Mid-Century Modern Contemporary Art
MID-CENTURY MODERN STYLE
Organically shaped, clean-lined and elegantly simple are three terms that well describe vintage mid-century modern furniture. The style, which emerged primarily in the years following World War II, is characterized by pieces that were conceived and made in an energetic, optimistic spirit by creators who believed that good design was an essential part of good living.
ORIGINS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
- Emerged during the mid-20th century
- Informed by European modernism, Bauhaus, International style, Scandinavian modernism and Frank Lloyd Wright’s architecture
- A heyday of innovation in postwar America
- Experimentation with new ideas, new materials and new forms flourished in Scandinavia, Italy, the former Czechoslovakia and elsewhere in Europe
CHARACTERISTICS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
- Simplicity, organic forms, clean lines
- A blend of neutral and bold Pop art colors
- Use of natural and man-made materials — alluring woods such as teak, rosewood and oak; steel, fiberglass and molded plywood
- Light-filled spaces with colorful upholstery
- Glass walls and an emphasis on the outdoors
- Promotion of functionality
MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW
- Charles and Ray Eames
- Eero Saarinen
- Milo Baughman
- Florence Knoll
- Harry Bertoia
- Isamu Noguchi
- George Nelson
- Danish modernists Hans Wegner and Arne Jacobsen, whose emphasis on natural materials and craftsmanship influenced American designers and vice versa
ICONIC MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNS
- Eames lounge chair
- Nelson daybed
- Florence Knoll sofa
- Egg chair
- Womb chair
- Noguchi coffee table
- Barcelona chair
VINTAGE MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE ON 1STDIBS
The mid-century modern era saw leagues of postwar American architects and designers animated by new ideas and new technology. The lean, functionalist International-style architecture of Le Corbusier and Bauhaus eminences Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Walter Gropius had been promoted in the United States during the 1930s by Philip Johnson and others. New building techniques, such as “post-and-beam” construction, allowed the International-style schemes to be realized on a small scale in open-plan houses with long walls of glass.
Materials developed for wartime use became available for domestic goods and were incorporated into mid-century modern furniture designs. Charles and Ray Eames and Eero Saarinen, who had experimented extensively with molded plywood, eagerly embraced fiberglass for pieces such as the La Chaise and the Womb chair, respectively.
Architect, writer and designer George Nelson created with his team shades for the Bubble lamp using a new translucent polymer skin and, as design director at Herman Miller, recruited the Eameses, Alexander Girard and others for projects at the legendary Michigan furniture manufacturer.
Harry Bertoia and Isamu Noguchi devised chairs and tables built of wire mesh and wire struts. Materials were repurposed too: The Danish-born designer Jens Risom created a line of chairs using surplus parachute straps for webbed seats and backrests.
The Risom lounge chair was among the first pieces of furniture commissioned and produced by celebrated manufacturer Knoll, a chief influencer in the rise of modern design in the United States, thanks to the work of Florence Knoll, the pioneering architect and designer who made the firm a leader in its field. The seating that Knoll created for office spaces — as well as pieces designed by Florence initially for commercial clients — soon became desirable for the home.
As the demand for casual, uncluttered furnishings grew, more mid-century furniture designers caught the spirit.
Classically oriented creators such as Edward Wormley, house designer for Dunbar Inc., offered such pieces as the sinuous Listen to Me chaise; the British expatriate T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings switched gears, creating items such as the tiered, biomorphic Mesa table. There were Young Turks such as Paul McCobb, who designed holistic groups of sleek, blond wood furniture, and Milo Baughman, who espoused a West Coast aesthetic in minimalist teak dining tables and lushly upholstered chairs and sofas with angular steel frames.
Generations turn over, and mid-century modern remains arguably the most popular style going. As the collection of vintage mid-century modern chairs, dressers, coffee tables and other furniture for the living room, dining room, bedroom and elsewhere on 1stDibs demonstrates, this period saw one of the most delightful and dramatic flowerings of creativity in design history.
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Raoul Dufy Hand Colored Illustration Pochoir From The Estate of CZ Guest
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Raoul Dufy Hand Colored Illustration Pochoir from the Estate of CZ Guest. Finest quality lithograph is a French Pochoir, a complicated technical printing process and this one is hand...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper
Custom Framed Lithograph by Marcel Vertes, Signed and Numbered
Located in Palm Desert, CA
This is a beautiful custom-framed lithograph by Hungarian-born French artist, Marcel Vertes, entitled "Circus Queens". The piece is signed, Vertes, in the lower right corner and numbered, "30/50" in the lower left corner. The image itself measures 23" high x 16" wide. The frame is a 2" thick 2 toned framed, black and a subtle cerused-like grey. It was originally sold through the Vincent Price...
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Wood
Joeseph Burlini Wall Sculpture of Ravi Shankar on Sitar
Located in Kansas City, MO
Rare 1970s Joseph Burlini metal wire abstract wall hanging sculpture with the image of sitar maestro Ravi Shankar. If you are a fan of the Shankar family ...
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Metal
Victor Vasarely Lithograph
Located in Oak Harbor, OH
Artist: Victor Vasarely
Medium: Lithograph
Movement/Style: Modern
Signed and Numbered : 133/250
Condition:
This Victor Vasaerly lithograph is in very good vintage condit...
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1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper
Five Senses Still Life, Collection of Original Oil Painting on Panel
Located in Chicago, IL
Sight, sound, smell, touch and taste - we are all familiar with the five senses.
Artist Andrew Conklin has brought together various objects to illustrate these senses. Rich colors...
Category
2010s American Mid-Century Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Paint
Li Yuan-Chia Cosmic Point Multiple Mix Media Painting
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Li Yuan-chia
Cosmic 'Point' Multiple
1929–1994
This Original piece from Lisson Gallery London 1968 Exhibition features a painted white lacquered steel panel with 4 magnetic points pl...
Category
1960s Asian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Steel, Magnets
Piero Fornasetti Studio Work Print on Laminated Synthetic Sheet Italy
Located in SOTTEVILLE-LÈS-ROUEN, FR
Rare studio work print by Piero Fornasetti, executed on a laminated synthetic sheet, produced within the Fornasetti workshop.
The image depicts an iconic female face rendered in fine...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Laminate
Josef Albers Abstract Lithograph from Formulation and Articulation
By Josef Albers
Located in Atlanta, GA
Josef Albers abstract lithograph from formulation and articulation, published by Harry N. Abrams Inc., New York, and Ives Sillman Inc., New Haven, circa 1972. This work is from portf...
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
Yaacov Agam " Ancient Battle " Agamograph Kinectic OP-Art Signed LTD. ED. #28/99
By Yaacov Agam
Located in St. Louis, MO
Israeli kinetic art master Yaacov Agam (1928-), named this beautiful piece “Ancient Battle,” as it certainly carries the pointed and multi-perspective chaos of such a conflict. Obser...
Category
1990s American Mid-Century Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Plastic, Wood
Abstract Lithograph by Josef Albers from Formulation and Articulation
By Josef Albers
Located in Atlanta, GA
Josef Albers abstract lithograph from Formulation and Articulation, published by Harry N. Abrams Inc., New York, and Ives Sillman Inc., New Haven, circa 1972. This work is from Portf...
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
Vintage Mid-Century Modern Woven Textile Framed Abstract Wall Art, circa 1970s
Located in Miami, FL
Vintage Medium Size Mid Century Modern Woven Textile Framed Abstract / Folk Wall Art. Circa 1970s
Features a handwoven abstract geometric pattern in a e...
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Aluminum
$272 Sale Price
65% Off
1962 Italy Abstract Painting and Paper Collage by Ermete Lancini
Located in Brescia, IT
This stunning abstract artwork was made in 1962, by the well known Italian artist Ermete Lancini.
The artwork is a painting and a collage with newspaper sheet and other glued element...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper
$2,340 Sale Price
34% Off
Evelyn Ackerman ERA Signed Mid-Century Modern Woven Floral Tapestry Wall Hanging
Located in Studio City, CA
A fantastic work by famed Mid-Century Modern designer Evelyn Ackerman. Bright and intensely colorful with an elegant design.
Evelyn, along with her husband Jerome, began her care...
Category
1960s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Nylon
A Kay Whitcomb Enamel 1966
By Kay Whitcomb
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A great enamel by Kay Whitcomb, framed, signed and dated 1966. Titled" Where your Treasure is, there will your Heart be also"
A note about the artist: " Whitcomb was born in 1921 in Arlington, Massachusetts, to a long line of New England metalsmiths, the Carr family. In a way, it was almost preordained that her life would be devoted to the crafts. While she hoped to attend the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, financial conditions prevented it. With financial assistance from relatives and friends, she began her art studies at Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) in 1939. Whitcomb recalls that in her third year, in 1941, she took an enameling class. Her instructor taught the cloisonné technique. Ruth Raemisch also used the same facilities, working on her enamels while regular courses were offered. Whitcomb recalls being intrigued by Raemisch’s techniques and wanting to emulate the distinguished German-born artist, whose style was based on the Limoges school of enamel painting. She completed her course work at RISD in 1942 while taking additional classes at the Cambridge School of Art. In 1944 she joined the United States Marine Corps Women’s Reserve at Camp Pendleton...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Enamel
Pair of Josef Albers Lithographs from Formulation and Articulation
By Josef Albers
Located in Atlanta, GA
Pair of Josef Albers lithographs from formulation and articulation, published by Harry N. Abrams Inc., New York and Ives Sillman Inc., New Haven, circa 1972. Unsigned edition of 1000...
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
Mid-Century Modern Window Decorative Metal Pendant
Located in Skarpnäck, SE
A unique and rather large vintage piece of metal art in a mandala shape. This is a very beautiful wall hanging or mobile, which will look great in a room or in a window. It has a ver...
Category
1960s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Metal, Brass
$547 Sale Price
40% Off
Steve Schapiro Signed Iconic Silver Gelatin Photograph Three Men, New York, 1961
Located in Studio City, CA
A historic and iconic, richly toned, silver gelatin photograph image by prolific and renowned photographer Steve Schapiro. Perhaps his most famous image.
Signed, stamped and titled ("Three Men, New York 1961") by the artist on the verso. The photo has been professionally matted and framed with museum glass.
Schapiro's photographs have appeared in such international magazines as Life, Look, Time, Newsweek, Rolling Stone, Vanity Fair, Sports Illustrated, People and Paris Match...
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper
MCM Textured Original Paper Fiber Wall Art by G. Hoff
By Don Drumm
Located in Medina, OH
Vibrant and Textured mid-century modern Textured Original Paper Fiber Wall Art by G. Hoff Habbhaffn circa 1999. This was originally sold in Don Drumm studios and gallery. Serial co...
Category
1990s American Mid-Century Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Paint, Paper
Set of Four Vintage Christian Dior Colorful Silk Scarves, France, 1980s
Located in Dronten, NL
A stunning set of four vintage Christian Dior silk scarves, each an exquisite expression of the house’s artistry and timeless French elegance. Design...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Silk
A Midcentury Vibrant Decorative Glass Piece Of Wall Art
Located in London, GB
A Continental piece of contemporary mid century wall art. The rectangular shaped clear glass piece raised and suspended from the large same shaped board in white. Applied in various ...
Category
Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Art Glass, Reeded Glass
"Aglomeraciones
Incomunicacion" Abstract Artwork By Maricruz H. Covarrubias
Located in New York, NY
"Aglomeraciones & Incomunicacion" Acrylic On Canvas abstract artwork by Mexican artist Maricruz Hernandez Covarrubias 1947-2016
Painting measurements: width 47'' height 35.25
Mari...
Category
1980s Mexican Vintage Mid-Century Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Vintage Porsche Signed and Number Lithograph Suite by the Iconic Erich Strenger
Located in Asbury Park, NJ
I'm excited to offer for sale a suite of 5 signed and numbered prints by Erich Strenger. Strenger was the man that put Porsche art on the map. Erich had...
Category
1980s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper
Michael Tetherow Artwork
Located in New York, NY
1990 artwork by artist Michael Tetherow "Signed and numbered" in original condition with original walnut wood frame.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper, Walnut
$2,800
Willem De Kooning "High School Desk" Lithograph, Signed, Numbered, Framed, 1970
By Willem de Kooning
Located in Kansas City, MO
Willem De Kooning (Dutch-American, 1904-1997)
High school desk, 1970
Viscosity acid edged Lithograph print on Italia paper.
Signed, dated and numbered.
26 of an edition of 57.
P...
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Gold Leaf
Large Photo Collage With Black Wood Frame, circa 2000
Located in Barcelona, ES
Large Photo Collage With Black Wood Frame, circa 2000
By unknown artist, from Spain.
In original condition, with minor wear consistent of age and use, preserving a beautiful patina
Category
Early 2000s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper
Ben Shahn Original Lithograph Exhibition Poster 1960
s, Signed in Plate
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Midcentury Modern 1964 original Ben Shahn lithograph exhibition poster dated March 3-28. This figural abstract art is framed in original brass t...
Category
1960s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Metal
$400 Sale Price
20% Off
Mel Bochner American (1940-1925) Untitled (Abstract Composition) (1984)
By Mel Bochner
Located in Dallas, TX
Melvin Simon Bochner (August 23, 1940 – February 12, 2025) was an American conceptual artist. He is considered to be one of the founders of Conceptual Art, and credited with reshapin...
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Wood, Paint, Paper
Robert Bushong Silkscreen Wall Scroll Chanticleer for Tom Tru Raymor MCM
Located in Topeka, KS
Wonderful Mid-Century Modern silkscreen wall scroll titled Chanticleer by Robert R. Bushong for Tom Tru and distributed by Raymor. It is in fantastic vintage condition and circa 1959.
I’ve recently become attracted to roosters and chickens in general, and these regal characters are really great! This wall-hanging is depicted in the Tom Tru Spring wall scroll catalog for 1959. Attributed to Robert R. Bushong, although the signature on this one is missing the G. Since the signature is so close to the edge we believe the G just did not make it into the screen printing process. This example is what was advertised in the catalog as: powder, royal, sage, brown on black texture. Otherwise known as powder blue, royal blue, sage green, and brown. Its solid walnut top and bottom mouldings are just beautiful as are these fantastic chanticleer, the name for roosters especially in fairy tales. Robert Bushong...
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Textile, Walnut
1980
s Modern Oil On Canvas Peruvian Artwork
Located in New York, NY
Beautiful modern oil on canvas Peruvian modern 1980's artwork in vintage original condition with minor wear and patina due to age and use.
Artwork without...
Category
1980s Peruvian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas
Original Graffiti from the 1970s on paper "Sculls
Bones" by Adolf Frankl
Located in Vienna, AT
Original drawing, felt-pen, signed, framed, 21 x 30 cm
Early Graffiti from the 1970s.
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Felt
1960 Italy Mid-Century Mario Radice Abstract Print on Paper
Located in Brescia, IT
This engaging abstract artwork was create by the Italian artist Mario Radice in the 1969. It is the first pieces of 300 edit in the 1960'. We can say that it is one of a kind piece a...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper
$2,179 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage Hand-Painted Osborne Wood Sign:
Fino Quinta
Located in Barcelona, ES
Step into a bygone era with this captivating Osborne wood sign, adorned with the elegant script of "Fino Quinta." Crafted around 1950, this vintage piece exudes the charm and craftsm...
Category
1950s Spanish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Wood
Venice Cityscape by Giorgio Valenzin, Original Artwork.
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Venice Cityscape by Giorgio Valenzin, Original Artwork.
Original ink wash by Italian artist, Giorgio Valenzin (1901-1978).
Ink wash on paper framed under glass features Piazza Santa...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper
Original Drawing of Nude Men Embracing by Gerard Mardon
Located in Miami, FL
Nice decorative, mid-20th century original artwork.
The work is signed Gerard Mardon and titled, see detailed photographs.
Measures: 14" Wide x 16" High x 5/8" Deep
Category
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper
$550 Sale Price
49% Off
Still Life with Italian Bowl, Life Mask, Peach and iPod, Original Oil Painting
Located in Chicago, IL
This still life painting on panel captures a variety of objects. Among the objects depicted are a beautiful venetian glass bowl, a cup of Italian gelato, a ripe peach, a white life mask and an obsolete iPod all placed upon a table. These masterfully painted objects create a tableau of our times. This artwork is framed in a simple antiqued silver wooden frame measuring 8.75 H x 14.75 W inches.
Andrew S. Conklin
Still life with Italian bowl, life mask, peach and iPod
Oil on panel
Measures: 7.50 H x 13.50 W in
19.05 H x 34.29 W cm
ACK036
Andrew S. Conklin
Andrew S. Conklin is a figurative painter. He holds an MFA from the Academy of Art University, and studied painting at the National Academy of Design in New York City with Harvey Dinnerstein...
Category
2010s American Mid-Century Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Paint
Roberto Crippa "Spirale" 1950 Ed. Galleria Pace Ceramic Plate 3/20
Located in Brescia, IT
Glazed ceramic
Example 3/20
Perfect condition.
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Ceramic
Movement Triptych
Located in New York, NY
Mesmerizing in its Ethereal quality “Movement” is at once both minimal and elegant yet powerfully abstract
Standard size: 35" x 54" (per panel)
Frame finish: Black, white or silver
Category
2010s American Mid-Century Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Plexiglass, Wood
$5,834
Abstract Lithographs by Josef Albers from Formulation and Articulation
By Josef Albers
Located in Atlanta, GA
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...
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
Ceramic Panel Wall Plaque by Jean Lurçat, Sant Vicens, France, 1952-65
By Jean Lurçat
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An unique and vibrant vintage Jean Lurcat hand painted, glazed fired ceramic and enamel wall plaque. A limited edition hand inscribed Saint Vicens, ...
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Enamel
Ru Van Rossem Signed Mid Century Lithograph 1962 Netherlands
By Kikuo Saito 1
Located in Cincinnati, OH
A Mid Century lithograph by well listed Dutch artist Ru Van Rossem ( 1924-2007 ) titled " Destroyed City 2 " signed and numbered 140/ 210 ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Dutch Mid-Century Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper
Abstract Midcentury Painting by Claffy Williams
By Claffy Williams
Located in Atlanta, GA
Abstract midcentury painting by Claffy Williams, circa 1980s.
Category
1980s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Mid-Century Modern Large Scale Signed Abstract Oil on Canvas Painting / Art
Located in Kennesaw, GA
I love this painting! This is a large scale mid-century signed modern oil on canvas painting. It is signed “Monti”. The strong coloration includes black, blue, green and red.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Midcentury Oil Championship Golf Club Painting, Brown Wood Frame, 1960s, Europe
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Oil painting with Golf motive. Hand painted in England.
In the set of gold wood frame. Very nice decoration for every interior.
Only one unique piece.
Category
1990s English Mid-Century Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
Oil on Canvas Abstract Cubism Painting in the Manner of Jacques Villon
By Jacques Villon
Located in Miami, FL
A striking and boldly colorful cubist abstract painting executed in the manner of Jacques Villon, signed and dated lower right "M. Jardet." T...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Giltwood, Canvas
Robert Crowder Signed 5 Panel Large Japanese Nihonga Lanscape Pastoral Painting
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful, engaging, original, and quite rare work of art by American artist Robert Crowder (1911-2010). Crowder lived in Japan in the 1930s (u...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Wood, Paint, Paper
Colorful 20th Century Oil Painting of Paris by Italian Artist Piero Solavaggione
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Oil painting on canvas in its original frame representing a Parisian quarter with a church on the background. Painted by the Italian artist Professor Piero Solavaggione (Carmagnola (...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas
Rare large authentic vintage advertising sign for Nivea cosmetics, Belgiu
Located in Meulebeke, BE
Belgium / 1970s / Nivea / advertising sign / mid-century / vintage / design
This rare to find large Belgian advertisement shows a woman on the beach, in front of her the famous blue...
Category
1970s Belgian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Metal
Selection of Original Female Nude Paintings
Located in Atlanta, GA
Selection of Original Female Nude Paintings, probably American, circa 1950s. They are priced at $750 each. Neither work is signed. They have both been professionally framed in vintag...
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
$750 / item
Elephant Face Persian Kilim
Located in New York, NY
Abstract Square size Persian kilim from the late 20th century depicting a pigeon within an elephants face
Measures: 3'5'' x 4'2''.
This was originally belonging to a private Persia...
Category
Late 20th Century Mid-Century Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Wool
Surrealist Mediterranean Beach Scene Painting, circa 1983
Located in New York, NY
Surrealist Mediterranean beach scene painting of girl facing sea, two empty modernist beach chairs, and graphic umbrella.
Signed, Veronica, 1983.
Category
Late 20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas
Italy Mid-Century Modern Abstract Mirrored Frosted Stainless Steel Wall Panel
Located in Brescia, IT
The mirrored surfaces of the stainless steel Maldonado work of art, reflect the world around.
Maldonado's artistic research has an ethological matrix: a sign as a kind of pre-Incan g...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Stainless Steel
Joan Miró Lithographs
Located in Atlanta, GA
Selection of Joan Miro color lithographs, France, circa 1960s. We purchased a group of these color lithographs from the estate of a couple that lived in France from 1951-1983. These ...
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
$650 / item
Trumpet Man
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Man playing trumpet after a night of celebration.
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Plywood
$1,250
1960s Whimsical Nude Art Blue Lithograph CA Artist D Borthwick
By Peter Max
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Whimsical Modern Nude vintage Art Blue Lithograph artist Donald Borthwick signed and numbered 10/20 D Borthwick
Artist Donald Borthwick California
M...
Category
1960s North American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper
Figure Study by Paul Shaub
By Paul Shaub
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A signed limited edition matted print with a female figure in blue by Paul Shaub. 'Figure Study 2/9 Paul Shaub' written in pencil.
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper
Abstract Lithograph by Josef Albers from Formulation and Articulation
By Josef Albers
Located in Atlanta, GA
Josef Albers abstract lithograph from Formulation and Articulation, published by Harry N. Abrams Inc., New York, and Ives Sillman Inc., New Haven, circa 1972. This work is from Portf...
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
Mid Century Seated Nude Portrait by American Artist Jane White C1950
By Jane White
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous painting of a seated nude by American artist Jane White. Paintings were created in the fifties, and were once owned by the estate of Eva Gabor...
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Dube
Duilio Barnabe
Fontana Arte Slab Crystal, 1955 Max Ingrand
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Dube 'Duilio Barnabe' Fontana Arte slab crystal, 1955 max ingrand.
It has a break in the upper part, but well fixed.
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Crystal
$2,072 Sale Price
30% Off
Elephant Face Persian Kilim
Located in New York, NY
Abstract Square size Persian kilim from the late 20th century within an elephant's face
Measures: 3'3'' x 4'5''.
This was originally belonging to a private Persian collector wh...
Category
Late 20th Century Mid-Century Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Wool
1960s Black and White Abstract Artwork
Located in New York, NY
1960s black and white abstract artwork signed "Bernstein".
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper
Mid-century Modern contemporary art for sale on 1stDibs.
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