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Period: 1950s
Gino Paolo Gori, Bathers, Ink on Paper Sketch
By Gino Paolo Gori
Located in Mexico City, MX
An ink on paper sketch depicting two female bathers by Italian artist Gino Paolo Gori. The drawing is signed on the bottom left corner. Framed with a sticker by Galleria Donatello, F...
Category
Italian Romantic Vintage 1950s Drawings
Materials
Paper
Raymond Moretti Original Painting
By Raymond Moretti
Located in Miami, FL
Original painting by Raymond Moretti.
Raymond Moretti was a French abstract painter. Combining Hebrew letters, lines, and colors he created dynamic works, which flit in and out of ...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Drawings
Materials
Paint
Mette Doller (b. 1925), Danish artist. Mixed media on paper. Rooster. Dated 1959
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Mette Doller (b. 1925), Danish artist.
Mixed media on paper. Rooster. Dated 1959.
Measures: 40 x 30 cm.
The frame measures: 1.5 cm.
In excellent condition.
Signed and dated.
Category
Danish Vintage 1950s Drawings
Materials
Other
Selection of Black and White Nude Artwork
Located in Atlanta, GA
Selection of black and white nude artwork from various artists, American, circa 1950s. From left to right, as seen in the first photo, they are:
1) The k...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Drawings
Materials
Paper, Wood
Ethel Magafan "Evening Moon" Pen and Ink Drawing
By Ethel Magafan
Located in Garnerville, NY
Ethel Magafan (1916-1993) pen and ink sketch drawing entitled "Evening Mood". Signed lower right. Circa 1950. This piece comes from the Estate of Anton Otto Fischer after Magafan moved to Woodstock, NY where his home and studio were.
Good overall condition. Wear consistent with age and not being framed. There is obvious darkening of the paper surface due to the piece originally having an old matte surrounding the sight opening. No visible rips, tears or restorations. Soft corners and edges.
Approximately 8" wide x 6" high.
Bio:
After World War II, many people in the US were on the move, and on the advice of older artist friends in Los Angeles, Arnold Blanche...
Category
American Rustic Vintage 1950s Drawings
Materials
Paper
Andre Derain Etching signed in pencil
By Andre Darin
Located in Hudson, NY
Andre Derain was born in Chatou France in 1880. He met Matisse early in his life but was conscripted into the French army in 1901. After his service and when released Matisse convinced his parents to allow him to stop training as an engineering student to develop his artistic talents. He devoted himself full time to painting and attended the Academie Julian. He developed his early important style with close friends Maurice de Vlaminck and Henri Matisse. This became known as Fauvism and helped to usher in the other modern movements in art throughout the 20th century. The notable art dealer Ambroise Vollard sent Derain to London to work on a series of city-themed paintings that cemented his career as an important world-class artist. In 1907 his entire studios...
Category
French Vintage 1950s Drawings
Materials
Paper
Marc Chagall David Montant La Colline des Oliviers (pl. 71) Signed Etching
By Marc Chagall
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
A spiritual modern etching with hand coloring on Arches wove paper titled “David Montant La Colline des Oliviers (David Ascending The Mount of Olives)” (pl. 71 from The Bible Series)...
Category
Vintage 1950s Drawings
Materials
Paper
Jean COCTEAU - Profile with Laurel Wreath, 1959
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Holmfirth, GB
Jean Cocteau (1889-1963), Profile with Laurel Wreath, 1959. Blue Ink on flyleaf of the book, "The blood of the poet". Signed, dated and dedicated in the centre. Provenance: Offered ...
Category
French Modern Vintage 1950s Drawings
Materials
Paper
Original Car Design Drawing by Gio Ponti for Touring Carrozzeria Milan, 1952
By Gio Ponti
Located in Dronten, NL
Important drawing by Gio Ponti of the Diamante line for Touring Carrozzeria Milan.
A similar example pictured on page 167 of Gio Ponti: The Complete Work by Lisa Ponti.
Ponti's car ...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Drawings
Materials
Paper
Rene Portocarrero 1952 Cuban Art Jarron Con Flores Ink And Gouache On Paper
Located in Miami, FL
Jarron Con Flores, ink on paper by Rene Portocarrero (1912-1985).
This wonderful drawing made by Portocarrero is one of the few that survive from his artistic period of the 1940s a...
Category
Cuban Modern Vintage 1950s Drawings
Materials
Paper
Carlo of Hollywood "Jazz Band" Watercolor Painting
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Very rare Carlo of Hollywood Mid-Century watercolor painting featuring a full jazz band with an array of musical instruments and scrolling music notes. The painting comes in the orig...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Drawings
Materials
Paper
Pastel drawing by Edvard Andersson, Komposition
Located in Warszawa, Mazowieckie
Edvard Andersson, Komposition
Pastel drawing
The work is signed by the artist
Work dimensions 63/49
Unframed work
Edvard Andersson (1891 - 1967) was a Swedish artist. In 1918, at th...
Category
Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage 1950s Drawings
Materials
Paper
Large Original Drawing by Gio Ponti for Touring Carrozzeria Milan, 1952
By Gio Ponti
Located in Dronten, NL
Important drawing by Gio Ponti of the Diamante line for Touring Carrozzeria Milan, documented in "Gio Ponti" "L'Arte si innamora dell'industria" by Ugo La Pietra, page 254-255. Ponti...
Category
Italian Modern Vintage 1950s Drawings
Materials
Paper
Jared French Portrait Sketch of Chuck Howard
By Jared French
Located in Savannah, GA
Jared French
(American, 1905-1988)
Portrait sketch of Chuck Howard
pencil on paper
signed and titled in margin:
Charles Howard
Feb. 12, 1950 … by ...
Category
American Modern Vintage 1950s Drawings
Materials
Paper, Glass, Wood
Pastel painting "Vase with flowers" signed Jaak Van Den Seylbergh Belgium, 1950
Located in Traversetolo, IT
A stupendous pastel of considerable size executed by Jaak Van Den Seylbergh in the 1940s-50s, the author falls into an exquisitely academic type of production, within a conception in...
Category
Belgian Other Vintage 1950s Drawings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Crayon
1955 Tropical "Private Lodge & Lounge" Architectural Prepared by Rucker Fuller
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Original 1955 "Private Lodge & Lounge" hand drawn Architectural artwork Rendering prepared by Rucker Fuller by artist Tom Greene for Mrs. Green Bach in Atherton, California. The room...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Drawings
Materials
Paper
1952 Broadbill, Ornithology, Walter Linsenmaier, Coloured Pencil Drawing
Located in Norwich, GB
ORIGINAL coloured Pencil Drawing
(18.2 x 14.6 cm)
Original drawing in colored chalk by world renowned illustrator of birds, insects and animals.
circa 1952.
Used as ba...
Category
Swiss Vintage 1950s Drawings
Materials
Paper
Eugene Berman Untitled Stage Design
Located in New York, NY
Eugene Berman (1899–1972)
An untitled stage design, ink and wash on paper.
French, circa 1950.
Signed lower right: EB.
Category
French Modern Vintage 1950s Drawings
Materials
Paper
Walter Henry Williams Sunflowers at Sunset Woodcut, Signed, Numbered, 1959, USA
By Walter Williams 1
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Walter Henry Williams Sunflowers at Sunset woodcut, signed, numbered, 1959, USA. Walter Henry Williams, Sunflowers, 1959 woodcut in colors on thi...
Category
American Modern Vintage 1950s Drawings
Materials
Paper
"Horse" Early Work by Vibeke Alfelt 1958 Oil on Canvas
Located in Vejle Øst, DK
Vibeke Alfelt was born in 1934 as the daughter of the artist couple Else Alfelt and Carl-Henning Pedersen. Vibeke Alfelt made her debut as an artist at the age of 14, when she participated with her father in the Cobra group...
Category
European Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Drawings
Materials
Paint
Henry Moore Original Lithograph and Pencil Drawing
By Henry Moore
Located in Roma, IT
This beautiful work features on the front a lithograph from a 1958 drawing by Henry Moore from the series 'Heads, figures and ideas'.
on the verso an origi...
Category
English Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Drawings
Materials
Paper
Painting, Drawing of Dancer, Framed, Signed H. Sjardi, Italy, C 1950, Vintage
Located in New York, NY
Painting, drawing of dancers from the mid-century time, circa 1950. It is signed H. Sjardi. The drawing has an original green bamboo frame. The pain...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Drawings
Materials
Paper
Original Pen & Pencil Drawing Finn Juhl, 1952
By Finn Juhl
Located in London, GB
This is an example of a hand-drawn scaled drawing of the ‘Top of New Dining Table (DRW.79)’, 17th December 1952. The drawings depicts the top view of what seems to be a ‘simplified’ version of Finn Juhl’s Silver Table, or more commonly known as the ‘Judas Table...
Category
Danish Modern Vintage 1950s Drawings
Materials
Paper
Six Signed and Dated Architectural Drawings, Italy, '40-'50
Located in Bruxelles, BE
Series of Six Architectural Drawings
Italy, '40 - '50
Signed and dated "P. Sinisi" (between 1948 - 1951)
Pencil on paper
black frame
67 x 52 x 1.2 cm (with frame)
48 x 33.5 ...
Category
Italian Modern Vintage 1950s Drawings
Materials
Paper
Original Pen & Pencil Drawing Finn Juhl, 1951
By Finn Juhl
Located in London, GB
This is an example of a hand-drawn 1:4 scale orthographic drawing of the ‘Conversation Armchair in Maple-Walnut’, 1st March, 1951 by Finn Juhl. The drawings depicts the font view, side on, back, top view and the detail of the armrest.The drawings were sent to Baker Furniture in Michigan...
Category
Danish Modern Vintage 1950s Drawings
Materials
Paper
Unknown Artist, Pencil and Watercolor on Cardboard, Portrait of Young Woman
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Unknown artist, pencil and watercolor on cardboard.
Portrait of a young woman with a pencil.
Signed Lam, Paris 1951.
In excellent condition.
Measures : 27.5 cm. x 35.5 cm.
Total...
Category
French Modern Vintage 1950s Drawings
Materials
Other
1960s Fine Chinese Art Child Being Carried on Man's Back Scenic Road Travel
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1960s Fine Chinese Art Child Being Carried on Man's Back Scenic Road Travel
Frame 16.5 tall x 12.75 w x .75 thick, art 11.5 x 8 w
Original vintage condition unrestored
See images pro...
Category
Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Drawings
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Color Lithograph, Båtparad by Waldemar Lorentzon, 1953
Located in Warszawa, Mazowieckie
Waldemar Lorentzon, Båtparad, 1953
Color lithography
Number 227/300
Work with the artist's signature and individual number (pencil)
Working dimensions 40/52
This work is framed
...
Category
Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage 1950s Drawings
Materials
Paper
Italian Mid-Century Picturepastel and Watercolor Drawing in Wooden Frame, 1954
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian mid-century PicturePastel and watercolor drawing in wooden frame, 1954
Fantastic pastel and watercolor drawing on paper, representing a person wrapped in a large blue dress with a whimsical...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Drawings
Materials
Wood, Paper
Collection of Mexican Prayer Plaques "Retablos Ex-Votos" from 1950s and 1960s
Located in East Hampton, NY
This is an amazing and important collection of 8 plaques (7 tin metal and one in wood) that have been hand painted by Catholic religious devotees in gratitude to either Christ, Virgi...
Category
Mexican Folk Art Vintage 1950s Drawings
Materials
Tin
"Tea and Smoke in the Bath, " Important Scene in Moroccan Hammam by 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...
Category
Moroccan Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Drawings
Materials
Paper
1955 Federico Cantú Art Drawing Set of Six Sheets Pencil on Paper Mexico
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1955 Federico Cantú art drawing set of six pencil on paper Mexico
Federico Cantú was a Mexican mural painter, sculptor, engraver and artist who was inf...
Category
Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Drawings
Materials
Paper
Walter Henry Williams Sunflowers at Sunset Woodcut, Signed, Numbered, 1959, USA
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Walter Henry Williams Sunflowers at Sunset woodcut, signed, numbered, 1959, USA. Walter Henry Williams, Sunflowers, 1959 woodcut in colors on thi...
Category
American Vintage 1950s Drawings
Materials
Paper
Drawings of Parmigianino by a. E. Popham, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
The Drawings of Parmigianino by A. E. Popham. Publisher: New York, The Beechhurst Press 1953. 1st Ed hardcover with Gaylord covered dust jacket. Illustrated with 82 of his drawings. ...
Category
American Vintage 1950s Drawings
Materials
Paper
Flower Girl by Fritz Kronenberg White Outline on Black Paper 1950s Lithograph
Located in Neuss, NW
Fritz Kronenberg Girl with a flower in her hair. White outline drawing on a black background. Signed B/W lithograph from the 1950s. Ready to hang, fra...
Category
Vintage 1950s Drawings
Materials
Acrylic, Wood
Monumental Mid-20th Century Belgian Academic Figure Drawing
Located in Chicago, IL
A stunning monumental mid-20th century Belgian academic figure drawing depicting a seated man with a great head of hair, and with a keen attention to m...
Category
Belgian Vintage 1950s Drawings
Materials
Granite
Gisbert Palmie Drawing, 1958
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
An interesting figurative colored chalks, charcoal drawing by Gisbert Palmie. A noted "anti-modernist" whose works were collected by leading Nazis inclu...
Category
American Modern Vintage 1950s Drawings
Materials
Crayon
Josef Presser '1907-1967' Portrait of a Woman
Located in Garnerville, NY
Josef Presser (1907-1967) pastel and charcoal Portrait of a Woman on paper. Circa 1950. Presser uses an expressive hand and renders a 3/4 a striking 3/4 close up portrait. The approximate site dimensions are 9.5" wide x 13" high. Signed lower right. The framing treatment consists of a silver leaf wood molding, matted and the piece is under glass. Good overall condition. The piece has not been viewed out of the frame. The work is in good condition with no visible rips, tears or restorations. There is some light staining and foxing on the matte and doesn't look to affect the work on paper. The frame has some light wear to the silver leaf. Re-framing is suggested. The backing and matte are not acid free or archival.
Overall approximate dimensions with the frame are 21.25" wide x 25.25" high.
AskArt Bio:
Josef Presser was born in Lublin, Poland. He studied at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts School, in Europe, and with Bryant Baker...
Category
Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Drawings
Materials
Paper
Litografia Ritratto di Alcide De Gasperi, di Paolo Garretto, 1954
Located in Felino, IT
Litografia Ritratto di Alcide De Gasperi, di Paolo Garretto, 1954. Il ritratto presenta varie scritte e timbri come da foto e anche una dedica. Provenienza da...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Drawings
Materials
Paper
"Standing Male Nude, " Pastel Drawing by Allyn Cox, US Capitol Muralist
By Allyn Cox
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Beautifully executed in warm, roseate colors -- coral, terra cotta, brick and ivory -- this drawing was made by Allyn Cox, probably as a study for one of many murals he was commissioned to paint at the US Capitol...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1950s Drawings
1950s Mid Century German Castle River Landscape Pastel Painting Drawing
Located in Dayton, OH
Mid century 1950s framed German pastel painting of a hilly landscape by a river centered on a stone castle or chateau and farmhouse. Purchased in the 50s in Frankfurt.
Measures: 3...
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Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Drawings
Materials
Paint
Clapera Maya Framed Artwork from Spain, circa 1950
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Drawing artwork from Spain, circa 1950
Painted by Clapera Maya in Spain.
Framed and hand signed.
In original condition, with minor wear consisten...
Category
Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Drawings
Materials
Wood, Paper
Leonard Maurer Tempera Painting of Woman, 1955
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
Beautiful tempera on board by Leonard Maurer (1912-1976), painted in 1955. Portrait of a woman, exaggerated, with great depth and expressive character. ...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Drawings
Materials
Paint
George Crionas' "Off to the Circus" Lithograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An extraordinary George Crionas' "Off to the Circus" Lithograph from the 1960s and in great condition. The piece is titled "Off to the Circus" and depicts a clown reading a newspaper...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Drawings
Materials
Brass
George Crionas' "Central Park Tycoon" Lithograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An extraordinary George Crionas' "Central Park Tycoon" Lithograph 162/200 from the 1960s and in great condition. The piece is titled "Central Park Tycoon" and depicts a clown reading...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Drawings
Materials
Brass
Gouache, Charcoal and Pastel on Paper, Mid-Century Drawing of a Ballerina
Located in San Francisco, CA
The abstract expressionist drawing of a graceful ballerina dancing to Swan Lake in a deep bow; with illegible signature.
Category
North American Expressionist Vintage 1950s Drawings
Materials
Paper
Painting of a Venetian Figure Smoking a Cigarette
Located in New York, NY
Ok this is so fun and whimsical yet beautifully done. A figure coming back from a Venetian ball having a dramatic smoke in his costume and mask. Note his cigarette holder and pointed toe are in sync! Most likely gouache or watercolor with oil stick on paper...
Category
Italian Vintage 1950s Drawings
Materials
Paint, Paper, Crayon, Wood
20th Century Oil on Masonite Italian Signed Landscape Painting, 1950
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
French painting from the mid-20th century. Framework oil on masonite depicting countryside landscape with shepherdess and cows of good pictorial quality. Large-scale and impactful pa...
Category
Italian Vintage 1950s Drawings
Materials
Masonite
Abstract Composition Drawing by Fritz Klee, 1955
Located in Barntrup, DE
A magnificent abstract organic hand-drawing, a draft of an ornamental composition in strong, bright colors by Fritz Klee. Colored pencils on paper, signed and dated 'Fritz Klee 1955'...
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German Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Drawings
Materials
Paper
Abstract Composition Drawing by Fritz Klee, 1952
Located in Barntrup, DE
A magnificent abstract organic hand-drawing, a draft of an ornamental composition in strong, bright colors by Fritz Klee. Colored pencils on paper, signed and dated 'Fritz Klee 1952'...
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German Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Drawings
Materials
Paper
Abstract Composition Drawing by Fritz Klee, Germany, 1955
Located in Barntrup, DE
A magnificent abstract organic hand-drawing, a draft of an ornamental composition in strong, bright colors by Fritz Klee. Colored pencils on paper, signed and dated 'Fritz Klee 1955'...
Category
German Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Drawings
Materials
Paper
Robert Hancock, Finland, Oil Crayon on Paper, Modernist Landscape
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Robert Hancock (1912-1993), Finland. Oil crayon on paper. Modernist landscape with boat. Dated 1952.
The paper measures: 41.5 x 29 cm.
The frame measu...
Category
Finnish Modern Vintage 1950s Drawings
Materials
Paper
Abstract Composition Drawing by Fritz Klee, 1959
Located in Barntrup, DE
A magnificent abstract organic hand-drawing, a draft of an ornamental composition in strong, bright colors by Fritz Klee. Colored pencils on paper, signed and dated 'Fritz Klee 1959'...
Category
German Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Drawings
Materials
Paper
Abstract Composition Drawing on Black Paper by Fritz Klee, 1955
Located in Barntrup, DE
A magnificent abstract organic hand-drawing, a draft of an ornamental composition in strong, bright colors on black paper by Fritz Klee. Colored pencils on paper, signed and dated 'F...
Category
German Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Drawings
Materials
Paper
Parker Panttila "Macabre" Mixed-Media on Board
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Parker Panttila (Brooklyn, New York 1924-2002) ink, pencil, chalk and oil on board. Surrealist in style, highlighting a macabre sensibility.
Along wi...
Category
American Vintage 1950s Drawings
Materials
Paint
Abstract Expressionist Ink Drawing on Paper by Salvatore Grippi 1953
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This ink figurative abstract Expressionist piece on paper is signed by its creator, noted New York School artist Salvatore Grippi. Though undated, the piece is similar in form and st...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Drawings
Materials
Paper
Guy Bourdin, Cat Drawing, Ink and Gouache on Paper, 1955
By Guy Bourdin
Located in London, GB
During the early 1950s Guy Bourdin had established himself as an artist with the eye of a painter, working primarily on paper Bourdin created images containing fascinating stories and compositions. His early experimental work bridges the gap between Surrealism and his later photography which at the time was still in its infancy.
This early cat drawing...
Category
French Modern Vintage 1950s Drawings
Materials
Paper
Robert Freiman Watercolor and Ink on Paper, 1956
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A charming 1956 Robert Freiman watercolor and ink on paper.
Robert J Freiman (b. 1917 - d. 1991), deaf from birth, was born in New York City and attended the Lexington School for the Deaf. He studied art at the National Academy of Design, Pratt Institute, the Art Students League, the Parsons School of Design, and, in Paris, at the Ecole des Beaux Arts. Freiman’s spectrum of styles evolved considerably over the course of his long career, ranging from early portraiture and realistic landscape to mixed-media works using watercolor, acrylic, and pen. He was a regular exhibitor at the Sidewalk Art...
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American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Drawings
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