1950s Art

This exquisite heliogravure after Henri Matisse (1869–1954), titled Guillaume Apollinaire, from the album Portraits par Henri Matisse (Portraits by Henri Matisse), originates from th...

A stylish 1950s Mid-Century Modern abstract geometric textile design in brown, yellow and pale pink tones by famed French costume, set and fashion designer Andre Delfau (1914-2000). Artwork size: 19 x 14 1/2 inches; Unframed. Presented in an archival mat measuring 26 x 20 inches (ready to frame). Estate stamped on reverse. Provenance: Estate of the artist. One from a series of related Modern textile designs by Andre Delfau. Please see our other 1stDibs gallery listings. Born in Paris, France in 1914, Andre Delfau became an internationally acclaimed stage, set and costume designer who worked world-wide from the 1930s to the 1980s. Delfau was a life long artist and painted independently of his noted design career. His artwork is recognized for it’s vibrant color and form, and a particularly keen use of line. He was highly influenced by the French Modern trends of Cubism and Surrealism, and his artwork is often infused with a dramatic sense of architecture and perspective. Delfau created fashion designs for such major Paris couture houses as Balmain, Jean Patou and Balenciaga. He completed noteworthy set designs and costumes for numerous international operatic and ballet productions, including those at the Royal Danish Ballet, the Royal Ballet of Great Britain, the Paris Opera, the Dance Theater of Harlem, the Ruth Page International Ballet, the Civic Ballet of Chicago, the Chicago Opera Ballet and the Lyric Opera of Chicago, among others. Most notably, Delfau designed the elaborate stage sets and costumes for the 1986 PBS television production of the Viennese operetta, "Die Fledermaus...

This exquisite heliogravure after Henri Matisse (1869–1954), titled Louis Aragon, from the album Portraits par Henri Matisse (Portraits by Henri Matisse), originates from the 1954 ed...

Partially signed, lower left, 'Georgetti' for Wedo Georgetti (American, 1911-2005) and painted circa 1955. Accompanied by an Certificate of Authenticity. A substantial, mid-century...

This exquisite lithograph after Maurice de Vlaminck (1876–1958), titled Femme au Chien (Woman with Dog), from the album Vlaminck, originates from the 1958 edition published by Andre ...

Leopoldo Gonzales Jr Born 1921 San Antonio Artist Image Size: 48 x 36 Frame Size: 52 x 40 Medium: Oil / Casein Circa 1958 Mid Century Modern "Penguin" Signed and titled on verso. ...

This exquisite lithograph after Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841–1919), titled Portrait de Auguste Renoir (Portrait of Auguste Renoir), from the album Les Lithographies de Renoir (The Lit...

Etching on Montval wove paper, realized by Marc Chagall in 1931-39 and published by Tériade in 1956. Edition of 275+30 out of commerce copies. Not signed nor numbered, as issued. ...

Legendary photographer Slim Aarons relaxes in a self portrait shot in Athens, near the Acropolis. Slim Aarons said, "I love a solo holiday. It tends to refresh the part of oneself that is most depleted by modern life — patience. "Let me dispel a few myths. You will be lonely. No: you won’t. My solo travels in Paris have brought many perfect hours of being alone but not a moment of loneliness. People who depend on other people are often in hiding from themselves. Two and a quarter million people live in the City of Light: you will see many of them and you will pass them in the street, but when you see Notre Dame after dark and walk home and perhaps stop to have a drink in the Marais, you can feel that the only thing that is missing from your experience is the common dependency on someone to distract your attention. "I’ve had solo pints of Guinness in the pubs of County Kerry and County Cork. I’ve walked across the sage- and juniper-scented maquis of Corsica on a spring day, where you can still find the world of Napoleon’s childhood. More than once I went to the Isle of Iona in the Scottish Hebrides...

Stamped, verso, with estate stamp for Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) and created circa 1955. Winner of the Prix Othon Friesz, Victor di Gesu first attended the Los Angeles Art...

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

Vintage American modernist southern school painting. A family portrait on a New Orleans porch. Beautiful detail in the wrought iron. Brilliant color palette here. Signed verso. ...

American Impressionist

Amusing etching, representing the seducing Spanish dancer, Carolina Otero. Numbered and hand-signed with pencil on lower margin by the Italian artist, Franco Rognoni. Edition of 25 ...

Lithograph on vélin paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From Derrière le miroir, N° 115, 1959. Published by Aimé Maeght, Éditeur, Paris; pr...

This exquisite heliogravure after Henri Matisse (1869–1954), titled Charles d'Orleans (Charles of Orleans), from the album Portraits par Henri Matisse (Portraits by Henri Matisse), o...

This mid-1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features film stars (left to right) Clark Gable (1901 - 1960), Van Heflin (1910 - 1971), Gary Cooper...

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 ...

This photograph of JFK, Jackie O, and Caroline Kennedy taken by Jacques Lowe is offered by CLAMP in New York City.

6200 Woman with purple hat. Made with enameled glass on copper plate. Wood frame Image size 4.5x6.5" Signed Walt LITI

Art Shay's true love was street photography. It is evidently clear in this shot entitled "The Three, Maybe Four, Ages of Women" with the young mannequin bride, the middle aged women...

Wonderful post impressionistic still life of autumn yellow chrysanthemums with boughs of bronze maple leaves in a vase. Painted in style of Albert Andre (French, 1869 - 1954). Circa ...

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...

Vintage modernist landscape painting. Oil on canvas, circa 1957. Signed "Olga" verso. Displayed in a modern frame. Image size, 36"L x 26"H.

This superb British Post Impressionist oil painting is by artist Glyn Morgan. Morgan was a noted Welsh artist, initially taught by Ceri Richards in Cardiff and later a Benton End stu...

This exquisite lithograph by Marc Chagall (1887–1985), titled Le Pantheon (The Pantheon), from the folio Derriere le miroir, No. 67–68, originates from the 1954 edition published by ...

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...

Artist: Georges Braque Title: Le Coq Portfolio: Verve Vol VII No. 27-28 Medium: Lithograph Date: 1952 Edition: 6000 Frame Size: 22" x 18 1/4" Sheet Size: 14" x 10" Signature: Unsigned

'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...

Signature: Signed Lower Left Original cover illustration for The Saturday Evening Post, December 2, 1950 The Post described, “One night Art Editor Stuart was having a party. His three boys came downstairs four times and were conducted back up by their mother. The next time they came down, Papa Stuart waxed excited, firmly conveyed them aloft himself, and they did not show up again. Stuart was warmly congratulated on his success as a father. When the party broke up, the youngest lad was found asleep on the stairs. Stuart claims that the older ones never did come down again, but this was probably because they merely went to sleep in their beds from natural causes. George Hugehes has painted some other people’s offspring, to get over the idea that children all over America are eager to improve their minds by listening to sophisticated conversation.” (The Saturday Evening Post, December 2, 1950, p. 3) Exhibited: Norman Rockwell Museum...

This superb Scottish Impressionist townscape oil painting is by noted Slade School trained artist Sir Harry Jefferson Barnes. Originally from Sheffield Barnes was very involved with ...

A large, colorful 1950s Mid-Century Modern Cubist watercolor of vibrant purple irises by Chicago and New York artist Rita Duis (Astley-Bell). Watercolor on paper, signed and inscrib...

Lithograph and stencil on vélin d'Arches paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the album, Mon ami Léger par André Maurois de l'Académie ...

Signed lower right, 'Di Gesu' for Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) and painted circa 1955. Winner of the Prix Othon Friesz, Victor di Gesu first attended the Los Angeles Art Cen...

Guests lounge by the pool at a party in Palm Beach, Florida, 1951. Slim Aarons Palm Beach Pool Party 1951 C-Print Estate signature stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with cer...

This lovely British Post Impressionist Wiltshire landscape oil painting is from a collection of Peter L Field paintings acquired from the family. Painted circa 1950 the composition i...

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...

This exquisite heliogravure after Henri Matisse (1869–1954), titled Edgar Allan Poe (Edgar Allan Poe), from the album Portraits par Henri Matisse (Portraits by Henri Matisse), origin...

In a style similar to Modigliani, Boulanger depicts a saint holding a baby and crossing the water on the back of a ram (Belier in French). This poster was printed as a reproduction o...

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...

Silver Gelatine Print by Erich Andres, 1947. 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...

The Elephants at the circus is a black and white vintage photo, realized in 1950s. Good conditions and aged. It belongs to a historical and nostalgic album including historical mom...

'Still Life of Tulips' by Poul Nielsen, 1954. Post-Impressionist, Royal Academy of Art, Copenhagen ---- Signed lower left with monogram 'P/N' for Poul Nielsen (Danish, 1920-1998) an...

An interesting, American School Mid-century tempera painting showing a view of a seated clown rehearsing his dogs for a dance routine while a bareback rider in costume observes in th...

This Woodblock Print is the celebrated "Fujimigahara in Owari Province" (尾州不二見原 Bishū Fujimigahara), by the master Japanese ukiyo-e artist Katsushika Hokusai. It is a work from his f...

Etching and aquatint, 1958 Handsigned by the artist in pencil and numbered 27/75 Publisher : Maeght Editeur, Paris Printer : Crommelynck et Dutrou, Paris Catalog : [Dupin 159, p. 130...

View Of The Haifa Coast Canvas 30x36 inches, 22K gold leaf Motyka frame 39x45 inches, artist signed lower left corner.. One of Sobel best and also early landscape painting, painted...

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...

The Lapis IV Irene Rice Pereira, American (1902-1971) 1954 Watercolor and Ink on Paper, signed, dated and titled Size: 12 x 15 in. (30.48 x 38.1 cm) Frame Size: 13.75 x 16.75 inches

This exquisite heliogravure after Henri Matisse (1869–1954), titled Serge Prokofieff (Serge Prokofieff), from the album Portraits par Henri Matisse (Portraits by Henri Matisse), orig...

Mid Century Bell Tower Courtyard Figurative Landscape Mid Century monochromatic figurative landscape oil painting in yellow tones, featuring a courty...

'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...

'CZ's Dogs' Premium Rates Apply. circa 1955: Mrs F C Winston Guest (1920 - 2003) (aka Cee Zee Guest) with her dogs in front of the Grecian temple pool on her ocean-front estate, Vil...

This exquisite lithograph after Robert Delaunay (1885–1941), titled Air, Fer, Eau (Air, Iron, Water), from the album XXe Siecle, Nouvelle serie N°9 (double), Juin 1957, originates fr...

This exquisite lithograph after Henri Matisse (1869–1954), titled Auguste Pellerin, from the album Portraits par Henri Matisse (Portraits by Henri Matisse), originates from the 1954 ...

Not glamorous but highly significant collection of everyday household cleaning tools in this still life by listed Canadian artist Dorothy Violet Bywater-Schust (1918-2010). Signed "S...

An original mid-century oil painting by celebrated California artist Jon Blanchette (1908–1987), East Santa Cruz, California captures the quiet beauty and dramatic atmosphere of the Northern California landscape during the 1950s. A sunlit yellow farmhouse emerges against rolling green hills beneath an expansive sky filled with deep gray storm clouds, creating a striking balance of warmth, light, and approaching weather. Blanchette's confident brushwork and sophisticated handling of color evoke the timeless character of the Santa Cruz countryside while reflecting the lyrical qualities of American Impressionism. Painted circa 1955 on canvas board and signed by the artist in the lower right corner, this original work exemplifies Blanchette's signature Romantic Realist style, combining careful observation with expressive color and atmosphere. The vibrant yellow architecture serves as a focal point within the sweeping rural landscape, making the composition equally compelling as fine art and as a sophisticated design statement for modern, coastal, ranch, or contemporary interiors. Professionally presented in a custom archival frame, the painting is ready to display. Born in England and educated at the Pittsburgh Art...

The original 1954 poster created by artist Jean-Marie Thorimbert for Montana Vermala, a ski resort located in Crans Montana, in the Swiss canton of Val...

Osvaldo Salas, widely recognized as one of the world’s great press photographers, was born in Havana, Cuba in 1914. At the age of fourteen, he left Havan...

This exquisite lithograph and pochoir after Henri Laurens (1885–1954), titled Nature morte (Still Life), from the album XXe Siecle, Nouvelle serie N°6 (double), Janvier 1956, origina...