American Modern Art

Chimeras, 1974 Acrylic and pastel on textured paper Mid-century figural abstract blue acrylic painting Clarence Holbrook Carter achieved a level of national artistic success that w...

> > Painter George Melville Smith (1879-1979) Painter, illustrator born in Chicago. Smith began formal art studies at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago at the age of seventeen, after first studying as an architect's apprentice. In 1925-26 he studied in Paris under Andre Lhote, then worked as a painter in France, Spain, England and Italy. He exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago four times during the 1930s, and was included in the Whitney Museum's 1933 exhibit which also featured Grant Wood...

Original: "Save waste fats for explosives. Take them to your meat dealer" vintage poster—original World War II Acid-free, archival linen-backed, ready-to-frame. The Original "Save...

Artist: Christo Title: Over The River, Project for the Arkansas River, Colorado, From Underneath Medium: Offset lithograph Date: 1993 Edition: Unnumbered Sheet Size: 32 1/4" x 25 1/2...

This very early original red conte drawing is signed "Jack L. Nesbitt, 4/21/34". On the back of the drawing, Nesbitt has written "Quick sketch from fountain on Plaza". Jack was a student of Thomas Hart Benton at the Kansas City Art Institute during this period. The figure on the drawing is of a nude young boy with both arms in the air. A very rare early work by this fine artist. Jackson Lee Nesbitt, a noted printmaker and painter of the American Scene, dedicated his artistic career to the portrayal of ordinary people going about the business of their lives. A native of Oklahoma, Nesbitt created scenes from the Midwest during the 1930s and 1940s, but in the 1950s, when interest in his work diminished, he moved to Atlanta and established a second career in advertising. Thirty years later, Nesbitt sold his business and resumed his artistic career from Atlanta. He was born in McAlester, Oklahoma, on June 16, 1913, the only child of LuCena Grant and Howard Nesbitt. The family resided in Muskogee, Oklahoma, where his father owned a commercial printing business. Jack, as Nesbitt was known, helped out in the family business until 1931, when he enrolled at the University of Oklahoma in Norman. Two years later Nesbitt enrolled at the Kansas City Art Institute in Missouri. As a first-year student, he learned etching from John deMartelly, attended Ross Braught's painting class, and met his future wife, Elaine Thompson, who was a costume design student. Thomas Hart Benton, who joined the faculty in the fall of 1935, quickly became a close friend and mentor to the younger artist. In 1937 the management of the Sheffield Steel Corporation contacted deMartelly concerning an etching commission. Because Nesbitt was an outstanding student, his teacher suggested him for the job. When Nesbitt arrived at the plant one afternoon, he was taken to the open-hearth furnace area, where he diligently sketched anonymous workers in that dramatic setting until five o'clock the following morning. On the strength of his sketches, he was commissioned to create a series of etchings illustrating different phases of the steel industry. The commission launched Nesbitt's career as a professional artist. The commission with Sheffield Steel Corporation provided the financial security that enabled Jack and Elaine Nesbitt to marry on June 1, 1938. He graduated from the Kansas City Art Institute about the same time. Working as a freelance artist, Nesbitt augmented his commissioned work with genre scenes of the Midwest, and he routinely went with Benton on sketching trips to rural Arkansas. Beginning in 1939 Nesbitt's work gained widespread recognition. Open Hearth Door, a Sheffield Steel Corporation painting, was chosen to represent Missouri in the American Art Today exhibition at the New York World's Fair. Associated American Artists selected one of his etchings, Watering Place, for an edition of 250 prints that were sold through subscription. Having a print published by the association ensured national distribution, and four more of Nesbitt's works, all of rural southern genre scenes, were later selected by the print publisher. Over the next decade Nesbitt's work was exhibited in California, Colorado, Illinois, Missouri, New York, and Oklahoma. He was awarded the Eames Prize by the Society of American Etchers in 1946, and his work was included in the book American Prize Prints of the Twentieth Century, by Albert Reese. Major corporations with operations in the Midwest, including Brown and Bigelow, Butler Manufacturing Company, Humble Oil and Refining Company, Omaha Steel Works, Pratt and Whitney...

Alison Cain - Society Portrait Models in Purple Silk Dress by Greek Columns by Slim Aarons 16" x 12" print. Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print. Edition of 150. Printed Later. Al...

Untitled Diptych, painting by Suzanne Law. Framed Overall size: Image size: 12.6 in. H x 34.2 in W Frame size: 18.1 in. H x 44.8 in W x 1 in D Individual size: Image size: 12.6 in. ...

Piazza Roma, Cortina d'Ampezzo, 1962 - Skyline of Mountains in Italian Alps by Slim Aarons 16" x 16" print on 16" x 20" paper. Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print. Edition of 150. ...

Original 1968 Pat Paulsen for President vintage political poster. Vote or get off the pot. Archival linen backed and ready to frame. A- condition. Semi glossy paper stock. Th...

SALE ONE WEEK ONLY Douglas’s etched ceramic vase in a rich earthy green glaze expresses the Mid-Century Modern style of simplicity of lines, forms and color. Despite its formal shap...

Original Caribbean South America Holland America Cruises vintage poster. S.S. Rotterdam and the S.S. Statedam cruise ships. Artist: David Klein. Archivally linen-backed and ready to frame. In excellent condition. Note that his poster was printed with a shiny surface. David Klein was the notable artist that created most of TWA’s travel posters...

"Untitled" is a stoneware piece with the decorative layer of the rich toned glazes and markings that John was so well-known for. Each piece that John produced was unique. The lip on this piece is slightly scalloped and the shape is removed from the boring circular to mimic a gentle geometric design. He was seduced by the effects of the reduction kiln, which decreased the levels of oxygen during firing, inducing the flame to pull oxygen out of the clay and glazes changing the colors of the glazes depending on their iron and copper content. In this way he achieved the rich gradients of ochre and umber and variations in stippling and opacity. This piece is signed and stamped on the bottom. John was an American Abstract Expressionist ceramicist born in Detroit, MI. Though open to artistic experimentation, Glick was most influenced by the styles and aesthetics of Asian pottery—an inspiration that shows in his use of decorative patterns and glaze choices. He has said that he is attracted to simplicity, as well as complexity: my work continually reflects my re-examination that these two poles can coexist… or not, in a given series. Glick also took influences from master potters of Japan, notably Shoji Hamada and Kanjrio Kawai, blending their gestural embellishments of simple forms with attitudes of Abstract Expressionism. He was particularly drown to the work of Helen Frankenthaler whose soak-stain style resonated with Glick’s multi-layered glaze surfaces, which juxtaposed veils of atmospheric color with gestural marks and pattern. He spent countless hours developing and making his own tools in order to achieve previously unseen results in his work with clay and glaze. Glick’s “Plum Tree Pottery...

Original Sabena vintage travel poster. Archivally linen —backed in very fine condition, A, ready to frame. The image comprises three surfboard-style sections depicting New York to Brussels and to the Heart of Paris via Sabena, Belgian World Airlines. Sabena, short for Société Anonyme Belge d'Exploitation de la Navigation Aérienne, was Belgium's national airline from 1923 until its bankruptcy in 2001. Sabena produced numerous vintage travel posters during its operational years to promote tourism and its flight routes. One notable poster is titled "Fun Brussels, Helicopter to Paris." This poster likely depicts Brussels as a vibrant and exciting destination, highlighting the convenience of traveling from Brussels to Paris via helicopter. Sabena was known for its innovative approach to air travel, and the depiction of a helicopter flight to Paris would have been cutting-edge at the time. One of the surfboard-style images features New York, the next the World’s Fair in Brussels, and, of course, the Eiffel Tower...

Konrad Cramer, 'Colored Drawing No. 6' (Reclining Woman), monotype, 1931. Signed and dated in pencil beneath the image, lower right. Annotated 'Colored D' (drawing), No 6' in pencil, lower left sheet corner. A fine, spontaneous work, on cream laid paper, with full margins (1 1/8 to 1 3/4 inches); original brown paper hinges in the top left and right sheet corners, in excellent condition. Image size 5 3/8 x 10 7/8 inches; sheet size 8 1/2 x 13 7/8 inches. Matted to museum standards, unframed. A monotype is the printmaking technique of drawing or painting on a smooth, non-absorbent surface. The surface or matrix can vary from a copper etching plate...

Original Holland – America Line original vintage cruise ship travel poster. Archivally linen-backed, ready to frame. Excellent condition A – A-. There is no damage, no restoration, and retains its bright and vibrant colors. Original vintage posters from Holland America Line are highly sought after by collectors around the world. As time passes, the availability of these posters may become more limited, making them increasingly valuable and desirable as collectible items. Holland America Line has a rich history dating back over a century. Vintage posters from the company's early days often depict classic maritime scenes, evoking a sense of nostalgia and capturing the essence of a bygone era in travel. Overall, purchasing an original Holland America Line vintage poster...

Lindsey Row, Chelsea. 1888. Lithograph. Way 20; Levy 33; Tedeschi, Stratis and Spink 23. 5 x 8. Edition of 56 posthumous impressions printed by Goulding, in addition to the 14 lifet...

Boris Margo is one of the artists whose work is instantly identified with 'Mid-century American Modernism.' Usually abstract with a spiky surrealist edge, it speaks to extensive inno...

Skiing in St Moritz, 1983 - Palace Hotel Switzerland Alpine Scott Olympic Skis by Slim Aarons 16 x 20" print. Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print. Edition of 150. Printed Later. '...

From The robbers. lithographs by George Grosz for the drama of the same name. photolithography on watermarked paper. 19 X 25.5 inches (sheet size). This is not hand signed or numbe...

Edward Zutrau Untitled, 1960 Signed and dated "11/60" on the reverse Oil on canvas 9 3/4 x 13 1/4 inches Edward Zutrau (1922–1993) was an American painter whose career spanned from...

Wilhelm Hunt Diederich, 'Cossack Dancers', cut paper silhouette, c. 1920. Signed 'WHD' in pencil, lower left image. Black, wove, cut paper, laid on ...

Robert Indiana New Glory Banner Silkscreen on heavy woven paper Year: 1997 Unsigned as issued Size: 10.4 × 16.8 on 16.6 × 21.7 inches Framed: 29 x 21.25 inches COA provided *W...

Apparently Bendiner never went a day without drawing. He was amazing! From Bendiner's Philadelphia the New Jersey beaches were an easy drive. Avalon is st...

Orignal NEW ORLEANS GREYHOUND vintage travel poster; larger format size. Excellent condition that has acid-free archival linen backing; ready to frame. This image is from the old French Quarter section of New Orleans. It features two women entering into the courtyard and in the background, the old stairs leading to the upstairs area. A bright and colorful image that would compliment any room or office. A great New Orleans vintage poster...

Black & Moorhead 145. The title, Le Beche, is The Shovel in English. Signed and dated in pencil under image at right.

DARTH VADER from the original Kenner release of the Star Wars toys in May of 1977 This is pre release is the first release in the much anticipated series "The Toys" "They encapsulat...

Original Holiday on Ice of 1957 linen-backed vintage poster. Size is 22” x 28”. Excellent condition, ready to frame. Rarely seen and rarely available. Mid-century modern, over ...

Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000) Maze, 1982 Acrylic on cardboard Signed and dated upper right 7 x 9.5 inches A surrealist mid-century figural abstract painting. Clar...

Robert Vale Faro, 'Going My Way?', lithograph, 1946, edition 14. Signed in pen, recto. Titled, numbered '#118 14/14' and dated '5/5/46' in pen, verso. A fine, richly-inked impression, on heavy, off-white wove paper, with full margins (1 5/8 to 2 15/16 inches), in excellent condition. Image size 13 1/8 x 7 3/8 inches; sheet size 17 x 12 3/8 inches. Scarce. Matted to museum standards, unframed. An impression of this work is in the permanent collection of the National Gallery of Art. ABOUT THE ARTIST Robert Vale Faro (1902-1988) was a modernist architect and artist associated with the Chicago Bauhaus. He received his degree in architecture and design from the Armour Institute in Chicago and worked at L'Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris, from 1924-27, where he was influenced by Harry Kurt Bieg and Le Corbusier. Upon his return to Chicago, Faro worked with the important modernist Chicago architects George and William Keck under Louis Sullivan. Faro founded the avant-garde printmaking group Vanguard in 1945. The group counted Atelier 17 artists Stanley William Hayter, Sue Fuller...

Three Chimneys, 1956, oil on Masonite, signed and dated lower left, 18 x 36 inches, titled verso, presented in its original frame Three Chimneys is a prime example of Ethel Margolies’ Precisionist-influenced industrial scenes. Throughout the 1950s and 1960s, Margolies made a name for herself by painting the Northeast’s factories, foundries, and manufacturing plants. Although this subject matter is often associated with male artists, Margolies is part of an important lineage of female modernists who depicted symbols of America’s industrial might. Starting with artists like New Jersey’s Elsie Driggs and Chicago’s Yvonne Deluc Pryor, Margolies is part of a through line of women Precisionist painters that also included the West Coast’s Vanessa Helder. Whereas these artists tended towards a stark and pristine realism, Margolies seems to have been influenced by the 1920s and early 1930s work of Charles Demuth’s and Charles Sheeler’s highly designed paintings from the same period, as both adopted a cubo-futurist oriented brand of Precisionism. Ethel Polacheck Margolies was a Connecticut painter...

Robert Vale Faro, 'Kaf With', color lithograph, 1945, edition 15. Signed, dated, titled and numbered '84' and '6/15' in pen, recto. Titled, numbered '#84' and '6/15' and dated '7/22/...

Neal Slavin (American, b. 1941) New York City Transit Authority, Brooklyn, N.Y. Subway workers Vintage C-print [Chromogenic development print; Ektacolor prints] Hand signed and numbe...

Basketball Player Gouache on card stock, c. 1940 Signed by the artist in ink lower center A study for the fresco mural in the Social Security Buildin...

A dynamic Modern lithograph of a sailing regatta in Martha's Vineyard, "Afternoon Race, Edgartown", by notable Chicago artist, Francis Chapin. Image size: 14 1/2" x 19 3/4". Archi...

Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000) Entr'acte, 1977 Pastel on board Signed and dated lower right 8 x 10 inches A surrealist mid-century figural abstract painting. Clare...

Original SHALAKO vintage movie poster, 1sheet, 1968 great art of Sean Connery as Shalako, sexy Brigitte Bardot! This collectible poster, printed in 1968 to promote the theatrical re...

A Vibrant, Expressive, Mid-Century Modern Painting of a Mountain Village by Noted Chicago Artist, Rudolph Pen. An open and expansive European landscape painting depicting a hilltop ...

Associated American Artists published "Sleeping Car" by James Hendershot. This image shows a rail car filled with passengers and conductors. This exhibit...

Emilio Sanchez (1921-1999) created this color lithograph entitled “Florecitas” in 1997. This signed impression was acquired directly from the Sanchez estate. Estate stamped on verso....

Original Balsam, Aperitif au Quinaquina vintage stone lithograph printed in 1923. The great artist Jean d’Ylen created this poster after assuming the head of Vercasson after Leone...

Original Les Vignobles de France , Vins du Sud-Quest French vintage wine map poster. Horizontal. Size 36.5" x 27". Archival linen backed and re...

Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000) Double Ovoids with Blue and Black, 1960s Acrylic on scintilla 15.25 x 12.25 inches A surrealist mid-century figural abstract painting....

A fantastic Mid-Century painting of a car driving through a mountain pass by artist & Photographer A. George Miller. Artwork size: 15" x 22". Framed size: 21" x 28". Handsomely...

Original The Navy Wants Men, original antique military poster; size 20" x 30". This rare vintage lithograph is archival linen backed in exce...

A series of prints was commissioned by the Metropolitan Museum in New York in a regular edition of 40. This impression is from an edition of 5 artist proofs. This impression is #4/5. Carol Wax originally trained to be a classical musician at the Manhattan School of Music but fell in love with printmaking. Soon after she began engraving mezzotints she was asked by the renowned print dealer Sylvan Cole to exhibit at Associated American Artists Gallery, launching her career as a professional artist/printmaker. With the publication of her book, The Mezzotint: History and Technique, published by Abrams, 1990 and 1996, Carol added author and teacher to her credits. In the ensuing years she has expanded her repertoire of mediums beyond printmaking into other works on paper and painting. In compositions reflecting an appreciation for antiquated machinery and vintage textiles, Wax creates imagery that, in her own words, “… speaks to an inner life perceived in inanimate objects.” She uses stylization and imagination to reinvent subjects, transforming an ordinary typewriter into a monumental icon...

Love Apple (Brown background). 1967. Linoleum cut printed in black, red, orange, brown and tan. 16 1/2 x 12 1/2 (sheet 21 3/4 x 15). Edition 18. A vivid impression printed on wove pa...

Lorie Novak is an artist and Professor of Photography & Imaging at NYU Tisch School of the Arts and Associate Faculty at the Hemispheric Institute of Performance and Politics. She us...

A 1930 lithograph on paper by artist Raoul Varin, titled "The First House Built in Chicago". Provenance: Arthur Ackerman & Son, Inc., Chicago, IL - Printed in 1930. Artwork size: ...

A 1930 lithograph in colors on paper by artist Raoul Varin, titled "Chicago in 1779 (Then Called Eschikago)". Archivally matted to 20" x 24 5/8". Provenance: Arthur Ackerman & Son...

Robert Kushner is an American contemporary painter who is known especially for his involvement in Pattern and Decoration and has been called "a founder" of that artistic movement. In addition to painting, Kushner creates installations in a variety of mediums, from large-scale public mosaics to delicate paintings on antique book pages. Kushner draws from a unique range of influences, including Islamic and European textiles, Henri Matisse, Georgia O'Keeffe, Charles Demuth, Pierre Bonnard, Tawaraya Sotatsu, Ito Jakuchu, Qi Baishi...

Pool On Amalfi Coast, 1984 - Italian Riviera Hotel Santa Caterina Swimming Pool by Slim Aarons 16 x 20" print. Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print. Edition of 150. Printed Later. ...

Modern Abstract Blue Rose, Vintage Abstracted Minimalist Floral by Eleanor Perry Modernist blue and white rose abstract by San Francisco, California artist Eleanor Louise Perry (Ame...

Original AMERICAN LABOR - PRODUCING FOR ATTACK vintage 1943 poster. Size: 19.5" x 22.25. Professional archival linen backed; ready to frame. War Production Board, Washington D.C. Original. Lithograph. printed by the US Government...

Mid-Century Modern Abstracted Cubist Table Still-Life in Acrylic on Masonite Vibrant mid-century modern still life with abstracted synthetic cubist elements in warm colors, highligh...

Neo-Classical Pool - Swimming Pool by Grecian Architecture in Palm Beach by Slim Aarons 16 x 20" print. Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print. Edition of 150. Printed Later. "Neo-Cl...

(Note: This work is part of our exhibition Connected by Creativity: WPA Era Works from the Collection of Leata and Edward Beatty Rowan) Oil on canvas, 18 x 14 inches unframed, 22 x 18 inches framed, signed and dated lower right, inscribed “Mother and Son by Herman Maril ‘31” and “property Edward B. Rowan Falls Church VA” verso Literature: i) Dows, Olin, Herman Maril, The American Magazine of Art, Vol. 28, No. 7 (July 1935), p. 407 (illustrated with the title “Mare and Colt...

Skiers at Verbier, 1964 - Ski Sports in Swiss Alpine Snowy Mountain Range by Slim Aarons 16 x 16" print. Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print. Edition of 150. Printed Later. "Skier...

Bernard Sanders (1906-1967) was an extremely gifted portrait artist. and a master at showing us the sitter's age. This is clearly not a young woman. She's, well, early middle age? ...

Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000) The Gold Coast, 1979 Collage and acrylic on scintilla Signed and dated lower right 22 x 30 inches Clarence Holbrook Carter achieved a...

This vintage black-and-white photograph by Harold E. Malde (1923–2007) beautifully captures the timeless architecture of an adobe church set against a striking Southwestern landscape...