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Climbing the City, 1930 Art Deco Drawing by Neumark
By Anne Neumark
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Showing a mastery of the nude figure, this pencil drawing by Anne Neumark, dated 1930, shows a pyramid of nude male and female figures, climbing a rocky outcropping on the edge of an...
Category
Vintage 1930s American Drawings
Materials
Pencil, Paper
Rare Soccer Players Vase by Lindstrand for Kosta Boda
By Vicke Lindstrand, Kosta Boda
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Designed by Vicke Lindstrand, legendary for his engraved glass designs at Orrefors in the 1930s and Uppsala-Ekeby in the 1940s, this very fine and rare design showing two soccer play...
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Vintage 1950s Swedish Vases
"Cubist Nude, " Important Drawing by de Chirico
By Giorgio De Chirico
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This important drawing, clearly inspired by the work of masters like Picasso and Matisse, was created by Giorgio de Chirico, renowned surrealist and one of the 20th century's most im...
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Vintage 1930s Drawings
Materials
Pencil, Watercolor, Paper
"Athenes", Crayon and Watercolor Drawing by Michel Lattry
By Michel Lattry
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Full of energy and yet ethereal and otherworldly, this gorgeous drawing was made by Michel Lattry, whose whimsical and light art is consistently delightful. This drawing, with its t...
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Vintage 1930s French Drawings
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
"World War II Reconstruction, " mural study by Henrik Mayer
By Henrik Mayer
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This rare mural study, executed in gouache on paper, was painted by Henrik Mayer, who studied under Eugene Savage, taught in Indiana and Connecticut, and painted murals for the Works...
Category
Vintage 1940s American Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Paper
Venus and Eros, Vienna Secessionist Ceramic Lidded Jar w/ Female Nude by Russ
By Karau, Willi Russ
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Charming and sensuous at the same time, this finely detailed lidded jar depicting a nude Venus figure accompanied by Eros was sculpted by Willi Russ for the...
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Early 20th Century Austrian Art Deco Centerpieces
Materials
Ceramic
$1,680 Sale Price
20% Off
Rare Art Deco Terra Cotta Sculpture by Keramos in Austria
By Kéramos
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This very fine terra cotta sculpture was a high-end creation of the Keramos ceramic company in Vienna. Although the company produced its share of po...
Category
Vintage 1930s Austrian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Fine, WPA-style Oil Painting, 1935, by Dorothy Van Loan
By Dorothy Van Loan
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Executed in gorgeous shades of coral, dove gray and olive, this scene of two nude women perched on folding chairs was painted by Dorothy Van Loan, a c...
Category
Vintage 1930s American Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Rare Olympic-Themed Vase by Hansen for Royal Copenhagen
By Royal Copenhagen, Hans Henrik Hansen
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Sculpted by Hans Henrik Hansen for Royal Copenhagen, probably to mark the 1936 Olympics in Germany, this very rare Art Deco, blanc de chine porcelain vase features several male and f...
Category
Vintage 1930s Danish Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Monumental Mahogany Sculpture, in manner of Hagenauer
By Karl Hagenauer
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This African warrior, slender and attenuated, is a large and rare example of the stylized work of Karl Hagenauer and his contemporaries in Austria. It is beautifully executed in maho...
Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Sculptures
Materials
Brass
$3,500 Sale Price
28% Off
Art Deco Poster for Guerlain by Jacques Darcy
By Jacques Darcy
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Dating from 1936 when Guerlain introduced its new Vega perfume, this brilliantly-stylized silk screen poster was designed by Jacques Darcy, who produced a number of images for the pe...
Category
Vintage 1930s American Posters
Materials
Ink, Paper
Rare 1940s Charger with Antelope Motif by Cole-Merris
By Cole-merris Ceramic Co.
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This extremely rare charger -- with gold highlights and beautiful tonalities reminiscent of the work of Thomas Hart Benton -- was produced by the Cole-Merris Ceramics company in San ...
Category
Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ceramic
$960 Sale Price
20% Off
"Deer Along the Stream, " Art Deco watercolor
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Beautifully composed and expertly painted, this lovely watercolor of a stylized deer amidst lush foliage by the edge of a stream is a classic Art Deco painting. It is attributed to a New York woman...
Category
Vintage 1930s American Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
Art Deco Pottery Masterpiece by Elizabeth Barrett
By Rookwood Pottery Co., Elizabeth Barrett
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Although best known for ceramics in the Arts & Crafts or Art Nouveau styles, the Rookwood Pottery in Cincinnati continued to produce superb wares through the 1930s and 1940s, some in...
Category
Vintage 1930s American Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Paired Art Deco Horse Heads by Goldscheider-Everlast
By Goldscheider Everlast
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This rare paperweight, featuring a pair of ivory-hued horse heads mounted on a stepped-back base in shades of purple and pale green, is a rare issue b...
Category
Vintage 1930s American Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
"Buffalo, " rare ceramic sculpture by Mosaic Tile Company
By Mosaic Tile Co.
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This rare and substantial sculpture, finished in a ruddy brown glaze atop a classical base, was produced by the Mosaic Tile Company in Zanesville, Ohi...
Category
Early 20th Century American Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
"Diana with Stag, " Art Deco ceramic sculpture
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Strikingly stylized and abstracted, yet sumptuously finished in lustrous glazes in tones of tan and ruddy brown, this long, lean sculpture is the perfect embodiment of Art Deco desig...
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
$1,330 Sale Price
30% Off
"Banjo Player, " 1950s gouache painting
By Hayton
Located in Philadelphia, PA
The strong graphic quality of this painting, along with the perfectly choreographed palette of black, gray, olive green and turquoise, suggest that Hayton was an illustrator in the 1...
Category
Vintage 1950s American Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Paper
"Restraining the Horse" Gouache Painting by Collazzi
By J. Collazzi
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Finely painted in gouache by J. Collazzi, who did a series of landscapes and fantasy paintings in the 1930s, this scene of two classical figures restraining a horse is classic Art De...
Category
Vintage 1930s American Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Paper
Accordian Player: Dutch store signage
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Rescued from a musical instruments store in the Netherlands, this sophisticated yet whimsical example of mid-century signage is a rare find! Composed of lacquered wood and brass, th...
Category
Vintage 1940s Dutch Signs
Materials
Brass, Aluminum
Art Deco Bookends with Pan Motif, Denver technical school
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A remarkable bit of inspired juvenalia, this pair of heavy ceramic bookends created by a female student at Middle Technical High School in Denver, one of the nation's leading technical high schools, depicts a nude Pan figure playing the pipes in a a highly stylized Art Deco design. Dorothy F's luscious milky glaze may show the influence of a Denver pottery...
Category
Vintage 1930s American Bookends
Materials
Ceramic
Terra Cotta Bust of Young Woman
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Though sculpted by an Italian artist, this terra cotta head is strongly reminiscent of contemporaneous sculpture created by artists in the Vienna Wer...
Category
Vintage 1930s Italian Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Woodland Scene with Pan and Three Graces
By A. Gargiulo
Located in Philadelphia, PA
At once fantastical and earthbound, this remarkable drawing depicts three seminude goddesses -- perhaps the Three Graces -- dancing to a tune provided by a nude Pan figure seated on ...
Category
Vintage 1930s Argentine Drawings
Materials
Pencil, Paper
African American Heads
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Amidst all the kitschy Hawaiian drummers and African dancers of the 1930s and 1940s, these pieces stand out for their rarity and gravity. Solid and dignified, they were no doubt scu...
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