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 legendary 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.
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
Engraved Pink Tinted Glass Panel, circa 1940
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Engraved pink tinted glass panel, circa 1940.
Category
1940s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Glass
Works of the 1970s China on Italian Paper
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Works of the 1970s China on Italian paper, golden aluminum frame, signed by two authors as signing, the designs are made on a sheet of paper in ink.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Aluminum
Engraved Pink Tinted Glass Panel, circa 1940
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Engraved pink tinted glass panel, circa 1940.
Little splinter on the bottom (see picture) but not visible when assembled.
Category
1940s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Glass
Jack Youngerman Aubusson Tapestry
Located in New York, NY
Stunning Mid-Century tapestry designed by Jack Youngerman and entitled "Blackout". Woven at Dovecot Studios, Edinburgh Tapestry Co.,Scotland in 1971. A Gloria F. Ross tapestry and on...
Category
20th Century Scottish Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Tapestry, Wool
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
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
Signed Mario Logli Red, Black, Gold Futurist Work of Art Italian Vintage
Located in North Miami, FL
This great Italian style work of art signed by Mario Logli is a limited edition serigraph #63/200 in three colors. It has a very Fornasetii look and style to it. This is the original...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Wood, Paper
"Bouquet de Jonquilles, " Oil Painting by Miguel Guzman c.1968
By Miguel Guzman
Located in New York, NY
Mid-Century oil on canvas by painter Miguel Guzman entitled "Bouquet de Jonquilles," signed and dated 1968.
Framed with original giltwood hand-carved frame.
Brass plaque attached w...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Canvas
Curtis Jere Wall Sculpture Bottle Opener
By Curtis Jeré
Located in Westport, CT
Steel wall sculpture extra-large bottle opener cork screw. Curtis Jere signed, circa 1960s the overall size will vary how much you open the cork screw 15'' in picture but can go to 2...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Angelo Testa Print on Canvas
By Angelo Testa
Located in Pawtucket, RI
Whimsical print on canvas by noted artist and textile designer Angelo Testa. Large print depicting dogs and other biomorphic shaped animals.
Category
1940s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Canvas
Jean Dewasne Artist Edition Serigraph
Located in Westport, CT
Jean Dewasne artist edition serigraph and dedicated reverse ,in black lacquer frame.
Jean Dewasne (1921-1999).
(b Lille, 21 May 1921). French painter, writer and sculptor. He began painting at the age of 12 and was producing pointillist works at the age of 18. He studied architecture for two years at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris as a preparation for his painting. In about 1943 he began painting abstract works, and he remained an abstract painter for the rest of his career. He was associated with the group of abstract artists who exhibited at the Galerie Denise René in Paris, including Hans Hartung, Nicolas de Stäel and Serge Poliakoff and he himself exhibited there from 1945-1956. Together with Sonia Delaunay, Hans Arp, Antoine Pevsner...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Glass, Paper, Wood
Karrel Appel Signed Lithograph
By Karel Appel
Located in Westport, CT
Karrel Appel Signed and numbered 49/100 dated 1971 Lithograph
B.1921.d2006 was a dutch painter sculpture,founder of Avant-Garde movement,this picture is matted and framed.
Category
1970s Swiss Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
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
Antique Caucasian Rug on Kilim
Located in New York, NY
A late 19th century Caucasian Kazak rug stitched onto a light blue Turkish Kilim.
Category
19th Century Unknown Antique Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Wool, Cotton Canvas
French Mid-Century Chrome and Copper Palm Tree
Located in New York, NY
French Post-War Design 1960s large chrome and copper palm tree.
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Chrome, Copper
1960s Wall Sculpture
Located in Cathedral City, CA
Brass and copper wall sculpture.
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Brass, Copper
Relief 1970s Art Work by Edmond Segura
By Edmond Segura
Located in Doornspijk, NL
Stunning piece of art from the 1970s.
It is made out of tiny blocks of aluminium and formica, in a frame providing for depth.
Measures: 91 x 107cm
Signed E. Segura, 1975.
Category
1970s Belgian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Wall Sculpture by C. Vienne
By Chantal Vienne
Located in New York, NY
Wall sculpture by Chantal Vienne, brass and agate, signed by the artist.
Category
1980s Belgian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Agate, Brass
Gazelle French Shoe Poster Signed ''Robys''
By Robys
Located in Westport, CT
Stamped'' Robys'' Advertising shoe poster with gift box and shoes and Gazelles jumping out of it! Framed in black and silver leaf trim Frame, circa 1940, ...
Category
1940s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Fabulous Curtis Jere French Chateau Sculptural Wall Hanging
By Curtis Jeré
Located in Pemberton, NJ
FABULOUS SIGNED CURTIS JERE FRENCH CHATEAU WALL SCULPTURE. I LOVE THE DETAIL GIVEN TO THIS AMAZING WALL SCULPTURE WITH THE FLOWERS ON THE BALCONY TO THE BIRD SITTING ON THE OPEN DOO...
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1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
"The Blue Knights, " Brilliant, Mid-Century Enamel Panel by Hansen
By Helen Hansen
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Brilliantly designed and executed, this ambitious enamel panel -- depicting four blue knights with swords, voluminous robes and fantastic hats -- was created by Helen Hansen in the 1...
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Pair of Large Midcentury, Walnut Orange Paint Chargers
Located in Westport, CT
Pair Large serving platters/wall hanging Chargers in walnut wood and orange painted.possibly Japanese with black backs .one charger is 18' and the smaller one is 14"
Category
1950s Japanese Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Wood
George Coggeshall Abstract Painting Red, Blue, Green, Orange Purple Vintage
By George Coggeshall
Located in North Miami, FL
This great Mid-Century Modern painting by George Coggeshall has vibrant colors with abstract forms. All is signed and has the luscious and vibrant layering of colors of plums and pur...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Abstract Signed Vintage Jim Dine Style "Torso" Painting
By Hazel Cohen
Located in North Miami, FL
Muted palette of blues, blacks, greys, whites dashed with green, mustard and orange make this wonderful abstract torso painting interesting from all ang...
Category
1980s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
Portfolio of Leo Russell Abstractions, 1970s
By Leo Russell
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Complete portfolio of 12 serigraphs plus Title Page and Colophone. Mr. Russell revisited his 1956 oil crayon drawings and added color to this 1970 edition of abstractions. Original P...
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
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
60s Mixed Media Arts And Crafts Superb Multi-Dimensional Wall Sculpture Fine Art
Located in Miami, FL
Arts and Crafts Superb multi-dimensional wall sculpture, mixed media wood and printer's blocks.
A beautiful piece of Fine Art made in America circa 1965.
It is in good vintage condit...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Metal
Majolica Fish Sealife Platter Vallauris, circa 1950
By Vallauris
Located in Austin, TX
Majolica sealife platter Vallauris, circa 1950.
High relief of a fish, seaweeds, shells, crab, oysters.
Nautical style.
9.3 inches diameter
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
Judith Danner Mid Century Modern Musicians Enamel Over Copper Wall Art on Walnut
By Judith Danner
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
A bright and festive mid century modern enamel over copper wall art on walnut depicting abstracted musicians by Judith Danner. Circa 1960s. The perfect modern accent in a retro desig...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Copper
Decorative canvas panel with bamboo frame, 1960s
Located in Milano, IT
Decorative canvas panel with bamboo frame, 1960s
Decorative panel on canvas representing a palm tree with bamboo frame.
Good condition, signs of time, stains on canvas
write to us...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Canvas, Bamboo
Artist Plate No. 13 by Victor Vasarely 1936 Design Rosenthal Mid-Century Germany
Located in Andernach, DE
Art print wall plate with a design from 1936 by Victor Vasarely:
''Leben und Leben lassen –
Lieben und lieben lassen''
(''Live and let live - Love and Let Love'') –
is the No. 13 ...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Porcelain
French Faience Fish Platter Moustiers Style Circa 1950
Located in Austin, TX
French Faience Fish Platter Moustiers Style Circa 1950.
Manufacture of Martres Tolosane.
Hunting scene.
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
"Tom" Lithograph on Aluminum by Billy Al Bengston, 1968
By Billy Al Bengston
Located in Skokie, IL
Billy Al Bengston "Tom" lithograph on aluminum, USA, 1968
Additional Information:
Materials: Lacquer and polyester resin on aluminum
Edition: 18 of 50
Dimensions: 26" H x 25" W
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Resin
Simone Colombier Abstract Gouache, Bordeaux School, France, 1947
By Simone Colombier
Located in La Teste De Buch, FR
Framed abstract gouache on paper by French painter Simone Colombier.
Signed and dated 1947.
Simone Colombier took part of the abstract movement in Bordeaux, France in the mid-1940s...
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1940s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Rudolph Weisenborn (1879-1974) Abstract Oil on Canvas Circa 1957
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Rudolph Weisenborn (1879-1974) Colorful abstract painting in heavy impasto oil on canvas by renowned Chicago artist Rudolph Weisenborn. Signed on bottom right front Wesisenborn '57. In original wood frame.
BORN: October 30, 1879[1] Chicago
DIED: March 15, 1974 Chicago
MARRIED: 1922 Alfreda “Fritzi” Gordon[2] of St. Joseph, MO
TRAINING
1898 University of North Dakota
1905-1907 Students School of Art, Denver, Henry Reed[3]
1907-1910 Jean Mannheim School of Art, Denver
ART RELATED EMPLOYMENT[4]
c.1910 Commercial illustration, Denver
c.1910 Portrait sketches, Denver Post
1913 Window designer for Marshall Field and Company
1922 Illustrated for The Wave
c.1930s Diorama, Fight Against Soil Erosion, Tennessee Valley Authority[5]
1931 Lecture, The Abstract in Painting, Renaissance Society of the University of Chicago
1933 Mural Machine Movement[6], Pavilion No. 4, General Exhibits Building, A Century of Progress World’s Fair, Chicago[7]
1934-1939 Federal Art Project, easel and mural division[8]
1936 Mural, Contemporary Chicago, Louis Nettelhorst Elementary School, Chicago[9]
1937 Mural, Richard Crane Technical High School, Chicago: Electricians; Boilermakers Pipe Fitters, and Architects and Steelworkers[10]
TEACHING
1922 Chicago Hull House[11]
1920-1937,[12] 1939[13] Chicago Academy of Fine Arts
1935-1964 Weisenborn School of Modern Art [privately], Chicago[14]
RESIDENCES
1879-1888 Chicago
1888-1905 North Dakota
1893 Wisconsin
1894 Minnesota and Oklahoma
1905-1910 Colorado
1910-1913 Cripple Creek, CO
c.1913[15]-c.1960 Chicago;[16] 1940s-1960s Santa Fe, New Mexico (summers)[17]
c.1960-1974 Oak Park, Illinois
TRAVEL
c.1930s Cape Cod, Massachusetts
1950 Provincetown, Massachusetts[18]
MEMBERSHIPS/OFFICES
All-Illinois Society of Fine Arts (advisory board 1926)
American Abstract Artists[19]
Artists’ Equity Association, Midwest (president 1952)
Artists’ League of the Midwest (charter member 1947)[20]
Artists’ Union, Chicago Chapter (executive committee/founder)[21]
Cor Ardens (vice president, 1921-1922; treasurer 1922-1923)
Chicago No-Jury Society of Artists (founder, president 1922-1926)[22]
Chicago Society of Artists (board 1926-1927)
Independent Society of Artists, Chicago
Introspectives, Chicago[23]
Neo-Arlimusc (founder, president 1926-1928)[24]
Palette & Chisel Club
Society of Independent Artists
HONORS
1928 Honorable Mention architectural subject, Art Institute of Chicago, American Annual[25]
1931 Third Honorable Mention, Ninety and Nine Artists[26]
1941 Prize, Laura Davidson Sears Academy of Fine Arts, Elgin, Contemporary American Art
1957 William H. Tuthill Prize, Art Institute, Chicago & Vicinity
JURIES SERVED
Art Institute, Chicago & Vicinity 1923
Chicago Society of Artists annual 1924
Covenant Club under auspices of American Jewish Artists Club, First Annual Exhibition by Jewish Artists of Chicago and Vicinity 1936[27]
Jewish Education Building, Chicago under auspices of American Jewish Artists Club, Annual Exhibition by Jewish Artists of Chicago and Vicinity 1955, 1956[28]
Sears Academy of Fine Arts annual, Elgin, Illinois 1941
South Side Swedish Club, Chicago Artists of Swedish Descent
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
All-Illinois Society of Fine Art annual 1926, 1927
American Abstract Artists, annuals 1938-on
American Art Congress 1937
Art Institute of Chicago, A Half Century of American Art 1939
Art Institute of Chicago, Abstract and Surrealist American Art 1947
Art Institute of Chicago, Abstractions By Eight Artists 1942
Art Institute of Chicago, American Annual 1928, 1929, 1939, 1941-1943, 1945, 1947
Art Institute of Chicago, American Watercolors 1923, 1925,[29] 1931, 1934, 1942-1944, 1946, 1949
Art Institute of Chicago, Federal Art Project 1938[30]
Art Institute of Chicago, Room of Chicago Art 1945
Art Institute of Chicago, Society For Contemporary American Art 1953
Art Institute of Chicago, Work by 17 Chicago Artists, [work from the W.P.A.] 1936[31]
Art Institute, Chicago & Vicinity 1918, 1920, 1921, 1923, 1929, 1933, 1934, 1943, 1948, 1949
Artists Equity Association, Chicago 1950, 1951
Artists League of the Midwest 1947, c.1950
Associated American Artists Galleries, Chicago 1950
Association of American Artists, Chicago, Artists-Teachers 1950
Cedar Rapids Art Association 1921[32]
Chicago No-Jury Society of Artists 1922-1926,[33] 1928[34]-1931,[35] 1932, 1934, 1938, 1941, 1957[36]
Chicago No-Jury Society of Artists directors at Moulin Rouge café, Chicago 1926
Cor Ardens, Arts Club of Chicago 1922
Elizabeth Nelson Galleries, Chicago, Chicago Artists 1950
European Art Tour, under auspices of Mrs. John Alden Carpenter of Chicago 1924[37]
Evansville, IN 1922[38]
Findlay Gallery, Chicago, Best Paintings by Chicago Modernists 1933[39]
Findlay Galleries, Chicago, Frank Holland...
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Large Palshus Danish Mid-century Low Bowl with Blue Green Glaze Chamotte Ceramic
Located in Aarhus C, DK
Large low ceramic bowl by Annelise and Per Linnemann-Schmidt for Palshus, Denmark. Made in the 1960s.
It is made with chamotte clay which gives...
Category
1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
Soleil à pointes by Line Vautrin – White talosel mirror
By Line Vautrin
Located in Brussels, BE
Soleil à pointes by Line Vautrin – White talosel mirror inlaid with Champagne colored mirrors (form number 2).
Structure in white talosel whose rays (38 in number) are inlaid with Ch...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Mirror, Talosel
Rectangular mirror by Line Vautrin
By Line Vautrin
Located in Brussels, BE
Rectangular mirror by Line Vautrin.
Structure in light tortoiseshell coloured talosel covered with lumaline threads on its outer frame by Line Vautrin.
The interior frame is worked i...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Mirror, Talosel
Soleil à pointes (Spiked sun) by Line Vautrin – Talosel mirror
By Line Vautrin
Located in Brussels, BE
Soleil à pointes (Spiked sun) by Line Vautrin – Talosel mirror inlaid with alternating light green and dark green colored mirrors (shape number 3).
Soleil à pointes (Spiked sun), ta...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Mirror, Talosel
Roi Soleil by Line Vautrin – Talosel mirror
By Line Vautrin
Located in Brussels, BE
“Roi Soleil” by Line Vautrin – Talosel mirror
Light brown talosel structure whose rays (24 large rays, 24 small) are encrusted with alternating bronze, gold and red mirrors.
A thick ...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Mirror, Talosel
Vintage dutch Pilastro Wall Hanging by Tjerk Reijenga, 1960s
Located in Oostrum-Venray, NL
Pilastro Wall Hanging by Tjerk Reijenga, 1960s
Vintage metal wall system designed by Tjerk Reijenga for Pilastro Holland in the sixties.
The system...
Category
20th Century Dutch Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Metal
Fela Kuti New York 1986 (announcement)
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Vintage 1980's Fela Kuti announcement:
Original Fela Kuti announcement published on the occasion of his November 6th 1986 show at Madison Square Garden's The Felt Forum. A rare must ...
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1980s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Aqua Majolica Oyster Plate Gien, circa 1950
By Gien
Located in Austin, TX
Majolica oyster plate signed Gien, circa 1950.
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
Large Horse Wall Plaque Panel Relief Master Work Helmut Schaffenacker Ceramic
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
This vintage ceramic wall panel featuring two polychrome glazed horses is a stunning work of art created by the renowned artist Herlmut Schäffenacker. This piece showcases Schäffena...
Category
1950s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
Midcentury European Blue Ceramic Cross, Multidimensional Depths of Blue
Located in Chicago, IL
This cross's vibrant blue hues, crafted in varying depths by Flemish artisans, create a multidimensional aspect that captures the eye. From the luminous light blues to the profound dark blues, the cross radiates a sense of depth. Adding to its visual appeal, a subtle brown color frames the edge, accentuating the cross's craftsmanship.
As you explore our cross collection, you will encounter diverse styles ranging from visionary modernism to raw brutalism. Each artist has taken a unique approach to depict faith through innovative volumes and captivating color palettes. This collection offers an extraordinary opportunity to curate a custom wall of modernist crucifixes...
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1970s European Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
Jean Lurcat Style Tapestry Métamorphose de la Nature, France, 1950
By Jean Lurçat
Located in Munich, DE
Needlepoint wall object in the manner of Jean Lurcat and Picart Le Doux.
Decorative French Folk Art embroidered needlework on canvas 1930s-1950s
These works were popular French...
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Textile
Set of 12 Fruit Vegetable Fornasetti Plates Black White Transfer Print, Italy
Located in Bridgehampton, NY
Set of 12 black and white transfer printed fruit and vegetable motif plates.
Designed by Fornasetti in Italy.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Framed Art
Located in Seattle, WA
Vintage framed art.
Dimensions. 16 3/4 W; 1 D; 21 H.
Category
1970s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Wood
Marc Chagall Framed Poster Fêtes De Pâques, Vence 1954, Matted and under Glass
By Marc Chagall
Located in Morristown, NJ
A framed poster of a 1954 watercolour by Marc Chagall (1887-1985, Belarus, France. "Vence. Cité des Arts et des Fleurs, 1954" is a poster by Marc Chagall. The illustration was origin...
Category
1950s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Metal
Framed Signed Deberdt "The Rhino" Lithograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
"Le Rhino / The Rhino" color lithograph by the French artist Françoise Deberdt depicts rhino near a tree surrounded by birds and other flying figures in the naive stylle.
Color lit...
Category
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Mid Century Oil on Canvas Floral Still Life
Located in W Allenhurst, NJ
Beautiful, moody still life. Mid Century. Oil on Canvas. Great color choice and textured technique.
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
Victor Vasarely Lithograph Limited Edition 9/25
Located in Miami, FL
Artist: Victor Vasarely
Medium: Lithograph
Movement/Style: Modern
Signed and Numbered : 9/25
This Victor Vasarely lithograph is in very good vintage condition. The art is vibrant a...
Category
1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
1962 Abstract Italian Painter G. Martinelli Oil on wood and Cardboard Painting
Located in IT
1962 Abstract Italian Painter Giuseppe Martinelli oil on wood and Cardboard Painting , titles " colloquio" ( interview). This abstract painting with brown, red and sand warm colors has been painted in 1962 by Italian Giuseppe Martinelli .
Excellent conditions. Size 190x181 cm. The painting features a black metal frame. It shows the signature both on the back and the right bottom side.
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Giuseppe Martinelli (Viareggio, January 19, 1930 - Milan, July 15, 2016) was an Italian painter.The first solo show was in his hometown in 1953, and in the same year he won the Viareggio Prize. In 1956 he moved to Milan, sharing a studio in via Procaccini with Scapaticci, Ferroni, Banchieri and Luporini ; in 1958 he exhibited at the Pagani gallery in Milan, with a presentation by Mario De Micheli. In 1959 he won the purchase prize at the Golfo della Spezia painting prize with a work that became part of the collection of the Modern and Contemporary Art Center of La Spezia , he was awarded ex aequo (with Nikos...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Wood
Set of 4 Vintage Fela Kuti Collectibles circa Late 1980's, 'Fela Kuti New York'
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A set of 4 vintage 1980's Fela Kuti Collectibles:
Original set of Fela Kuti advertisements including a press photograph, a poster and two announcement cards all featuring the singer in motion. A rare Kuti set of the time; c. 1980's. Beginning in the 1960s, Fela Kuti pioneered his own unique style of music called "Afrobeat" and played a pivotal role in defining the genre.
Dimensions range from 4 x 6 inches to 11 x 14 inches.
Good overall vintage condition with some minor wear commensurate with age and medium(s).
Unsigned. Rare.
Fela Kuti, byname of Olufela Olusegun Oludotun Ransome-Kuti, also called Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, (born October 15, 1938, Abeokuta, Nigeria—died August 2, 1997, Lagos), Nigerian musician and activist who launched a modern style of music called Afro-beat, which fused American blues...
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1980s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Pablo Picasso Signed Lithograph: Vallauris
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pablo Picasso Lithograph: Vallauris. Signed in lower right margin; signed and dated 1955 in plate; matted and framed under acrylic. Measures 29 x 22 1/2 inches sight; 41 x 34 3/4 inc...
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Cocteau Jean Limoges Porcelain Plate, Signed
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Cocteau Jean (1889-1963) Limoges Porcelain plate, signed and numbered 54/250.
the background color is slightly pinkish.
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1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Porcelain
Wool tapestry from the 60s
Located in Brussels , BE
Wool tapestry from the 60s.
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Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Wool
Amphora Ceramic Mother and Child Wall Plaque, Belgium, Elie Van Damme, 1960s
Located in Miami, FL
Beautiful creation in ceramic of Madonna and Child by Elie Van Damme for Amphora Ceramics situated in Sint-Andreis outside Bruges, Belgium. Rogier Vandeweghe,b. 1923 Bruges, Belgium,...
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1960s Belgian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Clay, Ceramic, Pottery
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