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"Male Nude and Skyscraper", Rare, Signed Surrealist-Art Deco Print by Avinoff
By Andrey Avinoff
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Rare and extraordinary, this signed print by Andrey Avinoff is one of a set he created for "The Fall of Atlantis," a monumental and fantastical poem by George Golokhvastoff published...
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Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Prints
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"Dream Garden", Spectacular 1920s Print with Maxfield Parrish-Inspired Frame
By Maxfield Parrish
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This extraordinary paean to Maxfield Parrish brings together an original, 1920s print featuring the "Dream Garden" mosaic in Philadelphia, with a recent, elaborate frame and matte in...
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Vintage 1920s American Art Deco Prints
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"Four at the Table", 1940s American Scene Lithograph by Woman Artist
Located in Philadelphia, PA
One of the most intriguing and mysterious WPA-era prints we have ever offered, this rare, possibly unique work depicts a group of two women and two men in intense conversation at a crude wood table, in a simple room with cracks in the plaster that show the wood lath underneath. The four almost seem like a group on the lam in a film noir from the period, desperately running from a crime of some kind. Two of the four face downward, deeply focused on the subject at hand, and another is lost in thought, a pipe in his mouth. The fourth is most mysterious of all, facing away from the viewer. but clearly animated and in conversation. The artist was Alice Harold Murphy...
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Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Prints
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"Punting in Moonlight", Rare Art Deco Woodcut Print by Pajer-Gartegen
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This rare and striking woodcut print by Robert Pajer-Gartegen, an Austrian artist, depicts a nude male figure in a slender wood boat, using a long pole to mo...
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Vintage 1920s Austrian Art Deco Prints
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"Rebel", Rare Art Nouveau/Symbolist Print w/ Male Nude by Emma Goitein Dessau
By Emma Goitein Dessau
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A rare work by Emma Goitein Dessau, this color print entitled "Born to Work -- Rebel," depicts a kneeling nude male figure in chains, in the foreground, rebelling against the roiling crowd of nude figures behind him, all caught up in the crush of work and toil. The artist was clearly protesting the demands of modernity, and the toll it was taking on humanity, using a parade of beautifully captured nude figures to make her point. Goitein was German Jewish...
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Vintage 1920s Italian Art Nouveau Prints
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"Lysistrata, " Set of 61 Extraordinary Art Deco Prints for 1945 Edition by L'hoir
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This extraordinary set of 61 prints on 34 separate sheets of rag paper by Maurice L'Hoir were made in connection with the 1945 publication of Lysistrata, the Classic Greek poem that offers a licentious take on the war between the sexes. Each of the prints is a woodcut that was inked by hand in a brilliant palette of deep red, mossy green, deep black and warm fleshy tones by the artist Each of these images were created for the book, only 33 copies of which were made. However, this set is independent of the book and therefore each print is unbound and easy to frame. The Greek poem famously describes the determination of Greek women to refuse all sex with men until they agreed to stop fighting. L'Hoir was famed for his book illustrations during the Art Deco period; he also designed a poster for Moulin Rouge in the 1920s. (The Lysistrata book is also available, separate from this set of prints.).
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Vintage 1940s French Art Deco Prints
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"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
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"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
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"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
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"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
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"Allegory of Life, " Art Deco Mezzotint with Nude Figures by Peter
By Robert Charles Peter
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This rare, velvety mezzotint entitled "Allegory of Life" by Robert Charles Peter, a British artist, depicts three nude figures -- two male figures to the left, clasping hands, and fe...
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Vintage 1920s British Art Deco Prints
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"Fighter's Locker Room, " Large, Rare Print with Watercolor with Nude Boxers
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Executed and hand-watercolored by the artist, James Sheppard, this large and impressive print depicts three boxers in various stages of undress in a men's locker room, the figures hi...
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Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Prints
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"Asleep in the Hay, " Art Deco Print with Half-Nude Male by Lynd Ward, 1932
By Lynd Ward
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Famed for his woodcut book illustrations in the Art Deco era, Lynd Ward produced a series of dramatic images that reminded the reader of film noirs of the era, with spotlit figures in dark settings that seemed to presage flight, fear, hope and death. Unsigned plates from the books he illustrated are not uncommon, but signed prints such as this are rare. This image was an illustration for "Wild Pilgrimage" by Ward, published by Harrison Smith...
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Prints
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"Angelic Archers, " Poetry Booklet with Nude Male Cover Illustration by Scheibe
By Scheibe
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Rare and beautifully produced, this small booklet of poetry by Alfred Richard Meyer was published in 1921 with a stylized cover illustration by Richard Scheibe depicting two archers ...
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Vintage 1920s German Art Deco Prints
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"Nude Dancers, " Rare Midcentury Color Print with Male Nudes by D'Anna
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This rare color print celebrating modern dance depicts several nude male figures bounding in the air and taking classic ballet positions on the floor below. The artist, Paolo D'Anna,...
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Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Prints
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"Battle of the Nudes, " Rare Art Deco Signed Print by Willy Pogany
By Willy Pogany
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Depicting a complex interplay of lithe nude figures in struggle, the upper male figure holding a large sword aloft, this rare print was made by the famed artist and illustrator, Will...
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Vintage 1920s American Art Deco Prints
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"Eroica, " Rare Print with Nude Male and Beethoven Reference, World War I Era
By Arthur Paunzen
Located in Philadelphia, PA
One of a series of extraordinary prints by Arthur Paunzen, a prominent artist in early 20th century Austria, this example presents a sensuous, dramatic scene to symbolize the first m...
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Vintage 1910s Austrian Belle Époque Prints
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"Stone Fishing, " Important Art Deco Print with Nude Male Figures, Hawaii
By Robert Lee Eskridge
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Clearly demonstrating his love for the culture and sensuality of his adopted Hawaii, and brilliantly executed, Robert Lee Eskridge's "Stone Fishing" is a landmark in Art Deco printmaking. Although his work often shows the influence of Cubism and abstract art, Eskridge’s paintings and prints also capture the exoticism and sensuality of his subjects. He lived in Hawaii for many years and is renowned for his depictions of native Hawaiians...
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Vintage 1920s American Art Deco Prints
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"Summer Fantasy, " Rare Print with Bucolic Scene and Nude Figures by Riedel
By A. Riedel
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This delightful summertime idyll depicts three nude and semi nude male youth in Greek costume, led by a Panlike figure playing a pipe, walking along a ...
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Vintage 1920s German Belle Époque Prints
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"Art Deco/Art Nouveau Nudes, " Rare Prints with Silver & Gold Highlights by Coyle
By Ray Frederick Coyle
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This remarkable and stunning set of six sensuous prints, highlighted in gold and silver ink, was published and bound by John Henry Nash in 1926 to honor the life of his frequent collaborator, Ray Frederick Coyle. Coyle had died an early death, prompting Nash to issue this volume in a limited edition of 210 (this example is number 54), dedicating it to Albert Maurice Bender and William Randolph Keltie Young. Nash had established his own press 10 years before, and was dubbed by one admirer "The Aldus of San Francisco." Coyle illustrated several books published by Nash, including "Jurgen: A Comedy of Justice" and "The Sermon on the Mount...
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Vintage 1920s American Art Deco Prints
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"Adam and Eve on Island of Peace, " Remarkable WPA-Era Print of Peace Amidst War
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This print depicts a nude Adam and Eve in a small island of peace and plenty, surrounded by the ravages and storms of World War II. The placid scene at the center, full of innocence ...
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Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Prints
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"Three Archers, " Large and Important Etching w/ Male Nudes by Wolfsfeld
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A large, rare and important etching with superb detail and unusual subject matter, this view of three nude male archers, one drawing his bow, another supplying the arrows, and another reclining and watching the arrows fly, was made by Erich Wolfsfeld in 1910. The etching, which captures the musculature and other details of each figure with remarkable texture and faithfulness, won a gold medal in Berlin, a few years after Wolfsfeld moved back to Germany after studying in Italy. The artist was a follower of Adolph von Menzel and became good friends with Otto Greiner...
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Vintage 1910s German Belle Époque Prints
"The Good Samaritan, " Rare Mezzotint with Male Nude by Robert Charles Peter
By Robert Charles Peter
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This extraordinary and rare mezzotint by Robert Charles Peter, a British artist, depicts a nude male figure, beaten and worn, being comforted and helped by the proverbial Good Samari...
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Vintage 1920s British Art Deco Prints
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"Couple in Paradise, " Rare Signed Print by Eberz
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A rare depiction of same-sex affection in early 20th century art, this beautiful print was made by Josef Eberz, one of Germany's great inter-war Expressionists. Strongly influenced by Cubism and emergent Art Deco design, this print shows a male couple...
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Vintage 1910s German Prints
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"Nudes with Lyres, " Rare, Limited Edition Wall Shelf with Symbolist Prints
By Adolfo Magrini
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Extraordinarily rare, this rosewood and brass shelf unit incorporates a pair of Symbolist/Art Nouveau prints featuring male nudes playing highly stylized lyres by Adolfo Magrini. The...
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Early 20th Century Italian Belle Époque Shelves and Wall Cabinets
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Brass
"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
"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
"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
"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
"Source, " Rare Art Deco Artist's Print by Mackall
By Robert McGill Mackall
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Source" a rare artist's working print, was the basis for a mural or bas-relief sculpture for the interior or facade of a building in the Art Deco era probably a water treatment buil...
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Vintage 1930s American Prints
"Man" Rare Lithograph with Nude Male Figure by Roselle Osk
By Roselle Osk
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Buoyant and aspirational, this bold and rare print depicting man rising through the clouds toward heaven, with angels to either side, was created by Roselle Osk in the 1930s. Osk gre...
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Prints
"The Slave, " Highly Rare Art Deco Print with Nude Couple by Portnoff, 1930s
By Alexander Portnoff
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Sensual and sinuous, this very rare print by an American sculptor depicts a nude female figure who is embraced by her nude male lover from below, the male serving as the trunk for th...
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Prints
"Falling Man, " Striking Art Deco Print from "Tales of the Parrot" by Uzarski
By Adolf Uzarski
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This striking, signed print depicting a nude male figure falling from a bridge, is from a set of prints made by Adolf Uzarski, a German artist, illustrating scenes from the ancient T...
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Vintage 1910s German Art Deco Prints
"Horses in the Sun, " Remarkable Woodblock Print by Charles Kassler, Art Deco
By Charles Kassler
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This rare, perhaps unique, woodblock print by Charles Kassler positively radiates Art Deco energy -- both from the sun at the upper left corner, and from the pair of black horses, wh...
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Vintage 1920s American Art Deco Prints
"The Old Elm, " 1934 Etching by Luigi Lucioni
By Luigi Lucioni
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Beautifully capturing a lovely scene of rollings hills, planted fields, rail fences and an old elm tree in the foreground, this is one of Luigi Lucioni's finest prints. Lucioni is best known as a realist, producing still lifes, landscapes and portraits with beautiful, fine detail, as is evident here. Lucioni was also friends with a circle of gay artists...
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Prints
"Archer, " Lovely Art Deco Aquatone by Louis Kabrin, High Style Art Deco
By Louis Kabrin
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A very fine example of Art Deco printmaking at its most stylized and lovely, "Archer" is a unique airbrush print -- what the artist sometimes called a "aquatone" -- made by Louis Kabrin, a Cincinnati...
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Prints
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"Expressionist Cafe, " Rare Print from Weimar Germany by Eberz
Located in Philadelphia, PA
One of Germany's great inter-war expressionists, strongly influenced by Cubism, Josef Eberz painted a number of brilliantly hued, high energy paintings as well as a series of prints ...
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Early 20th Century German Prints
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Ink, Paper
"Kneeling Male Nude, " Rare and Important Print, signed by Josef Eberz
Located in Philadelphia, PA
One of Germany's great inter-war Expressionists, strongly influenced by Cubism, Josef Eberz painted a number of brilliantly-hued, high-energy paintings as well as a series of prints ...
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Early 20th Century German Expressionist Prints
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Ink, Paper
"Merman and Nudes in Paradise, " Very Rare Art Deco Print by Jean Mayodon
By Jean-Leon Mayodon
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Created by one of the great practitioners of Art Deco during its heyday in France, this very rare print by Jean Mayodon pictures a nude female riding the tail of a merman, surrounded...
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Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Prints
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Ink, Paper
"Spring, " Brilliant Silkscreen Art Deco Print by Szoeke
By Andrew Szoeke
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Admired in his day as one of the great graphic artists of America, Andrew Szoeke put his mastery of form and silhouette to work in furniture, type design, graphic design and fine art...
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Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Prints
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Ink, Paper
"Winter, " Brilliant Silkscreen Art Deco Print by Szoeke
By Andrew Szoeke
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Admired in his day as one of the great graphic artists of America, Andrew Szoeke put his mastery of form and silhouette to work in furniture, type design, graphic design and fine art...
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Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Prints
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Ink, Paper
"Star Child, " Rare Art Deco Pochoir by Louis Kabrin
By Louis Kabrin
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Beautifully printed in tones of reddish brown, gray and acid green, this rare and lovely aquatone (a form of pochoir) was created by Louis Kabrin, a Cincinnati artist. He was undoubtedly influenced by the work of William Hentschel, one of the senior artists at Rookwood Pottery and the founder of Kenton Hills pottery, who created a series of fine Art Deco pochoir prints...
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Prints
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Ink, Paper
"Nude Youth with Horse, " Early, Rare Print by Hans Erni
By Hans Erni
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Created by Hans Erni, arguably the last great, figurative artist of the 20th and early 21st centuries, this print of a nude male youth holding the head of a horse is an early and imp...
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Vintage 1950s Swiss Art Deco Prints
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Ink, Paper
"Icarus, " Rare Large Bookplate by Schaefer for Eugen Bergmann
By L. Schaefer
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Beautifully executed and finely printed, this rare, large bookplate was created by L. Schaefer for Eugen Bergmann in 1912. The classic mythological story of the nude Icarus falling ...
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Early 20th Century German Neoclassical Prints
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Ink, Paper
Fine 1930s Print by Deschmacker: Greek Women Contemplating Man
By Paul Alex Deschmacker
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This very fine 1930s print, clearly influenced by the Neo-Classicsm of Picasso and Redon, was made by Paul Alex Deschmacker, a French artist active between the Wars. Its blank-eyed Greek figures clearly show the influence of classical statuary...
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Vintage 1930s French Prints
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"Jacob Wrestling With the Angel, " WPA-style Lithograph
By Nathaniel Jacobson
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This very strong lithograph dating from 1946 depicts a nude Jacob holding a moon-faced angel in a neck grip, with a ray from heaven casting a harsh light upon the stark landscape lik...
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Vintage 1940s American Prints
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Ink, Paper
Art Deco Print by Maurice de Becque for "Sonnica la Courtisane"
By Maurice De Becque
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A 1928 color etching signed in pencil by Maurice de Becque for "Sonnica de Courtisane" by Vincente Blasco-Ibanez, this piece exhibits the stylized, m...
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Early 20th Century French Prints
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Ink, Paper
Art Deco "Gymnastics" Print by Uzelac, for 1932 Olympics
By Milivoy Uzelac
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Brilliantly conceived and printed in rich tones of burnt sienna and charcoal, this print by Milivoy Uzelac, shows the strong influence of Cubism, Neo-Classicism and Art Deco stylizat...
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Vintage 1930s American Prints
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Ink, Paper
"Forever Fled, " Rare Color Print by Grace Genoi Pettit
By Grace Genoi Pettit
Located in Philadelphia, PA
The ecstatic sensuality and limpid nudity of this rare 1946 print by Pettit clearly shows her debt to Picasso, who led the return to classical and mythological themes in the 1920s an...
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Vintage 1940s American Prints
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Ink, Paper
"Lovers, " Art Deco Pochoir by Kuhn-Regnier, France
By Joseph Kuhn-Regnier
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This warm and sensual French Art Deco pochoir features a nude male surrounded by several lovers and attendants, and was created by Joseph Kuhn-Regnier in ...
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Vintage 1930s French Prints
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Ink, Paper
"Wild Horses La Camargue" Rare etching by Leon Kelly, 1936
By Leon Kelly
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Dark, atmospheric and full of motion, this dramatic scene depicts a jumble of nude male figures attempting to capture and tame the famed wild horses of the Camargue district of Franc...
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Vintage 1930s American Prints
"Spanish Dancers, " rare embossed Art Deco print with copper foil
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Highly stylized in the best Art Deco manner, this pair of Spanish dancers was given a soft, coppery glow with the application of metallic ink or metal foil over embossed paper.
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