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Paintings For Sale
Period: 1950s
Color:  Green
Gudmund Olsen: “Trois Bateaux”. 1952. Oil on canvas. 97x146cm
Located in London, GB
Gudmund Olsen: “Trois Bateaux”. Signed on the reverse Gudmund Olsen, Nice 1952, Nr. II. Oil on canvas. Provenance: Kunsthallen auction no. 468, cat. no. 201, June 1996.
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1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Paintings

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1950's French Modernist/ Cubist Signed Painting, Green & Blue Landscape
Located in Cirencester, GB
French landscape by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century) Original watercolour/ gouache painting on artist paper, mounted on board Size: 16 x 15.5 inches Condition: very good a...
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1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Paintings

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