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Modern Art

MODERN STYLE

The first decades of the 20th century were a period of artistic upheaval, with modern art movements including Cubism, Surrealism, Futurism and Dadaism questioning centuries of traditional views of what art should be. Using abstraction, experimental forms and interdisciplinary techniques, painters, sculptors, photographers, printmakers and performance artists all pushed the boundaries of creative expression.

Major exhibitions, like the 1913 Armory Show in New York City — also known as the “International Exhibition of Modern Art,” in which works like the radically angular Nude Descending a Staircase by Marcel Duchamp caused a sensation — challenged the perspective of viewers and critics and heralded the arrival of modern art in the United States. But the movement’s revolutionary spirit took shape in the 19th century.

The Industrial Revolution, which ushered in new technology and cultural conditions across the world, transformed art from something mostly commissioned by the wealthy or the church to work that responded to personal experiences. The Impressionist style emerged in 1860s France with artists like Claude Monet, Paul Cézanne and Edgar Degas quickly painting works that captured moments of light and urban life. Around the same time in England, the Pre-Raphaelites, like Edward Burne-Jones and Dante Gabriel Rossetti, borrowed from late medieval and early Renaissance art to imbue their art with symbolism and modern ideas of beauty.

Emerging from this disruption of the artistic status quo, modern art went further in rejecting conventions and embracing innovation. The bold legacy of leading modern artists Georges Braque, Pablo Picasso, Frida Kahlo, Salvador Dalí, Henri Matisse, Joan Miró, Marc Chagall, Piet Mondrian and many others continues to inform visual culture today.

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Style: Modern
Bold Abstract Circles Color Lithograph Alexander Calder Unfinished Revolution
Located in Surfside, FL
1975 Color Lithograph by Alexander Calder from Our Unfinished Revolution portfolio One of 250 copies, with the printed signature and date on offset paper. This is not pencil signed ...
Category

1970s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph, Offset

Norman Parkinson Paris Drama, Jean Patchett in Paris, Vogue 1950
Located in New York, NY
American model Jean Patchett photographed in Paris wearing a Jean Dessès evening gown. American Vogue magazine April 1, 1950. Paris Drama, 1950 C print Estate stamped and numbered e...
Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

C Print

Maravillas con Variaciones Acrosticas (No 22), Modern Lithograph by Joan Miro
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Joan Miro, Spanish (1893 - 1983) Title: Maravillas con Variaciones Acrosticas en el jardin de Miro (Number 22) Year: 1975 Medium: Lithograph, signed in the plate Edition: 150...
Category

1970s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Lithographs II (1041), Modern Abstract Lithograph by Joan Miró
Located in Long Island City, NY
Joan Miro is known for his abstract, expressive, and child-like Modern style. Original lithograph published in Miro Lithographe II Catalogue Raisonne. Nicely framed. Lithographs II ...
Category

1980s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Henri Matisse Creole Dancer 1984- Lithograph
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This is a lithographic reproduction of la Danseuse Creole that Matisse originally painted in 1950. The same image was also used in a promotion of La Cote D'Azur published by the Fren...
Category

1980s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

The Mirror - Drawing by Mino Maccari - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Mirror is a Watercolor Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in the Mid-20th Century. Hand-signed on the lower. Good conditions. Mino Maccari (Siena, 1924-Rome, June 1...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Watercolor

1940 s Americana WPA Modernist Watercolor Painting Catskill Mountains Bungalow
Located in Surfside, FL
Bungalow (fauvist painting of New York scene) 1940's. image is 10X 11.5 inches. Hand signed lower right Country Scene Samuel Grunvald was a Hungarian born American WPA artist known...
Category

1940s Modern Art

Materials

Watercolor

Les Etoiles - Rare Book by J.J Grandville - 1849
Located in Roma, IT
Les Etoiles (suivi de l’Astronomie des Dames) is an original modern rare book written by Joseph Méry and Le Comte Foelix and illustrated by Jean Jeacques G...
Category

1840s Modern Art

Materials

Paper, Etching

Vintage Male Erotica 1951 Figure Study by Artist Harold Haydon
Located in Chicago, IL
A black and white figure study of a standing nude male, from 1951, by artist Harold Haydon. Artwork size: Archivally matted to 24" x 20". Provenance: Estate of the Artist. Esta...
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1950s Modern Art

Materials

Graphite, Paper

Follower of Matisse, 20th Century French Oil Pink House in South of France
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, mid 20th century, follower of Henri Matisse Title: The Pink House. Medium: oil on board, framed Framed: 22.5 x 25.5 inches Painting: 15 x 18 inches...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Oil

Antique Large American Impressionist Giltwood Framed Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique European impressionist landscape oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed. Measuring: 29 by 37 inches overall, and 24 by 32 painting alone. In excellent original conditi...
Category

1930s Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

36x48 "Back to the Future" VHS Photo Photography Pop Art Fine Art Print Signed
Located in Los Angeles, CA
"The VHS" by pop Artist Destro. We all remember those iconic nights at the video store. Pop artist DESTRO once again encapsulates one of our favorite past times in a fine art con...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Spring : Goat playing Violin and Woman with Bouquet - Lithograph (Mourlot 1938)
Located in Paris, IDF
Marc CHAGALL (1887-1985) Spring : Goat playing Violin and Woman with Bouquet 1938 Lithograph (Mourlot workshop) Engraved by Sorlier under Marc Chagall supervision Other lithograph...
Category

1930s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Breakfast At Tiffanys Huge Oversize Limited Edition silver gelatin print
Located in London, GB
'Breakfast At Tiffanys' Huge Oversize Limited Edition silver gelatin print Belgian-born actor Audrey Hepburn (1929 – 1993), during a shoot for the promotion of her film BREAKFAST...
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1950s Modern Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Icart, Sans titre, Le Sopha (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
La pointe sèche etching on vélin de Rives filigrané à notre nom paper. Paper size: 9.5 x 7.5 inches; image size: 6.5 x 4.5 inches. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. No...
Category

1930s Modern Art

Materials

Drypoint, Etching

‘LE REPOSE du MODELE - Rare First State
Located in Santa Monica, CA
HENRI MATISSE (French 1869-1954) LE REPOSE du MODELE 1922 . (Duthuit 416) Original lithograph, FIRST STATE, on Chine volant paper BEFORE image was reduced at the left edge. An uns...
Category

1920s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

A Fabulous 1960s Mid-Century Modern Painting of an Embracing Couple, Lovers
Located in Chicago, IL
A Fabulous 1960s Mid-Century Modern Painting of an Embracing Couple, Lovers, by noted Chicago Artist, Rudolph Pen. A wonderful example of the artist's uniquely expressive, abstract...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Masonite, Oil

Vintage Signed Mixed Media Abstract Painting Assemblage
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage mixed media painting signed JJ PERL. Mixed media painting on linen strips. Framed. Signed. Measuring 13 by 13 inches overall and 12 by 12 painting alone. In excellent origin...
Category

Early 2000s Modern Art

Materials

Linen, Oil

On the Top, People Crossing the Mountains, Montana Western Landscape
Located in Beachwood, OH
Frank Nelson Wilcox (American, 1887–1964) On the Top, Montana, 1952 Watercolor and gouache on board Signed and dated lower right 22 x 30 inches 25.5 x 34 inches framed Frank Nelso...
Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Watercolor, Gouache

Colorful, 1930s American Scene Painting "House with Gable" by Francis Chapin
Located in Chicago, IL
A vibrant 1930s American Scene painting of a sunlit Victorian house by noted American Modern painter Francis Chapin (Am. 1899-1965). Very reminiscent of Edward Hopper's artwork, the...
Category

1930s Modern Art

Materials

Oil, Board

Terrace on the Sea - Oil Painting on Panel - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Terrace on the Sea is an original painting realized in the 19th century by an anonymous artist. The artwork is a colored oil panting on panel. Signed on the ...
Category

19th Century Modern Art

Materials

Oil, Panel

Rare mid century modern Olivetti Fully Automatic Printing Calculator poster, 50
Located in New York, NY
Giovanni Pintori Olivetti (Fully Automatic Printing Calculator), 1951 Offset lithograph poster Framed: held in original vintage metal frame Evocati...
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Offset, Lithograph

Calypso from James Joyce s Ulysses, Softground Etching by Henri Matisse
Located in Long Island City, NY
Henri Matisse, French (1869 - 1954) - Calypso from James Joyce's Ulysses, Year: 1935, Medium: Softground Etching on Arches, Edition: 1500, Image Size: 10.75 x 8.25 inches, Size: 16....
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1930s Modern Art

Materials

Etching

The French Farm — Mid-Century Modernism
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Edward Landon, 'The French Farm', color serigraph, 1942, Ryan 86. Signed, titled, and annotated 'Edition 50' in pencil. A superb impression, with fresh colors, on cream, wove paper; ...
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Screen

Huge Contemporary French Expressionist Abstract Modernist Still Life Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Modernist Still Life by Andree de Fremont (French, contemporary) signed painting on canvas, unframed canvas: 39.5 x 39.5 inches Provenance: from a collection in France Condition: ver...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas, Acrylic

Still Life
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Still Life, 1959 Oil on canvas 31 1/16 x 21 15/16 inches (78.9 x 55.72 cm) Framed dimensions: 39 1/2 x 29 3/8 inches Signed and dated lower left: Fairfield Porter 1959 Provenance Ti...
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1950s Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Leonard Baskin Beautiful Abstracted Figure Wood Engraving
Located in New York, NY
Leonard Baskin (1922-2000) Death of the Laureate, `1957 Wood Engraving Framed: 18 1/2 x 18 in. Signed and inscribed bottom: Death of the Laureate, Ed. 20, For Walter [Rosenblum], Leo...
Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Engraving

Christmas Swim - Christmas Tree in Swimming Pool with Tinsel and Star Photograph
Located in Brighton, GB
Christmas Swim - Christmas Tree in Swimming Pool with Tinsel and Star by Slim Aarons 16 x 20" print. Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print. Edition of 150. Printed Later. 'Christma...
Category

20th Century Modern Art

Materials

C Print, Photographic Paper, Color, Digital

Vintage American Modernist Dog Portrait Nicely Framed Terrier Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist dog portrait oil painting. Oil on board. Framed. Signed in monogram. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed in a vintage molding. Excellent c...
Category

1970s Modern Art

Materials

Oil

Catherine Wilke, 1980 - Bronze Model Poses Drinking Cocktail by Sunbathers
Located in Brighton, GB
Catherine Wilke, 1980 - Bronze Model Poses Drinking Cocktail by Sunbathers by Slim Aarons 16 x 20" print. Limited Edition Premium Collection Estate Stamped Print. Edition of 150. Pr...
Category

20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Digital

Soulages Composition, May 1953 2015- Lithograph
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This limited edition print, titled Composition, May 1953, is a striking work on thick paper, showcasing the artist's distinctive style. The print is hand-numbered 30 out of a limited...
Category

2010s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Modern Cubist Inspired Male Portrait Painting of a Bearded Man with a Red Tie
Located in Houston, TX
Modern Cubist inspired portrait painting by the iconic Houston based artist David Adickes. The work features a male figure wearing a white jacket, blue shirt, and red tie. Signed in ...
Category

1990s Modern Art

Materials

Acrylic

Fisherman s Island, Boothbay, Maine, early 20th century landscape watercolor
Located in Beachwood, OH
Frank Nelson Wilcox (American, 1887-1964) Fisherman's Island, Boothbay, Maine, c. 1925 Watercolor on paper Signed lower left 15 x 20 inches 20.75 x 25.75 inches, framed Frank Nelson Wilcox (October 3, 1887 – April 17, 1964) was a modernist American artist and a master of watercolor. Wilcox is described as the "Dean of Cleveland School painters," though some sources give this appellation to Henry Keller or Frederick Gottwald. Wilcox was born on October 3, 1887 to Frank Nelson Wilcox, Sr. and Jessie Fremont Snow Wilcox at 61 Linwood Street in Cleveland, Ohio. His father, a prominent lawyer, died at home in 1904 shortly before Wilcox' 17th birthday. His brother, lawyer and publisher Owen N. Wilcox, was president of the Gates Legal Publishing Company or The Gates Press. His sister Ruth Wilcox...
Category

1920s Modern Art

Materials

Watercolor

Andre Dunoyer de Segonzac, Eden Roc, from Letter to My Painter Raoul Dufy, 1965
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by Andre Dunoyer de Segonzac (1884–1974), titled Eden Roc (Eden Roc), from the folio Lettre a mon peintre Raoul Dufy (Letter to My Painter Raoul Dufy), orig...
Category

1960s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Landscape - Drawing by Eliane Diverly - Early-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape is a drawing realized in the Early-20th Century. Pencil and Watercolor. Good condition.
Category

Early 20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Watercolor, Pencil

Rooster, Lithograph by Bernard Buffet
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Bernard Buffet, French (1928 - 1999) Title: Rooster Year: 1953 Medium: Lithograph mounted on Board, signed in the plate Image Size: 15 x 10 in. (50.8 x 36.83 cm) Frame: 22 x ...
Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

On the set of the film Paris Texas - Wim Wenders - 1984
Located in Roma, IT
On the set of the film Paris Texas - Wim Wenders is a vintage black and white photograph realized in 1984. Good conditions.
Category

1970s Modern Art

Materials

Photographic Paper

Landscape
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Landscape, c. 1930-40s, oil on panel, signed lower right, 16 x 20 inches Jeanette Maxfield Lewis was a California-based landscape painter and etcher. Born in Oakland, she spent much...
Category

1930s Modern Art

Materials

Oil, Panel

Happy Marilyn (1956) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Located in London, GB
Happy Marilyn (1956) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print (Photo by Evening Standard/Getty Images) American film star Marilyn Monroe (1926 - 1962) outside her home at Englefield Green. A...
Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Dufy, Les Régates, Raoul Dufy, Collection Pierre Lévy (after)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Medium: Lithograph on vélin d'Arches paper Year: 1969 Paper Size: 20 x 26 inches Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued Notes: From the folio, Raoul Dufy, IV, Col...
Category

1960s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Antique American School WPA Modernist Black Figure Ashcan Dock View Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed.
Category

1920s Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Birdie - Screen Print - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Birdie is a silk skreened poster realized in 1970s. Signed on plate on the  right margin "printed in Israel by Shohar". Good conditions.
Category

1970s Modern Art

Materials

Screen

Jean Cocteau, "L Homme Fleur, " ceramic pitcher, signed
Located in Chatsworth, CA
Jean Cocteau "L'Homme Fleur" 7/50 from an edition of 50 Ceramic pitcher, conceived in 1958 Hand signed and inscribed on the base, " Edition originale de Jean Cocteau, Atelier Madelin...
Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Ceramic

Illustration Style Painting of Turkey Tail Mushrooms, Autumn Forest Landscape
Located in Barcelona, ES
"Turkey Tail Mushrooms" is an abstract expressionist painting by Romina Milano where a dance of black gestures unfolds across colorful brushstrokes infused with raw emotion. Romina...
Category

2010s Modern Art

Materials

India Ink, Acrylic, Handmade Paper

Weeping Woman
Located in OPOLE, PL
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) - Weeping Woman (1937) Lithograph from 1946. Dimensions of work: 48 x 32.8 cm Publisher: Pantheon. The work is in Excellent condition. Fast and secure ...
Category

1940s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Wifredo Lam, Winged Figure, from Derriere le miroir, 1953
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by Wifredo Lam (1902–1982), titled Figure Ailee (Winged Figure), from the folio Derriere le miroir, No. 55-56, originates from the 1953 edition published by...
Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Cubist French Abstract Composition With Geometric Shapes Circles And Colour
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Cubist French Abstract Composition With Geometric Shapes Circles And Colour Guy Nicod (French 1923 - 2021) Gouache on artist paper, unframed Size: 26.25 x 19.25 inches (heigh...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Gouache

Young Woman with Pink Ribbon and Hat - Original Oil Painting, Handsigned
Located in Paris, IDF
Jean-Gabriel DOMERGUE (1889-1962) Young Woman with Pink Ribbon and Hat, c. 1950 Oil on hardboard Signed lower left On hardboard, 45 x 38 cm (c. 28 x 15 in) Presented in a giltwood f...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Oil

MB 809 (Figurative Charcoal Drawing on Paper of Two Seated Male Nude Models)
Located in Hudson, NY
Figurative drawing made with graphite, conte crayon and charcoal on Arches paper 21.5 x 28 inches, unframed This unique life study drawing of two seated male nude models was made ...
Category

2010s Modern Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Charcoal, Graphite

Antique American Modernist Ashcan School Street Scene Nocturnal Signed Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist nocturnal street scene oil painting by Jerome Myers (1867 - 1940). Oil on board. Framed. Signed. Measuring 16 by 18 inches overall and 9 by 11 painting al...
Category

1890s Modern Art

Materials

Oil, Board

Elizabeth Taylor – Elstree Studios, England, Limited Estate Print Oversize
Located in London, GB
Elizabeth Taylor – Elstree Studios, England, Elizabeth Taylor’s jewellery collection was renowned as one of the greatest ever assembled. The ...
Category

1960s Modern Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Landscape
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Landscape, 1940, oil on canvas, 24 x 20 inches, signed, dated and titled verso: “Marcel Cailliet ’40 – S.C.” and “Marcel Cailliet Landscape”; likely exhibited at the annual juried st...
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1940s Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Untitled
Located in Dallas, TX
Fred Nagler was born in 1891 in Springfield, Massachusetts, where he first studied wood carving. From 1914 to 1917, he studied at The Art Students League of New York, where his prof...
Category

20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Graphite, Paper, Watercolor

Bend Over #2264 Homage to Hort P Horst. Mixed media Collage on Paper
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Natasha Zupan's body of work, 'Homage to Horst P. Horst', explores the manipulation of surface texture, light, and the interweaving of time. She has incorporated found images in book...
Category

2010s Modern Art

Materials

Paper, Acrylic

Piper - Original Lithograph by Pietro Morando - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Piper is an original artwork realized by Italian artist Pietro Morando (Alessandria 1889- 1980). Hand-colored lithograph. Hand-signed on the lower right in pencil. Good conditions...
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1970s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Laxmi, Figurative, Mythology by Raja Ravi Verma "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Raja Ravi Varma - Laxmi, 19 x 14 inches Oleograph with embellishments, Circa (Unframed & Delivered) Raja Ravi Varma (29 April 1848 – 2 October 1906) was an Indian painter and artist...
Category

1890s Modern Art

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media

Estuary, Lithograph by Laurent Marcel Salinas
Located in Long Island City, NY
Laurent Marcel Salinas, Egyptian/French (1913 - 2010) - Estuary. Medium: Lithograph, signed in pencil, Edition: AP, Image Size: 17 x 20 inches, Size: 21 x 30 in. (53.34 x 76.2 cm)
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1970s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Vintage American Beach Scene Monogrammed Nature Study Modernist Frame
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist beach scene oil painting. Oil on board. Framed. Image size, 16L x 20H.
Category

1960s Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Buste de Faune, Modern Stencil after Pablo Picasso
Located in Long Island City, NY
Pablo Picasso, After, Spanish (1881 - 1973) - Buste de Faune. Portfolio: Femme et Faunes, Year: 1956, Medium: Pochoir, signed in the plate, Edition: 200, Size: 19.5 x 16 in. (49.53 x...
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1950s Modern Art

Materials

Stencil

Mid-Century Original Printed Menu, Transatlantic French Line, Ile de France .
Located in Cotignac, FR
Mid-century French transatlantic liner menu with printed illustration by French artist Jean Adrien Mercier. Signed in the print, top left and dated 1956 inside centre. This highly c...
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Paper, Printer s Ink

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