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Original 1955 exhibition poster - Contemporary American painters - Paris
Located in PARIS, FR
cultural hub, but the postwar art scene was shifting, with New York emerging as the new epicenter of avant
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1950s Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Lithograph

1961 original poster by Georges Braque - Les Peintres Témoins de Leur Temps
By Georges Braque
Located in PARIS, FR
fashion museum, was historically a hub for avant-garde art exhibitions, and "Les Peintres Témoins de Leur
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1960s Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Lithograph

Modernist Rare Avant-Garde Necklace 18 Kt Art Piece
Located in Napoli, IT
contemporary art Avant-Gard , Modernist and Brutalist styles express jewellery in a new vision of art taking no
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Mid-20th Century European Modernist Link Necklaces

Materials

18k Gold

Looking Up at The Clouds, Unique Monotype in Blue Tones, Avant-Garde Shapes
By Kind of Cyan
Located in Barcelona, ES
This is an exclusive handprinted unique cyanotype that takes its inspiration from the mid-century modern shapes. It's made by layering paper cutouts and different exposures using uv-...
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2010s Modern Abstract Prints

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Emulsion, Watercolor, Monotype, Photogram, Lithograph

Bronze cubist sculpture
By Jan and Joel Martel
Located in Buenos Aires, Argentina
early-20th-century avant-garde art movement that revolutionized European painting and sculpture, and
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Vintage 1940s French Art Deco Animal Sculptures

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Bronze

Bronze cubist sculpture
Bronze cubist sculpture
$1,520 Sale Price
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1956 poster was created for the XIIIème Salon de Mai
By Pablo Picasso
Located in PARIS, FR
that championed contemporary and avant-garde art. Running from May 4 to 30, 1956, the show gathered the
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1950s More Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Figure with Guitar II
By Henry Fitch Taylor
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Impressionism to Cubism, and he continued to experiment with various avant-garde art movements such as Orphism
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1910s American Modern Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Marcel Duchamp André Breton Le Surréalisme en 1947 Iconic First Edition
By André Breton
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
philosophy. A must-have for collectors of 20th-century avant-garde art and literature.
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Vintage 1940s French Mid-Century Modern Books

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Paper

Alexandra Exter Russian Avant Garde work on paper Signed ex-Solomon Shuster coll
Located in New York, NY
with the Russian/Ukrainian avant-garde, as a Cubo-futurist, Constructivist, and influencer of the Art
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1910s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Gouache

Vintage Magnum Press Photograph Arthur Miller with Saul Steinberg Mask Photo
By Inge Morath
Located in Surfside, FL
Arthur Miller. Morath's first encounter with avant-garde art was the Entartete Kunst (Degenerate Art
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1960s Modern Portrait Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Modernist Oil Painting by Danish Artist Mogens Balle COBRA Art Movement, 1960s
By Mogens Balle 1
Located in Odense, DK
frame. COBRA often stylized as CoBrA, was a European avant-garde art group active from 1948 to 1951
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Vintage 1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Paintings

Materials

Paint

Rare Walter Sickert oil painting of mackerel, British, early 20th Century
By Walter Sickert
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Avant-garde art in the mid 20th Century and is considered one of the most prominent figures in the
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Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Original Vintage Avant Garde Poster Nonconformist Art Perestroika USSR Leningrad
Located in London, GB
Unofficial Art to Perestroika post war Leningrad avant-garde 1948-1988 held at the Exhibition Complex on
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Vintage 1980s Russian Posters

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Paper

Reclining Figure Carved Marble Early 20th Century France
Located in London, GB
Winthorpe Road in 1913–14, Gaudier-Brzeska became increasingly involved in London’s avant-garde art scene
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Early 20th Century Figurative Sculptures

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Marble

Bert Stern Marilyn Monroe Day Glo Colors Avant Garde Last Photos Bel Air Hotel
By Bert Stern
Located in Nantucket, MA
This set of 12 Serigraphs , each mounted on board, was published in Avant Garde Magazine in March
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Late 20th Century Contemporary Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

A painting of Sappho by Ettore Forti
Located in London, GB
and avant-garde art, in the early 20th century. The work is set in a giltwood frame, and is signed
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Late 19th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Kurt Schwitters by John Elderfield, First Edition
By John Elderfield
Located in valatie, NY
book examines the full range of Schwitters' art, placing it in the context of avant-garde art between
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Vintage 1980s American Books

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Paper

Merce Cunningham Dance Company Signed Original Vintage Photograph 1975
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Glenford, NY
Kawakubo. Works that he produced with these artists had a profound impact on avant-garde art beyond the
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1970s Modern Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Rare early Tree floor lamp by Ron Arad for One Off Ltd, around 1984.
By Ron Arad, One Off, Ltd.
Located in Antwerp, BE
approach to design—blurring the line between functional object and avant-garde art. Crafted with a raw
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Vintage 1980s British Brutalist Floor Lamps

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Concrete, Metal

An Avant-Garde, Mid-Century Modern Abstract Female Figure Study by Harold Haydon
By Harold Haydon
Located in Chicago, IL
A Dynamic, Avant-Garde, Mid-Century Modern Abstract Female Figure Study by Harold Haydon (Am. 1909
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink

An Avant-Garde, Mid-Century Modern Abstract Female Figure Study by Harold Haydon
By Harold Haydon
Located in Chicago, IL
A Dynamic, Avant-Garde, Mid-Century Modern Abstract Female Figure Study by Harold Haydon (Am. 1909
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink

APPEL Mask Face Personage. Lithograph.
By Karel Appel
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Zurich, Switzerland), Karel Appel is one of the founders of the CoBrA avant-garde art movement active
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1980s Abstract Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

African Elephant, Tiger and Woman Rider Varnished Wood Sculpture by J. Zanetti
Located in North Miami, FL
blended european avant-garde art with indigenous cultural motifs. Sculpting the wood's organic textures
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Vintage 1930s South African Art Deco Animal Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Early 20th Century Cubist, Art Deco, View of a Factory in a Landscape, L Usine
Located in Cotignac, FR
is an early-20th-century avant-garde art movement begun in Paris that revolutionized painting and the
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Early 20th Century Art Deco Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor, Gouache, Pencil

Before the letter - Natalia Gontcharova 1926 poster for the Grand Bal de nuit
By Natalia Goncharova
Located in PARIS, FR
influence of the Russian avant-garde art movement, with elements of primitivism and futurism. The geometric
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1920s Prints and Multiples

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Linen, Paper, Lithograph

Oil on Canvas Abstract Cubism Painting in the Manner of Jacques Villon
By Jacques Villon
Located in Miami, FL
exemplifies the energy and experimentation of mid-20th Century European avant-garde art. Little is known
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Paintings

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Giltwood, Canvas

Rug Kilim’s Mid-Century Modern Rug in Blue with Geometric patterns
By Rug Kilim
Located in Long Island City, NY
art, and adapts it with an equally avant garde craftsmanship. Its field favors dark blue while its
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2010s Indian Mid-Century Modern Indian Rugs

Materials

Wool

Kalithea - Lithograph by Piero Dorazio - 1977
By Piero Dorazio
Located in Roma, IT
Florence, which was a cooperative among artists for the diffusion of international avant-garde art and
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1970s Abstract Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Ennio Chiggio “Ciot” floor lamp for Lumenform, 1973
By Lumenform, Ennio Chiggio
Located in Lonigo, Veneto
Magistretti. The result is a luminous sculpture that bridges avant-garde art and collectible Italian design
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Vintage 1970s Italian Space Age Floor Lamps

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Plastic, Plexiglass

Rug Kilim’s Mid-Century Modern Rug in Blue with Geometric patterns
By Rug Kilim
Located in Long Island City, NY
art, and adapts it with an equally avant garde craftsmanship. Its field favors dark blue while its
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2010s Indian Mid-Century Modern Indian Rugs

Materials

Wool

Geometric Abstract American Oil WPA Color Field Abstraction Modern Non Objective
By Walter Quirt
Located in New York, NY
active figures of the New York avant-garde art world of the 1930s. He worked for the Works Project
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1930s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Ivan Turetskyy - Euphoria, painting, contemporary, futurist, abstract, movement
By Ivan Turetskyy
Located in London, GB
Ukraine was only in the early 1980s due to his work being deemed too avant-garde for the Soviet government
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2010s Futurist Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Rug Kilim’s Mid-Century Modern Rug in Blue with Geometric patterns
By Rug Kilim
Located in Long Island City, NY
art, and adapts it with an equally avant garde craftsmanship. Its field favors dark blue while its
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2010s Indian Mid-Century Modern Indian Rugs

Materials

Wool

Letter by Palma Bucarelli - 1954
By Palma Bucarelli
Located in Roma, IT
avant-garde art research. With the acquisition of the great "Sacco" by Burri, the controversy between
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1950s More Art

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Paper, Ink

Early 20th C. Expressionist Bronze Woman Sculpture with Marble Base by A. Monti
Located in North Miami, FL
modernist influences of Expressionism that dominated the era's avant-garde art with simplified forms
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Early 20th Century Italian Expressionist Figurative Sculptures

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Marble, Bronze, Metal, Copper

Rug Kilim’s Mid-Century Modern Rug in Blue with Geometric patterns
By Rug Kilim
Located in Long Island City, NY
garde art, and adapts it with an equally avant garde craftsmanship. Its field favors dark blue while its
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2010s Indian Mid-Century Modern Indian Rugs

Materials

Wool

Wooden Sculpture by Bernd Lohaus, Belgium, 1996
Located in Antwerp, BE
Micheline Szwajcer in 1996 Antwerp. Lohaus, a luminary figure in Antwerp's avant-garde art scene, more
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1990s Belgian Abstract Sculptures

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Wood

The Audience
By Michael Snow
Located in Toronto, Ontario
populist and avant-garde art remains unrivalled. Snow's contribution to public art throughout his career
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1980s Modern Figurative Prints

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Paper

Picasso by Gertrude Stein
Located in valatie, NY
first Americans to respond enthusiastically to European avant-garde art. She held weekly salons in her
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Vintage 1940s Books

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Paper

Abstract American Modernism Mid-Century WPA Era Drawing Woodstock 20th Century
By Konrad Cramer
Located in New York, NY
," translated "Blue Rider." The group was founded by Wassily Kandinsky and was the avant-garde art movement of
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1930s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor

1970s Guillemette L’Hoir Paris Bakelite Sculptural Necklace
By Guillemette L’Hoir
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
1970s necklace from none other than Guillemette L'Hoir Paris- designer of avant-garde art inspired
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Vintage 1970s French Artist Beaded Necklaces

Stilnovo Mid-Century Modern Pendant
By Stilnovo
Located in Weesp, NL
. While there, he joined the Movimento Nucleare, an Avant Garde art movement founded by Enrico Baj.
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Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

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Metal

Seascape - Etching by Carlo Carrà - 1964
By Carlo Carrà
Located in Roma, IT
concerning art. lived through and participated in all the avant-garde art movements of the 20th Century, from
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1960s Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Still Life with Flowers
By Arthur Beecher Carles
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Thomas Anshutz, he was deeply influenced by the avant-garde art scene in Paris during his first trip
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Early 20th Century American Modern Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Toxic light" - 2025 mixed media on board
Located in Milano, MI
techniques, combined with her exposure to Milan's avant-garde art scene through Studio Santandrea gallery
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2010s Arte Povera Abstract Paintings

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Plastic, Wood, Acrylic, Board

"Wrong thoughts" - 2025 mixed media on board
Located in Milano, MI
techniques, combined with her exposure to Milan's avant-garde art scene through Studio Santandrea gallery
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2010s Arte Povera Abstract Paintings

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Plastic, Wood, Acrylic, Board

"Mirrored thoughts" - 2025 mixed media on canvas
Located in Milano, MI
techniques, combined with her exposure to Milan's avant-garde art scene through Studio Santandrea gallery
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2010s Arte Povera Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Plastic, Wood, Acrylic

Three Cubist Still Life Studies by Philadelphia Artist and Collector Earl Horter
By Earl Horter
Located in Philadelphia, PA
avant garde art that was exhibited at the Philadelphia Museum of Art and Arts Club of Chicago in 1934.
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Early 20th Century Cubist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pencil

Cubist French Painting, 1968 Abstract Geometric Composition with Bold Lines
Located in Berlin, DE
French Cubism while resonating with the experimental spirit of the late 1960s avant-garde art scene. A
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Vintage 1960s French Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Paint

Hospital Ward (Suburbia) - Contemporary, Polaroid, Photography
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Bombay Beach Biennale in 2018, an avant-garde art festival redefining creative expression in the
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Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Abstract Expressionist - Original 60 s oil/spray paint on paper S. African art
By Denis Bowen
Located in Hagley, England
of abstract and avant-garde art in Britain. He was founder of the New Vision Group and the New Vision
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Oil, Spray Paint

Avant-Garde Armchair Made in 1920s France, Fully Restored
Located in Brandys nad Labem, Středočeský kraj
features classic Art Deco elements. Art Deco is a style that originates from France in the early 20th
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Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Armchairs

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Fabric, Walnut

Cherry Bobalink
By Larry Poons
Located in Zug, CH
from the one shown in the images. At the forefront of the avant-garde art scene Larry Poons
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2010s Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Inkjet

Cherry Bobalink
Cherry Bobalink
$3,088 Sale Price
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FIVE GEISHA WITH FANS Signed Lithograph Asian Women Shoji Screen, Lime Yellow
By Walasse Ting
Located in Union City, NJ
to promote the avant-garde art movement. In 1963 he left Paris and resettled in New York City, and
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1980s Contemporary Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Woodland Reflection — Mid-Century Modern
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
European avant-garde art movements before moving with his family to New York City. Lehman studied at the
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Monotype Print Painting Garden Scene Table Chair Joseph Solman American Art WPA
By Joseph Solman
Located in Surfside, FL
mainstream in avant garde art, he was done with it. With Edward Hopper and Jack Levine, he began a magazine
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20th Century Modern More Art

Materials

Monotype

Constantine Pougialis, Large and Vibrant Abstract Oil Painting
By Constantine Pougialis
Located in Chicago, IL
took place, the introduction of the European Avant Garde Art in New York. Pougialis learned from his
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Vintage 1960s American Paintings

Materials

Giltwood, Canvas

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