American Wall Decorations

Original black and white photo of Edward G. Robinson working on location at the famous Cova Club on the Italian Riviera he borrows the Rumba band's maracas wh...

"Nude Figure at Blue Beach" lithograph by Earl Moran, beautifully framed with a white mat and original Mi-century era wood frame. This original print captures Moran's signature elega...

A beautiful oil on canvas painting by Harriet Rosendale, ca' 1950's, depicting a farmhouse in abstracted, impressionist style. Harriet Rosendale was a well-known and well-listed Ccon...

David Douglas Duncan Black And White Photography of Madeleine Carroll, 1951 Photography in Black And White With registered trademark of the photographer In original condition wit...

Original US vintage black and white Hot Car Pin-Up photograph of Joi Lansing used to help advertise United Artists film Hot Car 1956.  

This extraordinarily rare and important painting, for the cover of the December, 1952 issue of "American Manhood" magazine, depicts a fallen scuba diver, p...

Original US film poster for the tense 1957 western staring Glen Ford and Van Heflin. The film was remade 50 years later in 2007 with Russell Crowe playing Glenn ford's role.

Original American photographic production still. for Cool Hand Luke 1967. This film was directed by Stuart Rosenberg, and stars Paul Newman and features...

From an important 25 plus years collection of male physique and beefcake photography, image #2 of male model. (name unknown) Printed in the 1960s and are all signed by the studio when Mr. Bruce Bellas aka Bruce of LA was alive. Beautifully, professionally framed. Double white mat and simple black frame. All orig photos are 8 x 10. Framed: 16.50" W x 19" H. Please see separate listings for many more original photographs from this collection. Note: these beautiful photos are VERY hard to photograph under glass. They are BEAUTIFUL crisp, sharp orinal photos printed BY HAND from the original negatives in the 50s and 60s that were printed before computer printed and generated images! BIO: Bruce Harry Bellas was born in Alliance, Nebraska on July 7, 1909. He worked as a chemistry teacher there until 1947, when he began photographing bodybuilders in Los Angeles, California, beginning with taking pictures of bodybuilding competitions. In 1956, Bellas launched his own magazine, The Male Figure. Among physique photographers, Bellas' work was noted for having a distinctly campy, tongue-in-cheek sensibility. Bellas also produced a number of early homoerotic 8 mm films with titles such as Cowboy Washup and Big Gun for Hire. Bellas was known to travel around the country, finding new models to photograph and also personally delivering nude photographs to customers, since they were liable to be seized by postal inspectors if sent through the mail. An extensive archive of Bellas' nude male physique...

Stunning small vintage painting by NY artist David Kovesi of a woman walking thru her garden. This painting, oil on board has fabulous vibrant...

Original vintage travel poster - Gateway to the Middle East and the Holy Land Beirut Lebanon by Clipper Pan American World Airways World's Most Experien...

Original US version of this Garden Of Evil film poster. Numbered on lower right hand corner, 54/268. Some minor ware as seen on last picture. Garden of Evil (1954) is a Western film, directed by Henry Hathaway, about three somewhat disreputable 19th century soldiers of fortune, played by Gary Cooper as an ex-lawman, Richard Widmark as a gambler, and Cameron Mitchell as a bounty hunter, who are randomly hired by a woman, portrayed by Susan Hayward...

This vintage signed one of kind cubist watercolor is now custom framed. The signature is not legible but shown in the photos. It has been newly custom framed as of 2 months ago. The ...

Airplane Hangar painting in oil on canvas, framed. Vintage Mid-Century Modern aviation art. No further information available at this time. 42 x 30 .5 H x 1 D, Art 34.75 x 23 1/8 H O...

Midcentury Realism beach scenic landscape oil on board in its original dark stained frame, signed Anderson. Size: 23.5" tall x 27.5" wide.

Original US lobby card number 6 for the American film noir directed and co-written by Billy Wilder, and produced and co-written by Charles Brackett. The film stars William Holden, Gl...

A modern pastel drawing on paper by Detroit artist Charles Culver. Hand signed in pencil bottom right. A dreamy landscape of seaside mountains. Per the artist, "I try to 'see' though...

Original Mid-century artwork oil on board of desert scenic signed Purkis in its original Syroco wood frame. Size: 20" X 24"

A wonderfully creative group of folded metal straps with 50+ years of patina, giving a lovely variation of texture and color.

Original US film poster from the 1951 film Pickup. Hugo Haas (1901-1968) was an acknowledged master of bad girl films. He was born in Czechoslovakia, wher...

Original US film poster for the 1958 Exploitation film Young and Wild. This film was directed by William Witney and starred Gene Evans and Scott Marlowe. It is one of those cases w...

Framed antique oil painting on very old board of 3 pottery vessels. Initials from the Artist. Painting without the frame measures: 19.38 x 29.5 inches. O-586-335

Original oil on board 1950, “Portrait of a Horse”. Signed lower right by Harold Mcintosh. Born in Winnipeg Canada, Mr. Mcintosh studied at Winnipeg School of Art with L.L. Fitzgerald...

An incredible vintage Boho original oil painting on board. A chic Abstract composition in chic muted blues. Signed by the artist. Acquired from a Palm Beach estate.

Original vintage travel advertising poster for Trans World Airlines - Fly TWA Jetstream - featuring a stunning design by the notable poster artist Frank Soltesz (1898-1972) depicting...

Original US film poster for Terry Toon Cartoons, 1955. This is what is known as a stock poster this would have been used for a whole season for the showing of these short cartoons.

Repurposed from an original Paul McCobb headboard. Paul McCobb designed a solid maple headboard, model 1553, as part of the Planner Group line fo...

Black and White Photography of Henry Matisse, 1959. In original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and use, preserving a beautiful patina....

Mid-Century abstract still life tempera painting framed and matted, by renowned artist Stanley Mitruk. Possible faint signature upper left with old original gallery card on back side...

An impressionist landscape by the Massachusetts artist Gertrude Ann Youse. Known affectionately as Gay, Youse was a graduate of the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in the 1940s where she was influenced by the Austrian Expressionist Oskar Kokoschka. In the 1950s she settled in Duxbury on the southern...

Original US film poster for the 1959 film T-Bird Gang. The film tells the story of a high school boy who is out to find his father's killer and teams up with a gang of juvenile deli...

Framed mid-20th century Irina Lorin Signed ceramic art tile of figure, consisting of three framed tiles, mid-20th century. 3 tiles measuring 8" x 11" retai...

Vintage Cooper Embossed artwork Bongo Player signed C.I.E. Pearson in black Wood Framed. This vintage copper embossed piece of art depicts a bongo player against a dark background wi...

Original British photographic production still for The Tales of Hoffmann 1951. This British fantasy opera was written, produced and directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. The film is an adaptation of the opera of the same name by Jacques Offenbach. The film stars Robert Rounseville, Moira...

A wonderful Robert Freiman watercolor, from 1956, entitled " Third Avenue at 57th Street". 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...

Original US film poster for the 1950 film Deadly is the Female. This American film noir was directed by Joseph H. Lewis and stars Peggy Cummins and John Dall. It tells the story of a gun crazed husband and wife duo who go on a robbery spree. The film did not do well on it's release and was withdrawn and re named and released as gun crazy...

Although Fritz Henle was born in Germany and worked in America for years, he was truly an international figure, living and working in the Caribbean, Asia, Mexico and Europe over several decades. He was called "the last of the great classic photographers" by Helmut Gernsheim, the great photography historian, and because he often used the 2.25" square format film for the Rolleiflex camera...

Oil on canvas painting by Gilbert Henderson (1925 - ). We believe this painting is from the late 1950s. Painting framed measures 24" wide, 1.5" deep and 30" high. Unframed (in fra...

Original US film poster for the 1959 Drama staring Paul Newman, Barbara Rush andAlexis Smith. This film was directed by Vincent Sherman. This poster was designed by Bill Gold (1921...

Brilliantly conceived and executed, in vivid shades of pink, pale blue, slate green and black, this pair of Mid Century paintings bring life, humor and color to scenes of circus life...

Original US film poster for the 1957 Musical comedy staring Doris Day and John Raitt and directed by George Abbott, Stanley Donen. This poster is conservation linen backed and it wo...

Original US film poster for the 1953 3-D adventure film Bwana Devil, starring Robert Stack, Barbara Britton, Nigel Bruce. The film was directed by Arch Ob...

Leo Russel Gouache 1956. Organic abstract shapes on paper framed in distressed gold leaf and under glass. Image is 8.5 x 11. Frame is 26.5 x 33.

Monumental painting done on ceramic tiles with a matte finish. The piece consist of 24, 8" x 8" tiles, the piece is really magnificent and eye-catching. The tiles are attached ...

Original US film poster for Douglas Sirk's 1955 Melodrama staring Rock Hudson, Jane Wyman. This large poster was printed in two sheets as it was designed to...

Original style B US movie poster for the 1950 crime film D.O.A. directed by Rudolph Mate and starring Edmond O'Brien.

Original vintage travel poster for Italy via Jet Clipper issued by Pan American world's most experienced airline. Fun and colorful Mid-Century Modern illustration depicting a leaning...

Original US Title card for the 1950 film Where Danger Lives. Original US film poster for the 1950 film Where Danger Lives. This film noir was directed by John Farrow, and stars Rob...

Original US Title Lobby Card for the 1953 3D Horror movie staring Vincent Price.

A remarkable scene from Dante's Inferno with three nude male figures and a horse, all imbued in white, black and red the color of blood was painted by Emil Kosa, Jr. The central figu...

Original American black and white studio photographic production still for Alfred Hitchcock's Classic thriller starring Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, Ja...

This is a beautiful oil on wood board painting by the well known artist Beulah Stevenson. Her works are in major museums and important collections. Labels in back from the Brooklyn s...

This lovely depiction of the painter with his nude model provides an interesting variation on a Classic theme, in this instance placing the artist behind his model, allowing the fema...

Original US movie poster for Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger's, 1951 drama. Starring Moira Shearer, Robert Rounseville.

Original US film poster for the 1950 Film Noir. This is on of Marilyn Monroe's early films before she became the superstar.

Original US movie poster for the 1951 drama. The film was originally titled ‘I Can Get It For You Wholesale’ and then released as ‘This is My Affair’, this poster was printed before ...

Our gallery acquired a number of works from the estate of the late George Dergalis on behalf of his widow. This colorful abstract is signed and dated 1957. Artist framed, the piece bears a label on the back from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Mass. It is titled "Landscape." In good condition with minor paint loss and flaws and imperfections to the period frame. A biography of the artist follows; Education: Accademia della Belle Arti, Rome, Italy; MFA, 1951. School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, USA; diploma with honors, 1957 and 5th year certificate, 1958. Positions: Painting instructor, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, 1961-69 and DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA, 1961-94. Private classes, Wayland, MA. President, Alumni Association, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA , 1966-67. Combat artist, U.S. Army Historical Dept., Vietnam, 1967. Honorary Director, Boston Ballet, 1971. Chairman, curator, "Festival Bostonian for Art & Humanity," City Hall, Boston, MA , 1976. Artist -in-Residence, Partners of the Americas, 1979. Master, Copley Society of Boston, 1981. Designer, Wayland Veterans' Memorial, 2004. Nominating Committee, Cooper-Hewitt National Design Awards, 2007 & 2008. Awards: Bronze Medal for Excellence, Accademia delle Belle Arti, Rome, Italy, 1951. Prix de Rome, Accademia delle Belle Arti, Rome, Italy, 1951. Boit first prize, Drawing & first prize, Collaborative Design; School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, 1958. James William Paige Two-Year Traveling Scholarship, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, 1958-60. Civilian Merit Award, U.S. Army Historical Dept., 1969. Excellence in Technique, Copley Society of Boston, 1978. Merit Award, "Through the Looking Glass" Exhibit, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, 1989. First Prize, Holiday Card, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 2000. Jurors' awards, "Watercolor USA, 2002", Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, MA, USA and "Small Works", Attleboro Museum, Attleboro, MA, 2004. One of "Wayland's Top People of the Year", Wayland Town Crier, 2005. Gold Medal, Concord Art Association, Concord, MA, 1969. Selected Solo Exhibitions: Foundazione Besso, Rome, 1950. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1961. DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA (two-man), 1962. Boston University, Boston, 1963. Harvard University, Cambridge, 1963. Brooklyn Museum, 1964. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1967. Brockton Art Center, Fuller Memorial, Brockton, MA, (four-man), 1971. Woodstock Gallery, London, 1974. Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg, MA, (two-man), 1974. Camara de Comercio, Medellin, Colombia, 1980. Museo de Zea, Medellin, Columbia, 1981. Galesburg Civic Art Center, Galesburg, IL, 1985. Salon des Artistes, Hotel Meridien, Boston, 1987. Wayland Art Space, Wayland, MA, 1994. Group Exhibitions: Prima Mostra Internationale d'Arti, Rome, Italy, 1950. Quadrianale, Museum of Modern Art, Rome, Italy, 1951. Kurhaus, Wiesbaden, Germany, 1953. Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, MA, USA, 1957. Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA, 1959 & 1976. Chicago International Arts Festival, 1963. American House Traveling Exhibit, Germany, 1964 & 1965. Helocon, Radcliffe College, Cambridge, MA, 1971. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, 1977. Scottsdale Center for the Arts, Scottsdale, AZ, 1980. The Tampa Museum, Tampa, FL, 1983-84. Boston Public Library, 1985, 1988, 1992, & 1994-5. Indianapolis Art Center, Indianapolis, IN, 2000. Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, MO, 2002 & 2007. The Foothills Art Center, Golden, CO, 2003 & 2005. Collections - Public & Corporate: Boston Public Library, Boston, MA DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA Sanofi Avantis, Switzerland Print...