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Woman with Arms Crossed
By Byron Browne
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Housing Project, and the 1939 World’s Fair.(2)
Although Browne destroyed his early academic work shortly
Category
1950s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Other Medium
American Woman Artist Modernist Large Oil Painting Cubist Influenced Landscape
By Lena Gurr
Located in Surfside, FL
of Women Artists, and the A.C.A. Gallery. She also showed at the World's Fair (1939), the
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Horsemen
By William Gropper
Located in San Francisco, CA
Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of Modern Art.
Gropper exhibited at the 1939 New York World's Fair
Category
Mid-20th Century American Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Lisa Johansson-Pape Brass Floor Lamp for Stockmann Orno, Finland 1950s
By Stockmann-Orno, Lisa Johansson-Pape
Located in Utrecht, NL
presented in New York’s World Fair of 1939 and the Milan Triennial IX, where she won an award in 1951
Category
Vintage 1950s Finnish Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Brass
The Cedars, Kensington watercolour by Colin Moss Modern British Art
Located in London, GB
Charles Mahoney. He worked on murals for the British Pavilion at the 1939 New York World's Fair.
During
Category
1950s Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
"Silvery Day, " William Thon, ink wash, sailboats, coastal, modernist
By William Thon
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Society of Artists and Salmagundi Club. During the 1939-40 New York World's Fair, the oil painting he
Category
20th Century Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Find the Woman
By Dean Cornwell
Located in Fort Washington, PA
, 1939 World's Fair.
Category
1920s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Seated Male Nude, " Remarkable Bronze Sculpture by Choate, Figural Artist
Located in Philadelphia, PA
: for the Federal Building at the 1939-1940 New York World's Fair, the Post Office in Pitman, New Jersey
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$14,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Yellow Bikini
By Reynaldo Luza
Located in Bristol, CT
and the New York World's Fair of 1939-40; he also did the interior design of the new Lima airport.
In
Category
1950s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Seated Woman in Pink Bathing Suit by Reynaldo Luza (1893-1978)
By Reynaldo Luza
Located in Bristol, CT
Paris Exposition of 1938 and the New York World's Fair of 1939-40; he also did the interior design of
Category
1950s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
"At Sea, " William Thon, ink wash, sailboat, modernist, 20th century
By William Thon
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Society of Artists and Salmagundi Club. During the 1939-40 New York World's Fair, the oil painting he
Category
20th Century Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Thunderous
Located in Sheffield, MA
Congress, NYC 1939
International Watercolor Exhibition, Art Institute, Chicago, 1939
New York World's Fair
Category
1960s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Liberated Village
By William Gropper
Located in San Francisco, CA
Art.
Gropper exhibited at the 1939 New York World's Fair, Whitney Museum of American Art (1924-55
Category
Mid-20th Century American Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
"Abstraction I, " Rolph Scarlett, gouache, modernism, American art, ca 1940-50
By Rolph Scarlett
Located in Wiscasset, ME
furniture and creating several pavilions at the 1939 World’s Fair and stage sets for the Rockettes at Radio
Category
1940s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Waylande Gregory Art Deco Ceramic Rooster Sculpture, Glazed, 1940s, USA
By Waylande Gregory
Located in Brooklyn, NY
works, including The Swimmer (1937) and Fountain of the Atom for the 1939 New York World’s Fair. Gregory
Category
Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
"Construction 1982" Abstract Wall Sculpture Contemporary Mid 20th Century Modern
By Seymour Fogel
Located in New York, NY
Brooklyn, New York in 1936, a mural in the WPA Building at the 1939-1940 New York World's Fair, a highly
Category
1980s Assemblage Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Nils Landberg Red Expo Tulip Vase, Orrefors Glassworks, circa 1950s
By Orrefors, Nils Landberg
Located in New York, NY
Moderne” and the 1939 New York World’s Fair. During the 1950s, Landberg experimented with abstracted and
Category
20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Glass
Materials
Glass
Nils Landberg Tall Expo Tulip Vase, Orrefors Glassworks, circa 1950s
By Nils Landberg, Orrefors
Located in New York, NY
Techniques dans la Vie Moderne” and the 1939 New York World’s Fair. During the 1950s, Landberg experimented
Category
20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Blown Glass
Untitled
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
1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$24,975
Lucien Rollin Three Armchairs in Satinwood and Bronze
By Lucien Rollin
Located in Philadelphia, PA
the French embassy in Brussels. He designed several rooms for the French pavilion at the 1939-40 New
Category
Vintage 1940s French Art Deco Armchairs
Materials
Bronze
$14,000 / item
NYC Watercolor Drawing American Modern 20th Century Modernism Mid-Century WPA
By David Fredenthal
Located in New York, NY
including the Sports Pavilion on the Heinz Building of the New York World's Fair 1939. Some of his fresco
Category
1940s American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Winter Tracery (Milford Connecticut)
Located in San Francisco, CA
National Academy of Design from 1928 to 1946; the 1939 World's Fair in New York; the New Haven Paint and
Category
Mid-20th Century American Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Drypoint, Etching
Werner Drewes Woodblock Print Cubist Colorful Rare Framed Green Black Red 1982
By Werner Drewes
Located in Buffalo, NY
Columbia University, worked on the design of the 1939 Worlds Fair building, and had shows at the Museum of
Category
1980s Cubist Abstract Prints
Materials
Paper, Woodcut
Taking a Rest
By Nat Levy
Located in San Francisco, CA
the state fairs in Sacramento and painted steadily for 70 years.
A lifelong resident of his native
Category
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
"I
m Sorry to Bother You About Our Bills..." Saturday Evening Post Illustration
By Dean Cornwell
Located in Fort Washington, PA
, 1939 World's Fair.
Category
1910s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Otto Fenn 1956 Andy Warhol photograph
By Otto Fenn
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
painted murals for the 1939 World’s Fair and the passenger ship America. He had an extensive collection of
Category
1950s Pop Art Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$900 Sale Price
70% Off
September Morn - In Celebration of Pride Month
By Joseph Hirsch
Located in New Orleans, LA
Academy in Rome, the Walter Lippincott Prize, First Prize at the New York World's Fair (1939), the
Category
1960s American Modern Nude Prints
Materials
Lithograph
NEW INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ORDER Signed Serigraph, Peace Circle Dove Hands Fruit
By Chaim Gross
Located in Union City, NJ
France Overseas and Finnish Buildings at the 1939 New York World's Fair. Gross was also recognized during
Category
1970s Contemporary Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Untitled Figure signed numbered mixed media print from scarce European portfolio
By George McNeil
Located in New York, NY
selected for the New York World's Fair in 1939. During World War II, he served in the US Navy. In the late
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph, Screen, Pencil
FLAG SERIES 1980 Signed Lithograph Colorful Flag Collage Madagascar Stamp, Birds
By Chaim Gross
Located in Union City, NJ
France Overseas and Finnish Buildings at the 1939 New York World's Fair. Gross was also recognized during
Category
1970s Contemporary Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Rare Belgian Marble Jewish American Modernist Sculpture Chaim Gross Art Deco
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
20th Century American Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Impressionist Painting of a Bohemian Woman Budapest 1925 Bertha De Hellebranth
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 Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Fabric, Canvas, Oil
HOMAGE TO SIGMUND FREUD Signed Lithograph, Surreal Portrait, Psychoanalysis
By Chaim Gross
Located in Union City, NJ
France Overseas and Finnish Buildings at the 1939 New York World's Fair. Gross was also recognized during
Category
1970s Contemporary Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Fete Champetre - Symbolist Figurative Oil Painting by Ker Xavier Roussel
By Ker Xavier Roussel
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
du Petit Palais in Paris, and at the 1938 Venice Biennale and 1939 New York World Fair. He featured
Category
Early 20th Century Symbolist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
PROVINCETOWN SIDE STREET Signed Lithograph, New England Cape Cod Clapboard House
By Chaim Gross
Located in Union City, NJ
Commission Building, and for the France Overseas and Finnish Buildings at the 1939 New York World's Fair
Category
1970s Contemporary Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
RECLINING NUDES, Signed Watercolor Drawing, Seated Women, Warm Gray, Graphite
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 Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Mixed Media, Graphite
Thought Provoking Rock Quarry - Mid Century Abstract
Located in Miami, FL
increased with his art deco stone lithograph poster for the 1939 New York World's Fair. In 1941, his design
Category
1950s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Gouache, Board
Three Girls Bronze Relief Sculpture Plaque Chaim Gross Modernist WPA Era Artist
By Chaim Gross
Located in Surfside, FL
Mountains. In 1911, his family moved to Kolomyia (which was annexed into the Ukrainian USSR in 1939 and
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern More Art
Materials
Marble, Bronze
The Peddler
Located in San Francisco, CA
.
Exhibitions: NY World's Fair, 1939; Montana Historical Society, 1944 (solo); NW AA, 1944-46; Statler Hotel (LA
Category
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Monument Valley Arizona" - Desert Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
six first prizes at the Monterey County Fair between 1939 and 1947.
Meanwhile, he moved to Pacific
Category
1950s American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
$1,480 Sale Price
20% Off
"Fir Tree, " Original Color Silkscreen signed by Ruth Grotenrath
By Ruth Grotenrath
Located in Milwaukee, WI
venues ranging from the once important Wisconsin State Fair art building to the buildings of the 1939 New
Category
1950s Expressionist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen
Couple Under Loggia
By Dean Cornwell
Located in Fort Washington, PA
, 1939 World's Fair.
Exhibitions:
Norman Rockwell Museum Exhibition at South Dakota Art Museum
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$175,000
MOTHER AND CHILD Signed Lithograph, Woman with Young Girl, Portrait Drawing
By Chaim Gross
Located in Union City, NJ
Buildings at the 1939 New York World's Fair. Gross was also recognized during these years with a silver
Category
1980s Contemporary Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Nils Landberg Red Tulpanglas, Orrefors Glassworks, 1957
By Nils Landberg, Orrefors
Located in New York, NY
1939 New York World's Fair. During the 1950s, Landberg experimented with abstracted and attenuated
Category
20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Glass
Materials
Blown Glass
Large Watercolor Painting John Groth, Men Wrestling, Esquire Magazine WPA Artist
By John Groth
Located in Surfside, FL
of Design; Whitney Museum of American Art; Corcoran Gallery of Art; 1939 Worlds Fair in New York.His
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Carl Malmsten "Stora Furulid" Armchair for OPE-Möbler Jönköping, 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 Scandinavian Modern Armchairs
Materials
Fabric, Wood
"Pine Tree, " Offset Black
White Lithograph by Ruth Grotenrath
By Ruth Grotenrath
Located in Milwaukee, WI
from the once important Wisconsin State Fair art building to the buildings of the 1939 New York World’s
Category
1960s Expressionist Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
O
Tannenbaum
original color silkscreen signed on verso, Christmas tree, winter
By Ruth Grotenrath
Located in Milwaukee, WI
venues ranging from the once important Wisconsin State Fair art building to the buildings of the 1939 New
Category
1940s Expressionist Interior Prints
Materials
Screen
untitled (Hillside in Spring)
By William C. Grauer
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Century of Progress Exhibition in Chicago and the 1939 World’s Fair in New York City.
Back in Ohio
Category
1960s Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
OPERATION MOSES Signed Lithograph, Historic 1984 Airlift Ethiopian Falasha Jews
By Chaim Gross
Located in Union City, NJ
and Finnish Buildings at the 1939 New York World's Fair. Gross was also recognized during these years
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Mid Century Modernist Seated Nude Figure Study
By George Giusti
Located in Soquel, CA
Swiss pavilion at the 1939 New York World’s Fair. Giusti is well known in Europe and America for his
Category
1940s Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gesso, Paper, India Ink
$1,480 Sale Price
20% Off
UNTITLED PORTRAIT (Self Portrait?)
By Byron Browne
Located in Portland, ME
Housing Project, and the 1939 World's Fair.(2) Although Browne destroyed his early academic work shortly
Category
1940s Portrait Prints
Materials
Watercolor
Gaspe Homes
By William C. Grauer
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Virginia exhibitions at the 1933 Century of Progress Exhibition in Chicago and the 1939 World’s Fair in New
Category
1970s American Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Canyon Country
By William C. Grauer
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Virginia exhibitions at the 1933 Century of Progress Exhibition in Chicago and the 1939 World’s Fair in New
Category
1970s American Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, ABS
The Great Things of Life-Travel, General Electric Advertisement, 1921
By Dean Cornwell
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Hemingway, Pearl S. Buck, and Somerset Maugham. He also created murals for the 1939 World's Fair, Bethlehem
Category
1920s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Cataloging Dalì
By Albert Field
Located in Roma, IT
completely naked. At the sight of “Dream of Venus”, a Surrealist house of mirrors realized in 1939 at the
Category
1950s Surrealist More Art
Materials
Paper
Gaspe: St. Lawrence Village
By William Grauer
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Exhibition in Chicago and the 1939 World’s Fair in New York City.
Back in Ohio, Grauer became affiliated
Category
1950s American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
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