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"Dance of the Three Nudes, " Art Deco-Mannerist Drawing w/ Male Figures, 1935
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Drawn in rich, ruddy sanguine, and with a confident, bravura hand, this depiction of three nude males -- all exaggeratedly tall and elastic-limbed -- shows the figures engaging in a ...
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Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Drawings
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Paper
"Circus Scene, " 1930s Painting with Barker in Orange & Green, American Flags
By Iver Rose
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A riot of color and movement, much like the experience of walking around the circus in its heyday in 1930s America, this scene by Iver Rose depicts a barker at his podium, positioned...
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
"Guinea Baboon, " Masterpiece of Art Deco Painting in Lacquer by Margat, 1938
By André Margat
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A year after André Margat received a gold medal for his lacquerwork at the Exposition Universelle of 1937, the artist painted this beautiful and expressiv...
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Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Paintings
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Lacquer
"Angel Battling the Hydra, " Fantastic Art Deco Sculptural Relief with Male Nude
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Dating to 1943, at the height of Great Britain's battle, newly joined by America, against the Nazis, this rare, Art Deco bas relief sculptural panel was commissioned and presented by the Air Ministry to fund raisers across Britain "In Recognition of Successful Achievement in Wings for Victory Week," and in particular the "Per Ardua Ad Astra" campaign (which quoted the Royal Air Force's motto, translated as “Through Adversity to the Stars"). The panel features a nude male angel...
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Vintage 1940s British Art Deco Wall-mounted Sculptures
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Bakelite
"Golden Fields, " Allegorical Mural Study with Laborer Embracing Wheat Sheaf
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Painted by one of America's most important mural painters in the 1930s, this allegorical celebration of American agriculture was made by Edwin Boyd Johnson for a larger work that may never have been executed. Johnson is best known for a series of murals in Chicago; Melrose Park, East Aurora, and Tuscola, Illinois; Dickson, Tennessee; and Sioux Falls...
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
"Sailor and Soldier, " Russian Painting w/ Bold Geometries in Black and Sky Blue
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Striking in its use of bold color -- black, white and sky blue -- and strong geometric shapes -- the circle, segmented circle and diagonal line -- this painting of a sailor and soldi...
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Vintage 1920s Russian Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Frolicking Zebra, " Art Deco Enameled Plate in Orange & Green by Edward Winter
By Edward Winter
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Suffused with brilliant tangerine and jade tones and featuring an exuberant, Art Deco zebra cavorting amidst a group of coconut palms, this brilliant example of American enamel artis...
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Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Platters and Serveware
Materials
Enamel
"Circus Scene, " Masterpiece Enamel Bowl w/ Trapeze Artists in Deep Red and Green
By Karl Drerup
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This brilliantly-hued enamel bowl showing a circus scene, complete with trapeze artists, musician and clown, is a tour de force of midcentury enamel art. It was created by the famed ...
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Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
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Enamel
"Nude Archer in the Tropics, " Striking and Monumental Art Deco Bowl/Tray, France
By Samara
Located in Philadelphia, PA
One of the most striking Art Deco pieces we have ever offered, this large (19" in diameter) bowl or tray depicts a nude Archer in a tropical setting replete with palm trees and cactu...
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Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Decorative Bowls
Materials
Ceramic
"Anubis, Conductor of Souls, " Stylized, Muscular Depiction of Egyptian God
By Louis Léon Eugène Billotey
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This striking Art Deco drawing by Louis Léon Eugène Billotey depicts the jackal-headed, human-bodied Anubis, God of the Afterlife and conductor of souls. Billotey won the Grand Prix ...
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Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Drawings
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Paper
"Self Portrait" by Charles L'Eplattenier, Art Nouveau Painter and Architect
By Charles L'Eplattenier 1
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A veritable Renaissance Man in his day, Charles L'Eplattenier was a leading proponent of a form of Art Nouveau in Switzerland that became known as "style sapin" or "pine style." He w...
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Antique 1890s Swiss Belle Époque Drawings
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Paper
"Pink Doves, " Rare Pair of Midcentury Ceramic Sculptures by Waylande Gregory
By Waylande Gregory
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Glazed in a deep pink color overlaid by an elaborate pattern of markings in black and gold, this pair of ceramic doves was sculpted and glazed by Waylande Gregory, one of America's 2...
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Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
"Fruit Pickers, " Fabulous, Fauvist-Hued Painting, Hawaii or California by Poole
By Horatio Nelson Poole
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Painted by Horatio Nelson Poole, famed for his scenes of Hawaii and California, this brilliantly-hued gouache shows a group of women picking fruit, likely oranges or lemons, their ba...
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Vintage 1920s American Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Galloping Horse" Art Deco Plaque by Waylande Gregory, 1940s
By Waylande Gregory
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Glazed in brilliant white, deep red, gold and black, this striking round plaque was made by Waylande Gregory, the renowned WPA sculptor and innovative ceramicist. Prodigious and inde...
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Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
"Girl with Beret, " Lovely, Carved 1930s Sculptural Plaque by Bela Janowsky
By Bela Janowsky
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Charming and winning, this unique terracotta plaque, sculpted and fired by Bela Janowsky, depicts a lovely girl with long hair and a beret. Janowsky is known for his large bas relief sculpture, "The Last of the Mohicans...
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Superb, Unique "Father Time" Art Deco Clock, Wood Inlay
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Extremely fine, made in America, Germany or France, this "Father Time" electric wall clock is a masterpiece of wood and brass inlay. Using a series of hard...
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Vintage 1930s French Wall Clocks
Materials
Brass
"Male Nude with Sculptural Fragment, " Important Depiction of Fred McDarrah
By William Littlefield
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This drawing is a highly important and rare window into a relationship that impacted the larger world of Abstract Expressionism in New York just a few years after it was made in 1949...
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Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Drawings
Rare Pair of Carved Aztec Art Deco Panels, Golden Mahogany
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Superb examples of an important strain of American modern design in the 1920s and 1930s -- Aztec and Mayan Deco -- these carved panels depict male and female figures surrounded by a ...
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Vintage 1930s American Decorative Art
Materials
Mahogany
"Egypt and Nubia, " Highly Important Art Deco Lacquer Panel
By HPL
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A masterful example of French decorative arts at its best, this lacquer panel features the interlocking figures of Egypt and Nubia, each stylized in cl...
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Vintage 1930s French Paintings
"La Terre, " Copper Art Deco Ashtray, France
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Rare and unusual, this copper ashtray celebrating the pottery industry in France is reminiscent of bronze and copper pieces designed by Paul Manship and other major sculptors in the 1920s and 1930s. This example, made of copper painted gold, depicts a nude potter at his wheel, surrounded by symbols of his industry, including kilns, planting pots and...
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Vintage 1930s French Ashtrays
"Harpist, " 1930s Serigraph by Lena Gurr
By Lena Gurr
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Beautifully framed and crafted, this tightly-cropped view of a female harpist, seen through the strings of her instrument, was painted by Lena Gurr, a New York artist. Her rich pale...
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Vintage 1930s American Paintings
Painted Backdrop with Ballet Theme for Residential Theatre
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Charming and beautifully painted, this painted backdrop for theatre, perhaps for a residential space or a small professional theatre, depicts several ...
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Vintage 1940s American Paintings
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Located in Los Angeles, CA
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By Maurice Picaud
Located in Ulm, DE
Silver colored wall plaque made after the model that decorates the facade of the revue theater “Folies Bergère” in Paris. This meter-high relief dates from 1926, by the French archit...
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Located in Lisse, NL
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Chuck Dodson Wall-Mounted Bas-Relief Art Deco Plaque
By Chuck Dodson
Located in East Hampton, NY
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Painting of a woman in a hat by Hugó Scheiber, oil on Isorel board, 1930s
By Hugó Scheiber
Located in EVERDINGEN, NL
A particularly atmospheric painting of a woman with a hat, in oil on Isorel board. Date estimated around 1930. Signed H. Scheiber. It's quite a large painting and it has the charact...
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Brussels Tapestry Wallpaper Mural
By Paul Montgomery
Located in Staunton, VA
Brussels Tapestry is a mural of three separate panels hand painted on a silk blue background. Each panel consists of a collage of vignettes with figures, animals, boats, and towers....
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2010s American Chinoiserie Wallpaper
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1940s Male Nude Art Study Drawing in Charcoal on Paper
Located in Miami, FL
1940s male nude art study drawing in charcoal on paper
Offered for sale is an original 1940s male nude study drawing in charcoal on paper. The work ...
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Vintage 1940s Drawings
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Plexiglass, Wood, Paper
20th Century French Art Deco Plaster Wall Relief Of Apollo - Vintage Wall Décor
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An early 20th Century, vintage French Art Deco wall, bas relief of the Greek God Apollo and his muses made of hand crafted Plaster, in good condition. Not recommended for exterior us...
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Early 20th Century French Art Deco Wall-mounted Sculptures
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H 14.25 in W 30.25 in D 1.25 in
Art Deco Architectural Diana the Huntress Plaster Medallion / Plaque
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Art Deco Architectural Diana the Huntress Plaster Medallion / Plaque
Attributed to the American G.R. Fixtures Co., of Grand Rapids Mi, (1915-1940)
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1920s Academic Study Drawing of a Male Nude Model by Luigi Lobito, Italy 1927
Located in Berlin, DE
This fantastic 1920s Academic Study Drawing of a Male Nude Model by Luigi Lobito was done in Italy 1927.
It is framed.
A unique piece which is a great eye-catcher for your antique, ...
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Vintage 1920s Italian Art Deco Drawings
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Paper
H 26.38 in W 16.54 in D 0.79 in
Pair of 19th Century Male Nude Old Master Drawings or Academic Studies
Located in London, GB
A handsome pair of early to mid-19th century Old Master style academic studies of nude men, pencil on paper, each measuring approximately 10 x 14 in (25 x 35.5 cm)
Unsigned, probably...
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French Academic Charcoal Drawing of Standing Nude Male Figure
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19th Century French academic charcoal drawing of nude male figure standing in the traditional contrapposto pose. With exceptional attention to tonal modeling, the piece has a feeling...
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