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Period: 1940s
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.
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Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations

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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

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Paper

"Honoring Henry Agard Wallace", Art Deco Bronze by Chambellan for B nai B rith
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Highly important both artistically and historically, this high style Art Deco bronze panel, full of symbolism and patriotic fervor, was commissio...
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American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations

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Bronze

Colorful Abstract Expressionist Print By Dean Meeker
Located in Chicago, IL
Dean Jackson Meeker (Madison, Wisconsin, 1920-2002) Dean Meeker was a printmaker painter and teacher. He studied at the Art Institute of Chicago, Northwestern University, and the Uni...
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American Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations

Candido Portinari, Original Drypoint 1940 s - Three Mulatto Women
Located in Encino, CA
Candido PORTINARI (1903-1962), Original Drypoint 1940's - Three Mulatto Women Signed and dedicated to Francis Brennan (1910-1992). Numbered 15/18. Illustrated in the Catalogue rais...
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Brazilian Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations

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Paper

Pär Lindblad, Sweden, Oil on Canvas, Modernist Landscape, 1940s
Located in København, Copenhagen
Pär Lindblad (1907-1981), Sweden. Oil on canvas. Modernist landscape. Man on a bicycle along the coast. 1940s. The canvas measures: 64 x 31 cm. The fr...
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Swedish Modern Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations

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Canvas

Original Vintage Great Western And Southern Railway Poster Thames Valley GWR SR
Located in London, GB
Original vintage GWR Great Western Railway SR Southern Railway poster for the Thames Valley featuring a scenic illustration by Walter E Spradbery (1...
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British Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations

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Paper

"Laundry Day, " Rural North Carolina on a Fresh Sunny Day, World War II
By Warren Wheelock
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Fresh as a crisp fall day, this painting of a woman taking down laundry at the base of a hill dominated by her home above is a reassuring depiction of wholesome rural life in 1941, p...
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American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations

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Paint

Original Vintage Advertising Poster Keep It Under Your Stetson Bring Him Home
Located in London, GB
Original vintage advertising poster issued by the John B. Stetson Company during World War Two with a propaganda warning - Let's bring him home quicker Loose talk lengthens the war K...
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American Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations

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Paper

Continental Giltwood Framed Oil on Board Coastal Painting ca. 1940, Signed
Located in Atlanta, GA
Continental Giltwood Framed Oil on Board Coastal Painting ca. 1940 , Signed
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Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations

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Giltwood, Paint

Original Vintage War Propaganda Poster Smash Japanese Aggression WWII Glosters
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two propaganda poster - The Gloucesters, a famous regiment from Great Britain, raided Letpadan and drove the Japanese from the town, inflicting heavy casua...
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British Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations

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Paper

S. C. Bjulf: Fish Mongers, Oil on Canvas
Located in København, Copenhagen
S. C. Bjulf: Fish mongers. Oil on canvas. Signed Bjulf. Measures: 37 cm. x 30 cm. The frame measures 8 cm. In perfect condition.
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Danish Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations

Original Vintage WWII Poster Are You With Us In National Service Duty War Effort
Located in London, GB
Original vintage British propaganda poster - Are you with us in National Service? Colourful image showing smiling men and women in uniform looking up to the viewer with their arms li...
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European Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations

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Paper

Post War Red Hibiscus Airbrush Painting on Paper by Tip Freeman, Framed
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Original Post War Framed Paintings with red hibiscus, by Tip Freema Featuring a red floral Hibiscus against a light background in its original wood frame. Tip Freeman...
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American Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations

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Wood, Paper

Fashion Illustration "Two Women In Dresses With Hats" by C. "Eric" Erickson
Located in New York, NY
Original fashion drawing by American artist Carl "Eric" Erickson (1891-1958). Eric spect the 1940s attending and documenting fashion shows under the supervision of Diana Vreeland. Er...
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Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations

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Paper

Original Vintage WWII Travel Poster Good Old Days Great Indian Peninsula Railway
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two travel poster - Back to the Good Old Days! ...National needs come first! Travel only when you must! - issued by the Great Indian Peninsula Railway (GIP...
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Indian Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations

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Paper

Drawing, Continental School, Squirrels
Located in Kittery Point, ME
European red Squirrels Inscribed indistinctly and dated 40 (lr) Black and red chalk on paper.
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European Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations

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Paper

"Forever Fled, " Rare Color Print by Grace Genoi Pettit
By Grace Genoi Pettit
Located in Philadelphia, PA
The ecstatic sensuality and limpid nudity of this rare 1946 print by Pettit clearly shows her debt to Picasso, who led the return to classical and mythological themes in the 1920s an...
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American Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations

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Ink, Paper

Original Vintage Advertising Poster Philips Lighting Smiling Light Bulb Design
Located in London, GB
Original vintage advertising poster for Philips light bulbs featuring a fun design by Frank Nanninga (1920-1999) depicting a cartoon lightbulb with arms and legs, a smiling face and ...
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Spanish Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations

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Paper

"The Sculptor at Rest" Painting by Maurice Glickman
Located in Asbury Park, NJ
An oil on canvas self-portrait by Maurice Glickman– depicting the artist in a seated position, wielding his sculptor's tools. It is titled and signed ...
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American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations

Original Vintage WWII Warning Propaganda Poster Careless Talk Tragedy Wartime
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two warning propaganda poster - Careless Talk Brings Tragedy In Wartime - featuring numbered and captioned illustrations of 1. a young soldier on the phone...
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Canadian Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations

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Paper

"Music", High Accomplished Painting with Multiple Nudes by Conner, 1946
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This detailed and highly-finished study by John Ramsey Conner for an allegorical painting depicts a relaxed grouping of nude figures executed in pale tones of ivory, mossy green and ...
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American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations

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Paint

Western Oil Painting by Ruth Wilcox
By Ruth Wilcox
Located in Water Mill, NY
Western still life oil painting by listed artist Ruth Wilcox-Soho Location.
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American Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations

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Canvas

"The Pool Players" by Vincent Richard Campanella
By Vincent Campanella
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Oil on artist board signed and dated lower right featuring pool players playing a point match in the pool hall. Great WPA feel and texture impasto. Most likely the original frame measuring 15.25" x 19.25" overall. Born in New York in 1915, Campanella studied at the Leonardo Da Vinci Art School where the curriculum was based on the Naples Academy founded in the 1440s. He took this classical Renaissance training to the streets of New York, then-rural Astoria, Monhegan Island, and Wyoming. As an easel artist for the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in the 1930s he painted and taught in Rock Springs, Wyoming. There his style became Abstract and works of Classical Abstraction were recognized in art reviews and exhibitions. He was represented by the Rehn Gallery in New York until the death of Frank Rehn in 1956. His work has been shown at The Art Institute of Chicago, Carnegie Institute, Brooklyn Museum, Corcoran Art Gallery, Denver Museum, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, San Diego Museum, San Francisco Museum, Seattle Museum, Toledo Museum, Whitney Museum of American Art, and the Universities of Nebraska, Tennessee and Wyoming. He was a Fellow at the MacDowell Colony in 1968. Retrospective shows of his work have been held at Hunter College (1995) and the Albrecht-Kemper Museum of Art (2007). Campanella taught at the University of Wyoming (1940), Columbia University (1946-49), the Kansas City Art Institute (1949-52) and Park College (1952-80). Notable students include Robert Morris, Wilbur Niewald...
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American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations

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Paint

Drawing of an Elephant and Calf, Ink and Wash on Paper by Jean Poulain, 1942
By Jean Poulain
Located in Ulm, DE
Jean Poulain (1884–1967) – Original Drawing of an Elephant and Calf, Signed and Dated 1942 A deeply touching and atmospheric original wildlife drawing by Belgian artist Jean Poulain...
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French Art Deco Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations

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Paper, Glass, Wood

Painting by Morris Walton Leader (1877-1966)
By Morris Walton Leader
Located in Houston, TX
Morris Walton Leader (1877- 1966) Morris Walton Leader was born in Marshall, Texas, in 1877. He died in Austin, Texas, where he had lived since he was a young boy. He studied with ...
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American Other Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations

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Canvas

Original Vintage Advertising Poster Japan Trade Expo Yokohama Tokyo Bay Design
Located in London, GB
Original vintage advertising poster for the Japan Trade Expo / 日本貿易博覽會 on 15 March 1949 at Nogeyama Park Yokohama City featuring a view over the city with a train running along a rai...
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Japanese Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations

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Paper

Ingvar Engdahl, Swedish artist. Oil on board. Interior with two people. 1948
Located in København, Copenhagen
Ingvar Engdahl, Swedish artist. Oil on board. Interior with two people in modernist style. In very good condition. Would benefit from a clean. Signed and dated '48. Dimensions: 67.0 ...
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Swedish Modern Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations

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Other

"Stomping Grapes, " Art Deco Etched/Enameled Mirrored Panel with Winemaking Scene
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Remarkable in its size, ambition and complexity, this large Art Deco mirrored panel depicts a grape stomping scene at its center, surrounded by a farm scene full of life, executed in...
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French Art Deco Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations

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Glass

Antique Postcard Signed by Raul Anguiano. 1948
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
Antique Postcard Signed by Raul Anguiano. 1948. Dedicated to Arturo Arnaiz y Freg. 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

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Paper

Original Vintage Poster WWII Factories Industry Reconstruction Red Army Victory
Located in London, GB
Original vintage Soviet propaganda poster encouraging the viewer to rebuild factories and industries damaged during World War Two - T??????! ?????????????? ???? ?????, ???? ??????????? ?? ????????? ??????? ????? ??????? ?????, ?? ??????????? ??????! / Comrade! By restoring your plant, your enterprise, you help the Red Army...
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Russian Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations

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Paper

"One United Nations Indivisible, " Stunning, Original Painting for UN Poster
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A striking example of graphic design in the 1940s, which was moving from elegant Art Deco stylization to a looser, collage-like assemblage of overlapping images, this original painti...
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American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations

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Gouache

Original Vintage Travel Poster Principality Of Liechtenstein Johannes Troyer Art
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster for the Principality of Liechtenstein / Furstentum Liechtenstein featuring artwork by Johannes Troyer (1902-1969) of a smiling lady wearing a large hat...
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Swiss Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations

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Paper

Émile François Jacques Compard, Oil on Woodwork, Abstract Composition
Located in København, Copenhagen
Émile François Jacques Compard (1900-1977), French artist. Oil on woodwork. Abstract composition. Dated 1949. Measures: 46 x 32 cm. In very good condition. Signed and dated. Ém...
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French Modern Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations

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Other

"Coca-Cola and Coffee", Original 1949 Painting, Important Industrial Design
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An astonishing and important example of Moderne-Mid Century Modern industrial design, this original watercolor rendering of a short-lived Coca-Cola/coffee vending machine was painted...
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American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations

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Paint

1940s Signed Oil Painting of 2 Workers Sawing
Located in Tarrytown, NY
1940s oil on canvas of 2 workers sawing. Signed.
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Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations

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Paint

Original Vintage War Home Front Production Poster Do It Right Make It Bite WWII
By C. C. Beall
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two home front production poster - Do It Right Make It Bite - featuring a dynamic image by the American illustrator and watercolour painter Cecil Calvert B...
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American Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations

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Paper

Original Vintage WWII Poster Guide The Fighter Planes Army Air Force Recruitment
Located in London, GB
Original vintage world war two recruitment poster - Guide the fighter planes Join the Army Air Forces Ground Observer Corps Volunteer at your local Civilian D...
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American Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations

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Paper

Mid-Century Robert Broner Oil Painting with with 3 Figures
By Robert Broner
Located in New York, NY
1948 3 figure oil painting by the artist Robert Broner (1922-2010). Broner has pieces in the collections of the MOMA, Guggenheim, Metropolitian Musuem of...
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American Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations

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Wood

"Calla Lily and Purple Hills", Social Realist Painting of Oklahoma Landscape
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A striking and richly-hued example of American Scene painting, this depiction of a yellow calla lily framed by undulating hills in tones of purple and red was painted by Richard Taflinger. The artist's celebration of his native Oklahoma landscape...
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American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations

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Paint

Painted Backdrop with Ballet Theme for Residential Theatre
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Charming and beautifully painted, this painted backdrop for theatre, perhaps for a residential space or a small professional theatre, depicts several ...
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American Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations

Original Vintage Ski Travel Poster Mont Dore Auvergne Snowman France Skiing Art
Located in London, GB
Original vintage ski travel poster for Le Mont Dore Auvergne in France featuring a fun design by Jean Even (1910-1986) depicting a skier wearing a racing bib skiing down a slope at s...
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French Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations

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Paper

1948 E. Romano "Flower in White Vase" Oil Painting on Pressed Board
Located in Sarasota, FL
An oil on artistboard by listed artist E.Romano titled "Flower in a White Vase". Strong use of color and simplistic lines are consistent with Romano's work, but this still life is a...
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American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations

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Masonite

Raw Deal
Located in London, GB
Original US film poster for The 1948 Film Noir Raw Deal. This film was directed by Anthony Mann and starred Dennis O'Keefe and Claire Trevor. This poster is conservation linen backed...
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American Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations

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Paper

Raw Deal
Raw Deal
$2,048
Mr Chad WW2 National Savings Poster Circa 1940s
Located in Gloucester, GB
Mr Chad WW2 National Savings Poster Circa 1940s - Original WW2 national savings poster - Features one of the first illustrations of Mr Chad - Framed ...
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English Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations

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Paper

Elaine Plishker Auchmoody Still Life with Duck Oil on Canvas
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Still life oil painting ca. 1940s depicting a 'duck' figurine amid vessels by Elaine Plishker Auchmoody (b. NYC 1910 - d. Massachusetts 1976). Auchmoody was a highly-regarded lecture...
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American Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations

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Wood, Paint

Original Vintage Poster Winter Sports In Austria Alps Mountains Snowball Design
Located in London, GB
Original vintage ski travel poster - Winter Sports in Austria - featuring artwork by Paul Aigner (1909-1984) depicting a fun image after a snowball fight of a smiling lady with snow ...
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Austrian Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations

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Paper

Original Vintage Railway Travel Poster Weymouth GWR SR Railway Map Express Train
Located in London, GB
Original vintage railway travel poster advertising Weymouth and District Frequent Express Trains and Cheap Fares GWR Great Western Railway SR Southern Railway featuring a pictorial map of Weymouth and Melcombe Regis with significant locations and historical events marked on the map including illustrations in Weymouth Bay of sailing boats near the shore, navy battle ships, fishing boats and an angling description, the Shambles light ship, and the captions Weymouth ships captured two galleons from the Spanish Armada / Weymouth furnished 20 ships and 265 mariners for the Siege of Calais in 1345, as well as places of interest and sporting activities on land such as Roman remains and villa, the grave of Lawrence of Arabia, golf, people on horses, steam trains on routes marked in red through the hills, rivers, trees and towns, sub-tropical gardens, bird sanctuary, churches, the Race at Portland Bill...
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British Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations

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Paper

Original Vintage Travel Poster Brixen Bressanone Dolomiti Dolomites Tyrol Italy
By Filippo Romoli
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel advertising poster for Bressanone m.560 Dolomiti Italy / Brixen in the Dolomites featuring a colourful design by Filippo Romoli (1901-1969) depicting a smilin...
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Italian Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations

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Paper

Original Vintage War Propaganda Poster Soviet Air Force Pilot Hero Pride USSR
Located in London, GB
Original vintage Soviet propaganda poster issued just a month before the attack of Germany on the Soviet Union in the World War Two - I'm Proud Of My Son! / Горжусь Сыном! The image ...
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Russian Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations

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Paper

Original Vintage Summer Travel Poster Beatenberg Niederhorn Switzerland Peikert
Located in London, GB
Original vintage summer travel poster for Beatenberg Niederhorn Switzerland Berner Oberland Suisse. Great artwork by Martin Peikert (1901-1975) depicti...
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Swiss Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations

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Paper

Original Vintage Motorsport Poster Gran Premio Pena Motorista Barcelona Montjuic
Located in London, GB
Original vintage motorsport poster for the Gran Premio Pena Motorista Barcelona Circuito de Montjuich / Grand Prix Pena Motorista Barcelona Montjuic Circui...
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Spanish Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations

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Paper

"Actaeon, " Large Art Deco-Mid Century Painting by Hollywood Figure
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Large and arresting, this stylized depiction of the great hunter in Greek mythology, Actaeon, resting on a slab of marble with his bow and quiver of arrows, was painted by Leon Dusso...
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American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations

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Paint

Original Vintage Poster Verzend Per Spoor Express Goods By Rail Wine Den Haag
Located in London, GB
Original vintage poster - Send By Rail / Verzend Per Spoor - featuring an image by the Dutch artist Fedde Weidema (1915-2000) of a wine basket labelled Express Goods Den Haag in fron...
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Dutch Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations

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Paper

"Great Dane" Framed Oil on Velvet by Lawrence Shelby
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Handsome portrait of a Great Dane by painter, Lawrence Shelby. Oil paint on rust-colored velvet canvas, framed by stained oak. Artist-signed.     ...
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American Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations

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Velvet, Paint, Oak

Original Vintage WWII Poster Soviet Baltic Pilots Fighter Jets Ships Sea Battle
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two poster depicting a battle scene showing Baltic pilots destroying enemy warships at sea with an illustration of planes flying through smoke in the sky a...
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Russian Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations

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Paper

Swedish Wall Hanging by Annie Frykholm and MMF, Mid-1940s Available Pair
By Märta Måås-Fjetterström, Annie Frykholm
Located in New York, NY
Swedish wall hanging Sweden, circa mid-1940s Attributed to Märta Måås-Fjetterström, designed by Annie Frykholm. Pair with #22221 is also available. ...
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Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations

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Wool

Mid-20th Century Enamel and Iron Israeli Oded Street Name Sign
Located in New York, NY
Mid-20th century handmade Israeli street name sign. Made of enamel and iron, this street sign was created shortly after the establishment of the state of Israel in 1948. The sign is ...
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Israeli Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations

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Enamel, Iron

Original Vintage WWII Poster Careless Talk Costs Lives No Harm Hitler Fougasse
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two poster by the notable British cartoonist and illustrator Fougasse (Cyril Kenneth Bird; 1887-1965), from the popular iconic Careless Talk...
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British Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations

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Paper

Vintage New York Lower East Side Photograph
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Manhattan's historic Orchard street in the lower east side photographed circa late 1940s Vintage original gelatin silver print, printed circa late-1950s Dimensions: 16 x 20 inche...
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Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations

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Paper

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