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Period: 1940s
Rockport, Impressionist Watercolor by Eve Nethercott
Located in Long Island City, NY
Eve Nethercott, American (1925 - 2015) - Rockport (P6.38), Year: 1948, Medium: Watercolor on Paper, Size: 12 x 18 in. (30.48 x 45.72 cm), Description: Eve Nethercott's portra...
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Impressionist 1940s Art

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Watercolor

Rockport, Impressionist Watercolor by Eve Nethercott
Located in Long Island City, NY
Eve Nethercott, American (1925 - 2015) - Rockport (P6.40), Year: 1948, Medium: Watercolor on Paper, Size: 16 x 11 in. (40.64 x 27.94 cm), Description: Eve Nethercott's waterc...
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Impressionist 1940s Art

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Watercolor

Yellow House, Impressionist Watercolor by Eve Nethercott
Located in Long Island City, NY
Eve Nethercott, American (1925 - 2015) - Yellow House (P6.44), Year: circa 1948, Medium: Watercolor on Paper, Size: 15 x 20 in. (38.1 x 50.8 cm), Description: Situated on a s...
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Impressionist 1940s Art

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Watercolor

Flowers, Impressionist Watercolor by Eve Nethercott
Located in Long Island City, NY
Eve Nethercott, American (1925 - 2015) - Flowers (P6.49), Year: 1948, Medium: Watercolor on Paper, Size: 22 x 15 in. (55.88 x 38.1 cm), Description: Set against a washed back...
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Impressionist 1940s Art

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Watercolor

Square Head of a Woman Pouting (Plate XIII), from Carmen
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Pablo Picasso Title: Square Head of a Woman Pouting (Plate XIII) Portfolio: Carmen Medium: Etching on Montval wove paper Year: 1949 Edition: 289 Frame Size: 21" x 18" Sheet S...
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1940s Art

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Etching

„Pinocchio“ Original American Lobby Card of Walt Disney’s Movie, USA 1940.
Located in Cologne, DE
Original American Lobby Card of Walt Disney’s Movie „Pinocchio“, USA 1940. Pinocchio gets his first coat of paint from his father and maker. Keywords: Anim...
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Modern 1940s Art

Materials

Color

1945 American Modern Oil Painting - Portrait of Artist's Wife with Fruit
By Hayes Lyon
Located in Denver, CO
This captivating 1945 oil painting by American artist Hayes Lyon portrays Bessy Lyon, the artist’s wife, in a warm and intimate portrait. The piece features soft yet vivid tones and ...
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American Modern 1940s Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Original 1943 'Doughboys in Ireland' vintage movie poster, half-sheet
Located in Spokane, WA
Original vintage movie poster: Doughboys in Ireland, the 1943 Lew Landers romantic musical ("The singing star of Jack Benny and Fred Allen radio programs!"...
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American Realist 1940s Art

Materials

Offset

Mid Century Pond Reflections Watercolor Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Pond Reflections, a mid century impressionist watercolor painting by California artist C.G. Standeford (American, 20th Century). Presented in a giltwood frame. Circa 1940's. Signed o...
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Abstract Impressionist 1940s Art

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

My Parents - Lithograph by Alberto Savinio - 1947
Located in Roma, IT
My Parents is a modern artwork realized by Alberto Savinio in 1944-1947. Black and white lithograph. Hand-signed in pencil on the lower right. Edition of 32 prints, this piece is a...
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Modern 1940s Art

Materials

Paper, Lithograph

1942 Mid Century Finnish Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful watercolor landscape of Finland countryside in Winter during WWII by O. Makela (Finnish/American, 19/20th Century), 1942. Signed and dated lower right corner. Condition: ve...
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Impressionist 1940s Art

Materials

Watercolor, Laid Paper

Eva Gabor, Estate Edition Photograph, Midcentury Classic Hollywood, Vintage Pink
Located in Los Angeles, CA
TV and film actress Eva Gabor takes a coffee in an unfinished bedroom in Bay Roc Hotel, Montego, Jamaica, 1950. In this classic image of vintage mid-century ...
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American Realist 1940s Art

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Lambda

Large Finely Painted American School Abstract Coastal Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Very nicely painted American school abstract landscape painting. Framed in a period modernist wood molding. Oil on board. Image size, 24H by 29L.
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Abstract 1940s Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Original Buy Bonds Every Payday vintage World War 2 vintage poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original World War 2 vintage poster: YOU CAN'T AFFORD TO MISS EITHER! BUY BONDS EVERY PAYDAY. Linen-backed, fine condition, ready to frame. Great ...
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American Realist 1940s Art

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Offset

American School Modernist Surreal Cityscape Landscape Signed Regional Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nice modernist American school painting. Oil and watercolor and gouache on board. Signed. Framed. Image size, 18L x 23H.
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Modern 1940s Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Kumulipo, Source of Life - Mid Century Modern Surrealist Hawaiian Visionary Art
Located in Soquel, CA
Symbolic and surreal landscape with figure eminating life force by Marguerite Louis Blasingame (American; 1906-1947), circa 1940-45. Marguerite and her husband Frank Blasingame...
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Post-Impressionist 1940s Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

1940s American Modernist Abstract Industrial Watercolor Ink Charcoal Painting
Located in Denver, CO
This original vintage painting by Charles Ragland Bunnell (1897-1968), titled Quitting Time from Bunnell's Black and Blue Series from 1941, exemplifies his unique Abstract Structure ...
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American Modern 1940s Art

Materials

Charcoal, Ink, Watercolor

Original "Christmas Mailing Time" vintage poster WWII
Located in Spokane, WA
Original Christmas Mailing Time vintage poster: Artist: Bogorad. Original World War I (2) U. S. Army and Navy Postal Service. Linen backed in B co...
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American Realist 1940s Art

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Offset

Antique American Modernist Flower Still Life Framed Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist flower still life oil painting by Samuel Brecher (1897 - 1982). Oil on board. Signed. Framed. Measuring 28 by 30 inches overall and 22 by 24 inches painti...
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Modern 1940s Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Piano Lesson Wiehler Handmade Gobelin Tapestry Brown White Pink Blue Black Grey
Located in Sofia, BG
Piano Lesson Wiehler Handmade Gobelin Tapestry by Maestro Vera Petrova - Sapundjieva, Bulgarian artist 1912 - 1985 About the artwork TECHNIQUE: Wiehle...
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Romantic 1940s Art

Materials

Tapestry

"Modernist Portrait" Mid-20th Century Spanish Oil Painting on Canvas Framed
Located in New York, NY
A strong modernist oil painting depicted in the 1940's by Spanish painter Julio Moises. Mostly known for his abstract figures on canvas, this piece is a w...
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Modern 1940s Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Abstract Composition
Located in Wiscasett, ME
Tempura on heavy paper, signed and dated 1945 lower left. The piece measures 23" x 30" including the frame and presents very well overall. Provenance: Willard Gallery, NYC Brad...
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Abstract 1940s Art

Materials

Tempera, Watercolor

Original Keep Up the Good Work - Uncle Sam vintage WWII poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original poster: Keep Up the Good Work, Keep down living costs. Pay no more thjan ceiling prices. Original World War II; Uncle Sam. Artist: L. Helguera. Size: 20" x 27.75"...
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American Modern 1940s Art

Materials

Offset

“Rough Seas”
Located in Southampton, NY
Early original oil on canvas painting of sailboats in stormy seas by the American artist, Nahum Tschacbasov. Artist signed lower right and dated 1945. Condition is very good. Prese...
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Abstract Expressionist 1940s Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

La Mandoline - Lithograph and Stencil - 1943
Located in Paris, IDF
(after) Georges Braque, (1882 - 1963) La Mandoline (1943) Lithograph and stencil On vellum 40 x 48 cm (c. 16 x19 inch) Printed signature in the plate Edition of 300 Very good co...
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Cubist 1940s Art

Materials

Stencil, Lithograph

Casablanca - Ingrid Bergman and Humphrey Bogart Original 1942 Print
Located in London, GB
Casablanca - Original 1942 photograph Vintage 1942 Casablanca Lobby Card: A cynical expatriate American cafe owner struggles to decide whether o...
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Modern 1940s Art

Materials

Photographic Paper

Ervilhas de cheiro
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas Golden wooden frame 57 x 74 x 3 cm Paul GAGARIN (1885-c.1980), Pavel Konstantinovich GAGARIN. Russian painter, emigrated to France in 1921 then worked in Brazil where...
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Modern 1940s Art

Materials

Oil

Give Thanks By Saving original vintage National Savings poster
Located in London, GB
To see our other original vintage posters, 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 poste...
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1940s Art

Materials

Lithograph

Colliers Magazine 1947 American Scene Social Realism Modern Families in the Snow
Located in New York, NY
Colliers Magazine 1947 American Scene Social Realism Modern Families in the Snow Katherine Wiggins (American 20th Century) "The Shrimp" 20 x 24 inch...
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American Realist 1940s Art

Materials

Masonite, Egg Tempera

Super rare World War Two scene of St Pauls's Cathedral, London during the Blitz
Located in Woodbury, CT
Super rare World War Two period scene of St Pauls's Cathedral, London during the Blitz. Very few scenes of the Blitz were painted and this piece dated August 1945 was painted a few ...
Category

Realist 1940s Art

Materials

Oil, Board

"Time Remembered" Mid 20th Century NYC Modern American Scene WPA El Railway 1940
Located in New York, NY
"Time Remembered" Mid 20th Century NYC Modern American Scene WPA El Railway 1940 A view of the Third Avenue El (elevated railway) at 28th Street, New York. Signed lower left. Titled verso. c. 1940. oil on board c. 1940, 27.875 h × 21.75 w inches. BIO Staats Cotsworth...
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American Realist 1940s Art

Materials

Oil, Board

Incredible Trompe L'Oeil Artist Studio Butterfly Still Life Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Very finely painted realist still life oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed. Image size, 20H by 23L.
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Realist 1940s Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

1945 Mexican Modernist Silkscreen Serigraph Print Regional Folk Art Dress Mexico
Located in Surfside, FL
This listing is for the one Silkscreen serigraph piece listed here. Mexico City, 1945. First edition. plate signed, limited edition of 1000, these serigraph plates depict various types of traditional and folk art indigenous clothing...
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Folk Art 1940s Art

Materials

Screen

Surrealist Mountain - Original Etching, 1946
Located in Paris, IDF
Jacques Villon Surrealist Mountain, 1946 Original etching Printed signature in the plate On BFK Rives vellum, 25 x 32,5 cm (c. 9,8 x 12,7 inch) Edition limited to 300 copies (unnumb...
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Surrealist 1940s Art

Materials

Etching

1945 Mexican Modernist Silkscreen Serigraph Print Regional Dress Carlos Merida
Located in Surfside, FL
This listing is for the one Silkscreen serigraph piece listed here. Mexico City, 1945. First edition. plate signed, limited edition of 1000, these serigraph plates depict various types of traditional and folk art indigenous clothing...
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Folk Art 1940s Art

Materials

Screen

“Woman and Birds”
Located in Southampton, NY
Mid-century oil on masonite modern painting by the well known Russian/American artist, Nahum Tschacbasov. Signed top left and dated 1949. Titled verso. Condition is fair. Provenanc...
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American Modern 1940s Art

Materials

Masonite, Oil

Mid Century Santa Cruz, California Figurative Vintage Boardwalk Scene, 1944
Located in Soquel, CA
A lively and detailed mid-1940's vintage boardwalk scene of Santa Cruz, California by California artist Cassard (20th Century), 1944. This figurative...
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Realist 1940s Art

Materials

Watercolor, Gouache, Paper

Paglieri dai Fiori le Cipri I Profumi
Located in Spokane, WA
Original vintage poster: Paglieri dai fiori le Cipri i Profumi. Italian artist: Gino Boccasile (1901 - 1952). Size: 13.25" x 19". Archival linen backed authentic Italian post...
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American Realist 1940s Art

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Offset

Derain, Composition, Verve: Revue Artistique et Littéraire (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin du Marais paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, Verve: Revue Artistique et Littéraire, Vol. II, N° 8, 19...
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Modern 1940s Art

Materials

Lithograph

The Factory in Châtelaine, Geneva
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas
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1940s Art

Materials

Oil

Untitled
Located in Bournemouth, Dorset
Eric James Mellon (1925-2014) Eric James Mellon was a painter, printmaker and ceramicist who was born in Watford, Hertfordshire. In his early teens he attended Watford Technical and Art Institute to prepare for a career in the local printing industry and at weekends he would Harrow School of Art for life drawing and pottery classes. In 1944 he enrolled at the Central School of Arts and Crafts in London to study book production and printmaking. The wood-engraver John Farleigh...
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1940s Art

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Acrylic

"Brighton Beach" Nathan Hoffman, New York, Sunny Day Landscape Impressionism
Located in New York, NY
Nathan Hoffman Brighton Beach, July 31, 1946 Signed, dated, and estate stamped on the reverse Oil on artist's board 10 x 13 1/2 inches Provenance: Esta...
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American Impressionist 1940s Art

Materials

Oil, Board

untitled (Maine Landscape near Mt. Desert Island)
Located in Fairlawn, OH
untitled (Maine Landscape near Mt. Desert Island) Watercolor on paper, c. 1945-1955 Signed by the artist lower left (see photo) Provenance: Estate of the artist Condition: Excellent ...
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American Impressionist 1940s Art

Materials

Watercolor

Original 1944 Pencil Drawing From Hi, Guy! The Cinderella Horse By Paul Brown 26
Located in Bristol, CT
Art Sz: 11"H x 8 3/8"W 1944 Provenance stamp on verso: The Estate of Paul Desmond Brown *Book sold separately*
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1940s Art

Materials

Pencil

END OF THE DAY
Located in Portland, ME
Gwathmey, Robert (American, 1903-1988). END OF THE DAY. Williams 4. Screenprint in colors, 1944. Edition size not known. Signed in ink, lower right, within the image. 12 1/4 x 14 ...
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1940s Art

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Screen

1940s American Impressionist Still Life Oil Painting with Flowers - Original Art
Located in Denver, CO
This original vintage 1945 oil painting beautifully captures a serene interior still life scene, featuring a vase of flowers, a delicate tea cup, and flowing drapery. Created by reno...
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Abstract Impressionist 1940s Art

Materials

Oil

Portrait - Original pen drawing by Umberto Maria Casotti - 1947
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is an original pen drawing realized by Umberto Maria Casotti in 1947. Good condition on a yellowed cardboard. Hand-signed and dated by the artist on the lower right corner...
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Modern 1940s Art

Materials

Pen

Circus Girl with Horses Lithograph with Hand Coloring
Located in Surfside, FL
This is an original hand signed (I believe it is also hand colored but i am not positive) Artists Proof Lithograph of a Circus scene. This depicts a circus girl with horses. This came from a portfolio inscribed by Vertes and also signed by the Surrealist Jean Cocteau. MARCEL VERTES FRENCH HUNGARIAN 1895(Ujpest, Hungary)-1961(Paris, France) art deco artist.Vertes was born in Hungary and died in Paris, but spent a lot of time in New York as well. He was noted as a painter, illustrator, designer and scenic mural painter. His whimsical images graced the pages of Vogue and Harper's Bazaar. Continuing in the footsteps of Boutet, Forain, Erte, Toulouse-Lautrec and others. Concentrating upon scenes of Paris street...
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Post-Impressionist 1940s Art

Materials

Watercolor, Lithograph

Nude and Mango - Original Lithograph On Paper by Alejandro Ramon - 1943
Located in Roma, IT
Nude and Mango is an original lithography artwork on ivory paper realized by Alejandro Ramon in 1943. Hand-signed on the lower right in pencil, with dedication on the lower left. T...
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1940s Art

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Lithograph

Orpheus #14 - Balanchine Ballet with Francisco Moncion and Nicholas Magallanes
Located in Glenford, NY
George Platt Lynes 1948 Photograph #14 of Balanchine Ballet ‘Orpheus’. George Platt Lynes rare original vintage 1948 silver gelatin photograph (dated by the NY City Public Library) of nude dancers Francisco Moncion and Nicholas Magallanes in George Balanchine's iconic mid-20th Century ballet Orpheus. Stamped on verso in dark blue ink at upper center, "GEORGE PLATT LYNES/145 EAST 52 STREET NEW YORK”. Photo shoot took place in NYC. Costumes and Set by ISAMU NAGUCHI. Photo is 7 5/8 x 9 1/4 inches, soft satin finish in excellent condition. This photograph is from my collection of 14 different poses in this series of nude photographs by Platt Lynes of Moncion and Magallanes in Orpheus. 8 different photographs are remaining and are available on request. Original gelatin silver prints that are stamped by the artist are rare. Photographs from this celebrated series are in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (NYC), Museum of Modern Art (MOMA, NYC), the NYC Public Library, and the art archives of many prominent universities. George Platt Lynes (1907–1955), was a gregarious American portrait, dance, fashion, and male nude photographer whose career spanned the late 1920s through the early 1950...
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Post-War 1940s Art

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Silver Gelatin

1945 Original Soviet poster that pays tribute to Mikhail Illarionovich Kutuzov
Located in PARIS, FR
The original Soviet poster from 1945 by P. Alyakrinsky pays tribute to Mikhail Illarionovich Kutuzov (1745-1813), a revered Russian military commander celebrated for his pivotal role in the Napoleonic Wars. Kutuzov's leadership during the French invasion of Russia in 1812 and his subsequent victories, notably at the Battle of Borodino...
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1940s Art

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Linen, Paper, Lithograph

Debout les Morts - Etching and Aquatint by G. Rouault - 1948
Located in Roma, IT
Debout les morts is an original etching, drypoint, burnisher and roulette realized by Georges Rouault in 1948, signed in plate, watermark Ambroise Vollard, plate 54 from “Miserere”, edition 450 copies. Included a frame. In very good conditions. The artwork demonstrates three skeletons that are scared and in miserable expression, two of them in the fear of third one, who stands with a hand upward in the air. Georges Henri Rouault (1871-1958) was a French painter, print maker artist, his artworks are often associated with Fauvism and Expressionism. He is well known for paintings dedicated to courts, clowns and prostitutes. He was inspired by spirituality and knowledge of medieval stained glass...
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Post-Impressionist 1940s Art

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Etching, Aquatint

1946 "Untitled" oil on canvas painting signed and dated by artist Alex Katz.
Located in Boca Raton, FL
"Untitled" oil on canvas painting by artist Alex Katz. Signed and dated A. Katz 46 recto lower right. Painted in 1946, during the period when Katz was studying at Cooper Union in New...
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Modern 1940s Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Original 1946 Soviet propaganda poster titled Long live the Soviet Navy!
Located in PARIS, FR
The original 1946 Soviet propaganda poster titled "Vive la Marine Soviétique!" is a powerful visual representation of the Soviet Union's maritime strength and national pride. Created...
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1940s Art

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Linen, Paper, Lithograph

Low Tide - Mid Century Seascape
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful mid century seascape of the waves spilling over the rocks into the tide pool by Margaret Esther Rogers (British/American, 1872-1961). Si...
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American Impressionist 1940s Art

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Canvas, Oil, Cardboard

"Picasso with Painting", Photograph by Richard Ham 1945
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Richard Ham, American (1920 - ) Title: Picasso in Paris Studio Year: 1945, Printed in 2009 Medium: Gelatin Silver Print, signed and numbered in ink Edition: 50 Size: 20 in. x...
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Modern 1940s Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Picasso Ceramic, Trois sardines (A.R. 34)
Located in Madrid, ES
PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973) Trois sardines (A.R. 34) stamped, marked and numbered 'Madoura Plein Feu / Edition Picasso / I 113 / 28/200' (underneath) whit...
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Modern 1940s Art

Materials

Ceramic

Fish platter
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas Beige wooden frame 44 x 57 x 5 cm
Category

Modern 1940s Art

Materials

Oil

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