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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
Sans titre, Société internationale d'art XXe siècle
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin paper. Paper Size: 12.4 x 9.65 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the album, XXe siècle, Nouvelle série, XXXVIe Année, N°42 Juin...
Category

1970s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

A Captivating, Mid-Century Modern Painting of a Standing Female Nude Model
Located in Chicago, IL
A Captivating, Mid-Century Modern Painting of a Standing Female Nude Model. Great colors! Painted in the 1960s, this wonderful "Mod" studio scene exemplifies the abstracted Modern ...
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Polo Players - Woodcut - Mid 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Polo Players is a print realized by an anonymous in the mid-20th century. Woodcut print on paper. Good conditions.
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Woodcut

Original British Signed Oil Painting Jack Russell Terrier and Companion Dog
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Good Friends" British artist, late 20th century signed oil on canvas, framed framed: 17.5 x 17.5 inches canvas: 15 x 16 inches provenance: private collection, UK condition: very go...
Category

Late 20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Oil

Signpost - Woodcut by Maurits Cornelis Escher - 1931
Located in Roma, IT
Woodcut print realized by Escher in 1931. It belongs to the series "Emblemata". Monogrammed in the plate upper right. Excellent condition. Prov. Collection W.F. Veldhuysen, Baarn...
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1930s Modern Art

Materials

Woodcut

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

1970s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Jean Cocteau - Portrait - Original Lithograph
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Original Lithograph by Jean Cocteau Title: Taureaux Signed in the plate Dimensions: 40 x 30 cm Edition: 200 Luxury print edition from the portfolio of Trinckvel 1965 Jean Cocteau W...
Category

1960s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Paul Maxwell Rare Sand Cast Bronze & Wood Brutalist Totem Sculpture 1967
Located in Dallas, TX
Paul Maxwell Rare Sand Cast Bronze & Wood Brutalist Totem Sculpture (1967, Commissioned) A striking and rare example of Paul Maxwell’s early sculptural work, this monumental totem wa...
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Bronze

Fern Forest II by Morgan Silk - Landscape Photography, Color Photography
Located in Brighton, GB
'Fern Forest II' is a bird's-eye view Archival Inkjet Print by photographer Morgan Silk. It is available in this size of 17" x 24" in a limited edition of 25. 'Fern Forest II' is ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Art

Materials

Archival Ink

Madonna - Limited Edition Mick Rock Estate Print
Located in London, GB
Madonna - Limited Edition Mick Rock Estate Print Early photograph of Madonna, 1980 (photo Mick Rock). All prints are numbered by the Estate. Edition si...
Category

1980s Modern Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Paris, Seine, Fisher in the morning, 1955
Located in Cologne, DE
Silver Gelatine Print by Erich Andres, 1955. Andres was born 1905 in Germany and passed away 1992. He started his career as a photographer in 1920. He was one of the first photograph...
Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Original "Rimini" vintage poster woman on beach holding the sun
Located in Spokane, WA
Original vintage travel poster for the city of Rimini by the poster artist Rene Gruau. Size: 27.25" x 39". Excellent condition. Paper. An original poster was created for the cit...
Category

1990s Modern Art

Materials

Offset

Mid 20th Century French Still Life Oil Painting Pile of Books
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French School, mid 20th century Still life of books oil on board unframed board: 10.5 x 13.75 inches provenance: private collection, France condi...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Oil

"Coffee" the Perfect Meal - Menu - Beverages - Intaglio by Raymond Perez
Located in Soquel, CA
"Coffee" the Perfect Meal - Menu - Beverages - Intaglio by Raymond Perez The artwork "Second Course Fish" by Raymond Perez, created one of a group show at San Francisco State Univer...
Category

1980s Modern Art

Materials

Watercolor, Laid Paper, Intaglio

Ball Park, Signed Baseball Screenprint by Ralph Fasanella
Located in Long Island City, NY
Ball Park Ralph Fasanella American (1914–1997) Date: 1974 Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil Edition of 122/250 Image Size: 25 x 37 inches Size: 31 in. x 43 in. (78.74 cm x...
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1970s Modern Art

Materials

Screen

View of the Island of San Mauro - Lithograph by Giuseppe Ruo- 1880s
Located in Roma, IT
Lithograph hand watercolored, realized by Giuseppe Ruo in 1880s. Good condition.
Category

1880s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

After Marc Chagall 'The First Encounter' 1993- Original Poster
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Paper Size: 27 x 19 inches ( 68.58 x 48.26 cm ) Image Size: 27 x 19 inches ( 68.58 x 48.26 cm ) Framed: No Condition: A-: Near Mint, very light signs of handling Additional De...
Category

1990s Modern Art

Materials

Offset

Icart, Composition, Le Sopha (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
La pointe sèche etching on vélin de Rives filigrané à notre nom paper. Paper size: 9.5 x 7.5 inches; image size: 6.5 x 4.5 inches. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. No...
Category

1930s Modern Art

Materials

Drypoint, Etching

Sans titre, Derrière le miroir
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin paper. Paper Size: 15 x 22 inches, with centerfold, as issued. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the folio, Derrière le miroir, N° 141...
Category

1960s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

"Audrey Hepburn 'Two for the Road" 20 x 24 in Ed. 18/50 signed by Terry O'Neill
Located in Culver City, CA
"Audrey Hepburn 'Two for the Road" 20 x 24 in Ed. 18/50 signed by Terry O'Neill Signed and numbered by Terry O'Neill in early 2000 in Los Angeles Comes in white frame as shown in p...
Category

20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

'Pulitzer Fountain, Evening" — 1940s American Modernism, New York City
By Ellison Hoover
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Ellison Hoover, 'Pulitzer Fountain, Evening', lithograph, circa 1940, edition c. 40. Signed in pencil. A fine, atmospheric impression, on cream wove paper; the full sheet with margins (1 1/2 to 4 5/16 inches), in excellent condition. Archivally matted to museum standards, unframed. Image size 12 1/2 x 9 5/8 inches (318 x 244 mm); sheet size 16 1/4 x 12 1/4 inches (413 x 311 mm). ABOUT THE SUBJECT The Pulitzer fountain was commissioned as a bequest by Joseph Pulitzer, newspaper publisher and founder of the Columbia School of Journalism. Designed by Austrian sculptor Karl Bitter...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Miami Beach, Street photography, Black and White, USA 1960s, 18, 2 x 23, 3 cm
Located in Cologne, DE
Silver Gelatine Print by Erich Andres, ca 1950. Andres was born 1905 in Germany and passed away 1992. He started his career as a photographer in 1920. He was one of the first photogr...
Category

1960s Modern Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin, Black and White

Vintage Mid Century Modern Still Life Gouache Painting - Pitcher and Grapes
Located in Bristol, GB
PITCHER AND GRAPES Size: 55 x 73 cm (including frame) Gouache on paper A lively and brilliantly executed mid-century modernist style interior still life composition, executed in gou...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Mascara Roja
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Mascara Roja" 1969 is an original colors lithograph on B.F.K. Rives paper by renown Mexican artist Rufino Tamayo, 1899-1991. It is hand signed and inscribed H.C. (Hors Commerce) in pencil by the artist. The image size is 21 x 27.25 inches, framed size is 37.25 x 42 inches. Published by Touchtone Publisher, New York, printed by Ateliers Desjobert, Paris. Referenced and pictured in the artist's catalogue raisonne by Pereda, plate #124. Custom framed in a wooden gold leaf frame, with gold and red spacer and fabric matting. It is in excellent condition. About the artist: A native of Oaxaca in Southern Mexico, Rufino Tamayo's father was a shoemaker, and his mother a seamstress. Some accounts state that he was descended from Zapotec Indians, but he was actually 'mestizo' - of mixed indigenous/European ancestry. (Santa Barbara Museum of Art). He began painting at age 11. Orphaned at the age of 12, Tamayo moved to Mexico City, where he was raised by his maternal aunt who owned a wholesale fruit business. In 1917, he entered the San Carlos Academy of Fine Arts, but left soon after to pursue independent study. Four years later, Tamayo was appointed the head designer of the department of ethnographic drawings at the National Museum of Archaeology in Mexico City. There he was surrounded by pre-Colombian objects, an aesthetic inspiration that would play a pivotal role in his life. In his own work, Tamayo integrated the forms and tones of pre-Columbian ceramics into his early still lives and portraits of Mexican men and women. In the early 1920s he also taught art classes in Mexico City's public schools. Despite his involvement in Mexican history, he did not subscribe to the idea of art as nationalistic propaganda. Modern Mexican art at that time was dominated by 'The Three Great Ones' : Diego Rivera, Jose Clemente Orozco, and David Alfaro Siqueros, but Tamayo began to be noted as someone 'new' and different' for his blending of the aesthetics of post Revolutionary Mexico with the vanguard artists of Europe and the United States. After the Mexican Revolution, he focused on creating his own identity in his work, expressing what he thought was the traditional Mexico, and refusing to follow the political trends of his contemporary artists. This caused some to see him as a 'traitor' to the political cause, and he felt it difficult to freely express himself in his art. As a result, he decided to leave Mexico in 1926 and move to New York, along with his friend, the composer Carlos Chavez. The first exhibition of Tamayo's work in the United States was held at the Weyhe Gallery, New York, in that same year. The show was successful, and Tamayo was praised for his 'authentic' status as a Mexican of 'indigenous heritage', and for his internationally appealing Modernist aesthetic. (Santa Barbara Museum of Art). Throughout the late thirties and early forties New York's Valentine Gallery gave him shows. For nine years, beginning in 1938, he taught at the Dalton School in New York. In 1929, some health problems led him to return to Mexico for treatment. While there he took a series of teaching jobs. During this period he became romantically involved with the artist Maria Izquierdo...
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Troika, Modern Bronze Sculpture Cast by N. Shtange after Eugene Lanceray
Located in Long Island City, NY
Eugene Lanceray, Cast by N. Shtange After the Model by Eugene Lanceray, Russian (1875 - 1946) - Troika, Year: Late 19th Century, Medium: Bronze Sculpture, Cyrillic signature and fo...
Category

Late 19th Century Modern Art

Materials

Bronze

"Tugboat in New York Harbor" Ernest Fiene, Modernist, Cerulean Waterscape
Located in New York, NY
Ernest Fiene Tugboat in New York Harbor Signed lower right Oil on canvas 24 1/2 x 34 1/2 inches Ernest Fiene was born in Elberfeld, Germany in 1894. As a teenager, Fiene immigrated...
Category

1930s Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Untitled, Etching on Paper, Figurative by Artist Somnath Hore "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Somnath Hore - Untitled AP - 11/34, Etching on Paper 11 x 10.5 inches, 1985 (Unfamed & Delivered) Figurative work by Master Sculptor and Painter Somenath Hore. A gorgeous subtle ren...
Category

1970s Modern Art

Materials

Paper, Lithograph, Etching

Original Painting by Norwegian-American Artist Michael Hoiland
Located in New York, NY
Michael Hoiland (Norwegian-American, 1901-1994) Untitled (Church, Possibly Chicago), 20th century Oil on board 13 1/2 x 17 1/2 in. Framed: 18 3/4 x 21 3/4 in. Signed lower left: Mich...
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20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Oil, Board

Life in the Sea : Mermaid Maternity - Original wooodcut, Handsigned & Numbered
Located in Paris, IDF
Henri AMEDEE-WETTER (1869-1929) Life in the Sea : Mermaid Maternity, 1922 Original woodcut Handsigned in pencil Numbered /105 On vellum 32.5 x 25.5 cm (c. 13 x 10 in) Bears the blin...
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1920s Modern Art

Materials

Woodcut

Le Rire - Illustrated Magazine after Caran d'Ache - 1900
Located in Roma, IT
Le Rire is a Comic Magazine published in 1900, reproducing drawings by Caran d'Ache (1848–1934).
Category

1890s Modern Art

Materials

Paper

Le Rire - Illustrated Magazine after Pierre-Georges Jeanniot - 1906
Located in Roma, IT
Le Rire is a Comic Magazine published in june 1906, reproducing  in lithographs the drawings by Pierre-Georges Jeanniot (1848–1934).
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1890s Modern Art

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Paper

"Marigold flowers" by Helene Zolo - Oil on canvas 38x46 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on canvas sold with frame Total size with frame 51x59 cm Hélène ZOLO-LEVY is a swiss artist born in 1904
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Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Oil

Le peintre au cirque
Located in Wien, 9
- Plate 55 from the Suite 156 - with stamp signature - dated in the plate 2.3.70 - edition 26/50 - cat. raisonné Bloch 1910
Category

1970s Modern Art

Materials

Drypoint, Etching

The Stonecutter's Evening, Early 20th Century American Scene Oil, Man w/ Violin
Located in Beachwood, OH
Frank Nelson Wilcox (American, 1887-1964) The Stonecutter's Evening, c. 1915 Oil on canvas Signed lower right 36 x 27.5 inches 42.25 x 34 inches, framed Frank Nelson Wilcox (October 3, 1887 – April 17, 1964) was a modernist American artist and a master of watercolor. Wilcox is described as the "Dean of Cleveland School painters," though some sources give this appellation to Henry Keller or Frederick Gottwald. Wilcox was born on October 3, 1887 to Frank Nelson Wilcox, Sr. and Jessie Fremont Snow Wilcox at 61 Linwood Street in Cleveland, Ohio. His father, a prominent lawyer, died at home in 1904 shortly before Wilcox' 17th birthday. His brother, lawyer and publisher Owen N. Wilcox, was president of the Gates Legal Publishing Company or The Gates Press. His sister Ruth Wilcox was a respected librarian. In 1906 Wilcox enrolled from the Cleveland School of Art under the tutelage of Henry Keller, Louis Rorimer...
Category

1910s Modern Art

Materials

Oil

Still Life - Oil on Canvas - Late 19th century
Located in Roma, IT
Still Life is an artwork realized by an unknonwn artist in the late 19th Century. Oil on Board. 21 x 15 cm. Good conditions
Category

Late 19th Century Modern Art

Materials

Oil, Board, Canvas

Vintage Midcentury Demitasse Coffee Set Hans Achtziger for Hutschenreuther Selb
Located in East Quogue, NY
Pristine decorative white porcelain 'Apart' coffee demitasse set from Hutschenreuther Selb, with 6 cups, 6 saucers, coffee pot, creamer/milk jug, sugar bowl (15 piece set). Germain porcelain maker Hutschenreuther (est.1814) commissioned sculptor Hans Achtziger...
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1950s Modern Art

Materials

Porcelain

Yosemite Falls
Located in Pacific Grove, CA
This incredibly rare photograph, attributed to Ansel Adams due to the Best's Studio stamp on the print verso, was likely printed in the 1930s. This print was originally included in a...
Category

1930s Modern Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

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

Materials

Etching

1969 Marc Chagall 'Derriere Le Miroir Cover'
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Paper Size: 15 x 11 inches ( 38.1 x 27.94 cm ) Image Size: 15 x 11 inches ( 38.1 x 27.94 cm ) Framed: No Condition: B: Very Good Condition, with signs of handling or age Ship...
Category

1960s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Matisse, Fusain, Dessins de Henri-Matisse (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin Lafuma paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the volume, Dessins de Henri-Matisse, 1925. Published by Édi...
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1920s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

The Who Pete Townshend 1981
Located in London, GB
© Michael Putland The Who Pete Townshend Pete Townshend of The Who leaping on stage during 1981 UK Tour Pete Townshend is the innovative guitarist an...
Category

1980s Modern Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

British Sir Peter Blake lithograph, Contemporary Art Society 1910-1985
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Sir Peter Blake CBE RDI RA (British, b.1932) Contemporary Art Society 1910-1985 Offset lithograph Signed and numbered `108/150 Peter Blake’ (lower edge) 30.3/4 x 20.3/4 in. (78 x 52....
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20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

After Pablo Picasso - The Dwarf Dancer - Handsigned and Dedicated Lithograph
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
After Pablo Picasso 1881 - 1973 The Dwarf Dancer (Barcelona Series) - 1966 Framed Offset Color lithograph signed, dated and dedicated at the bottom "For L...
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1960s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Heaven Can Wait, Modern Acrylic Painting on Canvas by Julia Marc
Located in Long Island City, NY
Julia Marc, American - Heaven Can Wait, Year: circa 1980, Medium: Acrylic on Canvas, signed lower right, Size: 60 x 48 in. (152.4 x 121.92 cm)
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1980s Modern Art

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Acrylic

Oil on Canvas Still Life Painting of Flowers and Lavender Framed and Signed
Located in Plainview, NY
A gorgeous oil on canvas painting in a pastel tone depicting a vase with white flowers and lavenders in a vase. The painting is beautifully framed in a custom gilt carved wood frame ...
Category

1990s Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Vintage Expressionist Portrait of a Man with a Bowtie Oil on Wood
Located in Soquel, CA
Expressive portrait, a caricature of a man with bowtie by Michael Pauker (American, b. 1957). Unsigned, but was acquired with a collection of the artist's work. Another version of th...
Category

Late 20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Oil, Fiberboard

"Boofy (Large Version) Mid Century Wood Wall Sculpture- by Artist Scott Troxel
Located in Marmora, NJ
"Boofy (Large Version)" is a minimalist and modernist wood wall sculpture reminiscent of both mid century modern forms and bold graphic design. Boofy is part of my popular "Small Po...
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2010s Modern Art

Materials

Wood, Paint

Rapunzel, Rapunzel, let down your hair David Hockney Brothers Grimm Fairy Tales
Located in New York, NY
From David Hockney’s celebrated Six Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm portfolio, an image from the story of Rapunzel, which he chose for its popularity. When illustrating the princ...
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1960s Modern Art

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

L'aquarium sur la caisse, Une Aventure méthodique, Georges Braque
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin d'Arches paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Une Aventure méthodique, 1950; published by Fernand Mourlot, Paris, a...
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1950s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

20th Century French Modernist Signed Oil Rolling Waves at Sea Turquoise & Purple
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Sea by Louis Eugene Glasser (French b. 1897) signed oil on board, framed framed: 22.5 x 29.5 inches board: 17.5 x 24.5 inches provenance: priv...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Oil

Country House Portrait Faringdon House Oxfordshire Grade 1 Listed Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Faringdon House, Oxfordshire English School, mid 20th century inscribed to label verso oil on board, framed framed: 19 x 23 inches provenance: private collection, England condition:...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Oil

British Modernist Oil Painting Golden Fields Beneath A Starry Blue Sky
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Jill Jackson (British, contemporary) Title: Golden Fields Medium: oil on artist paper, unframed Painting : 16 x 20 inches Provenance: all the paintings we have b...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Art

Materials

Oil

Fifth Avenue Bridge.
Located in Storrs, CT
Fifth Avenue Bridge. 1928. Drypoint. McCarron 72. 9 7/8 x 12 (sheet 12 3/4 x 15). Edition of 108 recorded impressions. A rich impression printed on cream laid paper, with full margin...
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1920s Modern Art

Materials

Drypoint, Etching

Slim Aarons 'Speedboat Landing' 1973 Official Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Speedboat Landing' August 1973:A Magnum motorboat belonging to Count Filippo Theodoli arrives at the private jetty of the Il Pellicano Hotel in Porto Ercole, Italy. 24 x 20" inc...
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1970s Modern Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

An Vibrant, Expressive Mid-Century Floral Still Life Painting by Rudolph Pen
Located in Chicago, IL
A Vibrant, Expressive Mid-Century Floral Still Life Painting by Rudolph Pen. Artwork size: 15” x 10"; Framed size: 19 1/2” x 14 1/2”. Signed Pen, lower right. Provenance: Esta...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Oil, Board

Snow in Forest, Mid-Century Winter Landscape, Cleveland School Artist
Located in Beachwood, OH
Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000) Snow in the Forest, 1945 Watercolor on paper Signed and dated lower right 19 x 23.75 inches 24 x 29 inches, framed Clarence Holbrook C...
Category

1940s Modern Art

Materials

Watercolor

The Deer, 1942 (Histoire Naturelle - Textes de Buffon, B.336)
Located in Greenwich, CT
The Deer is an aquatint and drypoint print on chine from one of the deluxe copies of Picasso's 1942 Histoire Naturelle - Textes de Buffon series. The image size is 10.5 x 8.15 inches, unsigned as issued, and framed in a contemporary silver and gray moulding. One of about 36 prints that exist with Picasso's remarqued title in French, from the edition of 262 (there were 226 portfolios, some with additional sets on varying papers). Catalogue - Cramer #37 The exceptional etchings from Picasso’s Histoire Naturelle – Textes de Buffon are a masterful combination of sugar-lift aquatint and drypoint, showcasing a full range of gray tonalities. The etchings of animals, birds and insects are considered some of the most beautiful and most unusual examples of Picasso’s graphic work. Roger Lacourière, Picasso’s master printer, pulled the prints for each etching between 1939-1942. It was Lacourière who taught Picasso the sugar-lift aquatint technique which allowed him to mimic the effect of brushstrokes in these etched images. Picasso first explored the technique in his plates for the Vollard Suite, but it was in the creation of the Buffon images that he fully realized its stunning, painterly potential. For the edition, 226 portfolios were produced with the first thirty-six counting as deluxe compilations. These rare deluxe sets were on diverse papers (chine, japon or vergé ancien) and each included a complete additional suite showing Picasso’s title remarques along the bottom. As such, the remarqued versions of the prints are quite rare with just thirty-six of each produced for the edition (with the exception of The Wolf which is never remarqued – the image always fills the entire etching plate). These prints are based on the writings of French naturalist Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, who extensively documented the natural world in his monumental work Histoire Naturelle. Picasso’s association with the project to illustrate parts of the Buffon came during a tumultuous time in European history – the prelude to, and early years of, World War II. As the continent was ravaged, Picasso lived through the disaster in Paris, which the Germans occupied in 1940. These prints could be seen as a political statement – Picasso channeling his artistic expression into a form of resistance art...
Category

20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Drypoint, Aquatint

Composition (Cramer 105), Femmes, Joan Miró
Located in Southampton, NY
Héliogravure on vélin d’Arches paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Joan Miró, Femmes, 1965. Published by Maeght Éditeur, Paris; printed ...
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1960s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Greece : Thinker with a Watch (FIAC 1978) - Original lithograph, 1978
Located in Paris, IDF
Alekos FASSIANOS Thinker with a Watch (FIAC 1978), 1978 Original lithograph Printed signature in the plate On heavy paper 92 x 60 cm (c. 37 x 24 ...
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1970s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Matisse, Crayon, Dessins de Henri-Matisse (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin Lafuma paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the volume, Dessins de Henri-Matisse, 1925. Published by Édi...
Category

1920s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

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