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Period: 1940s
Matisse, Série Z, var. 3 (Duthuit 9), Dessins, Thèmes et variations (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin pur fil paper. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Henri Matisse, Dessins, Thèmes et Variations, 19...
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Modern 1940s Art

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Lithograph

At the Winery - Hungarian Art
Located in London, GB
This original painting is hand signed by the artist "Scheiber H" in the lower left corner, and dated "1940" below the signature. Exhibited: Hugo Scheiber - Bela Kadar, Galerie Le Mi...
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1940s Art

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Tempera, Gouache

Original TELEVISION J. DELAITRE vintage mid-century-modern French poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original J. Delaitre Early Television Poster “who is ahead of progress" – A Rare Vintage Gem. Archival linen backed in A- condition, ready to frame. There was a center horizont...
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Art Deco 1940s Art

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Lithograph

Surrealist Oil Portrait by John F. Leonard
Located in Long Island City, NY
Portrait (38) John F. Leonard American (1921–1987) Date: circa 1965 Oil on Board Size: 17 in. x 14 in. (43.18 cm x 35.56 cm)
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American Modern 1940s Art

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Oil, Board

Degas, Melina Darde, Ten Ballet Sketches (after)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Medium: Lithograph and stencil on vélin paper Year: 1945 Paper Size: 17 x 13 inches Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued Notes: From the folio, Degas, Ten Balle...
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Impressionist 1940s Art

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Lithograph

Convoy Your Country To Victory, WW2 propaganda poster by Rowland Hilder
Located in London, GB
Rowland Hilder Convoy Your Country To Victory Lithograph 75 x 51 cm This poster was a British propaganda piece issued during World War II by the National Savings Committee. It was ...
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Realist 1940s Art

Materials

Lithograph

Degas, Attente, E. Degas Monotypes (after)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Medium: Engraving on vélin du Marais paper Year: 1948 Paper Size: 12.25 x 9.125 inches; image size: 4.875 x 6.625 inches Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued Notes: From t...
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Impressionist 1940s Art

Materials

Engraving

Chicken Ride
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Chicken Ride Pen and ink on paper, c. 1940 Unsigned Annotated by the artist with his color intentions Preliminary study for "Chicken Ride," watercolor, 1940, in the collection of Mr...
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American Modern 1940s Art

Materials

Ink

Degas, Dancer touching her earring, Ten Ballet Sketches (after)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Medium: Lithograph and stencil on vélin paper Year: 1945 Paper Size: 17 x 13 inches Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued Notes: From the folio, Degas, Ten Balle...
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Impressionist 1940s Art

Materials

Lithograph

Degas, Deux Femmes, E. Degas Monotypes (after)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Medium: Engraving on vélin du Marais paper Year: 1948 Paper Size: 12.25 x 9.125 inches; image size: 6.5 x 4.75 inches Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued Notes: From the ...
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Impressionist 1940s Art

Materials

Engraving

Picasso, Composition, Carnet de dessins de Picasso, Cahiers d’Art (after)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Medium: Lithograph on vélin paper Year: 1948 Paper Size: 16.54 x 11.81 inches Inscription: Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued Notes: From the album, Carnet de dessins de...
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Cubist 1940s Art

Materials

Lithograph

An Irish Rogue
Located in London, GB
Oil on board, signed and dated '44 lower right Image size: 15 x 19 inches (38 x 48.25 cm) Contemporary style hand made frame This portrait of an unknown man certainly captures the personality of the chosen sitter. With hat tilted to the side, eyebrow lifted and a half smile of the man's face, one gets the impression that he is finding the whole process of having his portrait painted rather amusing. Still in Ireland at this time, the sitter is likely to have been a friend of the artist, from Belfast. In 1944 there was a group exhibition in Belfast held at the textile business of William Ewart & Sons on Bedford Street. Here Smith showed his works alongside the artists Colin Middleton...
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Modern 1940s Art

Materials

Oil, Board

The Embrace - Original Lithograph by Felice Casorati - 1946
Located in Roma, IT
Hand Signed. Edition of 100 prints plus 5 prints in Roman Numerals. From the portfolio: "Dieci Litografie (Numerus, Mensura, Pondus)". Very rare print in perfect conditions. This a...
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1940s Art

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Lithograph

Picasso, Composition, Carnet de dessins de Picasso, Cahiers d’Art (after)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Medium: Lithograph on vélin paper Year: 1948 Paper Size: 16.54 x 11.81 inches Inscription: Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued Notes: From the album, Carnet de dessins de...
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Cubist 1940s Art

Materials

Lithograph

original 1947 poster for the exhibition of Henri Matisse
Located in PARIS, FR
This original 1947 poster was created for the exhibition of Henri Matisse’s legendary art book "Jazz", published by Tériade. Held at the renowned Pierre Berès gallery in Paris from D...
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1940s Art

Materials

Paper, Lithograph

Degas, Famille Cardinal, E. Degas Monotypes (after)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Medium: Engraving on vélin du Marais paper Year: 1948 Paper Size: 12.25 x 9.125 inches; image size: 8.5 x 6.25 inches Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued Notes: From the ...
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Impressionist 1940s Art

Materials

Engraving

Degas, Trois Femmes de dos, E. Degas Monotypes (after)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Medium: Engraving on vélin du Marais paper Year: 1948 Paper Size: 12.25 x 9.125 inches; image size: 6.25 x 8.25 inches Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued Notes: From the...
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Impressionist 1940s Art

Materials

Engraving

Picasso, Composition, Carnet de dessins de Picasso, Cahiers d’Art (after)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Medium: Lithograph on vélin paper Year: 1948 Paper Size: 16.54 x 11.81 inches Inscription: Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued Notes: From the album, Carnet de dessins de...
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Cubist 1940s Art

Materials

Lithograph

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...
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Art Deco 1940s Art

Materials

Oil

Picasso, Composition, Carnet de dessins de Picasso, Cahiers d’Art (after)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Medium: Lithograph on vélin paper Year: 1948 Paper Size: 16.54 x 11.81 inches Inscription: Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued Notes: From the album, Carnet de dessins de...
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Cubist 1940s Art

Materials

Lithograph

Bathers at the Quarry 1940s American Modernist Oil Painting WPA era
By Theresa Berney Loew
Located in Surfside, FL
Swimmers and sun tanners at the local watering hole. Her birth name was Theresa Berney. At the time of her passing she was known as Theresa Loew. Birth place: Baltimore artist, blo...
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American Modern 1940s Art

Materials

Oil, Board

Degas, Le Bain, E. Degas Monotypes (after)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Medium: Engraving on vélin du Marais paper Year: 1948 Paper Size: 9.125 x 12.25 inches; image size: 4.5 x 9 inches Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued Notes: From the vol...
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Impressionist 1940s Art

Materials

Engraving

'Self-Portrait with Black Hat' — Mid-Century American Impressionism
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Robert Philipp, 'Self-Portrait with Black Hat', ink and color pastel, c. 1945. Signed in ink, lower right. A fine, spontaneous drawing, on heavy, buff wove paper; the artist's tack holes in the top and bottom left sheet corners, minor rippling in the bottom sheet edge; otherwise in good condition. Image size 16 1/4 x 11 1/4 inches; sheet size 19 1/4 x 12 3/4 inches. Matted to museum standards, unframed. Provenance: Art Students League, from the artist’s personal portfolio. ABOUT THE ARTIST Robert Philipp (1895–1981) was a celebrated American Post-Impressionist painter known for his nudes, still lifes, and portraits. Noted art critic Henry McBride named Philipp one of America's top six painters of his generation. Philipp was an instructor of painting at the Art Students League, New York, for 33 years. Philipp was Secretary of the National Academy of Design, a National Academician, and a Benjamin Franklin Fellow at the Royal Society of Arts in London. His composition and painting style has been compared to the art of Edgar Degas and Pierre Auguste Renoir. In 1940, Philipp was invited to Los Angeles by Hollywood producer Louis B. Mayer to paint portraits of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer movie stars. The same year, Walter Wanger, producer of ‘The Long Voyage Home’, directed by John Ford and based on plays by Eugene O'Neill, contracted with Reeves Lewenthal, head of the Associated American Artists gallery in Manhattan, to bring nine well-known artists to the set and paint scenes from the movie and portraits of the actors in character. The artists included Robert Philipp, Thomas Hart Benton, Grant Wood, Ernest Fiene, George Schreiber, Luis...
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American Modern 1940s Art

Materials

Pastel, Ink

Picasso, Composition, Carnet de dessins de Picasso, Cahiers d’Art (after)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Medium: Lithograph on vélin paper Year: 1948 Paper Size: 16.54 x 11.81 inches Inscription: Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued Notes: From the album, Carnet de dessins de...
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Cubist 1940s Art

Materials

Lithograph

Siamese Cats by Orovida Pissarro - Animal etching
Located in London, GB
SOLD UNFRAMED Siamese Cats by Orovida Pissarro (1893-1968) Etching 10 x 7.5 cm (4 x 3 inches) Artist biography Orovida Camille Pissarro, Lucien and Esther Pissarro’s only child, wa...
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1940s Art

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Etching

Picasso, Composition, Carnet de dessins de Picasso, Cahiers d’Art (after)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Medium: Lithograph on vélin paper Year: 1948 Paper Size: 16.54 x 11.81 inches Inscription: Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued Notes: From the album, Carnet de dessins de...
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Cubist 1940s Art

Materials

Lithograph

Reclining French Woman's Artist Mirrored Reflection
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
5084 Mirror reflections of a French recling woman with artist in reflections in the mirror
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1940s Art

Materials

Oil

Belgian Pencil Sketch - Rustic Tavern
Located in Houston, TX
Detailed pencil sketch of a theater set depicting an old and rustic tavern, circa 1950. Original artwork on paper displayed on a white mat with a gol...
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1940s Art

Materials

Pencil, Paper

Colette II - Jewish Art, Post War, Oil Painting
Located in London, GB
JOSEPH FLOCH 1894-1977 Vienna 1894 – 1977 New York (Austrian) Title: Collette II, 1944 Technique: Signed Oil Painting on Canvas Size: 120 x 89 cm. / 47.2 x 35 in. Additional Inf...
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1940s Art

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Oil

"Pinpoint Abstraction"
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by: Charles Frederick Ramsey (1875 - 1951) Charles Frederick Ramsey is considered as important a leader among the New Hope Modernists, as Lathrop among the New Hope Impressionists. Ramsey, the son of prominent Philadelphia artist, Milne Ramsey...
Category

Abstract 1940s Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Original "Strong in the Strength of the Lord" vintage World War II poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original poster: Original World War II poster: Strong in the Strength of the Lord (L) Note that this is the large version of this poster. Acid-free archival linen-backed original WWII, U. S. Government printed vintage poster. A factory worker and a soldier all played a key part in the U.S. war effort. Published by the War Information Office in an attempt to foster greater cooperation between some different segments of society. AMERICANS SUFFER WHEN CARLESS TALK KILLS! Original 1943 U.S. Government (military propaganda) poster. Archival linen backed in A- - B+ condition, ready to frame. Note that WW2 U. S. Government posters were folded prior to being distributed. This is not considered a defect. The fold marks were restored during linen backing. Tiny chips along the bottom border. This poster promoted cooperation among various segments of American society- a woman, a soldier, and a factory worker. It is a mixture of crusading, religious, and industrial symbolism. The text quotes Henry Wallace, then Vice-President. Artist: Martin, David Stone...
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American Modern 1940s Art

Materials

Offset

IMMIGRANT FAMILY
Located in Portland, ME
Shahn, Ben. IMMIGRANT FAMILY. Serigraph, 1941. Prescott 2. Edition size unknown; Prescott knew of only 3. This copy unsigned. 11 1/2 x 18 inches (image), 19 1/4 x 25 1/4 (sheet), fra...
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1940s Art

Materials

Screen

Alfred Bendiner, The Son also Raises
Located in New York, NY
No matter the seriousness (or lack thereof) of the subject, everything is always beautifully drawn on the lithographic stone by Bendiner. Here a bull fight has gone amiss. Perhaps ...
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American Modern 1940s Art

Materials

Lithograph

"Hombre contemplando la luna" original etching
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original etching and aquatint. Printed in 1947 on Velin de Hollande paper and published in New York by the Quadrangle Press as the frontispiece of the deluxe edition of Rober...
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Surrealist 1940s Art

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

Original "R. M. S. Caronia, Cunard Line vintage cruise line poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original, linen-backed travel by Cunard Line cruise ship R.S.S. "Caronia" horizontal poster. This original poster is ready to frame. RMS Caronia ...
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American Realist 1940s Art

Materials

Lithograph

Picasso, étude pour la céramique, Céramiques de Picasso (Orozco 105) (after)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Medium: Collotype and lithograph on vélin gloss finish paper (to resemble the finish of ceramic), archivally hinged on vélin paper Year: 1948 Paper Size: 11.25 x 15 inches Catalogue ...
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Cubist 1940s Art

Materials

Lithograph

"Backless Fashion" by Bill Brandt
Located in London, GB
"Backless Fashion" by Bill Brandt 5th November 1949: Paris's latest fashion items place the accent on necklines, using roses, frills, and feathers to emphasize necks and bosoms. Thi...
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Modern 1940s Art

Materials

Black and White

Picasso, étude pour la céramique, Céramiques de Picasso (Orozco 105) (after)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Medium: Collotype and lithograph on vélin gloss finish paper (to resemble the finish of ceramic), archivally hinged on vélin paper Year: 1948 Paper Size: 11.25 x 15 inches Catalogue ...
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Cubist 1940s Art

Materials

Lithograph

Bullfighting Poster - Seville, 21 April 1947
Located in London, GB
Juan Reus (1912-2003) Original Vintage Bullfighting Poster April 1947 107cm x 53cm Juan Reus was born in 1912 in Valencia, where he became a well-known pain...
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Other Art Style 1940s Art

Materials

Lithograph

Old Injun
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Charles Banks Wilson, 'Old Injun', lithograph, 1948, edition 250, Hunt 39. Signed in pencil. A fine, richly-inked impression, on off-white wove paper, with full margins (1 3/4 to 2 inches), in excellent condition. Published by Associated American Artists. Impressions of this work are in the permanent collections of the following institutions: Ackland Art Museum, Georgetown University...
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American Realist 1940s Art

Materials

Lithograph

Recruits, Original Christmas cover for Judge magazine, WWI Soldier Santa
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Original Christmas cover for Judge magazine, published December 22, 1917. Santa is dressed as a World War I soldier with a sack of toys holding a drum and toy soldiers. Orson Byro...
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Other Art Style 1940s Art

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Canvas, Oil

'Central Railroad' — Mid-Century African-American Artist
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Charles Elmer Harris (Beni E. Kosh), Untitled (Central Railroad), watercolor, c. 1945. Estate stamped verso, 'Beni E Kosh COLLECTION' and numbered '697' in ink. A fine, modernist re...
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American Modern 1940s Art

Materials

Watercolor, India Ink

Matisse, Série L, var. 19 (Duthuit 9), Dessins, Thèmes et variations (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin pur fil paper. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Henri Matisse, Dessins, Thèmes et Variations, 19...
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Modern 1940s Art

Materials

Lithograph

Original Vintage World War II Poster for Pilots - Stop This Taxi Carefully
Located in Boca Raton, FL
In this WWII-era safety poster, a mid-ground collision between two aircraft is captured at the moment of impact. One aircraft, rendered in black and viewed from above, has struck the...
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1940s Art

Materials

Lithograph

Stan Laurel & Oliver Hardy - Comedians Traveling Road Sign
Located in Fort Washington, PA
This Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy illustration was used as a traveling show sign for the comedy duo. Medium: Oil on Wood Panel Signature: Unsigned
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1940s Art

Materials

Wood, Oil, Panel, Wood Panel

Still life of peaches and cherries oil on canvas painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
José Miret Aleu (1912-1999) - Still life of peaches and cherries - Oil on canvas Oil measurements 50x61 cm. Frameless. Painter born in Barcelona in 1912. He studied drawing at the B...
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Impressionist 1940s Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"The Clever Sister.", Story Illustration for Woman's Home Companion
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: December, 1946 Medium: Gouache and Graphite on Board Dimensions: 17.50" x 26.75" Signature: Unsigned "The Clever Sister." Illustration for the first part of the story of the s...
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1940s Art

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Gouache, Board, Graphite

Matisse, Série P, var. 2 (Duthuit 9), Dessins, Thèmes et variations (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin pur fil paper. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Henri Matisse, Dessins, Thèmes et Variations, 19...
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Modern 1940s Art

Materials

Lithograph

Weegee "Distortion: Stripes"
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Innovative, provocative, inimitable - these are just a few of the words to describe America's boldest photographer. Arthur Fellig, better known as Weegee (1899-1968) was a ground-breaking, successful (and notorious) photojournalist. His images shot on the streets of New York City are iconic and influential. In the 1930s he became the first New York City press photographer to obtain permission to install a police radio in his car. This allowed him to follow the city's first responders and to document their duties; responding to fire, crime, debauchery and of course, murder. By the early 1940s Weegee was experiencing fatigue with crime reportage. Ironically, this was also the point when he finally began experiencing professional validation and acclaim, to the point of being a minor celebrity. Notably in 1941 he was included in The MoMA's seminal "50 Photographs by 50 Photographers" (curated by Edward Steichen). The museum would also acquire five Weegee photographs...
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American Modern 1940s Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Matisse, Série D, var. 9 (Duthuit 9), Dessins, Thèmes et variations (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin pur fil paper. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Henri Matisse, Dessins, Thèmes et Variations, 19...
Category

Modern 1940s Art

Materials

Lithograph

Matisse, Série O, var. 18 (Duthuit 9), Dessins, Thèmes et variations (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin pur fil paper. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Henri Matisse, Dessins, Thèmes et Variations, 19...
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Modern 1940s Art

Materials

Lithograph

Bullfighting Poster - Castellón 13 March 1944
Located in London, GB
Juan Reus (1912-2003) Original Vintage Bullfighting Poster March 1944 107cm x 53cm Juan Reus was born in 1912 in Valencia, where he became a well-known pain...
Category

Other Art Style 1940s Art

Materials

Lithograph

"Personnages sur un fond noir" pochoir
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: pochoir (after Miro). This rare pochoir was printed in 1949 and published in Paris by Cahiers d'Art. Image size: 7 1/2 x 11 1/4 inches (193 x 287 mm). Sheet size: 9 x 12 1/4 ...
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Surrealist 1940s Art

Materials

Lithograph

Le Sourire 1
Located in Henderson, NV
This impression (after the original woodcut) was printed on japon paper in 1943 in an edition of 250, and is one of Gauguin's beautiful Tahiti compositions. Image size: 4 1/4 x 7 1/4...
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Post-Impressionist 1940s Art

Materials

Lithograph

Antique oil Amsterdam Leidseplein City Scape 1940's
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
5187 Oil on canvas of Leidseplein in Amsterdam Image size 20x16"
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1940s Art

Materials

Oil

"Shrimp"
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Signed Lower Right Bror Julius Olsson “B.J.O.” Nordfeldt (1878 - 1955) Bror Julius Olsson was born in Tullstrop, Sweden in 1878. He immigrated to the United States in 1891, later adopting his mother’s maiden name of Nordfeldt. Beginning his art studies at the Art Institute of Chicago where he was chosen to assist fellow artist, Albert Herter, with a large mural project for the McCormick Harvester Company. In 1900, he was sent to Paris by McCormick to help set up the completed mural at the Paris Exposition. While there, he studied briefly at the Academie Julian before traveling to England to study woodblock printmaking under F. Morley Fletcher. Returning to Chicago in 1903, Nordfeldt would spend the next ten years painting mainly figurative works in an academic style similar to that of the Old Masters. By the mid-teens he had developed a bold dramatic modernist style and divided his time between New York and Provincetown, Massachusetts. There, he invented the “Provincetown Print...
Category

American Modern 1940s Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Snow in Forest, Mid-Century Winter Landscape, Cleveland School Artist
Located in Beachwood, OH
Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000) Snow in the Forest, 1945 Watercolor on paper Signed and dated lower right 19 x 23.75 inches 24 x 29 inches, framed Clarence Holbrook C...
Category

American Modern 1940s Art

Materials

Watercolor

John Wayne in Car
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white portrait of actor John Wayne on the set of a movie, driving a car, circa 1947. John Wayne, nicknamed "the Duke", was an American actor who became a popular icon thro...
Category

Contemporary 1940s Art

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

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