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"Two Guns", Stunning Portrait of Blackfoot Chief by Winold Reiss, 1937
By Winold Reiss
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This stunning, Art Deco portrait of Two Guns White Calf, a chief of the Piegan Blackfeet tribe in Montana, exemplifies the stylized, bold drawings of Winold Reiss, who portrayed a se...
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Drawings
Materials
Paper
"Blond Nude in Blue Room", Mid Century Painting with Male Nude
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Sensitively and beautifully painted, this portrait of a young man, blond-haired, ruddy-complexioned and nude, was painted in the 1950s by Vito Tomasello. The subject is looking down...
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Sports Themed Art Deco Carafe and Glasses", Unique Set by Daum, France
By Daum
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Stunning in conception and execution, this unique set of wine/liqueur carafe and nine glasses in a smoky hue are all hand decorated with sporting and mountaineering scenes in enamel....
Category
Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Glass
Materials
Glass
"Pheidippides, Original Marathon Man", Art Deco Painting of Greek Hero, 1932
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An extraordinary example of Art Deco painting, all alacrity and speed, this work by Harry Spanner depicts the 5th-century B.C. Athenian courier who was the central figure in the stor...
Category
Vintage 1930s British Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Rook in Dark Blue", Rare Rookwood Trivet with Trademark Bird, in Blue
White
By Rookwood Pottery Co.
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Emblazoned with its trademark rook in bas relief glazed in dark blue, this footed tile or trivet was made by the famed Rookwood company in Cincinnati. The rook is set off by an inter...
Category
Vintage 1920s American Art Deco Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
"Swimming in the Cloisterham Weir", Watercolor by Shinn for Dickens
Edwin Drood
By Everett Shinn
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Many a Baby Boomer will recall growing up with a bookshelf lined with classic novels issued by The Heritage Press with newly-commissioned illustrations by celebrated artists of the d...
Category
Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Olympia", 1934 Moderne Theater Arch
l Rendering, Stile Littorio, Lakki, Greece
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A brilliant example of Stile Littorio or Italian Rationalist design promulgated by Mussolini in 1930s Italy, this original drawing by Armando Bernabiti depicts his proposal for a str...
Category
Vintage 1930s Italian Art Deco Drawings
Materials
Other
"Hand on Hip", Male Nude Torso Painting by Tchelichew in Ruddy Brown and Gray
By Pavel Tchelitchew
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Painted in a rich, deep palette of ruddy browns and grays, this 1929 masterpiece by Paul Tchelichew (or Tchelichev) depicting a nude male torso, the figure's hand on his hip, was exe...
Category
Vintage 1920s American Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Nude with Tragedy, Comedy Masks", Large, Spectacular Art Deco Vase by Rometti
By Rometti Ceramics 1
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Large, rare and spectacular, this Art Deco vase by Rometti depicts four scenes with female nudes: one figure is holding theatrical masks representing comedy and tragedy; another is ...
Category
Vintage 1920s Italian Art Deco Vases
Materials
Ceramic
"Hand to Wall", Superb Portrait of Black-Hispanic Youth, Black and Brown Hues
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Superbly conceived and executed, this Mid Century drawing of a young man, probably African American and/or Hispanic, shows the artist's ability to create a mood, capturing the subjec...
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Drawings
Materials
Paper
"White Pine Boughs", Art Deco Pitcher-Form Vase w/ Pinecones in Green and Brown
By Roseville Pottery, Frank Ferrell
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Unusual in size and shape, this large Art Deco pitcher-form vase features pine boughs with extravagant sprays of pine needles and pinecones, all expressed in rich, emerald-hued green...
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Vases
Materials
Ceramic
"
Egyptian Revival Candle Lamp", Art Deco Bronze/Glass Lamp, Tiffany Studios
By Tiffany Studios
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Although Louis Comfort Tiffany is world-renowned for his works in glass and bronze influenced by the Art Nouveau style -- including his stained glass lamps and windows, and his many ...
Category
Vintage 1920s American Art Deco Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
"Child with Apple and Olive Branch", Rare Art Deco Dish in Black
White, Italy
By Molaroni Pesaro
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Elegant and very modern, this 1920s dish by the famed Molaroni ceramic works in Pesaro, just east of San Marino on the Adriatic coast, is further proof of the movement of many Italia...
Category
Vintage 1920s Italian Art Deco Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
"Nude Male Boxer", Ghostly Drawing by Cecil de Blaquiere Howard, 1930s
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Soft and ghostly, yet tangible and sensual, this exquisite drawing of a nude male boxer was made by Cecil de Blaquiere Howard in preparation for an important bronze sculpture (offere...
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Drawings
Materials
Paper
"Male Nude on Plank", Fine Drawing by Alexander Cañedo
By Alexandro De Canedo
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Widely admired for has mastery of the human figure and his ability to draw the nude male in particular, Alexander (or Alejandro) Cañedo here depicts a male figure sitting high on a h...
Category
Vintage 1950s American Art Deco Drawings
Materials
Paper
"C
est Moi", The Artist on Stage by Society Portraitist Channing Weir Hare, 1942
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Quirky and a bit transgressive, this self portrait by Channing Weir Hare hints at his fabulous life in Palm Beach and Maine, and the high society swells he painted and socialized wit...
Category
Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Boxer
s Rubdown", Extraordinary Painting with Nude Male by Philip Leslie Hale
By Philip Leslie Hale
Located in Philadelphia, PA
At a time when painters were increasingly drawn to the grit, emotion and drama of boxing in America -- witness famous paintings and prints by George Bellows and Robert Riggs, for exa...
Category
Vintage 1910s American Belle Époque Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Swimmers, Hammamet Gulf Beach, Tunisia", Watercolor by Vogue Illustrator
By Porter Woodruff
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Full of light and color, this highly evocative watercolor painting by Porter Woodruff depicts a group of Tunisian youth swimming off the beach along Hammamet Gulf in Tunisia, near hi...
Category
Vintage 1930s Tunisian Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Embracing Figures", Rare Sensual Drawing with Nude Male Figures by Azema
By Jacques Azema
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Drawn with great economy, yet highly sensual, this depiction of two nude male figures in tight embrace was made by Jacques Azéma, the French artist who spent most of his artistic lif...
Category
Vintage 1950s Moroccan Mid-Century Modern Drawings
Materials
Paper
"World War II Plane and Radar Tower", Rare Art Deco Bookend in Faux Mahogany
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Rare and boldly designed, this World War II-era bookend depicts, in high relief, a propellor airplane in the foreground and an airport radar tower behind, all executed in plaster or ...
Category
Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Bookends
Materials
Plaster
"Dancing Figure", Art Deco Swedish Candelabra with Female Nude Dancer
By David Wretling
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This two-armed pewter candelabra is supported by a base featuring a dancing, nude female figure on all four sides. The symmetry and lines of the candelabra beautifully embody the el...
Category
Vintage 1930s Swedish Art Deco Candelabras
Materials
Pewter
"Stone Lifter", Bold, Monumental Art Deco Bronze Sculpture with Male Nude
By Henry Schoenbauer
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Large, bold and provocative, this very rare bronze sculpture depicts a powerful, muscled nude male figure endeavoring to lift an enormous rock, his legs splayed and his body tensed t...
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Acrobats at Rest", Vivid Circus Scene w/ Elephant by Woman Artist, 1930s
By Dorothy Van Loan
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vividly painted in a palette of orange-red, pink, forest green and scarlet, this WPA-period painting of a group of circus performers relaxing between performances was executed by Dor...
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Nudes in Black and Rose", Trio of Watercolors with Male Nudes, 1960s
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Done with confidence and bravura, this trio of pen-and-watercolor paintings showing male nudes, singly and in pairs, was clearly executed by a skilled artist. They are not signed, b...
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Drawings
Materials
Paint
"Marian Anderson at Lincoln Memorial", Important WPA-Period Painting by Smeltzer
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Extraordinary artistically and historically, this oil painting by WPA muralist Sterling Smeltzer captures the dramatic moment when Marian Anderson sang before an enormous crowd in fr...
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Dancers with Tulips", Male Nude Figures in Blue and Taupe by Etting
By Emlen Etting
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Painted in fresh tones of blue and taupe, this depiction of two nude male dancers was painted by Emlen Etting, a Philadelphia painter who hobnobbed with society but also loved to con...
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Nude Angel with Torch", Vivid Art Deco Painting w/ Male Nude in Night Sky
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vividly and boldly painted, this Art Deco depiction of a nude male angel, holding a torch aloft and transported by multi-colored, elaborate wings, was created by Henry Strachey in 19...
Category
Vintage 1920s British Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Adam", Glass Sculpture with Standing Male Nude, Nybro, Sweden
By AB Nybrofabriken 1
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Rare and beautiful, this cast and etched glass sculpture depicts the standing nude figure of Adam, deeply embedded in the glass, who glows when light passes through from above. He i...
Category
Vintage 1980s Swedish Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Glass
1936 Best Picture Award to Selznick for "Viva Villa", Italian Stile Littorio
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An important symbol of the international success of Hollywood in the 1930s, and a superb example of the Stile Littorio or Italian Rationalist design that prevailed during the rule of...
Category
Vintage 1930s Italian Art Deco Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Brass
"White and Gold Peacock", Rare Mid Century Porcelain Sculpture, Sgraffito Glaze
By Waylande Gregory
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Sculpted and glazed by Waylande Gregory, one of America's greatest sculptors and ceramicists before and after World War II, this white and gold peacock is distinguished by a lovely w...
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Inkwell w/ Chinese Jade and Carnelian and Silver Mounts by Edward Farmer, 1920s
By Edward Farmer
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Memorialized as an art and antique dealer and "collector of Chinese jades and porcelains" in a 1942 obituary in the New York Times, Edward Farmer, like his father, traveled to China ...
Category
Vintage 1920s American Art Deco Inkwells
Materials
Jade, Silver
"Sculpting the Nude, " Monumental and Important Painting, Denmark, Belle Epoch
By Oscar Matthiesen
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Brilliantly capturing the intensity and artistry of the sculptor at work, this large and important painting by Oscar Matthiesen depicts his subject with wild, unkempt hair and a lean...
Category
Antique Early 1900s Danish Belle Époque Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Adam", Handsome, Lustrous Bronze of Crouching Nude Male, After Bartlett
By Paul Wayland Bartlett
Located in Philadelphia, PA
The remarkable bronze of "Adam," crouching in fear and shame after being expelled from Eden, is one of the finest nude male bronzes ever sculpted by an American artist. The original...
Category
Early 20th Century American Belle Époque Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Corn Dance, Pueblo Tradition", Masterpiece of Art Deco Southwestern Painting
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A brilliant and vividly-hued view of a traditional Pueblo dance -- the Tablita -- this Art Deco painting by Louise Morris includes several female figures wearing tablitas, or headdre...
Category
Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Art Deco Head in Blue and Brown", Striking 1933 Drawing by Radio City Designer
By Ted Weidhaas
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This classic Art Deco drawing was made by Ted Weidhaas, famous for his work in American theater, and in particular for inventing the contour or convoluting curtain for Radio City Mus...
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Drawings
Materials
Paper
"Flying Phoenix", Bold Mid Century Porcelain Box in Gold, White and Black
By Waylande Gregory
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This heavy porcelain, lidded box by Waylande Gregory depicts a crested Phoenix bird in flight, its feathers dotted in black and its wing lined in gold. Gregory was one of America's ...
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
"Passing the Baton", Rare Bronze Sculpture with Male Nude Athletes, Art Deco
Located in Philadelphia, PA
With their chiseled physiques and angular faces, this bronze sculpture of two nude male figures passing the baton at the height of a relay race is the epitome of stylized Art Deco ar...
Category
Vintage 1920s German Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"The Aviator", Classic Art Deco Bronze Sculpture w/ Nude Male, after Focht
By Frederic Focht
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This dramatic, highly streamlined bronze with a nude male figure angled toward the sky illustrates a genre of Art Deco sculpture that was pioneered by Frederic Focht (this example is...
Category
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"African Warrior", Important Costume Painting for Ballet Négre, Black Dance Co.
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Important both artistically and historically, this gouache painting depicting an African warrior with spear and shield served as a costume proposal for "Jungle Nights," a production ...
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Giant", Original Painting in Cobalt
Red for Crate Label, California, 1940s
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Brilliantly executed in tones of cobalt and red to catch the eye, this original painting was made for a proposed crate label advertising Giant lettuce in the 1940s. At a time when C...
Category
Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Drummers", Painting for Jungle Nights, Ballet Négre, Pioneering Black Dance Co.
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Highly significant, both artistically and historically, this gouache painting depicts costumes proposed for "Jungle Nights," a production envisioned by Katherine Dunham for her Balle...
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Cubist Nude in Blue and Pink", Striking Art Deco Female Figure by de Beauclair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Boldly conceived and painted, this depiction of a female nude whose breasts are echoed by the hat on her head and the geometric figures to her left, was made by Alexander Wilhelm de ...
Category
Vintage 1920s Swiss Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Riding the Spotted Pony", Art Deco Painting with Nude Male American Indian
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Painted at a time when the nation was increasingly interested in exotic places and peoples -- including Mexico, the South Pacific, Asia and the Southwest -- this Art Deco painting of...
Category
Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Holiday Bound", Art Deco Painting for Great Western Railway Poster, England
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vivid and highly graphic, this gouache painting served as a maquette for a proposed poster promoting vacation travel on the Great Western Railway in England, which linked London with...
Category
Vintage 1930s British Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Mercury with the Golden Blade", 1921 Bronze Sculpture with Male Nude, Austria
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Powerful and very rare, this sculpture of a kneeling, fully nude Mercury, with his golden blade in hand, dates from 1921 and was probably sculpted by a German or Austrian artist. Me...
Category
Vintage 1920s Austrian Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Joy of Effort", Superb Bronze Paperweight/Medal with Nude Male Hurdlers, 1912
By R. Tait McKenzie 1
Located in Philadelphia, PA
One of the most renowned sculptures ever created by Robert Tait McKenzie, this medal depicting three nude male hurdlers represents, in miniature form, a relief created in 1912 for the facade of the Olympic stadium in Stockholm. McKenzie was, for many years, the world's leading sculptor of young athletes, and he often used student athletes at the University of Pennsylvania, where he served as Professor of Physical Education, as his models. He also created reliefs to celebrate the University's Relay Carnival, now known as Penn Relays, and created a medal for the Society of Medalists...
Category
Vintage 1910s American Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Peacock in Purple and White", 1950s Porcelain Sculpture w/ Sgraffito Decoration
By Waylande Gregory
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Sculpted and glazed by Waylande Gregory, one of America's greatest sculptors and ceramicists before and after World War II, this purple and white peacock is distinguished by a lovely...
Category
Vintage 1950s American Art Deco Animal Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
"Dancers w/ Veils", Art Deco Lamp w/ Nude Female Figures, Unique Wire Mesh Shade
By Reuben Haley, Muncie Pottery
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This bold and vivid lamp from the late 1920s captures a phenomenon that started in the late 19th century and continued into the Art Deco period -- female figures dancing with flowing veils and fluttering fabrics. Loïe Fuller began the trend in the 1890s and early 1900s, and later Ruth St. Denis danced with veils and diaphanous fabrics in America. Here, the body of the lamp -- produced by Muncie pottery...
Category
Vintage 1920s American Art Deco Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic
"Pueblo Mother
Child w/ Rainstorm", Brilliant Art Deco Painting by Hanau
Located in Philadelphia, PA
One of the most vividly painted and striking portraits of Native Americans ever painted in the 1920s, this oil on canvas depiction of a mother and child -- clearly reflecting centuries of painted Madonnas in Europe -- was made by Jean Hanau...
Category
Vintage 1920s American Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Female Figure w/ Seltzer Siphon and Orange", Art Deco-Cubist Bar Scene, Swiss
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This classic, striking example of Art Deco painting, highly influenced by Cubism, depicts a fashionable woman expressed in tones of purplish blue and taupe, her head raised upwards, ...
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Vintage 1920s German Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
"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...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century American Victorian Paintings
Materials
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...
Category
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...
Category
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...
Category
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...
Category
Vintage 1930s British Art Deco Paintings
Materials
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...
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings
Materials
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...
Category
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...
Category
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...
Category
Vintage 1920s Danish Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
