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Modern Art

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
"Sunlit Dive" Nude Photography 42" x 30" in Edition 1/7 by Larsen Sotelo
Located in Culver City, CA
"Sunlit Dive" Nude Photography 42" x 30" in Edition 1/7 by Larsen Sotelo Not framed. Ships in a tube Giclee (Archival Ink) print on 310G Platine Fibre Cotton Rag w/satin finish Com...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Art

Materials

Rag Paper, Giclée, Archival Ink

Sailboats - Lithograph - Printed signature (Mourlot)
Located in Paris, IDF
Raoul DUFY Sailboats Stone lithograph after a painting (Mourlot workshop) Printed signature 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

R2D2 60x40 Star Wars, Photography Pop Art, Photograph Toys, Unsigned
Located in Los Angeles, CA
R2D2 from the original Kenner release of the Star Wars toys in May of 1977 This is pre release is the first release in the much anticipated series "The Toys" These iconic figures hav...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Important Early Painting by Spokane, WA Artist Robert Gilmore, Titled Metropolis
Located in Chicago, IL
Important, large & early (1963) painting by Spokane, WA artist Robert David Gilmore, titled "Metropolis". The painting depicts the interstate highway system. Artwork size: 46 1/2...
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1960s Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

UC Berkeley Campus, 1960s
Located in Cologne, DE
This black-and-white photograph offers a glimpse of the University of California, Berkeley, campus during the 1960s. The iconic Sather Tower, also known as the Campanile, stands prou...
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1960s Modern Art

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Black and White

Paris : Going at Maxim's Cafe - Original lithograph - Mourlot, 1956
Located in Paris, IDF
Jean-Gabriel DOMERGUE Paris, Going at Maxim's Cafe, 1956 Original lithograph (Mourlot workshop) Printed signature in the plate On Japan paper 40 x 31 cm (c. 16 x 12") INFORMATION :...
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1950s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Beckmann, Composition (Hofmaier 323-329), Der Mensch ist kein Haustier (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on Van Gelder Zonen Bütten paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, Der Mensch ist kein Haustier, 1937. Published by...
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1930s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

The House in my Village, from: The Lithographs of Chagall, Volume I - French
Located in London, GB
This original lithograph is hand signed in pencil by the artist ‘Marc Chagall’ at the lower right margin. It is also inscribed EA, at the lower left margin. It is an épreuve d’artis...
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1960s Modern Art

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Lithograph

Rodin, Composition, La Varende, Rodin (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph and stencil on vélin pur fil paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, La Varende, Rodin, 1944. Published by Éditions ...
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1940s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph, Stencil

'Easter Sunday' — Mid-century American Surrealism
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Robert Vale Faro, 'Easter Sunday', color lithograph, 1946, edition 31. Signed, dated, titled and numbered '116' and '17/31' in pen. A fine impression, with fresh colors, on heavy, off-white wove paper; full margins (1 1/4 to 2 inches), in excellent condition. Image size 21 x 13 1/2 inches; sheet size 24 3/4 x 16 1/4 inches. Scarce. Matted to museum standards, unframed. ABOUT THE ARTIST Robert Vale Faro (1902-1988) was a well-known modernist architect and artist associated with the Chicago Bauhaus. He received his degree in architecture and design from the Armour Institute in Chicago and worked at L'Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris, from 1924-27, where he was influenced by Harry Kurt Bieg and Le Corbusier. Upon his return to Chicago, Faro worked with the important modernist Chicago architects George and William Keck under Louis Sullivan. Faro founded the avant-garde printmaking group Vanguard in 1945. The group counted Atelier 17 artists Stanley William Hayter, Sue Fuller...
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1940s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Picasso, La Petite Colombe (Mourlot 174; Cramer 55) (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on wove paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: Executed in 1949 and issued as the frontispiece of the Picasso Lithograph...
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1940s Modern Art

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Lithograph

Paris Ostrich from the Paris In Color Series 1956-61 by Peter Cornelius
Located in London, GB
Paris Ostrich from the Paris In Colour Series 1956-61 By Peter Cornelius 60 x 40 inches / 152 x 101 cm paper size Printed 2022 Archival pigment print Framing and size options avai...
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1950s Modern Art

Materials

Color, Archival Pigment

Paris : On the Way to Montmartre - Original Lithograph, Handsigned
Located in Paris, IDF
Robert SAVARY Paris : On the Way to Montmartre, 1969 Original lithograph (Mourlot workshop) Handsigned in pencil On Japan paper 37 x 58 cm (c. 16 x 23 in) Excellent condition
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1960s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

30x50 Guns N' Roses Appetite for Destruction Photography Cassette Tape Unsigned
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A contemporary photograph of Guns N' Roses iconic "Appetite for Destruction" cassette tape. This is s the first release in the much anticipated series "The Music" by pop Artists Dest...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Matisse, Nu Bleu VI (Duthuit 139), Verve: Revue Artistique (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin du Marais paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, Verve: Revue Artistique et Littéraire, Vol. IX, N° 35-36...
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1950s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Antique French Impressionist Paris Street Scene Framed Exhibited Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Large and powerful French modern street scene. A paris view by Claude Aliotti (1925 - 1989). Oil on board. Signed. Framed. Image size, 18"L x 24"H.
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1960s Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

1968 After Marc Chagall 'The Bluebird'
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Paper Size: 30 x 20 inches ( 76.2 x 50.8 cm ) Image Size: 22 x 17 inches ( 55.88 x 43.18 cm ) Framed: No Condition: A-: Near Mint, very light signs of handling Additional Detai...
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1960s Modern Art

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Lithograph

Mother and Child
Located in OPOLE, PL
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) - Mother and Child Lithograph from 1946. Dimensions of work: 48 x 32.8 cm Publisher: Pantheon. The work is in Excellent condition. Fast and secure shi...
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1940s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

"Fete" Mid Century Modern Abstract Etching & Aquatint on Paper (Artist's Proof)
Located in Soquel, CA
"Fete" Mid Century Abstract Etching and Aquatint on Paper (Artist's Proof) Bold abstract composition by Renee Lubarow (French, 1923-2017). This piece is somewhat architectural or in...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Etching, Aquatint, Laid Paper

Sanjûroku Kasen ... - Woodcut by Mizuno Toshikata - 1893
Located in Roma, IT
Nishiki-e (woodcut print), in vertical oban format (31x20.5) realized by Mizuno Toshikata in 1893 (Meiji 26). Belongs to the Series "Sanjûroku Kasen" (Thirty-Six Beauties in Compari...
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1890s Modern Art

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Woodcut

The Architect's Tools - Original lithograph (Atelier Michel Cassé), 1964
Located in Paris, IDF
Le Corbusier The Architect's Tools, 1964 Original lithograph Printed signature in the plate Limited to 250 copies On Arches vellum 42.5 x 35.5 cm (c. 16.5 x 13.7 in) Edited by Forc...
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1960s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

A Serene, ca. 1940s, Western Landscape Painting with Horses by Francis Chapin
Located in Chicago, IL
A serene, ca. 1940s, Western landscape painting with horses by artist Francis Chapin. In a brown, wooden frame. Image size: 22" x 28". Framed size: 25" x 31". 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 & 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...
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1940s Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Scattered (Young Woman and Flowers) - In Celebration of Pride Month
Located in New Orleans, LA
Stone and Press Gallery is excited to offer several works in celebration of the LGBTQ community. A black and white photograph of a young woman with flowers
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2010s Modern Art

Materials

Digital Pigment

Fishing Boats in Mexico, 1952 - Southern America Beaches Landscape Photography
Located in Brighton, GB
Fishing Boats in Mexico, 1952 - Southern America Beaches Landscape Photography 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

"Equal Justice Under Law" Screenprint #99/125 on Wove Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
"Equal Justice Under Law" Screenprint #99/125 on Wove Paper Iconic composition by Robert Rauschenberg (American, 1925-2008). A red envelope and a hand holding sprouted grass the pli...
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1970s Modern Art

Materials

Laid Paper, Screen

Smoke and Mirrors, Artisan Print, Unique Monotype, Memphis Style in Blue & White
Located in Barcelona, ES
This is an exclusive handprinted unique cyanotype that takes its inspiration from the mid-century modern shapes. It's made by layering paper cutouts and different exposures using uv-...
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2010s Modern Art

Materials

Monotype, Paper

Near Saint Paul de Vence - Stone lithograph - 1965
Located in Paris, IDF
André DERAIN Near Saint Paul de Vence Original lithograph in colors (printed in Atelier Lucien Detruit) Printed signature in the plate On Arches vellum 38 x 28 cm (c. 15 x 11 in) I...
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1960s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Kings Of Hollywood Slim Aarons Premium Collection Estate Stamped Edition
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...
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1950s Modern Art

Materials

Black and White, Silver Gelatin

MB 053 (Figurative Charcoal Drawing of a Muscular Male Nude on Arches Paper)
Located in Hudson, NY
Figurative male nude drawing made of graphite, charcoal, and conte crayon on Arches paper 30 x 20 inches, unframed This unique life study drawing of a standing male nude was made...
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2010s Modern Art

Materials

Charcoal, Crayon, Graphite

Calder, Soleil sur la Vagues (Red Sun Above the Waves), Alexander Calder
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Alexander Calder (1898-1976) Title: Soleil sur la Vagues (Red Sun Above the Waves) Year: 1976 Medium: Lithograph on Arches paper Size: 22.75 x 30.75 inches Condition: Good No...
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1970s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

"Cary Grant And Grace Kelly In 'To Catch A Thief" by Paramount
By Paramount Pictures
Located in London, GB
"Cary Grant And Grace Kelly In 'To Catch A Thief" by Paramount Cary Grant and Grace Kelly publicity portrait for the film 'To Catch A Thief', 1955. Unframed Paper Size: 16"x 12'' (...
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1950s Modern Art

Materials

Black and White

"Syrens No1" Black & White Photography 24 x 36 in Edition 1/15 by Larsen Sotelo
Located in Culver City, CA
"Syrens No1" Black & White Photography 24 x 36 in Edition 1/15 by Larsen Sotelo Not framed. Ships in a tube Comes with COA Available sizes: Edition of 24: 18" x 27" inch Edition...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Art

Materials

Rag Paper, Giclée, Archival Ink

Angry Skies (Andante Cantabile) — Central Park, New York City
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Louis Lozowick, 'Angry Skies (Andante Cantabile)', lithograph, 1935; edition 10, AAA 250; Flint 123. Signed in pencil. Signed in the stone, lower left. A fine, richly-inked impressio...
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1930s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Composition (Duthuit 31), Apollinaire, Henri Matisse
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin a la forme des papeteries d'Arches paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Apollinaire, Henri Matisse, 1952. Published b...
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1950s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Don Quichote
Located in OPOLE, PL
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) - Don Quichote Lithograph with quadrochromy from 1961. Dimensions of sheet: 37.9 x 27 cm Dimensions in frame: 53.2 x 43.2 cm Publisher: Éditions Cercle ...
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1960s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

LA PARADE
Located in Santa Monica, CA
GEORGES ROUAULT (1871 – 1958) La PARADE 1932 (CR.203, W.211) color etching and aquatint 1932. Edition 270. Frontispiece from “Cirque”. Signed in plate as i...
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1930s Modern Art

Materials

Etching

LA PARADE
LA PARADE
$1,100 Sale Price
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Early Mexican City Scene by Chicago Artist Francis Chapin, San Miguel de Allende
Located in Chicago, IL
A charming, vibrant, early Mexican city street scene by famed Chicago Modern artist Francis Chapin (Am. 1899-1965). Titled "Old Church, San Miguel de Allende (Spanish Plaza)", the p...
Category

1940s Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Reclining Figure Interior Setting I (Cramer 458), XXe siècle
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin paper. Paper Size: 9.65 x 12.4 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Catalogue raisonné references: Moore, Henry, et al. Henry Moore, Catalogue...
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1970s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Untitled
Located in Kansas City, MO
HAP Grieshaber Untitled Wood block print in two colors Year: 1977 Size: 21 x 14 in Edition: 1,500 Signed in the plate Publisher: HMK Fine Arts, New Yor...
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1970s Modern Art

Materials

Woodcut

Untitled
Untitled
$198 Sale Price
75% Off
“Montmartre”
By Fernand Guignier
Located in Southampton, NY
Beautifully executed original watercolor by French artist Fernand Guignier of a street scene in Montmartre, Paris. Signed lower right and dated 1949. Titled lower left, “Montmartre”. Fernand Guignier was a student of the sculptors Emil Derré and Jean-Antoine Injalbert at the École des Beaux Arts in Paris . Between 1926 and 1960 he took part in the Salon des Artistes Français in the Palais de Tokyo. The watercolor is housed in its original off white wood frame. Under glass. Condition is very good. Overall framed measurements are 18.25 by 16.5 inches. Provenance: A Sarasota, Florida collector. Fernand Guignier Born: 1902 Died: 1972 Known for: Paris street scene watercolor...
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1940s Modern Art

Materials

Watercolor, Archival Paper

Femme nue
Located in OPOLE, PL
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) - Femme nue Lithograph, pochoir from 1962. An unnumbered copy from a limited edition of 262. Dimensions of work: 48.5 x 36 cm Publisher: Leda, Éditions ...
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1960s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Le Petite Plage, lithograph
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Printed as one of 11 lithographs included in the 1967 publication "Bernard Buffet: Lithographs 1952- 1966." Produced in cooperation with Fernand Mourlot, this was a catalogue of all ...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Art

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Lithograph

Le Petite Plage, lithograph
$496 Sale Price
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Mid Century Modernist American Framed Flower Still Life Surreal Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted American school modernist still life painting. Mixed media painting on board. Great colors and a complex composition. Has a Southwest feeling. Nicely framed. In e...
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1960s Modern Art

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Oil

“The Black Crater”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original oil on masonite painting of the Black Crater in the state of Oregon by the American artist Marcel K. Sessler. Signed and dated lower right, 1955. Condition is excellent....
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1950s Modern Art

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Masonite, Oil

Francis Bacon 'Portrait of Michel Leiris', 2017, Vintage
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This is a reproduction of a Francis Bacon's painting Portrait of Michel Leiris, originally created in 1976. This work is a notable example of Bacon's ability to capture the psycholog...
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2010s Modern Art

Materials

Offset

Slim Aarons Official Limited Estate Edition - Pool By The Sea Antibes
Located in London, GB
Pool By The Sea by Slim Aarons 1969 Guests and white umbrellas / parasols around the swimming pool at the infamously glamorous Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc, ...
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1960s Modern Art

Materials

Color, Archival Pigment

Dancer - Drawing by Simone Vaulpré - 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Dancer is a drawing made by Simone Vaulpré during the 20th century. Pencil on paper. Good condition.
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20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Pencil

Sam - Original Fine Art Intimate photograph , woman in bed, Contemporary, Nude
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
This is an original signed archival pigment print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag® Baryta 315 gsm paper by Scottish artist Ian Sanderson (1951- 2020) titled ‘ Sam ‘ who was captured on fil...
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1980s Modern Art

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Photographic Film, Archival Pigment, Pigment, Black and White, Photograp...

Kandinsky, Composition, Derrière le miroir (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition, with centerfold, as issued. Notes: From Derrière le miroir, N° 118, 1960. Published by Aim...
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1960s Modern Art

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Lithograph

Clinton Hill, (Nude #8), 1952, drawing, figure/abstraction
Located in New York, NY
Clinton Hill (1922-2003), created quintessential mid-century images, but figures are unusual in his work. This is from a very early period. In 1951 Hill studied at the Academie de la...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Gouache

Paris : Saint Michel Bridge - Original Etching (Duthuit-Matisse #108)
Located in Paris, IDF
Henri MATISSE (1869-1964) Paris : Saint Michel Bridge, 1927 Original etching Printed signature in the plate Limited to 225 copies On BFK Rives vellum 25 x 33 cm (c. 9.8 x 12.9 in)...
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1920s Modern Art

Materials

Etching

Nude Woman - Oil Paint attr. Edgar Stoebel - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Nude woman is an artwork attribuited to Edgar Stoebel (1909-2001).  81 x 45 cm; no frame. Oil painting on canvas. Good conditions. 
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Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Beaton, Buster Keaton, 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...
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1980s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Cocteau, Composition, Sous le Manteau de Feu (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin paper. Inscription: signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: from the album, Les Cavaliers d'Ombre; Sous le Manteau de Feu, 1956. Pub...
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1950s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Snow in the Valley - Winter Landscape in Oil on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Snow in the Valley - Winter Landscape in Oil on Canvas Serene winter landscape by A. V. Gagliardi (20th Century). A valley is covered with snow, with a small house and river in thew...
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1970s Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars

The Taste of Happiness, Planche LXVI
Located in OPOLE, PL
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) - The Taste of Happiness, Planche LXVI Lithograph from 1970. An unsigned and unnumbered edition of 666. Dimensions of sheet: 32.5 x 25 cm Dimensions in ...
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1970s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Frida and Diego with Gas Mask - Mexican Artists, Couple, Painter, Kahlo, Rivera
Located in Denton, TX
Frida and Diego with Gas Mask is a limited edition black and white portrait of Mexican painters Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera. The couple embraces each other while Frida holds a gas m...
Category

1930s Modern Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

'The Bather' — American Modernism
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Rockwell Kent, 'The Bather', wood engraving, 1931, edition 120, Burne Jones 63. Signed in pencil. A brilliant, black impression, on cream, wove Japan paper; the full sheet with margins (2 1/2 to 3 1/4 inches); slight skinning at the top sheet edge, verso, otherwise in excellent condition. Archivally matted to museum standards, unframed. Image size 5 3/8 x 7 7/8 inches (137 x 200 mm); sheet size 11 1/8 x 14 1/2 inches (283 x 368 mm). Impressions of this work are held in the following public collections: Burne Jones Collection (Illinois), Chazen Museum of Art, Chegodaev Collection (Moscow), Kent Collection (New York), National Gallery of Art, Philadelphia Museum of Art; SUNY Plattsburg Art Museum, Princeton University Library, Pushkin Museum (Moscow), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Spector Collection (New York), University of Illinois. ABOUT THE ARTIST Rockwell Kent (1882-1971), though best known as a painter, graphic artist, and illustrator, pursued many careers throughout his life, including architect, carpenter, explorer, writer, dairy farmer, and political activist. Born in Tarrytown, New York, Kent was interested in art from a young age. These ambitions were encouraged by his aunt Jo Holgate, an accomplished ceramicist. Jo came to live with the family after Kent’s father passed away in 1887 and took him to Europe as a teenager, undoubtedly kindling his interest in exploring the world. Kent attended the Horace Mann School in New York City, where he excelled at mechanical drawing. His family’s financial circumstances prevented him from pursuing a career in the fine arts; however, after graduating from Horace Mann in 1900, Kent decided to study architecture at Columbia University. Before matriculating at Columbia, Kent spent the first of three consecutive summers studying painting at William Merritt Chase’s art school in Shinnecock Hills, Long Island. There he found a community of mentors and fellow students who encouraged him to pursue his interest in art. At the end of Kent’s third summer at Shinnecock, Chase offered him a full scholarship to the New York School of Art, where he was a teacher. Kent began taking night classes at the art school in addition to his architecture studies but soon left Columbia to study painting full-time. In addition to Chase, Kent took classes with Robert Henri and Kenneth Hayes Miller, where his classmates included the artists George Bellows and Edward Hopper. Kent spent the summer of 1903 assisting the eccentric painter Abbott Handerson Thayer at his studio in Dublin, New Hampshire—a position he secured through the recommendation of his Aunt Jo. Thayer’s naturalist lifestyle and almost mystical appreciation for natural phenomena greatly influenced Kent; he returned to Dublin for many years to visit Thayer and his family. Thayer gave the young artist time to pursue his work, and that summer Kent painted several views of the New Hampshire landscape, including Mount Monadnock...
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1930s Modern Art

Materials

Woodcut

Prestigious
Located in Slovak Republic, SK
Fine Art Print, photographed in the US., Limited edition.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Black and White, Archival Pigment

Prestigious
$267 Sale Price
81% Off
"Pintora Mexicana" (Mexican Painter)
Located in Atlanta, GA
In "The Mexican Painter” lithograph Alvar recreates memories of a long and fruitful stay in that country by including many bright and traditional symb...
Category

Late 20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Watercolor, Archival Paper, Lithograph

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