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Period: 1940s
Carmen Head of a Woman with Closed Eyes (Plate XXII)
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Pablo Picasso Title: Head of a Woman with Closed Eyes (Plate XXII) Portfolio: Carmen Medium: Etching on Montval wove paper Year: 1949 Edition: 289 Frame Size: 22" x 19" Sheet...
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1940s Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Morning Paper
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Morning Paper Mezzotint, 1941 Signed in pencil lower right Publisher: 32nd Presentation Print of the Chicago Society of Etchers Edition: 350 Illustrated in GREAT AMERICAN PRINTS 1900...
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American Realist 1940s Prints and Multiples

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Mezzotint

Fernand Leger School Prints Colorful Modernist King of Hearts Drawing Lithograph
Located in Surfside, FL
Bright vibrant blue, orange, red, yellow, green lithograph in color. This is signed in the plate and dated. Leger's abstract drawing lithograph was drawn by the artist direct on to p...
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Modern 1940s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Raoul Dufy School Prints Colorful Modernist Drawing Lithograph Marching Band
Located in Surfside, FL
Bright vibrant blue, yellow lithograph in color. This is signed in the plate and dated. Dufy's abstract drawing lithograph was drawn by the artist direct on to plastic plates newly d...
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Modern 1940s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Convolution – Original 1948 Abstract Lithograph by Bauhaus Artist Herbert Bayer
Located in Denver, CO
"Convolution" is a striking 1948 lithograph on paper by renowned Austrian-American artist Herbert Bayer (1900-1985). This abstract kinetic artwork showcases Bayer’s mastery of form, ...
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Abstract 1940s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Gordes Nives
Located in Paris, FR
Lithograph, 1948 Handsigned by the artist in pencil Edition : 120/250 Publisher : Fondation Vasarely, Château de Gordes Printer : Mourlot, Paris Catalog : Benavides 171 72.00 cm. x ...
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Abstract 1940s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Churchill Poster: Calling Out of the Whole Army Reserve
Located in London, GB
Original vintage poster Calling Out of the Whole Army Reserve Letter Press 51 x 48 cm A royal call to arms... 'His majesty the king has been graciously pleased to direct by procla...
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Realist 1940s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Surfing Keep on the Crest of the wave original vintage poster
Located in London, GB
To see our other original vintage 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 find the poster you want. Keep on the Crest of the Wave Original vintage poster 76 x 51 cm Issued by the National Savings Committee, London. Printed for HM Stationery Office by Fosh & Cross Ltd. An original vintage WW2 poster...
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1940s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

1940 Pullman Company Poster "Travel the Pullman Way to Summer Vacationlands"
Located in Chicago, IL
A 1940 offset lithograph, Pullman Company Poster "Travel the Pullman Way to Summer Vacationlands" featuring two women at the beach, in its original frame! Image size: 26 1/2" x 20 ...
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Other Art Style 1940s Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Lithograph, Offset

FOOTBRIDGE, PERKINS COVE
Located in Portland, ME
Meissner, Leo. FOOTBRIDGE - PERKINS COVE. Wood-engraving, not dated. Edition of 60. Numbered 40/60, titled and signed, all in pencil. 9 x 6 inches, 229 x 152 mm. Framed to 16 3/4 x ...
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1940s Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

1944 recruitment poster “Hier Strasbourg, demain Saïgon” by Baudouin - WWII
Located in PARIS, FR
This striking 1940s recruitment poster “Hier Strasbourg, demain Saïgon” was created by Pierre Baudouin to encourage enlistment in the French expeditionary forces destined for Southea...
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1940s Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Lithograph

Cambridge map original vintage poster by Kerry Lee
Located in London, GB
To see our other original vintage travel 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 find the poster you want. Kerry Lee (1903 - 1988) Cambridge Original vintage poster 45 x 58 cm A detailed and brightly-coloured map of Dublin...
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Realist 1940s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

1943 Original Poster: Spitfires WW2 RAF Fighter Owen Miller They need Spares...
Located in London, GB
From our series of wartime aeroplane posters, to see the others scroll down to 'view all from this seller'. Owen Miller (Auckland 1907-London 1960) They need Spares to use their Win...
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Modern 1940s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Victory Procession Down the Mall, 1946, lithograph by George Leech
Located in London, GB
George Leech Victory procession down the mall, 1946 Lithograph For Macmillan's History Pictures, c. 1960 43 x 54 cm This colourful lithograph, dating from 1960, depicts a momentou...
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Realist 1940s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Apples, Glass and Knife by Pablo Picasso
Located in New York, NY
Lithograph entitled "Apples, Glass and Knife", from the suite "Dans L'Atelier de Picasso". Printed by Mourlot Frères, Paris, in an edition of 50.
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1940s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

20th century lithograph figurative print child subject doll realistic signed
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Little Girl With Doll" is an original lithograph by James Ormsbee Chapin. The artist signed the piece in pencil lower right. It depicts a small girl holding a doll. 12" x 7" image...
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Photorealist 1940s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Russian Aircraft Identification Poster World War II Allied aeroplanes
Located in London, GB
To see our other original vintage warbird aeroplane posters, photographs and paintings, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller". Russian Aircraft...
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Modern 1940s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Original WWII Poster - Give It Your Best by Coiner 1942 - Medium Size
Located in Boca Raton, FL
Issued by the United States Dept. of Information during the Second World War, this poster serves as a rallying cry for all Americans to serve their country as well as they can. It cl...
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1940s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

National Savings 1946 original vintage calendar poster
Located in London, GB
National Savings calendar poster (1946) Lithographic poster 50 x 38 cm Printed for HMSO by Chromoworks Ltd, London. An original lithographic poster ...
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Modern 1940s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Circus and the Parade
Located in Paris, FR
Lithograph, 1949 Handsigned by the artist in pencil and numbered II/XX Publisher : La Guilde de la Gravure (Paris-Genève) Catalog : Passeron, p.130 38.00 cm. x 56.00 cm. 14.96 in. x...
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Abstract 1940s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Original Vintage American WWII Poster - Dear God Keep Them Safe 1942 Published
Located in Boca Raton, FL
This striking 1942 World War II poster, published by Kroger Food, delivers a powerful home front message urging Americans to support the war effort through the purchase of War Bonds ...
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1940s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

United Nations, Cityscape Etching by Bernard Buffet
Located in Long Island City, NY
An etching by Bernard Buffet from 1949. A beautiful rendering of a city skyline on the waterfront in an expressionist style. Artist: Bernard Buffet, French (1928 - 1999) Title: Un...
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Expressionist 1940s Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Orangerie Des Tuileries (after) Pierre Bonnard, 1947
Located in New York, NY
This original lithographic poster was designed after Pierre Bonnard, for the Orangerie Des Tuileries in 1947. This work encompasses still life as this table set takes center stage. Bonnard was a founding member of the Post-Impressionist group of avant-garde painters Les Nabis...
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Modern 1940s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Fougasse Careless Talk Costs Lives Cyril Kenneth Bird World War 2 poster
Located in London, GB
To see our other original vintage public information 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 ca...
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Modern 1940s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Original Quality Workmanship, A Sound Foundation... vintage poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original vintage poster: Quality Workmanship A sound Foundation on which to build one's future Cooperative Thoughtful Skilful Dependable Careful This lithograph was printed in 1940 by Elliott Service in NYC. Very good condition with only a minor tear on the bottom, which was laid down during linen-backing. Similar in design to Mather’s Work Incentive posters...
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American Modern 1940s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Original World War II Poster - Food is a Weapon Don t Waste It.
Located in Boca Raton, FL
During World War ll conservation was a major part of the war effort on the home front. Many posters were created to promote the conservation of materials, such as metal, rubber, and ...
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1940s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Child In White (Detail)-Poster. New York Graphic Society.
Located in Chesterfield, MI
Poster. Measures 21 x 16.5 inches and is Unframed. Good Condition.
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1940s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Agit-Okno No. 49, Large Russian Anti-Nazi Poster, Okna-Tass Studio
Located in Long Island City, NY
Soon after the German invasion of the Soviet Union in June of 1941, the Okna TASS studio spontaneously formed in Moscow. Comprised of renowned artists, poets and literary figures, th...
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Modern 1940s Prints and Multiples

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Stencil

The Eye, from Carmen (Plate X)
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Pablo Picasso Title: The Eye (Plate X) Portfolio: Carmen Medium: Etching on Montval wove paper Year: 1949 Edition: 289 Sheet Size: 13" x 10 3/16" Signed: No (signed and numbe...
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Cubist 1940s Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Original Vintage WWII Air Force Poster They Cheer - When You Don t Fasten
Located in Boca Raton, FL
In this illustrated WWII-era poster, a wide-eyed pilot is ejected midair from his cockpit, his face frozen in panic as he realizes what he’s done. His arms remain suspended in positi...
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1940s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

1942 North American "Mustang" P-51 aeroplane identification poster WW2
Located in London, GB
To see our other original vintage warbird aeroplane posters, photographs and paintings, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller". US ...
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Modern 1940s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Fisherman s Haven, Realist Lithograph by Gordon Grant
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Gordon Grant, American (1875 - 1962) Title: Old Coaster Year: circa 1940 Medium: Lithograph, signed in pencil Image Size: 9 x 11 inches Size: 11 in. x 16 in. (27.94 cm x 40.6...
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American Modern 1940s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Careless Talk Costs Lives Fougasse Cyril Kenneth Bird World War 2 Poster
Located in London, GB
We also have a full set of 8 available - just search: To see our other original vintage public information 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 find the poster you want. We have a whole series referring to environmental issues on the theme of "Waste not want not" and caring for the environment and recycling. Cyril Kenneth Bird ‘Fougasse’ (British, 1887-1965) Careless Talk Costs Lives Lithographic poster c.1940 32 x 20 cm (12.5 x 8 in) The cartoonist Fougasse, was a British cartoonist who was art editor of Punch 1937-1949, and subsequently editor until 1953. He is best known for his ‘Careless Talk Costs Lives’ series of posters, and the other posters both for the Ministry of Information, London Underground and others. The Ministry of Information’s wartime poster...
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Modern 1940s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

"L Oeuvre Graphique de Bonnard" - Galerie Pierre Berès, (after) Pierre Bonnard
Located in New York, NY
This beautiful and rare lithographic poster dates back to December of 1944. It was also created as a lithograph after a drawing by Pierre Bonnard that was published by Teriade in Par...
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Modern 1940s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

We ve Got To Keep On Saving original vintage WW2 RAF Short Stirling poster
Located in London, GB
To see our other original vintage 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 find the poste...
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1940s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Original "Our America, #4, the Future for Electrical Power" vintage poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original Coca-Cola: Our America Electricity #4, original vintage poster, archival linen backed, mint condition, horizontal, ready to frame. Light, Power...
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American Modern 1940s Prints and Multiples

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Offset

Original "Our America, #2 Producing Motion Pictures" vintage poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original: Our America Motion Pictures # 2. Printed: 1943 by the Coca-Cola Company. Archival linen backed. Excellent condition. Lithograph. Linen bac...
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American Modern 1940s Prints and Multiples

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Offset

Londoners 1940s Etchings - Love
Located in London, GB
Three etchings representing the cycle of love, from Péri’s observations of people on the streets of London. These small prints were intended to be sold in groups as folding booklets, like postcards. Artist: Peter László Péri...
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Modern 1940s Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Monogram "L" with Landscape (Plate XXXIII), from Carmen
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Pablo Picasso Title: Monogram "L" with Landscape (Plate XXXIII) Portfolio: Carmen Medium: Etching on Montval wove paper Year: 1949 Edition: 289 Sheet Size: 13" x 10 3/16" Sig...
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Cubist 1940s Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Henri Matisse (After) - Lithograph - Pumpkin and Flowers
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
after Henri MATISSE (1869-1954) Lithograph after a drawing of 1941 Printed signature and date Book plate from Aragon. Henri Matisse: Dessins, Thèmes et Variations : précédés de "...
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Modern 1940s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

1942 Aichi "Type 99" Japanese dive bomber plane identification poster WW2
Located in London, GB
To see our other original vintage warbird aeroplane posters, photographs and paintings, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller" 1942 MacArthur name "Val" Aichi "Type 99" - World War II Japanese dive bomber plane...
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Modern 1940s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Original 1945 "Share the Care, Victory Loan" vintage poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original 1945 “Share the Care, Victory Loan” vintage poster. Conservation linen backed and ready to frame. Printed by the U. S. Government Printing Office...
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American Realist 1940s Prints and Multiples

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Offset

Dickie (Child in High Chair)
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original woodcut on japan paper created by master American artist Will Barnet in 1942.
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American Modern 1940s Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Woodcut

1944 UK poster: Great Britain s War Effort (Munitions) - World War II propaganda
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 Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Histoire de rats (Diane Bataille III), Modern Etching by Alberto Giacometti
Located in Long Island City, NY
Alberto Giacometti, Swiss (1901 - 1966) - Histoire de rats (Diane Bataille III), Year: 1947 (Printed 1995), Medium: Etching on Arches, Image Size: 5.5 x 3.5 inches, Size: 8 x 6.5 in...
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Modern 1940s Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Histoire de rats (Diane Bataille), Modern Etching by Alberto Giacometti
Located in Long Island City, NY
Alberto Giacometti, Swiss (1901 - 1966) - Histoire de rats (Diane Bataille), Year: 1947 (Printed 1995), Medium: Etching on Arches, Image Size: 5.5 x 3.5 inches, Size: 8 x 6.5 in. (2...
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Modern 1940s Prints and Multiples

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Etching

"Humoresque", Lobby Card, USA 1946
Located in Cologne, DE
Original black-and-white lobby card for the film "Humoresque" (1946) featuring Joan Crawford and John Garfield. This vintage cinema memorabilia piece captures a dramatic rooftop scen...
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Modern 1940s Prints and Multiples

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Color

MATERNITY AILEE
Located in Portland, ME
Hayter, Stanley William. MATERNITY AILEE. 1948. B&M 187. Engraving, Etching & Aquatint, printed in colors. Edition of 50, signed, dated 1948, titled and numbered. 13 5/8 x 7 15/16 in...
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1940s Prints and Multiples

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Etching, Aquatint

1945 Brazilian Master, Art Deco Clown Serigraph Woodcut
Located in Surfside, FL
Genre: Brazilian Art Deco, African Diaspora Bahian Carnival Subject: harlequin clown Medium: Print Surface: Paper Country: Brazil Dimensions of overall paper are listed. This is from a series of work he did in the 1940's, we sold one called Ritmo Negro, they are about Afro-Brazilian jazz, dance and music. Odetto Guersoni was born in the city of Jaboticabal, State of São Paulo, in 1924. From 1936 to 1941 he attended the Liceu de Artes de Ofícios in São Paulo, beginning his artistic career in 1945, when he exhibited paintings in the Hall of the Plastic Artists Union . Two years later he was part of the collective group of 19, alongside Aldemir, Charoux, Otavio Araújo, Grassmann, Maria Leontina and several other artists that time would make famous. He then practiced a figurative painting of accentuated Expressionist lauds, characterized by deformation and coloring, raw and Satirical- as, moreover, so many of his fellow exhibitors at the time. As a French government scholar, Odette Guerzoni went to Paris in 1947 and the following year took part in the Peintres et Graveurs Etrangers and Art Libre exhibitions. Student of engraving by Renê Cottet, gradually transformed this expressive medium into his favorite, to the detriment of painting, which he practically abandoned soon after. In 1947, he participated in the 19 Painters exhibition at the Prestes Maia Gallery together with Lothar Charoux, Maria Leontina,Grassmann, Aldemir Martins, Luiz Sacilotto and hiró. Guersoni was awarded a scholarship by the French government, and traveled to Paris, where he began work in engraving. Back in Brazil, in 1951, he founded the Art Workshop, in São Paulo. In 1954, he returned to Europe for a year, financed by the International Labor Organization (ILO). In Geneva, he studied engraving with René Cottet (1902 - 1992) and worked in Stanley william Hayter's studio, Atelier 17, in Paris (1901 - 1988). From 1956 to 1957, he became director of the Union of Plastic Artists of São Paulo. From 1960, he attended, as a trainee, some art schools in the United States and Japan such as The New York School of Printing and Osaka University. In 1971, also in Japan, he attended the workshop of I. Jokuriti. Two years later, he was voted Best Recorder of the Year by the Paulista Association of Art Critics - APCA. He took part in a special room at the Ibero-American Biennial in Montevideo in 1983. The Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo - Pesp presents a retrospective of his work in 1994. Odetto Guersoni explores the wide spectrum of possibilities of the engraving. In addition to using techniques such as metal etching, lithograph, serigraph, linocut and, especially, woodcut he developed, in the 1950s, the philigraphy, in which the forms he developed gained points of embroidery made by Bonadei (1906 - 1974) . And, in the 1960s, the plastigraphy, in which he makes engravings on pasty surfaces, obtained from gypsum or other soft material. In the 1970s, technical investigations were associated with pictographic, ideographic, archaic symbol searches, Brazilian cave paintings and plant forms. The drawings are reduced to stylized, geometric shapes and transformed into abstract graphic elements. The artist works with few matrices, which, organized in rectangles, squares or circles, become modules to be combined. Guersoni juxtaposes them, adds, changes colors, and thereby composes colorful mandalas and structural geometries. Based on concise compositions, it produces color vibrations through optical illusions. In many of his woodcut works of the 1980s he uses smooth wood, knives, saws, gouges, punches, avoiding the natural textures of wood. In printing, it leaves the vibrant color and employs dosed inks with colorless masses, obtaining transparencies by superpositions. New journeys of study and specialization in engraving techniques took him in 1954 to Switzerland, 1960 to the United States, and in 1966 to Germany and Austria. Today, after having performed more than 40 individuals including 16 abroad and having participated in more than 50 collectives in several countries, Guersoni is considered one of the most notable Brazilian engravers. Conquered awards in several shows. CHRONOLOGY Individual exhibitions 1946 - Sao Paulo SP - 10th Salon of the Artists' Union, at the Prestes Maia Gallery 1947 - São Paulo SP - 19 Painters, at the Prestes Maia Gallery 1948 - Paris France - Peintres et Graveurs Etrangers at the École des Beaux-Arts 1949 - São Paulo SP - 13th Salon of the Artists' Union, at the Prestes Maia Gallery 1951 - São Paulo SP - 1st Paulista Salon of Modern Art, at Prestes Maia Gallery - silver medal 1953 - São Paulo SP - 2nd International Biennial of São Paulo, at MAM / SP 1954 - São Paulo SP - 3rd Paulista Salon of Modern Art, in the Prestes Maia Gallery 1955 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - 4th National Salon of Modern Art 1955 - Salvador BA - 5th Baiano Salon of Fine Arts, in Belvedere da Sé - honorable mention 1962 - São Paulo SP - Leirner Prize for Contemporary Art at the Folha Art Gallery - 1st printing award 1963 - Curitiba PR - 20th Salão Paranaense de Belas Artes, at the Public Library of Paraná 1963 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Individual, no MAM / RJ 1968 - Bradford England - First International Print Biennale 1970 - São Paulo SP - Antonio Henrique Amaral, Odetto Guersoni, Tomie Ohtake, Pedro Tort and Gerda Brentani, in the Alberto Bonfiglioli Gallery 1971 - São Paulo SP - 11th International Biennial of São Paulo, at the Biennial Foundation - acquisition award 1973 - Punta del Este Uruguay - 1st Engraving Meeting of the Prata Basin Countries - International Prize 1977 - São Paulo SP - The Groups: the 40's, at the Lasar Segall Museum 1982 - São Paulo SP - Ismenia Coaracy, Odetto Guersoni and Alice Brill...
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Art Deco 1940s Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

1945 Brazilian Master, Art Deco Serigraph Woodcut Colonial Architecture Mission
Located in Surfside, FL
Genre: Brazilian Art Deco, African Diaspora Bahian Carnival Subject: Abstract Medium: Print Surface: Paper Country: Brazil Dimensions of overall paper are listed. This is from a series of work he did in the 1940's, we sold one called Ritmo Negro, they are about Afro-Brazilian jazz, dance and music. Odetto Guersoni was born in the city of Jaboticabal, State of São Paulo, in 1924. From 1936 to 1941 he attended the Liceu de Artes de Ofícios in São Paulo, beginning his artistic career in 1945, when he exhibited paintings in the Hall of the Plastic Artists Union . Two years later he was part of the collective group of 19, alongside Aldemir, Charoux, Otavio Araújo, Grassmann, Maria Leontina and several other artists that time would make famous. He then practiced a figurative painting of accentuated Expressionist lauds, characterized by deformation and coloring, raw and Satirical- as, moreover, so many of his fellow exhibitors at the time. As a French government scholar, Odette Guerzoni went to Paris in 1947 and the following year took part in the Peintres et Graveurs Etrangers and Art Libre exhibitions. Student of engraving by Renê Cottet, gradually transformed this expressive medium into his favorite, to the detriment of painting, which he practically abandoned soon after. In 1947, he participated in the 19 Painters exhibition at the Prestes Maia Gallery together with Lothar Charoux, Maria Leontina,Grassmann, Aldemir Martins, Luiz Sacilotto and hiró. Guersoni was awarded a scholarship by the French government, and traveled to Paris, where he began work in engraving. Back in Brazil, in 1951, he founded the Art Workshop, in São Paulo. In 1954, he returned to Europe for a year, financed by the International Labor Organization (ILO). In Geneva, he studied engraving with René Cottet (1902 - 1992) and worked in Stanley william Hayter's studio, Atelier 17, in Paris (1901 - 1988). From 1956 to 1957, he became director of the Union of Plastic Artists of São Paulo. From 1960, he attended, as a trainee, some art schools in the United States and Japan such as The New York School of Printing and Osaka University. In 1971, also in Japan, he attended the workshop of I. Jokuriti. Two years later, he was voted Best Recorder of the Year by the Paulista Association of Art Critics - APCA. He took part in a special room at the Ibero-American Biennial in Montevideo in 1983. The Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo - Pesp presents a retrospective of his work in 1994. Odetto Guersoni explores the wide spectrum of possibilities of the engraving. In addition to using techniques such as metal etching, lithograph, serigraph, linocut and, especially, woodcut he developed, in the 1950s, the philigraphy, in which the forms he developed gained points of embroidery made by Bonadei (1906 - 1974) . And, in the 1960s, the plastigraphy, in which he makes engravings on pasty surfaces, obtained from gypsum or other soft material. In the 1970s, technical investigations were associated with pictographic, ideographic, archaic symbol searches, Brazilian cave paintings and plant forms. The drawings are reduced to stylized, geometric shapes and transformed into abstract graphic elements. The artist works with few matrices, which, organized in rectangles, squares or circles, become modules to be combined. Guersoni juxtaposes them, adds, changes colors, and thereby composes colorful mandalas and structural geometries. Based on concise compositions, it produces color vibrations through optical illusions. In many of his woodcut works of the 1980s he uses smooth wood, knives, saws, gouges, punches, avoiding the natural textures of wood. In printing, it leaves the vibrant color and employs dosed inks with colorless masses, obtaining transparencies by superpositions. New journeys of study and specialization in engraving techniques took him in 1954 to Switzerland, 1960 to the United States, and in 1966 to Germany and Austria. Today, after having performed more than 40 individuals including 16 abroad and having participated in more than 50 collectives in several countries, Guersoni is considered one of the most notable Brazilian engravers. Conquered awards in several shows. CHRONOLOGY Individual exhibitions 1946 - Sao Paulo SP - 10th Salon of the Artists' Union, at the Prestes Maia Gallery 1947 - São Paulo SP - 19 Painters, at the Prestes Maia Gallery 1948 - Paris France - Peintres et Graveurs Etrangers at the École des Beaux-Arts 1949 - São Paulo SP - 13th Salon of the Artists' Union, at the Prestes Maia Gallery 1951 - São Paulo SP - 1st Paulista Salon of Modern Art, at Prestes Maia Gallery - silver medal 1953 - São Paulo SP - 2nd International Biennial of São Paulo, at MAM / SP 1954 - São Paulo SP - 3rd Paulista Salon of Modern Art, in the Prestes Maia Gallery 1955 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - 4th National Salon of Modern Art 1955 - Salvador BA - 5th Baiano Salon of Fine Arts, in Belvedere da Sé - honorable mention 1962 - São Paulo SP - Leirner Prize for Contemporary Art at the Folha Art Gallery - 1st printing award 1963 - Curitiba PR - 20th Salão Paranaense de Belas Artes, at the Public Library of Paraná 1963 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Individual, no MAM / RJ 1968 - Bradford England - First International Print Biennale 1970 - São Paulo SP - Antonio Henrique Amaral, Odetto Guersoni, Tomie Ohtake, Pedro Tort and Gerda Brentani, in the Alberto Bonfiglioli Gallery 1971 - São Paulo SP - 11th International Biennial of São Paulo, at the Biennial Foundation - acquisition award 1973 - Punta del Este Uruguay - 1st Engraving Meeting of the Prata Basin Countries - International Prize 1977 - São Paulo SP - The Groups: the 40's, at the Lasar Segall Museum 1982 - São Paulo SP - Ismenia Coaracy, Odetto Guersoni and Alice Brill...
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Art Deco 1940s Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

Fougasse Careless Talk Costs Lives Cyril Kenneth Bird World War 2 poster
Located in London, GB
To see our other original vintage public information posters, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this seller...
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Modern 1940s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

We Save for Victory original vintage National Savings poster
Located in London, GB
To see our other original vintage 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 find the poste...
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1940s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Original Vintage WWII Air Force Poster They Cheer When You Jam on Your Brakes
Located in Boca Raton, FL
In this image from the ‘They Cheer’ series of WWII posters, we see an American Air Force pilot catapulted out of his plane due jamming on his brakes. The Axis leaders smile and wave ...
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1940s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Original Vintage WWII Uncle Sam Keep Up The Good Work Poster
Located in Boca Raton, FL
This World War II poster uses the familiar figure of Uncle Sam to deliver a powerful economic message to American citizens on the home front. In the background, a chart compares the ...
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1940s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

1942 North American "Texan" advanced trainer aeroplane identification poster WW2
Located in London, GB
To see our other original vintage warbird aeroplane posters, photographs and paintings, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller" 1942 Navy...
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Modern 1940s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Homage to Gene Debs, Woodcut Print on Rice Paper by Leonard Baskin
Located in Long Island City, NY
This woodcut print was created by American artist Leonard Baskin. Baskin is well known for his somewhat grotesque, intricate, surreal drawings and natural subject matter. This print ...
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Surrealist 1940s Prints and Multiples

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Rice Paper, Woodcut

Fougasse Careless Talk Costs Lives Cyril Kenneth Bird World War 2 poster
Located in London, GB
To see our other original vintage public information 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 find the poster you want. Cyril Kenneth Bird ‘Fougasse’ (1887 - 1965) Careless Talk Costs Lives (circa 1940) Lithographic poster 32 x 20 cm (12.5 x 8 in) Version printed on thicker paper. "But of course it mustn't go any further" - in the luggage compartments...
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Modern 1940s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

To Build for Prosperity - Save Now original poster by Raymond Myerscough Walker
Located in London, GB
To see our other original vintage 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 find the poste...
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1940s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

1er Salon Industria Cinematografica original Cinematography poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original vintage Spanish poster 1er Salon de la Industria Cinematografica. This cinematography vintage poster was the first one in the field ...
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Color-Field 1940s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

AOA to USA American Overseas Airlines original vintage poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original poster: AOA to USA, American Overseas Airlines. THERE'S ALWAYS SUNSHINE ABOVE THE CLOUDS. This poster is archival linen-backed...
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Art Deco 1940s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

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