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Period: 1940s
Pablo Picasso Framed Artwork, Editions du Chene, 1943
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Step into the timeless brilliance of Pablo Picasso with this extraordinary color cliché, expertly edited by Editions du Chêne in Paris, France, in 1943. Adorned by a stunning solid w...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
$1,258 Sale Price
63% Off
Modernist Brass Metal Frame for Painting, Drawing or Mirror Project
By Laiton Milano
Located in Atlanta, GA
This Italian frame, in polished brass, dates from the 1940s. It will be perfect to include a painting, a drawing, a lithograph, a mirror, or any other DIY decoration. The piece's rec...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Metal, Brass
"Actaeon in Flight, " Large Painting of Mythological Scene w/ Male Nude, 1942
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This stunning example of Art Deco painting illustrates the dramatic moment when the hunter Actaeon, having seen the nude Diana in her bath, is meeting his death. Here Actaeon himself is fully nude, and is being transformed into a deer as he is being pursued by Diana's avengers. The classic myth...
Category
North American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paint
Angelo Testa Print on Canvas
By Angelo Testa
Located in Pawtucket, RI
Whimsical print on canvas by noted artist and textile designer Angelo Testa. Large print depicting dogs and other biomorphic shaped animals.
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas
La Regle Du Jeu / The Rules of the Game
Located in London, GB
Exceptionally rare original French film poster for La Regle du Jeu / The Rules of the Game. This film starred Marcel Dalio , Nora Gregor and Paulette Dubost, and was directed by Jean...
Category
French Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
French Blue & White Faience Oyster Platter Moustiers Style, circa 1940
Located in Austin, TX
French blue & white Faience oyster platter Moustiers style, circa 1940.
12 inches diameter.
Category
French French Provincial Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Faience
Henry Moore Modernist Prints
By Henry Moore
Located in Atlanta, GA
Henry Moore prints, from the limited edition folio entitled "The Drawings of Henry Moore", published by Curt Valentin, New York, 1946. They have been professionally matted and framed...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Glass, Paper, Wood
$550 / item
Original Vintage War Poster United For The Liberation WWII Spitfire Planes RAF
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two poster - Unis pour la Liberation / United for the Liberation - featuring three Allied military fighter aircraft flying at speed in formation, including...
Category
British Art Deco Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Restored Vintage 1949 Rattan Framed Crane Barkcloth Fabric Sample by Spectrum
Located in Van Nuys, CA
This framed crane barkcloth fabric sample, produced by the Spectrum company around 1949, served as a showcase of mid-century design aesthetics. Displayed in rattan showrooms across t...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
$210 Sale Price
40% Off
Polychrome Screen print "Romanesque" by Josef Zenk
By Joseph Zenk
Located in Montreal, QC
Polychrome Screen print "Romanesque" by Josef Zenk Signed, titled and numbered to lower edge ‘Romanesque 1/24 Zenk’. This work is number 1 from the edition of 24. Zenk studied for th...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Walt Disney Presents the World's Greatest Shorts
Located in London, GB
This rare original British animation poster was designed to advertise Walt Disney shorts. In England posters were not produced for every short cartoon, ...
Category
English Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Poster Pin Up Lady Telephone Hat George Petty Design Art USA
Located in London, GB
Original vintage poster featuring an illustration by the notable American pin-up artist George Brown Petty IV (1894-1975) depicting a lady in a sheer body suit holding a sketch of a ...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
French Faience Oyster Plate Moustiers Style, circa 1940
Located in Austin, TX
French Faience rustic oyster plate Moustiers style, circa 1940.
Painting of birds and flowers.
Category
French Rustic Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Faience
Paolo Buffa Style Wood Armoire with Glass Handles, Italy 1940s
By Paolo Buffa
Located in Chicago, IL
A gorgeous 1940s armoire cabinet reminiscent of designs by Italian architect and furniture designer Paolo Buffa. The monumental silhouette is composed of waxed wood in a rich cherry ...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Glass, Wood
I Know Where I'm Going
Located in London, GB
Original US black and white photographic production still used by the studio to advertise the film. these stills were sent out to news papers. This production still is from the films...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Pablo Picasso Framed Color Cliche, Editions du Chene, 1943
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Step into the timeless brilliance of Pablo Picasso with this extraordinary color cliché, expertly edited by Editions du Chêne in Paris, France, in 1943. Adorned by a stunning solid w...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
$576 Sale Price
55% Off
"Honoring Henry Agard Wallace", Art Deco Bronze by Chambellan for B'nai B'rith
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Highly important both artistically and historically, this high style Art Deco bronze panel, full of symbolism and patriotic fervor, was commissio...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Bronze
Ephemeral Beauty: Brassaï's Rare Nude Pencil Drawing, 1944
By Brassaï
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Immerse yourself in the timeless allure of Brassaï's masterful artistry with this exceptionally rare nude pencil drawing, delicately crafted in 1944 Paris. A captivating portrayal of...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
$4,981 Sale Price
72% Off
Antique Scandinavian Impressionist Oil Horse and Carriage Winter Landscape
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
2568 Antique impressionist oil painting of a horse drawn carriage on a snow covered road
Framed in a period frame
Canvas applied to board
Image size 17.5x23.5"
Category
Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paint
WPA Poster “Mobilizing Michigan for Farm and Factory” by Maurice Merlin
Located in Jensen Beach, FL
Incredibly rare, original WPA poster designed by Maurice Merlin, a prominent Detroit artist documenting the struggles of urban Michigan.
Poster mounted to ...
Category
Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paint, Paper
French Faience Oyster Plate Moustiers Style, circa 1940
Located in Austin, TX
French Faience Oyster Plate Moustiers Style, circa 1940.
Category
French Rustic Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Faience
Original Vintage War Poster Forward To Victory Spitfire Pilots Blitz WWII RAF
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two poster - Forward to Victory - featuring a dynamic design depicting military Royal Air Force RAF pilots in uniform running towards their Spitfire planes...
Category
British Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Pablo Picasso Framed Artwork, Editions du Chene, 1943
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Step into the timeless brilliance of Pablo Picasso with this extraordinary color cliché, expertly edited by Editions du Chêne in Paris, France, in 1943. Adorned by a stunning solid w...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
$1,258 Sale Price
63% Off
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
$1,503 Sale Price
56% Off
Arch of Triumph / Argo di Trionfo
Located in London, GB
Original Italian film poster for the 1948 war, romance staring Ingrid Bergman, Charles Boyer, Charles Laughton. The movie did not get release in Italy un...
Category
Italian Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Colors Litho Leon Danchin Hunting Dog Spaniel Numbered 150-300
By Leon Danchin
Located in Poperinge, BE
Beautiful lithograph of two Cocker Spaniels, an original color print, lithograph in color in a dark wooden frame with glass by the famous French sports artist Leon Danchin (1887-1938...
Category
French Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Glass, Oak, Paper
To Have and Have Not
Located in London, GB
Original US film poster for the 1944 Film Noir To Have and Have Not.
This film starred Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall and was directed by Howard Hawks.
This piece is conservation ...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
$2,520
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
Hollywood Regency Pair of Grosfeld House Style Carved Wall Brackets Plume Motif
Located in Savannah, GA
Handsome wall shelves of a composite material made to look like carved wood with gilded feathers. They are in the 1940s style of Grosfeld House Co. and are modeled in the neoclassica...
Category
American Hollywood Regency Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Plaster
$425 Sale Price / set
38% Off
Brassai Framed Heliogravure Photography (1949) - Black and White
By Brassaï
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Brassai Framed Heliogravure Photography (1949) - Black and White
Artist: Brassai
Type: Framed heliogravure photograph
Color: Black and white
Dimensions: H 29.5 x W 24.5 x D 3.5 cm
S...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
$655 Sale Price
55% Off
Fashion Illustration "Two Women In Dresses With Hats" by C. "Eric" Erickson
Located in New York, NY
Original fashion drawing by American artist Carl "Eric" Erickson (1891-1958). Eric spect the 1940s attending and documenting fashion shows under the supervision of Diana Vreeland. Er...
Category
Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
"Ten Nudes Dancing, " Large Art Deco-Surrealist Painting by Bond, 1940s
By Milton Bond
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Clearly showing the influence of modern dance, William Blake and early 19th century Classicism, Art Deco stylization and Surrealism, this remarkable, brilliantly hued painting by Mil...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paint
"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
$3,600 Sale Price
20% Off
"Let 'Em Have It. Buy Extra Bonds" Vintage WWII 4th War Loan Poster, 1943
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
This is an original World War II poster, dating to 1943. The poster reads "Let 'Em Have It" and “Buy Extra Bonds” in bold yellow and white block letters. The poster's composition features a soldier throwing a grenade on the battlefield. Black and blue smoked filled skies and barbed wire are seen behind him. The 4th War Loan Shield is illustrated prominently at center left. The poster was illustrated by Bernard Perlin...
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
$570 Sale Price
40% Off
"Leda and the Swan, " Important Painting by Rene Buthaud
By René Buthaud
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Like many of his contemporaries in the 1920s and 1930s, in both America and France, Buthaud was fascinated with figures from classic mythology. Leda and the Swan was a motif he retu...
Category
French Art Deco Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Poster Taisez Vous Be Quiet Spies Remain Post WWII Occupation
Located in London, GB
Original vintage post-occupation World War Two French propaganda poster - Taisez Vous ... l'Allemand a fui, L'Espion Rester! / Be quiet ... The Germans may have left, but their spies remain! Colourful image featuring a German spy with his face highlighted in red against the green shaded background wearing a Nazi uniform...
Category
French Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
"Our Good Earth... Keep it Ours" Vintage WWII War Bonds Poster by J. Curry, 1943
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Presented is an original WWII propaganda poster, encouraging viewers to Buy War Bonds. This poster was illustrated by John Steuart Curry and published by the U.S. Government Printing...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
"Abstraction in Blue, Red & Yellow", Divisionist Painting, attr. Severini
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Boldly painted in vivid hues of red, deep pink, yellow and shades of blue, this abstract painting is attributed to Gino Severini, Italy's leading Modernist painter, who executed work...
Category
Italian Modern Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paint
$32,000 Sale Price
20% Off
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
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
Mario Carreño "Serenade" Oil Painting on Canvas, Cuba 1941, Signed
Located in Miami, FL
Mario Carreño "Serenade" Oil Painting on Canvas, Cuba 1941, Signed
Offered for sale is an important oil on canvas painting by Cuban artist Mario Carreño (1913-1999) signed and date...
Category
Cuban Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas
$25,000 Sale Price
44% Off
Original Vintage War Poster Attack Begins In The Factory Bomber WWII Nockolds
By Roy Nockolds
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two poster - The Attack Begins in the Factory - featuring an aerial view by Roy Anthony Nockolds (1911-1979) of British RAF Royal Air Force bomber planes l...
Category
British Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
French Saddle Leather Wall Hooks in the style of Jacques Adnet
Located in Los Angeles, CA
French Leather double wall hooks in the style of Jacques Adnet
Beautiful equestrian and hunting wall storage
Saddle leather double tongue hooks on ag...
Category
French Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Brass
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. ...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
$849 Sale Price
79% Off
"Kublai Khan, " Large Art Deco Painting Masterpiece with Male Nudes, 1943
By Milton Bond
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Inspired by "Kublai Khan," the famed Romantic poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and one of a series painted by Milton Bond dating from the 1940s and 1950s, this depiction of a nude youth...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
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
$2,028
"Steering the Ship", 1941 Illustration Art with Sailor for Saturday Eve Post
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Boldly conceived and executed, this original maquette for a proposed Saturday Evening Post cover by Larry Segall depicts a sailor at the helm of a ship, his hands on the wheel and hi...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paint
Jay Arnold Marine Painting of Kobenhavn
Located in Norwell, MA
Well executed watercolor/gouache showing the great windjammer Kobenhaven under sail. The massive four masted barque has most sails set. Matted and framed. Titled lower left “Kobenhav...
Category
North American Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas
Vintage Persian Shiraz Oriental Rug, in Small Square Size, with Soft Earth Tones
Located in New York, NY
A vintage Persian Shiraz oriental rug, size 5'1 H; x 4'4 W, circa 1940. This lovely small hand-knotted wool carpet features a variety of stylized tribal design elements on the soft b...
Category
Persian Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Wool
$2,595 Sale Price
20% Off
Original Vintage WWII Propaganda Poster Work 8 Hours Strengthen Motherland USSR
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two home front industry propaganda poster - Work 8 Hours and Strengthen the Power of Our Motherland / Работать 8 Часові Крепить Мощь Нашей Родины! Dynamic photomontage artwork by the notable Soviet political poster designer...
Category
Russian Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Rare Henri Matisse Artwork, Editions du Chene, 1943
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Step into the timeless brilliance of Henri Matisse with this extraordinary color cliché, expertly edited by Editions du Chêne in Paris, France, in 1943. Adorned by a stunning solid w...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
$1,607 Sale Price
53% Off
20th Century Oil on Canvas Italian Signed and Dated Landscape Painting, 1940
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Great Italian painting dated 1940. Oil on board framework depicting a woodland landscape in impressionist style with good pictorial quality. Frame in wood and plaster, adapted to the...
Category
Italian Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Wood
Large American Abstract Modernist Painting - Zoute, 1949
Located in Rochester, NY
Large American abstract modernist impressionist oil painting on masonite board in the great original artist hand painted sgraffito combed decorated wood frame by Zoute ( born Leon Sa...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Wood, Masonite, Paint
Original Vintage Travel Poster Asturias Summer Vacations Beaches Mountains Spain
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster - Summer Vacations on the Beaches and Mountains of Asturias / Veraneo En Playas Y Montanas De Asturias - featuring a colourful view by Alfonso Iglesias...
Category
Spanish Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
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
Warren McArthur Corp. Aircraft Co-Pilot Proposal Drawing, 1946
Located in Camden, ME
Interesting vintage proposal drawing in 1/2 scale of an aircraft co-pilot seat. Dated 1/12/46 from the Warren McArthur Corporation.
Drawing measures 26 x 4...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Pencil, Paper
"Two Women Lounging", Richly-Imagined Portrait of Figures in Satin & Silk, 1940s
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Voluptuous in its approach to scene and palette, this sumptuous portrait of two women, lounging side by side amongst pillows and fabrics in satin and silk, was painted by Rudolph Sch...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paint
Hawaiian Cockatoos Acrylic on Canvas Tropical Paining by Alfonso Castricone
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Original acrylic on canvas Hawaiian painting by Alfonso Castricone, titled Cockatoos in Avocado Tree, features vibrant cockatoos perched in an avocad...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas
Original Vintage War Poster Merchant Navy Thank You Gun Harold Forster WWII
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two poster To The Merchant Navy - Thank You! Design by Harold Percy Forster (1895–1975) features two members of the Navy on board a ship at sea aiming a na...
Category
British Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
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