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Sun Up - Abstract Expressionism American Art Post War
By Sam Francis
Located in London, GB
SAM FRANCIS 1923-1994 San Mateo, California 1923 – 1994 Santa Monica (American) Title: Sun Up
Category

1960s Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Carmel California
By Forrest Moses
Located in Austin, TX
Forrest Moses (American, b. 1934) Title: "Carmel California, 1967" Medium: Oil on Canvas Size: 18
Category

1960s Post-War Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Large Pop Art Painting Dennis Hollingsworth LA Artist Post Modernist Abstract
By Dennis Hollingsworth
Located in Surfside, FL
Misumi Art Collection of post-war American art, including Roy Lichtenstein and Andy Warhol, Keith Haring
Category

1990s Pop Art Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Alkyd

Pop Art Painting Dennis Hollingsworth LA Spanish Artist Post Modernist Abstract
By Dennis Hollingsworth
Located in Surfside, FL
Misumi Art Collection of post-war American art, including Roy Lichtenstein and Andy Warhol, Keith Haring
Category

1990s Pop Art Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

‘Golden Gate Bridge, Californian Coast’ by Margaret France Robinson, 1908 – 1985
Located in Bruges, BE
with her exquisite set designs and captivating paintings, capturing the essence of post-World War II
Category

20th Century Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Virginia, Thanksgiving Turkey Diner Vintage Silver Gelatin Print FSA WPA
By Marion Post Wolcott
Located in Surfside, FL
Post (June 7, 1910 – November 24, 1990), later Marion Post Wolcott, was a noted American photographer
Category

1940s American Realist Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

'On the Pier, Palo Alto', California, National Academy of Design, Oakland Museum
By Frank Scalise
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Park - 1963 “War Art Exhibit” National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. - 1961-63 Selected to represent
Category

1960s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

French Pop Art Modernist Textured Painting Abstract With Stencilled Letters
Located in Surfside, FL
the Guggenheim Museum in New York and the Museum of Modern Art in San Francisco, California. He is
Category

20th Century Post-War Abstract Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Acrylic, Board

French Pop Art Modernist Textured Painting Abstract With Stencilled Letters
By James Coignard
Located in Surfside, FL
the Guggenheim Museum in New York and the Museum of Modern Art in San Francisco, California. He is
Category

20th Century Post-War Abstract Paintings

Materials

Jute, Oil, Mixed Media, Board

The Talmudists Post Soviet Non Conformist Avant Garde Judaica Lithograph
By Alek Rapoport
Located in Surfside, FL
4, 1997, San Francisco) was a Russian Nonconformist artist, art theorist and teacher. Alek Rapoport
Category

1970s Post-Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Quiet Stream, Small-Scale Mid Century California Landscape, 1937
By Dalzell Hatfield
Located in Soquel, CA
California landscape, quiet stream and hills, 1937. Attributed to California artist, art collector and
Category

1930s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Foam Board

East Irvine Post Office
By Arnold A. Grossman
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Arnold Grossman (American, 1923-2016) Title: East Irvine Post Office Year: 1977 Medium
Category

Late 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

'Abstract Landscape', California WPA, Corcoran, Whitney, AIC, GGIE, SFAA, LACMA
By Ellwood Graham
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
in California and working in the Federal Art Project as assistant to Gordon Grant. In this capacity
Category

1980s Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

'Reclining Nude', Bay Area Figurative School, CSFA, San Francisco, California
By Elmer Nelson Bischoff
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
World War II, Elmer Bischoff graduated in 1939 from the University of California. As an art student
Category

1960s Post-Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink, Pen

Venezuelan Plate by Michael and Magdalena Suarez Frimkess
By Magdalena and Michael Frimkess
Located in Morton Grove, IL
great Peter Voulkos (1924 - 2002) at the Otis College of Art and Design (California), working alongside
Category

1990s Post-War More Art

Materials

Ceramic

Dos á Dos
By Niki de Saint Phalle
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A sculpture by Niki de Saint Phalle. "Dos á Dos" is a Post-War design sculpture, painted
Category

Late 20th Century Post-War Sculptures

Materials

Polyurethane

"Sherman Rose" Adobe, Monterey California - Signed 1923 Original Etching
By Ferdinand Burgdorff
Located in Soquel, CA
to 1849 while they served under Colonel Richard Barnes Mason, military governor of California before
Category

1920s American Realist Landscape Prints

Materials

Paper, Etching

Star Wars Return Of The Jedi 1983 Original Vintage Lobby Card 7
Located in London, GB
Star Wars 1983 Original Vintage Lobby Card #7 Size: 10×14″ inches / 25 x 35 cm Return of the Jedi
Category

1970s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Paper

Shtetl Village Doodka Player Judaica Jewish California Modernist Artist Etching
By Boris Deutsch
Located in Surfside, FL
resettlement administration 1936.Oakland art gallery annual exhibition guest of honor 1937. Exhibition at u.S.C
Category

20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Mixed Media, Watercolor

Untitled
By Robert Natkin
Located in Palm Desert, CA
An acrylic on canvas painting by Post War artist Robert Natkin. This Untitled, abstract painting is
Category

1970s Post-War Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

'Estuary at Sunset', Mendocino, California, American Watercolor Society, SWA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
key figure in California's post-war watercolor revival, Vernon Nye was raised in New York where he
Category

1970s Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Gouache, Laid Paper

Australia Original Vintage Propaganda Poster post WW2 MacDonald Max Gill
By "Leslie MacDonald ""Max"" Gill"
Located in London, GB
: 1936, now moored at Long Beach, California). During the Second World War he created a series of
Category

1940s Modern Landscape Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Untitled (#222)
Located in Austin, TX
, in San Diego, California. He served in the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II, stationed in
Category

1950s Post-War Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Untitled (Suspended Willow)
By Harry Bertoia
Located in Palm Desert, CA
sculpture by Post War artist Harry Bertoia. The willow form is one of Harry Bertoia's most desirable forms
Category

1960s Post-War Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Steel, Wire

Life Magazine Art Deco Showgirls Cartoon
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
them. She attended the California School of Fine Arts (now the San Francisco Art Institute) to study
Category

1930s Art Deco Figurative Paintings

Materials

Ink, Gouache

"Let's Make Love", Marilyn Monroe
By Lawrence Schiller
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A silver gelatin print by Post War artist Lawrence Schiller. ""Let's Make Love", Marilyn Monroe" is
Category

1960s Post-War Portrait Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Marilyn 12, No. 15
By Lawrence Schiller
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A chromeogenic print by Post War artist Lawrence Schiller. "Marilyn 12, No. 15" is a color
Category

1960s Post-War Portrait Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

End of the Day, Marilyn Monroe, "Something's Got to Give"
By Lawrence Schiller
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A silver gelatin print by Post War artist Lawrence Schiller. "End of the Day, Marilyn Monroe
Category

1960s Post-War Nude Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Phenomena by Return
By Paul Jenkins
Located in Palm Desert, CA
executed in a bright palette primarily of reds, teals, blues and yellow by Post War artist Paul Jenkins
Category

1960s Post-War Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Untitled (Savant Series)
Located in Austin, TX
, Jack Jefferson, Nathan Oliveira, and Frank Lobdell. In 1959, he enrolled at the California School of
Category

1980s Post-War Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Infinity Field (Jerusalem Series III #1)
By Theodoros Stamos
Located in Austin, TX
active player in the New York avant-garde during the early years of Abstract Expressionism. His art
Category

1980s Post-War Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Infinity Field (Jerusalem Series)
By Theodoros Stamos
Located in Austin, TX
active player in the New York avant-garde during the early years of Abstract Expressionism. His art
Category

1980s Post-War Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas

Modernist American Abstract Expressionist Pop Art Painting on Canvas James Yohe
By James Yohe
Located in Surfside, FL
Yohe where McEnery was a partner and the managing director. He is a specialist in Post-War American Art
Category

1980s Post-Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Apollo XL
Located in Palm Desert, CA
in a colorful palette by Post-War American artist Robert Natkin. The artwork is signed in the lower
Category

Mid-20th Century Post-War Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Apollo XL
Apollo XL
H 88 in W 116.25 in D 1.75 in
Untitled (Black and White Composition)
By Sam Francis
Located in Palm Desert, CA
painting, acrylic on paper executed in black and white by American Post-War artist Sam Francis. The work is
Category

Late 20th Century Post-War Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

9000 and 9 Nights
By Hassel Smith
Located in Palm Desert, CA
abstracted shapes, circles and a square on a yellow orange ground by Post War artist Hassel Smith. Signed
Category

1980s Post-War Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic, Graphite

#2
By Jack Roth
Located in Palm Desert, CA
background by Post War artist Jack Roth. Signed verso, "JR-33-76." Jack Roth (1927-2004) was known as an
Category

1970s Post-War Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas

#2
#2
H 80 in W 69 in
Horse with Swimmers at Beach
By William Theophilus Brown
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A painting by William Theophilus Brown. "Horse with Swimmers at Beach" is a Post-War figurative
Category

Late 20th Century Post-War Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Bacchanal
By Irving Norman
Located in Palm Desert, CA
, California Exhibition: Dark Metropolis: Irving Norman’s Social Surrealism, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento
Category

Mid-20th Century Post-War Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Bacchanal
Bacchanal
H 69.5 in W 39.5 in
American Street Scene
By Irving Norman
Located in Palm Desert, CA
, California Exhibition: Dark Metropolis: Irving Norman’s Social Surrealism, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento
Category

Mid-20th Century Post-War Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Bolmes
Located in Austin, TX
, and Frank Lobdell. In 1959, he enrolled at the California School of Fine Arts in San Francisco. His
Category

1960s Post-War Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Untitled
By Nathan Oliveira
Located in Palm Desert, CA
, "Oliveira 64". A Californian whose work is of preeminent importance during the post war period, Oliveira is
Category

Late 20th Century Post-War Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Israeli Contemporary Street Art Sign, Traffic Sign Painting Street Art Sculpture
Located in Surfside, FL
Israeli Post War & Contemporary painter who was born in 1959. His work was featured in numerous
Category

1990s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Metal

Formulation: Articulation 1981.524.1.1
By Josef Albers
Located in Palm Desert, CA
shades of blue and depicting abstracted, folded papers, by Post War artist Josef Albers. Edition 528/1000
Category

1970s Post-War Abstract Prints

Materials

Screen

Chine Colle Photo Collage Assemblage Art Jockey, President Clinton Invitation
By Ivan Chermayeff
Located in Surfside, FL
Tomaszewski he was one of the great modernist artist/designers in New York city in the post war era. a great
Category

1960s Pop Art Mixed Media

Materials

Paper

Untitled
By Mary Corse
Located in Palm Desert, CA
in a palette of white, black, and red by American Post-war, female artist Mary Corse. The artwork is
Category

Mid-20th Century Post-War Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic

BLONDE WITH ART DECO NECKLACE
Located in Los Angeles, CA
County, California through the end of the war. When he was discharged in 1946, he remained in Southern
Category

1990s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

'Instruction' 1940
By Thomas Hart Benton
Located in Pembroke Pines, FL
attend the Art Institute of Chicago in 1907. The following year Benton traveled to Paris and studied at
Category

1940s Post-War Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

'Instruction' 1940
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H 10 in W 12 in D 1 in
Untitled (SFE-071)
By Sam Francis
Located in San Francisco, CA
pencil in the margin lower left. Published by The Litho Shop, Inc., Santa Monica, California, bearing
Category

1980s Post-War Abstract Prints

Materials

Aquatint

Untitled (SFE-071)
H 19.75 in W 17.75 in
Rare original Raymond Pettibon record art (Raymond Pettibon black flag)
By Raymond Pettibon
Located in NEW YORK, NY
often seemingly disjointed text. Particularly focusing on the dissemination of post-war American culture
Category

1980s Pop Art Prints and Multiples

Materials

Offset

Mask
By Nathan Oliveira
Located in Palm Desert, CA
the verso, “N. Oliveira 87”. A Californian whose work is of preeminent importance during the post war
Category

Late 20th Century Post-War Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic

"Day of Sail" - prominent American artist, Marine Art
By Gordon Grant
Located in Rockport, MA
role in creating wartime posters during World War I and contributed illustrations to literary works
Category

20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

'Distance' Abstract Landscape Painting By Katheryn Contemporary Art
Located in Carmel, CA
influences of post-World War 2 America. Holt studied painting at the University of Southern California and
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Oil, Board

Black Pyramids
By Alexander Calder
Located in Palm Desert, CA
wove paper in a palette or reds, blacks, and yellows by Post-War artist Alexander Calder. The artwork
Category

Mid-20th Century Post-War Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Large Abstract Expressionist Taiwanese Painting Chihung Yang Chinese Art
Located in Surfside, FL
2003 Fifty Years of Post War Taiwanese Art, Chan Liu Art Museum, Taoyuan, Taiwan 2004 Salon
Category

1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Acrylic, Archival Paper, Oil Pastel

Untitled from Formulation: Articulation
By Josef Albers
Located in Palm Desert, CA
black and white palette by Post War artist Josef Albers. The artwork is from an edition of 1000. It is
Category

Mid-20th Century Post-War Abstract Prints

Materials

Screen

Formulation: Articulation
By Josef Albers
Located in Palm Desert, CA
green and yellow palette by Post War artist Josef Albers. The artwork is numbered 1981.524.2.17 and
Category

Mid-20th Century Post-War Abstract Prints

Materials

Screen

Untitled, from Formulation: Articulation
By Josef Albers
Located in Palm Desert, CA
black and white palette by Post War artist Josef Albers. The artwork is numbered 1981.524.1.9 and is
Category

Mid-20th Century Post-War Abstract Prints

Materials

Screen

Untitled from Formulation: Articulation
By Josef Albers
Located in Palm Desert, CA
and dark brown palette by Post War artist Josef Albers. The artwork is from an edition of 1000. It is
Category

Mid-20th Century Post-War Abstract Prints

Materials

Screen

Surrealist Photo Collage Assemblage Art Butterfly Mouth Ivan Chermayeff
By Ivan Chermayeff
Located in Surfside, FL
to 2002. Visiting professor at Cooper Union, University of California, and Kansas City Art Institute
Category

Early 2000s Surrealist Mixed Media

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media

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