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Period: 1940s
Original Fashion Drawing, Pat Kerr, 1946
By Pat Kerr
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Wonderful ink and wash by Pat Kerr, 1946. So evocative of the 1940s.
On card. Unsigned.
Presented in an antique water gilded frame
Drawn for A & C Kay, New Bond St. London.
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English Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Drawings
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Paper
20th Century Oil on Panel Italian Landscape Painting Sacra di San Michele, 1948
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Italian painting dated 1948. Framework oil on panel depicting a view of the famous Sacra di San Michele (seen from Avigliana) of good pictorial quality. Small framework with frame in...
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Italian Vintage 1940s Drawings
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Wood
1949 Nautical Project of the Northele Sailing Boat by Berthon Uffa Fox archives
Located in Milan, IT
Project coming from the archives of Uffa Fox and never entered the commercial circuit depicting Northele, a sloop 14 m long, made by Berthon Boats in Lymington Dorset in 1949 accordi...
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British Vintage 1940s Drawings
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Paper
French 1940s Gouache on Paper
Located in Los Angeles, CA
French 1940s gouache on paper. Custom framed with sandblasted oak frame with acid free paper and UV glass.
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French Vintage 1940s Drawings
Materials
Paper, Gouache, Pencil
Brassaï Lithography Hand Signed
By Brassaï
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Lithography hand signed by Brassaï from the book "Historie de Marie"
Limited edition of 12/ 126
With some moisture spots
Framed on a 20th century ...
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French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Drawings
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Paper
French Academic Drawing, circa 1945-50
Located in Pasadena, CA
This is a large mid-century French Academic drawing by J. L. Clemenceau (listed artist) that dates to circa 1945-50. The drawing was removed f...
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French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Drawings
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Paper
Warren McArthur Corp. Aircraft Co-Pilot Proposal Drawing, 1946
Located in Camden, ME
Interesting vintage proposal drawing in 1/2 scale of an aircraft co-pilot seat. Dated 1/12/46 from the Warren McArthur Corporation.
Drawing measures 26 x 4...
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American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Drawings
Materials
Pencil, Paper
French 1940's Gouache on Paper
Located in Los Angeles, CA
French 40's Gouache on paper. Custom framed with sandblasted oak frame with acid free paper and UV glass.
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French Vintage 1940s Drawings
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Paper
Warren McArthur Aircraft Seating Proposal Drawing, 1941
Located in Camden, ME
Warren McArthur rare original pencil proposal sketch (SK 1749) for an aircraft passenger seat for the Lockheed Corporation.
This proposal was accepted and the seat was manufactured...
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American Industrial Vintage 1940s Drawings
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Paper
Drawing, Continental School, Squirrels
Located in Kittery Point, ME
European red Squirrels
Inscribed indistinctly and dated 40 (lr)
Black and red chalk on paper.
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European Vintage 1940s Drawings
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Paper
Original Jansen Architectural Pencil Drawing
Located in New York, NY
An original Jansen pencil drawing
depicting an architectural detail
"Rosace de Plafond" page 137.
Stamped: Jansen, 9 Rue Royale Paris 8e.
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French Vintage 1940s Drawings
1949s Antique Northele Nautical Ship Project by Berthon Boats Uffa Fox archives
Located in Milan, IT
Northele is a sloop, length 14 m, made by Berthon Boats in Lymington Dorset in 1949 on shipyard project. Measures: 103.5 x 61.3 (H) cm, inches 40.74 x 24.13 (H).
Project coming from ...
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British Vintage 1940s Drawings
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Paper
Eugene Berman Costume Design Gouache Annabella from "Tis a Pity She's a Whore"
Located in Sharon, CT
Gouache on paper costume design for Annabella, for the John Ford play: "Tis a Pity She's a Whore" by Eugene Berman signed with the cypher (E.B.), dated 1942 and annotated. Pencil ske...
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American Elizabethan Vintage 1940s Drawings
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Paper
1940s A.E. Smith Pen and Ink Abstract Drawing
Located in Garnerville, NY
A wonderful little surrealistic abstraction pen and ink drawing signed and dated, A.E. Smith, 3.7.1940. Inscribed on the reverse., Pen + Ink, Artist from Jhonston (sic), RI. Ink on p...
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Vintage 1940s Drawings
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Paper
"Study for Icarus, " Drawing by Emlen Etting, 1940s
By Emlen Etting
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Emlen Etting returned again and again to the theme of Icarus Falling, in part because it gave him an opportunity to depict the nude male in motion. This large drawing served as a stu...
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American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Drawings
Framed Nude Drawing Study by Harriet Rosander de Tourtchaninoff, 1940s, Sweden
Located in Stockholm, SE
Framed sketch by Swedish artist Harriet Rosander de Tourtchaninoff (1912-1965), likely created in the 1940s. This artwork is a study of the female form, where Rosander de Tourtchanin...
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Swedish Modern Vintage 1940s Drawings
Materials
Lead
Tangka Painting Tibet, 20th Century
Located in grand Lancy, CH
Tangka Painting Tibet, 20th Century
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Tibetan Vintage 1940s Drawings
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Cotton, Paper
Tangka Painting Tibet, 20th Century
Located in grand Lancy, CH
Tangka Painting Tibet, 20th Century
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Tibetan Vintage 1940s Drawings
Materials
Cotton, Paper
Tangka Painting Tibet, 20th Century
Located in grand Lancy, CH
Tangka Painting Tibet, 20th Century
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Tibetan Vintage 1940s Drawings
Materials
Cotton, Paper
French Noble portrait Graphite drawing with carved gilded wood frame
Located in Valladolid, ES
Outstanding French Noble portrait with carved frame, graphite drawing, ff. XIX, pp. XX
Technical data
Drawing on paper
Title of the work: Untitled
Author: anonymous
Portrait paintin...
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Vintage 1940s Drawings
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Wood
Nell Blaine Pencil Drawing on Paper, USA, 1940s
By Nell Blaine
Located in New York, NY
During her first years in New York Blaine's work, which had previously been tightly realist, turned abstract, inspired by Mondrian, Leger and Jean Helion. At one time she was the you...
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American Vintage 1940s Drawings
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Paper
"Half Nude Man at Rest, " Important Drawing of Black Worker by De Erdelyi
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A Fine and important depiction of an African American worker, one of the artist's favorite subjects, this drawing by Francis De Erdelyi gives a hint of his important influence on a g...
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American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Drawings
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Charcoal, Paper
Michael Canney Rhinoceros Etching Signed Dated 1947 Aft Durer's 1515 Woodcut
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Michael Canney (British : 1923-1999) Rhinoceros
Etching with aquatint and plate tone
1947, Signed and dated
Most likely originated from Canney’s w...
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Vintage 1940s Drawings
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Paper
Pencil Drawing of a Collie Dog on Paper and Framed in Wood Frame Signed - 1940
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A framed drawing of a dog on paper. This piece depicts the bust of a Collie in brown pencil. The piece is on brown or yellow paper and framed in the original wood frame with glass. T...
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American Folk Art Vintage 1940s Drawings
Materials
Wood, Paper
Nell Blaine Black and White Ink Drawing on Paper, USA 1940s
By Nell Blaine
Located in New York, NY
During her first years in New York Blaine's work, which had previously been tightly realist, turned abstract, inspired by Mondrian, Leger and Jean Helion. At one time she was the you...
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American Vintage 1940s Drawings
Materials
Paper
Western Theme Pastel Drawing Signed WJ Madcher '42
By Wj Madcher
Located in Ferndale, MI
Western Theme Pastel Drawing Signed WJ Madcher '42
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American Vintage 1940s Drawings
Two Sketches by Olle Bonnier (1925-2016) made ca 1948, Signed O.B.
Located in Stockholm, SE
These sketches by Olle Bonnier are made as preworks for Olle Bonniers sculpture "The whisperer" that was executed in 1948. Chalk crayon on off-white pergament.
Olle Bonnier was born...
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Swedish Vintage 1940s Drawings
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Paper
"Development of Tennessee", Important Mural Study w/ Indian Chiefs by Cornwell
By Dean Cornwell
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This beautifully detailed mural study of two Native American chiefs quietly conversing, illustrates the era in American history when every major statehouse, courthouse and public building was ornamented with allegorical sculpture and paintings. Drawn by Dean Cornwell, one of the most accomplished and brilliant of America's artists practicing illustration art and mural painting, it was made in preparation for an enormous mural...
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American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Drawings
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Paper
A Modernist Ink And Gouache Drawing By Vaclav Vytlacil, Ca' 1945
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A fantastic gouache and ink drawing on paper, mounted on board by Vaclav Vytlacil, ca' 1945. Highly reflective of the style of the period, with influences of African art and NY Abstr...
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American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Drawings
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Paper
Vintage Drawing Wall Art, Czechoslovakia
Located in Zohor, SK
Beautiful vintage wall art piece. A drawing of a boy waking up from his bed. The art piece is signed. Drawn on paper, framed under the glass with a black wooden frame. Some minor age...
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Czech Bohemian Vintage 1940s Drawings
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Paper
Master Drawing of Nude Male Figure, 1947
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Clearly created by a master, this pencil drawing of a nude male figure is signed and dated 1947. The diffused lines and areas of rubbed pencil and erasure give this drawing a comple...
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American Vintage 1940s Drawings
Materials
Pencil, Paper
C.P. Initials, Portait of African Girl, Charcoal on Paper, Signed Banzyville 1944
Located in Leuven , BE
C.P. Initials,Portait of African Girl,Charcoal on Paper,Signed Banzyville 1944,Framed,Signed and Dated
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Congolese Vintage 1940s Drawings
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Paper
Fashion Illustration "Two Women In Dresses With Hats" by C. "Eric" Erickson
Located in New York, NY
Original fashion drawing by American artist Carl "Eric" Erickson (1891-1958). Eric spect the 1940s attending and documenting fashion shows under the supervision of Diana Vreeland. Er...
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Vintage 1940s Drawings
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Paper
Paul Wightman Williams, Midcentury Abstract Mixed Media on Paper, 1944
Located in Norwalk, CT
Paul Wightman Williams, American (20th century).
This diminutive mixed-media watercolor, pastel, and ink on paper depicts a haunting abstracted face. It is float-mounted in a faux-g...
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American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Drawings
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Paper
Paul Wightman Williams, Petite Midcentury Abstracted Mixed Media on Paper, 1944
Located in Norwalk, CT
Paul Wightman Williams, American (20th century).
Gouache, ink, and pastel or charcoal on paper. Signed "WW" and dated "44". Unframed.
This diminutive figural painting features an i...
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American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Drawings
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Paper
Original Edith Head 1940s Sketch Dorothy Lamour Paramount
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Unique and rare opportunity to own an original mixed medium costume sketch drawn by the famous costume designer Edith Head, at Paramount Studios. The drawing was done for Dorothy Lamour and is one of her earliest design sketches circa early 1940s. There are only a few known existing sketches actually drawn by Edith Head herself, and not by one of her sketch artists. The sketch for Lamour’s dress may have been done for the black and white period movie Dixie starring Bing Crosby and Dorothy Lamour. Unframed and in its original unaltered state.
To see other examples online by Edith Head see “Silver-Screen-Mode / Edith Head costume...
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American Vintage 1940s Drawings
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Paper
Graphics "City Square", Viggo Bang, 1941
Located in Chorzów, PL
Dimensions:
Frame: height 54 cm / width 36 cm
Graphics: height 27 cm / width 24 cm.
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Dutch Other Vintage 1940s Drawings
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Paper
Rene Magritte (Belgian 1898-1967) Two-Sided Nudes Drawing
Located in Nottingham, GB
Pencil study recto/verso drawing depicting female nudes, drawn circa 1940s. Framed and mounted in UV glass.
Provenance: Sotheby's, The Remaining Contents of the Studio of Rene Magrit...
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Vintage 1940s Drawings
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Paper
Vintage Framed Pen Drawn Cartoon by "Ole Olsen" from comedians "Olsen & Johnson"
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Vintage Framed Pen Drawn Cartoon by "Ole Olsen" from comedians "Olsen & Johnson". $
This original pen-drawn cartoon depicts a crowd in front of a man on a ...
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Vintage 1940s Drawings
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Paper
Post War Tropical Nude Color Pencil Drawling Signed Schultz
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Post-WWII nude tropical color pencil drawing artwork Signed "Schultz" featuring a nude Hawaiian dancer in a skirt.
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Vintage 1940s Drawings
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Paper
Etched Lithograph by Piranesi
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful etching of a Vatican sculpture by Italian artist Piranesi. Great addition to your architectural and classic inspired interiors.
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Italian Other Vintage 1940s Drawings
Materials
Glass, Paper
1940s Male Nude Art Study Drawing in Charcoal on Paper
Located in Miami, FL
1940s male nude art study drawing in charcoal on paper
Offered for sale is an original 1940s male nude study drawing in charcoal on paper. The work ...
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Vintage 1940s Drawings
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Plexiglass, Wood, Paper
Rare Pen Drawing by Giovanni Gariboldi for Paolo Buffa, Italy, 1940s
Located in Milan, IT
Rare pen drawing by Giovanni Gariboldi for Paolo Buffa.
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Italian Vintage 1940s Drawings
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Paper
Ephemeral Beauty: Brassaï's Rare Nude Pencil Drawing, 1944
By Brassaï
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Immerse yourself in the timeless allure of Brassaï's masterful artistry with this exceptionally rare nude pencil drawing, delicately crafted in 1944 Paris. A captivating portrayal of...
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French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Drawings
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Paper
French 1940s Gouache on Paper
Located in Los Angeles, CA
French 1940s gouache on paper. Custom framed with sandblasted oak frame with acid free paper and UV glass.
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French Vintage 1940s Drawings
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Paper
Original Artwork for a Detective Newspaper Strip, 1940s
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Amazing artwork for a story by James Hadley Chase. So evocative of this period.
We have found no record of this story, A Medal for Miss Lantis, so presumably it was never published.
Original black ink and blue crayon on Robersons Bristol Board (blind stamped in the corner).
Artist unknown. It reminds me of the work...
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English Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Drawings
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Paper
Art Deco Drawing Representing Nude Woman by Van Doren 'Raymond' Belgium 1941
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
This drawing is representing a nude woman. The frame is in a brown color, and the drawing is done on a white support.
It has made circa 1940. Art Deco Period.
by VAN DOREN (Raymond...
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Belgian Art Deco Vintage 1940s Drawings
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Wood, Paper
"Six Scenes with Male Nudes, " Drawings from Morocco by Jacques Azéma, 1946
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A remarkable ensemble of drawings dating to 1946, on one sheet of paper, each scene depicting one or more male nude figures, this work displays the stylization and mannerism that is suggestive of Le Corbusier and his contemporaries. The artist was Jacques Azéma...
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Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Drawings
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Paper
20th Century Oil on Masonite Italian Landscape with Figures Painting, 1945
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Italian painting dated 1945. Work oil on masonite depicting a particular view with characters Celebration of Spring of excellent pictorial quality. Nice size framework of pleasant de...
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Italian Vintage 1940s Drawings
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Masonite
1940s Art by Alfredo Zalce Original Pencil on Paper Fisherman Artwork Mexico
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Art by Alfredo Zalce Torres original pencil on paper Artwork Mexico
Alfredo Zalce Torres was a Mexican artist and contemporary of Diego Rivera, David Siqueiros and other better-kn...
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Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Drawings
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Paper
Nell Blaine Abstraction India Ink on Paper, USA 1940s
By Nell Blaine
Located in New York, NY
During her first years in New York Blaine's work, which had previously been tightly realist, turned abstract, inspired by Mondrian, Leger and Jean Helion. At one time she was the you...
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American Vintage 1940s Drawings
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Paper
"at the Swimming POOL, " Ghostly Male Nudes, Art Deco Drawing, Late 1940s
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Lovely and atmospheric, this drawing of a series of male nude figures at the swimming pool -- one diving, one readying to dive, others at the mirr...
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German Art Deco Vintage 1940s Drawings
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Crayon
"Nude Shepherdess, " Art Deco Drawing in Style of Rockwell Kent, Sculpted Frame
By Phil Rhynders
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This dramatic scene depicts two figures: a half-nude woman with staff and wide-brimmed hat -- a modern, adult version of a shepherdess -- along with a reclining male figure. Both fig...
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American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Drawings
Framed Mexican Watercolor on Paper Attributed to Rufino Tamayo
Located in Atlanta, GA
A framed watercolor and gouache on paper depicting sliced watermelon on a color block background, signed Tamayo and dated 1945 as shown. The work was in keeping with the style of Rufino Tamayo and it retains a paper label from Salon de la Plastica Mexicana, listing the detail info. SPM was formed in 1949 to promote contemporary Mexican artists...
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Mexican Modern Vintage 1940s Drawings
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Paper
Millard Sheets Signed Original Drawing Wartime Boats in Stormy Seas Harbor, 1942
By Millard Sheets
Located in Studio City, CA
Wonderful and darkly intriguing original artwork by renowned American Modernist artist and California artist benefactor Millard Sheets (1907-1989) featuring wartime boats caught in stormy seas. Very evocative and certainly quite relevant to the time it was created taken in the context of the war.
The work is hand pencil signed and dated (1942) by Sheets on the mat just below the artwork.
Provenance: Property from the estate of Millard Sheets.
Would be a great addition to any collectors of his work or Mid-Century Modern artist or an eye-catching stand-alone accent artwork in about any setting.
Sheets many awards include:
Watson F. Blair Purchase Prize, Chicago Art Institute (1938)
Philadelphia Watercolor Club Prize (1939)
Dana Watercolor Medal, Pennsylvania Academy of fine Arts (1943)
Drawing Prize, Los Angeles County Museum of Art (1946)
Gold Brush Award, Artists Guild of Chicago, Award of the Year (1951)
Honorary Doctor of Laws, University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana (1964)
His works can be found in numerous permanent collections, public settings, and international museums including:
The Museum of Modern Art, New York
Scripps College, CA
The White House (Washington, DC)
The San Diego Museum
The Los Angeles Public Library...
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American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Drawings
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Paper
Nell Blaine "Untitled" India Ink on Paper, USA, 1948
By Nell Blaine
Located in New York, NY
During her first years in New York Blaine's work, which had previously been tightly realist, turned abstract, inspired by Mondrian, Leger and Jean Helion. At one time she was the you...
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American Vintage 1940s Drawings
Eugene Berman Collage in Original Frame
Located in New York, NY
This haunting image by Eugene Berman was painted on a sheet of paper cut in the shape of a heart, mounted to a paint-speckled ground, encircled with metal shavings, and placed in a frame of the artist’s own devising. Berman wrote the title, Radiograph of a Heart, on the back. It refers to the medical X-rays that doctors had recently come to rely on. Yet Berman’s point seems to be that while a heart can be monitored scientifically, the emotions associated with it lie beyond the power of medical science.
Russian by birth, Berman fled St. Petersburg during the Revolution and settled in Paris. Later, as a Jew, he fled the Nazi advance and took refuge in New York and Hollywood. His peace of mind, however, was shattered by the suicide of his wife, actress Una Munson (who played Belle Watling in Gone With the Wind). That distressing event — “Don’t follow me” she admonished in her suicide note...
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French Modern Vintage 1940s Drawings
Nell Blaine "Merry Christmas" Gouache on Paper, USA, 1940s
By Nell Blaine
Located in New York, NY
During her first years in New York Blaine's work, which had previously been tightly realist, turned abstract, inspired by Mondrian, Leger and Jean Helion. At one time she was the you...
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American Vintage 1940s Drawings
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Paper
