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"Circus Scenes", Unique Art Deco Covered Urn w/ Ringmaster & Horse Rider
By Gunnar Nylund
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Although this unique covered urn captures circus scenes that are decidedly populist in nature, this piece is highly sophisticated and emphatically Art Deco. Note the repeated geomet...
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Vintage 1930s Swedish Art Deco Urns

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Porcelain

"Leda and the Swan, " Important Painting by Rene Buthaud
By René Buthaud
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Like many of his contemporaries in the 1920s and 1930s, in both America and France, Buthaud was fascinated with figures from classic mythology. Leda and the Swan was a motif he retu...
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Vintage 1940s French Art Deco Paintings

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Paper

"Lonely Wanderers Gather Silently", Symbolist-Art Deco Sculptural Relief
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Quite extraordinary in concept and execution, this carved wood relief panel by one of Argentina's leading sculptors in the early 20th century depict...
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Vintage 1910s Argentine Art Deco Wall-mounted Sculptures

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Wood

"Wanted This Men", Ink Drawing in Protest of War
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Clearly drawn to protest the induction and destruction of young men in the name of war, this ink sketch depicts three inductees in the British army, surrounded by uniformed officers ...
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Vintage 1910s British Art Deco Drawings

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Paper

"Herod and Salome", Sensuous Art Nouveau/Art Deco Painting in Blue and Green
By Ewald Dahlskog
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Stylized, yes, but sensuous and powerful, this transitional Art Nouveau-Art Deco painting depicts King Herod whispering into the ear of Salome, calling upon her to deliver the head o...
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Vintage 1910s Swedish Art Deco Paintings

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Paint

"Parrots & Flowering Branches", Rare, Fine Art Deco Glass Clock by Maurice Model
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Virtually glowing as light passes through its satiny glass, this highly rare Art Deco clock by Maurice Model features two parrots grooming their feathers amidst a profusion of flower...
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Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

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Glass

"Marlborough Has Left for the War", Art Deco Vase by Lallemant, Folk Song Theme
By Robert Lallemant
Located in Philadelphia, PA
At once sophisticated and charming, this rare Art Deco vase by Robert Lallemant uses images and music to illustrate the classic French folk song -- "Malbrough s'en va-t-en guerre" (o...
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Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Vases

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Ceramic

"Honoring Henry Agard Wallace", Art Deco Bronze by Chambellan for B'nai B'rith
By René Paul Chambellan
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Highly important both artistically and historically, this high style Art Deco bronze panel, full of symbolism and patriotic fervor, was commissio...
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Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Wall-mounted Sculptures

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Bronze

"Late Afternoon on the Beach", Mid Century Painting w/ Blond Nude Male Figure
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This atmospheric and magical view of a single nude male figure on a California beach is imbued with lovely, unexpected colors and textures which rise up to a sky that is a pale shade of green. The blond young man has been sunbathing on a towel stretched along the sand, and seems to be placidly examining the viewer -- the painter -- from afar. The artist is Duane Wakeham...
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Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Paintings

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Paint

"Bacchanale", Unique Art Deco Vase w/ Nudes by Rheinfelden, Ruddy & Black Tones
By Rheinfelder Keramik
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Unique and striking, this Art Deco vase by Arnold Zahner for Rheinfelden, an old Swiss ceramics firm, depicts a frieze of nude figures enjoying th...
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Vintage 1930s Swiss Art Deco Vases

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Ceramic

Art Deco Bar Cabinet with Inlaid Mythological Figures by Andrew Szoeke
By Andrew Szoeke
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This masterpiece of cabinetmaking and wood inlay, by America's greatest artist working in this manner during the Art Deco era, is a two-level liquor cabinet that is enriched with ron...
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Cabinets

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Wood

"Two Women Lounging", Richly-Imagined Portrait of Figures in Satin & Silk, 1940s
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Voluptuous in its approach to scene and palette, this sumptuous portrait of two women, lounging side by side amongst pillows and fabrics in satin and silk, was painted by Rudolph Sch...
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Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Paintings

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Paint

"After the Bath", North African Scene w/ Female Nude by Robert, Art Deco
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This rich tapestry of life in and around a quiet courtyard in North Africa -- with domes, towers and minarets in the distance, and a woman lingering on a balcony to one side -- was p...
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Vintage 1920s Swiss Art Deco Paintings

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Paint

"St. George and the Dragon", Large Bronze Relief Sculpture with Male Nude
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Large and impressive, this bronze bas relief rondel depicts a nude St. George on his valiant horse, spearing a fearsome dragon below. The relief is bold and expressive, and the bron...
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Vintage 1920s American Art Deco Wall-mounted Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

"Coca-Cola and Coffee", Original 1949 Painting, Important Industrial Design
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An astonishing and important example of Moderne-Mid Century Modern industrial design, this original watercolor rendering of a short-lived Coca-Cola/coffee vending machine was painted...
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Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Paintings

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Paint

"Picking Roses", Art Deco-Jugenstil Painting of Classicized Woman in Rose Garden
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Richly colored and stunningly beautiful, this 1920s depiction of a female figure in Classic Greek garb, her hair in a bun and her dress radiantly dyed candy-apple red, was painted by...
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Vintage 1920s Swiss Art Deco Paintings

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Paint

"Dancing Angel", Classic 1940s Tempera Painting with Nude Male Figure
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Reminiscent of the work of Jared French in its material (tempera), its color palette and its approach to the male figure, this lovely depiction of two dancing angels, one in the fore...
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Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Paintings

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Paint

"Golden Parakeets", Large and Rare Art Deco Vase in Gold, Ivory and Deep Blue
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This large and striking vase -- the first example we have seen -- depicts a frieze-like line of golden parakeets or small parrots arrayed against a dee...
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Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Vases

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Ceramic

"Orpheus with Lyre and Cape", Fine Art Deco Eglomise Painting in Gold and Wine
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An elegant and sophisticated example of high style Art Deco eglomise painting, this depiction of a stylized Orpheus figure with lyre and cape is painted in rich tones of gold, black ...
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Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Paintings

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Paint

"A Short Story", Important Painting & Poem, Stephen Tennant & Siegfried Sassoon
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Remarkable both esthetically and historically, this delicate and atmospheric watercolor and ink painting by Stephen Tennant illustrates a short poem by...
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Vintage 1920s British Art Deco Paintings

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Paint

"Stoking the Engine", Painting for Coca Cola on "Uses of Coal" for 1949 Campaign
By Lyman Anderson
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Important both historically and artistically, this painting by Lyman Anderson of a railroad engineer feeding the engine with a fresh supply of coal was commissioned by the Coca Cola ...
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Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Paintings

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Paint

"Seated Man, Two Positions", Drawing of Half-Nude Male Figure by Ulen, 1930s
By Paul Ulen
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Beautifully and sensitively drawn by Paul Ulen, this single sheet includes two images of a half-nude male figure, seated and reclining, wearing loose worker pants and sporting a fashionable 1930s haircut. In each case, the figure's strong, muscular body is expressed in tones of light and shadow, confidently drawn in pencil. The gridded background suggests that the figures were studies for a larger wall mural, and indeed, a major mural-esque painting by Ulen, "Bricklayer at Rest," perhaps depicting the same model, is also available from Renaissance Man Antiques...
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Drawings

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Paper

"Nude Triton", Larger, Rare Bronze of Nude Male Triton by Netzer, 1920s
By Hubert Netzer
Located in Philadelphia, PA
At once strong and sensuous, this large bronze of a fully nude triton figure, his right arm raised high with his trident, ready to strike, was sculpted in the 1920s by Hubert Netzer....
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Vintage 1920s German Art Deco Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

"Sea Dragon Candle Stand", Large Art Deco Masterpiece, Wrought Iron, Sweden
By Carl-Einar Borgstrom
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Unique and striking, this Art Deco-Modernist candle stand by Karl Einar Borgström depicts a highly stylized sea dragon using wrought iron bars and rods. Although this piece has a pr...
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Vintage 1930s Swedish Art Deco Figurative Sculptures

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Iron

"Smelling the Rose", Stunning Painting by Marie Laurencin in Gray & Taupe, 1930
By Marie Laurencin
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Beautiful and affecting, this gentle depiction of a young woman holding a rose, her hair embellished with clusters of pearls and her dress evincing a fashionable patchwork of colors à la Paul Poiret, is by Marie Laurencin, and was painted as the basis for a print she issued. Laurencin -- whose paintings are being celebrated in a major exhibition at the Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia now -- is known for her focus on lovely women painted in delicate shades of blue, pink and gray, with dark eyes and blushing lips, as here. This painting, executed in gouache and watercolor, may have served as a study for a larger painting in oil...
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Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Paintings

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Paint

"Calla Lily and Purple Hills", Social Realist Painting of Oklahoma Landscape
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A striking and richly-hued example of American Scene painting, this depiction of a yellow calla lily framed by undulating hills in tones of purple and red was painted by Richard Taflinger. The artist's celebration of his native Oklahoma landscape...
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Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Paintings

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Paint

"Golden Youth", Gilded Sculpture of Young Man's Head by Lundqvist, Sweden
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This strong, placid visage of a young man, eyes closed and hair flowing, was sculpted by John Lundqvist, sometimes compared to Carl Milles, who was Sweden's leading sculptor in the e...
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Vintage 1920s Swedish Art Deco Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Plaster

"Greek Goddess", Original Art Deco Painting for "L'Odyssée" by Schmied, 1928
By François-Louis Schmied
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This richly detailed painting of a Greek goddess in Classical robes, standing atop a flight of steps with two heavily veiled attendants below, was made by François-Louis Schmied, one...
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Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Paintings

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Paint

High Style Art Deco Glass Vase with Flowers and Leaves by Jean Luce, 1920s
By Jean Luce
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Although Rene Lalique reigned supreme when it came to high-end, cast glass pieces in the stylized manner we now call Art Deco, in the related field of enameled and decorated glass, J...
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Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Vases

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Glass

"Under the El", WPA-Era Painting of Philadelphia Market by Van Loan
By Dorothy Van Loan
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Brilliantly painted in a palette of canary yellow, orange-red, browns and blues, this WPA-period painting of an open-air market under the Market-Frankford elevated train line ("the El") in Philadelphia was executed by Dorothy Van Loan...
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Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Paintings

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Paint

"Labor", Handsome WPA-Era Painting with Nudes by Muralist Lichtenauer
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Because Joseph Mortimer Lichtenauer is best known for his public murals, it's not surprising that this easel painting -- with its frieze-like array of nude and Classically dressed fi...
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings

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Paint

"Frieze of Male Nudes", Art Deco Vase with Greek-Inspired Hunters and Warriors
By Etienne Vilotte
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Rare and beautifully made, this vase decorated with a stylized frieze of nude male figures hunting and preparing for battle was clearly inspired by ancient Greek art...
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Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Vases

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Ceramic

"Standing Male Nude", Rare, Early Painting by Paul Goadby Stone, 1949
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Exquisitely accomplished, this lovely male nude by Paul Goadby Stone is the earliest piece we have ever offered by the artist. Although it has the a...
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Vintage 1940s American Mid-Century Modern Paintings

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Paint

"Merman and Dolphin", Large, Grotto-esque Art Nouveau Floor Vase, Goldscheider
By GOLDSCHEIDERSCHE PORZELLAN-MANUFACTUR UND MAJOLICA-FABRIK (1885-1953)
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Large, substantial, extraordinary -- and probably unique -- this Art Nouveau floor vase depicts a nude merman pulling at the whiskers of a playful dolphin, surrounded by the bounty o...
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Early 20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Vases

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Terracotta

"Design for Art Deco Rug", Geometric Painting in Deep Pink, Blue and Gray
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Highly stylized and rich with geometric forms -- including concentric circles, stacks of triangles and a lightning bolt motif -- this original painting was clearly made for an Art De...
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Vintage 1930s Swedish Art Deco Paintings

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Paint

"Pueblos", Classic WPA-Era Mural Study with Native Americans for Los Angeles, CA
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This classic example of WPA-period mural painting, executed by Verona Burkhardt for the Immigration and Naturalization Center in Los Angeles, depicts five Pueblo Indians in the foreground and a magnificent landscape of canyons and Pueblo dwellings in the background. This served as a study for one of five large canvases she delivered to California in 1941 or 1942, but the building was cordoned off due to America's entrance into World War II. Burkhardt (or Burkhard) was the daughter of two important artists and was introduced to painting and crafts at an early age. In her prime, she won seven U.S. Government mural commissions in national competitions for buildings in Wyoming, Montana, North Carolina, and Washington, D.C. She settled in Grand Junction...
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Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Paintings

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Paint

"Fish and Seaweed", Unique Art Deco Vase by Fevola for Lachenal, 1920s
By Jean-Jacques Lachenal
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This lovely and atmospheric Art Deco vase designed and glazed by Félix-Pascal Févola for Jean-Jacques Lachenal depicts a group of fish around all sides, weaving and bobbing among twi...
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Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Vases

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Ceramic

"Shepherd with Staff", High Style Art Deco Painting by Schmied, Book Illustrator
By François-Louis Schmied
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This elegant and lovely depiction of a shepherd with his staff, clearly influenced by classic Greek painting and pottery, was made by François-Louis Schmied, one of France's two lead...
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Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Paintings

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Paint

High Style Art Deco Hat Rack in Wrought Iron by Paul Kiss, Leaves & Tendrils
By Paul Kiss
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Together with Edgar Brandt, Paul Kiss was one of the leading wrought iron artists of the Art Deco era in France, creating a range of rare and remarkable pieces in the 1920s. This ha...
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Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Hat Racks and Stands

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Iron

"Sant Petro", Cubist/Art Deco Painting of Church w/ Palm Trees, Blue and Green
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Brilliantly painted in tones of blue, green and warm brown, this fractured view of a church and palm trees along the Mediterranean, the building's tower and apse depicted in a golden...
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Vintage 1950s Swedish Art Deco Paintings

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Paint

"Pan and Nymphs", Unique and Striking Art Deco Vase with Nudes, Iridescent Glaze
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Striking and sensuous, this 1920s French vase depicts a flute-playing nude Pan figure flanked by three nude female figures with Greek attributes, al...
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Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Vases

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Ceramic

"Nude Male Archer Bookends", Rare Pair of Ceramic, Arts and Crafts Sculptures
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This rare and remarkable pair of ceramic bookends, featuring kneeling nude male figures with drawn bows who are ready to let fly their arrows, was designed by Mary Watts and produced...
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Vintage 1920s British Arts and Crafts Bookends

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Ceramic

"Lion and Antelope", Bottle-Form Art Deco Vase by Primavera, possibly Buthaud
By Atelier Primavera au Printemps
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Large and substantial, this unique bottle-form vase features a lion and antelope on one side, and a branch with leaves on the other, all glazed in rich deep brown and ivory. Each si...
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Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Vases

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Ceramic

"Male Nude Frieze", Art Deco Sculptural Panel, Bertoni, Traction Avant Designer
Located in Philadelphia, PA
In the 1930s, when Italy was once again valorizing and idealizing the male nude -- witness the famous crescent of nude male athletes at the Foro Italico in Rome -- this silvered bron...
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Vintage 1930s Italian Art Deco Wall-mounted Sculptures

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Bronze

"Young Aegean Islander", Painting of Greek Youth, Ruddy Brown & Blue, PAFA
By Julius Bloch
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This vivid and large portrait of a young, sunburned Greek man, painted in a palette of deep blue, red and ruddy skin tones, was painted by Julius Bloch in 1961. The artist spent hi...
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Paintings

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Paint

"Zeus and Gods of Olympus", Art Deco Masterpiece by Schmied for "L'Odyssee"
By François-Louis Schmied
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This magnificent depiction of Zeus presiding over the gods of Olympus was painted by François-Louis Schmied, one of France's two leading artists specializing in high-end book design ...
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Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Paintings

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Paint

"Young Greeks at Cock Fight", Limoges Enamel with Male Nude, Gérôme Painting
By Limoges
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Although KPM, the German porcelain firm, is well known for its glazed plaques that copied great European masterwork paintings, Limoges in France did the same, though in enamel, an ar...
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Vintage 1920s French Beaux Arts Decorative Art

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Enamel

"At the Finish Line, " Rare Art Deco Bronze Runner with Nude Male, Le Faguays
By Pierre Le Faguays
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Beautifully cast and finished with a rich, brown patina, this extremely rare bronze by Pierre Le Faguays depicts a nude runner racing at top speed, his hea...
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Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

"Owed So Much", Rare Sculptural Plaque with Spitfire Airplane & Churchill Quote
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Rare and striking, this molded and patinated brass plaque -- which depicts a 1940s Spitfire in the midst of Art Deco clouds with the sun shining behind -- was made by the Walsall Li...
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Vintage 1940s British Art Deco Wall-mounted Sculptures

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Brass

"Reclining Male Nude", Important Drawing by Edward Wolfe, Duncan Grant's Circle
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This important, beautifully rendered drawing of a reclining male nude figure was made by Edward Wolfe, who was born in South Africa but spent much of his career in Great Britain in the company of Duncan Grant and other celebrated gay artists. A year after arriving in England in 1916, Roger Fry invited Wolfe to join the Omega Workshops, where he painted and designed furniture with strong colors influenced by the Fauvist movement. Wolfe connected to Grant and the Bloomsbury Group...
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Vintage 1930s British Art Deco Drawings

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Paper

"Birth of Venus", High Style, Late Art Deco Panel with Nude and Fish, Dark Blue
By Boris Blai
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Highly rare and striking, this high relief Art Deco sculptural panel features a nude Venus figure at its center, surrounding by spouting fish and flying birds. The sculptor was Bori...
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Vintage 1950s American Art Deco Wall-mounted Sculptures

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Fiberglass

"Circus Is in Town, " Social Realist Painting with Elephants and Giraffe
By Anne Walker
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Exuberant and vividly painted, this painting depicts the circus big top on the edge of a small town, with a wagon to one side, a pair of elephants waiting for their moment, and two c...
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings

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Paint

"Deer with Tree of Life", Art Deco-Modernist Embroidery in Deep Red and Green
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An important example of Modernist needlework and fabric design, this richly-colored embroidery panel depicts a tree of life, full of birds circling a tree expressed in the fashionabl...
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Vintage 1920s American Art Deco Tapestries

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Yarn

"Knockout", Superb Art Deco Painting by François-Louis Schmied, Book Designer
By François-Louis Schmied
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This superb depiction of two nude male boxers at the height of their fight, one knocking out the other, was painted by François-Louis Schmied, one of ...
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Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Paintings

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Paint

"Cavorting Mermaids", Sensuous, Unusual Art Deco Flambe Vase w/ Gold by Nylund
By Rörstrand, Gunnar Nylund
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Highly unusual and very sensuous, this richly decorated Flambé vase by Gunnar Nylund for Rorstrand porcelain works depicts a group of four mermaids cavorting and dancing with an arra...
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Vintage 1930s Swedish Art Deco Vases

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Porcelain

"Kajaani Castle", Important Art Deco Ryijy Rug w/ Coat of Arms by Pia Katerma
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Unique and striking, this long pile ryijy rug designed by Pia Katerma in Finland depicts Kajaani Castle at the center of the Coat of Arms of Kajaani, surrounded by geometric patterns...
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Vintage 1930s Finnish Art Deco Western European Rugs

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Wool

"Mercury in Golden Glow", Important Art Deco Painting w/ Male Nude by Schmied
By François-Louis Schmied
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This unusual presentation of Mercury, the Greek god of speed and communications, was painted by François-Louis Schmied, one of France's two leading artists specializing in high-end b...
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Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Paintings

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Paint

"Playing Ball", Superb Art Deco Painting w/ Male Nudes by François-Louis Schmied
By François-Louis Schmied
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This vivid and sensual painting of two nude male figures, each ready to toss a ball into the air, was executed by François-Louis Schmied, one of France's two leading artists speciali...
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Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Paintings

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Paint

"Story of Pennsylvania", Large Art Deco Masterpiece for Finance Bldg, PA Capitol
By Eugene Francis Savage
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A large and remarkable masterpiece from the heyday of Art Deco mural painting, this colorful and detailed study was made by Eugene Savage in preparation for an enormous ceiling mural...
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Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Paintings

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Paint

"Flight", Important Pair of Art Deco Sculptural Maquettes with Nude & Airplane
By Brenda Putnam
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Stunningly sculpted and highly evocative of a harrowing period in American history, this pair of original plaster maquettes, beautifully finished in an old gold paint, were made by Brenda Putnam in preparation for her 1941 bronze medallion commissioned by the Society of Medalists...
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Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Wall-mounted Sculptures

Materials

Plaster

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