1950s Art

Pablo PICASSO Ballet : The Dancer, 1954 Original lithograph Printed signature in the plate Unnumbered On light vellum 31 x 22 cm (c. 12,2 x 8,7 in) REFERENCES : - Catalog raisonne...

An Alpine Scene In Winter by Toni Frissell The St. Anton ski resort, Austria, 1955. (Toni Frissell) Limited signature stamped edition print 40 x 60" inches / 101 x 152 cm paper siz...

Pablo PICASSO La Petite Corrida, 1957 Original lithograph Printed signature in the plate On wove paper 31 x 24 cm (c. 12 x 10 in) Edition San Lazarro, 1958 - The edition was of ab...

Medium: original lithograph. This lithograph is from the rare 1952 "Improvisations" portfolio, published by the Artists Equity Association of New York on the occasion of the 1952 Spr...

Pablo Picasso The Ballet Dancer, 1954 Lithograph on paper 32 x 24 cm - sheet 52.5 x 39 cm - Framed with 92% UV resistant non-reflective artglass unknown edition size Printed signatur...

Artist: Fernand Leger (1881–1955) Title: Untitled (Sans titre) Year: October 5, 1950 Medium: Lithograph on velin d'Arches paper Paper Size: 16.63 x 12.69 inches (42.24 x 32.23 cm) Co...

A stunning depiction a romantic Parisian street scene painted in 1957. We are drawn to the playful use of light and how the rain sparkles on the sidewalk. Figures go about in the day...

A large, cheerful 1950s American Scene, Mid-Century Modern oil painting, "The Picnic" by notable Chicago artist, Walter Burt Adams (Am. 1903-1990). A vibrant, painterly depiction of...

Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) - Femmes Lithograph from 1957. Edition 275 impressions. With Arches watermark. Dimensions of work: 44.5 x 33.5 cm. Publisher: Fernand Mourlot Éditeur,...

Abstract Composition, "Nattligt" (Nocturnal) possibly from Blidö, Swedish island in the archipelago. Oil on canvas laid on panel, signed with monogram lower centre "UW". The present...

Medium: pochoir (after the gouache). Printed in Paris in 1959 at the atelier of Daniel Jacomet and published by the Berggruen Gallery. Image size: 5 3/8 x 7 3/4 inches (138 x 198 mm)...

Medium: pochoir. Printed in 1952 for the Temoignages pour l'art abstrait portfolio (Witnesses for Abstract Art) and published by Editions d'Art d'Aujourd'hui in an edition of 1500. S...

Marc Chagall (1887-1985) - La Bastille Lithograph from 1954. A rare artist’s proof (épreuve d’artiste) on Arches paper, produced outside the limited numbered edition of only 75 imp...

Artist: Henri Matisse (1869–1954) (after) Title: Mrs. Colette (Mrs. Colette) Year: December 20, 1954 Medium: Heliogravure on grand velin Renage filigrane a la marque de l'editeur pap...

Artist: Henri Matisse (1869–1954) (after) Title: Blue Nude IX (Nu Bleu XI) Year: July 28, 1958 Medium: Lithograph on velin du Marais paper Paper Size: 14 x 10.5 inches (35.56 x 26.67...

Artist: Henri Matisse (1869–1954) (after) Title: Ballerina (Ballerine) Year: 1952 Medium: Lithograph on velin paper Paper Size: 15 x 11 inches (38.1 x 27.94 cm) Condition: Well prese...

Artist: Ellsworth Kelly (1923–2015) Title: Orange Shape (Forme Orange) Year: 1958 Medium: Lithograph on velin paper Paper Size: 15 x 11 inches (38.1 x 27.94 cm) Condition: Well prese...

Toshi Yoshida, 'Woman In Bagdad', color woodblock print, 1954, edition not stated. Signed, dated, and titled, in pencil. A fine, richly-inked impression, with fresh colors, on cream-wove Japan paper; the full sheet with margins (1/2 to 7/8 inch); minor toning in the margins, otherwise in excellent condition. Self-carved and self-printed by the artist. Archivally sleeved, unmatted. Image size 14 13/16 x 9 7/8 inches; sheet size 16 1/4 x 11 inches (oban tate-e). Literature: Oliver Statler, Modern Japanese Prints: An Art Reborn, 1959, pp. 168–69. Eugene M. Skibbe, “Yoshida Toshi 1911–1999: Diversity, Change, and Continuity in the Yoshida Art Tradition,” Andon, no. 53, Society for Japanese Arts, 1996, pp. 5–14. Kendall H. Brown, “Yoshida Toshi: The Nature of Tranquility,” in A Japanese Legacy: Four Generations of Yoshida Family Artists, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 2002, pp. 72–80; Woman in Bagdad catalogued p. 91, no. 55. Exhibitions: 'Japan & Beyond: The Yoshida Family Legacy in Japanese Woodblock Prints', curated by Kendall Brown and Quyen Le, The Ruth and Sherman Lee Institute for Japanese Art, Hanford, CA. February 3, 2004 - March 27, 2004. 'Color in Relief: Wood Block Prints from Origins to Abstraction', Georgetown University Library, 2016. Collections: Art Institute of Chicago, Clark Center for Japanese Art and Culture, Minneapolis Institute of Art, University of California Merced, University of Oregon (The Lavenberg Collection of Japanese Prints). ABOUT THIS WORK Woman in Bagdad belongs to an important group of figure studies Yoshida created in 1954 as he moved beyond the naturalistic landscape tradition associated with his father, Hiroshi Yoshida. The veiled figure is reduced to broad, interlocking shapes of deep brown, ochre, and blue-green, separated by narrow carved white lines. Yoshida appears to have printed the composition from a single block, applying individual colors to separately defined areas—a technique closely related to the white-line color woodcut developed by B. J. O. Nordfeldt and the Provincetown Printers and refined by Blanche Lazzell. The continuous white channels serve as both boundaries between colors and an active linear structure, transforming the figure into a near-abstract arrangement of flattened forms while retaining its human presence. Created at a pivotal moment in Yoshida's development, the print anticipates the increasingly nonobjective woodcuts that occupied him during the following two decades. ABOUT THE ARTIST Yoshida Toshi (1911–1995) began training at the age of fourteen under his father, Yoshida Hiroshi, a leading artist of the twentieth-century Japanese printmaking revival known as shin-hanga (“new prints”), which continued the traditional collaborative system of Japanese woodblock printing. From 1932 to 1935, Toshi studied at the Taiheiyo-Gakai (Pacific Painting Association), which his father had helped establish. Before the Pacific War, Toshi traveled extensively with his father in Asia, Europe, Egypt, and the United States. He later continued his international travels, particularly in Mexico, the United States, Canada, and Africa. His early prints remained strongly influenced by Hiroshi's work and the highly refined techniques practiced in the Yoshida studio. Following his father's death in 1950, Toshi assumed responsibility for the studio while increasingly pursuing an independent artistic direction. Beginning in the early 1950s, he undertook a highly personal exploration of abstraction, creating and printing his own works in the sōsaku-hanga (“creative print”) manner, in which the artist assumes direct responsibility for the design, carving, and printing. During this exceptionally productive period, Toshi produced a large body of nonobjective woodcuts characterized by complex geometric structures, richly layered color, and experimentation with the expressive possibilities of the woodblock medium. His abstract work placed him among the more adventurous Japanese printmakers of the postwar period. The British Museum holds a substantial group of these works, including Misty Dance (1957), Frontier (1962), Mystery (1964), Isotope (1968), and Where (1972). In the early 1960s, Toshi also returned to representational subjects, eventually concentrating on large-scale scenes of African wildlife in its natural habitat. In 1984 he published the first of a series of illustrated children's books devoted to African animals (Dōbutsu Ehon Shirīzu), which he continued into the early 1990s. In 1966, with artist Yuki Rei...

Created by La Motta in 1955, this original poster was commissioned for the 36th International Eucharistic Congress in Rio de Janeiro. Held from July 17 to 24, the congress was an important international Catholic gathering organized around the theme of Christ the Redeemer and his Eucharistic kingdom. The composition places Rio’s celebrated statue of Christ the Redeemer at the center of an expansive celestial vision. With his arms extended, Christ forms the upper section of a monumental cross rendered in the green and yellow colors associated with Brazil. Below, he stands upon a globe centered on South America, where a radiant star indicates the location of Rio de Janeiro. A deep blue background and surrounding constellation of stars give the poster a sense of spiritual grandeur. The restrained palette of blue, green, yellow and ivory combines religious symbolism with the visual identity of Brazil, while the bold typography at the bottom clearly announces the congress and its dates. Signed La Motta in the lower right, the design is characteristic of mid-century event posters, using simplified forms and carefully balanced geometry to communicate a powerful message from a distance. The poster was printed by Rebizzi in São Paulo. This original 1955 poster is an evocative document of Brazilian religious and cultural history. Its striking combination of Christ the Redeemer, cartographic imagery and modern graphic design makes it particularly appealing to collectors of Brazilian posters...

Jean COCTEAU ( 1889 - 1963 ) " ENFANCE " Terracotta bowl partially glazed . hand signed Jean Cocteau . marked and numbered, edition 34/50. literature: Annie Guédras , catalogue rai...

An extraordinary painting in the style of André Derain’s Fauvist school. It evokes A. Derain’s work *Landscape near Chatou* (1904–1905). The painting clearly demonstrates a stylistic...

Artist: Fernand Leger (1881–1955) Title: Untitled (Sans titre) Year: October 5, 1950 Medium: Lithograph on velin d'Arches paper Paper Size: 16.63 x 12.69 inches (42.24 x 32.23 cm) Co...

Medium: original lithograph. Printed in 1958 for the art revue XXe Siecle (issue number 11) and published in Paris by San Lazzaro. Sheet size: 12 3/8 x 9 1/2 inches (314 x 242 mm). N...

Medium: lithograph (after the painting). Printed in Paris on smooth wove paper at the atelier Mourlot and published in 1954. Size: 5 1/2 x 3 1/2 inches (140 x 87 mm). Not signed. C...

A striking Machine Age Modern oil painting of the historic Bronx Span, Triborough Bridge, New York City by notable American artist, Lessing Whitford Williams (1894-1989). Artwork ...

Montego Bay Fisherman by Toni Frissell Local fisherman bring in their nets on the beach in Montego Bay, 1948. (Toni Frissell) Limited signature stamped edition print 40 x 40" inche...

Artist: Henri Matisse (1869–1954) (after) Title: Woman in the Red Chair (Femme a la Chaise Rouge) Year: December 20, 1954 Medium: Lithograph on velin paper, archivally hinged on gran...

Artist: Henri Matisse (1869–1954) (after) Title: Miss D.A. (Mademoiselle D.A.) Year: December 20, 1954 Medium: Heliogravure on grand velin Renage filigrane a la marque de l'editeur p...

Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) - La Petite Corrida Lithograph from 1957. Dimensions of work: 31.5 x 24 cm. Plate signed. Publisher: Cahiers d’Art, Paris. Reference: Bloch 839; Mourlo...

Medium: original lithograph. Printed in Paris in 1957 at the Mourlot Freres atelier. Size: 8 3/4 x 6 inches (225 x 150 mm). Jean Cocteau executed this original lithograph to depict a...

Artist: Henri Matisse (1869–1954) (after) Title: Mrs. Monique Mercier (Mme Monique Mercier) Year: December 20, 1954 Medium: Heliogravure on grand velin Renage filigrane a la marque d...

Medium: lithograph (after the pencil drawing). Printed in Paris in 1952 by Mourlot Freres in an edition of 1500. Image size: 9 1/2 x 7 1/4 inches (240 x 183 mm). Sheet size: 12 1/8 x...

#5-3004 Fantasy oil painting on board, displayed in a dark-wood frame

This striking signed mid-century French still life by Raymond Legrand and dated 1959, captures three fresh fish alongside lemons, garlic, and a mortar laid upon a draped table surfac...

Medium: original lithograph. Printed in Paris in 1957 at the Mourlot Freres atelier. Size: 8 3/4 x 6 inches (225 x 150 mm). Jean Cocteau executed this original lithograph to depict a...

Medium: pochoir (after the watercolor and collage). Printed in Paris in 1955 at the Daniel Jacomet atelier and published the Berggruen Gallery for a rare catalogue. Image size: 5 1/4...

Etching and aquatint, 1953 Edition : 55/75 Publisher : Hedwig Marbach, Berne Printer : Lacourière, Paris Catalog : [RMM 66] Image dimensions : 41.30 cm. x 32.70 cm. (16.26 in. x 12.8...

Jay Weaver (?-1960). Is This Necessary?, 1952. Oil on canvas measuring 12 x 16 inches. Framed measurement: 18 x 22 inches. Signed by artist lower right. 1952 Salmagundi label af...

Medium: lithograph (after the original lithograph poster). During the late 1940's and throughout the 1950's, Henri Matisse created a series of posters at the atelier of Mourlot Frere...

Leonard Freed's photographic career is punctuated by epic documentary photo essays with many works from New York City. Wall Street is one of the photographer's iconic 1950s images. ...

Francis Chapin (American, 1899-1965) Signed: Francis Chapin (lower, right) " Edgartown ", circa 1950s (titled on paper verso) Watercolor on paper Image Size: 15" x 22" Housed in...

Color lithograph on Arches paper, edited in 1958. Limited edition of 200 copies, numbered as 20/200 in lower left corner. Hand-signed in pencil by artist in lower right corner. Pape...

Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) - Dans L'Atelier de Picasso Lithograph from 1957. The edition 211/275. With Arches watermark. Dimensions of work: 65 x 44 cm Publisher: Fernand Mourlot...

Medium: pochoir (after the watercolor and collage). Printed in Paris by the atelier of Daniel Jacomet, and published in 1955 by Heinz Berggruen for a rare catalogue. The image measur...

Medium: original lithograph. This lithograph is from the rare 1953 "Improvisations" portfolio, published by the Artists Equity Association of New York on the occasion of the 1953 Spr...

Medium: pochoir (after the gouache). This pochoir illustrates a scene from Oscar Wilde's "Salomé". It was printed in 1955 by l'Imprimerie Nationale de Monaco and published by Fermier...

Antoni Llobet Aracil Mediterranean Coastal Landscape Artist: Antoni Llobet Aracil Date: c. 1950–1965 Medium: Oil on canvas Artwork dimensions: 61 × 46 cm (24.0 × 18.1 in) Dimensio...

Signed lower center, 'Olaf Wieghorst' (American, 1899-1988) with dedication, 'To Herb with best wishes. El Cajon, 1959' Born in Denmark, Olaf Wieghorst was the son of a photographe...

French Landscape by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century) original watercolour/ gouache painting on artist paper, unframed size: 10 x 8 inches condition: very good and ready to be ...

Artist: Fernand Leger (1881–1955) Title: Untitled (Sans titre) Year: October 5, 1950 Medium: Lithograph on velin d'Arches paper Paper Size: 16.63 x 12.69 inches (42.24 x 32.23 cm) Co...

Henry CLEWS (1876–1937) Decorative Canopy, 1959 Engraving (transferred to copper by Bacons-Duplessis and André Collot) Unsigned Authenticated by Henry Clews’s studio stamp on the re...

Artist: Ellsworth Kelly (1923–2015) Title: Blue and Black (Bleu et noir) Year: 1958 Medium: Lithograph on velin paper Paper Size: 15 x 11 inches (38.1 x 27.94 cm) Condition: Well pre...

An original Italian coastal landscape by Salvatore Federico (born 1908), this painting captures the dramatic shoreline of Capri, with breaking waves...

Medium: lithograph (after the poster). Printed in Paris in 1950 by Mourlot Freres, this multi-stone color lithograph faithfully reproduces the original Toulouse-Lautrec poster in a s...

"Maternity with Centaur (M.195)" is a lithograph on Arches created by Marc Chagall . Printed in Paris by the renowned master printers Atelier Mourlot Frères, it was published by Édit...

Mid-Century earthenware vase with painted owl decoration, by Pablo Picasso, Vallauris, France (1952). This is a vintage, limited edition earthenware creation, in a run of 500 (Edition Picasso) at the Madoura pottery...

Artist: Ellsworth Kelly (1923–2015) Title: Green and Black (Vert et noir) Year: 1958 Medium: Lithograph on velin paper Paper Size: 15 x 11 inches (38.1 x 27.94 cm) Condition: Well pr...

Artist: Pablo Picasso Title: Le Ballet Medium: Lithograph Date: 1954 Edition: 10,000 Framed Size: 20 1/4" x 16 3/4" Sheet Size: 12 1/2" x 8 3/4" Signature: Signed in the stone Refere...

Medium: original lithograph. Catalogue reference: Mourlot 81. Printed in 1952 at the atelier Mourlot for the art revue Verve (Volume 7, Number 27-28) and published in Paris by Teriad...

Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) - Le Bacchanale Lithograph from 1957. The edition 153/275. With Arches watermark. Dimensions of work: 65 x 44 cm Publisher: Fernand Mourlot Éditeur, Pa...