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"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
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
"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
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
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
"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
Category
1960s Expressionist Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
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
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
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
RECLINING NUDES, Signed Watercolor Drawing, Seated Women, Warm Gray, Graphite
By Chaim Gross
Located in Union City, NJ
World's Fair. Gross was also recognized during these years with a silver medal at the 1937 Exposition
Category
1980s Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Mixed Media, Graphite
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
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
Three Girls Bronze Relief Sculpture Plaque Chaim Gross Modernist WPA Era Artist
By Chaim Gross
Located in Surfside, FL
World's Fair. Gross was also recognized during these years with a silver medal at the Exposition
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern More Art
Materials
Marble, Bronze
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
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
Nils Landberg Red Tulpanglas, Orrefors Glassworks, 1957
By Orrefors, Nils Landberg
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
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
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
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
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
Cataloging Dalì
By Albert Field
Located in Roma, IT
World Fair and again in Dalí’s retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art in 1941, his attraction towards
Category
1950s Surrealist More Art
Materials
Paper
WOMEN TOGETHER Signed Lithograph Seated Female Figures, Cream, Gray, Terra Cotta
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
1970s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Cataloging Dalì
s work
By Albert Field
Located in Roma, IT
house of mirrors realized in 1939 at the World Fair and again in Dalí’s retrospective at the Museum of
Category
1950s Surrealist More Art
Materials
Paper
THE FAMILY Signed Stone Lithograph, Mother and Children Drawing, Oval Portrait
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
1960s Contemporary Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
HAPPY MOTHER Signed Stone Lithograph, Hand Drawn Portrait Mother and Daughters
By Chaim Gross
Located in Union City, NJ
World's Fair. Gross was also recognized during these years with a silver medal at the 1937 Exposition
Category
1970s Contemporary Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
TWO BALLERINAS Signed Hand Drawn Lithograph, Oval Portrait, Dance, Ballet, Tutu
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
FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION Signed Lithograph, Children Jewish Holocaust
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 Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
PROVINCETOWN FISHING NETS Signed Lithograph, Cape Cod Fisherman, Blue Sky, Sand
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
1970s Contemporary Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
CHILDREN PLAYING Signed Lithograph, Woman and Children Playing, Playground
By Chaim Gross
Located in Union City, NJ
World's Fair. Gross was also recognized during these years with a silver medal at the 1937 Exposition
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
HAPPY MOTHER Signed Lithograph, Mother and Daughters Portrait Drawing
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
$380 Sale Price
20% Off
American Chinese Chippendale Tripod Tilt Top Table - Co. of Master Craftsmen
By Company of Master Craftsmen
Located in Dallas, TX
homes at the 1939 New York World's Fair). It later acquired other upscale firms such as the California
Category
Early 20th Century American Federal Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Charles Dufet, Gilt-Wood, Upholstered, Neoclassical Daybed, France, 1918
By Michel Duffet
Located in New York, NY
Pavilion at the 1939 World's Fair, is an early example of his fine output, dating from the end of WWI
Category
Vintage 1910s French Art Deco Daybeds
Materials
Upholstery, Giltwood
Ladislav Sutnar Design (A-D Gallery, 1947)
By Ladislav Sutnar
Located in New York, NY
, and New York’s 1939 World’s Fair. With an introduction by Cliff S. Eriksen that apprehends Sutnar’s
Category
Vintage 1940s American Machine Age Books
Materials
Paper
Nude drawing (Nude on her haunches draws ) - In Celebration of Pride Month
By Joseph Hirsch
Located in New Orleans, LA
at the New York World's Fair (1939), the Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship (1942, 1943), and the
Category
1960s American Modern Nude Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Pair of Brass Lidded Boxes by Ivar Alenius Bjork for Ystad Metall, Sweden, 1930s
By Ystad-Metall, Ivar Ålenius Björk, Carl-Einar Borgstrom
Located in Malmö, SE
Ålenius Björk for Ystad Metall, Sweden, 1930s.
Exhibited at New York World’s Fair 1939 in a lily themed
Category
Vintage 1930s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
1930s Sculpture / Maquette Dancers, 1939 San Francisco Worlds Fair
Located in San Francisco, CA
plaster in the style of Bay Area artist Ruth Cravath's work for the 1939 Worlds Fair on Treasure Island
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Slate
1939 Commemorative New York World Fair Charm with Diamond, Ruby, and Black Onyx
Located in Dallas, TX
The 1939 World Fair was an international event featuring cultural and technological exhibitions
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco More Jewelry
Materials
Diamond, Onyx, Ruby, Platinum
Art Deco style Bust
Located in Seattle, WA
represents" Psyche of Capua". Possible part of the 1939 Worlds Fair held at Treasure Island in San Francisco
Category
Vintage 1930s Italian Sculptures
Materials
Marble
$3,000
1939 Original Story
Clark "Storytone" Electric Piano and Bench
By RCA Story
Located in Alhambra, CA
debuted at the 1939 World's Fair and has an art deco/streamline design that rivals that of the finest
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Musical Instruments
Materials
Wood
1939 New York World Fair - Atherton
By John Atherton
Located in Montreal, QU
According to Sullivan Goss, John Atherton’s commercial and illustrative work was characterized by strong draftsmanship and precise composition. Atherton had no shame in blurring the...
Category
Vintage 1930s American Posters
Materials
Lithograph
1939 Art Deco Original Story
Clark "Storytone" Electric Piano and Bench
By John Vassos
Located in Oakland, CA
designed by John Vassos.The first American electric piano debuted at the 1939 World’s Fair and has an art
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Musical Instruments
Materials
Metal
Photograph of New York City
s World
s Fair, 1939
Located in Chicago, IL
This is a rare photograph of the New York World's by day.
Photograph dimensions are 7.25" X 9.25".
Category
Vintage 1930s American Photography
Original Vintage Advertising Poster New York World
s Fair 1939 World Of Tomorrow
By Joseph Binder
Located in London, GB
lettering reading: New York World's Fair The World of Tomorrow 1939. Good condition, restored tears, small
Category
1930s Art Deco More Prints
Materials
Paper
Art Deco 1939 New York World
s Fair Collectibles Only Poster Available
Located in Dallas, TX
Art Deco 1939 New York World's Fair collectibles only poster available
Rare original laminated
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood, Paper
Selection of Framed Original 1939 New York World
s Fair Photos
By Acme Photo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
These great original 1939 New York World's Fair photographs were official published publicity
Category
20th Century American Photography
Materials
Other
Art Deco Machine Age 1939 San Francisco Worlds Fair Souvenir Samson Table/ Art
By Shwayder Brothers
Located in Denver, CO
worlds fair. This was the Golden Gate International exposition celebrating among other things the city’s
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Decorative Art
Materials
Wood, Paper
Art Deco Machine Age Heroic - Style USSR Ephemera 1939 New York World
s Fair
Located in Dallas, TX
Art Deco Machine Age Heroic USSR Ephemera 1939 New York World's Fair
Supreme Supremacist Symbolism
Category
Vintage 1930s Russian Art Deco Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Paper
"Verve: The French Review of Art", No
s 5-6: 1939 the World
s Fair Review
By Verve
Located in Holmfirth, GB
World's Fair, with original color lithograph covers of female nudes by Aristide Maillol. Verve
Category
Vintage 1930s French Beaux Arts Books
Materials
Paper
Mauboussin 1939 New York World’s Fair Multicolored Sapphire Fish Brooch
By Mauboussin
Located in Greenwich, CT
Mauboussin 1939 New York World’s Fair Multicolored Sapphire Fish Brooch, featuring a cluster of
Category
Mid-20th Century French Retro Brooches
Materials
Diamond, Ruby, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Platinum
Haying
Located in Raleigh, NC
"Night Workers" for entry in the 1939 World's Fair, but it was not accepted.
Each panel of this mural
Category
1930s Realist Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
$2,950
Pair of Glass Chairs in the Manner of Louis Dierra
By Louis Dierra, Pittsburg Plate Glass
Located in Providence, RI
Center Pavillon at the 1939 World’s Fair in New York, that were manufactured by the Pittsburgh Plate
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Glass
Untitled
By Jacques Schnier
Located in Emeryville, CA
the 1939 World's Fair on Treasure Island; some of which were 80 feet tall! Another large sculpture of
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Acrylic Polymer
New York World
s Fair, Harper
s Bazaar
By Martin Munkacsi
Located in New York, NY
Working under Carmel Snow of Harper's Bazaar, Hungarian photographer Martin Munkacsi began photographing fashion models in action, breaking the static studio mold and setting a prec...
Category
1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Monumental Art Deco Nude by California Modernist
By Avis Zeidler
Located in Treasure Island, CA
, otherwise known as the 1939 Worlds Fair.
This painting, like many of her sculptures, represents a beautiful
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Masonite
Trio Original 1940 New York Worlds Fair Stylin
Administrative Jackets
By Caleb V. Smith
Son
Located in Dallas, TX
This is a great Historical thing.
Heavy cotton-twill khaki jackets with felted-cotton and silk ribbon trim, orange catalin Trylon & Perisphere buttons, partial silk/rayon inner lini...
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Quilts and Blankets
Pair of André Arbus Armchairs
By André Arbus
Located in New York, NY
veneers, lacquer, parchment, and vellum. Arbus participated in the 1939 World’s Fair in the US, designing
Category
Vintage 1940s French Armchairs
$35,000 / set
Worlds Fair "Century of Progress" Radial Axis GE Fan
By General Electric
Located in Chicago, IL
Distributed at the 1933 Worlds Fair Chicago, this fan remains on e of the most rare fans from this
Category
Vintage 1930s American Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Metal
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