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"Metamorphosis" Mid-Century Abstract Painting by Pawel Kontny, Textured 1960s
By Pawel Kontny
Located in Denver, CO
Discover the striking beauty of “Metamorphosis,” an original abstract painting by celebrated mid
Category

1960s Abstract Mixed Media

Materials

Marble

Still Life with Shell and Bust French Modernist Gouache Painting by Guy Nicod
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Abstract Geometric Composition in Blue Green and Red Modernist Oil Pastel Guy Nicod (French
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Mid-20th Century Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Gouache

Abstract Vegetable Still Life with Squash Broccoli and Courgettes Gouache
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
, vegetable paintings, expressive abstraction, and mid-century French gouache. Unframed and ready for bespoke
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Mid-20th Century Modern Still-life Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Oil

Modernist Figural Op Art Mixed Media on Canvas by Silverman
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Op art mixed-media collage and oil painting featuring three abstract figures composed of geometric
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Paint

"The Temptation of St. Anthony", Contemporary Surreal Figurative Abstract
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
bordering on the bizarre by masters from the Renaissance to Mid-Century Modernism, by Bay Area artist
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Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"India, " Abstract Woodcut and Monotype signed by Carol Summers
By Carol Summers
Located in Milwaukee, WI
century and into the first years of the next, outliving most of his mid-century modernist peers. Initially
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1990s Contemporary Abstract Prints

Materials

Monotype, Woodcut

"The Faces We Wore" WPA Family American Scene Figurative Abstract Woman Artist
Located in New York, NY
could use a touch up. Note: In addition to this oil painting we currently have an abstract drawing
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1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Israeli Mod Arts Crafts Copper Sculpture Bookends Bezalel Schatz Yaad Studio
By Bezalel Schatz
Located in Surfside, FL
Bezalel Schatz, (1912-1978), Yaad Studio Workshop Mid century modern The standing part is 6 X 5
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Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Copper

Ralph de Burgos Mixed-Media Abstract Collage
By Ralph de Burgos
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Ralph de Burgos (b. Shanghai, China 1906 d. Washington DC, US 1979) mixed-media collage and oil
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Paint, Paper

Modernist Simon Samsonian, Two Sisters Mixed Media
Located in New York, NY
Athens, a solo exhibition of his works, exhibiting 14 oil paintings and 24 water colours, sponsored by
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1990s Abstract Impressionist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Pastel, Mixed Media

Large Painting By Francisco Bores - "La Ferme"
Located in Kastrup, DK
Francisco Bores – "La Ferme" (The Farm) A remarkable and highly collectible painting by the
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Mid-20th Century Spanish Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Wood

1944 St Ives School Framed Still Life Painting By Barbara Hepworth s Assistant
By Denis Mitchell
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
). Available for sale; this important original oil painting is by Denis Mitchell of the St Ives School and is
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Mid-20th Century Modern Still-life Paintings

Materials

Plywood, Oil

Helge Christiansen, Danish painter. Abstract composition. Watercolour on paper.
Located in København, Copenhagen
Danish painter who worked within the abstract and modernist idiom in the mid-20th century. His works are
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Vintage 1960s Danish Modern Paintings

Materials

Paper

Helge Christiansen, Danish painter. Watercolour on paper. Abstract composition.
Located in København, Copenhagen
worked within the abstract and modernist idiom in the mid-20th century. His works are characterised by a
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Vintage 1960s Danish Paintings

Materials

Paper

"Good Health Week" WPA American Scene Mid 20th Century Modern Social Realism
By Jo Cain
Located in New York, NY
"Good Health Week" WPA American Scene Mid 20th Century Modern Social Realism Jo Cain (1904 – 2003
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1940s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Oil

Railroad Worker Industrial WPA American Scene Mid Century Modern Social Realism
By Jo Cain
Located in New York, NY
Railroad Worker Industrial WPA American Scene Mid Century Modern Social Realism Jo Cain (1904
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1930s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Oil

Cowboys Horses Cattle WPA American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern
By Jo Cain
Located in New York, NY
Cowboys Horses Cattle WPA American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern Jo Cain (1904
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1930s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Oil

Abstract French Village with Colourful Rooftops and Mountain Landscape Drawing
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
landscapes, mid-century abstraction, and French post-war art. Its playful tension between form and colour
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Mid-20th Century Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Oil Pastel

Expressionist Ink, Pastel, Crayon Drawing Jewish American Modernist Ben Zion WPA
By Ben-Zion Weinman
Located in Surfside, FL
the abstract, and is perhaps best known for his Biblical paintings, iron sculpture and etchings. Ben
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Mid-20th Century Expressionist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Oil Crayon, Pastel, Ink

Untitled
By John Havens Thornton
Located in Brooklyn, NY
-tuned edges reveal nuance. The palette integrates beautifully with contemporary and mid-century
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Early 2000s Abstract Geometric Interior Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Conjunction de Lineas
Located in Miami, FL
painting is a valuable acquisition for collectors seeking modernist and geometric abstract pieces. His
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2010s Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Irish Moorland
Located in Douglas, Isle of Man
: Particularly in his landscapes of the 1960s, Armstrong was known for building up his oil paintings with plaster
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Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Peter Keil, Black White Portrait Facing Left, Oil on Board, Signed, 12” x 36”
By Peter Keil
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
mid-century and European modern art.
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Late 20th Century German Modern Paintings

Materials

Glass, Wood

Forever, Abstract Painting
By Yamilet Sempe
Located in San Francisco, CA
the ArtistArtist Yamilet Sempe paints boldly graphic abstracts, visibly influenced by modernist
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

Totem, Abstract Painting
By Yamilet Sempe
Located in San Francisco, CA
paints boldly graphic abstracts, visibly influenced by modernist aesthetics. A keen believer in the power
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

Man Working Mid 20th Century American Scene Social Realism Industrial WPA Modern
By Jo Cain
Located in New York, NY
Man Working Mid 20th Century American Scene Social Realism Industrial WPA Modern Jo Cain (1904
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1930s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Next Step, Abstract Painting
By Yamilet Sempe
Located in San Francisco, CA
graphic abstracts, visibly influenced by modernist aesthetics. A keen believer in the power of signs, she
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

Homage to the Square: Dedicated (Bauhaus, Minimal, Retrospective, ~34% OFF)
By Josef Albers
Located in Kansas City, MO
Oil on Masonite, 1950-1956 From "Josef Albers - Paintings, Prints, Projects", 1956 Image Size: 5 x 5
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1950s Modern Abstract Prints

Materials

Screen

Dragonfly Paradise, Abstract Painting
By Yamilet Sempe
Located in San Francisco, CA
the ArtistArtist Yamilet Sempe paints boldly graphic abstracts, visibly influenced by modernist
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

Art Card: Target with Four Faces (Hand signed and inscribed by Jasper Johns)
By Jasper Johns
Located in New York, NY
, while Johns’ painting extended the allover compositional techniques of Abstract Expressionism, his use
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1970s Pop Art Abstract Prints

Materials

Postcard

Tugboat
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
, reflects the mid-20th-century modernist approach to depicting the working harbor. Hankins, who was based in
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1940s Ashcan School Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Art Card: The Seasons (Spring), postcard, hand signed by Jasper Johns, Framed
By Jasper Johns
Located in New York, NY
choreographer Merce Cunningham. Together with Rauschenberg and several Abstract Expressionist painters of the
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1980s Pop Art Abstract Prints

Materials

Postcard

"Reclining Nude" Mercedes Matter, Abstracted Nude, Early American Modernism
By Mercedes Matter
Located in New York, NY
Matters became significant figures in the mid-20th century New York art scene, along with Jackson Pollack
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1920s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Alchemy in Love, Abstract Painting
By Yamilet Sempe
Located in San Francisco, CA
paints boldly graphic abstracts, visibly influenced by modernist aesthetics. A keen believer in the power
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

VIOLA (Founding Member of Merce Cunningham Dance Company), Lithograph, Signed/N
By Jasper Johns
Located in New York, NY
, while Johns’ painting extended the allover compositional techniques of Abstract Expressionism, his use
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1970s Pop Art Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Jasper Johns, Target with Four Faces (ULAE 55), iconic 1960s Pop Art silkscreen
By Jasper Johns
Located in New York, NY
. His work signaled a new direction for contemporary art, one that would lead away from Abstract
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1960s Pop Art Abstract Prints

Materials

Screen

Nicolas de Stael, Rosny, Boat on the Seine, from Painters of Today, 1960 (after)
By Nicolas de Staël
Located in Southampton, NY
d’aujourd’hui series. Dedicated to presenting the foremost modern artists of the mid-20th century, the
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1960s Modern Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Nicolas de Stael, Untitled, from Painters of Today, 1960 (after)
By Nicolas de Staël
Located in Southampton, NY
modern artists of the mid-20th century, the publication unites critical scholarship and the finest
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1960s Modern Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Nicolas de Stael, The Little Footballers, from Painters of Today, 1960 (after)
By Nicolas de Staël
Located in Southampton, NY
the foremost modern artists of the mid-20th century, the publication unites critical scholarship and
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1960s Modern Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Nicolas de Stael, Celadon Composition, from Painters of Today, 1960 (after)
By Nicolas de Staël
Located in Southampton, NY
d’aujourd’hui series. Dedicated to presenting the foremost modern artists of the mid-20th century, the
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1960s Modern Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Nicolas de Stael, Father of the Princes, from Painters of Today, 1960 (after)
By Nicolas de Staël
Located in Southampton, NY
d’aujourd’hui series. Dedicated to presenting the foremost modern artists of the mid-20th century, the
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1960s Modern Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Nicolas de Stael, Bottles, from Painters of Today, 1960 (after)
By Nicolas de Staël
Located in Southampton, NY
modern artists of the mid-20th century, the publication unites critical scholarship and the finest
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1960s Modern Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Nicolas de Stael, Standing Nude, from Painters of Today, 1960 (after)
By Nicolas de Staël
Located in Southampton, NY
modern artists of the mid-20th century, the publication unites critical scholarship and the finest
Category

1960s Modern Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Nicolas de Stael, Corner of the Studio, Blue Background, 1960 (after)
By Nicolas de Staël
Located in Southampton, NY
celebrated Peintres d’aujourd’hui series. Dedicated to presenting the foremost modern artists of the mid-20th
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1960s Modern Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Nicolas de Stael, Sky at Honfleur, from Painters of Today, 1960 (after)
By Nicolas de Staël
Located in Southampton, NY
the foremost modern artists of the mid-20th century, the publication unites critical scholarship and
Category

1960s Modern Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Nicolas de Stael, Untitled, from Painters of Today, 1960 (after)
By Nicolas de Staël
Located in Southampton, NY
celebrated Peintres d’aujourd’hui series. Dedicated to presenting the foremost modern artists of the mid-20th
Category

1960s Modern Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Nicolas de Stael, Barrier, from Painters of Today, 1960 (after)
By Nicolas de Staël
Located in Southampton, NY
d’aujourd’hui series. Dedicated to presenting the foremost modern artists of the mid-20th century, the
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1960s Modern Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Rare Philadelphia Museum of Art exhibition poster (Hand Signed by Jasper Johns)
By Jasper Johns
Located in New York, NY
choreographer Merce Cunningham. Together with Rauschenberg and several Abstract Expressionist painters of the
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1970s Pop Art Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph, Offset

Recent Still Life (1966 limited edition, Hand signed and dated by Jasper Johns)
By Jasper Johns
Located in New York, NY
, while Johns’ painting extended the allover compositional techniques of Abstract Expressionism, his use
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1960s Pop Art Abstract Prints

Materials

Photogravure

"Arroyo, " Woodcut and Monotype Landscape signed by Carol Summers
By Carol Summers
Located in Milwaukee, WI
years of the next, outliving most of his mid-century modernist peers. Initially trained as a painter
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1980s Contemporary Abstract Prints

Materials

Monotype, Woodcut

"Pura Vida" original color woodcut print signed by Carol Summers
By Carol Summers
Located in Milwaukee, WI
century and into the first years of the next, outliving most of his mid-century modernist peers. Initially
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1980s Contemporary Abstract Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Blooming in the Sky, Abstract Painting
By Yamilet Sempe
Located in San Francisco, CA
boldly graphic abstracts, visibly influenced by modernist aesthetics. A keen believer in the power of
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

Baur-Schweitzer Malting Company , North Beach Malt House, Sacramento Street, SF
By Kim Frohsin
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
, refining her technical fluency in drawing and painting while absorbing the Bay Area’s modernist legacy. By
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1990s Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Laid Paper, Acrylic, Color Pencil

Unique Modernist Israeli Still Life Monoprint Painting Calman Shemi Vase Flowers
By Calman Shemi
Located in Surfside, FL
sculpture dominated his early years as an artist, in the mid ’70s Shemi developed the idea of the “soft
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20th Century Abstract Expressionist Still-life Prints

Materials

Monoprint

American Abstract Painting by Zoute, 1953
By Zoute (Leon Salter)
Located in Rochester, NY
Abstract modernist oil painting by Zoute dated 1953. Oil on Masonite. Zoute (born - Leon Salter
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art

Materials

Paint

Timothy Knorr, Rectangular Shift, Abstract Painting
By Timothy Norr
Located in Hawthorne, CA
Original Oil on Canvas, Color Field / Abstract Expressionism A striking large-scale oil on canvas
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21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Paint

French Spring Path with Shed Vineyard and Bare Tree Pastel Landscape Drawing
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
(French 1923 - 2021) Oil pastel on artist paper Size: 19.75 x 23.5 inches (height x width) Provenance
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Mid-20th Century Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Oil Pastel

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