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The Camel is a Smarter Buy
By E. Simms Campbell
Located in Minneapolis, MN
A smartly rendered pin up girl gag watercolor cartoon for Esquire Magazine by the noted African American cartoon artist and illustrator E. Simms Campbell. Part of his long-running se...
Category
1950s Pop Art Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Illustration Board, Watercolor
The Loves of Alice Brandt
Located in Minneapolis, MN
This tawdry and seductive original artwork was illustrated for use as the cover of the 1951 Cameo Books title The Loves of Alice Brandt, part of the publisher's "love fiction" line. ...
Category
1950s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Illustration Board
Seaside Coca-Cola Delivery
By James R. Bingham
Located in Minneapolis, MN
piece for Coca-Cola. He also created propaganda illustrations for the Navy during World War II.
This
Category
1950s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Illustration Board
The Man Who Could Not Stop
Located in Minneapolis, MN
. The illustration plays up comparisons between the world of the story and Cold War-era Russia, with the
Category
1950s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Illustration Board
Miss Ridgid Tools
By George Brown Petty IV
Located in Minneapolis, MN
This published mixed media pin-up illustration by George Petty appeared as a calendar for Ridgid
Category
1950s Art Deco Figurative Paintings
Materials
Illustration Board, Mixed Media
Modernist Abstract in White and Gold, Oil Painting, Circa 1950s
By Calvin Anderson
Located in San Francisco, CA
This circa 1950s oil on paper board abstract is by Bay Area painter, printmaker, and designer Calvin Anderson (b. 1925). He studied at CCAC and Art Center College in the 1940s and w...
Category
1950s American Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Illustration Board
Platinum Blonde
By Bill Randall
Located in Minneapolis, MN
On offer is a classic vintage cheesecake pin up painting featuring a decidedly sexy bed-headed platinum blonde ala Marilyn Monroe by the prolific American pin-up artist Bill Randall....
Category
1950s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Illustration Board, Tempera
Subway Platform At Night
By Alfred Statler
Located in Minneapolis, MN
This oil on board by the important American photo-journalist Alfred Statler captures the anonymity and bustle of life in New York City in the 1940s. Executed in an abstract and moder...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Illustration Board
The Most Beautiful Girl in Texas
By Jon Whitcomb
Located in Minneapolis, MN
-century modern style. This fabulous glamour and Western Americana mash-up interior gouache illustration
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Illustration Board
The Lollipop Girl
By Arnold Kohn
Located in Minneapolis, MN
A sexy and mod late 1950s gouache illustration on board by Arnold Kohn that we believe to have been
Category
1950s Art Deco Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Illustration Board
Mountainous Landscape
By Ethel Magafan
Located in East Hampton, NY
Magafan's (1916-1993) work followed an arc from Social Realism to abstraction, especially abstracted landscapes. Her work was characterized by its simplicity, its focus on open space...
Category
1950s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Illustration Board
Bauhaus Modernist Abstract in Blue Yellow
White, Oil Painting, Late 1950s
By Calvin Anderson
Located in San Francisco, CA
This 1950s oil on masonite abstract in blue, yellow and white is by Bay Area painter, printmaker, and designer Calvin Anderson (b. 1925). He studied at CCAC and Art Center College i...
Category
1950s American Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Illustration Board
The Make Out Room
By Peter Driben
Located in Minneapolis, MN
A subversive youth gone wild party scene original cover oil on board painting by Peter Driben likely used for a paperback book title published by the Novel Library imprint. During th...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Illustration Board, Oil
Original Vintage Poster Paris Ready To Wear Fashion Design Style Pret A Porter
By Razzia (Gérard Courbouleix–Dénériaz)
Located in London, GB
Deneriaz; b.1950) featuring a stunning illustration of a stylish model with red lipstick and round black
Category
1980s More Prints
Materials
Paper
Escada Margaretha Ley Vintage Pink
Black Silk Fashion Novelty Print Blouse
By Escada Margaretha Ley, Escada
Located in Portland, OR
black collar and the print is made of black fashion illustrations from the 1950's. This blouse buttons
Category
1980s German Shirts
Quince
By Pancrase Bessa
Located in Florham Park, NJ
Botanical Illustration 1950, Bessa wasted too much of his time and energy upon small sentimental flower
Category
Early 19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Tape, Handmade Paper, Plexiglass, Silk, Watercolor
Cherries
By Pancrase Bessa
Located in Florham Park, NJ
Art of Botanical Illustration 1950, Bessa wasted too much of his time and energy upon small
Category
Early 19th Century Prints and Multiples
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Tape, Handmade Paper, Plexiglass, Silk, Watercolor
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