1950s Art

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-...

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-...

Red Composition is an original artwork realized by Marino Marini in 1953. Mixed colored lithograph. Signed and dated on plate. Marino Marini (1901-1980),was an Italian sculptor. ...

Marie LAURENCIN Cat and Dog Playing, 1953 Original pencil drawing Signed by artist stamp On paper 24.5 x 19.5 cm (c. 9.6 x 7.6 inch) Very good condition, m...

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...

Luigia "Gina" Lollobrigida (4 July 1927 – 16 January 2023) was an Italian actress, model, photojournalist, artist and politician. She was one of the highest-profile European actresse...

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...

'Equestrian Entrance' 1957 Madame de la Haye-Jousselin on her horse at the gates to her chateau in Normandy. Paper size 30 x 30 inches / 76 x 76 cm Estate Stamped Collection Ed...

Eve Nethercott, American (1925 - 2015) - Forest (P2.62), Year: 1958, Medium: Watercolor on Paper, Image Size: 9.25 x 11 inches, Size: 11.5 x 13.5 in. (29.21 x 34.29 cm), Desc...

Work on wood Golden wooden frame 73 x 87 x 4 cm

Dramatic desert landscape by Betty Jenkins (American, 20th Century). Red rock formations stretch across the center of the composition, executed with skil...

Eve Nethercott, American (1925 - 2015) - Balcony View (P6.60), Year: 1953, Medium: Watercolor on Paper, Size: 13 x 17 in. (33.02 x 43.18 cm), Description: Looking out over th...

Eve Nethercott, American (1925 - 2015) - Brooklyn Bridge (P5.68), Year: 1956, Medium: Watercolor on Paper, Size: 17 x 20 in. (43.18 x 50.8 cm), Description: Looking out over ...

Walter Emerson Baum Manayunk, 1953 Signed and dated lower right; titled and dated on the reverse Oil on board 12 x 14 inches Walter Baum was born December 14, 1884 in Sellersville,...

Famed Disney artist Mary Blair was also an illustrator for assignments outside Disney. The present work appears to be for a Gelolo Mchugh children's book called Baby's House. There i...

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

Beautiful mid century California landscape of a creek running through the woods near an old barn by San Francisco artist Bonita Salvater Van Craeynest (American, 1907-1992). Signed "...

A handsome ca. 1950 black & white Abstraction by important Modernist artist Jan Matulka. Image size: 6" x 6 1/2". Framed size: 12 3/4" x 12 3/4". Born in Prague, Czechoslovakia...

Indian Friendship Dance Drypoint, 1953 Signed in pencil lower right, (see photo) Edition 200 Published by The Society of American Graphic Artists, New York An impression is in the collection of SAAM, Washington and RISD Museum, Condition: Excellent Very rich impression with burr and selective whiping of the ink for atmospheric nocturnal effect. Image/Plate size: 8 3/16 x 11 15/16 inches Sheet size: 11 1/8 x 17 inches Reference: Kloss 450 "'Indian Friendship Dance' is an eloquent statement of something which Gene Kloss has both observed and participated in. It is an Indian dance that is thought of as entertainment, rather than ceremony, but it is essentially an idea expressed in action, and an idea that has universal meaning. The young men who dance wear costumes of exquisite workmanship, intricately wrought with beads and feathers and subtle combinations of colors. The dancers are trained from childhood but develop their own steps and exhibit distinctive strength and grace. Singers and a tom-tom accompany the dance and since it usually takes place at night, a campfire is the source of light. The conclusion occurs when all the onlookers, old and young and from many places, join hands with the dancers in a slow revolving movement, while those who can, sing the difficult but meaningful Indian song that flows with the rhythmical dance step and speaks of fellowship, brotherhood, friendship." - An excerpt from a descriptive statement, written by Lynd Ward, and distributed with the drypoint at the time of publication." Courtesy Old Print Shop Born Alice Glasier in Oakland, CA, Kloss grew up amid the worldly bustle of the San Francisco Bay Area. She attended the University of California at Berkeley, graduating with honors in art in 1924. She discovered her talents in intaglio printmaking during a senior-year course in figurative drawing. The professor, Perham Nahl, held up a print from Kloss’ first plate, still damp from the printing process, and announced that she was destined to become a printmaker. In 1925, Gene married Phillips Kloss, a poet and composer who became her creative partner for life. The match was uncanny, for in her own way Gene, too, was a poet and a composer. Like poetry, her artworks capture a moment in time; like music, her compositions sing with aesthetic harmony. Although she was largely self-taught, Kloss was a printmaking virtuoso. On their honeymoon the Klosses traveled east from California, camping along the way. They spent two week is Taos Canyon – with a portable printing press cemented to a rock near their campsite – where Gene learned to appreciate the wealth of artistic subject matter in New Mexico. The landscape, the cultures, and the immense sky left an indelible impression on the couple, who returned every summer until they made Taos their permanent home 20 years later. Throughout her life, Kloss etched more than 625 copper plates, producing editions ranging from five to 250 prints. She pulled every print in every edition herself, manually cranking the wheel of her geared Sturges press until she finally purchased a motorized one when she was in her 70s. Believing that subject matter dictated technique, she employed etching, drypoint, aquatint, mezzotint, roulette, softground, and a variety of experimental approaches, often combining several techniques on the same plate. She also produced both oil and watercolor paintings. Kloss’ artworks are filled with drama. Her prints employ striking contrasts of darkness and light, and her subjects are often illuminated by mysterious light sources. Though she was a devout realist, there is also a devout abstraction on Kloss’ work that adds an almost mythical quality. For six decades Kloss documented the cultures of the region-from images of daily life to those of rarely seen ceremonies. She and her husband shared a profound respect for the land and people, which made them welcome among the Native American and Hispanic communities. Kloss never owned a camera but relied instead on observation and recollection. Her works provide an inside look at the cultures she depicted yet at the same time communicate the awe and freshness of an outsider’s perspective. Although Kloss is best known for her images of Native American and Penitente scenes, she found artistic inspiration wherever she was. During the early years of their marriage, when she and Phil returned to the Bay Area each winter to care for their aging families, she created images of the California coast. And when the Klosses moved to southwestern Colorado in 1965, she etched the mining towns and mountainous landscapes around her. In 1970 the Klosses returned to Taos and built a house north of town. Though her artwork continued to grow in popularity, she remained faithful to Taos’ Gallery A, where she insisted that owner Mary Sanchez keep the prices of her work reasonable regardless of its market value. Kloss continued to etch until 1985, when declining health made printmaking too difficult. From her first exhibition at San Francisco’s exclusive Gump’s in 1937 to her 1972 election to full membership in the National Academy of Design, Kloss experienced a selective fame. She received numerous awards, and though she is not as well known as members of the Taos Society of Artists...

Vintage modernist abstract painting by Suzanne McCullough (b.1916). Oil on canvas. Housed in a period frame. Image size, 24L x ...

Lithograph on vélin paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From volume, Joan Miro by Jacques Prévert and Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes, 1956. Pu...

This captivating, one-of-a-kind silver gelatin photograph print showcases a timeless black-and-white view of New York City as it appeared under the nocturnal sky circa 1950. Framed w...

Auxiliary Territorial Service (now the Women's Royal Army Corps) 1939 - 1945 uniform Lithograph 50 x 31 cm Produced for the Institute of Army Education. Printed for HM Stationery Of...

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...

California Farmhouse Landscape in Watercolor on Paper Original watercolor painting of a farmhouse at the top of a hill by Bertram Spencer (American, 1918-1992). A small farmhouse si...

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...

Original poster printed in silkscreen in 1952 for Aer Lingus, the Irish airline. We can see a Lockheed super-constellation flying over the Statue of Liberty...

Two young models check their make-up backstage at a local fashion show at the Abyssinian Church in Harlem, New York City in 1950. All available sizes and editions: 24" x 20", Editio...

Eve Nethercott, American (1925 - 2015) - Late Summer (P5.11), Year: 1950, Medium: Watercolor on Paper, Size: 12 x 17 in. (30.48 x 43.18 cm), Description: Eve Nethercott's dep...

The 1956 lithography by Jean-Gabriel Domergue Cathie, part of the renowned La Parisienne portfolio, stands as an elegant representation of post-war French art and a celebration of th...

Rare oblong mirror by French ceramicist Mithé Espelt, crafted in the 1950s in her atelier in Lunel, southern France. This striking piece features a richly textured ceramic frame, gil...

Lithograph on hand made Fabriano vélin paper mounted on museum board, as issued. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, Elegy of Ihpetonga and Ma...

Blue Nude, 1953 Oil on canvas Signed and dated upper right Edgardo CORBELLI (Turin, 1918 - 1989) From the traditional composition of the 1930s, the painting of Corbelli leads to tec...

French landscape by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century) original watercolour/ gouache painting on artist paper, mounted on board size: 19 x 15 inches condition: very good and rea...

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-...

The original exhibition poster for "Mes Dessins d'Antibes" by Pablo Picasso, showcased at the Galerie Lucie Weill and printed by Mourlot in 1958, offers a captivating glimpse into th...

Wonderful mid century autumnal landscape of a miner's shack on Tuolumne River in Yosemite by N.C McNickle (American, 20th Century), circa 1950. Impasto adds extra texture and depth S...

Don Quixote Galloping 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. Good cond...

Firmado en la parte inferior por el autor y fechado del año 1959 En la parte trasera, va nuevamente firmado y fechado del año 1959 Estado de conservación aceptable Se presenta enm...

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Rare vintage limited edition Stone Lithograph printed at Mourlot in Paris. this is from a signed and numbered portfolio but the individual shee...

" le Bouquetin aux Aguets " . signed Jean Cocteau ; marked and numbered Edition originale de Jean Cocteau . Atelier Madeline & Jolly N° 3/10 (underneath ). partially glazed terrac...

Hand signed on the rear, in excellent conditions.

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...

1969: French singer, Francoise Hardy sitting on a motorbike. (Photo by Reg Lancaster/Express/Getty Images) As an authorized Getty Images Gallery partner, we offer premium quality pr...

Original pencil and crayon drawing on paper. Hand signed and dated on front by the artist. Visible image size 25.6 x 19.7 in. Frame size approx 32.25 x 27 in. Artwork is in excellen...

Vintage American modernist landscape abstract painting. Oil on board, circa 1952. Signed. Image size, 21.5"L x 7.5"H. Housed in a period modern frame.

Eve Nethercott, American (1925 - 2015) - Wooded Landscape (P3.1), Year: 1958, Medium: Watercolor on Paper, Size: 18 x 23.5 in. (45.72 x 59.69 cm), Description: Peering out in...

Artist: Marc Chagall Medium: Lithograph Title: Angel With Sword Year: 1956 Portfolio: The Bible Lithographs 1956 Edition: 6500 Signed: No Reference: Cramer 25, Mourlot 119 Framed Siz...

Linocut realized by Escher in March 1950. Released through linoleum cut in black and gray-brown on Japan paper, and printed from two blocks. Hand signed lower left, marked "eigen d...

"California Summer" Mid Century Plein Aire Landscape in Oil on Masonite Serene landscape by Andrew Bennett (British, 20th Century). A herd of cows are gathered under oak trees in th...

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...

This is an evocative and moody nocturne painting of the Saddle River in New Jersey. Although it may seem dark, with the right light, it comes to life, surely as the artist intended. The main photo shows the painting with light directed at it and the second image shows it in normal room light without directed light. Titled in the back “Moonlight Saddle River” the painting is signed H Johnson...

George Platt Lynes Photograph #5 of dancer Francisco Moncion 1949. George Platt Lynes rare original vintage 1949 gelatin silver photograph of dancer Francisco Moncion. Stamped on verso - GEORGE PLATT LYNES. Photo is 7 3/4 x 9 1/2 inches, glossy finish in excellent condition. This photograph is Photograph #5 (similar to #4 but the head is tilted to the subject's right) from this rare collection of 12 different poses in the series taken in Platt Lynes's NYC studio in 1949. The cloud backdrop is recognizable in other Platt Lynes photographs. Moncion was a personal friend of Platt Lynes and this photograph is from Moncion personal photographic collection. George Platt Lynes (1907–1955), was a gregarious American portrait, dance, fashion, and male nude photographer whose career spanned the late 1920s through the early 1950s. From age eighteen, Lynes entered the cosmopolitan world of the American expatriate community in Paris when he became acquainted with the salon of Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas. He began photographing authors like Stein, Jean Cocteau, André Gide, and Colette and soon established himself as one of the premier fashion photographers in the Condé Nast stable, documenting the ballet companies of George Balanchine/Lincoln Kirstein, and pursuing a private obsession with seductive images of young male nudes rarely published in his lifetime. Platt Lynes photographs are in the collections of every major art museum and university archive including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Modern Art, Yale Art Museum, and the Smithsonian. Francisco Moncion (July 6, 1918 – April 1, 1995) was a charter member of the New York City Ballet. Over the course of his forty year career, choreographers George Balanchine, and Jerome Robbins in the New York City Ballet created 22 major roles for Moncion including the Dark Angel in Orpheus, Death in La Valse, Prince Ivan in Firebird, and the Boy in Afternoon of a Faun. He was also a choreographer and a talented painter who exhibited alongside Miro, Picasso and Carrado Cagli. Moncion was a popular model for many famed mid-century (late 1930s, 1940s - 1950s) figure photographers including Platt Lynes, Carl van Vechten, Maurice Seymour...

Lithograph on vélin paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From Derrière le miroir, N° 46-47, 1952. Published by Aimé Maeght, Éditeur, Paris; ...

Vintage American modernist abstract Maine landscape painting. Watercolor and gouache on paper, circa 1960. Signed on verso. Image size, 30...

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...

Henri Matisse (1869-1954) - Bateau Lithograph from 1958. Dimensions of work: 35.5 x 26.4 cm Publisher: Tériade, Paris. First, original edition. The work is in Good condition. -...

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...

Untitled Harold Anchel, (American, 1912 – 1980) Circa 1951-54 Oil on Canvas, signed lower right Size: 30 x 36 in. (76.2 x 91.44 cm) Frame Size: 30.5 x 36.5 inches