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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'Nuns at Notre-Dame', Paris, Munich, Woman Modernist, AIC, Smithsonian, Carmel
By Patricia Stanley Cunningham
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, and lower right, 'Patricia Cunningham' for Patricia Stanley Cunningham (American, 1907-1984) and painted circa 1965. A vibrant, Post-Impressionistic oil showing a...
Masonite, Oil
General Dynamics, Convair 880, World's Fastest Jetliner – Original Poster
By Erik Nitsche
Located in Zurich, CH
A poster belonging to Erik Nitsche's third series for General Dynamics, promoting its Convair Company. Founded 1952, General Dynamics hired Nitsche a...
Paper
Le Cheval et l'Âne (The Horse and the Donkey)
By Marc Chagall
Located in OPOLE, PL
Marc Chagall (1887-1985) - Le Cheval et l'Âne (The Horse and the Donkey) Etching from 1952. Edition 81 of 85. Enhanced with watercolour by the artist. Dimensions of work: 39 x 30...
Etching
$6,776
Idlyll of the Quiet Land, original painting, landscape, abstract, oil paint
Located in Deddington, GB
Silent stillness and transient atmospherics draw me to paint the water and its reflections. There is a mystical infinite quality to the light, in particular the exquisite, vaporous a...
Linen, Oil
The Dance of the Fishes - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1930s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Watercolor on paper realized by Maccari in 1930s. Hand signed lower right. Very good condition.
Charcoal, Watercolor
Slim Aarons, Il Canille, Capri (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Il Canille, Capri, 1980 (printed later) C print Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150 with Certificate of authenticity Sunbathers lounge on the white-painted terr...
C Print
Lovers : The Kiss - Lithograph signed in the plate (Leda 1960)
By Amedeo Modigliani
Located in Paris, IDF
Amedeo MODIGLIANI (1884-1920) (after) Lovers : The Kiss Lithograph and stencil after a drawing from the artist Signed in the plate On Arches vellum 48 x 36 cm (c. 19 x 14,2 in) Limi...
Lithograph
$1,044
Nude Charcoal and Watercolor Drawing, Modern Style, Mid-20th Century
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Nude is an original Charcoal and Watercolour Drawing realized by Mino Maccari in mid-20th century. Good condition on a yellowed paper. Hand-signed by the artist with pencil. Mino ...
Charcoal, Watercolor
Marilyn Monroe, unique print of 1988 from original negative
Located in Cologne, DE
Ed Feingersh photographed Marilyn Monroe for Redbook magazine in March 1955 for a story which would follow Monroe through her daily routine, the photography to be candid and shot without flash in available light. The photographs he made of her during the week March 24–30, 1955 as she prepares for two appearances; opening night of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof at the Morosco Theatre and being fitted with a burlesque corset for her ride on a pink elephant at a charity event at Madison Square Garden. (from Wikipedia) This is a unique silver gelatine print, made in 1988 from the original negative.
Silver Gelatin
Keep Your Cool 1978 Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Keep Your Cool, 1978 Carmen Alvarez enjoying a game of backgammon with Frank ‘Brandy’ Brandstetter in a swimming pool at Acapulco. 16x20” / 41 x 51 cm - paper size Estate Stamp...
Archival Pigment
$9,800
Antique French Riviera Modernist Mediterranean Seascape Signed Boat Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage signed modernist seascape painting by Gabriel Godard (Born 1933). Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed. Housed in a wide giltwood frame. Thick impasto and wonderful colors. I...
Canvas, Oil
The Other Side, Modern Screenprint in the style of Felix Vallotton
Located in Long Island City, NY
Unknown Artist, in the style of Felix Vallotton - The Other Side, Year: 1974, Medium: Screenprint, signed, titled and numbered in pencil, Edition: 16/80, Image Size: 15 x 21 inch...
Screen
$789Sale Price|20% Off
Village Street Oil on Canvas Painting, Spanish Urbanscape, 41x33 cm
By Rafael Fernández de Soto
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Rafael de Soto - Village street - Oil on canvas Oil measurements 41x33 cm. Without frame.
Canvas, Oil
Geometric, Abstract 3D Original Glass Wall Sculpture, modern design
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Karo Martirosyan, Work: Original Artwork, Medium: Glass and Metal Wall Sculpture, Year: 2024 Style: Contemporary Art, Title: Geometric, Size: 18" x 18" x 2'' inch, (4...
Metal
$1,043
Nude Female In Purple Head Scarf In Pink Interior French Modernist Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Nude Woman Portrait by Jacqueline Boisselot, French late 20th century 25.5 x 20 inches inscribed verso oil on artist paper, unframed condition: very good and ready to enjoy provenan...
Oil
$2,999Sale Price|21% Off
Poems of W.B. Yeats (with 6 Etchings by Richard Diebenkorn, ~21% OFF)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Richard Diebenkorn Poems of W.B. Yeats (with 6 Etchings by Richard Diebenkorn) Year: 1990 Size: 10.5 x 8.25 (26.67 x 20.95 cm) (each) Edition: 314 of 400 Signed in pencil “R Diebenko...
Etching
"Interviewing Grace" by Bob Harrow
Located in London, GB
"Interviewing Grace" by Bob Harrow May 1956: American actress Grace Kelly (1929 - 1982) being interviewed by journalists aboard the 'Constitution' before her wedding to Prince Rainier...
Black and White
Il Teatro - Modern Etching, Signed, Edition 3/6, 1960s, Unframed
Located in Roma, IT
Etching and drypoint realized by Domenico Gnoli in 1960s. Signed in the plate. Hand signed and titled in pencil. Edition of 3/6. Very good condition except for some staing in the...
Etching
$2,396Sale Price|20% Off
Paul Klee, Hammamet with the Mosque, from 12 Watercolors, 1964 (after)
By Paul Klee
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph and pochoir after Paul Klee (1879–1940), titled Hammamet mit der Moschee (Hammamet with the Mosque), from the folio Paul Klee, 12 aquarelles (Paul Klee, Twe...
Lithograph, Stencil
$2,547Sale Price|20% Off
Huge Spanish Modernist Oil Painting Fisherfolk Drying Nets on the Shore signed
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Drying Nets Spanish School, late 20th century signed lower corner and inscribed verso oil on canvas, framed framed: 29.75 x 41 inches canvas: 28.5 x 29.5 inches provenance: private c...
Oil, Canvas
Nude Walking, Early 20th Century Bronze Sculpture, Cleveland School Artist
By Max Kalish
Located in Beachwood, OH
Max Kalish (American, 1891-1945) Nude Walking, 1930 Bronze Signed and dated on base 17 x 9 x 4 inches Born in Poland March 1, 1891, figurative sculptor Max Kalish came to the United States in 1894, his family settling in Ohio. A talented youth, Kalish enrolled at the Cleveland Institute of Art as a fifteen-year-old, receiving a first-place award for modeling the figure during studies with Herman Matzen. Kalish went to New York City following graduation, studying with Isidore Konti and Herbert Adams...
Bronze
$3,600
Frida Kahlo in the Blue House (Diptych) Coyoacán, Mexico. 1943. Color Portraits
By Leo Matiz
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Matiz managed to create intimate portraits, in which Frida seemed happy to surrender to her lens. The result was dynamic portraits of Khalo, a wonderful example of both the photograp...
Color
$2,200Sale Price|38% Off
Harlem, New York City
By John Albok
Located in Denton, TX
Unique Vintage gelatin silver print 10 x 8 in. Titled and artist stamp on verso. Born in Munkacs, Hungary, John Albok learned photography as a boy. He came to the U.S. in 1921 findi...
Silver Gelatin
Flying Colors : Plane under Red Sun - Original lithograph
Located in Paris, IDF
Alexander CALDER Flying Colors : Plane under Red Sun, 1976 Original lithograph Printed signature in the plate On light vellum 58 x 83 cm (c. 23 x 33 in) INFORMATION : Calder create...
Lithograph
Journal des Demoiselles - Lithograph - 1900
Located in Roma, IT
Colour lithograph on paper, from the celebrated French fashion periodical Journal des Demoiselles, depicting three elegantly dressed ladies in the height of Belle Époque style. The c...
Lithograph
Frida, Xochimilco, 1941
By Leo Matiz
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Matiz managed to create intimate portraits, in which Frida seemed happy to surrender to her lens. The result was dynamic portraits of Khalo, a wonderful example of both the photograp...
Black and White
Early Riders 1970 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Early Riders 1970 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Former mayor Frank Bogert leads an early-morning ride through Andreas Canyon in Palm Springs, southern California, January 1970. 30 x...
Archival Pigment
$1,500
Hamptons Tennis Club 1955 Limited Signature Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
Hamptons Tennis Club by Toni Frissell Girlfriends watch the tennis at a tennis club in The Hamptons in 1955. Oversize Limited Signature Stamped Edition 20x16" inches / 51 x 41 cm ...
Archival Pigment
Jean Shrimpton and Terence Stamp Hand Signed Framed Print
Located in London, GB
Jean Shrimpton and Terence Stamp photo by Terry O’Neill 1963 A close cropped portrait of British actor Terence Stamp and model Jean ‘The Shrimp’ Shrimpt...
Silver Gelatin
Quiet Afternoon 1980 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Quiet Afternoon 1980 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Brigitte Lapp Fonda reclines amidst the foliage in Marbella, circa 1980. 16 x 16" inches / 41 x 41 cm paper size Estate Stamped ...
Archival Pigment
$1,996Sale Price|20% Off
Andre Beaudin, Female Nude in Yellow and Blue, from Views of Paris, 1963
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by Andre Beaudin (1895–1979), titled Nu de femme en jaune et bleu (Female Nude in Yellow and Blue), from Regards Sur Paris (Views of Paris), originates from...
Lithograph
Portrait of J. L. David (Portrait)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Portrait of J. L. David (Portrait), c. 1930, oil on canvas adhered to board, apparently unsigned, 26 x 20 inches, exhibited: 1) Fourth Annual State-Wide Exhibition, Santa Cruz Art Le...
Canvas, Oil, Board
$1,036Sale Price|20% Off
Vintage American Mid Century Modern Abstract Expressionist Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed illegibly.
Canvas, Oil
'Abstract Landscape', California WPA, Corcoran, Whitney, AIC, GGIE, SFAA, LACMA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed upper right, 'Graham' for Ellwood Graham (American, 1911-2007) and painted circa 1985; additionally signed, verso, and titled, 'View Study'. This early California Modernist ...
Masonite, Oil
Figure walking To Village Church British Modernist Pastel and Pencil Sketch
By Irina Hale
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Pastel Landscape by Irina Hale (British 1932-2022) pastel and pencil sketch on brown artist tracing paper , unframed painting: 3.75 x 4.5 inches provenance: private collection, Cotsw...
Pastel, Pencil
$1,800Sale Price|28% Off
A Colorful, Vintage 1950s Mid-Century Modern Martha's Vineyard Harbor Scene
Located in Chicago, IL
A vibrant, colorful harbor scene of Martha's Vineyard by notable Chicago Modern artist, Francis Chapin (Am. 1899-1965). Depicting a blustery dockside view with fishing and sailboats...
Canvas, Oil
$2,396Sale Price|20% Off
Composition, World Federation of United Nations Associations, Alexander Calder
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph and original issue World Federation of United Nations Associations postage stamp on vélin paper. Inscription: Signed in the plate, as issued. Good condition. Notes: Publis...
Lithograph
$1,196Sale Price|20% Off
Antique Signed Swiss Modern Mountain Landscape Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage Swiss impressionist painting. Oil on board, circa 1940. Framed. Signed. Image size, 10L x 16H.
Canvas, Oil
$1,570
George Vander Sluis Barn Landscape Oil Stick Mid-Century Modern Painting
Located in Denver, CO
A striking and highly collectible mid-century modern work on paper by George Vander Sluis, this original oil stick landscape captures the rustic ar...
Paper, Oil Pastel
Lampe Pigeon
Located in PARIS, FR
EDITION Monogramed and numbered: FxL; 400/900 Editor’s mark on the tail: Artcurial CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY A certificate of authenticity issued by Artcurial, dated October 4, 19...
Bronze, Copper
'Night Food Stall' 1972 Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print
Located in London, GB
'Night Food Stall' by Alain Le Grasmeur Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print A tired man leaning on an all-night food stall selling hot pies, pastries a...
Archival Pigment
$320Sale Price|20% Off
Acrobatics Lithograph by Chagall, Modern Style, Unsigned, 1963
By Marc Chagall
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This first edition lithograph titled Acrobatics comes from Chagall's Lithographs Volume II and is catalogued as Mourlot 401. Printed in 1963 by the prestigious Mourlot Frères atelier...
Lithograph
Smilling Moon - Lithograph poster - Maeght, 1974
Located in Paris, IDF
Alexander CALDER (after) Smilling Moon, 1974 Lithograph poster Printed signature in the plate (Arte / Maeght workshop) On paper 77.5 x 56.2 cm (c. 30.3 x 22 in) INFORMATION : Made...
Lithograph
"The Party (Study)". Figurative, Human figure, Realism, oil on panel
Located in MADRID, ES
Hand signed by artist "The Party (Study)". Figurative, Human figure, Realism, oil on panel
Oil, Panel, Wood Panel
Headland & Rocks, White Island, Maine, early 20th century watercolor
By Frank Wilcox
Located in Beachwood, OH
Frank Nelson Wilcox (American, 1887-1964) Headland & Rocks, White Island, Maine, c. 1923 Watercolor on paper Signed lower left 15 x 19.5 inches 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...
Watercolor
$780Sale Price|20% Off
Signed Sunset In Columbia Modernist Street Scene Framed WPA Rare Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique oil on board. Signed. Framed. Measuring 26 by 32 inches overall and 24 by 30 painting alone. In excellent original condition. Excellent condition, ready to hang and enjoy.
Canvas, Oil
French Landscape - Original Etching by E. Corneau - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
French Landscape is an original artwork realized by Eugène Corneau during the 1930s. Etching and drypoint on paper. Very good conditions except for some small folds on the left mar...
Drypoint, Etching
A Large, Fabulous Mid-Century Modern Painting of a Chicago Night Club, Burlesque
By Rudolph Pen
Located in Chicago, IL
A Fabulous, Large and Dynamic Mid-Century Modern Painting of a Chicago Night Club by Notable Chicago Artist, Rudolph T. Pen (Am. 1918 - 1989). Painted circa 1948, this is a large, a...
Canvas, Oil
Still Life with Robert Laurent Sculpture
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Born in New York City, modernist painter Adelaide Lawson Gaylor studied at the Art Students League and with Kenneth Hayes Miller. She was a member of the Society of Independent Artists, the Salons of America, and the New York Society of Women Artists. She was married to artist Wood Gaylor...
Oil, Board
'Hotel De Paris In Monaco' 1977 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Hotel De Paris In Monaco 1977 By Slim Aarons The entrance to the Hotel de Paris in Monte Carlo, Monaco, June 1977. (Photo by Slim Aarons) 30 x 40" inches / 76 x 101 cm paper size ...
Archival Pigment
Paris, At the Cafe Terrace - Original Lithograph, Handsigned
By René Gruau
Located in Paris, IDF
René GRUAU Paris, At the Cafe Terrace Original lithograph Hansigned in pencil Numbered /45 copies On Arches vellum 72 x 53 cm (c. 29 x 21 inch) Authentic...
Lithograph
Still Life with Flowers, American Modern Oil on Canvas, 20th Century
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Arthur B. Carles (1882-1952) Still Life with Flowers Oil on canvas, 21 1/8 x 16 inches (53.7 x 40.6 cm) Framed dimensions: 28 x 22 7/8 inches Signed lower right: CARLES Provenance M...
Canvas, Oil
Flower pot with red background - Original lithograph, Signed
Located in Paris, IDF
Pierre GARCIA-FONS Flower pot with red background Original lithograph Signed in pencil Justified EA (artist proof) On vellum 76 x 56.5 cm (c. 29.9 x 22 inch) Very good condition, l...
Lithograph
$2,500
Portrait of D'Un Jeune Peintre Americain, Modern Oil on Board by Marie Paneth
Located in Long Island City, NY
Marie Paneth, Austrian (1895 - 1986) - Portrait of D'Un Jeune Peintre Americain, Medium: Oil on Board, initialed 'MP' lower left, Size: 20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.64 cm)
Oil
Marilyn Monroe, unique print of 1988 from original negative
Located in Cologne, DE
Ed Feingersh photographed Marilyn Monroe for Redbook magazine in March 1955 for a story which would follow Monroe through her daily routine, the photography to be candid and shot wit...
Silver Gelatin
$2,396Sale Price|20% Off
Fernand Leger, Maquette for The Creation of the World, Contrastes, 1959 (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph and pochoir after Fernand Leger (1881–1955), titled Maquette pour la Creation du Monde (Maquette for The Creation of the World), from the folio Contrastes, ...
Lithograph, Stencil
$4,600
A Large, Spectacular 1960s Mid-Century Modern Abstract Still Life Painting
By Rudolph Pen
Located in Chicago, IL
A Spectacular, Large 1960s Mid-Century Modern Abstract Studio Still Life Painting by Notable Chicago Artist, Rudolph Pen. A painting of dy...
Acrylic, Wood Panel
$840Sale Price|20% Off
1950's Nestled Houses In Autumnal Riverside Landscape French Oil Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Riverside Landscape by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century) original oil on artist paper size: 18.5 x 15 inches condition: very good and ready to be enjoyed Description: This pai...
Oil
Grande Tête De Femme Au Chapeau Orné (Woman’s Big Head with Decked Hat)
Located in Palo Alto, CA
Created in 1964, this red earthenware clay big rectangular plaque printed with engobe pad is #15 from the edition of 50. This work is stamped with the 'MADOURA PLEIN FEU’ and ‘EMPREINTE ORIGINALE DE PICASSO’ stamps on the reverse. Pablo Picasso Grande Tête De Femme Au Chapeau Orné (Woman’s Big Head with Decked Hat), 1964 A.R. 518 is a remarkable and beautiful work. It represents Picasso’s most important relationships at the time, namely his artistic partnership with the Ramiés and his romance with Jacqueline Roque. It is also notably one of two ceramic works Picasso has ever made of this scale. Picasso takes immense care in depicting this portrait of his greatest muse Jacqueline; its wonderful texture and delicate variations in line weight are testaments to the artist’s innate creative skill. Composed of a simple linear carved design in an earth tone clay plaque...
Ceramic
Abstract Composition - Drawing by Mario Guglielmotti - 1973
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract composition is a contemporarary artwork realized by Mario Guglielmotti in 1973 Charcoal and Oil Pastel.
Oil Pastel, Charcoal