1940s Art

Work on canvas Frame in molding and beige gray wood 50 x 63 x 6 cm

Signed lower right, in graphite, 'Frances Pratt' (American, 1913-2003) and dated 1947. Born in Glen Ridge, New Jersey, Frances Pratt moved to New York City where she studied at the ...

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This vivid oil on board, signed by Abraham P. Hankins, showcases the artist's engagement with urban and industrial themes. Titled Tugboat, the work captures a bold red tugboat positi...

"Le Baiser d'apres Boucher", Impressionist Portrait, Oil Painting, Signed By French artist Claude Benard, (1926 - 2016) Signed and dated '1947' by the artist on the lower left hand c...

Blas, Camilo (Peruvian, 1903-1985). JARANA CON JAZZ BAND.Linocut, 1940. Titled, signed, and dated in ink in the lower margin. 11 x 13 1/4 inches (image) plus margins, Framed to 22 3/...

Jacques BOULLAIRE Mythological Beauty Original etching Printed signature in the plate On Arches vellum 30 x 25 cm (c. 12 x 10 inch) Printed in Haasen workshop in 1943 Excellent con...

Three velvet-capped women huddle in gossip as another looks on during an October 1949 Vogue photoshoot entitled "Young Velvets, Young Prices". Taken from the roof of the Condé Nast ...

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 x 7 1/4 inc...

Andre Masson, French (1896–1987) Date: 1945 Lithograph on Pur Fil Marais, signed and numbered in pencil Edition, 30 Image Size: 12.5 x 8.5 inches Size: 19.75 x 13 in. (50.17 x 33.02 ...

Charming painting of a mother and child. Very interesting early to mid 20th century oil on board. It is signed Muller. It could be a listed artist, but frankly there are too many Mu...

A vibrant, MidCentury Modern 1940s summer landscape painting of a Vermont river by notable Chicago artist, Harold Haydon. A picturesque, quiet scene painted near the artist's longti...

A compelling 1940s WPA-era modernist watercolor by Charles Ragland Bunnell depicting a figurative village landscape set against mountainous terrain, where clustered houses, small hum...

Marital portrait is a modern artwork realized by Alberto Savinio in 1948. Pencil on paper. Hand signed by the artist and dedicated to Raffaele Carrieri. Certificate of authenticity by Ruggero Savinio...

View of Rome is an original drawing in pen realized by Luigi Montanarini in 1947. Hand-signed by the artist on the lower right margin. Passepartout: 48.5 x 65 Good condition excep...

Original poster: AOA to USA, American Overseas Airlines. THERE'S ALWAYS SUNSHINE ABOVE THE CLOUDS. This poster is archival linen-backed...

Mosaic on cement panel. Exhibitions: - "Massimo Campigli - Mediterraneità e Modernità", Darmstadt 2003, ed. Mazzotta, Klaus Wolbert, n. 218, p. 333 (full page).   - "Il Tempo dell...

A unique pair of vintage herbarium / botanical displays collected and created by S. Lindwald in June 1946 in Sweden. These botanical specimen are preserved behind glass in a new doub...

ROI PARTRIDGE (1888-1964) PHOTOGRAM c 1940 Gelatin Silver Print c. 1940 9 ½ x 7 ¾ signed & titled. Mounted on card. Partridge was a well known California etcher. He was married...

Wings for Victory -- The Sky's the Limit for Wartime Saving Original vintage Second World War poster Lithograph 50 x 37 cm Dated to 1943 This 'Wings for Victory' poster was a prop...

Vivan Bewick Allegory of St George slaying the Dragon Gouache 22 x 13 cm Signed to reverse along with the Golden Hinde, probably for publication in Swillbin or similar. This goua...

Bright and colorful basket of flowers by Los Angeles, California artist Muriel Fleming Merritt (American, 1889-1976). Colorful flowers are arranged in a basket, with a little bit of ...

Ludwig Meidner (1884-1966) 'Self-Portrait with Cap' ‍ Pencil drawing on thin vellum 28 x 20 cm Dated '23/25 II 1946' and '5706', not signed Ludwig Meidner’s arresting and powerful...

The print is signed and dated in pencil on the front of the mount; titled, dated, stamped and labelled on the back of the mount. This rare vintage enlargement comes from the Museum...

Henri Matisse, French (1869 - 1954) - Two Faces, Year: 1948, Medium: Etching on Arches, Image Size: 11 x 13.75 inches, Size: 13 x 19.75 in. (33.02 x 50.17 cm), Provenance: From the ...

Work on cardboard Golden wooden frame 41 x 50.5 x 6 cm

Color cliché print after Pablo Picasso, titled “Composition”, edited by Editions du Chêne, Paris, France, 1943. This rare color cliché print presents a striking composition that ref...

Le Croates en Allemagne is an original drawing in ink and watercolor realized by Herbert Knotel in 1930/40s. Good condition except for being aged. The artwork is depicted through strong lines in well-balanced conditions. Herbert Knotel was a german artist, son and pupil of the famous uniformologist and military historian Richard Knotel. He served as officer under Marshal Hindenburg in the Prussian Army...

Vintage American school modernist abstract painting. Oil on canvas. Housed in a great period modernist silver leaf frame.

Surrealist Nocturnal Hawaiian Figurative Landscape w. Blue Skirted Woman & Moon by Marguerite Louis Blasingame Striking mid century modern Hawaiian noct...

Work on wood

The circa 1947 original travel poster by Paul Champseix for SNCF (French National Railway Company) promoting the Téléphérique d'Artouste and related automobile services departing fro...

Francis Chapin was one of the most celebrated painters in Chicago during his lifetime. When he was a young art student, Valley House founder, Donald Vogel, painted with "Chape" on th...

China ink drawing realized by Mino Maccari in the mid-20th Century. Hand signed lower right. Very good condition except for some halos in the top and bottom corners.

This is one of the famous theater's in Montmartre where all the paintings and artists gathered in the famous square. Gen Paul (1895-1955 Fr.) lived in Montmartre, Paris France. He is...

Lotte Jacobi Chaim Weizmann Photograph Year: 1948 Size: 13.9x10.8in Signed in the print Lotte Jacobi Copyright Annotation lower left, recto Ref.: 924802-1355 Lotte Jacobi (August 17, 1896 – May 6, 1990) was a leading American portrait photographer and photojournalist, known for her high-contrast black-and-white portrait photography, characterized by intimate, sometimes dramatic, sometimes idiosyncratic and often definitive humanist depictions of both ordinary people in the United States and Europe and some of the most important artists, thinkers and activists of the 20th century. Jacobi's photographic style stressed informality, and sought to delve deeper into the traits of her subjects than traditional portraiture. She made a point of photographing subjects in their own environments, and talking to them while she worked. She explained the reasoning behind her approach this way: "I just try and get people to talk, to relax, to be themselves. I don't like a passive, bored subject. I do portraits because I like people, and I want to bring out their personalities. Many photographers today, I think, are bringing out the worst part of people. I try and bring out the best." Jacobi is perhaps best known for her "portrait of Albert Einstein (Princeton, 1938), whom she photographed candidly, seated at his desk, dishevelled and dressed in a leather jacket, a work that was refused by Life magazine for its simplicity." Other personality-driven portraits include "Eleanor Roosevelt sitting back, gesturing, and obviously speaking in midsentence; Marc Chagall depicted as a jovial family man; Thomas Mann appearing as thoughtful as his work; and more candid, gentle portraits of Einstein." Other celebrated subjects included poets W. H. Auden, Robert Frost, and May Sarton; philosopher Martin Buber; writer J.D. Salinger; writer and activist W. E. B. Du Bois; scientist Max Planck; artist Käthe Kollwitz; the actress and singer Lotte Lenya; the singer and activist Paul Robeson...

Lotte Jacobi Chaim Weizmann Photograph Year: 1948 Size: 8.75x7.25in Annotated by hand on verso in pencil Ref.: 924802-1353 Lotte Jacobi (August 17, 1896 – May 6, 1990) was a leading American portrait photographer and photojournalist, known for her high-contrast black-and-white portrait photography, characterized by intimate, sometimes dramatic, sometimes idiosyncratic and often definitive humanist depictions of both ordinary people in the United States and Europe and some of the most important artists, thinkers and activists of the 20th century. Jacobi's photographic style stressed informality, and sought to delve deeper into the traits of her subjects than traditional portraiture. She made a point of photographing subjects in their own environments, and talking to them while she worked. She explained the reasoning behind her approach this way: "I just try and get people to talk, to relax, to be themselves. I don't like a passive, bored subject. I do portraits because I like people, and I want to bring out their personalities. Many photographers today, I think, are bringing out the worst part of people. I try and bring out the best." Jacobi is perhaps best known for her "portrait of Albert Einstein (Princeton, 1938), whom she photographed candidly, seated at his desk, dishevelled and dressed in a leather jacket, a work that was refused by Life magazine for its simplicity." Other personality-driven portraits include "Eleanor Roosevelt sitting back, gesturing, and obviously speaking in midsentence; Marc Chagall depicted as a jovial family man; Thomas Mann appearing as thoughtful as his work; and more candid, gentle portraits of Einstein." Other celebrated subjects included poets W. H. Auden, Robert Frost...

Work on canvas Golden wooden frame 58 x 50 x 5 cm

The 1949 original poster by Atelier Perceval for Air France Messageries stands as a striking example of mid-20th-century travel advertising, capturing the spirit of innovation, effic...

Pencil drawing realized by Mino Maccari in 1945 ca. Hand signed in the lower center. Very good condition.

Alvin H. Schwartz (American, 1916-2000), "The Excursion Incident" Edition 3/9, Figurative/ Illustration Lithograph signed and numbered in Pencil, 11 x 14, Mid 20th Century, 1940 Col...

Laundry Day (Untitled), c. 1940s, oil on canvas, signed lower left, 30 x 24 inches Florence Walton Pomeroy was a New Jersey-based artist who primarily created portraits, still life...

Medium: lithograph (after the original Edouard Vuillard lithograph). Printed on Renage wove paper in 1948 by the atelier Mourlot and published in an edition of 2500. Size: 12 3/8 x 9...

Oil on canvas

Stunning and powerful dead nature starred in a bouquet of lush flowers in a blue vase leaning on a small auxiliary table. The background is dark, enhancing the luminosity and chromat...

Juan Reus (1912-2003) Original Vintage Bullfighting Poster May 1942 107cm x 53cm Juan Reus was born in 1912 in Valencia, where he became a well-known paint...

Work on canvas

Le Croates is an original drawing in ink and watercolor realized by Herbert Knotel in 1930/40s. Good condition except for being aged. The artwork is depicted through strong lines i...

China ink drawing on paper realized by Mino Maccari in 1940 ca. Hand signed lower right. Very good condition.

Work on cardboard Golden wooden frame 51 x 43.5 x 4 cm

Paper Size: 41 x 27 inches ( 104.14 x 68.58 cm ) Image Size: 39 x 25.25 inches ( 99.06 x 64.135 cm ) Framed: No Condition: D: Heavy signs of wear, Torn, Damaged. SOLD AS IS. Price...

Vintage b/w photograph realized by Robert Capa in 1941. Copyright Magnum Photos and Agenzia Contrasto. Excellent condition.

Barnet, Will. SWING AT DUSK. Szoke 95, Cole 94, Johnson 81. Lithograph, 1947. Edition of 25, printed by the artist on Rives Paper. 10 7/8 x 14 inches (image), 15 1/2 x 22 7/8 inches ...

Mosaic on cement panel.  Bibliography: Domus 1948, p. 38; Wagner 2003, p. 88. Exhibitions:  - "Massimo Campigli - Mediterraneità e Modernità", Darmstadt 2003, ed. Mazzotta, Klaus ...

Color cliché print after Pablo Picasso, titled “Composition”, edited by Editions du Chêne, Paris, France, 1943. This rare color cliché print presents a striking composition that ref...

Color cliché print after Pablo Picasso, titled “Composition”, edited by Editions du Chêne, Paris, France, 1943. This rare color cliché print presents a striking composition that ref...

Color cliché print after Pablo Picasso, titled “Composition”, edited by Editions du Chêne, Paris, France, 1943. This rare color cliché print presents a striking composition that ref...

Color cliché print after Pablo Picasso, titled “Composition”, edited by Editions du Chêne, Paris, France, 1943. This rare color cliché print presents a striking composition that ref...

Color cliché print after Pablo Picasso, titled “Composition”, edited by Editions du Chêne, Paris, France, 1943. This rare color cliché print presents a striking composition that ref...

Signed lower right, 'L. Grandgerard' for Lucien Henri Grandgerard (French, 1880-1970) and painted circa 1945. Framed dimensions: 17.75 H x 1.75 D x 22 W inches Born in Nancy, Lucien...