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Caricatures of Bert Parks and Dan Seymour
By George Wachsteter
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Pen and Ink on Illustration Board Signature: Signed Lower Right Ink on Illustration Board
Category

1950s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Illustration Board, Pen

1954 Broadway Musical, "Goldilocks"
By George Wachsteter
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Pen and Ink on Illustration Board Signature: Signed Lower Right On 15.00" x 20.00
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1950s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Illustration Board, Pen

The 1957 Telecast of "The Barefoot Soldier"
By George Wachsteter
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Pen and Ink on Illustration Board Signature: Signed Upper Right Caricature by George
Category

1950s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Illustration Board, Pen

1952 CBS-TV Comedy "My Little Margie"
By George Wachsteter
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Pen and Ink on Illustration Board Signature: Signed Lower Right Caricature by George
Category

1950s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Illustration Board, Pen

Morey Amsterdam as Featured Host of "Elliot Murphy s Aqua Show"
By George Wachsteter
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Pen and Ink on Illustration Board Signature: Signed Upper Left On 13.50" x 20.00
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1950s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Illustration Board, Pen

"Sammy Kaye Show"
By George Wachsteter
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Pen and Ink Illustration Board Signature: Signed Lower Right Caricature by George
Category

1950s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Illustration Board, Pen

"J. B."
By George Wachsteter
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Pen and Ink on Illustration Board, with blue to indicate halftone. Signature: Signed Upper
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1950s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Illustration Board, Pen

Ole Olsen Chick Johnson in " Hellz-a-Splashin Aqua Festival"
By George Wachsteter
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Pen and Ink on Illustration Board Signature: Signed Lower Right On 15.00" x 20.00
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1950s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Illustration Board, Pen

Tennessee Ernie Ford and Uncle Charlie Weaver
By George Wachsteter
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Pen and Ink on Illustration Board Signature: Signed Lower Right This piece is on 15.00" x
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1950s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Illustration Board, Pen

"Look Back in Anger"
By George Wachsteter
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Pen and Ink on Illustration Board Signature: Signed Upper Left Caricature by George
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1950s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Illustration Board, Pen

"The Frightened Witness"
By George Wachsteter
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Pen and Ink on Illustration Board Signature: Signed Upper Left Caricature by George
Category

1950s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Illustration Board, Pen

Caricature for NYC Radio Host, Arthur Godfrey, with "Anniversary Meter"
By George Wachsteter
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Pen and Ink on Illustration Board Signature: Signed Lower Right This piece is on 14.25" x
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1950s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Illustration Board, Pen

"The Millionaire"
By George Wachsteter
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Pen and Ink on Illustration Board Signature: Signed Upper Right Caricature by George
Category

1950s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Illustration Board, Pen

Mickey Rooney in "Hey, Mulligan!"
By George Wachsteter
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Pen and Ink on Illustration Board Signature: Signed Lower Right Caricature by George
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1950s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Illustration Board, Pen

Perry Como, circa 1955
By George Wachsteter
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Pen and Ink on Illustration Board Signature: Signed Upper Right This piece is on 15.00" x
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1950s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Illustration Board, Pen

Walter Brennan as "Granpappy" Amos McCoy
By George Wachsteter
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Pen and Ink on Illustration Board Signature: Signed Lower Left Caricature by George
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1950s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Illustration Board, Pen

"Father Knows Best"
By George Wachsteter
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Pen and Ink on Illustration Board Signature: Signed Lower Left This piece is on 20.00" x
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1950s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Illustration Board, Pen

Jason Robards, Jr. in the Broadway Production, "The Disenchanted"
By George Wachsteter
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Pen and Ink on Illustration Board Signature: Signed Lower Right Caricature by George
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1950s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Illustration Board, Pen

Young Lovers in the Morning Embrace. Mid-Century Neo-Classical Love Song
Located in Miami, FL
This Mid-Century illustration/painting is rendered in a Neo-Classical style and showcases young
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1950s Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Tempera, Illustration Board

Romance Love Triangle on Fishing Boat - Mid-Century
Located in Miami, FL
with his pictures. He worked with Goldsholl and Associates, through the 1950’s, helping to transform
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1950s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Oil, Illustration Board, Pencil

Le jardin de Daubigny Style of Vincent Van Gogh Daubigny s Garden by S. Goosson
Located in Soquel, CA
Le jardin de Daubigny Style of Vincent Van Gogh by Stephen Goosson The painting depicts the enclosed garden of Charles-François Daubigny, a French landscape painter whom Van Gogh ad...
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1950s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Illustration Board

Mid Century Blond Beauty Make Up the Airport Customs
By Coby Whitmore
Located in Miami, FL
unique style and applies it to illustration art to tell a story for a mass audience. What's notable is
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1950s American Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Illustration Board, Pencil, Graphite

Woman reading after Henri Matisse by Claire Ragueneau
Located in Soquel, CA
Woman reading after Henri Matisse by Claire Ragueneau Impressionist seated woman reading a book after Henri Matisse by San Francisco artist Claire Ragueneau (American, 1901-1971). Cl...
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1950s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Illustration Board

Mid Century Figurative Seascape with Sailboats
By Henryk Dzienczarski
Located in Soquel, CA
United States in 1950.
Category

1950s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Illustration Board

Abstracted Figural , Carmel Art Association, San Francisco Art Institute
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Alex Gonzales' (American, 1927-2020) and dated, '11/58'. A delicate and enigmatic, mid-century, painted collage showing a procession of figures contrasted again...
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1950s Mixed Media

Materials

Resin, Paper, India Ink, Illustration Board, Magazine Paper

Trees in Bloom Along the River Landscape in oil on Heavy Cardstock
By Honora Berg
Located in Soquel, CA
Trees in Bloom Along the River Landscape in Oil on Heavy Cardstock Bold oil landscape by Honora Berg (American, 1897-1985). Trees with pink and white blooms line the bank of a river...
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1950s Abstract Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Illustration Board

Bay Area Abstract Expressionist Composition in Oil on Cardboard
By Honora Berg
Located in Soquel, CA
Bay Area Abstract Expressionist Composition in Oil on Cardboard San Francisco Bay area abstract expressionist composition by Honora Berg (American, 1897-1985). Bold linear abstract ...
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1950s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Illustration Board

Bay Area Abstract Expressionist Standing Nude from Behind in Oil on Cardboard
By Honora Berg
Located in Soquel, CA
Bay Area Expressionist Standing Nude from Behind in Oil on Cardboard Standing nude woman from behind by Honora Berg (American, 1897-1985). Bold depiction of a nude woman with dark h...
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1950s Abstract Expressionist Nude Paintings

Materials

Oil, Illustration Board

Mid Century Santa Barbara Eucalyptus and River Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid Century Santa Barbara Eucalyptus and River Landscape Wonderful mid century Santa Barbara California landscape of eucalyptus trees near river with mountains in background by Max ...
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1950s Post-War Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Illustration Board

Lion in Bowler Hat Graphic in Yellow, Red Blue, Holiday Magazine Mid-Century
By George Giusti
Located in Miami, FL
A high-impact graphic of a whimsical Lion sporting a bowler hat is depicted for a cover for Holiday Magazine, April 1958. The issue was about England, and the editors finally ran a ...
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1950s Abstract Geometric Animal Paintings

Materials

Ink, Acrylic, Illustration Board

Mid Century Autumnal Oil Painting with Heavy Impasto
Located in Soquel, CA
On An Autumn Day - Original Impasto Oil Painting Original oil landscape painting depicting a small wood sided cabin surrounded by trees of green and orange. A focal point of a brig...
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1950s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Illustration Board, Laid Paper

Bay Area Figurative Movement Portrait of a Woman in Oil on Artist s Board 1950s
By Honora Berg
Located in Soquel, CA
Bay Area Figurative Movement Portrait of a Woman in Oil on Artist's Board 1950s Portrait of a woman man by Honora Berg (American, 1897-1985). The woman is looking directly at the vi...
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1950s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Oil, Illustration Board

Mid-Century Floral Still Life with Yellow and White Irises Carmel California
By Alvira Powell
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid-Century Floral Still Life with Yellow and White Irises Gorgeous mid-century floral still life of a bouquet of Irises painted in 1959, by Pacific Grove and Santa Cruz, Californi...
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1950s American Impressionist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Illustration Board

Basket Weaver with his Baskets for the Market 1950s figurative oil
Located in Soquel, CA
Basket Weaver with his Baskets for the Market 1950s figurative oil Expressive and detail portrait of a weaver and his baskets, heading to market by California impressionist nna Oley...
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1950s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Illustration Board

Nude with Tree at El Capitan - Yosemite Mid Century Figurative Landscape
By Margaret Wherry Ziegler
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid century figurative landscape of a nude female figure with tree at El Capitan, Yosemite, California by Margaret Wherry Ziegler (American, 1909-1989). Signed "M. Ziegler" lower rig...
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1950s American Impressionist Nude Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Illustration Board

Rota, Spanish Landscape -- Pobre Casa Cadiz
By John Sackas
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful Spanish landscape of a humble farm in Rota, Cadiz, Spain with horses, a cow with two herons, one of which is on cow's back by San Francisco artist John Sackas (American, 19...
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1950s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas, Illustration Board

Age 9 , Art Deco, Woman Artist, AIC, ASL, Paris, Salon d Automne, Corcoran
By Nura Ulreich
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Painted by Nura Woodson Ulreich (American, 1899-1950) as a full-page illustration for the book 'The
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1930s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Gouache, Illustration Board, Pen, Pencil

The Social Hour
By Edwin Georgi
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signed Lower Left Probable Redbook Magazine interior illustration, circa 1950
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1950s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Board

Fred C. Dobbs Paddle Steamer
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Signed Lower Right This illustration dates circa 1950.
Category

1950s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Tying Flies, Post Cover
By Stevan Dohanos
Located in Fort Washington, PA
The Saturday Evening Post, March 4, 1950 (cover illustration). Remembered for his 125 covers of
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1950s Paintings

Materials

Oil

Mickey Mouse / Flower Show
Located in London, GB
annual was printed in 1950. It is the final illustration to the story "Flower Show" printed on page 16
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Vintage 1940s American Photography

Materials

Paper

Trees in Autumn
By Albert Gleizes
Located in Sheffield, MA
retrospective occurred in Lyons at the Chapelle du Lycee Ampere. From 1949 to 1950 Gleizes painted
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

No title
Located in Tel Aviv - Jaffa, IL
12 watercolors Radius Gold nrf, 1950, 2 volumes, Illustrations Edy Legrand, Imprimerie Nationale
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Late 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Charcoal, Pencil

No title
Located in Tel Aviv - Jaffa, IL
12 watercolors Radius Gold nrf, 1950, 2 volumes, Illustrations Edy Legrand, Imprimerie Nationale
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Late 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Charcoal, Pencil

Shopping Day
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Schubert Elementary School in 1938. In December 1949 and January 1950, he provided the frontispiece
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1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

When the Land was His
Located in San Francisco, CA
package design to fashion illustration. By 1950 Friberg and his wife had moved to Utah, where he taught
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Late 20th Century American Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Springtime in the North
Located in San Francisco, CA
everything from package design to fashion illustration. By 1950 Friberg and his wife had moved to Utah, where
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Late 20th Century American Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

The Long Trail West
Located in San Francisco, CA
illustration. By 1950 Friberg and his wife had moved to Utah, where he taught commercial art at the University
Category

Late 20th Century American Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

The Trail Ends at the Sea
Located in San Francisco, CA
illustration. By 1950 Friberg and his wife had moved to Utah, where he taught commercial art at the University
Category

Late 20th Century American Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Yelding the Right of Way
Located in San Francisco, CA
illustration. By 1950 Friberg and his wife had moved to Utah, where he taught commercial art at the University
Category

Late 20th Century American Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Winners and Loosers
Located in San Francisco, CA
illustration. By 1950 Friberg and his wife had moved to Utah, where he taught commercial art at the University
Category

Late 20th Century American Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Mid Century Ojai Spring Cottage Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful mid century landscape of Ojai, California with charming stucco cottage and almond trees in bloom and mountains in background titled, "Storm over Ojai" by Margaret Anna Dob...
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1950s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Illustration Board

Flowy Olive Green Dress Gouache Ink 1950 s Fashion Illustration
By Gibson Bayh
Located in San Francisco, CA
This 1950s ink and gouache fashion illustration of a woman in an olive green dress is by fashion
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1950s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink, Gouache

Illustration Domestic Scene, American, 1950s
Located in Hoboken, NJ
Pen and ink on paper, illustration, domestic scene, United States, 1950s. Artist unknown. Framed
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Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Drawings

Materials

Paper

Raymond Besse for Christian Dior Original Fashion Illustration
By Raymond Besse
Located in San Francisco, CA
Original fashion illustration of a coat and hat designed by Christian Dior. This is a watercolor
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Vintage 1950s French Drawings

Lorence Bjorklund "Trail Bros", ink on illustration board
By Lorence Bjorklund
Located in Glenview, IL
illustration board representing a western scene somewhere in the "Wild West". Born in Minnesota, Bjorklund
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1950s Other Art Style Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink

Original Vintage Information Poster New Tax System Kyoto Japan Illustration Art
Located in London, GB
Original vintage propaganda poster breaking down the 1950 initial budget and tax system in the
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1950s More Prints

Materials

Paper

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