1950s Art

Abstract Composition is an original woodcut print realized in 1952 by Jean Bertholle (1909-1996). Good Conditions. Numbered. Edition, 19/20 The artwork is depicted through soft st...

Medium: original lithograph. This lithograph is from the rare 1951 "Improvisations" portfolio, published by the Artists Equity Association of New York on the occasion of the 1951 Spr...

This black-and-white photograph, taken in 1952 in Paris along the Seine River, captures a tranquil and picturesque moment. In the foreground, a man wearing a light-colored straw hat ...

Jean Thomas 1923-2019 Signed and Dated Trained at the Academy of Fine Arts in Lyon, Jean Thomas began exhibiting his works in 1946. His first paintings, influenced by the great ...

Beautiful mid century still life of a copper teapot and fruit by listed California artist Helen Gleiforst (American, 1903-1997), circa 1950's. The artist...

French Landscape by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century) Signed original watercolour/ gouache painting on artist paper, mounted on card, unframed Size: 16.75 x 11 inches Condition...

Mid-century painting of boats with bridge in background in muted tones done by French artist Stephane Magnard, circa 1950 Original artwork on paper displayed on a white mat with a g...

An abstract mixed media composition on paper. Original frame and mat. Signed and dated lower right. He was born to Czechoslovakian parents in 1892 in New York City. Living in Chicago...

Georges Braque Cinq Poésies en Hommage à Georges Braque (Five Poems in Homage to Georges Braque), 1958 is the image Braque designed for the cover of a book containing five poems by R...

THOMAS HART BENTON (1890- 1975) HYMN SINGER / THE MINSTREL (Portrait of Burl Ives) 1950 (Fath 74) Lithograph signed with full signature “Thomas H. Benton” A large image, 15 ¾ x 12 i...

Bucks County Farm in Winter is a figurative landscape by Pennsylvania Folk Art painter, Jean Halter. The 12" x 16" oil on board painting is framed and signed "Jean Halter" in the lower right. Jean Harris Halter was born in 1916 and spent her youth between Thornburg, Pennsylvania where her father oversaw Harris plumbing, and Camden, South Carolina, where they also had a home. She studied art, among other things, in Converse College. In 1939 she married Robert Halter, a musician with a traveling big band, which he quit soon after marrying. While he was gone for three years with the Signal Corps in the South Pacific, Jean took care of their two little daughters, their kennel of Pulis, and began to paint antique chairs...

This exquisite lithograph by Jean Cocteau (1889–1963), titled Scene XVIII, Les Chevaliers de la Table Ronde (Scene XVIII, The Knights of the Round Table), originates from the 1957 al...

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

JOSÉ NAVARRO VIVES (Castelsarrasin, Francia, 1931 - Barcelona, 2023). "Bodegón", 1959. Óleo sobre lienzo. Firmado en el ángulo inferior derecho. Firmado, fechado y localizado (Barcel...

Watercolor on paper realized by Maccari in 1960s. Hand signed in pencil lower right. A rare and incisive drawing by Mino Maccari, capturing with extreme economy of means the artist...

This exquisite lithograph by Jean Cocteau (1889–1963), titled Scene VIII, Romeo et Juliette (Scene VIII, Romeo and Juliet), originates from the 1957 album Jean Cocteau de l'Academie ...

Vintage American modernist landscape oil painting. Oil on canvasboard. Framed. Measuring: 13 by 16 inches overall, and 10 by 13.5 painting alone. In excellent original condition. Ha...

Original, rare work by the American female artist Molla Archer Moss. A mixed media work of oil on paper of three young children with the addition of wax sticks as the secondary medium. Signed “Molla” lower left. Condition is fair to good. Circa 1958. The artwork is under glass and in its original frame. 0verall framed measurements are 29.25 by 25 inches. Provenance: Roko Gallery and Frames, 925 Madison Avenue, New York (stamped verso). Molla Archer Moss was born in 1916 Molla was a friend and contemporary to Jasper Johns. Molla’s work would often share a synergy to the constructed use of elements and materials upon which Johns is known. Moss had several New York Exhibitions at the Marian Willard Gallery, East Hampton Gallery and the Rose Fried Gallery...

A modern illustration by American artist Ray Quigley depicting two men inside of a church.

The 1950 original travel poster featuring Claude Monet's iconic painting of the Cathédrale de Rouen captures the timeless beauty of French architecture and the artist's mastery of li...

A bold and evocative pastel on paper by British artist John Alfred Begg (1903–1974), this striking Cubist nude study reflects the artist's Brutalist sensibility through angular forms...

Title: Woman with Pitcher Artist: Antoni Valls Bordoy (1912–1980) Medium: Oil on canvas Dimensions: 35 x 27 cm (13.8 x 10.6 in) Date: 1953 Signature: Signed “Valls Bordoy” in red at ...

C.Z. Guest 1955 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped American socialite Mrs. Winston F. C. Guest (aka C. Z. Guest, 1920 – 2003) with a poodle and a Great Dane at her ocean-front estate, Vil...

Artist: Pablo Picasso, Spanish (1881 - 1973) Title: Vase avec decoration pastel (Vase with Pastel Decorations), [Ramie 190] Year: 1953 Medium: Chamotted red earthenware clay, pastel ...

The Orchestra, 1950, oil on canvas, signed and dated lower left, 21 1/2 x 25 3/4 inches, labeled verso “Brown University, Trustee, The Walter Feldman Trust for Artwork” titled verso,...

Original "Mexico, País de Maravillas" Linen-Backed Vintage Poster, c. 1950s. Grade A- condition. Immerse yourself in the vibrant charm of mid-c...

Medium: original lithograph. This lithograph was printed in 1955 for the "Improvisations" portfolio, and published by the Artists Equity Association of New York in an edition of 2000...

Artwork # 1 on 5 sold in limited edition in perfect condition This photo was made in 1955, the negative was digitized during the artist's lifetime and the technical parameters (framing, contrast, light, etc.) was approved by him. This is a very high quality fine art prints on 310 gr/m² Fine Art paper with museum quality pigment inks. “ On Broadway, near Trinity Church”, New York December 1955. A rainy Sunday morning, a solitary pedestrian seems to be falling over on the slippery surface. As is always the case with Fabrizio La Torre’s photographs, quite apart from the artistic merit, this picture invites us to speculate what is the story behind it: why this deserted avenue at 11:10 on that particular morning, what was the man in the rain doing, why is that car defiantly parked right underneath a no parking sign...

This exquisite lithograph after Henri Matisse (1869–1954), titled Mademoiselle M.A. (Miss M.A.), from the album Portraits par Henri Matisse (Portraits by Henri Matisse), originates f...

This exquisite lithograph by Joan Miro (1893–1983), titled La femme au miroir (Woman with a Mirror), from the folio Derriere le miroir, 10 Ans d'Edition 1946–1956, No. 92–93, origina...

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...

Signed, titled, dated, and numbered in ink on recto Gelatin Silver Print Image- 17-1/2 x 14 inchesMatted 24 x 20 inches Edition 12 of 50

Medium: original lithograph. This lithograph was printed in 1957 for the "Improvisations" portfolio, published by the Artists Equity Association of New York on the occasion of the 19...

This original circa 1950 travel poster by Miollan, commissioned by the Office Marocain du Tourisme, offers a poetic and refined vision of Morocco in the mid-20th century. The composi...

St. Peter's Square, Rome, Italy, 1958 by Leonard Freed is a black and white photograph of two figures (priests) dressed in black on a snowy afternoon, contrasting the falling snow an...

Medium: original lithograph. This lithograph was printed in 1953 for the "Improvisations" portfolio, published by the Artists Equity Association of New York on the occasion of the 19...

Artist: Abraham Straski, Polish (1903 - 1987) Title: Rabbi with Torah (15-F) Year: circa 1957 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed l.r. Image Size: 16 x 12 inches Frame Size: 26 x 20 inches

Ernest A. Dieringer, Untitled (Color is Life), watercolor, 1959. Initialed 'ED' and dated ' '59' in red pencil at the top and bottom sheet edges—the artist's indication that the work can be viewed from either side. Signed 'Dieringer' in pencil in the bottom support board margin. A fine abstract expressionist work, watercolor on white wove paper, with fresh, bright colors; the image extends to the sheet edges, spot glued to the original cream wove backing board, in very good condition. Archivally matted to museum standards, unframed. Image size 9 x 10 15/16 inches; backing board size 13 1/2 x 16 3/4 inches. Provenance: ex. Collection Alexander Raydon. The collector/dealer's well-known 'Raydon Gallery' was established in 1962 on 82nd Street and Madison Avenue, New York City. ABOUT THE ARTIST Ernest Dieringer (1932–2016) studied at the Art Institute of Chicago on a National Scholastic Scholarship, beginning his career with the Chicago-based Wells Street Gallery in 1957. He showed his work with other abstract artists, including Robert Natkin and John Chamberlain. The gallery was considered a vanguard space in Chicago for exhibiting emerging abstract artists from the surrounding area. Artists associated with the gallery eventually became known as the Wells Street Group. Due to the success of the gallery, Dieringer and other group members were invited by the Manhattan-based contemporary art dealer...

Lohman studied at John Herron Art Institute, and Cranbrook and Yale for graduate work. Assisted Carl Milles at Cranbrook Academy before becoming Director of Fine Arts there from 1947...

Milan Cathedral (1960) Limited Estate Stamped (Photo By Slim Aarons) The duomo or cathedral in the Piazza del Duomo, Milan, 1960. Additional Information: Unframed Paper Size:...

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...

This is not your typical child’s portrait. Young Ellen Warfield is steadily pouring tea or coffee in a proper manner that certainly conforms to societal expectations of the 1950’s. ...

An intensely textured abstract work characterized by bold, impasto brushstrokes and a rich palette of reds, deep greens, browns, and blacks. The composition is constructed through ov...

This exquisite lithograph after Henri Matisse (1869–1954), titled Madame L.D. (Mrs. L.D.), from the album Portraits par Henri Matisse (Portraits by Hen...

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...

Original American Title (Lobby Card) of Walt Disney’s Movie „Sleeping Beauty“, USA 1959. The Prince and the Sleeping Beauty in a forest together with some animals and in the backgrou...

Color lithograph, 1958. Signed by the artist in pencil, lower right. Numbered 19/50 in pencil, lower left. Printed by Mourlot, Paris Overall sheet dimension 24 x 16.5 inches, wit...

CZ’s House 1955 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition 1955: Mrs F C Winston Guest (1920 – 2003) (aka Cee Zee Guest) reclines on a garden chair in front of the Grecian ...

This vibrant 1951 poster by the artist Guerra captures the romance and cosmopolitan dynamism of transatlantic travel at the dawn of the Jet Age. Commissioned by Air France, the compo...

Antique American modernist abstract oil painting by Adele Becker (1929 - 2021). Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed.

Pablo Picasso Corrida with Spectators, 1950 Original ceramic of Pablo Picasso, white faience earth and enamel Stamp on the Back : Empreinte originale Picasso - Madoura Plein Feu Lim...

This late 1950s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a glider resting on the ground by Mittersill Castle, Austria. This is an estate stamped ...

Letterpress printing on spécialement fabriqué Curtis Rag vélin paper. Paper Size: 12.5 x 9.1875 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the album, A Best...

Jackie in Pink Dress in Yellow Room nb_114a -- A portrait of Jackie and JFK. THE 24” x 36” SIZE OF THIS IMAGE IS ONLY OFFERED IN AND EDITION OF 15. Image size is 16" x 16" (for 17" x...

Initialed lower left, 'OK' for Ole Kielberg (Danish, 1911-1985); additionally signed, verso, 'Ole Kielberg', titled and dated 1956. A painterly, Post-Impressionist oil landscape sho...

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

'C. Z. Guest' Palm Beach 1955 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print American socialite Mrs. Winston F. C. Guest (aka C. Z. Guest, 1920 - 2003) with a Great Dane at her o...

"Marilyn In Lace" by Darlene Hammond 1953: American actor Marilyn Monroe (1926 - 1962) smiling as she sits at the home of director Jean Negulesco, after the premiere of his film, 'How to Marry a Millionaire,' in which she starred. Monroe is wearing a lace evening gown and a white fur stole...

This late 1950s photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a party at Romanoff's in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles. This is an estate stamped and hand numbered ...

Rancho San Carlos Cattle Ranch, 1950's Photograph 1950's photograph of the San Carlos Cattle Ranch located south of Carmel Valley, California by James Ziegler (American). The ranch ...