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Period: 1930s
Place of Origin: American
Monumental 1930s Wood No Smoking Sign from New York City
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Monumental hand carved wood sign from the 1930s. Made by H.H. Upham & Co. Interestingly, this company owned a huge sign manufacturing business in the ...
Category
1930s Vintage American Contemporary Art
Materials
Wood
"Spirit of Oshkosh, " Art Deco Mural Study by Eugene Savage, 1937
By Eugene Francis Savage
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This very rare and important study for "The Spirit of Oshkosh," a major mural in Wisconsin, was painted by Eugene Savage in 1937. Savage is best know...
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage American Contemporary Art
Materials
Paint
Selection of Three WPA Era Paintings
Located in Atlanta, GA
Group of Three WPA Era Paintings, American, circa 1930s-1950s.
From left to right, they are:
1) Brick mason oil painting, American, circa 1930s. It ...
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage American Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Wood
American Impressionist New England Harbor Scene Painting "Sails Up" by A. Thieme
By Anthony Thieme 1
Located in Savannah, GA
This striking American impressionist oil on canvas harbor scene entitled “Sails Up” features colorful boats and figures by well-known Dutch / American artist Anthony Thieme. Signed in lower lefthand corner.
“Anthony Thieme 1888 –1954 was a landscape and marine painter and a major figure of the Rockport, MA School of American regional art. Born in Rotterdam, Thieme studied there at the Academie of Fine Arts for two years and then, briefly, at the Royal Academy, the Hague. He traveled widely in Europe, frequently finding work as a stage designer.
Thieme traveled to the United States at the age of 22. He quickly found work as a stage designer at the Century Theater in New York, designing sets for the Russian...
Category
1930s Other Vintage American Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Wood
Gouache Contemporary Portrait Painting of a Woman Helen Wagner Malta 1930s
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
An early contemporary still-life Gouache portrait painting of a woman. On paper, this piece depicts a seated woman reclining in a pigmented blue chair. Her hair is short and dark and she wears a red dress. This sketch was created by Helen Wagner Malta and is signed at the bottom right in black ink "Helen Wagner" before her marriage. Her later works are signed "Helen Wagner Malta".
Helen Wagner Malta was born in 1912 and worked in New York City in the 1930s teaching at the Harlem Art...
Category
1930s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Contemporary Art
Materials
Paint, Paper
Paul Landacre Signed Limited Edition Mid-Century Modern Wood Engraving "Anna"
By Paul Landacre
Located in Studio City, CA
A riveting impression on Japanese cream woven paper by famed Modernists wood engraver Paul Landacre. This particular work was purportedly created for the cover of the Prospectus, Pau...
Category
1930s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper
1930s Wood Campgrounds Sign
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage wood campgrounds sign from the 1930s. Sign was used to let people use shovels and supplies and make sure they are returned. Great rustic sign, cool piece of Americana. 2.5 fe...
Category
1930s Vintage American Contemporary Art
Materials
Wood
Suite of 26 Art Deco Nude Alphabet Pen and Ink Drawings
Located in Atlanta, GA
Suite of 26 Art Deco nude alphabet pen and ink drawings, American, circa 1930s. Perfect for an old school country club, bar, or gentleman's study. Framed in cle...
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage American Contemporary Art
Materials
Wood, Paper, Glass
"Restraining the Horse" Gouache Painting by Collazzi
By J. Collazzi
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Finely painted in gouache by J. Collazzi, who did a series of landscapes and fantasy paintings in the 1930s, this scene of two classical figures restraining a horse is classic Art De...
Category
1930s Vintage American Contemporary Art
Materials
Gouache, Paper
Floating Art Deco Nude, Drawing by Zaidenberg
By Arthur Zaidenberg
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An extremely prolific writer, teacher and practicing artist, Arthur Zaidenberg was virtually a household name in the 1940s and 1950s, thanks to the dozens of books he wrote for a gen...
Category
1930s Vintage American Contemporary Art
Materials
Charcoal, Paper
Art Deco Studies, "Leda and the Swan" by William Hunt Diederich
By Wilhelm Hunt Diederich
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Famous for his attenuated, highly stylized horses, hounds and other animals, often executed in iron or ceramic, William Hunt Diederich was one o...
Category
1930s Vintage American Contemporary Art
Gouache Contemporary Portrait Painting of a Woman Signed Helen Wagner Malta 1930
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
An early contemporary still-life Gouache portrait painting of a woman. On paper, this piece depicts a seated woman reclining in a brown rocking chair. She wears a hat, and her arms are crossed across her chest. Her legs are crossed at her ankles, and she wears a blue-green ankle-length skirt. This sketch was created by Helen Wagner Malta and is signed at the bottom right in black ink "Helen Wagner" before her marriage. Her later works are signed "Helen Wagner Malta".
Helen Wagner Malta was born in 1912 and worked in New York City in the 1930s teaching at the Harlem Art...
Category
1930s Modern Vintage American Contemporary Art
Materials
Paint, Paper
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Oil on canvas, signed lower right; signed and titled en verso
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Art Deco Tin Cranes and Flowers, 1930s, The Netherlands
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Black Art Deco tin with crane birds and flowers in Asian style.
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Red and White Graphic New York Bus Subway Destination Sign
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Very large New York bus destination sign. Unusual in red. Very graphic. Bottom of roll was date stamped 1951. 7 1/2 feet tall.
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Rather Large Vintage Beaver Sign from a Zoo
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A rather large and whimsical mid-20th century American beaver sign from a Wisconsin zoo. The sign composed of two thin sheets of steel with a thin sheet of plywood sandwiched between...
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1930s Dada Photomontage Collage in the Style of Hannah Höch
By Hannah Höch
Located in Las Vegas, NV
Charming photomontage collage of girls at play with dogs, cats and birds in foreground.
Whimsical happy work of art in the manner of Hannah Höch. Not sign...
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Abstract Acrylic Painting by Shana American Artist
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Beautiful acrylic abstract painting, nice texture paint with colourful geometric motif
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Surrealist Mediterranean Beach Scene Painting, circa 1983
Located in New York, NY
Surrealist Mediterranean beach scene painting of girl facing sea, two empty modernist beach chairs, and graphic umbrella. Signed, Veronica, 1983.
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Canvas
A monumental vintage Pyramid Pencil Company wood trade sign.
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A monumental vintage Pyramid Pencil Company wood trade sign. Great for a man cave or restaurant!
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20th Century Folk Art American Contemporary Art
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Wood, Paint
Frances Goodman Bite Your Tongue Limited Edition Print
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Located in New York City, NY
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2010s American Contemporary Art
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1930s Art Deco Chriopractor Neon Can Sign
Located in Buffalo, NY
Great old vintage neon sign,retains original red neon,transformer etc. Super art deco styling and design. Amazing scrypt.
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Françoise Gilot Lithograph 'Portrait of a Woman', 1951
By Françoise Gilot
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Françoise Gilot original lithograph 'Portrait of a Woman'.
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Rockwell Kent Pencil Signed Lithograph "Greenland Mother, Nursing Child", 1934
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Group of Vibrant, 1930s Scientific Paintings
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1930s Art Deco Vintage American Contemporary Art
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Authentic Vintage Poison Sign
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Very rare vintage Poision - Keep Out sign. Very thin paper framed behind glass. One blemish in center does not detract from this unique piece of art. Excellent vintage condition.
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1930s Vintage American Contemporary Art
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Glass, Paper
Rare Louis Wolchonok Painting "The Dinner Party"
By Louis Wolchonok
Located in Cathedral City, CA
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