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Prospector firing Rifle ( Happiness is a Warm Gun ) Gay Art
By Robert Riggs
Located in Miami, FL
Tempera mixed with gum arabic and alcohol on Renaissance Panel Robert Riggs was a gay man. Being
Category

1940s Academic Gay Vintage Art

Materials

Tempera

Nude Man In Bathing Suit, Male Nude in Speedo, Gay art, Sex appeal
Located in Miami, FL
violinists. Her father, also a lawyer and art dealer, ran Schacht Galleries on 23 East 64 Street, Manhattan
Category

1930s Naturalistic Gay Vintage Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Gay - Mid 20th Century Watercolour, Still Life of Roses in Jug
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming watercolour painting, depicting a still life of roses in a jug. Signed to the lower left-hand corner. Well-presented in a wash line card mount and in a speckled frame with...
Category

20th Century Gay Vintage Art

Materials

Watercolor

"Miss Maude Hunters Cabin, Beersheen Springs, TN", 1988, Gay Kabbash
By Gay Kabbash
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Gay Kabbash, American Title: Miss Maude Year: 1988 Medium: Watercolor on Paper, signed
Category

1980s Pop Art Gay Vintage Art

Materials

Watercolor

Potter, oil on canvas, Pueblo Indian Potter Gay Betts, American Indian
By Grace (Gay) Betts
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Potter, oil on canvas, Pueblo Indian Potter Gay Betts Born and raised in New York City, Grace (Gay
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1960s Gay Vintage Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Drummer, by Gay Betts Native American Drummer, oil on canvas painting
By Grace (Gay) Betts
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Born and raised in New York City, Grace (Gay) Betts (1883-1978) became a peripatetic painter of
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1960s Gay Vintage Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Flowers - Mid 20th Century Watercolour by Arthur Wilson Gay - British Still Life
Located in Watford, Hertfordshire
Arthur Wilson Gay 1901–1958 Artist and portrait painter of whose early training nothing is as yet
Category

1950s Post-Impressionist Gay Vintage Art

Materials

Watercolor

Fauvist San Francisco Nocturnal Landscape with Adirondack Chair
By Allie William Skelton
Located in Soquel, CA
active in San Francisco who was involved in the gay art scene of the 1960s and 1970s. Galleries and
Category

1980s Fauvist Gay Vintage Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Abstract Expressionist Floral Explosion
By Allie William Skelton
Located in Soquel, CA
-1986) was a painter and sculptor active in San Francisco who was involved in the gay art scene of the
Category

1980s Abstract Expressionist Gay Vintage Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Cardboard

Carnival Abstract Expressionist Composition
By Allie William Skelton
Located in Soquel, CA
(American, 1942-1986) was a painter and sculptor active in San Francisco who was involved in the gay art
Category

1980s Abstract Expressionist Gay Vintage Art

Materials

Linen, Oil

Modernist Blue Nude in Profile - Figurative Abstract
By Allie William Skelton
Located in Soquel, CA
involved in the gay art scene of the 1960s and 1970s. Galleries and Shows: Invited Artist - 30th Annual
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1970s Expressionist Gay Vintage Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Couple Dancing at Sunset - Bay Area Figurative School
By Allie William Skelton
Located in Soquel, CA
Francisco who was involved in the gay art scene of the 1960s and 1970s. Galleries and Shows: Invited
Category

1970s Expressionist Gay Vintage Art

Materials

Oil, Linen

Out on the Town - Abstract Figurative Portrait of a Couple
By Allie William Skelton
Located in Soquel, CA
sculptor active in San Francisco who was involved in the gay art scene of the 1960s and 1970s. Galleries
Category

1980s American Impressionist Gay Vintage Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Felt Pen

Modernist Rolling Hills Countryside Landscape
By Allie William Skelton
Located in Soquel, CA
Francisco who was involved in the gay art scene of the 1960s and 1970s. Galleries and Shows: Invited
Category

Late 20th Century Abstract Impressionist Gay Vintage Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Abstract Expressionist Red Floral Still Life
By Allie William Skelton
Located in Soquel, CA
in the gay art scene of the 1960s and 1970s. "Transition" Bronze sculpture, 1984, on permanent
Category

Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Gay Vintage Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Tower Bridge, London - Abstracted Urban Landscape
By Allie William Skelton
Located in Soquel, CA
in the gay art scene of the 1960s and 1970s. Galleries and Shows: Invited Artist - 30th Annual San
Category

1970s Expressionist Gay Vintage Art

Materials

Paper, Pastel, Pencil

Gay Parisians
Located in Bristol, CT
Art Sz: 17 3/8"H x 23 1/2"W Frame Sz: 24"H x 30"W Stylish original watercolour with gouache
Category

20th Century Other Art Style Gay Vintage Art

Materials

Gouache, Watercolor

Gay Parisians
Gay Parisians
H 24 in W 30 in
Gay Pride Parade
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
physical work of art described herein, and that this transfer of ownership of the physical work of art does
Category

1980s Pop Art Gay Vintage Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Girls at the Lunch Counter
By Allie William Skelton
Located in Soquel, CA
sculptor active in San Francisco who was involved in the gay art scene of the 1960s and 1970s. Galleries
Category

1970s Expressionist Gay Vintage Art

Materials

Paper, Pastel

Photograph of Gay Talese
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Gay Talese is a former journalist for The New York Times and Esquire magazine who helped define
Category

1980s Pop Art Gay Vintage Art

Materials

Photographic Paper

Tribesmen with Headdresses - Gay Artist
By Robert Riggs
Located in Miami, FL
"Riggs openly identified as gay to his friends in the Philadelphia art community, but did not
Category

1940s American Realist Gay Vintage Art

Materials

Tempera

Gay Freres 1950 Paris-Geneva 1950 Retro Stardust Explosion Necklace in 18Kt Gold
By Gay Freres
Located in Miami, FL
Impressive Stardust necklace designed by Gay Freres. A rare and one-of-a-kind sculptural vintage
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1950s French Post-War Gay Vintage Art

Materials

Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold

Photograph of a Gay Couple
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Projects. Image rights: The purchaser is acquiring ownership rights only of the physical work of art
Category

1980s Pop Art Gay Vintage Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Three Young Men California WPA Figurative Modern Art Gay American Scene 1930s
By Boris Deutsch
Located in New York, NY
Three Young Men California WPA Figurative Modern Art Gay American Scene 1930s An artist on the
Category

1930s American Realist Gay Vintage Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Fred Astaire: The Gay Divorcee
By Ernest Bachrach
Located in Austin, TX
. This black and white portrait features the star posed in formal attire for his role in "Gay Divorcee
Category

1930s Contemporary Gay Vintage Art

Materials

Digital, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

"Wrestlers" 1936 Olympic Porcelain Gay Mid 20th Century Art Deco WPA Modern LGBT
By Herend
Located in New York, NY
"Wrestlers" 1936 Olympic Porcelain Gay Mid 20th Century Art Deco WPA Modern LGBT Hungarian
Category

1930s Modern Gay Vintage Art

Materials

Porcelain

National Coming Out Day Poster /// Pop Art Gay Rights Keith Haring Political NY
By Keith Haring
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
for the very first National Coming Out Day on October 11, 1988 on behalf of the National Gay Rights
Category

1980s Pop Art Gay Vintage Art

Materials

Lithograph, Offset

Pecos Vista
By Gay Faulkenberry
Located in New York, NY
Gay Faulkenberry, Pecos Vista, Landscape Impressionist Oil Painting, Unframed: 13.25 x 10.25
Category

Late 20th Century Abstract Gay Vintage Art

Materials

Oil

Sandbar Trilogy - gay beach, figurative acrylic on canvas
By Charles Pachter
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Sandbar Trilogy is a brilliantly colorful pop art painting, an ode to the popular gay beach scene
Category

1990s Contemporary Gay Vintage Art

Materials

Canvas, Pastel, Acrylic

1993 Ross Bleckner 'Gay Flag' USA Serigraph print
By Ross Bleckner
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Paper Size: 38 x 25 inches ( 96.52 x 63.5 cm ) Image Size: 33 x 22.5 inches ( 83.82 x 57.15 cm ) Framed: No Condition: A-: Near Mint, very light signs of handling Additional Details...
Category

1990s Pop Art Gay Vintage Art

Materials

Screen

Handsome Tropical Exotic Male Dancer Square Jaw - Gay Interest
Located in Miami, FL
feathers is depicted in vibrant colors that evokes festive gay interest. Signed lower right. CATEAU
Category

1940s Gay Vintage Art

Materials

Pastel, Paper

Undergarment Model (1970s Gay Bathhouse Jockstrap Ad)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
reproduction or digital copy. Ad depicts a locker room of what is clearly a gay bathhouse. The intended
Category

1970s Realist Gay Vintage Art

Materials

Offset

"Cape Cod Sunset" - Watercolor on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Gallery, Provincetown, MA “Treasures of Gay Art,” Leslie/Lohman Gay Art Foundation, New York, NY 2008
Category

1990s American Impressionist Gay Vintage Art

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

3 Carved Wood Plaques Outsider Modern Mid 20th Century Latin Gay LGBT Beefcake
Located in New York, NY
3 Carved Wood Plaques Outsider Modern Mid 20th Century Latin Gay Male LGBT Beefcake Each plaque is
Category

20th Century Outsider Art Gay Vintage Art

Materials

Wood

Tennessee Williams Vintage Mid 20th Century Broadway Theatre Gay Contemporary
By Roddy McDowall 1
Located in New York, NY
Tennessee Williams Vintage Mid 20th Century Broadway Theatre Gay Contemporary Roddy McDowall
Category

1970s American Realist Gay Vintage Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

Keith Haring Gay/Lesbian Pride Day New York, 1986 (vintage Haring announcement)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Keith Haring Gay Pride New York 1986: Keith Haring illustrated folding-invitation for Gay/Lesbian
Category

1980s Pop Art Gay Vintage Art

Materials

Lithograph, Offset

Chris Forbes & Robbie Morgan, Gay Marriage Activists, for After Dark
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Gay Marriage activists and partners Chris Forbes and
Category

1970s Pop Art Gay Vintage Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Street Costumes, Gay Nineties Fashion - Female Illustrator
Located in Miami, FL
about turn of the century women's fashion. "Costume Design of the Gay Nineties" The House of Little
Category

1930s Academic Gay Vintage Art

Materials

Watercolor, Board, Ink

HAVANA Cuba Mid Century Surreal Male Nude Graphic Painting, Gay Interest
Located in New York, NY
Arts Council award. (Cintas for art, 1983-84)
Category

1980s Surrealist Gay Vintage Art

Materials

Acrylic, Graphite

Series of Four Portraits from a New York City Gay Underground Club
By Damien Smith
Located in London, GB
Smith (born 1969). This unique series depicts four characters in a New York City erotic gay bar circa
Category

1990s Contemporary Gay Vintage Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Nude Man Spouting in the Desert - Gay Interest- Born from Mother Earth
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
, unframed, Printed later, Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper. Mitchell Funk is a pioneer of " Color
Category

1970s Surrealist Gay Vintage Art

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

"Nude Musicians" WPA Mid 20th Century American Modernism LGBT Social Realism Gay
Located in New York, NY
. He studied at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts* from 1920 to 1921, then at the Art Students League
Category

1930s American Modern Gay Vintage Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Signed Early 20th Century Modernist Male Lovers Gay Erotic Portrait Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American signed modernist nude male landscape oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed. Image size, 18L x 14H.
Category

1930s Modern Gay Vintage Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

1980s Erotic nude male portrait of artist's lover, Iconic piece from gay history
Located in Harkstead, GB
Core managed to gain some income contributing art work to gay magazines, and via private commissions
Category

1980s Modern Gay Vintage Art

Materials

Board, Oil

Hungry Wolves Hunt a Women Up a Tree at Night - Gay Female Illustrator
Located in Miami, FL
Trailblazing Gay Female illustrator of the Golden Age Ida Waugh paints and powerful narrative of a
Category

1980s American Realist Gay Vintage Art

Materials

Oil, Illustration Board

Gelatin silver print with two images from Gay Pride Parade by Andy Warhol
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
: The purchaser is acquiring ownership rights only of the physical work of art described herein, and
Category

1980s Pop Art Gay Vintage Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

"Judy Garland" Legendary Film and Recording Star. Gay Icon. 20th Century Litho
By Albert Al Hirschfeld
Located in New York, NY
"Judy Garland" Legendary Film and Recording Star. Gay Icon. 20th Century Litho Judy - All Star
Category

1970s Performance Gay Vintage Art

Materials

Lithograph

Mid Century Modern Farmhouse Landscape in Watercolor and Ink on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Robin Gay McCline (American, 1928-2008). A line of trees and buildings runs across the center of the
Category

Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Gay Vintage Art

Materials

Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Bette Midler Legendary Film and Recording Star. Gay Icon. 20th Century Litho
By Albert Al Hirschfeld
Located in New York, NY
Bette Midler Legendary Film and Recording Star. Gay Icon. 20th Century Litho Al Hirschfeld (1903
Category

1980s Performance Gay Vintage Art

Materials

Board, Ink

"Judy Garland" Legendary Film and Recording Star. Gay Icon. 20th Century Litho
By Albert Al Hirschfeld
Located in New York, NY
"Judy Garland" Legendary Film and Recording Star. Gay Icon. 20th Century Litho Al Hirschfeld
Category

1970s Performance Gay Vintage Art

Materials

Board, Ink

"Men in Barracks" WPA Mid 20th Century American Scene Realism Gay Modernism WWII
By David Fredenthal
Located in New York, NY
"Men in Barracks" WPA Mid 20th Century American Scene Realism Gay Modernism WWII. 18 x 24 inches
Category

1940s American Realist Gay Vintage Art

Materials

Watercolor, Paper

Judy Garland Hollywood Film 1963 Costume Design Mid 20th Century Gay Icon Oscars
Located in New York, NY
Judy Garland Hollywood Film 1963 Costume Design Mid 20th Century Gay Icon Oscars EDITH HEAD (1897
Category

1960s Performance Gay Vintage Art

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Pencil

Vintage 1950s Original Male Physique Photograph by Bruce of Los Angeles
By Bruce Bellas
Located in Palm Springs, CA
, beautifully framed in classic black. Bio: An icon of gay art and one of the most famous names in physique
Category

1950s American Mid-Century Modern Gay Vintage Art

Materials

Paper

Andy Warhol Record Cover Art 1982
By Andy Warhol
Located in NEW YORK, NY
other institutions. Related Categories Gay interest. Andy Warhol record art. Warhol vinyl record album
Category

1980s Pop Art Gay Vintage Art

Materials

Offset

Untitled (Blue), Alchemy Series, Vintage Cibachrome Print
By Lyle Ashton Harris
Located in Surfside, FL
) (NOT) GAY ART NOW, Curated by Jack Pierson, Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York, NY 2005 Male Desire Two
Category

20th Century Contemporary Gay Vintage Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print

Untitled (Candles), 1998, rare cibachrome proof print
By Lyle Ashton Harris
Located in Surfside, FL
(catalogue) (NOT) GAY ART NOW, Curated by Jack Pierson, Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York, NY 2005 Male Desire
Category

1990s Contemporary Gay Vintage Art

Materials

Color

Pair of Iconic Art Smith Modernette Cuffs
By Art Smith
Located in Riverdale, NY
Pair of Iconic Art Smith "Modernette" Cuffs from the 1940's in sterling silver. Pioneering jeweler
Category

1940s American Modernist Gay Vintage Art

Materials

Sterling Silver

Pair of Iconic Art Smith Modernette Cuffs
Pair of Iconic Art Smith Modernette Cuffs
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H 2 in W 2.5 in L 6.5 in
Rare Andy Warhol Record Cover Art
By Andy Warhol
Located in NEW YORK, NY
other institutions. Related Categories Gay interest. Warhol record art. Warhol vinyl record album.
Category

1980s Contemporary Gay Vintage Art

Materials

Offset

Bronze Sculpture of a Rams Head Skull
By Scott Gayer
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
artist Scott Gayer is 25” x 25” x 18”. Scott Gayer has spent the last 25 years creating fine art in
Category

Late 20th Century American Gay Vintage Art

Materials

Marble, Bronze

 Bronze Sculpture of a Rams Head Skull
 Bronze Sculpture of a Rams Head Skull
H 25.5 in W 23.5 in D 15 in
Rare original Andy Warhol record art 1981 (Warhol Liza Minnelli)
By Andy Warhol
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Rare Sought After Andy Warhol Liza Minnelli Vinyl Record Art: Offset illustrated by Andy Warhol in
Category

1980s Pop Art Gay Vintage Art

Materials

Offset

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Gay Vintage Art For Sale on 1stDibs

Find the exact piece of gay vintage art you’re shopping for in the variety available on 1stDibs. In our selection of items, you can find Pop Art examples as well as a Impressionist version. Finding the perfect item from our selection of gay vintage art may mean sifting through those created during different time periods — you can find an early version that dates to the 20th Century and a newer variation that were made as recently as the 20th Century. When looking for the right choice in our collection of gay vintage art for your space, you can search on 1stDibs by color — popular works were created in bold and neutral palettes with elements of gray, black, brown and white. Finding an appealing object in our assortment of gay vintage art — no matter the origin — is easy, but Stephen Goldblatt, Jack Mitchell, Andy Warhol, Keith Haring and Grace (Gay) Betts each produced popular versions that are worth a look. Artworks like these of any era or style can make for thoughtful decor in any space, but a selection from our variety of those made in paint, paper and fabric can add an especially memorable touch.

How Much is a Gay Vintage Art?

The average selling price for a piece of gay vintage art we offer is $2,000, while they’re typically $356 on the low end and $143,750 for the highest priced.
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