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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...
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Drawings
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"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...
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Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Paintings
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"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...
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Vintage 1930s British Art Deco Paintings
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"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...
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Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Paintings
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"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...
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Vintage 1930s Italian Art Deco Drawings
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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...
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Vintage 1920s American Art Deco Paintings
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"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...
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Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Drawings
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"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...
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Drawings
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"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...
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Vintage 1950s American Art Deco Drawings
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"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...
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Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Paintings
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"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...
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Vintage 1910s American Belle Époque Paintings
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"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...
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Vintage 1930s Tunisian Art Deco Paintings
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"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...
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Vintage 1950s Moroccan Mid-Century Modern Drawings
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"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...
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings
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"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...
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Drawings
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"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
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"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...
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Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Paintings
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"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...
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Vintage 1920s British Art Deco Paintings
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"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...
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Antique Early 1900s Danish Belle Époque Paintings
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"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...
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Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Paintings
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"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...
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Drawings
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"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 ...
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings
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"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...
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Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Paintings
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"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...
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings
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"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 ...
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Vintage 1920s Swiss Art Deco Paintings
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"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...
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Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Paintings
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"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...
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Vintage 1930s British Art Deco Paintings
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"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...
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Vintage 1920s American Art Deco Paintings
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"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
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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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"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
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"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
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"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
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"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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"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
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"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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"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
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"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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"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
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"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
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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
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"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
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"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
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"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
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"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
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"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
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"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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"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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"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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"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
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"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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"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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"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
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"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
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Ceramic
"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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"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
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"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
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"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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"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
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"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
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