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Period: 1930s
"Youth with Pipes and Valves, " Sensitive Portrait of Young Man, Dorothy Van Loan
By Dorothy Van Loan
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Beautifully and sensitively painted, this WPA-period portrait of a young man in an unusual setting -- perhaps a boiler room or plumbing closet -- was executed by Dorothy Van Loan...
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Industry, " Art Deco Painting with Stylized Gears and Structure for Fortune Mag
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A brilliant example of Art Deco-era painting which celebrated American manufacturing with stylized images of gears and Industrial architecture, this gouache painting by Paolo Garrett...
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Wrestlers, Runners, Warriors, Equestrian, " Set of Drawings, Paul Cadmus, 1930s
By Paul Cadmus
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Drawn during the time when Paul Cadmus produced some of his most famous -- and infamous -- paintings with satiric themes such as "Shore Leave" and "The Fleet's in," but presaging his lifelong interest in the male nude, this set of four scenes depict male figures in scenes that would be familiar to artists going back to Roman and Greek times. One scene depicts two nudes in a wrestling match, another shows several nude figures in a headlong run, a third shows two men in battle, and the fourth depicts a nude figure taming a rearing horse. No doubt inspired by Classical sculptures, this set of drawings captures the energy and dynamics of interacting male figures, but without the very fine detail that he would bring to his countless male nude drawings in the 1950s, 60s and later. The drawings are signed, and the reverse retains an owner's label indicating the drawing was in the collection of William Tregoning, a gallerist who amassed a large collection of male figural art...
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Drawings
Materials
Paper
"Triton, Merman and Mermaid, " Sculptural Vase w/ Aquatic Motif and Nudes in Blue
By Edgardo Simone
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A masterful -- and brilliantly-hued -- example of high style Art Deco sculpture, this large and unique vase depicts several nude figures along its upper edge -- a Triton blowing his shell-horn on one side and a nude merman and mermaid embracing on the other. The sides of the vase are enlivened by a series of jumping dolphins, and the entire surface is glazed in streaky blues, pale greens and rich browns. The artist was Edgardo Simone, an eccentric and brilliant sculptor who worked in bronze, plaster and ceramics over several decades. He was born in Italy and trained in Rome, but spent much of his career in America, specializing in portrait busts. He sculpted the likenesses of Thomas Edison, John Pershing, Henry Ford, Louis Brandeis, Sally Rand, President Franklin Roosevelt...
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Vases
Materials
Ceramic
"Knockout, " Dramatic Art Deco Painting of Boxers, Possibly 1936 Olympics
By Paul Daxhelet
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This dramatic depiction of two boxers in the ring, with the winning boxer standing over his opponent after a knockout, was painted by Paul Daxhelet in 1936, possibly at the Berlin Olympics...
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Vintage 1930s Belgian Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Penthouse, " Perfume Group by Lelong in Art Deco Box, Unusually Fine Condition
By Lucien Lelong
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Although the perfume industry in France and America embraced the new streamlined and geometric styles of the 1920s and 30s -- which we would call Art Deco tod...
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Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Models and Miniatures
Materials
Glass
"Livestock Farm Scene, " WPA Mural Study with Farmhands Handling Hay and Feed
By Rollin Crampton 1
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This classic example of Social Realist art was painted by Rollin Crampton as a study for a WPA mural -- perhaps never executed -- in the 1930s, when he was s...
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Vintage 1930s North American Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Maternal Love, " Gorgeous 1930s Art Deco Painting with Mother and Two Sons
Located in Philadelphia, PA
One of the most beautiful and tender depictions of maternal love from the Art Deco period that we have ever seen, this richly-toned oil painting by Gino ...
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Five Josephs, " Important Art Deco Painting w/ Male Nudes, Provincetown, 1930s
By William L'Engle
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An extraordinary example of Art Deco painting with allegorical meaning -- like so many murals painted in the 1920s and 1930s -- this large work by William L'Engle depicts five nude male figures laboring in the field, symbolizing life in Provincetown, Massachusetts. A Black male figure in the foreground is planting crops, while two other figures in the distance are pulling a rope, perhaps alluding to fishing boats tied up at the dock, while another nude seems to be sinking into sleep beneath a pier -- all with the waters of the Atlantic Ocean in the background. L'Engle called this "The Five Josephs," perhaps referring to Joseph of Arimathea and other figures in the New Testament. William L'Engle was a towering figure in the Provincetown art colony, and was extremely well connected with 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 and Mary McCarthy, William and Marguerite Zorach, Edna St. Vincent-Millay, Charles Demuth, Childe Hassam, George Biddle, Edwin Dickinson...
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Face Jar in Cream, Blue and Yellow, " Fabulous Art Deco Pottery by Woman Artist
By Madeleine Sougez
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Fabulous and rare, this high-style Art Deco face jar, highlighted in tones of sky blue, lemon yellow and grassy green, was designed by Madeleine Sougez for th...
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Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Jars
Materials
Ceramic
"Dark Nude, " Striking, Art Deco Mythological Bowl W/ Male Nude & Deer by Mayodon
By Jean-Leon Mayodon
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Strikingly glazed in tones of dark gold and charcoal, this unusual, small, high-walled bowl by Jean Mayodon depicts a shadowy nude figure on the right, reaching out to a deer which i...
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Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Decorative Bowls
Materials
Ceramic
"Dancers in Unison, " Richly-Colored, Art Deco Woodblock Print by Woman Artist
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A classic example of high style Art Deco fine art, brilliantly executed in a warm oxblood ink, this woodblock print depicts two nude female dancers, ...
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Prints
Materials
Paper
"Golden Dolphin, " Art Deco Glass Vase with Enameled Decoration, Sweden, 1930s
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Striking and unique, this flaring glass vase -- unsigned, but clearly showing the influence of Vicke Lindstrand's work at the Orrefors glass company -- is decorated with an antique dolphin...
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Vintage 1930s Swedish Art Deco Vases
Materials
Glass
"Provincetown Dock Scene, " WPA-Era Painting w/ Fishermen by Sterne in Red & Blue
By Maurice Sterne
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A superb example of WPA-era painting that celebrates the American worker, this dockside scene in Provincetown, Massachusetts by Maurice Sterne depicts ...
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Art Deco Fish with Chevron Markings, " Unique Sculpture by Russell Aitken, 1930s
By Russell B. Aitken
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Both charming and sophisticated, this plump Art Deco fish, complete with curving, streamlined fins and chevron marks on its tail, looks as if it swam out of a scene from Walt Disney's "Fantasia." However, it was sculpted by Russell Barnett Aitken...
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
"Flowers and Fruit, " Rare, High Style Intaglio Art Deco Charger, Ford Ceramics
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Extremely rare and beautifully made, this large, sand-colored charger was made by Ford Ceramic Arts in Columbus, Ohio in the 1930s, using an expensive photographic process patented b...
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
"NIKE at Waldemarsudde, " Depiction of Stockholm Landmark, Art Deco Masterpiece
By Georg Pauli
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Arguably the greatest work of Georg Pauli, one of Sweden's leading Modernist painters in the 1920s, 30s and 40s, this Art Deco-Cubist work depicts the great Nike sculpture on the grounds of the home of Prince Eugens on Cape Waldemar in central Stockholm (known in Swedish as Prins Eugens Waldemarsudde). The Prince was a great collector of modern art in the early 20th century, and today his home is a museum and much-beloved landmark in Stockholm. This painting shows the sculpture in the foreground, and in the background is a jumble of houses, factory chimneys and institutional buildings, the Swedish flag...
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Vintage 1930s Swedish Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Nude Male Bathers, " 1930s Watercolor Painting of Nude Figures, Blue & Tan
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Strikingly and vividly painted in watery tones of blue, green, tan and rose, this watercolor painting by Jean Paul Slusser depicts three nude male bathers...
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Vintage 1930s North American Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Standing Male Model from Behind, " Beautiful Male Nude, Three-Quarters Size
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Beautifully and sensitively painted, this view of a young, nude male model, facing away from the viewer, places him in an artist's studio or atelier, with painters and their easels v...
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Bacchus Teapot, " Bold and Rare Art Deco Sculptural Piece by Rometti, Italy
By Rometti Ceramics 1
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Bold and striking, this 1930s glazed teapot was designed by Dante Baldelli for the famed Rometti ceramic works in Umbertide, Italy, not long after it wa...
Category
Vintage 1930s Italian Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
"Five Olympic Rowers", Monumental 1930s 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, relaxed and conversational, as they hold their oars and await the next round of competition. The figures are shown with flushed, ruddy complexions, contrasting with the fresh green of the grass and trees surrounding them. The artist, James Stroudley, presents his rowers as consummate modern British men...
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Vintage 1930s British Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Glory, " Rare Art Deco Bronze Celebrating World War I French Soldiers, 1934
By Jules Bernaerts
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Rare and striking, this bold, bronze allegorical sculpture is entitled "Glory" or "Gloire," and is a smaller version of a grand public scu...
Category
Vintage 1930s Belgian Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Naval Recruitment, " Classic and Charming View into 1930s Military Life
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Providing a charming and insightful depiction of the induction of young men into the U.S. Navy, this mural study -- no doubt created for the U.S. Naval Training Station at Great Lakes, north of Chicago -- includes eight scenes that show new, incoming sailors being transformed for military life. The men are shown arriving in their civvies, but are soon undergoing physicals, hair cuts...
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Naval Recruit, " Classic WPA Mural Study by Henricksen for Naval Station, 1936
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A classic example of WPA-period mural painting, this study was painted by Ralf Henricksen in the 1930s, probably for the U.S. Naval Training Station at Great Lakes, north of Chicago....
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Floating Man, " Important Art Deco Painting with Nude Male by Dunbar Beck
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Painted by Dunbar Beck, one of America's most accomplished and successful muralists, this painting of a half-nude man floating over a succession of dancing couples below was one of a...
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paper, Paint
"Two Nudes with Columned Facade, " Art Deco Drawing w/ Male Nudes, England
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Beautifully drawn, clearly by an important artist, this depiction of two nude male figures sitting in the foreground of a columned facade -- perhaps alluding to the Classical sculpture of ancient Greece -- is not signed, perhaps due to the subtly homoerotic nature of the scene. The two figures have the solidity and gravity of high style Art Deco art, and may represent the academic, early work of a great master such as Glyn Philpot or John Craxton...
Category
Vintage 1930s British Art Deco Drawings
Materials
Paper
"Angel in the Square, " Art Deco Painting in Blue, Green & Pink, Paris, 1939
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Mysterious and dignified, yet full of life and color, this 1939-vintage painting by Emile Deschler depicts an angel on horseback in the center of a village square, surrounded by a mo...
Category
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Shark Diver, " Superb, Unique Art Deco Engraved Glass Vase with Nude Male Diver
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Clearly inspired by the renowned series of engraved glass pieces by Vicke Lindstrand for Orrefors in the 1930s -- which depicted one, two or three nude male divers, some of them show...
Category
Vintage 1930s Swedish Art Deco Vases
Materials
Glass
"Standing Male Nude, " Study for Mural by Allyn Cox, U.S. Capitol Painter
By Allyn Cox
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This strong and confident drawing of a standing male nude was made by Allyn Cox, probably for one of an array of murals he painted in the 1920s, 30s and 40s, starting with an series of paintings for the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library at UCLA in 1925. Son of Kenyon Cox...
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Drawings
Materials
Paper
"Herald of Peace, " Unique Art Deco Tile with Fox and Chickens by ICS, Italy
By ICS
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Designed and glazed by an artist with humor and perhaps a bit of irony, this charming tile was made by the famed Industria Ceramica Salernitana (ICS) pottery in the 1930s. Entitled "...
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Vintage 1930s Italian Art Deco Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
"Shore Leave, " Sailors at Port with Female Escorts, Rare Art Deco Form, 1930s
By Gunnar Nylund
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Suggestive of the work of Charles Demuth in its focus on sailors on leave, and its smudgy, atmospheric depiction of men and women on the edge of society, this large and important vas...
Category
Vintage 1930s Swedish Art Deco Vases
Materials
Porcelain
"Man with Wavy Hair, " 1930s Portrait in Pastel, Sanguine by Porter Woodruff
By Porter Woodruff
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This portrait of a handsome young man with cleft chin, wavy hair and a steady gaze was drawn by Porter Woodruff in pastel and sanguine on pale yellow paper in the 1930s. The artist is best known for his paintings and illustrations for Vogue magazine -- one of five American fashion illustrators who worked for the magazine -- as well as House & Garden. Woodruff was born in Tennessee, but spent much of his creative life in Paris and Tunisia, where he lived with Georges Sébastian, an important Hungarian-born, French orchestra...
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Vintage 1930s North American Art Deco Drawings
Materials
Paper
"Pharaoh with Winged Scarab, " Art Deco Painted Plaster Head in Red, Black
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Beautifully sculpted and finished, this wall-mounted sculpture depicts the head of a Pharaoh, handsomely depicted with full lips and wide eyes, surmounted by a Classic Egyptian headd...
Category
Vintage 1930s Belgian Art Deco Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
"Map of Naples, Vesuvius and Vietri Sul Mar, " Unique ICS Tile, Perhaps Gambone
By ICS
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vividly glazed in tones of cobalt blue, aquamarine and oxblood, this unique tile produced by the famed Industria Ceramica Salernitana or I.C.S., depicts the region of Italy where the...
Category
Vintage 1930s Italian Art Deco Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
WPA Period "Pan with Rabbit" in Carved Fruitwood
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Entirely charming and whimsical, the anonymous sculptor of "Pan with Rabbit" has created a masterful portrait of a rotund Pan beguiling a woodland rabbit. Carved from a cylinder of r...
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Sculptures
Materials
Fruitwood
"Nude with Spear, " Unique Art Deco Vase with Male Nude, Gold Highlights
By Gunnar Nylund
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A classic and striking example of Art Deco design featuring the male nude, this vase depicts a seated figure holding a spear on one side, and another nude male figure on the other, f...
Category
Vintage 1930s Swedish Art Deco Vases
Materials
Porcelain
"Nude with Parrot, " Brilliant Cubist-Art Deco Painting by Popczyk, Red and Blue
By Jozef Popczyk
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Painted in a kaleidoscopic array of brilliant colors -- tangerine, emerald green, scarlet, deep sky blue and black -- this Cubist work depicts a nude female figure and a parrot sitting on a circular perch, surrounded by a crazy quilt of patterns. The artist -- Joseph Popczyk -- was known for his vivid palette and love of Cubism, and in this case the chevrons and wavy patterns of Art Deco can...
Category
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
"St. Sebastian & Ionic Column, " Painting in Ink and Watercolor, Porter Woodruff
By Porter Woodruff
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This sensitive depiction of St. Sebastian, pierced by a myriad of arrows but not yet expired, was painted by Porter Woodruff in a gorgeous combination of watercolor, gouache and ink. The saint is shown against an Ionic column, with a dark and turbulent sky behind that is punctuated by a row of poplars pointing skyward. Woodruff was best known for his paintings and illustrations for Vogue magazine -- one of five American fashion illustrators who worked for the magazine -- as well as House & Garden. Woodruff was born in Tennessee, but spent much of his creative life in Paris and Tunisia, where he lived with Georges Sébastian, an important Hungarian-born, French orchestra...
Category
Vintage 1930s Tunisian Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
"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 Trotting Association to D. J. McConnville and P. J. Downey in 1938. Downey and McConnville were the owners of Billy Direct, who had just beaten the legendary Dan Patch...
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Decorative Bowls
Materials
Silver Plate
Rare Art Deco Desk Clock w/ Geometric Forms, Bronze and Brass, Tiffany & Co.
By Tiffany & Co.
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Boldly designed and rare -- perhaps unique -- this extremely fine desk clock by Tiffany & Company consists of a bronze case inset with an 8-day windup clock...
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Brass, Bronze
"Youths Bathing in the Bay of Algiers, " Monumental Painting by Ortega, 1934
By José Ortega
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Brilliantly painted in tones of turquoise, Mediterranean blue, aqua, sky blue and a range of rich browns, tans and grays, this view of three young men bathing...
Category
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Down for the Count, " Extraordinary, Rare Bronze w/ Nude Male Boxers by Howard
Located in Philadelphia, PA
One of the most celebrated figural sculptures of the 20th century, and one of the finest depictions of the male figure from the 1920s and 30s, this extremely rare bronze by Cecil de Blaquiere Howard depicts two boxers, one triumphant and one defeated, in the heat of the match. Each of the two nudes is beautifully captured in a scene that is compact and complex, with the standing figure stepping over and around the fallen figure below. The sculpture is depicting a dramatic moment in the boxing ring, but it is also presenting two male figures at their peak of physical perfection. Howard was born in Canada, brought up in America, and trained under sculptors such as James Fraser...
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Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Profile of Henry Donaldson, " Sculptural Portrait of Pioneering Neuroscientist
By R. Tait McKenzie 1
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Sculpted just a year before both sculptor and subject died in 1938, this important and unique sculptural rondel was made by Robert Tait McKenzie, ...
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Hydrangea in Blue, " 1930s Enamel Bowl with Leaves and Flower Clusters by Winter
By Edward Winter
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Created by Edward Winter, one of the masters of American enamel artistry in the 1930s, 40s and 50s, this low bowl features a composition of hydrangea flowers and leaves at its center...
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Decorative Bowls
Materials
Enamel
"Sleeping Nude, Arms Akimbo, " Masterful Drawing by Allyn Cox, Capitol Muralist
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Confident and masterful, this drawing of a male nude leaning back into a chair, fast asleep, with his arms thrown in every direction, was made by Allyn Cox, probably as a study for one of his murals. Cox spent 20 years painting and restoring murals at the US Capitol in Washington, D.C. starting in 1952; among his accomplishments was painting the Frieze of American history and restoring the apotheosis of Washington in the Rotunda. He also designed murals for three first-floor corridors in the House wing, now called the Cox Corridors. Here he uses pencil on paper to demonstrate his mastery of the human figure. He was the son of Kenyon Cox...
Category
Vintage 1930s Drawings
Materials
Paper
"Horses and Flying Birds, " Exceptional Art Deco Rug in Plum and Honey, Sweden
By Johanna Brunssons
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Woven in 1934 using a highly stylized Art Deco design with galloping horses and flying birds, this extraordinary rug was made by Sweden's leading school for weaving, founded by Johan...
Category
Vintage 1930s Swedish Art Deco Western European Rugs
Materials
Wool
"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 ...
Category
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Drawings
Materials
Paper
"Right Jab, " Classic Art Deco Sculpture of Boxer, Nickel Finish by Hagenauer
By Werkstätte Hagenauer Wien
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Sculpted by one of the greatest innovators in Art Deco sculpture in 1930s Europe, this nickeled brass figure of a boxer, his right arm reaching out to jab at his opponent, was made b...
Category
Vintage 1930s Austrian Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Brass
"Portrait of Young Woman, " Masterpiece by John Gregory, Folger Library Sculptor
By John Gregory
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An extraordinary piece of American sculpture, this depiction of a young woman, dated 1930, was sculpted in white marble by John Gregory -- who executed 9 large bas relief panels for the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C. -- for Paul Philippe Cret, who was the Library's architect. Clearly Gregory and Cret were friends as well as colleagues, and this sculpture may have been executed as a gesture of appreciation from Gregory to Cret; indeed, the Library's cornerstone was laid the same year this sculpture was created. Gregory is also known for his "Orpheus" bronze at Brookgreen Gardens in South Carolina, and an equestrian sculpture of General Anthony Wayne...
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Italian Lamp Base with Pulcinella and Female Nude, Art Deco Ceramic, Ponti Era
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Featuring brilliant, rich colors and striking imagery, this Italian Art Deco lamp base depicts a tall-hatted Pulcinella figure on one side, and a nu...
Category
Vintage 1930s Italian Art Deco Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic
"Bathers at the Shore, " Art Deco Painting of Swimmers by Karfunkle
By David Karfunkle
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Beautifully painted in muted tones of honey, soft blue and dusty pink, this evocative painting from the 1930s depicts two nude and semi-nude female figures along the seashore, framin...
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
Art Deco Vase with Collared Insert, Rare Bronze by Evan Jensen, Danish Master
By Evan Jensen
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Beautifully finished with a rare, mottled patina, this unusual and very scarce Art Deco bronze vase by Evan Jensen features a bronze, fluted collared insert that distinguishes Jensen...
Category
Vintage 1930s Danish Art Deco Vases
Materials
Bronze
"Wolf and Sheep, " Unique, Whimsical Art Deco Tile by I.C.S., Possibly Gambone
By ICS
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Entitled "Lupus et Ovis," Latin for "Wolf and Sheep," this brilliant tile depicts a rather ravenous-looking wolf side-by-side with a sheep along a stream, glazed in rich tones of azu...
Category
Vintage 1930s Italian Art Deco Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
"Lady of the Water Lilies, " Rare Art Deco Vase by Gaston Goor for Mougin
By Mougin Frères
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A large and substantial Art Deco vase sculpted by Auguste Goor for the Mougin pottery works in France, this off-white piece depicts a nude female figure, holding a length of fabric d...
Category
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Vases
Materials
Ceramic
"Grape Carriers, " Striking and Unique Art Deco Bowl w/ Wine Motif by Nylund
By Gunnar Nylund
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Depicting a Black male figure paired with a white female figure carrying clusters of grapes and ancient wine jars, this unique and striking Art Deco ...
Category
Vintage 1930s Swedish Art Deco Decorative Bowls
Materials
Porcelain
"Portrait of Junaluska, " Cherokee Leader in North Carolina, by Herbert Stoops
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This strong and dignified portrait of the great Cherokee leader, Junaluska, painted by one of America's leading illustrators long after the Native American's death, uses a palette of black and mossy green to capture its subject. Junaluska lived in western North Carolina in the early 19th century and served as an ally of Andrew Jackson during the War of 1812, saving his life during the Battle of Horseshoe Bend. Despite his heroism, he was exiled from his native land, participating in the Trail of Tears...
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Vintage 1930s North American Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Shepherdess and Lamb, " Brilliantly-Glazed Art Deco Sculpture, Primavera, France
By Madeleine Sougez, Atelier Primavera au Printemps
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Brilliantly glazed in hues of dark pumpkin, emerald green and ruddy putty, this unique ceramic sculpture of a shepherdess in a wide, pleated skirt embracing one of her lambs was crea...
Category
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
High Style Art Deco Vase/Lamp Base w/ Mayan Influence, 1930s, by Glidden Parker
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Masterfully carved -- not molded -- and bathed in a textured, rich brown glaze, this very early lamp base/vase by Glidden Parker is a superb example of Art Deco artistry by one of th...
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic
"Man, Woman and Horses, " Striking Art Deco Covered Urn by Nylund for Rorstrand
By Gunnar Nylund
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Gorgeously glazed in tones of rust, sable, ivory and chocolate, this unique lidded urn with foliated pinnacle and curving handles depicts a man with upraised arms and rearing horse o...
Category
Vintage 1930s Swedish Art Deco Urns
Materials
Porcelain
"Father, Son and Daughter, " Rare and Charming Bronze Relief Sculpture by Zorach
By William Zorach
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Beautifully sculpted and realized in bronze with a warm, deep brown patina, this relief panel by William Zorach depicts a father directly facing the viewer, embracing his son and daughter who are both engrossed in the care of a long-tailed bird. Zorach was renowned for his sculptures of the American family in different configurations, and he also loved depicting the house cat in different poses, all of which gave evidence of his love of domestic life in the 1930s. The artist was born in Lithuania, grew up in Cleveland, and spent much of his life in New England with his wife, Marguerite Zorach, an important artist in her own right. Although Zorach was a painter as well as a sculptor, he may be best known for a large female nude...
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
