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Ted Williams - Man reading Billboard Magazine, Chicago, 1958, Printed After
By Ted Williams
Located in Greenwich, CT
, 1950s, Chicago, USA.
Available sizes:
16”x20" Edition of 25
20”x24" Edition of 25
30”x30" Edition of
Category
1950s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Marden of Chicago Square Walnut and Brass Midcentury Ottoman in Wool, USA 1950's
By Marden Furniture
Located in New York, NY
A square walnut and brass ottoman by Marden of Chicago upholstered in wool.
Category
Mid-20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Ottomans and Poufs
Materials
Brass
H 16 in W 21 in D 21 in
1950s Evelyn - Chicago Unique Black Feather & Bugle Beaded Cocktail Hat
Located in Gresham, OR
1950s Evelyn - Chicago Unique Black Feather & Bugle Beaded Cocktail Hat: This fabulous hat
Category
1950s American Hats
Size: One size fits all with combs
Early Drawing and Watercolor Painting Figurative Abstraction
By Mitch Becker
Located in Surfside, FL
Tucson Scholarship, USA
Mitchell Becker emerged into the art world of late 1950s Chicago, between
Category
1960s American Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Chicago Midcentury Papier-Mâché Globe Brass Metal Black Made in USA, 1950s
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Chicago midcentury Papier-Mâché globe brass metal black made in USA 1950s, variable height, traces
Category
Vintage 1950s Virgin Islands Mid-Century Modern Globes
Materials
Metal, Brass
Bes Ben Chicago Rare Surrealistic Clock Dial Avant Garde Designer Hat c 1950s
By Bes-Ben
Located in University City, MO
Bes Ben Chicago Rare surrealistic clock dial themed designer hat c 1950s
The whimsical avant-garde
Category
1950s American Hats
(Ten) Assorted Metal Still Coin Banks; Circa 1950's-'70's
Located in Incline Village, NV
Nine out of these ten banks are of American manufacture, made between the 1950's and the 1970's
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Folk Art Toys and Dolls
Materials
Metal
Original Watercolor Painting "Navy Pier - Chicago" by Benjamin Kelman
Located in San Diego, CA
, circa 1950's. The painting is in very good vintage condition and presented in a gold wood frame. The
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Aluminum
Waltham Gold-Filled Art Deco Watch with Custom Red Dial circa, 1950's
By Waltham
Located in Long Beach, CA
CIRCA / YEAR: 1950's
DIMENSIONS / SIZE: Length 38mm X Width 23mm
MOVEMENT / CALIBER: Manual Winding / 17
Category
Vintage 1950s American Art Deco Wrist Watches
Materials
Gold-filled
“Chairman Mao’s Long Journey” Chicago.
By Erró
Located in Malmo, SE
, France and Germany in the 1950s, studying at the Florence Academy of Art in 1954 and at the School of
Category
2010s Pop Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Monotype
Elgin Gold Filled Art Deco Round Watch with Unique Original Dial From 1950's
By Elgin
Located in Long Beach, CA
/ MATERIAL: White Gold Filled
CIRCA / YEAR: 1950's
DIMENSIONS / SIZE: 42mm Length X 34mm Diameter
MOVEMENT
Category
Vintage 1950s Swiss Art Deco Wrist Watches
Materials
Gold-filled
Frederick Cooper Chinoiserie Table Lamps Vintage Circa 1950’s
By Frederick Cooper
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Set of two vintage 1950’s Frederick Cooper Chinoiserie table lamps.
Vintage Frederick Cooper Asian
Category
Mid-20th Century American Chinoiserie Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Tea and Comfort: Contemporary Figurative Photograph of 1950's Housewife
By Newbold Bohemia
Located in Hudson, NY
contemporary c-print pictures a classic 1950's housewife in a beautiful pink dress and pristine white gloves
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
Dramatic Bes Ben Pinwheel Hat with Shaved Feathers. 1950's.
Located in University City, MO
for his legendary company Bes Ben.
Known as Chicago's "Mad-Hatter" Greenfield designed some of the
Category
1950s American Hats
Observant Father, 1949, Chicago, Vintage Silver Gelatin Print
By Art Shay
Located in Chicago, IL
capture moments like this one - a priest on a Chicago street "observing" one of his parishioners. Art saw
Category
1940s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Pablo Picasso Womans Magical Head Cubist Chicago Sculpture Maquette Mid-Century
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Hyattsville, MD
“Maquette” (after Pabloe Picasso) Very Old Maquette. Black enamel over different types of metal; steel, copper or brass. Unsigned.
Category
Vintage 1950s Unknown Modern Sculptures
Materials
Metal
H 7.75 in W 3.5 in D 4 in
Liz Taylor Smelling Smell-O-Vision, Chicago, 1960
By Art Shay
Located in Chicago, IL
murdered. Photographed here by Art Shay with her then husband, Eddie Fisher, at the premier in Chicago
Category
1950s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Chicago Poet, Gwendolyn Brooks (Limited Edition Estate Stamped)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Gwendolyn Brooks on the back steps of her home in Chicago, 1960.
Printed later.
Slim Aarons
Category
1960s American Realist Color Photography
Materials
Lambda
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H 16 in W 16 in
Secret Recipe: Contemporary Figurative Photograph of 1950's Housewife in Pink
By Newbold Bohemia
Located in Hudson, NY
contemporary c-print pictures a classic 1950's blonde housewife hand rolling dough in a pretty pink apron. The
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
'Sunny Afternoon', Chicago Impressionist, Paris, Grande Chaumiére, Woman Artist
By Pauline Palmer
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
AWARDS
1904, Universal Exposition in St. Louis, bronze medal
1907, Art Institute 's Chicago Artists
Category
1910s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Illustration Board
H 19.75 in W 23.75 in D 0.13 in
William Jacobs "Chicago Skyline IV", original pastel on paper
By William Jacobs
Located in Glenview, IL
, William Jacobs studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and at Hull House. From the 1930's through the 1950
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
H 5 in W 7 in D 0.01 in
'Fall Landscape, Indiana', AIC, Laguna Beach, Chicago Art Association
By Derk Smit
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
the U.S. in 1914 and settled in Chicago. He first studied there at the Academy of Fine Arts and
Category
1950s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
H 20 in W 24 in D 0.75 in
'Lakeshore Drive, Chicago', Modernist Cityscape, Woman Artist, Crocker Museum
By Muriel Backman
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
exhibited with success from the 1930's through the 1950's at the Crocker Art Museum, the Kingsley Art Club
Category
1960s Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Handmade Paper
Widow Maker (Modern Photograph of Sinister 1950's Housewife in Pink Dress)
By Newbold Bohemia
Located in Hudson, NY
beautiful blonde 1950's housewife in a pretty pink dress surrounded by a well kept abode with turquoise
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
C Print, Archival Ink
Original Vintage Art Exhibition Poster Bauhaus Chicago Illinois Herbert Bayer
By Herbert Bayer
Located in London, GB
held at the S.R. Crown Hall Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago (IIT Illinois Tech; founded 1890
Category
Vintage 1960s German Posters
Materials
Paper
H 23.23 in W 16.54 in D 0.04 in
1950's Expressionist Interior Oil Painting Still Life with Flowers and Trumpet
By Herbert Katzman
Located in Surfside, FL
most deeply-felt works.
By the 1950's Katzman was gaining a distinctive reputation as a painter noted
Category
Mid-20th Century Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Chicago Modernist Line Drawing Reclining Nude WPA Artist. Exhibited Work
By William S. Schwartz
Located in Surfside, FL
Reclining Nude.Early modernist line drawing, by American artist William S. Schwartz, c. 1940
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
William S. SchwartzChicago Modernist Line Drawing Reclining Nude WPA Artist. Exhibited Work, c. 1930
H 14.25 in W 16.25 in D 0.1 in
Young Pool Shark, Chicago 1949, Black & White Photograph, Framed, Signed
By Art Shay
Located in Chicago, IL
Shay is one of the best photojournalists I know. I’ve been a fan of his work since the early 1950s
Category
1940s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Two Leopards Spotted, Chicago 1974, Brookfield Zoo, Signed and Framed.
By Art Shay
Located in Chicago, IL
a fan of his work since the early 1950s - before the launch of playboy magazine.”
Hugh Hefner
Category
1970s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
H 20 in W 16 in D 1 in
The "Interlock Table" Custom Plywood Table / The New Bauhaus Chicago
Located in Oakland, CA
into the 1950s, i.e. Richard Neutra, Rudolph Schindler, Nathan Lerner and Klaus Grabbe of The New
Category
Early 2000s American Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
Materials
Plywood
Seurat's A La Grande Jatte with Marcel Marceau, Chicago, 1958
By Art Shay
Located in Chicago, IL
"Sunday Afternoon" at the Art Institute of Chicago.
Art Shay
A La Grande Jatte, 1958
silver gelatin print
Category
1970s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Life's a Picnic (Modern Figurative Photograph of 1950's Housewife in Pink Dress)
By Newbold Bohemia
Located in Hudson, NY
contemporary c-print pictures a classic 1950's housewife in a pretty pink dress at a quintessential American
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
Abstract Signed Cubist Bronze Sculpture "Cats" Chicago Bauhaus Woman Modernist
Located in Surfside, FL
student at the New Bauhaus School of Design in Chicago. Greene-Mercier worked in a variety of media, but
Category
1960s Cubist Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Travertine, Bronze
'Abstract, Coral and Blue', Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois Design Institute
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
substantial oil by this well-listed American Abstractionist who studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Plaster, Oil
H 36 in W 23.5 in D 1.75 in
Pages of a Magazine (Modern Photograph of Blonde 1950's Housewife in Pink Dress)
By Newbold Bohemia
Located in Hudson, NY
classic 1950's housewife in a beautiful pink dress and black high heels in a floral wallpapered bedroom
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
C Print
Slim Aarons, Gwendolyn Brooks, Chicago Poet (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Gwendolyn Brooks on the back steps of her home in Chicago, 1960.
Slim Aarons
Gwendolyn Brooks
30 x
Category
1960s American Realist Color Photography
Materials
Lambda
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H 30 in W 30 in
Girls Girls Girls, State St. Strip Joint Near Death, Chicago, 1966
By Art Shay
Located in Chicago, IL
the U.S. Music Hall, it was shut down briefly in 1916 for indecency, as it was always primarily a
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
'Mother and Child with Guitar', Figural, Barcelona, Venice, Chicago, New York
By Jordi Pla Domènech
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
died in 1992. In the 1950′s he held many exhibitions in Barcelona, Mataro, Palma de Mallorca, Santander
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
'South-Western Landscape', Art Institute of Chicago, Whitney Museum, WPA, Odessa
By Todros Geller
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Change 1920-1950. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 2003, p. 155. Chicago Modern 1893-1945: Pursuit of the
Category
1930s Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Illustration Board
H 14.5 in W 17.5 in D 0.13 in
"History of US Postal Service" American Scene Social Realism WPA Modern Chicago
By Harold Haydon
Located in New York, NY
Exhibition of Artists of Chicago and Vicinity” (1937, 1938, 1944, 1945, 1949, 1950 and 1958); the “Annual
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Nixons on LaSalle Street, Chicago, 1968, Color Photograph, Signed on Back
By Art Shay
Located in Chicago, IL
campaign trail during the 1968 presidential election. The photograph was taken on Chicago's famed LaSalle
Category
1960s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Hugh Hefner in His Bedroom Office, Chicago 1961, Black and White Photography
By Art Shay
Located in Chicago, IL
"Nelson Algren's Chicago: Photographs by Art Shay", page 34. Hugh Hefner liked Algren and vice
Category
1960s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
H 16 in W 20 in D 1.25 in
'Mother and Child with Rainbow Pinwheel', Paris, Rome, New York, AIC, Chicago
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
and, after his return to the United States, attended the Pratt Institute. In the 1950's, he continued
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 23.5 in W 19.5 in D 0.75 in
Maxwell Street Dog, Black & White Street Photography, Chicago, 1953 by Art Shay
By Art Shay
Located in Chicago, IL
Dog". A Chicago tradition running for about 100 years, the Maxwell Street Market was (and still is) a
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
GT Atelier Custom TV Art Wall by The Golden Triangle, Chicago
Located in Chicago, IL
sculpture of Louise Nevelson in the 1950s and 1960s. By eliminating color, Nevelson shifted the viewer’s to
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Paint
Portrait of an Old Man with Cane, Important Chicago Modernist WPA Artist
By William S. Schwartz
Located in Surfside, FL
Portrait of an Old Man with Cane, by American artist William S. Schwartz, c. 1940, gouache painting
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Restored Rattan & Wicker Swivel Bar Stool w/ Iron Base, Seng of Chicago
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Rattan and wicker bar stool with swivel iron bases by Seng of Chicago. This chair features a wicker
Category
Vintage 1950s Stools
Materials
Rattan
Watercolor Painting Road Signs, Load Limit, Aaron Bohrod WPA Artist Chicago Art
By Aaron Bohrod
Located in Surfside, FL
road signs.
Bohrod was born in Chicago in 1907, the son of an emigree Bessarabian-Jewish grocer. Bohrod
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Mafia Boss Tony "Big Tuna" Accardo in Front of Big Lion, Chicago 1959
By Art Shay
Located in Chicago, IL
“Art Shay is one of the best photojournalists I know. I’ve been a fan of his work since the early 1950s
Category
1950s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Girl on Street Corner, Chicago, 1978 - 20th Century, Black and White Photography
By Michael Ormerod
Located in Brighton, GB
pervades, showing how the commercial boom of the 1950s has collapsed, leaving deserted streets, rubbish
Category
1980s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Photographic Paper
Blues Great Howlin' Wolf, Chicago 1966, Framed Black and White Photo by Art Shay
By Art Shay
Located in Chicago, IL
a fan of his work since the early 1950s - before the launch of playboy magazine.”
Hugh Hefner
Category
1960s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Vintage Pakula Figural Couple Brooches 1950s
Located in Wilmslow, GB
jewellery makers Pakula originated in Chicago in 1932, creating costume jewels for more than sixty years
Category
Vintage 1950s Brooches
1950s Replogle Glass Illuminated Precision Globe
By Replogle Globes
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This 10" 'Precision' Globe was manufactured in the early 1950s by Replogle (Chicago, IL) and edited
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Globes
Materials
Metal, Brass
Rhinestone 1950s Designer Clip-On Dangle Earrings PSF Vintage Collection
By Henry Bogoff
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Chicago in the 1950's are very collectible. they look like real diamonds.The design is pure Art Deco, but
Category
Vintage 1950s American Art Deco Clip-on Earrings
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W 0.5 in L 2 in
Genaro Alvarez Six Piece Butterfly Mosaic Cocktail Table Mexico 1950s
By Genaro Alvarez
Located in Camden, ME
manipulation of glass mosaic as an art expression. In the late 1950’s Alvarez was awarded the commission for
Category
Mid-20th Century Mexican Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Brass
Pair of Commissioned Ilmari Tapiovaara Lounge Chairs, Merivaara 1950s
By Ilmari Tapiovaara
Located in Helsinki, FI
1951,1954(2 golds),1957, and 1960. In the 1950s Tapiovaara worked internationally, for example as an
Category
Vintage 1950s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Lounge Chairs
Materials
Metal, Brass
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H 83 in W 72 in D 87 in
1950s "Abstract #4" Ink and Gouache Painting Univ of Paris
By Donald Stacy
Located in Arp, TX
Donald Stacy
"Abstract #4"
c.1950s
Ink & Gouache on paper
10.5x19.5" brown, ripple, wood frame 11.5
Category
Early 20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Gouache
H 20.75 in W 11.5 in D 0.5 in
1950s Replogle Mid-Century Modern Illuminated 10" Glass Globe with Atlas
By Replogle Globes
Located in St. Louis, MO
Replogle (Chicago, IL) 10" 'Precision' Globe was manufactured in the early 1950s by and edited by
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Globes
Materials
Brass
H 14.75 in W 11.5 in D 10 in
Autograph Letter Signed by Vittorio Rieti and Nicolas Nabokov - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
American Academy in Rome (Villino Aurelia, Porta S. Pancrazio). Nicolas Nabokov, introduced by Rieti to the
Category
1950s More Art
Materials
Paper, Ink
H 10.83 in W 8.47 in D 0.04 in
1950s "Figure in Shadow" Figurative Gouache Painting America Modernist
By Donald Stacy
Located in Arp, TX
Donald Stacy
"Figure in Shadow"
c.1950s
Gouache paint on paper
24" x 18" unframed
Unsigned
Came
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
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