1940s Art

This exquisite lithograph after Henri Matisse (1869–1954), titled Serie N Gc’S, var. 5 (Series N Gc’S, Variation 5), from the album Henri Matisse, Dessins, Themes et Variations (Draw...

This exquisite lithograph after Henri Matisse (1869–1954), titled Serie E, var. 4 (Series E, Variation 4), from the album Henri Matisse, Dessins, Themes et Variations (Drawings, Them...

Andre JACQUEMIN Magpie Near a River 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 condi...

Hand signed. Edition of 121 copies printed by Igino Alessandrini. One of the only 15 prints in Roman Numerals on light blue Fabriano Paper. Image dimensions: 46 x 30 cm. Bibliograph...

Clayton Knight drew a careful rendering of the plane -- even showing how it would look in the air as it banked. Edward Stinson was an accomplished, eve...

Antique American modernist oil painting by Harry Lane. Oil on canvas, circa 1940. Signed. Exhibited. Framed. Image size, 20L x 16H.

Cubist gouache figural of a man wearing a sombrero and boots contrasted against a scumbled and dry-brush background of ochre, deep crimson red and umber. Signed lower left, "Jakobse...

A sensitively painted portrait of the artist's daughter, Nancy, aged two and a half, shown wearing a floral-striped, jade green gingham dress. Signed lower right, 'Martha Tracy Fre...

This exquisite lithograph after Henri Matisse (1869–1954), titled Serie E, var. 8 (Series E, Variation 8), from the album Henri Matisse, Dessins, Themes et Variations (Drawings, Them...

Abstract Composition is an original etching artwork realized by Ivan Mosca in 1949. Hand-signed on the lower right. numbered, edition 31/50 good conditions. Passpartout included: 26 x 19.5 The artwork representing an abstract composition,in a well-balanced composition through confident and strong strokes. Ivan Mosca (Parma, 1915 - Rome, 2005) was an Italian artist and painter. He moved to Milan where he attended the School of Book and the Istituto Superiore per le Industrie Artistiche in Monza. He was interested in abstract art and met the artists of the Gallery "Il Milione", such as Osvaldo Licini, Manlio Rho...

This exquisite lithograph after Henri Matisse (1869–1954), titled Serie F, var. 7 (Series F, Variation 7), from the album Henri Matisse, Dessins, Themes et Variations (Drawings, Them...

Dorothy Rivo Lakeside Picnic, c. 1940s–50s Watercolor on paper Framed dimensions: 30 in. H × 24 in. W Presented in a contemporary gold frame with archival mat Brimming with light an...

This exquisite lithograph after Henri Matisse (1869–1954), titled Serie F, var. 4 (Series F, Variation 4), from the album Henri Matisse, Dessins, Themes et Variations (Drawings, Them...

This exquisite lithograph by Henri Matisse (1869–1954), titled Lithographie IX (Lithograph IX), from the album Repli, Gravures de Henri Matisse (Repli, Engravings by Henri Matisse), ...

Ex Libris - Constant Van Dyk is a Modern Artwork realized in 1944, by M. Mentink, from Holland. Ex Libris. Lithograph on ivory paper. Signed on plate and dat...

This exquisite lithograph by Andre Derain (1880–1954), titled Le Port (The Harbor), from Verve, Revue Artistique et Litteraire, Vol. II, No. 8, originates from the 1940 issue publish...

Tropical Still Life with Green Pot and Ukulele in Oil on Canvas Vibrant still life by Santa Cruz County artist N. Weber (20th Century). There are ...

This exquisite lithograph after Henri Matisse (1869–1954), titled Serie I, var. 1 (Series I, Variation 1), from the album Henri Matisse, Dessins, Themes et Variations (Drawings, Them...

Signed upper left, 'Gilberg' for Robert George Gilberg (American, 1911-1970) and painted circa 1948. A substantial, mid-century watercolor abstract comprising interrelated geometric...

This exquisite lithograph by Andre Derain (1880–1954), titled Le Diner (The Dinner), from Verve, Revue Artistique et Litteraire, Vol. II, No. 8, originates from the 1940 issue publis...

A Autograph Letter Signed by Filippo de Pisis accompanies a b/w photographic portrait (cm 11 x 9) of the young Italian artist, with his Basque-hat on his head, smoking a pipe and with his parrot on his shoulder. This composition, in perfect condition, is mounted under passepartout, plexiglass, and gilded frame (cm 40.5 x 2 x 54.5). The manuscript is addresses to Gaetano Chiurazzi. Venice, January 20th 1947. One page, single-sided. On letterhead paper “Ne nous embarbouillons pas dans les métaphores” (Balzac). cm 23 x 14.5. In 16°. In Italian. Signed “F. de Pisis”. Excellent condition, except for usual folds. Perfectly readable An affectionate greeting letter written with a rapid calligraphy by the artist had just returned to Italy, to Venice, after a short stay in Paris, with the first symptoms of a disease that will lead him to death. The artist writes to his friend, the Italian gallerist, Gaetano Chiurazzi (Naples,1899- Rome,1967), best-known as "Tanino". This letter will be delivered to Tanino by a great admirer and collector of de Pesis. A manuscript demonstrates how de Pisis spent his life: between Rome, Paris and Venice, living a very extravagant lifestyle; he had a pet parrot named Coco, and in Venice he was one of a handful of residents at the time who used a gondola. He had two personal gondoliers on 24-hour duty, who wore black-and-gold livery. Filippo de Pisis (born Luigi Filippo Tibertelli, Ferrara 1896 – Brugherio 1956) When he was 20 years old, the young painter from Ferrara had a meeting that changed his life. During his military service, he met the "Dioscuri", the brothers De Chirico and then Carrà. He was sure impressed by their way of seeing painting and, at the beginning, shared the metaphysical style. After a short stay in Rome and Paris, at the beginning of the 1920's, he started to rework his style, made of suggestions and original subjects, where the pictorial line is fragmented and, therefore, defined by Eugenio Montale as "fly-paw painting". The friendship with Julius Evola...

The Interview is a Pen Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in the 1940s. Hand-signed on the lower. Good condition. Mino Maccari (Siena, 1924-Rome, June 16, 1989) was an ...

Mario Grenville made this print for the publishing program of Associated American Artists. It was issued in 1945 making it a calm antidote to the ending of World War II, although it ...

Beautiful poster by André Golven for the ERP: New Sap, Better Life The European Recovery Program (ERP), later known as the Marshall Plan, was a U.S.-sponsored program designed to re...

Fiocchetto is an artwork realized by Elica Balla (Rome,1914 - 1993) Hand signed lower right. Hand signed and titled o rear. Good conditions!

Roger WILD Young Girl and Musician Cupids 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...

This lithograph is signed in pencil under the image at the lower right. Just above that, in the image, are the artist's initials and the date, 1942. This well-known walkway on the P...

Lithograph on vélin paper. Paper size: 9.25 x 12.25 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the album, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Dessinateur, 1948. Publ...

Lithograph on vélin papier pur chiffon paper. Paper Size: 10 x 7.375 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the album, Les chants de Maldoror, illustrat...

Woodcut on vélin Utopian paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition. Notes: From the folio, Gauguin, A portfolio of 12 color woodblocks, Paul Gauguin, French, 1848-1903 from the collection of the Museum Of Fine Arts, Boston, 1946. Rendered by Albert Carman (1899-1949); published the Museum Of Fine Arts, Boston and The Studio Publications, Inc., New York and London; printed by Holme Press Inc., New York, in an edition of MMMD. Excerpted from the folio, Paul Gauguin and Emil Bernard at Pont-Aven, Brittany, in 1888, each made a bas-relief, wooden panel to decorate a piece of furniture for a friend. In order to keep a record of their designs, a few inked impressions were made on paper. The illustration at left is a reproduction of a print which is possibly one of the above mentioned. It is further possible that this experiment later gave Gauguin the idea of making woodcuts. Just as his work in painting expressed a revolt against the overemphasis on factual representation of the nineteenth century in favor of decorative pattern and color, so also his woodcuts leaned strongly to the same side of the balance. Ten of the cuts reproduced (all excepting Soyez Amoureuses and Changement de Residence), which constitute the whole of his best known series, were made at Pont-Aven beginning in the fall of 1894, after Gauguin's return from his first trip to Tahiti and after he broke his ankle. They were at first roughly cut with a common carpenter's gouge, and the flat surfaces sandpapered and engraved with a sharp in-strument, perhaps an engraver's burin. A few trial proofs were printed in black ink only. Then the hollows were deepened with a woodcutter's gouge and highlights were added. An edition of thirty to fifty impressions of each subject, with the addition of color blocks (one, two or three), was made by Louis Roy...

Outstanding pencil on paper Abstract drawing. Marcel Dumont was a Liège artist who painted in oils and gouache, also produced collages and was an illustrator and engraver, doing so in a number of different styles. Early on in his career, he tended to produce paintings displaying a poetic realism but this changed over time until, in 1957, he was employing geometric abstraction and later still, the influence of pop art could be discerned. His geometric style has strong linear structure which occasionally veers to expressionism and the effect of this is an interesting sense of detachment that the viewer of the work can feel and one engages with the subject on a different level than one would normally expect. A critic wrote of him," Sometimes expressionist, sometimes linear, the abstraction forms itself willingly, in Marcel Dumont's world, to leave the rectangular structure to connect to carefully prepared tones. He retains also, in his abundant output, a few poetic pop-art collages together with a number of drawings and engravings illustrating Stefan Zweig...

This exquisite etching by Marie Laurencin (1883–1956), titled Jeune femme inquiète (Anxious Young Woman), from the album Antares, eaux-fortes originales de Marie Laurencin (Antares, ...

This exquisite lithograph and pochoir after Max Ernst (1891–1976), titled Portrait dinsecte (Portrait of an Insect), from the album Cahiers dArt No. 24, 1949, originates from the 194...

Antique American regionalist modern landscape oil painting. Oil on canvas, circa 1940. Signed. Displayed in a period modern frame. Image, 30"L x 25"H.

"Conductor" WPA American Scene. Social Realism. Mid 20th Century. Modern. Music. Mervin M Jules (1912-1994 "Conductor" 8 1/2 x 11 1/4 inches Casein on paper, c. 1940s Signed lower r...

This exquisite lithograph after Henri Matisse (1869–1954), titled Serie K, var. 2 (Series K, Variation 2), from the album Henri Matisse, Dessins, Themes et Variations (Drawings, Them...

A Quirky, Humorous 1950s Mid-Century Modern Cartoon Illustration Ink Drawing Depicting a Women's Committee Meeting by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). Artwor...

Elder woman walking down the street with her handcart, 1940s till 1950s. Keywords: street; cobblestone; postwar period; woman; hardship; plight; city; poverty; late 1940s; early 195...

Soldiers and civilians having dinner and dancing in a night club in London during World War II, 1st November 1941. Original Publication: Picture Post – PP 917 – The Night Life of London – pub...

Andre JACQUEMIN Sculptures in Paris 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 condi...

This 1942 original travel poster, designed by Herman Verbaere, was commissioned by the Belgian National Railway (SNCB) to promote Ghent (Gand) as a premier travel destination accessi...

Souvenirs is an original woodcut on paper realized by André Roland Brudieux in 1940s. Including a white cardboard passepartout (49 x 34 cm). Monogram of the artist (AP) on the right...

Albert Abramovitz was an amazingly skilled wood engraver. This California Mission scene is unusual in his work, but carries the subject so well. It is signed and titled in pencil.

JJ Nowotny Untitled, 1944 (date partially obscured but appears to be '44) Oil on canvas 24 x 30 in. Framed: 31 x 37 x 2 in. Signed and dated lower right

Watercolor drawing on paper realized by Maccari in 1940s. Hand signed lower left. Very good condition.

Leonetto Cappiello's original 1949 poster for "Le Thermogène engendre la chaleur et combat : toux, rhumatismes, points de côté" is a striking piece of adve...

Antique American modernist landscape painting by Marion D Freeman Wakeman (1891 - 1953). Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed. Image size, 26H x 20L

Hand signed and dated. Signed on plate. Very good conditions Passepartout included : 49 x 34 cm Image Dimensions : 25 x16 cm This artwork is shipped from Italy. Under existing legis...

Ink and Watercolor drawing realized by Mino Maccari in 1945 ca. Hand signed lower right. Very good condition.

This exquisite lithograph after Henri Matisse (1869–1954), titled Serie K, var. 1 (Series K, Variation 1), from the album Henri Matisse, Dessins, Themes et Variations (Drawings, Them...

This exquisite lithograph by Georges Rouault (1871–1958), titled Les Deux Anciens (The Two Elders), from the album Georges Rouault, Divertissement, originates from the 1943 edition p...

This exquisite lithograph by Georges Rouault (1871–1958), titled Acrobate (Acrobat), from the album Georges Rouault, Divertissement, originates from the 1943 edition published by Edi...

Vintage French modern landscape oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed. Measuring: 22 by 28 inches overall, and 19.25 by 25.25 painting alone. Excellent condition, ready to hang...

This 1945 original U.S. Treasury poster arrives not as a call to arms, but as a declaration of triumph — visual proof that patriotism has a monetary form. Issued in the final year of...

Modern abstract painting by Margaret Balzer Cantieni (1914-2002). Tempera on wood board. Signed in lower right corner "Balzer '46". Painting measures 1 1" x 14" with frame 16 1/2" x 19 1/2". Margaret Balzer studied at the Art Institute of Chicago with Lyonel Feininger, Josef Albers and William Stanley Hayter...

This exquisite lithograph after Henri Matisse (1869–1954), titled Serie B, var. 7 (Series B, Variation 7), from the album Henri Matisse, Dessins, Themes et Variations (Drawings, Them...

A portrait of Frida Kahlo taken in 1945 by Leo Matiz. The photograph was printed in 1991 and hand-signed and numbered on the reverse. Unframed. Artist: Leo Matiz, Colombian (1917 ...

Untitled (Houses and Railroad Tracks), c. 1940s, oil on canvas board, signed lower right, 16 x 20 inches, presented in a newer frame This work is part of our exhibition America Coas...

“The First Flag Raising at an American Public School, 1812,” for DuPont Safety Calendar, published 1941. The published caption reads: "The ideals symbolized by our flag were includ...

Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) - Élégie d'Ihpetonga, Masks of Ashes, Planche I Lithograph from 1949. A copy from a limited edition of 16/64 (photocopy of the colophon is included). Onl...