1950s Art

Medium: original lithograph. Printed by Mourlot and published in Paris by Teriade for Verve in 1956 for a special edition devoted exclusively to Chagall's original Bible art. Size: 1...

Michel Marie POULAIN French National Day : Sailors having Fun Original oil on canvas Handsigned in the lower left corner On canvas 55 x 65 cm (c. 22 x 26 inch) Presented in golden w...

This piece is an A.R. turned pitcher created by Pablo Picasso in 1955. It is made with white earthenware clay, decoration in engobes in red and black with glaze inside. It bears the...

Wonderful example of Houston Artist David Adickes's early work. This heavily textured still life features 2 apples and 3 bottles. Most likely this work was framed at Dubose Gallery o...

Paul Jouve - Chimpanzee - Original Engraving Editions Rombaldi, Paris, 1950. Copy on velin creme de Rives Artwork by Paul Jouve. Original copper engraving ...

Jackie sits at JFK’s senate desk in 1959 nb_048. Image size is 22" x 32" (for 24" x 36" paper size). All Mark Shaw prints are made to order in limited edit...

Medium: lithograph (after the original lithograph poster "Theogonie" for the Maeght Gallery). During the late 1940's and throughout the 1950's, Georges Braque created a series of pos...

PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973) Corrida (A. R. 182) Terre de faïence plate, painted and partially glazed, 1953, one of only a few copies produced, with the Empreinte Originale de Picasso...

An original oil on linen mounted to board by American modern female artist Harriet Holden Nash. The piece will come with custom framing either black or natural wood based on the buy...

Party at Romanoff’s 1959 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition A party at Romanoff’s in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, 1959. unframed c type print printed 2023 16×20 in...

3956 French Impressionist landscape on artist board set in a gilt wood frame Image size 11.5x7.75"

This black and white capture features Ava Gardner sitting besides Van Johnson driving car. Van Johnson was an American film, television, theatre and radio actor, singer, and dancer....

Shulman, Morris (American, 1912-1978). UNTITLED. Casein on paper, circa 1951. Signed, lower left. 14 1/2 x 21 3/4 inches, framed to 23 x 30 inches. In excellent condition. Shulman st...

Black and white capture of star actress Marilyn Monroe close up, wearing a dark hat. -- One-of-a-kind original vintage press print from the Celebrity Vault archives. Own a piece of ...

'View of Notre Dame & the Île de la Cité', Seine, Paris, Thieme Becker, Budapest Signed lower left, 'Frid. J. Bende.' for Friderika Bendéné Kovacsev (Hungarian, 1891-1975), titled, ...

Medium: lithograph (after the original lithograph poster "Sur Quatre Murs -- On Four Walls" for the Maeght Gallery). During the late 1940's and throughout the 1950's, Georges Braque ...

Stephen Pace Untitled, 57-10, 1957 Signed and dated lower right Oil on canvas 47 x 38 inches Born in Charleston, Missouri, Stephen Pace grew up in Indiana, where his parents operat...

Rare original photograph. Large size. From Portfolio V. Print date (c. 1979) and the edition size 25/110. Printed by Ansel Adams Has some chipping on the edges, which do not deter fr...

6007 Antique Poppies Still Life,an antique oil painting on artist board displayed in a hand painted newer wood frame, signed lower right by Alb.Mayer 1...

Medium: lithograph (after the original lithograph poster executed for Maison de la Pensee of Paris). During the late 1940's and throughout the 1950's, Henri Matisse created a series ...

Lithograph on vélin d'Arches à la forme savoir paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, Dans l'Atelier de Picasso, 1957. Published by Fernan...

Abstract Composition, 1959 Silkscreen Lithograph "Phoenix". This was from a portfolio which included works by Yosl Bergner, Menashe Kadishman, Yosef Zaritsky, Aharon Kahana, Jacob Wexler...

Artist André Strauss was known for painting outdoors, on the motif. It gives his paintings a wonderful freshness and immediacy - you feel as if you were right there, in the grounds o...

Medium: original lithograph. Printed in Paris in 1958 at the Mourlot atelier, and published by Andre Sauret in an edition of 2000. Size: 9 1/2 x 12 1/4 inches (242 x 310 mm). Signed ...

Signer upper right, 'Craemer' for Kurt Craemer (German, 1912-1961) and dated 1954. Born in Saarbrucken, Craemer first attended the Academy of Cologne where he worked under Friedrich Ahlers-Hesterman in 1928. He then traveled to Paris with his teacher, where he was introduced to the work of Henri Matisse. From 1930-33, Craemer lived in Düsseldorf where he continued his studies at the Art Academy under Paul Klee. With the Nazi's ascent to power late that year, Craemer moved to Italy and lived there at the Art colony in Ischia until the end of the war when he moved to Positano. Throughout the 1950's, Kurt Craemer continued to live in Italy exhibited with success internationally, including at the Venice Biennale...

Stunning black and white capture of Grace Kelly smiling in a swimming pool. Grace Kelly, also known as Grace of Monaco, was an American actress and Princess of Monaco as the wife of...

Lithograph on vélin paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, XXe Siècle, vol. n°9, 1957. Published and printed under the direct...

Ed Feingersh photographed Marilyn Monroe for Redbook magazine in March 1955 for a story which would follow Monroe through her daily routine, the photography to be candid and shot wit...

Discover the vibrant world of Martin Saldana, a talented Mexican-American folk artist known for his captivating rustic and naïve style. This original painting, titled "The Train", wa...

An original silver gelatin black and white photography postcard by Albert Monier. Artistic view of Montmartre district in Paris, 1955. In the background is the dome of the Sacré-Coeu...

This lovely portrait oil painting is by noted British artist Lionel Ellis. Painted in 1955 the painting is a self portrait of the artist on a beautiful chestnut horse in the foregrou...

Charming oil painting of the Wells Fargo Express Office building in the gold country town of Columbia State Historic Park in Columbia, California by Cecil ...

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

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...

Artist: Henri Matisse (after) Medium: Original lithograph Title: Lierre Portfolio: The Last Works of Henri Matisse Year: 1958 Edition: 2000 Framed Size: 17" x 17" Sheet Size: 14" x 1...

Lithograph and stencil on vélin papier a la cuve du moulin richard de bas specialement filigrané pour cette édition paper. Inscription: signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued....

Linocut realized by Escher in March 1950. Released through linoleum cut in black and gray-brown on Japan paper, and printed from two blocks. Hand signed lower left, marked "eigen d...

This work presents an exquisite harmony of colors and textures that immediately captures attention. At the center, a creamy-white ceramic vase with a smooth finish contains an opulen...

Marc Chagall (1887-1985) - Disrobing Her with His Own Hand..., from Four Tales from the Arabian Nights Lithograph from 1956. Inscribed Pl. 4 and numbered 24/90. Dimensions of work...

Lithograph on vélin Johannot paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Paris Capitale, 1955; published by Joseph Foret, Editeur d'Art, Paris...

Etching on Montval wove paper, realized by Marc Chagall in 1931-39 and published by Tériade in 1956. Belongs to the series "The Bible". Edition of 275+30 out of commerce copies. N...

Marc Chagall (1887-1985) - Mother and Child Before Notre-Dame Lithograph from 1952. Dimensions of work: 35 x 26 cm Publisher: Tériade, Paris. On the verso another Lithograph in b...

5-2729a Vintage underwater seascape on canvas Displayed in a silvered wood frame Image size 15.5x 23

Clinton Hill, who lived in SoHo, New York, was a frequent Gallery visitor. Born in Idaho and raised on a working ranch, he joined the US Navy during World War II and became a command...

Medium: pochoir (after the watercolor and collage). Printed in 1957 at the atelier of Daniel Jacomet and published in Paris by the Galerie Berggruen for a rare catalogue. Image size:...

Marc Chagall Femme à l’oiseau Lithograph in colors Numbered 872/970 from the edition of 970 Signed in the plate From "Douze Contemporains" by Jacques Lassaigne and published by Editi...

Lithograph on vélin du Marais paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition with publisher’s folds, as issued. Notes: From the volume, Verve: Revue Artistiqu...

Stickball by Leonard Freed captures children playing the all-American game of baseball in the streets of Little Italy 1950s New York City. American photog...

Signed lower right, 'Max Gunther' (German, 1934-1974); additionally signed verso, dated 1958 and titled 'Cité Décomposée'. Provenance: Estate of David Rockefeller...

Silver Gelatine Print by Erich Andres, 1955. Andres was born 1905 in Germany and passed away 1992. He started his career as a photographer in 1920. He was one of the first photograph...

For your hockey enthusiast! A ca. 1950s, pastel & charcoal on paper drawing of a hockey game by artist Francis Chapin. Artwork size: 9" x 12". Matted to: 14" x 18". Provenance: Estate of the artist. Francis Chapin, affectionately called the “Dean of Chicago Painters” by his colleagues, was one of the city’s most popular and celebrated painters in his day. Born at the dawn of the 20th Century in Bristolville, Ohio, Chapin graduated from Washington & Jefferson College near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania before enrolling at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1922. He would set down deep roots at the Art Institute of Chicago, exhibiting there over 31 times between 1926 and 1951. In 1927 Chapin won the prestigious Bryan Lathrop Fellowship from the Art Institute – a prize that funded the artist’s yearlong study trip to Europe. Upon his return to the United States, Chapin decided to remain in Chicago, noting the freedom Chicago artists have in developing independently of the pressure to conform to pre-existing molds (as was experienced by artists in New York, for example). Chapin became a popular instructor at the Art Institute, teaching there from 1929 to 1947 and at the Art Institute’s summer art school in Saugatuck, Michigan (now called Oxbow) between 1934 – 1938 (he was the director of the school from 1941-1945). Chapin’s contemporaries among Chicago’s artists included such luminaries as Ivan Le Lorraine Albright...

Medium: lithograph (after Renoir). One of the most famous Renoir lithographs, this is a portrait of Julie Manet and her cousin Jeanne (Julie Manet wa...

Artist: Joan Miro, Spanish (1893 - 1983) Title: Le Chien aboyant a la lune from «Verve», Vol. VII, nn. 27/28 Year: 1952 Medium: Lithograph, signed in the plate Size: 14.5 x 21 in. (3...

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Medium: original lithograph. Catalogue reference: Mourlot 209. Executed in 1953 and issued in an edition of 1350 for the rare exhibition catalogue "Miro Recent Paintings", published ...

Bold modern colours synonymous with the modern art movement make up this original Mourlot printed Henri Matisse lithograph, after a gouache on paper cut-out. The cut-out is based on ...

Medium: Lithograph on grand vélin Renage filigrané à la marque de l'éditeur paper. Year: 1951 Paper Size: 12.5 x 9.5 inches; image size: 6.69 x 9.05 inches Inscription: Unsigned and ...

Judith Brown (December 17, 1931 – May 11, 1992) was a dancer and a sculptor who was drawn to images of the body in motion and its effect on the cloth surrounding it. She welded crushed automobile scrap metal into energetic moving torsos, horses, and flying draperies. Brown attended Sarah Lawrence College in Yonkers, New York (B.A., 1954), where she learned to weld from her teacher, Theodore Roszak, a pioneering abstract expressionist sculptor. This is done in a style similar to Leonard Baskin. Select Commissions Mural Sculpture, Lobby, Louisville Radio Station WAVE Fountain, commissioned by Architectural Interiors, New York City Model, designed and executed for Festival of Two Worlds, Spoleto, Italy Sculpture, designed for Electra Film Productions, NYC Noah's Ark, exhibited at Bronx Zoo, New York City, at Rochester Museum and Science Center, Rochester, New York, and at Hopkins Center, Hanover, New Hampshire Store Windows, executed Tiffany & Company Windows, New York City, Christmas 1957, 1959, 1962, October 1969, Spring 1979, and October 1980 Wall Sculptures: for Youngstown Research Center (1963-4), commissioned by Youngstown Steel Company, Youngstown, Ohio; for Hecht and Company, Landmark Shopping Center, Alexandria, Virginia, Daniel Schwartzman, Architect; for Lobby, 570 Seventh Avenue, New York City, Giorgio Cavaglieri, Architect; for Lobby, Cities Service Company's New Research Center, Cranbury, New Jersey; for Ottauquechee Health Center, Woodstock, Vermont Eternal Lights: for Congregation Beth-El, South Orange, New Jersey; for Congregation Sharey Tefilo, East Orange, New Jersey Menorahs: commissioned by Architect Fritz Nathan for the Permanent Collection of the Jewish Museum, New York City; commissioned by Smith College for the Helen Hill Chapel, Northampton, Massachusetts; commissioned by Jules Scherman, of Wisteria Press, Inc., New York City Altar Cross, commissioned by Smith College for the Helen Hill Chapel, Northampton, Massachusetts Landscape, Memorial Piece for Gustave Heller, YM-YWCA, Essex County, New Jersey Memorial Plaque for Robert A. Ferguson, Westchester County Airport, Purchase, New York Sculpture for Vice President's office, Atlantic Richfield Company, New York City Bronze Relief Sculpture for Gymnasium Lobby, South Richmond High School, Staten Island, New York, Daniel Schwartzman, Architect Poster, Stratton Arts Festival, Stratton, Vermont Medallion, commissioned by Brandeis University National Women's Committee, New York City Model for Fountain for the Plaza at Windsor, Vermont Bronze Sculpture, commissioned by Intramural, Inc. for Building Lobby, N/E Cor. 79th Street and Second Avenue, New York City Presentation Piece, commissioned by Graphic Arts Associates of Delaware Valley, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Wall Mural, Noah's Ark, Roosevelt Hospital, New York City 1977: Designed and executed Hanes Hosiery "Million Dollar Award"; Designed and executed "Old Spice" Smart Ship Award 1978: Commissioned to design and execute the "Walter White Award" for the NAACP for presentation to Hubert Humphrey; Commissioned to design and execute the Award for the Honorees of the National Board YWCA's First Tribute to Women in International Industry 1979: Designed and executed Jewelry for the Museum of Modern Art, New York City; Designed and executed limited edition of Mazuzas for Brandeis University-National Women's Committee, New York City 1980: Bronze Cross commissioned for St. James Episcopal Church, Woodstock, Vermont 1982: Eubie Award, New York Chapter of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences 1985: Two Sculptures, Marriott Hotel, Orlando, Florida 1986: Two large Sculptures for indoor reflecting pools, Palm Desert Hotel, Palm Springs, California; John Portman, Eight Sculptures for Peachtree Plaza Hotel, Atlanta, Georgia; John Portman, Beach House, Sea Island, Georgia 1987: Loan Installation, DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, Massachusetts 1988: Eleven foot outdoor Sculpture for Front Plaza, River Court, Charles River, East Cambridge, Massachusetts, H. J. Davis Development Corp.; Tomie dePaola...