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Period: 1940s
Art Deco Polo Mural Study Signed by Wheeler Williams
Located in New York, NY
Wheeler Williams (American, 1897-1972) Untitled Study, 1944 (Polo Players) Pencil on paper 15 1/2 x 19 1/4 in. Signed lower right: Wheeler Williams, 1944 Artist studio label verso Inscribed on mat: Drawings for Proposed Murals: Polo Room, Hotel Plaza.... A native of Chicago, Wheeler Williams is known for his allegorical, narrative work including "Tablets to Pioneers" on the Michigan Avenue bridge in Chicago, and "Settlers of the Seaboard" in Fairmount Park in Philadelphia. He graduated with honors from Yale University in 1919 and earned a Master of Architecture degree from Harvard in 1922. He studied at the Art Institute of Chicago with sculptor Albin Polasek...
Category

Art Deco 1940s Art

Materials

Paper, Pencil

Le Croates en Allemagne - 1813 - Original Drawing By Herbert Knotel - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Le Croates 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 i...
Category

Modern 1940s Art

Materials

Ink, Watercolor

Architectural Detail - Original Lithograph by E.M. Beretta
Located in Roma, IT
Architectural detail is an original lithograph on ivory-colored paper, realized by Emilio Mario Beretta (1907-1974) in 1948. Reproducing the original charcoal sketch, this print is ...
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Modern 1940s Art

Materials

Lithograph

Vintage American Modernist Long Island Wild Flower Dock Scene Large Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage post impressionist landscape oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed in a wood molding. Excellent condition, read...
Category

Post-Impressionist 1940s Art

Materials

Oil, Board

"Beach at Santa Monica, California" George Chann, Chinese American, Modernist
By George Chann
Located in New York, NY
George Chann Beach at Santa Monica, California, circa 1942-46 Signed lower right Oil on canvas 12 x 16 inches Provenance Private Collection, Rhode Island Edgar Berebi, Barrington, R...
Category

American Modern 1940s Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

National Savings 1947 original vintage calendar poster
Located in London, GB
National Savings calendar poster (1946) Lithographic poster 50 x 38 cm Printed for HMSO by Marion, Son & Hall Ltd, London. An original lithographic ...
Category

Modern 1940s Art

Materials

Lithograph

“Figure with Large Brain”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original artist proof etching by the well known Russian/American artist Nahum Tschacbasov. Marked “AP” lower left for artist proof in pencil. Signed by the artist lower right in pen...
Category

Modern 1940s Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Etching

"Testing the Water" American Modernist Interior Scene Still Life Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Incredible and rare early American modernist interior scene still life. So finely painted and a very rare and provocative subject for its time. Signed lower left. Handsomely fram...
Category

Modern 1940s Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Mexican Babysitter, Folk Art Screenprint by Millard Sheets 1949
Located in Long Island City, NY
Mexican Babysitter Millard Owen Sheets, American (1907–1989) Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil Edition of AP Image Size: 24 x 11 inches
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American Modern 1940s Art

Materials

Lithograph

La Nageuse dans l aquarium, Modern Lithograph after Henri Matisse
Located in Long Island City, NY
La Nageuse dans l’aquarium (The Swimmer in the Tank) Henri Matisse (After) French (1869–1954) Portfolio: Jazz Date: Of Original: 1947 Year Printed: 1983 Lithograph Size: 15.25 x 2...
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Modern 1940s Art

Materials

Lithograph

Jane Russell and Gloria Green - Original b/w Photograph - 1940
Located in Roma, IT
Jane Russell and Gloria Green is an original b/w photograph about Hollywod '40 realized by De Wan Studios. Good condition, mounted on a white cardboard p...
Category

Contemporary 1940s Art

Materials

Photographic Paper

"Merton of the Movies", Lobby Card, USA 1948
Located in Cologne, DE
Merton of the Movies, USA 1948, Director: Robert Alton, Cast: Red Skelton, Charles D. Brown, Virginia O'Brien. The lobby cards would have been displayed inside the cinemas at the tim...
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Modern 1940s Art

Materials

Color

Bert, Bob and Betsy , Paris, Salon d Automne, New York, ASL, Corcoran, PAFA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
A stone lithograph titled 'Bert, Bob and Betsy' by Nura Woodson Ulreich (American, 1899-1950), created in 1943 and with certification of authenticity stamped verso. A bright and fres...
Category

1940s Art

Materials

Paper, Lithograph

Portrait of Ernest Hemingway - Vintage Photograph - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Ernest Hemingway is a black and white photograph realized in the 1940s. Good conditions.
Category

Contemporary 1940s Art

Materials

Photographic Paper

Kollwitz, Call of Death (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Kathe Kollwitz, Ten Lithographs. Published by Henry C. Kleemann and...
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Modern 1940s Art

Materials

Lithograph

Henri Matisse, Series E, Var. 12, Drawings, Themes and Variations, 1943 (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph after Henri Matisse (1869–1954), titled Serie E, var. 12 (Series E, Variation 12), from the album Henri Matisse, Dessins, Themes et Variations (Drawings, Th...
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Modern 1940s Art

Materials

Lithograph

Abstract Composition, Abstract Expressionist Lithograph by Henri Michaux
Located in Long Island City, NY
Henri Michaux, Belgian (1899 - 1984) - Abstract Composition, Year: 1949, Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 44/100, Image Size: 12 x 8.5 inches, Size: 1...
Category

Abstract Expressionist 1940s Art

Materials

Lithograph

Original poster by Falcucci in 1948 for Air Atlas - Morocco - Casablanca
Located in PARIS, FR
Beautiful poster by Falcucci in 1948 for Air Atlas. Air Atlas (Compagnie Chérifienne de l'Air) was a Moroccan airline based in Casablanca. Air Atlas was reg...
Category

1940s Art

Materials

Linen, Paper, Lithograph

Marie Laurencin, Anxious Young Woman, from Antares, 1944
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite etching by Marie Laurencin (1883–1956), titled Jeune femme inquiète (Anxious Young Woman), from the album Antares, eaux-fortes originales de Marie Laurencin (Antares, ...
Category

Modern 1940s Art

Materials

Etching

Methaphysical Composition - Original Pencil on Paper by Jean Michel Sept - 1947
Located in Roma, IT
Methaphysical Composition is an original pencil drawing on paper realized by Jean Michel Sept, in 1947. Hand-signed and dated, on the lower right. Good conditions.
Category

1940s Art

Materials

Pencil

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

Modern 1940s Art

Materials

Lithograph

"Spring Ploughing" Georgina Klitgaard, Modernist American Farmed Landscape
Located in New York, NY
Georgina Klitgaard Spring Ploughing Signed lower right Oil on canvas 34 x 42 inches Georgina Klitgaard’s art has sometimes gotten lost in the critical propensity to assign artists ...
Category

American Modern 1940s Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Le Soleil des Eaux II, Lithograph by Georges Braque
Located in Long Island City, NY
Georges Braque, French (1882 - 1963) - Le Soleil des Eaux II, Year: 1949, Medium: Lithograph, Edition: Test proof, Image Size: 7.25 x 6 inches, Size: 12 x 9 in. (30.48 x 22.86 cm), ...
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Modern 1940s Art

Materials

Lithograph

Grasses, Detroit
Located in Carmel, CA
Hand printed by the artist. SIgned in pencil. Print date 1988 Very sought after Callahan.
Category

1940s Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Summer in Town
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Summer in Town, 1943, oil on board, signed and dated lower right, 13 ¾ x 22 inches, titled and dated verso, exhibited: 1) 139th Annual Exhibition, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, ...
Category

American Modern 1940s Art

Materials

Oil, Board

Le Duc D Aumale - Lithograph by Auguste Raffet - 1943
Located in Roma, IT
Le Duc D' Aumale is a Lithograph on China paper realized by Auguste Raffet in 1843. Signed in the plate. lithograph on china paper, 1st edition. Good condition with foxing.
Category

Modern 1940s Art

Materials

Ink, Pencil

Henri Matisse, Lithograph X, from Repli, Engravings by Henri Matisse, 1947
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by Henri Matisse (1869–1954), titled Lithographie X (Lithograph X), from the album Repli, Gravures de Henri Matisse (Repli, Engravings by Henri Matisse), or...
Category

Modern 1940s Art

Materials

Lithograph

Ecole de Paris Mid 20th Century Pont Alexandre III
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Paris: Pont Alexandre III by Henri Miloch (1898-1979) signed lower right watercolour and gouache painting on artist's paper, unframed Sheet:: 13 x 9.75 inches Charming painting by ...
Category

Impressionist 1940s Art

Materials

Watercolor, Gouache

Fernand Leger, Comedy of Thirst, from The Illuminations, 1949
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by Fernand Leger (1881–1955), titled Comedie de la soif (Comedy of Thirst), originates from the 1949 folio Les Illuminations, lithographies originales de Fe...
Category

Modern 1940s Art

Materials

Lithograph

Mid 20th Century, Ludlow Castle and Town
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
England, Shropshire - Ludlow Castle, The Town and Dinham Bridge by Leonard Machin Rowe (1880-1968) signed front lower right and left, signed again and inscribed to the back watercol...
Category

Impressionist 1940s Art

Materials

Watercolor

Montmartre - China Ink Drawing by A. Hallman - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Montmartre is a beautiful black China ink drawing on ivory-colored paper, made by the Swedish illustrator and reporter Adolf Reinhold Hallman around the 40s. The state of preservatio...
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1940s Art

Materials

Ink

WWII-Era Pullman Company Poster "Moving Troops and You" in Original Frame
Located in Chicago, IL
An offset lithograph, WWII-Era Pullman Company Poster "Moving Troops and You" in its original frame! Image size: 26 1/2" x 20 1/2". Framed size: 28 1/2" x 22 1/2". The Pullman C...
Category

Other Art Style 1940s Art

Materials

Paper, Lithograph, Offset

Mother and child
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas Golden wooden frame 55 x 71.5 x 3.5 cm
Category

Modern 1940s Art

Materials

Oil

1944 Boats in a Harbor American Painting Signed Nowotny
Located in New York, NY
JJ Nowotny Untitled, 1944 (date partially obscured but appears to be '44) Oil on canvas 24 x 30 in. Framed: 31 x 37 x 2 in. Signed and dated lower right
Category

American Impressionist 1940s Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

1942 original travel poster Belgian National Railway (SNCB) to Ghent
By Herman Verbaere
Located in PARIS, FR
This 1942 original travel poster, designed by Herman Verbaere, was commissioned by the Belgian National Railway (SNCB) to promote Ghent (Gand) as a premier travel destination accessi...
Category

1940s Art

Materials

Paper, Lithograph

Magritte, Composition, Les chants de Maldoror (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin papier pur chiffon paper. Paper Size: 10 x 7.375 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the album, Les chants de Maldoror, illustrat...
Category

Surrealist 1940s Art

Materials

Lithograph

Vintage print Wolfgang Roth playing musical instrument, Mandolin
Located in Surfside, FL
Vintage Silver Gelatin print. (possibly from Vogue Magazine). This appears to be Wolfgang Roth and cast of possibly The Littlest Circus. Performers have horse heads. The photo is st...
Category

Modern 1940s Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

„Pinocchio“ Original American Lobby Card of Walt Disney’s Movie, USA 1940.
Located in Cologne, DE
Original American Lobby Card of Walt Disney’s Movie „Pinocchio“, USA 1940. Title Page Lobby Card of Walt Disney’s All-Cartoon Classic „Pinocchio“. Pure Enjoyment … with no strings at...
Category

Modern 1940s Art

Materials

Color

Magritte, Composition, Les chants de Maldoror (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin papier pur chiffon paper. Paper Size: 10 x 7.375 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the album, Les chants de Maldoror, illustrat...
Category

Surrealist 1940s Art

Materials

Lithograph

Antique European Framed Street Scene Signed Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique impressionist street scene oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed in a giltwood molding. Excellent condition, re...
Category

Impressionist 1940s Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Henri Matisse, Series N Gc S, Var. 6, 1943 (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph after Henri Matisse (1869–1954), titled Serie N Gc’S, var. 6 (Series N Gc’S, Variation 6), from the album Henri Matisse, Dessins, Themes et Variations (Draw...
Category

Modern 1940s Art

Materials

Lithograph

Henri Matisse, Series O, Var. 11, Drawings, Themes and Variations, 1943 (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph after Henri Matisse (1869–1954), titled Serie O, var. 11 (Series O, Variation 11), from the album Henri Matisse, Dessins, Themes et Variations (Drawings, Th...
Category

Modern 1940s Art

Materials

Lithograph

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

Modern 1940s Art

Materials

Lithograph

Original Vintage Poster Git Mad! by Al Capp Showing Lil Abner 1944
Located in Boca Raton, FL
This original vintage World War II poster features the beloved comic strip character **Li’l Abner** in a patriotic call to action: *"Git Mad – Buy War Stamps Here Now!"* Created as p...
Category

1940s Art

Materials

Lithograph

Henri Matisse, Series E, Var. 9, Drawings, Themes and Variations, 1943 (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph after Henri Matisse (1869–1954), titled Serie E, var. 9 (Series E, Variation 9), from the album Henri Matisse, Dessins, Themes et Variations (Drawings, Them...
Category

Modern 1940s Art

Materials

Lithograph

Henri Matisse, Series I, Var. 9, Drawings, Themes and Variations, 1943 (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph after Henri Matisse (1869–1954), titled Serie I, var. 9 (Series I, Variation 9), from the album Henri Matisse, Dessins, Themes et Variations (Drawings, Them...
Category

Modern 1940s Art

Materials

Lithograph

Henri Matisse, Series C, Var. 7, Drawings, Themes and Variations, 1943 (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph after Henri Matisse (1869–1954), titled Serie C, var. 7 (Series C, Variation 7), from the album Henri Matisse, Dessins, Themes et Variations (Drawings, Them...
Category

Fauvist 1940s Art

Materials

Lithograph

Henri Matisse, Series H, Var. 9, Drawings, Themes and Variations, 1943 (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph after Henri Matisse (1869–1954), titled Serie H, var. 9 (Series H, Variation 9), from the album Henri Matisse, Dessins, Themes et Variations (Drawings, Them...
Category

Modern 1940s Art

Materials

Lithograph

The Dancer
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Belgian artist Miette Braive(1916-2000), was classically trained in Belgium, before moving to Paris to pursue her art career as first a student and then a contemporary of the famed F...
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1940s Art

Materials

Gouache

Monumental New York City Brooklyn Bridge Cityscape Framed Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Monumental antique American modernist abstract cityscape oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. No signature found. Very impressive painting in person here.
Category

Modern 1940s Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Henri Matisse, Series D, Var. 2, Drawings, Themes and Variations, 1943 (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph after Henri Matisse (1869–1954), titled Serie D, var. 2 (Series D, Variation 2), from the album Henri Matisse, Dessins, Themes et Variations (Drawings, Them...
Category

Modern 1940s Art

Materials

Lithograph

Ervilhas de cheiro
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas With frame : 57 x 74 x 3 cm Paul GAGARIN (1885-c.1980), Pavel Konstantinovich GAGARIN. Russian painter, emigrated to France in 1921 then worked in Brazil where he die...
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Modern 1940s Art

Materials

Oil

Vintage 3 Figurative Nudes in Conté Crayon on Paper (1946) by Matté‎
Located in Soquel, CA
Vintage 3 Figurative Nudes in Conté Crayon on Paper (1946) Matté‎ In an indigo blue and burnt orange color palette by French artist Matté‎ (French, 20t...
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1940s Art

Materials

Paper, Crayon

Figures - Etching by Mino Maccari - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Figures is an Etching realized by Mino Maccari in the 1940s. Hand-signed in the lower right part. Artist's Proof. Good conditions. Mino Maccari (Siena, ...
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Modern 1940s Art

Materials

Paper, Etching

Portrait of a Lady Arranging Flowers - British 1940 s art oil painting
By Sir Gerald Festus Kelly
Located in Hagley, England
This superb British portrait oil painting is attributed to circle of Festus Kelly. Painted circa 1940 it is a half length portrait of an elegant lady in a light blue dress, pearls an...
Category

Realist 1940s Art

Materials

Oil

1940 s Carmel Landscape, Sycamore Grove by Nell Walker Warner
Located in Soquel, CA
1940's Carmel Landscape, Sycamore Grove by Nell Walker Warner Beautiful, substantial and period painting of Sycamore Grove, Carmel Valley by Nell Walker Warner (American, 1891-1970...
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American Impressionist 1940s Art

Materials

Linen, Oil

Henri Matisse, Mask of a Young Boy, from Alternation, 1946
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite etching by Henri Matisse (1869–1954), titled Masque de jeune garcon (Mask of a Young Boy), from the album Alternance (Alternation), originates from the 1946 edition pu...
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Modern 1940s Art

Materials

Engraving

Original More Tomahawks for Our United Warriors Buy War Bonds vintage poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original linen-backed World War II antique poster. "More Tomahawks for Our United Warriors" Buy War Bonds now!. In this poster by Charles Presbeton...
Category

American Modern 1940s Art

Materials

Offset

Vintage Mid Century Fauvist American Modernist Amusement Park Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
A Painting depicting an amusement park exploding in vibrant colors. The painting is signed "William Wright" lower right. Oil on Canvas. 20 x 24. Nicely framed.
Category

Modern 1940s Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Figure of Woman - Original Ink Drawing by Pericle Fazzini - 1949
Located in Roma, IT
Figure of Woman is an original Modern Artwork realized by Pericle Fazzini (Grottammare, 4 May 1913 - Rome, 4 December 1987) in 1949. Original drawing in china ink on paper. Hand-...
Category

Modern 1940s Art

Materials

Ink