on either side ...
Category
Analytic Cubist 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Rhythm in Blues
Located in London, GB
signed ‘Gropper’ (lower right); with the artist's studio stamp (on the verso)
Category
1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Colour Television, c.1940 painting
Located in London, GB
Colour Television
Gouache
51 x 31 cm
Provenance: The family of A. E. Halliwell.
Little is known about the artist other than the fact that he studied under the celebrated artist A...
Category
Abstract 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Surrealist Composition, Untitled 2, Lambert Werner (1900-1983), Oil Canvas, 1948
Located in New York, NY
Lambert Werner (1900-1983)
Untitled, 1948
Oil on canvas
29 1/8 × 26 1/3 in l 74 × 67 cm
30 3/4 x 28 in l 78 x 71 cm (Frame included)
Signed and dated lower right
Exhibition history:...
Category
Surrealist 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Snowstorm, Morningside Heights, New York City - Monochromatic
Located in Miami, FL
Eugene Camille Fitsch
Am./Fr., 1892-1972 - Signed lower right. Framed dimensions 20 3/4" x 34 7/8" framed
Provenance: Studio of the Artist to Private Collection Boston, Massachuse...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Casein
Rolph Scarlett Abstract Expressionist Painting, 1945
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Abstract expressionist gouache and watercolor on paper
by noted artist Rolph Scarlett - Signed and dated lower right.
Archivally matted, unframed. Image size: 11" H x 15" W.
In excel...
Category
1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper
Jenne Magafan 1946 “Deserted Street” Oil on Canvas, Colorado/Woodstock Modernist
Located in Denver, CO
This evocative 1946 oil on canvas painting, titled Deserted Street, was created by Colorado/Woodstock modernist Jenne Magafan (1916–1952). The work depicts a solitary figure wanderin...
Category
American Modern 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Untitled (original framed watercolor on paper)
Located in Aventura, FL
Original watercolor on paper. Hand signed and dated lower right by Rolph Scarlett. Artwork size 7.5 x 9.5 inches. Frame size 17.5 x 21.5 inches.
Artwork is in excellent conditio...
Category
Abstract 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
$2,100 Sale Price
25% Off
Greeting Letter by A. Gerardi - 1940
Located in Roma, IT
This is a Greeting Letter Signed by the Alberto Gerardi to the Countess Pecci-Blunt.
Rome, February 29th, 1940, XVIII. One page, single-sinded. In Italian. Excellent condition, incl...
Category
1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
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