Mid-Century Modern Prints
MID-CENTURY MODERN STYLE
Organically shaped, clean-lined and elegantly simple are three terms that well describe vintage mid-century modern furniture. The style, which emerged primarily in the years following World War II, is characterized by pieces that were conceived and made in an energetic, optimistic spirit by creators who believed that good design was an essential part of good living.
ORIGINS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
- Emerged during the mid-20th century
- Informed by European modernism, Bauhaus, International style, Scandinavian modernism and Frank Lloyd Wright’s architecture
- A heyday of innovation in postwar America
- Experimentation with new ideas, new materials and new forms flourished in Scandinavia, Italy, the former Czechoslovakia and elsewhere in Europe
CHARACTERISTICS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
- Simplicity, organic forms, clean lines
- A blend of neutral and bold Pop art colors
- Use of natural and man-made materials — alluring woods such as teak, rosewood and oak; steel, fiberglass and molded plywood
- Light-filled spaces with colorful upholstery
- Glass walls and an emphasis on the outdoors
- Promotion of functionality
MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW
- Charles and Ray Eames
- Eero Saarinen
- Milo Baughman
- Florence Knoll
- Harry Bertoia
- Isamu Noguchi
- George Nelson
- Danish modernists Hans Wegner and Arne Jacobsen, whose emphasis on natural materials and craftsmanship influenced American designers and vice versa
ICONIC MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNS
- Eames lounge chair
- Nelson daybed
- Florence Knoll sofa
- Egg chair
- Womb chair
- Noguchi coffee table
- Barcelona chair
VINTAGE MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE ON 1STDIBS
The mid-century modern era saw leagues of postwar American architects and designers animated by new ideas and new technology. The lean, functionalist International-style architecture of Le Corbusier and Bauhaus eminences Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Walter Gropius had been promoted in the United States during the 1930s by Philip Johnson and others. New building techniques, such as “post-and-beam” construction, allowed the International-style schemes to be realized on a small scale in open-plan houses with long walls of glass.
Materials developed for wartime use became available for domestic goods and were incorporated into mid-century modern furniture designs. Charles and Ray Eames and Eero Saarinen, who had experimented extensively with molded plywood, eagerly embraced fiberglass for pieces such as the La Chaise and the Womb chair, respectively.
Architect, writer and designer George Nelson created with his team shades for the Bubble lamp using a new translucent polymer skin and, as design director at Herman Miller, recruited the Eameses, Alexander Girard and others for projects at the legendary Michigan furniture manufacturer.
Harry Bertoia and Isamu Noguchi devised chairs and tables built of wire mesh and wire struts. Materials were repurposed too: The Danish-born designer Jens Risom created a line of chairs using surplus parachute straps for webbed seats and backrests.
The Risom lounge chair was among the first pieces of furniture commissioned and produced by legendary manufacturer Knoll, a chief influencer in the rise of modern design in the United States, thanks to the work of Florence Knoll, the pioneering architect and designer who made the firm a leader in its field. The seating that Knoll created for office spaces — as well as pieces designed by Florence initially for commercial clients — soon became desirable for the home.
As the demand for casual, uncluttered furnishings grew, more mid-century furniture designers caught the spirit.
Classically oriented creators such as Edward Wormley, house designer for Dunbar Inc., offered such pieces as the sinuous Listen to Me chaise; the British expatriate T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings switched gears, creating items such as the tiered, biomorphic Mesa table. There were Young Turks such as Paul McCobb, who designed holistic groups of sleek, blond wood furniture, and Milo Baughman, who espoused a West Coast aesthetic in minimalist teak dining tables and lushly upholstered chairs and sofas with angular steel frames.
As the collection of vintage mid-century modern chairs, dressers, coffee tables and other furniture for the living room, dining room, bedroom and elsewhere on 1stDibs demonstrates, this period saw one of the most delightful and dramatic flowerings of creativity in design history.
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Josef Albers "Formulation : Articulation" Portfolio II, Folder 14
By Josef Albers
Located in Chicago, IL
JOSEF ALBERS (1888 – 1976)
"Formulation : Articulation" Portfolio II, Folder 14
Screen-printed geometric composition printed by Ives Stillman, Inc., New Haven, CT.
From the set of...
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1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Prints
Materials
Paper
Abstract Lithographs by Josef Albers from Formulation and Articulation
By Josef Albers
Located in Atlanta, GA
Josef Albers abstract lithographs from Formulation and Articulation, published by Harry N. Abrams Inc., New York, and Ives Sillman Inc., New Haven, circa 1972. These works are from P...
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1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Prints
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
Robert Mangold "Frame and Elipses"
Located in Stamford, CT
A Robert Mangold etching titled "Frame and Elipses". Produced in 1988, signed and numbered in pencil 37/50. Framed in 12-karat white gold frame using all archival acid free materials...
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1980s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Prints
Materials
Paper
Modernist Print of Bird with Fall Leaves by Charley Harper
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A wonderful example of the "minimalist realism" by the celebrated Cincinnati modernist, depicting a bird and fall leaves.
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1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Lithograph by Van Der Brugen, Signed and Numbered 50/100, 20th Century
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Lithograph by Van Der Brugen, signed and numbered 50/100, 20th century.
Large format, framed.
Measures: H 61 cm and 84 cm with frame, L 90 cm and 113 cm with frame, D 2 cm.
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Prints
Materials
Paper
Jean Picart Le Doux Lithography Hand Signed
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Jean Picart Le Doux lithography “Flore de Tropique” circa 1955.
Hand signed in pencil to the underside.
Manufactured in France.
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1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Prints
Materials
Paper
Van Beuren Furniture Catalogue
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Small catalog of 11 pages that they used to give away in the stores where the furniture of Michael van Beuren was exhibited. "Muebles van Beuren" begins its serial production in 1938...
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1960s Mexican Vintage Mid-Century Modern Prints
Materials
Paper
Josef Albers Screen Print Diptych from Formulation Articulation
By Josef Albers
Located in Toronto, Ontario
A terrific example of a two-paged screen print from Josef Alber's Formulation: Articulation, 1972. This example is Portfolio 1 from Folder 12, 1972.
From an edition of 1000 produ...
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1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Prints
Materials
Paper
Decorative French Wine Menu, French, circa 1970
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This is a decorative French wine menu from a restaurant, French, circa 1970.
Category
1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Prints
Materials
Plastic, Wood
André Lhote, French Artist, Color Lithography, 'The Mechanical Age'
Located in Copenhagen, DK
André Lhote (1885-1962), French artist. Color lithography. "The Mechanical Age", mid-20th century.
Visible dimensions: 58 x 44 cm.
Signed.
In good condition.
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Prints
Materials
Other
Pair of Marino Marini Portrait Lithographs
Located in Atlanta, GA
Pair of portrait lithographs by Marino Marini, from the Marino Marini portfolio, printed by Carl Schünemann, Germany, circa 1968. They have been framed in clean lined black lacquer...
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1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Prints
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
1970s Art Two Framed Prints Bright Rooster & Flower Orange Yellow
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Midcentury Art Two Framed Prints Bright Rooster & Flower Orange Yellow 1970s A pair of small colorful art pieces; a rooster and a floral print.
Orange and yellow colors dominant.
Fr...
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1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Prints
Materials
Other
Abstract Print by Joan Miro Printed on Marble Dust Paper
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful Miro reproduction printed on marble dust paper, rare one of a kind hand finished and freshly framed.
Category
Late 20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Prints
Materials
Paper
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
1940s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Prints
Materials
Canvas
Ernest Koehli, Black and White Right Hand Photogravure Plate
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Ernest Koehly black and white right hand photogravure plate inside the book Phographie 1947 edited by Arts et Metiers Graphiques.
Measures: 28 x 22.5 cm
Black wood framed size 40 x 50 cm
Koehli, Ernst
Born: 1913
Died: 1983
Preliminary course at the Kunstgewerbeschule Zürich 1928-1932, followed by Fachklasse für Fotografie with Hans Finsler 1932-1934. For over forty years Koehli ran his own photo studio in the Z-house on Stauffacherplatz in Zurich. From 1936 regular orders from trade unions and the Social Democratic Party...
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1970s European Vintage Mid-Century Modern Prints
Materials
Paper
Woodblock Print of Sailboats
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This Mid-20th century woodcut of mored sail boats is by Werner Drewes and is titled "Calm Morning". The piece is number 168 of 200 and is pencil signed by...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Prints
Materials
Paper
Abstract Lithographs by Josef Albers from Formulation and Articulation
By Josef Albers
Located in Atlanta, GA
Josef Albers abstract lithographs from Formulation and Articulation, published by Harry N. Abrams Inc., New York, and Ives Sillman Inc., New Haven, circa 1972. These works are from P...
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Prints
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
Group of Four Vibrant Modern Color Paintings by Betsy Friedman
By Betsy Friedman
Located in Atlanta, GA
Group of Four Vibrant Modern Color Paintings by Betsy Friedman, American, circa 1990's. These works were originally purchased from The Mary Dela...
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Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Prints
Materials
Glass, Paper, Wood
“Gray” Original Serigraphy by Alfredo Orozco
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
Alfredo Orozco is an artist, painter and woodworker from Mexico City. In the 1970s, he moved to Los Angeles and created a series of geometric serigraphs. The prints were shown in gal...
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1970s Mexican Vintage Mid-Century Modern Prints
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Paper
Lithographs by Josef Albers from Formulation and Articulation
By Josef Albers
Located in Atlanta, GA
Josef Albers abstract lithographs from Formulation and Articulation, published by Harry N. Abrams Inc., New York, and Ives Sillman Inc., New Haven, circa 1972. These works are from P...
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Prints
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
Mid-Century Modern Theo Tobiasse Steadfast Soldier Litho 224/350 H.C Anderson
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
For your consideration is a lovely, unframed lithograph titled The Steadfast Soldier, by print master Pierre Chave in Venue, France. The lithograph is signed in pencil and numbered 224/350 by Theo Tobiasse from the world of Han Christian Anderson...
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1970s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Prints
Materials
Paint
Original Lithograph Cheetah Signed by Artist Mac Couley
Located in Miami, FL
Framed original lithograph from a resting cheetah on a tree branch.
Numbered 288 and limited to an edition of 375, created and individually...
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Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Prints
Materials
Wood, Paper
Angelo Testa "Paper Ballet"
By Angelo Testa
Located in Chicago, IL
Angelo Testa print. Ink on paper. Signed and dated; [Paper Ballots Angelo Testa 1976].
Angelo Testa was an American textile designer who became the first graduate of the Institute...
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1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Prints
Materials
Paper
Josef Albers "Formulation : Articulation" Portfolio II, Folder 15
By Josef Albers
Located in Chicago, IL
JOSEF ALBERS (1888 – 1976)
"Formulation : Articulation" Portfolio II, Folder 15
Screen-printed geometric composition printed by Ives Stillman, Inc., New Haven, CT.
From the set of 12...
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1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Prints
Materials
Paper
Louise Nevelson Serigraph Collage, Signed and Numbered 147/150, Archival Frame
Located in Kansas City, MO
Louise Nevelson (American, 1899-1988)
Untitled, 1980
Original five screen serigraph collage
Signed and numbered in pencil by the artist.
147 of an edition of 150.
See details in...
Category
1980s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Prints
Materials
Aluminum
Josef Albers "Formulation : Articulation" Portfolio II, Folder 23
By Josef Albers
Located in Chicago, IL
JOSEF ALBERS (1888 – 1976)
"Formulation : Articulation" Portfolio II, Folder 23
Screen-printed geometric composition printed by Ives Stillman, Inc., New Haven, CT.
From the set of 12...
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Prints
Materials
Paper
Josef Albers Screen Print Diptych from Formulation Articulation
By Josef Albers
Located in Toronto, Ontario
A terrific example of a two-paged screen print from Josef Alber's Formulation : Articulation, 1972. This example is Portfolio 1 from Folder 30, 1972.
From an edition of 1000 prod...
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1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Prints
Materials
Paper
Mid-Century Modern Framed Serigraph Marathon Signed Wayland Moore 1978 67/300
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
For your consideration is a vibrant, framed serigraph, entitled "Marathon," signed and numbered by Wayland Moore, 67/300, circa 1978. In excellent condition. The dimensions of the fr...
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1970s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Prints
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Paper
Pair of Karel Appel Curtains, 1963, Documented at Stedelijk Musem
By Karel Appel
Located in bergen op zoom, NL
Super rare and impressive pair of large cotton ''gordijnstof' curtains, designed in 1963 by world renowned Dutch painter and sculptor Karel Appel (1921-2006) for the textile company Hermann Hartman & Co of Amsterdam.
This extremely rare, original repeat print textile is documented in the Stedelijk museum's textile collection under object nubmer KNA 1998, please see image 2.
Each curtain measures 56.7" X 83.85" (144cm X 213cm).
'Gordijnstof' translates as "curtain fabric" confirming that this textile was originally designed by Appel specifically for use as curtains however being of such an impressive dimension these examples could equally be used as wall hangings ,as photographed, or mounted on both sides of a screen or mounted and framed as an art work in its own right , a practice which is becoming increasingly commonplace as high end textile designs by important artists are becoming increasingly valued , appreciated and sought after in the marketplace.
Appel's paintings and sculptures can be found in the collections of some of the world's most prominent museums including the Museum of Modern art in New York and Tate Modern ,London.
Each curtain is of a very impressive scale with each measuring
56.7 " (144 cm) X 83.85" (213cm).
The curtains are signed on the banding KUNSTENAAR DESSIN ONTWERP Karel Appel, HARTMAN PRINT, AMSTERDAM. Another of Appel's designs for Hermann Hartman,Amsterdam can be found in the collection of the national textile museum in Holland. Please see image 9.
Even a small sample of this 1963 textile in good condition would be hard to find today but to find two large scale Appel curtains intact and in beautiful unfaded condition with no staining or fraying must be next to unique today. This is a very rare find and certainly a unique opportunity.
Image 10 shows Karel Appel in his atelier in New York in 1966.
Provenance:
These curtains come from the private collection of a retired Professor from Oxford,UK.
Biography:
Karel Appel was an Expressionist Dutch painter. He was a member of the famous Cobra, the European group of the late 1940s to early 1950s, which promoted spontaneous expressionism and abstract features in painting. Appel's paintings incorporate applications of vibrant, violent colors often possessing a primal, childlike quality or a schizophrenic innocence. Later in life, Appel turned to creating figurative sculptures. Examples of his work can be seen in the Museum of Modern Art, New York City, Boymans-Van Beuningen Museum, Rotterdam, and other collections. Expressionist painter Karel Appel made a name for himself in the world of painting by creating a majestic collection of highly distinguishable work for which he became internationally renowned. From the start, art curators could not ignore Appel's work, which has been exhibited at major museums around the world, including New York's Museum of Modern Art, the Manhattan-based Guggenheim Museum, the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and the Tate Gallery in London. Though Appel is widely recognized as one of the best-known Dutch Expressionist painters of all time, he was also a passionate printmaker, sculptor, and ceramicist.
Karel Appel’s childhood and early life
Christiaan Karel Appel was born on April 25, 1921, in his parents’ house at 7 Dapperstraat, Amsterdam. His father, Jan Appel, owned a barbershop. His mother, born Johanna Chevalier, was a descendant of French Huguenots. Karel Appel had three brothers. He studied art from 1940 to 1943 at the Rejksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, the Royal Academy of Fine Arts during the German occupation and befriended young painter Corneille and, some years later, Constant. His parents opposed his choice to become an artist, leading him to leave home. This was also necessary to hide himself from the German police so that he would not be picked up and sent to Germany to work in the weapon industry. Appel produced his first real painting on canvas, which was a still life of a fruit basket at the age of fourteen. On his fifteenth birthday, his wealthy uncle Karel Chevalier gave him a paint set and an easel and some lessons on painting.
Career.
In 1946, his first solo show was held in Groningen, Netherlands. He also participated in the Jonge Schilders exhibition at the Stedelijk Museum of Amsterdam nd created a buzz in the art world, as it generated a huge scandal and many objections in the press and public. About this time, Appel was influenced first by Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse, then by the French brute-art artist Jean Dubuffet. In 1947, he started sculpting with various used materials and painted them in bright colors such as white, red, yellow, blue and black. Karel Appel became the member of Nederlandse Experimentele Group in Holland along with the young Dutch painters Anton Rooskens...
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1960s Dutch Vintage Mid-Century Modern Prints
Materials
Cotton
Abstract Lithographs by Josef Albers from Formulation and Articulation
By Josef Albers
Located in Atlanta, GA
Josef Albers abstract lithographs from formulation and articulation, published by Harry N. Abrams Inc., New York, and Ives Sillman Inc., New Haven, circa 1972. These works are from P...
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Prints
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
French Poster Signed by Jean Messagier, 1975 depicting Bronze Sculptures
Located in Miami, FL
Original, midcentury poster dated 1975 from Gallerie Lovreglio in Nice, France. Signed by the artist Jean Messagier (1920-1999), multi-faceted artist.
Measures: 17" W × 1" D × 24" H
"Like the meanders of the Doubs so dear to Jean Messagier, the furrows that the artists on the paths of art history are sometimes complex and tortuous. Messagier, famous since the 1950s, exhibited all over the world, a friend of painters, rockstars and poets, began the 1980s with a retrospective exhibition at the Grand Palace (Paris) which then marks, paradoxically, the beginning of a certain forgetfulness. The reasons are
many times that today the work of this immense artist is partly forgotten, in all unknown cases, and is probably the object of a misunderstanding. Messagier, abstract? Arise then these images of colorful tracery, this so-called "tile washer" painting, which was, he, is true, that of her first successes and her consecration, but which is only one of facets of a gigantic and protean work that has endlessly put itself in danger and to reinvent herself. The object of the retrospective imagined at the Musée de Dole in 2019 is clearly to show that Messagier was working beyond the issues of figuration and of abstraction, in an urgency to paint, to draw, to create, which has as principal obsession to respond to the cruel creativity of nature. Messagier, springtime specialist, ecologist almost before the hour, experimenter of frost painting
winter, poet of the sap and pollen, draws his breath in that, vital, libidinal of nature. It's the same energy that pushed him to touch everything, with a freedom and a lack of interest manifest for opinion or criticism. It does not matter if we say crazy - on the contrary - Messagier the almost American abstract painter never finished with the figure or the figuration and allowed herself as early as the 1970s to both summon images from the popular culture like Goldorak, the Marsupilami, Betty Boop, glamorous figures like Lady Di or Greta Garbo, to jostle her masters by quoting Delacroix, Matisse, Picasso ...
with total irreverence. These years 1970-1980, where will face jovial triviality, fried eggs, radishes, a thousand giant leafs...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Prints
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Paper
Woodblock Print by Listed Artist Alex Boz 'Bozickovic'
By Alex Boz
Located in San Diego, CA
A very cool Mid-Century block print portrait of a young woman and two doves by listed artist Alex Boz (Bozickovic). Great color and style; would make a g...
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20th Century Macedonian Mid-Century Modern Prints
Materials
Paper
Vintage Decorative Panel with an American Scene on a Wooden Board
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Italy, 1950s - 1960s.
This is a decorative panel with a printed formica layer on a wooden board.
It is a vintage piece, therefore might show slight traces of use, but it can be con...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Prints
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Formica, Wood
Robert Frank Untitled from the Americans, 1958, Beats Culture, Black & White
By Robert Frank
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Robert Frank Untitled from the Americans, 1958, Beats Culture, Black & White.
Photogravure print, mid-century, France,wax tissue mounted on conservation matboard.
Influenced by the work of Jakob Tuggener and Bill Brandt, as well as Walker Evans, Frank, a native of Switzerland, Frank was fascinated by documentary photography and the notion and image of "America." Frank secured a Guggenheim fellowship in 1955 to do something new and unconstrained by commercial diktats. "The Americans" was first published in 1958 in France, before its first run in the US in 1959. The photographs were shocking and notable for their distanced view of both high and low strata of American society, creating a complicated portrait of a period that was, then and now, considered to be a skeptical portrait of post-WWII American values but also deeply empathetic and profoundly evocative of ubiquitous loneliness.
Frank found a tension in the gloss of American culture and wealth over race and class differences, which gave his photographs a clear contrast to those of most contemporary American photojournalists, as did his use of unusual focus, low lighting and cropping that deviated from accepted photographic techniques.
Shortly before the book was published in France, Frank returned to the US (1957) and met Jack Kerouac on the sidewalk outside a party. They started chatting. Frank showed him some of his photographs. Kerouac immediately told Frank "Sure, I can write something about these pictures." Kerouac would write the introduction to the American edition of the book, published two years later.
Sociologist Howard S...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Prints
Materials
Paper
Collection of Abstract Japanese Calligraphy Prints
By Sōfu Teshigahara
Located in Atlanta, GA
Collection of abstract Japanese calligraphy prints, possibly after Sofu Teshigahara, Japan, circa 1970s. These were from a collection that we purchase...
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1970s Japanese Vintage Mid-Century Modern Prints
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
Josef Albers Screen Print Diptych from Formulation, Articulation
By Josef Albers
Located in Toronto, Ontario
A terrific example of a two-paged screen print from Josef Alber's Formulation: Articulation, 1972. This example is portfolio 1 from folder 18, 1972.
From an edition of 1000 produc...
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1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Prints
Materials
Paper
Josef Albers Homage to the Square Silk Screen Diptych
By Josef Albers
Located in Chicago, IL
Josef Albers formulations - Articulations I & II
Edition 974/ 1000
1972 screen-print on paper
Embossed with Josef Albers initials, portfolio and folder...
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1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Prints
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Paper
Mid-Century Modern Yaacov Agam Agamograph Art Print Wash Art, 1978
By Yaacov Agam
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This unique piece by Yaacov Agam adds unique midcentury flair to any wall. Vibrant colors with modern typography make this a wonderful reminder of th...
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1970s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Prints
Figure Study Limited Edition Print by Paul Shaub
By Paul Shaub
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A signed limited edition matted print with a female figure in blue by Paul Shaub. 'Figure Study 2/9 Paul Shaub' written in pencil.
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1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Prints
Materials
Paper
Pair of Nude Figural Lithographs by Marino Marini
Located in Atlanta, GA
Pair of Nude Figural lithographs by Marino Marini, from the Marino Marini portfolio, printed by Carl Schünemann, Germany, circa 1968. They have been framed in clean lined black lacqu...
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1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Prints
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
Josef Albers "Formulation : Articulation" Portfolio II, Folder 29
By Josef Albers
Located in Chicago, IL
JOSEF ALBERS (1888 – 1976)
"Formulation : Articulation" Portfolio II, Folder 29
Screen-printed geometric composition printed by Ives Stillman, Inc., New Haven, CT.
From the set of 12...
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1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Prints
Materials
Paper
Vibrant Abstract Color Lithograph #4 by Angelo Savelli
Located in Atlanta, GA
Vibrant Abstract Color Lithograph #4 by Angelo Savelli, Italian, 1991-1995. Color lithograph executed on thick paper. Pencil signed and numbered by the artist. Framed in a simple, cl...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Prints
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Paper
Abstract Lithographs by Josef Albers from Formulation and Articulation
By Josef Albers
Located in Atlanta, GA
Josef Albers abstract lithographs from formulation and articulation, published by Harry N. Abrams Inc., New York, and Ives Sillman Inc., New Haven, circa 1972. These works are from P...
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Prints
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
Lyn Howley Gold Water Lilies Lithograph Matisse Impressionist Van Amstel CA
Located in Hyattsville, MD
USA, circa 1960s. Lyn Howley Water Lilies Studio editions lithograph on framed board. Monumental size, in Earthtones, Metallics and Golds. Made in Culver Ci...
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1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Prints
Materials
Wood
Josef Albers "Formulation : Articulation" Portfolio II, Folder 22
By Josef Albers
Located in Chicago, IL
JOSEF ALBERS (1888 – 1976)
"Formulation : Articulation" Portfolio II, Folder 22
Screen-printed geometric composition printed by Ives Stillman, Inc., New Haven, CT.
From the set of 12...
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1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Prints
Materials
Paper
"Who done it?" Spanish Film Poster, 1944
By Gráficas Vior
Located in Barcelona, ES
"Who done it?", Original Spanish Film Poster, 1944
Original Spanish cinema poster of the film "Who done it?" in Spain called "Crimen a Medianoche"....
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1940s Spanish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Prints
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Paper
Peter Max Signed Limited Edition Color Serigraph
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Peter Max (German/American, B.1937) signed limited edition color serigraph, "Brown Lady with Vase," female figure on a patterned background in pastel tones....
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20th Century Mid-Century Modern Prints
Materials
Wood
Josef Albers "Formulation : Articulation" Portfolio II, Folder 31
By Josef Albers
Located in Chicago, IL
JOSEF ALBERS (1888 – 1976)
"Formulation : Articulation" Portfolio II, Folder 31
Screen-printed geometric composition printed by Ives Stillman, Inc., New Haven, CT.
From the set of 12...
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1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Prints
Materials
Paper
Josef Albers "Formulation : Articulation" Portfolio II, Folder 30
By Josef Albers
Located in Chicago, IL
JOSEF ALBERS (1888 – 1976)
"Formulation : Articulation" Portfolio II, Folder 30
Screen-printed geometric composition printed by Ives Stillman, Inc., New Haven, CT.
From the set of 12...
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1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Prints
Materials
Paper
"Three at the Beach, " Rare Mid-Century Linocut Print by Berger
By Roland Berger
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Full of energy and humour, this depiction of three nude male figures on a beach, one strutting by -- and admired by -- the others, was created by Roland berger, a German artist with ...
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1980s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Prints
Josef Albers "Formulation : Articulation" Portfolio II, Folder 25
By Josef Albers
Located in Chicago, IL
JOSEF ALBERS (1888 – 1976)
"Formulation : Articulation" Portfolio II, Folder 25
Screen-printed geometric composition printed by Ives Stillman, Inc., New Haven, CT.
From the set of 12...
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1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Prints
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Paper
"Flux de L' Aimant" Drypoint & Color Aquatint by Joan Miro
By Joan Miró
Located in Stamford, CT
" Flux de L' Aimant " drypoint & color aquatint on BFK Rives paper by Joan Miro; circa 1964. Signed lower right, and numbered 20/75, lower left, in pencil. Published by Maeght Editeu...
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Mid-20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Prints
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Paper
Edouard Pignon Engraving
By Edouard Pignon
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This stylish engraving dates to the 1940s and was acquired from a Palm Beach estate.
Note: Professionally framed with archival materials and non-reflective glass.
Note: Edition of ...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Prints
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Paper
"Elegy (Study)" by Robert Motherwell
Located in Stamford, CT
A lithograph titled, "Elegy ( Study )" by Robert Motherwell 1979, signed and numbered 42/98 in pencil with Motherwell's blind stamp. There were 12 artist proofs in addition to the 98...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Prints
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Paper
Lothar Quinte Series of Three "Fan-Images" Lithographs
Located in Munster, NRW
Lothar Quinte is a German artist of the new abstraction of the 1960s and the 1970s.
Epreuve d'artiste 11 / 15 5 / 20.
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1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Prints
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Paper
Collection of Abstract Japanese Calligraphy Prints
By Sōfu Teshigahara
Located in Atlanta, GA
Collection of abstract Japanese calligraphy prints, possibly after Sofu Teshigahara, Japan, circa 1970s. These were from a collection that we purchase...
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1970s Japanese Vintage Mid-Century Modern Prints
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Glass, Wood, Paper
Pair of Lithographs by Josef Albers from Formulation and Articulation
By Josef Albers
Located in Atlanta, GA
Pair of Josef Albers lithographs from Formulation and Articulation, published by Harry N. Abrams Inc., New York, and Ives Sillman Inc., New Ha...
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1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Prints
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
Pair of Signed Tommi Parzinger Silkscreen Prints
Located in St. Louis, MO
Pair of early examples of Tommi Parzinger silkscreened prints, signed in pencil, original frames, frames 17" diameter, art 14" diameter.
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1940s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Prints
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Screen
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