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"Allegory of Life, " Art Deco Mezzotint with Nude Figures by Peter
By Robert Charles Peter
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This rare, velvety mezzotint entitled "Allegory of Life" by Robert Charles Peter, a British artist, depicts three nude figures -- two male figures to the left, clasping hands, and fe...
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Vintage 1920s British Art Deco Prints
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Paper
"Standing Male Nude, " Extraordinary Drawing for Boxer Sculptures by Cecil Howard
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Exquisitely drawn in pencil and a feather, light ink wash, creating a pale, ghostly image that is refined and haunting, this full length male nude was accomplished by Cecil de Blaquiere Howard...
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Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Drawings
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Paper
"Male Nude, Side View, " Ghostly Drawing for Boxer Sculptures by Cecil Howard
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Exquisitely drawn in pencil and a feather light ink wash, creating a pale, ghostly image that is refined and haunting, this full length view of a male nude from the side was accomplished by Cecil de...
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Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Drawings
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Paper
"Nursing Mother in Africa, " Rare Cubist-Art Deco Bronze Sculpture, Prob. Belgium
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Clearly influenced by the geometric forms and exaggerations of French Cubism, this rare and striking bronze presents an African mother nursing her child,...
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Vintage 1920s Belgian Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
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Bronze
"in the Forest, " Midcentury Églomisé Painting with Woman and Dog in Red and Blue
By Marianna von Allesch
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A magnificent example of midcentury reverse-painted glass, this piece by Marianna von Allesch depicts a woman and her square-jawed dog, possibly a boxer, amidst a grove of trees and ...
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Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Paintings
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Glass
"Blond Youth w/ Lederhosen, " 1928 Portrait by Reyl-Hanisch, Renaissance-Inspired
By Herbert von Reyl-Hanisch
Located in Philadelphia, PA
One of the great masterworks of Herbert von Reyl-Hanish and clearly inspired by Renaissance portraits which show a dignified personage with an idyllic landscape behind, this portrait of a young, blond youth in traditional lederhosen is striking and powerful. The intense, open gaze of the young man, and his fresh, ruddy countenance, contrast dramatically with the jagged peaks and cool colors of the sky and mountains behind him. Reyl-Hanisch is sometimes described as a Magic Realist...
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Vintage 1920s German Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
"Fighter's Locker Room, " Large, Rare Print with Watercolor with Nude Boxers
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Executed and hand-watercolored by the artist, James Sheppard, this large and impressive print depicts three boxers in various stages of undress in a men's locker room, the figures hi...
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Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Prints
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Paper
"Morning Chat, " Moody, Atmospheric Painting by Daniel Koerner, WPA Artist
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Clearly showing the influence of German Expressionism and American film noir, this deeply atmospheric, moody painting depicts two male figures in the foreground, deep in conversation...
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
"African Drummer, " Fabulous Cubist Bronze Sculpture, France, 1920s
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A brilliant example of early French cubist sculpture, this depiction of an African drummer, her hands beating the two-sided drum and her head looking up as she sings or chants to the music, illustrates the fractured, reinvented reality that Picasso and Braque invented just ten or twenty years before. The abstracted breasts of the figure bring to mind the mature Cubism of Ossip Zadkine, Jean Souverbie...
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Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Boy with Blue Eyes, " Portrait Masterwork, Oil on Canvas by William Paxton
By William McGregor Paxton
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Painted by one of America's great masters of portraiture, this depiction of a male youth is brimming with warmth and life. The boy pictured here, with his ...
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Vintage 1920s American Beaux Arts Paintings
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Paint
"Pomona, Leda and the Swan, " Pair of Rare Art Deco Porcelain Luminaires by Lenox
By Geza De Vegh
Located in Philadelphia, PA
The only examples we have ever seen, this extraordinarily rare pair of creamy-white porcelain luminaires featuring Leda and the Swan on one side and Pomona on the other, internally-l...
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Table Lamps
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Porcelain
"Processional, " Jewel-Toned Mural Study w/ Prayer Under Starlit Sky by Hoeckner
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Although Carl Hoeckner is best known for his sombre prints and paintings protesting the brutality of war, he is also known for a series of murals in public spaces across Chicago and the Midwest, so this brilliantly-hued painting may have served as a mural study. Here the artist depicts a long procession of figures in jewel-toned garments, their faces careworn and bent in prayer, facing toward a priest surrounded by a group of choir boys...
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Shotputter, " Large Bronze Sculpture of Nude Male Athlete, Exquisitely Sculpted
By Louis Marie Jules Delapchier
Located in Philadelphia, PA
The only example we have ever seen, this large (33 inch high) bronze sculpture of a superbly-conditioned athlete about to put the shot was made by Louis Marie Jules Delapchier in the...
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Vintage 1910s French Beaux Arts Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Flight, " Beautifully Carved Stone Paperweight with Dove and Clouds
By Brenda Putnam, Giuseppe Bessi
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Highly distinctive and unique, this cylindrical paperweight is decorated on its upper surface with exquisitely detailed sculptural relief: a dove in flight, shown flying over a cluster of clouds and the word "FLIGHT." Although it shows a beautiful bird, storied in mythology and literature, this sculpture also hints at the flight of man, and the curving sides of the piece are decorated with Art Deco geometric forms, sharply incised into the stone. The artist was Brenda Putnam, who used this same image for one side of her well-known bronze medal, also entitled "Flight", issued in 1941 by the Society of Medalists...
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Vintage 1920s Italian Art Deco Paperweights
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Stone
"Rear View, " Superb Ink Drawing by John K. Green, Circle of Benjamin Britten
By John Kenneth Green
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Finely detailed in ink on paper, this drawing of a nude male figure's back side was made by John Kenneth Green, a prolific and successful English artist who is best known for his portraits. Green came from Suffolk, England, and won a scholarship to study at the Slade School of Fine Art, after which he traveled and exhibited widely, including a trip to America in the early 1930s which led to an exhibition at Feragil Galleries in New York. He had a place in a circle of gay artists, and in 1943 painted a lovely portrait of one of England's foremost gay couples -- Benjamin Britten...
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Vintage 1930s British Art Deco Drawings
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Paper
"Saint Sebastian, " Unusual Depiction of Nude Figure, Oil on Canvas
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Quiet and at peace, with almost a smile on his face, the expired Saint Sebastian depicted here -- in the nude, as is customary, and wounded with multiple arrows -- probably dates to ...
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Antique 19th Century Swedish Romantic Paintings
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Paint
"Penguin Charger, " Rare Art Deco Charger in Glazed Aluminum by Bach
By Oscar Bruno Bach
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Striking and rare, this glinting charger featuring a penguin standing atop an Art Deco ledge is composed of a silvery aluminum finished in a subtly iridescent glaze. This piece, alon...
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Wall-mounted Sculptures
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Aluminum
"Forest Nymphs, " Pair of Art Deco Female Nude Sculptures, Alabaster, 1937
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Beautifully sculpted and highly dramatic, this pair of large Art Deco sculptures in creamy alabaster depict two female nude figures resting on leafy tree boughs, their hair streaming...
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
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Alabaster
"Arcadian Scene with Lute, Lyre & Guitar, " Detailed Art Deco Drawing by Ulreich
By Eduard Buk Ulreich
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Drawn by one of the great muralists for Radio City Music Hall -- Eduard Buk Ulreich -- this beautifully detailed Art Deco scene shows a caped nude figure ...
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Drawings
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Paper
"Lifeguard and Bather, " Stylized Art Deco Beach Scene by MacGurrin, 1938
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Reminiscent of the work of Gerald Murphy in its use of strong colors and flat, highly-stylized forms, this depiction of a lifeguard in profile, a female ...
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
Gilded Iron and Marble Round Table, Art Deco Revival, Timpani Drum Shape
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Superbly crafted of wrought iron gilded in an old gold finish with an inset black-veined marble top, this Art Deco revival table is heavy, substantial and impressive. Shaped like a timpani drum...
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Vintage 1980s American Art Deco Gueridon
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Iron
"Seated Male Nude, " Remarkable Bronze Sculpture by Choate, Figural Artist
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Although America's sculptors interested in African American life and Black subjects, including Elizabeth Catlett, Richmond Barthé, Sargent Johnson and ...
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Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"The Entombment of Christ, " Fine Copy of Titian Masterpiece, Oil on Canvas
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Beautifully painted, probably in the 19th or early 20th centuries, this copy of the famed "Le Transport du Christ au Tombeau" painting by Titian (Tiziano) in the collection of the Louvre in Paris, was recently found in the attic of a Hudson Valley monastery. The Louvre original, considered an early painting by the master, dates to the same period as his famous "Pastoral Concert" and shows the strong influence of Gorgione. This scene depicts the collaborative efforts of Joseph of Arimathea, Saint John and Nicodemus as they moved Christ's body from the cross to his tomb, watched by the two grieving Marys -- his mother and Mary Magdalene. It is not known who painted this copy, though of course artists over the years have copied the great Master paintings...
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Early 20th Century Italian Renaissance Paintings
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Paint
"Theatrical Scene, " Art Deco Painting with Tragedy, Comedy in Celestial Setting
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This extraordinary, almost surreal scene by one of America's leading muralists in the Art Deco period, Eugene Savage, depicts a floating female nude on the stage, with figures of Com...
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Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
"Applause for the Acrobat, " Extraordinary Art Deco Painting on Silk, Paris
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Painted on silk velvet fabric in the late 1920s by Rudolf Gowenius, a Swedish painter who settled in Paris, this remarkable scene shows a circus or carnival acrobat at the center, hi...
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Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Paintings
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Silk
"Aquarius, " Rare Art Deco Bronze Bas Relief with Nude Male by Manship, 1946
By Paul Manship
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Boldly and brilliantly sculpted in high relief, this depiction of Aquarius -- the water bearer, a mystical healer who bestows water upon the land -- shows a bearded, nude male figure...
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Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
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Bronze
"Epergne with Squirrel Motif, " Art Deco Sculptural Centerpiece by Oscar Bach
By Oscar Bruno Bach
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Both high style and highly rare, this centerpiece or epergne surmounted by a silvered bronze squirrel was created by the celebrated Oscar Bach studio in New York. Oscar Bach was, along with Samuel Yellin, one of America's premier metalworkers in the 1920s and 1930s. He crafted enormous metal sculptures designed by Hildreth Meière...
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Centerpieces
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Metal
"Floating Man, " Study for Ceiling Mural with Male Nude by Allyn Cox, 1920s
By Allyn Cox
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Floating Man," study for ceiling mural with male nude by Allyn Cox, 1920s This dramatic drawing, which demonstrates the artist's mastery of the human fi...
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Vintage 1920s American Art Deco Drawings
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Paper
"Cubist Forms in Blue and Red, " Brilliant Painting by Gleizes, Abstract Cubism
Located in Philadelphia, PA
One of the most brilliantly-hued paintings by Albert Gleizes we have seen, this highly abstract Cubist work is a rotating knot of curving forms in periwinkle, carmen, olive green, sky blue, burnt sienna and grey flannel, as vivid now as when it was painted a hundred years ago. Early in his life he was influenced by Fernand Leger, Robert Delauney...
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Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
"Hauling the Net, " Rare Art Deco Bronze with Nude Male Fisherman
By Alexandre Ouline
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This powerful bronze -- depicting a nude fisherman hauling in his net -- is a superb example of Art Deco sculpture influenced by Auguste Rodin's emphasis on the emotion and physicali...
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Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Eve and the Serpent, " Unique, Carved Art Deco Ceramic Sculpture by Merignargues
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Superbly carved -- not molded -- and beautifully glazed, this stylized figure of Eve, sensuously encircled and surmounted by a powerful serpent, was sculpted by Marcel Merignargues, ...
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Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
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Ceramic
"Allegory of Speed, " Art Deco Bronze Depicting the Ecstasy of Athletic Effort
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Large, rare and dramatic, this Art Deco bronze by Robert Delandre, circa 1930, depicts three nude male athletes all straining to reach the finish line of the race, their arms straini...
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Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
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Bronze
"Cleopatra in Glory, " Brilliant Art Deco Painting in Cobalt Gold, Coral and Pink
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Painted as a glorious, color-drenched frieze, this piece by the celebrated Chicago artist, Carl Hoeckner, depicts a half-nude Cleopatra being carried on her litter by Nubian servants...
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Vintage 1920s American Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
"Frieze of Nude Male Figures, " Art Deco Scene of Bathers and Workers, France
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Drenched in rich color and somehow both modern and classical, this scene of nude male figures is presented as a frieze of men along a horizontal plane -- as if they are peopling a mu...
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Vintage 1940s French Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
"Expulsion from Eden, " Monumental Art Deco Painting with Nude Adam and Eve
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Full of tenderness in a moment of rejection and shame, this major Art Deco painting, masterfully executed, depicts Jophiel expelling Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden. The two nud...
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Vintage 1920s German Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
"The Idealized City, " Depiction of Classicized, Homophile Paradise by Goor
By Gaston Goor
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This idealized view of a Greek city of cliffside temples and columned walls climbing a craggy mountain is also the depiction of a homophile Shangri-La, where lithe nude male figures ...
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Vintage 1960s French Art Deco Drawings
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Paper
"Bathers, " Oil Pastel Drawing with Four Nude Male Figures in Blue and Green
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This lovely drawing of four nude male figures looking into the distance contrasts realistic human figuration with a highly abstract setting in bold blues, greens and burnt sienna. Th...
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Vintage 1970s Chilean Mid-Century Modern Drawings
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Paint
"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
Materials
Bakelite
"Spirit Rising, " Large Sculptural Relief Masterpiece with Male Nude by Pegram
By Henry Pegram
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Demonstrating his mastery of allegorical subjects and the nude figure, this large octagonal sculptural bronze panel, featuring a nude male figure reaching out to constrain the rising...
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Vintage 1920s British Belle Époque Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Waiting, " Large Art Deco Painting with Cat and Female Figure in Porthole Window
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A Classic Art Deco painting with a humorous look at domestic life in 1940s America, the scene focuses on a cat waiting for its owner as she arrives home, appearing in the porthole window of the front door. The painter was Karl Gasslander...
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Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
"Pan and Nymph, " Art Deco Sculptural Group with Nudes by Salomon for Rörstrand
By rorstrand studio
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Beautifully finished in an ivory-hued glaze, this ambitious and rare sculptural grouping of a Pan and Nymph with flute and cymbal was sculpted by Harald Salomon for the famed Rörstra...
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Vintage 1940s Swedish Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
"Bacchus Bowl, " Brilliant Swedish Art Deco Wine Punch '"Punsch"' Bowl Dated 1943
By Carl-Harry Stålhane
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Brilliantly glazed in vivid shades of cerulean, lilac, rich yellow and purple, this punsch bowl decorated with Bacchus figures, grapes and pitchers of wine was designed and executed ...
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Vintage 1940s Swedish Art Deco Serving Bowls
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Porcelain
Midcentury Tray, Slate and Rosewood by Harpswell House with Paul Evans Influence
By Harpswell House
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Beautifully crafted and beautifully preserved, this black slate and rosewood tray -- originally made to serve as an ashtray, but now a perfect piece to position on a desk, kitchen co...
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays
Materials
Slate
"Plowing in Carthage, " Tunisian Landscape with Roman Columns in Blue & Brick Red
By Ewald Dahlskog
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Highly atmospheric and richly colored, this 1929 vintage landscape by a Swedish painter depicts layers of history and tradition, from the man in traditional Arab garb plowing the fie...
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Vintage 1920s Swedish Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Tree of Life, " Large Midcentury Tapestry by Ahmed, Early Student, Wissa Wassef
By Ramses Wissa Wassef Workshop
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Dating from 1976, about 20 years after Ramses Wissa Wassef established his tapestry workshop in the 1950s, this monumental tapestry by Samina Ahmed...
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Vintage 1970s Egyptian Mid-Century Modern Tapestries
Materials
Wool
"Ode to Music, " Exceptional Art Deco Vase with Bars of Music by Kåge, 1938
By Wilhelm Kage
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Stunning and elegant, this unique 1938 vase by Wilhelm Kåge for Gustavsberg demonstrates the clean, unfussy lines that Scandinavian Art Deco is known for, yet tells a complex, fascin...
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Vintage 1930s Swedish Art Deco Vases
Materials
Porcelain
"Nude Male with Lyre, " Rare Bronze Sculpture by Cummings, San Francisco Artist
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Masterfully conceived and executed, this highly rare, perhaps unique, bronze sculpture captures a young male nude figure twisting to his right to pluck the strings of his lyre. Perhaps a reference to Orpheus who was able to charm all living creatures, the sculptor Earl Cummings...
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Vintage 1920s American Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Mannerist Nudes, " Spectacular Art Deco Enamel with Female Nudes in Blue & Gold
By Edward Winter
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Created by the greatest master of enamel painting in America's Art Deco period -- Edward Winter -- this large and spectacular panel features two female nude figures, impossibly elong...
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Decorative Art
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Enamel
"Carrying Water, " Striking Scene of Women in Italian Hill Town by Wachtmeister
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A striking and atmospheric depiction of women fetching water in jugs and urns, descending into a lovely, picturesque hill town in Italy, this painting was made in 1942 by Sophie-Loui...
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Vintage 1940s Swedish Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
"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
"The Arts, " Large Silvered Bronze Casket with Symbols of Pottery, Spinning et Al
By Oscar Bruno Bach
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Beautifully detailed with symbols of the arts, including literature, sculpture, pottery and spinning, this silvered bronze casket with hinged lid and mahogany interior was produced b...
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Vintage 1920s American Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
"Sampling Chocolates, " Quintessential Art Deco Drawing with Blindfolded Flapper
By John Held Jr.
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This original, signed drawing by John Held, Jr. -- whose artistry helped to define the Jazz Age and enliven the pages of America's most sophisticated magazines -- depicts a tuxedoed ...
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Vintage 1920s American Art Deco Drawings
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Paper
"Woman and Child, " Logan Medal-Winning, Large Mahogany Sculpture by Zettler
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Large and highly affecting, this 52-inch high mahogany sculpture of a woman holding her child, looking out pensively into the world, won the Frank Logan Medal of the Arts at the 22nd Chicago Artist Exhibition in 1918. It is the greatest masterpiece of Emil Zettler, who is best known today for his architectural sculptures in collaboration with George Grant Elmslie, Perkins, Hamilton & Fellows, Holabird & Roche and other leading Chicago architects. An array of his sculptures survive, for example, on the facade of the Old Second National Bank, Aurora, Illinois, as well as two great hotels: the Palmer House...
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Vintage 1910s American Belle Époque Figurative Sculptures
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Mahogany
"Asleep in the Hay, " Art Deco Print with Half-Nude Male by Lynd Ward, 1932
By Lynd Ward
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Famed for his woodcut book illustrations in the Art Deco era, Lynd Ward produced a series of dramatic images that reminded the reader of film noirs of the era, with spotlit figures in dark settings that seemed to presage flight, fear, hope and death. Unsigned plates from the books he illustrated are not uncommon, but signed prints such as this are rare. This image was an illustration for "Wild Pilgrimage" by Ward, published by Harrison Smith...
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Prints
Materials
Paper
"Design for 1925 Art Deco Expo Pavilion, " Extraordinary Architectural Rendering
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Although Herbert Hoover did not support the presence of a pavilion for the United States at the famed Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes (Internati...
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Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Drawings
Materials
Paint
"Spanish Galleon, " Romantic 1920s Bronze Sculptural Bowl with Ram's Head Feet
By Oscar Bruno Bach
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A rare and impressive illustration of the fascination with sailing ships, Mediterranean Revival architecture, and Spanish decorative arts in th...
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Vintage 1920s American Art Deco Decorative Bowls
Materials
Bronze
"Time and Civilization, " Newly Discovered Art Deco Mural Studies, Schreckengost
By Viktor Schreckengost
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Famed for his product designs in the 1940s and 1950s, and his Jazz Bowl commissioned by Eleanor Roosevelt, Victor Schreckengost was also a painter...
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Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
"Elizabethan Couple, " Male and Female Bronze Bookends by Jackson Co., Brooklyn
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Made by the Wm. H. Jackson Company, which -- astonishingly -- has made high-quality objects from iron, bronze and brass since 1827 in Brooklyn -- this rare...
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Bookends
Materials
Bronze
"Leaping Stag Bowl, " Rare Art Deco Bowl with Sculptural Relief by Oscar Bach
By Oscar Bruno Bach
Located in Philadelphia, PA
One of the most iconic, though rare, pieces ever made by Oscar Bach, this bowl features an iconic leaping stag in high Art Deco style, executed in a silvery aluminum finished in a subtly iridescent glaze. This bowl, and a series of rare chargers in the same series, were molded in an enormous hydraulic press by the Sterling Bronze company for Bach. The artist was, along with Samuel Yellin, one of America's premier metalworkers in the 1920s and 1930s. He crafted enormous metal sculptures designed by Hildreth...
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Decorative Bowls
Materials
Aluminum
"Contemplation, " Brilliantly-Hued Pastel Drawing of Standing Male Nude by Cox
By Allyn Cox
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Sensuous and vividly-hued, this pastel drawing of a standing male nude with his head resting against the wall was made by Allyn Cox, son of the famous muralist Kenyon Cox...
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Drawings
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Paper
