Joan Carl
Untitle Study ("Basketball Players") Drawing #1 by Joan Carl Strauss
Located in Pasadena, CA
Joan Carl Strauss, artist and activist in the Los Angeles art world, left behind a refined and
Category
1980s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
$650
H 22.75 in W 16.66 in D 0.75 in
Untitled (Basketball Players) Original Study Drawing #2 by Joan Carl Strauss
Located in Pasadena, CA
Joan Carl Strauss was a Los Angeles-based artist, educator, and civic voice whose prolific work
Category
1980s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
$650
H 22.75 in W 16.66 in D 0.75 in
"Embrace" Clay Sculpture on Marble Base by Joan Carl Strauss
Located in Pasadena, CA
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BIO
Joan Strauss Carl was a Los Angeles artist, teacher, and humanitarian activist. She was a past
Category
Vintage 1970s American Post-Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Marble
$1,950 Sale Price
25% Off
H 21 in W 16 in D 11 in
Invocation
Located in Los Angeles, CA
JOAN STRAUSS CARL
1927-2021
"INVOCATION"
CALIFORNIA
HARD WOOD, SIGNED
DATED 2005
38 INCHES
Category
1970s Expressionist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Recent Sales
Joan Carl 'Cloaked Lovers' Modern Abstract Bronze Sculpture
Located in Astoria, NY
Joan Carl 'Cloaked Lovers' modern abstract cast bronze sculpture depicting a couple in embrace
Category
Vintage 1970s North American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Black and White Ink Landscape Drawing By Joan Carl Strauss
Located in Pasadena, CA
"Two Villages" is a black and white landscape ink drawing by Joan Carl Strauss that unfolds a
Category
1980s Post-Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
H 18.75 in W 20.75 in D 1.25 in
"Launching Dreams" Bubble Boy Oil Painting by Joan Carl Strauss
Located in Pasadena, CA
In the oil portrait "Launching Dreams," Joan Strauss Carl captures a moment of a little boy playing
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil
H 51.75 in W 23.38 in D 3.25 in
"Movement" White Composite Material by Joan Carl Strauss
Located in Pasadena, CA
This sculpture is crafted from a white composite material by Joan Strauss Carl. This art piece
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Composition
Abstract Expressionist Wood and Marble Sculpture by Joan Strauss Carl
Located in Pasadena, CA
from San Francisco to San Diego.
A quote from her exhibition: Joan Carl – One-Man Sculpture Show. “My
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Abstract Expressionist Bronze Sculpture Signed by Joan Strauss Carl
Located in Pasadena, CA
oxidation to bronze commensurate with age.
Joan Strauss Carl was a Los Angeles artist, teacher, and
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
H 18.75 in W 5 in D 4.88 in
The Stork
Located in Los Angeles, CA
JOAN STRAUSS CARL
1927-2021
"THE STORK"
California
EBONY, SIGNED
C.1975
23 INCHES OVERALL
Category
1970s American Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
"Family Dance" Post-Modern Watercolor by Joan Carl Strauss
Located in Pasadena, CA
Joan Carl Strauss is a remarkable artist. Each work, from her studies to the final design of her
Category
1960s Post-Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
H 28.25 in W 20.5 in D 0.5 in
Black and White Abstract Drawing by Joan Strauss Carl
Located in Pasadena, CA
Presenting a drawing by Joan Strauss Carl, which served as a preparatory study for one of her three
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
H 17 in W 20.6 in D 0.75 in
KINETIC FIGURES
Located in Los Angeles, CA
JOAN STRAUSS CARL
"KINETIC FIGURES"
BRONZE, SIGNED
CALIFORNIA, DATED 1988
11 X 18 X 9 INCHES
Category
1980s Cubist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Evolution
Located in Los Angeles, CA
JOAN STRAUSS CARL
"EVOLUTION"
HARD WOOD, SIGNED
CALIFORNIA, C.1970
45 INCHES OVERALL
Joan
Category
1870s Expressionist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
The Scream
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Joan Strauss Carl
1926-2021
Joan Strauss Carl was a Los Angeles artist, teacher, and humanitarian
Category
1980s Expressionist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Friends Conversation Organic Terra Cotta Sculpture by Joan Strauss Carl
Located in Pasadena, CA
comes from the artist estate but it is not signed.
Joan Strauss Carl was a Los Angeles artist
Category
Mid-20th Century American Organic Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
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Vintage 1970s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
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Bronze Abstract Sculpture of Bird
Located in London, GB
Abstract bronze cast sculpture of bird about to fly, spreading its wings. The sculpture is Expressive in a brutalist manner. It stands on a cast bronze pedestal.
Category
Vintage 1980s German Brutalist Animal Sculptures
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By Salvador Dalí
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Nude with Raised Arms - Original Handsigned Lithograph
Dimensions: 77 x 55 cm
1970
Signed in pencil and numbered
Edition : /CXX
References : Field 70-8(Page 158)
Category
1970s Surrealist Nude Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$10,282
H 30.32 in W 21.66 in D 0.04 in
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Materials
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Gusum Metallslöjden, Wall-mounted Candelabra, Brass, Sweden, 1970s
Located in High Point, NC
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Category
Vintage 1970s Swedish Candelabras
Materials
Brass
Nazaré Coffee Table
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Materials
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Art Deco 1940s Venetian Round Dotted Glass Wall Mirror Italy
By Fontana Arte
Located in Miami, FL
Art Deco Round Dotted Art Glass Wall Mirror made in the 1940s in Italy.
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Category
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Materials
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$235 Sale Price
20% Off
H 6.3 in W 16.54 in D 4.34 in
Bitossi by Aldo Londi Rimini Blu Large Ashtray Vide-Poche, Italy 1960s
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45% Off
H 3.15 in Dm 7.49 in
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