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Germaine Richier French Artist Original Etching, Figure with Owl
By Germaine Richier
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Sculpture in 1936, and an exhibition of her work at the Paris World’s Fair in 1937. By the 1940s her figures
Category
Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper
Glen Michaels Modern Blue Red and Brown Watercolor Drawing Unsigned 12hx9w
By Glen Michaels
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
Flight Center, the IMF in Washington, D.C. and the Ford Motor Company 1964 New York World's Fair exhibit
Category
Early 2000s American Drawings
Materials
Paper
Glen Michaels Signed Set of 3 Modern Signed Ink Drawings on Paper 23x14.5
By Glen Michaels
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
Center, the IMF in Washington, D.C. and the Ford Motor Company 1964 New York World's Fair exhibit (now
Category
Early 2000s American Drawings
Materials
Paper
Glen Michaels Signed Modern Red
Gray Watercolor Ink Drawing Paper 8.5h x 20w
By Glen Michaels
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
New York World's Fair exhibit (now installed in the Henry Ford Centennial Library). Mr. Michaels was
Category
Early 2000s American Drawings
Materials
Paper
Glen Michaels Modern Mixed-Media Study Painting Cardboard Unsigned 16.5h x 2.5w
By Glen Michaels
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
Flight Center, the IMF in Washington, D.C. and the Ford Motor Company 1964 New York World's Fair exhibit
Category
Early 2000s American Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Paper
"Pulling A Soldier to Safety", Large Art Deco War Memorial Bronze by De Lue
By Donald De Lue
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Washington, D.C., the Rocket Thrower for the 1964 New York World's Fair, and many other monuments and relief
Category
Vintage 1950s American Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Timeless Elegance: Victorian Fashion Litho by Michau from the Expo Universelle
Located in Langweer, NL
series likely created for the Exposition Universelle of 1889, a world fair held in Paris that showcased
Category
Antique 1880s Prints
Materials
Paper
$198 Sale Price
20% Off
Werner Drewes Bauhaus Artist Color Woodblock, 1973, At Play No. 3
Fight
By Werner Drewes
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Worlds Fair building, and had shows at the Museum of Modern Art, the Kleeman Gallery, and elsewhere. In
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Prints
Materials
Paper
Werner Drewes Bauhaus Artist Color Woodblock, 1975, Enterlocked Forms
By Werner Drewes
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Worlds Fair building, and had shows at the Museum of Modern Art, the Kleeman Gallery, and elsewhere. In
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Prints
Materials
Paper
Werner Drewes Bauhaus Artist Color Woodblock, 1977, White Storm Cloud
By Werner Drewes
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Columbia University, worked on the design of the 1939 Worlds Fair building, and had shows at the Museum of
Category
Late 20th Century More Prints
Materials
Paper
Werner Drewes Bauhaus Artist Color Woodblock, 1973, The Green Moon
By Werner Drewes
Located in Phoenix, AZ
the 1939 Worlds Fair building, and had shows at the Museum of Modern Art, the Kleeman Gallery, and
Category
Late 19th Century Abstract Prints
Materials
Paper
The Seine River at The Paris Decorative Art Exhibition 1925, B and W Photography
Located in Atlanta, GA
(French: Exposition Internationale des arts décoratifs et Industriels Modernes) was a World's fair held in
Category
1920s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Unusual Pair of Japanese Meiji Period (1868-1912) Satsuma Vases by Kinkozan
By Kinkozan
Located in Newark, England
turn promoted Japanese arts via various world’s fairs, beginning in Vienna at the world fair in 1873
Category
Antique Early 1900s Japanese Meiji Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Earthenware, Pottery
Japanese Meiji Period (1868-1912) Satsuma Earthenware Vase Taizan for Hattori
Located in Newark, England
turn promoted Japanese arts via various world’s fairs, beginning in Vienna at the world fair in 1873
Category
Antique Early 1900s Japanese Meiji Ceramics
Materials
Earthenware, Pottery
Daum Nancy Art Nouveau Lamp Probably by Majorelle
By Daum, Louis Majorelle
Located in NANTES, FR
over his father's furniture and ceramics factory. After the 1889 World's Fair, he abandoned the
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
Iridescent Iris Art Nouveau Cachepot by Clement Massier
By Clement Massier
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Paris’s World’s Fair in 1889 at l’Exposition Universelle. At the Exposition, it was Massier’s ceramic
Category
Antique Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Vases
Materials
Earthenware
Tiffany
Co. Sterling Silver Rare Child
s Bowl
Porringer w/ Original Pouches
By Tiffany
Co.
Located in New York, NY
gold medal for jewelry and a grand prize for silverware at the Paris World Fair Exposition. The luxury
Category
Early 20th Century American Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
5-Piece Tea and Coffee Set by M. Dufrene for Christofle (Gallia)
By Gallia
Located in NANTES, FR
the 20th century, at the time of the famous 1900 World's Fair in Paris,
the Gallia Collection takes
Category
Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Tea Sets
Materials
Silver Plate
French Louis XVI Style Ormolu Mounted
Tulipwood Vitrine Cabinet
By François Linke
Located in Los Angeles, CA
World’s Fair, Liege in Belgium, and the Franco-British exhibition in London in 1908. His work has long
Category
Antique Early 1900s French Louis XVI Vitrines
Materials
Marble, Ormolu, Bronze
$24,850 Sale Price
27% Off
"Bus Stop in a Snowstorm" 4/7
By Stanley Bleifeld
Located in Edgartown, MA
legendary. Widespread public recognition came from the 1964 World’s Fair Vatican Pavilion’s commission of a
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Antique Wooden Sitting Bear Handcarved ca. 1920s, Brienz
Located in Berghuelen, DE
woodcarvings were presented on several worlds fairs with great success. With the Gran Tour Tourism wealthy
Category
Vintage 1920s Swiss Black Forest Animal Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Wooden Sculpture Cat with Rabbit Handcarved ca. 1900s
Located in Berghuelen, DE
industry counted ca. 2000 woodcarvers. Brienz woodcarvings were presented on several worlds fairs with
Category
Antique Early 1900s Swiss Black Forest Animal Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Large Vintage Wooden Strolling Bear Handcarved ca. 1930s, Brienz
Located in Berghuelen, DE
woodcarvings were presented on several worlds fairs with great success. With the Gran Tour Tourism wealthy
Category
Vintage 1930s Swiss Black Forest Animal Sculptures
Materials
Wood
"Stardust Sculpture" (Little Bryce, Utah)
By Eve Drewelowe
Located in Lambertville, NJ
; New York World's Fair; NAWA; and NMWA.
Drewelowe's works are found in the collections of the
Category
1930s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Fine Carved Statue of a Staghound, circa 1920
Located in Berghuelen, DE
woodcarvers. Brienz woodcarvings were presented on several worlds fairs with great success. With the Gran Tour
Category
Early 20th Century Swiss Black Forest Animal Sculptures
Materials
Wood
The Cote d
Azur
, Paris, Salon d
Automne, Post-Impressionist California Artist
By Irma Engel Grabhorn
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
), 1926; Berlin; NY World's Fair, 1939; Golden Gate International Exposition, 1939; San Francisco Museum
Category
1960s Expressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel, Ink
Charles Harsanyi Modernist Winter Scene, 1946, titled "The Ferry No 2"
Located in New York, NY
Art from the New York World's Fair 1939
American Artist, "A Wreck at Monhegan," February 1951
Category
1940s American Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Tiffany
Co. Rare Sterling Silver Ribbon Bow Large Vase by Victor Carranza
By Tiffany
Co.
Located in New York, NY
gold medal for jewelry and a grand prize for silverware at the Paris World Fair Exposition. The luxury
Category
20th Century Mexican Vases
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Lovely Black Forest Carved Whip Holder with Bear ca. 1900s
Located in Berghuelen, DE
woodcarvers. Brienz woodcarvings were presented on several worlds fairs with great success. With the Gran Tour
Category
Antique Early 1900s Swiss Black Forest Decorative Art
Materials
Wood
Vintage Fish Graal Vase by Edward Hald for Orrefors, Sweden 1963
By Orrefors, Edward Hald
Located in Berghuelen, DE
World's Fair is seen as the pinnacle of his career. During the Second World War he led the management of
Category
Vintage 1960s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Art Glass
Vintage Fish Graal Vase by Edward Hald for Orrefors, Sweden 1947
By Edward Hald, Orrefors
Located in Berghuelen, DE
World's Fair is seen as the pinnacle of his career. During the Second World War he led the management of
Category
Vintage 1940s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Art Glass
Samson Young: Silver Moon or Golden Star, Which Will You Buy Of Me? 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
presented at the 1933 World's Fair in Chicago to explore varying concepts of social progress and utopia
Category
2010s American Books
Materials
Paper
Set of 3 Alvar Aalto Savoy Vases Model. 3030 in Clear Glass, Iittala 1960-70s
By Alvar Aalto, Iittala
Located in Helsinki, FI
Karhula-Iittala glass factory in 1936, which was organized for the 1937 Paris World Fair. His winning
Category
Vintage 1960s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vases
Materials
Blown Glass
Charles Ragland Bunnell 1928–29 Manitou Colorado Landscape Oil on Canvas
By Charles Ragland Bunnell
Located in Denver, CO
exhibitions at the Carnegie International, Art Institute of Chicago, and the New York World’s Fair. A
Category
1920s Abstract Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
La Brique Pavilion Print – Ornamental Kiosk Design by P. Chabat, c.1900
Located in Langweer, NL
architecture.
Originally created for the 1889 Paris World's Fair—a landmark exposition that unveiled the
Category
20th Century French Prints
Materials
Paper
Large Antique Wooden Carved Black Forest Game Plaque with Deer
Located in Berghuelen, DE
counted ca. 2000 woodcarvers. Brienz woodcarvings were presented on several worlds fairs with great
Category
Antique Early 1900s Swiss Black Forest Mounted Objects
Materials
Wood
"Abstract"
By Alexander Liberman
Located in New Orleans, LA
when architect Philip Johnson hired him to do a work for the 1963 Worlds Fair in New York City. One of
Category
1970s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Lithograph
Exotic - A Fetish for the Foreign
Located in New York, NY
parables to Naturalist novels) and intersections of high art and popular culture (world's fairs, Hollywood
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Books
Materials
Paper
$60 / item
Black Forest Wooden Carved Begging Dog, Brienz, ca. 1900
Located in Berghuelen, DE
woodcarvings were presented on several worlds fairs with great success. With the Gran Tour Tourism wealthy
Category
Early 20th Century Swiss Black Forest Animal Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Waylande Gregory Art Deco Ceramic Rooster Sculpture, Glazed, 1940s, USA
By Waylande Gregory
Located in Brooklyn, NY
works, including The Swimmer (1937) and Fountain of the Atom for the 1939 New York World’s Fair. Gregory
Category
Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
13-Star Flag Waver for the Centennial Celebration
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Exposition, which was a World’s Fair event of massive scale. 13-star flags were not only made for the fair
Category
Antique 1870s American American Classical Political and Patriotic Memora...
Materials
Fabric
Nils Landberg Tall Expo Tulip Vase, Orrefors Glassworks, circa 1950s
By Nils Landberg, Orrefors
Located in New York, NY
Techniques dans la Vie Moderne” and the 1939 New York World’s Fair. During the 1950s, Landberg experimented
Category
20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Blown Glass
Nils Landberg Red Expo Tulip Vase, Orrefors Glassworks, circa 1950s
By Orrefors, Nils Landberg
Located in New York, NY
Moderne” and the 1939 New York World’s Fair. During the 1950s, Landberg experimented with abstracted and
Category
20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Glass
Materials
Glass
Dirilyte Art Deco Bronze Dirigold Soliflore Vase
By Dirilyte
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
metallurgist CarI Molin, who exhibited Dirigold pieces at World's Fair in New York City and Gohlenburg
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Vases
Materials
Brass
$280 Sale Price
20% Off
Werner Drewes Woodblock Print Cubist Colorful Rare Framed Green Black Red 1982
By Werner Drewes
Located in Buffalo, NY
Columbia University, worked on the design of the 1939 Worlds Fair building, and had shows at the Museum of
Category
1980s Cubist Abstract Prints
Materials
Paper, Woodcut
Swiss Brienz Black Forest Hand-Carved Wood Grizzly Bear
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
)", "Centennial Exhibit in Philadelphia (1876)", "Chicago Worlds Fair (1893)", "Exposition Universelle in Paris
Category
Early 20th Century Swiss Black Forest Animal Sculptures
Materials
Wood
$1,180 Sale Price
20% Off
Tiffany
Co. Sterling Silver 1908 Vanity Set with Mirror, Powder Box
Brush
By Tiffany
Co.
Located in New York, NY
jewelry and a grand prize for silverware at the Paris World Fair Exposition. The luxury brand’s enduring
Category
Antique Early 1900s American Art Nouveau Table Mirrors
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Miniature "Christmas Morning" Diorama by Narcissa Ward c.1933-1942
Located in San Francisco, CA
International Exposition, and in the 1940 New York World's Fair.
Later, Mrs. Thorne had 29 more rooms created
Category
Early 20th Century American Classical Models and Miniatures
Materials
Glass, Wood
$850 Sale Price
64% Off
Louis XV Style Ormolu and Jasperware-Mounted Vitrine, François Linke Attributed
By François Linke
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1904 St. Louis World’s Fair, Liege in Belgium, and the Franco-British exhibition in London in 1908. His
Category
Antique Early 1900s French Louis XV Vitrines
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
$26,850 Sale Price
22% Off
French 19th-20th century Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Marquetry Commode
By François Linke
Located in Los Angeles, CA
World’s Fair, Liege in Belgium, and the Franco-British exhibition in London in 1908. His work has long
Category
Antique 1890s French Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble, Bronze
$24,950 Sale Price
47% Off
Robert Colescott Semaphore gallery 1980 (announcement)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Sargent Johnson as well as Diego Rivera painting a mural at the San Francisco World’s Fair as a youth. By
Category
1980s Pop Art More Art
Materials
Paper, Offset
$260 Sale Price
20% Off
Couple Under Loggia
By Dean Cornwell
Located in Fort Washington, PA
, 1939 World's Fair.
Exhibitions:
Norman Rockwell Museum Exhibition at South Dakota Art Museum
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$175,000
Scrub and Pines, Early 20th Century Landscape, Cleveland May Show Exhibition
By William Grauer
Located in Beachwood, OH
exhibitions in both the Chicago Century of Progress (1933) and the New York World's Fair (1939). Residents of
Category
1920s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Selection of Modern Desk Chairs
Located in Atlanta, GA
$650. Created for the 1962 World's Fair in Seattle, the Ion chair illustrates the prevailing trend
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Chrome
$650 / item
Rare Inkwell in Carved Crystal and Worked Silver by Lucien Gaillard
By Lucien Gaillard
Located in Paris, FR
distinguished during the World Fair, where he receives Grand Prix in his speciality. Seven years earlier, he was
Category
Antique Early 1900s French Inkwells
Materials
Crystal, Silver
André Arbus Suite of 3 Double Wall Lights
By André Arbus
Located in NANTES, FR
work at the New York World's Fair (designing the French sections of the Expo in New York and San
Category
Vintage 1940s French Art Deco Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Bronze
$2,960 / set
Walking stick, the caricatured face of a man, by Delavilla, Austria 1915.
By F. K. Delavilla
Located in Milan, IT
World's Fair in Paris, he exhibited trophies, belt buckles, walking sticks, umbrella handles, and niello
Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Antiquities
Materials
Silver
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