1950s Art

Original Lithograph by Jean Cocteau Title: Woman Portrait Signed in the plate Dimensions: 32 x 25.5 cm Edition: 200 1959 Publisher: Bibliophiles Du Palais Unnumbered as issued

This exquisite lithograph after Georges Braque (1882–1963), titled Les deux figures (The Two Figures), from the folio Derriere le miroir, Hesiod, Theogony, Etchings by Georges Braque...

Lovers is an original drawing in mixed media on ivory paper realized in 1940 ca. by an Anonymous artist of the XX century. In very good conditions, except for some folding and very ...

Elaborate and highly detailed mixed media painting of abstract figures in a matrix of shapes. Signed and dated 1955 lower right. Consists of watercolor with touches of crayon on paper. Condition is good. Matted but not framed. Neville Mann...

SALE ONE WEEK ONLY "El Tren" is a whimsical and playful rendition of a train. It is beautifully glazed in various colors. This particular ceramic was from the collection of Jane and Richard Knight’s Estate. Jane Knight was a famous fiber and textile artist. Richard was a photographer who worked for Eliel Saarinen and Alexander Girard. The Knights and Girard became close friends and it was Girard who gifted “Santa Cruz De Las Huertas Jalisco” to the Knights. Alexander Girard left his personal collection to the Museum of International Folk Art, Santa Fe, NM. The Girards eventually amassed a collection of more than 106,000 objects from across the globe. Their 1978 gift of this collection to the Museum of International Folk art quintupled the size of their collection and prompted the construction of a new wing, which opened in 1982 and houses a mere 10% of the Girard Collection in the permanent exhibition Multiple Visions: A Common Bond, which was designed by Alexander Girard himself. This collection includes numerous multiples and is notable for its great breadth, including traditional arts, popular arts, and paper ephemera. “I believe we should preserve this evidence of the past, not as a pattern for sentimental imitation,” Girard once said, “but as nourishment for the creative spirit of the present.” Indeed, folk art was an important inspiration for Girard’s design work. The renowned Candelario Medrano...

The Circus Family is a black and white vintage photo, realized in Milan, in January 1951, for the newspaper "Epoca". Good conditions and aged. It belongs to a historical and nostal...

Angelo Ippolito Untitled, 1952 Signed and dated on the reverse Oil on canvas 16 x 36 inches Provenance: Gloria Torrice Estate of the above Liana Torrice, West Orange...

Lithograph on vélin paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From Derrière le miroir, N° 48-49, 1952. Published by Aimé Maeght, Éditeur, Paris; ...

Linocut on paper. Edited in 1958. Limited edition of 150 copies, numbered 83/150 in lower left corner. Hand-signed by artist in pencil in the lower right margin. Paper size: 47.2 x ...

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...

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...

CHARLES LEVIER – UNTITLED [NATURE MORTE AVEC MANDOLINE, PICHET ET FRUITS] Oil on Board ⚜ Signed Lower Right ⚜ Custom Minimalist Frame A RARE MIDCENTURY STILL LIFE WITH STRIKING SCAL...

Lord Of All I Survey 1957 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print The youngest peer in England, seven year old Thomas Alexander Fermor-Hes...

This lithographic poster was printed in 1957 at the Atelier Mourlot in Paris to promote the recent works of contemporary painters and sculptors, sold for the benefit of free vacation...

This fantastic British Abstract oil painting is by artist Peter Field. It was painted circa 1955 on canvas. The composition, hung landscape, is vivid red intersected with black lines...

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...

On a Spanish Motif, 1956 – 1973, mixed media collage and painting on thick canvas, signed and dated lower right, 38 ½ x 26 inches, signed verso, labeled verso includes title, artist's name, address and size of work, presented in its original strip frame Justin Faivre...

Agatha Christie at home 1959.

Vivid mid-century landscape of South Coyote Buttes Zion National Park by Bob Custis a New Mexico artist (American, 20th Century), 1955. Signed and dated lower right corner B. Custis....

Medium: lithograph. This lithograph (after the Vlaminck painting) was printed in Paris in 1958 by the Mourlot atelier, and published by Andre Sauret in an edition of 2000. Image size...

The circa 1950 poster for "La Vittelloise Eau de Table Gazéifiée", created by the talented French illustrator Germaine Bouret, is a delightful example of mid-20th-century advertising...

San Francisco Bay Area Seascape with Ships in Oil on Cardboard Seascape with large ships by Honora Berg (American, 1897-1985). The ocean is shown in...

July 14, 1951. Two women chatting on the railings in Blackpool. The picture was taken by Bert Hardy using a single-focus box camera. The women are former Tiller Girls Pat Wilson...

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...

This mid-1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features guests at the La Jolla Beach and Tennis Club, La Jolla, San Diego. This is an estate stamp...

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...

Beautiful illustrated map of Morocco created in 1950 by Delaye. Main roads, car tracks, railroads are represented. This illustrated map is printed by P...

Artist: Jacquelinne White– American (1919-2008) Title: Sketch of Carla at the Age of 12 Year: 1957 Medium: Oil on canvas Sight size: 37.5 x 27.5 Framed size: 41 x 31 inches Signatur...

Framed Hmong Ethnic Necklace, Silver Plated Metal, 20th Century – Laos, Thailand Extraordinary and rarely seen ethnic necklace made of silver plated metal, from Thailand. Recently f...

This rare lithographic poster was printed in 1957 at the Atelier Mourlot in Paris. It was created to promote an exhibition of artworks by Kandinsky, on loan from the Guggenheim Museum to the National Museum of Modern in Paris. Certificate of Provenance: Each individual work of art carefully curated by Mourlot Editions comes with a Certificate of Provenance, signed, dated, stamped, and numbered by Eric Mourlot. This certificate guarantees the origin and authenticity of your personal lithograph. About the Artist: Kandinsky was a painter and art theorist, one of the first creators of pure abstraction in modern painting. After successful avant-garde exhibitions, he founded the influential Munich group Der Blaue...

Jennie Haddad (1906-1996) Dallas Artist Image Size: 40.5 x 26 Frame Size: 49 x 34.5 Medium: Mixed Media on paper. "Patch Work" Biography Signed and Estate Stamp Jennie Haddad (1906-1...

Fall in the California Foothills Original Oil Painting 1950s Well executed California Oil painting of the Lower Foothills near Santa Cruz, Californ...

Nice poster for the exhibition "Nice-Côte d'Azur" at the TWA Salons (December 8-January 16, 1955), signed and dated in the plate 1954. Jean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau was a Frenc...

Lithograph on grand vélin d'Arches paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: from the folio, La Liberté des Mers, 1959. Published by Maeght Édite...

Lord Butler and his Wife - Vintage Photo realized in the 1950s. Good conditions and aged.

This exquisite lithograph and pochoir after Marc Chagall (1887–1985), titled Paysanne Mexicaine (Mexican Peasant Woman), from the folio Couleur amour, 13 Aquarelles, Gouaches, Lavis ...

Chevau Léger Français is a vintage poster designed by I.Sosteni, printed in Italy by Aga Cuneo" Edizione Aga il Portichetto". Good condition. The rare edition poster in the silver ...

Birds in Morocco is an original drawing realized by Helen Vogt in mid-20th Century. Watercolored pen drawing on paper. Fair conditions. Foxings. Includes frame (fair condition) :...

Klosters Ski Bus 1954 Skiers about to board a VW camper van, Klosters, Switzerland, 1954 by Toni Frissell 30 x 30" inches / 76 x 76 cm paper size Archival pigment print unframed...

Marino Marini (Italian, 1901-1980), "Untitled (Cavaliere)", Mixed Media on Paper, 1955, chalk pastel and wash, signed "Marino" lower right and dated lower left, carved giltwood frame...

Movie star Marilyn Monroe is seen in a candid moment on the street in March 1955 in New York City, New York. (Photo by Ed Feingersh) A beautiful Limited Edition (ed size 300) s...

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. ...

Cannes Watersports Holidaymakers waterskiing in front of the Carlton Hotel, Cannes, 1958. Paper size 20 x 30" inches / 51 x 76 cm Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Phot...

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

A stylish, colorful 1950s Mid-century Modern abstract geometric textile design (depicting a polychrome Wedge Star pattern in orange, blue, red and yellow tones) by famed French costu...

estate stamped, numbered, and signed by the Estate Representative Oliver Halsman Rosenberg Archival Pigment Print 20x16 Edition of 50

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...

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

This original lithographic poster was created for an exhibition of works at the Musée D'Art Moderne in Céret, France, in 1957. This portrait of Spanish Sculptor and Picasso friend, M...

Portrait is a modern artwork realized by Francisco Bores in 1950. Charcoal drawings. Good conditions.

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...

Portrait de D. H. Kahnweiler I Lithograph, 1957 Estate Signature Stamp lower right Provenance: Picasso Estate Marina Picasso, her stamp on reverse Annotated in ...

This interesting British Abstract oil painting is by artist Peter Field. Painted circa 1955 on board, the composition is a blue square and brown oblong on a vivid red background with...

Still life is an artwork realized by Claude Decamps, mid-20th Century. Oil on cardboard.  20 x 25 cm.  Hadsigned in red in lower margin. Good conditions!

Portrait of Boy and Guitar Original oil by Angeli - Italy circa 1960 Classical portrait of a young boy ad his guitar by Angeli, an unknown Italian painter (Italy, 20th Century). Roc...

Artwork sold with frame (83 x 101.5 x 5 cm ) Josep Meneses Tapias (born 1930) is a Spanish painter recognized for his vibrant, impressionistic landscapes and urban scenes. Born in B...

Pastel drawing on paper realized by Kokoschka in 1953. Hand signed and dated lower right. Matted, with Image Dimensions : 14 x 22.5 cm Very good condition.

Circus Performance is a black and white vintage photo, realized in 1950s. Good conditions and aged. It belongs to a historical and nostalgic album including historical moments, pla...

Charcoal on cream laid paper mounted on board. 940x590 mm; 37x23 1/4 inches. Signed in charcoal, lower right recto. Unframed, The Paper has a slight ripple in the chest area. Four s...

Antique American modernist abstract oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed.