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"Abstraction in Blue, Red & Yellow", Divisionist Painting, attr. Severini
By Gino Severini
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Boldly painted in vivid hues of red, deep pink, yellow and shades of blue, this abstract painting is attributed to Gino Severini, Italy's leading Modernist painter, who executed work...
Category
Vintage 1940s Italian Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Heading to the Deep", Orrefors Art Deco Vase with Nude Male Diver, Lindstrand
By Vicke Lindstrand
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Unusually dramatic and flamboyant, this is one of the most distinctive engraved Art Deco vases we have seen by Vicke Lindstrand, who returned again and again to the theme of male div...
Category
Vintage 1930s Swedish Art Deco Vases
Materials
Glass
"Lost in Thought", Large Painting of Young Man and Bathers, Felix Meseck, 1938
By Felix Meseck
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Centered around a young man in a blue swimsuit who is lost in thought, looking into the distance, this atmospheric painting shows a group of swimmers enjoying a lovely summer day. T...
Category
Vintage 1930s German Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Abduction of the Sabine Women", Rare Art Nouveau/Art Deco Sculpture, Denmark
By Kai Nielsen
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Although paintings by Rubens and Poussin offer the most famous depictions of the Abduction of the Sabine Women -- a tale from the early days of Rome -- this story has been told again...
Category
Vintage 1920s Danish Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
"Labor is Life", Impressive Pair of Prints Depicting Massive AFL-CIO Mosaics
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This pair of prints was issued by Lumen Martin Winter, the mosaic artist, to illustrate two enormous murals -- each 15 feet tall and over 40 feet long -...
Category
Vintage 1950s American Art Deco Prints
Materials
Paper
"Comedy and Tragedy", Rare Pair of Copper Art Deco Sculptural Masks, Italy
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Dramatic -- appropriately! -- and well crafted, this pair of copper repoussé, wall-mounted masks depict the classic faces of Comedy and Tragedy. The faces have a lovely coppery colo...
Category
Vintage 1940s Italian Art Deco Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Copper
"Pouring Gold", High Style Art Deco Sculpture by Lapteff for Pewabic, Detroit
By Pewabic Pottery
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Although not as well known as Grueby, Rookwood, Cowan and other potteries that made superb vessels and sculptures in the Arts and Crafts and Art Deco eras, Pewabic pottery in Detroit...
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
"On the Waterfront", Nine Sailors at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, 1946 Oil Painting
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Painted just after the end of World War II in a style that could be called Art Deco meets Mid Century, this striking painting depicts nine sailors in their Navy uniforms, most of the...
Category
Vintage 1940s American Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Magnolia and Bluebirds", Unique, Lovely Art Deco Lamp by Rookwood, 1940s
By Rookwood Pottery Co.
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Beautifully glazed in tones of blue, gray, white and tan, this unique lamp base by the famed Rookwood company in Cincinnati features a series of magno...
Category
Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Table Lamps
Materials
Porcelain
"Prancing Gray Horse", Rare Art Deco Sculpture by Gregory, 1930s
By Waylande Gregory
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Enveloped in a glaze the color of grey flannel, this unique Art Deco sculpture depicts a prancing horse, his coat decorated with a series of "X" marks, and his body leaping over styl...
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Animal Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Important Mid Century Mosaic Side Tables by Stewart in Gold and White, 1957
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This important and stunning pair of mosaic-topped side tables were made by Jack Stewart, a leading New York artist who is best known today for a massive w...
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Materials
Ceramic
"Harlequin and Columbine", Rare Pair of Art Deco Sculptures in Black by Genvane
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Rare and superb examples of high style Art Deco sculpture, this pair of terracotta figures depict Harlequin (Arlequin in French) and Columbine (Colombine), each bathed in a glossy bl...
Category
Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
"Cocktail Party", Sophisticated Art Deco Painting by Patterson
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This sophisticated view of a 1920s cocktail party -- probably taking place on the upper levels of an Art Deco tower in New York or Chicago -- was painted by Robert Patterson, one of ...
Category
Vintage 1920s American Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Elephants and Seals", Two Circus Scene Paintings, Mid Century, Cleveland Artist
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Brilliantly conceived and executed, in vivid shades of pink, pale blue, slate green and black, this pair of Mid Century paintings bring life, humor and color to scenes of circus life...
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Sleeping Male Figure", Allegorical Bronze Bookend with Nude, Owl, Mask & Child
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Truly fine and extraordinary, this large and heavy bronze bookend, beautifully sculpted, cast and chased, depicts a sleeping male nude figure, his arm resting on a Classical mask, his body curled around an owl, and his left arm clasped by a small child. Given that the owl represents knowledge and wisdom, and the mask indicates art and theater, the sculpture is suffused with allegory and meaning. The sculpture is not signed, but is stamped 530/101 and shows an engraved inventory number, probably added by the first owner. The bronze has a lustrous patrina, and sits on an oxblood marble...
Category
Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Mid Century Dish w/ Calligraphic Motif", Fine Ceramic by Ruscha, White & Black
By Otto Gerharz, Ruscha
Located in Philadelphia, PA
One of the finest Mid Century dishes/ashtrays we have seen by the famed Ruscha firm in Germany, this example was probably made by Otto Gerharz, who ...
Category
Vintage 1950s German Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays
Materials
Ceramic
"Indian Figures", Fabulous Folk Art - Art Deco Carved Ladle, Native American
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Beautiful and affecting, this hand carved wood ladle -- a masterpiece of folk art showing the influence of modern Art Deco motifs -- depicts two American In...
Category
Vintage 1920s American Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
"Phoenix Urn", Large Art Deco Urn in Periwinkle and Green by Waylande Gregory
By Waylande Gregory
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Large and impressive, this unique Art Deco urn by Waylande Gregory depicts two flying phoenix birds, wings outstretched and brilliantly plumed in shades of deep periwinkle and silver...
Category
Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Urns
Materials
Ceramic
"Rima the Jungle Girl", Art Deco/WPA Sculpture by Eckhardt, from Green Mansions
By Edris Eckhardt
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Inspired by Rima, the "Jungle Girl" character in the enormously popular novel, "Green Mansions," this sculpture depicts her surrounded by birds and animals who trust and love her, in...
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
"Crabs and Anemone", Striking Art Deco Paperweight, Enameled Bronze
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Entirely striking and original, this bronze paperweight features two crabs framed by enameled anemone and bits of sea and sand, all highly stylized in the Art Deco manner, and everyt...
Category
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Paperweights
Materials
Bronze
"Hercules at Rest", Rare Art Deco Porcelain with Male Nude by Bregnoe
By Jens Jacob Bregnö, Dahl Jensen
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Uncontestably, one of the most sensuous pieces of figural porcelain ever produced in the 20th century, this piece shows Hercules resting on a rocky promontory, with one arm outstretc...
Category
Vintage 1930s Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
"Six Scenes in Arcadia", Art Deco Paintings w/ Female Figures, Radio City Artist
By Eduard Buk Ulreich
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Full of color and life, this group of six small vignettes on one sheet depicts pairs and trios of female figures dancing and frolicking in various idyllic landscapes -- rolling hills...
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Summer", Domestic Scene by Sheppard w/ Reclining Male Nude
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This moody and atmospheric painting depicting a quiet domestic moment is reminiscent of the best work of John Koch, but it was painted by a more recent master of figurative painting ...
Category
Vintage 1980s American Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Nude Male with Harp", Singular Art Deco Engraved Glass Vase by Kjellander
Located in Philadelphia, PA
In the 1930s, Sweden was the world's epicenter for the production of high quality, engraved glass pieces in the Art Deco manner, well illustrated by this vase depicting a nude male f...
Category
Vintage 1930s Swedish Art Deco Vases
Materials
Glass
"Turbanned Man on Goat w/ Flowers', Striking Enamel Painting, Style of Rubin
By Reuven Rubin
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Richly drenched in vibrant colors -- forest green, deep red, cornflower yellow, black and white -- this framed enamel panel depicts an exotic man in a turba...
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Enamel
"Burlesque and Cubist Composition", Two-Sided Painting by William L'Engle
By William L'Engle
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Brilliant and memorable, this painting has two sides: a scene of nude burlesque dancers, ornamented in red feathers and red shoes on one side, and on the other, a highly abstract, Cubist composition in tones of taupe, wine, pale green and black. The artist was William L'Engle, and clearly he considered the Cubist composition more important, because it has a hand-painted border and is monogrammed. L'Engle was a towering figure in the Provincetown art colony, and was extremely well connected to America's artistic elite, starting with his trip to Europe as a young man with Waldo Pierce and George Biddle. Over time, William and his life Lucy became close to a wide range of important figures in painting, theater and the arts, including Charles Hawthorne, Eugene O'Neill, Gerrit Beneker, John Dos Passos, Edmund Wilson...
Category
Vintage 1920s American Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
Art Deco Lamp Base, South Seas Half-Nude Male with Fish
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Extremely rare, this very fine ceramic figure of a half-nude Pacific Islander or Hawaiian male figure balancing a large fish on his shoulders is gorgeously glazed in shades of ivory ...
Category
Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Rattan, Wood
"Harvest Landscape", Art Deco Mural Study for Tivoli Gardens, Copenhagen
By Jais Nielsen
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Proof that Scandinavia equalled France in its embrace of Modernism and what we now call Art Deco, this important mural study was made by Jais Nielsen in 1923 for Tivoli Gardens in Co...
Category
Vintage 1920s Danish Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paper
"Procession in Bali", Atmospheric Oil Painting by American Muralist, 1930
By Carl W. Brandien
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Highly atmospheric and full of mystery, this 1930 painting by muralist Carl Brandien depicts a procession of Balinese figures walking down the heart of a valley that is framed by pal...
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
"New Mexico Panorama", Southwest Landscape Masterpiece, probably Frank Applegate
By Frank Applegate 1
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Treated almost like a diptych, with two sheets of paper joined together to form one panoramic scene, this watercolor masterpiece -- probably by Frank Guy Applegate -- depicts a serie...
Category
Vintage 1920s American Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Lidded Jar in Cobalt Blue", Rare Art Deco Ceramic by Felix Massoul
Located in Philadelphia, PA
In an era when French artists and sculptors were taking inspiration from Africa, Asia and the Near East, this Art Deco covered jar by Felix Massoul shows his indebtedness to Persia a...
Category
Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Jars
Materials
Ceramic
"Gemini", Rare, High Style Art Deco Bronze Bas Relief by Paul Manship
By Paul Manship
Located in Philadelphia, PA
One of a series of bronze sculptural reliefs featuring Zodiac signs sculpted by Paul Manship in 1946, this piece presents the two Gemini twins as muscular children. Manship was Amer...
Category
Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Materials
Bronze
"Veiled Woman with Jug", North African Scene in White & Blue by Julius Bloch
By Julius Bloch
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Painted in white and blue in a way that captures the blindingly bright sunlight of North Africa, this painting by Julius Bloch depicts a veiled woman carrying an earthenware jug, fra...
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Apollo and His Chariot in the Sky", Art Deco Bronze Dish/Bowl by Le Verrier
By Max Le Verrier
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Almost Baroque in the energy and movement of the scene it depicts, this Art Deco footed dish by Max Le Verrier depicts a wild scene -- Apollo in his chariot led by several rearing ho...
Category
Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Materials
Bronze
"St. George and the Dragon", Fabulous Art Deco Painting by Manne Östlund, 1934
Located in Philadelphia, PA
One of the most fanciful and dramatic depictions of the St. George and the Dragon story we have ever seen, this painting by Manne Östlund shows a shirtless, modern St. George slaying...
Category
Vintage 1930s Swedish Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Yellow & Green Parrot in Bird Cage", Mid Century Enamel on Copper Panel, 1950s
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Sophisticated and charming both, this enamel-on-copper panel shows a green and yellow parrot happily perched in a Mid Century wire birdcage, its sides curving and its top embellished...
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Enamel
"Capricorn", Rare, High Style Art Deco Bronze Bas Relief by Paul Manship
By Paul Manship
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Boldly and brilliantly sculpted in high relief, this depiction of a sea-goat (half goat, half fish) -- the classic symbol of Capricorn -- was sculpted by Paul Manship, the most impor...
Category
Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Caldwell Clock w/ Siena Marble and Caryatids", Lorillard Estate, Tuxedo Park
By J.E. Caldwell & Co.
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An extraordinary work of art by America's leading maker of luxe objects for homes and businesses in the early 20th century, this large and heavy Siena marble clock by J. E. Caldwell ...
Category
Vintage 1920s American Art Deco Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Marble, Bronze
"Benjamin Franklin & Nude Athletes", 1925 Bronze Relief for Univ of Pennsylvania
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Extraordinary in size and subject matter, this monumental bronze relief sculpture, dating from 1925, depicts four nude athletes receiving the victory laurel from a seated Benjamin Fr...
Category
Vintage 1920s Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Phoenix Bowl", Large, Low Art Deco Bowl w/ Phoenix Motif by Gregory for Cowan
By Cowan Pottery, Waylande Gregory
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Bathed in a vivid, fresh jade green glaze, this large and rare low bowl featuring a Phoenix bird at its center, its wings outstretched, was designed by Waylande Gregory for Cowan Pot...
Category
Vintage 1920s American Art Deco Decorative Bowls
Materials
Ceramic
"Industry and Agriculture", Unique Pair of Bronzes Celebrating American Workers
Located in Philadelphia, PA
In some ways a classic example of WPA-era sculpture celebrating the American worker, this pair is also different than other pieces with the same theme in the 1930s. These men are br...
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Music, Theatre, Ballet", Large, Rare Art Deco Tapestry in Blue & White, 1944
By Vicke Lindstrand
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Representing Scandinavian Modernism at its best, this large and very rare linen tapestry depicting three of the performing arts -- theatre, music and dance -- was designed by Vicke L...
Category
Vintage 1940s Swedish Art Deco Tapestries
Materials
Linen
"Pulling A Soldier to Safety", Large Art Deco War Memorial Bronze by De Lue
By Donald De Lue
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Extraordinarily powerful and poignant, this sculpture depicts a powerful nude helmeted soldier carrying and pulling his brother to safety after a serious injury on the battlefield. ...
Category
Vintage 1950s American Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Helios, God of the Sun", Large, Spectacular Art Deco Bronze Sculpture by De Lue
By Donald De Lue
Located in Philadelphia, PA
One of the largest and most impressive bronzes ever sculpted by Donald De Lue -- one of America's greatest sculptors of Art Deco monuments over the course of 50 years -- this bronze ...
Category
Vintage 1950s American Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Lounging Nude in Marrakesh", Brilliant Oil Painting, Pinto, collected by Barnes
By Salvatore Pinto
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Painted in a brilliant palette of orange, deep red, sky blue and forest green, this scene of a half nude female figure lounging on a black settee probably dates to the 1930s when Sal...
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Air Mail" Coin Bank, Rare, World War II-Era Metal Bank, British Art Deco
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This extremely rare example of World War II-era Art Deco/Moderne design, produced by the Chad Valley Company in England, served as a coin bank, with a slot on one side to accept coins by young men and women motivated to save their pennies. The painted metal bank...
Category
Vintage 1940s British Art Deco Aviation Objects
Materials
Metal
"Cavorting Gods and Goddesses", Art Deco Plate, Mayodon for Sèvres, Gold & Black
By Jean-Leon Mayodon
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Joyous and buoyant, this scene of four nude gods and goddesses, each with blue striped capes, cavorting in the clouds above, was designed and executed by the great Jean-Leon Mayodon ...
Category
Vintage 1950s French Art Deco Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
"Promise of Paradise", Print with African American Male Figures
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Printed in a lovely shade of ruddy brown, this mysterious print depicts a young Black male figure in the foreground, with an older African American man behind him and holding him by ...
Category
Vintage 1980s American Modern Prints
Materials
Paper
"Triton Blowing Seashell", Very Fine Art Deco Drawing, Allyn Cox, Possibly UCLA
By Allyn Cox
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Demonstrating an impressive confidence and mastery of detail, this drawing of a nude male triton, blowing a trumpet made from a seashell, was made by Allyn Cox, no doubt as a study f...
Category
Vintage 1920s American Art Deco Drawings
Materials
Paper
"Riding the Currents", Rare Art Deco Sculpture of Merboy and Fish by Andersen
By Just Andersen
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Joyful and full of energy, this rare -- possibly unique -- sculpture by Just Andersen depicts a merboy, complete with fins on each feet, riding a plump fish through the sea, his mout...
Category
Vintage 1930s Danish Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
"Dancing Woman", WPA-Period Ceramic Sculpture, Possibly Cleveland School
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Unique and lovely, this 1930s ceramic sculpture depicts a dancing female figure, her long robe swirling around her as she moves through space, her head looking down and her hands at ...
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
"Honoring Svatopluk Čech", Art Nouveau Relief Plaque w/ Male & Female Nudes
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This fine and unusual example of Czech Art Nouveau sculpture -- complete with male and female nudes in profile, and a border of pine branches -- features at its center a portrait of ...
Category
Vintage 1910s Czech Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Pewter
"Blue Maned Horse with Cactus", Classic WPA-Era Sculpture by Whalen, 1930s
By Howard Whalen
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Although best known today for his abstract sculptures, many at display at the Howard Whalen Sculpture Garden in Sierra Madre, California, the artist started his career in the WPA era...
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Animal Sculptures
Materials
Clay
"Restraining the Bull", Striking Art Deco Painting w/ Shirtless Male Figure
By Frederick Cooper
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Dramatic and bold, this painting of a shirtless man restraining a bull -- his skin dark as night, and the bull's hide as pale as moonlight -- is a classic example of Art Deco design....
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Black Man Carrying Green Bananas", Art Deco Drawing, 1930s, in Blue & Green
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Executed in a brilliant palette of sky blue, jade green, ivory and chocolate brown, this striking drawing of a Black male figure carrying a pile of green bananas on his head was done...
Category
Vintage 1930s Central American Art Deco Drawings
Materials
Paper
"Men, Arm in Arm", Extraordinary Art Deco Bowl w/ Six Male Nudes by Mourier
By A. Mourier
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Highly rare and extraordinary in subject matter and palette, this low, footed Art Deco bowl by A. Mourier depicts six nude male figures around its circum...
Category
Vintage 1940s French Art Deco Decorative Bowls
Materials
Ceramic
"Vine & Tendril", High Style Art Deco Sterling Silver Dish w/ Pierced Lid, 1940
By Erik Fleming
Located in Philadelphia, PA
One of the most elegant and sophisticated examples of Art Deco silver artisanry we have ever offered, this dish with a pierced lid (originally serving as an ashtray) features a curli...
Category
Vintage 1940s Swedish Art Deco Ashtrays
Materials
Silver
"Triton with Dolphin", Art Deco Low Bowl in Blue with Aquatic Creatures, France
By Roger Mequinion
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Bold and striking, this unique low bowl or plate depicts a form of Triton that is part man, part horse and part fish -- known as an ichthyocentaur -- who is cavorting in the sea with a dolphin and starfish, with rows of waves below and around him. The artist was Roger Mequinion, who produced an entirely unique series of ceramic pieces with thick layers of glaze that he sandblasted to create a layered, three-dimensional design. Here, the outer glaze is a deep blue color, but the sandblasting reveals layers of light blue and white underneath. Mequinion was the first sculptor to work for René Lalique, and helped the master develop a sandblasting technique for his early glass...
Category
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Decorative Bowls
Materials
Ceramic
"Seduction by a Satyr", Large, Rare Art Deco Sculpture with Nudes by Camus
By Jean Camus
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Large, rare and affecting, this sensual bronze by Jean-Marie Camus depicts a nude satyr figure seducing a nude female figure laying prostrate before him, beguiled by the music from h...
Category
Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Nudes and Hounds", Unique and Striking Art Deco Low Bowl, 1920s, Italy
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Somehow charming and yet highly sophisticated and elevated, this footed, low bowl or plate features four tiers of lithe female nudes, each accompanied by a lean hound or dog on a lea...
Category
Vintage 1920s Italian Art Deco Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ceramic
