Miroir
Located in PARIS, FR
Sublime glazed ceramic mirror by French ceramist Mithé Espelt, 24.5 cm in diameter
20th Century Modern Art
Ceramic
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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Miroir
Located in PARIS, FR
Sublime glazed ceramic mirror by French ceramist Mithé Espelt, 24.5 cm in diameter
Ceramic
$170,432
Visage
Located in PARIS, FR
An authenticated work Authenticated by Claude Ruiz Picasso on February 1, 2021, the piece comes directly from the Marina Picasso Collection. A prestigious provenance A provenance fr...
Ceramic
Paris 1952 , a picturesque moment
By Erich Andres
Located in Cologne, DE
This black-and-white photograph, taken in 1952 in Paris along the Seine River, captures a tranquil and picturesque moment. In the foreground, a man wearing a light-colored straw hat ...
Black and White
Poolside Bar 1980 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Poolside Bar 1980 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Guests seen from a poolside bar at the Hotel Il Pellicano in Porto Ercole, Italy, August 1980. 40 x 60" inches / 101 x 152 cm paper ...
Archival Pigment
Grim Orvieto
Located in Middletown, NY
Etching on watermarked FJ Head cream laid paper with a deckle edge, 11 1/8 x 8 3/4 inches (283 x 223 mm); sheet 14 3/4 x 11 1/2 inches (374 x 292 mm), full margins. Signed and dated ...
Handmade Paper, Etching, Laid Paper
Mid Century Desert Mesa Landscape with Cacti in Oil on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid Century Desert Mesa Landscape with Cacti in Oil on Canvas Colorful mid century desert landscape with beautiful cacti by Vina McPheeters (American, 1892-1964). Colorful cacti are dotted throughout the foreground, lush with yellow and pink blooms. In the distance, dramatic mesas rise to meet a cloud-filled sky. Signed "Vina McPheeters" in the lower right corner. Presented in an antiqued bronze-colored frame. Frame size: 25.75"H x 29.75"W Image size: 20"H x 24"W Vina Pearl McPheeters (American, 1892-1964) was born in Iowa on October 7, 1892. Vina was the wife of Robert Guy...
Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars
$850
A Fabulous 1960s Mid-Century Modern Painting of an Embracing Couple, Lovers
By Rudolph Pen
Located in Chicago, IL
A Fabulous 1960s Mid-Century Modern Painting of an Embracing Couple, Lovers, by noted Chicago Artist, Rudolph Pen. A wonderful example of the artist's uniquely expressive, abstract...
Masonite, Oil
Provincetown (Sunbathing)
By Peter Grippe
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Provincetown (Sunbathing) Sepia ink on tan paper, 1966 Signed in ink lower center (see photo) Exhibited: Art from Lexington Homes, Lincoln Massachusetts, May 14-22, 1966 (see label) ...
Ink
$1,086Sale Price|20% Off
French 20th Century Modernist Painting Artists Paint Room Still Life
By Guy Nicod
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artists Room by Guy Nicod (French 1923 - 2021) oil on artist paper, unframed painting : 19.75 x 24 inches stamped verso provenance: artists estate, France condition: very good and s...
Oil
$815Sale Price|20% Off
French Modernist Oil Provencal Mas Bright Color Fields Original
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Huguette Ginet-Lasnier (French 1927-2020), signed lower front Ginet-Lasnier, the wife of the painter Jean Lasnier, was born in the Seine-Maritime region of France an...
Oil
Original Stone Garden - psychedelic pop-art 1960s vintage poster
Located in Spokane, WA
The original Stone Garden vintage psychedelic 1960s poster is in excellent condition. The artist is Wilfred Satty (1939 – 1982). German-born collage artist and graphic designer ...
Lithograph
$216Sale Price|52% Off
1970 After Marc Chagall 'The Magician Of Paris' Vintage Mourlot
By Marc Chagall
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This exhibition poster for Marc Chagall at the Grand Palais (December 1969 – March 1970) features The Magician of Paris, referenced as #120 in Chagall's Posters – A Catalogue Raisonn...
Lithograph
$72Sale Price|20% Off
Wassily Kandinsky 'Composition IV' Offset Print, Modern Art, Unframed
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This is a rare exhibition poster reproduction of "Composition IV" by Wassily Kandinsky, one of the most iconic works of early abstract art. Originally painted in 1911, this piece is ...
Offset
$304Sale Price|32% Off
Marc Chagall 'Windows for Jerusalem' 1961- Lithograph Vintage
By Marc Chagall
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Original exhibition poster printed for the presentation of Chagall’s stained-glass windows The Twelve Tribes of Israel at the Palace of the Louvre, Paris. The image is an interpretat...
Lithograph
C’est Comme ça Dada
By Brooke Major
Located in Atlanta, GA
A passion for horses, equestrian pursuits, and painting define Brooke Major's life and career. A native of Atlanta, GA, Brooke Major has been living and working as a professional art...
Canvas, Oil
Kate Moss At 16 - signed limited edition print
By Jake Chessum
Located in London, GB
An Unknown Kate Moss At 16 by Jake Chessum 1990 limited edition edition size 20 only this size printed 2024 Archival pigment print numbered and signed by the artist unframed ...
Archival Pigment
Opening No. 50 (Abstract Landscape Painting on Canvas in Romanticist Style)
By Leigh Palmer
Located in Hudson, NY
Contemporary, abstracted landscape reminiscent of Hudson River School & Romanticist painters oil on canvas 40 x 48 inches Romantic (yet modern) Hudson River oil landscape painting of a vast field in the foreground with a red and blue sunset sky in the background. This painting is of a horizontal orientation and is finished with an olive green border painted directly onto the canvas. The edges are finished with the same color, so no additional frame required here. Once a hard edge realist painter, the artist eschews those details, letting the stroke of his brush and moody palette leave an abstract implication of the landscape. In the Openings series, Palmer integrates the frame into the painting. This element contributes to the narrative, suggesting the viewer is inside looking out. We are not a part of the landscape, rather we are a peaceful witnesses to nature that will transcend even our own existence and continue to change with the seasons long after we have passed. We are romanced by Leigh Palmer's unique ability to pare down and find the true essence of the landscape, gently veiled through his own soul. We are proud to have exhibited his work since the inception in 1991. Artist Statement: My paintings are based on observation of the landscape in the Hudson River Valley where I live, and are improvised in the studio; the images are found or discovered in my memory of familiar places and developed during the painting process. Human beings do not appear, but their presence is felt in the marks left on the ground (furrows, fence rows, roads), and sometimes in the air (smoke, haze). About the artist: In 1987, Leigh Palmer moved with his family from suburban Duxbury, Massachusetts, to Tivoli, New York, a quiet town on the Hudson River, north of New York City. His subject matter shifted to the sprawling hills and countryside of the Hudson Valley. “I wanted to respond to the new landscape I was seeing, to catch something of the feeling I had just before dark,” says Palmer. “I took a lot of photographs, but I was happier with the paintings I created from memory.” Leigh Palmer has been represented by Carrie Haddad Gallery in Hudson, NY for over 25 years. Resume: EXHIBITIONS 2013 - 2017 Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson NY 2011 Graficas Gallery, Nantucket MA 2010 Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson NY 2009 Bachelier-Cardonsky Gallery, Kent CT 2008 Bachelier-Cardonsky Gallery, Kent CT Four Starr Gallery, Stonington CT 2007 Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson NY 2005 Bachelier-Cardonsky Gallery, Kent CT 2004 Segalas Gallery, Bernardsville NJ 2003, 04 Bachelier-Cardonsky, Gallery Kent CT 2000, 01, 03 Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson NY 1999 Barbara Singer Fine Art, Cambridge MA 1999, 98 Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson NY 1997 The Main Street Gallery, Nantucket MA 1996 Randall Tuttle Fine Arts, Woodbury CT 1995 James Cox...
Canvas, Oil
$373Sale Price|44% Off
Framed Ink Drawing of a Provence Courtyard, Modern, Circa 1930s
Located in London, GB
'Courtyard in Provence', ink on art paper, by Pierre Dionisi (circa 1930s). Sepia-toned, original drawing in a compelling style depicts a view of a tree...
Ink, Paper
Bob, Mick and Pete 1978
Located in London, GB
© Michael Putland Bob, Mick and Pete Bob Marley, Mick Jagger and Peter Tosh backstage after Rolling Stones concert at the Palladium Theatre, New York 1978 Bob Marley, Mick Jagger,...
Silver Gelatin
1955 Modernist Swedish Abstract Cubist Landscape Oil Painting - Woodland Rhythm
Located in Bristol, GB
WOODLAND RHYTHM Size: 32.5 x 38.5 cm (including frame) Oil on board A dynamic mid-century artwork that can be read as an abstracted woodland scene, where slender tree trunks and clu...
Oil, Board
$1,467
Vintage Modernist Abstract Figurative City Framed Oil Painting- Spanish Walks
Located in Bristol, GB
SPANISH WALKS Size: 24 x 37 cm (including frame) Oil on Board An outstanding semi-abstract oil composition, painted in 1958 by the established Swedish artist Ivar Morsing (1919-2009...
Oil, Board
A Fine 1930s, Modern Academic Pastel Figure Study of a Kneeling Male Nude Model
Located in Chicago, IL
A Fine 1930s, Modern Academic Pastel Figure Study of a Kneeling Male Nude Model by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). An exceptionally well executed, early 1930...
Paper, Pastel
Fulton Market No. 1 - A lower Manhattan landscape as it existed in 1922
By Leon Dolice
Located in Middletown, NY
A lower Manhattan landscape as it existed in 1922, with Trinity Church and City Hall visible in the background. New York: c 1922 Etching with aquatint on heavy-weight cream wove pap...
Archival Paper, Etching
$2,500
Vintage 1970 Modernist Chicago Picasso Souvenir Cubist Sculpture Head Metal
Located in Surfside, FL
This is a souvenir model of the large Picasso sculpture in Chicago it is a vintage piece. it is marked 1967 and 1970 and was made for the Chicago Public Building Commission. it is a...
Metal
Il Teatro - Etching by Domenico Gnoli - 1960s
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
Ninth Avenue El (New York City), Mid 20th Century Cityscape Oil painting
By John Opper
Located in Beachwood, OH
John Opper (American, 1908-1994) Ninth Avenue El (New York City), c. 1935 Oil on canvas Signed lower left and verso 30.125 x 24 inches The Ninth Avenue El was the first elevated rai...
Oil
$6,520
Adele Collins for Vogue Limited Norman Parkinson Estate Print
Located in London, GB
Adele Collins, British Vogue 1959 by Norman Parkinson Archival pigment Print, stamped and authenticated by the Norman Parkinson Archive. Parkinson’s homage to a painting by Dutch a...
Archival Pigment
$720Sale Price|20% Off
"Still Life with Fruits" by Marie Lefèvre - Oil on Canvas - 45x53.5 cm
By Marie Lefevre
Located in Geneva, CH
Artwork sold with frame (62.5x53.5 cm) Marie Lefevre (born in 1840) was a French painter renowned for her poetic genre scenes and tranquil landscapes, particularly those capturing t...
Canvas, Oil
The Beatles 1964 Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
The Beatles perform “I Want To Hold Your Hand”, 1964. Photo by Globe Archives Paper size 40 x 40" / 101 x 101cm Unframed Archival Pigment Pr...
Archival Pigment
$527Sale Price|20% Off
Figures Under a Parasol French Modernist Market Scene Watercolour Gouache
By Guy Nicod
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: SStill Life with Calla Lilies and Ceramic Vase French Modernist Gouache Guy Nicod (French 1923 - 2021) Gouache on artist paper, unframed Size: 10.75 x 14.5 inches (height x w...
Gouache
$1,426Sale Price|30% Off
Boy with Anemones, Oil on Cardstock, Modern Style, Circa 1965, Framed
Located in London, GB
'Boy with Anemones', oil on cardstock paper, by Raymond Debiève (1965). Here the artist paints a young boy having his breakfast with a beautiful bouquet of an...
Board, Oil
Pichet espagnol (A.R. 245), Picasso Ceramic
Located in Madrid, ES
PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973) Pichet espagnol (A.R. 245) stamped, marked and numbered 'Edition Picasso / Madoura Plein Feu / Edition Picasso / 62/200 / Mad...
Ceramic
Atelier Mourlot - New York (NYC Skyline) by Bernard Buffet
Located in New York, NY
Arches Poster Paper - Perfect Condition A+ When The Mourlot Studio opened a branch in New York City, after a successful exhibition organized by the Smithsonian Institute in 1963, it...
Lithograph
The Loop II (the artist's memories of days at Chicago's Art Institute)
Located in New Orleans, LA
The Loop II was created in a small edition of 15. The Loop is a vibrant area featuring eclectic eateries, shops, theaters and parks. Comprised mostly of high-rises, it’s also home to the 108-story Willis Tower. The iconic “Cloud Gate...
Etching
CLOTO TESSE IL FILO DELLA VITA - Oil on canvas painting, Antonio Minopoli
By Antonio Minopoli
Located in Napoli, IT
CLOTO TESSE IL FILO DELLA VITA - Oil on canvas painting cm.70x100, Antonio Minopoli Italia 2009 Frame available on request from our workshop.
Canvas, Oil
$796Sale Price|20% Off
Henri Matisse, Series M, Var. 6, Drawings, Themes and Variations, 1943 (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph after Henri Matisse (1869–1954), titled Serie M, var. 6 (Series M, Variation 6), from the album Henri Matisse, Dessins, Themes et Variations (Drawings, Them...
Lithograph
$2,852
French, 20th Century 'Portrait of the artist's daughter' by Yves Ganne, c.1965
By Yves Ganne
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Yves Ganne (French, 1931 - 2019) Portrait of the artist’s daughter, circa 1965 Oil on canvas Studio stamp on the reverse 25.1/2 x 32 cm. (64.8 x 81 cm.) Provenance: From the estate o...
Canvas, Oil
Superman 2 Comme X
Located in Saint-Didier, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
2021 collages of vignettes from erotic comics of the 70s and 80s, small formats and pieces of puzzles of characters from series or superheroes and trashing with spray cans. on recycled aerosol can...
Adhesive
Animal Grazing - 1953 - Pastel Drawing by Oskar Kokoschka
Located in Roma, IT
Pastel drawing on paper realized by Kokoschka in 1953. Hand signed and dated lower right. Matted, with Image Dimensions : 14 x 22.5 cm Very good condition.
Paper, Pastel
$1,250
English mod British Pencil study of a cat by a window Watching Raindrops
By Lucy Dawson
Located in Woodbury, CT
Lucy Dawson (British, 1870–1954) Watching Raindrops (“Whisky”), circa 1950 Pencil on paper, inscribed and titled This delicate pencil study by Lucy Dawson, also known by her artist’...
Paper, Carbon Pencil
Garrapata Beach
By Brett Weston
Located in Pacific Grove, CA
This silver gelatin print is signed and dated in pencil on the front of the mount. Accompanied by a sheet that's titled and dated in pencil by Robert K. Byers, a long time friend and...
Silver Gelatin
$2,556Sale Price|20% Off
Raoul Dufy, Paddock, from Twelve Contemporaries, 1959 (after)
By Raoul Dufy
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph and pochoir after Raoul Dufy (1877–1953), titled Paddock, from the album Douze Contemporains (Twelve Contemporaries), originates from the 1959 edition publi...
Lithograph, Stencil
$880Sale Price|20% Off
Flooded Mall (1934) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Located in London, GB
Flooded Mall (1934) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print (Photo by H. F. Davis/Getty Images) A man crossing a stretch of floodwater with the help of two chairs after a storm caused floodi...
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
$480Sale Price|20% Off
Cabin on stilts by WALY - Oil on canvas 41x60 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Oil on canvas without frame One point of restoration Swiss artist of the 20th century
Oil
$1,750
George Barris, "6D" from The Last Photos, photograph from original negative
Located in Chatsworth, CA
This photograph of Marilyn Monroe was shot by photographer, George Barris, in 1962 on Santa Monica Beach in California. This photograph is from a collection entitled "The Last Photos...
Photographic Paper
3 Miles, Modern Lithograph by Alvin Carl Hollingsworth
Located in Long Island City, NY
Alvin Carl Hollingsworth, American (1928 - 2000) - 3 Miles, Medium: Lithograph, Image Size: 5.75 x 16.5 inches, Frame Size: 14.25 x 24.25 inches, Description: This lithograph by ...
Lithograph
$876Sale Price|20% Off
Icart, Composition, Le Sopha (after)
By Louis Icart
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...
Drypoint, Etching
Mid Century Swedish Geometric Landscape Oil Painting - Where Houses Gather
Located in Bristol, GB
WHERE HOUSES GATHER Size: 63 x 71 cm (including frame) Oil on board A charming mid-century composition that depicts a cluster of closely nestled houses as their angular rooftops for...
Oil, Board
$1,086Sale Price|20% Off
1960's French Modernist Oil Painting Green background with Bizarre Figures
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, 1960's period Title: figurative group, with deep green color background. Medium: oil on canvas, unframed Canvas: 36.5 x 26 inches Provenance: pri...
Oil
$6,796Sale Price|20% Off
Fernand Leger, After the Flood, from The Illuminations, 1949
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by Fernand Leger (1881–1955), titled Apres le deluge (After the Flood), originates from the 1949 folio Les Illuminations, lithographies originales de Fernan...
Lithograph
$168Sale Price|20% Off
In full swing n°2 by John Torcapel - Gouache on paper 37x25 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper
Gouache
$380Sale Price|20% Off
Vintage American Modernist Artist Studio Nude Women Portrait Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Modernist artist studio scene. Framed. Oil and watercolor on paper. Signed. Image size, 22.5H by 17.5L.
Canvas, Oil
Mid Century Modern Dancers Oil Painting; Listed Artist Albert Michini, ca 1970’s
Located in Baltimore, MD
If you have an association with dance, yoga or working out, this unusual modernist painting might be an interesting addition to your space. Artist Albert Michini used several models ...
Oil
Original You buy 'em We'll fly 'em! Defense Bonds vintage WW2 poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original vintage poster: "You buy 'em We'll fly 'em!" Artists: J. Walter Wilkinson and his son Walter G. Wilkinson. (1917 - 1971). Linen backed with original WW2 U.S. military with original issued fold marks restored. Excellent condition. Touchup pinhole in the four corners. Excellent colors. Ready to frame. A flying ace pilot smiles and gives the thumbs up to the viewer to promote war bonds, saying, "You Buy 'Em, We'll Fly' Em" in this 1942 WWII poster by J. Walter Wilkinson and his son Walter G. Wilkinson. The artwork features a squadron of Douglas SBD Dauntless, which the US Navy used as scout planes and dive bombers. The seal at the bottom of the poster reads, "The More Bonds You Buy- The More Planes Will Fly." This poster is one in a series of six created by the award-winning father-son team for the United States Treasury Department. J. Walter Wilkinson (1892-1988) and his son Walter G. Wilkinson (1917-1971) created several posters for the United States Department of Treasury during the Second World War. J. Walter Wilkinson was an academic painter who studied in Italy and worked for advertising agencies in Philadelphia. He specialized in outdoor landscapes and created many commercial artworks for advertising campaigns, including Ivory Soap, Pabst Beer...
Offset
$780
HARDING BLACK (1912-2004) POTTERY MID CENTURY MODERN CRYSTALLINE BOWL 1956 TEXAS
Located in San Antonio, TX
Harding Black (1912-2004) San Antonio Artist Image Size: 2 1/2 inches tall Frame Size: 7 1/2 inches diameter Medium: Art Pottery Ceramic 1956 "Crystalline Bowl" Mid Century Modern Te...
Ceramic
"Walking The Dog" by Erich Auerbach
Located in London, GB
"Walking The Dog" by Erich Auerbach 1959: Deep in thought a barefoot young boy takes his dog for a walk across Camber sands. Unframed Paper Size: 30" ...
Black and White
Bird with a Crest - Original Ceramic MADOURA - Edition of 500 (Ramié #173)
Located in Paris, IDF
Pablo Picasso Bird with a Crest, 1952 Original ceramic of Pablo Picasso, white faience earth, enamel and oxidized paraffin decoration Annotated on the Back : Empreinte originale Pic...
Ceramic
The Light House, Aberdeen - Etching by W. H.Bartlett - 1845
Located in Roma, IT
The Light House, Aberdeen is an etching realized in 1845 by W. H. Bartlett. Signed on the plate. Titled on the lower center. Good conditions with slight foxing. The artwork is b...
Etching
Large Chaim Gross Mid Century Mod Bronze Sculpture Circus Acrobats WPA Artist
By Chaim Gross
Located in Surfside, FL
Chaim Gross (American, 1904-1991) Patinated cast bronze sculpture, Three Acrobats, signed mounted on black marble plinth 24.5"h x 14"w x 7"d (bronze alone) Chaim Gross (March ...
Marble, Bronze
"Sade Adu" by Express Newspapers
Located in London, GB
"Sade Ade" by Express Newspapers Nigerian-born British singer and songwriter Sade (Helen Folasade). Unframed Paper Size: 24"x 20'' (inches) Printed 2022 Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Black and White