Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
MID-CENTURY MODERN STYLE
Organically shaped, clean-lined and elegantly simple are three terms that well describe vintage mid-century modern furniture. The style, which emerged primarily in the years following World War II, is characterized by pieces that were conceived and made in an energetic, optimistic spirit by creators who believed that good design was an essential part of good living.
ORIGINS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
- Emerged during the mid-20th century
- Informed by European modernism, Bauhaus, International style, Scandinavian modernism and Frank Lloyd Wright’s architecture
- A heyday of innovation in postwar America
- Experimentation with new ideas, new materials and new forms flourished in Scandinavia, Italy, the former Czechoslovakia and elsewhere in Europe
CHARACTERISTICS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
- Simplicity, organic forms, clean lines
- A blend of neutral and bold Pop art colors
- Use of natural and man-made materials — alluring woods such as teak, rosewood and oak; steel, fiberglass and molded plywood
- Light-filled spaces with colorful upholstery
- Glass walls and an emphasis on the outdoors
- Promotion of functionality
MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW
- Charles and Ray Eames
- Eero Saarinen
- Milo Baughman
- Florence Knoll
- Harry Bertoia
- Isamu Noguchi
- George Nelson
- Danish modernists Hans Wegner and Arne Jacobsen, whose emphasis on natural materials and craftsmanship influenced American designers and vice versa
ICONIC MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNS
- Eames lounge chair
- Nelson daybed
- Florence Knoll sofa
- Egg chair
- Womb chair
- Noguchi coffee table
- Barcelona chair
VINTAGE MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE ON 1STDIBS
The mid-century modern era saw leagues of postwar American architects and designers animated by new ideas and new technology. The lean, functionalist International-style architecture of Le Corbusier and Bauhaus eminences Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Walter Gropius had been promoted in the United States during the 1930s by Philip Johnson and others. New building techniques, such as “post-and-beam” construction, allowed the International-style schemes to be realized on a small scale in open-plan houses with long walls of glass.
Materials developed for wartime use became available for domestic goods and were incorporated into mid-century modern furniture designs. Charles and Ray Eames and Eero Saarinen, who had experimented extensively with molded plywood, eagerly embraced fiberglass for pieces such as the La Chaise and the Womb chair, respectively.
Architect, writer and designer George Nelson created with his team shades for the Bubble lamp using a new translucent polymer skin and, as design director at Herman Miller, recruited the Eameses, Alexander Girard and others for projects at the legendary Michigan furniture manufacturer.
Harry Bertoia and Isamu Noguchi devised chairs and tables built of wire mesh and wire struts. Materials were repurposed too: The Danish-born designer Jens Risom created a line of chairs using surplus parachute straps for webbed seats and backrests.
The Risom lounge chair was among the first pieces of furniture commissioned and produced by celebrated manufacturer Knoll, a chief influencer in the rise of modern design in the United States, thanks to the work of Florence Knoll, the pioneering architect and designer who made the firm a leader in its field. The seating that Knoll created for office spaces — as well as pieces designed by Florence initially for commercial clients — soon became desirable for the home.
As the demand for casual, uncluttered furnishings grew, more mid-century furniture designers caught the spirit.
Classically oriented creators such as Edward Wormley, house designer for Dunbar Inc., offered such pieces as the sinuous Listen to Me chaise; the British expatriate T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings switched gears, creating items such as the tiered, biomorphic Mesa table. There were Young Turks such as Paul McCobb, who designed holistic groups of sleek, blond wood furniture, and Milo Baughman, who espoused a West Coast aesthetic in minimalist teak dining tables and lushly upholstered chairs and sofas with angular steel frames.
Generations turn over, and mid-century modern remains arguably the most popular style going. As the collection of vintage mid-century modern chairs, dressers, coffee tables and other furniture for the living room, dining room, bedroom and elsewhere on 1stDibs demonstrates, this period saw one of the most delightful and dramatic flowerings of creativity in design history.
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Style: Mid-Century Modern
Signed Mid Century Seriagraph on board by Maurice de Vlamink
Located in Redding, CT
Signed Mid Century Seriagraph on board by Maurice De Vlamink. Original frame. Signed lower right. Amazing hue of colors and composition bringing this village-scape to life.
Fauvist...
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1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Masonite, Paper
One of Two Framed French Painted Paper Panels
Located in Antwerp, BE
Two framed wall panels with flower decorations.
Height: 155 cm
Width: 58 cm.
Price per item.
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Wood, Paper
Deco "Mater Maria Dolorita" or "Weeping Mary" Cast Bronze Relief
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Lovely and decorative Mid-Century cast bronze relief bust of Mother Mary, mounted on oak plaque. Beautiful patina. In good, original condition. Wear consistent with its age and use.
Category
Mid-20th Century Dutch Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Bronze
Mid-Century Modern Oval Vallauris Majolica Wall Plate With Sea Creatures
By Vallauris
Located in Doornspijk, NL
Black ceramic majolica oval shaped wall plate with fishes and other sea creatures by Vallauris France.
This eye-catching wall plate is ovally shaped into 8 points.
It depicts a se...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
Mid Century Design Ceramic Wall Tile Decoration, Czechoslovakia, 1960s
Located in Praha, CZ
- Czechoslovakia, 1960s
- Good original condition
- Marked
jr.
Category
1960s Czech Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
Large And Fantastic Haitian Screen Printed Fabric On Fabric Floral Art Work
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A very large and incredibly decorative Abstract Floral painting which utilizes a a fabric on fabric technique. The underlying fabric is screen printed with colorful red blossoms with...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Haitian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Fabric
Midcentury Hanging Fiber Art
Located in Denton, TX
Unique midcentury handmade hanging fiber art.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Natural Fiber
Set of 2 West German Ceramic Studio Vase Object by Helmut Schäffenacker, 1960s
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Ceramic Studio Pottery, set of 2
Decade:
1960s
Producer:
Atelier Schäffenacker, Ulm Germany
Design:
Helmut Schäffenacker
This fantastic vase...
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Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
Natalie Cole Signed Vintage Oil on Board Painting "Lady Godiva" Custom Framed
By Natalie Cole
Located in North Miami, FL
This large 1960s oil on masonite powerful and dramatic painting is by a woman painter named Natalie Cole. This is the male version of Lady Godiva. It is newly magnificently custom fr...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Silver Leaf
Nude Painting, Ink Wash, C 1950, Back View, Original Dark Tan Wood Framing, Art
Located in New York, NY
Nude painting of a woman, back view. The technique is ink wash. Painting is on paper with a wood frame, C 1950. Original wood framing.
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Mid-Century Modern Vintage Abstract C. Dengler Vintage Oil Painting of Woman
Located in Wilmington, DE
Offered is a vintage modern abstract oil painting of a woman on canvas, signed by Candy Dengler. The wooden frame shows some age w...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Canvas
Salvador Terán Mexican MCM Mosaic Lady's Portrait
Located in Mexico City, MX
A wall mosaic depicting the profile of a woman by Mexican silversmith, furniture designer and sculptor Salvador Terán. The mosaic is made with brownish and white stones. It is signed...
Category
1970s Mexican Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Stone
1970s Pretty Chinese Papercutting Art Window Flower Chuang Hua
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1970s vintage pretty Chinese papercutting art window flower Chuang hua
Measures: 34 x 20
Original unrestored vintage condition
See images provided pl...
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1970s Chinese Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Diaz Costa Set of Three Ceramic Hand Painted Artwork, circa 1960
Located in Barcelona, ES
Ceramic hand painted artwork of a fish with a cork base layer by Catalan artist Diaz Costa, circa 1960. Signed. In original condition, with minor wear consistent of age and use, ...
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1960s Spanish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic, Cork
Spanish Hand Knotted Wool Tapestry, circa 1960
Located in Barcelona, ES
Traditionally hand knotted wool tapestry. Manufatured in Spain, circa 1960. In original condition with minor wear consistent of age and use, preserving a beautiful patina. M...
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1960s Spanish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Jo Patch Contemporary Oil Painting Titled "Riviere Rouge" or Red River
By Jo Patch
Located in Miami, FL
Very colorful and decorative surrealist oil on board painting by Jo Patch.
Signed on the back of the board.
Titled "Riviere Rouge" or Red River.
Measures: 31 3/4" wide x 23 3/4" ...
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20th Century Belgian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Paint
Vintage Ceramic Wall Decoration
Located in Praha, CZ
Large vintage decorative ceramic wall plate.
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
1970s Vintage "Ricard '78" Nautical Oil on Canvas Wall Modern Painting Sea Ship
Located in London, GB
Alluring acrylic on canvas painting of an abstract ship in the night, with deep blue and black hues. The acrylic paint is embossed in places, giving it a depth of texture. Signed "Ri...
Category
1970s Spanish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Wood, Canvas
Vintage School Teaching Display Wheat Corn and its Products
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Vintage School Teaching Display Wheat Corn and its Products
A vintage glass showcase illustrating the wheat corn and products made out of wheat...
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Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Glass, Wood
Batik Artwork of a Toucan
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Transporting artwork of a toucan in a tree expertly executed in a batik dying technique on silk and indistinctly signed. Presented under glass in a wood frame.
Category
Late 20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Silk, Glass, Wood
Midcentury Handmade Design Wooden Fish Wall Decoration, 1960s
Located in Praha, CZ
- Czechoslovakia,
- circa 1960s
- Very good original condition
- Wooden parts refreshed.
Category
1960s Czech Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Wood
Mid-century Plaster wall sculpture, 1950's
Located in Praha, CZ
Made in Czechoslovakia
With aged patina
Interesting decoration
Original condition
Category
1950s Czech Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Plaster
Oil on Canvas Painting, 1968, J Mijsbergen
Located in Antwerp, BE
Born and raised in Bergen op Zoom, Joop Mijsbergen studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts and the National Higher Institute of Fine Arts in Antwerp (1953-1960). Since 1979 Joop Mijsbergen runs a private school...
Category
Mid-20th Century Dutch Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Canvas, Wood
Mid-Century Modern Oil on Canvas Cityscape by M. Dick
By M. Dick
Located in Van Nuys, CA
This excellent Mid-Century Modern oil painting artwork depicts Hong Kong and is signed "M. Dick" in the lower left portion of the canvas. The painting is lined in linen and framed in...
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1950s Hong Kong Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Canvas, Linen, Wood, Paint
Gérard Gosselin, Hommage à Lorca, Color Lithograph, 1986, Framed
Located in Warszawa, Mazowieckie
Gérard Gosselin, Hommage à Lorca, 1986
Color lithograph
E.A. number XIV/L
This work is signed by the artist and has an individual title, number and date (pencil)
Work dimensions 72/5...
Category
1980s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
"Phoenician Soldiers, " Pair of Brilliant Midcentury Enamel Panels, Framed
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Brilliant and striking examples of midcentury enamel art, this pair of panels showing ancient soldiers with helmets and spears is not signed, but each is superb in craftsmanship and ...
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Enamel
Vintage Swedish Engineering Educational Diagram Poster
Located in Atlanta, GA
Vintage Swedish engineering educational or instructional diagram printed as a poster on cardboard. String hanger.
Category
1950s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Early 20th Century Butlins Lithograph Advertising Poster
Located in London, GB
Early 20th century Butlins lithograph advertising poster
A charming, fun, and rare example of a 1940s lithograph advertising poster for Butlins fair. Produced by Willsons, Printers of Leicester. The advert is written in the form of a £5 reward for a lost grey parrot...
Category
1940s British Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Mid Century Framed Print of Woman Dancing
Located in Countryside, IL
Mid Century Framed Print of Woman Dancing
This print measures: 35.25 wide x 1.75 deep x 45 inches high
This print is in Good Vintage Conditi...
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Wood, Paper
Pre-Columbian Style Terra Cotta Mask
Located in Queens, NY
Mid-Century Pre-Columbian Style Terra Cotta Mask Wall Scupture
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Brass
Modernist German Wall Rug by Ewald Kröner for Schloss Hackhausen, Germany, 1970s
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Wall rug
Decade:
1970s
Origin:
Germany
Producer:
Schloss Hackhausen, Germany
Design:
Ewald Kröner
This rug is a great example of 1970...
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Wool
Midcentury Picture from Straw, Slovakia, 1970s
Located in Praha, CZ
in good original condition
made from straw
Category
1970s European Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Straw, Wood
Charles Hersey Vintage Op Art Painting, circa 1974
Located in San Francisco, CA
Charles Hersey vintage op art painting, circa 1974
Fantastic vintage op art painting by San Francisco artist Charles Hersey.
At 46+ years old, thi...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Canvas
Mid-Century Modern Cubist Watercolor by William Henry Custom Framed
Located in North Miami, FL
This Mid-Century Modern one of a kind horizontal watercolor by William Henry is a combination of cubist individual faces with African influences...
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Plexiglass, Wood, Paint, Paper
Jean Claude Werdier Vintage Normandy Village Landscape, circa 1970s
Located in San Francisco, CA
Jean Claude Werdier (French painter Jean Claude Werdier was born in 1922. He later moved to the U.S. where he painted surrealist landscapes.) created this fine vintage Normandy villa...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Canvas
Painting by Maureen Wilkenson, Water Colors, New Gold Frame, Red & Blue Colors
Located in New York, NY
Beautiful water color painting by Maureen Wilkenson, CT.
Street life in Paris, circa 1960. New frame.
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Paint
Abstract Midcentury Oil Painting on Board Industrial Scene by F. David Taggart
Located in Sherborne, Dorset
A striking 1960s abstract painting, possibly of a Northern England Industrial street scene. Oil on board signed FD Taggart (British born 1937), with indistinctive title to the back. ...
Category
1960s British Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
Victor Olson Impasto Oil on Board of Arabs
Located in Redding, CT
Victor Olson Impasto oil on board of Arabs.
Victor Olson (1925-2007)
Mr. Olson attended the Art Career School of New York. He was a well-known award-winning artist, as well as an il...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
Vintage Brass Wall Sculpture Of Naked Woman, Circa 1940
Located in Zohor, SK
Beautiful and elegant wall art sculpture in brass. Produced probably in Czechoslovakia circa 1940s. The art work portraits a nude woman. Unknown autho...
Category
1940s Czech Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Brass, Copper
Mid-Century Poster "Fine Food the Traditional Art of Denmark"
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Charming Danish poster in wooden veneered frame.
Category
1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Wood, Paper
Set 4 Modern Stainless Steel, Brass & Copper Wall Sculptures, Curtis Jere
Located in Queens, NY
SET 4 American Modern Stainless Steel Square Wall plaques with 2 brass textending rods in the back and having a central square brass, copper, and steel geometric abstract sculpture, ...
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Steel
Wally Hatny '20th-21st Century' Signed Acrylic On Canvas, Abstract Animal
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Signed lower right and on verso with date Nov 9 11. In a J. Pocker frame.
An abstract animal in white on a yellow background.
23 x 15"
black frame 27 1/4 x 19"
Good condition. P...
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Canvas
Iver Rose (American, 1899-1972) Oil On Masonite, "Hauling In The Catch"
By Iver Rose
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Signed lower right and on the label on the stretcher with title and date 4/1972. A dark colorful scene with a fishing boat on deep green blue seas.
Site: 19 1/2 x 25 1/2"
Frame: Th...
Category
1970s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Masonite
"The Dahlia" by R. Young
Located in Denton, TX
Enamel on board painting of a Dahlia flower, circa 1965
some staining on the surrounding matte.
Category
20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
Vintage Biology Educational Pull Down Chart by Jung Koch Quentell, Germany, 1969
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Vintage pull down chart
Original vintage school chart, by Jung-Koch Quentell
Paperprint on linen. The canvas is fixed between two woo...
Category
1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Metal
Painting, Signed Gunter, Green and Blue Color, "Dancers", 1969, Mid-Century Art
Located in New York, NY
Decorative painting, signed Gunter, 1969. Four young ladies dancing. Framed in a beautiful linen matting and gold frame. This is a new frame.
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Acrylic
Pair of Elegant Coin Inlaid Sconces
Located in Atlanta, GA
Pair of elegant coin inlaid sconces, by The Couroc Company, circa 1950s. They have been rewired and are ready to mount.
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Metal, Brass
Mid-Century Modern Abstract Framed Oil on Board
Located in Houston, TX
Mid-Century Modern abstract framed oil on board.
Stunning Mid-Century Modern abstract framed oil on board signed by artist. Signature is under rese...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Paint
30 Dia by 5.5 D
Located in Bronx, NY
an unsual and well detailed example of wire wall decorative art
Category
1970s Unknown Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Metal
Signed Mid Century Eiffel Tower Painting by Joseph L. Klein
Located in Redding, CT
Signed Mid Century Eiffel Tower painting by Joseph L. Klein III. Fabulous composition of the Eiffel tower in orange and brown tones. Cubist in s...
Category
1960s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
Joan Miró, Agora I, Color Lithograph, 1971, Framed
By Joan Miró
Located in Warszawa, Mazowieckie
Joan Miró, Agora I, 1971
Color lithography
Work signed by the artist
Working dimensions 71/51
Framed work
Lithographic poster for an exhibition of artists represented by Galeria Maeght at the Musée d'Art Moderne Strasbourg in 1971. Poster by Joan Miró, a Catalan painter, sculptor and ceramicist. The surrealist master is one of the most important Spanish artists of the 20th century and one of the greatest artists of contemporary art.
A picture is made of brushstrokes, just as a poem is made of words. - Joan Miro
Miró's works are interpreted as belonging to surrealism, as an expression of a return to childhood and as sandboxes for the subconscious. The Miró style consists of vivid colors combined with simplified forms, reminiscent of drawings of a small child. Initially, Miró created in various fashionable styles, for example, Fauvist and Cubist. In 1920 he traveled to Paris several times, and a year later he settled there permanently. He met Pablo Picasso, Vasily Kandinsky and many other outstanding artists. In 1924 he joined the surrealists of André Breton's circle, but - despite the fact that he worked under their influence - he remained on the outskirts of this trend, maintaining the position of an outsider.
Influenced by Surrealist poets and writers, he began to develop his own style: a map of weightless colored signs and poetic forms that evoke both the seemingly naive freshness of invention and the exuberant and baroque Catalan...
Category
1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Komposition, Color Lithograph on Fabriano Paper, Framed
Located in Warszawa, Mazowieckie
Author unknown, Composition
Color lithograph on Fabriano paper
Number 9/49
The work is signed by the artist and has an individual number
Work dimensions...
Category
1960s Unknown Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Painting, Midcentury, Red, Green and White, Modern Art, "Commuting", C 1960
Located in New York, NY
Painting from the 1960s framed in a decorative silver frame. This is a print. The painting is called " Commuting". Men and women are commuting on a train and reading news papers. Col...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Lennart Aschenbrenner, Composition with stick, Color Lithograph, 1986, Framed
Located in Warszawa, Mazowieckie
Lennart Aschenbrenner, Composition with stick, 1986
Color lithography
Number 296/330
This work is signed by the artist, has date and an individual number (pencil)
Sheet dimensions 49...
Category
1980s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Very Large Art Platter by Schwieger
Located in Houston, TX
Very Large Art Platter by Schwieger
Decorated primarily with green and brown glazes in a sort of impressionistic landscape design and signed across the ba...
Category
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Clay
Dynamic Motion: Composite Tile Art by Robert Giusti (1977)
Located in West Palm Beach, US
Dynamic Motion: Composite Tile Art by Robert Giusti (1977)
Composite tile art piece by Robert Giusti, executed in 1977 for the Greg Copeland Gallery. This artwork captures the esse...
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Composition
Americana Lithograph by D. Wieditz
Located in Pasadena, CA
A lithograph seemingly in homage to Americana and American farm life fashioned with carrots and beets in patriotic colors.
Signed D. Wieditz, dated 1971 and numbered 1/9.
The litho...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Chrome
Mid-century Modern decorative art for sale on 1stDibs.
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