1964 The Giving Tree
By Shel Silverstein
Located in Bath, GB
A lovely first impression copy of Shel Silverstein's important and influential children's novel
Category
Vintage 1960s European Books
Materials
Paper
Shel Silverstein
James Houston McConnellSister Kate — Mid-century, Jazz-inspired Modernism, 1947
$1,800
H 8.63 in W 14.07 in
Sister Kate — Mid-century, Jazz-inspired Modernism
By James Houston McConnell
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
version by Shel Silverstein, The Olympics in 1960 (released as "Shimmy Like Kate"), the Red Onion Band
Category
1940s American Modern Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
De Hirsch MargulesNorth on West Street (West Side Highway NYC Cityscape), 1939
$3,750Sale Price|50% Off
H 15 in W 22 in
North on West Street (West Side Highway NYC Cityscape)
By De Hirsch Margules
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Street. Among the people in the same photograph are Shel Silverstein, Lester Blackiston, James Baldwin
Category
1930s American Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Rag Paper
De Hirsch MargulesChristopher Street (abstract Greenwich Village cityscape), 1939
$6,000Sale Price|20% Off
H 15 in W 22 in
Christopher Street (abstract Greenwich Village cityscape)
By De Hirsch Margules
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Street. Among the people in the same photograph are Shel Silverstein, Lester Blackiston, James Baldwin
Category
1930s American Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Rag Paper
The Chop Suey Club (Signed)
By Bruce Weber
Located in New York, NY
on matte paper. Snippets of text by James Agee, Robert Frost, T.E. Lawrence, Shel Silverstein, Bruce
Category
1990s American Modern Books
Materials
Paper
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Manly P Hall, the Secret Teachings of All Ages, First Edition Book & 4 Prints
$500 / item
H 18.7 in W 13.2 in D 3 in
Manly P Hall, the Secret Teachings of All Ages, First Edition Book & 4 Prints
By TASCHEN
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The classic encyclopedia of the arcane in an expanded edition. Renowned philosopher and lecturer Manly P. Hall’s masterful encyclopedia of ancient symbols, hidden rituals, and arcan...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Books
Materials
Foil
Rare Victorian Firescreen with Taxidermy Hummingbirds by Henry Ward
$235,040Sale Price|33% Off
H 51.19 in W 55.12 in D 201.58 in
Rare Victorian Firescreen with Taxidermy Hummingbirds by Henry Ward
By Henry Ward
Located in Amsterdam, NL
England, third quarter of the 19th century On two scrolling foliate feet with casters, above which a rectangular two-side glazed frame, with on top a two-sided shield with initial...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English High Victorian Taxidermy
Materials
Other
1964 Raleigh RM4 49CC Moped
Located in Houston, TX
This is a 1964 Raleigh RM4 moped. The Raleigh Bicycle Company is a British bicycle manufacturer founded in 1885, it is one of the oldest and largest, bicycle companies in the world. ...
Category
Vintage 1960s English Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Metal
1889 The Blue Fairy Book
By Andrew Lang
Located in Bath, GB
A superb copy of this sought-after fairy book by Andrew Lang, the first volume in his colourful series. The sought after first edition, first impression. Illustrated with a frontis...
Category
Antique 1890s British Books
Materials
Paper
Vendredi
By Auguste Herbin
Located in Miami, FL
Vendredi - Plate 10 from the 12 plate Portfolio, 1959 Published by Denise Rene, Paris Lithograph in colors on heavy paper 20 x 26 inches Signed, dated and numbered in ink, edition 20...
Category
1950s Abstract Geometric Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Giant Crocodile Fossil Wall Plate, Germany. 180 Million Years Old.
$446,961
H 70.87 in W 125.99 in D 2.17 in
Giant Crocodile Fossil Wall Plate, Germany. 180 Million Years Old.
Located in London, GB
This outstanding fossilised skeleton is that of the ancestral crocodile species Steneosaurus bollensis that lived during the early Jurassic period. The skeleton, complete with armour...
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier German Decorative Art
Materials
Other
Exceptional Crystal and Bronze Chandelier, L-A Marquis, France, C. 1860
$1,024,534
H 82.68 in Dm 76.78 in
Exceptional Crystal and Bronze Chandelier, L-A Marquis, France, C. 1860
By Maison Marquis
Located in PARIS, FR
This very important 96-lights chandelier made entirely in chiseled and gilded bronze in the Renaissance style, is composed at the lower part of six large sets of ten light-arms, ador...
Category
Antique 1860s French Napoleon III Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
'Flyable Objects Identified' — Mid-Century Modernism
By Edward August Landon
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Edward Landon, 'Flyable Objects Identified', color serigraph, 1969, edition 30, Ryan 83. Signed, titled, and annotated 'Edition 30' in pencil. A fine impression, with fresh colors, o...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Broadway
By Jean Dominique van Caulaert
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Broadway (?), 1952, oil on Masonite, signed and dated lower left, 15 x 18 inches, inscription verso may say "Broadway", presented in its original frame Jean Dominique van Caulaert w...
Category
1950s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Exhortation' (Priest) — Mid-Century Modernism
By Edward August Landon
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Edward Landon 'Exhortation (Priest)', color serigraph, 1957, edition 28, Ryan 72. Signed, titled, and numbered '21/28' in pencil. A superb, richly-inked impression, with strong color...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
"Manhattan Night Life"
By Vaclav Vytlacil
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by: Vaclav Vytlacil (1892-1984) He was born to Czechoslovakian parents in 1892 in New York City. Living in Chicago as a youth, ...
Category
1930s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Angela WakefieldBlue Red & Green Abstract Expressionist Painting by British Contemporary Artist, 1999
$106,583Sale Price|22% Off
H 40 in W 43 in D 2.5 in
Blue Red & Green Abstract Expressionist Painting by British Contemporary Artist
By Angela Wakefield
Located in Preston, GB
Blue, Red & Green Abstract Expressionist Painting, entitled 'Tropical City #1', an extremely rare early work from leading British Contemporary Artist, Angela Wakefield. This colo...
Category
1990s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Canvas, Cotton, Paint, Varnish, Cotton Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, ...
Angela WakefieldDark & Atmospheric Abstract Expressionist Art by Contemporary British Painter, 1999
$68,763Sale Price|23% Off
H 41 in W 32.5 in D 2 in
Dark & Atmospheric Abstract Expressionist Art by Contemporary British Painter
By Angela Wakefield
Located in Preston, GB
Dark & Atmospheric Abstract Expressionist Painting by Contemporary British Painter Angela Wakefield - a rare early work. Entitled 'Accrington #2', this painting is from an intens...
Category
1990s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Oil, Mixed Media, Cotton Canvas, Varnish, Paint, Cotton, Canvas...
Howard Norton Cook'Financial District', New York City — American Modernism, 1931
$12,000
H 13.32 in W 10.38 in
'Financial District', New York City — American Modernism
By Howard Norton Cook
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Howard Cook, 'Financial District', lithograph, 1931, edition 75, Duffy 155. A fine, richly-inked impression, on cream wove paper, the full sheet with wide margins (2 3/4 to 5 5/8 in...
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Phillip Goodwin"Times Square" Mid 20th Century 1937 Modernism Broadway Drawing NYC Cityscape, 1937
$3,900
H 33 in W 27 in
"Times Square" Mid 20th Century 1937 Modernism Broadway Drawing NYC Cityscape
Located in New York, NY
"Times Square" Mid 20th Century 1937 Modernism Broadway Drawing NYC Cityscape Philip Goodwin (20th Century) "Times Square," 23 ½ x 17 ¼ inches. Gouache on paper. Signed and dated ’3...
Category
1930s American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Cocktail party
By Arpad Bardocz
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Monumental Art Deco oil painting on canvas by renown Hungarian artist Arpad Bardocz. In good condition. Signed and dated. We can arrange shipping worldwide. We was born in Budape...
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1930s Art Deco Figurative Paintings
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Canvas, Oil
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A Close Look at Modern Art
The first decades of the 20th century were a period of artistic upheaval, with modern art movements including Cubism, Surrealism, Futurism and Dadaism questioning centuries of traditional views of what art should be. Using abstraction, experimental forms and interdisciplinary techniques, painters, sculptors, photographers, printmakers and performance artists all pushed the boundaries of creative expression.
Major exhibitions, like the 1913 Armory Show in New York City — also known as the “International Exhibition of Modern Art,” in which works like the radically angular Nude Descending a Staircase by Marcel Duchamp caused a sensation — challenged the perspective of viewers and critics and heralded the arrival of modern art in the United States. But the movement’s revolutionary spirit took shape in the 19th century.
The Industrial Revolution, which ushered in new technology and cultural conditions across the world, transformed art from something mostly commissioned by the wealthy or the church to work that responded to personal experiences. The Impressionist style emerged in 1860s France with artists like Claude Monet, Paul Cézanne and Edgar Degas quickly painting works that captured moments of light and urban life. Around the same time in England, the Pre-Raphaelites, like Edward Burne-Jones and Dante Gabriel Rossetti, borrowed from late medieval and early Renaissance art to imbue their art with symbolism and modern ideas of beauty.
Emerging from this disruption of the artistic status quo, modern art went further in rejecting conventions and embracing innovation. The bold legacy of leading modern artists Georges Braque, Pablo Picasso, Frida Kahlo, Salvador Dalí, Henri Matisse, Joan Miró, Marc Chagall, Piet Mondrian and many others continues to inform visual culture today.
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