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Period: 1940s
Taureau dans l’arène
By Madoura, Pablo Picasso
Located in PAU, FR
Pablo Picasso/ MadouraTaureau dans l'arène
1948 (Ramié 80).
Plat rectangulaire en terre de faïence blanche. Tampons "Madoura plein feu" "CR" et "Edition Picasso" Edition à 450 exempl...
Category
French Modern Vintage 1940s Contemporary Art
Materials
Ceramic, Acrylic
Polychrome Screen print "Romanesque" by Josef Zenk
By Joseph Zenk
Located in Montreal, QC
Polychrome Screen print "Romanesque" by Josef Zenk Signed, titled and numbered to lower edge ‘Romanesque 1/24 Zenk’. This work is number 1 from the edition of 24. Zenk studied for th...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper
Restored 1949 Rattan Framed Square Crane Bark Cloth Fabric Sample by Spectrum
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Framed crane barkcloth fabric artwork sample by the Spectrum Company, circa 1949.
Category
American Vintage 1940s Contemporary Art
Materials
Fabric
Jankel Adler Erotic Work on Paper of a Seated Couple - Graphite & Gouache, 1940s
Located in London, GB
As an artist Jankel Adler personified the European avant-garde in Britain in the 1940s, becoming a central figure in the art worlds of Glasgow and then London. Though born in Poland,...
Category
Vintage 1940s Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper
American Frohse Anatomical Chart
Located in Otley, GB
A superb vintage American Frohse anatomical chart on canvas. The medical chart is dated 1947 & supplied by Adam Rouilly & Co Ltd London. The an...
Category
European Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas
Henry Moore Modernist Prints
By Henry Moore
Located in Atlanta, GA
Henry Moore prints, from the limited edition folio entitled "The Drawings of Henry Moore", published by Curt Valentin, New York, 1946. They have been professionally matted and framed...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Contemporary Art
Materials
Glass, Paper, Wood
Louis Stettner Subway New York 1946 Printed, circa 1990
By Louis Stettner
Located in Hudson, NY
Louis Stettner, Subway New York, 1946, printed circa 1990. This image is illustrated the book " Traveling Light". It was published to celebrate a major...
Category
American Modern Vintage 1940s Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper
Depero Fortunato Painting, Title: Horse and Stained Glass, Archive Certificate
Located in Milano, IT
Rare and beautiful painted work by Fortunato Depero from 1948, Title: Horse and Stained Glass Window. Technique: Indian ink and diluted Indian ink on paper. Details: Signature top le...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper
Depero Fortunato Painting, Title: L'ingegnere with Certification Archive
Located in Milano, IT
Rare and beautiful painted work by Fortunato Depero from 1948. The work bears the Signature in the lower left-hand corner. Work archived at the Archivio Unico per il catalogo delle o...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper
Picasso by Gertrude Stein
Located in valatie, NY
Picasso by Gertrude Stein. B.T. Batsford, LTD, London, 1948. 3rd Ed hardcover no dust jacket. With 64 illustrations in color and B&W. The famous writer ...
Category
Vintage 1940s Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper
1940s American Abstract Expressionism Painting
By Richard Pousette-Dart
Located in Cathedral City, CA
1940s American abstract expressionism painting on board in the style of Richard Poussette-Dart.
Category
American Expressionist Vintage 1940s Contemporary Art
Materials
Board
Mid-Century Modern Oil Painting, Portrait of Boy by Robert Rukavina, circa 1948
By Robert Rukavina
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Vintage portrait of a young boy wearing a striped red shirt with blue argyle sweater. Oil on canvas painting by artist Robert Rukavina (1914-1977), who lived in the United States and...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Reclaimed Wood, Paint
1949 Fernand Léger Lithograph "Est elle Aimee"
Located in Cathedral City, CA
1949 Fernand Léger lithograph, pochoir Medium Remarks: black ink
Estelle Aimee (illustration for "Les Illuminations" by Arthur Rimbaud)
Lux...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Contemporary Art
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
Robert Libeski Painting Lady with Dog 1946 Mixed Media
Located in Vienna, AT
A mixed media painting by Robert Libeski, which shows a Lady with Dog, 1946 in soft colors.
Robert Libeski ( 1892 - 1988 )
Robert Libeski was activ in...
Category
Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper
Decorative Lacquer Panel Midcentury by P. Paulin theme “Heaven on Earth’’
Located in Miami, FL
French painter and master glassmaker, Beaux Art School in Lyon , born in 1907 . He sudied with G. Decote who used to work with Gustave Moreau. He is inspired by the symbolist movemen...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Contemporary Art
Materials
Lacquer
"Samson and Delilah" in 1940s America, Art Deco Painting
By Joseph E. Bolden
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Brilliantly transposed from Biblical times to 1940s America, this vivid scene shows Samson and Delilah in a quintessentially domestic setting, complete with pink wallpaper...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Contemporary Art
Materials
Gouache, Paper
Louis Wolchonok Painting "Reclining Woman"
Located in Cathedral City, CA
1940s oil on canvas painting of reclining woman signed by Louis Wolchonok. (American/New York 1893-1973)
Please note: Two small repairs see details pictures.
Louis Wolchonok stud...
Category
American Modern Vintage 1940s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas
Painted Door Art
Located in Hudson, NY
Painted door art
came out of an art school in France in the 1940s. They were used as painting surfaces. Two available.
Category
French Vintage 1940s Contemporary Art
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American White Pelican Print Audubon's Birds of America C1838 Round Frame, New
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a digitally remastered print of the American White Pelican referenced from an Audubon Birds of America hand coloured print, originally...
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British American Colonial 1940s Contemporary Art
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Hush, Poise, Limited Edition Screen Print
By HUSH
Located in Miami, FL
18 layer limited edition screen print on 300gsm somerset white satin hand pressed cotton paper with a gloss UV finish over figure, editio...
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English Other 1940s Contemporary Art
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'El Dans', a Composition of Ceramic Tiles Signed and Dated 1957 by the Artist
Located in Little Burstead, Essex
A stunning, and almost certainly unique, piece of midcentury Scandinavian ceramic art, signed by the artist, 'Marian Z.' (short for Marian Zawadzki) for Tilgman Keramik, Sweden.
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Heart Shaped Kintsugi White, 2022, Handmade in Italy, Anatomical Heart, Design
Located in San Miniato PI, IT
Celebrating the human body by dissecting it. The human body as a great system of signs and symbols. We are expression, beyond words and gestures.
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Large Striking Graphic Mud Cloth African Textile in Contemporary Frame
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Large impressive graphic geometric African Kuba cloth in handsome custom frame having neutral color palette of beige and brown.
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(3) Patrick Nagel Framed Prints
Located in Chattanooga, TN
Stunning set of (3) vintage 1980s Patrick Nagel prints. These 3 images work perfectly as an assemblage! The first image is “Portfolio 1” – a young woman wearing a bralette and headba...
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Josef Albers Homage to the Square Silk Screen Diptych
By Josef Albers
Located in Chicago, IL
Josef Albers Formulations - Articulations I & II
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American Modern Vintage 1940s Contemporary Art
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1940s American Abstract Expressionism Painting
By Richard Pousette-Dart
Located in Cathedral City, CA
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Frohse Anatomical Chart by A.J. Nystrom, Plate No. 4, Circulatory System, 1918
Located in San Francisco, CA
An impressively sized and meticulously executed American Frohse pulldown anatomical chart depicting the human circulatory system, published by A.J. Nystrom & Co., Chicago.
Plate No. 4 in an influential series of large, highly detailed color lithographs initiated by German anatomist and doctor Fritz Frohse. Annotated in English, and edited and augmented by famed medical illustrator Max Brödel...
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American Industrial Vintage 1940s Contemporary Art
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H 63 in W 41.5 in D 2 in
Melissa Strawser Bertoia Junior Dandelion Gong Intaglio Print, 2016
By Melissa Strawser
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary artist Melissa Strawser’s Bertoia Junior Dandelion Gong Print is a pulled Artist Proof, an original intaglio print using handmade Doug Zucco White Crow Printmaking Paper (Fleetwood, PA) with colored inks from a single bronze plate that just happens to be a singing Bertoia Gong...
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Frohse Anatomical Chart by A.J. Nystrom, Plate No. 8: Digestive System, 1947
Located in San Francisco, CA
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Cubist Painting
Located in London, GB
A cubist painting
Polychrome oil on canvas
Circa 1940
66 cm high by 56 cm wide by 5 cm depth
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Restored 1949 Rattan Framed Square Crane Bark Cloth Fabric Sample by Spectrum
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Framed crane barkcloth fabric artwork sample by the Spectrum Company, circa 1949.
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Wall Ceramic Panel by Jean de Lespinasse
Located in Paris, FR
Wall panel made by Jean de Lespinasse (1896-1979), composed of 8 ceramic tiles with polychrome enamel decoration inlaid on a panel of rosewood veneer. The set shows a rider with his ...
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French Vintage 1940s Contemporary Art
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Salvador Dalí Don Quixote of La Mancha Signed Lithography, Spain, 1945
Located in Madrid, ES
Lithography of famous Spanish character Don Quixote of La Mancha by Salvador Dalí. Numbered (283/300) and signed.
Frame made of wood with gold leaf finish.
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Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Contemporary Art
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H 35.24 in W 28.35 in D 1.19 in
Henry Moore Modernist Prints
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Located in Atlanta, GA
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Located in London, GB
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Joseph De Martini, Oil on Canvas, circa 1942
By Joseph De Martini
Located in New York, NY
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American Modern Vintage 1940s Contemporary Art
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Modernist Still Life by Andre Dunoyer de Segonzac
By André Dunoyer de Segonzac
Located in Atlanta, GA
Modernist still life color lithograph by Andre Dunoyer de Segonzac, France, circa 1940s. From a very limited edition, this example is numbere...
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"Venus et L'Amour, d'Apres Cranach" by Pablo Picasso, 1949
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973) "Venus et L'Amour, d'Apres Cranach", 1949
aquatint on woven paper
signed Picasso lower right, numbered 23/50 lower left
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Pair of Silk Screens by Influential Leonard Pytlak
By Leonard Pytlak
Located in New York, NY
Gorgeous pair of silk screen prints by Leonard Pytlak. Pytlak is part of major museums' permanent collections including the Metropolitan Museum of Art (MET), the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA), the Brooklyn Museum and many more. This pair of screens is a reproduction of of the original water color sketch...
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Hand Painted Unique Ceramic Tiles Mid Century Modern Big Wall Art
By Jospeh Roelants
Located in Weesp, NL
Unique Big Mid Century Modern ceramic tiles Art by Joseph Roelants for Gilliot & Cie 1948
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Located in Atlanta, GA
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