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'Large Abstract', San Francisco Bay Area, North Beach, Beat, Beatnik, Big Sur
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
, s. 103, 105; Merrill Green, Art as a muscular principle. 10 artists and San Francisco 1950-1065
Category

1950s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil, Gouache

Eadweard Muybridge and the Photographic Panorama of San Francisco, French Book
By Modern History
Located in Atlanta, GA
history of city view-making. Eadweard Muybridge and the Photographic Panorama of San Francisco, 1950-1880
Category

1990s Canadian Modern Books

Materials

Paper

1950 Santa Fe Railway, San Francisco Original Vintage Poster
Located in Winchester, GB
Stunning poster for the Santa Fe Railway promoting routes to San Francisco, California. Founded in
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Vintage 1950s American Posters

Materials

Paper

Betty Guy San Francisco Skyline Watercolor c.1950
By Betty Guy
Located in San Francisco, CA
Betty Guy San Francisco Skyline Watercolor c.1950 Dimensions 25" wide x 18" high. Frame 25.5
Category

Mid-20th Century Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Paper

San Francisco Ballet Backstage
By Fred Lyon
Located in Santa Monica, CA
signed, titled, dated by artist in pencil, verso (c) The Estate of Fred Lyon Courtesy. Peter Fetterman Gallery
Category

1950s Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Old Mission Station, San Francisco, California
By Dong Kingman
Located in Missouri, MO
in the arts. Included are two Guggenheim fellowships in 1942 and 1943; the San Francisco Art
Category

1950s American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Allen Ginsberg’s Apartment, San Francisco
By Allen Ginsberg
Located in New York, NY
Stamped, Allen Ginsberg Trust; numbered 1/1, verso This work is offered by ClampArt in New York City.
Category

1950s Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Gumps 1950 Vintage Nephrite Green Jade Bangle Bracelet Mounted 14Kt Yellow Gold
By Gump's San Francisco
Located in Miami, FL
, circa 1950 by the iconic San Francisco store known as Gump's. This bangle bracelet was crafted in solid
Category

Vintage 1950s American Modernist Bangles

Materials

Jade, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold

'San Francisco Harbor', SFAA, MoMA, de Young Museum, San Francisco Woman Artist
By Marion Osborn Cunningham
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
A panoramic view of the San Francisco docks showing a large destroyer berthed at right, with a view
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1940s Modern Landscape Prints

Materials

Screen, Paper

San Francisco Skyline at Night Original Oil Painting by Conger c.1950
Located in San Francisco, CA
Mid Century San Francisco Skyline at Night Original Oil Painting by Conger c.1950 Original oil on
Category

Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco
By Lewis Suzuki
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Lewis Suzuki (Japanese/American, 1920/2016) Title: Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco Year
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1970s Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

'Organic Abstract', 1950's Woman Artist, San Francisco Bay Area Abstraction
By Dora Masters
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
, including at the San Francisco Art Association and the Carmel Art Association. We are pleased to offer an
Category

1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Signed C. Macourlard San Francisco Watercolor
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This watercolor painting is newly framed and is one of two by the same artist in our gallery. The second one is also signed by the artist and marked Southern California. The conditio...
Category

Vintage 1940s American Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

San Francisco - 1950s - Phil Palmer - Photo - Contemporary
Located in Roma, IT
San Francisco is a black and white photograph realized by the photographer Phil Palmer. Gelatin
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1950s Contemporary Landscape Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Foggy Night, Land's End, San Francisco, CA
By Fred Lyon
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Lyon has been called "San Francisco's Brassaï," and has also been compared to Cartier-Bresson
Category

1950s Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

BREAKING WAVES AND GOLDEN GATE San Francisco
By Pirkle Jones
Located in Carmel, CA
photograph depicts the spray of a wave breaking on the rocks in the San Francisco Bay, with the Golden Gate
Category

1950s Landscape Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

'Old Carmel Village', 1950's Woman Artist, San Francisco Bay Area, SFAA
By Dora Masters
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
1950s and '60s, including at the San Francisco Art Association and the Carmel Art Association. We are
Category

1960s Post-Impressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Laid Paper

Nell Sinton Abstract Expressionist Landscape San Francisco California Modernist
Located in Surfside, FL
Honor, 1949; Santa Barbara Museum of Art, 1950; Bolles Gallery, New York and San Francisco, 1962; Quay
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1950s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Coit Tower, San Francisco - Mid Century Urban Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful mid century expressionist urban landscape of Coit Tower and skyline of San Francisco
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1950s Expressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

'Coastline', Expressionist California Landscape, San Francisco Woman Artist
By Alice Beamish
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
numerous prizes, medals and purchase awards and exhibited at De Young, Palace of the Legion of Honor, San
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1950s Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Mid Century Fishing Coyote Point San Francisco Bay
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful mid century oil painting of a lone fisherman on the levee at Coyote Point in San Mateo
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1950s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

San Francisco Post and Powell Street, Union Square
By Fred Lyon
Located in Santa Monica, CA
(c) The Estate of Fred Lyon Courtesy. Peter Fetterman Gallery
Category

1950s Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

1950s Rare Marijuana Ashtray Bowl San Francisco Architect California SF
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Amazing 1950s sculptural ashtray created in the MCM period in San Francisco. Small studio craft
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Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls

Materials

Brass

Mid Century Abstract Expressionist Painting -- San Francisco Shore Birds
By Honora Berg
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid Century Abstract Expressionist Painting of San Francisco Bay Shorebirds at Surf's Edge 1950's
Category

1950s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Rice Paper, Watercolor

Original San Francisco - Oakland Bay Fly American Airlines vintage travel poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original American Airlines, San Francisco – Oakland Bay Bridge vintage travel poster. Printed
Category

1950s American Realist Landscape Prints

Materials

Offset

1950s "Abstract Line Print" Stone Lithograph San Francisco Printmaker
Located in Arp, TX
. In 1947, he moved to San Francisco. Mr. Opper then enrolled at the California School of Fine Arts
Category

Mid-20th Century American Modern Abstract Prints

Materials

Paper, Lithograph

'San Francisco', Mid-century California Modernist, SFMOMA, Whitney Museum
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
A vibrant expressionist watercolor showing a view of San Francisco and the bay contrasted against a
Category

1950s American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

'Ponies Dancing' California Post-Impressionist, San Francisco Art Association
By Clement Samuel Wilenchick
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
, Wilenchick was able to both make his feature film debut and his first exhibit with the San Francisco Art
Category

1950s Expressionist Animal Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Board

1950s Jade Snow Wong Art Glass Pottery San Francisco
By Jade Snow Wong
Located in Chula Vista, CA
By renowned author and ceramicist, Jade Snow Wong, Decorative Dish Ceramic Pottery Art San
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Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche

Materials

Pottery, Art Glass

Mid Century Palace of Fine Arts, San Francisco Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Palace of Fine Arts, San Francisco by Garrett Price (American, 1896-1979). Signed "Garrett" lower
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1950s American Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

'Abstracted Figural', Carmel Art Association, San Francisco Art Institute
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
, acrylic and collage. Gonzales graduated from the San Francisco Art Institute and subsequently earned a BA
Category

1950s Abstract Expressionist Mixed Media

Materials

Illustration Board, Resin, Paper, India Ink, Magazine Paper

White Abstract Cubes -- San Francisco Abstract Expressionist School
By James McCray
Located in Soquel, CA
. Unframed. Image size, 24"H x 30"W. As one of the second wave of San Francisco abstract expressionists
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

'Bay Shanties, San Francisco', Marin, WPA, Mid-century California oil, Benezit
By Gordon Cope
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
. Cope" (American, 1906-1999) and dated 1950. Bearing a gallery label verso with the title "Bay Shantys
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1950s Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

San Francisco Market Street in Style of Nathan Oliveria
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful Bay Area Figurative by unknown artist (signature marred), circa 1955. In style of Nathan Oliveria and Norman Bluhm. Image size 16"H x 23"W. Presented in rustic frame. Frame...
Category

1950s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Laid Paper, Oil

'Woman Standing', Modernist Sculpture, San Francisco Bay Area, de Young Museum
By Wedo Georgetti
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Inscribed on base, 'W.G.' for Wedo Georgetti (American, 1911-2005) and created circa 1950. Acquired
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1950s Modern Nude Sculptures

Materials

Wood

'Concert', San Francisco Bay Area Expressionist Oil, National Academy, Guitarist
By Martin Snipper
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
of the San Francisco Bay Area art movement of the 1960's and 1970's. Snipper remains a legendary
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1950s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

'Fireflies', Art Institute of Chicago, San Francisco Art Association, Seattle
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
the 1930's thru the 1960's including at San Francisco Art Association, 1930s, 1940s; Seattle Museum
Category

1950s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paint, Encaustic, Board

'Fishing Boats', Sausalito, North Beach, San Francisco Bay Area Expressionist
By Pascal Cucaro, 1915-2003
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
San Francisco's North Beach, Pascal Cucaro was the winner of numerous medals and awards and exhibited
Category

1950s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas, Acrylic

Mid Century Urban Landscape San Francisco Golden Gate Park
By Virginia Blight
Located in Soquel, CA
. Displayed in wooden frame. Image, 28"H x 22"L. Virginia was a San Francisco artist during the 1950-70s.
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Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

'Reclining Nude', San Francisco Woman Artist, Large Post-Impressionist Oil
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
); additionally signed, verso, with artist address and painted circa 1955. Vivian Huebler was a native of San
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1950s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Diminutive Mid Century Seated Nude Study - San Francisco Figurative Movement
Located in Soquel, CA
right corner. Framing stamp on back from San Francisco. Presented in gilt-toned rustic wood frame under
Category

1950s Abstract Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

Abstract Stone Lithograph 1950s San Francisco Black and White Original Art
By Jerry Opper
Located in Arp, TX
1950, Opper had a one-man show at the Lucien Labaudt Gallery in San Francisco and at the Montalvo
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Stone

'State Street, Columbia', California, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, ASL
By Charles Frederick Surendorf
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
, subsequently, at New York's Art Students League. In 1935, he moved to the San Francisco Bay area and taught
Category

1950s Landscape Prints

Materials

Paper, Woodcut

Pigs on a San Francisco Trolley at Powell Street - Vintage Illustration
By Irene Pattinson
Located in Soquel, CA
Pigs on a San Francisco Trolley - Vintage Illustration A two-page spread in India ink pen and
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1950s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, India Ink, Watercolor, Pen

'Winter Landscape', San Francisco Bay Area Abstraction, Wayne Thiebaud
By Robert George Gilberg
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
until shortly before his death in San Francisco. Gilberg exhibited widely and with success and was the
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1940s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

'The Harmonica Player', Bay Area Modernism, San Francisco Art Institute, Harp
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
signed, verso, on paper and titled, 'The Harmonica Player' with artist San Francisco address. Displayed
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1950s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Casein, Board

San Francisco Bay Area Seascape with Ships in Oil on Cardboard
By Honora Berg
Located in Soquel, CA
San Francisco Bay Area Seascape with Ships in Oil on Cardboard Seascape with large ships by Honora
Category

1950s American Impressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Cardboard, Oil

'Reclining Nude in Coral', California Fauve, San Francisco Museum of Fine Arts
By Wedo Georgetti
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
circa 1950. Born in Italy, this California Post-Impressionist came to the United States at the age of
Category

1950s Post-Impressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Paper, Monotype

'Golden Gate, San Francisco', Bay Area Woman Modernist, Crocker Art Museum
By Muriel Backman
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
verso "The Cool Gray City". An elegant mid-century view of the San Francisco skyline and the bay with
Category

1950s Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Gouache, Handmade Paper

Original Vintage Travel Poster Fly TWA San Francisco World-Proved Constellations
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel advertising poster: Fly TWA to San Francisco World-Proved Constellations
Category

Vintage 1950s American Posters

Materials

Paper

"Fisherman's Wharf - San Francisco" Multi Layer Screen Print on Paper - Signed
By Gordon Cope
Located in Soquel, CA
"Fisherman's Wharf - San Francisco" Multi Layer Screen Print on Paper - Signed Rare and bold
Category

1950s American Impressionist Landscape Prints

Materials

Screen, Paper, Ink

'Surreal Cityscape', National Academy of Design, San Francisco Museum of Art
By Daniel Albert Harris
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
San Francisco Museum of Art in 1944. After working in the United States for eight years, Harris moved
Category

1950s Surrealist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Portrait of Man San Francisco Bay Area Figurative Movement Peter Witwer
By Peter Witwer
Located in Soquel, CA
Portrait of Man San Francisco Bay Area Figurative Movement Figurative portrait of a man by San
Category

1950s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

'Woman in Red', California Modernist, San Francisco Bay Area Modernism, Thiebaud
By Robert George Gilberg
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
City, California where he remained until shortly before his death in San Francisco. Gilberg exhibited
Category

1950s Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Oil Pastel, Paper

'Market Scene', Sausalito, North Beach, San Francisco Bay Area Expressionist Oil
By Pascal Cucaro, 1915-2003
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
, and dated 1959. An icon of the Beat years in San Francisco's North Beach, Pascal Cucaro was the
Category

1950s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Encaustic, Board

Large Landscape Painting by California San Francisco Artist Peter Ilyin
Located in San Francisco, CA
titled 'First Snow'. This painting hung in the Bohemian Club in San Francisco, and retains original
Category

Early 20th Century Mexican Paintings

Materials

Canvas

"Peter Pan" A Young Ballerina In Costume San Francisco 1960
Located in Soquel, CA
"Peter Pan" A Young Ballerina In Costume San Francisco 1960 Photograph of a young ballerina circa
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1960s Photorealist Figurative Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

'San Francisco and the Golden Gate Bridge', Oakland Museum, SFAA
By Robert Kaess
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Exhibitions: Annual Painting and Sculpture Exhibition of the San Francisco Art Association at the San
Category

1960s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Gouache, Laid Paper

'Woman in Aqua', De Young, Oakland Museum, LACMA, CWS, AWS, San Francisco
By Jade Fon Woo
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Wind'. Moving to San Francisco, he worked briefly at the Forbidden City nightclub on Sutter Street
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1950s Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

'Young Woman Seated', Cincinnati Art Museum, Brooklyn Museum, San Francisco
By Jerry Opper
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
returned to Los Angeles where he worked again in the film industry. In 1947, he moved to San Francisco
Category

1970s Post-Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

India Ink, Paper, Watercolor

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