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Homo Ludens - Etching by Sergio Barletta - 1960s
Homo Ludens - Etching by Sergio Barletta - 1960s

Homo Ludens - Etching by Sergio Barletta - 1960s

By Sergio Barletta

Located in Roma, IT

In these years graphic work and illustration are mixed with painting and photography, also with satirical drawings for Rinascita, weekly of the Italian communist party; Azione Social...

Category

1960s Contemporary Vintage Worker

Materials

Etching

Vasily Filipovich Rudnev (1928-2018) - 1959 Oil, Industrial City
Vasily Filipovich Rudnev (1928-2018) - 1959 Oil, Industrial City

Vasily Filipovich Rudnev (1928-2018) - 1959 Oil, Industrial City

Located in Corsham, GB

This impressionistic landscape by the artist Vasily Filipovich Rudnev (1928-2018) depicts an industrial townscape with factory buildings, chimneys, and workers' housing rendered in w...

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Mid-20th Century Vintage Worker

Materials

Oil

Painting by Peter Keil "the Lady" Black & White, C 1987, Acrylic, New Wood Frame
Painting by Peter Keil "the Lady" Black & White, C 1987, Acrylic, New Wood Frame

Painting by Peter Keil "the Lady" Black & White, C 1987, Acrylic, New Wood Frame

By Peter Keil

Located in New York, NY

In 1954, he began his traineeship as an artist metal worker and between 1959 and 1961, he studied at the University of Arts in Berlin.

Category

1980s German Modern Vintage Worker

Materials

Acrylic

Original Vintage Industrial Safety Poster Replace Covers Prevent Falls RoSPA WWI
Original Vintage Industrial Safety Poster Replace Covers Prevent Falls RoSPA WWI

Original Vintage Industrial Safety Poster Replace Covers Prevent Falls RoSPA WWI

By Tom Eckersley 1

Located in London, GB

Original vintage World War Two industrial safety poster - Replace Covers Prevent Falls - featuring a graphic design by the notable British artist Tom Eckersley (1914-1997) issued for...

Category

1940s British Vintage Worker

Materials

Paper

Original Vintage Soviet Propaganda Poster Factory Raid Get Ready For Winter WWII
Original Vintage Soviet Propaganda Poster Factory Raid Get Ready For Winter WWII

Original Vintage Soviet Propaganda Poster Factory Raid Get Ready For Winter WWII

Located in London, GB

This wartime campaign was launched to encourage factories to prepare for the winter season by inspecting their heating and other equipment, making repairs and insulating the premises...

Category

1940s Russian Vintage Worker

Materials

Paper

Mid-Century Oil on Board of Waterlilies, Post Impressionist, Framed
Mid-Century Oil on Board of Waterlilies, Post Impressionist, Framed

Mid-Century Oil on Board of Waterlilies, Post Impressionist, Framed

Located in Cotignac, FR

An article in *Ce Soir* dated May 2, 1939, described him as follows: "Marc Mussier—formerly a postal worker and then a journalist, and now a radio sound technician—has always been a ...

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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Vintage Worker

Materials

Oil, Board

Painting by Peter Keil, C 1970, Signed, Acrylic on Board, No Frame, Modern Art
Painting by Peter Keil, C 1970, Signed, Acrylic on Board, No Frame, Modern Art

Painting by Peter Keil, C 1970, Signed, Acrylic on Board, No Frame, Modern Art

By Peter Keil

Located in New York, NY

In 1954, he began his traineeship as an artist metal worker and between 1959 and 1961, he studied at the University of Arts in Berlin.

Category

1970s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Worker

Materials

Acrylic, Paper

Painting by Peter Keil, C 1967, Signed, Acrylic on Board, No Frame, Modern Art
Painting by Peter Keil, C 1967, Signed, Acrylic on Board, No Frame, Modern Art

Painting by Peter Keil, C 1967, Signed, Acrylic on Board, No Frame, Modern Art

By Peter Keil

Located in New York, NY

In 1954, he began his traineeship as an artist metal worker and between 1959 and 1961, he studied at the University of Arts in Berlin.

Category

1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Worker

Materials

Acrylic, Paper

Painting by Peter Keil, C 1970, Signed, Acrylic on Board, No frame, Modern Art
Painting by Peter Keil, C 1970, Signed, Acrylic on Board, No frame, Modern Art

Painting by Peter Keil, C 1970, Signed, Acrylic on Board, No frame, Modern Art

By Peter Keil

Located in New York, NY

In 1954, he began his traineeship as an artist metal worker and between 1959 and 1961, he studied at the University of Arts in Berlin.

Category

1970s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Worker

Materials

Acrylic, Paper

Painting by Peter Keil, C 1974, Acrylic On Grey Paper, No Frame, Signed, Art
Painting by Peter Keil, C 1974, Acrylic On Grey Paper, No Frame, Signed, Art

Painting by Peter Keil, C 1974, Acrylic On Grey Paper, No Frame, Signed, Art

By Peter Keil

Located in New York, NY

In 1954, he began his traineeship as an artist metal worker and between 1959 and 1961, he studied at the University of Arts in Berlin.

Category

1970s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Worker

Materials

Acrylic, Paper

Painting by Peter Keil, C 1970, Acrylic on Board, Red/Blue/Green/Yellow/Purple
Painting by Peter Keil, C 1970, Acrylic on Board, Red/Blue/Green/Yellow/Purple

Painting by Peter Keil, C 1970, Acrylic on Board, Red/Blue/Green/Yellow/Purple

By Peter Keil

Located in New York, NY

In 1954, he began his traineeship as an artist metal worker and between 1959 and 1961, he studied at the University of Arts in Berlin.

Category

1970s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Worker

Materials

Acrylic, Paper

Untitled

Untitled

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Born in Baltimore in 1917, McGuire grew up in the Hampden neighborhood as the son of a railroad worker father and a mother who labored at the Jones Valley Cotton Mills.

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Mid-20th Century American Modern Vintage Worker

Materials

Masonite, Oil

Painting by Peter Keil, C 1970, Signed, Acrylic on Board, No Frame, Modern Art
Painting by Peter Keil, C 1970, Signed, Acrylic on Board, No Frame, Modern Art

Painting by Peter Keil, C 1970, Signed, Acrylic on Board, No Frame, Modern Art

By Peter Keil

Located in New York, NY

In 1954, he began his traineeship as an artist metal worker and between 1959 and 1961, he studied at the University of Arts in Berlin.

Category

1970s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Worker

Materials

Acrylic, Paper

Painting by Peter Keil, Signed, Painted on Grey Board, C 1977, No Frame, Modern
Painting by Peter Keil, Signed, Painted on Grey Board, C 1977, No Frame, Modern

Painting by Peter Keil, Signed, Painted on Grey Board, C 1977, No Frame, Modern

By Peter Keil

Located in New York, NY

In 1954, he began his traineeship as an artist metal worker and between 1959 and 1961, he studied at the University of Arts in Berlin.

Category

1970s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Worker

Materials

Acrylic, Paper

Painting by Peter Keil, C 1977, Acrylic on Paper Board, Signed, Not Framed, Art
Painting by Peter Keil, C 1977, Acrylic on Paper Board, Signed, Not Framed, Art

Painting by Peter Keil, C 1977, Acrylic on Paper Board, Signed, Not Framed, Art

By Peter Keil

Located in New York, NY

In 1954, he began his traineeship as an artist metal worker and between 1959 and 1961, he studied at the University of Arts in Berlin.

Category

1970s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Worker

Materials

Acrylic, Paper

Painting by Peter Keil, Acrylic On Grey Board Paper, C 1970, No Frame, Modern
Painting by Peter Keil, Acrylic On Grey Board Paper, C 1970, No Frame, Modern

Painting by Peter Keil, Acrylic On Grey Board Paper, C 1970, No Frame, Modern

By Peter Keil

Located in New York, NY

In 1954, he began his traineeship as an artist metal worker and between 1959 and 1961, he studied at the University of Arts in Berlin.

Category

1970s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Worker

Materials

Acrylic, Paper

Late 20th-Century Crystal dining table by Max Ingrand for Fontana Arte
Late 20th-Century Crystal dining table by Max Ingrand for Fontana Arte

Late 20th-Century Crystal dining table by Max Ingrand for Fontana Arte

By Fontana Arte, Max Ingrand

Located in Milano, IT

Max Ingrand , famous French master glass worker and decorator, he was artistic director of FontanaArte for one decade, starting from 1954.

Category

1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Worker

Materials

Crystal, Stainless Steel

Small Paavo Tynell Starry Sky Ceiling Lamp 9068 in Black & Brass, Taito 1950s
Small Paavo Tynell Starry Sky Ceiling Lamp 9068 in Black & Brass, Taito 1950s

Small Paavo Tynell Starry Sky Ceiling Lamp 9068 in Black & Brass, Taito 1950s

By Paavo Tynell, Taito Oy

Located in Helsinki, FI

Tynell started as a sheet metal worker´s apprentice at G.W.Sohlbergs workshop in 1906.

Category

1950s Finnish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Worker

Materials

Metal, Brass

Dutch Delft Blue and White Porcelain Tile with Heraldic Coat of Arms
Dutch Delft Blue and White Porcelain Tile with Heraldic Coat of Arms

Dutch Delft Blue and White Porcelain Tile with Heraldic Coat of Arms

By Delft

Located in Elkhart, IN

On the banner at the bottom are several words which loosely translate to "the worker of the world" or "the bringer of help". Equally suited to traditional and collected interiors, t...

Category

Late 20th Century Dutch Country Vintage Worker

Materials

Ceramic

Dutch Delft Blue and White Porcelain Tiles with Heraldic Coat of Arms, Pair
Dutch Delft Blue and White Porcelain Tiles with Heraldic Coat of Arms, Pair

Dutch Delft Blue and White Porcelain Tiles with Heraldic Coat of Arms, Pair

By Delft

Located in Elkhart, IN

On the banner at the bottom are several words which loosely translate to "the worker of the world" or "the bringer of help". Equally suited to traditional and collected interiors, t...

Category

Late 20th Century Dutch Country Vintage Worker

Materials

Ceramic

Dutch Delft Blue and White Porcelain Tiles with Heraldic Coat of Arms, Pair
Dutch Delft Blue and White Porcelain Tiles with Heraldic Coat of Arms, Pair

Dutch Delft Blue and White Porcelain Tiles with Heraldic Coat of Arms, Pair

By Delft

Located in Elkhart, IN

On the banner at the bottom are several words which loosely translate to "the worker of the world" or "the bringer of help". Equally suited to traditional and collected interiors, t...

Category

Late 20th Century Dutch Country Vintage Worker

Materials

Ceramic

Dutch Delft Blue and White Porcelain Tile with Heraldic Coat of Arms
Dutch Delft Blue and White Porcelain Tile with Heraldic Coat of Arms

Dutch Delft Blue and White Porcelain Tile with Heraldic Coat of Arms

By Delft

Located in Elkhart, IN

On the banner at the bottom are several words which loosely translate to "the worker of the world" or "the bringer of help". Equally suited to traditional and collected interiors, t...

Category

Late 20th Century Dutch Country Vintage Worker

Materials

Ceramic

Dutch Delft Blue and White Porcelain Tile with Heraldic Coat of Arms
Dutch Delft Blue and White Porcelain Tile with Heraldic Coat of Arms

Dutch Delft Blue and White Porcelain Tile with Heraldic Coat of Arms

By Delft

Located in Elkhart, IN

On the banner at the bottom are several words which loosely translate to "the worker of the world" or "the bringer of help". Equally suited to traditional and collected interiors, t...

Category

Late 20th Century Dutch Country Vintage Worker

Materials

Ceramic

Dutch Delft Blue and White Porcelain Tile with Heraldic Coat of Arms
Dutch Delft Blue and White Porcelain Tile with Heraldic Coat of Arms

Dutch Delft Blue and White Porcelain Tile with Heraldic Coat of Arms

By Delft

Located in Elkhart, IN

On the banner at the bottom are several words which loosely translate to "the worker of the world" or "the bringer of help". Equally suited to traditional and collected interiors, t...

Category

Late 20th Century Dutch Country Vintage Worker

Materials

Ceramic

Impressionist Oil on Canvas. Green landscape with shepherd. Ricard Arenys Galdón
Impressionist Oil on Canvas. Green landscape with shepherd. Ricard Arenys Galdón

Impressionist Oil on Canvas. Green landscape with shepherd. Ricard Arenys Galdón

Located in Valladolid, ES

The inclusion of a human figure, who appears to be a shepherd or farm worker, adds a touch of humanity and rural context, although he remains in the background and does not seek to d...

Category

1960s Spanish Beaux Arts Vintage Worker

Materials

Canvas, Giltwood, Paint

Painting by Peter Keil, C 1970, Acrylic on Board, Signed, No Frame, Art
Painting by Peter Keil, C 1970, Acrylic on Board, Signed, No Frame, Art

Painting by Peter Keil, C 1970, Acrylic on Board, Signed, No Frame, Art

By Peter Keil

Located in New York, NY

In 1954, he began his traineeship as an artist metal worker and between 1959 and 1961, he studied at the University of Arts in Berlin.

Category

1970s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Worker

Materials

Acrylic, Paper

Painting by Peter Keil, C 1970, Acrylic on Grey Paper, Signed, No Frame, Art
Painting by Peter Keil, C 1970, Acrylic on Grey Paper, Signed, No Frame, Art

Painting by Peter Keil, C 1970, Acrylic on Grey Paper, Signed, No Frame, Art

By Peter Keil

Located in New York, NY

In 1954, he began his traineeship as an artist metal worker and between 1959 and 1961, he studied at the University of Arts in Berlin.

Category

1970s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Worker

Materials

Acrylic, Paper

Painting by Peter Keil, C 1974, Lady, Acrylic On Grey Paper, No Frame, Art
Painting by Peter Keil, C 1974, Lady, Acrylic On Grey Paper, No Frame, Art

Painting by Peter Keil, C 1974, Lady, Acrylic On Grey Paper, No Frame, Art

By Peter Keil

Located in New York, NY

In 1954, he began his traineeship as an artist metal worker and between 1959 and 1961, he studied at the University of Arts in Berlin.

Category

1970s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Worker

Materials

Acrylic, Paper

Painting by Peter Keil, Acrylic On Paper, Modern Art, C 1970, Red/Blue/Green
Painting by Peter Keil, Acrylic On Paper, Modern Art, C 1970, Red/Blue/Green

Painting by Peter Keil, Acrylic On Paper, Modern Art, C 1970, Red/Blue/Green

By Peter Keil

Located in New York, NY

In 1954, he began his traineeship as an artist metal worker and between 1959 and 1961, he studied at the University of Arts in Berlin.

Category

1970s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Worker

Materials

Acrylic, Paper

Original Vintage Car Advertising Poster Volkswagen Delivers The Goods Camper
Original Vintage Car Advertising Poster Volkswagen Delivers The Goods Camper

Original Vintage Car Advertising Poster Volkswagen Delivers The Goods Camper

By V. Mundorff

Located in London, GB

- featuring a great design by Victor Mundorff (1897-1973) of a red split-screen Volkswagen Type 2 Transporter van parked on the corner of a busy city street in America depicting a de...

Category

1960s German Vintage Worker

Materials

Paper

A black kimono jacket by Pierre Balmain Haute Couture n. 111036 Circa 1975-1980
A black kimono jacket by Pierre Balmain Haute Couture n. 111036 Circa 1975-1980

A black kimono jacket by Pierre Balmain Haute Couture n. 111036 Circa 1975-1980

By Pierre Balmain

Located in Toulon, FR

Pierre Balmain presented his first collection on 12 October 1945 with a team of workers from Balenciaga. He excelled in loose-fitting coats with simple, clean lines, like this kimono...

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1970s French Vintage Worker

Still life with apples 1961. Canvas, oil, 50x70 cm. Signed
Still life with apples 1961. Canvas, oil, 50x70 cm. Signed

Still life with apples 1961. Canvas, oil, 50x70 cm. Signed

By Biruta Baumane

Located in Riga, LV

In 1986 she became the honored worker of arts of the Latvian SSR. She has been involved in television and radio programs, movies, and has published articles in periodicals.

Category

1960s Fauvist Vintage Worker

Materials

Oil, Canvas

1946 Soviet Poster – “More Beets, More Sugar!” Five-Year Plan
1946 Soviet Poster – “More Beets, More Sugar!” Five-Year Plan

1946 Soviet Poster – “More Beets, More Sugar!” Five-Year Plan

Located in PARIS, FR

At the center of the composition stands a smiling female worker, confidently holding a basket overflowing with sugar beets.

Category

1940s Vintage Worker

Materials

Linen, Paper, Lithograph

"Lovers" Tom Otterness, Pop Art, Stylized, Contemporary Erotic Sculpture
"Lovers" Tom Otterness, Pop Art, Stylized, Contemporary Erotic Sculpture

"Lovers" Tom Otterness, Pop Art, Stylized, Contemporary Erotic Sculpture

By Tom Otterness

Located in New York, NY

These sculptures depict, among other things, huge pennies, pudgy characters in business suits with moneybag heads, helmeted workers holding giant tools, and an alligator crawling out...

Category

1990s Pop Art Vintage Worker

Materials

Bronze

Original Vintage Soviet Propaganda Poster Leninist Labour Watch USSR Sachkov
Original Vintage Soviet Propaganda Poster Leninist Labour Watch USSR Sachkov

Original Vintage Soviet Propaganda Poster Leninist Labour Watch USSR Sachkov

By V. Sachkov

Located in London, GB

- featuring a colourful design by the notable Soviet poster artists Vladimir Sachkov (1928-2005) and Eduard Artsrunyan (1929-2010) depicting a portrait of Lenin and stylised images i...

Category

1960s Russian Vintage Worker

Materials

Paper

Ink Drawing Man in Suit and Hat with Nude
Ink Drawing Man in Suit and Hat with Nude

Ink Drawing Man in Suit and Hat with Nude

By Jonathan Shahn

Located in Surfside, FL

Both are credited with establishing Roosevelt as the arts community it became after the federal government’s failed effort to create farmsteads for New York City’s garment workers du...

Category

20th Century American Modern Vintage Worker

Materials

Paper, Ink

20th Century Carl Auböck Chess Game Mod. No. 5391, Horn & Brass, AT ca. 1970
20th Century Carl Auböck Chess Game Mod. No. 5391, Horn & Brass, AT ca. 1970

20th Century Carl Auböck Chess Game Mod. No. 5391, Horn & Brass, AT ca. 1970

By Werkstätte Carl Auböck

Located in Lichtenberg, AT

Carl Auböck began his training as a bronze worker and chaser in his father's workshop. From 1917 to 1919, he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna.

Category

Late 20th Century Austrian Modern Vintage Worker

Materials

Brass, Nickel

Paris City Scene, Portrait Oil Painting WPA Era 1940s
Paris City Scene, Portrait Oil Painting WPA Era 1940s

Paris City Scene, Portrait Oil Painting WPA Era 1940s

By Maurice Kish

Located in Surfside, FL

For Kish, Coney Island, and especially Luna Park, became a place richly symbolic of workers’ rights. For the dreamlike paintings he set there, Kish looked past the Social Realists to...

Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Vintage Worker

Materials

Oil

Proud Chimney Sweep Modern Judaica Oil Painting WPA Jewish artist Maurice Kish
Proud Chimney Sweep Modern Judaica Oil Painting WPA Jewish artist Maurice Kish

Proud Chimney Sweep Modern Judaica Oil Painting WPA Jewish artist Maurice Kish

By Maurice Kish

Located in Surfside, FL

For Kish, Coney Island, and especially Luna Park, became a place richly symbolic of workers’ rights. For the dreamlike paintings he set there, Kish looked past the Social Realists to...

Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Vintage Worker

Materials

Oil

Organ Grinder, Parrot Modern Judaica Oil Painting WPA Jewish artist Maurice Kish
Organ Grinder, Parrot Modern Judaica Oil Painting WPA Jewish artist Maurice Kish

Organ Grinder, Parrot Modern Judaica Oil Painting WPA Jewish artist Maurice Kish

By Maurice Kish

Located in Surfside, FL

For Kish, Coney Island, and especially Luna Park, became a place richly symbolic of workers’ rights. For the dreamlike paintings he set there, Kish looked past the Social Realists to...

Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Vintage Worker

Materials

Oil

Collection of Vintage Plumb Bobs Mid Century Modern
Collection of Vintage Plumb Bobs Mid Century Modern

Collection of Vintage Plumb Bobs Mid Century Modern

Located in Chula Vista, CA

For your consideration, a collection of vintage plumb bobs, which are pointed weights used by surveyors and construction workers to establish a vertical reference line, or "plumb lin...

Category

1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Worker

Materials

Brass, Steel, Iron

French Riviera Bamboo Rattan Table Lamps, Pair, Vienna Straw Shades, 1960s
French Riviera Bamboo Rattan Table Lamps, Pair, Vienna Straw Shades, 1960s

French Riviera Bamboo Rattan Table Lamps, Pair, Vienna Straw Shades, 1960s

By Louis Sognot

Located in Sitges, Barcelona

Most were produced anonymously by skilled cane- and basket-workers in France and Italy, and survive today as some of the most characterful small lighting of the period.

Category

Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Worker

Materials

Bamboo, Wicker, Straw, Cane, Rattan

Pair of Art Deco Wall Sconces to the Verrerie des Hanots
Pair of Art Deco Wall Sconces to the Verrerie des Hanots

Pair of Art Deco Wall Sconces to the Verrerie des Hanots

By Verrerie des Hanots

Located in NANTES, FR

Verrerie des Hanots was the glassworks where the renowned glassmakers/bronze workers Hettier and Vincent worked. They signed their pieces with their own names or with the name of the...

Category

Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Vintage Worker

Materials

Iron

Self-Portrait with a Paint Palette
Self-Portrait with a Paint Palette

Self-Portrait with a Paint Palette

Located in London, GB

Gladys Marguerite Baker Baker was born in 1889 in London, one of nine children to a warehouse worker and a clothing manufacturer. She studied at Queen’s College and then the St John’...

Category

20th Century Vintage Worker

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Homo Ludens - Etching by Sergio Barletta - 1960s
Homo Ludens - Etching by Sergio Barletta - 1960s

Homo Ludens - Etching by Sergio Barletta - 1960s

By Sergio Barletta

Located in Roma, IT

In these years graphic work and illustration are mixed with painting and photography, also with satirical drawings for Rinascita, weekly of the Italian communist party; Azione Social...

Category

1960s Contemporary Vintage Worker

Materials

Etching

Restored 5-Strand Rattan Coffee Table with Square Glass Top
Restored 5-Strand Rattan Coffee Table with Square Glass Top

Restored 5-Strand Rattan Coffee Table with Square Glass Top

By Paul Frankl

Located in Van Nuys, CA

All refinishing is done by rattan workers with over 30 years of experience. Every wrapping and joint has been inspected by “The Rattan Man,” Harvey Schwartz to guarantee you the fine...

Category

1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Worker

Materials

Rattan

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