1950s Art

Costa Rica! Still Life with Guitar, Fruit, Wine, and Newsprint in Oil on Canvas Still life in a semi-cubist style by Irene Pattinson (American, 1909-1999). On a reddish-purple table, there is a plate with two apples, a bottle of wine, and an acoustic guitar. The guitar's headstock is shown extending from where the neck meets the body, implying a cubist interpretation of the scene. At the back of the still life arrangement, there is a (collage) newspaper with "Costa Rica!" in the headline. At the left of the composition, there is a curtain or cloth draped across part of the scene. Signed "Irene Pattinson" on verso. No frame. Canvas size: 32"H x 24"W Irene Pattinson (American, 1909-1999) studied at the California School of Fine Art (now The San Francisco Art Institute), San Francisco State College and The Marion Hartwell School of Design. She was President of the San Francisco Woman Artists Association 1955-56. Provenance:The Artist, Estate of Irene Pattinson: David Carlson; Estate of Larry Miller Fine Art, Robert Azensky Fine Art Solo Exhibitions: Lucien Labaudt Gallery 1955; San Francisco Museum of Art, 1961 (39 works) Selected Group Exhibitions: San Francisco Art Association Annual 1948, 54, 55; San Francisco Woman Artists, 1957-1960; Oakland Art Museum Annual, 1951, 58; California Palace of the Legion of Honor, 1960; Richmond Art Center, 1955, 56, 57, 58; San Francisco Art Institute 1959, 60. The Art Bank of the San Francisco Art Association, 1958, 59, 60, 62, 63; Winter Invitational, California Palace of The Legion of Honor, San Francisco, 1960; Fourth Winter Invitational, California Palace of The Legion of Honor, San Francisco, 1963; Awards: First Place, San Francisco Woman Artists Assoc., 1957, 1959; San Francisco Art Festival 1957;Literature: San Francisco Art Institute - A catalog of the Art Ban 1962/63; San Francisco and the Second Wave: The Blair Collection Exhibitions: 1963 The Art Bank of the San Francisco Art Association, San Francisco, CA 1963 California Palace of The Legion of Honor: Forth Winter Invitational, San Francisco, CA 1962 The Art Bank of the San Francisco Art Association, San Francisco, CA 1961 San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, CA 1960 California...

Eve Nethercott, American (1925 - 2015) - Bridge in Central Park and Manhattan View from Brooklyn (70), Year: 1958, Medium: Watercolor, Size: 15 in. x 22 in. (38.1 cm x 55.88 cm)...

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...

Fernand LÉGER Tea Time : The Samovar, 1959 Original lithograph and stencil Printed signature in the plate On vellum Auvergne 38,9 x 50 cm (c. 15,3 x 19,6 Inches) Published in 1959...

"Composition pour le Centenaire de l'Imprimerie Mourlot" is the original exhibition poster created by Henri Matisse for the centenary of the Mourlot printing company which took place...

"Lunar Encounter with Child" by Philadelphia born modernist painter Leon Kelly, is a large, brightly colored surrealist portrait of two figures. The 40" x 30" oil on canvas was paint...

Pablo Picasso Le Vieux Roi (The Old King) Seigneur et deux filles, 1959 Original Lithograph on Arches light paper with Mourlot watermark, signed in the stone with a red signature. p...

Lithograph and stencil on vélin Rives BFK paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the folio, Yvette Guilbert vue par Toulouse-Lautrec, 1950. Published by Librairie Au Pont des Arts, Paris; rendered by Daniel Jacomet; and, printed by Ateliers Daniel Jacomet et Cie, Paris, Monday, October 30, 1950. Excerpted from the folio (translated from French), This album, including all the prints dedicated by Toulouse-Lautrec to Yvette Guilbert, was printed for the Librairie Au Pont des Arts, by D. Jacomet. The color state of the Colombine plate in Pierrot and the twenty-seven plates of the French and English series were executed according to the original lithographs (before the letter for the French suite) from the Toulouse-Lautrec workshop and kept in the Cabinet des Stampes of the National Library. The collection includes three plates in color and twenty-eight plates in black. All copies also include a lithograph: Colombine à Pierrot, taken, after special authorization from the Musée d'Albi, on the original stone of Toulouse-Lautrec, by Lucien Détruit. It was taken from this album: A non-trade and nominative example; L examples on a large vélin of Rives including: III proofs of the lithography Colombine à Pierrot printed...

"Guggenheim Museum" by Keystone A night time view of The Guggenheim Museum, New York, circa 1959, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. Unframed Paper Size: 20" x 24'' (inches) Printed 2...

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...

'After the Storm' by Herbert Lewis. Carmel, California, Paris, Académie Julian, New York, Art Institute of Chicago ----- Signed lower right, 'Herbert Lewis' (American, 1893-1962) and inscribed 'Caques 1928 and Tucson 1950'. Born in Chicago, Illinois, Herbert Taylor Lewis was known as a painter of abstracts, still lives and figure studies painted with a vivid palette in a bold Modernist style. Lewis first studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts, and, subsequently, in Europe including at the Académie Julian in Paris during the birth of Modernism and Cubism in the early part of the 20th century. Upon his return to the United State, he kept a studio in New York City for several years but, by 1920, was living and painting in Arizona. In the late 1920s and 1930s, Lewis was working as an art instructor at Rockford College, Illinois, and, from 1943 to 1954, was a resident of Tucson. By the early 1930s, he lived part time in California...

Laundry days are holidays with a Laden washing machine, if this cheeky mid century poster is to be believed! A carousel canopy swings to...

Lithograph on vélin paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From Derrière le miroir, N° 105-106, 1958. Published by Aimé Maeght, Éditeur, Paris...

Vintage American modernist abstract oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed.

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'...

Medium: Lithograph on grand vélin Renage paper Year: 1954 Paper Size: 12.25 x 9.5 inches Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued Notes: From the album, Pascin, 1954. Publishe...

Lithograph on vélin du Marais paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, Éloge de Gromaire, 1958. Published by Editions d'Art Man...

Meduse Etching and aquatint printed in colors, 1958 Signed, titled, numbered and dated in pencil (see photos) Edition: 50 (25/50) Etching and aquatint printed in colors ...

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...

This mid-1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a young woman modelling an outfit for a Saks Fifth Avenue catalog shoot. This is an estate...

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....

Poolside Reflections (1957) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant (Photo by Slim Aarons) Holiday makers relaxing by the pool at the Beverly Hills Hote...

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...

A mid-century modern oil painting by listed female artist Helen L. Roberts. This painting depicts an interior scene with a vase of beautiful flowers and decorative pitcher. Housed ...

Emile Albert Gruppe (American, 1896 - 1978), "Morning, Gloucester", oil on canvas, signed lower left "Emile A. Gruppe", Canvas: 24 x 20 Inches Framed: 27.25 x 23.25 Inches Conditi...

The Cat is a lithograph on ivory-colored paper realized by Giselle Halff in 1950 ca. Hand-signed by pencil on the lower right. Numbered. Edition, 19/20. Good conditions, slight fo...

SALE ONE WEEK ONLY "I. Traces grotesques" is an Artist’s Proof Lithograph. “Proofs” are either pulled or printed, and the artist has the option to work out the color and quality issues as they come out of the process. The only real difference between the two is the restricted quantity of prints bearing the AP designation and not the quality of the print. This lithograph is signed and titled by the artist, Jean Dubuffet, which indicates his complete satisfaction with the print. It is from 1958 and a perfect example of his style, “Art Brut.” His idealistic approach to aesthetics embraced what is called “low art”, art by non-academically trained artists. It is sometimes referred to as “outsider art.” He did study briefly at the Academie Julian, Paris, but eventually followed his own aesthetics which eschewed traditional standard of beauty in favor of what he believed to be a more authentic and humanistic approach to image-making. This lithograph expresses the beauty he found in the meandering spontaneous black line. Jean Dubuffet began painting at the age of seventeen and studied briefly at the Academie Julian, Paris. He painted off and on for the next 20 years. It was not until 1942 in the midst of WWII in France that he began the work which has distinguished him as an outstanding innovator in postwar Europe. It is said of his work that “he looked to the margins of the everyday – the art of prisoners, psychics, the uneducated, and the institutionalized – to liberate his own creativity and coining the term ‘Art Brut’.” Art Brut is a French term that translates as ‘raw art’, to describe art such as graffiti or naïve art which is made outside the academic tradition of fine art. His paintings from the early forties in brightly colored oils were soon followed by works in which he employed such unorthodox materials as cement, plaster, tar and asphalt-scraped, craved and cut and drawn upon with a rudimentary, spontaneous line. Dubuffet worked in France and exhibited from the early forties on. He was included in the 1946 Pierre Matisse...

Medium: Lithograph on vélin de Lana paper Year: 1950 Paper Size: 9.75 x 12.5 inches Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued Notes: From the album, Signac Dessins, 1950. Publi...

This late 1950s aerial landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features group of people snorkelling off a small boat in Malta. This is an estate stamped ...

François Zdenek Eberl (born May 25, 1887 – October 8, 1962) was a painter born in the Austro-Hungarian Empire who primarily worked in Paris. The scene shows the wife of a prison guar...

This mid-1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Swedish model Inga Lindgren, wife of Argentinian finance minister Ceferino Alonso Irigoyen,...

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 photog...

6011 Oil on canvas the streets of Paris set in a vintage wood frame Image size 9.5x8"

Medium: original lithograph. This lithograph is from the rare 1957 "Improvisations" portfolio, published by the Artists Equity Association of New York on the occasion of the 1957 Spr...

Henri Matisse (1869-1954) - Femme Bleue Lithograph from 1958. Dimensions of work: 35.5 x 26.4 cm Plate signed. Publisher: Tériade, Paris. On the verso there is another Lithograp...

Original vintage travel poster: Pan American World Airways cy Clipper to Scandinavia. Archival linen-backed and ready to frame. The cent...

This mid-1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a woman sunbatheing, wearing a novelty straw sun hat with built-in sunglasses, Venice. Th...

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...

A charming ca. 1935 lithograph of children on a carousel, created by children's book illustrator, Jo Poulson. Artwork size: 10" x 14". Archivally matted to 16" x 20". In 1904, Josephine Hollingsworth Poulson was born in Lebanon Indiana. In 1926, she graduated from the John Herron School of Art in Indianapolis and in 1929, she moved to Chicago to become an illustrator of children’s books. She continued her studies at the Art Institute of Chicago, studying with Francis Chapin. In 1942, she had a one-woman show of her watercolors at the Hoosier Art...

Vintage American modernist abstract oil painting by Jane Lapey. Oil on canvas. Exhibition label verso. Framed. Image size, 28L x 22H.

Inauguration of the Science Palace in Rome is a vintage photograph in black and white realized in the 1950s. Good conditions.

New Yorker is original black China ink drawing on ivory-colored paper, made by the Swedish illustrator and reporter Adolf Reinhold Hallman around 1956 c...

Signed oil on canvas by Spanish post impressionist painter Emilio Grau Sala. The work depicts beachgoers in Deauville, France taking the last of the sun as it disappears beyond the horizon. The pale yellow light reflects on the sea, illuminating the water. Two horse riders gallop across the sand. The piece is painted in beautiful shades. Signature: Signed lower right and further signed and titled verso Dimensions: Framed: 27"x36" Unframed: 20"x29" Provenance: Private Collection - France Emilio Grau Sala studied at the fine arts school in Barcelona, where he became friends with Antoni Clavé. While still very young he began exhibiting at the Humourists Exhibition. In Paris he exhibited at the major annual Salons. He also exhibited at many international group exhibitions and in 1937 received an important award at the Carnegie Foundation International Exhibition in Pittsburgh. He showed collections of his work in many solo exhibitions starting in Barcelona in 1929 and 1930. His first solo exhibition in Paris was in 1937 and he went on to exhibit in Madrid, London, Buenos Aires and New York. After three trips to Paris he finally settled there in 1936. In Paris he was influenced by the paintings of Marcel Gromaire and especially Julius Pascin. He created theatrical sets and costumes for several plays including The Woman of Easy Virtue ( La Demoiselle de Petite Vertu) by Marcel Achard. He also illustrated many literary works including Madame Bovary by Flaubert, Bel-Ami by Maupassant, Colette's series of four Claudine novels, Marcel Proust's In Search of Lost Time ( À la Recherche du Temps Perdu), and works by poets including Baudelaire's Les Fleurs du Mal...

The Art of Conversation (Three characters on...) Etching, 1958 Signed in pencil lower right: “Gromaire” (see photo) Edition: 110 (18/110) see photo Printed on RIVES paper Publisher: ...

Fernand Leger ( 1881 -1955 ) " La Fleur " .1952 . Lithograph in colors on wove paper Framed with museal glass : Specially created by the artist in 1952 for the XXe Siècle Cahiers d...

Medium: Lithograph on vélin paper Year: 1952 Paper Size: 12.125 x 9.25 inches Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued Notes: From the album, The Circus by Toulouse...

Don Quixote and Sancho Panza is an etching and drypoint print on ivory-colored China paper, realized by Wladyslaw Jahl in 1951. It belongs to a limited edition of 125 specimens. Go...

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...

Bruce of L. A. - Set of 2 Vintage 1950s gelatin silver photographs by celebrated 20th Century photographer Bruce Bellas also known as Bruce of Los Angeles, of physique models Ed Lincoln and Jim Drinkward in the early 1950s. Lincoln and Drinkward often posed as a duo. These are original photographs from the "posing strap" era when nude photography was illegal. 'Bruce Los Angeles...

Bay Area Abstract Expressionist Leaning Nude Standing nude woman by Honora Berg (American, 1897-1985). Bold depiction of a nude woman with dark hair. The model is rendered in light ...

Original lobby card for the film "Desert Attack" (1958) featuring John Mills and Sylvia Syms. This vintage cinema memorabilia piece captures a tense scene between the characters port...

Lithograph on vélin pur fil Lafuma Navarre paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition; unframed. Notes: From the album, Mystification ou l'Histoire des po...

For Norman Rockwell's Four Seasons calendar series for Brown & Bigelow By the end of World War II, Norman Rockwell was a household name throughout the United States and considered...

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...

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...

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...

The Cat is an Original etching print on paper realized by Giselle Halff in 1950 ca. Good conditions with some foxing. .

The morning hour. Act. 1959. Oil on cardboard, 95x71 cm Alfejs Bromults (1913.3.IV - 1991.11.I) His first professional education was at National University at studies to R.Suta, J....

River of No Return is a 1954 American Western musical film directed by Otto Preminger and starring Robert Mitchum and Marilyn Monroe. The screenplay by Frank Fenton is based on a sto...

Guy C. Wiggins (1883 - 1962) Locomotive Train in Snowstorm, 1957 Oil on paperboard 8 x 10 inches Signed lower left; signed and dated on the reverse Guy Carleton Wiggins is best known for his impressionistic snow scenes of New York in 1920's. Wiggins lived in Old Lyme and Essex where he operated an art school. The Connecticut country-side was conducive to his impressionist technique of plein-air painting and broken brushwork.  Ironically, although his work includes many fine Connecticut landscapes, he is best remembered for some snow scenes of New York City. Like many other American Impressionists, Wiggins had one foot in the city and the other in the country (Vermont Hillside, South Londonderry).  Wiggins was born in Brooklyn, New York, went to England with his family as a boy, received an English grammar school education, and traveled widely abroad. He was the son of a prominent artist, Carleton Wiggins, a painter in the Barbizon style who studied with George Inness and admired Anton Mauve and Dwight Tryon...