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Period: 1950s
Vintage French Watercolor Landscape - Rural Outskirts
Located in Houston, TX
Warmly hued watercolor of rust colored homes and buildings dotting a rural landscape by French artist Stephane Magnard, circa 1950. Signed lower right. Stéphane Magnard was the pain...
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1950s Art

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

'L'Escargot' Modern Art Colour Lithograph on Wove Paper
Located in Toronto, ON
Signed on the plate by Matisse. From the portfolio ‘Dernières Oeuvres de Matisse 1950-1954’, known as Verve Vol. IX No. 35 & 36. Printed by Mourlot in Paris. Henri Matisse oversaw ...
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Fauvist 1950s Art

Materials

Lithograph

Flowers - Russian Art Judaica
Located in London, GB
This painting is hand signed in oil by the artist "Mane-Katz" in the lower right corner. It was probably painted in the 1950's. Provenance: Christie's, London, 3rd December 1999, lo...
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Other Art Style 1950s Art

Materials

Oil

Joys Of Skiing
Located in London, GB
A couple of skiers heading downhill on a gentle powder snow slope at the Swiss ski resort of Klosters. Original Publication: Picture Post – 7525 – The Joys...
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1950s Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

De Mauvais Sujets - Planche V
Located in OPOLE, PL
Marc Chagall (1887-1985) - De Mauvais Sujets - Planche V Etching and aquatint from 1958. An unnumbered and unsigned copy from a limited edition of 153. Dimensions of sheet: 43.5 x 32.5 cm Dimensions in frame: 63.2 x 53.2 cm Publisher: Les Bibliophiles de l’Union Française, Paris. Printer: Atelier Lacourière et Frélaut, Paris. Reference: Cramer 35 -- This original color etching comes from De Mauvais Sujets ("The Bad Subjects"), a 1958 illustrated portfolio that paired Marc Chagall’s artwork...
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Surrealist 1950s Art

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

Composition, Cirque (Saphire, N° 44-106)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin d’Arches paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Cirque, Lithographies Originales. Published by Les Édition...
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Modern 1950s Art

Materials

Lithograph

Cary Grant and Grace Kelly in To Catch a Thief
Located in Austin, TX
Awesome closeup publicity still of Cary Grant and Grace Kelly in their roles for the Hitchcock film To Catch a Thief. To Catch a Thief is a 1955 American romantic thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, from a screenplay by John Michael Hayes based on the 1952 novel of the same name by David Dodge...
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Contemporary 1950s Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Pigment

Er Fusto, Roma Ciampino Airport (1953) Large size Black & White Fine Art Print
Located in Brussels, BE
Artwork # 1 on 5 sold in limited edition in perfect condition This photo was made in 1953, the negative was digitized during the artist's lifetime and the technical parameters (frami...
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Photorealist 1950s Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

1954 original poster by Victor Koretsky Russians and Ukrainians Together Forever
Located in PARIS, FR
Victor Koretsky, a prominent Soviet poster artist, is well known for his powerful propaganda works that reflect the political landscape and ideology of the USSR during the mid-20th c...
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1950s Art

Materials

Paper, Lithograph

Vintage American Impressionist Modernist New York City Brooklyn Bridge Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist New York City oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. No signature found. Label from Kamil Kubik (1930 - 2011).
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Impressionist 1950s Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Vintage American School Modernist Old Lyme Connecticut New England Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist New England barn oil painting. Oil on canvas, circa 1960. Signed illegibly. Image size, 24L x 20H. Framed in a period f...
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Modern 1950s Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Le Piano - Post Impressionist Figurative Interior Painting by Emilio Grau Sala
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed and titled oil on canvas figure in interior circa 1950 by Spanish post impressionist Emilio Grau Sala. The work depicts a red-haired lady in a red dress seated at a piano. A y...
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Post-Impressionist 1950s Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Tornando con le spese, New York (1955) - Large size Black & White Fine Art Print
Located in Brussels, BE
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 (fram...
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Photorealist 1950s Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons Carlton Hotel Limited Estate Print
Located in London, GB
'Carlton Hotel' by Slim Aarons The entrance to the Carlton Hotel, Cannes, France, 1958. A couple dressed elegantly in all white tennis outfits with rackets in hand, wander past the...
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Modern 1950s Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

1951 Graphite on Paper Figure Study of a Standing Male by Artist Harold Haydon
Located in Chicago, IL
A 1951 black and white figure study of a nude male, by artist Harold Haydon. Artwork size: 19" x 12 1/2". Archivally matted to 24" x 20". Provenance: Estate of the Artist. Esta...
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American Modern 1950s Art

Materials

Graphite, Paper

Hunting game
Located in Genève, GE
Work on wood Golden wooden frame 73 x 87 x 4 cm
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1950s Art

Materials

Oil

Man, Notre Dam, Street Photography, Black and White, Paris, 1950s, 23 x 16, 2 cm
Located in Cologne, DE
Silver Gelatine Print by Erich Andres, ca 1950. 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 photogr...
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Modern 1950s Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin, Black and White

Elizabeth Taylor Behind the Scenes
Located in Austin, TX
This iconic and elegant portrait captured by celebrity photographer Frank Worth features actress Elizabeth Taylor on the set of the film "Giant" for her role as character Leslie Bene...
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Contemporary 1950s Art

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital

1952 original poster by Daniele Buzzi - Lugano Suisse Southern Switzerland
Located in PARIS, FR
In the picturesque realm of travel posters, Daniele Buzzi's 1952 creation beckons viewers to explore the scenic wonders of Lugano in Southern Switzerland. This vintage masterpiece se...
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1950s Art

Materials

Lithograph, Paper, Linen

Historical Photo - Havana in 1950s - Vintage Photograph - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo - Havana is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the mid-20th century.  It belongs to a historical album including historical moments, royal families, and p...
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Modern 1950s Art

Materials

Photographic Paper

Original "The Greatest Show on Earth" US 1 -sheet vintage movie poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original "The Greatest Shown on Earth" US 1-sheet vintage movie poster, linen backed. 1952. Now over 70 years old! Restored original theater fold marks. A- condition. Bright and vibrant colors. Linen backed original 1952 one sheet U.S. Movie poster by Cecil B. DeMille: The Greatest Show on Earth. Starring Betty Hutton, Cornel Wilde, Charlton Heston, Dorothy Lamour, James Stewart, Gloria Grahame, Henry Wilcoxon, Lyle Bettger, Lawrence Tierney, and Emmett Kelly...
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American Realist 1950s Art

Materials

Offset

Parent and Child
Located in Houston, TX
Mid-century tempera painting on paper in warm orange tones of parent with child by French artist Clairet, 1956. Signed and dated lower right. Original artwork on paper displayed on ...
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1950s Art

Materials

Tempera

Le Roi (Pour Amiel), Modern Etching after Pablo Picasso
Located in Long Island City, NY
Pablo Picasso, After, Spanish (1881 - 1973) - Le Roi (Pour Amiel), Year: 1957, Medium: Color Etching, signed and dated in the plate, Image Size: 9.5 x 7 inches, Size: 26 x 20 in...
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Modern 1950s Art

Materials

Etching

C. Z. Guest With Her Great Dane Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
C. Z. Guest With Her Great Dane 1955 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition American socialite C.Z. Guest (Mrs Winston F.C. Guest) (1920 – 2003) with a large Great Dane...
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Modern 1950s Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Bronx Park, Impressionist Watercolor by Eve Nethercott
Located in Long Island City, NY
Eve Nethercott, American (1925 - 2015) - Bronx Park (P5.1), Year: circa 1950, Medium: Watercolor on Paper, Size: 11.5 x 9 in. (29.21 x 22.86 cm), Description: Eve Nethercott'...
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Impressionist 1950s Art

Materials

Watercolor

Sidney Poitier & Tony Curtis Oscar Winning 1958 film The Defiant Ones Caricature
Located in New York, NY
"The Defiant Ones" Tony Curtis Sidney Poitier Oscar Winning 1958 film Caricature. Two escaped convicts chained together, one white and one black, must l...
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Modern 1950s Art

Materials

Ink, Board

A Pair of Mid-Century, Pen & Ink Interior Drawings by Artist Harold Haydon
Located in Chicago, IL
A pair of delightful, Mid-Century interior scenes in pen & ink by artist Harold Haydon. Image sizes: 6" x 9" each. Each are archivally matted to 12" x 16". Harold Emerson Haydon w...
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American Modern 1950s Art

Materials

Ink, Pen

'Summer Bouquet', Society of Western Artists, De Young Museum, Oakland Museum
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'Clifford Holmes' (American, 1876-1963) and created circa 1955. Titled, verso, 'Mixed Bouquet' and inscribed with artist's Hayward, California address. The descendant of a pioneer California family, Clifford Holmes first studied at the University of Redlands and, subsequently, at San Francisco State. He later traveled and studied in Europe. Holmes painted in a wide variety of media including oil, watercolor and pastel and his favored subjects included portraits, landscapes and still-lives. Over the course of a long career, he exhibited widely and with success including at the Society of Western Artists, the American Artist's Professional League, the De Young...
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Modern 1950s Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Marilyn Monroe with Lauren Bacall at Premiere Vintage Press Print
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white candid shot of Lauren Bacall and Marilyn Monroe posed at a premiere for "How to Marry a Millionaire", circa 1953. -- One-of-a-kind original vintage press print from ...
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Contemporary 1950s Art

Materials

Black and White

Abstract Composition - Original lithograph poster - Maeght 1956
Located in Paris, IDF
Pierre TAL-COAT Abstract Composition Original vintage lithograph poster On paper 62 x 48 cm (c. 25 x 19 in) Edited for the artist exhibition at Maeght Gallery in 1956 Excellent co...
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Abstract 1950s Art

Materials

Lithograph

Westin Excelsior Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Westin Excelsior 1957 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition The Westin Excelsior Hotel on the Lido in Venice, 1957. unframed c type pri...
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Modern 1950s Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

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...
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1950s Art

Materials

Lithograph, Paper

Antique American School Female Artist Abstract Expressionist Cubist Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique modernist abstract painting by Elsie Orfuss (Born 1913). Oil on canvas. Signed on verso. Nicely framed. `
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Abstract Expressionist 1950s Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Sophia Loren Shooting Pool
Located in Austin, TX
A Vintage 1958 Photograph featuring Italian actress Sophia Loren showing her skills in billiards as captured by the Italian photo agency Liverani of Rome during a private shoot. Sop...
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Contemporary 1950s Art

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Composition, Arbres et Voiles, Édouard Pignon
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph and stencil on grand Velin d'Arches paper. Inscription: signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: from the folio, Édouard Pignon, Arbres et Voi...
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Modern 1950s Art

Materials

Lithograph, Stencil

Sunbathing Skier (1956) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Located in London, GB
Sunbathing Skier (1956) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print (Photo by Don/Three Lions/Getty Images) circa 1956: With the temperature at around 80? a skier reclines on her propped-up skis ...
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Modern 1950s Art

Materials

Black and White, Silver Gelatin

'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...
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Post-Impressionist 1950s Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Rita Hayworth: Sandwich Break
Located in Austin, TX
This beautiful vintage portrait features Rita Hayworth smiling while enjoying a sandwich break.Rita Hayworth was an American actress and dancer. She achieved fame during the 1940s as...
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Contemporary 1950s Art

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

A Nice Spot For Lunch (1957) Limited Estate Stamped - Grande XL
Located in London, GB
A Nice Spot For Lunch (1957) Limited Estate Stamped - Grande XL (Photo By Slim Aarons) A group enjoy a picnic at a rocky coastline in Bermuda,...
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Modern 1950s Art

Materials

Color, Archival Pigment

1960s Bay Area Landscape Blue Mountains
Located in Arp, TX
Thelma Corbin Moody Blue Mountains c. 1960's Gouache on Arches Paper 19 1/4" x 24 3/4", Unframed Unsigned Lovely, mid century gouache painting, b...
Category

Abstract 1950s Art

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Roman Holiday (1953) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Located in London, GB
Roman Holiday (1953) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print (photo by United Archives/ Alamy Archives) Roman Holiday USA 1953. Directed by William Wyler, Gregory P...
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Modern 1950s Art

Materials

Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Reine de Joie - Litho After H. de Toulouse-Lautrec
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions: 28.3 x 20 cm. Reine de Joie is a chromolithographed poster, signed on plate on the lower left margin by the French bohemian artist Hen...
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Post-Impressionist 1950s Art

Materials

Lithograph

Original Washington Pennsylvania Railroad, Go By Train vintage poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original Washington, Go By Train, Pennsylvania Railroad vintage poster. Linen backed in fine condition. B+, A- condition. A tear in the poster was restored during linen backing. Minor scuff marks near the left edge and on the red lettering of on the bottom. The image of a bald Eagle as the blue sky is behind the enlarged image of the Capitol dome. The lower portion of the building is resting in the shadows. The poster captures the majestic beauty of the United States Capitol dome in Washington, D.C., symbolizing American democracy and government. Including the eagle soaring in the sky behind the Capitol Dome reinforces patriotic themes and evokes a sense of national pride. Overall, this poster exemplifies the Pennsylvania Railroad's marketing efforts to entice travelers to choose rail travel for their journeys. It promises them not only efficient transportation but also a sense of national pride and connection to iconic American landmarks. The Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) was one of the largest and most influential railroad companies in the United States, operating from 1846 until 1968. It played a pivotal role in developing the American railroad industry and expanding transportation networks across the country. Today, vintage Pennsylvania Railroad posters...
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American Modern 1950s Art

Materials

Offset

Grace Kelly Studio Portrait - Photograph and Vintage Large Format Negative
Located in Austin, TX
~ Globe Photos Exclusive Offering for Sotheby's and 1stDibs ~ Offered exclusively to our Sotheby's and 1stDibs customers, Globe Photos is proud to announce a new hand-curated collec...
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Contemporary 1950s Art

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Brando On The Waterfornt (1954) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Oversized
Located in London, GB
Brando On The Waterfront (1954) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Oversized (photo by Glasshouse Images / Alamy Archives) 1954, Marlon Brando on-set of the Film, On the Waterfront. ...
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Modern 1950s Art

Materials

Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Antique American Modernist Abstract Expressionist Monumental NYC Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract expressionist oil painting. No signature found.
Category

Abstract 1950s Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

“Gloucester Harbor”
Located in Southampton, NY
Here for your consideration is a very finely executed watercolor by the New England artist, John Cuthbert Hare of Gloucester Harbor, Massachusetts on...
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Post-Impressionist 1950s Art

Materials

Watercolor, Archival Paper

Mid Century Native American Portrait
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid century Native American portrait by B. Shepard (American, 20th Century). Signed "B. Shepard" lower middle. Unframed. Currently on a mat, ...
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American Impressionist 1950s Art

Materials

Oil, Cardboard

Bagatelles Vegetales (D 111), Modern Abstract Etching with Aquatint by Joan Miro
Located in Long Island City, NY
Joan Miro, Spanish (1893 - 1983) - Bagatelles Vegetales (D 111), Year: 1956, Medium: Etching with Aquatint On Richard de Bas, Edition: 300, Size: 9.5 x 7.25 in. (24.13 x 18.42 cm), ...
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Modern 1950s Art

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

The Potter, Expressionist Portrait of a Young Man by Philadelphia Artist
Located in Doylestown, PA
"The Potter" is an interior portrait of a young man working on a vase at his potter's wheel by Philadelphia born Expressionist painter Bernard Harmon. The 24.25" x 14" oil on cardboard painting is signed "Harmon" in the lower left and it is framed in a new black wood frame. Figurative expressionism in the style of Alice Neel. Bernard Harmon was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1935. Harmon was primarily a portrait painter and a well loved teacher in the Philadelphia area. A graduate of the Philadelphia Museum School and Temples Tyler School of Art, Harmon traveled extensively in Europe and South America. Beloved by many, Harmon taught in the Philadelphia School District for 32 of his 54 years of life. Beginning his career as an art teacher at West Philadelphia High School, in the early 1960s he became one of the district's artists in residence, traveling from school to school to demonstrate for students how an artist works. Returning to the classroom, Harmon joined the art department at Central High School where he taught for 14 years and became an innovator in art curriculum, developing a program offering advanced placement art classes to gifted students. In his final years Harmon became a supervisor, mentoring teachers and overseeing programs in the Philadelphia school systems District #1. During his short life Harmon taught collage preparatory art classes at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, summer classes at the University of the Arts, and a Saturday program for gifted children at Drexel University. Among Harmon's portraits were commissioned by Philadelphia Jazz organist Jimmy Smith and Mayor Richardson Dilworth. Bernard Harmon was active in promoting African American Artist throughout his life time. He organized many early shows such as the "Afro American Artists 1800 - 1969" at the Museum of the Philadelphia Civic Center in 1969. He was considered a Renaissance man by friends and colleagues for his interests not only in art but music and theater as well. He was familiar and friends with many other African American artists such as Doc Thrash, Selma Burke, Paul Keene...
Category

Expressionist 1950s Art

Materials

Oil, Cardboard

The Forest - Drawing - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
The Forest is a drawing realized by an anonymous french artist in the 1950s. Watercolor on paper. Good condition.  Poetic and beautiful drawing with harmonious colors.
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Modern 1950s Art

Materials

Watercolor

Jean Cocteau - Actress - Original Lithograph
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Original Lithograph by Jean Cocteau Title: Actress Signed in the plate Dimensions: 65 x 44 cm Jean Cocteau Writer, artist and film director Jean Cocteau was one of the most influen...
Category

Surrealist 1950s Art

Materials

Lithograph

"Plumbers" Post Cover, Pencil Study
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Pencil Drawing Signature: Signed & Inscribed Lower Right Study for Saturday Evening Post Cover, June 2, 1951
Category

1950s Art

Materials

Pencil

1951 Figure study of a Standing Male Nude by Artist Harold Haydon
Located in Chicago, IL
A black and white figure study of a standing nude male, from 1951, by artist Harold Haydon. Artwork size: 19" x 12 1/2". Archivally matted to 24" x 20". Provenance: Estate of t...
Category

American Modern 1950s Art

Materials

Graphite, Paper

'Audrey Funny Face' 1957 (Silver Gelatin Print)
Located in London, GB
'Audrey Funny Face' Audrey Hepburn, dressed in a Givenchy evening gown, 1957. (Photo: The Everett Collection) Beautiful mint condition Open Edition Silver Gelatin Resin Print me...
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Modern 1950s Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Composition (Reinz 208-222), Voyages Fantastiques, Bernard Buffet
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Drypoint etching on papier de Rives B.F.K. pur fil paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Voyages fantastiques aux États et empires de la l...
Category

Modern 1950s Art

Materials

Drypoint, Etching

“Portrait of a Man”
Located in Southampton, NY
Powerful oil on board original painting of a portrait of a man’s head by the American National Academy artist John R. Grabach. Signed lower left, “John R.Grabach N.A.” Signed verso ...
Category

Modern 1950s Art

Materials

Oil, Board

Boy; Books; Street Photography; Black and White; Paris, 1950s, 17, 5 x 12, 7 cm
Located in Cologne, DE
Silver Gelatine Print by Erich Andres, ca 1950. 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 photogr...
Category

Modern 1950s Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin, Black and White

Original 'Come to Monte Carlo, Monaco' vintage poster. Paradise on Earth!
Located in Spokane, WA
Original Come to Monte Carlo, Principality of Monaco vintage poster. Come to paradise on earth! A black and white vintage poster for Monte Carlo wi...
Category

American Realist 1950s Art

Materials

Offset

Little Boy; Street Photography; Black and White; Paris, 1950s, 17, 7 x 12, 4 cm
Located in Cologne, DE
Silver Gelatine Print by Erich Andres, ca 1950. 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 photogr...
Category

Modern 1950s Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin, Black and White

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