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Hungarian Communist Party Congress in Budapest - Vintage Photo - 1966
Hungarian Communist Party Congress in Budapest - Vintage Photo - 1966

Hungarian Communist Party Congress in Budapest - Vintage Photo - 1966

Located in Roma, IT

Press Photo Opening of the Hungarian Communist Party Congress in Budapest. Newsworthy Historical

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1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

'Chinese Communist Female Nude', c. 1950-1960s, 36" x 36" Acrylic on Canvas
'Chinese Communist Female Nude', c. 1950-1960s, 36" x 36" Acrylic on Canvas

'Chinese Communist Female Nude', c. 1950-1960s, 36" x 36" Acrylic on Canvas

Located in Oklahoma City, OK

five-point star, an adaptation of the "red star" of Communist China that generally represents anarcho

Category

20th Century Pop Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

1962 original Soviet poster - For Communist Labor - CCCP - USSR
1962 original Soviet poster - For Communist Labor - CCCP - USSR

1962 original Soviet poster - For Communist Labor - CCCP - USSR

Located in PARIS, FR

The 1962 original Soviet poster with the inscription "За коммунистический труд" (For Communist

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1960s Prints and Multiples

Materials

Linen, Paper, Lithograph

Long live the Soviet Fleet Original Poster 1947 Military Communist Navy
Long live the Soviet Fleet Original Poster 1947 Military Communist Navy

Long live the Soviet Fleet Original Poster 1947 Military Communist Navy

Located in PARIS, FR

A very nice Soviet poster from 1947, depicting the grandeur of the Soviet Navy fleet. The Soviet Navy (Russian: Военно-морской флот СССР, Voyenno-morskoy flot SSSR, literally 'Naval...

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1940s Prints and Multiples

Materials

Linen, Paper, Lithograph

Soviet Union pro-natalist communist Bulgarian propaganda poster design
Soviet Union pro-natalist communist Bulgarian propaganda poster design

Soviet Union pro-natalist communist Bulgarian propaganda poster design

Located in London, GB

." Bulgarian pro-natalist propaganda poster design (circa 1950s) Gouache on board 17 x 12 cm After a Communist

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20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Gouache, Board

Early Communist Era Signed Chinese Plaque With Jade Carvings &  Rosewood Frame
Early Communist Era Signed Chinese Plaque With Jade Carvings &  Rosewood Frame

Early Communist Era Signed Chinese Plaque With Jade Carvings & Rosewood Frame

Located in Vancouver, British Columbia

Rare Chinese Maoist Communist Era Large Plaque with intricate jade carvings of young recruits

Category

Vintage 1950s Chinese Chinese Export Paintings and Screens

Materials

Jade

Colorful Plastic Wall Art Ilustration Of Ram, Czechoslovakia, 1960
Colorful Plastic Wall Art Ilustration Of Ram, Czechoslovakia, 1960

Colorful Plastic Wall Art Ilustration Of Ram, Czechoslovakia, 1960

$82Sale Price|50% Off

H 12.6 in W 17.72 in D 0.08 in

Colorful Plastic Wall Art Ilustration Of Ram, Czechoslovakia, 1960

Located in Zohor, SK

Great, colorful, vintage wall art piece from Midcentury era in Communist regime of Czechoslovakia

Category

Vintage 1960s Czech Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art

Materials

Plastic

Colorful Plastic Wall Art Ilustration of Three Pigs, Czechoslovakia, 1960
Colorful Plastic Wall Art Ilustration of Three Pigs, Czechoslovakia, 1960

Colorful Plastic Wall Art Ilustration of Three Pigs, Czechoslovakia, 1960

$82Sale Price|50% Off

H 12.6 in W 17.72 in D 0.08 in

Colorful Plastic Wall Art Ilustration of Three Pigs, Czechoslovakia, 1960

Located in Zohor, SK

Great, colorful, vintage wall art piece from Midcentury era in Communist regime of Czechoslovakia

Category

Vintage 1960s Czech Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art

Materials

Plastic

The Derby Race
The Derby Race

Shao Yuan ZhangThe Derby Race, 2017

$6,475

H 43.25 in W 38 in D 1.25 in

The Derby Race

By Shao Yuan Zhang

Located in San Francisco, CA

Revolution propaganda art for the communist party. He immigrated to the U.S. in the 1980s and settled in Utah

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist More Art

Materials

Oil

The Herd
The Herd

Shao Yuan ZhangThe Herd, 2018

$6,500

H 46 in W 38 in D 1.5 in

The Herd

By Shao Yuan Zhang

Located in San Francisco, CA

Revolution propaganda art for the communist party. He immigrated to the U.S. in the 1980s and settled in Utah

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist More Art

Materials

Oil

Thunder, Oil Painting
Thunder, Oil Painting

Shao Yuan ZhangThunder, Oil Painting, 2019

$6,500

H 38 in W 46 in D 1.5 in

Thunder, Oil Painting

By Shao Yuan Zhang

Located in San Francisco, CA

worked in the rice fields and created Cultural Revolution propaganda art for the communist party. He

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

Lone Star, Oil Painting
Lone Star, Oil Painting

Shao Yuan ZhangLone Star, Oil Painting, 2019

$6,500

H 36 in W 48 in D 1.5 in

Lone Star, Oil Painting

By Shao Yuan Zhang

Located in San Francisco, CA

worked in the rice fields and created Cultural Revolution propaganda art for the communist party. He

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

A Monumental Brutalist Wall Sculpture in Three Panels
A Monumental Brutalist Wall Sculpture in Three Panels

A Monumental Brutalist Wall Sculpture in Three Panels

Located in Chicago, IL

This striking communist-era wall art composition is crafted from richly figured walnut veneer

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Mid-20th Century Hungarian Wall-mounted Sculptures

Materials

Walnut

Signed Limited Edition Lithograph "Play for Keeps" by Waldemar Swierzy
Signed Limited Edition Lithograph "Play for Keeps" by Waldemar Swierzy

Signed Limited Edition Lithograph "Play for Keeps" by Waldemar Swierzy

$1,800Sale Price|20% Off

H 40.5 in W 55.5 in D 2 in

Signed Limited Edition Lithograph "Play for Keeps" by Waldemar Swierzy

By Waldemar Swierzy

Located in San Diego, CA

, Swierzy helped pioneer the poster art style in Poland during the Communist era, an art movement that took

Category

Late 20th Century North American Prints

Materials

Paper, Wood

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Inversion: Adam and Eve Were Communists
Inversion: Adam and Eve Were Communists

Inversion: Adam and Eve Were Communists

Located in Miami, FL

textile art made from wool and acrylic yarn

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21st Century and Contemporary More Art

Materials

Wool, Yarn, Textile

Original Vintage Poster Yuri Gagarin Soviet Cosmonaut Communist Party Glory USSR
Original Vintage Poster Yuri Gagarin Soviet Cosmonaut Communist Party Glory USSR

Original Vintage Poster Yuri Gagarin Soviet Cosmonaut Communist Party Glory USSR

Located in London, GB

Original vintage Soviet propaganda poster - Glory to the Son of the Party! / Сыну Партии - Слава! Great design depicting a black and white photo in front of a starry space sky backgr...

Category

1960s More Prints

Materials

Paper

"Rock Drillers, 1939" WPA era piece.
"Rock Drillers, 1939" WPA era piece.

"Rock Drillers, 1939" WPA era piece.

By Harry Gottlieb

Located in Los Angeles, CA

: Communist Party, American Art Congress, Artists League of America, New York Artist Union, American Society

Materials

Gouache

Marcel Bouraine - Terracotta Sculpture - Bust Of Woman
Marcel Bouraine - Terracotta Sculpture - Bust Of Woman

Marcel Bouraine - Terracotta Sculpture - Bust Of Woman

By Marcel-André Bouraine

Located in BARSAC, FR

flared bun. Art deco composition, reminiscent of communist art of the 1930s (personal interpretation

Category

Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Busts

Materials

Terracotta

Bauhaus de Dessau
Bauhaus de Dessau

Bauhaus de Dessau

By (after) Wassily Kandinsky

Located in Saint Augustine, FL

unsympathetic to the official theories on art in Communist Moscow, and returned to Germany in 1921. There, he

Category

1970s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

La Forme Rouge
La Forme Rouge

La Forme Rouge

By (after) Wassily Kandinsky

Located in Saint Augustine, FL

art in Communist Moscow, and returned to Germany in 1921. There, he taught at the Bauhaus school of

Category

1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Missouri Arrival (Flood)
Missouri Arrival (Flood)

Missouri Arrival (Flood)

By Joseph Vorst

Located in Missouri, MO

Communist propaganda at his art classes for homeless youth set up in the St. Louis Court House. Vorst also

Category

20th Century American Realist Portrait Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Corn Harvest
Corn Harvest

Joseph VorstCorn Harvest, 1940

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H 15.5 in W 20 in

Corn Harvest

By Joseph Vorst

Located in Missouri, MO

Communist propaganda at his art classes for homeless youth set up in the St. Louis Court House. Vorst also

Category

1940s American Realist Landscape Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Ozark Cabin
Ozark Cabin

Joseph VorstOzark Cabin, c. 1940s

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H 15.75 in W 18.5 in D 1 in

Ozark Cabin

By Joseph Vorst

Located in Missouri, MO

made its way to Berlin. Later Vorst's home town of Essen would acquire a collection of modern art in

Category

1940s American Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

One of Their Pets (Two Farm Boys and Cow at the Watering Hole)
One of Their Pets (Two Farm Boys and Cow at the Watering Hole)

One of Their Pets (Two Farm Boys and Cow at the Watering Hole)

By Joseph Vorst

Located in Missouri, MO

from St. Louis who was later reprimanded for producing Communist propaganda at his art classes for

Category

Early 20th Century American Realist Landscape Prints

Materials

Lithograph

The Blacksmith
The Blacksmith

The Blacksmith

By Joseph Vorst

Located in Missouri, MO

later reprimanded for producing Communist propaganda at his art classes for homeless youth set up in the

Category

1940s American Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

1960s Hungarian Crafts Glass Vase Encased in Painted Resin
1960s Hungarian Crafts Glass Vase Encased in Painted Resin

1960s Hungarian Crafts Glass Vase Encased in Painted Resin

Located in Miami, FL

resin, heavy paint or clay material. Hungary was not allowed under Communist rule to produce Art Glass

Category

Vintage 1960s Hungarian Mid-Century Modern Vases

Materials

Glass, Epoxy Resin

After Pablo Picasso, Présence Africaine
After Pablo Picasso, Présence Africaine

After Pablo Picasso, Présence Africaine

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H 25.99 in W 18.71 in D 0.04 in

After Pablo Picasso, Présence Africaine

Located in Holmfirth, GB

Communist politics and African art, they shared Surrealism's interest in dreams, the power of the

Category

Vintage 1950s French Modern Prints

Materials

Paper

Vintage Jardiniere Glass Vase, Known as "Abstract" by Sklo Union, Czech Rep
Vintage Jardiniere Glass Vase, Known as "Abstract" by Sklo Union, Czech Rep

Vintage Jardiniere Glass Vase, Known as "Abstract" by Sklo Union, Czech Rep

By Sklo Union Rosice

Located in Skarpnäck, SE

designs A renaissance of glass making was caused partly by the prevailing communist regime. It took art

Category

Vintage 1960s Czech Mid-Century Modern Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières

Materials

Glass

Vintage Glass Vase, Known as "Abstract" by Sklo Union, Czech Rep
Vintage Glass Vase, Known as "Abstract" by Sklo Union, Czech Rep

Vintage Glass Vase, Known as "Abstract" by Sklo Union, Czech Rep

By Sklo Union Rosice

Located in Skarpnäck, SE

prevailing communist regime. It took art as a tool to spread ideology. Functional objects were to be produced

Category

Vintage 1960s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vases

Materials

Glass

Vintage Jardiniere Glass Vase, By Rudolf Jurnikl, Rudolfova Hut, Czech Rep
Vintage Jardiniere Glass Vase, By Rudolf Jurnikl, Rudolfova Hut, Czech Rep

Vintage Jardiniere Glass Vase, By Rudolf Jurnikl, Rudolfova Hut, Czech Rep

By Rudolfova Hut, Rudolf Jurnikl

Located in Skarpnäck, SE

unique designs A renaissance of glass making was caused partly by the prevailing communist regime. It

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Vintage 1960s Czech Mid-Century Modern Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières

Materials

Glass

Vintage Jardiniere Glass Vase, By Rudolf Jurnikl, Rudolfova Hut, Czech Rep
Vintage Jardiniere Glass Vase, By Rudolf Jurnikl, Rudolfova Hut, Czech Rep

Vintage Jardiniere Glass Vase, By Rudolf Jurnikl, Rudolfova Hut, Czech Rep

By Rudolfova Hut, Rudolf Jurnikl

Located in Skarpnäck, SE

unique designs A renaissance of glass making was caused partly by the prevailing communist regime. It

Category

Vintage 1960s Czech Mid-Century Modern Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières

Materials

Glass

Vintage Glass Vase, by Frantisek Peceny for Sklo Union, Czech Rep
Vintage Glass Vase, by Frantisek Peceny for Sklo Union, Czech Rep

Vintage Glass Vase, by Frantisek Peceny for Sklo Union, Czech Rep

By Sklo Union Rosice

Located in Skarpnäck, SE

prevailing communist regime. It took art as a tool to spread ideology. Functional objects were to be produced

Category

Vintage 1960s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vases

Materials

Glass

Vintage Rare Chinese Red Communist Party Propaganda Art Poster Lithograph
Vintage Rare Chinese Red Communist Party Propaganda Art Poster Lithograph

Vintage Rare Chinese Red Communist Party Propaganda Art Poster Lithograph

Located in Chula Vista, CA

For your consideration: Mao Chinese Communist Party Protest Propaganda Art, poster in red black

Category

Vintage 1960s Chinese Mid-Century Modern Posters

Materials

Paper

The Downs
The Downs

Shao Yuan ZhangThe Downs, 2018

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H 39.75 in W 35 in D 1.5 in

The Downs

By Shao Yuan Zhang

Located in San Francisco, CA

worked in the rice fields and created Cultural Revolution propaganda art for the communist party. He

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist More Art

Materials

Oil

Modernist Mexican landscape "Taxco Corner"
Modernist Mexican landscape "Taxco Corner"

Modernist Mexican landscape "Taxco Corner"

By Harry Gottlieb

Located in Surfside, FL

active and fought against social injustice every day of his life. Member: Communist Party, American Art

Category

1950s Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

SAN FRANCISCO '34 WATERFRONT STRIKE
SAN FRANCISCO '34 WATERFRONT STRIKE

SAN FRANCISCO '34 WATERFRONT STRIKE

By Anton Refregier

Located in Portland, ME

held in which testimony was heard alleging that Refregier had Communist ties, that the art was not

Category

1940s Figurative Prints

Materials

Screen

Original Vintage Soviet Propaganda Poster Nations For Peace Communist USSR
Original Vintage Soviet Propaganda Poster Nations For Peace Communist USSR

Original Vintage Soviet Propaganda Poster Nations For Peace Communist USSR

By Maxim Gleikh

Located in London, GB

Original vintage propaganda poster - We Will Stand for Peace - featuring a dynamic design of three young men representing different nations of the world holding up a red banner with ...

Category

1950s More Prints

Materials

Paper

Communists, Ed. 9/50

Damian HenryCommunists, Ed. 9/50, 2009

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H 4.5 in W 4.25 in D 0.01 in

Communists, Ed. 9/50

By Damian Henry

Located in Old Lyme, CT

Lino-cut printed at Glasgow Print Studio, Glasgow, Scotland. Measurements reflect image size only.

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Prints

Original Vintage Cold War Poster Soviet Space Exploration Communist Glory USSR
Original Vintage Cold War Poster Soviet Space Exploration Communist Glory USSR

Original Vintage Cold War Poster Soviet Space Exploration Communist Glory USSR

Located in London, GB

Original vintage Soviet propaganda poster - For the Glory of Communism! / Во Славу Коммунизма! - featuring a space illustration depicting a smiling cosmonaut pilot in uniform holding...

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1960s More Prints

Materials

Paper

Zapatista
Zapatista

Zapatista

By David Alfaro Siqueiros

Located in Mount Vernon, NY

a member of the Mexican Communist Party, Siqueiros believed that art should rise above "mere

Category

Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Limited Wassily Kandinsky Untilled Lithograph 1939 Edition 243/300
Limited Wassily Kandinsky Untilled Lithograph 1939 Edition 243/300

Limited Wassily Kandinsky Untilled Lithograph 1939 Edition 243/300

By Wassily Kandinsky

Located in 's Heer Arendskerke, NL

theories on art in Communist Moscow, and returned to Germany in 1920. There, he taught at the Bauhaus

Category

Vintage 1930s French Bauhaus Decorative Art

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Located in Marco Island, FL

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A piece of communist art can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price for items in our inventory is $1,337, while the lowest priced sells for $100 and the highest can go for as much as $3,519.