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Wood Block Print 1940s

'Figural Abstraction' original black and white block print by Sylvia Spicuzza
By Sylvia Spicuzza
Located in Milwaukee, WI
'Figural Abstraction' is an original block print by American artist and teacher Sylvia Spicuzza
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Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Prints

Materials

Paper, Ink

'Priests' from 'In Praise of Folly' — 1940s Graphic Modernism
By Lynd Ward
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
books. He also produced single-subject wood engravings, paintings, and drawings. His print ‘Sanctuary
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1940s American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Mezzotint

'Doctor' from 'In Praise of Folly' — 1940s Graphic Modernism
By Lynd Ward
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
books. He also produced single-subject wood engravings, paintings, and drawings. His print ‘Sanctuary
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1940s American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Mezzotint

'Judges' from 'In Praise of Folly' — 1940s Graphic Modernism
By Lynd Ward
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
books. He also produced single-subject wood engravings, paintings, and drawings. His print ‘Sanctuary
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1940s American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Mezzotint

'Pope' from 'In Praise of Folly' — 1940s Graphic Modernism
By Lynd Ward
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
wood engravings, paintings, and drawings. His print ‘Sanctuary,’ 1939, was shown at the 1939 New York
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1940s American Modern Figurative Prints

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Mezzotint

'Dogs of War' from 'In Praise of Folly' — 1940s Graphic Modernism
By Lynd Ward
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
books. He also produced single-subject wood engravings, paintings, and drawings. His print ‘Sanctuary
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1940s American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Mezzotint

The Virgin and the Unicorn
By John Buckland-Wright
Located in New York, NY
: “Experimental prints using water or oil based inks, 3 artist’s proofs. Colour block printed in the same manner
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1940s Pre-Raphaelite Figurative Prints

Materials

Wood Panel, Woodcut

"The Knockdown"
By Josef Zenk
Located in Lambertville, NJ
the purpose of exhibiting their color wood block prints. The group received immediate critical
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1940s Abstract Figurative Prints

Materials

Color, Woodcut

Mid Century Abstracted Landscape -- South from Puertecitos
By Edgar Dorsey Taylor
Located in Soquel, CA
particular print is not shown in the book. Print signed lower right corner. Displayed in a black painted wood
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1960s Abstract Impressionist Landscape Prints

Materials

Archival Paper, Woodcut

'Feast of Passover' — American Expressionism
By Max Weber
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
and 1920, Weber created some thirty block prints—distinguished by their original use of color applied
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1920s Expressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Woodcut

"The Kiss"
By Josef Zenk
Located in Lambertville, NJ
block prints. The group received immediate critical attention. The New York Times described the work of
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20th Century Abstract Figurative Prints

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Paper, Color

"The Kiss"
"The Kiss"
H 22 in W 19 in D 2 in
"Pink Lady"
By Josef Zenk
Located in Lambertville, NJ
exhibiting their color wood block prints. The group received immediate critical attention. The New York Times
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20th Century Abstract Figurative Prints

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Paper, Color

"Pink Lady"
"Pink Lady"
H 22 in W 19 in D 2 in
'Jones Island' original woodcut engraving by Gerrit Sinclair
By Gerrit Sinclair
Located in Milwaukee, WI
, frame Signed "GS" in the print block,upper left Entitled "Jones Island" lower left (covered by matting
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1930s American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Engraving, Woodcut

Etoile de Mer Rouge (Red Star Fish) from the suite, Si je mourais La-Bas
By George Braque
Located in San Francisco, CA
-1963. It is hand signed and inscribed H.C (Hors Commerce) in pencil by the artist. The wood block mark
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Mid-20th Century Cubist Abstract Prints

Materials

Woodcut

GLORY Signed Linocut, Poetic Female Portrait, Black Woman, White Line Drawing
By Elizabeth Catlett
Located in Union City, NJ
Catlett's masterly carved linoleum block; a very strong impression printed by hand in a taupe brown ink on
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Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Prints

Materials

Linocut

Large Vintage Indian Textile with Custom Frame
Located in Troy, MI
Vintage Indian block printed textiles from the 1940s-1960s have been sewn together in colorful
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Mid-20th Century Indian Folk Art Decorative Art

Materials

Fabric, Canvas, Plexiglass, Wood

"Hydrangeas, " Walter Inglis Anderson, Mississippi Southern Illustrator, Flowers
Located in New York, NY
sell inexpensively — linoleum block prints. This technique enabled him to provide affordable, quality
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Paper, Crayon

Going to Market (Taxco). Monterey CA artist.
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
handpainted greeting cards, using wood block print methods, for all seasons of the year. Inspired by the
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

Modern Surrealist Painting by Richard Ericson
By Richard Ericson
Located in Larchmont, NY
's and continued to work in this medium for many years, producing mezzotints, etchings, and wood
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1950s Surrealist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Modern Surrealist Winter Painting by Richard Ericson
By Richard Ericson
Located in Larchmont, NY
, etchings, and wood block prints. He also continued to paint, creating portraits, scenes in southern
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1960s American Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Geometric Abstract in Blue, Red, Black, and White - Acrylic on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
characteristic style, this piece has a balanced interplay of shapes and colors. Blocks of black, reds, blues, and
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Acrylic

Industrial Composition
By Murray Hantman
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
inches, 19 x 25 inches in original simple wood strip frame. Signed lower right. Excellent condition with
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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THE DOOR OF JUSTICE Signed Color Lithograph, Lawyer and Clients, Civil Rights
By Elizabeth Catlett
Located in Union City, NJ
THE DOOR OF JUSTICE is an original, hand drawn, limited edition lithograph by the highly acclaimed African-American woman artist Elizabeth Catlett, master printmaker and sculptor bes...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Mother and child, hand signed painting (unique), Hammer Galleries
By Gloria Vanderbilt
Located in New York, NY
Gloria Vanderbilt Mother and child, ca. 1968 Gouache on paper painting Hand signed by Gloria Vanderbilt lower right recto Unique Frame included Measurements: Framed 37 Vertical by 31...
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1960s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic, Gouache, Permanent Marker, Mixed Media

Japanese Antique Hinamatsuri Doll 'Sannin Kanjo' Sanpo 1980s
Located in Paris, FR
This is a doll which we use for Hinamatsuri day. This person is one of Sannin Kanjo which is called Sanpo. This person has a flower . This doll was made with plastic, cotton, silk , ...
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Late 20th Century Japanese Showa Antiquities

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Cotton, Silk, Plastic, Wood

Japanese Flowering Cherry and Mugimaki Flycatcher — 19th century woodblock print
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Imao Keinen, 'Japanese Flowering Cherry and Mugimaki Flycatcher' from the series 'Birds and Flowers of the Four Seasons', color woodblock Oban diptych, 1882. A fine impression, with...
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1880s Naturalistic Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

1940's French Post Impressionist Portrait of Woman Red & Green Background
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Woman by Louise Alix (French, 1888-1980) *see notes below provenance stamp to the back oil painting on canvas, unframed measures: 18 high by 15 inches wide condition:...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Surrealist Grand Canyon Landscape with Gargoyle
By John Slaby
Located in Houston, TX
Surrealist landscape of the Grand Canyon and a gargoyle overlooking the sublime landscape. The work is signed and dated by the artist. On the back of the frame is an information shee...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Portrait of Wilda Leiner
By Cor de Gavere
Located in Soquel, CA
A beautiful portrait of a woman named Wilda Leiner, a pianist (1908-1994) by longtime Santa Cruz, CA resident Cor de Gavere. Signed "Cor de Gavere" lower right. Provenance listed on ...
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1930s American Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Boston Abstract Expressionist Hyman Bloom Original Pencil Drawing Martin Sumers
By Hyman Bloom
Located in Surfside, FL
This is a unique artwork. This is an original Hyman Bloom drawing of fellow artist and his very good friend Martin Sumers.I believe this was drawn at the “variations of a theme” at S...
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20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pencil

Robert Helsmoortel Bronze Sculpture, Abstract, Biomorphic, Signed
Located in New York, NY
Robert Helsmoortel Bronze Sculpture, Abstract, Biomorphic, Signed. Small scale table sculpture with an appealing patina and organic form. Initialed "RH" and numbered 1/9 at the base....
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Vintage 1970s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Jewish Mystical Kabbalah Oil Painting Jerusalem Cityscape Hebrew Letters Judaica
By David Rakia
Located in Surfside, FL
"Tzadik" A Surrealist oil painting of old mystical Jerusalem with Hebrew calligraphy Sight 13.25" x 19.5" ; frame: 21" x 27.25" David Rakia (1928-2012) was born in Vienna, Austria...
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1960s Surrealist Abstract Paintings

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Oil, Paper

Le Peseur d’Ames - Rare Book Illustrated by Francis Picabia- 1931
By Francis Picabia
Located in Roma, IT
Le Peseur d’Ames is an original rare book illustrated by Francis Picabia (1879 - 1953) and written by André Maurois (1885 – 1967) in 1931. Original First Edition. Only 333 numbered ...
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Early 20th Century Modern More Art

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Paper

Antique Japanese Framed Woodblock Print Depicting a Woman in the Woods
Located in Yonkers, NY
An antique Japanese woodblock print from the 19th century depicting a woman in the woods. Created in Japan during the 19th century, this woodblock print showcases an outdoor scene de...
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Prints

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Glass, Paint, Paper

MAN Signed Woodcut, Face Portrait, Paper-Doll Cutout People, Mexican Culture
By Elizabeth Catlett
Located in Union City, NJ
MAN is a hand pulled, original limited edition relief print created using woodcut and serigraphy(silkscreen) printmaking techniques on white archival heavyweight paper, 100% acid fre...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Wild Pilgrimage, No. 26
By Lynd Ward
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Lynd Ward, 'Wild Pilgrimage', No. 26, wood engraving, 1932, edition not stated but very small. Signed in pencil. A fine, black impression, with full margins (1 1/16 to 3 3/16 inches)...
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1930s American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Woodcut

'Madman's Drum (Plate 41)' — 1930s Graphic Modernism
By Lynd Ward
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Lynd Ward, 'Madman's Drum, Plate 41', wood engraving, 1930, edition small. Signed in pencil. A fine, black impression, on off-white tissue-thin Japan paper; the full sheet with marg...
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1930s American Modern Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

Modernist Watercolor Painting Peter Goldman American Filmmaker Neo Expressionist
By Peter Emanuel Goldman
Located in Surfside, FL
Poetry piece. Based on poem or song. Paris, France Watercolor painting hand signed by Peter Emanuel Goldman. Legendary French American Film Auteur, These are recently produced water...
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21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Abstract Drawings and Wa...

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Paper, Watercolor

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“Taos Placita” Color Woodblock Print numbered II 82/125 by Gustave Baumann
By Gustave Baumann
Located in Santa Monica, CA
“Taos Placita” is a color woodblock print, circa 1940's, by early Southwestern artist Gustave
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1940s Naturalistic Landscape Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Vintage Copper Printing Blocks of Bayard Shotgun Rifles
Located in Antwerp, BE
Three copper printing plates used to print advertisements for Belgian Bayard rifles, circa 1940
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Early 20th Century Belgian Paperweights

Materials

Copper

Motion Picture Film Studio Diorama, 1930s Hollywood in Miniature
By Joe Pellkofer
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Miniature Diorama was created to represent the industry standard in the 1930s and 1940s and resembles
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Vintage 1930s American Folk Art Models and Miniatures

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Wood, Paint

Wood block of Horses
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
woodblock
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Vintage 1940s Japanese Prints

Wood block of Horses
Wood block of Horses
H 22 in W 24 in
"Oak Tree Sonoma" Expressionist Black & White Wood Block by Byron Randall
By Byron Randall
Located in Pasadena, CA
This strong image of a tree in Sonoma is a wood block by Byron Randal. A predominantly figurative
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Mid-20th Century Expressionist Landscape Prints

Materials

Woodcut

6 Paul Jacoulet Framed Surimono Woodblock Prints
By Paul Jacoulet
Located in Miami, FL
. In addition to his large size ( oban ) wood-block prints, he produced more than a dozen miniature
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Vintage 1940s Japanese Prints

Materials

Glass, Giltwood, Paper

Japanese Art Deco Styled Woodblock Prints by Jun Hisatomi & Tamaki Yoshida
By Takashi Yoshida
Located in Cincinnati, OH
A wonderful collection of four framed hand colored wood block prints with Art Deco influenced
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Art Deco Prints

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Paper

Jim Flora Modern Woodcut Print Untitled Gentleman Shuffling Cards Framed
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
republished since their first appearance seven decades ago. The location of the original wood blocks is
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20th Century Prints

Materials

Wood

Primitive Figure — American Expressionism
By Max Weber
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
exactitude and dryness of wood engraving for the imprecision and painterly of hand-blocked work. The work was
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1920s Expressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Pair of 1940s Club Chairs
Located in Stamford, CT
Pair of comfortable 1940s club chairs. Recently upholstered in a cotton block print. Original wood
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Vintage 1940s American Hollywood Regency Club Chairs

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Cotton, Wood

Pair of 1940s Club Chairs
Pair of 1940s Club Chairs
H 31 in W 30 in D 30 in
1940s Sofa with John Robshaw Fabric
Located in Pasadena, CA
1940s solid hard wood sofa frame completely redone with hand tied coils on seat and back. Wood has
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Vintage 1940s North American Sofas

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Linen, Wood

1940s Sofa with John Robshaw Fabric
1940s Sofa with John Robshaw Fabric
H 33.5 in W 78 in D 28 in
Wood Engraving after Andre' Derain
By André Derain
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This chic wood block print dates to the 1940s and is titled "L'Enfant" by Andre DeRain, and the
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Early 20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Contemporary Art

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Paper

Wood Engraving after Andre' Derain
Wood Engraving after Andre' Derain
H 20 in W 16 in D 0.88 in
Extra Large Custom Framed Vintage Indian Textile
Located in Troy, MI
Vintage Indian block printed textiles from the 1940s-1960s have been sewn together in colorful
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Mid-20th Century Indian Folk Art Decorative Art

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Fabric, Plexiglass, Wood

In the Style of "Changing the Open Hearth"
By Boris Artzybasheff
Located in Houston, TX
in 1954. Recreation has color too it unlike the original wood block print. Dimensions Without Frame
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1940s Surrealist Paintings

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Oil

Saul Leiter Silver Gelatin Photo 2396-12
By Saul Leiter
Located in Garnerville, NY
them within a two-block radius of the East Village apartment in which he had lived since the early
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Photography

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Paper

Original Saul Leiter Silver Gelatin Fashion Photo 2418-8
By Saul Leiter
Located in Garnerville, NY
spaces where all three intersect, many of them within a two-block radius of the East Village apartment in
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Photography

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Paper

Original Saul Leiter Silver Gelatin Fashion Photo 1510-13
By Saul Leiter
Located in Garnerville, NY
them within a two-block radius of the East Village apartment in which he had lived since the early
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Photography

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Paper

Emmy Lou Packard Wood Block Print
By Emmy Lou Packard
Located in San Diego, CA
Emmy Lou Packard (1914-1998) woodblock print on Japanese hosho paper. New frame and mat. Untitled
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Vintage 1940s Mid-Century Modern Prints

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Paper

Emmy Lou Packard Wood Block Print
Emmy Lou Packard Wood Block Print
H 21.75 in W 17.75 in D 1 in
Folly Cove Designers Hand Block Printed Quilting Bee Textile
By Folly Cove Designers, Irina Tolford
Located in Essex, MA
An original Folly Cove Designers hand block printed textile in the rare "Patchwork"
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Vintage 1940s American Mid-Century Modern Prints

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Cotton, Glass, Wood

1940s Leopoldo Méndez Farm Workers Woodcut Print Mexican Revolution Art
By Leopoldo Méndez
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Artist artwork in Linoleum Print Revolutionary Art, Mexico Linoleum Print Wood Block: Farmers Signed
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Vintage 1940s Mexican Expressionist Prints

Materials

Paper

'Sub-Treasury Building, N. Y.' — 1940s Wall Street, New York City
By Grace Albee
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Grace Albee, 'Sub-Treasury Building, N. Y.', wood engraving, 1947, edition 25. Signed and annotated
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1940s American Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Girl on the Front of a Pond
By Rockwell Kent
Located in San Francisco, CA
inscribed "From Father" in pencil by the artist. The image size (wood block mark) is 3.75 x 2.35 inches
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Early 20th Century American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Woodcut

'Scientist' original screenprint figure and constellations signed by Ben Shahn
By Ben Shahn
Located in Milwaukee, WI
forms resemble both molecular structures – the building blocks of the universe – as well as the
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1950s American Realist Figurative Prints

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Paper, Pigment, Screen

"Sharpshooter" Lost Valley Frontier Town. Bandera, Texas Ad Toepperwein
By Ad Toepperwein
Located in San Antonio, TX
Toepperwein sits atop a mountain of wood blocks after his amazing marksman display in San Antonio. During a
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1960s Realist Portrait Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Courtyard in Tuscany
By Joshua Tolford
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
/Gloucester art colony. During the 1940's, he was commissioned to paint for the Works Project Administration
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1970s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Oil

American Modernist Colorado Mountain Landscape Oil Painting, Fall Autumn Scene
By Mildred Pneuman
Located in Denver, CO
wood block printing, lithographs, etchings and serigraphs. She began focusing on western themes in the
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20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Girl in a Swivel Chair
By Philip Evergood
Located in Fairlawn, OH
work by the artist Exhibited: “156th Annual Exhibition, American Water Colors, Prints and Drawings
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1960s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Graphite

"Sun and Heart" brass belt buckle signed by Carol Summers
By Carol Summers
Located in Milwaukee, WI
the cut wood block or blocks, securing it with giant clips. Then he rolls the ink directly on the
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1970s Contemporary More Art

Materials

Brass

Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop, New Orleans
By Morris Henry Hobbs
Located in New Orleans, LA
and Italian dockworkers used to stop by in the 1930's for a couple of shots of whiskey before going to
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1930s Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Graphite

Untitled (abstract expressionist painting)
By Murray Hantman
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
in original simple wood strip frame. Signed lower right. Excellent condition with no conservation
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1950s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Wood Block Print by Luigi Rist
Located in Hudson, NY
Sunflower print by Luigi Rist (1888-1959), printmaker in the Japanese tradition
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Vintage 1940s American Prints

Burlesque Poster Carved Wood Printing Block
Located in North Hollywood, CA
To promote a changing line up of entertainers at a burlesque club, a simple printed poster had to
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Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Signs

Materials

Wood

SALE Twelve Only Copper-Plate Etchings
Located in New Orleans, LA
wood-block printing in muted tones; oak frames
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Vintage 1940s French Prints

Materials

Paper

Children's Flag Blocks
Located in New York, NY
star flag, has the complete alphabet, and as printed on the inside of the box cover, "with FLAG BLOCKS
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Vintage 1940s American Political and Patriotic Memorabilia

Materials

Wood

Children's Flag Blocks
Children's Flag Blocks
H 2.325 in W 13.25 in D 8.75 in
Ceramic "Wood Cut" Table Lamp
Located in New Orleans, LA
Table lamp in ceramic with sgrafitto incising to suggest a wood block print; black lacquer wooden
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Vintage 1940s Unknown Table Lamps

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Ceramic

Pair of Benares Wear Elephant Table Lamps
Located in Los Angeles, CA
and wiring. Custom oblong shades with diffusers are hand block printed Indian cotton. European
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Vintage 1940s Indian Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

Three Framed Woodblock Prints of Japanese Geishas by Kiyoshi Saito
By Kiyoshi Saitō
Located in Houston, TX
movement, cut wood block pritns of ink on paper, whose art became successful and was widely accepted and
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Prints

Jacqueline au Bandeau II
By Pablo Picasso
Located in New York, NY
among Picasso's most sought after printed works. Picasso began making them in the late 1940s and was
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20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Linocut

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