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WWII Auxiliary Police Helmet
Located in Seattle, WA
Intact helmet from Auxiliary Police Force measurements are approximate- contact dealer for
Category
Vintage 1940s American Political and Patriotic Memorabilia
Materials
Metal
Pair of Antique Bamboo Police Shields
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Authentic pair of Indian police shields made of bamboo. I am dating these to the 1940s. A brilliant
Category
Vintage 1940s Indian Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Bamboo
1940's Mid Century Modern Long Spindle Back Bench in Solid Stained Oak
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A classic solid bench from a Philadelphia Police station circa 1940's. It features solid dark
Category
Vintage 1940s American Mid-Century Modern Benches
Materials
Oak
Street Riot Oil Painting Mounted Police WPA artist Social Justice Americana Art
By Arthur Smith
Located in Surfside, FL
Riot, Revolution, Police figures on Horseback in City Streets.
Hand signed lower right.
Painting
Category
Mid-20th Century American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
1940s Art Decò Rounded Cabinet Dry Bar Sideboard by A. Fallica for A. Liporesi
Located in Vigonza, Padua
financial police in Rome. Also in Rome, in 1928 he participated in the 1st Italian Exhibition of Rational
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Dry Bars
Materials
Oak
H 59.06 in W 53.15 in D 19.69 in
French Art Bronze Bracelet by Line Vautrin
By Line Vautrin
Located in Atlanta, GA
). The playful piece is called "Le gendarme et le voleur" (The police agent and the thief". The model
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Vintage 1940s French Mid-Century Modern Collectible Jewelry
Materials
Bronze
Mid 20th Century Vintage Porcelain Enameled Metal Sprinkler Fire Alarm Sign
Located in Stamford, CT
Police or Fire Dept. This sign came off an industrial building built in the late 1940s. The sign was
Category
Mid-20th Century American Signs
Materials
Metal
H 11.5 in W 15 in D 0.07 in
Art Deco Hungarian Desk in Walnut
Located in Houston, TX
Desk top is made out of high police walnut wood with cowhide insert in the middle. There are 2
Category
Vintage 1940s Hungarian Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Chrome
Gothic Cathedral Style Hanging Lamp
Located in Palm Springs, CA
police precinct building. The lights we have are nearly identical to those in the show. Height can be
Category
Vintage 1940s American Gothic Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Steel
Phones
Located in Santa Monica, CA
crimes occurring in the 1940s and 1950s. The composition of the works in this series is based on vintage
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
CONRAD MARCA-RELLI Limited ed. Etching & Aquatint American Modern, Contemporary
By Conrad Marca-Relli 1
Located in Madrid, Madrid
design at the Cooper Union for one year and worked for the Works Progress Administration until 1940
Category
1970s Modern Abstract Prints
Materials
Paper, Etching, Aquatint
CONRAD MARCA-RELLI Limited ed. Etching & Aquatint American Modern, Contemporary
By Conrad Marca-Relli 1
Located in Madrid, Madrid
design at the Cooper Union for one year and worked for the Works Progress Administration until 1940
Category
1970s Modern Abstract Prints
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Conrad Marca-Relli - Composition XIV Etching American Abstract Expressionism
By Conrad Marca-Relli 1
Located in Madrid, Madrid
design at the Cooper Union for one year and worked for the Works Progress Administration until 1940
Category
1970s Modern Abstract Prints
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
H 22.05 in W 29.93 in D 0.08 in
CONRAD MARCA-RELLI Limited ed. Etching & Aquatint American Modern, Contemporary
By Conrad Marca-Relli 1
Located in Madrid, Madrid
design at the Cooper Union for one year and worked for the Works Progress Administration until 1940
Category
1970s Modern Abstract Prints
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
H 22.05 in W 29.93 in D 0.08 in
CONRAD MARCA-RELLI Limited ed. Etching & Aquatint American Modern, Contemporary
By Conrad Marca-Relli 1
Located in Madrid, Madrid
design at the Cooper Union for one year and worked for the Works Progress Administration until 1940
Category
1970s Modern Abstract Prints
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
CONRAD MARCA-RELLI Limited ed. Etching & Aquatint American Modern, Contemporary
By Conrad Marca-Relli 1
Located in Madrid, Madrid
design at the Cooper Union for one year and worked for the Works Progress Administration until 1940
Category
1970s Modern Abstract Prints
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
CONRAD MARCA-RELLI Limited ed. Etching & Aquatint American Modern, Contemporary
By Conrad Marca-Relli 1
Located in Madrid, Madrid
design at the Cooper Union for one year and worked for the Works Progress Administration until 1940
Category
1970s Modern Abstract Prints
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Conrad Marca-Relli - Etching & Aquatint American Modern Abstract Expressionism
By Conrad Marca-Relli 1
Located in Madrid, Madrid
design at the Cooper Union for one year and worked for the Works Progress Administration until 1940
Category
1970s Modern Abstract Prints
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
CONRAD MARCA-RELLI Limited ed. Etching & Aquatint American Modern, Contemporary
By Conrad Marca-Relli 1
Located in Madrid, Madrid
design at the Cooper Union for one year and worked for the Works Progress Administration until 1940
Category
1970s Modern Abstract Prints
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
CONRAD MARCA-RELLI Limited ed. Etching & Aquatint American Modern, Contemporary
By Conrad Marca-Relli 1
Located in Madrid, Madrid
design at the Cooper Union for one year and worked for the Works Progress Administration until 1940
Category
1970s Modern Abstract Prints
Materials
Paper, Etching, Aquatint
H 22.05 in W 29.93 in D 0.08 in
CONRAD MARCA-RELLI Limited ed. Etching & Aquatint American Modern, Contemporary
By Conrad Marca-Relli 1
Located in Madrid, Madrid
design at the Cooper Union for one year and worked for the Works Progress Administration until 1940
Category
1970s Modern Abstract Prints
Materials
Paper, Etching, Aquatint
CONRAD MARCA-RELLI Limited ed. Etching & Aquatint American Modern, Contemporary
By Conrad Marca-Relli 1
Located in Madrid, Madrid
design at the Cooper Union for one year and worked for the Works Progress Administration until 1940
Category
1970s Modern Abstract Prints
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
CONRAD MARCA-RELLI Limited ed. Etching & Aquatint American Modern, Contemporary
By Conrad Marca-Relli 1
Located in Madrid, Madrid
design at the Cooper Union for one year and worked for the Works Progress Administration until 1940
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Paper, Etching, Aquatint
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CONRAD MARCA-RELLI Limited ed. Etching & Aquatint American Modern, Contemporary
By Conrad Marca-Relli 1
Located in Madrid, Madrid
design at the Cooper Union for one year and worked for the Works Progress Administration until 1940
Category
1970s Modern Abstract Prints
Materials
Paper, Etching, Aquatint
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H 22.05 in W 29.93 in
Vintage Modern Lithograph Poster 1960s Pop Art Mod Figure
By Richard Lindner
Located in Surfside, FL
Vintage 1960's Lithograph poster for Vancouver Canada art show.
Richard Lindner was born in Hamburg
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1960s Pop Art Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
The Triangles and Spiral
By Alexander Calder
Located in Missouri, MO
Calder once said, “by nature and chance.”
From the 1940’s on, Calder’s works, many of them large-scale
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1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Color, Lithograph
Hope Cove - Mid 20th Century Devon England Coastal Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
-67).
Born in Pimlico, south-west London, the eldest of three sons of a police officer, he was
Category
Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
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H 15 in W 19 in
Silkscreen for Conspiracy: The Artist as Witness, iconic 1970s, signed/N Framed
By Bridget Riley
Located in New York, NY
demonstrators "should have been shot down by the police." All of the convictions were ultimately overturned by
Category
1970s Op Art Abstract Prints
Materials
Pencil, Screen
H 25.75 in W 19.75 in D 2 in
Abbott Pattison Designed & Sculpted Italian Modern Marble & Glass Coffee Table
By Abbott Pattison
Located in Palm Springs, CA
, Highland Park, Illinois
Meninger Foundation
Hirschorn Collection
Nathan Cummings Collection
U.S. State
Category
Vintage 1960s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Marble
H 19.75 in W 46 in D 68 in
Landscape with Trees
By Leon Kelly
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Abstraction. Reclusive by nature, a character trait that became more exaggerated in the 1940s and later
Category
1920s American Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Unforgiven by Alan Le May, First British Edition, 1957
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
to an old struggle as he returns to the desolate Texas territory of the 1870's” (Kirkus). Three years
Category
Vintage 1950s English Books
Materials
Paper
Weegee "Distortion: Stripes"
By Weegee
Located in Toronto, Ontario
install a police radio in his car. This allowed him to follow the city's first responders and to document
Category
1940s American Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Mid Century Textural Color-Field Abstract in Royal Blue-Purple by Peter Witwer
By Peter Witwer
Located in Soquel, CA
Peter Witwer (American, 1928-1968). This highly textured mixed media piece, c.1960's, uses a
Category
1960s Color-Field Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Mixed Media, Oil
"Home Corral" Very early Wieghorst California Western Painting awesome colors
By Olaf Wieghorst
Located in San Antonio, TX
worked as a cabin boy on a steamer. He served in the 5th U.S. Cavalry on the Mexican border in the days
Category
1940s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Still Life with Flowers
By Emil Ganso
Located in Fairlawn, OH
while the artist was in Woodstock, New York in the 1930's
Provenance: Weyhe Gallery, New York
Category
1930s American Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Grey & Tan Abstract Expressionist Textural Mid-Century Abstract by Peter Witwer
By Peter Witwer
Located in Soquel, CA
estate developer in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He attended school in New York City in the late 1940s and moved
Category
1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Plaster, Oil
H 26.63 in W 46.63 in D 2.25 in
Untitled
By Leon Kelly
Located in Fairlawn, OH
became more exaggerated in the 1940s and later, Kelly's work reflects his determination not to be limited
Category
20th Century American Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Untitled
By Leon Kelly
Located in Fairlawn, OH
exaggerated in the 1940s and later, Kelly's work reflects his determination not to be limited by the trends of
Category
1920s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Abstract Expressionist Composition on an Orange Field - Oil on Canvas
By Peter Witwer
Located in Soquel, CA
Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He attended school in New York City in the late 1940s and moved West in 1958. Part
Category
1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Plaster, Oil
H 31.25 in W 17.25 in D 2 in
Untitled
By Leon Kelly
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Abstraction. Reclusive by nature, a character trait that became more exaggerated in the 1940s and later
Category
1920s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Untitled
By Leon Kelly
Located in Fairlawn, OH
that became more exaggerated in the 1940s and later, Kelly's work reflects his determination not to be
Category
1920s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Strike Breakers — social realism, Great Depression
By Daniel Ralph Celentano
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
workers bent on organizing unions, and the police and hired security squads backing the interests of
Category
1930s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Chandelier Arts and Crafts Attributed to Charles Rennie Mackintosh, 1883
By Charles Rennie Mackintosh
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
chief clerk of the City of Glasgow Police. He attended Reid's Public School and the Allan Glen's
Category
Antique 1880s Scottish Arts and Crafts Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Bronze
Africa - Collage Painting in Orange - African American Artist
Located in Miami, FL
remainder of the 1940s, he confirmably drew for Holyoke's Captain Aero Comics (as Al Hollingsworth),[6] and
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1980s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Fabric, Burlap, Wood, Oil
H 18.2 in W 24.4 in D 2 in
Weegee "A Trip to Mars"
By Weegee
Located in Toronto, Ontario
photographer to obtain permission to install a police radio in his car. Following the city's first responders
Category
1940s American Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Pair of Karel Appel Curtains, 1963, Documented at Stedelijk Musem
By Karel Appel
Located in bergen op zoom, NL
famous Cobra, the European group of the late 1940s to early 1950s, which promoted spontaneous
Category
Vintage 1960s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Quilts and Blankets
Materials
Cotton
Souvenirs Du Pays Natal - Original China Ink Drawing by Jean Cocteau - 1920s
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Roma, IT
this is his recurring addiction to opium. His return to work in the early 1940's was primarily due to
Category
1920s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
H 10.04 in W 7.88 in D 0.04 in
Landscape with buildings and trees
By Leon Kelly
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Landscape with buildings and trees
Watercolor on paper, c. 1930's
Signed in pencil lower right (see
Category
1930s American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Weegee 'Cafe Romance', New York, 1953
By Weegee 1
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
revealed the non-stop spectacle of life in New York City.
During the 1930s and 1940s Weegee worked as a
Category
20th Century American Photography
Untitled
By Leon Kelly
Located in Fairlawn, OH
that became more exaggerated in the 1940s and later, Kelly's work reflects his determination not to be
Category
1920s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
"Petit masque découpé Montserrat", 20th Century Bronze by Julio González
Located in Madrid, ES
Particulière, Madrid, Valsuani
Frax Foundation, Spain
EXHIBITED
Museum IVAM (Valencia´s Institute of Modern
Category
1930s Cubist Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
H 7.68 in W 6.23 in D 1.58 in
Two Studies of Henriette (Head of the artist's wife & The Artist's wife writing
By Leon Kelly
Located in Fairlawn, OH
that became more exaggerated in the 1940s and later, Kelly's work reflects his determination not to be
Category
1920s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Husain by Maqbul Fida Husain, Richard Bartholomew, Shiv S. Kapur, H. N. Abrams
By Maqbool Fida Husain
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Husain by Maqbul Fida Husain, Richard Bartholomew, Shiv S. Kapur · H. N. Abrams · hardback · 60
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Late 20th Century Indian Expressionist Books
Materials
Paper
H 11 in W 12 in D 1.5 in
Untitled
By Leon Kelly
Located in Fairlawn, OH
the 1940s and later, Kelly's work reflects his determination not to be limited by the trends of his
Category
1920s Cubist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Watercolor, Gouache
Alexander Calder Circus Reproduction Lithograph After a Drawing
By (after) Alexander Calder
Located in Surfside, FL
artist
Published by Art in America and Perls gallery in 1964 (from drawings done in the 1930's)
these
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1930s American Modern Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Alexander Calder Circus Reproduction Lithograph After a Drawing
By (after) Alexander Calder
Located in Surfside, FL
artist
Published by Art in America and Perls gallery in 1964 (from drawings done in the 1930's)
these
Category
1930s American Modern Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Alexander Calder Circus Reproduction Lithograph of a Drawing
By (after) Alexander Calder
Located in Surfside, FL
drawings done in the 1930's)
these range slightly in size but they are all about 13 X 17 inches (with minor
Category
1930s American Modern Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Alexander Calder Circus Reproduction Lithograph After a Drawing
By (after) Alexander Calder
Located in Surfside, FL
artist
Published by Art in America and Perls gallery in 1964 (from drawings done in the 1930's)
these
Category
1930s American Modern Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
John Wade, Arsonist, After Police Line-Up in Patrol Wagon
By Weegee
Located in New York, NY
Artwork information:
Gelatin silver print; printed c.1940s
Titled in ink with photographer's
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1940s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Italian Murano etched glass octagonal mirror
Located in San Francisco, CA
into a prosperous trading center with its own coins, police force, and commercial aristocracy. Then, in
Category
20th Century Italian Wall Mirrors
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