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Period: 1940s
Place of Origin: American
Single Midcentury Copper Fish Sculpture
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Exceptional artistically made single copper fish , beautiful patina ,originally was part of very impressive gate, salvaged from south Florida estate. will look great as architectur...
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1940s Vintage American Wall-mounted Sculptures

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Copper

Wurlitzer Piano Wall Hanging
By Wurlitzer
Located in Asbury Park, NJ
Excited to offer this amazing piece of art. This is the working parts of a Wurlitzer Baby Grand Piano. It has been removed from this vintage piano and mounted to the wall as a wall s...
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1940s Vintage American Wall-mounted Sculptures

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Wood

Molded Plywood Leg Splint by Charles & Ray Eames
By Charles and Ray Eames, Evans Products Company
Located in 성동구, KR
Mid century leg splint created by Charles and Ray Eames for Evans Products Company, 1943. This iconic piece of history is sculpturally crafted in one piece using molded plywood and ...
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1940s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Wall-mounted Sculptures

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Plywood

"Honoring Henry Agard Wallace", Art Deco Bronze by Chambellan for B'nai B'rith
By René Paul Chambellan
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Highly important both artistically and historically, this high style Art Deco bronze panel, full of symbolism and patriotic fervor, was commissioned by B'nai B'rith and sculpted by R...
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1940s Art Deco Vintage American Wall-mounted Sculptures

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Bronze

Hideo, “Bathing Women on Rocks”, Framed Bronze Bas-Relief, c. 1940
Located in San Francisco, CA
A delightful circa 1940 untitled patinated cast bronze bas-relief wall sculpture by Hideo depicting a pair of bathing women in original elm wood frame. Classical scene centers on a ...
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1940s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Wall-mounted Sculptures

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Bronze

Original Charles & Ray Eames Mid Century Leg Splint in Molded Plywood, 1943
By Charles and Ray Eames
Located in Stockholm, SE
Rare leg splint by Charles & Ray Eames in molded plywood and its unopened original wrapping produced by Evans 1943. A true mid century collectible piece perfect as a wall sculpture e...
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1940s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Wall-mounted Sculptures

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Plywood, Paper

Mid Century C1940 Wooden Airplane Propeller by Fahlin Columbia Missouri USA
By Fahlin Production
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous and super cool looking C1940 wooden airplane propeller by Fahlin Propellers of Columbia Missouri. In excellent vintage condition wit...
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1940s Industrial Vintage American Wall-mounted Sculptures

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Brass

"Flight", Important Pair of Art Deco Sculptural Maquettes with Nude & Airplane
By Brenda Putnam
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Stunningly sculpted and highly evocative of a harrowing period in American history, this pair of original plaster maquettes, beautifully finished in an old gold paint, were made by Brenda Putnam in preparation for her 1941 bronze medallion commissioned by the Society of Medalists...
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1940s Art Deco Vintage American Wall-mounted Sculptures

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Plaster

Collection of Vintage Painter's Palettes, Wall Sculpture
Located in Atlanta, GA
Collection of Vintage Artist's Palettes, American, circa 1940s - 1960s. The largest palette measures 15.5"H x 19.5"W. The smallest measures 7.5"H x 10.5"W.
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1940s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Wall-mounted Sculptures

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Wood, Paint

Rare Grill Willys Jeep 1940
Located in Meulebeke, BE
Rare grill of a military Willys jeep 1940. Can be used as a decorative item on the wall or can also be re-used in a restoration project. In a original co...
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1940s Industrial Vintage American Wall-mounted Sculptures

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Metal

Joseph Anthony Atchison Rare Art Deco Relief Panel "Nude with Torch, "
Located in St. Louis, MO
Cast in aluminum, this rare relief panel depicts a kneeling nude male figure with a torch whose flame echoes the billowing folds of his drapery. The figure is wearing a helmet in the Greek manner, and is looking far afield, perhaps representing light or knowledge. The sculptor was Joseph Anthony...
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1940s Art Deco Vintage American Wall-mounted Sculptures

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Aluminum

"Acrobat, " Highly Important Bas Relief by Richmond Barthé
By Richmond Barthé
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Without doubt America's finest black sculptor working in the 1930s-1950s, Richmond Barthé created an extraordinarily important body of work, with a clear, abiding focus on portraits and the male figure. Although he was a part of the Harlem Renaissance and had many important friends and clients, including Langston Hughes, Ralph Ellison...
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1940s Art Deco Vintage American Wall-mounted Sculptures

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Paint

Midcentury Industrial Glove Hand Mold Cutters
Located in Wallkill, NY
These are iron mitt cutters straight out of a New York State Glove Factory. Measure: They range in size from 7.5 in to 9.5 in x 4.5 in to 7.25 in x .75 in high.  
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1940s Industrial Vintage American Wall-mounted Sculptures

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Metal

Midcentury Industrial Glove Hand Mold or Cutter, 1940s
Located in Wallkill, NY
Industrial glove cutters right out of a New York State glove factory that closed down years ago. They range in measurements. Measures: 5.5 in to 7 in high, 3 in to 4-3/8 in wide, 5/8...
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1940s Industrial Vintage American Wall-mounted Sculptures

Materials

Metal

Vintage Copper "Fish" Plaque
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Unique fish plaque (likely a barracuda or other ray-finned fish) in copper. Bracket present for wall-mounting. Fine, vintage condition. Measures: H 6.5...
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1940s Vintage American Wall-mounted Sculptures

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Copper

"Achievement, " Rare Bronze Art Deco Rondel with Archers, Industrial Setting
Located in Philadelphia, PA
No doubt commissioned to recognize excellence in some area of American industry in the 1930s or 40s, this highly rare bronze rondel depicts a pair of arc...
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1940s Art Deco Vintage American Wall-mounted Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Very Oversized Vintage Display Scissors in Wood
Located in East Hampton, NY
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).
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1940s Rustic Vintage American Wall-mounted Sculptures

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Wood

"Fruit Carrier, " Large Sculptural Relief in Mahogany with Male Figure, Art Deco
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Large and impressive, carved in a naive-sophisticated way that suggests folk art as well as WPA sculptures which glorified the worker, this large bas re...
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1940s Art Deco Vintage American Wall-mounted Sculptures

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Mahogany

Gargantuan Super Impressive World War II Wooden Airplane Propeller
Located in Hopewell, NJ
One of a kind enormous mahogany World War II navy plane propeller, sculptural as a found object to hang vertically or horizontally, with rich coloratio...
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1940s Rustic Vintage American Wall-mounted Sculptures

Materials

Mahogany

"Crested Water Bird, " Art Deco Rondel in Black and Gold by Waylande Gregory
By Waylande Gregory
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Rare and winning, this lovely Art Deco porcelain rondel, glazed in black, gold and red on a white ground, was designed and executed by Waylande Gregory, the great American sculptor a...
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1940s Art Deco Vintage American Wall-mounted Sculptures

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Porcelain

Lucite Dimensional Racetrack Sculptural Panels Custom Framed Pair of Vintage
Located in North Miami, FL
This pair of absolutely stunning tall dimensional, sculptural and textural 1940s Lucite panels are newly custom framed. The lucite panels look and feel like textural running water. T...
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1940s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Wall-mounted Sculptures

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Linen, Lucite, Wood

"Taurus, Pisces, Leo and Libra, " High Art Deco Depiction of Zodiac Signs
By Pierre Bourdelle
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Best known for sculpting the massive "Harvest" mural for the exterior of the main Food Building at the 1939-1940 New York World's Fair, as well as a series of bas relief sculptures i...
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1940s Art Deco Vintage American Wall-mounted Sculptures

"High-Stepping Horse, " Unique Art Deco Midcentury Ceramic Relief Sculpture
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Demonstrating a modern take on Etruscan and other ancient sculpture, this 1941-vintage relief rondel depicts a high-stepping horse and a leafing branch,...
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1940s Art Deco Vintage American Wall-mounted Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Important "Acrobat" Counter-Relief of Male Nude by Richmond Barthé
By Richmond Barthé
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This highly important and unique intaglio or counter-relief panel by Richmond Barthé is a wall sculpture that also served as the original carved relief for castings of the "Acrobat" (one of which is available from us). This piece retains its original label, signed by Barthé, indicating its importance as the original sculpture mold. Without doubt America's finest Black sculptor working in the 1930s-1950s, Richmond Barthé created an extraordinarily important body of work, with a clear, abiding focus on portraits and the male figure. Although he was a part of the Harlem Renaissance and had many important friends and clients, including Langston Hughes, Ralph Ellison...
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1940s Art Deco Vintage American Wall-mounted Sculptures

Materials

Plaster

Goodyear Trophy Race Plaque, National Air Races, 1948, with Chambellan Medal
By René Paul Chambellan
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This highly important and historic plaque, one of Goodyear's early trophy race awards for light racer airplanes in 1948, was given to Robert S. Hopkins to honour the entry of his plane in the National Air Races that year in Cleveland, Ohio. The year before, Hopkins' plane, The Falcon Special, lost a wing in one of the qualifying heats and his pilot, C. P. Smith, bailed out in time; both Hopkins and Smith were from Reidsville, North Carolina. Goodyear commissioned Rene Chambellan...
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1940s Art Deco Vintage American Wall-mounted Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

"Jump Shot, " Model for Art Deco Bronze Basketball Award Plaque, 1940s
By Fred Torrey
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Perhaps because it depicts its figures more as Greek athletes rather than modern players, this bronze Art Deco plaque is very rare, or possibly unique. The artist, Fred Torrey, depicts a Classic jump shot, with two virtually nude basketball players leaping up for the ball. Best known for his "Lincoln Walks at Midnight" sculpture which premiered at the 1939-1940 New York World's Fair (now displayed near the West Virginia state...
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1940s Art Deco Vintage American Wall-mounted Sculptures

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Bronze

"Bearded Egyptian, " Vivid and Unique Mosaic Panel, Art Deco Mid-Century
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Made up of a rich variety of color-drenched ceramic tesserae, this unique mosaic panel depicts a bearded Egyptian head in profile, his headdress vivid in tones of periwinkle and purp...
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1940s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Wall-mounted Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

"Weatherhead Award, " Rare Art Deco Bronze Panel for Excellence in Aerospace
By Walter Sinz
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Sculpted by Walter Sinz, one of Cleveland's most celebrated sculptors in the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s, this rare bronze panel recognized leading manufacturers in the aerospace industry, in this case an aircraft electronics company in Philadelphia. Like a rocket exploding out of its launching pad, this panel depicts a nude female figure shooting into the sky, in classic Art Deco stylized form. Sinz designed the Thompson Trophy, awarded by one of the prominent air races...
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1940s Art Deco Vintage American Wall-mounted Sculptures

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Bronze

"Health Chiropractic, " Cast Metal Trade Sign, Art Deco, Midcentury
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This classic example of trade signage featuring a nude male angel figure with outspread wings was cast in aluminium and painted a shade of off-white. It has...
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1940s Art Deco Vintage American Wall-mounted Sculptures

Materials

Aluminum

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