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Flute of Chicago Corrugated Side Table w/ Glass Top and Copper Disc Centerpiece
By Flute Chicago
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A wonderful post modern side table constructed of black corrugated cardboard wrapped in a a tapered cone shape, topped with a 20" diameter glass top and capped with a lovely brass di...
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Late 20th Century North American Post-Modern Side Tables

Materials

Copper

Turn of 20th Century American Impressionist Chicago Landscape -- Frost Bound
Located in Soquel, CA
Turn of 20th Century American Impressionist Chicago Landscape -- Frost Bound Luminous turn of the
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1910s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

Chicago, original expressionist American urban landscape
By Charles Tersolo
Located in Spring Lake, NJ
One of the greatest and most famous American urban landscapes, the city of Chicago, is bold, brassy
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

"History of US Postal Service" American Scene Social Realism WPA Modern Chicago
By Harold Haydon
Located in New York, NY
"History of US Postal Service" American Scene Social Realism WPA Modern Chicago Harold Haydon
Category

1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

A 1940s American Scene Watercolor of a Chicago Street Scene by Grace Spongberg
Located in Chicago, IL
A 1940s American Scene watercolor depicting a snowy Chicago Street Scene by artist Grace Spongberg
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1940s American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

American Cubist Gouache & Pastel Portrait Painting of Robert Lerner Chicago 1980
By Michael Hurson
Located in Portland, OR
York; the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; the Art Institute of Chicago; and the Walker Art
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1980s Cubist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Pastel, Paper, Gouache, Charcoal, Pencil

The Lady maquette, replica of Chicago Picasso sculpture, American Bridge Company
By Pablo Picasso
Located in New York, NY
This maquette is based upon the original Chicago Picasso-a monumental sculpture by Pablo Picasso in
Category

1960s Abstract Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Stone, Steel

Sailor's Woolie of the American Protected Cruiser "USS Chicago", circa 1885
Located in Nantucket, MA
Antique Sailor's Woolie of the American Protected Cruiser "USS Chicago", circa 1885, a sailor's
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Antique 1880s American Folk Art Nautical Objects

Materials

Wool

Portrait of a Girl with a Doll, Chicago Artist, American Portraiture
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
Paul Trebilcock (American, 1902 - 1981) Signed: Paul Trebilcock (Lower, Right) " BB " , circa
Category

Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

1930s Watercolor of a Chicago Rail Yard by Notable Chicago Artist Tunis Ponsen
By Tunis Ponsen
Located in Chicago, IL
understanding of American life. Critically acclaimed during his lifetime, Ponsen was widely exhibited in Chicago
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1930s American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Neon Chicago, Chicago, IL, 2015
By Chris Fan
Located in Hudson, NY
procured with her own signature school of artists. Architecture, American, Cityscape, Chicago, Color
Category

2010s Modern Color Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper

'North Bank of the Chicago River' — WPA Graphic Modernism
By Charles Turzak
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Charles Turzak, 'North Bank of the Chicago River', color woodcut, c. 1935, edition 50. Signed and
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1930s American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Fine Etching of Municipal (Midway) Airport Chicago by Kent Hagerman
By Kent Hagerman
Located in Chicago, IL
A fine & captivating etching of Municipal (Midway) Airport Chicago by artist Kent Hagerman
Category

1950s American Modern Landscape Prints

Materials

Paper, Etching

1930s Cheerful Watercolor of a Chicago Street Scene by Constantine Pougialis
Located in Chicago, IL
A 1930s cheerful & colorful watercolor depicting a Chicago Street scene by artist Constantine
Category

1930s American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Fantastic Mid-Century Mark Coomer Serigraph of Chicago River & Wrigley Building
Located in Chicago, IL
You need this fantastic Mid-Century serigraph of Chicago's iconic Wrigley Building & Tribune Tower
Category

1950s American Modern Landscape Prints

Materials

Masonite, Screen

'The Artist's Garden', Munich Academy, Art Institute of Chicago, PAFA, Corcoran
By Julius Moessel
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left 'Moessel' for Julius Moessel (American, 1872-1960) and dated 1943; additionally
Category

1940s American Realist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

A Fabulous 1950s Serigraph of Chicago's Wrigley Building by Mark Coomer
Located in Chicago, IL
, ca. 1959 serigraph of Chicago's Wrigley Building in its original (and kitchy!) frame by artist Mark
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1950s American Modern Landscape Prints

Materials

Paper, Screen

L'Élise Turquoise and Mother Of Pearl Earrings in Yellow Gold
By New York Jewelers Chicago
Located in Chicago, IL
Discover timeless elegance with L'Élise's exquisite earrings. Crafted from luxurious 14K yellow gold, these oval-shaped beauties feature vibrant Sleeping Beauty heavenly blue Turquoi...
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21st Century and Contemporary North American Art Nouveau Clip-on Earrings

Materials

Pearl, Turquoise, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold

L'Élise Turquoise and Mother Of Pearl Ring in Yellow Gold
By New York Jewelers Chicago
Located in Chicago, IL
Elevate your style with the L'Élise ring, a masterpiece of refined elegance. This exquisite piece features a stunning oval shaped bouquet of Sleeping Beauty mined heavenly blue Turqu...
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21st Century and Contemporary North American Art Nouveau Fashion Rings

Materials

Pearl, Turquoise, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold

A Handsome Woodcut on Paper of the Univ. of Chicago Chapel by Siegfried Weng
Located in Chicago, IL
A handsome woodcut on paper of the University of Chicago Chapel by artist Siegfried Weng. A
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1920s American Modern Landscape Prints

Materials

Paper, Woodcut

Fantastic Mid-Century Serigraph of the Executive House Chicago by Mark Coomer
Located in Chicago, IL
You definitely need this fantastic Mid-Century serigraph of Chicago's Executive House hotel and the
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1950s American Modern Landscape Prints

Materials

Masonite, Screen

An Exceptional Mid-Century Modern 1950s Chicago Night Club Scene of Showgirls
Located in Chicago, IL
. Provenance: Estate of the artist. Rudolph T. Pen, a prolific American artist, was a Chicago native. He
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

1941 Watercolor of Chicago's Old Town, Titled "Wells & Eugenie" by Albert Rudin
Located in Chicago, IL
A wonderful 1941 watercolor of Chicago's Old Town neighborhood that features an old car, titled
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1940s American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Captivating Mid-Century Watercolor of an Old Chicago House by George Yelich
Located in Chicago, IL
A captivating Mid-Century watercolor of an old Chicago house (with a female figure standing in the
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1950s American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Portrait of an Old Man with Cane, Important Chicago Modernist WPA Artist
By William S. Schwartz
Located in Surfside, FL
Portrait of an Old Man with Cane, by American artist William S. Schwartz, c. 1940, gouache painting
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache

1940s Still Life of Squash by Notable Chicago Modernist Artist Flora Schofield
Located in Chicago, IL
A large and wonderful Modernist still life of a cast iron pot, squash and ladle by notable Chicago
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1940s American Modern Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

A 1951 Etching of the Mercantile Exchange - Chicago by Artist Kent Hagerman
By Kent Hagerman
Located in Chicago, IL
A 1951 etching of the historic "Mercantile Exchange - Chicago" by Artist Kent Hagerman. Image size
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1950s American Modern Interior Prints

Materials

Paper, Etching

A Large Exceptional Mid-Century Modern Painting of a Chicago Night Club Showgirl
Located in Chicago, IL
prolific American artist, was a Chicago native. He graduated from the Art Institute of Chicago and served
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

A 1930 Lithograph of the First House Built in Chicago by Raoul Varin
By Raoul Varin
Located in Chicago, IL
A 1930 lithograph on paper by artist Raoul Varin, titled "The First House Built in Chicago
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1930s American Modern Landscape Prints

Materials

Paper, Lithograph

A 1928 Woodcut on Paper, Self-Portrait of Notable Chicago Modernist Emil Armin
By Emil Armin
Located in Chicago, IL
A 1928 woodcut on paper of a self-portrait of Notable Chicago Modernist artist Emil Armin. artowrk
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1920s American Modern Portrait Prints

Materials

Paper, Woodcut

A Fabulous ca. 1950s Mid-Century Serigraph of the Chicago Skyline by Mark Coomer
Located in Chicago, IL
ca. 1959, Mid-Century serigraph of the Chicago Skyline by artist Mark Coomer in its original frame
Category

1950s American Modern Landscape Prints

Materials

Paper, Screen

'Corner of Steel Plant' — American Modernism / Precisionism
By Louis Lozowick
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Bridges Museum of American, Grinnell College Museum of Art, Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, National Gallery
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1920s American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

"Low Tide, " Frederic Grant, Boats at the Dock, Chicago Artist
By Frederick Milton Grant
Located in New York, NY
Chicago, 30th Annual Exhibition of American Oil Paintings and Sculpture, November 8, 1917-January 2, 1918
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1910s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Marden of Chicago Square Walnut and Brass Midcentury Ottoman in Wool, USA 1950's
By Marden Furniture
Located in New York, NY
A square walnut and brass ottoman by Marden of Chicago upholstered in wool.
Category

Mid-20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Ottomans and Poufs

Materials

Brass

'Tanks #1' — American Precisionism
By Louis Lozowick
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
, including the Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Art Institute of Chicago, Baltimore Museum of Art
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1920s American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Black Angel - African American Artist
Located in Miami, FL
attended the Art Institute of Chicago and then the American Academy of Art in Chicago. He was a successful
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Early 2000s American Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Board

America's Mom
By Sedrick Huckaby
Located in Fairlawn, OH
America's Mom Lithograph, 2016 Signed lower right (see photo) Numbered lower left From: America
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Black Angel - African American Artist - Black Artist
Located in Miami, FL
attended the Art Institute of Chicago and then the American Academy of Art in Chicago. He was a successful
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Early 2000s American Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Board

Oprah Winfrey at the Bud Billiken Parade in Chicago, 1984 - Black & White Photo
Located in Chicago, IL
. Every summer since 1929, “The Bud” has united African-Americans throughout the city of Chicago in music
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2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Antique American Expressionist Oil & Gouache Painting of Ibiza Martin Baer 1935
By Martin Baer
Located in Portland, OR
, hoping to take an active part in the art life of Chicago and America. The paintings Martin Baer and his
Category

1930s Expressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Watercolor, Gouache

"Pioneer Family" WPA American Modernism Plaster Maquette Realism 20th Century
By William Zorach
Located in New York, NY
Museum of American Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Boston Museum of Fine Art, the Los Angeles
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1920s American Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Plaster

America's Mom II (Small Leticia)
By Sedrick Huckaby
Located in Fairlawn, OH
America's Mom II (Small Leticia) Lithograph, 2016 Signed and numbered in pencil by the artist
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Coney Island Fire Eaters American Scene Modernism WPA Social Realism Mid-Century
Located in New York, NY
the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art
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1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Fox Trot" Wayman Adams, circa 1915 New Orleans Figures Dancing American Scene
By Wayman Adams
Located in New York, NY
of Chicago, the American Watercolor Society, the Salmagundi Club, the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine
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1910s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Study of a Statue of Buddha, Japan
By Lilla Cabot Perry
Located in Milford, NH
A fine small oil study of a Buddha in Japan by American artist Lilla Cabot Perry (1848-1933). Perry
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Early 1900s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Antique American Texas Impressionist Fall Landscape Signed Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
1925; and honorable mention in landscape painting at the American Artists Exhibition of Chicago. In
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1930s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Guardian - Father and Daughter, Child, Black Artist, American Flag, Skyline
By Earlie Hudnall Jr.
Located in Denton, TX
Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Chicago Art Institute, National Museum of American Art, Museum of
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1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

'Hurdy Gurdy Ballet' — New York City American Scene, Ashcan School
By Glenn O. Coleman
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Museum of American Art, Art Institute of Chicago, Detroit Museum of Art, Brooklyn Museum, Philadelphia
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1920s Ashcan School Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Richard Wilt, Caesar, American Mid-Century Modern O/C Painting, Ca. 1960s
By Richard Wilt
Located in New York, NY
Museum, Brooklyn, NY “Contemporary American Art” Invitational, Art Institute of Chicago Drawing
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Pair of Mid Century Blocking Portrait Study, Mid Century Portrait of a Woman
By Gordon Cook
Located in Soquel, CA
life drawing at The American Academy of Art* in Chicago. The same year he studied intaglio
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1960s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Path of the East Wind"
By Harry Leith-Ross
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Carnegie Institute, the Art Institute of Chicago, the American Watercolor Society and the Metropolitan
Category

1940s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Biff Elrod (American 1946 -) Massive (183 x 138cm) Oil painting on canvas 1994
Located in Firenze, FI
America, Chicago, Illinois Brown University, Paul B. Pizzatola Building, Providence, R.I. commission
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1990s American Paintings

Materials

Enamel

"U.P." Winter Landscape Oil Painting of a Brilliant Blue Stream
Located in Denver, CO
Chicago. American Academy of Art Chicago ​ Leo Burnett Co. 1990-97 Illustrator/art director. ​Independent
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2010s American Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

'Priests' from 'In Praise of Folly' — Mid-Century Graphic Modernism
By Lynd Ward
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
of Design, Smithsonian American Art Museum, University of Chicago, and the Zimmerli Art Museum
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1940s American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Mezzotint

'Judges' from 'In Praise of Folly' — Mid-Century Graphic Modernism
By Lynd Ward
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
of Design, Smithsonian American Art Museum, University of Chicago, and the Zimmerli Art Museum
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1940s American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Mezzotint

'Doctor' from 'In Praise of Folly' — Mid-Century Graphic Modernism
By Lynd Ward
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
of Design, Smithsonian American Art Museum, University of Chicago, and the Zimmerli Art Museum
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1940s American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Mezzotint

'Pope' from 'In Praise of Folly' — Mid-Century Graphic Modernism
By Lynd Ward
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
ideals of American society. The son of a Methodist preacher, Lynd Ward, moved from Chicago to
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1940s American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Mezzotint

Portrait of a Man in Armchair, Mid Century Short Story Illustration
Located in Soquel, CA
Chicago Academy of Fine Art in 1916, the American Academy of Art in Chicago, the Audubon School of Art and
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1930s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

Tribe of Benjamin, Large Judaica Mixed Media Collage Painting
By Archie Rand
Located in Surfside, FL
of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Art Institute Of Chicago, The Brooklyn Museum
Category

1980s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paint, Paper, Mixed Media

1930s Black and White Lithograph of House at Gregory Point, Colorado Landscape
By Arnold Rönnebeck
Located in Denver, CO
Whitney Museum of American Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Denver Art Museum, and his pieces
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1930s American Modern Landscape Prints

Materials

Paper, Lithograph

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Find the exact american of chicago you’re shopping for in the variety available on 1stDibs. You can easily find an example made in the Impressionist style, while we also have 2 Impressionist versions to choose from as well. Making the right choice when shopping for a american of chicago may mean carefully reviewing examples of this item dating from different eras — you can find an early iteration of this piece from the 19th Century and a newer version made as recently as the 20th Century. On 1stDibs, the right american of chicago is waiting for you and the choices span a range of colors that includes gray, beige, black and brown. A american of chicago from Leon Evarts, Martin Levine, Ralph Fanning and William S. Schwartz — each of whom created distinctive versions of this kind of work — is worth considering. Frequently made by artists working in paint, watercolor and canvas, these artworks are unique and have attracted attention over the years.

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