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 celebrated 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.
Generations turn over, and mid-century modern remains arguably the most popular style going. 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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Style: Mid-Century Modern
Abstract Screen Print Entitled "Series 8 Vertical Tri Motif (g)" by Gordon House
By Gordon House
Located in San Diego, CA
Signed limited edition abstract screen print entitled "Series 8 Vertical Tri Motif (g)" by Brittish artist Gordon House, circa 1976/77. The work is signed, dated and titled in pencil...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Prints
Materials
Paper
$960 Sale Price
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Karel (Karl) Appel Signed Artist's Proof Gallery Framed Lithograph 'Untitled'
By Karel Appel
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This lithograph was done by the well known Karel or Karl Appel of the Netherlands in 1973 in his Modernist style. The print is done in vivid colors and is pencil marked "EH" on the b...
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Mid-20th Century Dutch Mid-Century Modern Prints
Materials
Chrome
Vintage Framed and Signed Print of Sail Boat at Sea.
Located in Seattle, WA
Print is within a gold toned wooden frame. Slight Patina. Artwork of sailboat going through the stormy weather. Vintage Condition Consistent with Age as Pictured.
Dimensions. 15 W ;...
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1970s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Prints
Materials
Wood
Josef Albers Silk Screen Diptych
By Josef Albers
Located in Chicago, IL
Josef Albers Formulations - Articulations I & II Print #7
Editions 974/1000
1972 screen-print on paper
Embossed with Josef Albers initials, portfolio and folder number. This work is ...
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1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Prints
Materials
Paper
John Plumb Print
Located in Chicago, IL
An original Signed Silkscreen Print by John Plumb
John Plumb is one of the leading abstract painters of our time. His work can be found in many Public Collections including: Tate G...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Prints
Materials
Paper
$3,500
Ben Shahn To Days of Childhood That are Still Unexplained Signed Lithograph 1968
By Ben Shahn
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
An intriguing and sentimental lithograph titled To Days of Childhood That are Still Unexplained by Ben Shahn. From the Rainier Maria Rilke portfolio, For the Sake of a Single Verse, ...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Prints
Materials
Paper
K. Trumpf, Limited Edition Signed Print Titled Levade
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Print With Lippezaner Horses And Riders In Vienna
Titled "Levade" lower left. Pencil signed lower right, numbered 175/299 lower left. Finely framed in gilt wood.
sight 17 x 22 3/4", ...
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20th Century Mid-Century Modern Prints
Materials
Paper, Glass, Wood
"Mysterious Plane" Sepia Lithograph
Located in Pasadena, CA
This aircraft print is an enigma, with limited details available. Presented as an elaborate sketch with a few notes and remarks, it takes us back to an era of discovery in American m...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Prints
Materials
Paper
The Birth of Venus Printed on Canvas in the Style of Raoul Dufy
By Raoul Dufy
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Gorgeous painting printed on canvas depicting the birth of Venus in the style of famed French painter Raoul Dufy. We have two copies available so collect both and give some creative ...
Category
2010s Mid-Century Modern Prints
Materials
Canvas
Leonor Fini, self-portrait, rare print on paper
By Leonor Fini
Located in Saint ouen, FR
Leonor Fini, rare original serigraph on Rives paper, circa 1970
Rare print handsigned by surrealist artist Leonor Fini, inscreasingly esteemed with the movement of rediscovering art...
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1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Prints
Materials
Paper
Josef Albers Silk Screen Diptych
By Josef Albers
Located in Chicago, IL
Josef Albers Formulations - Articulations I & II
Edition 974/1000
1972 screenprint on paper #11
Embossed with Josef Albers initials, portfolio and folder number. This work is publ...
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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
$484 Sale Price
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Henry Moore Signed Leopard Framed Lithograph from His Animals in the Zoo Series
By Henry Moore
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This signed and numbered lithograph was done by the very well known British artist and sculptor Henry Moore in approximately 1980-1982 in his Modernist style. This lithograph comes f...
Category
Late 20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Prints
Materials
Paper
Joan Miro Mid Century Art Print
Located in Countryside, IL
Joan Miro Mid Century Art Print
This print measures: 14 wide x .25 deep x 18 inches high
This print is in Excellent Vintage Condition with ...
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1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Prints
Materials
Paper
Otto Eglau, Im Hafen, Etching, 1961
Located in Warszawa, Mazowieckie
Otto Eglau, Im Hafen, 1961
Etching
Test print
The work signed by the artist's signature. Has title and date.
Dimensions 47/60
Unframed work
Otto Eglau (191...
Category
1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Prints
Materials
Paper
$759 Sale Price
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Midcentury Original "Anne De Francony Galerie" Portrait Poster by Roland Oublot
Located in Miami, FL
Original vintage poster from well-known gallery in the south of France. Portrait Art by Roland Oublot.
Galerie de Francony was founded by Geoffroy de Francony to promote the works ...
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20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Prints
Materials
Paper
$156 Sale Price
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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
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
Abstract Screen Print Entitled "Series 8 Vertical Tri Motif i " by Gordon House
By Gordon House
Located in San Diego, CA
Signed limited edition abstract screen print entitled "Series 8 Vertical Tri Motif (i)" by Brittish artist Gordon House, circa 1976/77. The work is signed, dated and titled in pencil...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Prints
Materials
Paper
$960 Sale Price
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Adja Yunkers, "Red Echo", Abstract Lithograph, Signed
By Adja Yunkers
Located in New York, NY
"Red Echo" by Adja Yunkers (1900-1983), abstract lithograph, signed. Lithograph on wove paper, signed, dated and numbered in pencil lower right: 2/40 Adja Yunkers 1976. Titled "Red Echo" in lower left in pencil. Lithograph was been archivally matted and framed with a 1.5 inch white lacquered wood molding and UV plexiglass. Framed size: 41 inches x 30.38 inches x 1.5 inches.
Yunkers, a major New York mid-twentieth century abstract painter and printmaker, was part of a group of New York artists (and friends) which included Robert Motherwell, Willem De Kooning, Mark Rothko, Phillip Guston...
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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 ...
Category
1980s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Prints
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.
Category
1940s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Prints
Materials
Screen
$2,500 / set
Vintage Framed and Signed Watercolor Artwork, Possibly a Print.
Located in Seattle, WA
Framed and Matted within wooden frame. Unable to verify if this is a print or original. Cannot open the frame and risk the integrity of the Artwork. Vintage Condition Consistent with...
Category
1970s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Prints
Materials
Wood
Vintage School Map Of Czech State, Czechoslovakia 1960s
Located in Zohor, SK
This is a great vintage school map of "Czech State1526-1648". The map was produced by a National company Skolske Pomocky (School accessories) in 1960s in Czechoslovakia. This map was...
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1960s Czech Vintage Mid-Century Modern Prints
Materials
Wood, Paper
$163 Sale Price
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Pair of Marino Marini Lithographs
Located in Atlanta, GA
Pair of Marino Marini lithographs, from the Marino Marini portfolio, printed by Carl Schunemann, Germany, circa 1968. They have been framed in clean lined black lacquer gallery frames.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Prints
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
$1,400 / set
Joan Miró Lithographs
By Joan Miró
Located in Atlanta, GA
Selection of Joan Miro color lithographs, France, circa 1960s. Only the lithograph in the center is available. The lithographs on the right and left have been sold. We purchased a gr...
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Prints
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
$650 / item
Lithography by Jean Carzou on Japanese Handmade Paper
By Jean Carzou
Located in Weesp, NL
Experience the Magic of Venice Through Jean Cartou’s Eyes
Step into the timeless beauty of Venice with this stunning 1973 lithograph by Jean Cartou, crafted on delicate Japanese pap...
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1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Prints
Materials
Paper
Lithograph by Léonor Fini, XXth Century.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Lithograph by Léonor Fini, XXth Century.
Lithograph by Léonor Fini, unsigned, unframed, 20th century.
h : 64,5cm , w : 50cm, d: 0,2cm
Category
20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Prints
Materials
Paper
Oversized Chocolate Advertising Poster, Belgium, 1999
Located in Saarbruecken, DE
Oversized chocolate advertising poster, Belgium, 1999.
One of three very rare large advertising posters from the brand ‘Jacques Chocolate’ ...
Category
1990s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Prints
Materials
Paper
"Silhouette - Porcelain" Silkscreen (Serigraph) Framed Print by Denise Duplock
Located in London, England
A signed silkscreen print named Silhouette by Denise Duplock. On the left it's signed with the name of the piece and on the right the artist's signature - D. Duplock. The piece show...
Category
Early 2000s British Mid-Century Modern Prints
Materials
Aluminum
Pair of Marino Marini Lithographs
Located in Atlanta, GA
Pair of Marino Marini lithographs, from the Marino Marini portfolio, printed by Carl Schunemann, Germany, circa 1968. They have been framed in clean lined black lacquer gallery frames.
Category
1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Prints
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
$950 / set
Limited Edition Untitled Woodblock Print by Margaret Wenstrup '1958'
Located in Brooklyn, NY
An untitled abstract woodblock print by Margaret Wenstrup (1930-2008) dated 1958. Wenstrup was a well-known Cincinnati, OH artist who graduated from ...
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Prints
Materials
Paper
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 ...
Category
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Prints
Materials
Wood, Paper
Joan Miro Mid Century Abstract Art Print
Located in Countryside, IL
Joan Miro Mid Century Abstract Art Print
This print measures: 14 wide x .25 deep x 18 inches high
This print is in Excellent Vintage Con...
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Prints
Materials
Paper
MIKUŠ, 'Badjeros 1/30', Surrealist Sepia Engraving, Czechoslovakia, C.1979
Located in Chatham, ON
MIKUŠ - 'Badjeros 1/30' - Surrealist sepia engraving on paper - titled and numbered in pencil lower left - signed and dated in pencil lower right - unf...
Category
Late 20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Prints
Materials
Paper
Leopoldo Torres Agüero, Mid Century Monotype, France/Argentina, Circa 1960
By Leopoldo Torres Aguero
Located in Chatham, ON
Leopoldo Torres Agüero (b.1924 Argentina - d.1995 France) - 'Untitled' - Rare and early Mid-Century Modern three color monotype on buff paper - signed and dated lower right - signed ...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Prints
Materials
Paper
Vintage Leonard Baskin "Ahab With Red Hat" Lithograph
Located in Atlanta, GA
Leonard Baskin (1922 - 2000) "Ahab With Red Hat" original lithograph. Signed in the stone and dated 1970. Pulled directly from the original stone. Printed on fine rag paper at the Ba...
Category
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Prints
Materials
Paper
$716 Sale Price
20% Off
Joan Miró Femme Et Chat Lithograph Framed Printed Wall Art England 1989 Cartoon
Located in Miami, FL
Finding the perfect cartoons miro may mean sifting through those created during different time periods — this is a version that dates to the late 20th century, titled Femme Et Chat.
...
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Late 20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Prints
Materials
Plastic, Paper
Vintage Framed Swedish Lithograph by Bengt Lindstrom
Located in Atlanta, GA
Description: Bengt Karl Erik Lindström (September 3, 1925, Berg Municipality — January 29, 2008) was a Swedish artist. Lindström was one of Sweden's bes...
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1950s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Prints
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Abstract Color Lithograph, Komposition, Framed, 1981
Located in Warszawa, Mazowieckie
Unknown author, Composition, 1981
Color lithograph
The number 8/50
Work with the artist's signature and individual number
Working dimensions 63/71
Th...
Category
1980s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Prints
Materials
Paper
$682 Sale Price
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Vintage Modern Lithograph, Lovers by Unknown Artist
Located in Warszawa, Mazowieckie
Author unknown, Lovers
Lithography
Number 93/100
The work is signed by the artist and individually numbered
Work dimensions 48/39
Unframed work
Work in original vintage condition. ...
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1980s Unknown Vintage Mid-Century Modern Prints
Materials
Paper
$701 Sale Price
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Edvins Strautmanis Signed Mid Century Abstract Silkscreen Art
Located in Countryside, IL
Edvins Strautmanis signed mid century abstract silkscreen art
This piece measures: 24 wide x 1.5 deep x 31.75 inches high
Excellent vintage condit...
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Prints
Materials
Metal
Limited Edition Lithograph in Custom Frame by Lowell Nesbitt, White Rose, 1981
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Lowell Nesbitt (1933-1993)
White Rose, circa 1981
Limited edition # 124 / 200
Artist-signed and numbered
Measures: 34.5" x 34.5" framed
Vintage contemporary art colored lithog...
Category
1980s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Prints
Materials
Paint, Paper, Wood
Charles Levier (Fr., 1920 - 2003) Signed & Numbered Litho Titled "Night Life"
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Lithograph depicting figures in formal attire in an evening out setting, bottle on table in the lower left.
Presented in a gold-tone textured and smooth nickel frame, matted and glaz...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Prints
Materials
Metal
Vintage Signed and Framed Etching Print by Suzanne Rauacher of Abstract sailboat
Located in Seattle, WA
Professionally framed and matted within gold toned frame. The outer side of the frame black toned as Pictured. Signed in the Lower Corner. Suzanne was a French Artist born in 1912. A...
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1970s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Prints
Materials
Wood
Luigi Rincicotti, I Dodici Mesi, August
Located in Miami, FL
Luigi Rincicotti, a surrealist painter, was born in Fano, Italy and his artworks have been featured in over 200 exhibitions and museums both in his home country Italy and in other pa...
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1980s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Prints
Materials
Paper
Ibram Lassaw, Framed Pencil Signed Limited Edition Abstract Lithograph, 1970
By Ibram Lassaw
Located in Morristown, NJ
Ibram Lassaw (Egyptian/American, 1913-2003), a striking monochrome lithograph, untitled, from Peace Portfolio I, pencil signed and dated "Lassaw, 1970", and numbered "67/175", with a...
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1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Prints
Materials
Metal
Reuven Rubin Story of David 1971 Signed and Numbered Lithograph Print 'a'
By Reuven Rubin
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Reuven Rubin framed story of David 1971 signed and numbered lithograph print (A). Item featured is pencil signed and numbered, original vintage ...
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1970s 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...
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Prints
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
Charlie Chaplin Block Print
Located in Savannah, GA
A Charlie Chaplin block print, unsigned, mid-20th century.
sight: 11 ¾ by 16 ¾ inches
frame: 17 by 22 ½ inches
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Prints
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
Mid Century William Gropper Lithograph Print
Located in W Allenhurst, NJ
Vintage William Gropper print signed and numbered. Great period piece depicting woman play guitar.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Prints
Materials
Paper
Vintage Swedish Engineering Chart Poster
Located in Atlanta, GA
Vintage Swedish engineering instructional diagram chart or poster. Unframed. String hanger.
Highly collectible ephemera from 1950's Sweden.
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1950s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Prints
Materials
Paper
Vintage Signed Framed Matted Mid Century Style Silkscreen or Serigraph Print
Located in Seattle, WA
A serene vintage silkscreen or serigraph print titled “Along the Beach" by Walter Blount. This coastal scene captures a sunset with seabirds gliding above windswept dunes and driftwo...
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1970s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Prints
Materials
Wood
Etudes d'Animaux Sauvages, Etching and Drypoint by Odette Denis
Located in Ulm, DE
"Etudes d'animaux sauvages" (french: Wildlife studies)
Etching and drypoint
by Odette Denis, signed
framed (64x44 cm)
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Prints
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
Original Vintage Black&White Graphics, Isolation and Libido by Josep Pla-Narbona
Located in Warszawa, Mazowieckie
Josep Pla-Narbona, INCOMUNICACIÓN Y LIBIDO, 1971
Graphics
Work signed by the artist (pencil)
Sheet dimensions 40/29
Unframed work
Josep Pla-Narbona was born...
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1970s Spanish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Prints
Materials
Paper
$1,332 Sale Price
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Luigi Rincicotti, I Dodici Mesi, April Lithograph
Located in Miami, FL
Luigi Rincicotti, a surrealist painter, was born in Fano Italy and his artworks have been featured in over 200 exhibitions and museums both in his home country Italy and in other par...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Prints
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Abstract Color Lithograph, Abrakadabra by Carl F. Reuterswärd
Located in Warszawa, Mazowieckie
Carl Fredrik Reuterswärd, Abracadabra, 1990s
Color lithograph
Number 34/200
Work with the artist's signature, title and individual number (...
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1990s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Prints
Materials
Paper
$854 Sale Price
20% Off
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
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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Josef Albers "Formulation : Articulation" Portfolio II, Folder 12
By Josef Albers
Located in Chicago, IL
JOSEF ALBERS (1888 – 1976)
"Formulation : Articulation" Portfolio II, Folder 12
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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