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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
Lucky For You, Original painting, portrait, Landscape, Horses
Located in Deddington, GB
Lucky for you is an ode to the one you love and the want to be with them again. Norfolk, England in Autumn. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Acrylic paint, Canvas, Charcoal on Canvas 100 H x...
Category

2010s Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Flute Player and Goat - Original Ceramic MADOURA - Edition of 450 (Ramié #382)
Located in Paris, IDF
Pablo Picasso Flute Player and Goat, 1956 Original ceramic of Pablo Picasso, white faience earth, enamel and oxidized paraffin decoration Annotated on the Back : Empreinte originale...
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1950s Modern Art

Materials

Ceramic

Winged Victory of Los Angeles
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Winged Victory of Los Angeles, c. 1960, oil on masonite, signed lower right, artist’s name and title verso, 33 x 34 1/2 inches, exhibited: 1) Edward Biberman, Heritage Gallery, Los A...
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1960s Modern Art

Materials

Masonite, Oil

Lido Life, 1957 - Venice Lido Venice Lagoon Pool Italian Cultural Heritage
Located in Brighton, GB
Lido Life, 1957 - Venice Lido Venice Lagoon Pool Italian Cultural Heritage by Slim Aarons 16 x 20" print. Limited Edition Estate Stamped C-Print. Edition of 150. Printed Later. Lid...
Category

20th Century Modern Art

Materials

C Print, Photographic Paper, Digital, Color

Florentine Expressions: A Portrait Series III
Located in London, GB
"Florentine Expressions: A Portrait Series III", oil on canvas, mounted on board, Florentine School (circa 1980s-90s). This gallery has acquired a number of paintings through an inte...
Category

Late 20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Board

Both uf Us, Figures Diptych in Black and White, Nude Bodies, Acrylic on Paper
Located in Barcelona, ES
This is a beautiful painting by Alberto de Blobs (Barcleona, 1982). Alberto is a talented painter whose elaborate mixture of figurative and free form ...
Category

2010s Modern Art

Materials

Paper, Acrylic

Huge 20th Century Still Life Bright Colorful Flowers in Blue & White Vase
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Still Life of Flowers Spanish School, mid 20th Century oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 40 x 40 inches Provenance: private collection, France Condition: some surface scuffs and marks ...
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Oil

Huyendo Del Terror (Woman in Jail), by David Alfaro Siqueiros
Located in Palm Springs, CA
David Alfaro Siqueiros’ lithograph Huyendo del Terror captures the raw force of human struggle in the face of violence and oppression. The composition conveys movement and urgency, w...
Category

1970s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Dixieland (1948) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
Located in London, GB
Dixieland (1948) Limited Estate Stamped (Photo By Slim Aarons) An impromptu concert in Rome with American Jazz trumpeter and singer Louis Armstrong (1901 – 1971), Earl ‘Fatha’ Hines (1905 – 1983) on piano and Jack Teagarden (1905 – 1964) on trombone playing with the ‘Rhythm Kings’. Hines and Teargarden play in Armstrong’s ‘All-Stars’ band. November 1948 About this Image: Louis Daniel Armstrong, nicknamed "Satchmo", "Satch", and "Pops", was an American trumpeter, composer, vocalist, and actor who was among the most influential figures in jazz. His career spanned five decades, from the 1920s to the 1960s, and different eras in the history of jazz. Earl Kenneth Hines, also known as Earl "Fatha" Hines, was an American jazz pianist and bandleader. He was one of the most influential figures in the development of jazz piano...
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1940s Modern Art

Materials

Black and White, Archival Pigment

Sea Drive Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Sea Drive 1967 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Film producer Kevin McClory takes his wife Bobo Sigrist and their family for a drive in an ‘Amphicar’ across the harbour at Nassau....
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1960s Modern Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Alexander Calder, Untitled, from Derriere le miroir, 1966
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by Alexander Calder (1898–1976), titled Sans titre (Untitled), from the folio Derriere le miroir, No. 156, originates from the 1966 edition published by Mae...
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1960s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Août (Oiseau en vol)
Located in New York, NY
Color lithograph, 1958. Signed by the artist in pencil, lower right. Numbered 13/70 in pencil, lower left. Printed by Crommelynck and Dutrou, Paris. Published by Louis Broder, Pari...
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph, Color

Coastal Blue Cyanotype of Day Time Seascape, Cold Waves, Nautical Painting Shore
Located in Barcelona, ES
This is an exclusive handprinted limited edition cyanotype. "Day Time Seascape in Blue" is a handmade cyanotype print portraying the vibrant reflections of the Sun as seen from the c...
Category

2010s Modern Art

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Lithograph

Bull (Taureau) - Original Ceramic MADOURA - Edition of 500 (Ramié #177)
Located in Paris, IDF
Pablo Picasso Bull (Taureau), 1952 Original ceramic of Pablo Picasso, white faience earth, enamel and oxidized paraffin decoration Annotated on the Back : Empreinte originale Picass...
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1950s Modern Art

Materials

Ceramic

'Noonday Shadows' — Mid-Century Southwest Regionalism
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
'Noonday Shadows', etching and drypoint, edition 75, 1941, Kloss 376. Signed, and titled in pencil. A superb, richly inked impression, in warm black ink, on buff wove paper, in excel...
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1950s Modern Art

Materials

Drypoint, Etching

Expressions in Bloom: Portraits from the 20th Century III - Florentine School
Located in London, GB
'Expressions in Bloom: Portraits from the 20th Century III', oil on canvas mounted on board, Florentine School (circa 1980s-90s). This gallery has acquired a number of paintings thro...
Category

1980s Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Board

Moment of Solitude - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Mixed Media, Modern
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure Ships in a well-protected tube. This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity. About Artist Samson Olatubos...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic

Echoes of the Atelier IV
Located in London, GB
Echoes of the Atelier IV, acrylic on canvas mounted on board, Florentine School (circa 1980s-90s). This gallery has acquired a number of paintings through an intermediary of an agein...
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1980s Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic, Board

"It Never Rains in LA" Nude Photography 27" x 18" in Ed. 1/24 by Larsen Sotelo
Located in Culver City, CA
"It Never Rains in LA" Nude Photography 27" x 18" in Ed. 1/24 by Larsen Sotelo Not framed. Ships in a tube Giclee (Archival Ink) print on 310G Platine Fibre Cotton Rag w/satin finis...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Art

Materials

Archival Ink, Rag Paper, Giclée

Nympheas
Located in Zofingen, AG
shipped in roll Nympheas is an artwork from the Inner Landscapes series evokes a state in which the external landscape becomes an extension of the body. The softness of light, fluid...
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2010s Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil Pastel, Oil

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

Female Nude, The Artist's Wife, 'Femme Nue'
Located in Cotignac, FR
Female nude, mid century oil painting of the artist's wife by Georges Gonthier. Though not signed it is extensively annotated to the back board with subject, artist and dedication. P...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Oil

Monterey Foothill Pond in Summer Original Oil Landscape Painting
By Louise Grossett Cunningham
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid Century Monterey Foothill Pond in Summer Original Oil Landscape Painting by Louise Cunningham Bright summer scene of pond in Monterey foothills by Santa Cruz, California artist ...
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Late 20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars

A Charming, 1950s Mid-Century Modern Harbor Scene of Martha's Vineyard
Located in Chicago, IL
A Charming, Colorful 1950s Mid-Century Modern Harbor Scene of Martha's Vineyard by Notable Chicago Artist, Francis Chapin (Am. 1899-1965). Painted near the artist's studio and summe...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Art

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Masonite, Oil

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

Materials

Etching

Jhelum River in Kashmir, 1961 - Luxury Watercraft Indian Natural Landscape
Located in Brighton, GB
Jhelum River in Kashmir, 1961 - Luxury Sailing Watercraft by Slim Aarons 16 x 20" print. Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print. Digital C-Type print. Edition of 150. Printed Later. ...
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20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Digital

Nuns And Doves, The Family, Avant-garde Woman Artist Marcel Duchamp's daughter
Located in Norwich, GB
In 1910, having separated from her first husband, the artist model Jeanne Chastagnier Serré had a relationship with the surrealist Marcel Duchamp: you know, the one of the porcelain ...
Category

1930s Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Fiberboard

Goldfish, Cubist Still Life Signed Lithograph by Andre Minaux
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Andre Minaux, French (1923 - 1986) Title: Goldfish Year: circa 1979 Medium: Lithograph on Arches Paper, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 120 Image Size: 21 x 26 inches ...
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1970s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

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...
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1980s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph, Stencil

Slim Aarons, 'Faraglioni Rocks' Midcentury Modern Photography
Located in New York, NY
Faraglioni Rocks on the Italian island of Capri, August 1974. Slim Aarons Faraglioni Rocks 1974. (printed later) C print Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150 with Certificat...
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1960s Modern Art

Materials

C Print

Coney Island, Fourth of July
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Coney Island, Fourth of July, c. 1940s, oil on canvas applied to Masonite, signed upper right, 26 x 21 1/2 inches, presented in its original frame During the 1930s and 40s, Coney I...
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1940s Modern Art

Materials

Board, Oil, Canvas

Bahamanian Hotel (1973) Limited Estate Stamped - Grande XL
Located in London, GB
Bahamanian Hotel (1973) Limited Estate Stamped (Photo By Slim Aarons) A hotel on the coast at Great Harbour Cay, Bahamas, March 1973 Additional Information: Unframed Paper...
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1970s Modern Art

Materials

Color, Archival Pigment

Carmen in Profile - Original Etching #Picasso estate collection (Bloch #572)
Located in Paris, IDF
Pablo PICASSO Carmen, Woman in Profile, 1949 Original aquatint engraving (Atelier Lacourière, Paris) Unsigned Dated in the plate On Arches vellum 49 x 35 cm (c. 19.2 x 13.7 in) REF...
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1940s Modern Art

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

Mid-Century Modern Paris: A View of the Seine
Located in Norwich, GB
Experience the romance and abstraction of 1950s Paris through this striking original mixed media drawing by the acclaimed American Modernist, Frederick E. Conway (1900–1973). This c...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Ink, Watercolor, Gouache

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). Depicting a quiet, picturesque view of the rooftops and cathedral...
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1940s Modern Art

Materials

Oil, Masonite

Paris : Ceiling of Opera Garnier - Original lithograph (Mourlot #434)
Located in Paris, IDF
Marc CHAGALL Paris : Ceiling of Opera Garnier Original stone lithograph Not signed and not numbered On paper 32 x 25 cm (c. 13 x 10 inch) Edited by Sauret, 1962 REFERENCES : Catalo...
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1960s Modern Art

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Lithograph

Horses : Riders in Autumn - Original Lithograph, HANDSIGNED & Ltd /600
Located in Paris, IDF
Serge LASSUS (1933-) Horses : Riders in Autumn, 1983 Original Lithograph Handsigned in pencil Numbered / 600 (the number you can see can be different) On Coated paper 56 x 76 cm (c....
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1980s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

A Fine 1930s, Modern Academic Figure Study Drawing, Seated Male Model, Young Man
Located in Chicago, IL
A Fine 1930s Modern Academic Figure Study Drawing, Seated Male Nude Model (Back) by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). An exceptionally well executed early 1930s...
Category

1930s Modern Art

Materials

Charcoal, Paper

Original Los Angeles (California) 1964 vintage travel poster Mid Century Modern
Located in Spokane, WA
Original 1964 Los Angeles, California vintage travel poster. Professionally archivally linen-backed in mint condition. This is one of four ...
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1960s Modern Art

Materials

Offset

The Grand Canal, Venice
By Elias S. Mandel Grossman
Located in Middletown, NY
1926. Etching in sepia ink on Japon paper, 9 5/8 x 11 1/2 inches (245 x 292 mm), full margins with the lower margin slightly notched. Signed, titled and dated in pencil in the lower ...
Category

Early 20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Handmade Paper, Etching

Matisse-Portrait of a woman with hair draping
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This artwork by Henri Matisse is a lithograph page from the book Cinquante Dessins, published by Les Soins de L'Artiste in 1920. First Edition. The portfolio was edited and printed...
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1920s Modern Art

Materials

Offset

Wassily Kandinsky, Komposition, from XXe siecle, 1939
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite woodcut by Wassily Kandinsky (1866–1944), titled Komposition (Composition), from the album XXe siecle, Chroniques du jour, 13 rue Valette (5e), Directeur G. di San Laz...
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1930s Modern Art

Materials

Woodcut

Astrology - Zodiac : Libra - Original Etching, Handsigned in pencil 1979
Located in Paris, IDF
Raymond PEYNET Astrology - Zodiac : Libra, 1979 Original etching Handsigned in pencil Numbered /220 On Arches vellum 76x56 cm (c. 30 x 22 inches) This etching is authentified by the...
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1970s Modern Art

Materials

Etching

Houses in Zoar, Ohio Landscape, Early 20th Century Cleveland School
Located in Beachwood, OH
August Frederick Biehle (1885-1979) Houses in Zoar, c. 1921 Gouache, litho crayon, colored pencil and graphite on paper Signed lower right 14 x 19 inches 20.25 x 25.25 inches, framed...
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1920s Modern Art

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Gouache, Graphite, Color Pencil, Crayon

Lucio Fontana, Concetto Spaziale, from XXe siecle, 1959
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph and pochoir by Lucio Fontana (1899–1968), titled Concetto Spaziale (Spatial Concept), from the album XXe siecle, Nouvelle serie, XXIe Annee, No. 12, Mai-Jui...
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1950s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Beverly Hills Hotel, 1957 - Sunset Boulevard Hollywood California Landscape
Located in Brighton, GB
Beverly Hills Hotel, 1957 - Sunset Boulevard Hollywood California Landscape by Slim Aarons 16 x 20" print. Limited Edition Estate Stamped C-Print. Edition of 150. Printed Later. Be...
Category

20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Digital

A Lively, 1950s Mid-Century Modern Floral Still Life Painting by Francis Chapin
Located in Chicago, IL
A Lively, Colorful 1950s Mid-Century Modern Floral Still Life Painting by Notable Chicago Artist, Francis Chapin (Am. 1899-1965). Full of color, with wonderful brushwork, the painti...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Board

Italy : Mediteranean Seascape - Original Oil on canvas, Signed
Located in Paris, IDF
Marcel MOULY Italy : Mediteranean Seascape, 1959 Original Oil on canvas Signed and dated bottom right Signed, dated and dated on the back On canvas 46 x 55 cm (c. 18 x 22 in) With b...
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1950s Modern Art

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Oil

Andre Dunoyer de Segonzac, Eden Roc, from Letter to My Painter Raoul Dufy, 1965
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by Andre Dunoyer de Segonzac (1884–1974), titled Eden Roc (Eden Roc), from the folio Lettre a mon peintre Raoul Dufy (Letter to My Painter Raoul Dufy), orig...
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1960s Modern Art

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Lithograph

Horses : Riders in Summer - Original Lithograph, HANDSIGNED & Ltd /250
Located in Paris, IDF
Serge LASSUS (1933-) Horses : Riders in Summer, 1983 Original Lithograph Handsigned in pencil Numbered / 250 (the number you can see can be different) On Vellum 56 x 76 cm (c. 22 x ...
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1980s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Slim Aarons 'Sunbathing in Capri, Catherine Wilke'
Located in New York, NY
Sunbathing in Capri, Catherine Wilke 1980 Chromogenic Lambda print Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. Catherine Wilke...
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1980s Modern Art

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Lambda

A Fine, Modern 1930s Academic Anatomical Figure Study (Seated Male, Torso)
Located in Chicago, IL
A Fine, 1930s Modern Academic Anatomical Figure Study Drawing of a Seated Male Nude Model (Torso) by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). An exceptionally well exe...
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1930s Modern Art

Materials

Charcoal, Paper

Window on Another Dimension, signed/n lithograph by Picasso's famous mistress
Located in New York, NY
Françoise Gilot Window on Another Dimension, 1981 Lithograph on Arches mould made Johannot paper Signed and numbered in graphite pencil; also bears artist's monogram with date, edition of 60 Unframed 27.25 inches by 19.75 inches Francoise Gilot was not just Picasso's muse; she was an accomplished artist in her own right, and at age 100, the New York Times dubbed her the art world's latest "It Girl".! Signed and numbered in graphite pencil; also bears artist's personal monograph with date. Held in original vintage frame under plexiglass. Charmingly, there is a sticker label on the back of the frame, from the "Picasso Gallery Custom Framing" in D.C. This silkscreen is based upon Gilot's eponymous painting, also done in 1981 Excerpt from Alan Riding's 2023 New York Times obituary on Gilot: " Françoise Gilot, an accomplished painter whose art was eclipsed by her long and stormy romantic relationship with a much older Pablo Picasso, and who alone among his many mistresses walked out on him, died on Tuesday at a hospital in Manhattan. She was 101...But unlike his two wives and other mistresses, Ms. Gilot rebuilt her life after she ended the relationship, in 1953, almost a decade after it had begun despite an age difference of 40 years. She continued painting and exhibiting her work and wrote books. In 1970, she married Jonas Salk, the American medical researcher who developed the first safe polio vaccine, and lived part of the time in California. Still, it was for her romance with Picasso that the public knew her best, particularly after her memoir, “Life with Picasso,” written with Carlton Lake, was published in 1964. It became an international best seller, and so infuriated Picasso that he broke off all contact with Ms. Gilot and their two children, Claude and Paloma Picasso. Ms. Gilot’s frank and often-sympathetic account of their relationship — she dedicated the book “to Pablo” — provided much of the material for the 1996 Merchant-Ivory movie, “Surviving Picasso,” in which she was played by Natascha McElhone, with Anthony Hopkins as Picasso. If Ms. Gilot’s book sold well, so has her art. With her work in more than a dozen museums, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Centre Pompidou in Paris, her paintings fetched increasingly higher prices well into her later years. As recently as June 2021, her painting “Paloma à la Guitare” (1965), a blue-toned portrait of her daughter, sold for $1.3 million in an online auction by Sotheby’s. That surpassed her previous record price, $695,000, paid for “Étude bleue,” a 1953 portrait of a seated woman, at a Sotheby’s auction in 2014.. And in November 2021, her abstract 1977 canvas “Living Forest” sold for $1.3 million as part of a retrospective of her work at Christie’s in Hong Kong. Lisa Stevenson, the head of curated sales for Sotheby’s in London, told ARTnews after the 2021 auction, “It isn’t commonly known that Gilot’s commitment to art was present long before her relationship with Pablo Picasso, and she was sadly often left in his shadow.”.. Marie Françoise Gilot was born into a prosperous family on Nov. 26, 1921, in Neuilly-sur-Seine, a suburb of Paris, the only child of Emile Gilot, an agronomist and chemical manufacturer, and Madeleine Renoult-Gilot. Her 19th-century ancestors had owned a couturier house of fashion whose clientele included Eugenia, the wife of Emperor Napoleon III. Marie Françoise was drawn to art from an early age, tutored by her mother, who had studied art history, ceramics and watercolor painting. Her father, however — recalled by Ms. Gilot as an authoritarian who had forced her to write with her right hand, though she was left-handed — had other ideas. Envisioning a career in science or the law for his daughter, he persuaded her to enroll at the University of Paris, where she received her bachelor’s degree in 1938 at age 17. She went on to study at the Sorbonne and the British Institute in Paris and receive a degree in English literature from Cambridge University. As war crept closer to France in 1939, her father sent her to the city of Rennes, northwest of Paris, to enroll in law school. All the while she continued working on her paintings. Then came the German occupation of Paris, in June 1940, and she joined other students in an anti-German protest march at the Arc de Triomphe. In a clash with the French and German authorities, Ms. Gilot was arrested, briefly detained and put under watch. “From day one, we were not the kind of people who would become collaborators,” she said of her family. She continued her law studies at the University of Paris, but after taking her second-year examinations, in June 1941, she lost interest and abandoned the field, deciding to devote herself to art. She began private lessons with a fugitive Hungarian Jewish painter, Endre Rozsda...
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1980s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Madoura, Colorful Bird - Original lithograph poster (Czwiklitzer #319)
Located in Paris, IDF
Pablo PICASSO (1881-1973) Madoura, Colorful Bird, 1967 Lithograph poster (Mourlot workshop) On paper 67 x 48 cm (c. 27 x 19 in) Lilmited edition of 1000 proofs (unumbered) REFERENC...
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1960s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

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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Vase en Cristal Aux Fleurs Blanches
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A beautiful modernist still life floated in a wooden frame. The work is signed lower center right and again verso. It's titled, signed and dated 2001 on the verso. The canvas measure...
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Early 2000s Modern Art

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Oil

Lucio Fontana, Concetto Spaziale, from San Lazzaro et ses Amis, 1975 (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph after Lucio Fontana (1899–1968), titled Concetto Spaziale (Spatial Concept), from the album San Lazzaro et ses Amis, Hommage au fondateur de la revue XXe si...
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1970s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Self Portrait
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Self-Portrait, c. 1940, oil and tempera on Masonite, artist’s name inscribed verso, 30 x 25 inches William Ashby McCloy was an American artist, educator, and clinical psychologist. ...
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1940s Modern Art

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Masonite, Oil, Tempera

Theatrical Costumes - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Watercolor on paper realized by Mino Maccari in 1950s. Hand signed in pencil lower right. Some minor folds, otherwise ver good condition.
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1950s Modern Art

Materials

Ink

'Feminine Forms: Harmony in Curves', German School (circa 1980s)
Located in London, GB
'Feminine Forms: Harmony in Curves', oil on board, German School (circa 1980s). Two nude figures portrayed in the abstract posture differently. Both are curvaceous and Rubenesque. Re...
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1980s Modern Art

Materials

Oil, Board

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