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Period: 1940s
Early Important Harry Bertoia Monotype
Located in Chicago, IL
Early Important Harry Bertoia Monotype, One of his first works on paper, Monoprint on Rice Raper
Signed to verso ‘HB’. Inscribed to lower right ...
Category
Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage WWII Poster The Downfall Of The Dictators Is Assured Submarine
By Marc Stone
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two propaganda poster - De Ondergang De Dictators Is Verzekerd / The Downfall of the Dictators is Assured - featuring a dynamic image of a battle at sea by...
Category
British Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
"Jump Shot, " Model for Art Deco Bronze Basketball Award Plaque, 1940s
By Fred Torrey
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Perhaps because it depicts its figures more as Greek athletes rather than modern players, this bronze Art Deco plaque is very rare, or possibly unique. The artist, Fred Torrey, depicts a Classic jump shot, with two virtually nude basketball players leaping up for the ball. Best known for his "Lincoln Walks at Midnight" sculpture which premiered at the 1939-1940 New York World's Fair (now displayed near the West Virginia state...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Bronze
$2,720 Sale Price
20% Off
Original Vintage War Poster Support The Legacy Of Our Fallen Navy Men WWII Dutch
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two poster - Support the legacy of our fallen Navy men / Steunt de nagelaten betrekkingen van onze gesneuvelde Marinemannen - featuring dramatic artwork by...
Category
Dutch Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Poster To The Merchant Navy Thank You WWII Thumbs Up Artwork
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two poster - To the Merchant Navy Thank You! - featuring two men wearing suits and hats and holding briefcases, one smoking a pipe, showing their thumbs up...
Category
British Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Travel Poster Hotel Candanchu Canfranc Verano Summer Mountains
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster for the Hotel Candanchu in Canfranc at an altitude of 1600m captioned Verano / Summer featuring a great illustration of the Aragon Valley with a view o...
Category
Spanish Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Poster Free Holland Welcomes The Soldiers Of The Allies WWII
By Pat Keely
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two propaganda poster - Free Holland Welcomes the Soldiers of the Allies / Welkom in het vrije Nederland! Dynamic design by the...
Category
Dutch Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
"High-Stepping Horse, " Unique Art Deco Midcentury Ceramic Relief Sculpture
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Demonstrating a modern take on Etruscan and other ancient sculpture, this 1941-vintage relief rondel depicts a high-stepping horse and a leafing branch,...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Ceramic
$760 Sale Price
20% Off
Original Jansen Architectural Pencil Drawing
Located in New York, NY
An original Jansen pencil drawing
depicting an architectural detail
"Rosace de Plafond" page 137.
Stamped: Jansen, 9 Rue Royale Paris 8e.
Category
French Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Mid Century White Camellia Botanical Floral Lithograph Print in Original Frame
Located in Van Nuys, CA
This vintage hand-drawn illustration of a California poppy radiates delicate charm, with its vibrant white petals captured in meticulous detail. The artist’s skilled linework and sof...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
Original Vintage Recruitment Poster Product Design Japan Foreign Export Industry
Located in London, GB
Original vintage recruitment poster featuring artwork of funnels and a crane moving a wooden crate labelled Made in Japan against a green background...
Category
Japanese Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Axel Salto, Mythical beast, lithograph, "Helhesten" 1942
Located in København, Copenhagen
Axel Salto (1889-1961)
A mythical beast, lithograph. "Helhesten" 1942.
Hand-signed in pencil Salto.
Visible size: W 17.0 cm x H 19.0 cm.
Total W 27...
Category
Danish Modern Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Original 1948 British Railways Poster, Sands across the Sea, Brittany Normandy
By Clodagh Sparrow
Located in London, GB
Original vintage British Railways poster, Sands Across The Sea, Brittany Normandy Picardy, details of services from any Station or from Continental Enqu...
Category
British Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Travel Advertising Poster Airspan Travel Corsica Awaits You
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel advertising poster for Airspan Travel Limited Corsica Awaits You... featuring an image of a plane flying above a map of Corsica island with a smiling lady in a red headscarf and Ajaccio marked on the map set...
Category
French Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Travel Poster Britain In Winter Terence Cuneo Hunt Country Pub
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster - Britain in Winter - featuring a stunning painting by the notable British artist Terence Tenison Cuneo (1907-1996) depicting people drinking and socia...
Category
British Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Authentic Nautical Signal Flag from 1940
s Framed Professionally
Located in North Miami, FL
This flag represents the number one signal (Penant One) - according to the international flags and pennants chart. The flag is the largest scale pennant in vibrant RED and white with hand stitching. Hardware is galvanized steel. This is a large ship standard sized flag which is 68 inches long.
Professionally framed in natural maple low profile shadow box and sewn on to the matting, this vintage German-made nautical signal flag from WW II era, was never used and acquired as a group (see some of our other listings). Can be hung vertically or horizontally. THIS ITEM IS LOCATED AND WILL SHIP FROM OUR MIAMI, FLORIDA SHOWROOM.
The purpose of International Signal Code Flags...
Category
German Art Deco Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Cotton, Maple
"Utopian Motif, " Lovely Art Deco Painting with Frieze of Agrarian Labors, 1946
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Lovely and ethereal, reminiscent of the pale, ideal compositions of Puvis de Chavannes in France and America, this utopian vista depicts a series of figures gathering fruit and grain, all in formal classical poses like an ancient, early Renaissance painting...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paint
French 1940
s Gouache on Paper
Located in Los Angeles, CA
French 40's Gouache on paper. Custom framed with sandblasted oak frame with acid free paper and UV glass.
Category
French Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Poster Sweden Skiing Travel Winter Sport Mountain Ski Design
Located in London, GB
Original vintage ski travel poster for Sweden featuring a fun image of a smiling lady wearing a bright red, white and green dress with a head scarf and floral patterned gloves standi...
Category
Swedish Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Winter Travel Ski Poster Flims Graubunden Grisons Switzerland
Located in London, GB
Original vintage ski poster for Flims Graubunden Grisons die modernste sesselbahn Europas / the most modern chairlift in Europe. Colourful design depicting a lady in skiing boots...
Category
Swiss Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Poster Geroba Tabletten Cough Lozenges Health Graphic Design
By Edi Hauri
Located in London, GB
Original vintage poster advertising Geroba cough lozenges featuring a great graphic design illustration by Edi Hauri (1911-1988) depicting a yellow hand shape held up as a stop signa...
Category
Swiss Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Hollywood Regency Pisces Astrology Medallion
Located in Evanston, IL
Charming and chic medallion for a Powder room or your favorite Pisces
Category
American Hollywood Regency Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Plaster
Signed WPA Style Harborscape Oil On Canvas
By Bolus
Located in Chicago, IL
Colorful impressionistic oil on canvas painting of fishing boats in a harbor. Greens, blues and reds comprise the majority of the color pallet. Nicely framed and signed Bolus. 33" x ...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Wood, Canvas
Original Vintage War Propaganda Poster Soviet Sailor Fighters Fascist Enemy WWII
Located in London, GB
Original vintage Soviet World War Two propaganda poster - Let's show the despicable fascist murderers how a Soviet sailor can fight / Покажем презренным фашистским убийцам, как драть...
Category
Russian Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage World War Two Poster Canadians Alert Buy Victory Bonds WWII
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two poster - Canadians Alert! Come on Canada! Buy The New Victory Bonds - featuring an illustration by Archibald Bruce Staplet...
Category
Canadian Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
1947 Crest Painting
Located in Tarrytown, NY
Painting of crest on paper dated 1947.
Category
Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paint
Original Vintage Travel Poster Bruxelles Joyaux De Belgique Armand Massonet
By Armand Massonet
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster - Joyaux de Belgique / Jewels of Belgium - featuring artwork by the Belgian painter Armand Massonet (1892-1979) of the historic Grand Place square in B...
Category
Belgian Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage War Fundraising Poster On The Arctic Front WWII Merchant Navy
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two home front fundraising poster - On the Arctic Front Merchant Navy Comforts Service - featuring an naval illustration of sailors in thick coats and hats...
Category
British Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Travel Poster Genova Genoa Italy ENIT Tourism Italia Lighthouse
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster for Genova / Genoa issued by the Italian Tourism Board ENIT featuring historic monuments and modern city buildings with a ...
Category
Italian Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
"Comedy and Tragedy", Rare Pair of Copper Art Deco Sculptural Masks, Italy
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Dramatic -- appropriately! -- and well crafted, this pair of copper repoussé, wall-mounted masks depict the classic faces of Comedy and Tragedy. The faces have a lovely coppery colo...
Category
Italian Art Deco Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Copper
$1,200 Sale Price
20% Off
Birth of the Blues (1941, USA)
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Poster
U.S. One-Sheet (27 × 41 in.), Paramount Pictures.
Directed by Victor Schertzinger, starring Bing Crosby, Mary Martin, Brian Donlevy. Musical-themed lithographic desig...
Category
Italian Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
$606 Sale Price
20% Off
"Lying on the Sand, " WPA-Era Atmospheric Beach Scene with Male
Female Bathers
Located in Philadelphia, PA
In an era when Reginald Marsh, Paul Cadmus and many other painters loved to capture the joy and energy of crowded beach scenes in America, John Winters created this lovely genre scene of a male bather in his one-piece swim suit reposing on the sand (probably the Lincoln Park beach in Chicago...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paint
$2,360 Sale Price
20% Off
Original Vintage Sport Poster Dutch Grand Prix Zandvoort Formula One Car Race
Located in London, GB
Original vintage motorsport poster for the Grote Prijs van Zandvoort der KNAC / Zandvoort Grand Prix on 31 July 1949 featuring a dynamic design depicting a classic car racing at spee...
Category
Dutch Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
1940s Pastel Painting On Paper Of Asian Woman Signed Dorothy Dwin
Located in Tarrytown, NY
1940s Pastel Painting On Paper Of Asian Woman Signed Dorothy Dwin
Illustration
Wood Frame and glass
Colors: pink, blue, white
Category
Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Petite French Faience Quimper Dish Circa 1940
Located in Austin, TX
Petite French Faience Quimper Dish Circa 1950.
Diamond shape.
Category
French Rustic Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Ceramic, Faience
Original Vintage Soviet WWII Poster Guerilla War Partisan Fascist Territory USSR
Located in London, GB
Original vintage Soviet World War Two propaganda poster - Start The Guerilla War In The Fascist Territory! Destroy communications, bridges, roads, fuel, warehouses and enemy gangs! /...
Category
Russian Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
"Libra, " Important Art Deco Panel by Andrew Szoeke
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Brilliant in design and palette, this very rare Art Deco panel was created in felt applique by Andrew Szoeke, the Hungarian-American artist best known f...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
"Opposition, " Rare Art Deco Cloisonné Tile with Anti-Nazi Theme, 1945
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This rare and remarkable tile produced at the close of World War II in Delft, depicting the Nazi dragon being slayed by the Dutch people, is a superb example of Art Deco cloisonné t...
Category
Dutch Art Deco Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Clay
Original Vintage Soviet War Propaganda Poster Infinite Enemy Family Honour WWII
Located in London, GB
Original vintage Soviet World War Two propaganda poster - Our land has been touched by the infinite enemy We will smash the enemy's dark forces mercilessly ... Let's move on a terrib...
Category
Russian Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Black Forest Vintage Roe Deer Trophy on Carved Plaque 1940s
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Black Forest Vintage Roe Deer Trophy on Carved Plaque 1940s
An antique roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) trophy on a wooden carved plaque. The plaque is decorated with carved oak leave...
Category
German Black Forest Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Antler, Wood
Original Vintage British Railways Poster South Wales Docks Industry Cargo Ship
Located in London, GB
Original vintage poster - South Wales Docks For Quick Despatch - featuring a busy scene at the docks with cranes hauling crates and boxes from a ship named the Cymric Enterprise moored alongside, dock workers...
Category
British Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Poster Victoria Australia Pink Heath Flowers Map National Park
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster promoting Victoria Australia features a scenic view in a national park with long grass and pink flowers in front of t...
Category
Australian Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
1940s Carved Wood Profile of a Lady
Located in Tarrytown, NY
1940s carved wood plaque of a ladies profile.
Category
Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Wood
Original Vintage Skiing Sport Poster Dartmouth Winter Carnival 1942 Ski USA
Located in London, GB
Original vintage skiing sport poster for the Dartmouth Winter Carnival held on 6-7 February 1942 featuring a design by Dom Lupo depicting the bold title text...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Travel Poster Philippine Airlines PAL USA The Orient Europe
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster - USA The Orient Europe by DC-6 sleeper PAL Philippine Airlines Speed Comfort Dependability - featuring a great desi...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Monumental Charger/Low Bowl with Roman Scene, Made in Italy, Blue and Deep Red
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Beautifully painted with a scene from ancient Rome depicting two soldiers near a body of water, this large, impressive charger is marked "Made in Italy." The glazes are rich and lov...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Ceramic
$1,540 Sale Price
30% Off
Vintage Copper "Fish" Plaque
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Unique fish plaque (likely a barracuda or other ray-finned fish) in copper. Bracket present for wall-mounting.
Fine, vintage condition.
Measures: H 6.5...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Copper
Original Vintage Soviet Propaganda Poster Grain Farmer Government Bread USSR
Located in London, GB
Original vintage Soviet propaganda poster - First Bread Goes to the Government! - featuring a great image of a farmer holding a rope leading his horse drawn cart and sitting on the l...
Category
Russian Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Antique Postcard Signed by Raul Anguiano, 1949
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
Antique Postcard signed by Raul Anguiano. 1949.
José Raúl Anguiano Valadez (February 26, 1915 – January 13, 2006) was a notable Mexican painter of the 20th century, part of the “second generation” of Mexican muralists which continued the tradition of Diego Rivera, José Clemente Orozco and David Alfaro Siqueiros but experimented with it as well. Anguiano was born during the height of the Mexican Revolution...
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Mexican Other Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage War Propaganda Poster Merchant Navy Engine Room WWII Ore
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two propaganda poster - If this Man lets the bearings run hot you may lose 8000 tons of ore Merchant Navy Comforts Service National Appeal Headquarters 62 ...
Category
British Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Oil On Canvas Circular Art Deco Paintings Of The Smoky Mountains
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
Rare circular Art Deco scenes of the Smoky Mountains with date and details rendered behind the paintings. Beautifully hand painted in vivid hues and original circular gilt frames. Em...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas
$640 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Original Vintage Travel Advertising Poster Stramberk Czechoslovak State Railways
Located in London, GB
Original vintage train travel advertising poster for Stramberk Chemins de Fer de l'Etat Tchccoslovaque / Czechoslovak State Railways featuring a scenic illustration of a quaint villa...
Category
Czech Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Pink Hibiscus Watercolor Painting on Paper Signed by Shirrell Graves, Framed
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Original 1940s Pink Hibiscus Watercolor Painting on Paper Signed by Shirrell Graves. The painting features its original white wood frame with a white mat.
Shirrell Graves is an Impr...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage War Home Front Recycling Poster Bones Make Explosives WWII
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two Home Front recycling poster - Bones Make Explosives Put Out All Bones For Salvage - featuring a great modernist graphic design by Reginald Mount (1906-...
Category
British Modern Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Winter Sport Skiing Travel Poster Alpes And Jura PLM Railway
Located in London, GB
Original vintage winter sport and skiing travel poster - Alpes & Jura Eight days of winter sports A whole year of health / Huit jours de sports d'hiver Toute une annee de sante - fea...
Category
French Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Post War Tropical Nude Color Pencil Drawling Signed Schultz
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Post-WWII nude tropical color pencil drawing artwork Signed "Schultz" featuring a nude Hawaiian dancer in a skirt.
Category
Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Italian Majolica Ship Wall Plates, a Pair
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful pair of Italian majolica ship wall plates. Great vibrant colors.
Category
Italian Other Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Ceramic
"Nudes Stepping Forth, " Large Theatrical Sketch by Raoul Pene du Bois
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This very large and energetic sketch, depicting several nude figures stepping forward through a circular opening, was painted by Raoul Pene du Bois, probably as a preparatory piece f...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Gouache
Mid-Century Woodwork of Horseracing by K. Zentner, Czechoslovakia, 1944
Located in Praha, CZ
- Mid-Century woodwork of horce racing, 1944
- made of wood,
- shows signs of wear and age,
- in good original condition.
Category
Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Wood
Framed "Peacock Vendor" Serigraph by Millard Owen Sheets (1907- 1989)
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Original Framed "Peacock Vendor" Serigraph by Millard Owen Sheets, Limited Edition of 350. This original print features a Roman women selling Peakocks on a Roman street in it's origi...
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Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
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