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Pioneer of the Free German Youth, East Germany 1950s.
By Rolf Gillhausen
Located in Cologne, DE
Pioneer of the Free German Youth, East Germany 1950s. Keywords: GDR; DDR; German Democratic
Category

1950s Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

East German Vintage Roll-Down Scientific School Chart
Located in East Hampton, NY
Vintage East German Educational Chart, roll down poster By Volk Und Wissen, Berlin (Founded In 1945
Category

Vintage 1950s German Prints

Materials

Canvas

Detailed Anatomical Ear Model Made in East Germany by Somso
By Somso
Located in Weesp, NL
world of anatomical models! This amazing model, made in former East Germany, features a removable earing
Category

Vintage 1950s German Mid-Century Modern Scientific Instruments

Materials

Plastic, Wood

Walter Ulbricht (1893-1973) posing at a desk, East Germany late 1950s.
By Rolf Gillhausen
Located in Cologne, DE
Walter Ulbricht (1893-1973) posing at a desk, East Germany late 1950s. Keywords: GDR; DDR; German
Category

1950s Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Post-War Helion Bakelite Desk Task Lamp East German Industrial 1950s MidCentury
By Helion Arnstadt, VEB Leuchten
Located in Sherborne, Dorset
1950s desk lamp designed for Helion VEB Leuchtenbau in the city of Arnstadt, East Germany
Category

Vintage 1940s German Bauhaus Table Lamps

Materials

Steel

Untitled (1950)
By Burgoyne Diller
Located in Lambertville, NJ
up in Battle Creek, Michigan. Later, while attending Michigan State University in East Lansing on an
Category

1950s Abstract Mixed Media

Materials

Paper, Crayon, Graphite

Vintage Turkish East Anatolian Rug
Located in Lohr, Bavaria, DE
cotton warp and weft. Made in the 1950/60´s. The rug has a very good pile condition, original fringes and
Category

Vintage 1960s Turkish Tribal Turkish Rugs

Materials

Wool

Sideboard in East Indian Rosewood & Seagrass by Florence Knoll, Designed 1947
By Knoll, Florence Knoll
Located in Berlin, DE
Rare & beautiful, sideboard by Florence Knoll, designed in 1947, this model in East Indian Rosewood
Category

Vintage 1950s German Mid-Century Modern Sideboards

Materials

Leather, Raffia, Rosewood

Michael Taylor for Baker, Far East Collection Dining Chairs, Set of 6
By Michael Taylor, Baker Furniture Company
Located in Hartville, OH
velvet from Brunschwig et Fils. The fabric is exquisite, imported from Germany and $300 yd. ($4400 worth
Category

Vintage 1950s American Chinoiserie Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Upholstery, Walnut

Average life in 1950s GDR, Germany 1950s.
By Rolf Gillhausen
Located in Cologne, DE
Average life in 1950s GDR, Germany 1950s. Keywords: GDR; DDR; German Democratic Republic; East
Category

1950s Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Original Vintage Poster Leipzig Trade Fair MM DDR Germany Travel Advertising Art
Located in London, GB
initials and of the East German Democratic Republic flying on the building below the blue sky, the title
Category

Vintage 1950s German Posters

Materials

Paper

Hamburg, Michael's Church, Germany
By Josef Eidenberger
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Hamburg, Michael's Church, Germany" c.1950 is a color etching on Wove paper by
Category

Mid-20th Century Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

Cologne (Koln) Promenade, Germany
By Josef Eidenberger
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Cologne (Koln) Promenade, Germany" c.1950 is a color etching by noted Austrian
Category

Mid-20th Century Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

Greetziel, North Sea, Germany
By Josef Eidenberger
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Greetziel, North Sea, Germany" c.1950 is a color etching on Wove paper by
Category

Mid-20th Century Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

Italian Dolomites – Oil on Canvas by Arno Lemke - 1950
Located in Albignasego, IT
Lemke (1916-1988) He was a German landscape architect, active in Munich. He studied at the academies of
Category

Vintage 1950s Italian Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Original Vintage Poster FDJ Free German Youth Science Knowledge Goethe Quote DDR
Located in London, GB
and preparing young East Germans for life following an officially approved route of school and
Category

Vintage 1950s German Posters

Materials

Paper

Ulm on the Blau, Germany
By Josef Eidenberger
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Ulm on the Blau, Germany" c.1950 is a color etching by noted Austrian artist
Category

Mid-20th Century Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

Ernst Martin Dettinger Set of "6057" Ash Chairs, Germany 1950s
By Ernst Martin Dettinger
Located in Utrecht, NL
acceptance of a “gute Form” took place in Germany, which, in both the west and the east, was widely, although
Category

Vintage 1950s German Mid-Century Modern Chairs

Materials

Fabric, Wood

VEB Leuchtenbau Model "7204" Table Lamp, Germany 1950s
By VEB Leuchten
Located in Budapest, HU
prominent player in the lighting industry in East Germany during the post-war era, this table lamp reflects
Category

Vintage 1950s German Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Metal, Brass

Circa 1950 Original Poster - Lufthansa - Proche et Moyen Orient
Located in PARIS, FR
Beautiful poster of the 50s for Lufthansa and its trips to the Middle East. Airline - Tourism
Category

1950s Prints and Multiples

Materials

Linen, Paper, Lithograph

20th Century Gold German Cubistic Brass Office Lamp, Desk Light by Franz Ehrlich
By Franz Ehrlich
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
legged base. The wires have been renewed. Wear consistent with age and use, circa 1930 - 1950, Germany
Category

Early 20th Century German Art Deco Table Lamps

Materials

Metal, Brass

Mid-Century Solid Beech & Veneer Desk & Chair Set, Germany c.1960's
Located in London, GB
was an East German Furniture designer and manufacturer 1950' - 1960's the former DDR.
Category

Vintage 1960s German Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Beech

Set of Two Huge Mid-Century Modern Wall Lamps or Sconces, 1950s, Germany
By Karl Walther
Located in Munich, DE
Karl Walther Nachf., 1950s, Wurzen, East Germany. Each lamp with makers label reverse. Two identical
Category

Vintage 1950s German Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

Materials

Metal

Etching of destroyed synagogue - Essen, Germany
By Dora Szampanier
Located in Surfside, FL
their property in Germany, Austria, and Czechoslovakia’s Sudetenland. “Pogromnacht” (or
Category

20th Century Folk Art Landscape Prints

Materials

Etching

'Landscape with River', German-American Expressionist, Student of Kokoschka
By Leo Meiersdorff
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower center, 'Meiersdorff' for Leo Meiersdorff (German-American, 1934-1994) and painted
Category

1980s Expressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Heidelberg Germany Jewish Memorial Etching Destroyed Synagogue Folk Art Judaica
By Dora Szampanier
Located in Surfside, FL
Heidelberg Germany Etching of Synagogue, Jewish temple. From very rare small edition. Most are
Category

20th Century Folk Art Landscape Prints

Materials

Etching

Berlin Germany Jewish Memorial Etching Destroyed Synagogue Folk Art Judaica
By Dora Szampanier
Located in Surfside, FL
their property in Germany, Austria, and Czechoslovakia’s Sudetenland. “Pogromnacht” (or
Category

20th Century Folk Art Landscape Prints

Materials

Etching

Regensburg Germany Jewish Memorial Etching Destroyed Synagogue Folk Art Judaica
By Dora Szampanier
Located in Surfside, FL
synagogues, located across Europe (some from Middle East and North Africa) in Poland, Russia, (Soviet Union
Category

20th Century Folk Art Landscape Prints

Materials

Etching

Bold German American Abstract Expressionist Color Field Oil Painting Carl Holty
By Carl Holty
Located in Surfside, FL
–1973) was a German-born American abstract painter. Raised in Wisconsin, he was the first major abstract
Category

20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

Deer in a Mountain Landscape, Karl-Heinz Wenzel, 20th Century, German Painter
Located in Bruges, BE
and graphic artist. From 1947 – 1950 Wenzel painted in Wittenberg and in Karlheinz, Germany
Category

20th Century Naturalistic Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Marty
Located in London, GB
Original East German film poster for the 1955 drama romance Marty. The film was directed by
Category

Vintage 1950s German Posters

Materials

Paper

Marty
Marty
H 33 in W 23 in D 0.1 in
Les Vacances de Monsieur Hulot
Located in London, GB
Original East German film poster for Jacques Tati's 1953 comedy that he directed and starred in.
Category

Vintage 1950s German Posters

Materials

Paper

Les Vacances de Monsieur Hulot
Les Vacances de Monsieur Hulot
H 33 in W 23 in D 0.1 in
Post Social Hobby Train Station
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1950s East German train station on the table. Station has 6 pieces. Please note the table is not
Category

Vintage 1950s German Other Toys

Materials

Metal

Post Social Hobby Train Station
Post Social Hobby Train Station
H 33.5 in W 67 in D 37 in
Painting by Peter Keil, Framed Face with Fashion Lady in the Back Ground, C 1959
By Peter Keil
Located in New York, NY
, the East Berlin-based painter Otto Nagel became his mentor and taught him first craft skills and
Category

Vintage 1950s German Modern Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Painting by Peter Keil Painted in Palma, Spain, Acrylic on News Paper, C 1959
By Peter Keil
Located in New York, NY
, the East Berlin-based painter Otto Nagel became his mentor and taught him first craft skills and
Category

Vintage 1950s German Modern Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Painting by Peter Keil, C 1959, The Lion Face", Framed, Acrylic on Paper, C 1959
By Peter Keil
Located in New York, NY
, the East Berlin-based painter Otto Nagel became his mentor and taught him first craft skills and
Category

Vintage 1950s German Modern Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Painting by Peter Keil, Mid-Century Modern Art, Painted in Paris, On Paper, 1959
By Peter Keil
Located in New York, NY
, the East Berlin-based painter Otto Nagel became his mentor and taught him first craft skills and
Category

Vintage 1950s German Mid-Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Painting by Peter Keil, Mid-Century Modern Art "Abstract Face", Framed, C 1959
By Peter Keil
Located in New York, NY
, the East Berlin-based painter Otto Nagel became his mentor and taught him first craft skills and
Category

Vintage 1950s German Mid-Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

1950s Easy or Lounge Chair Set by Selman Selmanagic in mustard yellow
By Deutsche Werkstätten Hellerau, Selman Selmanagic
Located in Berlin, DE
Set of 2 easy chairs designed by architect Selman Selmanagic in 1957 for the East German
Category

Vintage 1950s German Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Fabric, Beech

Spring Passage - Scottish art Abstract Expressionist oil painting Cobra Paris
By William Gear
Located in London, GB
. Painted in 1950 it is an early and significant painting which dates to the early part of his career
Category

1950s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

Grand Repos Lounge Chair Attributed to Guillerme et Chambron for Votre Maison
By Votre Maison, Guillerme et Chambron
Located in ŁÓDŹ, PL
in a stalag, a Prussian prisoner camp, while being imprisoned by the Germans in East Prussia
Category

Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Armchairs

Materials

Wool, Oak

Royal Bayreuth Porcelain Figurine Registered "MOUSE PITCHER"
By Royal Bayreuth
Located in Bloomfield Hills, MI
Thuringian Hills, adjacent to what at one time was known as the East German border. Though delicate to the
Category

Early 20th Century German Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain, Paint

Elisabeth Dujarric de la Rivière (1930-2005) Self-portrait with palette
By Élisabeth Dujarric de La Rivière
Located in BELEYMAS, FR
Friedmann, whose parents have retained German ties, mainly in Berlin where Adolphe Friedmann is an eminent
Category

1950s Cubist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Study for Wall Construction"
By Burgoyne Diller
Located in Lambertville, NJ
up in Battle Creek, Michigan. Later, while attending Michigan State University in East Lansing on an
Category

1950s Abstract Mixed Media

Materials

Paper, Crayon, Graphite

"Swiss Chalet" Landscape Oil Painting 10" x 14" inch by Inji Efflatoun
By Inji Efflatoun
Located in Culver City, CA
1967, at the "Paese Nove" gallery, in Paris at the "Galerie de l’Universite" in Dresden, East Germany
Category

20th Century Post-War Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Cardboard

Mid 20th Century Industrial Salvaged Mine Lights
Located in Cirencester, GB
inch thick. These were made in the 1950's in former East Germany. These were painted grey which we
Category

Mid-20th Century German Industrial Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Aluminum

"Personal Equation" Jimmy Ernst, Abstract Surrealism, Black, Red, Blue, White
By Jimmy Ernst
Located in New York, NY
Jimmy Ernst Personal Equation, 1950 Signed and dated lower right Oil on canvas 41 x 39 1/2 inches
Category

1940s Surrealist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

1957 Original poster for the 22nd International Paris Air Show - Aviation
Located in PARIS, FR
aeronautical and space equipment, held at Le Bourget airport, north-east of Paris. Known as the Paris Air Show
Category

1950s Prints and Multiples

Materials

Paper, Lithograph

'Manhattan 1, stone 2' — New York City, Mid-Century Modernism
By Lyonel Feininger
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
incessantly, most notably the steamboats and sailing ships on the Hudson and East Rivers, and the landscape
Category

1950s Bauhaus Landscape Prints

Materials

Lithograph

"Swiss Countryside II" Landscape Oil Painting 8" x 12" inch by Inji Efflatoun
By Inji Efflatoun
Located in Culver City, CA
1967, at the "Paese Nove" gallery, in Paris at the "Galerie de l’Universite" in Dresden, East Germany
Category

20th Century Post-War Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Cardboard

Landscape
By George Dergalis
Located in Palm Springs, CA
, Concord Art Association, Concord, MA, 1969. Selected Solo Exhibitions: Foundazione Besso, Rome, 1950
Category

1950s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Landscape
Landscape
H 37.5 in W 33.25 in D 2 in
The Vampire
By Walter Schnackenberg
Located in Chicago, IL
became a regular contributor of similar compositions to the German magazines Jugend and Simplicissimus
Category

1950s Expressionist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Watercolor

Red Idol - British 50's art abstract oil painting - Modernist COBRA - provenance
By William Gear
Located in London, GB
1947 and 1950 living and working in Paris. Significantly, in recent years, he received the greatest
Category

1950s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

Israeli Tumarkin Abstract Modernist Graffiti Art Lithograph Print "Broken Hour"
Located in Surfside, FL
born in Dresden, Germany. His father, Martin Hellberg, was a German theater actor and director. His
Category

1950s Modern Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

"Brehal I" Landscape Watercolor Painting 10" x 14" inch by Inji Efflatoun
By Inji Efflatoun
Located in Culver City, CA
1967, at the "Paese Nove" gallery, in Paris at the "Galerie de l’Universite" in Dresden, East Germany
Category

20th Century Post-War Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Archival Paper, Watercolor

"Church Steeple" Watercolor on Paper 12" x 8" inch by Inji Efflatoun
By Inji Efflatoun
Located in Culver City, CA
1967, at the "Paese Nove" gallery, in Paris at the "Galerie de l’Universite" in Dresden, East Germany
Category

20th Century Post-War Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Archival Paper

"Lac d'Annecy I" Landscape Watercolor Painting 8" x 14" inch by Inji Efflatoun
By Inji Efflatoun
Located in Culver City, CA
, East Germany, Warsaw, Poland, Moscow, and Prague. She held a one-person show in 1979, in New Delhi
Category

20th Century Post-War Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Archival Paper, Watercolor

Girl & Plants Enamel Glazed Ceramic Plaque Israeli Artist Awret Naive Folk Art
By Irene Awret
Located in Surfside, FL
This is a rare ceramic plaque painted with enamel glaze by famed Israeli German artist Irene Awret
Category

1950s Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Enamel

Raft Landscape in Sweden / - Temporary structures -
Located in Berlin, DE
that took him to Scandinavia, the Arab world, the Far East and even Macau. During these travels he
Category

1950s Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

"Ploumanac'h I" Watercolor on Paper 9" x 12.5" inch by Inji Efflatoun
By Inji Efflatoun
Located in Culver City, CA
1967, at the "Paese Nove" gallery, in Paris at the "Galerie de l’Universite" in Dresden, East Germany
Category

20th Century Post-War Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Archival Paper

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