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Period: 1950s
Helen Frankenthaler Studio, Black and White Photo, Silver Print, Signed, 20x16
Helen Frankenthaler Studio, Black and White Photo, Silver Print, Signed, 20x16

Helen Frankenthaler Studio, Black and White Photo, Silver Print, Signed, 20x16

By Burt Glinn

Located in New york, NY

A portrait of Helen Frankenthaler (1925-2011) in her studio in New York. Glinn captures the celebrated artist, Frankenthaler, in the process of making art - surrounded by paint, mate...

Category

Contemporary 1950s Art

Materials

Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

Black and White: Mary Jane Russell, Le Pavillion

Black and White: Mary Jane Russell, Le Pavillion

By Lillian Bassman

Located in New York, NY

Gelatin silver print Signed in pencil, verso 11 x 14 inches, sheet size 9.75 x 12.5 inches, image size This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City. Lillian Bassm...

Category

American Modern 1950s Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Giuseppe Capogrossi Iconic Comb Design "Superficie 324" Serigrafia
Giuseppe Capogrossi Iconic Comb Design "Superficie 324" Serigrafia

Giuseppe Capogrossi Iconic Comb Design "Superficie 324" Serigrafia

By Giuseppe Capogrossi

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

Northern California Coastal Santa Cruz County Ocean Waves 1950 Plein Air
Northern California Coastal Santa Cruz County Ocean Waves 1950 Plein Air

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

Incredible Mid Century Abstract Artist Interior Studio View Signed Oil Painting
Incredible Mid Century Abstract Artist Interior Studio View Signed Oil Painting

Incredible Mid Century Abstract Artist Interior Studio View Signed Oil Painting

Located in Buffalo, NY

Very impressive mid 20th century modernist interior view. So well painted with great color and bold expressive strokes. Signed illegibly. Housed in a period modernist frame. Oil ...

Category

Abstract 1950s Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Collage aux lignes jaunes" pochoir

"Collage aux lignes jaunes" pochoir

Located in Henderson, NV

Medium: pochoir (after the watercolor and collage). Printed in 1957 at the atelier of Daniel Jacomet and published in Paris by the Galerie Berggruen for a rare catalogue. Image size:...

Category

1950s Art

Materials

Lithograph, Stencil

Untitled Figure (c. 1950s)
Untitled Figure (c. 1950s)

Untitled Figure (c. 1950s)

By Adine Stix

Located in Summit, NJ

Gorgeous oil and watercolor on paper by abstract expressionist artist Adine Stix. Beautiful shades of pink, purples, cobalt blue with s hint of orange cover the paper to create the h...

Category

Abstract Expressionist 1950s Art

Materials

Paper, Oil, Watercolor

lithograph

lithograph

By Marino Marini

Located in Henderson, NV

Medium: lithograph. Executed by Marino Marini especially for the cover of a rare exhibition catalogue. This impression on smooth wove paper was printed by Mourlot and published in Pa...

Category

Surrealist 1950s Art

Materials

Lithograph

Morning Sunrise, Mid Century Laguna Hills Figurative Landscape
Morning Sunrise, Mid Century Laguna Hills Figurative Landscape

Morning Sunrise, Mid Century Laguna Hills Figurative Landscape

Located in Soquel, CA

Beautiful mid century plein air figural landscape of Laguna Niguel, California by an unknown artist (American, 20th Century). The morning sun glistens on the mountain tops and surrou...

Category

American Modern 1950s Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Cardboard

'Paradise II' Lithograph from The Bible

'Paradise II' Lithograph from The Bible

By Marc Chagall

Located in Philadelphia, PA

Marc Chagall Paradise II From the rare limited edition Editions de la Revue VERVE, Paris The Bible Original double sided lithograph on paper 1956 Mint Condition

Category

1950s Art

Materials

Lithograph

A Vintage 1950s Pastel & Charcoal Drawing of a Hockey Game by Francis Chapin
A Vintage 1950s Pastel & Charcoal Drawing of a Hockey Game by Francis Chapin

A Vintage 1950s Pastel & Charcoal Drawing of a Hockey Game by Francis Chapin

By Francis Chapin

Located in Chicago, IL

Perfect for any hockey enthusiast! A dynamic 1950s pastel and charcoal on paper drawing of a hockey game by artist Francis Chapin. Artwork size: 9 x 12 inches; Matted size: 14 x 18 inches. Estate stamped on reverse. Provenance: Estate of the Artist. Francis Chapin, affectionately called the “Dean of Chicago Painters” by his colleagues, was one of the city’s most popular and celebrated painters in his day. Born at the dawn of the 20th Century in Bristolville, Ohio, Chapin graduated from Washington and Jefferson College near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania before enrolling at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1922. He would set down deep roots at the Art Institute of Chicago, exhibiting there over 31 times between 1926 and 1951. In 1927 Chapin won the prestigious Bryan Lathrop Fellowship from the Art Institute – a prize that funded the artist’s yearlong study trip to Europe. Upon his return to the United States, Chapin decided to remain in Chicago, noting the freedom Chicago artists have in developing independently of the pressure to conform to pre-existing molds (as was experienced by artists in New York, for example). Chapin became a popular instructor at the Art Institute, teaching there from 1929 to 1947 and at the Art Institute’s summer art school in Saugatuck, Michigan (now called Oxbow) between 1934 – 1938 (he was the director of the school from 1941-1945). Chapin’s contemporaries among Chicago’s artists included such luminaries as Ivan Le Lorraine Albright...

Category

American Modern 1950s Art

Materials

Paper, Charcoal, Pastel

original lithograph

original lithograph

By Julio de Diego

Located in Henderson, NV

Medium: original lithograph. This lithograph was printed in 1950 for the "Improvisations" portfolio, published by the Artists Equity Association of New York on the occasion of the 19...

Category

Surrealist 1950s Art

Materials

Lithograph

original lithograph

original lithograph

By Ruth Gikow

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

Mid Century Autumn Reflections Oil Paint Landscape
Mid Century Autumn Reflections Oil Paint Landscape

Mid Century Autumn Reflections Oil Paint Landscape

By Lorenz E. Griffith

Located in Soquel, CA

Peaceful landscape of a calm stream winding through an autumnal forest by Lorenz Griffith (American, 1889-1968). Signed "Lorenz Griffith" lower left. Titled "Autumn Reflections - Virginia" and dated 1958 on verso. Unframed. Image size: 24"H x 35.5"W. Lorenz E. Griffith was born in Indiana; he was active/lived in North Carolina, Florida, Indiana and many places across the United States. Lorenz Griffith is known for luminist landscapes and portraits. He painted in the style of the Florida Highwaymen...

Category

American Impressionist 1950s Art

Materials

Masonite, Oil

La Pique I, 1959

La Pique I, 1959

By Pablo Picasso

Located in Palo Alto, CA

Executed in 1959, Pablo Picasso, La Pique I, belongs to Pablo Picasso’s prolific late period, during which he returned with renewed intensity to themes of mythology, ritual, and the ...

Category

1950s Art

Materials

Lithograph

Five mid 20th century Italian oil landscapes with figures, castles, Churchs
Five mid 20th century Italian oil landscapes with figures, castles, Churchs

Five mid 20th century Italian oil landscapes with figures, castles, Churchs

Located in Woodbury, CT

A very interesting set of five mid-20th-century Italian oils on copper. All five are classical landscape subjects and are signed Roger, though we don't know which artist with the n...

Category

Old Masters 1950s Art

Materials

Copper

Happy Marilyn (1956) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print

Happy Marilyn (1956) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print

Located in London, GB

Happy Marilyn (1956) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print (Photo by Evening Standard/Getty Images) American film star Marilyn Monroe (1926 - 1962) outside her home at Englefield Green. A...

Category

Modern 1950s Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin, Black and White

“Rocky Mountain Meadow”
“Rocky Mountain Meadow”

“Rocky Mountain Meadow”

By Werner Drewes

Located in Southampton, NY

Original watercolor on archival paper of a Rocky Mountain Meadow by the well known American artist, Werner Drewes. Signed lower right. Titled and dated 1956 on verso of sheet. Con...

Category

American Modern 1950s Art

Materials

Watercolor, Archival Paper

Mid Century Ojai Spring Cottage Landscape
Mid Century Ojai Spring Cottage Landscape

Mid Century Ojai Spring Cottage Landscape

Located in Soquel, CA

Wonderful mid century landscape of Ojai, California with charming stucco cottage and almond trees in bloom and mountains in background titled, "Storm over Ojai" by Margaret Anna Dobson (American, 1888-1981), 1959. Signed faintly, lower right. Signed in pencil "Margaret Dobson", titled "Storm Over Ojai" and dated "1959" on verso. Presented in vintage gilt-toned wood frame. Image size: 12"H x 16"W. Framed size: 14"H x 17.75"W. Margaret Dobson was a painter, illustrator, muralist, etcher. Born in Baltimore, MD on Nov. 9, 1888. Dobson studied at the Maryland Institute, PAFA, Fontainebleau School of Art (Paris), and Syracuse University. She studied privately with Daniel Garber, Cecilia Beaux, Violet Oakley, Emil Carlsen, Robert Vonnoh, Hugh Breckenridge, and others. She was active in London, England until 1933. She then settled in Los Angeles where she remained until her death on Jan. 20, 1981. Primarily a muralist, she also painted floral still lifes and landscapes of the Sierra and southern California. Member: NAC; Royal Society of Etchers (London); Laguna Beach AA; Women Painters of the West; Santa Monica AA; Calif. Art Club; LAAA; Artists of the SW. Exhibits: Fontainebleau, 1927 (prize); Egan Gallery (LA), 1933; Calif. PM Society, 1935, 1936; Ebell Club (LA) 1936 (1st prize); Academy of Western Painters, LACMA, 1937; Santa Cruz Art League, 1938; Friday Morning Club (LA), 1939; GGIE, 1939; Society for Sanity in Art, CPLH, 1944. Murals: Santa Monica Women's Club; Palace of Fontainebleau and Fontainebleau Hospital (France); Kaufman (TX) Post Office (Driving the Steers); Girl Scouts...

Category

American Impressionist 1950s Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Illustration Board

original lithograph

original lithograph

By Elizabeth Erlanger 1

Located in Henderson, NV

Medium: original lithograph. This lithograph was printed in 1953 for the "Improvisations" portfolio, published by the Artists Equity Association of New York on the occasion of the 19...

Category

1950s Art

Materials

Lithograph

original lithograph

original lithograph

By Gerrit Hondius

Located in Henderson, NV

Medium: original lithograph. This lithograph was printed in 1952 for the "Improvisations" portfolio, published by the Artists Equity Association of New York on the occasion of the 19...

Category

1950s Art

Materials

Lithograph

Queen Elizabeth - Vintage Photo - 1950s
Queen Elizabeth - Vintage Photo - 1950s

Queen Elizabeth - Vintage Photo - 1950s

Located in Roma, IT

Queen Elizabeth - Vintage Photo realized in the 1950s. Good conditions and aged.

Category

Modern 1950s Art

Materials

Photographic Paper

A Pair of Indigenous Fillipino Portraits
A Pair of Indigenous Fillipino Portraits

A Pair of Indigenous Fillipino Portraits

Located in San Francisco, CA

One might reasonably ask: What were the 16th-century Spanish colonizers thinking when they took on the conquest of the Philippines? The archipelago nation is comprised of 7,641 islan...

Category

Modern 1950s Art

Materials

Wood, Oil

original lithograph

original lithograph

By Joan Miró

Located in Henderson, NV

Medium: original lithograph. Catalogue reference: M 233. Printed in 1956 at the Mourlot atelier and published in Paris by Maeght for the Jacques Prévert catalogue. Sheet size: 9 x 14...

Category

1950s Art

Materials

Lithograph

original lithograph

original lithograph

By Jean Cocteau

Located in Henderson, NV

Medium: original lithograph. Printed in Paris in 1957 at the Mourlot Freres atelier. Size: 8 3/4 x 6 inches (225 x 150 mm). Jean Cocteau executed this original lithograph to depict a...

Category

1950s Art

Materials

Lithograph

A Spring Sunset, Original Oil Painting from 1952
A Spring Sunset, Original Oil Painting from 1952

A Spring Sunset, Original Oil Painting from 1952

By Otto Lindberg

Located in Stockholm, SE

This exquisite painting by the artist Otto Lindberg (1880-1955) is a mesmerizing depiction of a spring sunset. Crafted in 1952, this piece stands as one of Lindberg's final paintings...

Category

Romantic 1950s Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil