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Paintings For Sale
Period: 1930s
Period: 1940s
Landscape by Leonard Maurer, 1949
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
An elegant and fine abstract painting by Leonard Maurer, signed and dated 1949, titled "Summer Landscape", in original painted frame. Leonard Maurer (19...
Category
1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Sunset over the Sea, Jan de Clerck '1891-1964'
By Jan De Clerck
Located in Leuven , BE
Sunset over the sea, Jan De Clerck (1891 - 1964), oil on canvas, signed.
Category
1930s Belgian Modern Vintage Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Mid-Century Modern Oil Painting, Portrait of Boy by Robert Rukavina, circa 1948
By Robert Rukavina
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Vintage portrait of a young boy wearing a striped red shirt with blue argyle sweater. Oil on canvas painting by artist Robert Rukavina (1914-1977), who lived in the United States and...
Category
1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Reclaimed Wood, Paint
Richard Albitz (German, b. 1876 - d. 1954) "Snowy Creek" painting.
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Snowy Creek, creek with snow and trees
- signed lower right
- Unframed.
Category
1940s Vintage Paintings
Materials
Canvas
"Wine and Fruit Served, " Cubist-Art Deco Painting in Red and Blue, France
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Clearly showing the influence of French Cubism and Art Deco, this gorgeous, brilliantly-hued painting depicts a bottle of wine, a bowl of fruit, a wine b...
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Circus Scene, " 1930s Painting with Barker in Orange & Green, American Flags
By Iver Rose
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A riot of color and movement, much like the experience of walking around the circus in its heyday in 1930s America, this scene by Iver Rose depicts a barker at his podium, positioned...
Category
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Rhythm, " Design for Art Deco Folding Screen w/ Nudes, Gold, Magenta & Charcoal
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Dating to the late 1930s or early 1940s, this fabulous design -- entitled "Rhythm" -- for an Art Deco folding screen depicts several nude figur...
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1930s American Art Deco Vintage Paintings
Materials
Paint
Original Pre-War Beach Polynesian Oil Painting on Velvet by Roger Fowler, Tahiti
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Original late 1930s/1940s beach Polynesian girl oil painting on velvet signed "Roger Fowler, Tahiti"
Fowler's artwork paintings were sold at Don The Beac...
Category
1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Paintings
Materials
Velvet
"Summoned Reverie, " Superb Surrealist Painting with Nudes by Ames, 1939
By Arthur Ames
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Painted in soft, dreamlike colors and depicting a magical landscape of attenuated nude figures dominated by a painter and his muse, this extremely fine Surrealist work was painted by Arthur Ames in 1939. Here he used egg tempera on gesso-finished board -- a favorite medium among painters such as Paul Cadmus, Jared French and others in the 1930s, 40s and 50s -- to create a highly detailed view of an imagined landscape. Behind the central couple and the painting on its easel, there is a retreating woman in a flowing, Classical robe, and in the far distance a couple embracing on a mountain top. Ames was born in the Midwest but studied on the West Coast and became a California artist through and through; he participated in the Federal Art Project, and worked with his fiancée, Jean Goodwin...
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1930s American Art Deco Vintage Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Creation of Man, " Important Painting of Adam in Garden of Eden by Colacicchi
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Beautifully painted by Giovanni Colacicchi in rich, verdant colors, this depiction of a nude, youthful Adam figure in the midst of the Garden of Eden, accompanied by God in a hooded,...
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1940s Italian Art Deco Vintage Paintings
Materials
Paint
French 1940s Pastel Drawing of a Woman, Original French Framing
Located in Stamford, CT
French 1940s signed and numbered lithograph of a pastel drawing of a woman Original French framing.
Category
1940s French Vintage Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paper
"At the Old Stone Wall" Original Oil by Emmett Watson
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Oil on canvas; 25" x 32." From the archives of the Shaw Barton Calendar Co. used for an early calendar print. Framed. Watson sold most of his freelance pulp covers to the (1893- 1955) Frank A. Munsey Publishing Company for Argosy, Big Chief Western, Detective Fiction Weekly, and Railroad Stories. Emmett...
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1940s American Vintage Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Bucolic Lakeside with Swans, " Metropolitan Opera Backdrop Design, 1930
By George Stimmel
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Lovely and bucolic, this view of an idyllic lakeside landscape, complete with classical sculpture, a pair of swans, and brilliantly-colored flowering trees, was painted by George Stimmel for the Metropolitan Opera in New York, either as a set piece or to suggest the backdrop for an opera production in 1930. Stimmel's work was exhibited at the Knoedler Gallery in New York, but his opera paintings...
Category
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Paintings
Materials
Board
Robert Heitz Oil Painting Allegorical
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Oil painting on art board by the French artist Robert Heitz, of two men, one on horseback, walking through a landscape with ancient ruins, painting is fro...
Category
1940s French Romantic Vintage Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Nude Swimmers and Octopus, " Study for Art Deco Mural in Black, Pink and Blue
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Highly sophisticated and striking in conception and execution, this study for an Art Deco bathroom mural depicts -- appropriately -- male and female nud...
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1940s American Art Deco Vintage Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Guinea Baboon, " Masterpiece of Art Deco Painting in Lacquer by Margat, 1938
By André Margat
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A year after André Margat received a gold medal for his lacquerwork at the Exposition Universelle of 1937, the artist painted this beautiful and expressiv...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Paintings
Materials
Lacquer
1949 Fernand Léger Lithograph "Est elle Aimee"
Located in Cathedral City, CA
1949 Fernand Léger lithograph, pochoir Medium Remarks: black ink
Estelle Aimee (illustration for "Les Illuminations" by Arthur Rimbaud)
Lux...
Category
1940s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Paintings
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
"Young Man in Striped Shirt, " Portrait with Harbor Scene by Cuban Artist
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Painted by Cuba's most important figural painter in the mid-20th century, this portrait by Victor Manuel depicts a young man with a bicycle cap and a white and red striped shirt, loo...
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1940s Cuban Mid-Century Modern Vintage Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Fruits of Land and Sea, " Pair of Art Deco Mural Studies with Mermaids by Briggs
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Classic and beautiful examples of Art Deco allegorical painting, this pair of mural studies depicts nude mermaid figures, each holding symbols of the fruits of land and sea. One is holding ears of corn and other produce from the earth, while the other is holding a strand of pearls and a cornucopia with coral and other living things from the ocean. Both figures are surrounded by the undulating waves of the ocean in a lovely blue. The paintings are by Adelaide Briggs...
Category
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Paintings
Materials
Paint
Japanese Screen Painting, Cat & Pumpkin Patch. Showa Era, 1940s
Located in Kyoto, JP
Chuichi Konno (1915-2006)
Cat and Pumpkin Patch
Showa period, 1940s.
Folding screen in two-panels. Painted on paper with mineral pigments and gofun.
Sign: Chuichi
Sea...
Category
1940s Japanese Showa Vintage Paintings
Materials
Paper, Wood
Orig Pre-War Beach Polynesian Beauty Oil Painting on Velvet, Roger Fowler Tahiti
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Original late 1930s/1940s Polynesian beauty portrait oil painting on velvet signed "Roger Fowler, Tahiti"
Fowler's paintings were sold at Don The Beach...
Category
1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Paintings
Materials
Velvet
Jane Peterson Autograph with Magazine Article
Located in valatie, NY
Jane Peterson Autograph with Magazine Article. July 1943 Americana Illustrated volume XXXVII, number 3. This was a publication of "The American Historical Company," New York City. Wi...
Category
1940s American Vintage Paintings
Materials
Paper
Mid-Century Framed Oil Painting on Canvas by Marcel Dumont, Dated 1943
Located in Dallas, TX
Mid-century framed oil painting on canvas by Marcel Dumont ~ dated 1943 is a poignant family portrait of a mother and three daughters in a reflective pose, showing the artist's flair...
Category
1940s Belgian Expressionist Vintage Paintings
Materials
Canvas
"Whiskey Sours, " Cubist-Art Deco Painting with Bottle and Jigger
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Taking its cues from the broken planes and tilted objects of Cubist masters such as Braque and Gris, as well as the polished art of the Art Deco movement, this brilliant painting sho...
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1940s French Art Deco Vintage Paintings
Materials
Paint
Bela De Kristo Art Deco Cubist Oil on Canvas Man Playing Guitar
By Bela De Kristo
Located in Oakland, CA
Art Deco cubist painting of guitar player by Bela De Kristo. Strong cubist style and colors, original and of the period. The image representing a solo g...
Category
1930s Hungarian Art Deco Vintage Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Modernist Landscape Painting by Nikolai Timkov
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Oil on board, signed and dated 38' in lower right. Measures 6.75" x 15.5" including the frame, also inscribed and signed on reverse.
Nikolai Timkov is one of the best known Russi...
Category
1930s Russian Modern Vintage Paintings
Materials
Paint
View of Mt Shasta Attributed to Mihran Kevork Serailian
Located in Pasadena, TX
1867-1957
Having spent a considerable time in Egypt, Serailian arrived in Boston in 1892 and then accepted a position to teach in Indiana at Taylor University. He settled in San Francisco in 1900. He was a good friend of Luther Burbank and did many botanical illustrations for him. He died in San Francisco on Sept. 7, 1957. His work includes landscapes, florals, and portraits.
View Of Mt Shasta...
Category
1940s American Romantic Vintage Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Fresh Snow in Bavaria" by Erwin Kettemann
By Erwin Kettemann
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Oil on canvas, signed lower right.
Erwin Kettemann (1897–1971) was a landscape painter from Munich. He was a representative of late Impressionism as well as the 19th century “Karlsr...
Category
1930s German Victorian Vintage Paintings
Materials
Paint
Pair of Bas-Reliefs in Scagliola with Figures of Women, England, 1940
Located in Napoli, IT
Pair of bas-reliefs in scagliola with figures of women, England, 1940.
Category
1940s English Other Vintage Paintings
Materials
Brass
"Parrots and Trees, " Art Deco Painted Advertising Panel for Poll Parrot Shoes
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Brilliantly painted by a commercial artist, this large, rare sign panel may have been the most ambitious marketing piece ever created by the Poll-Parrot Shoe Company, one of America’s leading purveyors of children’s shoes...
Category
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Shore Leave, " Large Art Deco Mural with Sailors at New Orleans Brothel, 1940s
Located in Philadelphia, PA
One of the most striking and remarkable Art Deco paintings we have ever offered, this depiction of a group of 1940s sailors visiting a New Orleans brothel is full of boisterous energy and strong color, providing an amused and amusing view of Navy life during or after World War II. The sailors -- in their tight white pants and youthful swagger -- are enjoying the company of an array of brothel workers, reigned over by a madam dressed in ruby red, with two young paramours to her side. Taking it all in is a group of jeering young men in straw hats to the right, and a young gay...
Category
1940s American Art Deco Vintage Paintings
Materials
Paint
Deszo Pecsi Pilch (Hungarian, b. 1888 - d. 1949) "Red Pitcher" painting.
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Red Pitcher"
Depicting a kitchen scene with red pitcher on dresser.
- Drawing Watercolor/Mixed Media, signed lower right and dated 1930
- Unframed
Category
1930s Vintage Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Japanese Two-Panel Screen Spring Flowers
Located in Hudson, NY
A vibrant celebration of spring using a colorful ensemble of coxcomb, irises, lilies, hybiscus, and a blossoming cherry tree. Great examples of "tarashikomi" or "painting-in", a Rim...
Category
1930s Japanese Showa Vintage Paintings
Materials
Silk, Paper
Artist Gregory Orloff (1890-1981) Large Aristocrat Women Portrait Painting
By Gregory Orloff
Located in Las Vegas, NV
This 1930s large oil on canvas painting by Gregory Orloff, depicts a lovely aristocrat woman in a park setting.
Signed in lower right corner. Original frame.
Orloff (1890-1981) m...
Category
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
Painting "Colorful House"
Located in Chorzów, PL
Dimensions:
Frame height 49 cm, width 71 cm
Painting 33 cm height, 55 cm width.
Category
1940s Scandinavian Scandinavian Modern Vintage Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood
Art Deco Watercolor Vintage Painting Wildflowers by Emil Fiala, Vienna, 1930s
By Emil Fiala
Located in Vienna, AT
Art Deco watercolor vintage painting wildflowers by Emil Fiala 1930s Vienna.
Emil Fiala (1869-1960) was from 1915-1937 member of the Austrian Künstlerbund (formerly Hagenbund).
The d...
Category
1930s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Paintings
Materials
Paper
"Montmarte, Paris" by Elisée Maclet
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Watercolor on paper, signed. Lower left and on reverse.
Provenance: Sothebys London 1989
Measures 11.5" x 13.75" painting and 17.5" x 20.25" including the frame.
Elisée Maclet...
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1930s French Art Nouveau Vintage Paintings
Materials
Paint
Gouache Painting of Young Man
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Framed gouache painting of a young man by Matthew William Boyhan (unsigned). The subject gazes past the viewer with an air of pensive absorption, his lean torso and ruddy brow aglow...
Category
1940s American Vintage Paintings
Materials
Paper
1940's Cubist Art Painting of New York City Skyline by Artist Theodore Hancock
By Theodore Hancock
Located in St. Louis, MO
Rare Mid-Century Modern signed 1949 cubist gouache painting of skyscrapers, rooftops and skyline of the City of New York including The Chrysler building by painter Theodore "Theo" Ha...
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1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Paintings
Materials
Paper
"Man in Black and White, " Remarkable Portrait of Young Man by Cohen
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Bold and intense, this portrait -- or perhaps self-portrait -- of a young man with pale skin, dark, flowing hair and a direct stare was painted by T. Cohen in the first decades of th...
Category
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Paintings
Materials
Paint
Painting Watercolor Fruits in a Bowl by Emil Fiala, Austria, 1930s
By Emil Fiala
Located in Vienna, AT
A painting with the motif fruits in a bowl painted, which was painted with watercolors by Emil Fiala.
Emil Fiala (1869-1960) was a member of the Austrian Künstlerbund formerly Hagen...
Category
1930s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Paintings
Materials
Paper
Large Oil on Canvas Parrot by Pia Tole 1947
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Large 30" X36" portrait of a Parrot among tropical plants oil on canvas signed Pia Tole 47.
Category
1940s American Vintage Paintings
Materials
Canvas
"Western Ceres, " Art Deco Painting with Goddess of Fertility and Agriculture
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A color-rich reimagining of the mythological tale of Ceres, the Goddess of fertility and agriculture, this marvelous Art Deco painting shows a modern Ceres holding a pineapple in one...
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1930s American Art Deco Vintage Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Morning Chat, " Moody, Atmospheric Painting by Daniel Koerner, WPA Artist
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Clearly showing the influence of German Expressionism and American film noir, this deeply atmospheric, moody painting depicts two male figures in the foreground, deep in conversation...
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1930s American Art Deco Vintage Paintings
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Paint
"Siamese Twins, " Fabulous Art Deco Portrait with Siamese Cat and Female Figure
Located in Philadelphia, PA
The artist behind this striking and original Art Deco portrait -- Agnes Tait -- is clearly emphasizing the parallels between a female figure and her Siamese cat, both shown with heavily-shadowed blue eyes and short, dark hair, the feline crouching familiarly on the shoulder of her companion. Because Tait painted a series of portraits for Florenz Ziegfeld of the young women who performed in the Ziegfeld Follies in 1932, it's possible that the figure here was one of her subjects. The woman is wearing an elegant black gown that bares her upper chest, and the background is a lovely shade of reddish purple. Tait was a native New Yorker, studying in her youth at the National Academy of Design under Leon Kroll and others, before becoming a WPA painter in the 1930s. She painted a series of tropical scenes for the United Fruit Company...
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1930s American Art Deco Vintage Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Golden Fields, " Allegorical Mural Study with Laborer Embracing Wheat Sheaf
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Painted by one of America's most important mural painters in the 1930s, this allegorical celebration of American agriculture was made by Edwin Boyd Johnson for a larger work that may never have been executed. Johnson is best known for a series of murals in Chicago; Melrose Park, East Aurora, and Tuscola, Illinois; Dickson, Tennessee; and Sioux Falls...
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1930s American Art Deco Vintage Paintings
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Paint
"Budapest along the Danube, " Vivid 1930s Cubist Painting in Blues and Purple
By Aurel Richter
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Perhaps the finest work of Aurel Richter's (1870-1957) career, this vividly-painted, Art Deco - Cubist view of central Budapest in the 1930s depicts the pinnacled Liberty Bridge, the sparkling blue...
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1930s Hungarian Art Deco Vintage Paintings
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Paint
Alfons Verheyen, "la mort du poète", circa 1930
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Alfons Verheyen, (1903-1990) "la mort du poète", circa 1930.
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Paintings
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Paint
"Through the Archway, " Atmospheric Watercolor Scene in Gray and Red by Storck
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Atmospheric and full of depth, this view of an old European archway, with high-chimneyed houses beyond and crowds of people below, was painted in the 1930s by J. Alvin Storck, a Chic...
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1930s American Art Deco Vintage Paintings
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Paint
Pierre Bordeaux, Paris View of the Seine, 1934
Located in New York, NY
Pierre Bordeaux, Paris View of the Seine, 1934. Vintage April in Paris ambience to this hand-painted watercolour rendered in soft blue, grey, celadon a...
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1930s French Vintage Paintings
Materials
Paper
E. C. Ulnitz Pink Roses, Signed and Dated E. C. Ulnitz 1930, Oil on Canvas
Located in Virum, DK
E. C. Ulnitz: pink roses. Signed and dated E. C. Ulnitz 1930. Oil on canvas. Measures: 27 × 21 cm. Europe, Denmark.
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1930s Danish Vintage Paintings
Materials
Canvas
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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1940s Italian Vintage Paintings
Materials
Wood
Blackfeet Indians Prints by Weinhold Reis
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Set of ten Weinhold Reis colored lithographs of the Blackfeet; period frames - Scalping Woman; Wife of Night Shoots; Lazy Boy; Blackfeet Medicine Man; Long Ti...
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1940s Native American Vintage Paintings
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Other
Canvas "Ships in port".
Located in Chorzów, PL
Dimensions:
Frame: height 28.5 cm / width 34.5 cm / depth 2 cm
Painting: height 22.5 cm / width 28 cm.
Category
1930s Scandinavian Scandinavian Modern Vintage Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood
"Lifeguard and Bather, " Stylized Art Deco Beach Scene by MacGurrin, 1938
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Reminiscent of the work of Gerald Murphy in its use of strong colors and flat, highly-stylized forms, this depiction of a lifeguard in profile, a female ...
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1930s American Art Deco Vintage Paintings
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Paint
"The Return of Timothy Pickering, " WPA Mural Study Painting, 1939
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Full of atmosphere, rich color and drama, this mural study by Dunbar Beck was executed in preparation for his lobby painting at the US Post Office in Danvers, Massachusetts. Until it...
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1930s American Art Deco Vintage Paintings
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Gouache
"The Busy Village" by Elisee Maclet
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Oil on canvas signed lower left.
Elisee Maclet (1881-1962) Very well listed French artist. Studied in Paris, was influence by many famous French artists...
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1930s French Vintage Paintings
Materials
Paint
Postwar Hawaiian Airbrush Tropical Hibiscus Floral in White Wood Frame, Signed
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Postwar Hawaiian airbrush tropical hibiscus floral on paper in original period white wood frame.
Signed by artist Hammis
Measures: Art 26" x 36"
...
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1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Paintings
Materials
Paper
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