1950s Art

Initialed lower right, 'M. W.' for Margaret Wentworth (American, 1914-1999) and dated 1959. Exhibited: Feingarten Galleries, Carmel, California, 1960, and titled on label, verso, 'Ro...

Etching on Vélin de Rives paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Shakespeare, Macbeth, Eaux-fortes de Gromaire, 1958. Published by Tériade,...

Title: Bullfighting Scene Artist: José María Tuser Vázquez (1919-1986) Technique: Oil on board Dimensions: 25.6 x 21.3 in (65 x 54 cm) Frameless Period: Second half of the 20th century Art Movement: Figurative Expressionism with Impressionist influences Condition: Good, with visible signs of aging on the surface DESCRIPTION OF THE WORK This painting captures a crucial moment in a bullfight, where the matador, dressed in a dazzling traje de luces (suit of lights), elegantly holds the red cape (muleta) while facing a wounded bull. The scene conveys tension and drama through energetic and loose brushwork, with strong contrasts of light and color that enhance its expressiveness. The abstract background, built with gestural brushstrokes in warm, earthy tones, reinforces the dynamism and immediacy of the moment. The thick texture of the paint and the vibrant colors in the matador's attire and cape are characteristic of Figurative Expressionism, giving the work a strong emotional impact. Tuser masterfully captures the essence of movement and the intensity of the bullfight through a painterly approach reminiscent of Impressionism, but with a greater emphasis on gesture and expressive color, making his work stand out for its raw energy and dramatic depth. ARTIST BIOGRAPHY José María Tuser Vázquez (Barcelona, 1919 - 1986) was a Spanish painter specialized in bullfighting themes, gaining recognition in the 20th-century art scene for his expressive depictions of the corrida (bullfight). He studied at the School of Arts and Crafts in Barcelona, where he developed a strong mastery of color and composition. From 1947 onwards, his work focused almost entirely on bullfighting, creating posters, illustrations, and paintings that capture the emotion and spectacle of the arena. He was a frequent collaborator with El Ruedo magazine, where his illustrations and covers solidified his reputation. Additionally, in the 1940s, he designed series of postcards featuring traditional Spanish costumes for the Artigas Publishing House. His work has been auctioned in several art houses and is highly valued among collectors of bullfighting paintings. His influence and legacy in tauromaquia (bullfighting art...

This iconic photograph is finally available again, for the first time in over a year. In this classic black and white photograph, film stars (left to right) Clark Gable (1901 - 1960), Van Heflin (1910 - 1971), Gary Cooper...

Huge late 1950's oil on canvas depicting a figure in an industrial landscape by Peter Freeth RA. The work comes with wonderful provenance, having originally been sold at the prestigi...

Lithograph on vélin paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From Derrière le miroir, N° 98, 1957. Published by Aimé Maeght, Éditeur, Paris; pri...

Painted by Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) circa 1955 and stamped, verso, with estate stamp and certification of authenticity. A delicate, grisaille watercolor view of a park a...

To see our other original vintage travel posters, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller" - or send us a message if you cannot find th...

Antique American impressionist southern landscape oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed.

Woodcut Engraving on cream wove Montval paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the volume, Hélène Chez Archimède, 1955. Publis...

Rare vintage limited edition stone lithograph printed at Mourlot in Paris. This edition was signed in the portfolio and is not individually pencil signed or numbered. Francois Gilot,...

Paper Size: 12.25 x 9.5 inches ( 31.115 x 24.13 cm ) Image Size: 12.25 x 9.5 inches ( 31.115 x 24.13 cm ) Framed: No Condition: A-: Near Mint, very light signs of handling Addi...

Original Edition Lithograph on wove paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: Executed in 1950 and issued as the frontispiece of the Picasso Lithographe II...

Lithograph on vélin paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, Chagall, 1957. Published by Maeght, Éditeur, Paris; printed by Mou...

Belgium. Brussels - A Market Lottery Seller by Leonard Machin Rowe (1880-1968) signed, dated and inscribed front lower left corner, inscribed and signed to the back watercolour paint...

PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973) Visage larvé (A. R. 347) Terre de faïence plate, 1948, numbered 20/100, inscribed 'D', partially glazed and painted, with the Edition Picasso and Madoura ...

Beautiful autumn landscape by California artist Helen Enoch Gleiforst (American, 1903-1997). Signed "Gleiforst" lower right. Unframed. Image size: 16"H x 12"W. Helen Gleiforst was b...

Charles Cobelle, French (1902 - 1994) - Paris Bridges 1. Year: circa 1950, Medium: Acrylic on Canvas, signed lower left, Size: 20 x 24 in. (50.8 x 60.96 cm), Frame Size: 30.5 x 34.5 ...

Color lithograph. The deluxe edition of 200 signed by Picasso in red crayon and numbered 83/200 in pencil, lower left. Printed by Mourlot, Paris, with the watermark. This is the del...

Carlton Hotel The entrance to the Carlton Hotel, Cannes, France, 1958. Slim Aarons Archival Pigment Print. Printed 2024. Slim Aarons Estate Edition. Produced utilising the only ori...

Woodcut on vélin paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, XXe Siècle, n°13, 1959. Published and printed under the direction of Gualtieri di ...

Belgium. Antwerp, a Street leading to the Cathedral of our Lady by Leonard Machin Rowe (1880-1968) signed, inscribed and dated front lower left, signed, inscribed and dated to the b...

"Killers from Space", Original vintage theater linen backed with original fold marks restored vintage movie poster. Very good to excellent condition and ready to frame. RKO Pictures. NSS 54/76 Killers From Space, the 1954 W. Lee Wilder giant-insect-alien science fiction (sci-fi) thriller ("Earth Attacked!"; "Astounding drama as bulb-eyed men invade Earth from flying saucers! ... The Last Word In Science-Fiction Sensation!"; "The last word in science-fiction thrills!"; "See the space killers plan to wipe out the human race! See strange monsters, flying saucers, giant creatures... SENSATIONAL!"; "Attack by monsters from another planet!"; "INVASION from another planet!"; "Staggering scenes, astounding sensations... As bulb-eyed monsters in flying saucers attack earth! An astounding science-fiction thrill!"; "From a story by Myles Wilder") starring Peter Graves...

Andre DERAIN Seducting Couple Original drypoint etching Stamp signature of the artist On vellum 45 x 34 cm (c. 18 x 14 in) Excellent condition

Henri Matisse (1869-1954) - Frontispiece Lithograph from 1958. Dimensions of work: 35.5 x 26 cm. Plate signed. Publisher: Tériade, Paris. First, original edition. The work is i...

Artist: Moses Soyer, American (1899 - 1974) Title: Seated Nude Posing Year: circa 1950 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed u.r. Size: 21 x 17 inches Frame: 26 x ...

Jean Cocteau ( 1889 - 1963 ) " la Dame étonnée " . Mix Media découpage signed by Jean Cocteau . work : 10 x 10 cm Framed: 27 x 25 cm . Collage original , déc...

A large and dynamic, Post-Impressionist cityscape showing a view of a picturesque Parisian street. In the foreground, a flower seller offers bouquets to fashionably-dressed pedestrians walking by a busy cafe where patrons are seated beneath striped umbrellas. Signed lower right, 'Jean Remy...

Lithograph on vélin paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From volume, Derrière le miroir, N° 87-88-89. June-July-August, 1956. Published by ...

Paul CÉZANNE (after) Provence : Sainte Victoire Mountain Etching and aquatint Engraved by Jacques Villon after the painting of Cezanne Signature printed in the plate On Arches vellu...

If there ever were a perfect work in the canon of art history, this masterpiece study by Dean Cornwell would be it. Every line has meaning and not a line out of place, as Cornwell d...

Antique American modernist abstract oil painting of coastal New England. Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed.

Work sold to benefit the CLEVELAND INSTITUTE OF ART Joseph B. O’Sickey (American, 1918–2013) Untitled, c. 1950 Oil on paper Signed lower right 12.5 x 19 inc...

Lithograph on vélin paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition, with centerfold, as issued. Notes: From Derrière le miroir, N° 98, 1957. Published by Aimé...

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-...

CELSO LAGAR Spanish, 1891 - 1966 FORAINS SUR LA PLAGE signed "Lagar" (lower right) signed, located, dated and titled “Lagar Pennedepie sur Honfleur / 1951 / Forains dans la Grove” (o...

Signed lower left "Di Gesu" for Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) and dated 1954. Winner of the Prix Othon Friesz, Victor di Gesu first attended the Los Angeles Art Center and the Chouinard Art School before moving to Paris where he studied with Andre L’Hote...

Woodcut Engraving on cream wove Montval paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the volume, Hélène Chez Archimède, 1955. Publis...

Georges BRAQUE Tribute to Cezanne : the Apples, c. 1955 Lithograph and stencil (Jacomet workshop) Printed signature in the plate On light vellum 39...

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-...

Belgium. Antwerp, a Market Square by Leonard Machin Rowe (1880-1968) Unsigned to the front, signed and inscribed to the back watercolour painting on artist's paper, unframed Sheet 9.75 x 11 inches Pretty little painting by Leon. Rowe, likely to be 1950 as many of the Antwerp and Bruges / Brussels scenes we have were dated. Inscribed to the back as Antwerp and "morning". This sheet is smaller than the others we have by this artist from Belgium...

An abstract Mid Century Marina scene with Boats, presenting a vivid use of paint and complex lines and color placement. A strong modernist oil painting depicted in 1955 with sailboat...

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...

Landscape is an artwork realized by Alberto Gillani, in 1981. Oil on Canvas. 49 x 69 cm; 79 x 89 cm with frame. Handsigned in the lower margin. Very good conditions

Signed lower left, "Di Gesu" for Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988), with estate stamp, verso, and painted circa 1955. Winner of the Prix Othon Friesz, Victor di Gesu first attend...

"Let's Make an Opera" Original Drawing NYT Published, Norman Del Mar Conducts Al Hirschfeld (1903-2003) "Let's Make An Opera" Ink on board 13 1/2 x 18 1/2, sight Framed: 22 1/2 x 27...

The Angels is an original drawing in watercolored china ink on ivory-colored paper realized by the French artist Madeleine Scellier (1928). Hand-signed in pencil on the lower margin...

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 1950 Soviet poster by artist Zelenski captures a vibrant and optimistic vision of the future, typical of Soviet-era propaganda art. This poster hails from the Tajik Sovi...

Golf In Hong Kong. A group play golf on a coastl golf course, Hong Kong, 1959. by Toni Frissell 16 x 20" inches / 41 x 51 cm paper size Archival pigment print unframed (framing a...

Louis Osman was an English artist, architect, goldsmith, silversmith and medallist. He is notable for the gold coronet he designed and made for the investiture in 1969 of Charles, Pr...

Joseph Glasco (American, 1925-1996) Standing Man, 1955 India ink and gouache on textured paper 10 x 8 inches 16.75 x 13.5 inches, framed Joseph Glasco was born in Paul’s Valley, Okl...

Lounge Chair Nap - Vintage Illustration in Ink and Watercolor A man lazes in a lounge chair, book still in hand, as he dozes off with a content e...

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...

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-...

Pablo Picasso Fish Subject (Sujet poisson), 1952 Ceramic pitcher, made of red earthenware clay, partially glazed and painted in black and white. Size 14 x 23 cm Edition: From the ed...

Image dimensions: 30.5 x 20 cm. Bouquet is a beautiful colored lithograph on paper, realized by the Cubist artist, Georges Braque (Argenteuil, 1882 – Paris, 1963). Unsigned. From “Carnets Intimes” realized in 1955. Printed by Mourlot and published in the Revue Verve...

Beautiful portrait of older woman, possibly a Nonna (Grandmother) with Gardenia by Raul (or Raoul) Viviani (Italian, 1883 - 1965), circa 1950. Lovely tex...