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Vintage Mid Century Modernist Abstract Signed Morrow Biomorphic Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract oil painting. Oil on canvas, circa 1950. Signed on verso
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1950s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Aswan IV, " Enrico Donati, Surrealist Biomorphic Abstraction, Mid-Century
By Enrico Donati
Located in New York, NY
exhibit of new paintings at the Maxwell Davidson Gallery (57th St., New York) in the fall of 1997
Category

1980s Surrealist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil

'Biomorphic Abstract', Mid-century Modernism, SFMOMA, Whitney, Rochester Museum
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Provenzano' for Sam Provenzano (American, 1923-1999) and painted circa 1949. Exhibited: Rochester Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester Finger Lakes Exhibition (from l...
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1940s Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

'Biomorphic Abstraction', Large Mid-Century American Abstract Leaf Form Oil
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
; additionally signed, verso, 'E. B. Stetson'. A substantial, mid-century American School abstract comprising
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1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

'Abstract in Coral and Jade', Large Mid-century American Biomorphic Abstraction
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
A substantial, mid-century American Abstract oil comprising biomorphic and dimensional forms in
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1950s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Abstract and Fractured, Biomorphic and Geometric Forms
By Agnes Hart
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
the mid to late 1950’s is a nod to Picasso’s famous painting Guernica, which Hart may have seen when
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1950s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Mid Century Modern Abstract Oil Painting by Werner Drewes, Green Blue Red Yellow
By Werner Drewes
Located in Denver, CO
Abstract oil on canvas painting by Werner Drewes painted in vibrant shades of green, blue, and red
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20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

By the Dawn's Early Light, mid-century abstract black, red, yellow oil painting
By Charles Green Shaw
Located in Beachwood, OH
painting when he was in his mid-thirties. A 1914 graduate of Yale, Shaw also completed a year of
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1950s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

Mbuti Painting on barkcloth, 20th century
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Mbuti painting on Bark Cloth Ituri Forest, DR Congo 20th century 0.54 x 0.75m (1’9″ x 2’6″) The
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Mid-20th Century Congolese Tribal Paintings

Materials

Natural Fiber

Early Mid Century Modern Self Portrait by renowned Abstract Expressionist Signed
By Ron Gorchov
Located in New York, NY
bridged sculpture and abstract painting. Gorchov’s oil-on-linen paintings pair one or two biomorphic
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Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Sculpture Stone Mother & Child Biomorphic Mid-Century Modern
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
A 17“ high, modernist, biomorphic, stone sculpture, of a Mother Holding Two Children, mid-20th
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20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Composition

Sculpture Stone Mother & Child Biomorphic Mid-Century Modern
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
A large, 28“ high, modernist, biomorphic, Mother & Child, stone sculpture, mid-20th century. Artist
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20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Stone

Mid Century Modern Abstract Expressionist painting on paper by renowned artist
By Ron Gorchov
Located in New York, NY
museum quality wood frame with UV plexiglass Early (mid-Century) Ron Gorchov watercolor and ink painting
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Watercolor

Mid-Century Modern Abstract Geometric Trapeze Artists by Hilda Arp
By Hilda Arp
Located in Soquel, CA
Fanciful mid-century modern abstract of trapeze artists by Brooklyn artist Hilda Dora Pape Arp (b
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1960s American Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Linen

Provincetown Beach (abstract seascape painting)
By Byron Browne
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
established. By the mid 1930s, he found work and support within the Works Progress Administration Mural
Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

Green Geishas - Abstract Tree Painting
Located in Boston, MA
dictates, she has developed a highly individualistic style of painting that can be described as biomorphic
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Carl Holty Abstract Oil Painting "Riviera" in Primary Colors
By Carl Robert Holty
Located in Detroit, MI
SALE ONE WEEK ONLY "Riviera" is an exquisite painting of American Modern - primary colors actively
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

'Under The Sea - Sea Shell & Plants' Finger painting w/stamped signature
By Sylvia Spicuzza
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Finger painting w/stamped signature Art: 22"x 16" Frame: 31"x 24" c. 1940's-1950's Born in 1908
Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Abstract Sculpture Mid 20th Century Modern Non Objective Biomorphic Plaster WPA
By George L.K. Morris
Located in New York, NY
Morris created this mid 20th century plaster abstract sculpture. It is a non objective biomorphic
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1930s American Modern Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Plaster

4-35 abstract oil painting by Charles Biederman
Located in Hudson, NY
twentieth century abstract American artist best known for his constructivist, cubist-inspired reliefs
Category

1930s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Lyrical Abstraction Abstract Expressionist painting for Sonoma CA (signed heart)
By Robert Natkin
Located in New York, NY
group exhibitions devoted to late-twentieth-century painting (most recently, Expanding Boundaries
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1990s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Pencil

Whimsically rendered forest scene
Located in Belgrade, MT
use of colors in Fauvism and the whimsical biomorphic abstraction of Matisse. His work has been
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Mid-20th Century Fauvist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Lithograph

Abstract Work on Paper Mid-Century Modernism Greek American Gouache Drawing
By Jean Xceron
Located in New York, NY
Abstract Work on Paper Mid-Century Modernism Greek American Gouache Drawing. A modernist artist
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1940s American Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Portrait of an Old Man with Cane, Important Chicago Modernist WPA Artist
By William S. Schwartz
Located in Surfside, FL
modernist,” refusing to bend to the whims of what was in vogue. In the mid-1920s, Schwartz started painting
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Robert Helsmoortel Bronze Sculpture, Abstract, Biomorphic, Signed
Located in New York, NY
Robert Helsmoortel Bronze Sculpture, Abstract, Biomorphic, Signed. Small scale table sculpture with
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Vintage 1970s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Untitled 5
Located in San Luis Obispo, CA
“Numbers” series brings together mid-Twentieth Century biomorphic design and collage. The warp and weft of
Category

2010s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

Untitled 5
H 40 in W 40 in D 1.5 in
Under the Fig Tree
Located in San Luis Obispo, CA
“Numbers” series brings together mid-Twentieth Century biomorphic design and collage. The warp and weft of
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2010s American Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Under the Fig Tree
Under the Fig Tree
H 30 in W 76 in D 1.5 in
Untitled 6
Located in San Luis Obispo, CA
“Numbers” series brings together mid-Twentieth Century biomorphic design and collage. The warp and weft of
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2010s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

Untitled 6
H 40 in W 40 in D 1.5 in
Untitled (Black and White Composition)
By Sam Francis
Located in Palm Desert, CA
serial but asymmetrical biomorphic forms saturated with color. The mid 50s saw Francis include fields of
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Late 20th Century Post-War Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Abandoned Books
Located in San Luis Obispo, CA
“Numbers” series brings together mid-Twentieth Century biomorphic design and collage. The warp and weft of
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2010s American Modern Interior Paintings

Materials

Oil

Abandoned Books
H 36 in W 48 in D 1.5 in
"Columbine Flower Double Sided, " Ink & Gouache on Paper by Sylvia Spicuzza
By Sylvia Spicuzza
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Columbine Flower Double Sided" is an original ink and gouache painting on paper by Sylvia Spicuzza
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Still-life Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Ink

'Abstract, Charcoal and Rose', African-American Woman Artist, Oakland Museum
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
large mid-century, American Abstract oil comprising overlaid and adjacent biomorphic forms in delicately
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1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Sculpture Terracotta Stone Mother & Child Biomorphic 39cm 15 1/4“ high
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
A 39cm., 15 1/4“ high, modernist, biomorphic, terracotta sculpture of a Mother & Child, mid-20th
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20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Terracotta

Circa 1950 Japanese Screen. Surrealist Nihon-ga Landscape.
Located in Kyoto, JP
been created. Creating faces from unusual juxtapositions of objects has been a tendency in painting for
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens

Materials

Paper

Chicago Modernist Line Drawing Reclining Nude WPA Artist. Exhibited Work
By William S. Schwartz
Located in Surfside, FL
modernist,” refusing to bend to the whims of what was in vogue. In the mid-1920s, Schwartz started painting
Category

Mid-20th Century American Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Charcoal

'Robin With Tulips' Pastel, stamped signature lower right
By Sylvia Spicuzza
Located in Milwaukee, WI
and imagined), as well as figurative paintings that reflect the work of Picasso and Ernest Max in the
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Mid-20th Century Animal Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pastel

'Clown Close Up' Watercolor, signed in ink lower right
By Sylvia Spicuzza
Located in Milwaukee, WI
and imagined), as well as figurative paintings that reflect the work of Picasso and Ernest Max in the
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Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

'Four Figures' Charcoal drawing, signature stamped lower left
By Sylvia Spicuzza
Located in Milwaukee, WI
conceivable subject (both real and imagined), as well as figurative paintings that reflect the work of Picasso
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Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Charcoal

"Clown Close Up, " Watercolor Portrait signed by Sylvia Spicuzza
By Sylvia Spicuzza
Located in Milwaukee, WI
abstractions of every conceivable subject (both real and imagined), as well as figurative paintings that
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Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

"Ebb and Flow" original pastel drawing by Sylvia Spicuzza
By Sylvia Spicuzza
Located in Milwaukee, WI
the paintings of Georgia O'Keeffe and her abstract views of the New Mexico desert. 12 x 18 inches
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Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pastel

"Five Actresses" original crayon drawing by Sylvia Spicuzza
By Sylvia Spicuzza
Located in Milwaukee, WI
and imagined), as well as figurative paintings that reflect the work of Picasso, Kandinsky and Max
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Graphite, Crayon

"Long Beaked Bird" original signed pastel drawing by Sylvia Spicuzza
By Sylvia Spicuzza
Located in Milwaukee, WI
abstractions of every conceivable subject (both real and imagined), as well as figurative paintings that
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Mid-20th Century Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pastel

"Art Deco Abstract" original drawing by Sylvia Spicuzza
By Sylvia Spicuzza
Located in Milwaukee, WI
abstractions of every conceivable subject (both real and imagined), as well as figurative paintings that
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Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Crayon

"Two Art Deco Nude Dancers #763" Crayon & Color Pencil signed by Sylvia Spicuzza
By Sylvia Spicuzza
Located in Milwaukee, WI
and imagined), as well as figurative paintings that reflect the work of Picasso and Ernest Max in the
Category

Mid-20th Century Neo-Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Color Pencil, Crayon, Graphite

"City Lights" original pastel drawing by Sylvia Spicuzza
By Sylvia Spicuzza
Located in Milwaukee, WI
subject (both real and imagined), as well as figurative paintings that reflect the work of Picasso
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Mid-20th Century Art Deco Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pastel

Henri Maccheroni Original Mid-Century Art Exhibition Poster
Located in Miami, FL
painter completed in the mid-1970s. This poster is from the Inri exhibit is dated 1975. Born in Nice in
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20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Posters

Materials

Paper

Propagation-L, mid century figurative abstract screenprint, 20th century artist
By Takesada Matsutani
Located in Beachwood, OH
biomorphic forms across a variety of mediums and styles, even adapting them to the context of hard-edge
Category

1970s Modern Abstract Prints

Materials

Screen

Gnarled Tree - African American Artist
By Charles Alston
Located in Miami, FL
Artist Charles Henry Alston prefigures his Abstract Expressionist paintings of the early and mid-1950s
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1930s American Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Charcoal

"Woman in Dress & Fancy Hat" original crayon drawing by Sylvia Spicuzza
By Sylvia Spicuzza
Located in Milwaukee, WI
mid-century Broadway musicals such as "Hello, Dolly!". By borrowing elements from art history and
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1950s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Crayon

'Dynamic Abstract', California San Francisco Bay Area Modernism, Thiebaud
By Robert George Gilberg
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
A substantial, mid-century watercolor abstract comprising interrelated geometric and biomorphic
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1940s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Gouache, Pen

Mexican Modern, Don S Shoemaker, Sling Swinger chair with footstool, 1960's
By Don S. Shoemaker
Located in Uccle, BE
) and black leather in the 1960s. The biomorphic lines of the exotic rosewood create an organic yet warm
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Mid-20th Century Mexican Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Leather, Cocobolo

"Femme et Oiseaux" tapestry after Joan Miró
By (after) Joan Miró
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A beautiful tapestry after the Joan Miró painting "Femme et Oiseaux", 1966. This colourful piece
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20th Century French Mid-Century Modern More Carpets

Materials

Wool

2 Midcentury Organic Modern / Sculptures/ Lounge Chairs, Frederick Kiesler, 1947
By Frederick John Kiesler
Located in New York, NY
works are important and signify the development of post-war design into abstract biomorphic sculptural
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Plywood, Oak

Willy Guhl and Robert Pansart Red Pod Chair in Cement, 1969
By Robert Pansart, Willy Guhl
Located in Santa Gertrudis, Baleares
decorator who was active in the Mid-20th Century. Little is known about his life, but he is known for his
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Vintage 1960s Swiss Mid-Century Modern Chairs

Materials

Cement

Sans Titre
By Roberto Matta
Located in San Francisco, CA
Exhibition exposed him to Picasso's powerful painting Guernica, which greatly impressed him and influenced
Category

Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Sans Titre
Sans Titre
H 19.75 in W 25.5 in D 0.01 in
Hecatombe de Toros
By Roberto Matta
Located in San Francisco, CA
Exhibition exposed him to Picasso's powerful painting Guernica, which greatly impressed him and influenced
Category

Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Hecatombe de Toros
Hecatombe de Toros
H 19.25 in W 25.5 in D 0.01 in
Hecatombe de Toros
By Roberto Matta
Located in San Francisco, CA
Exhibition exposed him to Picasso's powerful painting Guernica, which greatly impressed him and influenced
Category

Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Hecatombe de Toros
Hecatombe de Toros
H 19.25 in W 25.5 in D 0.01 in
Hecatombe de Toros
By Roberto Matta
Located in San Francisco, CA
Exhibition exposed him to Picasso's powerful painting Guernica, which greatly impressed him and influenced
Category

Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Hecatombe de Toros
Hecatombe de Toros
H 19.25 in W 25.5 in D 0.01 in
"Centre Noeuds" planche #3
By Roberto Matta
Located in San Francisco, CA
International Exhibition exposed him to Picasso's powerful painting Guernica, which greatly impressed him and
Category

Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Prints

Materials

Aquatint

"Centre Noeuds" planche #6
By Roberto Matta
Located in San Francisco, CA
International Exhibition exposed him to Picasso's powerful painting Guernica, which greatly impressed him and
Category

Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Prints

Materials

Aquatint

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