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"Bedouin, " Striking Art Deco Painting by Stahlhut, NY World's Fair Poster Artist
"Bedouin, " Striking Art Deco Painting by Stahlhut, NY World's Fair Poster Artist

"Bedouin, " Striking Art Deco Painting by Stahlhut, NY World's Fair Poster Artist

Located in Philadelphia, PA

He also did important work in the Art Deco period, including a poster for the 1939-40 World's Fair in New York, which provided a dizzying, high-level view of the fair's location in m...

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Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Paint

Comanche (Indomitable Spirit) Native American 1939 Indian Portrait Drawing
Comanche (Indomitable Spirit) Native American 1939 Indian Portrait Drawing

Comanche (Indomitable Spirit) Native American 1939 Indian Portrait Drawing

Located in Wilton Manors, FL

His ceiling mural was awarded the Grand Prix at the International "Art and Technique" in Paris. In 1939 Cybis and his wife, Marja, an accomplished artist in her own right came to th...

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1930s Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Conté

Apache (Image Makers) Native American 1939 Indian Portrait Drawing
Apache (Image Makers) Native American 1939 Indian Portrait Drawing

Apache (Image Makers) Native American 1939 Indian Portrait Drawing

Located in Wilton Manors, FL

His ceiling mural was awarded the Grand Prix at the International "Art and Technique" in Paris. In 1939 Cybis and his wife, Marja, an accomplished artist in her own right came to th...

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1930s Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Conté

Mother and Child Native American 1939 Indian Portrait Drawing
Mother and Child Native American 1939 Indian Portrait Drawing

Mother and Child Native American 1939 Indian Portrait Drawing

Located in Wilton Manors, FL

His ceiling mural was awarded the Grand Prix at the International "Art and Technique" in Paris. In 1939 Cybis and his wife, Marja, an accomplished artist in her own right came to th...

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1930s Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Conté

Yuma (Vanished Dreams), Native American 1939 Indian Portrait Drawing
Yuma (Vanished Dreams), Native American 1939 Indian Portrait Drawing

Yuma (Vanished Dreams), Native American 1939 Indian Portrait Drawing

Located in Wilton Manors, FL

His ceiling mural was awarded the Grand Prix at the International "Art and Technique" in Paris. In 1939 Cybis and his wife, Marja, an accomplished artist in her own right came to th...

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1930s Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Conté

Taos (Timeless Ritual) Native American 1939 Indian Portrait Drawing
Taos (Timeless Ritual) Native American 1939 Indian Portrait Drawing

Taos (Timeless Ritual) Native American 1939 Indian Portrait Drawing

Located in Wilton Manors, FL

His ceiling mural was awarded the Grand Prix at the International "Art and Technique" in Paris. In 1939 Cybis and his wife, Marja, an accomplished artist in her own right came to th...

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1930s Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Conté

'California Landscape', Royal Danish Academy, Art Institute of Chicago, LACMA
'California Landscape', Royal Danish Academy, Art Institute of Chicago, LACMA

'California Landscape', Royal Danish Academy, Art Institute of Chicago, LACMA

By Ejnar Hansen

Located in Santa Cruz, CA

He exhibited widely and with success, including in Denmark and at the Art Institute of Chicago, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Brooklyn Museum, the 1939 World's Fair and a...

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1930s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Gouache, Laid Paper

Self Portrait in a Mirror with Artist's Tools, Oil on canvas, Signed, Polish

Self Portrait in a Mirror with Artist's Tools, Oil on canvas, Signed, Polish

By Joseph Biel

Located in London, GB

His paintings were featured in solo shows at the Brooklyn Museum (1932) and the ACA Gallery (1934, 1936, 1939); they also appeared at the 1934 Whitney Biennial, the 1939 World’s Fair...

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20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Yellow Gold Retro Old Cut Diamond Fan Earrings 7.00 Carat
Yellow Gold Retro Old Cut Diamond Fan Earrings 7.00 Carat

Yellow Gold Retro Old Cut Diamond Fan Earrings 7.00 Carat

Located in New York, NY

They exhibited their collection at the 1939 World’s Fair in New York and when World War II began, those designs remained in New York.

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Vintage 1940s Unknown Retro Stud Earrings

Materials

Diamond, Yellow Gold

"The Return of Timothy Pickering, " WPA Mural Study Painting, 1939
"The Return of Timothy Pickering, " WPA Mural Study Painting, 1939

"The Return of Timothy Pickering, " WPA Mural Study Painting, 1939

Located in Philadelphia, PA

Beck was an important muralist at this time and was also selected to do a series of murals for the 1939-1940, New York World's Fair.

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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Farm Tragedy (Untitled)
Farm Tragedy (Untitled)

Farm Tragedy (Untitled)

Located in Los Angeles, CA

As a muralist, Ferstadt painted significant works, including murals at the RCA Building and the Eighth Street Subway station in New York City in connection with the 1939 World’s Fair...

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1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

Glass chair in the Manner of Louis Dierra
Glass chair in the Manner of Louis Dierra

Glass chair in the Manner of Louis Dierra

By Louis Dierra

Located in London, GB

This striking curved glass chair, inspired by the iconic designs of Louis Dierra for the Glass Centre Pavilion at the 1939 World’s Fair in New York, represents a masterful blend of a...

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Vintage 1980s Italian Post-Modern Office Chairs and Desk Chairs

Materials

Glass, PVC

Glass chair in the Manner of Louis Dierra
Glass chair in the Manner of Louis Dierra

Glass chair in the Manner of Louis Dierra

By Louis Dierra

Located in London, GB

This striking curved glass chair, inspired by the iconic designs of Louis Dierra for the Glass Centre Pavilion at the 1939 World’s Fair in New York, represents a masterful blend of a...

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Vintage 1980s Italian Post-Modern Office Chairs and Desk Chairs

Materials

Glass, PVC

Glass chair in the Manner of Louis Dierra
Glass chair in the Manner of Louis Dierra

Glass chair in the Manner of Louis Dierra

By Louis Dierra

Located in London, GB

This striking curved glass chair, inspired by the iconic designs of Louis Dierra for the Glass Centre Pavilion at the 1939 World’s Fair in New York, represents a masterful blend of a...

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Vintage 1980s Italian Post-Modern Office Chairs and Desk Chairs

Materials

Glass, PVC

Alvar Aalto Rare Set of Early Armchairs, 1939
Alvar Aalto Rare Set of Early Armchairs, 1939

Alvar Aalto Rare Set of Early Armchairs, 1939

$16,588Sale Price / set|20% Off

Alvar Aalto Rare Set of Early Armchairs, 1939

By Alvar Aalto

Located in Helsinki, Uusimaa

Exceptionally rare set of early Alvar Aalto armchairs for O.Y Wilhelm Schauman A.B Jyväskylä, Finland, 1939. Custom ordered for NY World's Fair Restaurant.

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Mid-20th Century Finnish Mid-Century Modern Armchairs

Materials

Birch, Plywood

Art Deco Articulating Desk Lamp. 1939 NYWF Rare Simulated Metal Leather
Art Deco Articulating Desk Lamp. 1939 NYWF Rare Simulated Metal Leather

Art Deco Articulating Desk Lamp. 1939 NYWF Rare Simulated Metal Leather

By Donald Deskey

Located in Peoria, AZ

Art Deco Metal & Brass Articulating Desk Lamp With Faux Leather Enamel Circa 1939 At the time of the New York World's Fair of 1939, designers architects and engineers were all insp...

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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Table Lamps

Materials

Metal

Pair of Embassy Art Deco Wine Glasses by Walter Dorwin Teague. 1939
Pair of Embassy Art Deco Wine Glasses by Walter Dorwin Teague. 1939

Pair of Embassy Art Deco Wine Glasses by Walter Dorwin Teague. 1939

By Walter Dorwin Teague

Located in Bellport, NY

"Embassy" was chosen by Teague for use in the State Dining Room of the US Government Building in 1939 New York Worlds Fair. Rare and no longer produced, highly collectable.

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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Crystal Serveware

Materials

Cut Glass

White Stoops, West 88th Street, NYC - New York City, City Scene, Snow, Winter
White Stoops, West 88th Street, NYC - New York City, City Scene, Snow, Winter

White Stoops, West 88th Street, NYC - New York City, City Scene, Snow, Winter

By Ruth Orkin

Located in Denton, TX

At 17 years old she took a monumental bicycle trip across the United States from Los Angeles to New York City to see the 1939 World’s Fair, and she photographed along the way.

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1950s Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

William Hesthal Original Watercolor, 1939, Surreal Whimsical Circus Scene
William Hesthal Original Watercolor, 1939, Surreal Whimsical Circus Scene

William Hesthal Original Watercolor, 1939, Surreal Whimsical Circus Scene

By William Hesthal

Located in Phoenix, AZ

Exh: San Francisco Art Association, 1924-29, 1935 (1st prize); SFMA Inaugural, 1935; GGIE, 1939; NY World's Fair, 1939; Santa Barbara Museum, 1943, 1947, 1948, 1953 (solos), 1985 (me...

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Mid-20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paint

Feeding the Birds, Colourful 20th Century Oil Painting, Female Artist
Feeding the Birds, Colourful 20th Century Oil Painting, Female Artist

Feeding the Birds, Colourful 20th Century Oil Painting, Female Artist

By Lena Gurr

Located in London, GB

She exhibited in numerous exhibitions held by these organizations as well as the Whitney Studio Club, National Academy of Design, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Brooklyn Museum, and t...

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Mid-20th Century Abstract Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Oil, Board

UNTITLED PORTRAIT (Self Portrait?)
UNTITLED PORTRAIT (Self Portrait?)

UNTITLED PORTRAIT (Self Portrait?)

By Byron Browne

Located in Portland, ME

Passport Office in Rockefeller Center, the Chronic Disease Hospital, the Williamsburg Housing Project, and the 1939 World's Fair.(2) Although Browne destroyed his early academic work...

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1940s Portrait Prints

Materials

Watercolor

“Untitled”
“Untitled”

“Untitled”

By Leon Wall

Located in Southampton, NY

From 1939 to 1940, he was a member of the research staff at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, concentrating on Persian Art and also lectured on art at the New York 1939 Wor...

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1950s Abstract Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Oil Pastel, Archival Paper, Gouache

“Untitled”
“Untitled”

“Untitled”

By Leon Wall

Located in Southampton, NY

From 1939 to 1940, he was a member of the research staff at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, concentrating on Persian Art and also lectured on art at the New York 1939 Wor...

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1950s Abstract Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Oil Pastel, Archival Paper, Gouache

“Untitled”
“Untitled”

“Untitled”

By Leon Wall

Located in Southampton, NY

From 1939 to 1940, he was a member of the research staff at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, concentrating on Persian Art and also lectured on art at the New York 1939 Wor...

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1950s Abstract Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Oil Pastel, Archival Paper

The Model Watercolor on Paper, American Modern, Circa 1930, Framed
The Model Watercolor on Paper, American Modern, Circa 1930, Framed

The Model Watercolor on Paper, American Modern, Circa 1930, Framed

By William C. Grauer

Located in Fairlawn, OH

Grauer’s involvement in West Virginia also included his West Virginia murals for the West Virginia exhibitions at the 1933 Century of Progress Exhibition in Chicago and the 1939 Worl...

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1930s American Modern Interior Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Gaspe: St. Lawrence Village

Gaspe: St. Lawrence Village

By William Grauer

Located in Fairlawn, OH

Grauer’s involvement in West Virginia also included his West Virginia murals for the West Virginia exhibitions at the 1933 Century of Progress Exhibition in Chicago and the 1939 Worl...

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1950s American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

untitled (Hillside in Spring)

untitled (Hillside in Spring)

By William C. Grauer

Located in Fairlawn, OH

Grauer’s involvement in West Virginia also included his West Virginia murals for the West Virginia exhibitions at the 1933 Century of Progress Exhibition in Chicago and the 1939 Worl...

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1960s Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Gouache

Gaspe: St. Lawrence Village

Gaspe: St. Lawrence Village

By William Grauer

Located in Fairlawn, OH

Grauer’s involvement in West Virginia also included his West Virginia murals for the West Virginia exhibitions at the 1933 Century of Progress Exhibition in Chicago and the 1939 Worl...

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1950s American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

untitled (Yellow Adobe Building with Bell)
untitled (Yellow Adobe Building with Bell)

untitled (Yellow Adobe Building with Bell)

By William Grauer

Located in Fairlawn, OH

Grauer’s involvement in West Virginia also included his West Virginia murals for the West Virginia exhibitions at the 1933 Century of Progress Exhibition in Chicago and the 1939 Worl...

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20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Watercolor

untitled (The White Barn with Farmers and Horse)
untitled (The White Barn with Farmers and Horse)

untitled (The White Barn with Farmers and Horse)

By William Grauer

Located in Fairlawn, OH

Grauer’s involvement in West Virginia also included his West Virginia murals for the West Virginia exhibitions at the 1933 Century of Progress Exhibition in Chicago and the 1939 Worl...

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1950s American Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

The Cavern 1950 painting by John Atherton
The Cavern 1950 painting by John Atherton

The Cavern 1950 painting by John Atherton

Located in Hudson, NY

Atherton’s reputation increased to a national scale when he designed the art deco stone lithograph poster for the 1939 World’s Fair that strikingly depicted Earth and its atmospheric...

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1950s Modern Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Tempera

1939 Mills “Trylon” American Art Deco Penny Scale  Model 430  Chicago
1939 Mills “Trylon” American Art Deco Penny Scale  Model 430  Chicago

1939 Mills “Trylon” American Art Deco Penny Scale Model 430 Chicago

Located in North Hollywood, CA

A striking American Art Deco “Trylon” penny scale, produced in 1939 by Mills Industries of Chicago in connection with the 1939 New York World’s Fair.

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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Cast Iron

Winter Tracery (Milford Connecticut)
Winter Tracery (Milford Connecticut)

Winter Tracery (Milford Connecticut)

Located in San Francisco, CA

Exhibitions and awards include a first prize at the Marblehead Art Association in 1925 and a prize in 1926; the Bijur Prize at the Brooklyn Society if Etchers, Brooklyn Museum in 192...

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Mid-20th Century American Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Drypoint, Etching

Gaspe Homes Acrylic Painting, American Modern, Signed, 1970s, 46x34
Gaspe Homes Acrylic Painting, American Modern, Signed, 1970s, 46x34

Gaspe Homes Acrylic Painting, American Modern, Signed, 1970s, 46x34

By William C. Grauer

Located in Fairlawn, OH

Grauer’s involvement in West Virginia also included his West Virginia murals for the West Virginia exhibitions at the 1933 Century of Progress Exhibition in Chicago and the 1939 Worl...

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1970s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Canyon Country Acrylic Painting, Signed, 1970s, 35.5x48\"
Canyon Country Acrylic Painting, Signed, 1970s, 35.5x48\"

Canyon Country Acrylic Painting, Signed, 1970s, 35.5x48\"

By William C. Grauer

Located in Fairlawn, OH

Grauer’s involvement in West Virginia also included his West Virginia murals for the West Virginia exhibitions at the 1933 Century of Progress Exhibition in Chicago and the 1939 Worl...

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1970s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, ABS

untitled (Street Scene Mexico)
untitled (Street Scene Mexico)

untitled (Street Scene Mexico)

By William Grauer

Located in Fairlawn, OH

Grauer’s involvement in West Virginia also included his West Virginia murals for the West Virginia exhibitions at the 1933 Century of Progress Exhibition in Chicago and the 1939 Worl...

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1960s American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Portrait of Louisiana Refugees by Michael Kelly
Portrait of Louisiana Refugees by Michael Kelly

Portrait of Louisiana Refugees by Michael Kelly

Located in New York, NY

One of Kelly’s own designs reached the finals in a contest sponsored by the 1939 World’s Fair. Perhaps the most significant flowering of Kelly’s talent as a major artist came about ...

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1940s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Pastel

Woman with Arms Crossed
Woman with Arms Crossed

Woman with Arms Crossed

By Byron Browne

Located in Fairlawn, OH

Passport Office in Rockefeller Center, the Chronic Disease Hospital, the Williamsburg Housing Project, and the 1939 World’s Fair.(2) Although Browne destroyed his early academic wor...

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1950s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Other Medium

Neoclassical Head in profile
Neoclassical Head in profile

Neoclassical Head in profile

By Byron Browne

Located in Fairlawn, OH

Passport Office in Rockefeller Center, the Chronic Disease Hospital, the Williamsburg Housing Project, and the 1939 World’s Fair.(2) Although Browne destroyed his early academic wor...

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1950s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Folke Ohlsson "Frisco" Side Table for Tingströms, Sweden 1960s
Folke Ohlsson "Frisco" Side Table for Tingströms, Sweden 1960s

Folke Ohlsson "Frisco" Side Table for Tingströms, Sweden 1960s

By Folke Ohlsson, Tingströms

Located in Utrecht, NL

Many other Swedish designers tried to bring “Swedish Modern” design to the United States market, most notably at the 1939 World’s Fair, but all doing so “haphazardly” Ohlsson once cl...

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Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Side Tables

Materials

Wood

Night Work
Night Work

Night Work

By Lena Gurr

Located in London, GB

She exhibited in numerous exhibitions held by these organizations as well as the Whitney Studio Club, National Academy of Design, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Brooklyn Museum, and t...

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20th Century Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Large Watercolor Painting John Groth, Men Wrestling, Esquire Magazine WPA Artist
Large Watercolor Painting John Groth, Men Wrestling, Esquire Magazine WPA Artist

Large Watercolor Painting John Groth, Men Wrestling, Esquire Magazine WPA Artist

By John Groth

Located in Surfside, FL

Gallery in New York City; Dayton Art Institute; National Academy of Design; Whitney Museum of American Art; Corcoran Gallery of Art; 1939 Worlds Fair in New York.His work is in colle...

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Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

On the Beach modernist oil painting by Byron Browne
On the Beach modernist oil painting by Byron Browne

On the Beach modernist oil painting by Byron Browne

By Byron Browne

Located in Hudson, NY

Guggenheim Foundation. During New York’s World’s Fair of 1939 Browne exhibited in the “Abstract Painting in America” show held in The Contemporary Art Pavilion among AAA founders Gio...

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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Folk Singer oil painting by Byron Browne
Folk Singer oil painting by Byron Browne

Folk Singer oil painting by Byron Browne

By Byron Browne

Located in Hudson, NY

Guggenheim Foundation. During New York’s World’s Fair of 1939 Browne exhibited in the “Abstract Painting in America” show held in The Contemporary Art Pavilion among AAA founders Gio...

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1950s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Victory- now you can invest in it!" Vintage WWII Victory Loan Poster, 1945
"Victory- now you can invest in it!" Vintage WWII Victory Loan Poster, 1945

"Victory- now you can invest in it!" Vintage WWII Victory Loan Poster, 1945

By Dean Cornwell

Located in Colorado Springs, CO

Other murals include Rockefeller Center, Bethlehem Steel, New York's General Motors Building, and the 1939 World's Fair. In 1959, he was inducted into the Society of Illustrator's Ha...

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Vintage 1940s American Modern Posters

Materials

Paper

Fairytale
Fairytale

Fairytale

By Sacha Kolin

Located in San Francisco, CA

Galleries. At the 1940 New York World's Fair, she was one of 42 émigré artists (including Josef Albers, Werner Drewes, Laszlo-Moholy-Nagy, and Amedee Ozenfant) represented in "New Am...

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Late 20th Century Abstract Geometric Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Fly Bird
Fly Bird

Fly Bird

By Sacha Kolin

Located in San Francisco, CA

Galleries. At the 1940 New York World's Fair, she was one of 42 émigré artists (including Josef Albers, Werner Drewes, Laszlo-Moholy-Nagy, and Amedee Ozenfant) represented in "New Am...

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Late 20th Century Abstract Geometric Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink

Neon Lights
Neon Lights

Neon Lights

By Sacha Kolin

Located in San Francisco, CA

Galleries. At the 1940 New York World's Fair, she was one of 42 émigré artists (including Josef Albers, Werner Drewes, Laszlo-Moholy-Nagy, and Amedee Ozenfant) represented in "New Am...

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Late 20th Century Abstract Geometric Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Watercolor

Dedication
Dedication

Dedication

By Sacha Kolin

Located in San Francisco, CA

Galleries. At the 1940 New York World's Fair, she was one of 42 émigré artists (including Josef Albers, Werner Drewes, Laszlo-Moholy-Nagy, and Amedee Ozenfant) represented in "New Am...

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Late 20th Century Abstract Geometric Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Watercolor

Go Left and Right
Go Left and Right

Go Left and Right

By Sacha Kolin

Located in San Francisco, CA

Galleries. At the 1940 New York World's Fair, she was one of 42 émigré artists (including Josef Albers, Werner Drewes, Laszlo-Moholy-Nagy, and Amedee Ozenfant) represented in "New Am...

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Late 20th Century Abstract Geometric Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Watercolor

Ballcage
Ballcage

Ballcage

By Sacha Kolin

Located in San Francisco, CA

Galleries. At the 1940 New York World's Fair, she was one of 42 émigré artists (including Josef Albers, Werner Drewes, Laszlo-Moholy-Nagy, and Amedee Ozenfant) represented in "New Am...

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Late 20th Century Abstract Geometric Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Watercolor

Sunbutton
Sunbutton

Sunbutton

By Sacha Kolin

Located in San Francisco, CA

Galleries. At the 1940 New York World's Fair, she was one of 42 émigré artists (including Josef Albers, Werner Drewes, Laszlo-Moholy-Nagy, and Amedee Ozenfant) represented in "New Am...

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Late 20th Century Abstract Geometric Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Watercolor

Snake Poisenous to an Orange
Snake Poisenous to an Orange

Snake Poisenous to an Orange

By Sacha Kolin

Located in San Francisco, CA

Galleries. At the 1940 New York World's Fair, she was one of 42 émigré artists (including Josef Albers, Werner Drewes, Laszlo-Moholy-Nagy, and Amedee Ozenfant) represented in "New Am...

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Late 20th Century Abstract Geometric Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Watercolor

Carneval Lights
Carneval Lights

Carneval Lights

By Sacha Kolin

Located in San Francisco, CA

Galleries. At the 1940 New York World's Fair, she was one of 42 émigré artists (including Josef Albers, Werner Drewes, Laszlo-Moholy-Nagy, and Amedee Ozenfant) represented in "New Am...

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Late 20th Century Abstract Geometric Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Ink

Rare and Important Cerused Oak Buffet by Andre Arbus
Rare and Important Cerused Oak Buffet by Andre Arbus

Rare and Important Cerused Oak Buffet by Andre Arbus

Located in Montreal, QC

The buffet we are offering is the one that was commissioned for a private collection after the 1939 New York World's Fair . Provenance: Galerie Yves Gastou, Paris Acquired from the ...

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Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Buffets

Materials

Oak

16th-century Traditional Historical Polish Male Dress Peasant Attire
16th-century Traditional Historical Polish Male Dress Peasant Attire

16th-century Traditional Historical Polish Male Dress Peasant Attire

Located in Wilton Manors, FL

His ceiling mural was awarded the Grand Prix at the International "Art and Technique" in Paris. In 1939 Cybis and his wife, Marja, an accomplished artist in her own right came to th...

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1930s Art Deco Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Crayon, Gouache, Pencil

16th-century Traditional Historical Polish Male Dress Attire
16th-century Traditional Historical Polish Male Dress Attire

16th-century Traditional Historical Polish Male Dress Attire

Located in Wilton Manors, FL

His ceiling mural was awarded the Grand Prix at the International "Art and Technique" in Paris. In 1939 Cybis and his wife, Marja, an accomplished artist in her own right came to th...

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1930s Art Deco Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Gouache, Pencil, Crayon

TOBACCO ROAD Mid 20th Century Realism 1940 Drawing from the Novel WPA Literary 2
TOBACCO ROAD Mid 20th Century Realism 1940 Drawing from the Novel WPA Literary 2

TOBACCO ROAD Mid 20th Century Realism 1940 Drawing from the Novel WPA Literary 2

By David Fredenthal

Located in New York, NY

The Sports Pavilion on the Heinz Building of the New York World's Fair 1939. Some of his fresco and mural techniques were inspired by his friendship with Diego Rivera who had admired...

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1930s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink, Watercolor

TOBACCO ROAD Mid 20th Century Realism 1940 Drawing from the Novel WPA Literary 3
TOBACCO ROAD Mid 20th Century Realism 1940 Drawing from the Novel WPA Literary 3

TOBACCO ROAD Mid 20th Century Realism 1940 Drawing from the Novel WPA Literary 3

By David Fredenthal

Located in New York, NY

The Sports Pavilion on the Heinz Building of the New York World's Fair 1939. Some of his fresco and mural techniques were inspired by his friendship with Diego Rivera who had admired...

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1930s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink, Watercolor

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