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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
Period: 1920s
Water Wings, Saturday Evening Post Cover, 1922
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Signed Lower Left Sight Size 24.00" x 19.00", Framed 32.50" x 27.00" Cover of The Saturday Evening Post, August 26, 1922. Exhibitions: JC Leyendecker...
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1920s Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Pierre Falké - Paris' Terrasse - Original Etching
By Pierre Falké
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Pierre Falké - Paris' Terrasse - Original Etching Dimensions : 13 x 10". Paper : Rives vellum. Edition : 225 copies. 1927 From Tableaux de Paris, E...
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1920s Modern Art

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Etching

L'Orateur, Lithograph by Georges Rouault
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Georges Rouault Title: L'Orateur Year: circa 1925 Medium: Lithograph on ivory Japanese paper, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 13/50 Image: 11.5 x 8.5 inches Size: 19...
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1920s Modern Art

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Lithograph

The Flight into Egypt
Located in Storrs, CT
c.1925. Line engraving. 6 1/2 x 10 3/8 (sheet 10 1/4 x 17). A rich impression with plate tone printed on cream laid paper. Signed and dated in pencil. Housed in a 16 x 20-inch archi...
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1920s Modern Art

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Engraving

La Fille from Maitres et Petits Maitres d’Aujourd’hui, Lithograph by Rouault
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Georges Rouault, French (1871 - 1958) Title: La Fille from Maitres et Petits Maitres d’Aujourd’hui Year: 1925-1927 Medium: Lithograph on ivory Japanese paper, signed and numb...
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1920s Modern Art

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Lithograph

GIRL DRESSING
Located in Portland, ME
Kuniyoshi, Yasuo. GIRL DRESSING. Davis L-26. Lithograph, 1928. Edition of 30, Printed by Desjobert in Paris on cream colored paper chine-colle to a white support. Signed, dated, and ...
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1920s Modern Art

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Lithograph

The Weight Lifter (L'Homme aux halteres)
Located in Chicago, IL
The work is signed on the lower right by Gromaire. One of Gromaire's favorite subjects were men "of the people,” whether they worked in the fields or at sea, were construction worke...
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1920s Modern Art

Materials

Ink, Pen

Marechal Ferrant (The Blacksmith)
Located in New York, NY
Hermine David (1886-1970), Marechal Ferrant (The Blacksmith), etching and drypoint, signed in pencil lower right [also signed in the plate lower left], ...
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1920s Modern Art

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Drypoint, Etching

Interwoven Socks Advertisement
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Approximate Date: 1920-1925 Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Signed Lower Right Size: 29.50" x 23.00" Interwoven Socks Advertisement Literatu...
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1920s Modern Art

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Canvas, Oil

American Cathedral (The Woolworth Building).
Located in Storrs, CT
American Cathedral (The Woolworth Building). 1921. Etching. Fletcher 107. 17 x 6 5/8 (sheet 21 1/2 x 9 1/8). Edition 75. Provenance: estate of David...
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1920s Modern Art

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Etching

Rio del Santi Apostoli, Venice.
Located in Storrs, CT
Rio del Santi Apostoli, Venice. 1930. Etching. Fletcher 226 catalog state .ii. 8 x 6 (sheet 9 3/4 x 14 1/4). Edition 100 (+ 10 trial proofs). Italian series #4. Illustrated: Dorothy ...
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1920s Modern Art

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Etching

La Depart Pour La Chasse
Located in New York, NY
Jean-Emile Laboureur lithograph La Depart Pour La Chasse, in five colors, 1927, signed and numbered (35/150) in pencil (Sylvain Laboureur, Godefry 780), from the edition of 150 plus ...
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1920s Modern Art

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Lithograph

Child's Restaurant Waitress
Located in Boston, MA
Dudley Vaill Talcott, American (1899-1986), Child's Restaurant Waitress, circa 1929. Number 1 of 12, cast 2011. Stamped with the artists' initials; DVT and dated on base. Other ve...
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1920s Modern Art

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Bronze

The Deserted Palace.
Located in Storrs, CT
The Deserted Palace. 1928. Etching. Hardie/Carter 236. 8 1/2 x 10 (sheet 10 1/2 x 12 3/8). Edition 80, #53. A rich impression printed in bistre ink with pl...
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1920s Modern Art

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Etching

Prickly Pears and Pomegranates
Located in Concord, MA
KONRAD CRAMER (1888-1963) Prickly Pears and Pomegranates, 1929 Oil on board 19 ¾ x 23 ¾ inches Signed and dated at lower right: KONRAD CRAMER / 1929 ...
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1920s Modern Art

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Oil, Board

Hugó Scheiber "Portrait of a Woman", 1925
Located in Berlin, DE
Pencil, charcoal, ink on paper, 1925 by Hugó Scheiber ( 1873-1950 ), important artist of Hungarian modernity. Signed lower center: Scheiber H. Dimensions: 13.78 x 9.84 in ( 35 x 25 ...
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1920s Modern Art

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Mixed Media

Peintre travaillant
Located in Wien, 9
- one of the 13 etchings from the book Le Chef-d'OEvre Inconnu - edition 340 - unsigned (as specified in the cat. raisonné) - cat. raisonné Bloch 89
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1920s Modern Art

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Etching

Golfers
Located in Missouri, MO
Golfers, 1928 Fred Conway (American, 1900-1973) Signed and Dated Lower Right 18.5 x 24.5 inches 30.5 x 37 inches with frame A member of the faculty of the Washington University Art ...
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1920s Modern Art

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Paper, Watercolor

Design for Art Deco Castle Marquetry Panel 1927 for Furniture Hammer London
Located in London, GB
One of a series of designs we have listed for Geo. M Hammer. To see them - and our other architectural and design-related drawings, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller" and then search. Donald L Hadden (British, 20th century) Design for a Marquetry Panels for furniture for Geo. M Hammer with castle 25x18cm Watercolour signed and dated 1927 Hadden was a senior designer for Geo M Hammer, designers and retailers of school and ecclesiastical furniture. Their lift-top school desks are particularly well regarded, and always carried their brass name plate. Hammer were renowned for their interior woodwork, they were commissioned to undertake the choir stalls in Sir Basil Spence...
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1920s Modern Art

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Watercolor

Jules Schyl, Still Life with Flowers in a Vase, Signed and Dated.
Located in Stockholm, SE
A very nice and colorful still life painting of flowers in vase on a table by Jules Schyl, (1893 Copenhagen - 1977 Malmö). It is signed "...
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1920s Modern Art

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Canvas, Oil

Yours Truly
Located in New York, NY
Yours Truly is a work of 1927, a fertile year for Dove, capped by a solo exhibit at Stieglitz’s “The Intimate Gallery,” which included this picture. From 1924 through 1930, Dove produced a notable series of collages, interspersed with drawings, pastels, and oil paintings on a variety of supports. In 1927, the same year that Dove painted Yours Truly, he found inspiration in American popular music, often referring in his titles to works by George Gershwin and Irving Berlin. Yours Truly was the title of a Broadway musical that opened at the Shubert Theater on January 25, 1927. Gene Buck, the producer, had collaborated with Raymond Hubbell, the composer, on the Ziegfield Follies shows of 1923, 1924, and 1925. The production, which contained the title song, “Yours Truly,” ran for 127 performances, closing on May 14, 1927. Given the context of Dove paintings...
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1920s Modern Art

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Oil, Canvas

Seated Figure (Portrait in Landscape – Paris Model Against Landscape)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This painting is part of our exhibition Charles Goeller: A Wistful Loneliness. Oil on canvas, 29 x 24 inches, Signed lower left Price Upon Request
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1920s Modern Art

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Oil

"New Masses" Vol 1, No 1, May 1926, Actual Magazine, VG Condition Hugo Gellert
Located in New York, NY
"New Masses" Vol 1, No 1, May 1926, Actual Magazine, VG Condition Hugo Gellert New Masses Magazine. May 1926, Inaugural: Vol 1, No 1. Published by the New Masses Inc., 39 West 8th St., New York City. New Masses (1926-1948) was an American Marxist magazine launched in New York City. It was closely associated with the Communist Party USA. With the coming of the Great Depression in 1929 America became more receptive to ideas from the political Left and New Masses became highly influential in intellectual circles. The magazine has been called the principal organ of the American cultural left from 1926 onwards. It featured the work of an array of independent writers and artists. The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s recent exhibition, “Art for the Millions: American Culture and Politics in the 1930s” celebrated the American spirit during the depression era. In the exhibition several issues of "New Masses" are exhibited, but not Vol 1. No. 1. We offer that. Lithograph by Hugo Gellert on the cover and multiple illustrations in magazine. Hugo Gellert (1892-1985) was a Hungarian-American illustrator and muralist. A committed radical and member of the Communist Party of America, Gellert is considered by some art critics as among the best political work of the first half of the 20th century. The artists who works are inside Vol 1, No. 1 include: William Gropper, Adolph Dehn, Stuart Davis, Art Young, I. Klein, Boardman Robinson, Wanda Gag, Louis Lozowick, F. S. Hynd, New Masses, Otto Soclow, Hans Stengel and Arnold Ronnebeck. The writers included in this issue: Babette Deutsch, Robert Dljnn, Robinson Jeffers, William Carlos Williams, Nathan Asch, Norman Studer, M. H. Hedges, Art Shields, Karol Rembov, Hal Saunders-White, Edwin Seaver, George Sterling, Scott Nearing and Whittaker Chambers. Editors: Egmont Arens, Joseph Freeman, Hugo Gellert, Michael Gold, James Rorty, and Joan Sloan.Executive Board: Egmont Arens, Maurice Becker, Helen Black, John Dos Passos, Robert Dunn...
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1920s Modern Art

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Paper

THE GOOD CANDIDATE - from Reincarnations - Pere Ubu
Located in Santa Monica, CA
GEORGES ROUAULT (1871 -1958) THE GOOD CANDIDATE, BOUDOUBADABOU, 1928 (Chapon & Rouault 10) Etching, aquatint and roulette. From “Reincarnations du Pere Ubu...
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1920s Modern Art

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Aquatint

Odalisque sur la terrasse (Odalisque on the Terrace)
Located in Palo Alto, CA
This large, dramatic and beautiful work has been thoughtfully executed, expressing the technical mastery and skill of Henri Matisse. Brightly colored and delicately composed, this wo...
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1920s Modern Art

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Aquatint

Untitled
Located in New York, NY
Tobey's work resembles Abstract Expressionism and Asian calligraphy.
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1920s Modern Art

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Charcoal

Laurence Dunn, SS New Brooklyn (c.1927) Merchantman Tramp Steamer painting
Located in London, GB
To see our other Modern British Art, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller" - or send us a message if you cannot find the artist you want. We also have several more ship drawings...
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1920s Modern Art

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Gouache, Ink

Figure endormie dans un intérieur
Located in New York, NY
Henri Matisse Figure endormie dans un intérieur, 1929 etching, on chine appliqué Signed in pencil and inscribed Bon à tirer, the final proof approved by th...
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1920s Modern Art

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Etching

Nu couché, renversé
Located in New York, NY
Henri Matisse Nu couché, renversé, 1929 etching, on chine appliqué Signed in pencil and numbered from the edition of 25 Plate: 3 5/8 x 4 7/8 inches (9.2 x 12.4 cm) Sheet: 11 x 14 15/...
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1920s Modern Art

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Etching

Torse, bras gauche derrière la tête
Located in New York, NY
Henri Matisse Torse, bras gauche derrière la tête, 1926 drypoint, on chine appliqué, signed in pencil and numbered 4 from the edition of 7 Plate: 5 13/16 x 3 7...
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1920s Modern Art

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Drypoint

Figure assise sur fond de carreaux fleuris
Located in New York, NY
Henri Matisse Figure assise sur fond de carreaux fleuris, 1929 etching, on chine appliqué Signed in pencil and numbered 12 from the edition of 25 Plate: 4 3/8 x 5 7/8 inches (11.1 x ...
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1920s Modern Art

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Drypoint

Nu assis, bras croisés sur la poitrine
Located in New York, NY
Henri Matisse Nu assis, bras croisés sur la poitrine, 1929 drypoint, on chine appliqué, signed in pencil and numbered 22 from the edition of 25 Plate: 5 9/16 x 3 15/16 inches (14.1 x...
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1920s Modern Art

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Drypoint

Nu couché sur le côté, les jambes repliées
Located in New York, NY
Henri Matisse Nu couché sur le côté, les jambes repliées, 1929 etching, on chine appliqué Signed in pencil and inscribed Bon à tirer, the final proof appro...
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1920s Modern Art

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Etching

Visage de profil reposant sur un bras, paravent Louis XIV
Located in New York, NY
Henri Matisse Visage de profil reposant sur un bras, paravent Louis XIV, 1924 lithograph on China paper, edition 7 of 50, + 10 AP 26 x 20 1/16 in. (66 x 51 cm) Ref: Duthuit 447; Cat....
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1920s Modern Art

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Lithograph

Petite Liseuse
Located in New York, NY
Henri Matisse Petite Liseuse, 1923 lithograph on Japanese vellum, edition 3 of 12 AP, apart from the edition of 50 17 3/16 x 11 in. (43.7 x 27.9 cm) Ref: Duthuit 431; Cat. 40 signed...
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1920s Modern Art

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Lithograph

Nu couché, jambe repliée - Étude de jambes
Located in New York, NY
Henri Matisse Nu couché, jambe repliée - Étude de jambes, 1925 lithograph on Japanese vellum, edition of 50 18 x 22 1/16 in. (45.7 x 56 cm)
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1920s Modern Art

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Lithograph

La capeline de paille d'Italie
Located in New York, NY
Henri Matisse La capeline de paille d'Italie, 1923 lithograph on China paper, AP 22 7/16 x 18 1/16 in. (57 x 45.9 cm)
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1920s Modern Art

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Lithograph

Jeune fille en robe fleurie au col d'organdi
Located in New York, NY
Henri Matisse Jeune fille en robe fleurie au col d'organdi, 1923 lithograph on China paper, edition of 50 14 15/16 x 11 1/4 in. (37.9 x 28.6 cm)
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1920s Modern Art

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Lithograph

Jeune fille au col d'organdi
Located in New York, NY
Henri Matisse Jeune fille au col d'organdi, 1923 lithograph on China paper, edition of 50 14 15/16 x 11 3/8 in. (37.9 x 28.9 cm)
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1920s Modern Art

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Lithograph

Figure devant tapa africain
Located in New York, NY
Henri Matisse Figure devant tapa africain, 1929 lithograph on Japanese vellum, edition of 50 25 3/8 x 19 11/16 in. (64.5 x 50 cm)
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1920s Modern Art

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Lithograph

Danseuse endormie
Located in New York, NY
Henri Matisse Danseuse endormie, 1926-27 lithograph on Japanese vellum, AP 17 5/16 x 22 in. (44 x 55.9 cm)
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1920s Modern Art

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Lithograph

Danseuse à mi-jambes, Main au Menton (Pl. de l'album Dix danseuses)
Located in New York, NY
Henri Matisse Danseuse à mi-jambes, Main au Menton (Pl. de l'album Dix danseuses), 1927 lithograph on wove paper 19 3/4 x 13 in. (50.2 x 33 cm)
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1920s Modern Art

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Lithograph

Mabel Oliver Rae: Selwyn College, Cambridge
Located in London, GB
To see our other views of Oxford and Cambridge, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller" - or send us a message if you cannot find the view you want. Mabel Oliver Rae...
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1920s Modern Art

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Etching

Paris Omnibus - 20th Century, Linocut, Print by Claude Flight
Located in London, GB
Signed & numbered in image from the edition of 50. Printed from 4 blocks in blue oil paint, crimson oil paint, viridian printing ink and black printing ink. On oriental laid tinted w...
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1920s Modern Art

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Linocut

Lying Nude - Original drawing, Handsigned
Located in Paris, FR
Suzanne VALADON Lying Nude, 1920 Original drawing Handsigned in pencil and dated 1920 On Arches laid paper 46 x 60 cm (c. 18 x 24 in) Good condition, light foxing, papier slightly...
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1920s Modern Art

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Pastel, Carbon Pencil

The Portrait - Drawing - 1929
Located in Roma, IT
The Portrait is an original drawing in China ink on paper realized by an anonymous artist in 1929, applied on a greyish Passepartout. hand-signed, illegible, and dated on the lower....
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1920s Modern Art

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Ink

Young Girl with Big Eyes - Original lithograph (Juffermans #JL15)
Located in Paris, FR
Kees VAN DONGEN Young Girl with Big Eyes, 1929 Original lithograph (Mourlot workshop) Printed signature in the plate On china paper 27.3 x 22 cm (c. 11 x 9 i...
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1920s Modern Art

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Lithograph

Symmetric Torso
Located in ZEIST, UT
(After) Alexander Archipenko- Symmetric Torso Bronze, 1921 Signed and dated, not numbered Size: approximately; 71.5 x 15.0 x 8.0 cm Casting year and edition unknown The work comes fr...
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1920s Modern Art

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Bronze

Portugal, Young Girl with Fishes - Original color drawing, Signed
Located in Paris, FR
Mily POSSOZ Young Girl with Fishes, 1928 Original pencil and charcoals derawing Signed bottom right Dated 1928 On paper 42 x 34 cm at view (c. 17 x 13 in) Presented in a wood frame ...
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1920s Modern Art

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Charcoal, Pencil, Color Pencil

Columbus Circle
Located in Santa Monica, CA
ARNOLD RONNEBECK (1885 – 1947) COLUMBUS CIRCLE ca. 1929 Lithograph, edition probably 50. Signed and titled in pencil, 12 ½” x 8 ¼” In very good condit...
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1920s Modern Art

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Lithograph

Attractive Nude - Original drypoint etching, Handsigned, 1928
Located in Paris, FR
Armand Rassenfosse (1862-1934) Attractive Nude, 1928 Original drypoint etching Signed with a crayon and also plate signed Dated 1928 On vellum 28 x 24 cm (c. 11 x 9,4 in) Very good...
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1920s Modern Art

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Drypoint

Stretching Nude - Original drypoint etching, Handsigned, 1928
Located in Paris, FR
Armand Rassenfosse (1862-1934) Stretching Nude, 1928 Original drypoint etching Signed with a crayon and also plate signed Dated 1928 On vellum 28 x 24 cm (c. 11 x 9,4 in) Excellent...
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1920s Modern Art

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Drypoint

Young Model - Original drypoint etching, Handsigned, 1928
Located in Paris, FR
Armand Rassenfosse (1862-1934) Young Model, 1928 Original drypoint etching Signed with a crayon and also plate signed Dated 1928 On vellum 28 x 24 cm (c. 11 x 9,4 in) Excellent con...
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1920s Modern Art

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Drypoint

Awaking Model - Original drypoint etching, Handsigned, 1928
Located in Paris, FR
Armand Rassenfosse (1862-1934) Awaking Model, 1928 Original drypoint etching Signed with a crayon and also plate signed Dated 1928 On vellum 28 x 24 cm (c. 11 x 9,4 in) Very good c...
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1920s Modern Art

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Drypoint

Baby's Head - 20th Century, Unique cast concrete sculpture by Henry Moore
Located in London, GB
Cast concrete Unique Reference: LH1/35 Provenance Mr & Mrs Rowland Howarth Thence by descent
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1920s Modern Art

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Concrete

Lying Nude - Lithograph and stencil
Located in Paris, FR
Auguste RODIN (after) Lying Nude (1920) Lithograph and Stencil Printed signature in the plate Limited to 200 copies not numbered On thin vellum 27 x 37 cm (c. 11 x 15 in) INFORMAT...
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1920s Modern Art

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Lithograph, Stencil

Cafe des Allies - Original woodcut, Handsigned and Numbered /105 - Ref #L725
Located in Paris, FR
Jean-Emile Laboureur Cafe des Allies, 1920 Original woodcut Handsigned in pencil Numbered /105 Bears the blind stamp of the editor (Lugt 1140a) On Vel...
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1920s Modern Art

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Woodcut

Land Where Men Forget the Past, The Coconut Pearl
Located in Missouri, MO
Original Oil on Canvas Illustration for Hearst/Cosmopolitan Aug. 1925 "Land Where Men Forget the Past, The Coconut Pearl" Caption: " 'Anyone who's knocked ...
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1920s Modern Art

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Oil, Canvas

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