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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
David Bowie Aladdin Sane - Eyes Open - Limited Edition Signed by David Bowie
Located in London, GB
David Bowie Aladdin Sane Eyes Open 40 x 40 inches / 101 x 101 cm paper size Archival Pigment Print Hand signed by David Bowie Edition 23/25 Duffy Archive stamp to margin Taken b...
Category

1970s Modern Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Steven Jan Hoff Gelatin Silver Photograph Mid-20th Century Male Nude Gay Vogue
Located in Glenford, NY
Jack Mitchell vintage mid-20th Century nude photograph of Dutch dancer Steven Jan Hoff. Copyright Stamped 1972. Photo taken for the iconic 1970's entertainment publication After Dark...
Category

1970s Modern Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Echoes of the Atelier XV
Located in London, GB
Echoes of the Atelier XV, acrylic on canvas mounted on board, Florentine School (circa 1980s-90s). This gallery has acquired a number of paintings through an intermediary of an agein...
Category

1980s Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic, Board

Miró, Composition (Mourlot 551; Cramer 118), Derrière le miroir (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin Chiffon de Mandeure paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the album, Lithographies et Eaux-Fortes Originales, Livres Illustres Or...
Category

1960s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Abstract Figurative Composition with Flowers and Yellow Ground French Gouache
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Abstract Figurative Composition with Flowers and Yellow Ground French Gouache Guy Nicod (French 1923 - 2021) Gouache on artist paper, unframed Size: 18 x 21.75 inches (height...
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Gouache

Vintage Male Erotica 1951 Graphite on Paper 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: 19" x 12 1/2". Archivally matted to 24" x 20". Provenance: Estate of t...
Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Graphite, Paper

Interior with Cats
Located in Atlanta, GA
Artist Statement "I’m a Canadian painter living on an island off the northwest coast of Canada. My current paintings revolve around floral still lives. The flowers are the original...
Category

2010s Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Bold Male Nude Gelatin Silver Photograph Mid-20th Century Iconic Gay Vogue
Located in Glenford, NY
Jack Mitchell mid-20th Century Bold Male Nude from 1971. Highly collectible vintage original gelatin silver print, stamped verso by the photographer "Copyright 1971 JACK MITCHELL 356 East 74, New York City...
Category

1970s Modern Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Pablo Picasso, La Picador II, original lithograph
Located in Chatsworth, CA
Pablo Picasso Le Picador II from A Los Toros Avec Picasso Lithograph in 24 colors on wove paper 1961 Image Size: 8 x 10 inches Frame Size: 21 x 23 inches Dated in the plate Referenc...
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1960s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Bouquet of flowers by Albert Duplain - Oil on canvas 45x55 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Albert Duplain was a Swiss painter who was born in 1890. Albert Duplain's work has been offered at auction multiple times. Died in 1978. Work on canvas
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1960s Modern Art

Materials

Oil

Nude with Bouquet of Flowers - Handsigned lithograph /75ex - Mourlot 1974
Located in Paris, IDF
Bernard CATHELIN Nude with Bouquet of Flowers Original stone lithograph Signed in pencil Numbered / 75 ex With dedication to the painter Guy Bardone On Arches vellum 39 x 31 cm (c. 16 x 12 in) REFERENCES : Catalog raisonne Cathelin lithographs...
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1970s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Nude I (Female Nude) pastel circa 1949 NATALIE GRAUER
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
This pastel on paper NUDE I by Natalie Eynon Grauer offers a striking view into mid century American modernism and the enduring power of the human figure as a vehicle for abstraction...
Category

1940s Modern Art

Materials

Paper, Pastel

Catherine Wilke 1980 Slim Aarons Premium Collection Estate Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
Catherine Wilke 1980 Catherine Wilke joins the topless sunbathers on the island of Capri. 40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 cm paper size. Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Phot...
Category

1980s Modern Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

A Lively, 1950s Mid-Century Modern Floral Still Life Painting by Francis Chapin
Located in Chicago, IL
A Lively, Colorful 1950s Mid-Century Modern Floral Still Life Painting by Notable Chicago Artist, Francis Chapin (Am. 1899-1965). Full of color, with wonderful brushwork, the painti...
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Board

HENRI MATISSE Planche XLVII, 1920, Lithograph, FIRST EDITION
Located in Brooklyn, NY
First Edition. This was published in 1920 by Les Soins de l’Artiste and included in a book titled Cinquante Dessins. The portfolio was edited and printed by Matisse himself. This is...
Category

1920s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

"Near Jussy, Switzerland" by Morini Zolfanelli - Oil on wood 46x65 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Oil on wood sold with frame Total size with frame 54x72 cm Signed Morini Zolfanelli, Swiss artist unknown from the gallery Dated 1993
Category

1990s Modern Art

Materials

Oil

A Sunny 1948 Modern Lake Michigan Beach Scene by Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon
Located in Chicago, IL
A charming, colorful 1948 Mid-Century Modern beach scene by notable Chicago artist, Harold Haydon. Depicting a sunlit beach scene with bathers and sailboats painted along the sandy ...
Category

1940s Modern Art

Materials

Paper, Oil

Picasso, Composition (Cramer 88), Dans l Atelier de Picasso (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin d'Arches à la forme savoir paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, Dans l'Atelier de Picasso, 1957. Published by Fernan...
Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Four original lithographs - A Los Toros series
Located in OPOLE, PL
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) - Four original lithographs - A Los Toros series Lithograph from 1961. Dimensions of work: 31 x 25 cm. Reference: Bloch 1014-1017; Cramer 113. Printed by...
Category

1960s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Modulor
Located in New York, NY
Color lithograph on cream wove paper, 1956. Edition of 200. Printed by Mourlout, Paris.
Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph, Color

Diptych: Aventure d une libertine XIV and XIII. From The Secret Album Series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
This series is born from a personal experience. The model's husband told Uwe Ommer an idea: he wanted to watch his wife with other men hiding behind the curtains. This is how the ser...
Category

1960s Modern Art

Materials

Color, Archival Pigment

Superb Original 1960 s French Modernist Signed Oil Painting Figurative Blues
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Figures in Blue French, circa 1950-1960 period indistinctly signed oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 29 x 21.5 inches Provenance: private collection, France Condition: very good condi...
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Oil

L.S. Lowry, Street Scene, 1965
Located in Manchester, GB
L.S. Lowry, Street Scene, 1965 Oil on canvas 50.8 x 60.9 cm (20 x 24 in) Hand-signed and dated 'L.S. LOWRY 1965' (lower right) and titled 'STREET SCENE' (on the canvas overlap) E...
Category

1960s Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Modernist Interior Scene , Oil on Canvas Painting, 1990
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
This oil on canvas painting, 30.125" x 24.125", depicts an interior scene of a room within a residential household. The artist's style is modernist, as the artist strays from a more...
Category

20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

20th Century French Modernist Painting Set of Four Dark Watercolour Scenes
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Set of 4 by Guy Nicod (French 1923 - 2021) watercolour on artist paper, unframed painting : 8.75 x 6.5 inches stamped verso provenance: artists estate, France condition: very good an...
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Watercolor

Madonna - Limited Edition Mick Rock Estate Print
Located in London, GB
Madonna - Limited Edition Mick Rock Estate Print Early photograph of Madonna, 1980 (photo Mick Rock). All prints are numbered by the Estate. Edition si...
Category

1980s Modern Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

"Marilyn Candid Moment" by Ed Feingersh
Located in London, GB
"Marilyn Candid Moment" by Ed Feingersh NEW YORK - MARCH 1955: Actress Marilyn Monroe reads the book "To the Actor: On the Technique of Acting" by Michael Chekhov in a quiet moment at the Ambassador...
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1950s Modern Art

Materials

Black and White

Still-Life with Fruits - Original Lithograph
Located in Paris, IDF
Raoul DUFY Still-Life with Fruits, 1953 Original Lithograph with stencil watercolor With printed signature in the plate On Arches vellum 28 x 37.5 cm (c. 11 x 14.8 inch) Excellent ...
Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Large Antique American Modernist Still Life 1940s Nicely Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist interior still life oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed in a modernt wood molding. Excellent cond...
Category

1940s Modern Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Expressions in Bloom: Portraits from the 20th Century III - Florentine School
Located in London, GB
'Expressions in Bloom: Portraits from the 20th Century III', oil on canvas mounted on board, Florentine School (circa 1980s-90s). This gallery has acquired a number of paintings thro...
Category

1980s Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Board

Set of 2 Aventure d une libertine Photographs. From The Secret Album Series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
This series is born from a personal experience. The model's husband told Uwe Ommer an idea: he wanted to watch his wife with other men hiding behind the curtains. This is how the ser...
Category

1960s Modern Art

Materials

Archival Pigment, Color

Cafe Culture by Bert Hardy Limited Edition Giant Oversize Silver Gelatin Print
Located in London, GB
"Cafe Culture" by Bert Hardy A waiter serving clients on the terrace of a cafe on the Champs-Elysees, Paris, June 1951. Original publication: Picture Po...
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1950s Modern Art

Materials

Black and White

Huge French Modernist Oil Sunny Garden Landscape with French Chairs
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Le Jardin Jeanon Pitre (French contemporary) signed oil painting on canvas, unframed canvas: 51 x 38 inches provenance: private collection, Paris condition: overall very good
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

"Grande Irène Vignier" Signed Etching, State Proof, Young Girl, Duthuit 19
Located in Yardley, PA
A superb example of the Matisse’s mastery of line, restraint, and psychological nuance. The sitter, a young girl rendered with the most economical of strokes, emerges from the page w...
Category

1910s Modern Art

Materials

Etching

Guerillero Heroico Che Guevara hand signed photograph certified
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Attached is a certificate from the Carmen Tatche Gallery and press clippings from the exhibition held in 2000 in Spain.
Category

Early 2000s Modern Art

Materials

Photographic Paper

Inspiration - Drawing by Mino Maccari - mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
China ink drawing realized by Mino Maccari in the mid-20th Century. Hand signed lower right. Very good condition.
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Ink

Commissionaire s Dog - London Luxury Hotel Dachshund Silver Gelatin Print
Located in Brighton, GB
Commissionaire's Dog - London Luxury Hotel Dachshund Silver Gelatin Print The commissionaire of a London luxury hotel greets an unexpected guest, a small Dachshund, who is clearly d...
Category

20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Jack Mitchell Nude Male 1970 s
Located in Glenford, NY
Jack Mitchell mid-20th Century beautiful male nude photograph taken in the 1970s. Highly collectible vintage original silver gelatin print, stamped verso by the photographer "Photogr...
Category

1970s Modern Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Pablo Picasso Estate Hand Signed Lithograph "Femme dans un fauteuil "
Located in Surfside, FL
Pablo Picasso (after) "Femme dans un fauteuil" limited edition print on Arches paper, Hand signed by Marina Picasso lower right and numbered 31/500 lower left From the estate of Pab...
Category

20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Etching

New York, Central Park — 1930s American Modernism
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
'New York, Central Park', etching, edition 40, c. 1930. Signed in pencil. Titled and numbered '14/40' on the bottom sheet edge, in pencil. Signed in the plate, lower left. A superb, ...
Category

1930s Modern Art

Materials

Etching

Robert La Tourneaux - The Boys in the Band Cowboy Nude Photograph Mid-20th C.
Located in Glenford, NY
Jack Mitchell vintage mid-20th Century nude photograph of actor Robert La Tourneaux best know as ‘Cowboy’ in the original Broadway and also the film version of Mart Crowley’s breakthrough gay play ‘The Boys in the Band...
Category

1960s Modern Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Fernand Leger, Still Life with Newspaper, from Contrastes, 1959 (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph and pochoir after Fernand Leger (1881–1955), titled Nature Morte au Journal (Still Life with Newspaper), from the folio Contrastes, 13 Aquarelles, Gouache, ...
Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph, Stencil

Manhattan Mountains
Located in Storrs, CT
Manhattan Mountains. 1938. Etching and drypoint. 14 3/4 x 12 3/8 (sheet 17 1/4 x 14 3/4). Artist proof, previous to the edition of 40. An atmospheric impression printed on buff-colored laid paper. Signed and dated in the plate. Signed, titled, and annotated 'Final state' and 'Jones Proof'in pencil. Housed in an archival sleeve. Painter and printmaker Lawrence Nelson...
Category

20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Drypoint, Etching

James Dean At A Car Rally - Oversize Limited Edition Print
Located in London, GB
James Dean At A Car Rally 1955 (colorised) by Frank Worth paper size 40 x 60 inches / 101 x 152 cm edition of 6 only in this size Archival pigment print unframed Note other si...
Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Farm Landscape, Zoar, Ohio, Early 20th Century
Located in Beachwood, OH
August Frederick Biehle (1885-1979) Farm Landscape, Zoar, c. 1923 Gouache, litho crayon and graphite on paper Signed lower right 14 x 19 inches 17 x 23 inches, framed A versatile pa...
Category

1920s Modern Art

Materials

Crayon, Gouache, Graphite

Swatch : Color Explosion - Original lithograph (Mourlot, 1992)
Located in Paris, IDF
Sam FRANCIS Color explosion, 1992 Original lithograph Unsigned On Arches vellum 86.5 x 29.5 cm Numbered on the back Authenticated by Moulot blind stamp INFORMATION : Edited by Gale...
Category

1990s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Lucky For You, Original painting, portrait, Landscape, Horses
Located in Deddington, GB
Lucky for you is an ode to the one you love and the want to be with them again. Norfolk, England in Autumn. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Acrylic paint, Canvas, Charcoal on Canvas 100 H x...
Category

2010s Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Thalasso at St Malo - Original Lithograph, HANDSIGNED Ltd /250
Located in Paris, IDF
Serge LASSUS (1933-) Thalasso at Saint Malo, 1983 Original Lithograph Handsigned in pencil Numbered / 250 (the number you can see can be different) On Vellum 76 x 56 cm (c. 30 x 22 ...
Category

1980s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Woolworth Building Under Construction — Early 20th Century Modernism
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Earl Horter, 'The Woolworth Building Under Construction', etching, c. 1912, edition not stated. Signed in pencil. A fine, richly-inked impression, in warm black ink, with selectively...
Category

1910s Modern Art

Materials

Etching

Vintage Signed American Modernist Impressionist Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist landscape oil painting. Signed and Exhibited. Oil on canvas. Measuring 17 by 31 inches overall and 16 x 30 painting alone. In excellent original condition,...
Category

Early 2000s Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Maria, Nude on Blue Background - Original Oil Painting, Handsigned
Located in Paris, IDF
Jean-Gabriel DOMERGUE (1889-1962) Maria, Nude on blue Background, c. 1950 Original oil painting on panel Signed bottom left Titled on the back On panel 55 x 46 cm (c. 22 x 18 inch) ...
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Oil

1950 s Big Modernist/ Cubist Painting - Peaceful Backstreets Of French Village
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Landscape by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century) original gouache on paper mounted in a card frame size: 25.5 x 21 inches condition: very good and ready to be enjoyed - wi...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Gouache

Man with a Glass of Wine - Painting by Adriano De Laurentis - mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Man with a Glass of Wine -  is a modern artwork realized by the painter Adriano De Laurentis. Mixed colored oil painting on canvas. Includes frame. Hand signed on the lower margin.
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Marilyn Monroe (1954) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Located in London, GB
Marilyn Monroe (1954) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print (Photo by Baron/Getty Images) circa 1954: Marilyn Monroe (1926 - 1962), the most famous of Hollywood's female film stars, relaxes...
Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Bullfight, the Arena - Vintage lithograph exhibition poster # Mourlot
Located in Paris, IDF
Pablo Picasso (after) Bullfight, the Arena, 1982 Lithograph (printed in Atelier Mourlot) Printed signature in the plate On heavy paper 89 x 60 cm (c. 36 x 24 inch) Original lithogra...
Category

1980s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Cecil Beaton, Audrey Hepburn, from Electa Editrice Portfolios, 1981 (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite heliogravure after Sir Cecil Beaton (1904–1980), titled Audrey Hepburn, from the folio Cecil Beaton, Electa Editrice Portfolios, 1981, originates from the 1981 edition...
Category

1980s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Antique Paris Modern Coastal Port City Framed Signed Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage French modernist coastal scene oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed in a wood molding. Excellent condition, re...
Category

1960s Modern Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Textures Of The Past: Colt Street, East London (Iconic, Cityscape, ~26% OFF)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Samir Farah Textures Of The Past: Colt Street, East London, 1902 (Iconic, Cityscape) Acrylic on Stretched Canvas Year: 2024 Size: 12 x 16 x 0.78 inches (30.48 x 40.64 x 2 cm) Signed ...
Category

Early 20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

A Fine 1930s, Modern Academic Pastel Figure Study of a Seated Male Nude Model
Located in Chicago, IL
A Fine 1930s, Modern Academic Pastel Figure Study of a Seated Male Nude Model by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). An exceptionally well executed, early 1930s p...
Category

1930s Modern Art

Materials

Paper, Pastel

Cathedral de Saint Julien le Mans
Located in Middletown, NY
Etching on antique cream laid paper with a deckle edge, 9 1/8 x 9 3/4 inches (232 x 248 mm); sheet 12 1/8 x 12 3/4 inches (307 x 323 mm), full margins. Signed and dated in pencil in ...
Category

Early 20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Handmade Paper, Laid Paper, Etching

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