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Vintage African Nude

Figurative Painting of a African Nude Woman by Rob Francken
Figurative Painting of a African Nude Woman by Rob Francken

Figurative Painting of a African Nude Woman by Rob Francken

Located in Antwerp, BE

Painting by a nude African woman in Congo made by the Dutch painter Rob Francken. 49 x 69 cm unframed, 61 x 81 x 4 inches in white painted wood frame.

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Mid-20th Century Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage African Nude

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Wood

Beautiful Maidens Nude Women Harem, Playboy Cartoon African American Illustrator
Beautiful Maidens Nude Women Harem, Playboy Cartoon African American Illustrator

Beautiful Maidens Nude Women Harem, Playboy Cartoon African American Illustrator

By E. Simms Campbell

Located in Miami, FL

E. Simms Campbel was the first major African American Illustrator. He did covers for Esquire Magazine starting in the 1930s. He created the famous bulging-eyed Esquire Mascot “Esky.”...

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1960s Impressionist Vintage African Nude

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Watercolor, Pencil

Nude Playboy Cartoon,  First African American Illustrator Elmer Simms Campbell
Nude Playboy Cartoon,  First African American Illustrator Elmer Simms Campbell

Nude Playboy Cartoon, First African American Illustrator Elmer Simms Campbell

By E. Simms Campbell

Located in Miami, FL

E. Simms Campbell was the first and top black commercial artist in the USA for decades. In "Grandma," we see a deeply conceptual work, with the blank canvas as the main point of the...

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1960s Impressionist Vintage African Nude

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Watercolor, Illustration Board, Pencil

Vintage Modernist Oil Painting. - Still Life with African American Female Nude
Vintage Modernist Oil Painting. - Still Life with African American Female Nude

Vintage Modernist Oil Painting. - Still Life with African American Female Nude

Located in Baltimore, MD

A colorful modernist painting with heavy tones of Impressionism, this work recalls the late nineteenth century style of French artist Paul Gaugin. The vibrant color palette of the b...

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1970s American Modern Vintage African Nude

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Oil

Africa
Africa

Africa

By Kenneth B Walsh

Located in East Hampton, NY

A storytelling work of Africa Cubism Style Post Modern About the Artist: Kenneth B Walsh (1922-1980) In the 1950s, Kenneth Bonar Walsh came to Montauk from New York City to paint...

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1970s Cubist Vintage African Nude

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Cotton Canvas, Acrylic

Original Signed & Dated Female Nude Drawing African American Expressionist
Original Signed & Dated Female Nude Drawing African American Expressionist

Original Signed & Dated Female Nude Drawing African American Expressionist

By Robert Colescott

Located in Portland, OR

An early drawing of a female nude by the celebrated African American artist Robert Colescott (1925-2009), shown at the Smith Tower Gallery, Seattle, in 1960, signed & dated.

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1960s Expressionist Vintage African Nude

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Paper, Charcoal

"Seated Woman", Mixed Media on Paper
"Seated Woman", Mixed Media on Paper

"Seated Woman", Mixed Media on Paper

By Artis Lane

Located in Detroit, MI

This mixed media on paper from the seminal artist Artis Lane is one of the many model paintings from her long and illustrious career. The subject is a nude African-American woman sit...

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Late 20th Century Vintage African Nude

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Paper, Mixed Media

African Female Nude Carved Stone Figure
African Female Nude Carved Stone Figure

African Female Nude Carved Stone Figure

Located in San Francisco, CA

C. 20th Century African Female Nude Carved Stone Figure.

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20th Century Vintage African Nude

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Stone

Mid-Century Tanzanian Mpingo African Blackwood Abstract Nude Sculpture, 1960's
Mid-Century Tanzanian Mpingo African Blackwood Abstract Nude Sculpture, 1960's

Mid-Century Tanzanian Mpingo African Blackwood Abstract Nude Sculpture, 1960's

Located in Beirut, LB

Crafted from solid African Blackwood (Dalbergia melanoxylon), locally known as Mpingo, this striking mid-century hand-carved sculpture presents a fluid, biomorphic interpretation of ...

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1960s African Mid-Century Modern Vintage African Nude

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Wood

Rare 1960s African Tribal Style Artisan Bronze Nude Chess Pieces / Figures Set
Rare 1960s African Tribal Style Artisan Bronze Nude Chess Pieces / Figures Set

Rare 1960s African Tribal Style Artisan Bronze Nude Chess Pieces / Figures Set

By Karl Hagenauer, Werkstätte Hagenauer Wien

Located in St. Louis, MO

Possibly a unique chess set, artisan made in the 1960s of bronze nude African Tribe style figures. All male figures have their penis exposed and the queen with her breasts.

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1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage African Nude

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Bronze

A Striking Modern Studio Portrait of a Seated African American Male Nude Model
A Striking Modern Studio Portrait of a Seated African American Male Nude Model

A Striking Modern Studio Portrait of a Seated African American Male Nude Model

By Walter Burt Adams

Located in Chicago, IL

A Striking, Colorful Post- War Modern Studio Portrait of a Seated African American Male Model by Notable Chicago Modern Artist, Walter Burt Adams (Am. 1903-1990). The painting a is ...

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Mid-20th Century American Modern Vintage African Nude

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Canvas, Oil

"Black Male Nude with Sculpture" by Mark Allen Isaacson
"Black Male Nude with Sculpture" by Mark Allen Isaacson

"Black Male Nude with Sculpture" by Mark Allen Isaacson

By Mark Allen Isaacson

Located in Philadelphia, PA

This large and important portrait contrasts a modern African American male nude with two other figures in an artist's studio: a life-size plaster sculpture and a drawing tacked to th...

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1970s American Vintage African Nude

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Canvas

Still Life Painting, Pronvençal Table by Marcel Pire, Belgian, Framed
Still Life Painting, Pronvençal Table by Marcel Pire, Belgian, Framed

Still Life Painting, Pronvençal Table by Marcel Pire, Belgian, Framed

Located in Lisbon, PT

He painted mainly still lifes, but also landscapes, flowers, African scenes, nudes and portraits. He was a pupil of Delville and Bastien at the Académie des Beaux-Arts in Brussels, ...

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Mid-20th Century Belgian Vintage African Nude

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Canvas

Mid-20th Century Torino Ceramic Sculpture 'Portatrice Africana' by C.I.A. Manna
Mid-20th Century Torino Ceramic Sculpture 'Portatrice Africana' by C.I.A. Manna

Mid-20th Century Torino Ceramic Sculpture 'Portatrice Africana' by C.I.A. Manna

By C.I.A. Manna

Located in North Miami, FL

Molded from ceramic clay and meticulously hand-painted, it depicts a semi-nude african woman carrying a large clay vessel atop her head.

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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage African Nude

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Ceramic, Paint

Red Expulsion (Artist Proof)
Red Expulsion (Artist Proof)

Red Expulsion (Artist Proof)

By Shirley Gorelick

Located in New York, NY

Most notably, Three Graces IV and Three Graces V feature the repeated forms of a nude, middle-aged African-American model. As Gorelick’s work evolved in the 1970s, the direct assoc...

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Late 20th Century Abstract Vintage African Nude

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Etching

Growth 1
Growth 1

Growth 1

By Shirley Gorelick

Located in New York, NY

Most notably, Three Graces IV and Three Graces V feature the repeated forms of a nude, middle-aged African-American model. As Gorelick’s work evolved in the 1970s, the direct assoc...

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Late 20th Century Abstract Vintage African Nude

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Etching

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"Woman and Her Cat" Mixed Media Artwork by Rupert Picott
"Woman and Her Cat" Mixed Media Artwork by Rupert Picott

"Woman and Her Cat" Mixed Media Artwork by Rupert Picott

By Rupert Picott

Located in Pasadena, CA

The work is a lively portrayal of an African nude woman in her bedroom. Under the bed, a discontent cat harbors grudges against its owner robbing its yellow cushion.

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Late 20th Century Senegalese Modern Vintage African Nude

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Acrylic, Paper

1960s Carved Wood African Teak Female Nude Sculpture
1960s Carved Wood African Teak Female Nude Sculpture

1960s Carved Wood African Teak Female Nude Sculpture

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H 17.33 in W 6.3 in D 3.55 in

1960s Carved Wood African Teak Female Nude Sculpture

Located in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire

1960s hand-carved female nude sculpture in African teak. Measures: H 44cm x W 16cm x D 9cm.

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Mid-20th Century African Mid-Century Modern Vintage African Nude

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Teak

Dorothy Hart Drew African American Nude Woman Standing Oil Painting
Dorothy Hart Drew African American Nude Woman Standing Oil Painting

Dorothy Hart Drew African American Nude Woman Standing Oil Painting

Located in Chicago, IL

The American portrait artist Dorothy Hart Drew was born in Ethel, Macon County, Missouri on January 30, 1910. Dorothy and her family moved to St. Louis, and eventually to New York in...

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1940s American Vintage African Nude

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Canvas, Paint

Still life with arum lilies

Still life with arum lilies

By JOSEPH DE BELDER

Located in London, GB

Work in other genres includes A busy lane in north Africa, Nude before a looking-glass, and A woman driving cattle into a meadow.

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20th Century Vintage African Nude

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Oil

Art Deco Bronze Sculpture African Nude by Clarisse Levy Kinsbourg, 1930, France
Art Deco Bronze Sculpture African Nude by Clarisse Levy Kinsbourg, 1930, France

Art Deco Bronze Sculpture African Nude by Clarisse Levy Kinsbourg, 1930, France

By Clarisse Levy Kinsbourg

Located in Antwerp, BE

Bronze sculpture of an African nude playing dice. By ?Clarisse Levy Kinsbourg (Born in France in 1896).

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Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Vintage African Nude

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Marble, Bronze

Signed Hagenauer Werkstatte African Nude Wood Sculpture
Signed Hagenauer Werkstatte African Nude Wood Sculpture

Signed Hagenauer Werkstatte African Nude Wood Sculpture

By Werkstätte Hagenauer Wien

Located in Peabody, MA

Mid-Century Hagenauer Werkstatte sculpture of a reclining African woman, carved in wood. Stamped with studio mark "wHw", Made in Austria, Hagenauer Wien, Handmade. Measures app...

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1950s Austrian Art Deco Vintage African Nude

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Wood

Female Nude Sculpture in the African Taste, 20th Century
Female Nude Sculpture in the African Taste, 20th Century

Female Nude Sculpture in the African Taste, 20th Century

Located in Astoria, NY

Female seated nude figure, an ebonized wooden sculpture in the African taste, depicting the figure with one arm raised (loss to left arm).

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20th Century Tribal Vintage African Nude

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Wood

A. Moreno African American Nude Portrait Realist Oil Painting Topless Woman
A. Moreno African American Nude Portrait Realist Oil Painting Topless Woman

A. Moreno African American Nude Portrait Realist Oil Painting Topless Woman

Located in Dayton, OH

Vintage original oil painting by A. Moreno. Features a beautiful natural topless woman with a long string of pearls holding her sundress as she peers into the distance. Framed in gol...

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Late 20th Century Modern Vintage African Nude

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Canvas, Paint

Decorative African Folk Art Mid-Century Modern Mask Tribal Nude Art Sculpture
Decorative African Folk Art Mid-Century Modern Mask Tribal Nude Art Sculpture

Decorative African Folk Art Mid-Century Modern Mask Tribal Nude Art Sculpture

Located in West Hartford, CT

Coveted decorative African hand carved wood sculpture with graphic elements, circa 1960s This is a decorative item from the 1960s, it was made for export, it is not an antique triba...

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1960s Ghanaian Vintage African Nude

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Wood

Sydney Alex Kumalo Modern Reclining Nude Bronze Sculpture
Sydney Alex Kumalo Modern Reclining Nude Bronze Sculpture

Sydney Alex Kumalo Modern Reclining Nude Bronze Sculpture

Located in Astoria, NY

Sydney Alex Kumalo (South African, 1935-1988) modern bronze sculpture depicting a reclining female nude in distress, signed along bottom: "Kumalo," mounted to green marble base.

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Mid-20th Century South African Modern Vintage African Nude

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Marble, Bronze

Mapplethorpe Z Portfolio, Dan S 1980 Male Nude Unique Gelatin Silver Print Photo
Mapplethorpe Z Portfolio, Dan S 1980 Male Nude Unique Gelatin Silver Print Photo

Mapplethorpe Z Portfolio, Dan S 1980 Male Nude Unique Gelatin Silver Print Photo

By Robert Mapplethorpe

Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA

The Z Portfolio features nude portraits of African-American men, reflecting Mapplethorpe’s exploration of beauty, sexuality, and identity through his photographic practice.

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1980s Modern Vintage African Nude

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Silver Gelatin

Rare Gucci Sahara Animal Printed Silk Scarf
Rare Gucci Sahara Animal Printed Silk Scarf

Rare Gucci Sahara Animal Printed Silk Scarf

By Gucci

Located in Scottsdale, AZ

A very rare 1980s Gucci Sahara printed silk scarf in beautiful nude tones. features African wild life and hand rolled edges .

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1980s Italian Vintage African Nude

Funfair on a Rainy Day, Marcel Pire, Brussels 1913 - 1981 Opheylissem, Belgian
Funfair on a Rainy Day, Marcel Pire, Brussels 1913 - 1981 Opheylissem, Belgian

Funfair on a Rainy Day, Marcel Pire, Brussels 1913 - 1981 Opheylissem, Belgian

Located in Knokke, BE

He painted mainly still lifes, but also landscapes, flowers, African scenes, nudes and portraits. He was the son of Ernest Ferdinand Pire and the father of Ferdinand Pire-Ferdinand.

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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Vintage African Nude

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Canvas, Oil

Abstract Expressionist African American Nude Figurative
Abstract Expressionist African American Nude Figurative

Abstract Expressionist African American Nude Figurative

By Molly E. Brubaker

Located in Soquel, CA

Gorgeous abstract expressionist black woman posing with the Sun as an abstract background by listed California artist Molly E. Brubaker (American, 1922-2000). Signed "Molly Brubaker"...

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1980s Abstract Expressionist Vintage African Nude

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Canvas, Oil

Philip Pearlstein, "African Chair, " Lithograph, 1980
Philip Pearlstein, "African Chair, " Lithograph, 1980

Philip Pearlstein, "African Chair, " Lithograph, 1980

By Philip Pearlstein

Located in Long Island City, NY

This lithograph was created by American artist Philip Pearlstein. A key figure in the sharp-focus realist movement, he was a leader in the early 1960s of the revival of figure painti...

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1980s Photorealist Vintage African Nude

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Lithograph

A Fine, Mid-Century Modern 1950s Figure Study, Reclining Black Male Nude Model
A Fine, Mid-Century Modern 1950s Figure Study, Reclining Black Male Nude Model

A Fine, Mid-Century Modern 1950s Figure Study, Reclining Black Male Nude Model

By Harold Haydon

Located in Chicago, IL

A Fine, Mid-Century Modern 1950s Drawing of a Reclining African American Male Nude Model by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994).

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Mid-20th Century American Modern Vintage African Nude

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Paper, Charcoal

Hagenauer Style Nude Black African Female Bust with Brass Earring
Hagenauer Style Nude Black African Female Bust with Brass Earring

Hagenauer Style Nude Black African Female Bust with Brass Earring

By Werkstätte Hagenauer Wien

Located in St. Louis, MO

Stylized African female with elongated neck, ebonized carved wood with large brass earring, in the style of Hagenauer - Austria. In nice vintage condition, some scuffs. Unsigned. Mea...

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1950s Unknown Mid-Century Modern Vintage African Nude

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Wood

Mid-Century Modern Bronze African Cubist Nude Female Sculpture, Picasso Style
Mid-Century Modern Bronze African Cubist Nude Female Sculpture, Picasso Style

Mid-Century Modern Bronze African Cubist Nude Female Sculpture, Picasso Style

By Pablo Picasso

Located in St. Louis, MO

Unique Mid-Century Modern African cubist bronze sculpture of a nude female, heavily influenced by Pablo Picasso's early cubist work using African masks.

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1960s Unknown Mid-Century Modern Vintage African Nude

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Bronze

Set of 7 Josephine Baker "Exotic African Tribal Dancers" Gold & White Barware
Set of 7 Josephine Baker "Exotic African Tribal Dancers" Gold & White Barware

Set of 7 Josephine Baker "Exotic African Tribal Dancers" Gold & White Barware

By Federal Glass

Located in St. Louis, MO

Vintage set of 7 Josephine Baker Jazz Age 22-karat gold exotic nude African Tribal dancers on white rocks glasses by Federal Glass Co.

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1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage African Nude

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Glass

WPA New York Artist Watercolor Painting African American Man Park Bench Scene
WPA New York Artist Watercolor Painting African American Man Park Bench Scene

WPA New York Artist Watercolor Painting African American Man Park Bench Scene

By Harry Zitter

Located in Surfside, FL

Harry Zitter is known for street scene, subway scenes, social realist, nudes, African American, genre scenes, judaica, Coney Island arcade and figure.

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1940s American Modern Vintage African Nude

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Paper, Watercolor, Gouache

Set of 6 Josephine Baker "Exotic African Tribal Dancers" Gold and Black Barware
Set of 6 Josephine Baker "Exotic African Tribal Dancers" Gold and Black Barware

Set of 6 Josephine Baker "Exotic African Tribal Dancers" Gold and Black Barware

By Federal Glass

Located in St. Louis, MO

Vintage set of 6 Josephine Baker Jazz Age 22-karat gold on black tall tumblers, Collins bar glasses with exotic nude African Tribal dancers, by Federal Glass Co.

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1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage African Nude

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Glass

A Striking 1945 Mid-Century Modern Figure Study of a Standing Black Female Nude
A Striking 1945 Mid-Century Modern Figure Study of a Standing Black Female Nude

A Striking 1945 Mid-Century Modern Figure Study of a Standing Black Female Nude

By Harold Haydon

Located in Chicago, IL

A Striking, 1945 Mid-Century Modern Figure Study of a Standing Female Nude African-American Model by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994).

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Mid-20th Century American Modern Vintage African Nude

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Paper, Charcoal, Pastel

WPA New York Artist Pencil Drawing Manhattan Couple C.1940s
WPA New York Artist Pencil Drawing Manhattan Couple C.1940s

WPA New York Artist Pencil Drawing Manhattan Couple C.1940s

By Harry Zitter

Located in Surfside, FL

Harry Zitter is known for street scene, subway scenes, social realist, nudes, African American, genre scenes, judaica, Coney Island arcade and figure.

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1940s American Modern Vintage African Nude

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Paper, Carbon Pencil

African Half Nude Woman by Werkstatte Hagenauer, Wien circa 1950
African Half Nude Woman by Werkstatte Hagenauer, Wien circa 1950

African Half Nude Woman by Werkstatte Hagenauer, Wien circa 1950

By Werkstätte Hagenauer Wien

Located in Vienna, AT

Starting in the 30s, the Werkstatte Hagenauer produced objects with African backgrounds. In the 50s, these objects experienced a revival and for the first time, male African sculptur...

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1950s Austrian Art Deco Vintage African Nude

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Brass

Mid-Century Modern African Nude Ceramic Figure with Bowl, 1950s
Mid-Century Modern African Nude Ceramic Figure with Bowl, 1950s

Mid-Century Modern African Nude Ceramic Figure with Bowl, 1950s

Located in London, GB

Mid-Century Modern african nude, hand painted ceramic , made in Hungary in the 1950's

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1950s Hungarian Mid-Century Modern Vintage African Nude

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