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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
Nude - Original India Ink Drawing by Herta Hausmann - 1940 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
Nude is an original drawing in China ink realized in 1940 ca, by Herta Hausmann. With the stamp of the artist's atelier on the rear. Very good conditi...
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1940s Modern Art

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Paper, Ink

Electric, Abstract 3D Original Glass and Metal Wall Sculpture, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Karo Martirosyan, Work: Original Artwork, Medium: Glass and Metal Wall Sculpture, Year: 2022 Style: Contemporary Art, Subject: Electric, Size: 48" x 13" x 4'' inch, ...
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2010s Modern Art

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Metal

An Exquisite Mid-Century Watercolor of Rome, ca. 1960 by Artist George Yelich
Located in Chicago, IL
An exquisite blue-toned, Mid-Century watercolor, titled "Rome", ca. 1960 by Chicago artist George Yelich. The watercolor depicts the Foro Traiano; Trajan Column, and Churches of San...
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1960s Modern Art

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor

The Well, Carcere XIII - Etching by G.B.Piranesi - 1750s
Located in Roma, IT
Giovanni Battista Piranesi, The Well, Carcere XIII , from “ Images of Prisons”, Buchard , Rome, 1749-50 Etching on laid paper. Signed on plate “ Piranesi F.” lower-right. Very good ...
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1750s Modern Art

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Etching

Marie Laurencin, Three Young Girls, from Antares, 1944
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite etching by Marie Laurencin (1883–1956), titled Trois jeunes filles (Three Young Girls), from the album Antares, eaux-fortes originales de Marie Laurencin (Antares, Ori...
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1940s Modern Art

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Etching

Wassily Kandinsky, Composition IV, from Derriere le miroir, 1955 (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph after Wassily Kandinsky (1866–1944), titled Komposition IV (Composition IV), from the folio Derriere le miroir, No. 77–78, originates from the 1955 edition ...
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1950s Modern Art

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Lithograph

Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Countess On Deck
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Countess on Deck Countess Gioia Gaetani-Lovatelli relaxes on deck during a yachting holiday in Porto Rotondo, 1982. Paper Size very large 72 x 4...
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1970s Modern Art

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Archival Pigment

Frida in the Blue House Color, Coyoacán, 1943. Color Portrait
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Matiz managed to create intimate portraits, in which Frida seemed happy to surrender to her lens. The result was dynamic portraits of Khalo, a wonderful example of both the photograp...
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2010s Modern Art

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Color

Paris Montparnasse, the Bohemian life, the artist s model resting female nude
Located in Norwich, GB
this painting perfectly encapsulates the artistic Parisian Montparnasse bohemianism of the 1920s and 30s. We see a beautiful but certainly nonchalent woman seated on a day bed in the...
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1930s Modern Art

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Canvas, Oil

The High Life Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
The High Life 1968 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Actor George Hamilton (in blue) takes off in a speedboat with friends Ruth Luthi and Mike Belami, during a sta...
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1960s Modern Art

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Archival Pigment

New York City by Night, circa 1950, Silver Gelatin B and W Photography Framed
Located in Atlanta, GA
This captivating, one-of-a-kind silver gelatin photograph print showcases a timeless black-and-white view of New York City as it appeared under the nocturnal sky circa 1950. Framed w...
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1950s Modern Art

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Silver Gelatin

Cappiello s Contratto Canelli Vermouth - later printing
Located in Spokane, WA
Original Contratto Canelli Vermouth vintage Italian liquor poster. Archival linen backed and ready to frame. Very good condition. This is the later c.1950 lithograph printing of the poster. Beautiful advertising vintage affiche printed in offset lithography (second edition). There is no second printing date besides the original date inside the poster by Cappiello's signature. (Note that the earlier printing sells for about $9500.) Most standard size original Italian posters are 39" x 55" in size; or 27.5" x 39 half sheets. This is currently the lowest and best price for this Cappiello Contratto poster on 1st Dibs. The woman in this Cappiello poster rests on a large green maple leaf while holding a bottle of Vermouth Victor and a bottle of Vermouth Bianco...
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Late 20th Century Modern Art

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Offset

Portrait of Young Woman - Painting by Francesco Settimj - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on wooden panel realized by Francesco Settimj in 1930s. Good condition.
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1930s Modern Art

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Oil

Three Lovely Kozo Inoue Pastel Prints, 1980s
Located in New York, NY
Kozo Inoue (Japanese, 1937-2017) Untitled, 1980 Lithograph Sight: 22 x 31 in. (Each) Framed: 34 x 42 1/2 x 1 in. (Each) Signed and dated 1980 lower right Inscribed lower left Kozo Inoue was a contemporary Japanese printmaker. Born in Osaka, he graduated from the Department of Art History at Keio University in 1960. During life, he worked during the winter months in the Izu Peninsula and Dordogne or Paris in the summer. He is known for his surrealistic silkscreen prints. His prints can be found in the Museum of Modern Art, Paris, Royal Library of Belgium, Modern Museum of Art Osaka and the Spencer Museum of Art, to name just a few. (Bio sourced from Ronin Gallery)
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1980s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

French Gouache Painting of Pueblo Bread Baking in Taos New Mexico
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Gouache Painting of Pueblo Bread Baking in Taos New Mexico by Emile GALLOIS (1882-1965, French) Signed: Yes Medium: Original gouache painting on thick unframed paper, S...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Art

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Gouache

Vintage Signed American School Modernist Cubist Flower Still Life Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Oil on canvas, 24 x 19 inches overall, 20 x 15.75 inches image size. A modernist still life. Cubist elements as well. Signed lower right and presented in an a modernist frame. ...
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1970s Modern Art

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Canvas, Oil

Marc Chagall Exhibition Poster, The Four Seasons- STONE LITHOGRAPH Vintage
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This 1974 poster, printed by Mourlot and published by The First National Bank of Chicago, was created to commemorate the unveiling of Marc Chagall’s large mosaic at the Four Seasons...
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1970s Modern Art

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Lithograph

A Charming 1950s Modern Portrait of a Young Woman by Francis Chapin
Located in Chicago, IL
A Charming, 1950s Modern Portrait of a Young Woman in a Red Sweater by Famed Chicago Artist, Francis Chapin (Am. 1899-1965). Artwork size: 8 x 6 inches, oil on Masonite (Framed siz...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Art

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Masonite, Oil

Icart, Composition, 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...
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1930s Modern Art

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Drypoint, Etching

Andre Brasilier, The Black Frame, from Prints from the Mourlot Press, 1964
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by Andre Brasilier (born 1929), titled Le Cadre noir (The Black Frame), from the album Prints from the Mourlot Press, exhibition sponsored by the French Emb...
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1960s Modern Art

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Lithograph

"Parisian Elegance" Monumental Modernist Folk Art Street Scene Original Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Transport yourself to the heart of Paris during the enchanting 1940s with this exquisite original painting by the renowned artist Moura Chabor (1905 - 199...
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1940s Modern Art

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Canvas, Oil

Ocelote (1/3)
Located in San Francisco, CA
Rocca Luis César Ocelote, 2023, (1/3) Acrylic on canvas 24.40 x 24.40 in This original painting comes framed as shown in one of the images. Rocca Lu...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Art

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Canvas, Acrylic

"Tovar" figurative bronze of a llama walking with pride
Located in Edgartown, MA
The historic tradition of cast bronze provides a contemporary avenue for the creation of Wayne Salge’s abstracted human and animal figures. Thoroughly modern and distinctly impressio...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Art

Materials

Bronze

Cubist Industrial Scene With Machinery And Factory Architecture
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Cubist Harbour Scene With Boats Nets And Fishing Equipment Guy Nicod (French 1923 - 2021) Gouache on artist paper, unframed Size: 14.25 x 21.25 inches (height x width) Proven...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Art

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Gouache

Orpheus #8 - Gelatin Silver Photograph Balanchine Ballet Classical Male Nudes
Located in Glenford, NY
George Platt Lynes 1948 Photograph #8 of George Balanchine’s Ballet ‘Orpheus’. George Platt Lynes rare original vintage 1948 gelatin silver photograph (dated by the NY City Public Library) of nude dancers Francisco Moncion and Nicholas Magallanes in George Balanchine's iconic mid-20th Century ballet 'Orpheus'. Stamped on verso in dark blue ink at upper center, "GEORGE PLATT LYNES/145 EAST 52 STREET NEW YORK”. Photo shoot took place in NYC. Costumes and Set by ISAMU NAGUCHI. Photo is 7 5/8 x 9 1/4 inches, soft satin finish in excellent condition. This photograph is from Francisco Moncion's original collection given to him by George Platt Lyons. It is one of 14 different poses in the 'Orpheus' series. 8 different photographs are remaining for sale and are available on request. All are original Platt Lyons gelatin silver prints original to Moncion's collection and are stamped by the photographer. Photographs from this celebrated series are in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (NYC), Museum of Modern Art (MOMA, NYC), the NYC Public Library, and many university art archives. George Platt Lynes (1907–1955), was a gregarious American portrait, dance, fashion, and male nude photographer whose career spanned the late 1920s through the early 1950...
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1940s Modern Art

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Silver Gelatin

French Sailboats in Harbor, Impressionist Lithograph by Laurent Marcel Salinas
Located in Long Island City, NY
Laurent Marcel Salinas, Egyptian/French (1913 - 2010) - French Sailboats in Harbor. Year: circa 1985, Medium: Lithograph on Arches Paper, signed and n...
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1980s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

The Little Prince and The Wild Birds
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This limited edition color lithograph, titled The Little Prince and the Wild Birds, is a beautiful reproduction from the beloved book Le Petit Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. Thi...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Art

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Offset

Flowers and Ko-Imari — Taisho/Showa Shin Hanga Woodblock Print
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Masami Iwata, 'Flowers and Ko-Imari', color woodblock print, c. 1960, edition 250. Signed, and with the artist’s seal, lower right. A superb, painterly impression, with fresh colors,...
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1960s Modern Art

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Woodcut

Under the Tree - Drawing by Gabriele Galantara - 1910s
Located in Roma, IT
China ink drawing realized by Gabriele Galantara in the 1910s. Not signed. Very good condition.
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1910s Modern Art

Materials

Paper, Ink

Musicians - China Mixed Media on Paper by Willem Van Hasselt - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Musicians is an original drawing in mixed media on paper, realized in 1930 ca. by Willem van Hasselt (Dutch, 1882–1963). The state of preservation ...
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1930s Modern Art

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Mixed Media, Watercolor, Permanent Marker

Honfleur, Lithograph by Laurent Marcel Salinas
Located in Long Island City, NY
Laurent Marcel Salinas, Egyptian/French (1913 - 2010) - Honfleur. Year: circa 1980, Medium: Lithograph, signed in pencil, Edition: EA, Size: 25.5 x 19.5 in. (64.77 x 49.53 cm)
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1980s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Memnon - after Georges Braque - Lithograph - 1988 - Figurative Print
Located in Sint-Truiden, BE
Color lithograph after a gouache by Georges Braque from the edition of 398 published by Armand & Georges Israel in 1988. Printed signature. Artwork entirely made in France: from th...
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1980s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Cubist French Surreal Abstract Composition With Eyes Figures And Geometric Forms
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Cubist French Surreal Abstract Composition With Eyes Figures And Geometric Forms Guy Nicod (French 1923 - 2021) Gouache on artist paper, unframed Size: 19.25 x 22.75 inches (...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Art

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Gouache

Edward Hicks The Cornell Farm Vintage Americana
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This 1994 reproduction of The Cornell Farm by Edward Hicks, published by Graphique de France, highlights the artist's folk art style. Depicting a tranquil farm scene with meticulous ...
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1990s Modern Art

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Acrylic, Offset

Hommage a Rene Char after Pablo Picasso
Located in New York, NY
This colorful lithograph after Pablo Picasso was printed by the Atelier Mourlot in Paris in 1964 and is unsigned*. This image is taken from a drawing in pencil and colored chalk enti...
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1960s Modern Art

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Lithograph

WPA Landscape American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern Farm Rural
Located in New York, NY
WPA Landscape American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern Farm Rural James McCracken (1875 – 1967) WPA Landscape 28 x 36 inches Oil on canvas, c. 1930s Signed lower right ...
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1930s Modern Art

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Canvas, Oil

Horses in a paddock
Located in Stoke, Hampshire
Donald Grant (1924-2001) Horses in a paddock Signed lower right Oil on canvas Canvas size - 24 x 36 in Donald Currie Grant was born in 1930 in North Shie...
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20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Oil

Fantastic Mid-Century Serigraph of the Executive House Chicago by Mark Coomer
Located in Chicago, IL
You definitely need this fantastic Mid-Century serigraph of Chicago's Executive House hotel and the Chicago River by artist Mark Coomer, in its original of...
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1950s Modern Art

Materials

Masonite, Screen

French Riviera : Around Marseille - Original Lithograph, HANDSIGNED Ltd /250
Located in Paris, IDF
Jean-Claude PICOT (1933-) French Riviera : Around Marseille, 1982 Original Lithograph Handsigned in pencil Numbered / 250 (the number you can see can be different) On Coated paper 7...
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1980s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Reclined Nude - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Pencil drawing on paper realized by Mino Maccari in 1930s. Hand signed lower right. Very good condition.
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1930s Modern Art

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Charcoal, Watercolor

Reclining Woman - Lithograph after Egon Schiele
Located in Roma, IT
Reclining Woman is a beautiful lithograph from the portfolio " Erotica " by Egon Schiele. It is a reproduction of the homonym black crayon drawing, a self-portrait realized by the...
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Early 2000s Modern Art

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Lithograph

The Godfather - Original 1972 Lobby Card #1
Located in London, GB
The Godfather - Original 1972 Lobby Card #1 Vintage Godfather Lobby Card: The aging patriarch of an organized crime dynasty transfers control of his clandestine empire to his reluc...
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1970s Modern Art

Materials

Paper, Cardboard

Raoul Dufy Paddock-Deauville 1960- Lithograph
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This original lithograph titled Paddock at Deauville by renowned French artist Raoul Dufy captures the lively atmosphere of the famous horse racing scene at Deauville. Dufy, who init...
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1960s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Large Nike Torso-Bronze Sculpture Ed. 1/6
Located in Zug, CH
Hermann Rastorfer was a draftsman, painter, sculptor, illustrator, ceramist, designer, poster artist, developer of advertising concepts and communication campaigns, inventor, and architect. He began as a typesetter in Salzburg. In the mid-1950s, he moved to Germany, where he soon founded his own studio for graphic design and advertising. His goal was always to give each product a distinctive, highly recognizable appearance. He designed his own design line for the German pharmaceutical company Boehringer Ingelheim, artistic cover images for numerous paperbacks from renowned publishers, and packaging for well-known products such as Ferrero Küsschen, Mon Chéri, Martell cognac...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Art

Materials

Bronze

Slim Aarons Porto Ercole 1969 Officially Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Porto Ercole' 1969 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print Boating in Porto Ercole, Italy, August 1969. 60 x 40" inches / 152 x 102 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection E...
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1960s Modern Art

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Archival Pigment

Mother and Child - Lithograph by Carlo Levi­ - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Mother and Child is an original litograph realized by Carlo Levi in mid-20th century. Good condition. Hand signed by the artist. Carlo Levi (29 Novembe...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Art

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Lithograph

Skeleton after Titian - Etching by Jean François Poletnich - 1755
Located in Roma, IT
Skeleton after Titian is an etching realized by Jean Francois Poletnich in 1755. Signed in the plate. Good conditions with foxing. The artwork is depicted through confident stroke...
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1750s Modern Art

Materials

Etching

Vintage Mid-Century Swedish Expressive Landscape Oil Painting - Rustic Houses
Located in Bristol, GB
RUSTIC HOUSES Size: 57 x 67 cm (including frame) Oil on Canvas A wonderfully executed mid-century modernist style landscape composition, painted in oil onto canvas. The composition...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Art

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Oil, Canvas

Jean Cocteau - Bulls - Original Lithograph
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Original Lithograph by Jean Cocteau Title: Taureaux Signed in the plate Dimensions: 40 x 30 cm Edition: 200 Luxury print edition from the portfolio of Trinckvel 1965 From the last po...
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1960s Modern Art

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Lithograph

Henri Matisse, Crayon, from Drawings by Henri Matisse, 1925 (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph after Henri Matisse (1869–1954), titled Crayon (Crayon), from the album Dessins de Henri-Matisse (Drawings by Henri Matisse), originates from the 1925 editi...
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1920s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

English 20th century landscape with a pussy cat, buttercups, daisy s and flowers
Located in Woodbury, CT
Alison Bolton studied fine art at Salisbury School of Art and Hornsey College of Art with Maurice de Sausmarez. After leaving college, Alison resumed painting once her children were ...
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1990s Modern Art

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Oil, Board

Pablo Picasso Estate Hand Signed Cubist Lithograph Abstract Girl Portrait Tete
Located in Surfside, FL
Pablo Picasso (after) "Buste de Petite Fille" limited edition print on Arches paper, Hand signed by Marina Picasso lower right and numbered 144/500 lower left From the estate of Pa...
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20th Century Modern Art

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Lithograph

Figurative Portrait of a Nude Male Model
Located in Soquel, CA
Figurative Portrait of a Nude Male Model Handsome example of a vibrant figurative of a nude male model by Katherine Kallick (American, b. 1952). Med...
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1980s Modern Art

Materials

Paper, Acrylic

The Wood Chopper, Brecksville, Ohio, Early 20th Century Cleveland School
Located in Beachwood, OH
Frank Nelson Wilcox (American, 1887-1964) The Wood Chopper, Brecksville, Ohio, c. 1917 Oil on masonite 33 x 24 inches "We were fortunate in that the two farms in Brecksville were still open to our visits. The urbanization of the township was then only beginning and we spent several summers there where I tried to capture something of the rural peace so soon to be erased from the countryside." - Wilcox Exhibited: “Water Colors and Oils by Frank N. Wilcox,” Cleveland Museum of Art, January 1937. 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...
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1910s Modern Art

Materials

Oil

Diptych — Modernist Abstraction, Atelier 17
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Stanley William Hayter, 'Diptych', color engraving and scorper, 1967, edition 50, Black & Moorhead 314. Signed, titled, dated, and numbered '10/50' in pencil. A superb, richly-inked impression, with fresh, vibrant colors on antique-white wove BFK Rives paper; the full sheet with margins (2 1/2 to 3 1/4 inches). Minor skinning and tape residue on the top and bottom sheet edges, verso, otherwise in excellent condition. Matted to museum standards, unframed. Image size 13 7/8 x 19 1/2 inches (146 x 108 mm); sheet size 19 7/8 x 25 3/8 inches (394 x 292 mm). Hayter created this work using engraving and scorper on 2 plates, printed side by side. He used alkali blue, printed intaglio, and a phthalo green with a hard roller on the surface. The proofing was in three states, the first with engraving (a single proof); the second adding further engraving and scorper (a single proof); the third added further engraving and editioned: color trial proofs, 5 artist's proofs, edition of 50. The edition was completed in three printings: 8 in 1967; then Hector Saunier printed numbers 9 through 18 in 1968, and numbers 19 through 50 in 1969. This impression is from the Saunier 1968 printing. Note: the online image cannot accurately convey the vibrancy of the printed alkali blue/phthalo green. An impression of this work is held in the collection of the National Gallery of Art. ABOUT THE ARTIST Stanley William Hayter (1901-1988) was a British painter and printmaker associated in the 1930s with Surrealism and from 1940 onward with Abstract Expressionism. Regarded as one of the most significant printmakers of the 20th century, Hayter founded the legendary Atelier 17 studio in Paris, now known as Atelier Contrepoint. Among the artists he is credited with influencing are Pablo Picasso, Alberto Giacometti, Joan Miró, Alexander Calder, and Marc Chagall. The hallmark of the workshop was its egalitarian structure, breaking sharply with the traditional French engraving studios by insisting on a cooperative approach to labor and technical discoveries. In 1929 Hayter was introduced to Surrealism by Yves Tanguy and André Masson, who, with other Surrealists, worked with Hayter at Atelier 17. The often violent imagery of Hayter’s Surrealist period was stimulated in part by his passionate response to the Spanish Civil War and the rise of Fascism. He organized portfolios of graphic works to raise funds for the Spanish cause, including Solidarité (Paris, 1938), a portfolio of seven prints, one of them by Picasso. Hayter frequently exhibited with the Surrealists during the 1930s but left the movement when Paul Eluard was expelled. Eluard’s poem Facile Proie (1939) was written in response to a set of Hayter’s engravings. Other writers with whom Hayter collaborated in this way included Samuel Beckett and Georges Hugnet. Hayter joined the exile of the Parisian avant-garde in 1939, moving with his second wife, the American sculptor Helen...
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1960s Modern Art

Materials

Engraving

Landscape of a village with a view of steeples - Oil on canvas
Located in Geneva, CH
Dated, signed Signature unknown Work on wood Gray wooden frame with golden patina 82 x 997 x 6 cm
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Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Oil

Shadows on the Ramp
Located in Storrs, CT
Shadows on the Ramp. 1927. Drypoint and sand ground. McCarron 64. 9 x 10 1/2 (sheet 12 3/8 x 14). Edition 75 recorded impressions. A rich, tonal impression with drypoint burr, printe...
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1920s Modern Art

Materials

Drypoint, Etching

A Vintage 1950s Pastel on Paper Drawing of a Hockey Game by Francis Chapin
Located in Chicago, IL
Perfect for your hockey enthusiast! A dynamic 1950s pastel on paper drawing of a hockey game by famed Chicago Modern artist, Francis Chapin. Image size: 9 x 12 inches. Matted size: 14 x 18 inches. Estate stamped on reverse. Provenance: Estate of the artist. Francis Chapin, affectionately called the “Dean of Chicago Painters” by his colleagues, was one of the city’s most popular and celebrated painters in his day. Born at the dawn of the 20th Century in Bristolville, Ohio, Chapin graduated from Washington and Jefferson College near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania before enrolling at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1922. He would set down deep roots at the Art Institute of Chicago, exhibiting there over 31 times between 1926 and 1951. In 1927 Chapin won the prestigious Bryan Lathrop Fellowship from the Art Institute – a prize that funded the artist’s yearlong study trip to Europe. Upon his return to the United States, Chapin decided to remain in Chicago, noting the freedom Chicago artists have in developing independently of the pressure to conform to pre-existing molds (as was experienced by artists in New York, for example). Chapin became a popular instructor at the Art Institute, teaching there from 1929 to 1947 and at the Art Institute’s summer art school in Saugatuck, Michigan (now called Oxbow) between 1934 – 1938 (he was the director of the school from 1941-1945). Chapin’s contemporaries among Chicago’s artists included such luminaries as Ivan Le Lorraine Albright...
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1950s Modern Art

Materials

Paper, Pastel

Salvador Dalí­, "L amour sacré de Gala", original etching, hand colored, signed
Located in Chatsworth, CA
Salvador Dalí "L'amour sacré de Gala" (The Sacred Love of Gala) from After 50 Years of Surrealism Original etching with hand coloring, ha...
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1970s Modern Art

Materials

Etching

"Centurion, " 1960s Modern Abstract Painting
Located in Westport, CT
This vertical format abstract painting by Modernist artist Stanley Bate measures at 26" x 50" framed. The original gold-hued floater frame pulls out the vibrant and warm pops of yell...
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1960s Modern Art

Materials

Gold Leaf

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