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Period: 1950s
Medium: Watercolor
"Pigeon Holes Abstract"
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork. Signed and dated 1950 lower right. Richard Peter Hoffman (1911-1977) Richard Peter Hoffman was a precisionist painter, ph...
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1950s Abstract Watercolor Paintings

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Tempera, Watercolor

The Frantic Frontier, 1956
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Gouache on Board Signature: Signed Upper Right
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1950s Watercolor Paintings

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Gouache, Board

Backyard Campers, The Saturday Evening Post Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Gouache on Board Signature: Signed Lower Left Original cover illustration for The Saturday Evening Post, September 5, 1953. The Pos...
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1950s Watercolor Paintings

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Board, Gouache

Mid 20th Century, Luxembourg, Old Town and Bridge
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Luxembourg. "Old Luxembourg" by Leonard Machin Rowe (1880-1968) Initialled lower right watercolour painting on artist's paper, unframed Image 9.75 x 1...
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1950s Impressionist Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Watercolor

Violin Practice, Saturday Evening Post Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1955 Medium: Gouache on Board Dimensions: 24.00" x 18.50" Signature: Signed Lower Right Original cover illustration for The Saturday Evening Post, February 5, 1955. The Post ...
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1950s Watercolor Paintings

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Gouache, Board

Mid 20th Century Luxembourg Place de la Gare
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Luxembourg: Place de la Gare (Railway Station) by Leonard Machin Rowe (1880-1968) signed lower right watercolour painting on artist's paper, unframed Image: 9.75 x 13.75 inches, she...
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1950s Impressionist Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Mid 20th Century, Belgium, An Antwerp Square
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Belgium. Antwerp, a Market Square by Leonard Machin Rowe (1880-1968) Unsigned to the front, signed and inscribed to the back watercolour painting on artist's paper, unframed Sheet 9.75 x 11 inches Pretty little painting by Leon. Rowe, likely to be 1950 as many of the Antwerp and Bruges / Brussels scenes we have were dated. Inscribed to the back as Antwerp and "morning". This sheet is smaller than the others we have by this artist from Belgium...
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1950s Impressionist Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Mid 20th Century, Wales, Two Paintings of Red Wharf Bay, Coastal Anglesey
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Wales: Two Paintings of Red Wharf Bay, Anglesey by Leonard Machin Rowe (1880-1968) both signed to the front lower right corners, inscribed and signed to the back watercolour paintin...
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1950s Impressionist Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Mid 20th Century, Belgium, A Brussels Market Lottery Seller Scene
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Belgium. Brussels - A Market Lottery Seller by Leonard Machin Rowe (1880-1968) signed, dated and inscribed front lower left corner, inscribed and signed to the back watercolour paint...
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1950s Impressionist Watercolor Paintings

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Graphite, Watercolor

Landscape Madagascar
Located in Houston, TX
Lovely French gouache painting of village in Madagascar, Africa, by resident colonial artist Stéphane Magnard. Original artwork on paper displayed on...
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1950s Watercolor Paintings

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Gouache

Seductive Femme Fatale Kim Novak Look-a-like Illustration in Red
Located in Miami, FL
A simple palette of red and flesh colors defines this noir portrait by Coby Whitmore, Seductive Femme Fatale Kim Novak Look-a-like Illustration in Red It's a...
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1950s Pop Art Watercolor Paintings

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Gouache

Below Deck
Located in Miami, FL
Charles Martignette Heritage Auctions, This is a Wonderfully rendered work with high level of detail and color saturation. Norman Rockwellesqu...
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1950s Realist Watercolor Paintings

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Gouache

"Sunset in the City"
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by: Gershon Benjamin (1899 - 1985) An American Modernist of portraits, landscapes, still lives, and the urban scene, Gershon ...
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1950s Modern Watercolor Paintings

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Gouache

Belgium Docks
Located in Houston, TX
Picturesque watercolor and gouache painting of Belgium Bayfront dock with buildings by French artist Stéphane Magnard, 1955. Original artwork on...
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1950s Watercolor Paintings

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Gouache, Watercolor

Love Story, Illustration for the Saturday Evening Post
Located in Miami, FL
An illustrator for Time, Life, Look, True, True West, Saturday Evening Post, Good Housekeeping, Readers Digest, and others, he also painted for adverti...
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1950s American Realist Watercolor Paintings

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Gouache

California Post-Impressionist 'Woman Seated', Louvre, LACMA, Académie Chaumière
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Di Gesu estate stamp verso and painted circa 1955. Winner of the Prix Othon Friesz, Victor di Gesu first attended the Los Angeles Art Center and the Chouinard Art School before movi...
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1950s Post-Impressionist Watercolor Paintings

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Gouache, Laid Paper

Looking Into a Neighborhood - Ginger Bread Houses - Women Illustrators
Located in Miami, FL
Looking Into a Neighborhood , Dear Paul This is an intriguingly charming work by an overlooked and brilliant mid-century female artist - illustrator, and educator. Lorraine Fox. ...
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1950s Modern Watercolor Paintings

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Gouache

Mid 20th Century Belgium, Ghent, St Nicholas Church
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Belgium: Ghent. St Nicholas Church ( Sint Niklaaskerk) by Leonard Machin Rowe (1880-1968) signed lower left watercolour painting on artist's paper, unframed Image: 9.75 x 13.75 inches, sheet 11 x 15 inches Super bustling painting by Leon. Rowe in the centre of Ghent, depicting a busy square full of people on a bright sunny day. A man pushes a wooden cart, whilst others are strolling around the shop-lined streets in front of St Nicholas Church. A bright striped shop window awning...
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1950s Impressionist Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Mid 20th Century Procession of Orphan Children Luxembourg
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Luxembourg: Procession of Orphanage Children by Leonard Machin Rowe (1880-1968) signed lower left watercolour painting on artist's paper, unframed Image: 9.75 x 13.5 inches, sheet 1...
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1950s Impressionist Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Mid Century Mexico Cathedral Watercolor Landscape
By Eugenia Frances Baker McComas
Located in Soquel, CA
Vibrant Mexico Cathedral by Eugenia Francis Baker McComas (American, 1886-1982). Presented in a wooden frame. Shipped without glass. Signed "Gene Frances" lower left. Image size, 15"H x 19"W. Eugenia Frances Baker McComas was born in San Francisco, California on September 6, 1886. She came from a family of journalists where her father Joseph Eugene Baker was the editor of the Alta Californian, now San Francisco Examiner, and her mother was a theater critic for The Oakland Tribune. Eugenia also known as “Gene” worked as a journalist for The Oakland Tribune for a period of time. She also studied at the California School of Arts and Crafts under artist Xavier Martinez. She met artist Francis McComas...
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1950s American Impressionist Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

Guests for Christmas Dinner
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Men on a horse and buggy going down the snow covered road. Signed lower left. E. Everett Henry was an advertising artist during much of his career, which he began in the ‘twenties, and he illustrated many advertising campaigns. Henry brought to his work a thorough academic training through study at the Art Students League, the School of Fine and Applied Art, New York University and Columbia University. He also did some teaching at the School of Fine and Applied Art in New York. In 1935, he painted murals for the Ford Company Building at the San Diego Fair. This led to many other mural commissions, several of which he executed in collaboration with Allen Saalburg and Louis Bouché...
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1950s Other Art Style Watercolor Paintings

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Gouache, Board

Ride the Red Earth, Book Cover Illustration
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: 1958 Medium: Gouache on Tempera on Board Dimensions: 17.00" x 15.50" Signature: Signed and Inscribed Lower Right This illustration was published as the dust jacket for the h...
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1950s Watercolor Paintings

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Board, Tempera, Gouache

'Still Life', Louvre, California Post-Impressionist, LACMA, Académie Chaumière
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Estate stamp, verso, for Victor di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) and painted circa 1955. Winner of the Prix Othon Friesz, Victor di Gesu first attended the Los Angeles Art Center and t...
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1950s Post-Impressionist Watercolor Paintings

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Graphite, Laid Paper, Watercolor

Bonnie B. Paint Book Cover
By Elizabeth Voss
Located in Miami, FL
Elizabeth Voss was a top mod-century illustrator at Merrill Company and was a major figure in Children's Art and Children's Illustration Published by Merrill Company Publishers, Co...
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1950s Impressionist Watercolor Paintings

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Gouache

Curaçao, Travel Advertisement
By C.G. Evers
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: circa 1957 Medium: Gouache on Board Dimensions: 25.50" x 17.75" Signature: Signed Left Original illustration for a poster for the Grace Line Travel c...
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1950s Watercolor Paintings

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Board, Gouache

Salt Gold Sunset, Saturday Evening Post Story Illustration
Located in Miami, FL
Saturday Evening Post sticker and editorial and production marks on verso. This is more than just a simple semi-silhouette. It's a carefully crafted and wonderfully composed image. T...
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1950s Impressionist Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Gouache

The Head and the Heart, American Magazine Story Illustration
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1951 Medium: Gouache and Tempera on Board Dimensions: 10.25" x 12.50" Signature: Signed Lower Right The Head and the Heart, American Magazine story illustration, September 1951
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1950s Watercolor Paintings

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Board, Tempera, Gouache

Portrait of a Steer
By Roger Desmare
Located in Houston, TX
Mid-century gouache painting of long horned steer in warm tones of browns and greens by French artist Roger Desmare, 1952. Signed lower left. Original artwork on paper displayed o...
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1950s Watercolor Paintings

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Gouache

Enroll For Service
Located in Miami, FL
Enroll For Service, American Junior Red Cross, poster illustration, 1951 Gouache on board 22 x 14 1/2 in. Not signed From the Collection of the American Red Cross...
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1950s De Stijl Watercolor Paintings

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Gouache

Newsweek Cover , Visitor from the Kremlin, Russia
Located in Miami, FL
Work is in excellent condition. It is meticulously rendered in a photo realist style. Portrait of the not-so-friendly looking communist official is framed by the ramparts of the Kre...
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1950s Realist Watercolor Paintings

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Gouache

O MARA'S MUNICIPAL TAVERN - Saturday Evening Post Illustration
Located in Miami, FL
O MARA'S MUNICIPAL TAVERN - Saturday Evening Post Illustration Supreme technical skill allows the artist to realistically capture an...
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1950s American Realist Watercolor Paintings

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Gouache

Zoo Scene, Saturday Evening Post Cover
By Gustaf Tenggren
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Gouache Sight Size 17.00" x 16.00", Framed 27.00" x 25.50" Signature: Signed Twice in Lower Portion Original cover illustration for The Saturday Evening Post, April 5 1958. ...
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1950s Watercolor Paintings

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Gouache

Americana "For a horrible instant Carter thought the jet was going to crash
Located in Miami, FL
Mid Century Americana "For a horrible instant Carter thought the jet was going to crash in the street." Saturday Evening Post Work is framed
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1950s Surrealist Watercolor Paintings

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Gouache, India Ink

Cover of Newsweek, Kruschev, Russia March 16th 1959
Located in Miami, FL
Cover of Newsweek, Kruschev, March 16th 1959 Works on Paper (Drawings, Watercolors etc.), Gouache on board 12 x 12 in. (30.5 x 30.5 cm.) Signed Lower left Powerful study of Russian ...
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1950s Photorealist Watercolor Paintings

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Gouache

'Seated Nude', Paris, Louvre, LACMA, Académie Chaumière, SFAA, California Fauve
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Estate stamp, verso, for Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) and painted circa 1955. An elegant figural interior showing a young woman seated on a bed beside a table bearing a vase...
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1950s Post-Impressionist Watercolor Paintings

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Handmade Paper, Watercolor, Gouache

FAMILY AT THE BEACH
Located in Three Oaks, MI
Watercolor on paper, signed in the lower right corner, signed verso, in decorative frame, overall 21" x 25".
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1950s Watercolor Paintings

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Archival Paper, Watercolor

'Monterey Pier', California Modernist, Woman Artist, Santa Cruz Art League
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left "Muriel Backman" for Muriel Durgin Backman and dated 1955. An elegant, Cubist-derived, mid-century view of the old Fisherman's Wha...
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1950s American Modern Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Gouache, Handmade Paper

Mid Century Yosemite Landscape -- Young Lake Below Ragged Peak
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful landscape of Ragged Peak and Lower Young Lake in Yosemite National Park by Anna Ballarian (American, 1911-2010). Signed "Anna Ballarian" lower right. Unframed. Image size, ...
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1950s American Impressionist Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

The Fight
Located in Fort Washington, PA
The Fight. Signed lower right. E. Everett Henry was an advertising artist during much of his career, which he began in the ‘twenties, and he illustrated many advertising campaigns. Henry brought to his work a thorough academic training through study at the Art Students League, the School of Fine and Applied Art, New York University and Columbia University. He also did some teaching at the School of Fine and Applied Art in New York. In 1935, he painted murals for the Ford Company Building at the San Diego Fair. This led to many other mural commissions, several of which he executed in collaboration with Allen Saalburg and Louis Bouché...
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1950s Other Art Style Watercolor Paintings

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Gouache, Board

'Dancer in Rose', Paris, Louvre, Académie Chaumière, Carmel, California, LACMA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Di Gesu Estate (American, 1914-1988) stamp verso and painted circa 1955. Winner of the Prix Othon Friesz, Victor di Gesu first attended the Los Angeles Art Center and the Chouinard ...
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1950s Post-Impressionist Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Gouache

'Seated Nude', Louvre, Académie Chaumière, LACMA, California Post-Impressionist
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) estate stamp verso and painted circa 1955. Winner of the Prix Othon Friesz, Victor di Gesu first attended the Los Angeles Art Center and the Cho...
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1950s Post-Impressionist Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Gouache, Foam Board, Graphite

Tropez, Signed 1950's Gouache Painting by Alexandre Sacha Garbell
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Alexandre Sacha Garbell, French (1903 - 1970) Title: Tropez Year: circa 1958 Medium: Gouache on Paper, signed Image Size: 6 x 9.5 inches Frame Size: 14.5 x 18 inches
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1950s Post-Impressionist Watercolor Paintings

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Gouache

'Fort Bragg Lumber Mill', Woman Artist, California Post-Impressionist
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left "M. Backman" for Muriel Durgin Backman. Titled verso "Union Lumber Co., Fort Bragg- Mendocino, Ca" and painted circa 1955. A moody, mid-c...
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1950s Modern Watercolor Paintings

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Gouache, Handmade Paper, Watercolor

Coffee Break, Saturday Evening Post cover
By Benjamin Prins
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Gouache on Board Signature: Signed Lower Left Sight Size 29.00" x 26.00;" Framed 38.50" x 35.00" Framed under glass. Original cover illustration for The Saturday Evening Po...
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1950s Other Art Style Watercolor Paintings

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Gouache, Board

'Forms in Blue & Gray', Bay Area Abstraction, San Francisco Museum of Fine Arts
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, "Gilberg" for Robert Gilberg (American, 1911-1970) and dated 1954. A substantial, mid-century gouache abstract comprising pendant geometric forms in pastel tone...
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1950s Abstract Watercolor Paintings

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Gouache, Board

Industrial French Skyline with Bridge
Located in Houston, TX
French mid-century gouache painting on paper of industrial skyline with bridge in foreground. Original artwork on paper displayed on a white mat with a gold border. Archival plastic...
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1950s Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Gouache

"The Embrace", Story Illustration for Cosmopolitan Magazine, August 1951
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1951 Medium: Gouache, Pen and Ink on Board Dimensions: 12.75" x 18.00" Signature: Signed Lower Left The Embrace. Story illustration for "How About Tonight?" by John D. Hess, published in Cosmopolitan magazine...
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1950s Watercolor Paintings

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Board, Ink, Gouache, Pen

Country Gentleman Magazine Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1953 Medium: Gouache on Board Dimensions: 32.00" x 27.00" Signature: Signed Lower Left Cover of Nov. 1953 issue of Country Gentleman magazine...
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1950s Watercolor Paintings

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Gouache, Board

On the Great Lakes
Located in Long Island City, NY
A watercolor painting by Clarence Holbrook Carter from 1953. Carter's modernist style utilizes strong structural lines and architectural aesthetics to form almost surreal-like scenes. Signed on lower right corner, framed in elegant silver wooden frame. Artist: Clarence Holbrook Carter, American (1904 - 1998) Title: On the Great Lakes...
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1950s Modern Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

'Broad Street, Winchester', Medieval Cityscape, Heatherly School of Fine Art
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
A delicate watercolor view of the medieval rectory of Winchester, in the English county of Hampshire, showing figures and a horse-drawn cart in Broad Street. Signed lower right, "Frank Sherwin...
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1950s Realist Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

Vintage French Mid-Century - Blue Nude
Located in Houston, TX
Delightful French gouache painting of a nude female figure from the back and surrounded by calming shades of blue, circa 1950. Original artwork on paper displayed on a white mat ...
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1950s Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Gouache

Group of Four: Baseball Themed Illustrations
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Watercolor, Gouache & Charcoal on Board Date: 1950s Dimensions: Various Sizes Signature: Unsigned Contact for exact dimensions. AMERICAN ARTIST (20th Century) Group of four...
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1950s Watercolor Paintings

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Charcoal, Board, Gouache, Watercolor

The Lost Shoe, Saturday Evening Post Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1951 Medium: Gouache on Paper Dimensions: 22.50" x 17.50", Framed 28.00" x 24.00" Signature: Signed Middle Right Original cover illustration for The Saturday Evening Post, Sep...
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1950s Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Gouache

Portrait of Mythological Figure
Located in Miami, FL
Works on Paper, watercolor, gouache, and pencil on paper Robert L. B. Tobin Foundation San Antonio, Texas initialed in cartouche bottom center
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1950s Surrealist Watercolor Paintings

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Gouache

Coricidin Cold Tablet Advertisement
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: Late 1950s Medium: Gouache on Board Dimensions: 16.25" x 17.50" Signature: Unsigned Coricidin Cold Tablet Advertisement, Schering Corporation Advertisement
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1950s Watercolor Paintings

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Board, Gouache

Vintage French Gouache - Blue Nude II
Located in Houston, TX
French gouache painting of a reclined nude female figure from the back and surrounded in soothing blue hues, circa 1950. Original artwork on paper displayed on a white mat with a ...
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1950s Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Gouache

Shade Tree
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Gouache, Tempera and Pencil on Paperboard Signature: Signed 'Dick Sargent' (Lower Left) Sight Size 23.00" x 21.88", Framed 29.00" x 28.00" Cover of the April 12th, 1958 issu...
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1950s Watercolor Paintings

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Pencil, Tempera, Gouache, Board

Urban Canal
Located in Houston, TX
Mid-century French gouache painting of urban canal scene by artist Boeme, signed lower right. Original artwork on paper displayed on a white mat with a gold border. Archival plastic...
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1950s Watercolor Paintings

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Gouache

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