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Pär Lindblad, Swedish Artist, Oil on Board, "Modell", Nude Study
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Pär Lindblad (b. 1907, d. 1981), Swedish artist. Oil on board. "Modell". Nude study. Dated 1949.
The board measures: 40 x 32 cm.
The frame measures: 5 cm.
Signed and dated.
In ve...
Category
Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Other
"Nudes Stepping Forth, " Large Theatrical Sketch by Raoul Pene du Bois
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This very large and energetic sketch, depicting several nude figures stepping forward through a circular opening, was painted by Raoul Pene du Bois, probably as a preparatory piece f...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Gouache
Nell Blaine Black & White Ink Drawing on Paper "Shooting Gallery", 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...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
'Mt. Buffalo', Australia, 1939, Original Lithograph Poster by Gert Sellheim
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Mt. Buffalo', Australia, 1939, original lithograph poster by Gert Sellheim
"The 1930s have been dubbed the Golden Age of poster design in Australia. This was partly due to the efforts of the Victorian Railways and the Australian National Travel Association to promote tourism and outdoor recreation by commissioning posters from the best commercial artists of the day... Three of the most popular and influential artists, Gert Sellheim (1901-1970), James Northfield (1887-1973) and Percy Trompf (1902-1964) were colleagues at Melbourne’s Art Training Institute... It was always perfect weather to “Take a Kodak...
Category
Australian Art Deco Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Travel Poster Summer in Davos Switzerland Europe's Sun Terrace
By Willy Trapp
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel advertising poster for Summer in Davos, Europe's Sun Terrace, Switzerland or Sommer in Davos Europas Sonnenterrasse Schweiz. Bright and colourful image of a t...
Category
Swiss Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Imported Art Deco Quilted Pheasants on Canvas in Walnut Frame
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
Unique and large frame hand quilted pheasants that stand out in vivid hues. Imported artwork and sold by the heritage Woodwards Store in Canada. Excellent for use in study or bedroom...
Category
English Art Deco Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas
"Male Nude with Sculptural Fragment, " Important Depiction of Fred McDarrah
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This drawing is a highly important and rare window into a relationship that impacted the larger world of Abstract Expressionism in New York just a few years after it was made in 1949...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
"Galloping Horse" Art Deco Plaque by Waylande Gregory, 1940s
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Glazed in brilliant white, deep red, gold and black, this striking round plaque was made by Waylande Gregory, the renowned WPA sculptor and innovative ceramicist. Prodigious and inde...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Ceramic
Austrian Socialism Realism Graphic Penting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Socialist realism painting buy R. Kovach .
Graphic painting and walnut original frame .Panting shipping continental USA in home delivery $285 2-4 weeks .
if shipping UPS 5-10 days s...
Category
Austrian Bauhaus Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Wood
"Secret Beyond The Door, " Original Movie Poster
Located in London, GB
Original 1948 movie poster for Fritz Langs Film Noir staring Joan Bennett and Michael Redgrave.
Category
American Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Original Vintage Sailing Poster "Come to Britain for Yachting" by Arthur Burgess
Located in London, GB
Original vintage sailing poster: Come to Britain for Yachting. Great scenic image of sailing boats on the water with hills in the background an...
Category
British Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
1949, Mexican Harvest Painting Influenced by Diego Rivera
By Diego Rivera
Located in Dallas, TX
The subtle yellows and soft pinks provide a stark contrast from the deep greens and neutral grays of the background, resulting in a piece that grabs your eye and brings you into it's...
Category
Mexican Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paint
Pair of Vintage Italian Wall Mirrors
Located in Port Chester, NY
Very 1940s vintage. And there is a pair! Antiqued gilt over plaster, with a lovely beveled glass. Price is for the pair.
Category
Italian Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Plaster
It Always Rains on Sunday, British Film Poster
Located in London, GB
Original British film poster for the 1947 Ealing Studios drama. This size poster is known as a door panel and is the rarest size poster on the title.
Category
British Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Walt Disney Animation / Un Cartone Animato
Located in London, GB
Original Italian film poster for Walt Disney Animations / Un Cartone Animato. This rare animation poster was designed to advertise Walt Disney sh...
Category
Italian Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
"Road between trees" Painting
Located in Chorzów, PL
Dimensions:
Frame: 82 cm height / 112 cm width / depth 5 cm
Image: height 68 cm / width 97 cm.
Category
Scandinavian Scandinavian Modern Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas, Wood
"Key Largo" Film Poster
Located in London, GB
Original British film poster.
This American film noir crime drama was directed by John Huston, and stars Humphrey Bogart, Edward G. Robinson and Lauren Bacal...
Category
British Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Large-Scale American Folk Art Carnival Game Board, Very Graphic
Located in Atlanta, GA
Large-scale Folk Art Carnival game board, American, circa 1940s. This painted carnival game board came from Texas and combines wonderfully patinate...
Category
American Folk Art Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Wood, Cork
Very Rare Harry Bertoia Monoprint on Rice Paper
Located in Munich, DE
Purchased at la modern around 20 years ago. It´s the size of the work - not the frame.
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Vintage Native American Photograph
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Vintage Native American photograph, circa 1960
Silver Gelatin Print
16 x 20 inches.
Unsigned from unknown photographer
Very good cond...
Category
American Native American Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
"The Fields, " Magical View of Moroccan Landscape with Male Nude by Jacques Azéma
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Suffused with the soft, rich colors that Jacques Azéma was known for, this view of a Moroccan landscape ("Les Champs" in French) includes a seated male y...
Category
Moroccan Art Deco Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paint
Suspicion / Soupcons
Located in London, GB
Original French film poster for Suspicion, 1941. This poster is from the film's first French release in 1946.
This poster by Bernard Lancy (1892-1964) Bernard Lancy was a prolific creator of film posters, and designed the artwork for many notable French and foreign films. He brilliantly encapsulates the crux of the drama with his close-up portrait of Cary Grant's impassive face, and Joan Fontaine...
Category
French Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Oil Painting of Denmark Out in the Country by Niels Walseth
By Niels Walseth
Located in Lejre, DK
This oil painting on canvas captures the serene beauty of Denmark's countryside, showcasing the talent of the artist Niels Walseth (1914-2001). Known for his captivating landscapes, ...
Category
Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Gold Leaf
1940s Marken Müller Advertising Poster for A Swiss Philatelic Store
Located in Tarrytown, NY
1948 Advertising poster for the Swiss philatelic store Marken Müller. Poster is under cellophane.
Category
Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
"Capricorn, " Important Art Deco Tile with Zodiac Theme by MacLeary
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Created by Bonnie MacLeary, a Texas-born sculptor famed for her "Aspiration" and "Ouch" bronzes, two of several created in the 1920s, this classic Art Deco tile...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Ceramic, Wood
Rita Hayworth Portrait Photo
Located in London, GB
Original Rita Hayworth portrait photo. This is a silver gelatin, double weight satin photograph from 1940s. This piece would be shipped flat in strong card.
Category
American Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
“My Darling Clementine” 1946 U.S. Color Photo
Located in New York, NY
Original 1946 U.S. color photo for the film “My Darling Clementine” directed by John Ford with Henry Fonda / Linda Darnell / Victor Mature / Cath...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Lifeboat 1944 U.S. Silver Gelatin Single-Weight Photo
Located in New York, NY
Original 1944 U.S. silver gelatin single-weight photo for the film Lifeboat directed by Alfred Hitchcock with Tallulah Bankhead / William Bendix / Walter Slezak / Mary Anderson. Fine...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Matter of Life and Death 1946 U.S. Portrait Photo
Located in New York, NY
Original 1946 U.S. silver gelatin single-weight photo for the film A Matter of Life and Death (Stairway to Heaven) directed by Michael Powel...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Original Earl MacPherson Pastel Painting of a Pin-Up Girl with Balloons, 1940s
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Offered here for your consideration is a vintage original Earl MacPherson pastel painting of a pin-up girl.
Depicting a blond, smiling, nude pin-up girl dressed only with two larg...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
"White Heat / La Furia Umana" Original Italian Film Poster
Located in London, GB
Original Italian film poster for White Heat, 1949. This film was directed by Raoul Walsh, and stars James Cagney, Virginia Mayo and Edmond O'Brien. Cagney was synonymous with gangste...
Category
Italian Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Springtime for Thomas
Located in London, GB
Original US film poster for Springtime for Thomas (1946)
This seven minute cartoon would have been shown before the main feature at the cinema. Tom and Jerry cartoons were extremely...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
"Dumbo, " Original British Film Poster
Located in London, GB
Original British film poster for Walt Disney's, 1941 animation film.
This poster is from the 1949 re-release of the film the art work was only use...
Category
British Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
"The Adventures of Don Juan" or "Le Avventure Di Don Giovarri" Film Poster
Located in London, GB
Original Italian film poster for Don June. This was Errol Flynn's last big budget.
Movie and a perfect role for Flynn. The poster features beautiful artwo...
Category
Italian Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Unknown Artist, Dated 1946, Landscape with Skerries, Oil on Panel
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Unknown artist, dated 1946.
Landscape with skerries, oil on panel.
In perfect condition.
Signed indistinctly Olga R ??, dated 46.
Measures: 33 x 24 ...
Category
Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Running Horses Abstract Impressionist Oil Painting
By Sheila Hendricks
Located in Rochester, NY
"Horses Running", a bold abstract impressionist oil painting with heavy impasto. By Sheila Hedricks. Oil on board. In a period hand...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Gesso, Wood, Paint
African Warrior by Charles Hargens Oil Painting on Board
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Fantastic work by Bucks County artist and illustrator Charles William Hargens Jr. Hargens created over 3000 magazine covers for magazines such as ...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paint
Original Vintage Great Western And Southern Railway Poster Thames Valley GWR SR
Located in London, GB
Original vintage GWR Great Western Railway SR Southern Railway poster for the Thames Valley featuring a scenic illustration by Walter E Spradbery (1...
Category
British Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
“Odd Man Out” 1947 U.S. Scene Card
Located in New York, NY
Original 1947 U.S. scene card for the film Odd Man Out directed by Carol Reed with James Mason / Robert Newton / Cyril Cusack / F.J. McCormick. Very Good c...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Original WWII Map of New Zealand - Natural & Industrial Resources in War & Peace
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two pictorial map for New Zealand her natural and Industrial resources featuring a great illustration by the notable graphic designer, cartographer and artist MacDonald Gill (Leslie MacDonald Gill aka Max Gill...
Category
British Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
"Theatrical Scene, " Art Deco Painting with Tragedy, Comedy in Celestial Setting
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This extraordinary, almost surreal scene by one of America's leading muralists in the Art Deco period, Eugene Savage, depicts a floating female nude on the stage, with figures of Com...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paint
1947 Dr. Auzoux French Educational Chart, P. Sougy, Taupe, Set of 17
Located in Hook, Hampshire
1947 Dr. Auzoux French Educational Chart, P. Sougy, Taupe, set of 17
1947 Dr. Auzoux French Educational Chart, P. Sougy, Taupe (Mole). In the...
Category
French Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
French sanguine Art work
Located in Bronx, NY
French sanguine Art work representing a detail of a Parisian Park.
Category
French Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
"Time and Civilization, " Newly Discovered Art Deco Mural Studies, Schreckengost
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Famed for his product designs in the 1940s and 1950s, and his Jazz Bowl commissioned by Eleanor Roosevelt, Victor Schreckengost was also a painter...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paint
Midcentury Water Color from Axl Leskoschek, Original Frame, 1946, Austria
Located in Vienna, Austria
Axl Leskoschek, an Austrian artist was born on September 3rd 1889 in Graz, Austria. He died on February 12, 1976 in Vienna, Austria.
He began his studies with Law but in 1917 he had...
Category
Austrian Aesthetic Movement Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paint
"Nudes Among the Ruins, " Vivid Mural Study with Male Nudes by Allyn Cox
By Allyn Cox
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This sun-drenched scene, drawn with a vivid palette of bright Mediterranean blues and chalk whites, shows a pattern of gridding by the artist, indicating that this drawing served as ...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
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 ...
Category
British Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
Located in London, GB
Original British film poster for the 1947 film The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby.
This British drama was directed by Alberto Cavalcanti, and stars Derek Bond, Cedric Hard...
Category
British Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
"Waiting, " Large Art Deco Painting with Cat and Female Figure in Porthole Window
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A Classic Art Deco painting with a humorous look at domestic life in 1940s America, the scene focuses on a cat waiting for its owner as she arrives home, appearing in the porthole window of the front door. The painter was Karl Gasslander...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paint
Portrait of "Dr. Walerian Chaciński"
Located in Chorzów, PL
Year: 1943
Dimensions:
Frame: Height 70 cm, width 59 cm
Picture: Height 52 cm, width 42 cm.
Category
Polish Neoclassical Revival Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas, Wood
Kurt Thorsén, Sweden, Oil on Canvas, Self Portrait of the Artist, Dated 1943
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Kurt Thorsén, Sweden. Oil on canvas. Self-portrait of the artist. Dated 1943.
The canvas measures: 93 x 52 cm.
The frame measures: 6 cm.
In excellent condition.
Signed and dated.
Category
Swedish Modern Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas
"High-Stepping Horse, " Unique Art Deco Midcentury Ceramic Relief Sculpture
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Demonstrating a modern take on Etruscan and other ancient sculpture, this 1941-vintage relief rondel depicts a high-stepping horse and a leafing branch,...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Ceramic
"Seated Figure, " Important Photograph of Male Nude by Barthe
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This original black and white photograph of one of Richmond Barthé's rare, little-known sculptures was taken by the famous studio of Morgan and Marvin Smith, who located on West 125th Street next to the renowned Apollo Theater. The Smith brothers moved from their native Kentucky to New York in the early 1930s, and proceeded to establish a studio that brought together almost every major figure in the Harlem Renaissance in the 1930s, 40s and 50s, mentoring artists such as Jacob Lawrence, Gwendolyn Knight, Selma Burke, Ernest Crichlow and Robert Blackburn. The Smiths captured the night life of Harlem, including musicians and actors such as Harry Belafonte, Sydney Poitier, Eartha Kitt, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Count Basie, Ethel Waters, Billie Holiday, Hattie McDaniels, Zora Neal Hurston, Step n' Fetchit, Pearl...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Monumental Geometric Abstract by Andrew Spence
Located in Pasadena, CA
Extremely large scale work by listed artist Andrew Spence (b.1947). Intense blue with black and white geometric forms create a striking work.
Mr. Spenc...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Original WWII Home Front Poster Post Office Bank Save for Defence White Cliffs
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two home front propaganda poster published by the Post Office Savings Bank Save for Defence featuring dynamic artwork by the notable British poster artist ...
Category
British Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Vintage New York Lower East Side Photograph
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Manhattan's historic Orchard street in the lower east side photographed circa late 1940s
Vintage original gelatin silver print, printed circa late-1950s
Dimensions: 16 x 20 inche...
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Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
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...
Category
British Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Axel Salto Lithograph "AP"
By Axel Salto
Located in Hudson, NY
Original artist proof "PROVETRYK" lithograph of Salto's famous stoneware piece that was made by Royal Copenhagen, pencil signed lower right side in the frame.
Category
Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
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