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1970s Sports Books

Rapper's Deluxe How Hip Hop Made The World
Located in New York City, NY
American life – fashion, film, art, sports, politics, language – to become a cultural movement of profound
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2010s Chinese Books

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Paper

Rapper's Deluxe How Hip Hop Made The World
Rapper's Deluxe How Hip Hop Made The World
H 10.65 in W 8.13 in D 1.14 in
"Animal" Abstract Oil on Canvas Award Winning Illustrator Bill Shields
Located in Arp, TX
Bill Shields "Pink Abstract" 1970's Oil on canvas Artist's wood frame 30"x2"x24" Signed in paint
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Abstract Paintings

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Masonite, Oil

"Green Landscape" Realist Oil on Canvas Award Winning Illustrator Bill Shields
Located in Arp, TX
Bill Shields "Landscape" c. 1970s Oil on canvas Gold gilt framed 28"x2"x19" Signed in paint lower
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Mid-20th Century American Realist Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Yellow Dialogue" Abstract Oil on Board Award Winning Illustrator Bill Shields
Located in Arp, TX
Bill Shields "Yellow Dialogue" c.1970 Oil on masonite Artist's wood frame 24"x2"x30" Signed in
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Abstract Paintings

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Oil, Masonite

Frank Sinatra, Miami, FL, 1965
By John Dominis
Located in Santa Monica, CA
1970s he worked for People magazine. From 1978 to 1982 he was an editor for the Sports Illustrated. He
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1960s Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Raymond Pettibon Black Flag punk flyer (Raymond Pettibon Punk)
By Raymond Pettibon
Located in NEW YORK, NY
their points of departure in the Southern California punk-rock culture of the late 1970's and 80's and
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1980s Pop Art Nude Prints

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Offset

Raymond Pettibon Black Flag punk flyer (Raymond Pettibon Punk)
By Raymond Pettibon
Located in NEW YORK, NY
culture of the late 1970's and 80's and the “do-it-yourself” aesthetic of album covers, concert flyers
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1980s Pop Art Nude Prints

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Offset

Raymond Pettibon Black Flag punk flyer (Raymond Pettibon Punk)
By Raymond Pettibon
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Southern California punk-rock culture of the late 1970's and 80's and the “do-it-yourself” aesthetic of
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1980s Pop Art Nude Prints

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Offset

Raymond Pettibon illustrated Punk Flyers 1982/1984 (Pettibon Black Flag)
By Raymond Pettibon
Located in NEW YORK, NY
California punk-rock culture of the late 1970's and 80's and the “do-it-yourself” aesthetic of album covers
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1980s Pop Art Prints and Multiples

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Offset, Lithograph

Oil Painting by Well Known Cartoonist and Illustrator Upper East Side, Manhattan
By Sandy Huffaker
Located in Surfside, FL
East River and tugboat in background. The 1970s were the “glory days,” Huffaker says, for himself and a
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20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Coffee Table by Alain Richard, Charron Group 4, 1954
Located in PARIS, FR
large surface to place books, papers, ashtrays, etc. Alain Richard (1926 - 2017) is a famous French
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Mid-20th Century Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Oak

Fond Memories. Original Gordon King Watercolor. Modern British. Lady. Flowers.
By Gordon King
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
television programmes including the BBC2 art series Close Up and Channel 5’s Open House and Sky Sports at the
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Late 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

Apocalypse, Catastrophic Destruction of the World, Surrealism - Life Magazine
Located in Miami, FL
, Vienna.[5] He also wrote and illustrated children's books and worked as a caricaturist for Tag and Stunde
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Mixed Media, Illustration Board, Board, Gouache

Before Easter After by Lynn Goldsmith and Patti Smith
By TASCHEN
Located in Toronto, ON
one of its most revered artists, Lynn Goldsmith and Patti Smith first collaborated in the mid-1970s
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Late 20th Century More Art

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Other Medium

Beach Run by Club Med, Agadir, Morocco Vintage Silver Gelatin Photograph Print
By Martine Franck
Located in Surfside, FL
Black and white Maritime 1970's Seascape Photograph. Martine Franck (2 April 1938 – 16 August 2012
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20th Century Contemporary Landscape Photography

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Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

American Neo Expressionist "Wild Horses" Modernist Oil Painting
By Robert Beauchamp
Located in Surfside, FL
taking art classes. When not creating art he also played sports; football and basketball, and enjoyed
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20th Century Neo-Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Oil

American Neo Expressionist "Wild Horses" Modernist Oil Painting
By Robert Beauchamp
Located in Surfside, FL
began taking art classes. When not creating art he also played sports; football and basketball, and
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20th Century Neo-Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Oil

How Does Your Garden Grow , Etching on Paper, by Modern Master Artist "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
- Notes from Sketch Books', Latitude 28, New Delhi 2010 'The Other Self', presented by Art Heritage, New
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Early 2000s Modern Figurative Prints

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Archival Paper, Etching

Comisky Park Stadium
By Bernie Fuchs
Located in Fort Washington, PA
-1970s, Mr. Fuchs had contracts to illustrate postage stamps and children's books. His paintings, whose
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1980s Other Art Style Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

American Neo Expressionist Woman with Monkeys Abstract Modernist Oil Painting
By Robert Beauchamp
Located in Surfside, FL
sports; football and basketball, and enjoyed chemistry and geology. He was told he was good at drawing
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20th Century Neo-Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Oil

'Golf' original ink and graphite drawing by American cartoonist Al Capp
Located in Milwaukee, WI
make no difference, but it obviously did. It curtailed his participation in sports, meant he couldn't
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1930s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Graphite

American Neo Expressionist Woman with Camels Abstract Modernist Oil Painting
By Robert Beauchamp
Located in Surfside, FL
began taking art classes. When not creating art he also played sports; football and basketball, and
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20th Century Neo-Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Oil

Zero Horizontal (Zero I)
By Peter Max
Located in Missouri, MO
decorative designs are on a Boeing 777 Continental, Dale Earnhardt's #3 Millennium race car, U.S. postage
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1970s Pop Art Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Raymond Pettibon Black Flag poster (Raymond Pettibon punk)
By Raymond Pettibon
Located in NEW YORK, NY
culture of the late 1970's and 80's and the “do-it-yourself” aesthetic of album covers, concert flyers
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1980s Street Art Prints and Multiples

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Offset, Lithograph

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Max Ackermann Modernist Original Painting Germany 1935 Stuttgart
Located in London, GB
An original pastel painting by the German Modernist painter Max Ackermann,(1887 - 1975) He was both painter and graphic artist of abstract works. Signed and dated Born in 1887 in B...
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Vintage 1930s German Modern Paintings

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Paper

Max Ackermann Modernist Original Painting Germany 1935 Stuttgart
Max Ackermann Modernist Original Painting Germany 1935 Stuttgart
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H 15.36 in W 11.62 in D 0.79 in
Signed C. Macourlard San Francisco Watercolor
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This watercolor painting is newly framed and is one of two by the same artist in our gallery. The second one is also signed by the artist and marked Southern California. The conditio...
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Vintage 1940s American Paintings

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Watercolor

Painting of a woman in a hat by Hugó Scheiber, oil on Isorel board, 1930s
By Hugó Scheiber
Located in EVERDINGEN, NL
A particularly atmospheric painting of a woman with a hat, in oil on Isorel board. Date estimated around 1930. Signed H. Scheiber. It's quite a large painting and it has the charact...
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Vintage 1930s German Art Deco Paintings

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Other

Origin Story - Original Oil Painting w/ Setting Sun Reflecting Romantic Colors
By Rose Freymuth-Frazier
Located in Chicago, IL
The setting sun casts it reflection off the clouds turning them a beautiful shade of purple over the marshy waters of this romantic landscape. The golden tones envelop the scene in ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings

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Panel, Oil

Pascal Cucaro Mid-Century Impressionist Painting of Figures
By Pascal Cucaro, 1915-2003
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Mid-Century Modern painting of a busy impressionist scene with interesting colorful figures by Pascal Cucaro (American 1915-2003). The painting features vivid shades of blue and red ...
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Paintings

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Linen, Wood, Paint

Large Mid Century Vintage Abstract Acrylic Painting by Jules Granowitter
Located in New York, NY
Large vintage abstract acrylic on canvas painting , by Jules Granowitter c 1940/1950's. Mr. Granowitter was an accomplished painter, and illustrator, a Brooklyn native and gradu...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Paintings

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Canvas

Framed Giovanni Stradone Expressionist Painting, "Notturno Antico", signed 1950s
Located in Chicago, IL
Midcentury Italian painting by Giovanni Stradone (1911-1981), "Notturno Antico", signed on verso: "Via Salaria, 195?, Roma" Framed mixed media on canvas, expressionist style, horse...
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Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Paint

Africa - Collage Painting in Orange - African American Artist
Located in Miami, FL
African American artist Alvin Hollingsworth created an inventive and intriguing close-up portrait with figures in the distance. Found objects such as swatches of burlap, plastic sp...
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1980s American Modern Figurative Paintings

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Fabric, Burlap, Wood, Oil

Hortense Budell Oil Painting Titled "River Front, N.J, " 1939
By Hortense Budell
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
An interesting landscape painting by Hortense Budell, titled "River Front, N.J.", exhibited at Montclair museum, 1939. Emily Hortense Budell was born March 23, 1884 in Lyon, France...
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Vintage 1930s American Modern Paintings

TRUE CATS by CHANOIR, French Urban Artist, Acrylic and Spray on Paper
Located in PARIS, FR
Alberto Vejarano, known as CHANOIR, is a French-Colombian artist born in 1976 in Bogotá. Internationally renowned, he is famous for the energy and optimism in his graffiti. CHANOIR w...
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2010s Street Art Mixed Media

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Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Acrylic, Archival Paper

"My Marie-Antoinette Heart" Contemporary Pop Art Oil Painting with Floater Frame
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
Motivated by bold color and fast brushwork, we are moved by the simplicity and thick textured oil paints in these works. Shaoul’s “My Heart Collection” is a vibrant and energetic dis...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Mixed Media, Oil, Board

The Lady Feeding The Birds In Gloomy Winter Park French Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Feeding The Birds by Louise Alix (French, 1888-1980) *see notes below provenance stamp to the back oil painting on board, unframed measures: 13 high by 15.75 inches wide condition: ...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Air Combat Paintings of Robert Taylor, by Robert Taylor, 1987
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Taylor, Robert, with Robert Weston. The Air Combat Paintings of Robert Taylor. St. Catherines: Vanwell Publishing Limited, 1987. First edition printing. Blue cloth boards with gilt t...
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Vintage 1980s British Books

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Paper

"Down By The Rio Grande" Texas Cowboy Western Scene
Located in San Antonio, TX
Fred Darge (1900-1978) Dallas Image Size: 24 x 30 Frame Size: 32 x 38 Medium: Oil, "Down By The Rio Grande" Biography Fred Darge (1900-1978) Friedrich Ernst Darge Born: March...
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1940s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Oil

1990s San Francisco Painted Ladies Watercolor
Located in Seguin, TX
Watercolor on paper of brightly colored Victorian houses. Signed Susie 1997 lower right corner. Unframed.
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Late 20th Century American Modern Paintings

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Paper

Will Frates, “Princeton Beach”, Impressionist Landscape Oil Painting, c. 1950
Located in San Francisco, CA
A large and evocative circa 1950 framed impressionist landscape oil painting on canvas titled “Princeton Beach [Boat Repair]” by noted northern California artist William “Will” E. Fr...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Plaster, Wood, Paint, Paper

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"Collage" by Sir Jackie Stewart, Signed, Limited Edition Book
Located in Guildford, Surrey
. Collage begins with Sir Jackie's early sports car and Formula Three races and culminates in his retirement
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21st Century and Contemporary British Books

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Leather, Paper

100xbtr Contemporary DB Chair with Ottoman in Black Leather and Paperstone Base
By 100xbtr
Located in South Pasadena, CA
upholstery of 1970s Italian sports cars while the base is inspired by the furniture of R.M. Schindler.
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2010s American Chairs

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Leather

100xbtr Contemporary DB Chair with Douglas Fir Plywood Base and Leather Cushion
By 100xbtr
Located in South Pasadena, CA
upholstery of 1970s Italian sports cars while the base is inspired by the furniture of R.M. Schindler.
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2010s American Chairs

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Leather, Plywood

Original Rare Leroy Neiman Painting Joe Frazier 1971 Champion Muhammad Ali
By LeRoy Neiman
Located in Minneapolis, MN
. The piece is an original painting created by the #1 Sports artist in the world, Leroy Neiman. They
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1970s Surrealist Paintings

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Gouache

Giorgio Armani Photography Fashion Collection 2000 Hardcover Table Book
By Giorgio Armani
Located in North Hollywood, CA
wasn't quite so long ago (it was the 1970s), and it wasn't quite so far away (it was Milan, Italy). Right
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Late 20th Century Italian Books

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Paper

Pair of Vintage Brass Tennis Racket and Ball Bookends
Located in North Hollywood, CA
1970s-1980s these brass tennis racket and ball bookends. This heavy weighted set will keep your books
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Bookends

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Brass

Oil Painting by Well Known Cartoonist and Illustrator Upper East Side, Manhattan
By Sandy Huffaker
Located in Surfside, FL
East River and tugboat in background. The 1970s were the “glory days,” Huffaker says, for himself and a
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20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Raymond Pettibon Black Flag Flyer 1982 (Raymond Pettibon prints)
By Raymond Pettibon
Located in NEW YORK, NY
. Accompanying the exhibition is a large-scale, comprehensive publication by David Zwirner Books, created in
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1980s Pop Art Figurative Prints

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Lithograph, Offset

Raymond Pettibon, Black Flag (Pettibon prints)
By Raymond Pettibon
Located in NEW YORK, NY
California punk-rock culture of the late 1970's and 80's and the “do-it-yourself” aesthetic of album covers
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1980s Pop Art Prints and Multiples

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Offset

Raymond Pettibon Black Flag punk flyer (Raymond Pettibon Punk)
By Raymond Pettibon
Located in NEW YORK, NY
their points of departure in the Southern California punk-rock culture of the late 1970's and 80's and
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1980s Pop Art Nude Prints

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Offset

Beach Run by Club Med, Agadir, Morocco Vintage Silver Gelatin Photograph Print
By Martine Franck
Located in Surfside, FL
Black and white Maritime 1970's Seascape Photograph. Martine Franck (2 April 1938 – 16 August 2012
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20th Century Contemporary Landscape Photography

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Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

"Abstract" by Sandu Darie
By Sandu Darie
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Set Design. Ballet “Dinamia, “ Ballet Nacional de Cuba, Sports Center, Havana, CUBA. 1975
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Vintage 1960s Cuban Paintings

"Abstract" by Sandu Darie
"Abstract" by Sandu Darie
H 5.5 in W 8.5 in D 1 in
American Neo Expressionist "Wild Horses" Modernist Oil Painting
By Robert Beauchamp
Located in Surfside, FL
began taking art classes. When not creating art he also played sports; football and basketball, and
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20th Century Neo-Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Oil

American Neo Expressionist "Wild Horses" Modernist Oil Painting
By Robert Beauchamp
Located in Surfside, FL
taking art classes. When not creating art he also played sports; football and basketball, and enjoyed
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20th Century Neo-Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Oil

Giorgio Armani Photography Fashion Collection 2000 Hardcover Table Book
By Giorgio Armani
Located in North Hollywood, CA
, it wasn't quite so long ago (it was the 1970s), and it wasn't quite so far away (it was Milan, Italy
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Late 20th Century Italian Fashion

1970s "Biplane" Dreamy Oil Painting Award Winning Illustrator Bill Shields
Located in Arp, TX
Reinhardt and Winston Publishing Company, Doubleday, Macmillam Publishing Company, Bantam Books, Psychiatric
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Landscape Paintings

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Oil, Masonite

Pair of Vintage Brass Tennis Racket and Ball Bookends Vintage 1970s Collectible
Located in North Hollywood, CA
's these brass tennis racket and ball bookends. This heavy weighted set will keep your books
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Bookends

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Brass

Raymond Pettibon Illustrated Punk Flyer (Raymond Pettibon Black Flag)
By Raymond Pettibon
Located in NEW YORK, NY
culture of the late 1970's and 80's and the “do-it-yourself” aesthetic of album covers, concert flyers
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1980s Pop Art Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph, Offset

Raymond Pettibon Illustrated Black Flag Flyer
By Raymond Pettibon
Located in NEW YORK, NY
their points of departure in the Southern California punk-rock culture of the late 1970's and 80's and
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1980s Pop Art Prints and Multiples

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Offset

Vintage Original Black Flag Flyer
By Raymond Pettibon
Located in NEW YORK, NY
publication by David Zwirner Books, created in close collaboration with Pettibon. In February 2017, the
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1980s Pop Art More Prints

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Offset

Raymond Pettibon, Black Flag (Pettibon prints)
By Raymond Pettibon
Located in NEW YORK, NY
culture of the late 1970's and 80's and the “do-it-yourself” aesthetic of album covers, concert flyers
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1980s Street Art Prints and Multiples

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Offset

Raymond Pettibon Black Flag Flyer 1982 (Raymond Pettibon prints)
By Raymond Pettibon
Located in NEW YORK, NY
. Accompanying the exhibition is a large-scale, comprehensive publication by David Zwirner Books, created in
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1980s Pop Art More Prints

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Offset

Raymond Pettibon Black Flag punk flyer (Raymond Pettibon Punk)
By Raymond Pettibon
Located in NEW YORK, NY
their points of departure in the Southern California punk-rock culture of the late 1970's and 80's and
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1980s Pop Art Nude Prints

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Offset

Jack Benny
By Bernie Fuchs
Located in Fort Washington, PA
. Starting in the mid-1970s, Mr. Fuchs had contracts to illustrate postage stamps and children's books. His
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1970s Other Art Style Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic, Board, Pencil

Zero Vertical
By Peter Max
Located in Missouri, MO
decorative designs are on a Boeing 777 Continental, Dale Earnhardt's #3 Millennium race car, U.S. postage
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1970s Pop Art Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Zero Vertical
Zero Vertical
H 31.5 in W 25 in D 1 in
Liberty Head Ver. X #108 (Signed Peter Max Original on Canvas, One-of-a-Kind)
By Peter Max
Located in New Orleans, LA
Millennium race car, U.S. postage stamps and 235 U.S. border murals. He created two 155-foot murals for the
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2010s Pop Art Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic

Umbrella Man (Signed Peter Max Original on Canvas, One-of-a-Kind)
By Peter Max
Located in New Orleans, LA
designs are on a Boeing 777 Continental, Dale Earnhardt's #3 Millennium race car, U.S. postage stamps and
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2010s Pop Art Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic

Kenneth Paul Block
Located in Los Angeles, CA
WWD into the bible of the jet set during the 1960s and 1970s. Babe Paley, Gloria Vanderbilt
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1970s American Books

Kenneth Paul Block
H 18 in W 13 in
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1970s Sports Books For Sale on 1stDibs

Find a variety of 1970s sports books available on 1stDibs. Browse a selection of modern, Pop Art or street art versions of these works for sale today — there are 6 modern, 2 Pop Art, 1 contemporary and 1 street art examples available. These items have been produced for many years, with earlier versions available from the 20th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 21st Century. 1970s sports books available on 1stDibs span a range of colors that includes brown, black, beige, gray and more. There have been many well-done artworks of this subject over the years, but those made by Robert Beauchamp, Bernie Fuchs, Raymond Pettibon, John Dominis and Martine Franck are often thought to be among the most beautiful. Each of these unique pieces was handmade with extraordinary care, with artists most often working in paint, oil paint and paper.

How Much are 1970s Sports Books?

Prices for pieces in our collection of 1970s sports books start at $650 and top out at $36,000 with the average selling for $3,200.