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Period: 1940s
Pair 1940s Italian Hollywood Regency Giltwood Double Shelf Display Wall Brackets
By Florentine
Located in Opa Locka, FL
Pair 1940's Italian Regency Florentine Giltwood Double Shelf Display Wall Brackets. These are beautiful and will display your figurines/ Vase perfectly and most elegantly. Very good ...
Category
Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Wood
White/Pink Magnolia Watercolor Painting on Paper Signed Shirrell Graves, Framed
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Original 1940s White/Pink Magnolia Watercolor Painting on Paper Signed by Shirrell Graves. The painting features its original white wood frame with a white mat.
Shirrell Graves (188...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
Original Vintage Poster Fratricidio Fratricide WWII Fascist War Propaganda Italy
Located in London, GB
Original vintage fascist Italian World War Two poster - Fratricidio! / Fratricide - featuring an Italian soldier wearing a torn and bloodied uniform and ...
Category
Italian Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
1950 Albert Eugene Gallatin Signed Abstract Oil Painting on Board
By Albert Eugene Gallatin
Located in Miami, FL
1950 Albert Eugene Gallatin Signed Abstract Oil Painting on Board
Offered for sale is a nice Albert Gallatin (1882 - 1952) oil painting on board signed on verso September 1950. ...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Giltwood, Masonite, Paint
Large Ghanaian Fante Flag
Located in London, GB
A large Ghanaian hand stitched Fante Asafo flag, in a dark walnut frame. Depicting the Union Jack, a central lion, surrounded by four jacana birds.
Category
Ghanaian Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Cotton, Beech
Raw Deal
Located in London, GB
Original US film poster for The 1948 Film Noir Raw Deal.
This film was directed by Anthony Mann and starred Dennis O'Keefe and Claire Trevor.
This poster is conservation linen backed...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Frank Lemon, Signed WWII Offset Lithograph - Dauntless Aircraft Flying to Midway
By Frank Lemon
Located in Morristown, NJ
American 1945, a striking offset lithograph of "Dauntlesses" flying on their way to the Battle of Midway during the second World War." Below the illustration is an inscription reading "A few against many, Dauntlesses from far-off carriers race to the Battle of Midway, June 1942", signed in ink "Frank Lemon...
Category
North American American Classical Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Glass, Paper
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Located in London, GB
Original candid photographic production still for the 1948 drama, adventure film The Treasure of the Sierra Madre.
This film starred Humphrey Bogart, Walter Huston and was directed b...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Rare Wall Sculpture, Carved Wood Panel, France, 1940s
Located in New York, NY
Representing Greek mythology scene with Neptune
Category
French Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Oak
Midcentury Stoneware Wall Piece by Michael Schilkin, Arabia, Finland, 1940s
By Arabia
Located in Stockholm, SE
Beautiful stoneware wall piece by Michael Schilkin, depicting two swimming black swans. Reduced to essential forms and lines, it conveys a vibrant image of nature.
Category
Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Stoneware
The Philadelphia Story
Located in London, GB
Original colour studio promotional photograph for the classic 1940 comedy
starring Cary Grant, Katherine Hepburn and James Stewart.
This piece is conservation framed with in a Tuli...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
French Faience Oyster Plate with Bird Moustiers Style Circa 1940
Located in Austin, TX
French faience oyster plate with Bird Moustiers style signed Martres Tolosane, circa 1940.
Category
French French Provincial Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Faience
French Faience Oyster Plate with Bird Moustiers Style Circa 1940
Located in Austin, TX
French faience oyster plate with Bird Moustiers style signed Martres Tolosane, circa 1940.
Category
French French Provincial Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Faience
Pair of Mid Century Pink Flamingo Airbrush Prints by Billy SEAY in Frame
By Bill Seay
Located in Van Nuys, CA
A nice set of two airbrush prints of flowers and pink flamingos on a black background by Billy Seay. This a great example of the post-WWII tropical art/decorating boom that took over...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Rare Paul Cezanne Artwork, Editions du Chene, 1945
By Paul Cézanne
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Step into the timeless brilliance of Paul Cezanne with this extraordinary color cliché, expertly edited by Editions du Chêne in Paris, France, in 1945. Adorned by a stunning solid wo...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
French Faience Oyster Plate with Bird Moustiers Style Circa 1940
Located in Austin, TX
French faience oyster plate with Bird Moustiers style signed Martres Tolosane, circa 1940.
Category
French French Provincial Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Faience
French Oval Faience Platter With Flowers Moustiers Style
Located in Austin, TX
French Oval Faience Platter With Flowers Moustiers Style.
Category
French French Provincial Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Faience
Albert Skira Print of bird, Ceramic Plate, "Céramiques De Picasso"
Located in Stockholm, SE
An exquisite shiny polychrome print of Picasso Vallauris ceramic plate depicting a bird. The color print is attached to a thick, high quality paper with decorative lines.
The print...
Category
Swiss Modern Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
The Big Shot / Le Caid
Located in London, GB
Original French film poster from the 1942 Film Noir.
These large French posters were designed to be pasted onto billboards throughout France, and...
Category
French Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Vintage Letter R in Solid Brass, Sweden ca 1940's
Located in Örebro, SE
Vintage letter R in solid brass, covered with old paint (red & gold), Sweden ca 1940's.
Wear and patina consistent with age and use. Paint loss as see...
Category
Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Brass
Original Signed Gelatin Print Photograph by Harry Rowed, Canada, Circa 1940s
Located in Peabody, MA
An original signed silver gelatin print entitled “The Summit Route” photographed in the northern Rockies by the important Canadian photojournalist Harry Rowed, ca. 1930-40s. Rowed ga...
Category
Canadian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
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
Oil on board of New Hampshire Coastal Scene
Located in Redding, CT
Oil on board of New Hampshire Coastal Scene. Signed on back by artist James Rostron from New Hampshire. Dated 1940 Mount Cranmore North Conway, New Hampshire.
Dimensions may not be ...
Category
Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Wood, Masonite, Paint
Original Vintage Railway Poster Travel Canadian Pacific Across Canada Train Art
By Peter Ewart
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel advertising poster - Travel Canadian Pacific Across Canada! Stunning artwork by Peter Ewart (1918-2001) depicting a steam trai...
Category
Canadian Art Deco Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
The Lady From Shanghai
Located in London, GB
Original photographic production photo from 1948 film Noir The Lady from Shanghai starring Rita Hayworth, Orson Welles and directed by Orson Welles. The photo was taken by Robert Coburn...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Soviet Propaganda Poster Join The Fight Against Fascism WWII
By Irakli Toidze
Located in London, GB
Original vintage Soviet propaganda poster - Vsichni do boje proti Fasismu! Everyone join the fight against Fascism - featuring a dynamic illustration of a soldier in uniform with a r...
Category
Russian Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
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...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Genie and Rabbit Handwoven Tapestry, circa 1940
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
3-398 Handwoven tapestry set in a giltwood frame.
Category
Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Wool
"The U.S. Marines Want You" Vintage WWII Recruitment Poster, 1940
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
This is an original World War II Marines recruitment poster, issued in 1940. The poster depicts a no-nonsense Marine drill instructor, pointing directly at the viewer, in front of a ...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Fragment Of Modern Franch Aubusson Tapestry - 100lx60h Cm - No. 1400
Located in Paris, FR
A stone's throw from the Eiffel Tower We are a family business specializing in the purchase, sale and
expertise of old, modern and contemporary tapestries, rugs, kilims and textiles....
Category
French Aubusson Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Wool
1947 Una Mañana En Enero by Antonio Ballerini Framed Painting
Located in Stamford, CT
1947 Una Mañana En Enero by Antonio Ballerini Painting. Newly framed in gold giltwood frame.
Painting includes COA and artist information from the gallery it was purchased from in Bu...
Category
Chilean Spanish Colonial Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Wood, Paint
The Big Sleep
Located in London, GB
Original US black and white photographic production still for the 1946 Film Noir The Big Sleep. this production still would have been used by the studio to advertise the film. these ...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Mid-Century Modern Figural Painting of Indigenous People, Oil on Board, c. 1940
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Outstanding 1940's oil on board painting in original custom shadowbox wood frame with distressed finish. The figural painting depicts an indigenous people...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Wood, Paint
Original Vintage Travel Poster San Francisco American Airlines McKnight Kauffer
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel advertising poster for American Airlines to San Francisco designed by one of the most renowned poster artists of the 20th century Edward McKnight Kauffer (189...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Pink Hibiscus Watercolor Painting on Paper Signed by Shirrell Graves, Framed
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Original 1940s Pink Hibiscus Watercolor Painting on Paper Signed by Shirrell Graves. The painting features its original white wood frame with a white mat.
Shirrell Graves is an Impr...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Picasso by Gertrude Stein
Located in valatie, NY
Picasso by Gertrude Stein. B.T. Batsford, LTD, London, 1948. 3rd Ed hardcover no dust jacket. With 64 illustrations in color and B&W. The famous writer ...
Category
Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Hylonympha Macrocerca (Scissor-Tailed Hummingbird) by John Gould, 1946
Located in Kenilworth, IL
An ornithological lithographic print of the Scissor-Tailed Hummingbird from John Gould 's “A Monogram of the Trochilidae, or Family of Hummingbirds,” published in five volumes from 1...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Art deco gold ceramic
By Alfred Auguste Janniot
Located in PAU, FR
Wonderful art deco ceramic wall sculpture.
Gold earthglazed
Attributed to Alfred Auguste Janniot.
Category
French Art Deco Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Ceramic, Earthenware
1940 El Lissitzky ‘Beat the whites ‘ reprint lithograph in colours
By El Lissitzky
Located in London, GB
Bolshevik propaganda poster
Beat the whites (Tsars White Russians) with the red wedge
Constructivism art, this reprint litho from the 1917 original ...
Category
Ukrainian Other 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
"Redhead, " Striking 1940s Portrait of Young Man by John Menihan
By John C. Menihan
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This portrait of a young man with vivid red hair, blue eyes and a ruddy complexion was painted by John C. Menihan, one of the most renowned portraitists and watercolorists of his day...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Large Carved Wood Buddha Wall Sculptural Panel
Located in Sheffield, MA
A very large and most impressive carved wood relief of a head of a Buddha. The stunning sculpture has interesting details. The panel once hung in th...
Category
Japanese Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Wood
Art Deco Modern Unframed René Gruau Hand Signed Lithograph Bistro
By René Gruau
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
For your consideration, is a hand signed lithograph by Italian artist René Gruau, a famous fashion illustrator in the 1940s and 1950s. In excellent condition. The dimensions are 28.5...
Category
Art Deco Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Oscar Dominguez Surrealist Still Life Lithograph
By Óscar Domínguez
Located in Garnerville, NY
Oscar M. Dominguez (1906-1957) Surrealist still life in front of a window. Lithograph on paper. The piece is signed lower left in pencil, Dominguez and an edition of 137/200. Blind s...
Category
French Other Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
"Seated Male Nude, " Superb Drawing by Allyn Cox, US Capitol Muralist
By Allyn Cox
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This handsome drawing of a seated male nude, executed in pastel, demonstrates Allyn Cox's superb draftsmanship and mastery of color. Depicting his subject from behind, as he leans to his left, is reminiscent of the work of the great masters from the Renaissance, the 18th century and 19th century. Cox spent 20 years painting and restoring murals at the US Capitol...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Dick Tracy
Located in London, GB
Original US film poster for the 1945 action detective film Dick Tracy.
This film starred Morgan Conway, Anne Jeffreys and Mike Mazurki, and was directed by...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
"Male Nude and Skyscraper", Rare, Signed Surrealist-Art Deco Print by Avinoff
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Rare and extraordinary, this signed print by Andrey Avinoff is one of a set he created for "The Fall of Atlantis," a monumental and fantastical poem by George Golokhvastoff published...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
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 Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
"Europa and the Bull/Taurus, " Art Deco Masterpiece by Szoeke
Located in Philadelphia, PA
In a brilliant interpretation of the Classic zodiac symbol for Taurus, Andrew Szoeke here depicts the bull with Europa, evoking the Greek mythological story where Zeus takes the form...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
1940's Italian Etched Green Glass & Brass Coat Rack
Located in Hanover, MA
The color green applied to the back of the glass like silver to a mirror is absolutely sublime. The brass fittings and mounts are high quality machine turned. The delicate floral m...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Original Vintage Travel Poster Genova Genoa Italy ENIT Tourism Italia Lighthouse
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster for Genova / Genoa issued by the Italian Tourism Board ENIT featuring historic monuments and modern city buildings with a ...
Category
Italian Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
1940 Barbisio Original Vintage Poster
Located in Winchester, GB
Beautiful piece from 1940 for Barbisio Hats featuring stunning artwork. This charming poster with artwork from St. Mingozzi depicts a small white dog walking up to a Barbisio hat and...
Category
Italian Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Set of Twenty Four Karl Blossfeldt Framed Photogravures Nature's Elegance (1942)
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Presenting a captivating set of nine Karl Blossfeldt Photogravures from the 1942 edition of the book 'Wunder in der Natur.'
In its original condition, this piece boasts minor wear that beautifully weaves into its historical narrative, showcasing a lovely patina that adds to its charm.
Karl Blossfeldt, a luminary in German photography and artistry, left an indelible mark with his close-up photographs of plants...
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Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
C. 1947 Photograph by Julius Shulman of Kaufmann House by Richard Neutra 8x10 in
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This is Julius Shulman's iconic photograph of the Kaufmann House, designed by Richard Neutra in 1946 and photographed by Shulman in 1947. The house was commissioned by Edgar J. Kaufmann, Sr. who also commissioned Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater. Shulman is arguably the most famous architectural photographer in history and is known as an instrumental figure in communicating American modernism to the eyes of the public throughout the 20th century. This image along with the "Two Girls" variation of Case Study...
Category
American Modern Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Very Oversized Vintage Display Scissors in Wood
Located in North Miami, FL
Whimsical scissors open and close as real scissors do, excellent rustic piece for the light at heart design. Can be mounted on a wall or just standing against a wall (as shown here).
Category
American Rustic Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Wood
Montague Dawson: Gliding Along, The Deb, circa 1949
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
Montague Dawson: Gliding Along, The Deb, circa 1949 This is a framed oil painting on canvas and shows the first 5.5 metre day boat built by George Nicholson sailing past Newtown Cre...
Category
European Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paint
Georges Braque 1948 Color Cliché Print, Framed
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Step into the innovative world of Georges Braque with this vibrant color cliché print from the Fauves collection, meticulously edited by Editions du Chêne in Paris, France, in 1948. ...
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French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Pär Lindblad, Sweden, Oil on Canvas, Modernist Landscape, 1940s
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Pär Lindblad (1907-1981), Sweden. Oil on canvas. Modernist landscape.
Man on a bicycle along the coast. 1940s.
The canvas measures: 64 x 31 cm.
The fr...
Category
Swedish Modern Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas
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