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"Purification, " Art Deco Portrayal of Chemist for Water Treatment Plant
By Robert McGill Mackall
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Purification" is a rare artist's working print, which served as the basis for a mural or bas-relief sculpture for a building in the 1930s, probably a water treatment building in the...
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Prints
"Terrace, " Brilliant, Cubist-Expressionist Masterpiece by Virginia True, 1946
By Virginia True
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Best known for her depictions of New Mexico and the Southwest, here Virginia True painted a brilliantly-hued Cubist scene reflecting her years in New York. Showing the influence of P...
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Vintage 1940s American Modern Paintings
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Paint
"American Gothic, " New England Scene Painting, Church in Clearing by Redka
By Eugenia Redka
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Although it shares a name with Grant Wood's iconic painting, the subject of Eugenia Redka's painting here is much different, a charming white painted Gothic church in the middle of the Vermont woods...
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Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Paintings
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Paint
"Walking the Cows" Important Social Realist Painting by Sternberg, 1944
By Charlotte Joan Sternberg
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A cross between Grant Wood and Paul Cadmus, this remarkable American regional scene painting depicts a young man in a white t-shirt walking a group of cows down a country lane with p...
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Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
Original Painting for 1928 Packard Advertisement, Stunning Oil on Canvas
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Masterfully painted and full of light and color, this oil painting depicting a 1928 Packard automobile, the height of Art Deco style and elegance toward the end of the Depression, is...
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Vintage 1920s American Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
"At the Theater, " Late Art Deco Oil Painting by Kummer, 1950
By Erwin George Kummer
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This stunning example of Art Deco-Mid Century American surrealism was painted by Erwin Kummer, a widely-known Chicago painter who exhibited widely in the 1940s at the Art Institute o...
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Vintage 1950s American Paintings
Materials
Canvas
1930 Bronze Bas Relief by Codman for Gorham Company
By William Codman
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Beautifully sculpted and expertly cast and patinated by the famed Gorham Company in 1930, this large panel was awarded to the winner of the Commercial Vehicle Inter-Fleet Contest in ...
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Vintage 1930s American Sculptures
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Bronze
"Blessing the Fishing Industry, " Art Deco Bas Relief Bronze Sculpture with Nude
By Walker Kirtland Hancock
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Sculpted by Walker Hancock, who spent many summers in the Gloucester area north of Boston, surrounded by fishermen, fishing boats and other evidence of the industry, this rare bas relief rondel...
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Wall-mounted Sculptures
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Bronze
"Newark Industrial Exposition", Poster Design Celebrating the American Worker
By Gerrit Beneker
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Brilliantly juxtaposing the silhouette of an factory worker, with his sledgehammer, against the backdrop of an industrial landscape in beautiful hues of purple, lemon yellow and tang...
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Vintage 1910s American Art Deco Paintings
"November 4th, " Powerful and Poignant World War I Memorial, Sculptural Bronze
By Egidio Boninsegna
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Rare and gorgeous, this bronze memorial panel was sculpted by Egidio Boninsegna, one of Milan's most celebrated sculptors in the early to mid-20th cent...
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Vintage 1920s Italian Art Nouveau Wall-mounted Sculptures
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Bronze
"Nudes in Cubist Landscape, " Drawing by Glidden Parker, Founder, Glidden Pottery
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A classic example of 1930s drawing showing the influence of Cubism and Art Deco design, this depiction of a nude couple standing in a landscape with fractured hills and clouds was created by Glidden Parker, most famous for his influence on modern ceramics and home design. Parker's stripped-down, geometric forms for tableware and decorative ware became widely popular in the 1940s and 1950s, and his earliest pieces sometimes have Art Deco decorative motifs. This drawing precedes the establishment of Glidden Pottery...
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Drawings
"Seated Black Man, " Rare and Fine WPA-Style Painting attributed to Walker Evans
By Walker Evans
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Although Walker Evans is world-renowned for his Depression-era photographs of ordinary men and women across America, many of them taken while serving as “information specialist” in t...
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
"Horse in the Midnight Sky, " Large Art Deco Enamel Rondel Panel by Winter
By Edward Winter
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A large and striking enamel rondel panel by the great enamel artist, Edward Winter, this Art Deco masterpiece depicts a proud horse, with his head raised high and one leg ready to mo...
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Decorative Art
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Enamel
"Nude with Cape, " Large and Important Bas Relief Panel by Mayodon
By Jean-Leon Mayodon
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This large, unique sculptural panel demonstrates, in a bold and dramatic way, Jean Mayodon's fascination with the classical nude, interpreted of course in a modern way. Mayodon was o...
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Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Wall-mounted Sculptures
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Ceramic
"Old King Cole, " Rare, Striking Linoleum Panel with Nursery Rhyme Motif
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Utterly charming and graphically strong, this depiction of Old King Cole with his three fiddlers is an original linoleum panel produced by the Armstrong company in Lancaster, Pennsyl...
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Decorative Art
Materials
Wood
"Circus Performers, " Brilliant Example of Surrealist Folk Art w/ Wood Marquetry
By Renato Maggiora
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Brilliantly designed and executed, this example of wood inlay Folk Art, by Renato Maggiora in 1953, depicts a pair of circus acrobats at the centre, highly stylized and showing the i...
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Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
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Wood
"Gathering Fruit", Vividly-Hued Art Deco Painting with Nudes by Schulte
By Antoinette Schulte
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Painted by Antoinette Schulte, a widely-respected artist in New York, who exhibited and taught widely, this painting depicts male and female nudes sheltered by the boughs of a tree h...
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Vintage 1920s American Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
"Modern Greek Frieze with Horse, " Extremely Rare WPA-Period Watercolor, 1930s
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Beautifully composed and subtly colored in hues of pale, pale blue and rusty red, this frieze-like composition features two female figures in Classical Greek robes...
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Drawings
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Paper
"Harlequin with Lute and Mask, " Brilliantly-Hued Midcentury Painting by Pamico
By Miguel Pamico
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Making liberal use of brilliant colors, dominated by grey-blue and deep pink, this painting depicts a seated harlequin/musician figure with a faint, knowing smile, contrasting with t...
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Vintage 1950s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Paintings
"Scuba Diver Rescue, " Rare and Important Illustration Art for 1952 Magazine
By Peter Poulton
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This extraordinarily rare and important painting, for the cover of the December, 1952 issue of "American Manhood" magazine, depicts a fallen scuba diver, p...
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Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Paintings
"Samson and the Lion, " Large, Rare Art Deco Sculptural Panel with Tile Mosaic
By Valentin Shabaeff
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A tour de force example of Art Deco wall sculpture, this depiction of Samson slaying the lion was made by Valentin Shabaeff, a Russian-Canadian artist who settled in Montreal. Shabae...
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Vintage 1930s Canadian Art Deco Wall-mounted Sculptures
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Ceramic
"Laundry Day, " Brilliant Ptg. of Rural North Carolina Life During World War II
By Warren Wheelock
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Fresh as a crisp fall day, this painting of a woman taking down laundry at the base of a hill dominated by her home above is a reassuring depiction of wholesome rural life in 1941, p...
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Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Paintings
"Study for Icarus, " Drawing by Emlen Etting, 1940s
By Emlen Etting
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Emlen Etting returned again and again to the theme of Icarus Falling, in part because it gave him an opportunity to depict the nude male in motion. This large drawing served as a stu...
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Vintage 1940s American Mid-Century Modern Drawings
"Fishermen and Women, " Large, Pierced Wood Midcentury Wall Sculpture in Gray
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Expertly and sensitively carved from a slab of mahogany and finished with paint the color of gray flannel, this superb wall sculpture depicts two women and one man at the dockyard, c...
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Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
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Wood
"Male Nude Holding Child Aloft, " Large Art Deco Drawing by Master Muralist
By Robert Hale Ives Gammell
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Drawn by Robert Hale Ives Gammell, this depiction of a nude male figure holding a stylized child aloft is brilliant evidence of the artist's mastery of draughtsmanship. Gammell loved...
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Drawings
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Paper
"Half Nude Man at Rest, " Important Drawing of Black Worker by De Erdelyi
By Francis De Erdely 2
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A Fine and important depiction of an African American worker, one of the artist's favorite subjects, this drawing by Francis De Erdelyi gives a hint of his important influence on a g...
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Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Drawings
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Charcoal, Paper
"Lion and Gazelle, " Fabulous Art Deco Mural Study in Black and Rust
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Full of color and movement, this detailed study for a room dominated by a monumental Art Deco mural was painted by a French artist, perhaps for an interior design firm in Bordeaux. T...
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Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
"Hercules and the Bull", Mythological Relief Sculpture with Male Nude, di Signa
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Boldly sculpted and beautifully finished with a deep mossy green glaze, this bas relief sculpture depicts a nude Hercules, possibly carrying the Cretan bull, followed by a robed fema...
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Early 20th Century Italian Neoclassical Revival Wall-mounted Sculptures
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Ceramic
"Spring Frolic, " Rare Drawing with Nudes by Gaston Goor, Late Art Deco
By Gaston Goor
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Finely drawn and vividly hued, this drawing was executed in 1954 by Gaston Goor, who was famous for illustrating a number of books by Roger Peyrefitte and others in France. Goor was ...
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Vintage 1950s French Art Deco Drawings
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Crayon
"Three Men in Tatters, " Surrealist Painting with Semi-Nude Figures by Lear
By John B. Lear
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Over his long career, John Lear liked to depict nude or half-nude male figures set in fantastic or exotic environments such as the circus, carnival, deserted beach, or Dali-esque set...
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Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Paintings
"Mangbetu Coming to Market, " Large Art Deco Master Painting by Paul Travis
By Paul Travis
Located in Philadelphia, PA
In an era when fine art and natural history museums commissioned artists to travel the world to draw, paint and sculpt the native cultures they saw, Paul Travis' travels to Africa we...
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Vintage 1920s American Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
"Pegasus, " Art Deco Sculpture w/ Male Nude by Brunetti, inspired by Walter Crane
By Mario Brunetti
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Beautifully and subtly glazed in tones of grey, green, pink and tan, this stunning Art Deco sculptural rondel depicts Bellerophon, a nude male figure from Greek mythology, restraining a winged Pegasus in a lush springtime landscape. This piece is a rare example of the work of Mario Brunetti, who was part of a circle of sculptors and ceramicists influenced by the enormously successful Lenci workshop in Turin (Torino). Brunetti favoured mythological subjects, but his work is extremely rare. This motif of Bellerophon, shown nude with Greek cap, restraining the rearing Pegasus...
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Vintage 1940s Italian Art Deco Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Clay
"the Judgment of Paris, " Fabulous Art Deco Mural with Nudes by Machin
By Wilfred Machin 1
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A stunning example of Art Deco painting inspired by classical mythology, this piece depicts Paris, with Mercury by his side and with a golden apple in hand, deciding which of three g...
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings
"Girl with Beret, " Lovely, Carved 1930s Sculptural Plaque by Bela Janowsky
By Bela Janowsky
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Charming and winning, this unique terracotta plaque, sculpted and fired by Bela Janowsky, depicts a lovely girl with long hair and a beret. Janowsky is known for his large bas relief sculpture, "The Last of the Mohicans...
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Wall-mounted Sculptures
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Terracotta
"Bellerophon and Pegasus" Striking Art Deco Painting with Male Nude Mythological
By Bryson Burroughs
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This remarkable scene depicting the moment when Bellerophon was about to lasso the flying figure of Pegasus after the creature paused for a drink below was painted in 1926 by Bryson ...
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Vintage 1920s American Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
"At the Ring, " Rare Art Deco-Cubist Olympics Print Depicting the Boxing Arena
By Milivoy Uzelac
Located in Philadelphia, PA
One of the rarest of Milivoy Uzelac's Olympics prints, this scene depicts the boxing arena from several vantage points -- from above, from the vantage p...
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Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Prints
"Semi-Nude Man with Beech Tree, " Pencil Drawing by John Lear
By John B. Lear
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Much like Salvador Dali, who continued to create his mysterious and puzzling landscapes long after Surrealism had lost its popularity, John Lear drew and painted in the same manner f...
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Vintage 1980s American Mid-Century Modern Drawings
"American Olympics 1928, " Spectacular Art Deco Drawing of Stadium Entrance
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Although the Olympics in 1928 were held in Amsterdam, Lee Seibert drew this vivid and colorful image of the main entrance to the stadium as if it were in America, the sky glowing with a rainbow-hued aureole and the scene attracting sophisticated men and women in evening clothes. Indeed, the 1932 Olympics...
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Vintage 1920s American Art Deco Drawings
"Attack of the Cobra, " Large Art Deco Painting, France, 1930s
By René Mendes-France
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Reflecting France’s fascination with Africans and Black Americans, and perhaps inspired by the Exposition Colonial Internationale held in Paris in 1931, this canvas shows an African ...
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Vintage 1930s French Paintings
"Fig Leaf Removed, " Greek Male Nude, Midcentury Painting by Dusso
By Leon (Dusso) d'Usseau
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Beautifully painted and with an arresting subject, this piece -- with its male nude subject having removed his own fig leaf -- reveals the sly humor of its painter, Leon Dusso...
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Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Paintings
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Paint
"Three at the Beach, " Rare Mid-Century Linocut Print by Berger
By Roland Berger
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Full of energy and humour, this depiction of three nude male figures on a beach, one strutting by -- and admired by -- the others, was created by Roland berger, a German artist with ...
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Vintage 1980s German Mid-Century Modern Prints
"Distribution" Fabulous, Large Art Deco Allegorical Mural with Male Nude
By Charles Winter
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A superb example of American allegorical painting celebrating the nation's trade and commerce, this gorgeous, high energy view of a major port, bustling with sailing ships, steam shi...
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Vintage 1920s American Art Deco Paintings
"Kublai Khan, " Large Art Deco Painting Masterpiece with Male Nudes, 1943
By Milton Bond
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Inspired by "Kublai Khan," the famed Romantic poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and one of a series painted by Milton Bond dating from the 1940s and 1950s, this depiction of a nude youth...
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Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Paintings
"April Fool, " Original Painting for Pennsylvania Academy Dance, Orange & Yellow
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Rich with color and a Maxfield Parrish-like wry humor, this original gouache painting was executed by a student with the initials JK for an annual vaudeville and dance event put on for the older students of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia. The fool is shown in profile, with his hat ringed with bells and his hair cut in a Prince Valiant...
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Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Paintings
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Paper
"Black Male Nude with Sculpture" by Mark Allen Isaacson
By Mark Allen Isaacson
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This large and important portrait contrasts a modern African American male nude with two other figures in an artist's studio: a life-size pl...
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Vintage 1970s American Paintings
Materials
Canvas
"Man in Green Sweater, " Striking Mid-Century Portrait by Zimmerman, 1950s
By Paul Zimmerman
Located in Philadelphia, PA
One of the strongest Mid-Century portraits we have seen, this depiction of a young man in a vivid, emerald-green sweater was painted by Paul Zimmerman, an important artist who grew u...
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Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Russian Dancers with Balalaikas, " Fabulous Art Deco Ceramic Wall Plaques
By Valentin Shabaeff
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vibrant and brilliant examples of Art Deco sculptural plaques, this pair was created by Valentin Shabaeff, a Russian-born artist who settled in Montreal, Canada. He became known for ...
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Vintage 1930s Canadian Art Deco Wall-mounted Sculptures
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Ceramic
"Male Nude, " Early and Fine Drawing by William Baziotes at National Academy
By William Baziotes
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Although William Baziotes is justifiably famous for his Surrealist and Biomorphic paintings later in his career, his extraordinary talent is evident in his early works as well. This ...
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Drawings
"Flowering Apple Tree, " Lovely American Impressionist Painting in White & Gold
By Edward Siebert
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Fresh and light, this lovely Impressionist painting of a spreading apple tree laden with blossoms, reigning over a field brilliant in tones of spring green and gold, was painted by Edward Siebert in the early 20th century. Born in the District of Columbia...
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Early 20th Century American Belle Époque Paintings
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Paint
"Mercury and Caduceus, " Art Deco Sculpted and Painted Advertising Panel
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Beautifully carved and painted, this remarkable Art Deco panel depicts Mercury and his staff the caduceus, encircled with serpents, which has served as the symbol of the medical prof...
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Vintage 1920s American Art Deco Wall-mounted Sculptures
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Wood
"Bucolic Lakeside with Swans, " Metropolitan Opera Backdrop Design, 1930
By George Stimmel
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Lovely and bucolic, this view of an idyllic lakeside landscape, complete with classical sculpture, a pair of swans, and brilliantly-colored flowering trees, was painted by George Stimmel for the Metropolitan Opera in New York, either as a set piece or to suggest the backdrop for an opera production in 1930. Stimmel's work was exhibited at the Knoedler Gallery in New York, but his opera paintings...
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings
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Board
"Nudes in the Conservatory, " Art Deco-Surrealist Print by Peter, 1925
By Robert Charles Peter
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An extraordinary and rare print by Robert Charles Peter, a British artist, this scene of a male and female nude, in a cage-like setting with lush plant forms in the background, seems...
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Vintage 1920s Great Britain (UK) Art Deco Prints
"Actaeon, " Large Art Deco-Mid Century Painting by Hollywood Figure
By Leon (Dusso) d'Usseau
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Large and arresting, this stylized depiction of the great hunter in Greek mythology, Actaeon, resting on a slab of marble with his bow and quiver of arrows, was painted by Leon Dusso...
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Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
"Quarry Men, " Striking Art Deco-WPA Depiction of 1930s Laborers, Rockport
By Iver Rose
Located in Philadelphia, PA
The painter Iver Rose is best known for his work which brought attention to the plight of workers in Depression Era America. This painting of quarry workers in Rockport, Massachusett...
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
"Peace, " Monumental Art Deco Tapestry w/ Goddess of Abundance and Nudes, 1945
By Gaston Alfred Henrich
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A unique and remarkable work of art with great historical importance, this monumental Art Deco tapestry celebrating the end of World War II presents a large scene of nude male and female...
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Vintage 1940s French Art Deco Tapestries
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Wool
"Black Figure in Yellow Room, " 1930s Portrait by Student of Thomas Hart Benton
By Trew Hocker
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Brilliantly conceived and executed by Trew Hocker, an important muralist who was strongly influenced by Thomas Hart Benton and Grant Wood, this portrait of a young African American m...
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
"Football Tackle, " Unique Mid Century Bronze Sculptural Panel by Torrey
By Fred Torrey
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Sculpted and cast as the prototype for a bronze awards plaque celebrating accomplishment in American football, this piece shows two players in the middle of a dramatic tackle. The artist, Fred Torrey, is best known for his "Lincoln Walks at Midnight" sculpture which premiered at the 1939-1940 New York World's Fair (now displayed near the West Virginia state capitol), Torrey also sculpted another Lincoln sculpture this is displayed on the grounds of the Iowa state...
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Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
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Bronze
"The Hourglass, " Art Deco Drawing with Nude Couple by Goor, 1951
By Gaston Goor
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Haunting and beautiful, this drawing of a young nude couple facing death, in his Classic shroud and holding an hourglass aloft, was made in 1951 by Gaston Goor, who was famous for il...
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Vintage 1950s French Art Deco Drawings
"Pila and the Lizard, " Important Unpublished Manuscript, 12 Art Deco Watercolors
By Robert Lee Eskridge
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A remarkable find, this original manuscript for an unpublished book, "Pila and the Lizard," along with cover art and a total of 12 Art Deco watercolors painted to illustrate the book...
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings
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Watercolor
"Twelfth Labor of Hercules, " Bronze Relief Panel Depicting Hercules & Cerberus
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Gorgeously detailed and beautifully cast and patinated, this oval panel depicts, in high relief, the victorious Hercules after his twelfth labor, having subdued the monstrous Cerberu...
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Antique 1880s Italian Belle Époque Wall-mounted Sculptures
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Bronze
