1920s Art

An exceptional original silver gelatin black-and-white photograph from Press Agency, Paris, 1925, capturing a striking view of the International Decorative Arts Exhibition in October...

George Biddle (1885-1973), Banana Grove, lithograph, 1928. Signed, titled and numbered in pencil [also annotated in the plate “Biddle/1928, lower right “47). References: Pennigar 81, Trotter 47. In excellent condition, the full sheet, on cream wove BFK RIVES paper, with their (partial) watermark. 12 1/2 x 9, the sheet 20 x 16, archival mounting (non attached mylar hinging between acid free board, glassine cover). A fine fresh rich impression in pristine condition. After Groton, Harvard College...

An exceptional original silver gelatin black-and-white photograph capturing the International Decorative Arts Exhibition in Paris, October 1925. Floating on the Seine River, the "Bel...

Description Title: Portrait of a French Bulldog Materials: oil on canvas Signature: signed lower right Provenance: private collection Germany Dimensions canvas: 40 cm x 50 cm Framed...

Male Nudes is an original modern artwork realized in 1921 by the French artist Daniel Ginsbourg. Original sanguine drawing on paper. The sheet is gluew on a blue dark sheet. Hand-s...

Tea at the Ritz, New York Colored chalk, 1912 Signed with the estate stamp verso. (see photo) Authenticated by the artist's daughter, Mme Paulette Johnston. Image size: 10 5/8 x 10 1...

"Wintertime forest landscape" oil painting on canvas by Louis Clesse 20Th c. Wonderfull oil on canvas by Louis Clesse , Belgian School (1889 -1961 ). Clesse was a Belgian figurative...

Earnest David Roth, American (1879-1964), View of Segovia, Spain, circa 1922. Signed lower right: "E. D. Roth". Gallery label verso. Panting dimensions: 30.25 x 30.13 inches. Framed dimensions: 37.75 x 37.75 inches. Roth studied painting at the National Academy of Design under Edgar Ward...

Stefanie Trautweiller (1888 - 1976) was an Austrian Female Still life Painter This work for sale is probably her most beautiful vivid work! she sal...

An early twentieth-century, American Impressionist School oil landscape showing a sunlit view of a woman standing on a country road lined with eucalyptus trees. The work of an anonym...

Kees VAN DONGEN (1877-1968) Paris : Parisian Club, 1927 Original etching Unsigned Limited to 225 copies On BFK Rives vellum 33 x 25 cm (c. 12.9 x 9.8 in) REFERENCE : Catalogue ra...

Beautiful early 20th century historical landscape of Mission San Juan Capistrano, 1926, with vines climbing the courtyard columns, by Calif...

Beautiful advertising poster of the 1920s by René Lelong for the brand Kodak. Kodak was founded by George Eastman and Henry A. Strong on May 23, 1892. For...

Henri Montassier was born at Courlon near the River Yonne on July 27th 1880. As a young man he studied under Luc -Oliver Merson and began his career painting primarily landscapes, ma...

An unsigned, early twentieth century oil showing a view of an old wooden wharf with longshoremen working. A well-composed work by an anonymous but skilled hand; painted circa 1925.

Family Suggestions is an original watercolored ink drawing on ivory-colored paper, in the 1920s realized by Luigi Bompard (1879-1953). Hand-signed in pen on the lower margin. In g...

Beautiful poster from 1925 for the 1st Bal Païen organized for the benefit of the great mass of the École Nationale des Beaux-Arts, The masse has always existed in the studios of th...

Costume for Aida is a drawing in tempera and watercolor on brownish paper realized in 1920 ca. by an Anonymous Italian artist of the early 20th century. In very good condition The ...

Hand Signed. Edition of 100 prints. From the series “Les Fables de La Fontaine”.

John Fery (1859 - 1934) Western Lake Landscape, circa 1920 Oil on canvas 21 x 23 1/4 inches Signed lower left Provenance: Private Collection, New York Born in Austria, John Fery earned a strong reputation for dramatic paintings of western mountain landscape in the United States. Glacier National Park in northwest Montana was a popular subject for him. He was raised in a prominent, wealthy family that lived on an estate about nineteen miles northeast of Salzburg. His mother was Hungarian, and his father was born in Bohemia. S ome sources have written that he studied art in Dusseldorf, Germany with Peter Jansen, and also in Munich, Venice and Karlsruhe. But his "name does not appear in the records of the major art schools in any of these places, nor is there any record of his name at either the Vienna or Budapest academies." (Merrill 26) It is possible, however, that he received private instruction, and because of the sophistication of his painting, sources think it unlikely that he was self taught. An early interest in wilderness scenery led him to painting American landscapes and hunting scenes. In the mid 1880s, he came to America and lived in the German community in Milwaukee, and then in 1886, brought his family to the United States. His wife, Mary Rose Kraemer (1862-1940), was born in Switzerland, and they had one child born near Munich and two others born in the United States. From 1886 to 1888, they lived in New York, and by 1890, Fery had made his first trip West. He visited Yellowstone Park in 1891, and indicated in his writings that he had been there even earlier. From 1892 to 1893, he led European nobility on hunting expeditions to the American Northwest, made possible by the completion of the Northern Pacific Railroad...

Jacques Martin-Ferrière (1903–2001) was a French painter and one of the prominent figures in the Neo-Impressionist movement. Born in Paris, he initially trained as an artist and was ...

American Impressionist California coastal watercolor painting by Charles Partridge Adams (1858-1942), circa 1925. This stunning piece captures the beauty of the coastline with vibran...

Charming early 20th Century impressionistic summer landscape of Dutch cottage with chickens. Signed illegibly lower right corner. Stamped "Rotterdam" on ...

Resurrection is a 1927 Hollywood adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's 1899 novel Resurrection. Filmmaker Edwin Carewe adapted the book to a feature-length silent production starring Dolores del Río and featuring an appearance by Ilya Tolstoy who co-wrote the script. In 1928, due to the public apathy towards silent films, a sound version was also prepared. The sound version included a newly filmed prologue in which the theme song "Russian Lullaby" was performed and sung. While the actual film had no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using both the sound-on-disc and sound-on-film process. In 1931, Edwin Carewe directed an all-talking remake of this film starred by Lupe Vélez...

Whitney Myron Hubbard's wife in the garden Signed in pencil lower left Whitney M. Hubbard. Framed in a contemporary gold leaf frame 16 by 13.75 inches. A seventy year resident of G...

William Zorach, 1887-1966 Redwoods, Yosemite Valley, 1920 Watercolor and pencil 15 ¾ x 13 ⅜ inches Signed (at lower right): William Zorach WZorach-7 Provenance: Estate of William Zorach Exhibited: William Zorach, 1887-1996, Sculpture, Drawings and Watercolors, Zabriskie Gallery, New York; Feb. 10 – March 14, 1998. William Zorach was born in Lithuania in 1889, and immigrated to the United States with his family in 1893. Settling in Cleveland with his parents, he worked as a lithographer from 1902- 1908, making enough money to study painting with Henry G. Keller at the School of Art. In 1910, Zorach traveled to Paris to study in La Palette, where he was encouraged to develop his own unique style rather than adhere to traditional teachings. Zorach once said, “I began to be conscious of the various modern influences that were invading the art world…I was disturbed and confused, and yet I felt that I was a very young man entering a new age. The forces creating modern art seemed more alive to me than anything I had known or anything being done in America.” 1 Together with his wife Marguerite, William Zorach produced a number of Cubist- style paintings for the American Armory Show of 1913, and the Forum Exhibition in New York in 1916. Around 1917, Zorach followed the lead of cubist artist Pablo Picasso and began experimenting with wood and stone carvings. By 1922, he devoted himself entirely to sculpture, and like Picasso, became fascinated in “primitive art”—the ritual objects and sculpture pieces of Oceanic, Native American and African tribes. Zorach’s work developed in its use of block-like forms with progressive suppression of detail—drawing elements from sources as disparate as the contemporary cubist and modernist movements, and combining them with forms seen in early African sculpture. Though the forms of his sculpture were often abstract, Zorach primarily focused upon a traditional subject matter, producing such well-known sculptures as Young Girl, now in the Whitney Museum of American Art, and Mother and Child, in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Today, William Zorach is known as one of the earliest and most influential American artists dedicated to direct carving. Zorach also made an impression as a teacher and writer, facilitating a major change in the aesthetic philosophy and technique of sculpture in the United States. During the summers from 1913 to 1922, Zorach and his wife Marguerite painted...

Kristians Tonny (French, born Holland; 1907-1977) Circus Oil on prepared board, 16 1/2 x 13 inches Framed: 22 x 19 inches (approx.) Inscribed on reverse: (in pencil) "cadre noir/ave...

Irish Fair Lithograph, 1923 Signed and numbered in pencil by the artist (see photo) Titled "Irish Fair" by the artist in pencil Edition: 84 Housed in an archival frame with acid free matting (see photo) Provenance: Estate of the artist, Bellows Family Trust H.V. Allison & Company (label) Private Collection, Columbus References And Exhibitions: Reference: Mason 153 Note: An illustration commissioned by The Century Company for Don Byrne's novel The Wind Bloweth Image: 18 7/8 x 21 3/8" Frame: 29 1/2 x 30 1/2" “Eleven on a hot July morning, and the little town...

A splendid Autumn tonalist landscape by American artist Bruce (Robert Bruce) Crane (1857-1937). Crane was born in New York City, and as an artist, was influenced by the French Barbizon school of...

The Dancing Maenad is an original modern artwork realized by Ferdinand Bac (1859 - 1952) in 1922. Original Lithograph on ivory paper. Excellent conditions. The Dancing Maenad is ...

Artist: Georges Rouault, French (1871 - 1958) Title: Les Deux Matrones from Le Reincarnations du Pere Ubu Year: 1928 Medium: Aquatint on Arches, signed in the...

Homeland figures from Ecce Homo is an original offset and lithograph, realized by George Grosz in 1922. The artwork is the plate n. 47 from the portfolio Ecce Homo published betwee...

Die Elixiere des Teufels is an original modern rare book written by Hoffman E.T.A. (24 January 1776 – 25 June 1822) and illustrated by Hugo Steiner-Prag (Prague, 1880 - New York, 194...

Will Foote View of Arizona Desert near Wickenberg, circa 1927 Signed lower center; titled and dated on the reverse Oil on artist's board 12 x 16 inches Foote was born on June 29, 1874 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and died on January 27, 1965, in Sarasota, Florida. He was in Old Lyme, 1901-65; and in Cos Cob, 1903. Will Howe Foote was one of the earliest artists at Old Lyme and one who adopted the town as home. He first went there the summer of 1901 with his uncle, William H. Howe, a painter of cattle, who had been told about the beauties of the countryside by Henry Ward Ranger. Foote had himself heard of Old Lyme when he had met Clark Voorhees in France. He and his uncle were both from Grand Rapids, Michigan, where Foote's father was an executive in the furniture industry that made the city famous. Encouraged to be an artist by his father, he began his professional training at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1894. He became friends there with a fellow Michigan student, Frederick Frieseke, who would study with him again at the Art Students League in New York, where Foote worked in 1895-96 under H. Siddons Mowbray and Kenyon Cox. In 1897 he and Frieseke went to the Academic Julian in Paris, where Foote studied under Jean-Paul Laurens and Benjamin Constant. He was at Julian's until 1900, except for an Italian trip, summers at Laren, Holland, or Etaples, France, and a short period at Whistler's school in Paris. He exhibited twice at the Old Salon, and when he returned to the United States in 1900, he had a one-man exhibition in his hometown. Will Howe Foote's paintings were well received on his return from abroad. He exhibited frequently at the National Academy of Design and became an associate member in 1910. His awards included a bronze medal at the St. Louis Exposition in 1904 and a silver medal at the Panama-Pacific Exposition in San Francisco in 1915. Once he visited Old Lyme, Foote returned every summer. In 1902 he was hired as assistant to Frank DuMond at the Lyme Summer School of Art, which was sponsored by the Art Students League of New York. Sometime in 1903 he also taught a session in Cos Cob. After 1906, when the League moved its Lyme classes to Woodstock, New York, Foote continued in Old Lyme as a private instructor. In 1907 he was married to Helen Kirtland Freeman, whom he had met a year or two earlier when she had come to the Lyme art colony as a student of Henry Rankin Poore. Fellow artist William Chadwick was best man at the wedding. The Footes began building a house on Sill Lane in Old Lyme and upon its completion in 1909 spent every spring, summer and fall there, where Foote devoted full time to painting. The Gregory Smiths, old friends from Grand Rapids, arrived in Old Lyme in 1910 and became neighbors. Foote's early works in Connecticut, such as A Summer's Night reflect the artist's interest in soft, atmospheric scenes dominated by a single, overriding tone. The arrival of Childe Hassam and Walter Griffin...

A sculptor of animals, Sirio Tofanari (Florence 1886 – Milan 1969) is not inclined to the school discipline, he decides to learn and train as self-taught by travelling around Europe ...

This art historically interesting oil on panel painting is by Scottish artist David William Gunn. Painted in 1927 it is of Caithness harbour in Scotland. The style is Scottish Cubist...

Signed (AE Adams), titled, printed on the front of print. Rare vintage parmelian print from 1927.

Signed on plate. From the portfolio “Le Bonheur du Jour” by George Barbier. Etching and Pochoir. Passepartout included : 49 x 34 cm

Third state. Published in general catalogue "Marie Laurencin" by Daniel Marchesseau, Kyuryudo,Tokyo, 1981, Number.127, pp.141. Rare etching in near perfect conditions. This artwork ...

Vierge aux sept glaives (The Virgin pierced by seven swords) (Sorrowful Mother) Aquatint, drypoint, roulette and burnishing over heliogravure, 1926 Unsigned as issued From: Miserere ...

Armony in blue and red is an original artwork realized by Clement Nicolas Kons in 1920s. Original mixed colored tempera. The artwork is glued on ...

SOLD UNFRAMED The Dancers by Orovida Pissarro (1893 - 1968) Etching 19 x 24 cm (7 ¹/₂ x 9 ¹/₂ inches) Signed and dated lower right, orovida 1927 Inscribed lower left, Final state 3...

Antique American ashcan school New York City oil painting by Robert Hallowell (1886 - 1939). Oil on board, circa 1929. Signed. Displayed in a period giltwood frame. Image, 30"L x 25"H.

Couple is an original offset lithograph, realized by George Grosz. The artwork is the plate n. 78 from the porfolio Ecce Homo published between 1922/1923,edition of Der Malik-Verlag...

The artwork is mainly oil pastel with several touches of gouache and is a still life of a bowl of fruit. The artwork is done on heavy archival paper. The artist is Jonas Lie...

This pochoir belongs to the portfolio 'Le Bonheur du Jour', by George Barbier. A very fine work of one of the most important and famous european illustrators of Art Deco, whose infl...

Antique American modernist interior scene of figures eating lunch by the shovel full. Really well painted and unusual scene. A rare early work by Justin Murray (1912 - 1987). Sign...

Marine is a painting realized by Lucie Navier in the 1927. Tempera on paper. Mint conditions. Impressionistic work realized with a Realistic technique and representing a natural...

A fine cityscape painting by American artist Felicie Waldo Howell (1897-1968). Howell was born in Hawaii, moved to Washington DC to study at the Corcoran School of Art with E.C. Messer, then enrolled at the Philadelphia School of Design for Women in Pennsylvania, studying with Henry Snell. She became well known as a painter of oils and watercolors, most known for coastal landscapes, shore scenes, impressionist figures in nature...

Fine Group of Sculptures in Bronze after Jean de Boulogne (Giambologna) The torturously twisting Rape of the Sabine Women is one of the finest and most technically difficult sculpt...

Amicalement is a hand-colored etching and drypoint, signed by Chas Laborde on the lower right margin. Hand-titled on the lower left margin. This original print is hand-colored with t...

Herbert Haseltine Sudbourne Premier: Suffolk Punch Stallion, 1927 Signed left side: © HASELTINE / MCMXXVII Bronze, dark brown patina, parcel gilding ...

Blue Circle is an artwork realized by Clement Nicolas Kons in 1920s. Original mixed colored tempera. Good conditions except for yellowing of p...

To see our other views of Oxford and Cambridge, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller" - or send us a message if you cannot find the view you want. Mabel Oliver Rae (1868 - 1956) Queens' Bridge, Cambridge Etching 13 x 9 cm Titled lower left and signed lower right in plate, and again in pencil outside plate. The college's famed Mathematical Bridge, which reflects in the ruffled waters of the River Cam. Kate Hillman of the Cambridge University Engineering Department notes that: "One of the most recognisable structures on the Cam, Queens' College bridge was originally built in 1749 by James Essex the Younger. Since then it has been rebuilt twice to the original design of William Etheridge, once in 1866 and again in 1905. In 1866 the bridge deck...

Louise H. "Louie" Burrell (née Luker 1873 – 1971) was an English-born artist who also lived in Canada and the United States. The daughter of William and Ada Luker, both artists, Bur...

The Street is a watercolor and ink drawing on ivory-colored paper, in the 1920s realized by Luigi Bompard (1879-1953). Hand-signed in pen on the lower margin. In good condition, ex...

Henri Matisse Torse à l’aiguière 1927 Lithograph on Chine paper, Edition of 50 Paper size: 49.5 x 34.5 cms (19 1/2 x 13 1/2 ins) Image size: 36.4 x 26 cms (14 1/4 x 10 1/4 ins) HM15...

This beautiful, large British figurative landscape oil painting is by noted Slade School artist Franklin White. Painted circa 1920, the composition is of a large number of villagers ...