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1940s Era Art Deco Scalloped Edge Mirror Framed Mirror
Located in Chicago, IL
Marvellous mirror with a scalloped edge frame set on wood backing. Bevelled frame sheathed in mirror, and held in place with brass finished brackets. Can be mounted vertically or hor...
Category

Vintage 1940s American Wall Mirrors

Materials

Brass

  • 1940s Era Art Deco Scalloped Edge Mirror Framed Mirror
  • 1940s Era Art Deco Scalloped Edge Mirror Framed Mirror
  • 1940s Era Art Deco Scalloped Edge Mirror Framed Mirror
  • 1940s Era Art Deco Scalloped Edge Mirror Framed Mirror

1940s Era Art Deco Scalloped Edge Mirror Framed Mirror

H 60.75 in. W 38.5 in. D 2.5 in.
1940's Art Deco Era Silver and Antelope Horn Table Mirror
Located in Las Vegas, NV
Exotic Art Deco era African antelope horn and hammered coin silver table mirror. Charming small
Category

Mid-20th Century Art Deco Table Mirrors

Materials

Horn, Wood

  • 1940's Art Deco Era Silver and Antelope Horn Table Mirror
  • 1940's Art Deco Era Silver and Antelope Horn Table Mirror
  • 1940's Art Deco Era Silver and Antelope Horn Table Mirror
  • 1940's Art Deco Era Silver and Antelope Horn Table Mirror

1940's Art Deco Era Silver and Antelope Horn Table Mirror

H 12.50 in. W 12.50 in. D 5.50 in.
Japanese Screen Painting, Cat & Pumpkin Patch. Showa Era, 1940s
Located in Kyoto, JP
Chuichi Konno (1915-2006) Cat and Pumpkin Patch Showa period, 1940s. Folding screen in two
Category

Vintage 1940s Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens

Materials

Paper, Wood

  • Japanese Screen Painting, Cat & Pumpkin Patch. Showa Era, 1940s
  • Japanese Screen Painting, Cat & Pumpkin Patch. Showa Era, 1940s
  • Japanese Screen Painting, Cat & Pumpkin Patch. Showa Era, 1940s
  • Japanese Screen Painting, Cat & Pumpkin Patch. Showa Era, 1940s

Japanese Screen Painting, Cat & Pumpkin Patch. Showa Era, 1940s

H 53.5 in. W 65 in. D .75 in.
Paris City Scene, Portrait Oil Painting WPA Era 1940s
By Maurice Kish
Located in Surfside, FL
, Kish used the skills he acquired in art school to earn his living at a Manhattan glass factory where he
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

  • Paris City Scene, Portrait Oil Painting WPA Era 1940s
  • Paris City Scene, Portrait Oil Painting WPA Era 1940s
  • Paris City Scene, Portrait Oil Painting WPA Era 1940s
  • Paris City Scene, Portrait Oil Painting WPA Era 1940s

Maurice Kish
Paris City Scene, Portrait Oil Painting WPA Era 1940s, 1963

H 37 in. W 32.75 in.
Large Modernist Oil Painting 1940s, Judaica Hasidic Shtetl Wagon Driver WPA Era
By Emanuel Glicenstein Romano
Located in Surfside, FL
not on account of his father's fame. In 1936 Romano was worked for the WPA Federal Art Project
Category

1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

  • Large Modernist Oil Painting 1940s, Judaica Hasidic Shtetl Wagon Driver WPA Era
  • Large Modernist Oil Painting 1940s, Judaica Hasidic Shtetl Wagon Driver WPA Era
  • Large Modernist Oil Painting 1940s, Judaica Hasidic Shtetl Wagon Driver WPA Era
  • Large Modernist Oil Painting 1940s, Judaica Hasidic Shtetl Wagon Driver WPA Era

Emanuel Glicenstein Romano
Large Modernist Oil Painting 1940s, Judaica Hasidic Shtetl Wagon Driver WPA Era, c. 1940s

H 39.75 in. W 32.25 in.
'Couple Dancing', American Folk Art Figural Oil, WPA era
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed indistinctly, lower right, and painted circa 1935. A strongly animated, vertically stacked figurative painting filled with compressed energy and an atmosphere of psychologic...
Category

1940s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

  • 'Couple Dancing', American Folk Art Figural Oil, WPA era
  • 'Couple Dancing', American Folk Art Figural Oil, WPA era
  • 'Couple Dancing', American Folk Art Figural Oil, WPA era
  • 'Couple Dancing', American Folk Art Figural Oil, WPA era

American School
'Couple Dancing', American Folk Art Figural Oil, WPA era, 1940s

H 16 in. W 12 in. D .13 in.
Modernist Oil Painting the Shop Window NYC 1940s WPA era
By Maurice Becker
Located in Surfside, FL
the Shop Window New York City, 1940s 17.75X25 sight size. Maurice Becker (1889–1975) was a
Category

Early 20th Century Ashcan School Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

  • Modernist Oil Painting the Shop Window NYC 1940s WPA era
  • Modernist Oil Painting the Shop Window NYC 1940s WPA era
  • Modernist Oil Painting the Shop Window NYC 1940s WPA era
  • Modernist Oil Painting the Shop Window NYC 1940s WPA era

Maurice Becker
Modernist Oil Painting the Shop Window NYC 1940s WPA era

H 28 in. W 20.5 in.
Bathers at the Quarry 1940s American Modernist Oil Painting WPA era
By Theresa Berney Loew
Located in Surfside, FL
Exhibition of Maryland Painters, Sculptors and Print Makers, 1935 with Henry Berge,Bertram S. Berney, Theresa
Category

1940s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

  • Bathers at the Quarry 1940s American Modernist Oil Painting WPA era
  • Bathers at the Quarry 1940s American Modernist Oil Painting WPA era
  • Bathers at the Quarry 1940s American Modernist Oil Painting WPA era
  • Bathers at the Quarry 1940s American Modernist Oil Painting WPA era

Theresa Berney Loew
Bathers at the Quarry 1940s American Modernist Oil Painting WPA era

H 22.5 in. W 18.5 in.
Trading Post Era Pictorial Weaving with Airplane Design in Reds and Greys
By Navajo Indian Art
Located in Denver, CO
Mounted circa 1940s Navajo Weaving from the Trading Post Era. Seen is a stylized border with four
Category

Mid-20th Century American Native American Native American Objects

Materials

Wool

  • Trading Post Era Pictorial Weaving with Airplane Design in Reds and Greys
  • Trading Post Era Pictorial Weaving with Airplane Design in Reds and Greys
  • Trading Post Era Pictorial Weaving with Airplane Design in Reds and Greys
  • Trading Post Era Pictorial Weaving with Airplane Design in Reds and Greys

Trading Post Era Pictorial Weaving with Airplane Design in Reds and Greys

H 96 in. W 52.75 in. D 2 in.
Storm Over Victor (Colorado Mountain Town), 1940s WPA Era Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
, 1941; University of Nebraska (solo); Cleveland Museum of Art, 1940; Kansas City Institute, 1942; Denver
Category

1940s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

  • Storm Over Victor (Colorado Mountain Town), 1940s WPA Era Landscape Oil Painting
  • Storm Over Victor (Colorado Mountain Town), 1940s WPA Era Landscape Oil Painting
  • Storm Over Victor (Colorado Mountain Town), 1940s WPA Era Landscape Oil Painting
  • Storm Over Victor (Colorado Mountain Town), 1940s WPA Era Landscape Oil Painting

George Vander Sluis
Storm Over Victor (Colorado Mountain Town), 1940s WPA Era Landscape Oil Painting, 1946

H 29.25 in. W 23.25 in. D 2 in.
Around East River, NYC Bridge, City Scene Oil Painting WPA Era 1940s
By Maurice Kish
Located in Surfside, FL
held above all else. For years, Kish used the skills he acquired in art school to earn his living at a
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

  • Around East River, NYC Bridge, City Scene Oil Painting WPA Era 1940s
  • Around East River, NYC Bridge, City Scene Oil Painting WPA Era 1940s
  • Around East River, NYC Bridge, City Scene Oil Painting WPA Era 1940s
  • Around East River, NYC Bridge, City Scene Oil Painting WPA Era 1940s

Maurice Kish
Around East River, NYC Bridge, City Scene Oil Painting WPA Era 1940s

H 20.5 in. W 24.5 in.
1940's Americana WPA Modernist Watercolor Painting Catskill Mountains Bungalow
By Samuel Grunvald
Located in Surfside, FL
Bungalow (fauvist painting of New York scene) 1940's. image is 10X 11.5 inches. Hand signed lower
Category

1940s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

  • 1940's Americana WPA Modernist Watercolor Painting Catskill Mountains Bungalow
  • 1940's Americana WPA Modernist Watercolor Painting Catskill Mountains Bungalow
  • 1940's Americana WPA Modernist Watercolor Painting Catskill Mountains Bungalow
  • 1940's Americana WPA Modernist Watercolor Painting Catskill Mountains Bungalow

Samuel Grunvald
1940's Americana WPA Modernist Watercolor Painting Catskill Mountains Bungalow, c.1940s

H 16 in. W 18 in.
Rare 1930s New York Tenement Market Scene Gouache Painting (WPA Era) Jewish Art
By Abram Tromka
Located in Surfside, FL
’s and 1940’s including a 1938 exhibition of his silkscreen prints in the U.S.S.R. In 1935 he was
Category

1930s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Gouache

  • Rare 1930s New York Tenement Market Scene Gouache Painting (WPA Era) Jewish Art
  • Rare 1930s New York Tenement Market Scene Gouache Painting (WPA Era) Jewish Art
  • Rare 1930s New York Tenement Market Scene Gouache Painting (WPA Era) Jewish Art
  • Rare 1930s New York Tenement Market Scene Gouache Painting (WPA Era) Jewish Art

Abram Tromka
Rare 1930s New York Tenement Market Scene Gouache Painting (WPA Era) Jewish Art, c.1930's

H 15.25 in. W 33 in.
Autograph Document by Salvator de Madariaga - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Autograph Document by the Spanish diplomat and writer Salvator de Madariaga from 1940. Draft page
Category

1940s Modern More Art

Materials

Paper, Ink

Autograph Document by Salvator de Madariaga - 1940s

Salvator de Madariaga
Autograph Document by Salvator de Madariaga - 1940s, 1940s

H 11.03 in. W 7.88 in. D 0.04 in.
Loggers WPA Depression Era Modern Mid 20th Century American Scene Social Realism
By William L'Engle
Located in New York, NY
Loggers WPA Depression Era Modern Mid 20th Century American Scene Social Realism Oil on board, 24
Category

1940s Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

  • Loggers WPA Depression Era Modern Mid 20th Century American Scene Social Realism
  • Loggers WPA Depression Era Modern Mid 20th Century American Scene Social Realism
  • Loggers WPA Depression Era Modern Mid 20th Century American Scene Social Realism
  • Loggers WPA Depression Era Modern Mid 20th Century American Scene Social Realism

William L'Engle
Loggers WPA Depression Era Modern Mid 20th Century American Scene Social Realism, 1940s

H 30 in. W 36 in. D 1 in.
Art Deco era Sculptural Bronze Andirons
Located in Las Vegas, NV
A simplistic twist to the flat bronze panel give the illusion of a flame. Panels pivot left or right to allow visual angle choice, circa 1950s, unsigned.
Category

Mid-20th Century Art Deco Andirons

Materials

Bronze, Iron

  • Art Deco era Sculptural Bronze Andirons
  • Art Deco era Sculptural Bronze Andirons
  • Art Deco era Sculptural Bronze Andirons
  • Art Deco era Sculptural Bronze Andirons

Art Deco era Sculptural Bronze Andirons

H 17 in. W 4 in. D 20.50 in.
2 Sculptures: "The Power" & "The Glory" WPA Depression WWII era mid 20th century
By Agnes Yarnall
Located in New York, NY
2 Sculptures: "The Power" & "The Glory" WPA Depression WWII era mid 20th century by Agnes Yarnall
Category

1940s American Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Plaster

  • 2 Sculptures: "The Power" & "The Glory" WPA Depression WWII era mid 20th century
  • 2 Sculptures: "The Power" & "The Glory" WPA Depression WWII era mid 20th century
  • 2 Sculptures: "The Power" & "The Glory" WPA Depression WWII era mid 20th century
  • 2 Sculptures: "The Power" & "The Glory" WPA Depression WWII era mid 20th century

Agnes Yarnall
2 Sculptures: "The Power" & "The Glory" WPA Depression WWII era mid 20th century, 1940s

H 15 in. W 21 in. D 16 in.
Letter b Irene Brin to Countess Pecci Blunt - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
L. T. S. addressed to Contessa A. L. Pecci-Blunt. Rome, April 7, 1945. 2 pp. Front and back, with
Category

1940s Modern More Art

Materials

Paper, Ink

Letter b Irene Brin to Countess Pecci Blunt - 1940s

Brin Irene
Letter b Irene Brin to Countess Pecci Blunt - 1940s, 1940s

H 10.63 in. W 8.86 in. D 0.08 in.
Movado Stainless Steel Art Deco High Grade Chronograph with Original Dial 1940's
By Movado
Located in Long Beach, CA
/ MATERIAL: Stainless Steel CIRCA / YEAR: 1940's DIMENSIONS / SIZE: Length 42mm x Diameter 34mm MOVEMENT
Category

Vintage 1940s Swiss Art Deco Wrist Watches

  • Movado Stainless Steel Art Deco High Grade Chronograph with Original Dial 1940's
  • Movado Stainless Steel Art Deco High Grade Chronograph with Original Dial 1940's
  • Movado Stainless Steel Art Deco High Grade Chronograph with Original Dial 1940's
  • Movado Stainless Steel Art Deco High Grade Chronograph with Original Dial 1940's

Movado Stainless Steel Art Deco High Grade Chronograph with Original Dial 1940's

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Art Deco Era Artisan Hammered Brass Cachepot
Located in Las Vegas, NV
Hand-hammered brass cachepot with the most amazing aged patina, circa 1940s. Fine quality artisan
Category

Early 20th Century Art Deco Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières

Materials

Brass

  • Art Deco Era Artisan Hammered Brass Cachepot
  • Art Deco Era Artisan Hammered Brass Cachepot
  • Art Deco Era Artisan Hammered Brass Cachepot
  • Art Deco Era Artisan Hammered Brass Cachepot

Art Deco Era Artisan Hammered Brass Cachepot

H 14 in. Dm 12 in.
"Breakfast, New York Rowhouse, 1940s," Brilliant WPA-Era Genre Scene
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A brilliant example of stylized Social Realism influenced by Art Deco and WPA painting, this scene
Category

Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Paint

  • "Breakfast, New York Rowhouse, 1940s," Brilliant WPA-Era Genre Scene
  • "Breakfast, New York Rowhouse, 1940s," Brilliant WPA-Era Genre Scene
  • "Breakfast, New York Rowhouse, 1940s," Brilliant WPA-Era Genre Scene
  • "Breakfast, New York Rowhouse, 1940s," Brilliant WPA-Era Genre Scene

"Breakfast, New York Rowhouse, 1940s," Brilliant WPA-Era Genre Scene

H 12 in. W 8 in. D 1 in.
'Mural Study: Lower Manhattan' — WPA Era Precisionism
By Louis Lozowick
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
University Museum, Smithsonian American Art Museum, U.S. Treasury Collection, Wolfsonian (Florida
Category

1930s American Modern Landscape Prints

Materials

Lithograph

  • 'Mural Study: Lower Manhattan' — WPA Era Precisionism
  • 'Mural Study: Lower Manhattan' — WPA Era Precisionism
  • 'Mural Study: Lower Manhattan' — WPA Era Precisionism
  • 'Mural Study: Lower Manhattan' — WPA Era Precisionism

Louis Lozowick
'Mural Study: Lower Manhattan' — WPA Era Precisionism, 1935

H 12.82 in. W 8.88 in.
1930s WPA Era Modernist Colorado Mining Mountain Landscape, Autumn Landscape
By Louise Ronnebeck
Located in Denver, CO
the mountains of Colorado, WPA Era, circa 1935. Colors include red, orange, brown beige, green, cream
Category

1930s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

  • 1930s WPA Era Modernist Colorado Mining Mountain Landscape, Autumn Landscape
  • 1930s WPA Era Modernist Colorado Mining Mountain Landscape, Autumn Landscape
  • 1930s WPA Era Modernist Colorado Mining Mountain Landscape, Autumn Landscape
  • 1930s WPA Era Modernist Colorado Mining Mountain Landscape, Autumn Landscape

Louise Ronnebeck
1930s WPA Era Modernist Colorado Mining Mountain Landscape, Autumn Landscape, circa 1935

H 22.25 in. W 26.5 in. D .5 in.
UNION SQUARE Depression Era Oil Painting WPA Realism American Scene Realism NYC
By Joseph Lambert Cain
Located in New York, NY
UNION SQUARE Depression Era Oil Painting WPA Realism American Scene Realism NYC Jo Cain (1904
Category

1940s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

  • UNION SQUARE Depression Era Oil Painting WPA Realism American Scene Realism NYC
  • UNION SQUARE Depression Era Oil Painting WPA Realism American Scene Realism NYC
  • UNION SQUARE Depression Era Oil Painting WPA Realism American Scene Realism NYC
  • UNION SQUARE Depression Era Oil Painting WPA Realism American Scene Realism NYC

Joseph Lambert Cain
UNION SQUARE Depression Era Oil Painting WPA Realism American Scene Realism NYC, c. 1940

H 43 in. W 31 in. D 3 in.
Navajo Rug, Vintage circa 1935 Trading Post Era Southwestern Weaving
By Navajo Indian Art
Located in Denver, CO
Navajo rug from the Trading Post Era, handwoven textile created in the 1920s-1940s, circa 1935
Category

Vintage 1930s American Native American North and South American Rugs

Materials

Wool

  • Navajo Rug, Vintage circa 1935 Trading Post Era Southwestern Weaving
  • Navajo Rug, Vintage circa 1935 Trading Post Era Southwestern Weaving
  • Navajo Rug, Vintage circa 1935 Trading Post Era Southwestern Weaving
  • Navajo Rug, Vintage circa 1935 Trading Post Era Southwestern Weaving

Navajo Rug, Vintage circa 1935 Trading Post Era Southwestern Weaving

W 46 in. L 89 in.
Art Deco Ruby Ring Seed Pearls .25ct Original 1940's Hammerman Bros Antique 10K
Located in Dearborn, MI
Genuine Original Art Deco Antique from 1940's Ruby Seed Pearl Cocktail Ring .25ct Yellow Gold
Category

Vintage 1940s Art Deco Cocktail Rings

Materials

Pearl, Ruby, 10k Gold, Yellow Gold

  • Art Deco Ruby Ring Seed Pearls .25ct Original 1940's Hammerman Bros Antique 10K
  • Art Deco Ruby Ring Seed Pearls .25ct Original 1940's Hammerman Bros Antique 10K
  • Art Deco Ruby Ring Seed Pearls .25ct Original 1940's Hammerman Bros Antique 10K
  • Art Deco Ruby Ring Seed Pearls .25ct Original 1940's Hammerman Bros Antique 10K

Art Deco Ruby Ring Seed Pearls .25ct Original 1940's Hammerman Bros Antique 10K

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Huge French Art Deco Era Polychrome Toy Soldier Lamp
By Jacques Adnet
Located in Las Vegas, NV
Art Deco era hand sculpted and painted toy soldier table lamp. Jumbo size standing over 4-1/2 feet
Category

Early 20th Century Art Deco Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

  • Huge French Art Deco Era Polychrome Toy Soldier Lamp
  • Huge French Art Deco Era Polychrome Toy Soldier Lamp
  • Huge French Art Deco Era Polychrome Toy Soldier Lamp
  • Huge French Art Deco Era Polychrome Toy Soldier Lamp

Huge French Art Deco Era Polychrome Toy Soldier Lamp

H 56 in. Dm 15 in.
Late 1940s American Amusement Park Car, "Little Red Convertible"
Located in San Francisco, CA
American amusement park car, "Little Red Convertible." A late 1940s streamline design similar to a
Category

Mid-20th Century American Streamlined Moderne Carnival Art

Materials

Steel, Aluminum

  • Late 1940s American Amusement Park Car, "Little Red Convertible"
  • Late 1940s American Amusement Park Car, "Little Red Convertible"
  • Late 1940s American Amusement Park Car, "Little Red Convertible"
  • Late 1940s American Amusement Park Car, "Little Red Convertible"

Late 1940s American Amusement Park Car, "Little Red Convertible"

H 19 in. W 24 in. D 60 in.
Judaica Pastel Portrait Rabbi Painting WPA Era Artist, Social Realist
By Bernard Gussow
Located in Surfside, FL
born in 1881 in Russia. He studied at both the Art Students League and the National Academy of Design
Category

1940s American Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Oil Pastel

  • Judaica Pastel Portrait Rabbi Painting WPA Era Artist, Social Realist
  • Judaica Pastel Portrait Rabbi Painting WPA Era Artist, Social Realist
  • Judaica Pastel Portrait Rabbi Painting WPA Era Artist, Social Realist
  • Judaica Pastel Portrait Rabbi Painting WPA Era Artist, Social Realist

Bernard Gussow
Judaica Pastel Portrait Rabbi Painting WPA Era Artist, Social Realist, c.1940s

H 17.5 in. W 14.25 in.
Authentic Nautical Signal Flag from 1940's Framed Professionally
Located in East Hampton, NY
-made nautical signal flag from WW II era, was never used and acquired as a group (see some of our other
Category

Vintage 1940s German Art Deco Shadow Boxes

Materials

Maple, Cotton

  • Authentic Nautical Signal Flag from 1940's Framed Professionally
  • Authentic Nautical Signal Flag from 1940's Framed Professionally
  • Authentic Nautical Signal Flag from 1940's Framed Professionally
  • Authentic Nautical Signal Flag from 1940's Framed Professionally

Authentic Nautical Signal Flag from 1940's Framed Professionally

H 79.5 in. W 27 in. D 1.5 in.
Authentic Nautical Signal Flag from 1940's Framed Professionally
Located in East Hampton, NY
-made nautical signal flag from WW II era, was never used and acquired as a group (see some of our other
Category

Vintage 1940s German Art Deco Shadow Boxes

Materials

Cotton, Maple

  • Authentic Nautical Signal Flag from 1940's Framed Professionally
  • Authentic Nautical Signal Flag from 1940's Framed Professionally
  • Authentic Nautical Signal Flag from 1940's Framed Professionally
  • Authentic Nautical Signal Flag from 1940's Framed Professionally

Authentic Nautical Signal Flag from 1940's Framed Professionally

H 77 in. W 28 in. D 1.5 in.
Authentic Nautical Signal Flag from 1940's Framed Professionally
Located in East Hampton, NY
-made nautical signal flag from WW II era, was never used and acquired as a group (see some of our other
Category

Vintage 1940s German Art Deco Shadow Boxes

Materials

Cotton, Maple

  • Authentic Nautical Signal Flag from 1940's Framed Professionally
  • Authentic Nautical Signal Flag from 1940's Framed Professionally
  • Authentic Nautical Signal Flag from 1940's Framed Professionally
  • Authentic Nautical Signal Flag from 1940's Framed Professionally

Authentic Nautical Signal Flag from 1940's Framed Professionally

H 79.5 in. W 27 in. D 1.5 in.
Late 1940s Penny Toy Wind-Up Train, Attributed Japan
Located in Incline Village, NV
Diminutive late 1940s "penny toy like" wind-up tin toy platform train modern and sleek looking for
Category

Vintage 1940s Japanese Folk Art Toys

Materials

Tin

  • Late 1940s Penny Toy Wind-Up Train, Attributed Japan
  • Late 1940s Penny Toy Wind-Up Train, Attributed Japan
  • Late 1940s Penny Toy Wind-Up Train, Attributed Japan
  • Late 1940s Penny Toy Wind-Up Train, Attributed Japan

Late 1940s Penny Toy Wind-Up Train, Attributed Japan

H 1 in. W 1.5 in. D 5.5 in.
Vintage Contact Sheet Jaffa, Jerusalem circa 1940s
Located in Surfside, FL
A rare British Mandate Palestine, early state of Israel era, Black and White photography contact
Category

1940s Modern Landscape Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

  • Vintage Contact Sheet Jaffa, Jerusalem circa 1940s
  • Vintage Contact Sheet Jaffa, Jerusalem circa 1940s
  • Vintage Contact Sheet Jaffa, Jerusalem circa 1940s
  • Vintage Contact Sheet Jaffa, Jerusalem circa 1940s

Vintage Contact Sheet Jaffa, Jerusalem circa 1940s

H 10 in. W 8 in.
AFTER THE VICTORY, PROPHECY OF ISAIAH, WPA ERA Circa 1930s
By Saul Rabino
Located in Surfside, FL
spent most of his life in Los Angeles. Born Saul Rabinowitz in 1892 in Odessa, Russia,Rabino studied art
Category

1930s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Pastel, Color Pencil, Lithograph

  • AFTER THE VICTORY, PROPHECY OF ISAIAH, WPA ERA Circa 1930s
  • AFTER THE VICTORY, PROPHECY OF ISAIAH, WPA ERA Circa 1930s
  • AFTER THE VICTORY, PROPHECY OF ISAIAH, WPA ERA Circa 1930s
  • AFTER THE VICTORY, PROPHECY OF ISAIAH, WPA ERA Circa 1930s

Saul Rabino
AFTER THE VICTORY, PROPHECY OF ISAIAH, WPA ERA Circa 1930s

H 10 in. W 16.5 in.
Art Deco Era Platinum Goliath Heron Crane Fountain Sculptures, Life-Size
Located in Las Vegas, NV
Magnificent pair of life-size+ bronze Goliath Heron fountain sculptures from the Art Deco era
Category

Mid-20th Century Art Deco Fountains

Materials

Bronze

  • Art Deco Era Platinum Goliath Heron Crane Fountain Sculptures, Life-Size
  • Art Deco Era Platinum Goliath Heron Crane Fountain Sculptures, Life-Size
  • Art Deco Era Platinum Goliath Heron Crane Fountain Sculptures, Life-Size
  • Art Deco Era Platinum Goliath Heron Crane Fountain Sculptures, Life-Size

Art Deco Era Platinum Goliath Heron Crane Fountain Sculptures, Life-Size

H 78 in. W 32 in. D 14 in.
Art Deco era Spun Aluminum Glass Star Pendant Lamp
Located in Las Vegas, NV
Thin spun aluminum bowl pendant lamp with five acrylic stars and a molded glass shade. Bowl floats suspended on 3 ball chain attached to bulb shroud. Two are available, priced per ...
Category

Vintage 1940s Art Deco Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Aluminum

  • Art Deco era Spun Aluminum Glass Star Pendant Lamp
  • Art Deco era Spun Aluminum Glass Star Pendant Lamp
  • Art Deco era Spun Aluminum Glass Star Pendant Lamp
  • Art Deco era Spun Aluminum Glass Star Pendant Lamp

Art Deco era Spun Aluminum Glass Star Pendant Lamp

H 29 in. Dm 16.5 in.
Birth, 1940s Modernist Surrealist Abstract Figural Watercolor Painting
By Charles Ragland Bunnell
Located in Denver, CO
City Art Institute where Bunnell himself later taught in the summers of 1929-1930 and in 1940-41
Category

1940s Surrealist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

  • Birth, 1940s Modernist Surrealist Abstract Figural Watercolor Painting
  • Birth, 1940s Modernist Surrealist Abstract Figural Watercolor Painting
  • Birth, 1940s Modernist Surrealist Abstract Figural Watercolor Painting
  • Birth, 1940s Modernist Surrealist Abstract Figural Watercolor Painting

Charles Ragland Bunnell
Birth, 1940s Modernist Surrealist Abstract Figural Watercolor Painting, 1943

H 27.5 in. W 23.25 in. D 1.25 in.
Moscow, Russia Workers Woodblock c.1930s WPA era Woodcut Print Hand Signed
By Albert Abramovitz
Located in Surfside, FL
the Civic Club in Manhattan. During the 1940’s and 50’s, he lived in Brooklyn.In the 1940’s he had a
Category

1930s American Impressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Woodcut

  • Moscow, Russia Workers Woodblock c.1930s WPA era Woodcut Print Hand Signed
  • Moscow, Russia Workers Woodblock c.1930s WPA era Woodcut Print Hand Signed
  • Moscow, Russia Workers Woodblock c.1930s WPA era Woodcut Print Hand Signed
  • Moscow, Russia Workers Woodblock c.1930s WPA era Woodcut Print Hand Signed

Albert Abramovitz
Moscow, Russia Workers Woodblock c.1930s WPA era Woodcut Print Hand Signed, c.1925-1939

H 12 in. W 12.5 in. D .1 in.
Pair of Danish Art Deco Armchairs in the Manner of Fritz Hansen, c. 1940's
By Fritz Hansen
Located in Norwalk, CT
Poised at the transition between the Art Deco and Early Modern eras, this fabulous pair of
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Vintage 1940s European Mid-Century Modern Armchairs

Materials

Beech

  • Pair of Danish Art Deco Armchairs in the Manner of Fritz Hansen, c. 1940's
  • Pair of Danish Art Deco Armchairs in the Manner of Fritz Hansen, c. 1940's
  • Pair of Danish Art Deco Armchairs in the Manner of Fritz Hansen, c. 1940's
  • Pair of Danish Art Deco Armchairs in the Manner of Fritz Hansen, c. 1940's

Pair of Danish Art Deco Armchairs in the Manner of Fritz Hansen, c. 1940's

H 32 in. W 23.5 in. D 28 in.
French 1940s Art Deco Iron Sconces
Located in Isle Sur La Sorgue, Vaucluse
French 1940s Art Deco wrought iron wall lights, with a curlicued motif, each sconce holding two
Category

Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Wall Lights and Sconces

Materials

Wrought Iron

  • French 1940s Art Deco Iron Sconces
  • French 1940s Art Deco Iron Sconces
  • French 1940s Art Deco Iron Sconces
  • French 1940s Art Deco Iron Sconces

French 1940s Art Deco Iron Sconces

H 8.27 in. W 22.05 in. D 5.91 in.
Pikes Peak, 1940s Colorado Mountain Landscape in Autumn, Tempera Painting
By Charles Ragland Bunnell
Located in Denver, CO
City Art Institute where Bunnell himself later taught in the summers of 1929-1930 and in 1940-41
Category

1930s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Egg Tempera, Board

  • Pikes Peak, 1940s Colorado Mountain Landscape in Autumn, Tempera Painting
  • Pikes Peak, 1940s Colorado Mountain Landscape in Autumn, Tempera Painting
  • Pikes Peak, 1940s Colorado Mountain Landscape in Autumn, Tempera Painting
  • Pikes Peak, 1940s Colorado Mountain Landscape in Autumn, Tempera Painting

Charles Ragland Bunnell
Pikes Peak, 1940s Colorado Mountain Landscape in Autumn, Tempera Painting, 1941

H 15.5 in. W 19.25 in. D 1.25 in.
Old Tyrolean Shelf Corner, Country, art decò era, in plywood , Wax Finished
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Old Tyrolean Shelf Corner, Country, art decò era, in plywood , Wax Finished Measures cm: H 50, W
Category

Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Shelves

Materials

Plywood

  • Old Tyrolean Shelf Corner, Country, art decò era, in plywood , Wax Finished
  • Old Tyrolean Shelf Corner, Country, art decò era, in plywood , Wax Finished
  • Old Tyrolean Shelf Corner, Country, art decò era, in plywood , Wax Finished
  • Old Tyrolean Shelf Corner, Country, art decò era, in plywood , Wax Finished

Old Tyrolean Shelf Corner, Country, art decò era, in plywood , Wax Finished

H 19.69 in. W 8.67 in. D 8.67 in.
Tiffany & Co. by Agassiz 14Kt. Solid Gold Art Deco Watch Hand Made 1940's
By Tiffany & Co.
Located in Long Beach, CA
Case METAL / MATERIAL: 14Kt. Solid Gold CIRCA / YEAR: 1940's DIMENSIONS / SIZE: Length 38mm X Diameter
Category

Vintage 1940s Swiss Art Deco Wrist Watches

  • Tiffany & Co. by Agassiz 14Kt. Solid Gold Art Deco Watch Hand Made 1940's
  • Tiffany & Co. by Agassiz 14Kt. Solid Gold Art Deco Watch Hand Made 1940's
  • Tiffany & Co. by Agassiz 14Kt. Solid Gold Art Deco Watch Hand Made 1940's
  • Tiffany & Co. by Agassiz 14Kt. Solid Gold Art Deco Watch Hand Made 1940's

Tiffany & Co. by Agassiz 14Kt. Solid Gold Art Deco Watch Hand Made 1940's

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Playboys (2 American male refugees from the Gatsby era preen on Mexican beach)
By Caroline Durieux
Located in New Orleans, LA
born in New Orleans and was already making sketches by the age of four. Her formal art training was at
Category

1930s American Modern Portrait Prints

Materials

Lithograph

  • Playboys (2 American male refugees from the Gatsby era preen on Mexican beach)
  • Playboys (2 American male refugees from the Gatsby era preen on Mexican beach)
  • Playboys (2 American male refugees from the Gatsby era preen on Mexican beach)
  • Playboys (2 American male refugees from the Gatsby era preen on Mexican beach)

Caroline Durieux
Playboys (2 American male refugees from the Gatsby era preen on Mexican beach), 1936

H 13.25 in. W 14 in.
"Gas Tanks" Industrial WPA Depression-Era, Woodstock American Scene Industrial
By Miron Sokole
Located in New York, NY
1930’s & 1940’s Sokole’s paintings were shown in competition with the best artists of the American
Category

Mid-20th Century American Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Gouache

  • "Gas Tanks" Industrial WPA Depression-Era, Woodstock American Scene Industrial
  • "Gas Tanks" Industrial WPA Depression-Era, Woodstock American Scene Industrial
  • "Gas Tanks" Industrial WPA Depression-Era, Woodstock American Scene Industrial
  • "Gas Tanks" Industrial WPA Depression-Era, Woodstock American Scene Industrial

Miron Sokole
"Gas Tanks" Industrial WPA Depression-Era, Woodstock American Scene Industrial, circa 1940

H 16 in. W 22 in. D 1 in.
Original Art Deco Era Oversized Chest of Drawers with Equestrian Motif Pulls
Located in East Hampton, NY
Beautiful in matte ivory finish. Original carved wood horse head pulls. Deep drawers and interior details.
Category

Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Wood

  • Original Art Deco Era Oversized Chest of Drawers with Equestrian Motif Pulls
  • Original Art Deco Era Oversized Chest of Drawers with Equestrian Motif Pulls
  • Original Art Deco Era Oversized Chest of Drawers with Equestrian Motif Pulls
  • Original Art Deco Era Oversized Chest of Drawers with Equestrian Motif Pulls

Original Art Deco Era Oversized Chest of Drawers with Equestrian Motif Pulls

H 36.5 in. W 56 in. D 23 in.
1940s WPA American Modernist Portrait Watercolor Painting, Farmer with Hat Blue
Located in Denver, CO
Original watercolor on paper of a portrait of a farmer by WPA era artist Watson Bidwell (1904-1964
Category

1940s American Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Archival Paper

  • 1940s WPA American Modernist Portrait Watercolor Painting, Farmer with Hat Blue
  • 1940s WPA American Modernist Portrait Watercolor Painting, Farmer with Hat Blue
  • 1940s WPA American Modernist Portrait Watercolor Painting, Farmer with Hat Blue
  • 1940s WPA American Modernist Portrait Watercolor Painting, Farmer with Hat Blue

Watson Bidwell
1940s WPA American Modernist Portrait Watercolor Painting, Farmer with Hat Blue, 1940

H 29.75 in. W 24.75 in. D 0.75 in.
Golden Cycle Mill, Colorado, 1940s WPA Mining Watercolor Landscape, Black White
By Charles Ragland Bunnell
Located in Denver, CO
classes toward the end of the Federal Art Project during the Depression era, he began conducting classes
Category

1940s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

  • Golden Cycle Mill, Colorado, 1940s WPA Mining Watercolor Landscape, Black White
  • Golden Cycle Mill, Colorado, 1940s WPA Mining Watercolor Landscape, Black White
  • Golden Cycle Mill, Colorado, 1940s WPA Mining Watercolor Landscape, Black White
  • Golden Cycle Mill, Colorado, 1940s WPA Mining Watercolor Landscape, Black White

Charles Ragland Bunnell
Golden Cycle Mill, Colorado, 1940s WPA Mining Watercolor Landscape, Black White, circa 1940

H 18 in. W 19.5 in. D 1.5 in.
Art Deco Era Chrome, Lucite and Glass Cabinet Bar Cart by Treitel Gratz
By Treitel Gratz
Located in Las Vegas, NV
, circa 1940s. This piece is in very good original condition and shows it was well cared for.   
Category

Vintage 1940s Art Deco Carts and Bar Carts

Materials

Steel, Chrome

  • Art Deco Era Chrome, Lucite and Glass Cabinet Bar Cart by Treitel Gratz
  • Art Deco Era Chrome, Lucite and Glass Cabinet Bar Cart by Treitel Gratz
  • Art Deco Era Chrome, Lucite and Glass Cabinet Bar Cart by Treitel Gratz
  • Art Deco Era Chrome, Lucite and Glass Cabinet Bar Cart by Treitel Gratz

Art Deco Era Chrome, Lucite and Glass Cabinet Bar Cart by Treitel Gratz

H 29.50 in. W 30 in. D 16.50 in.
Art Deco Era Nena Claiborne Hand Painted Mirror
Located in Dallas, TX
Presenting a unique Art Deco Era hand painted mirror by Dallas Interior Design Legend……..Nena
Category

Early 20th Century American Art Deco Wall Mirrors

Materials

Mirror, Giltwood

  • Art Deco Era Nena Claiborne Hand Painted Mirror
  • Art Deco Era Nena Claiborne Hand Painted Mirror
  • Art Deco Era Nena Claiborne Hand Painted Mirror
  • Art Deco Era Nena Claiborne Hand Painted Mirror

Art Deco Era Nena Claiborne Hand Painted Mirror

H 47.75 in. W 35.6 in. D 1.75 in.
Vintage Contact Sheet Palestine, Israel circa 1940s
Located in Surfside, FL
A rare British Mandate Palestine, early state of Israel era, Black and White photography contact
Category

1940s Black and White Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

  • Vintage Contact Sheet Palestine, Israel circa 1940s
  • Vintage Contact Sheet Palestine, Israel circa 1940s
  • Vintage Contact Sheet Palestine, Israel circa 1940s
  • Vintage Contact Sheet Palestine, Israel circa 1940s

Vintage Contact Sheet Palestine, Israel circa 1940s

H 10 in. W 8 in.
Colorado Hill Town with Storm Clouds, 1940s Modernist Landscape, Green Blue
By Paul Kauver Smith
Located in Denver, CO
WPA era signed framed modernist oil painting of houses and trees in summer with a stormy cloud in
Category

1940s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

  • Colorado Hill Town with Storm Clouds, 1940s Modernist Landscape, Green Blue
  • Colorado Hill Town with Storm Clouds, 1940s Modernist Landscape, Green Blue
  • Colorado Hill Town with Storm Clouds, 1940s Modernist Landscape, Green Blue
  • Colorado Hill Town with Storm Clouds, 1940s Modernist Landscape, Green Blue

Paul Kauver Smith
Colorado Hill Town with Storm Clouds, 1940s Modernist Landscape, Green Blue, circa 1940

H 29 in. W 33 in. D 1.25 in.
Japanese Haori Jacket for Women with Silk: Purple 1940s
Located in Paris, FR
This is a jacket for women called Haori in Japan. This was made around 1940s in Showa era
Category

Vintage 1940s Japanese Antiquities

Materials

Silk

  • Japanese Haori Jacket for Women with Silk: Purple 1940s
  • Japanese Haori Jacket for Women with Silk: Purple 1940s
  • Japanese Haori Jacket for Women with Silk: Purple 1940s
  • Japanese Haori Jacket for Women with Silk: Purple 1940s

Japanese Haori Jacket for Women with Silk: Purple 1940s

H 30.32 in. W 50.79 in. D 0.79 in.
Vintage Contact Sheet Jaffa, Tel Aviv circa 1940s
Located in Surfside, FL
A rare British Mandate Palestine, early state of Israel era, Black and White photography contact
Category

1940s Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

  • Vintage Contact Sheet Jaffa, Tel Aviv circa 1940s
  • Vintage Contact Sheet Jaffa, Tel Aviv circa 1940s
  • Vintage Contact Sheet Jaffa, Tel Aviv circa 1940s
  • Vintage Contact Sheet Jaffa, Tel Aviv circa 1940s

Vintage Contact Sheet Jaffa, Tel Aviv circa 1940s

H 10 in. W 8 in.
Art Deco Set of 5 Decorative Ceramic Pieces Rörstrand Sweden 1940s
By Ilse Claesson, Rörstrand
Located in Hillringsberg, SE
This set containing 5 Ceramic vases were produced during the 1940s in Sweden. The Art Deco pieces
Category

Vintage 1940s Swedish Art Deco Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

  • Art Deco Set of 5 Decorative Ceramic Pieces Rörstrand Sweden 1940s
  • Art Deco Set of 5 Decorative Ceramic Pieces Rörstrand Sweden 1940s
  • Art Deco Set of 5 Decorative Ceramic Pieces Rörstrand Sweden 1940s
  • Art Deco Set of 5 Decorative Ceramic Pieces Rörstrand Sweden 1940s

Art Deco Set of 5 Decorative Ceramic Pieces Rörstrand Sweden 1940s

H 6.7 in. Dm 7.88 in.
1940s Ornate Art Deco 11.50 Carat Diamonds Sapphire Platinum Bracelet
Located in Atlanta, GA
Here is a truly beautiful Art Deco bracelet. This piece features approximately 11.50cttw of antique
Category

Vintage 1940s Art Deco More Bracelets

Materials

Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Platinum

  • 1940s Ornate Art Deco 11.50 Carat Diamonds Sapphire Platinum Bracelet
  • 1940s Ornate Art Deco 11.50 Carat Diamonds Sapphire Platinum Bracelet
  • 1940s Ornate Art Deco 11.50 Carat Diamonds Sapphire Platinum Bracelet
  • 1940s Ornate Art Deco 11.50 Carat Diamonds Sapphire Platinum Bracelet

1940s Ornate Art Deco 11.50 Carat Diamonds Sapphire Platinum Bracelet

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French Deco Era Four Drawer Mahogany Chest
Located in Troy, MI
Circa 1940s French four drawer chest in mahogany features brass trim and hardware, turned front
Category

Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Brass

  • French Deco Era Four Drawer Mahogany Chest
  • French Deco Era Four Drawer Mahogany Chest
  • French Deco Era Four Drawer Mahogany Chest
  • French Deco Era Four Drawer Mahogany Chest

French Deco Era Four Drawer Mahogany Chest

H 29.5 in. W 29 in. D 15.75 in.
1940's Italian Floor Lamp with Mahogany & Satin Nickel on Brass
Located in Hanover, MA
Stunning 1950's Italian floor lamp with the art deco stylings prevalent on the ocean liners of the
Category

Vintage 1940s Italian Floor Lamps

  • 1940's Italian Floor Lamp with Mahogany & Satin Nickel on Brass
  • 1940's Italian Floor Lamp with Mahogany & Satin Nickel on Brass
  • 1940's Italian Floor Lamp with Mahogany & Satin Nickel on Brass
  • 1940's Italian Floor Lamp with Mahogany & Satin Nickel on Brass

1940's Italian Floor Lamp with Mahogany & Satin Nickel on Brass

1940s Sterling Vermeil Art Deco Stylized Fish Brooch Set
Located in University City, MO
1940s Sterling vermeil art deco stylized fish brooch set The elegant brooch and matching screw
Category

Mid-20th Century American Art Deco Brooches

Materials

Vermeil, Sterling Silver

  • 1940s Sterling Vermeil Art Deco Stylized Fish Brooch Set
  • 1940s Sterling Vermeil Art Deco Stylized Fish Brooch Set
  • 1940s Sterling Vermeil Art Deco Stylized Fish Brooch Set
  • 1940s Sterling Vermeil Art Deco Stylized Fish Brooch Set

1940s Sterling Vermeil Art Deco Stylized Fish Brooch Set

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