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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$845Sale Price|30% Off
Skater In Motion I
Located in London, GB
Skater in Motion I, 1938 Original linocut on paper Artist's initial's inscribed in block From the portfolio, Verve, by Teriade 35.5 x 26 cm - sheet 40.6 x 31.2 cm - framed Unknown ed...
Linocut
Gaspe: St. Lawrence Village
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Signed by the artist in pencil, lower right Provenance: Estate of the Artist With the artist's original presentation (Frame and matting) Two similar titles were exhibited in The ...
Watercolor
Two Gin and Tonics
Located in Atlanta, GA
Scott French has over 30 years of painting experience. His work focuses on figures, landscapes, and recently, cocktails. Known for his painterly and expressive style, French uses ric...
Oil, Panel
Alice in Acapulco - Alice Topping Poses by Pink Flowers and Palm Trees
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Alice in Acapulco - Alice Topping Poses by Pink Flowers and Palm Trees by Slim Aarons 16 x 20" print. Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print. Edition of 150. Printed Later. "Alice i...
C Print, Photographic Paper, Color, Digital
Chaim Gross Mid Century Mod Bronze Sculpture Mother and Baby Playing WPA Artist
By Chaim Gross
Located in Surfside, FL
Chaim Gross (American, 1904-1991) Cast bronze sculpture Caring (or Mother and Child) signed Mounted on wooden plinth Featuring a mother raising her child up in superb high relied i...
Bronze
$9,938
Pablo Picasso "Le Faune 1958" Hand Signed Etching And Aquatint on Japan
Located in Eltville am Rhein, DE
Pablo Picasso Malaga 1881 - Mougins 1973 Le Faune, 1958 Etching and aquatint on Japon nacré paper Hand-signed in pencil lower right Inscribed "H.C." (Hors de Commerce) lower left One...
Etching
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.
Woodcut
New York City Skyscrapers, July 1931, Silver Gelatin B and W Photography Framed
By Press Agency Keystone View Company
Located in Atlanta, GA
An original silver gelatin black and white photograph by Press Agency Keystone View Company. New York City skyscrapers, July 7th, 1931. Features: Original Silver Gelatin Print Photog...
Silver Gelatin
The Whore of Babylon
By Adolf Dehn
Located in Middletown, NY
A scarce impression by Dehn, the spirit of sedultive culture personified. Lithograph on white wove paper with deckle edges, 13 1/2 x 17 1/8 inches (343 x 435 mm), full margins. Sign...
Handmade Paper, Lithograph
Slim Aarons, Catching The Sun In Cortina, 1976
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Giuliana Gerolinetto, Maria Cristina Giaconelli, Marina Aletti and Cristina Gerolinetto bask in the sun of an open terrace at El Toula, overlooking Cortina d'Ampezzo and the Dolomite...
C Print
Well Heeled London by Arthur Steel - Giant Oversize Signed Limited Edition Print
By Arthur Steel
Located in London, GB
Well Heeled by Arthur Steel WELL HEELED WESTMINSTER BRIDGE LONDON, 1973 “I’d just acquired a 19mm lens for my Leica flex SL9 and was keen to explore it’s ability to focus very ...
Silver Gelatin
$1,200Sale Price|25% Off
'Woman playing a Lute', New Figurative Movement, Italian Modernism, Large Oil
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'V.M. Di Carlo' for Vittorio Maria Di Carlo (Italian, 1939-2015) and painted circa 1980. Accompanied by artist label with title, 'Musicante' and gallery exhibitio...
Canvas, Oil
$604Sale Price|20% Off
Abstract Still Life with Teapot Rope and Green Orbs French Modernist Gouache
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Abstract Still Life with Teapot Rope and Green Orbs French Modernist Gouache Guy Nicod (French 1923 - 2021) Gouache on artist paper, unframed Size: 19.25 x 22.5 inches (heigh...
Gouache
"Couple At Party" by Thurston Hopkins
Located in London, GB
"Couple At Party" by Thurston Hopkins A debutante at a 'Coming-Out Ball' for British actress Anna Massey in Highgate, north London. Picture Post - 7881 - A Deb Among the Stags - pub...
Black and White
Moonlight
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Moonlight" 1994, is an original color serigraph on wove paper by noted Chinese artist Ting Shao Kuang, b.1939. It is unsigned as issue....
Screen
$325
Original Talco Paglieri - al Boro Timo, Italian vintage mid-century modern poste
Located in Spokane, WA
Original Talco Paglieriri Italian poster, Linen backed by Gino Boccasile. Size: 13.25" x 19". Year: c. 1949-1950. Very good condition. Grade A., ready to frame. The bab...
Offset
Antique French Modernist Signed Sunflower Still Life Framed Rare Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage French modernist still life oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed. Measuring: 35 by 20 inches overall. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed in a modern...
Canvas, Oil
1957 Mid-Century Modern Still Life by Bernard Arnest, Oil on Canvas
Located in Denver, CO
his original 1957 still life painting by American artist Bernard Arnest presents a refined Mid-Century Modern interpretation of a classic subject. Executed in oil on canvas, the comp...
Oil
English 20th century landscape with a pussy cat, buttercups, daisy's and flowers
Located in Woodbury, CT
Alison Bolton studied fine art at Salisbury School of Art and Hornsey College of Art with Maurice de Sausmarez. After leaving college, Alison resumed painting once her children were ...
Oil, Board
$244Sale Price|50% Off
Litografia Original IX (Abstract, Modern, Surrealism, Colorful, Iconic, 50% OFF)
By Joan Miró
Located in Kansas City, MO
Joan Miró Litografia Original IX (Abstract, Modern, Surrealism, Colorful, Iconic) Color Lithograph Year: 1975 Size: 13.25 x 20 inches (33.65 x 50.8 cm) Catalogue Raisonné: Queneau, M...
Lithograph
Vintage American Modernist Framed Landscape Signed Fall River Scene Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist landscape oil painting. Oil on board. Provenance from a Sag Harbor, NY collection. Handsomely framed in a whitewood molding. Excellent condition, ready to...
Oil, Board
$985
1946 Mid Century Modern Mini Abstract Landscape Oil Painting - Grove in Repose
Located in Bristol, GB
GROVE IN REPOSE Size: 21 x 33 cm (including frame) Oil on canvas A compelling abstract landscape with figures composition, painted in oil in 1946 by the established Swedish artist ...
Canvas, Oil
Sitting Nude, Drawing in Ink
By Wayne Ensrud
Located in Surfside, FL
The artist renders the image of a sitting woman using delicate contour lines similar to Matisse. The artist avoids use of color, light and shadow emphasizing the contour of the figure.
Paper, Ink
Bettina Graziani Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Bettina Graziani French fashion model Bettina Graziani wading in the shallow waters of Costa Smeralda, pulling a small yacht behind her, in Sardinia, Italy, 1964. 20 x 20" - pape...
Archival Pigment, Color
$1,688Sale Price|23% Off
By the Mountains (Oil Painting, Impasto, Impressionism, Colorful, Iconic)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Genevieve Hamel By the Mountains Oil on Wood Panel Year: 2024 Size: 36 x 18 x 1.625 inches Signed by hand COA provided *wired and ready to hang Genevieve Hamel’s passions for desi...
Oil, Wood Panel
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
Bits of Magenta (Abstract, Expressive, Fun, Colorful, Warm, Soft)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Katherine Bello Bits of Magenta Mixed Media on Board 20235 Size: 12 x 12 inches (30.48 x 30.48cm) Framed: 13 x 13 x 1.25 inches (33.02 x 33.02 x 3.175cm) Signed and titled by hand CO...
Oil, Board, Wood
"Italian Party" by Bert Hardy
By Bert Hardy
Located in London, GB
"Italian Party" by Bert Hardy September 1949: A party given by the mayor of Positano for Mercy Haystead (right), an 18-year old London student, on holiday ...
Black and White
Red Pumpkin (Dot Obsession Red) - Original sculpture with original case
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in Paris, IDF
Yayoi Kusama Pumpkin red (Dots Obsession Red) A pumpkin sculpture made of resin Signed under the base of the sculpture Diameter: 8 cm Height: 10.5 cm Presented in the original edito...
Resin
$263Sale Price|25% Off
Fish - Original Lithograph By Jean Lurçat - Mid-20th Century
By Jean Lurçat
Located in Roma, IT
Fish is an original artwork realized by the french artist Jean Lurçat (1892 Bruyeres - 1966 St.-Paul-de-Vence) Lithograph print, mid-20th century. Very good conditions. Not sign...
Lithograph
$1,036Sale Price|20% Off
Pablo Picasso, The Cape Game, from To the Bulls with Picasso, 1961
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by Pablo Picasso (1881–1973), titled Jeu de la cape (The Cape Game), from the album A Los Toros Avec Picasso (To the Bulls with Picasso), originates from th...
Lithograph
$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
Party at Romanoff’s Slim Aarons Limited Estate Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Party at Romanoff’s A party at Romanoff’s in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, 1959. Gorgeous print measuring a 60 x 40" inches / 152 x 101 cm paper siz...
Color, Archival Pigment
Staying At The Carlton (1958) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Staying At The Carlton (1958) Limited Estate Stamped (Photo By Slim Aarons) Guests at the entrance to the Carlton Hotel, Cannes, France, 1958. Additional Information: Unframe...
Color, Archival Pigment
$1,728Sale Price|20% Off
Huge 1980's French Modernist Signed Oil Painting Nude Model Man in Top Hat
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
'Nu Aux Voiles Bleus' by Henri Fuss (French, 1930-1985) signed, dated and titled oil on canvas framed: 43 x 59 inches canvas: 35 x 51 inches Provenance: private collection, France Co...
Oil, Canvas
$129Sale Price|20% Off
Church In Blue Sky Landscape British Modernist Pastel Sketch
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Pastel Landscape by Irina Hale (British 1932-2022) pastel on brown artist tracing paper , unframed painting: 3.75 x 4.5 inches provenance: private collection, Cotswolds condition: ve...
Pastel
Aventure d'une libertine I and II. From The Secret Album Series
By Uwe Ommer
Located in Miami Beach, FL
This series is born from a personal experience. The model's husband told Uwe Ommer an idea: he wanted to watch his wife with other men hiding behind the curtains. This is how the ser...
Color, Archival Pigment
Vintage American Modernist Nude Woman Interior Scene Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist nude portrait interior oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Provenance from a Sag Harbor, NY collection. Measuring: 27 by 32 inches overall. Handsomely fr...
Oil
$3,375
Twiggy – at David Steen’s Home, Surrey, 1967 Limited Estate Print
By David Steen
Located in London, GB
Twiggy – at David Steen’s Home, Surrey, Lesley Lawson (born 19 September 1949) is an English model, actress, and singer widely known by the nickname Twiggy. She was a British cultu...
C Print
Vintage Mid-Century Modern Floral Still Life Oil Painting - Floral & Figurine
Located in Bristol, GB
FLORAL & FIGURINE Size: 50 x 71 cm (including frame) Oil on Canvas An elegant and serene mid-century still life interior scene, executed in oil on board. The composition presents a...
Oil, Board
The Enchantress with the Baby Rapunzel by David Hockney Brothers Grimm 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. The Enchantress with the baby Rapunzel references a Heironymus...
Etching, Aquatint
Winter on Cruise
By Jim Dine
Located in New York, NY
A very good impression of this color woodcut and lithograph diptych. Signed and dated in pencil by Dine. From a limited edition of 12.
Color, Lithograph, Woodcut
$654Sale Price|30% Off
Erotic Scene - Héliogravure by Micheal Von Zichy - 1911
Located in Roma, IT
Erotic scene is an original Héliogravure artwork on ivory-colored paper, realized by Micheal Von Zichy in 1911. Printed in only 300 copies, Leipzig; Privatdruck, from the Catalogue ...
Paper, Engraving
Self Portrait at his Easel with a male study verso
Located in London, GB
Seif Wanly (Egyptian, 1906-1979) 20th Century Self Portrait at His Easel With a male study verso Oil on canvas From the Dr Mohammed S Farsi Collection Dimensions: (Canvas) 27.5 in...
Canvas, Oil
Original National Florida's Westcoast vintage airline poster, linen-backed
Located in Spokane, WA
National Florida's West Coast Original Vintage Poster, linen-backed and ready to frame. Grade A condition. No restoration, no damage, no tears. Generally, posters for National Airlin...
Offset
The Old Days - Historical Photo - The Early 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
The Old Days - Historical Photo is a black and white vintage photo, realized in Early 20th century. It belongs to historical album including historical moment, royal families, and ...
Photographic Paper
$716Sale Price|20% Off
Maria Helena Vieira da Silva, The City, from XXe Siecle, 1966
By Maria Helena Vieira da Silva
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by Maria Helena Vieira da Silva (1908–1992), titled La ville (The City), from the album XXe Siecle, Nouvelle serie, XXVIIIe Annee N°26, Mai 1966, originates...
Lithograph
Jesus Christ - Original Drawing by Gaston Touissant - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Jesus Christ is an Original Ink and Watercolour realized by Gaston Touissant (1872-1946). Good condition on a little paper, included a white cardboard passpartout (51x35 cm). No Signature, stamp of the Atelier Touissant, Vendome on the lower right corner. Gaston Toussaint...
Ink, Watercolor
Espiral. Male Nude. Black and White Limited Edition Photograph
By Ricky Cohete
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Vignette of a dancer creating shapes and folds in the sunlight. Rocket's favorite lighting source. The harsh lights and shadows in the warm Florida weather led Ricky Rocket to explo...
Archival Pigment
Pablo Picasso, "Les Trois Graces, II, " original etching, hand signed
Located in Chatsworth, CA
Pablo Picasso Les Trois Graces, II 1922/23 This is numbered 74/100 Published by Marcel Guiot, Paris. Original etching, hand signed in pencil by Pica...
Etching
"New York Skyline" Adelaide Lawson Gaylor, Modernist Landscape, Female Artist
Located in New York, NY
Adelaide Lawson Gaylor New York Skyline, circa 1925 Oil on canvas 48 x 45 inches Modernist artist Adelaide Jaffrey Lawson Gaylor was born in New York City and studied at the Art St...
Canvas, Oil
Penguin A "Hide and Seek: wildlife sculpture artwork contemporary Wall artwork
Located in London, Chelsea
We offer complimentary worldwide shipping and cover all tariffs and import taxes for this artwork. This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet C...
Porcelain, Canvas, Acrylic
Magma Wall Decoration by Courtney Kinnare, Pink Multicolored Mirror
Located in New York, NY
Magma by Courtney Kinnare 2024 Resin, Acrylic, Ink, & Pigment Powder on Mirrored Glass Dia 24" These functional art pieces build a color story through multiple layers of transluc...
Mirror, Resin, Ink, Acrylic
$1,600
A Dynamic 1960s Mid-Century Modern Boxing Scene of a Standing Prize Fighter
Located in Chicago, IL
A Dynamic, Expressive 1960s Mid-Century Boxing Scene of a Standing Prize Fighter by Notable Chicago Modern Artist, Rudolph T. Pen. This energetic sporting scene, painted in the 1960...
Canvas, Oil
$232Sale Price|42% Off
Jean Dubuffet Painted Sculptures at Pace Gallery-Lithograph-Vintage
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This is an original poster designed by Jean Dubuffet for his 1968 exhibition Painted Sculptures at Pace Gallery, held from April 13th to May 18th. Created by the artist specifically ...
Lithograph
$9,600Sale Price|20% Off
"La Danse Barbare (from Les Saltimbanques), " Pablo Picasso, Figurative Print
Located in New York, NY
Pablo Picasso (1881 - 1973) La Danse Barbare (from La Suite des Saltimbanques), 1905, printed 1913 Etching on Van Gelder Zonen wove paper Sheet 13 x 20 inches From the edition of 250...
Paper, Etching
Landscape - Charcoal Drawing by Achille Lega - 1928
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape is a modern artwork realized by Achille Lega in 1928. Black and white charcoal drawing. Published on the Art Review "Il Selvaggio". Hand signed and dated on the lower ma...
Charcoal
$324Sale Price|20% Off
Colorful Irish Contemporary Abstract Painting Sailing Boat at Sea
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Sailing by Paddy McCormack (Irish, contemporary) signed watercolour on artist paper 16 x 20 inches unframed provenance: private collector, UK The painting is in very good and present...
Watercolor
Milan Cathedral (1960) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Milan Cathedral (1960) Limited Estate Stamped (Photo By Slim Aarons) The duomo or cathedral in the Piazza del Duomo, Milan, 1960. Additional Information: Unframed Paper Size:...
Color, Archival Pigment
Landscape of Avusy, Geneva
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas Wooden frame 69 x 89.5 x 2.5 cm
Oil