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Trio of French Round Nesting Tables by Jacques Adnet, 1950s
Trio of French Round Nesting Tables by Jacques Adnet, 1950s

Trio of French Round Nesting Tables by Jacques Adnet, 1950s

By Jacques Adnet

Located in Chicago, IL

Appointed director of La Compagnie des Arts Français in 1927, he steered the firm into the vanguard of French design, collaborating with luminaries such as Charlotte Perriand and Ren...

Category

1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vanguard Vintage

Materials

Metal

Visual Poem Lithograph on Guarro Paper, Signed, Limited Edition, 1989
Visual Poem Lithograph on Guarro Paper, Signed, Limited Edition, 1989

Visual Poem Lithograph on Guarro Paper, Signed, Limited Edition, 1989

By Joan Brossa

Located in Barcelona, Barcelona

Although he was in the vanguard of the post-war poets. He also wrote hundreds of formally perfect sonnets, saphic odes and sestinas as well as thousands of free and direct poems.

Category

1980s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vanguard Vintage

Materials

Paper

Henning Koppel for Georg Jensen Denmark Sterling Silver Abstract Brooch No. 342
Henning Koppel for Georg Jensen Denmark Sterling Silver Abstract Brooch No. 342

Henning Koppel for Georg Jensen Denmark Sterling Silver Abstract Brooch No. 342

By Henning Koppel, Georg Jensen

Located in St. Louis, MO

His arrival marked a seismic shift in the company's design direction, single-handedly pulling Georg Jensen out of the naturalistic, ornate Skonvirke tradition and into the bold vangu...

Category

1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vanguard Vintage

Materials

Sterling Silver

French Leather + Brass Valet by Jacques Adnet, 1950s
French Leather + Brass Valet by Jacques Adnet, 1950s

French Leather + Brass Valet by Jacques Adnet, 1950s

By Jacques Adnet

Located in Chicago, IL

Appointed director of La Compagnie des Arts Français in 1927, he steered the firm into the vanguard of French design, collaborating with luminaries such as Charlotte Perriand and Ren...

Category

1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vanguard Vintage

Materials

Metal

Clément Rosenthal - "Lecture" 1994, Oil on Canvas, Abstract Painting
Clément Rosenthal - "Lecture" 1994, Oil on Canvas, Abstract Painting

Clément Rosenthal - "Lecture" 1994, Oil on Canvas, Abstract Painting

Located in New York, NY

Clément Rosenthal (b. 1956) is a distinguished Paris-born artist whose profoundly evocative work sits at the vanguard of contemporary French abstraction. Raised in an environment ste...

Category

1990s French Post-Modern Vanguard Vintage

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic, Paint

Clément Rosenthal - "Empreintes" 1992, Oil on Canvas, Abstract Painting
Clément Rosenthal - "Empreintes" 1992, Oil on Canvas, Abstract Painting

Clément Rosenthal - "Empreintes" 1992, Oil on Canvas, Abstract Painting

Located in New York, NY

Clément Rosenthal (b. 1956) is a distinguished Paris-born artist whose profoundly evocative work sits at the vanguard of contemporary French abstraction. Raised in an environment ste...

Category

1990s French Post-Modern Vanguard Vintage

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic, Paint

French Design Royalty: Michel Cadestin ‘Orchidée’ Sectional Sofa for Airborne
French Design Royalty: Michel Cadestin ‘Orchidée’ Sectional Sofa for Airborne

French Design Royalty: Michel Cadestin ‘Orchidée’ Sectional Sofa for Airborne

By Michel Cadestin, Airborne International

Located in Dronten, NL

Expertly crafted by the prestigious Airborne—the vanguard maison known for pushing the boundaries of avant-garde seating—this piece represents an ultra-rare opportunity to own a scul...

Category

1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vanguard Vintage

Materials

Suede, Fiberglass

Much is the Force of a Heaven Bread-Poesy

Much is the Force of a Heaven Bread-Poesy

By Gillian Ayres

Located in London, GB

Gillian Ayres Much is the Force of a Heaven Bread-Poesy, 1992 Screenprint in colours, with gouache 59 x 59.5 cm 23.3 x 23.5 inches Edition of 50 Gillian Ayres OBE (Officer of the Or...

Category

1990s Contemporary Vanguard Vintage

Materials

Gouache, Screen

“Cityscape”
“Cityscape”

“Cityscape”

By Lee Reynolds

Located in Southampton, NY

It was attached to numerous artworks and designs at Vanguard Studios. Vanguard Studios was the largest distributor of decorative art in the world at the time.

Category

1970s Contemporary Vanguard Vintage

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

“Winding Paris Streets”
“Winding Paris Streets”

“Winding Paris Streets”

By Henry Martin Gasser

Located in Southampton, NY

A contemporary writer referred to Gasser as “one of the most popular artists in the East,” and the noted art historian William Gerdts Jr. proclaimed that among the finest watercolori...

Category

1950s Post-Modern Vanguard Vintage

Materials

Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper

Piero Fornasetti Recipe Plate, Vero-Pig Piccadilly, Made for Fleming Joffe, 1960
Piero Fornasetti Recipe Plate, Vero-Pig Piccadilly, Made for Fleming Joffe, 1960

Piero Fornasetti Recipe Plate, Vero-Pig Piccadilly, Made for Fleming Joffe, 1960

By Fornasetti

Located in Downingtown, PA

Historical Context This plate belongs to a celebrated set of twelve promotional "Cook Plates" commissioned by Fleming Joffe, a prominent mid-20th-century supplier of exotic leathers....

Category

1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vanguard Vintage

Materials

Porcelain

Tintin Magazine N°539 "Le Pilote Sans Visage" — Original Comics 1959 - 2C81
Tintin Magazine N°539 "Le Pilote Sans Visage" — Original Comics 1959 - 2C81

Tintin Magazine N°539 "Le Pilote Sans Visage" — Original Comics 1959 - 2C81

Located in Bordeaux, FR

Jacobs (Blake & Mortimer), La Cavale d'Or, Oumpah-Pah sur le Sentier de la Guerre by Goscinny & Uderzo (the creators of Astérix), Un Héros de l'Âge Atomique, and a news feature on av...

Category

1950s Vanguard Vintage

Materials

Paper

Mid-Century Gouache Painting, American Modern, Circa 1950
Mid-Century Gouache Painting, American Modern, Circa 1950

Mid-Century Gouache Painting, American Modern, Circa 1950

Located in Arp, TX

Under Douglas MacAgy and Clyfford Still, the California School of Fine Arts became the undisputed center of vanguard abstraction on the West Coast. Artists such as Edward Corbett, Ja...

Category

Mid-20th Century American Modern Vanguard Vintage

Materials

Paper, Gouache

This Sweet and Merry Month

This Sweet and Merry Month

By Gillian Ayres

Located in London, GB

Gillian Ayres This Sweet and Merry Month, 1983 Oil on canvas 91 x 91cm 36 x 36 inches Gillian Ayres OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) was one of the most significant ...

Category

1980s Abstract Vanguard Vintage

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Anadyomene

Anadyomene

By Gillian Ayres

Located in London, GB

Gillian Ayres Anadyomene, 1983 Signed and dated 'Gillian Ayres 83' (lower left) Oil on canvas 152.4 x 152.4 cm 60 x 60 inches Gillian Ayres OBE (Officer of the Order of the British ...

Category

1980s Abstract Vanguard Vintage

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Window

Window

By Gillian Ayres

Located in London, GB

Gillian Ayres Window, 1980 Signed and dated 'G Ayres 80' (lower right) Oil on paper 75 x 56 cm 29 ½ x 22 1⁄8 inches Gillian Ayres OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) wa...

Category

1980s Abstract Vanguard Vintage

Materials

Paper, Oil

Vintage Lee Reynolds Abstract Painting
Vintage Lee Reynolds Abstract Painting

Vintage Lee Reynolds Abstract Painting

By Lee Reynolds

Located in Medina, OH

Painting dimensions are: W: 60.25" D: 1.5" H: 30" Lee Reynolds Burr founded Vanguard Studios in the 1960s in Beverly Hills, California.

Category

1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vanguard Vintage

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Mid-Century Modern Set of Four Dining Chairs by Unknown Artist, 1960s
Mid-Century Modern Set of Four Dining Chairs by Unknown Artist, 1960s

Mid-Century Modern Set of Four Dining Chairs by Unknown Artist, 1960s

Located in New York, NY

In the market flow, many small manufacturers were inspired by the vanguard production, with Brazilian materials and the "modern values" of the form itself.

Category

1960s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Vanguard Vintage

Materials

Cane, Rosewood

Wassily Kandinsky, Composition White on Black, Derriere le miroir, 1957 (after)
Wassily Kandinsky, Composition White on Black, Derriere le miroir, 1957 (after)

Wassily Kandinsky, Composition White on Black, Derriere le miroir, 1957 (after)

By Wassily Kandinsky

Located in Southampton, NY

Printed by master lithographers such as Mourlot Freres and Arte, Derriere le miroir became synonymous with the artistic vanguard of postwar Europe. Each issue was devoted to a single...

Category

1950s Modern Vanguard Vintage

Materials

Lithograph

Mid-Century Modern Set of Four Rosewood Dining Chairs by Unknown Artist, 1960s
Mid-Century Modern Set of Four Rosewood Dining Chairs by Unknown Artist, 1960s

Mid-Century Modern Set of Four Rosewood Dining Chairs by Unknown Artist, 1960s

Located in New York, NY

In the market flow, many small manufacturers were inspired by the vanguard production, with Brazilian materials and the "modern values" of the form itself.

Category

1960s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Vanguard Vintage

Materials

Rosewood, Faux Leather

Vintage Boho Vangaurd Pedestal Dining Table
Vintage Boho Vangaurd Pedestal Dining Table

Vintage Boho Vangaurd Pedestal Dining Table

Located in West Palm Beach, FL

Anchor your dining room with the sleek sophistication of this vintage round dining table by Vanguard Furniture. A masterclass in modern restraint, this table features a generous 60-i...

Category

Late 20th Century American Art Deco Vanguard Vintage

Materials

Wood, Lacquer

Red Abstract OiI Compostion by Lee Reynolds
Red Abstract OiI Compostion by Lee Reynolds

Red Abstract OiI Compostion by Lee Reynolds

By Lee Reynolds

Located in Pasadena, CA

Lee Reynolds Burr was the artist who founded Vanguard Studios, which produced these paintings, though Burr himself didn't create all of them, supervising and overseeing the process.

Category

1960s Abstract Vanguard Vintage

Materials

Oil

Mezzadro Stool by Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni for Zanotta
Mezzadro Stool by Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni for Zanotta

Mezzadro Stool by Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni for Zanotta

By Achille & Pier Giacomo Castiglioni

Located in Centreville, VA

With its name borrowed from the Italian word for “sharecropper,” Mezzadro embodies the spirit of Neo Vanguardism—provocative, ironic, and poetic. The design playfully fuses disparat...

Category

1970s Mid-Century Modern Vanguard Vintage

Materials

Metal

Wassily Kandinsky, Green, from Derriere le miroir, 1957 (after)
Wassily Kandinsky, Green, from Derriere le miroir, 1957 (after)

Wassily Kandinsky, Green, from Derriere le miroir, 1957 (after)

By Wassily Kandinsky

Located in Southampton, NY

Printed by master lithographers such as Mourlot Freres and Arte, Derriere le miroir became synonymous with the artistic vanguard of postwar Europe. Each issue was devoted to a single...

Category

1950s Modern Vanguard Vintage

Materials

Lithograph

Wassily Kandinsky, Untitled, from Derriere le miroir, 1969 (after)
Wassily Kandinsky, Untitled, from Derriere le miroir, 1969 (after)

Wassily Kandinsky, Untitled, from Derriere le miroir, 1969 (after)

By Wassily Kandinsky

Located in Southampton, NY

Printed by master lithographers such as Mourlot Freres and Arte, Derriere le miroir became synonymous with the artistic vanguard of postwar Europe. Each issue was devoted to a single...

Category

1960s Modern Vanguard Vintage

Materials

Lithograph

Marc Chagall, Spring Day, from Derriere le miroir, 1972
Marc Chagall, Spring Day, from Derriere le miroir, 1972

Marc Chagall, Spring Day, from Derriere le miroir, 1972

By Marc Chagall

Located in Southampton, NY

Printed by master lithographers such as Mourlot Freres and Arte, Derriere le miroir became synonymous with the artistic vanguard of postwar Europe. Each issue was devoted to a single...

Category

1970s Expressionist Vanguard Vintage

Materials

Lithograph

Marc Chagall, Untitled, from Derriere le miroir, 1972
Marc Chagall, Untitled, from Derriere le miroir, 1972

Marc Chagall, Untitled, from Derriere le miroir, 1972

By Marc Chagall

Located in Southampton, NY

Printed by master lithographers such as Mourlot Freres and Arte, Derriere le miroir became synonymous with the artistic vanguard of postwar Europe. Each issue was devoted to a single...

Category

1970s Expressionist Vanguard Vintage

Materials

Lithograph

Marc Chagall, Untitled, from Derriere le miroir, 1964
Marc Chagall, Untitled, from Derriere le miroir, 1964

Marc Chagall, Untitled, from Derriere le miroir, 1964

By Marc Chagall

Located in Southampton, NY

Printed by master lithographers such as Mourlot Freres and Arte, Derriere le miroir became synonymous with the artistic vanguard of postwar Europe. Each issue was devoted to a single...

Category

1960s Expressionist Vanguard Vintage

Materials

Lithograph

Marc Chagall, The White Clown, from Derriere le miroir, 1964
Marc Chagall, The White Clown, from Derriere le miroir, 1964

Marc Chagall, The White Clown, from Derriere le miroir, 1964

By Marc Chagall

Located in Southampton, NY

Printed by master lithographers such as Mourlot Freres and Arte, Derriere le miroir became synonymous with the artistic vanguard of postwar Europe. Each issue was devoted to a single...

Category

1960s Expressionist Vanguard Vintage

Materials

Lithograph

'Olive Groves, Mallorca',  Barcelona, Catalonia, Majorca
'Olive Groves, Mallorca',  Barcelona, Catalonia, Majorca

'Olive Groves, Mallorca', Barcelona, Catalonia, Majorca

Located in Santa Cruz, CA

He then undertook an extended trip to Brussels where he studied Vanguard painting before returning to Barcelona where he continued his studies with the Realist, Martí Alsina.

Category

1950s Vanguard Vintage

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Board

Marc Chagall, Untitled, from Derriere le miroir, 1979
Marc Chagall, Untitled, from Derriere le miroir, 1979

Marc Chagall, Untitled, from Derriere le miroir, 1979

By Marc Chagall

Located in Southampton, NY

Printed by master lithographers such as Mourlot Freres and Arte, Derriere le miroir became synonymous with the artistic vanguard of postwar Europe. Each issue was devoted to a single...

Category

1970s Expressionist Vanguard Vintage

Materials

Lithograph

Marc Chagall, Sun with Red Horse, from Derriere le miroir, 1979
Marc Chagall, Sun with Red Horse, from Derriere le miroir, 1979

Marc Chagall, Sun with Red Horse, from Derriere le miroir, 1979

By Marc Chagall

Located in Southampton, NY

Printed by master lithographers such as Mourlot Freres and Arte, Derriere le miroir became synonymous with the artistic vanguard of postwar Europe. Each issue was devoted to a single...

Category

1970s Expressionist Vanguard Vintage

Materials

Lithograph

Marc Chagall, The Village, from Derriere le miroir, 1977
Marc Chagall, The Village, from Derriere le miroir, 1977

Marc Chagall, The Village, from Derriere le miroir, 1977

By Marc Chagall

Located in Southampton, NY

Printed by master lithographers such as Mourlot Freres and Arte, Derriere le miroir became synonymous with the artistic vanguard of postwar Europe. Each issue was devoted to a single...

Category

1970s Expressionist Vanguard Vintage

Materials

Lithograph

Empreinte de main sur fond jaune (Handprint on Yellow Background)
Empreinte de main sur fond jaune (Handprint on Yellow Background)

Empreinte de main sur fond jaune (Handprint on Yellow Background)

By Joan Miró

Located in Wilton Manors, FL

Printed by master lithographers such as Mourlot Freres and Arte, Derriere le miroir became synonymous with the artistic vanguard of postwar Europe. Each issue was devoted to a single...

Category

Mid-20th Century Surrealist Vanguard Vintage

Materials

Lithograph

Marc Chagall, The Painter and his Double, from Derriere le miroir, 1981
Marc Chagall, The Painter and his Double, from Derriere le miroir, 1981

Marc Chagall, The Painter and his Double, from Derriere le miroir, 1981

By Marc Chagall

Located in Southampton, NY

Printed by master lithographers such as Mourlot Freres and Arte, Derriere le miroir became synonymous with the artistic vanguard of postwar Europe. Each issue was devoted to a single...

Category

1980s Expressionist Vanguard Vintage

Materials

Lithograph

Marc Chagall, Untitled, from Derriere le miroir, 1977 (after)
Marc Chagall, Untitled, from Derriere le miroir, 1977 (after)

Marc Chagall, Untitled, from Derriere le miroir, 1977 (after)

By Marc Chagall

Located in Southampton, NY

Printed by master lithographers such as Mourlot Freres and Arte, Derriere le miroir became synonymous with the artistic vanguard of postwar Europe. Each issue was devoted to a single...

Category

1970s Expressionist Vanguard Vintage

Materials

Lithograph

Marc Chagall, After The Winter, from Derriere le miroir, 1972
Marc Chagall, After The Winter, from Derriere le miroir, 1972

Marc Chagall, After The Winter, from Derriere le miroir, 1972

By Marc Chagall

Located in Southampton, NY

Printed by master lithographers such as Mourlot Freres and Arte, Derriere le miroir became synonymous with the artistic vanguard of postwar Europe. Each issue was devoted to a single...

Category

1970s Expressionist Vanguard Vintage

Materials

Lithograph

Marc Chagall, Untitled, from Derriere le miroir, 1969
Marc Chagall, Untitled, from Derriere le miroir, 1969

Marc Chagall, Untitled, from Derriere le miroir, 1969

By Marc Chagall

Located in Southampton, NY

Printed by master lithographers such as Mourlot Freres and Arte, Derriere le miroir became synonymous with the artistic vanguard of postwar Europe. Each issue was devoted to a single...

Category

1960s Expressionist Vanguard Vintage

Materials

Lithograph

Marc Chagall, Reverie, from Derriere le miroir, 1969
Marc Chagall, Reverie, from Derriere le miroir, 1969

Marc Chagall, Reverie, from Derriere le miroir, 1969

By Marc Chagall

Located in Southampton, NY

Printed by master lithographers such as Mourlot Freres and Arte, Derriere le miroir became synonymous with the artistic vanguard of postwar Europe. Each issue was devoted to a single...

Category

1960s Expressionist Vanguard Vintage

Materials

Lithograph

Marc Chagall, Behind the Looking Glass, from Derriere le miroir, 1964
Marc Chagall, Behind the Looking Glass, from Derriere le miroir, 1964

Marc Chagall, Behind the Looking Glass, from Derriere le miroir, 1964

By Marc Chagall

Located in Southampton, NY

Printed by master lithographers such as Mourlot Freres and Arte, Derriere le miroir became synonymous with the artistic vanguard of postwar Europe. Each issue was devoted to a single...

Category

1960s Expressionist Vanguard Vintage

Materials

Lithograph

Robert Natkin - unique early painting on historic Wells Street Gall. card Framed
Robert Natkin - unique early painting on historic Wells Street Gall. card Framed

Robert Natkin - unique early painting on historic Wells Street Gall. card Framed

By Robert Natkin

Located in New York, NY

The Wells Street Gallery (1957–1959) was one of Chicago's vanguard galleries of the late 1950s. In the summer of 1957, a group of artists led by painter Robert Natkin opened a co-ope...

Category

1950s Abstract Expressionist Vanguard Vintage

Materials

Watercolor, Gouache

"Untitled" Albert Eugene Gallatin, Mid-Century Abstract, Red and Blue, Geometric
"Untitled" Albert Eugene Gallatin, Mid-Century Abstract, Red and Blue, Geometric

"Untitled" Albert Eugene Gallatin, Mid-Century Abstract, Red and Blue, Geometric

By Albert Eugene Gallatin

Located in New York, NY

As important as his acquaintance with these artists was for his own painting, of greater significance was the link it provided between them and the growing circle of vanguard artists...

Category

1940s Abstract Vanguard Vintage

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Red Abstract OiI Compostion by Lee Reynolds
Red Abstract OiI Compostion by Lee Reynolds

Red Abstract OiI Compostion by Lee Reynolds

By Lee Reynolds

Located in Pasadena, CA

Lee Reynolds Burr was the artist who founded Vanguard Studios, which produced these paintings, though Burr himself didn't create all of them, supervising and overseeing the process.

Category

1960s Abstract Vanguard Vintage

Materials

Oil

“Harborside”
“Harborside”

“Harborside”

By Henry Martin Gasser

Located in Southampton, NY

A contemporary writer referred to Gasser as “one of the most popular artists in the East,” and the noted art historian William Gerdts Jr. proclaimed that among the finest watercolori...

Category

1950s American Realist Vanguard Vintage

Materials

Watercolor, Archival Paper, Gouache

SALVADOR SANS FAUS - 'El Perro' - Glazed Ceramic Plate - Spain - Circa 1957
SALVADOR SANS FAUS - 'El Perro' - Glazed Ceramic Plate - Spain - Circa 1957

SALVADOR SANS FAUS - 'El Perro' - Glazed Ceramic Plate - Spain - Circa 1957

Located in Chatham, ON

He was one of the founders of the Grupo Z and had connections with the artistic vanguard of postwar Valencia, particularly the Grupo Parpalló.

Category

Mid-20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vanguard Vintage

Materials

Ceramic, Paint

Phenomena Dervish Spell
Phenomena Dervish Spell

Phenomena Dervish Spell

By Paul Jenkins

Located in Austin, TX

. - Studio Paul Facchetti on the Rue de Lille in Paris, and the vanguard modern art gallery of Zoe Dusanne in Seattle.

Category

1970s Abstract Vanguard Vintage

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Large Cuban Master Lithograph Abstract Biomorphic Serigraph Print Rafael Soriano
Large Cuban Master Lithograph Abstract Biomorphic Serigraph Print Rafael Soriano

Large Cuban Master Lithograph Abstract Biomorphic Serigraph Print Rafael Soriano

By Rafael Soriano

Located in Surfside, FL

Soriano avoided vernacular themes which dominated Cuban art from its emergence with the first Vanguard in the mid-twenties. His work proceeded along the paths of geometric abstractio...

Category

1990s Abstract Expressionist Vanguard Vintage

Materials

Lithograph

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