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"Dark Blond Boy", Portrait by 19th Century American Painter, Oil on Canvas
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Clearly painted by an American master such as Thomas Eakins in the second half of the nineteenth century, this shadowy portrait of a young blond boy is handsome and affecting. The y...
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Antique Late 19th Century American Victorian Paintings
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Paint
"Solomon
s Temple", Illustration Art, Henry Soulen, "Pilgrimage to Palestine"
By Henry Soulen 1
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This colorful and vivid painting depicting Solomon's Temple in Jerusalem, with a forecourt crowded with priests and onlookers, is by Henry Soulen, one of the great masters of illustr...
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Vintage 1920s American Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
"I Hear America Singing", Important Art Deco Drawing for White House Piano, 1938
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Filled with floating nude, mythological figures, highly stylized in the Art Deco manner, this study for the lid of the famous grand piano given by the Steinway Company to the White H...
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Drawings
Materials
Paper
"Nudes Suspended", Early, Surrealist Drawing w/ Male Nudes by John B. Lear
By John B. Lear
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Early, important and finely drawn, this piece by John B. Lear depicts two fully nude male figures suspended among the branches of two trees, each figure demonstrating the care with w...
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Drawings
Materials
Paper
"Bathers on Rocky Shore", Striking English Painting of Nude Male Figures, 1930s
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This striking and unusual painting -- beautifully composed with a rich palette -- depicts two nude British youth, sitting on a rocky outcropping during a day of swimming. Each is sl...
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Vintage 1930s British Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
"Eros and the Planets", 1939 Art Deco Oil Painting with Male Nude, Blue
Brown
By William Littlefield
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This warm and vivid painting -- probably made in response to the opening salvos of World War II -- depicts the mythological Eros figure, with wings outspread, placing his arm on an i...
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Pharaoh and Caveman", Study for "Influence of Artists on Business" Mural, 1930s
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Beautiful and extraordinary, this 1930s mural study by Dunbar Beck -- depicting a Pharaoh reading from a tablet while his legs are being wrapped by a servant, and a caveman cutting i...
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
"Sailing Ships", Ivory-Hued Art Deco Porcelain Bookends by Rookwood, 1934
By Rookwood Pottery Co.
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This dramatic pair of Art Deco bookends, each depicting a sailing ship racing through the sea with fully extended sails, was made by the famed Rookwood company in Cincinnati. Each p...
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Bookends
Materials
Porcelain
"Five Olympic Rowers", Monumental Art Deco Painting of Nude Male Oarsmen
Located in Philadelphia, PA
One of the most stunning and monumental depictions of male nude figures -- and male athletes -- ever accomplished in the Modern era, this large painting shows five nude rowers, relax...
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Vintage 1930s British Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Blue Head", Remarkable Art Deco Sculpture of Young Man by Jais Nielsen
By Jais Nielsen
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This rare and remarkable "Head of a Potter," executed in a rich, deep blue glaze by Jais Nielsen, is both strong and subtle, an evocative and beautiful capturing of a young man's vis...
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Vintage 1920s Danish Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
"Mowgli in the Jungle", Rare Bronze Art Deco Plaquette w/ Nude Male by Delamarre
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This diminutive version of one of Raymond Delamarre's greatest sculptural works -- which depicts Mowgli (Rudyard Kipling's character) walking through the jungle accompanied by two li...
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Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Pink Ostrich", Art Deco Painting, Gouache, William Hentschel, Rookwood Artist
By William Hentschel
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A wonderful example of Art Deco painting by William Hentschel, this depiction of a pink ostrich near a purple flowering plant has the feeling of 1930s and 40s animation such as Disne...
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Vintage 1930s Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
"Pioneers and Indians in Battle", Large, Extraordinary Art Deco Mural, 1930s
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Bold, high-energy and striking, this Art Deco mural depicts a battle in 19th century America, with an Indian chief on horseback in full battle regalia,...
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Female Nudes and Ivy, " Deeply Engraved Art Deco Glass Vase, Czech
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Deeply engraved -- not molded -- in gorgeous glass crystal, this Art Deco vase depicts two nude female figures under a canopy of ivy. The glass sculpting is impressive and shows the ...
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Vintage 1930s Czech Art Deco Vases
Materials
Glass
"Of Truth or Consequences", WPA-style Oil Painting, 1940s, Deep Pink, Van Loan
By Dorothy Van Loan
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Executed in gorgeous shades of deep pink, dove gray and olive, this scene of two nude women perched on folding chairs was painted by Dorothy Van Loan,...
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Vintage 1940s American Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
"Laying Track", WPA-Era Woodblock Print with Nude Male Workers by Ruegg
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This remarkable -- perhaps unique -- woodblock print depicts a group of five nude male workers laying railroad track, their strong, muscled figures interlaced as they strive to move ...
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Prints
Materials
Paper
Art Deco Display Cabinet in Golden Mahogany, Bubble Glass
Greek Key Shelves
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Stunning in concept and execution, this large, impressive Moderne-Art Deco cabinet consists of four parts, all centered around an internally-lit porthole vitrine with glass shelves a...
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Vitrines
Materials
Glass
$13,875 Sale Price
25% Off
"Fawn", Art Deco Painting of Resting Deer, Brown, Green and Yellow, Ohio Artist
By Louis Kabrin
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This lovely, striking Art Deco painting -- executed in gouache (opaque watercolor) and applied with an airbrush, a new tool that became widely popular in the 1930s and 40s -- was mad...
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Indian Dance", Drawing Depicting Native Americans by Jean Target, France
By Jean Target
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This depiction of two Native American men in full headdresses, dancing in the company of three women, arm in arm, is evidence of Western Europe's fascination with American Indian cul...
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Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Drawings
Materials
Paint
"Planting and Harvest", Important Art Deco Engraved Glass Vase by Lejsek
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This unique, fabulous engraved glass vase celebrating agricultural laborers who are sowing and harvesting wheat in the Czech Republic, illustrates the fact that Bohemia was one of th...
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Vintage 1930s Czech Art Deco Vases
Materials
Glass
"The Modern Olympia", Odalisque Painting with Nude and Attendant, Sweden, 1926
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Painted a year after the International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts (Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes) debuted in Paris, i...
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Vintage 1920s Swedish Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
Slender Art Deco Vase with Antelope Motif by Rookwood, 1952, Ivory
Soft Brown
By Rookwood Pottery Co.
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Gorgeously glazed in hues of soft brown and ivory, this tall, elegant vase depicting a stylized antelope was hand-glazed by artisans at the famous Rookwood Pottery in Cincinnati at t...
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Vintage 1950s American Art Deco Vases
Materials
Porcelain
"Standing Male Nude", Pencil Drawing by William Littlefield, 1937
By William Littlefield
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Powerfully expressed, with the angular stylization characteristic of Art Deco decorative art, this pencil drawing was executed in 1937 by William Littlefield. The artist was fascina...
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Drawings
Materials
Paper
"Trophy Bowl for Billy Direct, " Art Deco Silver Bowl for Champion Horse, 1938
By International Silver
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A stunning work of art and a significant historic memorial to a great moment in horse racing history, this silver plated bowl by International Silver was given by The National Trotti...
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Decorative Bowls
Materials
Silver Plate
"Peace After the War", Important Surrealist Painting, De Chirico Influence, 1933
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Undoubtedly the most important example of American Surrealism we have ever offered, this 1933-vintage painting by Daniel Koerner depicts a deeply-fissured Classical statue and a fema...
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Basket Fishing", Powerful Mid Century Painting with Shirtless Man, South Africa
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This powerful depiction of a half-nude man capturing a fish in his conical basket -- much like men and women have done for centuries -- is painted in a rich, deep palette of warm bro...
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Vintage 1950s South African Mid-Century Modern Paintings
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Paint
"Apollo", Large Art Deco Bronze Sculpture w/ Male Nude for Ocean Liner, 1948
By M. Mascherini
Located in Philadelphia, PA
One of the great, indisputable masterpieces of Marcello Mascherini's career, and one of his relatively early works, this large bronze depicting Apollo with his lyre was made for the ...
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Vintage 1940s Italian Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Music and Dance", Large, Unique Art Deco Covered Urn by Wheeler Williams
By Wheeler Williams
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Sculpted by Wheeler Williams, one of the masters of Art Deco sculpture in America, this unique covered urn features two stylized female nude figures representing Music and Dance, eac...
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Urns
Materials
Ceramic
"Steering the Ship", 1941 Illustration Art with Sailor for Saturday Eve Post
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Boldly conceived and executed, this original maquette for a proposed Saturday Evening Post cover by Larry Segall depicts a sailor at the helm of a ship, his hands on the wheel and hi...
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Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
"The Harvest", Art Deco Painting with Male Laborer in Blue and Purple
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Gloriously painted in a palette of blue, purple, white and yellow, this painting by Jocke Åkerblom depicts a laborer in the field, wielding his scythe, with a glorious sky above that...
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Vintage 1930s Swedish Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
"Comedy and Tragedy", Pair of Gilded Bronze Bookends Celebrating Theatre, 1922
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Extremely rare, perhaps unique, this stunning pair of gilded bronze bookends depict the ancient figures of Comedy and Tragedy in a modern way, each head poised on a closed book to in...
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Vintage 1920s American Art Deco Bookends
Materials
Bronze
"Herald on Horseback w/ Hound", High Style Art Deco Drawing, W. H. Diederich
By Wilhelm Hunt Diederich
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A large and stunning example of Wilhelm Hunt Diederich's work at the height of the Art Deco era, this drawing depicts a herald on horseback, his trumpet raised high, with an attenuat...
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Vintage 1920s American Art Deco Drawings
Materials
Paper
"Townscape in Corsica", Brilliant Art Deco Landscape Painting by Åkerblom, 1937
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Painted with a strong, vivid palette which captures the brilliant sky, terra cotta roofs and golden walls of this townscape, probably in Corsica, this work is a fine example of Art D...
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Vintage 1930s Swedish Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
"Promise of Hope", Art Deco Painting with Male Nude and Dove, Sweden
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Painted in a lovely, colorful palette and full of hope and symbolism, this painting by Jocke Åkerblom depicts a standing male nude figure looking into the distance, the sky swathed i...
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Vintage 1930s Swedish Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
"Cupid with Bow", Rare Art Deco Teapot by Rometti, Deep Pink
Black, 1920s
By Rometti Ceramics 1
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Charming and very modern, this Art Deco teapot depicting a Cupid figure with his bow drawn, ready to strike his victim, was designed by Dante Baldelli for the famed Rometti ceramic w...
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Vintage 1920s Italian Art Deco Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
"Man with Driving Cap", 1923 Cubist-Influenced Art Deco Drawing
By Misha Reznikoff
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Compellingly drawn in a Cubist-influenced Art Deco manner, this strong and vivid portrait of a man in a driving cap was made by Misha Reznikoff, a Ukranian-American artist. Reznikof...
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Vintage 1920s American Art Deco Drawings
Materials
Paper
"Zodiac Bowl/Charger", Monumental Art Deco Low Bowl in Rusty Red and Gold, 1920s
By Ernest d
Hossche
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Large, substantial and visually stunning, this unique Art Deco low bowl -- designed to hang on a wall or sit on a table -- features the twelve Zodiac symbols, beautifully designed an...
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Vintage 1920s Belgian Art Deco Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
"Spear Dancer", Spectacular, Rare Bronze with Male Nude by Brenda Putnam
By Brenda Putnam
Located in Philadelphia, PA
In an era when artists were capturing the exoticism and athleticism of modern dancers, such as Richmond Barthé's depiction of Féral Benga dancing with a large, curved sword or Paul Colin's drawings of Josephine Baker with her skirt of bananas, this sensuous presentation of a nude male dancer with a long spear stands out. The bronze was sculpted in 1926 by Brenda Putnam, who is best known for a series of bronzes showing children at play, often placed in gardens and parks. However, Putnam was ambitious to do more, leaving academic sculpture behind as she collaborated with architect Paul Philippe Cret to create the Puck Fountain for the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C., executed a number of portraits in bronze, exhibited at the 1932 Olympics in Los Angeles, and created "The Crest" -- consisting of a a large male nude swimming...
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Vintage 1920s American Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Rehabilitation", Impressive, Large Art Deco Study for Queens, NYC Courthouse
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Teeming with allegory and symbolism, this large and elaborate study by Eugene Savage for a major mural to be executed in mosaic was painted for the new Queens Supreme Courthouse -- a...
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Vintage 1940s Paintings
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Paint
"Building a Home in Colonial America", Important Tempera Painting, Riggs, 1930s
By Robert Riggs
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Striking and important, this scene of two Colonial era figures -- probably father and son, one with reddish hair and the other blond -- shows them sawing and splitting logs for a new...
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Seated Man", Fine Drawing of Nude Male Figure by Woodruff, Vogue Artist
By Porter Woodruff
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Finely drawn and quiet in mood, this lovely drawing by Porter Woodruff depicts a seated, nude male figure from the side, his arms crossed on his knees and his eyes looking into the d...
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Drawings
Materials
Paper
"Drummer w/ Beachcomber Hat", 1940s Portrait of Shirtless Man in Blue and Brown
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Painted in the 1940s when Americans were traveling more widely and becoming deeply interested in "exotic" lands and cultures, this portrait of a handsome young man -- probably Mexica...
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Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
"Archer with Geese", Exceptional Art Deco Painting with Male Nude, Pierced Frame
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Bold and striking, this high style Art Deco painting depicts a nude male archer with his bow stretched and his arrow aiming toward a flock of geese overhead. In the background is a ...
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
$6,800 Sale Price
20% Off
"Supplication, " Art Deco Sculpture from Archipenko
s Ceramic School, Woodstock
By Lu Duble
Located in Philadelphia, PA
One of the rarest and most important sculptures eminating from the ARKO ceramic school established by Alexander Archipenko in Woodstock, New York, this stylized group of praying figu...
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Vintage 1920s American Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
"Green Striped Wastebasket", Handcrafted, Painted Tole Piece by Briger
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Commissioned by Briger Design and made by Mexican artisans in San Miguel de Allende, this painted tole wastebasket is boldly designed and painted. The flaring sides of the piece are...
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1990s American Modern Decorative Baskets
Materials
Metal
"Skyscraper Salt, Pepper and Mustard Pot" by George Jensen, Rare Sterling Silver
By Georg Jensen
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Extraordinary in terms of both design and rarity, this trio of items for the table -- salt and pepper shakers and mustard pot -- were designed in the "Skyscraper" style, complete wit...
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Vintage 1930s Danish Art Deco Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
"St. Sebastian in Gold and Coral", Striking Art Deco Painting by Remy, France
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A vivid and striking example of Art Deco painting, this depiction of St. Sebastian in tones of gold and pink-papaya shows the figure with a rich, brown complexion, wounded with four ...
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Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Archer", Highly Rare, Spectacular Art Deco Bronze Sculpture by Riolo
By Salvator Riolo
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Although it seems that every major sculptor in the Art Deco period yearned to depict a nude archer pulling on his bow to claim his target in the distance, starting with Antoine Bourd...
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Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Orpheus Charming the Animals", Rare 1920s Print with Mythological Theme
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Extremely rare, perhaps unique, this 1920s print of Orpheus charming the animals with his lyre and song was made by David Osborne Hamilton, the esteemed ...
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Vintage 1920s American Art Deco Prints
Materials
Paper
"Loading the Wagon", Important Regional Scene Ptg, Thomas Hart Benton Colleague
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This classic example of American Scene painting, depicting a group of four laborers loading the harvest onto a wagon amidst the fields, has the energy and dynamic of Thomas Hart Bent...
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
"Reclining Male Nude", Important Early Pencil Drawing by John B. Lear, 1960
By John B. Lear
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This fine and very early drawing by John B. Lear shows the care with which he captured the beauty, strength and character of the men he admired. Lear's earliest works are often in o...
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Drawings
Materials
Paper
Art Deco Bowl with Songbirds by Mequinion, in Jade Green and Yellow
By Roger Mequinion
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Beautifully glazed and carved in tones of jade green and pale yellow, this unique bowl ringed with songbirds and vines was made Roger Mequinion in France. The artist produced an ent...
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Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Decorative Bowls
Materials
Ceramic
"Portrait with Centaur", Art Deco Painting by Muralist for Texas Hall of State
By James Owen Mahoney
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A rare and important work by one of America's most important muralists working in the 1930s and 40s, this painting of a female figure on the edge of a magical forest, accompanied by ...
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Life Undersea", Rare Art Deco Plate w/ Fish and Starfish by Winter for Cowan
By Cowan Pottery, Thelma Frazier Winter
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A rare survivor from a fleeting moment in Cowan Pottery's history, before it closed at the onset of the Great Depression, this plate designed by Thelma Frazier Winter...
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Vintage 1920s American Art Deco Pottery
Materials
Ceramic
"Apotheosis of Pottery", Stunning Art Deco Low Bowl w/ Female Nude by Nielsen
By Jais Nielsen
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Although Jais Nielsen was one of Denmark's most prominent and prolific artists in the early to mid-20th century, and is known for his paintings and drawings that show the influence o...
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Vintage 1950s Danish Art Deco Decorative Bowls
Materials
Ceramic
"Council of the Gods", 1923 Print with Hermes, Athena and Zeus, by Lipinsky
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This rare and beautifully detailed etching by Sigmund Lipinsky depicts several of the Greek gods on Mount Olympus, dominated by Zeus and Athena, who are shown standing over a nude Hermes...
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Vintage 1920s German Art Deco Prints
Materials
Paper
Unique Bronze and Mica Lamp Inspired by Oscar Bach, Mask Motif
By Oscar Bruno Bach
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This domed bronze and mica lamp, a singular form, was crafted in the manner of Oscar Bach, America's foremost metal craftsman in the 1920s and 1930s. The frieze-like circular panel, ...
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
"Explorer on the Beach", Large, Vivid Art Deco Tapestry, Gösta Adrian-Nilsson
By Gösta Adrian-Nilsson/ GAN
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Remarkable in size, subject and palette, this large tapestry presents Hanna Ripa's homage to a painting by Gösta Adrian-Nilsson, using a rich variety of vividly hued, appliquéd fabri...
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Vintage 1930s Swedish Art Deco Tapestries
Materials
Fabric
$10,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Art Deco Bowl w/ Persian Influence by Metthey, Blue, Green and Gold
By André Metthey
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Brilliantly glazed in tones of jade, deep turquoise and gold, this Persian-influenced Art Deco bowl was made by André Metthey, the innovative artist and ceramicist who operated out o...
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Vintage 1910s French Art Deco Decorative Bowls
Materials
Ceramic
"Mermaid
Sea Dragon", Exceptional Art Deco Vase w/ Silver Overlay, Gustavsberg
By Wilhelm Kage
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This large and impressive vase by the Gustavsberg porcelain works in Sweden is rare for two reasons -- first, the detail of the silver overlay, showing a nude mermaid riding a fierce...
Category
Vintage 1940s Swedish Art Deco Vases
Materials
Silver
$2,800 Sale Price
20% Off