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1936 Best Picture Award to Selznick for "Viva Villa", Italian Stile Littorio
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An important symbol of the international success of Hollywood in the 1930s, and a superb example of the Stile Littorio or Italian Rationalist design that prevailed during the rule of...
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Vintage 1930s Italian Art Deco Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Brass
"White and Gold Peacock", Rare Mid Century Porcelain Sculpture, Sgraffito Glaze
By Waylande Gregory
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Sculpted and glazed by Waylande Gregory, one of America's greatest sculptors and ceramicists before and after World War II, this white and gold peacock is distinguished by a lovely w...
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Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Inkwell w/ Chinese Jade and Carnelian and Silver Mounts by Edward Farmer, 1920s
By Edward Farmer
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Memorialized as an art and antique dealer and "collector of Chinese jades and porcelains" in a 1942 obituary in the New York Times, Edward Farmer, like his father, traveled to China ...
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Vintage 1920s American Art Deco Inkwells
Materials
Jade, Silver
"Sculpting the Nude, " Monumental and Important Painting, Denmark, Belle Epoch
By Oscar Matthiesen
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Brilliantly capturing the intensity and artistry of the sculptor at work, this large and important painting by Oscar Matthiesen depicts his subject with wild, unkempt hair and a lean...
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Antique Early 1900s Danish Belle Époque Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Adam", Handsome, Lustrous Bronze of Crouching Nude Male, After Bartlett
By Paul Wayland Bartlett
Located in Philadelphia, PA
The remarkable bronze of "Adam," crouching in fear and shame after being expelled from Eden, is one of the finest nude male bronzes ever sculpted by an American artist. The original...
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Early 20th Century American Belle Époque Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Corn Dance, Pueblo Tradition", Masterpiece of Art Deco Southwestern Painting
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A brilliant and vividly-hued view of a traditional Pueblo dance -- the Tablita -- this Art Deco painting by Louise Morris includes several female figures wearing tablitas, or headdre...
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Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Art Deco Head in Blue and Brown", Striking 1933 Drawing by Radio City Designer
By Ted Weidhaas
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This classic Art Deco drawing was made by Ted Weidhaas, famous for his work in American theater, and in particular for inventing the contour or convoluting curtain for Radio City Mus...
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Drawings
Materials
Paper
"Flying Phoenix", Bold Mid Century Porcelain Box in Gold, White and Black
By Waylande Gregory
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This heavy porcelain, lidded box by Waylande Gregory depicts a crested Phoenix bird in flight, its feathers dotted in black and its wing lined in gold. Gregory was one of America's ...
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Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
"Passing the Baton", Rare Bronze Sculpture with Male Nude Athletes, Art Deco
Located in Philadelphia, PA
With their chiseled physiques and angular faces, this bronze sculpture of two nude male figures passing the baton at the height of a relay race is the epitome of stylized Art Deco ar...
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Vintage 1920s German Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"The Aviator", Classic Art Deco Bronze Sculpture w/ Nude Male, after Focht
By Frederic Focht
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This dramatic, highly streamlined bronze with a nude male figure angled toward the sky illustrates a genre of Art Deco sculpture that was pioneered by Frederic Focht (this example is...
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Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"African Warrior", Important Costume Painting for Ballet Négre, Black Dance Co.
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Important both artistically and historically, this gouache painting depicting an African warrior with spear and shield served as a costume proposal for "Jungle Nights," a production ...
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Giant", Original Painting in Cobalt & Red for Crate Label, California, 1940s
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Brilliantly executed in tones of cobalt and red to catch the eye, this original painting was made for a proposed crate label advertising Giant lettuce in the 1940s. At a time when C...
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Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Drummers", Painting for Jungle Nights, Ballet Négre, Pioneering Black Dance Co.
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Highly significant, both artistically and historically, this gouache painting depicts costumes proposed for "Jungle Nights," a production envisioned by Katherine Dunham for her Balle...
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Cubist Nude in Blue and Pink", Striking Art Deco Female Figure by de Beauclair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Boldly conceived and painted, this depiction of a female nude whose breasts are echoed by the hat on her head and the geometric figures to her left, was made by Alexander Wilhelm de ...
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Vintage 1920s Swiss Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Spanish Moss", Large, Spectacular Art Deco Vase in Blue-Green and Pumpkin
By Roseville Pottery, Frank Ferrell
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Unusual in size and hue, this large Art Deco vase features cascades of Spanish moss in tones of blue green over a ground the color of pumpkin, all on a swelling form with stylized ha...
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Vases
Materials
Ceramic
"Riding the Spotted Pony", Art Deco Painting with Nude Male American Indian
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Painted at a time when the nation was increasingly interested in exotic places and peoples -- including Mexico, the South Pacific, Asia and the Southwest -- this Art Deco painting of...
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Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Holiday Bound", Art Deco Painting for Great Western Railway Poster, England
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vivid and highly graphic, this gouache painting served as a maquette for a proposed poster promoting vacation travel on the Great Western Railway in England, which linked London with...
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Vintage 1930s British Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Mercury with the Golden Blade", 1921 Bronze Sculpture with Male Nude, Austria
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Powerful and very rare, this sculpture of a kneeling, fully nude Mercury, with his golden blade in hand, dates from 1921 and was probably sculpted by a German or Austrian artist. Me...
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Vintage 1920s Austrian Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Joy of Effort", Superb Bronze Paperweight/Medal with Nude Male Hurdlers, 1912
By R. Tait McKenzie 1
Located in Philadelphia, PA
One of the most renowned sculptures ever created by Robert Tait McKenzie, this medal depicting three nude male hurdlers represents, in miniature form, a relief created in 1912 for th...
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Vintage 1910s American Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Peacock in Purple and White", 1950s Porcelain Sculpture w/ Sgraffito Decoration
By Waylande Gregory
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Sculpted and glazed by Waylande Gregory, one of America's greatest sculptors and ceramicists before and after World War II, this purple and white peacock is distinguished by a lovely...
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Vintage 1950s American Art Deco Animal Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
"Dancers w/ Veils", Art Deco Lamp w/ Nude Female Figures, Unique Wire Mesh Shade
By Reuben Haley, Muncie Pottery
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This bold and vivid lamp from the late 1920s captures a phenomenon that started in the late 19th century and continued into the Art Deco period -- female figures dancing with flowing veils and fluttering fabrics. Loïe Fuller began the trend in the 1890s and early 1900s, and later Ruth St. Denis danced with veils and diaphanous fabrics in America. Here, the body of the lamp -- produced by Muncie pottery...
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Vintage 1920s American Art Deco Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic
"Pueblo Mother & Child w/ Rainstorm", Brilliant Art Deco Painting by Hanau
Located in Philadelphia, PA
One of the most vividly painted and striking portraits of Native Americans ever painted in the 1920s, this oil on canvas depiction of a mother and child -- clearly reflecting centuries of painted Madonnas in Europe -- was made by Jean Hanau...
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Vintage 1920s American Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Female Figure w/ Seltzer Siphon and Orange", Art Deco-Cubist Bar Scene, Swiss
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This classic, striking example of Art Deco painting, highly influenced by Cubism, depicts a fashionable woman expressed in tones of purplish blue and taupe, her head raised upwards, ...
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Vintage 1920s German Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Dark Blond Boy", Portrait by 19th Century American Painter, Oil on Canvas
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Clearly painted by an American master such as Thomas Eakins in the second half of the nineteenth century, this shadowy portrait of a young blond boy is handsome and affecting. The y...
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Antique Late 19th Century American Victorian Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Solomon's Temple", Illustration Art, Henry Soulen, "Pilgrimage to Palestine"
By Henry Soulen 1
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This colorful and vivid painting depicting Solomon's Temple in Jerusalem, with a forecourt crowded with priests and onlookers, is by Henry Soulen, one of the great masters of illustr...
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Vintage 1920s American Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
"I Hear America Singing", Important Art Deco Drawing for White House Piano, 1938
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Filled with floating nude, mythological figures, highly stylized in the Art Deco manner, this study for the lid of the famous grand piano given by the Steinway Company to the White H...
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Drawings
Materials
Paper
"Knowledge and Learning", Allegorical, Art Deco Bronze Relief with Male Nudes
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A very fine example of allegorical sculpture made for an office lobby in the 1920s, this bronze depicts two figures: a bearded man holding a torch aloft, representing "Knowledge," a...
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Vintage 1920s American Art Deco Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Nudes Suspended", Early, Surrealist Drawing w/ Male Nudes by John B. Lear
By John B. Lear
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Early, important and finely drawn, this piece by John B. Lear depicts two fully nude male figures suspended among the branches of two trees, each figure demonstrating the care with w...
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Drawings
Materials
Paper
"Bathers on Rocky Shore", Striking English Painting of Nude Male Figures, 1930s
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This striking and unusual painting -- beautifully composed with a rich palette -- depicts two nude British youth, sitting on a rocky outcropping during a day of swimming. Each is sl...
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Vintage 1930s British Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Eros and the Planets", 1939 Art Deco Oil Painting with Male Nude, Blue & Brown
By William Littlefield
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This warm and vivid painting -- probably made in response to the opening salvos of World War II -- depicts the mythological Eros figure, with wings outspread, placing his arm on an i...
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Pharaoh and Caveman", Study for "Influence of Artists on Business" Mural, 1930s
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Beautiful and extraordinary, this 1930s mural study by Dunbar Beck -- depicting a Pharaoh reading from a tablet while his legs are being wrapped by a servant, and a caveman cutting i...
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Sailing Ships", Ivory-Hued Art Deco Porcelain Bookends by Rookwood, 1934
By Rookwood Pottery Co.
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This dramatic pair of Art Deco bookends, each depicting a sailing ship racing through the sea with fully extended sails, was made by the famed Rookwood company in Cincinnati. Each p...
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Bookends
Materials
Porcelain
"Five Olympic Rowers", Monumental Art Deco Painting of Nude Male Oarsmen
Located in Philadelphia, PA
One of the most stunning and monumental depictions of male nude figures -- and male athletes -- ever accomplished in the Modern era, this large painting shows five nude rowers, relax...
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Vintage 1930s British Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Blue Head", Remarkable Art Deco Sculpture of Young Man by Jais Nielsen
By Jais Nielsen
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This rare and remarkable "Head of a Potter," executed in a rich, deep blue glaze by Jais Nielsen, is both strong and subtle, an evocative and beautiful capturing of a young man's vis...
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Vintage 1920s Danish Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
"Mowgli in the Jungle", Rare Bronze Art Deco Plaquette w/ Nude Male by Delamarre
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This diminutive version of one of Raymond Delamarre's greatest sculptural works -- which depicts Mowgli (Rudyard Kipling's character) walking through the jungle accompanied by two li...
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Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Pink Ostrich", Art Deco Painting, Gouache, William Hentschel, Rookwood Artist
By William Hentschel
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A wonderful example of Art Deco painting by William Hentschel, this depiction of a pink ostrich near a purple flowering plant has the feeling of 1930s and 40s animation such as Disne...
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Vintage 1930s Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Pioneers and Indians in Battle", Large, Extraordinary Art Deco Mural, 1930s
Located in Philadelphia, PA
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,...
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Female Nudes and Ivy, " Deeply Engraved Art Deco Glass Vase, Czech
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Deeply engraved -- not molded -- in gorgeous glass crystal, this Art Deco vase depicts two nude female figures under a canopy of ivy. The glass sculpting is impressive and shows the ...
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Vintage 1930s Czech Art Deco Vases
Materials
Glass
"Of Truth or Consequences", WPA-style Oil Painting, 1940s, Deep Pink, Van Loan
By Dorothy Van Loan
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Executed in gorgeous shades of deep pink, dove gray and olive, this scene of two nude women perched on folding chairs was painted by Dorothy Van Loan,...
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Vintage 1940s American Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
"Laying Track", WPA-Era Woodblock Print with Nude Male Workers by Ruegg
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This remarkable -- perhaps unique -- woodblock print depicts a group of five nude male workers laying railroad track, their strong, muscled figures interlaced as they strive to move ...
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Prints
Materials
Paper
Art Deco Display Cabinet in Golden Mahogany, Bubble Glass & Greek Key Shelves
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Stunning in concept and execution, this large, impressive Moderne-Art Deco cabinet consists of four parts, all centered around an internally-lit porthole vitrine with glass shelves a...
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Vitrines
Materials
Glass
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"Fawn", Art Deco Painting of Resting Deer, Brown, Green and Yellow, Ohio Artist
By Louis Kabrin
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This lovely, striking Art Deco painting -- executed in gouache (opaque watercolor) and applied with an airbrush, a new tool that became widely popular in the 1930s and 40s -- was mad...
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Indian Dance", Drawing Depicting Native Americans by Jean Target, France
By Jean Target
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This depiction of two Native American men in full headdresses, dancing in the company of three women, arm in arm, is evidence of Western Europe's fascination with American Indian cul...
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Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Drawings
Materials
Paint
"Planting and Harvest", Important Art Deco Engraved Glass Vase by Lejsek
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This unique, fabulous engraved glass vase celebrating agricultural laborers who are sowing and harvesting wheat in the Czech Republic, illustrates the fact that Bohemia was one of th...
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Vintage 1930s Czech Art Deco Vases
Materials
Glass
"The Modern Olympia", Odalisque Painting with Nude and Attendant, Sweden, 1926
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Painted a year after the International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts (Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes) debuted in Paris, i...
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Vintage 1920s Swedish Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
Slender Art Deco Vase with Antelope Motif by Rookwood, 1952, Ivory & Soft Brown
By Rookwood Pottery Co.
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Gorgeously glazed in hues of soft brown and ivory, this tall, elegant vase depicting a stylized antelope was hand-glazed by artisans at the famous Rookwood Pottery in Cincinnati at t...
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Vintage 1950s American Art Deco Vases
Materials
Porcelain
"Standing Male Nude", Pencil Drawing by William Littlefield, 1937
By William Littlefield
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Powerfully expressed, with the angular stylization characteristic of Art Deco decorative art, this pencil drawing was executed in 1937 by William Littlefield. The artist was fascina...
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Drawings
Materials
Paper
"Trophy Bowl for Billy Direct, " Art Deco Silver Bowl for Champion Horse, 1938
By International Silver
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A stunning work of art and a significant historic memorial to a great moment in horse racing history, this silver plated bowl by International Silver was given by The National Trotti...
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Decorative Bowls
Materials
Silver Plate
"Peace After the War", Important Surrealist Painting, De Chirico Influence, 1933
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Undoubtedly the most important example of American Surrealism we have ever offered, this 1933-vintage painting by Daniel Koerner depicts a deeply-fissured Classical statue and a fema...
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Basket Fishing", Powerful Mid Century Painting with Shirtless Man, South Africa
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This powerful depiction of a half-nude man capturing a fish in his conical basket -- much like men and women have done for centuries -- is painted in a rich, deep palette of warm bro...
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Vintage 1950s South African Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Apollo", Large Art Deco Bronze Sculpture w/ Male Nude for Ocean Liner, 1948
By M. Mascherini
Located in Philadelphia, PA
One of the great, indisputable masterpieces of Marcello Mascherini's career, and one of his relatively early works, this large bronze depicting Apollo with his lyre was made for the ...
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Vintage 1940s Italian Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Music and Dance", Large, Unique Art Deco Covered Urn by Wheeler Williams
By Wheeler Williams
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Sculpted by Wheeler Williams, one of the masters of Art Deco sculpture in America, this unique covered urn features two stylized female nude figures representing Music and Dance, eac...
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Urns
Materials
Ceramic
"Steering the Ship", 1941 Illustration Art with Sailor for Saturday Eve Post
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Boldly conceived and executed, this original maquette for a proposed Saturday Evening Post cover by Larry Segall depicts a sailor at the helm of a ship, his hands on the wheel and hi...
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Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
"The Harvest", Art Deco Painting with Male Laborer in Blue and Purple
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Gloriously painted in a palette of blue, purple, white and yellow, this painting by Jocke Åkerblom depicts a laborer in the field, wielding his scythe, with a glorious sky above that...
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Vintage 1930s Swedish Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Comedy and Tragedy", Pair of Gilded Bronze Bookends Celebrating Theatre, 1922
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Extremely rare, perhaps unique, this stunning pair of gilded bronze bookends depict the ancient figures of Comedy and Tragedy in a modern way, each head poised on a closed book to in...
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Vintage 1920s American Art Deco Bookends
Materials
Bronze
"Herald on Horseback w/ Hound", High Style Art Deco Drawing, W. H. Diederich
By Wilhelm Hunt Diederich
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A large and stunning example of Wilhelm Hunt Diederich's work at the height of the Art Deco era, this drawing depicts a herald on horseback, his trumpet raised high, with an attenuat...
Category
Vintage 1920s American Art Deco Drawings
Materials
Paper
"Townscape in Corsica", Brilliant Art Deco Landscape Painting by Åkerblom, 1937
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Painted with a strong, vivid palette which captures the brilliant sky, terra cotta roofs and golden walls of this townscape, probably in Corsica, this work is a fine example of Art D...
Category
Vintage 1930s Swedish Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Promise of Hope", Art Deco Painting with Male Nude and Dove, Sweden
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Painted in a lovely, colorful palette and full of hope and symbolism, this painting by Jocke Åkerblom depicts a standing male nude figure looking into the distance, the sky swathed i...
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Vintage 1930s Swedish Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Cupid with Bow", Rare Art Deco Teapot by Rometti, Deep Pink & Black, 1920s
By Rometti Ceramics 1
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Charming and very modern, this Art Deco teapot depicting a Cupid figure with his bow drawn, ready to strike his victim, was designed by Dante Baldelli for the famed Rometti ceramic w...
Category
Vintage 1920s Italian Art Deco Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
"Man with Driving Cap", 1923 Cubist-Influenced Art Deco Drawing
By Misha Reznikoff
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Compellingly drawn in a Cubist-influenced Art Deco manner, this strong and vivid portrait of a man in a driving cap was made by Misha Reznikoff, a Ukranian-American artist. Reznikof...
Category
Vintage 1920s American Art Deco Drawings
Materials
Paper
