Featured Pieces
"Seascape" by Armand Merizon, Michigan Artist, ...
Armand Merizon
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Paint
An early painting by renowned Grand Rapids artist Armand Merizon, this work shows the artist's love of the natural landscape. Although he lived for most of his life near Lake Michiga...
"Plastics," Striking, Original Graphic Design f...
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Drawings
An early and important example of graphic design by a woman artist, this striking drawing for "Plastics" in ink and watercolor was executed by Elsie Pivcevich in Cleveland. The styl...
"Nude Couple by Moonlight," Superb Art Deco Pai...
Virginia True
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings
Paint
Reminiscent of the work of Marguerite Zorach and other masters of Modern American painting, this striking depiction by Virginia True of a nude couple, male and female holding hands, ...
"Toltec," Important Sketch for Art Deco Paintin...
John Garth
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings
Paint
This stylized and richly-colored, almost cinematic, depiction of a nude Toltec male youth by John Garth shows the figure holding a knife and chalice, hinting at human sacrifice, stan...
"Drunken Youth," Male Nude Sculpture with Dark,...
Kai Nielsen
Vintage 1910s Danish Belle Époque Figurative Sculptures
Porcelain
This sensuous ceramic piece depicts a beautifully sculpted nude figure embracing an exaggerated grape cluster, sculpted by Kai Nielsen for Bing & Grondahl in Copenhagen. While all ex...
"Spirit of Oshkosh," Art Deco Mural Study by Eu...
Eugene Francis Savage
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings
Oil
This very rare and important study for "The Spirit of Oshkosh," a major mural in Wisconsin, was painted by Eugene Savage in 1937. Savage is best known for a spectacular set...
"Day," Art Deco Sculpture in Terra Cotta by Sid...
Sidney Waugh
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Terracotta
This extraordinary, high-style Art Deco sculpture depicting a female figure uplifting a dove was sculpted by Sidney Waugh and is based on a series of bas reliefs he created for the 1...
"Negro Night Club," 1945 Painting Depicting Afr...
Adalie Margules Brent
Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Paintings
Tempera
A brilliant and lively depiction of a crowded cafe scene in 1945, this painting by Adalie Margules Brent depicts a slice of Black America at the end of World War II, probably in New ...
"Nude Sailors on Fiji, August 1945," Vivid Pain...
Raymond Wendell
Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Paintings
A vivid and colorful depiction of sailors enjoying a hard-earned afternoon on the beaches of Fiji, with their ships anchored off shore in the background, this painting is a rare and ...
"African Youth with Gourds and Flowers," Englis...
Stuart Maxwell Armfield
Vintage 1940s Art Deco Paintings
Paint
A brilliant painting executed in vivid colors, this view of an African male youth holding a basket of gourds and an enormous bouquet of calla lilies, day lilies and other tropical bl...
"Goth and Hound," Rare, Art Nouveau Porcelain S...
Antique Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Porcelain
An extraordinary, rare and historic porcelain sculpture, this depiction of a half-nude Goth with a greyhound by his side was sculpted by Adolf (or Adolph) Amberg for KPM in 1905, to ...
"Pioneers and Indians in Battle," Large, Extrao...
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings
Paint
Bold, high-energy and striking, this Art Deco mural depicts a battle in 19th century America, with an Indian chief on horseback in full battle regalia, including a feather headdress,...