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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
Private Island, Philippines 1973 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Private Island, Philippines 1973 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Guests relax on the beach of a private island owned by Philippine Airlines President, Benigno Toda Jr., Philippines, Fe...
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1970s Modern Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Sundown, Stonington, Maine — Artist-printed Exhibition Proof
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Lawrence Nelson Wilbur (1897-1988), 'Sundown, Stonington, Maine', wood engraving, artist's proof, edition not stated but small, 1969. Signed and titled in pencil. Signed in the block...
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1940s Modern Art

Materials

Woodcut

"Audrey Hepburn" by Bert Hardy
Located in London, GB
"Audrey Hepburn" by Bert Hardy 1st May 1950: Belgian born actress Audrey Hepburn (1929 - 1993) leaning on an ornate urn in Kew Gardens. Original Publicatio...
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1950s Modern Art

Materials

Black and White

A ca. 1920s Caricature of Irish Politician Alexander Green
Located in Chicago, IL
A 1920s caricature of Irish politician George Russell by artist Isa M. Macnie. Inscription on drawing reads: "For Richard Madden, George Russell "AE". Image size: 8 7/8" x 6 7/8"...
Category

1920s Modern Art

Materials

Paper, Ink, Watercolor

"Alaskan Pollock II"
Located in Detroit, MI
SALE ONE WEEK ONLY This painting of four different species of fish that can be found in South Korea is from the mid-20th century Korean artist Kim Kyung. Seafood from both the seas that surround the peninsula and from its rivers are an integral part of the livelihood and cuisine of Koreans. Kim Kyung (in Hanja, 金耕, in Hangul 김경) was born in South Korea, his real name, under the current Revised Romanization was Kim Gyeong-Eun (in Hanja 金萬斗, in Hangul 김경은). His name follows the East Asian convention of family name first, though some Western galleries choose to reorder his name with the Western convention as Kyung Kim. He was born in Hadong, Gyeongnam during the Imperial Japanese occupation, as the eldest son of a poor farm family, and at the age of 18 he entered the art department of Japan University. In 1943, he returned to his hometown to escape being drafted into the Japanese army...
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1940s Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Portrait - Original Ink and Watercolor on Paper - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is an original Modern artwork realized in the half of the 18th Century in France. Original watercolor on ivory paper. The work is surrounded by a colored frame. The sig...
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18th Century Modern Art

Materials

Watercolor, Ink

Lookin Cool 2
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
Ed Heck (American, Born 1963) Signed: Heck (Lower, Right) And: Copyright Ed Heck 2012 (on verso) " Lookin' Cool 2 ", 2012 (Titled and Dated on Verso) Acrylic on Canvas 48" x 36" ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Art

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Canvas, Acrylic

Lookin
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North on West Street (West Side Highway NYC Cityscape)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
De Hirsh Margules (1899-1965). North on West Street , 1939. Watercolor on Arches wove paper. Signed and dated in pencil by artist lower margin. Sheet measures 15 x 22 inches. Framed measurement: 27 x 34 inched. Incredibly vibrant and saturated color with no fading or toning of sheet. Provenance: Babcock Galleries, NYC De Hirsh Margules (1899–1965) was a Romanian-American "abstract realist" painter who crossed paths with many major American artistic and intellectual figures of the first half of the 20th century. Elaine de Kooning said that he was "[w]idely recognized as one of the most gifted and erudite watercolorists in the country". The New York Times critic Howard Devree stated in 1938 that "Margules uses color in a breath-taking manner. A keen observer, he eliminates scrupulously without distortion of his material." Devree later called Margules "one of our most daring experimentalists in the medium" Margules was also a well-known participant in the bohemian culture of New York City's Greenwich Village, where he was widely known as the "Baron" of Greenwich Village.[1] The New York Times described him as "one of Greenwich Village's best-known personalities" and "one of the best known and most buoyant characters about Greenwich Village. Early Life De Hirsh Margules was born in 1899 in the Romanian city of Iași (also known as Iasse, Jassy, or Jasse). When Margules was 10 weeks old, his family immigrated to New York City. Both of his parents were active in the Yiddish theater, His father was Yekutiel "Edward" Margules, a "renowned Jewish actor-impresario and founder of the Yiddish stage." Margules' mother, Rosa, thirty-nine years younger than his father, was an actress in the Yiddish theater and later in vaudeville. Although Margules appeared as a child actor with the Adler Family[11] and Bertha Kalich, his sister, Annette Margules, somewhat dubiously continued in family theater and vaudeville tradition, creating the blackface role of the lightly-clad Tondelayo (a part later played on film Hedy Lamarr) in Earl Carroll's 1924 Broadway exoticist hit, White Cargo. Annette herself faced stereotyping as an exotic flower: writing about her publicist Charles Bouchert stated that "Romania produces a stormy, temperamental type of woman---a type admirably fitted to portray emotion." His brother Samuel became a noted magician who appeared under the name "Rami-Sami." Samuel later became a lawyer, representing magician Horace Goldin, among others. A family portrait including a young De Hirsh, a portrait of Rosa and Annette together, and individual photos of Rosa and Edward can be found on the Museum of the City of New York website. At around age 9 or 10, Margules took art classes with the Boys Club on East Tenth Street, and his first taste of exhibition was at a student art show presented by the club. By age 11, he had won a city-wide prize (a box camera) at a children's art show presented by the department store Wanamakers. As a young teenager, Margules was already displaying a characteristic kindness and loyalty. Upon hearing that two friends (one of them was author Alexander King), were in trouble for breaking a school microscope, the nearly broke Margules gave them five dollars to repair the microscope . Margules had to approach a wealthy man that Margules had once saved on the subway from a heart attack. Margules didn't reveal the source of the five dollars to King until twenty-five years later. In his late teens, Margules studied for a couple of months in Pittsburgh with Edwin Randby, a follower of Western painter Frederic Remington. Thereafter he pursued a two-year course of studies in architecture, design and decoration at the New York Evening School of Art and Design, while working as a clerk during the day at Stern's Department Store. He was encouraged in these artistic pursuits by his neighbor, the painter Benno Greenstein (who later went by the name of Benjamin Benno). Artistic career In 1922, Margules began work as a police reporter for the City News Association of New York .Margules then considered himself something of an expert on art, and the painter Myron Lechay is said to have responded to some unsolicited analysis of his work with the remark "Since you seem to know so much about it, why don't you paint yourself?" This led to study with Lechay and a flurry of painting. Margules' first show was in 1922 at Jane Heap's Little Review Gallery. Thereafter Margules began to participate in shows with a group including Stuart Davis, Jan Matulka, Buckminster Fuller (exhibiting depictions of his "Dymaxion house") in a gallery run by art-lover and restaurateur Romany Marie on the floor above her cafe. Jane Heap, left, with Mina Loy and Ezra Pound During the 1920s, Margules traveled outside of the country a number of times. In 1922, with the intent of reaching Bali, he took a job as a "'wiper on a tramp steamer where [he] played nursemaid to the engine." He reached Rotterdam before he turned back. He would return to Rotterdam shortly thereafter. In 1927, Margules took a lengthy leave of absence from his day job as a police reporter in order to travel to Paris, where he "set up a studio in Montmartre's Place du Tertre, on the top floor of an almost deserted hotel, a shabby establishment, lacking both heat and running water." He studied at the Louvre and traveled to paint landscapes in provincial France and North Africa. Margules also joined the "Noctambulist" movement and experimented with painting and showing his artwork in low light.Jonathan Cott wrote that: the painter De Hirsch Margulies sat on the quays of the Seine and painted pictures in the dark. In fact, the first exhibition of these paintings, which could be seen only in a darkened room, took place in [ Walter Lowenfels'] Paris apartment. Elaine de Kooning remarked that studying the works of the Noctambulists confirmed Margules' "direction toward the use of primary colors for perverse effects of heavy shadow." It was also in Paris that Margules initially conceived his idea of "Time Painting", where a painting is divided into sectors, each representing a different time of day, with color choices meant to evoke that time of day. In Paris, his social circle included Lowenfels, photographer Berenice Abbott, publisher Jane Heap, composer George Anthiel, sculptor Thelma Wood, painter André Favory, writer Norman Douglas, writer and editor George Davis, composer and writer Max Ewing, and writer Michael Fraenkel. Upon his return to New York in 1929, Margules attended an exhibition of John Marin's paintings. While at the exhibition, he "launched into an eloquent explanation of Marin to two nearby women", and was overheard by an impressed Alfred Stieglitz. The famous photographer and art promoter invited Margules to dine with his wife, the artist Georgia O'Keeffe, and his assistant, painter Emil Zoler. Stieglitz thereafter became a friend and mentor to Margules, becoming for him "what Socrates was to his friends." Alfred Stieglitz Stieglitz introduced Margules to John Marin, who quickly became the most important painterly influence upon Margules. Elaine de Kooning later noted that Margules was "indebted to Marin and through Marin to Cézanne for his initial conceptual approach - for his constructions of scenes with no negative elements, for skies that loom with the impact of mountains." Margules himself said that Marin was his "father and ... academy." The admiration was by no means unreciprocated: Marin said that Margules was "an art lover with abounding faith and sincerity, with much intelligence and quick seeing." Stieglitz also introduced Margules to many other artistic and intellectual figures in New York. With the encouragement of Alfred Stieglitz, Margules in 1936 opened a two-room gallery at 43 West 8th Street called "Another Place." Over the following two years there were fourteen solo exhibitions by Margules and others, and the gallery was well-respected by the press. It was in this gallery that the painter James Lechay, Myron's brother, exhibited his first painting. In 1936, Margules first saw recognition by major art museums when both the Museum of Modern Art and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston purchased his works. In 1942, Margules gave up working as a police reporter, and apparently dedicated himself thereafter solely to an artistic vocation. "The Baron of Greenwich Village"[edit] Margules made his mark not only as an artist, but also as an outsized personality known throughout Greenwich Village and beyond. To local residents, Margules was known as the "Baron", after Baron Maurice de Hirsch, a prominent German Jewish philanthropist. Margules was easily recognizable by the beret he routinely wore over his long hair. Writer Charles Norman said that he "dressed with a flair for sloppiness." He was said to "know everybody" in Greenwich Village, to the extent that when the novelist and poet Maxwell Bodenheim was murdered, Margules was the first one the police sought to identify the body. Margules' letters show him interacting with art world figures such as Sacha Kolin, John Marin and Alfred Stieglitz, as well as with prominent figures outside the art world such as polymath Buckminster Fuller and writer Henry Miller. Most of his friends and acquaintances found Margules a generous and voluble man, given to broadly emotionally expressive gestures and acts of kindness and loyalty. In 1929, he exhibited an example of this loyalty and fellow-feeling when he appeared in court to fight what the wrongful commitment of his friend, writer and sculptor Alfred Dreyfuss, who appeared to have been a victim of an illicit attempt to block an inheritance. The Greenwich Village chronicler Charles Norman described the bone-crushing hugs that Margules would routinely bestow on his friends and acquaintances, and speaks of the "persuasive theatricality" that Margules seemed to have inherited from his actor parents. Norman also wrote about Margules' routine acts of kindness, taking in homeless artists, constantly feeding his friends and providing the salvatory loan where needed. Norman also notes that Margules was blessed with a loud and good voice, and was apt to sing an operatic air without provocation. The writer and television personality Alexander King said I think the outstanding characteristics of my friend's personality are affirmation, emphasis, and overemphasis. He chooses to express himself predominantly in superlatives and the gestures which accompany his utterances are sometimes dangerous to life and limb. Of the bystanders, I mean. King also spoke with affectionate amusement about Margules' pride in his cooking, speaking of how "if he should ever invite you to dinner, he may serve you a hamburger with onions, in his kitchen-living room, with such an air of gastronomic protocol, such mysterious hints and ogliing innuendoes, as if César Ritz and Brillat-Savarin had sneaked out, only a moment before, with his secret recipe in their pockets." Margules was such a memorable New York personality that comic book writer Alvin Schwartz imagined him at the Sixth Avenue Cafeteria in a risible yet poignant debate with Clark Kent about whether Superman had the ability to stop Hitler. Margules' entrenchment in the Greenwich Village milieu can be seen in a photograph from Fred McDarrah's "Beat Generation Album" of a January 13, 1961 writers' and poets' meeting to discuss "The Funeral of the Beat Generation", in Robert Cordier [fr]'s railroad flat at 85 Christopher Street. Among the people in the same photograph are Shel Silverstein...
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1930s Modern Art

Materials

Watercolor, Rag Paper

1960 s Original French Pastel Sketch Reclining Nude Study
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Nude Lady French School, circa 1960's chalk and pastel on artists paper, unframed size: 12.5 x 19 inches condition: very good and ready to be enjoyed provenance: priva...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Chalk, Pastel

Alpine Landscape - Original Pencil Drawing by Marie Hector Yvert - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Alpine Landscape is an original artwork realized in the second half of the 19th Century by Marie Hector Yvert. Original pencil and white chalk on brown paper. Stamp of Atelier M.H....
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Late 20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Pencil, Chalk

Pablo Picasso, The Pike I, from To the Bulls with Picasso, 1961
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by Pablo Picasso (1881–1973), titled La Pique I (The Pike I), from the album A Los Toros Avec Picasso (To the Bulls with Picasso), originates from the 1961 ...
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1960s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Acrobats
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Acrobats" c.1990, is an original colors lithograph by renown Russian artist Mihail Chemiakin, b.1943. It is hand signed and numbered 283/300 in pencil by the art...
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Late 20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Simons Drive-In Coffee Shop - American Classic Architecture Nightlife Photograph
Located in Brighton, GB
Simons Drive-In Coffee Shop - American Diner USA Photography Neon Signpost from the Getty Archive 16" x 20" print Silver Gelatin print. The neon lights illuminate the night sky in ...
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20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Melancholic Muses II
Located in London, GB
'Melancholic Muses II', one of a poignant set of six signed artist proof lithographs by the celebrated Spanish artist from Barcelona, Vicenç Caraltó (circa 1960s). This collection of...
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1960s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Original Northwest Orient and Trans World Airlines vintage travel poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original poster: NORTHWEST ORIENT AIRLINES, TRANS WORLD AIRLINES poster. Description There’s a New Way Around the World / Northwest Orient Airlines – Trans World Airlines. Circa 1...
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1950s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Cats - Original Handsigned Etching, 1963
Located in Paris, IDF
Johnny FRIEDLAENDER (1912 - 1992) Cats Original handsigned etching On vellum BFK Rives 50 x 33 cm (c. 19.6 x 13 inch) Excellent condition, the sheet is slightly yellowed
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1960s Modern Art

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Etching

Joseph Wolins WPA Artist Dancing, Torah Modernist Judaica Cubist Oil Painting
Located in Surfside, FL
Joseph Wolins 1915-1999 Subject: Jewish, Dancing with the Torah (New Torah, Simchat Torah) Hand signed oil painting In this painting, Joseph Wolins uses vibrant and complimentary co...
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20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Broye Valley, Vaud" by Claude Sauthier - Oil on Wood - 92x65 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Claude Sauthier was born in Geneva, Switzerland, in 1929 and passed away in the same city in 2016. He studied at the Geneva School of Decorative Arts and initially worked as a graphi...
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1970s Modern Art

Materials

Board, Wood

Glacial, Abstract art 3D Original Glass and Metal Wall Sculpture
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Abstract art 3D Original Glass and Metal Wall Sculpture Artist: Karo Martirosyan, Work: Original Artwork, Medium: Glass and Metal Wall Sculpture, Year: 2022 Style: Contempora...
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2010s Modern Art

Materials

Metal

Street from the old Paris - Original wooodcut, Handsigned Numbered
Located in Paris, IDF
Camille BELTRAND (1877-1951) Street from the old Paris, 1921 Original woodcut Handsigned in pencil Numbered /125 On vellum 32.5 x 25.5 cm (c. 13 x 10 in) Bears the blind stamp of th...
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1920s Modern Art

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Woodcut

Nude
Located in Cologne, DE
Silvergelatinprint
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1970s Modern Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Nude
Nude
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Touch of Dew: Lisa Fonssagrives, New York
Located in New York, NY
Gelatin silver print Signed in pencil, verso 16 x 20 inches, sheet size 14 x 18.25 inches, image size This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City. Lillian Bassma...
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1960s Modern Art

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Silver Gelatin

Ascendant and Descendant - Signed Facsimile, Ltd /450
Located in Paris, IDF
M.C. ESCHER (1898-1972) Ascendant and Descendant, 2008 Facsimile after the original woodcut from 1938 Signed in the plate Numbered / 450 copies (the number you can see can be differ...
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20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Color

Large Gilt Bronze Sculpture of Cheetah
Located in Rome, IT
Fantastic gilt brass Cheetah sculpture . The item will be well-suited to either an indoor or outdoor setting.
Category

Early 2000s Modern Art

Materials

Brass

64x48" Elvis by Warhol" Photomosaic Pop Fine Art Photography
Located in Los Angeles, CA
"ELVIS BY ANDY WARHOL" is a photomosaic artwork by Destro. Destro has created large prints which are made up of many hundreds of smaller images. Archival photographic paper Framin...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

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

Materials

Archival Pigment

Young lady in a garden - Original Etching Handsigned
Located in Paris, IDF
Alméry Lobel-Riche Young lady in a garden Handsigned original engraving Signature printed in the plate Numbered /12 On parchment 31 x 22.5 cm (c. 12.2 x 8.9 inches) Very good condi...
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Early 20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Etching

Watercolor Waterfall by Mystery American Artist
Located in New York, NY
Mystery American Artist Untitled (waterfall), c. 20th century Watercolor on paper Sight: 20 1/2 x 14 in. Framed: 21 1/2 x 17 1/2 x 1 in.
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20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Watercolor

Norman Parkinson Apollonia wearing YSL in Barbados. Vogue, 1973
Located in New York, NY
Norman Parkinson captures Apollonia van Ravenstein wearing YSL in Barbados. Vogue, July 1973 Apollonia wearing YSL in Barbados. Vogue 1973 (printed later) C print Estate stamped and...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Art

Materials

C Print

Landscape - Lithograph by Arnoldo Ciarrocchi - 1966
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape is a modern artwork realized by Arnoldo Ciarrocchi in 1966. China ink Drawing on paper. Hand signed and dated on the lower margin. Includes frame
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1960s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

British Modernist Oil Painting Golden Fields Beneath A Starry Blue Sky
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Jill Jackson (British, contemporary) Title: Golden Fields Medium: oil on artist paper, unframed Painting : 16 x 20 inches Provenance: all the paintings we have b...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Art

Materials

Oil

Night in Paris - Oil Painting - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Paris is an orginal modern artwork realized in the mid-20th century by an unknown artist. Mixed colored painting on canvas. Unreadable signature on lower right. Titled on the lowe...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Oil

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

Lapin bijou sonnette, Sandoz, Ring, Rabbit, Bronze, animal, sculpture, 1920 s
Located in Geneva, CH
Lapin bijou, sonnette, circa 1920-1930 Fondry Susse, Ed. 1748 pcs Bronze with a brown patina H. 6.5 cm Signed on the side of the base : Ed.m.Sandoz Sandoz : Sculpteur Figuriste et An...
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1920s Modern Art

Materials

Bronze

The Geranium by Stéphanie Guerzoni - Oil on Canvas - 53x36.5 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Stéphanie Caroline Guerzoni (1887-1970) was an Austrian-born artist who spent much of her life contributing to the European art scene. Born in Vienna, she experienced the vibrant cul...
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1960s Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Raoul Dufy, Flowers, from Esprit de la fleur et du fruit, 1954 (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph after Raoul Dufy (1877–1953), titled Fleurs (Flowers), from the folio Eaux-de-vie, Esprit de la fleur et du fruit (Spirits, Essence of the Flower and the Fr...
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1950s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph, Stencil

California Garden Party Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
California Garden Party 1975 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Guests attend a poolside luncheon at the home of Dorothy Laughlin in Santa Barbara, California, May ...
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1970s Modern Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Swimming In Spain 1970 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Swimming In Spain 1970 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Swimming and snorkelling in the bay at the Hostal De La Gavina, in S’agaro, Costa Brava, Spain, July 1970. 30 x 20" inches / 61...
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1970s Modern Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Gino Hollander Portrait of a Woman
Located in San Francisco, CA
Gino Hollander: 1924-2015. Well listed American artist with Auction results over $14,000. He lived in California, Colorado, and Spain. This fabulous mixed media measures 11 1/4 inche...
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1970s Modern Art

Materials

Mixed Media

Marc Chagall DLM No. 182 Pages 12, 13 1969- Vintage Offset from Mourlot
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This double-page offset lithograph from Derrière le Miroir No. 182 (1969) depicts a vibrant, dreamlike scene featuring townspeople, a mother and child, a peasant, a rooster, and a mu...
Category

1960s Modern Art

Materials

Offset

"6th Avenue El" American Scene Social Realism Mid-20th Century Cityscape Modern
Located in New York, NY
"6th Avenue El" American Scene Social Realism Mid-20th Century Cityscape Modern Max Arthur Cohn (1903-1998) 6th Avenue Elevated 19 1/4 x 13 3/4 inches Watercolor on paper Signed an...
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1920s Modern Art

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

"Woman" Nude Figurative Etching
Located in Soquel, CA
Elegant nude by Suzanne Aubin Ledrew (American, b. 1942). The woman in this piece is seated, with her hand covering her face and head, turned partially away from the viewer. There is a lovely contract between the background and the figure, creating a negative shape out of the woman's body. Titled "WOMAN" in the lower center. Signed and dated "AUBIN LEDREW 74" in the lower right corner. Presented in a new grey mat with a wood frame. Image size: 12"H x 9"W Suzanne Addicott (nee Aubin Ledrew) (American, b. 1942) graduated from California College of the Arts with a BFA in Painting and Drawing. She is an artist and teacher at Studio9...
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1970s Modern Art

Materials

Paper, Ink

Boat, Modern Tempera on Paper by Biagio Civale
Located in Long Island City, NY
Biagio Civale, Italian/American (1936 - ) - Boat, Medium: Tempera on paper, signed lower left, Size: 30 x 22 in. (76.2 x 55.88 cm)
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1980s Modern Art

Materials

Tempera

Henry Moore, Three Reclining Figures, from XXe siecle, 1972
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by Henry Moore (1898–1986), titled Reclining Figure Interior Setting I, from the album XXe siecle, Numero special hors abonnement, Hommage a Henry Moore, or...
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1970s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

"Marilyn Monroe In A Bikini" by Archive Photos
Located in London, GB
"Marilyn Monroe In A Bikini" by Archive Photos American actress Marilyn Monroe (1926 - 1962) posing on a rooftop circa 1951. Unframed Paper Size: 40" ...
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1950s Modern Art

Materials

Black and White

Souvenir d Italie - Etching by Camille Corot - 1860s
Located in Roma, IT
Souvenir d'Italie is a black and White etching realized by Camille Corot in the 1860s.  Titled in the lower Image Size: 32x23 Very good impression. Realized for the "Société des ...
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1860s Modern Art

Materials

Etching

Hans Hartung, P. 1958-35, from XXe siecle, 1959
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by Hans Hartung (1904–1989), titled P. 1958-35, from the album XXe siecle, Nouvelle serie, XXIe Annee, No. 12, Mai-Juin 1959, originates from the 1959 editi...
Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

1968 Mid Century Modern Swedish Still Life Oil Painting - Fruits in Firelight
Located in Bristol, GB
FRUITS IN FIRELIGHT Size: 52 x 64 cm (including frame) Oil on canvas A vivid and vibrant semi-abstract still life composition, painted in oil onto canvas and dated 1968. This vibra...
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Near to Romont, Vaud" by Claude Sauthier - Oil on Canvas - 130x130 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Claude Sauthier was born in Geneva, Switzerland, in 1929 and passed away in the same city in 2016. He studied at the Geneva School of Decorative Arts and initially worked as a graphi...
Category

1970s Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Wassily Kandinsky, Untitled, from Derriere le Miroir, 1953 (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph after Wassily Kandinsky (1866–1944), titled Sans Titre (Untitled), originates from the 1953 folio Derriere le Miroir, Nos. 60–61, published by Maeght Editeur, Paris, under the direction of Aime Maeght, and printed by Mourlot Freres, Paris. This plate pays homage to the artist’s groundbreaking geometric abstraction and his profound influence on postwar modernism. Through precise form and rhythmic structure, Sans Titre captures the musicality and spiritual dynamism that defined Kandinsky’s mature visual language, balancing intuitive movement with mathematical harmony. Executed on velin paper, this lithograph measures 15 x 22 inches (38.1 x 55.9 cm), with centerfold, as issued. Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. The edition reflects the exceptional quality and craftsmanship of the Maeght and Mourlot collaborations, honoring Kandinsky’s legacy in fine art printing. Artwork Details: Artist: After Wassily Kandinsky (1866–1944) Title: Sans Titre (Untitled), from Derriere le Miroir, Nos. 60–61, 1953 Medium: Lithograph on velin paper Dimensions: 15 x 22 inches (38.1 x 55.9 cm), with centerfold, as issued Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued Date: 1953 Publisher: Maeght Editeur, Paris Printer: Mourlot Freres, Paris Condition: Well preserved, consistent with age and medium Provenance: From the 1953 folio Derriere le Miroir, Nos. 60–61, published by Maeght Editeur, Paris About the Publication: Derriere le Miroir (translated as "Behind the Mirror") was an iconic French art periodical published from 1946 to 1982 by Maeght Editeur, one of the most influential art publishers of the 20th century. Founded by Aime Maeght in Paris, the publication was conceived as a visual and literary collaboration between leading modern artists, poets, and critics. Each issue functioned as both an exhibition catalogue and a work of art in itself—featuring original lithographs printed directly from the artists' stones or plates, alongside essays, poems, and critical commentary. Over the course of 36 years, Derriere le Miroir produced more than 250 issues and showcased an extraordinary roster of artists including Henri Matisse, Marc Chagall, Joan Miro, Georges Braque, Alexander Calder, Fernand Leger, Pierre Bonnard, Alberto Giacometti, Eduardo Chillida, Ellsworth Kelly, Francis Bacon, Paul Rebeyrolle, Claude Garache, Antoni Tapies, Bram van Velde, Pierre Alechinsky, Pol Bury, Shusaku Arakawa, and Gerard Titus-Carmel. Printed in the ateliers of Mourlot, Arte, and Imprimerie Moderne du Lion, the periodical set new standards for quality in color lithography, combining fine art printing with elegant typography and poetic text. Beyond its visual brilliance, Derriere le Miroir also became a cultural chronicle of postwar European modernism. Each issue coincided with exhibitions held at Galerie Maeght, providing a collectible and widely accessible record of groundbreaking shows. Its integration of image, text, and philosophy created a dialogue between art and literature that elevated the modern art book to new aesthetic heights. Today, Derriere le Miroir remains one of the most sought-after and historically significant art publications, prized by collectors and scholars alike for its craftsmanship, influence, and its role in defining the visual language of 20th-century modernism. The Maeght Foundation in Saint-Paul-de-Vence continues to honor this legacy through exhibitions and archival preservation of the series, affirming Derriere le Miroir's enduring place in the history of modern art and fine art publishing. About the Artist: Wassily Kandinsky (1866–1944) was a Russian-born painter, theorist, and pioneer of abstract art whose revolutionary vision transformed 20th-century modernism. Regarded as one of the first artists to create purely nonobjective paintings, Kandinsky sought to express inner emotion and spirituality through color, rhythm, and form, believing that art could evoke the same universal harmony as music. His groundbreaking theories on abstraction and the “spiritual in art” shaped the foundation of modern aesthetics and influenced generations of artists worldwide. Closely associated with the Bauhaus movement, he developed a dynamic visual language that combined geometry and lyricism, bridging intuition and intellect. Kandinsky’s legacy resonates alongside the innovations of Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Alexander Calder, Georges Braque, Marc Chagall, Alberto Giacometti, Salvador Dali, Joan Miro, Marcel Duchamp, and Man Ray—artists who, like him, redefined the possibilities of modern art. His works are represented in the world’s leading museums, including MoMA, the Guggenheim, the Centre Pompidou, and the Tate, and remain among the most coveted by collectors globally. The highest price ever paid for a Wassily Kandinsky artwork is approximately $45.6 million USD, achieved in 2017 at Christie’s London for Bild mit weissen Linien (Painting with White Lines) (1913). Wassily Kandinsky Sans Titre, Kandinsky Derriere le Miroir, Kandinsky Maeght Editeur Paris, Kandinsky Mourlot Freres, Kandinsky 1953 edition, Kandinsky lithograph...
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1950s Modern Art

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1950s Modern Art

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Located in Roma, IT
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1930s Modern Art

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Located in New York, NY
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1950s Modern Art

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Lithograph

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Located in Southampton, NY
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1750s Modern Art

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Etching

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