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Werner Drewes Bauhaus Artist Color Woodblock, 1973, The Green Moon
By Werner Drewes
Located in Phoenix, AZ
the 1939 Worlds Fair building, and had shows at the Museum of Modern Art, the Kleeman Gallery, and
Category
Late 19th Century Abstract Prints
Materials
Paper
Pair of Greenwich Village artist Rebaje Hammered Copper and Brass Cuff Links
By Francisco Rebajes
Located in Ferndale, MI
Metropolitan Museum of art, Brooklyn Museum and 1939 Worlds fair. As he prospered outfitting the greater public
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Brass, Copper
Glass chair in the Manner of Louis Dierra
By Louis Dierra
Located in London, GB
Centre Pavilion at the 1939 World’s Fair in New York, represents a masterful blend of artistry and
Category
Vintage 1980s Italian Post-Modern Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Materials
Glass, PVC
Glass chair in the Manner of Louis Dierra
By Louis Dierra
Located in London, GB
Centre Pavilion at the 1939 World’s Fair in New York, represents a masterful blend of artistry and
Category
Vintage 1980s Italian Post-Modern Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Materials
Glass, PVC
Rare Chaim Gross Watercolor Painting Manhattan Skyscrapers Train NYC WPA Artist
By Chaim Gross
Located in Surfside, FL
France Overseas and Finnish Buildings at the 1939 New York World's Fair. Gross was also recognized during
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Chaim Gross Mid Century Mod Bronze Sculpture Balancing WPA Artist Mom and Child
By Chaim Gross
Located in Surfside, FL
and Finnish Buildings at the 1939 New York World's Fair. Gross was also recognized during these years
Category
1960s American Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Glass chair in the Manner of Louis Dierra
By Louis Dierra
Located in London, GB
Centre Pavilion at the 1939 World’s Fair in New York, represents a masterful blend of artistry and
Category
Vintage 1980s Italian Post-Modern Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Materials
Glass, PVC
WOODED LANDSCAPE WITH HOUSES Signed Watercolor, Trees, African American Artist
Located in Union City, NJ
Artists’ Guild to the New York World’s Fair (1939-1940).
Joseph’s early oil paintings were influenced by
Category
1950s Contemporary Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Mixed Media, Watercolor, Ink
Hilly Landscape - Acrylic on Paper by G.-I. Darbois-Gaudin - 1970s
By Germaine-Irene Darbois-Gaudin
Located in Roma, IT
salon of French artists of which she is a member since 1939 and at the fair of the national society of
Category
1970s Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Tony Rosenthal Untitled 1965
By Tony Rosenthal
Located in New York, NY
commission for the Elgin Watch Company building at the 1939 World's Fair. His public art works include five
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$24,975
Storm Cove Lighthouse
By Nat Levy
Located in San Francisco, CA
.
Selected exhibitions:
CSFA, 1916; Calif. State Fairs; GGIE, 1939; many solo exhibitions at De Young Museum
Category
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Bronze Modernist Sculpture Portrait, Leo Stein by Minna Harkavy WPA Artist
Located in Surfside, FL
, Israel
Harkavy's New England Woman, was displayed at the New York World's Fair of 1939
Leo Stein (1872
Category
Early 20th Century American Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Charles Keller Original Stone Lithograph - "6th Avenue Subway”
Located in Phoenix, AZ
including one at the 1939 New York World's Fair. He organized artists' associations in the 1940's and was
Category
Mid-20th Century More Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Paul Landacre Original Wood Engraving, 1940 - Black Stallion
By Paul Landacre
Located in Phoenix, AZ
were included in numerous exhibitions, including the 1939 New York World's Fair, and are illustrated in
Category
Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink
Lion in Bowler Hat Graphic in Yellow, Red Blue, Holiday Magazine Mid-Century
By George Giusti
Located in Miami, FL
his own studio in New York. Worked on the Swiss Pavilion with Herbert Matter for the NY World’s Fair
Category
1950s Abstract Geometric Animal Paintings
Materials
Ink, Acrylic, Illustration Board
"Grove of Palms" 1950 Watercolor for Town
Country Magazine
By Reynaldo Luza
Located in Bristol, CT
the Paris Exposition of 1938 and the New York World's Fair of 1939-40; he also did the interior design
Category
1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
"Palm Trees" 1950 Watercolor by Reynaldo Luza
Located in Bristol, CT
the Paris Exposition of 1938 and the New York World's Fair of 1939-40; he also did the interior design
Category
1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache
"Palm Tree Outside Cottage Window" 1950 Watercolor by Reynaldo Luza
By Reynaldo Luza
Located in Bristol, CT
the Paris Exposition of 1938 and the New York World's Fair of 1939-40; he also did the interior design
Category
1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache
"Parade" Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern American Scene WPA Regionalism
By Gerrit Sinclair
Located in New York, NY
"Spring in Wisconsin" was exhibited at the 1939 World's Fair in New York. Gerrit V. Sinclair died in
Category
1940s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
“Reclining Female Nude”
By Byron Browne
Located in Southampton, NY
Project, and the 1939 World’s Fair. In the 1940’s, he picketed the Museum of Modern art in New York
Category
1950s Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel, Archival Paper
$960 Sale Price
20% Off
Bronze Modernist Sculpture Portrait, Gertrude Stein by Minna Harkavy WPA Artist
Located in Surfside, FL
displayed at the New York World's Fair of 1939
Gertrude Stein (1874 – 1946) was an American novelist, poet
Category
Early 20th Century American Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
NORMAN BEL GEDDES 1950 Retro Modernist Necklace In Gilt Steel
Located in Miami, FL
General Motors Pavilion, known as Futurama, for the 1939 New York World's Fair. For that famous and
Category
Vintage 1950s American Retro Pendant Necklaces
Materials
Steel, Gilt Metal
$1,118 Sale Price
20% Off
Early American Parlor, Circa 1820, Miniature Room by Eugene Kupjack
By Eugene J. Kupjack
Located in Chicago, IL
was hired immediately. Their first collaborations were displayed at the 1939 World's Fair and then
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
Sheep Ranch, Mother Lodge County, Near Stockton
By William Frates
Located in San Francisco, CA
League, 1934, 1938; GGIE, 1939; Society for Sanity in Art, CPLH, 1939; Alameda Co. Fair, 1948 (1st prize
Category
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Feeding the Birds, Colourful 20th Century Oil Painting, Female Artist
By Lena Gurr
Located in London, GB
, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Brooklyn Museum, and the 1939 World's Fair.
Her work is included in the
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil, Board
The Abandoned Factory
By William Frates
Located in San Francisco, CA
Cruz Art League, 1934, 1938; GGIE, 1939; Society for Sanity in Art, CPLH, 1939; Alameda Co. Fair, 1948
Category
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Scandinavian Modern Large Signed Fabric "Timmer", Design Sven Markelius, 1958
By Sven Markelius
Located in Stockholm, SE
Pavilion at the New York World’s Fair in 1939. His own home in Kevinge, a low-roofed, sprawling villa among
Category
Vintage 1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Curtains and Valances
Materials
Linen
$4,560 Sale Price
20% Off
A Pair of "Stora Furulid” Armchairs by Carl Malmsten, Sweden 1950s
By Carl Malmsten
Located in Utrecht, NL
1939 New York World Fair, when the designer introduced the model “Oskar”. Similarly to that model
Category
Vintage 1950s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Fabric, Wood
"Taurus, Pisces, Leo and Libra, " High Art Deco Depiction of Zodiac Signs
By Pierre Bourdelle
Located in Philadelphia, PA
the 1939-1940 New York World's Fair, as well as a series of bas relief sculptures in 1936 for the
Category
Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Wall-mounted Sculptures
Donald Deskey Andirons and Wall Mounted Fireplace Tools by Bennett
By Bennett Co., Donald Deskey
Located in Hanover, MA
inspired by the Trylon sphere exhibited at 1939 World's Fair. Both wrought iron shanks are signed Bennett
Category
Vintage 1940s American Mid-Century Modern Andirons
Materials
Brass, Wrought Iron
The Man and the Big Blonde
By Willem de Kooning
Located in Missouri, MO
mural for the New York World's Fair of 1939 and 1940. A series of black and white abstractions in the
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
Materials
Paper, Color, Offset
Price Upon Request
"First Born, " Art Deco Marble Sculpture by Chester Beach, Influenced by Rodin
By Chester Beach
Located in Philadelphia, PA
and a major piece for the New York World’s Fair in 1939. This piece, with the father reaching over to
Category
Vintage 1920s American Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
"Men in Barracks" WPA Mid 20th Century American Scene Realism Gay Modernism WWII
By David Fredenthal
Located in New York, NY
New York World's Fair 1939. Some of his fresco and mural techniques were inspired by his friendship
Category
1940s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Early 20th C. Bertha De Hellebranth Painting of Budapest Castle (Hungary)
Located in Round Top, TX
1939 New York World's Fair, while Bertha exhibited a couple of sculptures, one entitled "Sleeping
Category
Early 20th Century Hungarian Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Metal
$1,800 Sale Price / item
20% Off
Impressionist Portrait Painting of a Bohemian Woman Budapest, 1925
Located in Rochester, NY
several folk style panels to the Hungarian Pavilion's display at the 1939 New York World's Fair, while
Category
Early 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Fabric, Canvas, Paint
"Under the Sea, " Large, Rare Art Deco Bowl by Thomson for Upsala Ekeby
By Anna-Lisa Thomson
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Scandinavian ceramic firm, starting at Upsala-Ekeby in 1933. She won awards at the 1939-1940 New York World's
Category
Vintage 1940s Swedish Art Deco Decorative Bowls
Materials
Clay
"Jump Shot, " Model for Art Deco Bronze Basketball Award Plaque, 1940s
By Fred Torrey
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Walks at Midnight" sculpture which premiered at the 1939-1940 New York World's Fair (now displayed near
Category
Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$2,720 Sale Price
20% Off
"Lion and Bull", Art Deco-Medieval Decorative Painting in Greys and Burnt Sienn
Located in Philadelphia, PA
, executing a mural for the US Post Office in Danvers, Massachusetts, and a series of murals for the 1939-1940
Category
Vintage 1920s American Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Fabric
$1,560 Sale Price
20% Off
"Moroccan Agadir Bazaar, " Unique Midcentury Bowl by Waylande Gregory
By Waylande Gregory
Located in Philadelphia, PA
, institutions and public parks. He also produced a famous fountain group for the 1939-1940 World's Fair in New
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Ceramic
$1,192 Sale Price
20% Off
Lloyd Lozes Goff Industrial Landscape Painting, American 20th Century
Located in San Francisco, CA
Chicago, the 1939 World's Fair in New York, San Francisco Art Association, the New Mexico Museum of Art
Category
Mid-20th Century American Paintings
Materials
Paint
On the Beach modernist oil painting by Byron Browne
By Byron Browne
Located in Hudson, NY
Science and Health Building at the 1939 World’s Fair in New York. Together with Stuart Davis, Arshile
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
MOTHER AND CHILDREN PLAYING Signed Lithograph Watercolor Figures, Muted Burgundy
By Chaim Gross
Located in Union City, NJ
Trade Commission Building, and for the France Overseas and Finnish Buildings at the 1939 New York
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Orange Flowers
Located in San Francisco, CA
include: San Francisco Museum of Art Inaugural, 1935; New York World's Fair, 1939; Golden Gate
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Still-life Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Tony Rosenthal Abstract Sculpture Blackened Steel Red Blushes
By Tony Rosenthal
Located in Bloomfield Hills, MI
Building at the 1939 New York World’s Fair, Tony Rosenthal embarked on a storied 70 year public art career
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Folk Singer oil painting by Byron Browne
By Byron Browne
Located in Hudson, NY
Science and Health Building at the 1939 World’s Fair in New York. Together with Stuart Davis, Arshile
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
“Sunset Topeka, Kansas”
Located in Southampton, NY
); 14th Annual Kansas Artists Exhibition (1939); Kansas Free Fair (1939); Annual Kansas Artists Exhibition
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
$1,440 Sale Price
20% Off
Answer the Call
By Joseph Binder
Located in Miami, FL
World's Fair in 1939. He emigrated to the United States. in 1934 and won many poster competitions
Category
1940s Bauhaus Abstract Paintings
Materials
Photographic Paper
"Racers Pass the President
s House" Philadelphia Blended Whisky Ad
By Everett Henry
Located in Fort Washington, PA
painted murals for the Ford Company Building at the San Diego Fair. This led to many other mural
Category
1950s Other Art Style Paintings
Materials
Board, Gouache
Vintage Silver Gelatin Signed Photograph Samuel Gottscho Garden Flowers Photo NY
By Samuel Gottscho
Located in Surfside, FL
of the New York World's Fair of 1939 1939
Wild-Flower Bounty from a L.I. Bog by Samuel H. Gottscho
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Landscape Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Vintage Silver Gelatin Signed Photograph Samuel Gottscho Garden Flowers Photo NY
By Samuel Gottscho
Located in Surfside, FL
of the New York World's Fair of 1939 1939
Wild-Flower Bounty from a L.I. Bog by Samuel H. Gottscho
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Landscape Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Vintage Silver Gelatin Signed Photograph Samuel Gottscho Garden Flowers Photo NY
By Samuel Gottscho
Located in Surfside, FL
of the New York World's Fair of 1939 1939
Wild-Flower Bounty from a L.I. Bog by Samuel H. Gottscho
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Landscape Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Cattle Series Study, Early 20th Century Bovine/Cow, Cleveland School artist
By Henry George Keller
Located in Beachwood, OH
San Francisco, while at the New York World's Fair in 1939, his Horse Barn appeared in the exhibition
Category
Early 1900s Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Eugène Feuillâtre "Pavot" Inkwell
By Eugène Feuillatre
Located in New York, NY
World: Decorative Arts at the World’s Fairs, 1851-1939, exh. cat., Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Inkwells
Materials
Metal, Enamel
Judaica Pastel Portrait Rabbi Painting WPA Era Artist, Social Realist
By Bernard Gussow
Located in Surfside, FL
Fine Arts, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the National Gallery of Art, and the 1939 New York
Category
1940s American Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel
Yellow Gold Retro Old Cut Diamond Fan Earrings 7.00 Carat
Located in New York, NY
exhibited their collection at the 1939 World’s Fair in New York and when World War II began, those designs
Category
Vintage 1940s Unknown Retro Stud Earrings
Materials
Diamond, Yellow Gold
STRIDENT MAN Carved Wood Sculpture Hollywood WPA Modernist Puppet Mid-Century
Located in New York, NY
United States, Bunin created animated three-dimensional puppets to appear in the 1939 New York World's
Category
1940s American Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
The Cavern 1950 painting by John Atherton
Located in Hudson, NY
designed the art deco stone lithograph poster for the 1939 World’s Fair that strikingly depicted Earth and
Category
1950s Modern Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Tempera
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