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Clayton Knight, Stinson Liaison Observation Monoplane
Located in New York, NY
Clayton Knight drew a careful rendering of the plane -- even showing how it would look in the air as it banked. Edward Stinson was an accomplished, eve...
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American Modern 1940s Landscape Prints

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Lithograph

Superlative Sunrise - Original etching, 1943
Located in Paris, FR
Jean FRELAUT Superlative Sunrise Original etching Printed signature in the plate On Arches vellum 30 x 25 cm (c. 12 x 10 inch) Printed in Haasen workshop in 1943 Excellent condition
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Modern 1940s Landscape Prints

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Etching

Dufza - Paris - Conciergerie - Original Handsigned Etching
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Dufza - Paris - Conciergerie - Original Handsigned Etching Circa 1940 Handsigned in pencil Dimensions: 20 x 25 cm
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Modern 1940s Landscape Prints

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Etching

Cristos - Etching on Paper by Lino Bianchi Barriviera - 1940
Located in Roma, IT
Cristos is an original etching on paper realized by Lino Bianchi Barriviera in 1940. Hand-signed in pencil. Numbered, 54. In very good conditions except for some folding on the wh...
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Modern 1940s Landscape Prints

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Etching

Lalibela - Etching by Lino Bianchi Barriviera - 1948
Located in Roma, IT
Lalibela is an original etching on paper realized by Lino Bianchi Barriviera in 1948. Hand-signed in pencil. Image Dimensions: 46 x 35 cm. Number...
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Modern 1940s Landscape Prints

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Etching

Lalibela - Bièt Gàbriel - Etching by Lino Bianchi Barriviera - 1943
Located in Roma, IT
Lalibela - Bièt Gàbriel is an original etching on paper realized by Lino Bianchi Barriviera in 1939- 1943. Hand-signed in pencil on the lower margin. Title and dated on the lower ma...
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Modern 1940s Landscape Prints

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Etching

Lalibela - Bièt Gàbriel - Etching by Lino Bianchi Barriviera - 1942
Located in Roma, IT
Lalibela - Bièt Gàbriel is an original etching on paper realized by Lino Bianchi Barriviera in 1948. Hand-signed in pencil in the lower right. In ...
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Modern 1940s Landscape Prints

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Etching

Lalibela - Bièt Gàbriel - Etching by Lino Bianchi Barriviera - 1942
Located in Roma, IT
Lalibela - Bièt Gàbriel is an original etching on paper realized by Lino Bianchi Barriviera in 1942. Hand-signed in pencil in the lower right. Numbered 4. In very good conditions....
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Modern 1940s Landscape Prints

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Etching

Dufza - Paris - Le Vert Galant - Original Handsigned Etching
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Dufza - Paris - Le Vert Galant - Original Handsigned Etching Circa 1940 Handsigned in pencil Dimensions: 20 x 25 cm
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Modern 1940s Landscape Prints

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Etching

Nude Lying Down - Original Etching - 1945
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions: 15x20 cm. Nude Lying Down is an original etching realized by an Anonymous artist in ca. 1945. Sheet dimension: 28 x 38 cm Very good con...
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1940s Landscape Prints

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Aquatint, Etching

Evelyn G. Schultz, Typhoon
Located in New York, NY
The only mention I can find of Evelyn G. Schultz is that she was a charter member of the San Diego Watercolor Society. But the medium of the linocut (here on tan paper) was frequentl...
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American Modern 1940s Landscape Prints

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Linocut

Este's Gardens - Original Etching by Tono Zancanaro - 1942
Located in Roma, IT
Dimensions: 10 x 24 cm. Interesting etching, representing a gallery of fantastic characters. Artist's Proof titled and hand-signed with pencil on lower margin. In excellent condit...
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1940s Landscape Prints

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Etching

Dufza - Paris - Le Pont Neuf - Original Handsigned Etching
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Dufza - Paris - Le Pont Neuf - Original Handsigned Etching Circa 1940 Handsigned in pencil Dimensions: 20 x 25 cm Unumbered as issued
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Modern 1940s Landscape Prints

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Etching

MANHATTAN CLIFFS (Large Lithograph)
Located in Santa Monica, CA
MARK FREEMAN (1908 - 2003) MANHATTAN CLIFFS, 1947 Lithograph (offset?) with 2 color plates. Signed, titled and dated. 19 1/2 x 15 in., large grey sheet, 22 3/8 x 17 1/2 in. Very good condition. A large and very strong image of New York.
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American Modern 1940s Landscape Prints

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Lithograph

View of Reims - Original Lithograph on Paper - 1940 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
Reims is an original lithograph on paper realized in 1940 ca. by an Anonymous artist of the 20th Century The State of preservation is very good. Titled on the lower right. Applie...
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Contemporary 1940s Landscape Prints

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Lithograph

WESTERN PEAKS
Located in Santa Monica, CA
HAROLD LUKENS DOOLITTLE (1873 - 1974) WESTERN PEAKS c. 1945 Aquatint signed and titled in pencil. 6 3/4 x 8 7/8 sheet 9 5/8 x 12 3/4. Good condition save for just a hint of darkening within the window and small bits if tape on the sheet edge verso. Doolittle was a renaissance man. His day job was as an engineer for the Edison Electric Co. But he produced an outstanding body of prints for 5 decades as well as photographs. His very rare arts and crafts furniture is highly sought after. He was a long time member and officer in the California Print...
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Realist 1940s Landscape Prints

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Aquatint

Surrealist Mountain - Original Etching, 1946
Located in Paris, FR
Jacques Villon Surrealist Mountain, 1946 Original etching Printed signature in the plate On BFK Rives vellum, 25 x 32,5 cm (c. 9,8 x 12,7 inch) Edition limited to 300 copies (unnumb...
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Surrealist 1940s Landscape Prints

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Etching

I Tuffatori a Capri - Original Etching by Felice Casorati - 1949
Located in Roma, IT
I rare Edition, by Edizioni ERI-RAI, published in 80 pieces numbered and hand signed by the Artist. Very good conditions. This artwork is shipped from Italy. Under existing legislat...
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1940s Landscape Prints

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Etching

Landscape - Lithograph by Raffaele De Grada - 1946
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape is an original lithograph realized in the 1946 by Raffaele De Grada. The State of preservation is very good with very small folding along the margi...
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1940s Landscape Prints

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Lithograph

Childhood Memory - Woodcut Print by L. Spacal - 1940
Located in Roma, IT
Childhood Memory is an original Modern artwork realized by Luigi Spacal (Trieste, 1907 - Trieste, 2000) in the half of the 20th Century. Original B/W woodcut on cardboard. Excellent conditions. Lojze Spacal...
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1940s Landscape Prints

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Woodcut

QUIET POND, MONHEGAN, MAINE
Located in Portland, ME
Wengenroth, Stow. QUIET POND MONHEGAN, MAINE. BPL 154. Lithograph, 1946. Edition of 85. Inscribed "Ed/85" and signed in pencil. 10 3/16 x 15 7/16 inches (image). Handsomely framed by...
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1940s Landscape Prints

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Lithograph

E. Mario Grenville, Mail Time
Located in New York, NY
Mario Grenville made this print for the publishing program of Associated American Artists. It was issued in 1945 making it a calm antidote to the ending of World War II, although it ...
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Ashcan School 1940s Landscape Prints

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Etching

Landscape - Original Watercolor on Cardboard by Jean Delpech - 1947
Located in Roma, IT
"Landscape" is an original drawing in watercolor on cardboard, realized in 1942 by Jean Delpech (1916-1988). The state of preservation of the artwork is good with some ripping on l...
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1940s Landscape Prints

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Cardboard, Watercolor

Paris - Original Etching by A. Buratti - 1947
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions: 24 x 27 cm. Paris is an original artwork realized in 1947 by Armando Buratti. Original black and white etching. Hand-signed and dated in pencil on lower right. N...
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Contemporary 1940s Landscape Prints

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Etching

United Nations, Cityscape Etching by Bernard Buffet
Located in Long Island City, NY
An etching by Bernard Buffet from 1949. A beautiful rendering of a city skyline on the waterfront in an expressionist style. Artist: Bernard Buffet, French (1928 - 1999) Title: Un...
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Expressionist 1940s Landscape Prints

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Etching

Composition - Original Color Lithograph by Antoni Clavé - 1943
Located in Roma, IT
Hand signed and dated. Signed on plate. Very good conditions Passepartout included : 49 x 34 cm Image Dimensions : 25 x16 cm This artwork is shipped from Italy. Under existing legis...
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Surrealist 1940s Landscape Prints

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Lithograph

Landscape with Tower and Columns - Original Lithograph by Antoni Clavé - 1943
Located in Roma, IT
Hand signed and dated. Signed on plate. Artist's proof. Very good conditions. Passepartout included : 49 x 34 cm Image Dimensions : 10 x 13 cm This artwork is shipped from Italy. Un...
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Surrealist 1940s Landscape Prints

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Lithograph

Australia Original Vintage Propaganda Poster post WW2 MacDonald Max Gill
Located in London, GB
To see our other original vintage travel and propaganda 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...
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Modern 1940s Landscape Prints

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Lithograph

New York, Columbia University Color Etching by Luigi Kasimir
Located in Paonia, CO
The famous Austrian artist, Luigi Kasimir ( 1881- 1962 ) studied at the Vienna Academy of Art. He went on to develop the technique of color etching using multiple plates to creat a finished etching in color. Previously a colored etching had to have the color applied by hand. Kasimir was a very prolific artist famous for his scenes of Vienna...
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Realist 1940s Landscape Prints

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Etching

Demolition in the Plaza del Toro
Located in Palm Springs, CA
From the artists series of sketches in Mexico, showing a Cathedral and dramatic cloudscape in the background, and a destroyed plaza in the foreground. In 1944 he received a Guggenh...
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American Realist 1940s Landscape Prints

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Mezzotint

Landscape - Original Etching by O.B. de Kat - 1944
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape is an original etching, realized by Otto B. De Kat in 1944, signed and dated on the lower left. The State of preservation is good. Included a Passepartout: 50x 32.5 cm. ...
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Modern 1940s Landscape Prints

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Etching

Roma La Camilluccia - Original Etching by Luigi Bartolini - 1943
Located in Roma, IT
Roma La Camilluccia is an original artwork realized by Luigi Bartolini in 1943. Original watercolored etching on china paper applied. Hand-signed and dated in pencil on the lower ...
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1940s Landscape Prints

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Etching

1er Salon Industria Cinematografica original Cinematography poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original vintage Spanish poster 1er Salon de la Industria Cinematografica. This cinematography vintage poster was the first one in the field ...
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Color-Field 1940s Landscape Prints

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Lithograph

Jacques Villon - Landscape - Original Etching
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Jacques Villon - Landscape - Original Etching 1949 Signed in pencil and numbered Dimensions : 28 x 38 cm
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Modern 1940s Landscape Prints

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Etching

"Savoie (Societe National des Chemins de Fer Francais), " by L.J. Fontanarosa
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Savoie (Societe National des Chemins de fer Francais)" is a signed offset lithograph of a pastoral landscape created for the Societe Nationale...
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Other Art Style 1940s Landscape Prints

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Lithograph

Hambleden Orchard (Farm with chicken, ox and oxcart)
Located in New Orleans, LA
This engraving is from an edition of 60. It is signed and dedicated. A farmyard scene with barn, chicken and ox. It is in excellent condition and is a fine impression. There is a stain in the lower bottom margin away from the image and well below the mat line Wilfred Fairclough...
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Modern 1940s Landscape Prints

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Engraving

Arching Elms, Lithograph by Gordon Grant
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Gordon Grant, American (1875 - 1962) Title: Arching Elms Year: circa 1940 Medium: Lithograph, signed in pencil Image Size: 9 x 11 inches Size: 11 in. x 16 in. (27.94 cm x 40....
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American Modern 1940s Landscape Prints

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Lithograph

THE HOME PLACE
By Merritt Mauzey
Located in Portland, ME
Mauzey, Merritt. THE HOME PLACE. Lithograph with handcoloring, c. 1940. Edition size not known. 9 1/4 x 14 5/8 inches, 235 x 370mm. In excellent condition.
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1940s Landscape Prints

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Lithograph, Color

Wake on the Ferry.
Located in Storrs, CT
Wake on the Ferry. 1949. Etching. Morse catalog 313. state v. 5 x 7 (sheet 8 3/4 x 11 7/8). Edition of 350: 200 for the Art Students League and 150 for the artist. A fine impression ...
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American Modern 1940s Landscape Prints

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Etching

The House of Naiads - Woodcut Print by G. Verna - 1946
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimension 36.5 x 18 cm. Hand Signed. Edition of 100 pieces.
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Contemporary 1940s Landscape Prints

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Woodcut

Rooftop
Located in Storrs, CT
Rooftop. 1941. Engraving. Kraeft 84. 4 7/8 x 8 7/8 (sheet 8 7/8 x 12 3/4). Edition 100. Provenance: estate of David Llewellyn Reese, New York. A rich impression printed on white wove...
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American Modern 1940s Landscape Prints

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Engraving

"Drowsy Bums" - Mid Century Figurative San Francisco Dock Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Figurative landscape capturing dock workers' afternoon break by John Theodore Edward Stoll (b. Germany; 1889, d. California; 1974). Signed "John Stoll" lower right. Titled "Drowsy Bu...
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American Impressionist 1940s Landscape Prints

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Etching, Paper, Printer's Ink

Old Coaster, Lithograph by Gordon Grant
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Gordon Grant, American (1875 - 1962) Title: Old Coaster Year: circa 1940 Medium: Lithograph, signed in pencil Image Size: 9 x 11 inches Size: 11 in. x 16 in. (27.94 cm x 40.6...
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American Modern 1940s Landscape Prints

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Lithograph

Jacques Villon - Cubist Cavern - Original Etching
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Jacques Villon - Cubist Cavern - Original Etching 1949 Signed in pencil Dimensions : 12.5 x 16 cm
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Modern 1940s Landscape Prints

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Etching

"Dauphine (Societe Nationale des Chemins de Fer Francais)" signed by Paul Kelsch
By Paul Kelsch
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Dauphine" is an offset lithograph of a pastoral landscape created by Paul Kelsch for the Societe Nationale des Chemis de fer Francais, the French National Railways. 24" x 39" paper 30 1/2" x 21 1/8" image 48" x 33" frame Small hole in each corner, crease in paper and image upper left, small holes lower left. The SNCF, the French National Rail system, commissioned multiple posters to advertise and celebrate the connected locations on their routes after the Second World War. "Dauphine", created by Paul Kelsch, showcases a small village at the foot of a mountain bathed in the light of a sunset. Kelsch's technique employed impasto brush strokes and bright colors to capture the beauty of the landscape. This scene is in stark contrast to the destruction that the war had wrought in this area during the 1944 invasion. Because of this, the set of posters...
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Other Art Style 1940s Landscape Prints

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Lithograph

LOTUS FLOWER - Provincetown Style
Located in Santa Monica, CA
MARY TRAVIS (1893-1976)) LOTUS FLOWER c. 1935-40 White line color woodcut. Signed and titled in pencil. Small edition. 9 ¾” x 7 7/8”. Full sheet. Some creasing in the margins. Travis worked in Berkeley, California and was probably a follower of William S...
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American Modern 1940s Landscape Prints

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Woodcut

"Perigord (Societe Nationale des Chemins de Fer Francais)" Original Litho signed
By Edouard-Georges Mac-Avoy 1
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Perigord" is an original lithograph of a landscape created for the Societe Nationale des Chemis de fer Francais, the French National Railways. Artist Eduoard Georges Mac'Avoy worked...
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1940s Landscape Prints

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Lithograph

Fountains Abbey.
By Henry Rushbury
Located in Storrs, CT
Fountains Abbey. 1946. Drypoint. Rushbury 84. 8 7/8 x 12 1/4 (sheet 11 1/8 x 15). Edition 100. A rich impression printed on cream laid paper, on the fu...
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Modern 1940s Landscape Prints

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Drypoint, Etching

Le Blessé dans la Tranchée - Original Etching by Dunoyer de Segonzac - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Hand signed. Edition of 75 prints. Includes passepartout: 49x34 cm. Very good conditions. This artwork is shipped from Italy. Under existing legislation, any artwork in Italy creat...
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Modern 1940s Landscape Prints

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Drypoint, Etching

"Peaceful Cove - New England, " Original Lithograph signed by Adolf Dehn
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Peaceful Cove - New England" is an original lithograph by Adolf Dehn. The artist signed the piece lower right. It depicts an aerial view of New England. 9 1/2" x 13" image 11" x 15" paper 17" x 20 5/8" frame Adolf Dehn was born in Minnesota, November 22, 1895 and he died in New York City, May 19 1968. He was one of the most notable lithographers of the 20th century. Throughout his artistic career, Dehn participated in and helped define some important movements in American art, including Regionalism, Social Realism, and caricature. He was known for both his technical skills and his high-spirited, droll depictions of human foibles. Biography Dehn was born in 1895 in Waterville, Minnesota. Dehn began creating artwork at the age of six and by the time of his death had created nearly 650 images. After high school he went to the Minneapolis School of Art, known today as the (Minneapolis College of Art and Design) where he met Wanda Gág...
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Realist 1940s Landscape Prints

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Lithograph

Labourage à la brunie - 1940s - Jacques Villon - Original Drawing - Modern
Located in Roma, IT
Hand signed. Original drawing. Image Dimensions : 15.5 x 16 cm
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Modern 1940s Landscape Prints

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Paper

From the Weather Bureau. New York, New York.
Located in Storrs, CT
"From the Weather Bureau. February 1940. Lithograph printed in black and cream. Stuckey catalog 106. state i. Two stone printing. 10 1/8 x 17 (sheet 16 x 21 5/8). Edition 40 in this ...
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American Modern 1940s Landscape Prints

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Lithograph

"Spring Valley Willows"
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville Fine Art Gallery is proud to present this piece by Daniel Garber (1880 - 1958). One of the two most important and, so far, the most valuable of the New Hope School Painters, Daniel Garber was born on April 11, 1880, in North Manchester, Indiana. At the age of seventeen, he studied at the Art Academy of Cincinnati with Vincent Nowottny. Moving to Philadelphia in 1899, he first attended classes at the "Darby School," near Fort Washington; a summer school run by Academy instructors Anshutz and Breckenridge. Later that year, he enrolled at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. His instructors at the Academy included Thomas Anshutz, William Merritt Chase and Cecilia Beaux. There Garber met fellow artist Mary Franklin while she was posing as a model for the portrait class of Hugh Breckenridge. After a two year courtship, Garber married Mary Franklin on June 21, 1901. In May 1905, Garber was awarded the William Emlen Cresson Scholarship from the Pennsylvania Academy, which enabled him to spend two years for independent studies in England, Italy and France. He painted frequently while in Europe, creating a powerful body of colorful impressionist landscapes depicting various rural villages and farms scenes; exhibiting several of these works in the Paris Salon. Upon his return, Garber began to teach Life and Antique Drawing classes at the Philadelphia School of Design for Women in 1907. In the summer of that same year, Garber and family settled in Lumbertville, Pennsylvania, a small town just north of New Hope. Their new home would come to be known as the "Cuttalossa," named after the creek which occupied part of the land. The family would divide the year, living six months in Philadelphia at the Green Street townhouse while he taught, and the rest of the time in Lambertville. Soon Garber’s career would take off as he began to receive a multitude of prestigious awards for his masterful Pennsylvania landscapes. During the fall of 1909, he was offered a position to teach at the Pennsylvania Academy as an assistant to Thomas Anshutz. Garber became an important instructor at the Academy, where he taught for forty-one years. Daniel Garber painted masterful landscapes depicting the Pennsylvania and New Jersey countryside surrounding New Hope. Unlike his contemporary, Edward Redfield, Garber painted with a delicate technique using a thin application of paint. His paintings are filled with color and light projecting a feeling of endless depth. Although Like Redfield, Garber painted large exhibition size canvases with the intent of winning medals, and was extremely successful doing so, he was also very adept at painting small gem like paintings. He was also a fine draftsman creating a relatively large body of works on paper, mostly in charcoal, and a rare few works in pastel. Another of Garber’s many talents was etching. He created a series of approximately fifty different scenes, most of which are run in editions of fifty or less etchings per plate. Throughout his distinguished career, Daniel Garber was awarded some of the highest honors bestowed upon an American artist. Some of his accolades include the First Hallgarten Prize from the National Academy in 1909, the Bronze Medal at the International Exposition in Buenos Aires in 1910, the Walter Lippincott Prize from the Pennsylvania Academy and the Potter Gold Medal at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1911, the Second Clark Prize and the Silver Medal from the Corcoran Gallery of Art for “Wilderness” in 1912, the Gold Medal from the Panama-Pacific Exposition in San Francisco of 1915, the Second Altman Prize in1915, the Shaw prize in 1916, the First Altman Prize in 1917, the Edward Stotesbury Prize in1918, the Temple Gold Medal, in 1919, the First William A...
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American Impressionist 1940s Landscape Prints

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Etching

Switch Engines, Erie Yards, Jersey City, Stone No. 3
Located in New York, NY
Reginald Marsh (1898-1954), Switch Engines, Erie Yards, Jersey City, Stone No. 3, lithograph, 1948, signed in pencil lower right. Reference: Sasowsky 30, o...
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American Impressionist 1940s Landscape Prints

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Lithograph

Mountain Scene
Located in New York, NY
Ira Moskowitz (1912-1985), [Mountain Scene], 1943, lithograph, signed in pencil lower right, numbered lower left (27/50) [also signed and dated 1943 in ...
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American Realist 1940s Landscape Prints

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Lithograph

Eight-thirty Express
Located in New York, NY
Letterio Calapai (1902-1993), Eight-Thirty Express, wood engraving, 1943, signed and dated ’43 lower right, titled and inscribed trial proof 3 bottom left in pencil [with the monogra...
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American Modern 1940s Landscape Prints

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Engraving, Woodcut

Original Pan American Mexico vintage travel poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original Mexico Pan Am Pan American vintage travel poster. The world's most experienced airline. Festivals Old and New. Artist: Edward McKnight Kauffer. Printer: Gugler Lithographic Company, USA. Linen-backed, ready to frame. In very fine to excellent condition. No restoration, flaws, stains, or fading. Edward McKnight Kauffer was an American artist who became renowned for his work as a graphic designer and poster artist, particularly during the early 20th century. While he was born in the United States in 1890, he spent much of his career working in Europe, particularly in London, where he moved in 1914 and eventually settled. Kauffer's style was highly innovative for its time, blending Cubism, Futurism, and abstraction elements into his designs. He was known for his bold use of color, geometric shapes, and dynamic compositions, which made his work highly distinctive and influential. Kauffer made significant contributions to poster art, particularly through his commissions for various companies and organizations. One notable client was Pan American Airways, for whom he created a series of iconic posters promoting air travel and the destinations served by the airline. The Pan Am to Mexico poster is a striking example of Kauffer's modernist style, characterized by bold colors, geometric shapes, and simplified forms. In this particular piece, Kauffer employed vibrant hues and abstract imagery to capture the allure and excitement of air travel to Mexico. During the 1940s, Pan American Airways, commonly known as Pan Am, was at the forefront of international air travel, significantly shaping the global aviation industry. Here are some key aspects of Pan Am's operations and influence during that period: Linen backed, ready to frame. Original McKnight Kauffer vintage travel poster to Mexico via Pan American Airlines. The World's Most Experienced Airline. Festivals Old and New. Linen-backed and in excellent condition. Printed in the United States. A young man stands in a shop doorway, holding a rooster and selling local souvenirs; a bullfight...
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American Modern 1940s Landscape Prints

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Lithograph

'Threshing' — 1940s American Regionalism
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Thomas Hart Benton, 'Threshing', lithograph, 1941, edition 250, Fath 48. Signed in pencil. Signed in the stone, lower left. A fine, richly-inked impression, on off-white, wove paper, with full margins (1 3/8 to 1 5/8 inches), in excellent condition. Published by Associated American Artists. Image size 9 5/16 x 13 13/16 inches (237 x 351 mm); sheet size 12 1/2 x 16 5/8 inches (318 x 422 mm). Archivally matted to museum standards, unframed. Impressions of this work are held in the following museum collections: Art Institute of Chicago, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, High Museum of Art, McNay Art Museum, Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, and Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. ABOUT THE ARTIST “Benton’s idiom was essentially political and rhetorical, the painterly equivalent of the country stump speeches that were a Benton family tradition. The artist vividly recalled accompanying his father, Maecenas E. Benton — a four-term U.S. congressman, on campaigns through rural Missouri. Young Tom Benton grew up with an instinct for constituencies that led him to assess art on the basis of its audience appeal. His own art, after the experiments with abstraction, was high-spirited entertainment designed to catch and hold an audience with a political message neatly bracketed between humor and local color.” —Elizabeth Broun “Thomas Hart Benton: A Politician in Art,” Smithsonian Studies in American Art, Spring 1987, p. 61 Born in 1889 in Neosho, Missouri, Benton spent much of his childhood and adolescence in Washington, D.C., where his lawyer father, Maecenas Eason Benton, served as a Democratic member of Congress from 1897 to 1905. Hoping to groom him for a political career, Benton’s father sent him to Western Military Academy. After nearly two years at the academy, Benton convinced his mother to support him through two years at the Art Institute of Chicago, followed by two more years at the Academie Julian in Paris. Benton returned to America in 1912 and moved to New York to pursue his artistic career. One of his first jobs was painting sets for silent movies, which were being produced in Fort Lee, New Jersey. Benton credits this experience with giving him the skills he needed to make his large-scale murals. When World War I broke out, Benton joined the Navy. Stationed in Norfolk, Virginia, he was assigned to create drawings of the camouflaged ships arriving at Norfolk Naval Station. The renderings were used to identify vessels should they be lost in battle. Benton credited being a ‘camofleur’ as having a profound impact on his career. “When I came out of the Navy after the First World War,” he said, “I made up my mind that I wasn’t going to be just a studio painter, a pattern maker in the fashion then dominating the art world–as it still does. I began to think of returning to the painting of subjects, subjects with meanings, which people, in general, might be interested in.” While developing his ‘regionalist’ vision, Benton also taught art, first at a city-supported school and then at The Art Students League (1926–1935). One of his students was a young Jackson Pollock, who looked upon Benton as a mentor and a father figure. In 1930, Benton was commissioned to paint a mural for the New School for Social Research. The ‘America Today’ mural, now on permanent exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, was followed by many more commissions as Benton’s work gained acclaim. The Regionalist Movement gained popularity during the Great Depression of the 1930s. Painters, including Benton, Grant Wood, and John Steuart Curry, rejected modernist European influences preferring to depict realistic images of small-town and rural life—reassuring images of the American heartland during a period of upheaval. Time Magazine called Benton 'the most virile of U.S. painters of the U.S. Scene,' featuring his self-portrait on the cover of a 1934 issue that included a story about 'The Birth of Regionalism.' In 1935, Benton left New York and moved back to Missouri, where he taught at the Kansas City Art Institute. Benton’s outspoken criticism of modern art, art critics, and political views alienated him from many influencers in political and art scenes. While remaining true to his beliefs, Benton continued to create murals, paintings, and prints of some of the most enduring images of American life. The dramatic and engaging qualities of Benton’s paintings and murals attracted the attention of Hollywood producers. He was hired to create illustrations and posters for films, including his famous lithographs for the film adaptation of John Steinbeck’s ‘Grapes of Wrath’ produced by Twentieth Century Fox. Benton’s work can be found at the Art Institute of Chicago, High Museum of Art, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Library of Congress, McNay Art Museum, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, National Gallery of Art, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Whitney Museum of American Art, The Truman Library and many other museums and galleries across the US. He was elected to the National Academy of Design, has illustrated many books, authored his autobiography, and is the subject of ‘Thomas Hart Benton,’ a documentary by Ken Burns.
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American Realist 1940s Landscape Prints

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