20th Century Contemporary Art

An iconic black and white photography by Barbara Morgan (American, 1900-1992) of "Martha Graham, Letter to the World". The photo was originally tak...

Selection of three horse and rider lithographs by Marino Marini, from the Marino Marini portfolio, printed by Carl Schunemann, Germany, circa 1968. They have been framed in clean lin...

Printed in 1981 for the art magazine "Derriere le Miroir" #246. The painter paints himself in a Paris setting with the Eiffel Tower and Notre Dame. Musicians, an angel, flowers and a...

A framed black and white street photograph by Vivian Maier (American, 1926-2009), entitled "New York, NY, December 2, 1954", this is a gelatin silver prin...

An etching and aquatint by Victor Pasmore from his portfolio titled "The Dance of Man in Modern Times". Victor Pasmore was one of the leading members of the English school of Abstract Expressionism. Please note this is one print from a larger portfolio. Other prints from this portfolio are available. A bit about Pasmore- Beginning in 1947, he developed a purely abstract style under the influence of Ben Nicholson and other artists associated with Circle, becoming a pioneering figure of the revival of interest in Constructivism in Britain following the War. [6] Pasmore's abstract work, often in collage and construction of reliefs, pioneered the use of new materials and was sometimes on a large architectural scale. Herbert Read described Pasmore's new style as "The most revolutionary event in post-war British art".[7] In 1950, he was commissioned to design an abstract mural for a bus depot in Kingston upon Thames[8] and the following year Pasmore contributed a mural to the Festival of Britain that promoted a number of the British Constructivists. Pasmore was a supporter of fellow artist Richard Hamilton, giving him a teaching job in Newcastle and contributing a constructivist structure to the exhibition "This Is Tomorrow" in collaboration with Erno Goldfinger and Helen Phillips...

Eduard Van Giel ( 1945 - July 2022 ) Lighting sculpture " A MULTICOLORED DOLLAR IN THE WALL STREET MOVEMENT" From the Black Nights Series. Belgium 1989...

"Wasserfall" - "Waterfall" Rosenthal mural Porcelain painting, plate, painted by Salomé. Limited. Waterfall, Rosenthal, studio-line, 1988, ceramic object, design Salome, signed o...

Suite of photographs of Georgia O'Keefe by Malcolm Varon, American, circa 1980s. They are from the limited edition portfolio "O'Keefe At Ninety". These photographs are in numerous mu...

Artist: John Patrick Dugdale (New York, b. 1960) Title: Bacchus in Repose Medium: Cyanotype Year: 1997 Edition: number 5/10 Measurement: Sight H 14", W 11"; with artist fame H 19.25"...

Amazing vintage metal Brutalist nail sunburst, starburst wall art. In the style of Silas Seandel, Curtis Jere. Great mid century modern piece.

VICTOR VASARELY, serigraph, signed and numbered D/57 . Image size 49 x 28.5 cm. framed with protective glass Good condition Victor Vasarely was a Hungarian-French artist, who is wid...

A wonderful cast ceramic wall plaque of a mythical Celtic beast, by Jim Meredith Studios, late 20th century. The plaque, imitating ancient carved stone...

A large aboriginal painting by Ningura Napurrula (1938-2013). Title: "Rockhole Site of Wirrulnga" Artists: Ningura Napurrula (Australian Aboriginal, c.1938-2013) Birthplace: Watul...

A limited edition abstract art print in watercolor and ink on paper by Angelo Testa. Signed and dated 1974. Testa, b. 1921 in Springfield, MA, moved to Chicago in the 1940's where he...

Romantic and whimsical "Heart (with Pearls)" by John Baldessari, 1991. Photograuve and aquatint in colors on Somerset 410 Satin. The image measures 36 - 3/8"H x 39 - 6/8"W, and sheet...

Large-scale abstract painting, American, circa 1960s. It measures an impressive 50.25" height x 42" width. This piece is currently unframed. If you prefer a black gallery frame (as s...

A framed photograph by Chinese American photographer Don Hong-Oai (1929-2004). Entitled "Three Friends", the work is a sepia toned gelatin silver print. It has inscription of "taken in Beijin in 1985" and with three artist's stamps in red ink. Presented matted and framed under Plexiglas. The sight is 10.5"h x 13.5"w. It is one of the matching pair from an American collection. Don Hong-Oai was born in Canton, China but raised and educated in Saigon, Vietnam. At age 13 he began an apprenticeship at a Chinese photo and portrait shop. In 1979 he immigrated to the United States and settled in the Chinatown of San Francisco. Don began making a living by selling his landscape photographs in front of Macy’s and began to receive recognition for his craftsmanship. His style was heavily influenced by the legendary photographer Long Chin...

Abstract charcoal drawing by Miriam Kubach, American, circa 1960s. It is executed on paper and has been professionally framed under UV resistant glass in a clean lined black lacquer ...

Pair of Larry Zox silksceens signed and each numbered 54/75 giltwood frames size of top silkscreen H 28.75 x W24 x W 1.5.

Josef Albers abstract lithographs from Formulation and Articulation, published by Harry N. Abrams Inc., New York, and Ives Sillman Inc., New Haven, circa 1972. These works are from P...

Josef Albers abstract lithograph from Formulation and Articulation, published by Harry N. Abrams Inc., New York, and Ives Sillman Inc., New Haven, circa 1972. These works are from Po...

Lovely abstract silkscreen signed and numbered by Knox Martin . Knox ( 1923 - 2022) was an American artist best known for his repertory of signs and symbols of nature .knox has had m...

A lovely Aboriginal contemporary painting by Abie Loy depicting Medicine leaves in Dreamtime. The alternating burnt orange and white dots contrast each other on the black background, a haze of orange mini-dots further providing a shifting visual effect that is subtle and mysterious. The painting comes with COA and photographs of the artist signing the painting. Abie Loy Kemarre...

Surrealist nude painting by Alex Alemany, Spanish, circa 1970s. Alemany's works are often described as "magical realism." This painting measures 32" H x 25.5" W and is unframed.

Entitled "Portrait of Me at Twilight", this photograph is by American photographer John Patrick Dugdale (1960-). The self-portrait, a toned cyanot...

YVARAL - "Abraham Lincoln circa 1979 Colour silkscreen on wove paper 41 x 28 inches (104.1 x 71.1 cm) (sheet) numbered 9/200 Signed and numbered in pencil along the bottom edge ...

Striking, large scale vintage 1970s white tigers painting by Anderson. The beauty of this group of white tigers is absolutely arresting. The artist has forever captured their majesti...

Portrait by very well known listed French artist Sylvain Vigny. The colors are slightly dark yet the fascinating way Vigny paints the face of the young boy shows lots of light and in...

Portrait chalk sketch of a nude woman sitting and reclining on a floor. In the manner of Salvador Dali. This piece is composed of bright oranges, yellows and emerald greens with smal...

A visually arresting photograph by John Patrick Dugdale (American, born 1960-) titled "Stillness of Spirit". Relatively large in print size, the w...

Andre Philippe Cote (Canadian, born 1955). Original mixed media oil painting on canvas. Colorful abstract composition with impasto elements. Signed and dated 1984 to lower right. ...

Still life painting (Violin, Flowers), Oil on canvas, by Agnes Weinrich, Signed and dated "22", Unframed: 20" x 16", Framed 27.5 x 23". Agnes Weinrich (1873-1946) was an early female, American modernist artist at a time when there was little interest in Modern Art in the USA and when few women were artists. She was a ground breaker in modern art. She was one of the first American artists to make works of art that were modernist, abstract, and influenced by the Cubist style. She was also an energetic and effective proponent of modernist art in America, joining with like-minded others to promote experimentation as an alternative to the generally conservative art of their time. Despite the quality of her work and despite the energy and skill with which she worked both to develop her own talent and to further the progressive movement in American art, Weinrich received little recognition during her lifetime and is only recently being recognized for her leadership as an important female artist bringing the modern movement to the USA. The painting shown is an important example of her mature phase of her work. Exhibitions This is a selective list of exhibitions in which she participated during her life. Its main source is Louise Noun's article on Weinrich in Woman's Art Journal, supplemented by contemporary news accounts in The New York Times, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, the New York Evening Post, The Philadelphia Inquirer, and The Christian Science Monitor. 1915 onward: Provincetown Art Association 1917: Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts 1917: Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia 1917-23: Society of Independent Artists, New York 1919: Art Institute of Chicago 1920: Boston Arts Club 1926 onward: New York Society of Women Artists 1928: Grace Horn Gallery, Boston 1929: Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia 1932: Boston Public Library 1936: Harley Perkins Gallery, Boston (solo) 1938: Boston Society of Independent Artists 1938: Washington Public Library, Washington, D.C. 1939: Corcoran Gallery Biennial, Washington, D.C. 1939: Fogg Art Museum Twentieth Century Club, Boston 1939: Witherstine Gallery, Boston 1939: Institute of Modern Art, Boston 1945: Woljeska Gallery, Brooklyn, New York    Detailed Biography: Agnes Weinrich was born in 1873 on a prosperous farm in south east Iowa. Both her father and mother were German immigrants and German was the language spoken at home. Following her mother's death in 1879 she was raised by her father, Christian Weinrich. In 1894, at the age of 59, he retired from farming and moved his household, including his three youngest children—Christian Jr. (24), Agnes (21), and Lena (17), to nearby Burlington, Iowa, where Agnes attended the Burlington Collegiate Institute from which she graduated in 1897.[1][2][3] Christian took Agnes and Lena with him on a trip to Germany in 1899 to reestablish links with their German relatives. When he returned home later that year, he left the two women in Berlin with some of these relatives, and when, soon after his return, he died, they inherited sufficient wealth to live independently for the rest of their lives. Either before or during their trip to Germany Lena had decided to become a musician and while in Berlin studied piano at the Stern Conservatory. On her part, Agnes had determined to be an artist and began studies toward that end at the same time.[1][4] In 1904 the two returned from Berlin and settled for two years in Springfield, Illinois, where Lena taught piano in public schools and Agnes painted in a rented studio. At this time Lena changed her name to Helen. In 1905 they moved to Chicago where Agnes studied at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago under John Vanderpoel, Nellie Walker, and others. In 1909 Agnes and Helen returned to Berlin and traveled from there to Munich, where Agnes studied briefly under Julius Exter, and on to Rome, Florence, and Venice before returning to Chicago.[5] They traveled to Europe for the third, and last, time in 1913, spending a year in Paris. There, they made friends with American artists and musicians who had gathered there around the local art scene. Throughout this period, the work Agnes produced was skillful but unoriginal—drawings, etching, and paintings in the dominant academic and impressionist styles. On her return from Europe in 1914, she continued to study art, during the warm months of the year in Provincetown, Massachusetts,[1] where she was a member of the Provincetown Printers art colony in Massachusetts,[6] and during the colder ones in New York City. In Provincetown she attended classes at Charles Hawthorne's Cape Cod School of Art and in New York, the Art Students League.[ In 1930 Weinrich put together a group show for modernists at the GRD Gallery in New York. The occasion was the first time a group of Provincetown artists exhibited together in New York. For it she selected works by Knaths, Charles Demuth, Oliver Chaffee, Margarite and William Zorach, Jack Tworkov, Janice Biala, Niles Spencer, E. Ambrose Webster, and others. Although she had led a full and productive life devoted to development of her own art and to the advancement of modernism in art, she did not cease to work toward both objectives. She continued to work in oil on canvas and board, pastel and crayon on paper, and woodblock printing. Her output continued to vary in subject matter and treatment. For example, Still Life with Leaves, circa 1930 (oil on canvas, 18 x 24 inches) contains panels of contrasting colors with outlining similar to Knaths's style. Movement in C Minor, circa 1932 (oil on board, 9 x 12 inches) is entirely abstract. It too relates to Knaths's work, both in treatment (again, outlined panels of contrasting colors) and in its apparent relationship to music, something in which Knaths was also interested. Fish Shacks...

Monumental tall nude portrait painting of a woman with blonde hair. The overall hue is of a light blush hue, with undertones of orange. The subject sits at center with a white sheer ...

Alex Kosta metal decorative signed and dated wall Sculpture title weekend scramble 73

One of our most favorite finds to date, this striking portrait painting will make a lively accent to any art collector. Painted on board, the subject of the painting sits confidently in a chair. She wears a gray suit and hat, and has long blonde hair. The entire piece is on a bright pink background. (Is it just us, or does this piece remind you of the blonde version of Carmen Sandiego...

This Mid-Century Modern wall art is composed of plaster on wood, with welded square nails depicting two figures under a tree, unsigned and framed in a simple wood frame.

An acrylic painting on wood by Italian artist Alessandro Bonato, 1960s. This richly textured painting features hues of off-white, taupe, and soft aqua in an abstract geometric design...

Sweden, 1980's. Mixed media. Measurements: H: 82 cm / 2' 8" L: 49 cm / 19 1/3’’ W: 10 cm / 3 1/6’’. Born in Uppsala, Sweden, Hagberg became heavily influenced by Eastern calligraphy throughout his life – and developed a spontaneous sign painting style with a strong concentration on a select amount of characters rooted in Zen Buddhism...

Intrigue yourself with the captivating Parisian streetscape depicted in this original color lithograph by Armin Birkel, titled "Blue City". Hand-signed by the artist, this piece tran...

Colorful Contemporary Modern Decorative Wall Art Print Framed American Beach NC . As part North Carolina Fisherman Waiting for the Shrimp Boat . serigraph printed in beautiful colors . Matted and a Simple Gold color frame . Claude Howell...

This original lithograph poster was created in 1983 for the exhibition of Georges Braque held at the Musée d’Art Moderne de Céret in France. The poster was printed by the renowned At...

A wonderful, large screenprint American Pop Art master artist Roy Lichtenstein titled "Cow Going Abstract" and based on his original 1974 work- a three-panel painting titled "Cow Tri...

Johannes Hubertus Hendrikus “John” Bévort (Utrecht, 1917 – Schoorl, 1996) View of Manhattan Lower Eastside from the Brooklyn Bridge Oil on Canvas, Framed ...

Original vintage still life painting by listed Swedish artist Eric Cederberg (1897-1984). Signed E Cederberg to the top right. In excellent original condition and presented in a gilt...

Knute Stiles-painter, art critic and poet was born in Minnesota in 1923 and died in Tuscon, Arizona in 2009. He attended the St. Paul Art School and later...

La Barre Haute, 2001 by Daniel Buren (b. 1938). Painted wood. Edition of 25 different colors by Schellmann Art, Munich/ New York. Each work is unique in color. Provenance...

SALVADOR SANZ FAUS (1914-1997) - 'El Perro' - Remarkable and rare mid century hand painted, glazed and cold painted ceramic wall or cabinet plate - large size - featuring a Surrealis...

Jim Bird - tribute to Vasarely Photolithography Circa 1970 Signed Paper size : 68×68 Image size : 61×61 Perfect condition Published by Poligrafa, Barcelona.

A large oil on linen painting by Josko Eterovic, 1975.

Sam Middleton – “Tickle Toe” (1979) Serigraph, Signed This striking work by American artist Sam Middleton is a vibrant fusion of jazz, abstract expressi...

Oil on canvas painting features a dynamic scene of a woman riding a white horse. The background is awash in all shades of blue, creating a sense of motion and energy. The woman is dressed in an eye-catching orange dress, and her hair flies behind her as she rides. The painting is framed in a beautiful gilded wood frame, adding an elegant touch. It is a work of art by the talented Lebanese artist...

An impressive large plaster maquette horse sculpture of 20th century champion racehorse Red Rum by sculptor Annette Yarrow. This would’ve been used to create t...

Cubist Painting by Hungarian Painter, Koroly Glonczy. Oil on cardboard. References: Modern and contemporary art. European 20th century, Mid-Century Modern.

Energized by warm, autumnal vibrancy, this large-scale floral still life painting, dating from the 1950s–60s, exudes the dramatic flourish of mid-century modern artistry. Bold blooms...

Large MCM abstract acrylic on panel original painting by listed artist Richard Mann, circa 1960s. The piece is in very good vintage condition and is presente...

A framed photograph by John Patrick Dugdale (American, born 1960-) titled "Shady Breakfast". Relatively large in print size, the gelatin chloride ...

An expressive and graphic vintage serigraph depicting an abstracted group of red-wing blackbirds in flight. Signed in pencil by the artist.

Michael Tracy (American/Texas, 1943-2024). Cruz II: Amor XIII-XVII, 1990s Amor Omnia, the artist’s handmade book documenting a performance on Easter Sunday, April 4, 1993 in collab...

Georg Karl Pfahler (1926 - 2002) “untitled” Color silkscreen on wove paper, versa signed, numbered and dated by hand Creation 1989 EX. 23/50 framed behind glass Dimensions: 70 x 70 cm Georg Karl Pfahler is considered the only important representative of the Hard Edge in Germany; he was a guest at the Biennales in Venice and São Paolo, taught in Nuremberg and Salzburg and was awarded numerous prizes. Georg Karl Pfahler was born on October 8, 1926 in Emetzheim, Bavaria. He spent his childhood and youth on his parents' farm, far away from any art. Nevertheless, he loved painting and drawing from an early age and cultivated it intensively as a childhood pastime. However, Georg Karl Pfahler only received the impetus to study art in 1948 when he met students from the Nuremberg Art Academy and accepted their invitation. His parents, good but simple country folk, had no interest in their son's newly awakened passion, and the young man was also met with incomprehension in his home village. However, Georg Karl Pfahler did not let this put him off, but attended the Academy of Fine Arts in Nuremberg for two years, where he came into contact with original art for the first time and became acquainted with the works of Marc Chagall and Paul Klee. After two semesters, he moved to Stuttgart to study under Willi Baumeister, Gerhard...

Abstract wood wall sculpture by Italian artist and designer, Felice Antonio Botta. Botta was an early proponent of used 'poor materials' (recovered and found wood) for a movement ...