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Period: 1940s
French Watercolor - Bucolic Church
Located in Houston, TX
Warmly hued watercolor landscape of a old church perched atop a rural hillside by French artist R.D. Flament, 1940. Signed lower left and titled and dated lower right. Original art...
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1940s Art

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Paper, Watercolor

Original Be Sure of Your Backstop vintage N. R. A., 1946 Gun Safety poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original “Be Sure of Your Backstop” vintage National Rifle Association of America vintage poster. Printed in 1946 on a thick cardboard stock. Gppd condition with slight wear and...
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American Modern 1940s Art

Materials

Lithograph

Vintage Mediterranean Port and Boats Landscape Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Charming painting of a Mediterranean town, two men untangle a fishnet while beach goers frolic on the shore, circa 1940. Original one-of-a-kind vintage work of art on paper displaye...
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Other Art Style 1940s Art

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Paper, Gouache

Dufza - Paris - Conciergerie - Original Handsigned Etching
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Dufza - Paris - Conciergerie - Original Handsigned Etching Circa 1940 Handsigned in pencil Dimensions: 20 x 25 cm
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Modern 1940s Art

Materials

Etching

A Delightful 1940 Painting of Two Women Lounging by Artist Harold Haydon
Located in Chicago, IL
A delightful 1940 painting of two women lounging in the Vermont wilderness by artist Harold Haydon. Haydon had a summer compound in Calais, Vermont, where he often painted. Images ...
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American Modern 1940s Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Frida Kahlo en la casa azul, Coyoacán, Mexico. Platinum edition. B&W Portrait
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Matiz managed to create intimate portraits, in which Frida seemed happy to surrender to her lens. The result was dynamic portraits of Khalo, a wonderful example of both the photograp...
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Other Art Style 1940s Art

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Archival Pigment, Black and White

The King Of Jazz Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
The King Of Jazz 1949 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition 1949: Photographers taking pictures of American jazz trumpeter and singer, Louis Armstrong (1901 – 1971) as...
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Modern 1940s Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Frida Kahlo in Xochimilco, Mexico. Black and white Portrait photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Matiz managed to create intimate portraits, in which Frida seemed happy to surrender to her lens. The result was dynamic portraits of Khalo, a wonderful example of both the photograp...
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Other Art Style 1940s Art

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Black and White, Digital Pigment

Gris, Composition, Du cubisme (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Etching, Engraving on vélin du Lana Papiers Spéciaux pure rag paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition. Notes: From the folio, Du Cubisme, 1947. Published by Compagn...
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Modern 1940s Art

Materials

Engraving, Etching

Vintage Color WWII Poster "it will look even Bigger..." Offset Lithograph
Located in Surfside, FL
This is a vintage 1946 public service announcement poster The artwork is bold, clear and direct. "it will look even bigger… after the war!" Girl looks on longingly at 10 dollar bill....
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American Realist 1940s Art

Materials

Offset

Gauguin, Be in Love and You will be Happy, Gauguin (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Woodcut on vélin Utopian paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition. Notes: From the folio, Gauguin, A portfolio of 12 color woodblocks, Paul Gauguin, French, 1848-1903 from the collection of the Museum Of Fine Arts, Boston, 1946. Rendered by Albert Carman (1899-1949); published the Museum Of Fine Arts, Boston and The Studio Publications, Inc., New York and London; printed by Holme Press Inc., New York, in an edition of MMMD. Excerpted from the folio, Paul Gauguin and Emil Bernard at Pont-Aven, Brittany, in 1888, each made a bas-relief, wooden panel to decorate a piece of furniture for a friend. In order to keep a record of their designs, a few inked impressions were made on paper. The illustration at left is a reproduction of a print which is possibly one of the above mentioned. It is further possible that this experiment later gave Gauguin the idea of making woodcuts. Just as his work in painting expressed a revolt against the overemphasis on factual representation of the nineteenth century in favor of decorative pattern and color, so also his woodcuts leaned strongly to the same side of the balance. Ten of the cuts reproduced (all excepting Soyez Amoureuses and Changement de Residence), which constitute the whole of his best known series, were made at Pont-Aven beginning in the fall of 1894, after Gauguin's return from his first trip to Tahiti and after he broke his ankle. They were at first roughly cut with a common carpenter's gouge, and the flat surfaces sandpapered and engraved with a sharp in-strument, perhaps an engraver's burin. A few trial proofs were printed in black ink only. Then the hollows were deepened with a woodcutter's gouge and highlights were added. An edition of thirty to fifty impressions of each subject, with the addition of color blocks (one, two or three), was made by Louis Roy...
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Post-Impressionist 1940s Art

Materials

Woodcut

Vidal Rolland Roses Original Oil. painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Antonio Vidal Rolland (Barcelona, 1889 - 1970. Artwork signed by the artist. acrylic on canvas Catalan painter. Disciple of José Ruiz Blasco father of Picasso a Lonja and Aleix Clapé...
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Realist 1940s Art

Materials

Oil

Naked woman from behind
Located in Genève, GE
Work on paper Silver wooden frame with glass pane 44 x 33 x 1 cm
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1940s Art

Materials

Crayon

Magritte, Sans titre, View, Surrealism in Belgium (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin paper. Paper Size: 12 x 9 inches. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the album, View, Surrealism in Belgium, vol. VII, n°2, D...
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Surrealist 1940s Art

Materials

Lithograph

Landscape
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas Golden wooden frame 62.5 x 72 x 4 cm
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1940s Art

Materials

Oil

Max Ernst, Portrait of an Insect, from Cahiers d Art, 1949 (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph and pochoir after Max Ernst (1891–1976), titled Portrait dinsecte (Portrait of an Insect), from the album Cahiers dArt No. 24, 1949, originates from the 194...
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Surrealist 1940s Art

Materials

Lithograph

Techos, Mexico, Architectural landscape black and white Vintage Photograph.
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Black and white photographs that reveal the various facets and aesthetic searches of the legendary Colombian photographer, recognized as the creator of memorable realistic, abstract ...
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Other Art Style 1940s Art

Materials

Photographic Paper

Sleeping Owl, Bronze Sculpture by Antonovici - Brancusi s Protege
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Constantin Antonovici, Romanian (1911 - 2002) Title: Sleeping Owl Year: 1947 Medium: Bronze with Patina on Marble Base, signature and number inscribed Edition: 1/9 Size: 29 i...
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Modern 1940s Art

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Bendell-Bayly RAF Lancaster Bomber original oil design for World War 2 poster
Located in London, GB
To see our other original vintage propaganda posters, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller" - or send us a message if you cannot fin...
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Modern 1940s Art

Materials

Oil

Lakeside Watercolor - Sailboats on the Lake
By Erika Schob
Located in Houston, TX
Classic lakeside watercolor of a small sailboats docked on a late afternoon by artist Erika Schob, 1941. Displayed on a white mat with a gold border and fits a standard-size frame....
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1940s Art

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Vintage French Landscape - Peacock Pond
Located in Houston, TX
Pencil drawing of splendid peacocks resting peacefully beside a glistening pond and willow tree. Signed and dated 1942 lower right. Displayed on a white mat with a gold border and ...
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1940s Art

Materials

Pencil, Paper

Braque, Composition, Du cubisme (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Aquatint, Etching on vélin du Lana Papiers Spéciaux pure rag paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition. Notes: From the folio, Du Cubisme, 1947. Published by Compagni...
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Modern 1940s Art

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

“The Hunters”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original watercolor with graphite tracings of two hunters in the field by the British artist, George Anderson Short. Signed bottom right. Circa ...
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Academic 1940s Art

Materials

Watercolor, Archival Paper, Graphite

Le Croates en Allemagne (French Army)-Original Drawing By Herbert Knotel - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Le Croates en Allemagne is an original drawing in ink and watercolor realized by Herbert Knotel in 1930/40s. Good condition except for being aged. The artwork is depicted through strong lines in well-balanced conditions. Herbert Knotel was a german artist, son and pupil of the famous uniformologist and military historian Richard Knotel. He served as officer under Marshal Hindenburg in the Prussian Army...
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Modern 1940s Art

Materials

Ink, Watercolor

The Arve from Vessy, Switzerland
Located in Genève, GE
Work on paper Brown wooden frame with glass pane 56 x 70 x 1.6 cm
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Modern 1940s Art

Materials

Pencil

“Bringing Home the Game”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original watercolor with graphite tracings of a hunter bring home the fresh game by the British artist, George Anderson Short. Signed top right. ...
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Academic 1940s Art

Materials

Watercolor, Archival Paper, Graphite

20th century Belgium, Black and White Abstract pencil drawing, Etude
Located in Woodbury, CT
Outstanding pencil on paper Abstract drawing. Marcel Dumont was a Liège artist who painted in oils and gouache, also produced collages and was an illustrator and engraver, doing so in a number of different styles. Early on in his career, he tended to produce paintings displaying a poetic realism but this changed over time until, in 1957, he was employing geometric abstraction and later still, the influence of pop art could be discerned. His geometric style has strong linear structure which occasionally veers to expressionism and the effect of this is an interesting sense of detachment that the viewer of the work can feel and one engages with the subject on a different level than one would normally expect. A critic wrote of him," Sometimes expressionist, sometimes linear, the abstraction forms itself willingly, in Marcel Dumont's world, to leave the rectangular structure to connect to carefully prepared tones. He retains also, in his abundant output, a few poetic pop-art collages together with a number of drawings and engravings illustrating Stefan Zweig...
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Abstract 1940s Art

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Paper, Pencil

Watercolor Landscape - Majestic Oak with Country Home in Background
Located in Houston, TX
Rustically charming watercolor on brown paper of an impressive oak tree by German artist Karl Teodor, 1943. Unsigned. Original vintage one-of-a-kind artwork on paper displayed on a ...
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1940s Art

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Watercolor, Paper

Countryside and peasants
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas dimensions with frame 74 x 93 x 6 cm This captivating work depicts a rural landscape where the harmony between nature and architecture is carefully portrayed. In the f...
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1940s Art

Materials

Oil

Original Ribet - Desjardins UNIC Television and Radio vintage poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original French poster: Ribet-Desjardins Télévision Unic Radio Ribet - Desjardins Television Unic Radio. Original 47 x 63 antique French lithograph...
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Art Deco 1940s Art

Materials

Lithograph

La Sfida in Riva all’Egeo
Located in Roma, IT
Hand signed. Edition of 121 copies printed by Igino Alessandrini. One of the only 15 prints in Roman Numerals on light blue Fabriano Paper. Image dimensions: 46 x 30 cm. Bibliograph...
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Modern 1940s Art

Materials

Paper, Lithograph

Flower bed
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas
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Dutch School 1940s Art

Materials

Oil

Backstage At La Scala Essentials Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Backstage At La Scala 1948 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition A chorus girl reads a movie magazine in a dressing room at La Scala opera house, Milan, November 1948...
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Modern 1940s Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Jerry, Provincetown
Located in London, GB
Silver print, titled (verso) by Paul Cadmus, 11cm x 13cm, (33cm x 38cm framed). the work is framed behind museum quality non-reflective UV glass. In 1937, the painters, Paul Cadmus...
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Post-War 1940s Art

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Silver Gelatin

"Autumn Wood Interior" John E. Costigan, Early 20th Century Landscape Painting
Located in New York, NY
John Edward Costigan Autumn Wood Interior, 1946 Signed, lower left "J.E. Costigan N.A." Oil on canvas 24 x 30 inches John Costigan was a self-taught painter and trained printer dis...
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Impressionist 1940s Art

Materials

Oil

Unique Pair Of Vintage Herbarium Displays. A Botanical Flower Press With Frame
Located in Frederiksberg C, DK
A unique pair of vintage herbarium / botanical displays collected and created by S. Lindwald in June 1946 in Sweden. These botanical specimen are preserved behind glass in a new doub...
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Romantic 1940s Art

Materials

Archival Paper

Jardin du Luxembourg
Located in Cotignac, FR
Mid 20th Century sketch drawing on paper by the Dutch artist Wim Oepts for his painting Jardin du Luxembourg from 1948 (SK115 Monografie en Oeurvr...
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Realist 1940s Art

Materials

Paper, Carbon Pencil

Le Char Triomphal de l’Antimoine-Vintage Rare Book Illustrated by V.Brauner-1949
Located in Roma, IT
Le Char Triomphal de l’Antimoine is an original modern rare book written by Yvan Goll (Sankt Didel,1891 – Neuilly-sur-Seine, 1950) and illustrated by Victor Brauner (Piatra Neamț, 19...
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Modern 1940s Art

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Paper, Woodcut

Preparing the Meal
Located in Wiscasett, ME
This oil on canvas is signed and date in the upper left and measures 38" x 45.25" including the frame. Sam Uhrdin (Swedish School, 1886-1964). Sam Uhrdi...
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Impressionist 1940s Art

Materials

Oil

MATTA - 10 EROTIC ETCHINGS - New School Portfolio
Located in Santa Monica, CA
ROBERTO MATTA (Chilean 1911- 2002) NEW SCHOOL PORTFOLIO (1943-5) (Sabatier 1-7, 4 prints not recorded by Sabatier) Portfolio with complete set of 10 etch...
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Surrealist 1940s Art

Materials

Etching

Young Velvets Vogue 1949 Limited Edition Estate Print
Located in London, GB
Young Velvets, Young Prices photoshoot, 1949 Limited Edition Print by Norman Parkinson Three velvet-capped women huddle in gossip as another looks on during an October 1949 Vogue ...
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Modern 1940s Art

Materials

C Print

French Watercolor - Le Guerzit Coastline
Located in Houston, TX
Relaxing watercolor seascape of the varied coastline along Le Guerzit, France by artist C. Querneville, circa 1940. Titled and signed lower left. Original artwork on paper displaye...
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1940s Art

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Paper, Watercolor

Vintage Midland, Texas Oil Painting by Alpha Lanham (1885-1972), ca 1950
Located in Baltimore, MD
This is a lovely oil on board landscape by noted Midland, Texas artist Alpha Johnson Lanham. It is a view of old stone steps within a landscape. The painting is an essay in paint a...
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Post-Impressionist 1940s Art

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Oil

Lying Nude - Original Lithograph by Felice Casorati - 1946
Located in Roma, IT
Hand Signed. Edition of 100 prints plus 5 prints in Roman Numerals. From the portfolio: "Dieci Litografie (Numerus, Mensura, Pondus)". Very rare print in good conditions. This artw...
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1940s Art

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Lithograph

Nude Girl, Polynesian Girl Tahiti, Annabella
Located in Miami, FL
In some instances, a painting will look significantly much better in person than it does digitize. This is one instance. In-person, this painting will knock your socks off. It is...
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Post-Impressionist 1940s Art

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Canvas, Oil

Vintage Pastel Collage - Rehearsal
By Eli Berg
Located in Houston, TX
Whimsical oil pastel drawing of an elaborate theater stage hosting a single ballerina made of a vintage photograph by Eli Berg, circa 1940. Original artwork on paper displayed on...
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1940s Art

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Oil Pastel, Paper

Original "The 3rd Man" 1949 original first printing vintage movie poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original “The 3rd Man”, 1949, linen-backed vintage one-sheet movie poster "The 3rd Man". NSS: # 49/452. Excellent condition with restored original fold m...
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American Modern 1940s Art

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Offset

Two Maidens by a Stream after Narcissus Diaz de La Pena Barbizon - Original Oil
Located in Soquel, CA
Two Maidens by a Stream after Narcissus Diaz de La Pena Original l Oil on Linen Idyllic painting of two girls walking along a path towards a stream in the Barbizon style of Narcisse ...
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Post-War 1940s Art

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Linen, Oil, Stretcher Bars

Abstract Work on Paper Mid-Century Modernism Greek American Gouache Drawing
Located in New York, NY
Abstract Work on Paper Mid-Century Modernism Greek American Gouache Drawing. A modernist artist who emigrated to America from Greece in 1904, when he was fourteen years old, Jean Xceron is described as having a reputation as an artist that has mysteriously fallen into obscurity---especially since he was reportedly quite prominent during his lifetime. However, a partial explanation of that omission is the fact that many of his papers and early records have been lost. He was a painter of biomorphic abstractions and did collages, which were influenced by Dadaism. Xceron was active in New York City when modernism was gaining influence. Of him during this period, it was written that his artistic role was "a vital link between what is commonly termed as the first-generation (the Stieglitz group, the Synchromists, etc.) and second-generation, the American Abstract Artists, the Transcendental Painting...
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American Modern 1940s Art

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Paper, Gouache

Chrysalides, Surrealist Etching by Andre Masson
Located in Long Island City, NY
Andre Masson, French (1896 - 1987) - Chrysalides, Year: Circa 1947, Medium: Etching and Aquatint on Arches, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: EA, Image Size: 10 x 14 inches, S...
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Surrealist 1940s Art

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Etching, Aquatint

"Gloucester Morning"
Located in Southampton, NY
Circa 1940 Signed lower right Newly matted and framed Sight size 9.5 x 12 in. Overall size with frame 16 x 18 in.
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Post-Impressionist 1940s Art

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Watercolor, Paper

Autograph Letter with Original Sketch by Hans Erni - 1949
Located in Roma, IT
Autograph Letter Signed with Original Sketch by Hans Erni to Nesto Jacometti. March 5th, 1949. Signed "ton Erni". One page, one-sided. On ivory colored tissue paper. In French. In very good conditions, except for an horizontal tape connecting two parts of the sheet. Perfectly readabe, although the nervous calligraphy. An original red ink sketch...
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Modern 1940s Art

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Paper, Ink

Statue bronze marble figurative Italian female portrait of the 20th century
Located in Florence, IT
Small bronze on a black marble base depicting the face of a young girl, gazing straight ahead with a serious gaze, her hair pulled back tied in a bun on her neck and one at the top o...
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Modern 1940s Art

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Liliac Nude - Original Tempera on Paper by Maurice Rouzée - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Lilac Nude is an original artwork realized by Maurice Rouzée in the 1940s. Tempera on paper. Hand-signed by the artist on the lower left margin. Good conditions, except for some smal...
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1940s Art

Materials

Tempera

Untitled from Le Surrealisme en 1947, Surrealist Etching by Bruno Capacci
Located in Long Island City, NY
Bruno Capacci, Italian (1906 - 1996) - Untitled from Le Surrealisme en 1947, Year: 1947, Medium: Etching, Edition: 950, Size: 9 x 7.75 in. (22.86 x 19.69 cm), Printer: Mourlot, Pari...
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Surrealist 1940s Art

Materials

Etching

Henri Matisse, Series G, Var. 1, Drawings, Themes and Variations, 1943 (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph after Henri Matisse (1869–1954), titled Serie G, var. 1 (Series G, Variation 1), from the album Henri Matisse, Dessins, Themes et Variations (Drawings, Them...
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Modern 1940s Art

Materials

Lithograph

Original "Back Them Up!" vintage British WWII poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original WWII poster: A British "Commando" raid on a German-held port in Norway. Back Them Up! Linen backed and ready to frame. Printed in England...
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American Modern 1940s Art

Materials

Lithograph

Belgian Pencil Sketch - Bourgeois Salon
Located in Houston, TX
Pencil sketch of a theater set designed to depict an elegant nineteenth century sitting room, circa 1950. Original artwork on paper displayed on a whi...
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1940s Art

Materials

Paper, Pencil

Early California modernist drawing by a well-known San Francisco abstract artist
Located in Colfax, CA
This is an energetic, colorful modernist study of two female figures in an interior, presumably a beach house in the summer. Erle Loran, (1905-1999), was an American painter and edu...
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American Modern 1940s Art

Materials

Oil Pastel

Henri Matisse, Series F, Var. 4, Drawings, Themes and Variations, 1943 (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph after Henri Matisse (1869–1954), titled Serie F, var. 4 (Series F, Variation 4), from the album Henri Matisse, Dessins, Themes et Variations (Drawings, Them...
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Modern 1940s Art

Materials

Lithograph