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"Crested Bird with Pomegranate, " Rare Pencil and Gouache Painting by Parzinger
By Tommi Parzinger
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Best known for his handsome, beautifully-crafted furniture designs, much in demand today, Tommi Parzinger also painted over the span of his career. His rare, early works -- such as t...
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Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
"Dancing Figure in Asian Costume, " Monumental Mid Century Enamel Bowl
Located in Philadelphia, PA
The most spectacular piece of mid century enamelwork we have ever seen, or offered, this monumental shallow bowl, designed for hanging on a wall, depicts a dancing female figure -- c...
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Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Enamel
"Trees, " Vivid California Impressionist Painting by Edwin James Pond, Oakland
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A brilliant example of California Impressionist painting, this view of the East Bay hills shimmering in pink, purple, jade and periw...
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Vintage 1920s American Modern 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...
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
"Tea and Smoke in the Bath, " Important Scene in Moroccan Hammam by Azema
By Jacques Azema
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This classic and important drawing by Jacques Azéma depicts two Moroccan male youth in the hammam or bath house, relaxing in the nude and imbibing in tea...
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Vintage 1950s Moroccan Mid-Century Modern Drawings
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Paper
"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
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Paint
"Flute and Bass, " Unique Repoussé Panel with Musicians, Early Soviet Republic
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A truly remarkable survivor from the early days of the Russian republic, not long after the Russian Revolution but before the Stalinist era, this re...
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Vintage 1920s Russian Art Deco Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Brass
"Two Nudes and Bowl of Fruit, " Masterful Cubist-Influenced Art Deco Oil Painting
By Jules Schyl
Located in Philadelphia, PA
In our opinion, the finest work ever painted by Jules Schyl, one of Sweden's leading Modernists in the 1920s and 1930s, this spectacular piece depicts a female nude in the upper righ...
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Vintage 1920s Swedish Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Flamenco Dancer, " Brilliant Art Deco-Cubist Oil Painting by Schyl, 1920s
By Jules Schyl
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A brilliant example of Cubist-influenced Art Deco painting, this view of a young flamenco dancer, with a wide-brimmed hat and roses on her hair, was painted by Jules Schyl, one of Sw...
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Vintage 1920s Swedish Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
"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
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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
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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...
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paper, Paint
"Jazz Club Dancing, Paris, " Quintessential 1920s Painting by Paul Colin
By Paul Colin
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Painted by Paul Colin, one of the artists who helped define the elegance of 1920s Paris, and in particular the rising prominence of jazz clubs which featured Josephine Baker and other Black performers, this piece features a couple dancing to a modern tune with high energy, their arms and legs at acute angles which echoed the geometries of high style Art Deco form. The Black male figure is the height of fashion in his tuxedo, and the female figure is wearing a thin, diaphanous, pale green dress...
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Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
"The Golden Hour, " Monumental Painting with Utopian Scene, Multiple Male Nudes
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Monumental and quite extraordinary, this utopian scene -- all cast in a lovely, warm glow -- depicts a wide range of nude figures, mostly male, in a grassy river valley between mount...
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Vintage 1920s British Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Spring, " Important 1920s Painting Evoking Stravinsky Ballet & Polish Folk Dress
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Painted by one of America's great Modernist artists -- Salcia Bahnc -- in 1925, and evoking Igor Stravinksy's "Rite of Spring" ballet and the native folk costume of Poland, where the artist grew up, this large and important piece depicts 10 figures in brilliantly-hued dress, some in dance poses that suggest the choreography and costumes of Vaslav Nijinsky and Nicholas Roerich...
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Vintage 1920s Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
"Nude Archer, " Bold Ink Drawing with Male Nude, Influenced by Klimt
By Erwin Stolz
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Bold and atmospheric, this ink drawing depicts a kneeling nude male figure, his bow arched and his arrow ready to spring forward, surrounded by a flower-bedecked landscape that clearly draws its inspiration from Gustav Klimt's work. To the left, silhouetted against the dark background, a pair of stylized geese -- evidently his target -- are shown flying upward. The sun which dapples the figure of the archer highlights his lithe musculature, and the artist -- Erwin Stolz -- gives the same close attention to the landscape behind. Stolz was well connected to the artistic elite of Vienna, and was friends with Alexander Rothaug...
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Vintage 1920s Art Deco Drawings
Materials
Paper
"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...
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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...
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Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Bedouin, " Striking Art Deco Painting by Stahlhut, NY World's Fair Poster Artist
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Striking and handsome, this depiction of a Bedouin in his traditional robe has the color and intensity one would associate with the fierce sun and heat of North Africa. The painting ...
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Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
"at the Swimming POOL, " Ghostly Male Nudes, Art Deco Drawing, Late 1940s
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Lovely and atmospheric, this drawing of a series of male nude figures at the swimming pool -- one diving, one readying to dive, others at the mirr...
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Vintage 1940s German Art Deco Drawings
Materials
Crayon
"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
"Medieval Battle, " Brilliant Art Deco Painting w/ King and Knights, Red & Yellow
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Rich with color -- including blood red, canary yellow and rich blue -- and full of astonishing detail, this crowded scene depicts a Medieval king on horseback expiring from an arrow to the chest, surrounding by a writhing crowd of knights in armor, many dead or dying, their faces contorted from the agony of the moment -- a testimony to the violence and tragedy of war. Above the scene, like the stage curtain of a theatre production, hangs three layers of Art Deco clouds in graduated shades of gray. The artist was Cesare Bentivoglio...
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Vintage 1920s Italian Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
"Exotic Procession with Elephant, " Fabulous Art Deco Painting by Bentivoglio
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A brilliant and arresting example of high-style Art Deco painting from the late 1920s, this exotic scene of a female figure -- no doubt a royal or divine personage -- riding an elephant, accompanied by a procession of retainers and servants, was painted by Cesare Bentivoglio...
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Vintage 1920s Italian Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
"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
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Paper
"Garden and Spindle, " Pair of Art Deco Paintings Celebrating the Swedish Home
By Simon Gate
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Painted by one of the greatest artists of the Swedish Grace movement -- Simon Gate, best known for his spectacular series of engraved glass designs for Orrefors in Sweden -- this pai...
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Vintage 1920s Swedish Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
"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...
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Vintage 1930s Belgian Art Deco Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
"Element of Air, " Art Deco Print with Male Nude and Atlantis Theme by Avinoff
By Andrey Avinoff
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Sensuous, finely rendered and full of mystery, this very rare signed print by Andrey Avinoff was one of several he created for "The Fall of Atlantis," a monumental and fantastical po...
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Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Prints
Materials
Paper
"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...
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Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Paintings
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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...
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Vintage 1930s Tunisian Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
"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...
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Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
"California Lifeguards, " Mid-Century Painting w/ Male Nude in Red, Yellow & Blue
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Saturated in bold primary colors -- deep red, brilliant yellow and sky blue -- this scene depicts a standing blond lifeguard with his surfboard to one side and a striped umbrella to ...
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Paintings
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Paint
"Battle of the Nudes, " Large Art Deco Painting by Wedel, Elton John Collection
By Nils Wedel
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This fantastic view of a great battle waged by a phalanx of nude male soldiers -- probably a scene from Sweden or France -- was painted by Nils Wedel, an important Swedish painter st...
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Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Actaeon in Flight, " Large Painting of Mythological Scene w/ Male Nude, 1942
By William Littlefield
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This stunning example of Art Deco painting illustrates the dramatic moment when the hunter Actaeon, having seen the nude Diana in her bath, is meeting his death. Here Actaeon himself is fully nude, and is being transformed into a deer as he is being pursued by Diana's avengers. The classic myth...
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Vintage 1940s North American Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
"Allegory, " Art Deco-Cubist Drawing with Multiple Nude Male Figures, circa 1920s
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Superbly conceived and executed, this Cubist-influenced Art Deco drawing shows four nude male figures, three below in various stages of surprise and exclamation, and a Christ-like figure above, gesturing to them in peace. The scene may be a modern day allusion to several Biblical stories of the risen Christ appearing to his followers, including on the road to Emmaus...
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Vintage 1920s American Art Deco Drawings
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Paper
"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
"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...
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Vintage 1930s Drawings
Materials
Paper
"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 ...
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Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Drawings
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Paper
"Dance of Salome, " Rare, Atmospheric Print by Herrmann, Important Innovator
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Highly atmospheric and charged with sensuality, this Art Nouveau-influenced print by Paul Herrmann (also known as Henri Heran) depicts the infamous dance o...
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Antique Early 1900s Art Nouveau Prints
Materials
Paper
"Tennis Player in Canary Yellow, " Striking Art Deco Portrait of Blond Athlete
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This striking portrait of a sophisticated, beautifully groomed young man holding a tennis racket, his straw-colored hair beautifully echoed and emphasized by his canary-yellow shirt, his cheeks ruddy from the sun and his eyelids heavy from the heat of the day, was drawn in pastel by Marianne Clouzot...
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Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Drawings
Materials
Paper
"Orpheus Charming the Animals, " Monumental Bronze Relief with Nude Male, 1910
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Beautifully sculpted, cast and patinated, this monumental bronze sculptural relief depicts a nude Orpheus playing his lyre at the center, calming and charming the animals around him,...
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Vintage 1910s German Belle Époque Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"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...
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
"Apollo, Hyacinthus and Cyparissus, " Exceptional Art Deco Drawing by Goor, 1947
By Gaston Goor
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Superbly conceived and executed by Gaston Goor in the late 1940s, when he was at the height of his powers, this drawing brings together three male figures -- all beautifully depicted...
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Vintage 1940s French Art Deco Drawings
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Paper
"Egyptian Prince Saif ul Malook with His Love, " by GAN, Swedish Modernist
By Gösta Adrian-Nilsson/ GAN
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Exotic and highly atmospheric, this nocturnal Art Deco scene of the famed Egyptian prince, Saif ul Malook, from the fairy tale by Mian Muhammad Baskh, was painted by Gösta Adrian-Nil...
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Vintage 1920s Swedish Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
Homage to Belgian Resistance Against Nazis, Remarkable Wall Plate by d'hossche
By Ernest d'Hossche
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Designed and executed by Ernest d'Hossche, one of Belgium's leading Art Deco artisans in the 1930s and 40s, this very rare wall plate features a nude female figure holding an upright...
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Vintage 1940s Belgian Art Deco Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
"Couple with Apples", Swedish Copy of British Masterwork
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Charming and lovely, this quiet depiction of two young lovers sitting under a tree in 1942, while World War II was being waged not far away, was painted by G. Lundgren in Sweden and is a close copy of "Amity" by Bernard Fleetwood Walker, owned by the Walker Art gallery in Liverpool, England. The original is well known and was painted in 1933. The young blond female figure is shown with a basket of apples at her side, in a pale blue dress...
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Vintage 1940s Swedish Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
"Spirit of Atlantis and Serpent of Quetzalcoatl, " Rare Art Deco Print by Avinoff
By Andrey Avinoff
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Extraordinarily sensuous and imaginative, this very rare signed print by Andrey Avinoff was one of several he created for "The Fall of Atlantis," a monumental and fantastical poem by...
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Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Prints
Materials
Paper
"Sailor in Repose, " Mid Century Watercolor w/ Male Nude by Emlen Etting
By Emlen Etting
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Provocative and unapologetic, this watercolor depiction of a fully nude sailor sprawled across his bed, his uniform and cap neatly laid on a chair to one s...
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Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint
"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
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Paint
"Julian the Hospitaller, " Impressionist Scene W/ Saint and Laborers in the Field
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Brilliantly and confidently painted by an important French painter, Augusta de Bourgade, in 1914, this Impressionist painting depicts a group of laborers in the field interacting wit...
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Vintage 1910s French Beaux Arts Paintings
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Paint
"Male Nude w/ Aureole, " Bronze Relief Sculpture, Art Nouveau/Symbolist Influence
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Large and spectacular, this bronze relief sculpture depicts a standing male nude figure on a ground that is rich with curving decorative motifs...
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Early 20th Century Dutch Art Nouveau Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Dancer at Rest, " Large Painting of Half-Nude Male Ballet Dancer, Mid Century
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Large and striking, this painting by Robert Childers presents a reclining ballet dancer, clothed above the waist in a dancer's sleeveless shirt, but nude below, holding a pink ribbon...
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Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Lunchroom Conversations, " Glimpse of 1920s Black Social Life in Philadelphia
By Julius Bloch
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Full of energy and elegance, this genre scene of African Americans eating and chatting in a 1920s lunchroom -- dressed to the nines in furs, fashionable hats...
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Vintage 1920s American Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
"Poseidon and Vulcan, " Marvelous Brass Repoussé Relief Sculptures, Nude Males
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Beautifully detailed and patinated, this pair of brass repoussé relief sculptures depict Vulcan at his forge, making lightning bolts to be thrown down from the sky, and Poseidon with his trident, riding the ocean in a large scallop shell...
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Early 20th Century French Renaissance Revival Wall-mounted Sculptures
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Brass
"Creation of Man, " Important Painting of Adam in Garden of Eden by Colacicchi
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Beautifully painted by Giovanni Colacicchi in rich, verdant colors, this depiction of a nude, youthful Adam figure in the midst of the Garden of Eden, accompanied by God in a hooded,...
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Vintage 1940s Italian Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Whiskey Sours, " Cubist-Art Deco Painting with Bottle and Jigger
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Taking its cues from the broken planes and tilted objects of Cubist masters such as Braque and Gris, as well as the polished art of the Art Deco movement, this brilliant painting sho...
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Vintage 1940s French Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
"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...
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Circus Scene, " 1930s Painting with Barker in Orange & Green, American Flags
By Iver Rose
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A riot of color and movement, much like the experience of walking around the circus in its heyday in 1930s America, this scene by Iver Rose depicts a barker at his podium, positioned...
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
"Aloha, The Universal Word, " Art Deco Study for Hawaiian Mural Series by Savage
By Eugene Francis Savage
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Extremely rare and important, this painting by Eugene Savage served as the preparatory study for one of six monumental Art Deco murals commissioned by the Matson Shipping company in ...
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
"Family in Italy, " 1930s Art Deco Wall Charger with Father, Mother and Son
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Strikingly composed and beautifully glazed, this large wall charger -- designed with display in mind -- features the idealized Italian family as res...
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Vintage 1930s Italian Art Deco Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
"Nudes in Paradise, " Spectacular Wall Charger, High Style Art Deco by Sevres
By Jean Beaumont
Located in Philadelphia, PA
One of the most spectacular high style Art Deco pieces we have ever offered, this large wall charger depicting two female nudes and a deer in an idyllic, color-drenched garden was made in 1927 by the famed Sevres porcelain manufactory in France. The designer was Jean Beaumont, who is known for designing some of the most ambitious and striking of Sevres' Art Deco vases and other pieces in the 1920s and 30s, and the ceramic artist who applied the glazes was Adrien-Auguste Leduc, who worked at Sèvres from 1923 until 1948. Made only two years after the Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes was held in Paris, which gave the Art Deco style its name many years later, the theme of this charger -- and its stylized, elongated nudes...
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Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Decorative Art
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Porcelain
