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Period: 1950s
Hibou aux ailes déployées (Owl with spread wings), 1957
Located in Palo Alto, CA
Created in 1975, this madoura turned round dish of red earthenware clay, engobe decoration in black and knife engraving is from the edition of 200 and stamped with the 'MADOURA PLEIN FEU' and 'EDITION PICASSO' pottery stamps on the back. Pablo Picasso ceramic Hibou aux ailes déployées (Owl with spread wings), 1957 A.R. 397 features a smiling owl with wings opening above its head. The owl sits on a thin branch that spans the lower length of the plate, extending the scene beyond the bounds of the ceramic. Beautiful, bushy feathers fan out. Picasso uses...
Category

Modern 1950s Art

Materials

Ceramic

Vintage American Modernist Surreal Car Still Life Framed Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American modernist car still life landscape oil painting. Framed. Oil on canvas. Signed.
Category

Modern 1950s Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Le pot et la faucille, Une Aventure méthodique, Georges Braque
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin d'Arches paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Une Aventure méthodique, 1950; published by Fernand Mourlot, Paris, a...
Category

Modern 1950s Art

Materials

Lithograph

Pablo Picasso 'Hibou noir perche' A. R. 398
Located in Miami, FL
PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973) Hibou noir perche (A. R. 398) Terre de faïence dish, painted, 1957, numbered 33/100 and incised 'N 104', with the Edition Picasso and Madoura stamps.
Category

Modern 1950s Art

Materials

Ceramic

Vintage French Gouache - Room of Whimsy
Located in Houston, TX
Poetically inspired piece of a small top floor room in Paris filled with paintings, birds and and a lively scarecrow made of clothing, 1950. Signed lower right, artist unknown. Orig...
Category

1950s Art

Materials

Gouache, Paper

Léger, Composition, Contrastes (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph and stencil on papier a la cuve du moulin Richard de Bas spécialement filigrané pour cette édition paper. Inscription: signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Good ...
Category

Modern 1950s Art

Materials

Lithograph, Stencil

1950's Mid Century modern English oil portrait of a woman seated in an interior
Located in Woodbury, CT
1950's Mid Century modern English oil portrait of a woman seated in an interior The artist was a portrait and figure painter active during the 1950s-1960s Great use of color and abstract brush strokes...
Category

Abstract Impressionist 1950s Art

Materials

Oil, Panel

Circa 1950 original poster by Dietrich Bodman - Tourism to the Black Forest
Located in PARIS, FR
The circa 1950 original poster by Dietrich Bodman, "Visitez la Forêt Noire avec les trains du chemin de fer fédéral allemand," is a beautiful example of mid-century European travel a...
Category

1950s Art

Materials

Lithograph, Paper

"Femme 5" Figurative Woodblock on Rice Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
"Femme 5" Figurative Woodblock on Rice Paper Bold figurative composition by Shiko Munakata (Japanese, 1903-1975). A woman is shown in a squatting position, with her head tilted. She...
Category

Cubist 1950s Art

Materials

Rice Paper, Woodcut, Watercolor

Original "La Marseillaise" vintage cruise ship poster. Mediterranean God
Located in Spokane, WA
Origiinal French poster: La Marseillaise (English) Messangeries Maritimes. Serves the Mediterranean original vintage European travel poster....
Category

Abstract Expressionist 1950s Art

Materials

Lithograph

Vintage American Modernist Abstract Expressionist Framed Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract landscape oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. No signature found.
Category

Abstract 1950s Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

lithograph
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. Published in Milan by Groupe Espace for the very rare 1958 volume of Documenti d'Arte d'Oggi. Sheet size 12 1/2 x 8 5/8 inches (318 x 220 mm); with print...
Category

Futurist 1950s Art

Materials

Lithograph

Carnet Intimes
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: offset lithograph (after the watercolor sketch). Printed in 1955 by Draeger Freres, this composition is from George Braque's Intimate Sketchbooks (Carnets Intimes). Braque ha...
Category

1950s Art

Materials

Offset

original lithograph
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. This lithograph was printed in 1958 for the "Improvisations" portfolio, published by the Artists Equity Association of New York on the occasion of the 19...
Category

1950s Art

Materials

Lithograph

Jayne Mansfield: Modern Pinup
Located in Austin, TX
This beautiful modern pinup features the lovely Jayne Mansfield posed on barstools with modern art on the walls. Jayne Mansfield was an American film, theater, and television actre...
Category

Contemporary 1950s Art

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment

'Marlon Brando & Vivien Leigh Smoking On-Set'
Located in London, GB
'Marlon Brando & Vivien Leigh Smoking On-Set' Marlon Brando and Vivien Leigh smoking cigarettes on the set of 'A Streetcar Named Desire,' 1951....
Category

Modern 1950s Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Mid Century Sea Rocks Carmel Landscape
By Homer Levinson
Located in Soquel, CA
Stunning mid century landscape of Carmel, California titled "Sea Rocks" by Homer Francis Levinson (American, 1894-1975), circa 1940's. Impasto brushwork adds extra depth and interest...
Category

American Impressionist 1950s Art

Materials

Oil, Linen

La petite corbeille, Une Aventure méthodique, Georges Braque
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin d'Arches paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Une Aventure méthodique, 1950; published by Fernand Mourlot, Paris, a...
Category

Modern 1950s Art

Materials

Lithograph

'Sunflower Field in Summer', Danish Impressionist oil Landscape, Paris, Benezit
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
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 showing a lyrical view of a sunflower field with haystacks beyond, all beneath a bright summer sky filled with light-suffused cumulus clouds. Ole Kielberg first attended Copenhagen's Royal Danish Art Academy where he first studied with the classically-trained landscape painter, Aksel Jørgensen...
Category

Post-Impressionist 1950s Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

original lithograph
Located in Henderson, NV
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...
Category

1950s Art

Materials

Lithograph

Villon, En colère, Douze Contemporains (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph, stencil on wove paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Douze Contemporains, 1959; published by Éditions d'Art du Lion, Paris;...
Category

Modern 1950s Art

Materials

Lithograph, Stencil

'Bay Shanties, San Francisco', Marin, WPA, Mid-century California oil, Benezit
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Oil landscape showing a view of several age-worn buildings near waters edge, with two sailboats making their way past, and gold and lavender hued hills in the background. Signed low...
Category

Modern 1950s Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Kandinsky, Composition, Derrière le miroir (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition, with centerfold, as issued. Notes: From Derrière le miroir, N° 42, 1951. Published by Aimé...
Category

Modern 1950s Art

Materials

Lithograph

Anne Estell Rice (1877-1959, American) Still Life With Bottles
Located in San Francisco, CA
Anne Estell Rice (1877-1959, American) Still Life With Bottles Oil Paint on Masonite Signed and dated 1958 Unframed 12" x 21.5"
Category

1950s Art

Materials

Oil

'Reclining Woman', Paris, Louvre, Salon d'Automne, LACMA, SFAA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Created circa 1955 by Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) and stamped, verso, with Victor di Gesu estate stamp. Winner of the Prix Othon Friesz, Victor di Gesu first attended the L...
Category

Post-Impressionist 1950s Art

Materials

Paper, Graphite

original lithograph
Located in Henderson, NV
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...
Category

1950s Art

Materials

Lithograph

Abstraction Pink
Located in Buffalo, NY
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...
Category

Abstract Expressionist 1950s Art

Materials

Linen, Oil, Board

Chagall, Ruth gleaning (Mourlot 230-277; Cramer 42) (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin des Papeteries du Marais paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, Marc Chagall, Dessins Pour La Bible, Verv...
Category

Expressionist 1950s Art

Materials

Lithograph

Five Ideas for Sculpture
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Five Ideas for Sculpture Lithograph, 1981 Signed and numbered in pencil by the artist lower margin. (see photos) Edition: (35/50) 50 There were also 15 Roman Numeral artist's proofs....
Category

Modern 1950s Art

Materials

Lithograph

Léger, Composition, Contrastes (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph and stencil on papier a la cuve du moulin Richard de Bas spécialement filigrané pour cette édition paper. Inscription: signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Good ...
Category

Modern 1950s Art

Materials

Lithograph, Stencil

The Terrace
Located in London, GB
'The Terrace', watercolour on art paper, by Maurice Savin (circa 1950s). An inviting scene from the South of France depicts a quiet sun terrace on a balmy day with azure skies. The v...
Category

Modern 1950s Art

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Edge
Located in Austin, TX
Waterline Fine Art, Austin, TX is pleased to present the following work: Oil on board. Signed and dated lower right and verso, titled verso. 36.25 x 48 in. 40.5 x 52.25 in. (framed) Framed in contemporary silver, tiered floater frame. Dennis Eugene Norman Burton was a Canadian modernist who was born in Lethbridge, Ontario. He attended the Ontario College of Art from 1952 to 1956, and worked for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) as a graphic designer until 1960. Inspired by a 1955 exhibition of the “Painters Eleven” at Toronto’s Hart House, as well as American Abstract Expressionist artists such as Robert Motherwell, Jack Tworkov, and Willem de Kooning, Burton shifted his focus toward abstraction in the mid-1950s. Burton showed with the famed Isaacs Gallery in Toronto, becoming one of the youngest members on the gallery’s roster. A talented musician, he also played saxophone in the Artist’s Jazz Band in Toronto - a pioneering Canadian free-jazz group...
Category

Abstract Expressionist 1950s Art

Materials

Masonite, Oil, Board

1950's Oil Painting on Canvas "Morning Sun 1957"
Located in San Francisco, CA
1950's, Figurative Painting "Morning Sun, 1957" Oil on canvas 36 x 36 on framed, 37 x 37 framed
Category

1950s Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Chic Shoes" by Joseph McKeown
Located in London, GB
"Chic Shoes" by Joseph McKeown 18th September 1954: A poodle adds a touch of chic to an array of footwear designed by 26-year-old Jean Matthew to follow current American and Italian...
Category

Modern 1950s Art

Materials

Black and White

Maine Lighthouse, Impressionist Watercolor by Eve Nethercott
Located in Long Island City, NY
Eve Nethercott, American (1925 - 2015) - Maine Lighthouse (66), Year: 1957, Medium: Watercolor, Size: 19 in. x 24 in. (48.26 cm x 60.96 cm), Description: Looking up at the floc...
Category

Impressionist 1950s Art

Materials

Watercolor

original lithograph
Located in Henderson, NV
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...
Category

1950s Art

Materials

Lithograph

"Sleigh Ride"
Located in Southampton, NY
Oil on artist board painting by the American artist, Marion Gray Traver. The painting is entirely executed with a palette knife, a familiar tool used by this artist. Signed lower r...
Category

Post-Impressionist 1950s Art

Materials

Oil, Board

Chagall, The face of Israel (Mourlot 117-46; Cramer 25) (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin des Papeteries du Marais paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, Marc Chagall, Dessins Pour La Bible, Verv...
Category

Expressionist 1950s Art

Materials

Lithograph

New York City, World Series Parade, Black and White Baseball Photography
Located in New york, NY
World Series Parade, New York City, 1954 by Leonard Freed, is an 11" x 14" gelatin silver later ("lifetime") print, signed on verso (back of print) by the photographer and stamped (magnum). The photograph was handprinted by Leonard Freed. Parade by Freed captures the joy of two majorettes en route in the streets of the city for the celebration of the New York Giants...
Category

Contemporary 1950s Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin, Photographic Film

Boy from Aizu
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Kiyoshi Saito – Japanese – (1907-1997) Title: Boy from Aizu Year: circa 1950s Medium: Woodblock Image size: 15 x 10 inches. Sheet size: 16.5x 11 inches. Signature: Signed, ...
Category

Modern 1950s Art

Materials

Paper, Woodcut

Frank Sinatra, 1965 - Bob Willoughby (Portrait Photography)
Located in London, GB
Frank Sinatra, 1965 - Bob Willoughby (Portrait Photography) Archival pigment print Printed on 20 x 24 inch paper From an edition of 25 Also available in alternative sizes Bob Wi...
Category

Realist 1950s Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

original lithograph
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. This lithograph was printed in 1958 for the "Improvisations" portfolio, published by the Artists Equity Association of New York on the occasion of the 19...
Category

1950s Art

Materials

Lithograph

Picasso, Composition, Les Cavaliers d'Ombre (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin paper. Inscription: signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: from the album, Les Cavaliers d'Ombre; Sous le Manteau de Feu, 1956. Pub...
Category

Modern 1950s Art

Materials

Lithograph

original lithograph
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. This lithograph is from the rare 1950 "Improvisations" portfolio, published by the Artists Equity Association of New York on the occasion of the 1950 Spr...
Category

1950s Art

Materials

Lithograph

Picasso, Composition, Picasso and the Human Comedy (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin des Papeteries du Marais paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, Picasso and the Human Comedy, Verve: Rev...
Category

Cubist 1950s Art

Materials

Lithograph

Carnet Intimes
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: offset lithograph (after the watercolor sketch). Printed in 1955 by Draeger Freres, this composition is from George Braque's Intimate Sketchbooks (Carnets Intimes). Braque ha...
Category

1950s Art

Materials

Offset

Saturday Evening Post cover, August 29, 1959. - Americana
Located in Miami, FL
This classic Post cover combines the vastness of the American West landscape with the intimacy of iconic Americana: two kids swimming in a rura...
Category

American Realist 1950s Art

Materials

Oil, Board

original lithograph
Located in Henderson, NV
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...
Category

1950s Art

Materials

Lithograph

Isle Of Cowes Regatta 1953 F&R Colour Plate by Montague Dawson
Located in Bristol, CT
Classic Frost & Reed colour c1953 print of the Isle of Cowes Regatta painted by Montague Dawson Print Sz: 10 1/4"H x 14 1/4"W Frame Sz: 15"H x 19"W Montague Dawson RSMA, FRSA (189...
Category

1950s Art

Materials

Lithograph

original lithograph
Located in Henderson, NV
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...
Category

1950s Art

Materials

Lithograph

Lucky Luciano, Sicily, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Sicilian-born American gangster Charles 'Lucky' Luciano (1897 - 1962) walking with friends...
Category

American Realist 1950s Art

Materials

Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram

original lithograph
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. This lithograph is from the rare 1950 "Improvisations" portfolio, published by the Artists Equity Association of New York on the occasion of the 1950 Spr...
Category

1950s Art

Materials

Lithograph

Face, Pablo Picasso, 1950's, Earthenware, Decorative Art, Design, Interior,
Located in Geneva, CH
Face, Pablo Picasso, 1950's, Earthenware, Decorative Art, Design, Interior, Ed. 500 pcs 1955 White earthenware clay, decoration in engobe, glaze inside Inscribed and stamped on the...
Category

Post-War 1950s Art

Materials

Ceramic, Clay, Earthenware, Glaze

Demitasse
Located in West Hollywood, CA
We are proud to present outstanding original oil on canvas by American artist William Gropper (1897-1977.) William Gropper was an artist and illustrator, known for his exceptional a...
Category

American Modern 1950s Art

Materials

Oil

Dans L'Atelier de Picasso
Located in OPOLE, PL
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...
Category

Modern 1950s Art

Materials

Lithograph

Woman smoking pencil drawing
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Frame size 74x61 cm.
Category

Academic 1950s Art

Materials

Pencil

'Reclining Nude in Interior', California Post-Impressionist, Louvre, LACMA, SFAA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Painted circa 1955 by Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) and stamped verso with estate stamp. Framed dimensions: 21 H x 1.5 D x 24.75 W inches Winner of the Prix Othon Friesz, Vic...
Category

Post-Impressionist 1950s Art

Materials

Paper, Oil

Marilyn Monroe in Nightgown for Gentlemen Prefer Blondes Vintage Press Print
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white promo photo of Marilyn Monroe posed in a a black nightgown for her role in "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes", circa 1953. -- One-of-a-kind original vintage press print from...
Category

Contemporary 1950s Art

Materials

Black and White

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