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MODERN STYLE

The first decades of the 20th century were a period of artistic upheaval, with modern art movements including Cubism, Surrealism, Futurism and Dadaism questioning centuries of traditional views of what art should be. Using abstraction, experimental forms and interdisciplinary techniques, painters, sculptors, photographers, printmakers and performance artists all pushed the boundaries of creative expression.

Major exhibitions, like the 1913 Armory Show in New York City — also known as the “International Exhibition of Modern Art,” in which works like the radically angular Nude Descending a Staircase by Marcel Duchamp caused a sensation — challenged the perspective of viewers and critics and heralded the arrival of modern art in the United States. But the movement’s revolutionary spirit took shape in the 19th century.

The Industrial Revolution, which ushered in new technology and cultural conditions across the world, transformed art from something mostly commissioned by the wealthy or the church to work that responded to personal experiences. The Impressionist style emerged in 1860s France with artists like Claude Monet, Paul Cézanne and Edgar Degas quickly painting works that captured moments of light and urban life. Around the same time in England, the Pre-Raphaelites, like Edward Burne-Jones and Dante Gabriel Rossetti, borrowed from late medieval and early Renaissance art to imbue their art with symbolism and modern ideas of beauty.

Emerging from this disruption of the artistic status quo, modern art went further in rejecting conventions and embracing innovation. The bold legacy of leading modern artists Georges Braque, Pablo Picasso, Frida Kahlo, Salvador Dalí, Henri Matisse, Joan Miró, Marc Chagall, Piet Mondrian and many others continues to inform visual culture today.

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Style: Modern
Kandinsky, Sans titre, Derrière le miroir (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From Derrière le miroir, N° 60-61, 1953. Published by Aimé Maeght, Éditeur, Paris; ...
Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Carmen, The Sleeping Woman - Original Etching (Cramer #52)
Located in Paris, IDF
Pablo PICASSO Carmen, The Sleeping Woman, 1949 Original burin engraving (Atelier Lacourière, Paris) Unsigned On Montval wove paper 33 x 26 cm (12.9 x 10.2 in) REFERENCES : - Catal...
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1940s Modern Art

Materials

Etching

Still Life with Fruits - Lithograph Signed in the Plate (Mourlot)
Located in Paris, IDF
Raoul DUFY (after) Still life with fruits Stone lithograph after a painting (Mourlot workshop) Signed in the plate On Arches vellum 50 x 65 cm (c. 20 x 26 in) Excellent condition
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1960s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Antique American Impressionist Framed Coastal Seascape Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American impressionist signed coastal seascape oil painting. Oil on canvasboard. Framed. Signed. Measuring: 14 by 18 inches overall, and 12 by 16 painting alone. In excelle...
Category

1940s Modern Art

Materials

Oil

Kandinsky, Fond Blanc, Derrière le miroir (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin paper. Paper Size: 15 x 22 inches, with centerfold, as issued. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the folio, Derrière le miro...
Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Onde, Derrière le miroir
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin paper. Paper Size: 15 x 11 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the folio, Derrière le miroir, Poètes, peintres, sculpteurs, N° 11...
Category

1960s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Leisure In Antibes
Located in London, GB
Leisure In Antibes A woman sunbathing in a motorboat as it tows a waterskier, in the sea off the Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc in Antibes on the French Riviera, August 1969. 60 x 40" inche...
Category

1960s Modern Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

TOP GUN Soundtrack Cassette Tape Photography 30x50 Pop Art Photograph Pop Art
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A contemporary photograph of the "Top Gun" soundtrack. This is s the first release in the much anticipated series "The Music" by pop Artists Destro These iconic tapes have become mor...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Figure in Movement
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This is an original offset lithograph poster created for the 1985 Francis Bacon exhibition at Marlborough Gallery, featuring the haunting and visceral work Figure in Movement. Kno...
Category

1980s Modern Art

Materials

Offset

Night Shadows
By Edward Hopper
Located in Storrs, CT
Night Shadows. 1921. Etching. Levin 82. 7 x 8 3/8 (sheet 10 x 13 7 1/16).s Series: Six American Etchings: The New Republic Portfolio, 1924. Edition approximately 500-600. Illustrate...
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1920s Modern Art

Materials

Etching

Night Shadows
Night Shadows
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Homecoming (The Green Horse), Modern Signed Lithograph by Marc Chagall
Located in Long Island City, NY
Completed in 1973, this lithograph by Modern master Marc Chagall was printed by Mourlot in Paris for the publication "XXe Siecle". This publication came from San Lazzaro and was a se...
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1970s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

French Modernist Oil Painting of Sunlit Poolside Scene with Figures Sunbathing
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Sunlit Poolside Scene with Figures by Bernadette Kelly (French b. 1933) Unsigned Medium: oil painting on board, unframed Painting size: 3.75 inches (height) x 6 inches (width) Condit...
Category

Late 20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Oil

Set of 2 Aventure d'une libertine Photographs. From The Secret Album Series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Set of 2 Photographs Aventure d'une libertine, 2015 From The Secret Album Series Overall Frame size: 20.5 H x 28.5 W x 1 D in. Overall Sheet size: 17.7 H x 24 W in. Individual size: ...
Category

1960s Modern Art

Materials

Color, Archival Pigment

Contemporary American Modernist Nocturnal New York Cityscape Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Oil on canvas, 27 x 31 inches overall, 20 x 24 inches image size. A modern urban nocturne depicting the Manhattan Bridge at night, painted with gestural brushwork and a restrained, b...
Category

2010s Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Set of 2 Aventure d'une libertine Photographs. From The Secret Album Series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Set of 2 Photographs Aventure d'une libertine, 2015 From The Secret Album Series Overall Frame size: 20.5 H x 28.5 W x 1 D in. Overall Sheet size: 17.7 H x 24 W in. Individual size: ...
Category

1960s Modern Art

Materials

Color, Archival Pigment

Vintage Nicely Framed Abstract Expressionist Modern Art Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist abstract oil painting. Oil on board. Framed. Excellent ready to hang condition.
Category

1970s Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Diffraction (Transformation) - Original lithograph, Handsigned and numbered /100
Located in Paris, IDF
Julio LE PARC (1928-) Diffraction (Transformation), 1988 Original lithograph, airbrush and stencil Signed in ink Numbered / 100 copies On black wove paper, 56 x 38 cm (c. 22 x 15 in...
Category

1980s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph, Stencil

Four original lithographs - A Los Toros series
Located in OPOLE, PL
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) - Four original lithographs - A Los Toros series Lithograph from 1961. Dimensions of work: 31 x 25 cm. Reference: Bloch 1014-1017; Cramer 113. Printed by...
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1960s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Neighbors
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Neighbors, 1939, oil on canvas, signed and dated lower right, 22 x 26 inches Norman Barr was an American Scene painter and muralist known for his poignant depictions of working-clas...
Category

1930s Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Inspiration - Drawing by Mino Maccari - mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
China ink drawing realized by Mino Maccari in the mid-20th Century. Hand signed lower right. Very good condition.
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Ink

"Cubist Landscape" Albert Heckman, American Modernism, Woodstock, Earth Tones
Located in New York, NY
Albert Heckman Cubist Landscape Oil on canvas 16 x 20 inches Albert Heckman was born in Meadville, Western Pennsylvania, 1893. He went to New York City to try his hand at the art w...
Category

1940s Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

A Vivid, Expansive Watercolor of Mexico, Summer Landscape with Country Villa
Located in Chicago, IL
A Vivid, Expansive Watercolor of Mexico, "Summer Landscape with Country Villa" by Noted Chicago Modern Artist, Rudolph T. Pen. Most likely depicts a picturesque country estate near ...
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Watercolor, Paper

New York Street Lights, 1953 - New York City Black and White Urban Landscape
Located in Brighton, GB
New York Street Lights, 1953 - New York City Black and White Urban Landscape by Slim Aarons 16 x 20" print. Limited Edition Estate Stamped C-Print. Edition of 150. Printed Later. I...
Category

20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Digital

Prisms of Identity: A Portrait Series VII
Located in London, GB
'Prisms of Identity: A Portrait Series VII', Florentine School (circa 1980s-90s). This new collection represents some of the most appealing works we have acquired to date from our Fl...
Category

1980s Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic, Board

Carmen, The Moon Woman - Original Etching (Cramer #52)
Located in Paris, IDF
Pablo PICASSO Carmen, The Moon Woman, 1949 Original burin engraving (Atelier Lacourière, Paris) Unsigned On Montval wove paper 33 x 26 cm (12.9 x 10.2 in) REFERENCES : - Catalog r...
Category

1940s Modern Art

Materials

Etching

Sans titre, Derrière le miroir
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin paper. Paper Size: 15 x 11 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the folio, Derrière le miroir, N° 201, 1973. Published by Aimé Mae...
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1970s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Midnight Angus Drawing #3 (Midwest, Cattle, Mid-Century, Prairie, Blue, 25% OFF)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Theodore Waddell Midnight Angus Drawing #3 (Midwest, Cattle, Mid-Century, Prairie, Blue) Oil on Paper Year: 1990 Sheet Size: 30 x 40 inches (76.2 x 101.6 cm) Mat Size: 33.5 x 43.5 in...
Category

1990s Modern Art

Materials

Paper, Oil

Contemporize flowers yellow, flowers on canvas. Radiant Whirl of Blooms
Located in La Canada Flintridge, CA
The painting size is 24"x30", oil on canvas. A lush still‑life bouquet in a deep cobalt vase, set against a luminous, swirling backdrop.
Category

Early 2000s Modern Art

Materials

Oil

Beaton, Marilyn Monroe, Cecil Beaton, Electa Editrice Portfolios (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Héliogravure on vélin paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Cecil Beaton, Electa Editrice Portfolios, 1981. Published and pri...
Category

1980s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

View of Riva degli Schiavoni - Oil Painting - Late 18th century
By Giovanni Antonio Canal (Canaletto)
Located in Roma, IT
View of Riva degli Schiavoni is an original old master artwork realized in the late 18th century by a follower of the School of the italian painter Canaletto. Oil on canvas. An imp...
Category

Late 18th Century Modern Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Original "Never So Few" vintage movie 1959 poster US 1-sheet film Cinema
Located in Spokane, WA
Original “Never So Few” vintage linen-backed movie poster, NSS 59/348. Very clean and bright, with original theater-issued fold marks touched up. Grade A-. Ready to frame. Nev...
Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Offset

He Told The Same Story Twice - Figurative Animal Surrealist Watercolor Artwork
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Amanda Immurs, an artist hailing from Hamilton, Canada, creates enchanting watercolor artworks that bring whimsical scenes of children, animals, and flora to life. Immurs' art is gro...
Category

2010s Modern Art

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Graphite

Sans titre (Duthuit N° 17), Pierre à feu, Les Miroirs profonds, Henri Matisse
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin supérieur paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Published by Maeght, éditeur, Paris; printed by Mourlot Frères, Paris, January 17, 1947. Note...
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1940s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Antique French Modernist Signed Sunflower Still Life Framed Rare Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage French modernist still life oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed. Measuring: 35 by 20 inches overall. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed in a modern...
Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Frank Sinatra Miami Boardwalk Original Darkroom Print
Located in London, GB
One of Terry O’Neill’s best known images Singer and actor Frank Sinatra, with his minders and his stand in (who is wearing an identical outfit to him) arriving at Miami beach while f...
Category

1960s Modern Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Paul Klee 'Garden View' 1995- Vintage
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Garden View by Paul Klee, originally created in 1926, showcases the artist's playful yet insightful approach to depicting nature. This open edition offset lithograph poster, publishe...
Category

1990s Modern Art

Materials

Offset

Strawberry and Cream - Vibrant Southwest Inspired Pop Art Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Will Beger and his contemporary-minimalist paintings, take on an entirely unique approach to southwest art. Influenced by his youth and inspired by nature, he effortlessly captures a...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Art

Materials

Mixed Media, Acrylic, Wood Panel

Prisms of Identity: A Portrait Series VI
Located in London, GB
'Prisms of Identity: A Portrait Series VI', Florentine School (circa 1980s-90s). This new collection represents some of the most appealing works we have acquired to date from our Flo...
Category

1980s Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic, Board

Elizabeth Taylor – Elstree Studios, England, Limited Estate Print Oversize
Located in London, GB
Elizabeth Taylor – Elstree Studios, England, Elizabeth Taylor’s jewellery collection was renowned as one of the greatest ever assembled. The ...
Category

1960s Modern Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Le débarquement
Located in OPOLE, PL
Jean Carzou (1907-2000) - Le débarquement Lithograph from 1966. Dedicated to Pierre Sorlier, on Arches paper. Dimensions of work: 77.7 x 62.2 cm. Hand signed. The work is in Exc...
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1960s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Antique American Modernist Summer in East Hampton Beach Scene Signed Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
A serene and subtly rendered coastal scene by H. J. Schneider, this oil on canvas painting captures the quiet expanse of East Hampton’s beachfront architecture and dunes. Executed wi...
Category

1960s Modern Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Large Vintage American Modernist Abstract Expressionist Framed Jazz Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Striking mid-20th century abstract oil painting on canvas by artist Johnsen, titled “Jazz IX – Club Date” (as inscribed on the verso). The work features a bold interplay of geometric...
Category

2010s Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Poolside Party Slim Aarons Limited Estate Print
Located in London, GB
Poolside Party A poolside party at a desert house, designed by Richard Neutra for Edgar J. Kaufmann, in Palm Springs, January 1970. Featured in the group are: industrial designer Ra...
Category

1970s Modern Art

Materials

Color, Archival Pigment

Set of 2 Aventure d'une libertine Photographs. From The Secret Album Series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Set of 2 Photographs Aventure d'une libertine, 2015 From The Secret Album Series Overall Frame size: 20.5 H x 28.5 W x 1 D in. Overall Sheet size: 17.7 H x 24 W in. Individual size: ...
Category

1960s Modern Art

Materials

Color, Archival Pigment

The Songs of Songs, Hand-Signed Lithograph Poster after Marc Chagall
Located in Long Island City, NY
Marc Chagall, After, Russian (1887 - 1985) - The Songs of Songs, Year: 1975, Medium: Lithograph Poster, signed in color pencil lower right, Edition: 8500, Size: 30 x 20.25 in. (7...
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1970s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Seated Woman - Etching by Sandro Chia - 1983
Located in Roma, IT
Etching and aquatint realized by Sandro Chia in 1983. Includes a wooden frame cm. 75x61. Artist proof and signed and dedicated, out of an edition of 50. Very good condition.
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1980s Modern Art

Materials

Etching

Honfleur Harbor Scene Mid-Century Modernist French Oil Painting Thickly Painted
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Honfleur by Henri Auguin (French b. 1934) titled verso signed oil on canvas, framed Framed: 27.5 x 31.5 inches Canvas: 22 x 26 inches Provenance: private collection, France Condition...
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Oil

Sans titre, Derrière le miroir
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin paper. Paper Size: 15 x 11 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the folio, Derrière le miroir, N° 156, 1966. Published by Aimé Mae...
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1960s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Commissionaire's Dog - London Luxury Hotel Dachshund Silver Gelatin Print
Located in Brighton, GB
Commissionaire's Dog - London Luxury Hotel Dachshund Silver Gelatin Print The commissionaire of a London luxury hotel greets an unexpected guest, a small Dachshund, who is clearly d...
Category

20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, Black and White, Silver Gelatin

John Roy Eldershaw (1892-1973) Australian watercolour NEW SOUTH WALES TAZMANIA
Located in Cirencester, GB
ARTIST: John Roy Eldershaw (1892-1973) Australian TITLE: "Cattle At A Watering Hole NSW" SIGNED: lower right MEDIUM: watercolour on paper SIZE: 68cm x 58cm incl frame CONDITION: ...
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Early 20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Watercolor

Rainbow Curves, Painter's Palette Translucent Shapes, Large Diptych on Paper
Located in Barcelona, ES
This is a modernist-inspired painting, drawing influence from the bold creativity of 1950s, 60s, and 70s art. The composition features overlapping painter’s palette silhouettes, crea...
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2010s Modern Art

Materials

Oil, Paper

Slim Aarons 'Sundowners, Cannes' Mid-century Modern Photography
Located in New York, NY
Two bikini-clad holidaymakers enjoy a glass of wine outside the Carlton Hotel, Cannes, 1958. Sundowners 1958; Printed Later C print Estate stamped and hand numbered upon sale out of...
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1950s Modern Art

Materials

Lambda

'Drop of Life' — from 'Solitude' for Henry David Thoreau's 'Walden'
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Naoko Matsubara, 'Drop of Life' for the portfolio 'Solitude', color woodcut, 1971. A fine impression with fresh, vivid colors, on cream laid Japan paper, the full sheet with margins,...
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1970s Modern Art

Materials

Woodcut

"Fortified Farm of Soujet" by Claude Sauthier - Oil on Canvas - 130x130 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Claude Sauthier was born in Geneva, Switzerland, in 1929 and passed away in the same city in 2016. He studied at the Geneva School of Decorative Arts and initially worked as a graphi...
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1970s Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Monte Carlo Hotel Pool, 1970 - Monaco Landscape Photography Swimming Pool by Sea
Located in Brighton, GB
Monte Carlo Hotel Pool, 1970 - Monaco Landscape Photography Swimming Pool by Sea by Slim Aarons 16 x 20" print. Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print. Edition of 150. Printed Later. ...
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20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Digital

One Red One (Abstract Still Life Drawing of Black & Red Flowers in a Vase)
Located in Hudson, NY
Figurative, still life chalk drawing of flowers in a vase against collaged vintage book pages 'One Red One' by Louise Laplante in 2024 pastel on collaged vintage book pages 27.5 x 29...
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2010s Modern Art

Materials

Paper, Chalk

Old Corner in Schuls by Ernest Voegeli - Oil on Canvas 46x60 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Ernest Voegeli is an artist who has found his path through a combination of solid technique and a clear, insightful approach to color, form, and composition. While his work is primar...
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Cocteau, Mesure hermétique, Taureaux, Lithographies de Jean Cocteau (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin de Rives paper. Paper Size: 15 x 11 inches. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the folio, Taureaux, Lithographies de Jean Coc...
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1960s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Carmen, The Young Sleeper - Original Etching (Cramer #52)
Located in Paris, IDF
Pablo PICASSO Carmen, The Sleeping Woman, 1949 Original burin engraving (Atelier Lacourière, Paris) Unsigned On Montval wove paper 33 x 26 cm (12.9 x 10.2 in) REFERENCES : - Catal...
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1940s Modern Art

Materials

Etching

Shaken not Stirred, 1968 - 007 James Bond Roger Moore Portrait Tuxedo Martini
Located in Brighton, GB
Shaken not Stirred, 1968 - 007 James Bond Roger Moore Portrait Tuxedo Martini Roger Moore casts a glance away from the camera as he sips the quintessential James Bond drink: the ic...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, Black and White, Silver Gelatin

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