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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
Period: 1920s
Tom Tower, Christ Church College, Oxford etching by Mabel Oliver Rae
Located in London, GB
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1920s Modern Art

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Etching

Briefcase - Drawing by Suzie Bernardeau - 1922
Located in Roma, IT
Briefcase is an artwork made by Suzie Bernardeau on 9 January 1922. Pencil drawing. Perfect condition. Signed and dated.
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1920s Modern Art

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Pencil, Paper

Ce Vice Impuni, la Lecture - Rare Book by Valery Larbaud - 1925
Located in Roma, IT
Ce vice impuni, la Lecture  is a book written by Valery Larbaud. Collection La Phalange : Directeur Jean Royere. Paris, Albert Messein, Editeur , 1925. Good conditions, expect for...
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1920s Modern Art

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Paper

La Revolte des Anges - Rare Book illustrated by Siméon - 1921
Located in Roma, IT
Beautiful edition of 1000 copies. Copy on Japon Imperial paper. Includes etchings by Siméon. Illustrated cover. Spine lightly damaged in both top and bottom. Uncut and in superb cond...
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1920s Modern Art

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Paper

Poeti allo Specchio - Rare Book by Luciano Folgore - 1926
Located in Roma, IT
Collection of parodic texts by Luciano Folgore (Roma, 1888- Roma, 1966), one of the most important futurist poets. The texts are the parodies of the characters and the texts of some ...
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1920s Modern Art

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Paper

'Gypsy Flute Player', Royal Academy, NY World's Fair, Pasadena, GGIE, Romany
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'A. C. Wiboltt' for Aage Christian (Jack) Wiboltt (Danish-American, 1894-1952) and created circa 1925. Framed dimensions: 33.25 x 1.5 x 28 inches A substantial, early twentieth-century, figural pastel showing a young woman wearing traditional gypsy costume and playing her flute beside a deep azure lake dotted with water-lilies. Jack Wiboltt first trained at Copenhagen's Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen before moving to New York in 1919. In 1924, he settled in California where he lived and painted in both San Francisco and Los Angeles. For 30 years, he practiced as an easel painter and was also commissioned to paint murals including for the 1939 exposition at San Francisco and for Hollywood's Fox Theater among others He exhibited widely and with success including at the Danish Royal Academy (1913), the New York World's Fair (1939), the Golden Gate International Exposition (1939) and the Pasadena Art Institute (1932) among others. Exhibitions: Royal Academy, 1913; Danish Art Gallery, 1917 (1st solo); Pasadena Art Inst., 1932; Warner Gallery (LA), 1934; Modern Art Gallery (Hollywood), 1935 (solo); County Fair (LA), 1935; American Artists Congress, 1936; GGIE, 1939; NY World...
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1920s Modern Art

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Pastel, Cardboard

Portrait - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1928
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is a Pen Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in 1928. Hand-signed on the lower margin. Good condition on a little paper. Mino Maccari (Siena, 1924-Rome, June 16...
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1920s Modern Art

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Ballpoint Pen

Ex Libris Josep Beleta Quer - Woodcut by Antonio de Guezala - 1920s
Located in Roma, IT
Ex Libris Josep Beleta Quer is an Artwork realized by the Spanish artist Antonio de Guezala (1889-1956). Woodcut coloured print on ivory paper. The work is glued on cardboard. Tot...
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1920s Modern Art

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Woodcut

Waiting Man - Woodcut by Mino Maccari - 1926
Located in Roma, IT
Waiting Man is a woodcut print on paper realized by Mino Maccari in 1926. Hand-signed on the lower in pencil Good conditions with minor foxing. Mino Maccari (1898-1989) was an Italian writer, painter, engraver, and journalist, winner the Feltrinelli Prize for painting on 1963. For his pictorial work rich in evident chromatic accentuations and quick brushstrokes, the violent drawing combined with the living line of the graphic sign...
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1920s Modern Art

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Woodcut

Young woman seated with pearl necklace
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas Golden wooden frame 75.5 x 61.5 x 4 cm
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1920s Modern Art

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Oil

Woman from Behind - Pencil by Auguste Jean Baptiste Roubille - 1926
Located in Roma, IT
Woman from Behind is a drawing in pencil realized in 1926 by the French painter, illustrator, designer, and cartoonist Auguste Jean Baptiste Roubille. Th...
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1920s Modern Art

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Pencil

Story of a Boy - Pen Drawing by Filiberto Scarpelli - 1925
Located in Roma, IT
The King of Sardinia is a modern artwork realized in 1925 by the Italian artist Filiberto Scarpelli (Naples, 1870 - Rome, 1933). Three drawings rea...
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1920s Modern Art

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Paper

Baigneuse Devant un Port (Sainte-Adresse) - Lithograph by Raould Dufy - 1920s
Located in Roma, IT
Baigneuse Devant un Port (Sainte-Adresse) is an original moder artwork realized by Raould Dufy in 1920s Original Lithograph. Artist's proof, aside from the edition of approximately...
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1920s Modern Art

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Lithograph

Pastorales - Etching by Ker Xavier Roussel - 1920s
Located in Roma, IT
Pastorales is an original etching print artwork on ivory-colored paper realized by Ker-Xavier Roussel in 1920 ca. Hand-Signed on the lower right margin. Very Good conditions. Ker-Xavier Roussel (Lorry-les-Metz,1867 – L'Étang-La-Ville, 1944), the French artist, together with his friend Édouard Vuillard , studied at the artist studio of the painter Diogène Maillart. In 1888, he attended the École des Beaux-Arts, and then he studied at the Académie Julian where Maurice Denis and other artists formed the group Les Nabis , shifting towards mythological compositions with clear and luminous palettes of color. As a matter of fact, he is well-known for his paintings of French landscapes, usually depicting nymphs and fauns, women, and children in bucolic settings. In Gertrude Stein's Autobiography o f Alice B...
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1920s Modern Art

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Etching

Nude in Woods - Etching by Ker Xavier Roussel - 1920s
Located in Roma, IT
Nude in Woods. is an original etching print artworkk on ivory-colored paper realized by Ker-Xavier Roussel in 1920 ca. Hand-Signed on the lower right margin. Very Good conditions....
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1920s Modern Art

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Etching

"Students of Harrow School Are Returning To School After Christmas" by Imagno
Located in London, GB
"Students of Harrow School Are Returning To School After Christmas Vacations, England" by Imagno Students of Harrow School are returning to school after Christmas vacations, England...
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1920s Modern Art

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Black and White

Portrait of a man by Hans Berger - Pastel on paper 37x50 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper
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1920s Modern Art

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Pastel

The Dressing - Etching by Mino Maccari - 1925
Located in Roma, IT
The Dressing is an original Etching and Drypoint Print realized by Mino Maccari in 1925. Hand-signed in pencil. Good condition with diffused foxing. Mino Maccari (1898-1989) was a...
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1920s Modern Art

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Drypoint, Etching

Cover for "Il Selvaggio" - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Figures is an original drawing realized by Mino Maccari in the 1930s. Beautiful colored watercolour and tempera drawing on ivory paper. Good condition on a yellowed paper. Hand-si...
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1920s Modern Art

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Watercolor

The frontispiece for "Criminelles" by Marietta Lydis - 1927
Located in Roma, IT
The frontispiece for "Criminelles" is an original artwork in Mixed Media realized by Mariette Lydis in 1927. Good Conditions. The artwork is depicted through soft strokes in a well...
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1920s Modern Art

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Mixed Media

Mabel Oliver Rae, Trinity College Cambridge Great Court Etching (c.1920)
Located in London, GB
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1920s Modern Art

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Etching

Die Nonnen von Murano - Rare Book Illustrated by Rudolf Grossmann - 1923
Located in Roma, IT
Die Nonnen von Murano is an original modern rare book engraved by Rudolf Grossmann (Freiburg, 1882 - Freiburg, 1941) and written by Giacomo Casanova in 1923. Original First Edition. Published by Pontos Verlag and Freiburg, Berlin. Format: small 8°. The book includes 247 pages with 21 full page color Lithographs. Good conditions. Rudolf Grossmann (Freiburg, 1882 - Freiburg, 1941) was a German painter and graphic artist. He is particularly well known for his portrait drawings of famous contemporary figures. With his friend, Jules Pascin, he travelled to Belgium and Holland. Later study trips took him to Northern and Southern France, then to Vienna, Budapest and Stockholm. In 1910, he stayed briefly in Berlin, then continued his travels; this time to Engadin (near Munich), the Tegernsee and Italy, where he lived with his friend, Hans Purrmann...
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1920s Modern Art

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Paper, Lithograph

Christian Ludwig Martin, Geese
Located in New York, NY
Christian Ludwig Martin worked in Vienna. He was an artist, illustrator, and art teacher. 'Geese' is titled in German, and titled and signed in pencil. It is on a large sheet. While ...
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1920s Modern Art

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Etching

Self-portrait - Charcoal Drawing by M. Maccari - 1929 ca
Located in Roma, IT
Self-portrait of Mino Maccari is an original modern artwork realized by the Italian artist Mino Maccari (Siena, 1898 - Rome, 1989). Original drawing in pencil on paper. Hand-signed...
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1920s Modern Art

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Paper, Pencil

Nude of Woman - Original Drypoint by Mino Maccari - 1929
Located in Roma, IT
Nude of Woman 1929 is an original drypoint realized by Mino Maccari (1929). The artwork is in good conditions, some worn paper on the margins, hand-signed by the artist on the lower...
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1920s Modern Art

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Drypoint, Paper

Portrait of Woman - Drypoint by Mino Maccari - 1929
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Woman 1929 is an original drypoint realized by Mino Maccari (1929). The artwork is in good conditions except for worn paper on the margins. Ref: Cat. Meloni numbered 88...
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1920s Modern Art

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Paper, Drypoint

Die Glucksritter - Vintage Rare Book Illustrated by Hans Meid - 1928
Located in Roma, IT
Die Glucksritter is an original modern rare book illustrated by Hans Meid (1883 - 1957) and written by Josef Von Eichendorff (1788 – Nysa, 1857) in 1928. P...
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1920s Modern Art

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Paper

A Survey - Illustrated Book by Sir H. M. "Max" Beerbohm - 1921
Located in Roma, IT
A Survey is an original modern rare book engraved by Sir Henry Maximilian "Max" Beerbohm (1872 – 1956) in 1921. Published by Heinemann, London. First Edition. Format: small 4°. T...
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1920s Modern Art

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Paper

The Wait - Woodcut Print by Hermann-Paul - 1925
Located in Roma, IT
The Wait is an original Modern artwork realized by Hermann-Paul (Paris,1864 – 1940). Original Woodcut on paper. Hand-signed in pencil on the lower right corner. Passepartout is i...
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1920s Modern Art

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Woodcut

The Widow - Woodcut Print by Hermann-Paul - 1925
Located in Roma, IT
The Widow is an original Modern artwork realized by Hermann-Paul (Paris,1864 – 1940). Original woodcut on paper. Hand-signed in pencil on the lower right corner. Passepartout is ...
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1920s Modern Art

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Woodcut

The Collector - Woodcut Print by Hermann-Paul - 1925
Located in Roma, IT
The Collector is an original Modern artwork realized by Hermann-Paul (Paris,1864 – 1940). Original Woodcut Print on paper. Hand-signed in pencil on the lower right corner. Passep...
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1920s Modern Art

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Woodcut

The Conversation - Woodcut by Hermann-Paul - 1920s
Located in Roma, IT
The Conversation is an original Modern artwork realized by Hermann-Paul (Paris, 1864 – 1940). Original woodcut on paper. Hand-signed in pencil on the lower right corner. Passepar...
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1920s Modern Art

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Woodcut

Autograph Letter by Paul Fort - 1929
Located in Roma, IT
In this letter the poet speaks of some of his books to the countess. Good conditions, perfectly readable and dated Paris 20/12/1929.
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1920s Modern Art

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Paper, Ink

La Sultane Daoulah - Rare Illustrated Book by Franz Toussaint - 1923
Located in Roma, IT
Edition of 2073 copies, one of only 54 copies on Japon Imperial paper. Includes several illustrations by A.H. Thomas, including full page and within the text illustrations. A beautif...
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1920s Modern Art

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Paper

La Princesse de Clèves - Rare Book Illustrated by E. Drian - 1929
Located in Roma, IT
Edition of 180 specimens including 20 original etchings by Étienne Drian. One of 100 copies on Vélin d'Arches. Copy in perfect conditions, partially uncut. Includes hard jacket and ...
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1920s Modern Art

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Etching, Paper

Lethal Losch (1929) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Located in London, GB
Happy Marilyn (1956) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print (Photo by Sasha/Getty Images) 6th April 1929: Tilly Losch (1904 - 1974) dancing in an extravagant cost...
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1920s Modern Art

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Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Autograph Letter Signed by Pirazzoli to the Countess A.L. Pecci-Blunt - 1937
Located in Roma, IT
Autograph Letter Signed by Pirazzoli to the Countess A.L. Pecci-Blunt. Paris, June 24th 1937. In Italian. One page, single-sided. On letterhead paper "Il Popolo d'Italia, Bureau de ...
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1920s Modern Art

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Paper, Ink

Il Selvaggio no.24 by Mino Maccari - 1928
Located in Roma, IT
"Il Selvaggio, no.24- 1928", "Annual supporter subscription - Fortnightly Newspaper of arts and science", including original woodcuts by the artist Mino Maccari. 4 pages. Good cond...
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1920s Modern Art

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Magazine Paper

Village - Original Pencil on Paper by Werner Epstein - 1925
Located in Roma, IT
Village is an original drawing in pencil on paper realized in 1925 by Werner Epstein. Hand-signed and dated on the lower right in pencil. The state of preservation is very good. A...
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1920s Modern Art

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Pencil

Il Selvaggio no.21/22 by Mino Maccari - 1924
Located in Roma, IT
"Il Selvaggio, no.21-22- 1924", "Annual supporter subscription - Fortnightly Newspaper of arts and science", including original woodcut prints by the artist Mino Maccari. 8 pages. ...
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1920s Modern Art

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Magazine Paper

Figures - Original Woodcut by Paul Hermann - 1929
Located in Roma, IT
Figures is an original modern artwork realized in 1929 in France by Paul Hermann (1879 - 1969). Original woodcut print on paper. Dated and Hand-signed by the artist in pencil on t...
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1920s Modern Art

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Woodcut

Theatrical Scenography - Drawing by M. Molinari - 1923 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
Theatrical Scenography is an original drawing in mix media on cardboard realized by M. Molinari in 1923 ca. Hand-signed on the lower left. The state of preservation of the artwork...
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1920s Modern Art

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Mixed Media

Generals - Original China Ink by Filiberto Scarpelli - 1920s
Located in Roma, IT
Generals is an original modern artwork realized in the first half of the 20th Century by the Italian artist Filiberto Scarpelli (Naples, 1870 - Rome, 1933). Original drawing realize...
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1920s Modern Art

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Ink

Woman with Baby at the Market - Original Lithograph by Boris Kellmann - 1922
Located in Roma, IT
Woman with baby at the market is a splendid lithograph on ivory-colored paper engraved by Boris Kellmann, in 1922s. The state of preservation of the a...
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1920s Modern Art

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Lithograph

Horned Figures - Ink and Watercolor on Paper by Mino Maccari - 1920s
Located in Roma, IT
Horned Figures is an original modern artwork realized the 1920s by the Italian artist Mino Maccari (Siena, 1898 - Rome, 1989). Mixed Media. Original black china ink on paper and wat...
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1920s Modern Art

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Ink, Watercolor

The Wheel - Etching on Paper by Mino Maccari - 1920s
Located in Roma, IT
The Wheel is an original modern artwork realized in the first half of the XX Century by the Italian artist Mino Maccari (Siena, 1898 - Rome, 1989). Original drypoint on paper. Editi...
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1920s Modern Art

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Etching

Figures - Etching on Paper by Mino Maccari - 1928
Located in Roma, IT
Figures is an original modern artwork realized in 1928 by the Italian artist Mino Maccari (Siena, 1898 - Rome, 1989). Original drypoint on paper. Edition of 10 prints. Hand-signed ...
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1920s Modern Art

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Etching

The Bed and the Portraits - Original Woodcut Print by Mino Maccari - 1920s
Located in Roma, IT
The Bed and the Portraits is an original modern artwork realized in the first decades of the XX Century by the Italian artist Mino Maccari (Siena, 1898 - Rome, 1989). Original water...
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1920s Modern Art

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Woodcut

FRUIT FOR SALE
Located in Santa Monica, CA
FRANCES H. GEARHART and Sisters (THE GEARHARTS) FRUIT FOR SALE c.1928 Color block print. Unsigned. This is an original block print from “Let’s Play”, an intended but unpublished children’s book done in collaboration with her sisters Edna and May in 1928. Image 8 x 7 inches. On a tissue thin laid paper. Irregular sheet 9 3/8 x 8 1/2. The entire series consisted of over 20 children's images. There were very few printed. The editions of the various children varied but likely no more than 50. This impression very well printed with good colors, Very good condition. The margins are likely as issued with the irregular edges. The margins and paper used for this series varies from one print to the next. A bit of tape remnants at top center sheet edge. A very nice example of this print. It is not unusual for impressions of this series to be unsigned, although many are signed "The Gearharts" The Provenance of this example is fascinating. It was acquired from a gentleman who knew the Gearharts as a child in the early 50's in Pasadena. It was part of a collection given to him by Frances. In his adult years he was in the military and took the collection with him as he traveled around Europe, After 81 years, based on the original prints, this book was published by the “California Book...
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1920s Modern Art

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Woodcut, Linocut

Agnes Weinrich, Woman Facing Left
Located in New York, NY
Dimensions are for sheet size. The drawing is signed in pencil at the lower left. Agnes Weinrich was one of the artists who settled in Provincetown, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, at the t...
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1920s Modern Art

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Crayon

Maternity : Original lithograph, 1927
Located in Paris, FR
Maurice DENIS Maternity Original stone lithograph Signed with the stamp of the artist From a limited edition of 35 proofs (not numbered) On Japan paper 50 x 32.5 cm (c. 20 x 13 inch...
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1920s Modern Art

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Lithograph

Canal at Amiens.
By Eric Glidden Scott
Located in Storrs, CT
Canal at Amiens. 1925. Etching. 8 3/4 x 11 3/8 (sheet 11x 13 3/4). Edition 100, #32. A rich, well-inked impression with plate tone printed on cream wove paper. Monogrammed in the pla...
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1920s Modern Art

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Etching

Modern Abstract Woodcut c1928
Located in Long Island City, NY
John Tandy, painter and stage designer, studied at the Architectural Association before becoming a student at Leon Underwood's Brook Green school and later studying at the Grosvenor ...
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1920s Modern Art

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Woodcut

Modern Abstract Woodcut c1928
Located in Long Island City, NY
John Tandy, painter and stage designer, studied at the Architectural Association before becoming a student at Leon Underwood's Brook Green school and later studying at the Grosvenor ...
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1920s Modern Art

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Woodcut

Marechal Ferrant (The Blacksmith)
Located in New York, NY
Hermine David (1886-1970), Marechal Ferrant (The Blacksmith), etching and drypoint, signed in pencil lower right [also signed in the plate lower left], ...
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1920s Modern Art

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Drypoint, Etching

GIRL DRESSING
Located in Portland, ME
Kuniyoshi, Yasuo. GIRL DRESSING. Davis L-26. Lithograph, 1928. Edition of 30, Printed by Desjobert in Paris on cream colored paper chine-colle to a white support. Signed, dated, and ...
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1920s Modern Art

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Lithograph

Erté (Romain de Tirtoff) - Manhattan Mary IV: serigraph Broadway musical
Located in London, GB
Erté (Romain de Tirtoff) (1892-1990) 'Manhattan Mary IV' Serigraph (Silk screen print) (Artist's Proof IL/L) Signed in pencil 70 x 56cm (sheet) 41.5 x 3...
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1920s Modern Art

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Screen

Macaroni, from Bauhaus I Portfolio
By Irene Bayer
Located in Dallas, TX
Bauhaus I Portfolio Ed. 33/70 Signed and dated in black ink on print margin.
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1920s Modern Art

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Silver Gelatin

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