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Period: 1950s
'Summer Bouquet', Society of Western Artists, De Young Museum, Oakland Museum
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'Clifford Holmes' (American, 1876-1963) and created circa 1955. Titled, verso, 'Mixed Bouquet' and inscribed with artist's Hayward, California address.
The desce...
Category
Modern 1950s Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Large Signed Exhibited Abstract Expressionist Original Framed Oil Painting
By Adele Becker
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American signed abstract expressionist oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed.
Category
Abstract Expressionist 1950s Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,196 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage Male Erotica 1951 Figure Study Drawing by Chicago Artist Harold Haydon
Located in Chicago, IL
A Very Finely Drawn Mid-Century Modern Figure Study of a Standing Young Male Nude Model by Notable Chicago Modern Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). A well executed studio draw...
Category
American Modern 1950s Art
Materials
Graphite, Paper
Le Picador
Located in OPOLE, PL
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) - Picador II
Lithograph from 1961.
Dimensions of work: 31 x 25 cm.
Reference: Bloch 1017; Mourlot 350; Cramer 113.IV.
Printed by Atelier Fernand Mourlot, P...
Category
Modern 1950s Art
Materials
Lithograph
$3,350 Sale Price
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Still-Life with Fruits - Original Lithograph
By Raoul Dufy
Located in Paris, IDF
Raoul DUFY
Still-Life with Fruits, 1953
Original Lithograph with stencil watercolor
With printed signature in the plate
On Arches vellum
28 x 37.5 cm (c. 11 x 14.8 inch)
Excellent ...
Category
Modern 1950s Art
Materials
Lithograph
DOUGLAS JULEFF Vintage 1950s Photograph of "Beefcake" model GENE STAGGS #2
Located in Glenford, NY
Rare early 1950s Original Vintage Gelatin Silver Photograph by DOUGLAS JULEFF - also known as DOUG OF DETROIT - of bodybuilder and model GENE STAGGS. This is #2 of two images of Stag...
Category
Post-War 1950s Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
original lithograph
Located in Henderson, NV
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...
Category
1950s Art
Materials
Lithograph
La Fille au Chapeau - Lithograph by Pablo Picasso - 1959
Located in Roma, IT
Lithograph on Arches wove paper, with watermark, realized by Picasso in 1959.
Image dimension: 64x59 cm; Sheet dimension 65.5x50.5 cm.
Hand signed in pencil lower right. Edition of...
Category
Cubist 1950s Art
Materials
Lithograph
Vintage American Modernist Abstract Expressionist Framed Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract landscape oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. No signature found.
Category
Abstract 1950s Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,196 Sale Price
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Jean Cocteau, Scene XXXVIII, Bacchus, from Theatre, 1957
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by Jean Cocteau (1889–1963), titled Scene XXXVIII, Bacchus (Scene XXXVIII, Bacchus), originates from the 1957 album Jean Cocteau de l'Academie francaise, Th...
Category
Modern 1950s Art
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
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Vintage American Modernist Abstract Expressionist Framed Cubist Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract oil painting by Ervin B. Nussbaum (1914 - 1996). Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed. Dated 1950.
Artist Bio:
Ervin B. Nussbaum was born in Co...
Category
Abstract 1950s Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Marc Chagall, Bercy Quay, from Derriere le miroir, 1954
By Marc Chagall
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by Marc Chagall (1887–1985), titled Quai de Bercy (Bercy Quay), from the folio Derriere le miroir, No. 67–68, originates from the 1954 edition published by Maeght Editeur, Paris, and printed by Mourlot Freres, Paris, 1954. Quai de Bercy captures Chagall’s poetic vision of Paris as a dreamlike landscape where memory, color, and emotion converge. The work’s lyrical composition and radiant palette embody Chagall’s deep affection for the city that shaped his artistic identity, blending reality and reverie in perfect harmony.
Executed as a lithograph on velin paper, this work measures 15 x 22 inches, with centerfold as issued. Unsigned and unnumbered as issued. The edition exemplifies the superb craftsmanship of Mourlot Freres, Paris.
Artwork Details:
Artist: Marc Chagall (1887–1985)
Title: Quai de Bercy (Bercy Quay), from the folio Derriere le miroir, No. 67–68
Medium: Lithograph on velin paper
Dimensions: 15 x 22 inches (38.1 x 55.88 cm), with centerfold as issued
Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered as issued
Date: 1954
Publisher: Maeght Editeur, Paris
Printer: Mourlot Freres, Paris
Catalogue raisonne reference: Cramer, Patrick, and Meret Meyer. Marc Chagall: Catalogue Raisonne des Livres Illustres. Patrick Cramer Editeur, 1995, illustration 24; Mourlot, Fernand, and Marc Chagall. Chagall Lithographe I: 1922–1957. Andre Sauret, 1960, illustration 93.
Condition: Well preserved, consistent with age and medium
Provenance: From the folio Derriere le miroir, No. 67–68, published by Maeght Editeur, Paris; printed by Mourlot Freres, Paris, 1954
Notes:
On the occasion of the ‘Paris’ exhibition, Marc Chagall created for this triple issue of Derriere Le Miroir XII pages of Lithography.
About the Publication:
Derriere le miroir (Behind the Mirror) was one of the most important art publications of the 20th century, created and published by Maeght Editeur in Paris from 1946 to 1982. Founded by the visionary art dealer and publisher Aime Maeght, the series served as both an exhibition catalogue and a work of art in its own right, uniting original lithographs by leading modern and contemporary artists with critical essays, poetry, and design of the highest quality. Printed by master lithographers such as Mourlot Freres and Arte, Derriere le miroir became synonymous with the artistic vanguard of postwar Europe. Each issue was devoted to a single artist or theme and published to accompany exhibitions at the Galerie Maeght in Paris, featuring works by Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Georges Braque, Joan Miro, Marc Chagall, Alexander Calder, Fernand Leger, and Alberto Giacometti, among others. The publication reflected Maeght’s belief that art should be both accessible and elevated—an ideal realized through its luxurious production values, meticulous printing, and collaboration with the greatest creative minds of its time.
About the Artist:
Marc Chagall (1887–1985) was a Belarus-born French painter, printmaker, and designer whose visionary imagination, radiant color, and deeply poetic symbolism made him one of the most beloved and influential artists of the 20th century. Rooted in the imagery of his Jewish heritage and the memories of his childhood in Vitebsk, Chagall’s art wove together themes of faith, love, folklore, and fantasy with a dreamlike modern sensibility. His unique style—merging elements of Cubism, Fauvism, Expressionism, and Surrealism—defied categorization, transforming ordinary scenes into lyrical meditations on memory and emotion. Influenced by Russian icon painting, medieval religious art, and the modern innovations of artists such as Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, and Georges Braque, Chagall developed a profoundly personal visual language filled with floating figures, vibrant animals, musicians, and lovers that symbolized the transcendent power of imagination and love. During his early years in Paris, he became an integral part of the Ecole de Paris circle, forming friendships with Amedeo Modigliani, Fernand Leger, and Sonia Delaunay, and his creative spirit resonated with that of his peers and successors—Alexander Calder, Alberto Giacometti, Salvador Dali, Joan Miro, Wassily Kandinsky, Marcel Duchamp, and Man Ray—artists who, like Chagall, sought to push the boundaries of perception, emotion, and form. Over a prolific career that spanned painting, printmaking, stained glass, ceramics, and stage design, Chagall brought an unparalleled poetic sensibility to modern art, infusing even the most abstract subjects with human warmth and spiritual depth. His works are held in the most prestigious museums around the world, including the Museum of Modern Art, the Centre Pompidou, the Tate, and the Guggenheim, where they continue to inspire generations of artists and collectors. The highest price ever paid for a Marc Chagall artwork is approximately 28.5 million USD, achieved in 2017 at Sotheby’s New York for Les Amoureux (1928).
Marc Chagall Quai de Bercy 1954, Chagall Derriere le miroir No. 67–68, Chagall Mourlot lithograph, Chagall Maeght...
Category
Expressionist 1950s Art
Materials
Lithograph
$7,196 Sale Price
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Dans L'Atelier de Picasso
Located in OPOLE, PL
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) - Dans l'Atelier de Picasso
Lithograph from 1957.
The edition of 275.
Dimensions of work: 44.5 x 33.5 cm
Publisher: Fernand Mourlot Éditeur, Paris.
Ref...
Category
Modern 1950s Art
Materials
Lithograph
$2,392 Sale Price
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Conductor with Orchestra, Figurative Oil Painting by William Harnden
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: William Harnden, American (1920 - 1983)
Title: Conductor with Orchestra
Medium: Oil on Masonite, signed
Image Size: 15.5 x 19 inches
Frame Size: 18 x 21 inches
Category
American Modern 1950s Art
Materials
Masonite, Oil
"Lazy Days Blues" TEXAS BLUEBONNETS, NICE LARGER SIZE LANDSCAPE CIRCA 1950
Located in San Antonio, TX
Porfirio Salinas
(1910-1973)
San Antonio Artist
Image Size: 25 x 30
Frame Size: 34 x 39
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Circa 1950
"Lazy Day Blues" Texas Bluebonnet
Biography
Porfirio Salinas (1910-1973)
Porfirio Salinas was a self-taught artist who painted landscapes of Central Texas with an emphasis on the vast bluebonnet fields that grow there in the springtime. Born in 1910 in Bastrop, Texas, he attended public schools in San Antonio. He also observed works in progress by the director of the San Antonio Art School, Jose Arpa, as well as landscape painter, Robert Wood. Wood is said to have paid Salinas five dollars a picture to paint bluebonnets because "he hated to paint bluebonnets". Salinas served in the military from 1943 to 1945. Although he was assigned to Fort Sam Houston, he was allowed to live at home. At the fort, Colonel Telesphor Gottchalk assigned him to paint murals for the officer's lounge and various other projects, and Salinas continued to be able to paint during his entire conscripted period. Even before he achieved notoriety among galleries, dealers, and museums, Salinas was widely followed and appreciated by many Texans, including former President Lyndon B. Johnson, who may be considered responsible for launching Salinas popularity beyond the boundaries of Texas. In 1973, Texas capital, Austin, honored Salinas for having "done much to bring the culture of Mexico and Texas closer together with his paintings". Salinas died in April 1973 in San Antonio, Texas.
From
the years of the Great Depression through President Lyndon Johnson's
Great Society of the 1960s, Texan Porfirio Salinas (1910-1973) remained
one of the Lone Star State's most popular artists. Today, his works
remain popular with Texas collectors and those who love landscapes of
the beautiful "Hill Country" that lies in the center of the
state. One of the first Mexican American painters to become
widely recognized for his art, Salinas was a favorite of President
Lyndon Johnson and his wife, Lady Bird Johnson, as well as of Sam
Rayburn, the longest-serving Speaker of the House of Representatives,
and Texas Governor John Connelly. In fact, President Johnson was so
enamored with his Salinas paintings that the artist will forever be
associated with America's first Texas-born President. Works by Porfirio
Salinas is in a number of museum collections, grace the halls of the
Texas State Capitol and the Governor's Mansion in Austin, and are
included in virtually every major private collection of Early Texas Art.
Porfirio
Salinas was born on November 6, 1910, near the small town of Bastrop,
Texas, about thirty miles from Austin. His father, Porfirio G. Salinas
(1881-1967), and his mother, Clara G. Chavez, struggled to make a
hardscrabble living as tenant farmers, but eventually were forced to
give up farming. The family moved to San Antonio, where Salinas' father
was able to get a job working as a laborer for the railroad, but the
scenic area around Bastrop, with its pine trees and the wide expanse of
the Rio Grande River, would forever remain a touchstone for the artist.
For the rest of his life, Salinas and his brothers went back frequently
to visit their grandmother in her little farmhouse. When in Bastrop,
Porfirio painted on the banks of the Rio Grande or in the groves of
pine trees. The Salinas family was close-knit, and Porfirio was the
middle child of five children, so he had an older brother and sister as
well as a younger brother and sister. His mother was a native of
Mexico, so throughout his childhood the family made the long drive to
Mexico to visit Clara Salinas' family.
As a child growing up in
the bi-lingual section of San Antonio, Salinas drew and painted
incessantly and by the time he was ten, he was already producing work
that was mature enough to sell to his schoolteachers. Many years later
in an article in the New York Times he was described as a "boy whose
textbooks were seldom opened and whose sketchbook was never closed."
Instead of studying, the young artist spent his spare time watching
artists paint in and around San Antonio. As an aspiring painter,
Salinas was fortunate to grow up in the historic city, which had the
most active art scene in Texas. It was his exposure to older,
professional painters that encouraged the precocious young painter to
leave school early in order to help his family and pursue a career as a
professional artist, despite his father's inability to see art as a
career with any future for his son.
When Salinas was about
fifteen he came to know the artist Robert W. Wood (1889-1979). He met
Wood while he was employed in an art supply store and he soon began to
work as an assistant to the English-born painter, who had moved from
Portland to San Antonio in 1924. Although the diminutive Englishman was
already an established professional artist, he did not have a great
deal of formal art training and so he was then studying with the
academically trained Spanish painter Jose Arpa (1858-1952) in order to
augment his knowledge and give his work a more polished look. Salinas
was an eager young man, and while working in Wood's downtown San
Antonio studio he learned to stretch canvases, frame paintings and to
sketch in larger compositions from small plein-air studies for the
English artist. He began to accompany Wood and Arpa to the hills
outside San Antonio, where they painted small Plein-air studies of
fields of blue lupin - the state flower, the famous "Bluebonnets" of
Texas - in the springtime and scenes of the gnarled Red Oaks as they
changed color in the fall. He was soon assisting Wood in the tedious
work of painting the tiny blue flowers that collectors wanted to see in
the landscapes they purchased of central Texas. According to a
1972 newspaper story, "Legend has it that one day in the 1920s artist
Robert Wood decided he could not bear to paint another bluebonnet in
one of his landscapes. He hired young Porfirio Salinas to paint
them in for him at five dollars a painting." Whether this story is
accurate or apocryphal isn't clear, but the ambitious and independent
young Salinas wasn't destined to be anyone's assistant for very long.
The
formative event of Porfirio Salinas' teenage years was the Texas
Wildflower Competitive Exhibitions, a Roaring-Twenties dream of the
eccentric oilman Edgar B. Davis (1873-1951). These competitive shows of
paintings of wildflowers and Texas life were mounted in San Antonio
from 1927 to 1929. Held at the newly opened Witte Museum each spring,
the exhibition featured large cash prizes donated by the philanthropic
Davis, which were an inducement for artists to travel from all over the
United States to paint in the Hill Country of Texas. The "Davis
Competitions," as they were known, helped to cement San Antonio's
reputation as an art center, a legacy that remains with the "River
City" today. The shows generated a great deal of excitement in the
area, helping to make celebrities of the some of the artists who had
already settled there and encouraging others to make San Antonio their
home. Over the three years that the wildflower competitions were held,
more than 300 paintings were exhibited, and many thousands of viewers
saw the paintings at the Witte Museum and on tours throughout the state
and in New York. Each year Davis would generously purchase the winning
paintings and then donate them to the San Antonio Art League. Young
Porfirio Salinas would have been able to not only watch his two mentors
- Robert W. Wood and Jose Arpa - paint the works that they entered in
the Davis Competitions, he would have been able to see Arpa take
several of the major prizes, receiving the judge's accolades for
"Verbena," "Cactus Flower" and "Picking Cotton," works that are still
on view at the San Antonio Art League Museum today. Unfortunately,
Davis eventually put his donations to work in other charitable
endeavors, bringing to an end the wildflower events, but only after
they inspired Salinas and other young painters and had helped to make
wildflower paintings the most sought-after subject for traditionalist
Texas collectors.
In 1930, when he was only twenty, Salinas
hung out a shingle and began to paint professionally, augmenting the
sales of his easel paintings with what little business he could garner
by painting signs for local concerns. It was a struggle for the young
artist to make a living, as the effects of the Great Depression were
settling in. His early works are very similar to those of Robert
Wood's, both in subject matter and treatment. Salinas did small
paintings of Bluebonnets for the tourists who visited San Antonio to
see the famous Alamo as well as paintings of the Texas missions...
Category
Impressionist 1950s Art
Materials
Oil
"Sur Quatre Murs" lithograph poster
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: lithograph (after the original lithograph poster "Sur Quatre Murs -- On Four Walls" for the Maeght Gallery). During the late 1940's and throughout the 1950's, Georges Braque ...
Category
1950s Art
Materials
Lithograph
Giuseppe Capogrossi Iconic Comb Design "Superficie 324" Serigrafia
Located in Detroit, MI
"Superficie 324" is a 1988 screen print (serigraph) of a 1959 painting by Capogrossi. This is one of his famous "comb" or "fork" works that he perfected in the 1950s and continued to create for the remainder of his life. The blocks of primary red and yellow colors give a bright, joyful feel and contrast to the strong bold black that was Capogrossi's consistent color for the "combs". With no allegorical, psychological, or symbolic meanings, these structural elements could be assembled and connected in countless variations. Intricate and insistent, Capogrossi's signs determined the construction of the pictorial surface. This piece is identified along one side: Giuseppe Capogrossi By SIAE 1988 Silvio Zamorani Editor Via Saccarelli, 9 10144 Torino Italy Tel. (39)(11) 4730554 Progetto Grafico (Graphic Project): Studio Walter Benjamin. Serigrafia (Screen Print): BISI Torino.
Capogrossi was born in Rome. After obtaining a degree in law in 1923–1924, he decided to study painting with Felice Carena at Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma. In 1927 Capogrossi embarked on a formative trip to Paris together with fellow artists and acquaintances Fausto Pirandello, Corrado Cagli and Emanuele Cavalli...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 1950s Art
Materials
Screen
Untitled from In the Bottom of My Garden (Plate 1)
By Andy Warhol
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Andy Warhol
Title: Untitled (Plate 1)
Portfolio: 1956 In the Bottom of My Garden
Medium: Offset lithograph and watercolor on paper
Date: 1956
Frame Size: 15 3/4" x 18 3/8"
Sh...
Category
Pop Art 1950s Art
Materials
Lithograph
Owl with Feathers - Original Ceramic Madoura - Ltd to 300 - Catalog Ramié #122
Located in Paris, IDF
Pablo Picasso
Chouette aux plumes (Owl with Feathers)
Original ceramic of Picasso made of white earthenware clay, partially engraved, with colored engobe and glaze.
Annoted "Edition...
Category
Modern 1950s Art
Materials
Ceramic
Fan Mail, Beverly Hills, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Marilyn Monroe (1926 - 1962), wearing a red negligee trimmed with black lace, sorts out h...
Category
Realist 1950s Art
Materials
Lambda
Large Vintage American Modernist Abstract Naturescape Lake View Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist abstract oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Measuring: 26 by 30 inches overall, and 22 by 25 painting alone.. In excellent original condition. Handsomel...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 1950s Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Abstract Linocut Print, circa 1955 by Eric Newton
By Eric Newton
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Eric Newton, British (1893 - 1965)
Title: Untitled - Abstract with Red and Yellow
Year: circa 1955
Medium: Linocut Print, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: EA
Image Size...
Category
Abstract Geometric 1950s Art
Materials
Linocut
Pablo Picasso, Maternité, etching, hand signed
Located in Chatsworth, CA
Pablo Picasso
Maternité, (1924)
Etching on Arches paper
Hand signed and numbered 15/50 from the edition of 50
Published by Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris, 1955
Paper: 22 5/8 x 28 inche...
Category
Modern 1950s Art
Materials
Etching
Buste de Faune, Modern Stencil after Pablo Picasso
Located in Long Island City, NY
Pablo Picasso, After, Spanish (1881 - 1973) - Buste de Faune. Portfolio: Femme et Faunes, Year: 1956, Medium: Pochoir, signed in the plate, Edition: 200, Size: 19.5 x 16 in. (49.53 x...
Category
Modern 1950s Art
Materials
Stencil
Lunch Time
By Bert Hardy
Located in London, GB
Five British models eating lunch in their swimwear on a yacht on the Cote d’Azur. Original Publication: Picture Post – 7850 – The Secret Of Five Girls On A Yacht – pub. 1955
(Photo ...
Category
1950s Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
"Pierre Matisse" lithograph
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: lithograph (after the painting). Printed in Paris on smooth wove paper at the atelier Mourlot and published in 1954. Size: 9 x 7 inches (228 x 178 mm). Not signed.
Conditio...
Category
1950s Art
Materials
Lithograph
Chef Basting Chicken with Madeline Watching
Located in Miami, FL
This large Bemelans features a small image of Madeline in the smoke behind the chef's face. It was most likely preliminary work for an illustration with Madeline and the Chef that a...
Category
American Modern 1950s Art
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache, Pencil
Composition in Black and Blue - Lithograph and stencil, 1956
Located in Paris, IDF
Pierre SOULAGES
Composition in Black and Blue, 1956
Lithograph and stencil (Jacomet workshop)
Unsigned
On wove paper 31 x 24 cm (c. 12.2 x 9.4 inches)
Edited by San Lazaro in 1956
...
Category
Abstract 1950s Art
Materials
Lithograph, Stencil
Vintage American School Abstract Expressionist Large Neutral Tone Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed.
Category
Abstract 1950s Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,871 Sale Price
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1959 engraving by Joan Miró Composition bleu et rouge art publication XXe Siècle
By Joan Miró
Located in PARIS, FR
The 1959 original engraving by Joan Miró, titled "Composition bleu et rouge" and created in 1938, is a captivating piece featured in the renowned art publication, XXe Siècle. Miró's ...
Category
1950s Art
Materials
Paper, Engraving
Mid Century Signed Landscape -- Old Country Cottage with Chickens
Located in Soquel, CA
Charming mid century country landscape with cottage with thatched roof and chickens foraging. Signed "H. H." and dated "1955." Condition: good; some edge and corner wear consistent w...
Category
American Impressionist 1950s Art
Materials
Oil, Board
$600 Sale Price
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Marc Chagall, The Bride, from Derriere le miroir, 1951 (after)
By Marc Chagall
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph after Marc Chagall (1887–1985), titled La Mariee (The Bride), from the folio Derriere le miroir, Sur Quatre Murs, No. 36-37-38, originates from the 1951 edition published by Maeght Editeur, Paris, and printed by Mourlot Freres, Paris, 1951. The composition captures Chagall’s poetic vision of love and mysticism, blending dreamlike imagery and radiant color into a lyrical meditation on devotion and imagination.
Executed as a lithograph on velin paper, this work measures 15 x 11 inches. Unsigned and unnumbered as issued. The edition exemplifies the superb craftsmanship of Mourlot Freres, Paris.
Artwork Details:
Artist: Marc Chagall (1887–1985)
Title: La Mariee (The Bride), from the folio Derriere le miroir, Sur Quatre Murs, No. 36-37-38
Medium: Lithograph on velin paper
Dimensions: 15 x 11 inches (38.1 x 27.9 cm)
Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered as issued
Date: 1951
Publisher: Maeght Editeur, Paris
Printer: Mourlot Freres, Paris
Condition: Well preserved, consistent with age and medium
Provenance: From the folio Derriere le miroir, Sur Quatre Murs, No. 36-37-38, published by Maeght Editeur, Paris; printed by Mourlot Freres, Paris, 1951
About the Publication:
Derriere le miroir (Behind the Mirror) was one of the most important art publications of the 20th century, created and published by Maeght Editeur in Paris from 1946 to 1982. Founded by the visionary art dealer and publisher Aime Maeght, the series served as both an exhibition catalogue and a work of art in its own right, uniting original lithographs by leading modern and contemporary artists with critical essays, poetry, and design of the highest quality. Printed by master lithographers such as Mourlot Freres and Arte, Derriere le miroir became synonymous with the artistic vanguard of postwar Europe. Each issue was devoted to a single artist or theme and published to accompany exhibitions at the Galerie Maeght in Paris, featuring works by Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Georges Braque, Joan Miro, Marc Chagall, Alexander Calder, Fernand Leger, and Alberto Giacometti, among others. The publication reflected Maeght's belief that art should be both accessible and elevated—an ideal realized through its luxurious production values, meticulous printing, and collaboration with the greatest creative minds of its time.
About the Artist:
Marc Chagall (1887–1985) was a Belarus-born French painter, printmaker, and designer whose visionary imagination, radiant color, and deeply poetic symbolism made him one of the most beloved and influential artists of the 20th century. Rooted in the imagery of his Jewish heritage and the memories of his childhood in Vitebsk, Chagall's art wove together themes of faith, love, folklore, and fantasy with a dreamlike modern sensibility. His unique style—merging elements of Cubism, Fauvism, Expressionism, and Surrealism—defied categorization, transforming ordinary scenes into lyrical meditations on memory and emotion. Influenced by Russian icon painting, medieval religious art, and the modern innovations of artists such as Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, and Georges Braque, Chagall developed a profoundly personal visual language filled with floating figures, vibrant animals, musicians, and lovers that symbolized the transcendent power of imagination and love. During his early years in Paris, he became an integral part of the Ecole de Paris circle, forming friendships with Amedeo Modigliani, Fernand Leger, and Sonia Delaunay, and his creative spirit resonated with that of his peers and successors—Alexander Calder, Alberto Giacometti, Salvador Dali, Joan Miro, Wassily Kandinsky, Marcel Duchamp, and Man Ray—artists who, like Chagall, sought to push the boundaries of perception, emotion, and form. Over a prolific career that spanned painting, printmaking, stained glass, ceramics, and stage design, Chagall brought an unparalleled poetic sensibility to modern art, infusing even the most abstract subjects with human warmth and spiritual depth. His works are held in the most prestigious museums around the world, including the Museum of Modern Art, the Centre Pompidou, the Tate, and the Guggenheim, where they continue to inspire generations of artists and collectors. The highest price ever paid for a Marc Chagall artwork is approximately $28.5 million USD, achieved in 2017 at Sotheby's New York for Les Amoureux (1928).
Marc Chagall La...
Category
Expressionist 1950s Art
Materials
Lithograph
$1,996 Sale Price
20% Off
Bruce Bellas Vintage 1950s Photo Set of Male Physique model Perry Peters
Located in Glenford, NY
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 model Perry Peters in the early 1950s. These are original photographs from the "posing strap" era when nude photography was illegal. 'Bruce Los Angeles...
Category
Post-War 1950s Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
'Breakfast At Tiffanys' Huge Oversize Limited Edition silver gelatin print
Located in London, GB
'Breakfast At Tiffanys' Huge Oversize Limited Edition silver gelatin print
Belgian-born actor Audrey Hepburn (1929 – 1993), during a shoot for the promotion of her film BREAKFAST...
Category
Modern 1950s Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Boats in the Harbour of Antibes, France
By Nicolas de Stael (after)
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This 1986 reproduction presents Nicolas de Staël’s Boats in the Harbour, a composition originally painted in 1955 during the artist’s celebrated Antibes period. In this late body of ...
Category
Impressionist 1950s Art
Materials
Offset
"Summer Stream Forest " 1957
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
3924 Landscape oil painting on artist board
Set in a pickled oak period frame
Image size 19.5x15.5"
Signed on verso
Category
1950s Art
Materials
Oil
$350 Sale Price
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Henri Matisse 'Figure Study' Lithograph, from Derriere le Miroir 1952
Located in Pembroke Pines, FL
Artist: Henri Matisse
Country: France
Title: Untitled – 'Figure Study'
Medium: Lithograph on Vellum paper
Size: 15 x 11 inch
Published: 1952 in France
Provenance: Derriere le Miroir...
Category
Contemporary 1950s Art
Materials
Lithograph
Vintage American Modernist New Hampshire Landscape Signed Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist landscape oil painting. Oil on canvasboard. Framed. Measuring: 13 by 16 inches overall, and 10 by 13.5 painting alone. In excellent original condition. Ha...
Category
Modern 1950s Art
Materials
Oil, Board
Mid-Concert, Figurative Oil Painting by William Harnden
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: William Harnden, American (1920 - 1983)
Title: Concert
Medium: Oil on Masonite, signed
Image Size: 15.5 x 20 inches
Frame Size: 22.5 x 27 inches
Category
American Modern 1950s Art
Materials
Masonite, Oil
$1,440 Sale Price
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THE MAKING OF TORTILLAS - Mural Size 47 1/2 inches Long
Located in Santa Monica, CA
LEOPOLDO MENDEZ (1902 – 1969)
THE MAKING OF TORTILLAS 1954
Linocut. Edition unknown. This example signed in pencil and dated 1957. 14” x 47 3/8” ...
Category
Modern 1950s Art
Materials
Linocut
Colorful Mid Century Modern Abstract Painting by Ham Morton, dated 1957
Located in Baltimore, MD
This is a very colorful and energetic painting by unknown but very competent American artist Ham Morton. It is nicely signed and dated 1957. It could be that the artist used a pse...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 1950s Art
Materials
Oil
Spring Break
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
High schoolers picnic on the beach at Bonita Springs, Florida, 1955.
Slim Aarons
Spring Break
Black and White Photography
Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Nu...
Category
American Realist 1950s Art
Materials
Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram
wood engraving for Mille Nuits
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: wood engraving (after the watercolor). Printed in Paris in 1955 at the atelier Coulouma for "Mille nuits et une nuit" (1001 Nights) which was the last major portfolio by Kees...
Category
1950s Art
Materials
Engraving, Woodcut
Jean Cocteau, Scene XXXIII, The Eagle with Two Heads, from Theatre, 1957
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by Jean Cocteau (1889–1963), titled Scene XXXIII, L'Aigle a Deux Tetes (Scene XXXIII, The Eagle with Two Heads), originates from the 1957 album Jean Cocteau...
Category
Modern 1950s Art
Materials
Lithograph
The Web
Located in Fairlawn, OH
The Web
Engraving and soft ground, 1950
Signed, titled, dated and numbered by the artist
Edition: 35 (26/35)
Printed by Master Printer, Jon Clemens, 2000
Provenance:
Estate of the ar...
Category
Surrealist 1950s Art
Materials
Engraving, Etching
Large Antique American Abstract Expressionist Vintage Signed Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted mid century abstract cubist oil painting. Great color and composition. Framed. Signed.
Category
Abstract Expressionist 1950s Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,980 Sale Price
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Pablo Picasso, "Three Colour Profile", original lithograph, hand signed
Located in Chatsworth, CA
Pablo Picasso
"Three Colour Profile"
1956
Image Size: 16.5 x 20 inches
Three colour litho on transfer
From the edition of 50 numbered and signed proofs
Picasso Lithographs- Fernand M...
Category
Modern 1950s Art
Materials
Lithograph
Vintage American Modernist Outsider Pop Art Abstract Large Original Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist abstract oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed.
Category
Abstract 1950s Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,036 Sale Price
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Pierre Soulages, Untitled, from XXe Siecle, 1956
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph and pochoir by Pierre Soulages (1919–2022), titled Sans titre (Untitled), from the album XXe Siecle, Nouvelle serie, No. 7 (double), Juin 1956, originates f...
Category
Modern 1950s Art
Materials
Lithograph
$1,996 Sale Price
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Sonia Delaunay, Untitled, from XXe Siecle, 1956
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph and pochoir by Sonia Delaunay (1885–1979), titled Sans titre (Untitled), from the album XXe Siecle, Nouvelle serie, No. 7 (double), Juin 1956, originates fr...
Category
Orphist 1950s Art
Materials
Lithograph
$1,996 Sale Price
20% Off
Northern California Coastal Santa Cruz County Ocean Waves 1950 Plein Air
Located in Soquel, CA
Northern California Coastal Santa Cruz County Ocean Waves 1950 Plein Air
Santa Cruz Sandstone Cliffs and crashing waves near Natural Bridges circa 1950 by an unknown California artis...
Category
American Impressionist 1950s Art
Materials
Masonite, Oil
$1,080 Sale Price
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Portrait Woman Original French Mourlot Modernist Lithograph 1951 Francoise Gilot
Located in Surfside, FL
Rare vintage limited edition Stone Lithograph printed at Mourlot in Paris. this is from a signed and numbered portfolio but the individual shee...
Category
Modern 1950s Art
Materials
Lithograph
Multicolor Abstract Cubist Oil Painting with Monogram Signature MJ
Located in Atlanta, GA
This striking abstract Cubist oil on board, signed with the monogram "M.J." in the lower right corner, is the work of a 20th-century German artist. The composition is bold and archit...
Category
Cubist 1950s Art
Materials
Oil, Board
"La visite du medecin" lithograph
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: lithograph (after the drawing). Printed in Paris in 1951 at the atelier Dreux-Barry in an edition of 1000. Sheet size: 12 1/4 x 9 1/4 inches (310 x 235 mm). Signed in the pla...
Category
1950s Art
Materials
Lithograph
Norman Parkinson 'Paris Drama, Jean Patchett in Paris, Vogue 1950'
Located in New York, NY
American model Jean Patchett photographed in Paris wearing a Jean Dessès evening gown. American Vogue magazine April 1, 1950.
Paris Drama, 1950
C print
Estate stamped and numbered e...
Category
Modern 1950s Art
Materials
C Print
Deux Femmes Accroupies - Lithograph by Pablo Picasso - 1956
Located in Roma, IT
Realized by Picasso in 1956. Lithograph on Arches Paper.
Hand Signed and numbered.
Edition of 19/50.
Ref. Bloch n.790.
Category
Cubist 1950s Art
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
Antique American School Tropical Ocean Cove Hawaiian Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted American impressionist tropical beach landscape. Oil on board. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed in a period wood molding. Excellent condition, re...
Category
Impressionist 1950s Art
Materials
Oil, Board
$700 Sale Price
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Kings Of Hollywood Slim Aarons Premium Collection Estate Stamped Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Kings Of Hollywood 1957
Clark Gable (1901 – 1960), Van Heflin (1910 – 1971), Gary Cooper (1901 – 1961) and James Stewart (1908 – 1997) enjoying a joke at a New Year’s party held at...
Category
Modern 1950s Art
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Pablo Picasso, The Rehearsal, original lithograph, hand signed
Located in Chatsworth, CA
Pablo Picasso
The Rehearsal, (La Répétition)
Original Lithograph, (litho crayon composition on transfer paper, transferred to stone)
Hand signed in ink in lower left corner
Numbered ...
Category
Modern 1950s Art
Materials
Lithograph
French Watercolor - Fishing Boats
Located in Houston, TX
French watercolor of quiet fishing village in Brittany, circa 1950.
Original artwork on paper displayed on a white mat with a gold border. Mat fits a standard-size frame. Archiva...
Category
1950s Art
Materials
Watercolor



