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Period: 1940s
Original Vintage Travel Poster Air France French West Africa Equatorial Timbuktu
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster for French West Africa and French Equatorial Africa issued by Air France featuring a stunning design by Edmond Maurus (b. 1903) depicting a propeller C...
Category
French Art Deco Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Signed Iron Fish Sculpture by Lachaize
Located in North Miami, FL
This fantastic brutal style full body fish skeleton sculpture plaque shows exceptional bronze texture over iron. Details are quite amazing and is ready to hang as-is. SIGNED to bot...
Category
French Brutalist Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Iron
1940s Pablo Picasso Abstract Face Black Plate B Visage Noir Devil Madoura Ramie
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Black face service plate, glazed white earthenware, painted in colors; white, orange, and deep greys. Made in 1948, from an edition of 100, inscribed 'EDITION PICASSO' and 'B', with ...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Stoneware
Vintage Abstract Oil on Canvas of a Seated Woman, Signed
Located in Black Rock, CT
A striking 1948 portrait of a seated female figure by American artist, Howard Kuh. The painting refelcts the clean, geometry and expressive simplicity of the post-war modernist movem...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas
The Wizard of Oz
Located in London, GB
Original British front of house still for The Wizard of Oz.
These British front of house stills are the equivalent to Lobby cards in the US.
The film came out in 1939. This still wou...
Category
English Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
$1,033
Gilda
Original Vintage Argentinian One Sheet Movie Poster, 1946
Located in Devon, GB
Printed in stunning stone lithography, this extremely rare Argentinian one-sheet poster for quintessential film noir 'Gilda' features similar show-stopping artwork to the coveted US ...
Category
Argentine Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper, Linen
Original Vintage French War Propaganda Poster No To War Peace Fighters WWII
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two propaganda poster - Non a la Guerre! Formez vos Comites de la Paix / No to War! Form your Peace Committees - featuring a dynamic illustration of a man ...
Category
French Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage War Propaganda Poster They Too Buy Victory Bonds Canada WWII
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two propaganda poster - Eux Aussi Achetent des Obligations de la Victoire / They Too Buy Victory Bonds - featuring artwork by ...
Category
Canadian Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Soviet War Propaganda Poster Strengthen Combat Power USSR WWII
Located in London, GB
Original vintage Soviet World War Two propaganda poster - Крепите боевую мощь CCCP! / Strengthen the combat power of the USSR - featuring two illustrations divided by the bold title ...
Category
Russian Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Original Bavarian Tyrolian Folk Art Painting, Signed and Dated
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Original Bavarian Tyrolian Folk Art painting, signed and dated
This charming folk painting is executed in oil on artist board. A beautiful and rus...
Category
German Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Other
$1,300 Sale Price
50% Off
"Nudes with Fruit Bowl", French-Influenced 1940s Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Clearly influenced by Raoul Dufy, Marie Laurencin and Hollywood set designs, this striking depiction of two nude female figures around a table with a bowl of fruit was painted in 194...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paint
$2,160 Sale Price
20% Off
"Theatrical Scene, " Art Deco Painting with Tragedy, Comedy in Celestial Setting
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This extraordinary, almost surreal scene by one of America's leading muralists in the Art Deco period, Eugene Savage, depicts a floating female nude on the stage, with figures of Com...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paint
California Coastal Landscape Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
California Coastal Landscape Painting
Mystery artist
Oil on board
Circa 1940s
15 x 20 unframed
18.25 x 23.25 framed
Category
Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paint
French Aubusson Tapestry, Circa 1940 - L165xh108cm - No. 1520
Located in Paris, FR
Located a stone's throw from the Eiffel Tower in Paris, we are a French family business
specializing in the purchase, sale, expertise, cleaning, restoration and conservation of
tapes...
Category
French French Provincial Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Wool
Art Deco Tropical Oil Painting, Ruben Kupur
Located in Riverdale, NY
Large Rare Vintage 1940’s Artist Ruben Kupur Oil painting of Art Deco Tropical scene with herons within a scene of lush tropical orchids.
Ruben Kupur was born In the Russian Federation...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Wood, Paint
Realistic Flower Still Life Oil Painting by the Belgian Artist Jan Verdoodt
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
Beautiful flower still life by the Belgian painter Jan Verdoodt (1908-1980). He studied from 1926 at the Art Academy in Sint Jans Molenbeek. He developed his own artistic style, insp...
Category
Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paint
"Standing Male Nude", Rare, Early Painting by Paul Goadby Stone, 1949
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Exquisitely accomplished, this lovely male nude by Paul Goadby Stone is the earliest piece we have ever offered by the artist. Although it has the a...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paint
Original Vintage WWII Poster Handen Weg! Europa Hands Off Europe War Netherlands
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two poster - Hands off Europe / Handen weg! Europa - featuring a dramatic illustration depicting a giant hand grasping at the map of Europe defending itsel...
Category
Dutch Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Travel Poster Air France World Map Postal Network Reseau Aerian
Located in London, GB
Original vintage Air France map poster - Air France Reseau Aerian Postal / Air France Postal Network - featuring a colourful planisphere design showing t...
Category
French Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Adelyne S Cross Print American Circa 1940
Located in Hudson, NY
"Mexicasn Landscape" by Adelyne S. Cross circa 1940.
This item is unframed and is easy to ship.
Adelyne S. Cross (1905-1979) was an
American artist known for her powerful woodblock ...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage WWII Poster French Resistance Voix Du Maquis Fighters Magazine
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two poster advertising La Voix Du Maquis / The Voice of Maquis bi-monthly magazine issued by the National Federation of Maquis featuring a bold Art Deco style illustration of a soldier wearing a beret hat with a logo on it and his mouth open in speech set against the blue, white and red colours of the French flag with the text below the image - Dit Tout Pense Jeune / Says it all Think young On sale at all depositories on the second and fourth Saturday of each month Prices 3 francs. Formed in c.1943, the Maquis French Resistance...
Category
French Art Deco Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Black Forest Antique Roe Deer Trophy on Carved Plaque 1940s
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Black Forest Antique Roe Deer Trophy on Carved Plaque 1940s
A vintage roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) trophy on a wooden carved plaque. The trophy was shot in the 1940s in Germany. G...
Category
German Black Forest Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Antler, Wood
Original Vintage Travel Poster S
Agaro Costa Brava Sunny Winter Resort Spain
By Moneny
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster for S'Agaro Costa Brava Sunny Winter Resort featuring a colourful design by Enric Moneny (1903-1973) of a fashionably dressed lady wearing an orange ha...
Category
Spanish Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Rare Original Russian Propaganda poster 1945
Located in Pasadena, TX
This is a rare original Russian propaganda poster of what looks like an eagle being shot down.
1945 print
Category
Russian Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Pinocchio
Located in London, GB
Original artwork used to create the British front of house stills. Gouache on artboard.
This original artwork features the films scene where Pinocchio is under the sea.
Exceptionally rare. Original artworks rarely surface, as the majority were destroyed.
Pieces on the Classic Disney films are always highly prized. This original artwork only recently surfaced, and was previously owned by an English lady, who had been given this piece in the 1940s. Prior to this discovery no other Pinocchio artwork for posters or front of house stills had been seen.
Walt Disney's second animated feature film was made after the success of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, (1937). Pinocchio, the world’s most famous wooden puppet, is originally the creation of the Italian writer and social commentator Carlo Collodi. Entitled The Adventures of Pinocchio...
Category
British Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paint
$6,887
French Faience Oyster Plate with Bird Moustiers Style Circa 1940
Located in Austin, TX
French faience oyster plate with Bird Moustiers style signed Martres Tolosane, circa 1940.
Category
French French Provincial Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Faience
"Element of Air, " Art Deco Print with Male Nude and Atlantis Theme by Avinoff
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Sensuous, finely rendered and full of mystery, this very rare signed print by Andrey Avinoff was one of several he created for "The Fall of Atlantis," a monumental and fantastical po...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Ink Drawings of Veiled Women by Charles Burki, 1948 – Orientalist Illustrations
Located in Langweer, NL
Original Ink Drawings of Veiled Women by Charles Burki, 1948 – Orientalist Illustrations
Two original pen-and-ink drawings by Dutch artist Charles Burki (1909–1994), both signed and...
Category
Dutch Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Abstract Modernist Wood Inlay / Wooden Marquetry Figure Wall Plaque
Located in Buffalo, NY
Abstract Modernist Wood Inlay / Marquetry Figure wall plaque. Hand executed..Art Deco , African influenced.Several mixed species of exotic woods.
Category
American Folk Art Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Wood
Original Vintage Travel Route Poster Air France Planisphere Map Lucien Boucher
Located in London, GB
Original vintage planisphere travel route map poster promoting Air France the global air network of the French national airline carrier. Design by Lucien Boucher (1889-1971) featurin...
Category
French Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Decorative Mid-Century Chinese Fan in Paper Decorated Painted Wooden Structure
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Decorative Mid-century Chinese Fan in paper decorated painted wooden structure and straw.
Decoration on gold leaf, of swans, herons and plants. very stylish.
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Straw, Wood, Paper
$751 Sale Price
30% Off
"Till We Meet Again. Buy War Bonds" WWII Poster by Joseph Hirsch, Circa 1942
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Presented is an original WWII poster from 1942, promoting the purchase of War Bonds. The poster depicts a smiling soldier in khaki uniform and cap, as he waves from a ship’s porthole...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
"Seated Male Nude, " Superb Drawing by Allyn Cox, US Capitol Muralist
By Allyn Cox
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This handsome drawing of a seated male nude, executed in pastel, demonstrates Allyn Cox's superb draftsmanship and mastery of color. Depicting his subject from behind, as he leans to his left, is reminiscent of the work of the great masters from the Renaissance, the 18th century and 19th century. Cox spent 20 years painting and restoring murals at the US Capitol...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Majolica Portuguese Palissy Lobster Platter Aires C. Leal, circa 1940
Located in Austin, TX
Majolica Portuguese Palissy lobster platter, circa 1940.
A large red lobster who lay down on a blue/green background , ursin , shells , seaweeds and ...
Category
Portuguese Rustic Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Majolica, Ceramic
Original Vintage War Poster Freedom Shall Prevail WWII Victory Soldiers W Little
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two poster - Freedom Shall Prevail! - featuring an illustration of soldiers from Britain, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Southern Rhodesia, Newfoundland, ...
Category
British Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Large Chamois Trophy on Carved Plaque, Austria 1947
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Large Chamois Trophy on Carved Plaque, Austria 1947
A antique chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra) trophy mounted on a wooden carved plaque which features acorns, oak leaves and a handwrit...
Category
German Black Forest Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Antler, Wood
Early Carta Blanca Beer Sign. Mexico, 1940’s.
Located in San Diego, CA
Rare Carta Blanca beer porcelain metal sign.
Mexico, ca. 1940’s.
Category
Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Sheet Metal
$1,600 Sale Price
20% Off
Mid-Century French Faience Oyster Plate Quimper
Located in Austin, TX
Mid-century French Faience oyster plate signed Quimper.
Category
French Rustic Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Ceramic, Faience
20th Century Oil on Canvas Italian Signed and Dated Landscape Painting, 1940
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Great Italian painting dated 1940. Oil on board framework depicting a woodland landscape in impressionist style with good pictorial quality. Frame in wood and plaster, adapted to the...
Category
Italian Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Wood
Original Vintage Poster An Open Window On Life Education Sport Health Propaganda
Located in London, GB
Original vintage sport and health propaganda poster issued by the General Commission for General Education and Sports - Une Fenetre ouverte sur la vie / An open window on life - feat...
Category
French Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Lithograph by Jean Cocteau (1889-1963)
By Jean Cocteau
Located in London, GB
A lithograph by Jean Cocteau (1889-1963)
La Mediteranee, 1948
Printed by Jean Brunissen
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Wood, Paper
Original Vintage WWII Poster Central Kitchens War Food Centrale Keukens Map Chef
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two food propaganda poster - Central Kitchens A nutritious meal for little money / Centrale Keukens Voor weinig geld een voe...
Category
Dutch Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Skiing Poster Ski France Frankenreich Winter Sport Jean Leger
By Jean Leger
Located in London, GB
Original vintage skiing poster advertising Winter Sports in France / Wintersport in Frankreich - featuring a great design depicting a couple on skis enjoying the view of the snowy mo...
Category
French Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Matson Lines Hawaii "Festival of the Sea" Lithograph by Eugene Savage, Framed
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Original Matson Lines Hawaii "Festival of the Sea" artwork lithograph by artist Eugene Savage taken from the well-known Matson Cruise Line's original menus. It is featured in the original bamboo frame chosen for the artwork.
The art was used as a menu but they also sold these prints on cardboard. The Artist was Eugene Savage. Bought on ship or at the Royal Hawaiian Hotel...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Bamboo
Original Vintage Poster Pin Up Lady Telephone Hat George Petty Design Art USA
Located in London, GB
Original vintage poster featuring an illustration by the notable American pin-up artist George Brown Petty IV (1894-1975) depicting a lady in a sheer body suit holding a sketch of a ...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Cobra Woman (1944, USA)
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Poster.
Belgian Poster (14 × 22 in.), Universal International.
Directed by Robert Siodmak, starring Maria Montez, Jon Hall, Sabu. Colorful lithographic design with Montez in...
Category
Italian Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Antoni Gaudi Decorative Ceramic Spanish Tile of Casa Vicens, circa 1940
By Antoni Gaudí
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Decorative ceramic tile by Antoni Gaudi, inspired by the marigold and dianthus motifs on the decorative ceramic tiles he designed for the facade of Casa Vicens, which constitute some...
Category
Spanish Jugendstil Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Ceramic
$2,235 Sale Price
25% Off
1940s Expressionist French Oil Painting in a Biedermeier Walnut Frame
Located in Berlin, DE
Step into the rustic charm of a bygone era with this captivating 1940s Expressionist French oil painting. Skillfully depicting a vibrant farmer's market scene, the canvas comes alive...
Category
French Expressionist Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Walnut
$858 Sale Price
40% Off
1940
s Surrealist Oil Painting on Board - Female Figures in Landscape
By Marie Laurencin
Located in Rochester, NY
1940's Surrealist oil painting on masonite board by Thelma Salter - deceased 1954 - North Rose, NY ( beloved wife of Leon Salter - aka Zoute ) mysterious female figures in landscape...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Masonite, Paint
Vintage Persian Baktiari Oriental Rug, in Small Room size, w/ Medallion
Located in New York, NY
A vintage Persian Baktiari oriental rug, size 8'0" x 5'6", circa 1940. This brilliant handwoven wool carpet features a dynamic diamond-shaped medallion at center, surrounded by a var...
Category
Persian Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Wool
$3,196 Sale Price
20% Off
"FANTASY" Oil on Canvas by Thomas Hart Benton
By Thomas Hart Benton
Located in New York, NY
"FANTASY" by Thomas Hart Benton. Oil on canvas laid on wood with a gorgeous gold gilded frame. Price upon request.
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas, Paint
"Negro Night Club, " 1945 Painting Depicting African American Social Life
By Adalie Margules Brent
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A brilliant and lively depiction of a crowded cafe scene in 1945, this painting by Adalie Margules Brent depicts a slice of Black America at the end of World War II, probably in New Orleans, complete with a waiter, fashionably dressed men and women and wafts of cigarette smoke...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paint
$7,600 Sale Price
20% Off
Leonard Maurer Painting, 1949
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
Important painting by Leonard Maurer (1912-1976), titled "Bridge #2", 1949. A great example of American 1940's modernism with clear influences of Jackso...
Category
North American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas
Original Vintage WWII Poster It
s Our War Canada Propaganda Art Eric Aldwinckle
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two poster featuring a dynamic design by Eric Aldwinckle (1901-1980) of a hand clenching a hammer against a red, white and blue shaded background with the ...
Category
Canadian Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
AIR FRANCE Original Vintage Poster
France is Paris is two Thousand Years Old
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
AIR FRANCE Original Vintage Poster 'France is Paris is two Thousand Years Old'
A stylistic travel poster for Air France airline, this poster is a nod towards the history and early...
Category
French Art Deco Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Linen, Paper
1940s Italian Plate Rack, Kitchen Shelf, Dresser with Drawers Wax polished
Located in Vigonza, Padua
1940s Art Deco period , plate rack or kitchen shelf , dresser with 5 drawers, all solid pine polished with wax. Excellent patina
Measures cm: H 50, W 1...
Category
Italian Art Deco Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Pine
"Nude Male with Hand to Chest, " Drawing by Raoul du Bois
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Powerful and eloquent, this drawing by Raoul Pene du Bois showcases his mastery of the human figure, expressed with his usual Mannerist approach -- all elongated limbs and stylized p...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
"Stoking the Engine", Painting for Coca Cola on "Uses of Coal" for 1949 Campaign
By Lyman Anderson
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Important both historically and artistically, this painting by Lyman Anderson of a railroad engineer feeding the engine with a fresh supply of coal was commissioned by the Coca Cola ...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paint
$2,320 Sale Price
20% Off
Decorative Mid-Century Chinese Fan Paper Decorated Wooden Painted
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Large Decorative Mid-century Chinese Fan in Paper Decorated Painted Wooden Structure.
Decoration on gold leaf, of swans, herons and plants. very stylish.
It has some wear, as shown...
Category
Asian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Gold
$751 Sale Price
30% Off
Original Vintage Travel Poster San Francisco American Airlines McKnight Kauffer
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel advertising poster for American Airlines to San Francisco designed by one of the most renowned poster artists of the 20th century Edward McKnight Kauffer (189...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
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