Mid-Century Modern Prints
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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Style: Mid-Century Modern
Christopher Wool Sebastien Girard Black Book Twice Lithographs 19.75" x 16"
Located in Atlanta, GA
Set of Two Framed "Black Book Twice" Lithographs, from a limited edition of 350, by French artist Sebastien Girard, France, circa 2024. These works are after the Christopher Wool wor...
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Early 2000s American Mid-Century Modern Prints
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
Christopher Wool Sebastien Girard Black Book Twice Lithographs 19.75" x 16"
Located in Atlanta, GA
Set of Two Framed "Black Book Twice" Lithographs, from a limited edition of 350, by French artist Sebastien Girard, France, circa 2024. These works are after the Christopher Wool wor...
Category
Early 2000s American Mid-Century Modern Prints
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
Christopher Wool Sebastien Girard Black Book Twice Lithographs 19.75" x 16"
Located in Atlanta, GA
Set of Two Framed "Black Book Twice" Lithographs, from a limited edition of 350, by French artist Sebastien Girard, France, circa 2024. These works are after the Christopher Wool wor...
Category
Early 2000s American Mid-Century Modern Prints
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
Kumi Sugaï, “Crossing 4”, 1978 — Signed
Numbered Silkscreen
By Kumi Sugai
Located in Weesp, NL
Kumi Sugaï, “Crossing 4”, 1978 — Signed & Numbered Silkscreen Printed by Ryoichi Ishida Studio
Offered here is a striking limited edition silkscreen by renowned Japanese-French artist Kumi Sugaï (1919–1996), titled “Crossing 4”, created in 1978. Known for his refined visual language merging Zen philosophy, Japanese calligraphy, and European modernism, Sugaï’s work resonates with clarity, movement, and meditative strength.
This particular work was printed by the prestigious Ryoichi Ishida printing company in Tokyo, a studio celebrated for its collaborations with contemporary masters including Andy Warhol. The print is hand-signed and numbered by the artist in pencil, marked 237/250, and was originally sold by Sarani Gallery in Tokyo in 1978 or 1979.
Title: Crossing 4
Date: 1978
Medium: Silkscreen on paper
Edition: 237/250, signed and numbered in pencil
Printer: Ryoichi Ishida Studio, Tokyo
Provenance: Sarani Gallery, Tokyo
Sheet size (unframed): 18 x 18 cm / 7.1 x 7.1 in
Condition: Excellent vintage condition, vibrant colors and sharp impression
Sugaï’s works are part of major international collections, including MoMA (New York), the Centre Pompidou (Paris), and The National Museum of Modern Art (Tokyo). His “Crossing” series is particularly admired for its rhythmic balance of form and color—embodying motion, intersection, and harmony.
This is a rare opportunity to acquire a signed print by a postwar master who bridged Eastern minimalism and Western abstraction, produced by one of the most respected printing studios of the 20th century.
Price includes frame. The Art will be shipped insured overseas in a custom made wooden case. Transport to the US, Euro 275, is case included.
Kumi Sugaï, one of the most internationally acclaimed Japanese painters of the twentieth century.
Colors may slightly vary due to photographic lighting sources or your monitor settings.
KUMI SUGAÏ, JAPAN (1919 - 1996)
Kumi Sugaï was a painter, sculptor and print maker born in 1919 in Kobe, Japan. Sugaï first experimented with oil painting at age nine and became a student at the Osaka School of Fine Arts in 1933 when he was fourteen. He met with the Gutai Art Association founder, Jiro Yoshihara which had a huge impact on his further artistic development and experimentalism. He was part of the first generation of 20th-century Japanese artists to become acquainted with Western painting techniques (under the instructions of Yoshihara), but he also explored both typography and Japanese calligraphy, important in his subsequent work. Sugaï left art school prematurely to work in commercial advertising for Hankyu electric rail company from 1937 to 1945.
These formative years of practicing Western and traditional Japanese mediums gave a dual foundation to his future work. He dedicated himself to painting and moved to Paris in 1952, enrolling at the Académie de la grand chaumière, being one of the first generation of the post-war Japanese artists to join the international avant-garde art scene. Sugai was immediately noticed in Paris for his delicate touch and use of abstract gestures resembling primitive forms. He had his first solo show at Galerie Craven in 1954. In 1955 he made his first work in edition (Diable Rouge, a lithograph) and decided that from now on print work (lithographs, etchings and later silkscreens) was going to be an important part of his oeuvre. One of the reasons was to make his work more accessible. Between 1955 and 1996 Sugaï produced a little under 400 works in edition.
Considered part of the École de Paris (School of Paris) and the Nouveau Réalisme (New Realism) movements, in 1962 he began to move from calligraphic, mainly monochromatic, organic motifs to more hard-edge geometric forms painted with clear colors. This aesthetic was more often than not influenced by speeding the curves of the freeways surrounding Paris in his beloved Porsche. He was possessed with speed and in a lot of his work we find abstracted roads (The S shape) details of roadsigns, parkings and in general an abstract visual language inspired by what he would see through his window moving at great speed. City and rural Landscapes transformed into simple colored compositions. Sugaï found great joy in the act of repetition and some iconic shapes have been appearing in his work throughout his whole career, first loosely and soft in his early etchings, paintings and lithographs, later hard edged and straight in his silkscreens.
Sugai died in Kobe in 1996.
His artworks were shown in numerous exhibitions around the world and most of his paintings are in the collections of well-known museums (Such as MOMA, the Guggenheim and Centre Pompidou) and important collectors. Vintage Objects...
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1970s Japanese Vintage Mid-Century Modern Prints
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Paper
Henry Moore Abstract Lithograph : Sculptural Objects Professionally Framed
By Henry Moore
Located in Atlanta, GA
Henry Moore Lithograph, entitled Sculptural Objects, circa 1949. Recently professionally framed under UV resistant glass. Printed signature, title and...
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1940s British Vintage Mid-Century Modern Prints
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
Oriental Lithograph and Watercolor by Umberto Brunelleschi
Located in Pasadena, CA
The background of this intricate lithograph and watercolor from France depicts a geisha playing a musical instrument, while the foreground depicts a harlequin and two women wearing m...
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Early 20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Prints
Materials
Paper
$400 Sale Price
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Original Vintage Advertising Poster by Swiss Artist Piatti
Basler Rabattmarke
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Original vintage advertising poster by Swiss Artist Piatti 'Basler Rabattmarke'
Condition
Excellent
Format
Linen backed
Dimensions
130 x 270 ...
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1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Prints
Materials
Other
$3,600 Sale Price
20% Off
Patrick Wadley (1950-1992) Signed Party Print
Located in Sarasota, FL
Patrick Wadley (1950-1992) print
Patrick Wadley was born in Oklahoma in 1950. He studied briefly at the University of Oklahoma and Sam Houston State University. In the early 1970's...
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Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Prints
Materials
Paper
"Three at the Beach, " Rare Mid-Century Linocut Print by Berger
By Roland Berger
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Full of energy and humour, this depiction of three nude male figures on a beach, one strutting by -- and admired by -- the others, was created by Roland berger, a German artist with ...
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1980s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Prints
Fragment de corps de femme Art Lithograph Etching after Pablo Picasso Vintage
Located in Hyattsville, MD
FRAGMENTS DE CORPS DE FEMME (from Les Metamorphoses d'Ovide)
Artwork Paper W 11 1/8 x H 10 1/8 in
Rectangular shadow stain to top center of ...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Mid-Century Modern Prints
Materials
Paper
$720 Sale Price
40% Off
Henry Moore Modernist Prints
By Henry Moore
Located in Atlanta, GA
Henry Moore prints, from the limited edition folio entitled "The Drawings of Henry Moore", published by Curt Valentin, New York, 1946. They have been professionally matted and framed...
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1940s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Prints
Materials
Glass, Paper, Wood
$550 / item
Lebadang Abstract Work on Paper "Memoire D
Un Dieu Sacre"
By Lebandang
Located in New York, NY
Lebadang abstract work on paper titled "Memoire D"Un Dieu Sacre"
Signed Lebadang and numbered 108/250.
Labeled, Circle Gallery, Chicago en verso.
Fra...
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Late 20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Prints
Materials
Metal
Josef Albers Abstract Lithographs from Interaction of Color
By Josef Albers
Located in Atlanta, GA
Pair of abstract color lithographs by Joseph Albers from the "Interaction of Color" portfolio, folder number VIII-2, circa 1960s. The price noted below is for the pair of framed works.
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1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Prints
Materials
Glass, Paper, Wood
Mel Ramos Hand Signed Coca-Cola Girl Lithograph Pop Art Mid Century 33" x 28"
By Mel Ramos
Located in Atlanta, GA
Pop Art Lithograph "Coca Cola Girl", by Mel Ramos, hand signed at lower right, American, circa 1970s. It measures an impressive 33.5" height x 28.25" framed.
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Prints
Materials
Metal
Kaoru Kawano Japanese Woodblock Iconic Print Girl with Bird MCM Framed
By Kaoru Kawano
Located in San Diego, CA
A beautiful work by famed Japanese artist Kaoru Kawano who was known for his whimsical portrayals of women, children, and animals. Stylistically, he was one of the first Japanese art...
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20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Prints
Materials
Paper
Selection of vibrant Jazz series offset lithographs after Henri Matisse
Located in Atlanta, GA
Selection of vibrant "Jazz" series lithographs, as published in the facsimile edition book "Henri Matisse: Jazz" (New York: Museum of Modern Art and George Braziller, Inc., 1983). We are selling them framed in a diptych. They have been framed in clean lined black lacquer wooden gallery frames. Each PAIR of framed lithographs...
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1980s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Prints
Materials
Paper, Wood
1970s Framed Lithograph By American Artist Kay Jackson.
Located in Miami, FL
Vintage 1970s Framed Lithograph By American Artist Kay Jackson.
Features an abstract painting in rich earth tones, framed with the original solid wood fram...
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1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Prints
Materials
Paper, Wood
Selection of Three Marino Marini Horse and Rider Lithographs
Located in Atlanta, GA
Selection of three horse and rider lithographs by Marino Marini, from the Marino Marini portfolio, printed by Carl Schunemann, Germany, circa 1968. They have been framed in clean lin...
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1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Prints
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
Latin American Modern Color Etching #3/30 by Raul Anguiano 1968 Mexico
Located in Miami, FL
Latin American Mid Century Modern Framed Color Etching VENUS PRIMITIVAS by Mexican artist Raul Anguiano 1968. The piece depictics two voluptous female figures in close proximity in a...
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1960s Mexican Vintage Mid-Century Modern Prints
Materials
Paper
Pablo Picasso: Sculptures, Dessins, Lithograph, Signed
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pablo Picasso, Spanish (1881-1973)
Picasso: Sculptures, Dessins
(Czwiklitzer 129) color lithograph and collotype on paper, 1958 (from an edition of 800); signed in pencil lower right...
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Prints
Materials
Paper
Alberto Giacometti
Annette De Face
Etching, 1955
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Wonderful etching 'Annette De Face' by Alberto Giacometti in 1955, original black and white etching, framed with matte behind glass. This is an unsigned, unnumbered impression from t...
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1950s Swiss Vintage Mid-Century Modern Prints
Materials
Paper
John Chious Etching and Aquatint "City Era" 40/95
Located in Pasadena, TX
This etching is #40/95.
It was done by John Chious in the latter half of the 20th century.
The name of the artwork is CITY ERA.
It comes matted and framed.
Category
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Prints
Materials
Metal
Karl Blossfeldt — Framed Photogravure: Natural Grace, 1942
Located in Barcelona, ES
Karl Blossfeldt — Framed Photogravure: Natural Grace, 1942
A striking Karl Blossfeldt photogravure from the 1942 edition of Wunder in der Natur.
Retaining its original condition, i...
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1940s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Prints
Materials
Paper
$913 Sale Price
30% Off
Engraving on Silver-Plated Foil by Giorgio De Chirico Representing Horses
Located in Milano, MI
Engraving on silver-platedl by Giorgio De Chirico from the 1970s, depicting horses.
Measures: Ø cm 55 H cm 48 (frame included).
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Prints
Materials
Metal, Silver Plate
$788 Sale Price
20% Off
Bette Davis by Al Hirschfeld
Located in Richmond, VA
Etching of Bette Davis by artist Al Hirschfeld (1903-2003)
Hand signed and numbered 21 of 150. Etching was produced in very limited numbers in 1979.
Custom framed in a silver wood f...
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1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Prints
Materials
Paper
Selection of Modernist Lithographs or Gallery Wall
Located in Atlanta, GA
Selection of Modernist Lithographs or Gallery Wall, French and American, circa 1960s. They are, clockwise from top left:
1) Pablo Picasso lithograph, France, circa 1960s. It measure...
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1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Prints
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
Jacob Semiatin Abstract Painting
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Jacob Semiatan abstract watercolor painting. We have many more original paintings from this artist so please view our other listings. This painting is unframed but we can have it fra...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Prints
Pair of Marino Marini Lithographs
Located in Atlanta, GA
Pair of horse and rider lithographs by Marino Marini, from the Marino Marini portfolio, printed by Carl Schunemann, Germany, circa 1968. They have been framed in clean lined black la...
Category
1960s Brazilian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Prints
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
$950 / set
Victor Vasarely Planetary Folklore Silkscreen Print Limited Participations No. 1
Located in Lake Worth, FL
The Victor Vasarely Planetary Folklore Silkscreen Print called "Limited Participations No. 1" is a unique piece of mid-century moder...
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Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Prints
Materials
Metal
Selection of Modernist Lithographs or Gallery Wall
Located in Atlanta, GA
Selection of modernist lithographs or gallery wall, French, circa 1960s. From top left to right, they are:
1) Joan Miro color lithograph, from Derriere Le Miroir, circa 1960s. Seen at upper left. It measures 18.5" H x 25.5" W framed. Newly framed in clean lined black lacquer gallery frame under conservation grade glass.
2) SOLD Alberto Giacometti lithograph...
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1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Prints
Materials
Glass, Paper, Wood
Lyn Howley Serigraph Les Fleur No. 3 Print Signed 1960s
Located in Melbourne, AU
Original signed Serigraph "Les Fleurs No.3" by Lyn Howley.
Produced in the USA, circa 1950s. Lyn Howley's work was produced by Van Amstel Co. Studio Editi...
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1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Prints
Materials
Softwood, Masonite, Paper
$448 Sale Price
31% Off
Framed Lithograph by Adja Yunkers
By Adja Yunkers
Located in New York, NY
Framed Lithograph by Adja Yunkers, circa 1960s.
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Prints
Materials
Paper
Karl Blossfeldt — Framed Photogravure: Natural Grace, 1942
Located in Barcelona, ES
Karl Blossfeldt — Framed Photogravure: Natural Grace, 1942
A striking Karl Blossfeldt photogravure from the 1942 edition of Wunder in der Natur.
Retaining its original condition, i...
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1940s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Prints
Materials
Paper
$913 Sale Price
30% Off
Herman Miller Summer Picnic Chocolate Cake Poster by Stephen Frykholm
By Stephen Frykholm, Herman Miller
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Summer picnic chocolate cake poster designed by Stephen Frykholm for Herman Miller. The close-up of chocolate cake is a brilliant example of early mid-century graphic design. Frykholm designed these posters on behalf of the annual Herman Miller summer picnic...
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Prints
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Paper
Original Signed Lithograph by Andre Renoux
By André Renou and Jean Pierre Genisset
Located in London, GB
A gorgeous original signed lithograph by Andre Renoux, with a matching coffee table book. This is titled ‘Boucherie de L’ile et La Chamaille’, it dates from 1976. It is signed and nu...
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1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Prints
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Paper
Pair of Karel Appel Curtains, 1963, Documented at Stedelijk Musem
By Karel Appel
Located in bergen op zoom, NL
Super rare and impressive pair of large cotton ''gordijnstof' curtains, designed in 1963 by world renowned Dutch painter and sculptor Karel Appel (1921-2006) for the textile company Hermann Hartman & Co of Amsterdam.
This extremely rare, original repeat print textile is documented in the Stedelijk museum's textile collection under object nubmer KNA 1998, please see image 2.
Each curtain measures 56.7" X 83.85" (144cm X 213cm).
'Gordijnstof' translates as "curtain fabric" confirming that this textile was originally designed by Appel specifically for use as curtains however being of such an impressive dimension these examples could equally be used as wall hangings ,as photographed, or mounted on both sides of a screen or mounted and framed as an art work in its own right , a practice which is becoming increasingly commonplace as high end textile designs by important artists are becoming increasingly valued , appreciated and sought after in the marketplace.
Appel's paintings and sculptures can be found in the collections of some of the world's most prominent museums including the Museum of Modern art in New York and Tate Modern ,London.
Each curtain is of a very impressive scale with each measuring
56.7 " (144 cm) X 83.85" (213cm).
The curtains are signed on the banding KUNSTENAAR DESSIN ONTWERP Karel Appel, HARTMAN PRINT, AMSTERDAM. Another of Appel's designs for Hermann Hartman,Amsterdam can be found in the collection of the national textile museum in Holland. Please see image 9.
Even a small sample of this 1963 textile in good condition would be hard to find today but to find two large scale Appel curtains intact and in beautiful unfaded condition with no staining or fraying must be next to unique today. This is a very rare find and certainly a unique opportunity.
Image 10 shows Karel Appel in his atelier in New York in 1966.
Provenance:
These curtains come from the private collection of a retired Professor from Oxford,UK.
Biography:
Karel Appel was an Expressionist Dutch painter. He was a member of the famous Cobra, the European group of the late 1940s to early 1950s, which promoted spontaneous expressionism and abstract features in painting. Appel's paintings incorporate applications of vibrant, violent colors often possessing a primal, childlike quality or a schizophrenic innocence. Later in life, Appel turned to creating figurative sculptures. Examples of his work can be seen in the Museum of Modern Art, New York City, Boymans-Van Beuningen Museum, Rotterdam, and other collections. Expressionist painter Karel Appel made a name for himself in the world of painting by creating a majestic collection of highly distinguishable work for which he became internationally renowned. From the start, art curators could not ignore Appel's work, which has been exhibited at major museums around the world, including New York's Museum of Modern Art, the Manhattan-based Guggenheim Museum, the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and the Tate Gallery in London. Though Appel is widely recognized as one of the best-known Dutch Expressionist painters of all time, he was also a passionate printmaker, sculptor, and ceramicist.
Karel Appel’s childhood and early life
Christiaan Karel Appel was born on April 25, 1921, in his parents’ house at 7 Dapperstraat, Amsterdam. His father, Jan Appel, owned a barbershop. His mother, born Johanna Chevalier, was a descendant of French Huguenots. Karel Appel had three brothers. He studied art from 1940 to 1943 at the Rejksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, the Royal Academy of Fine Arts during the German occupation and befriended young painter Corneille and, some years later, Constant. His parents opposed his choice to become an artist, leading him to leave home. This was also necessary to hide himself from the German police so that he would not be picked up and sent to Germany to work in the weapon industry. Appel produced his first real painting on canvas, which was a still life of a fruit basket at the age of fourteen. On his fifteenth birthday, his wealthy uncle Karel Chevalier gave him a paint set and an easel and some lessons on painting.
Career.
In 1946, his first solo show was held in Groningen, Netherlands. He also participated in the Jonge Schilders exhibition at the Stedelijk Museum of Amsterdam nd created a buzz in the art world, as it generated a huge scandal and many objections in the press and public. About this time, Appel was influenced first by Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse, then by the French brute-art artist Jean Dubuffet. In 1947, he started sculpting with various used materials and painted them in bright colors such as white, red, yellow, blue and black. Karel Appel became the member of Nederlandse Experimentele Group in Holland along with the young Dutch painters Anton Rooskens...
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1960s Dutch Vintage Mid-Century Modern Prints
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Cotton
$3,600 Sale Price / set
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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...
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1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Prints
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
"January 18 to February 12" Exhibition Poster of Jester on Horse by Ben Shahn
By Ben Shahn
Located in San Diego, CA
"January 18 to February 12" exhibition poster of jester on horse by Ben Shahn, circa 1960s. The poster is in good vintage condition and measures 20" x 28"; it is presented in a vint...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Prints
Materials
Paper
American Mid-Century Framed Print of a Scottish Terrier
Located in Queens, NY
American Mid-Century print of a pencil sketch of a Scottish-Terrier in a wooden black and gilt frame (similar to NWL6150A)
Good condition consistent with age and use
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Prints
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. These works are from Po...
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1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Prints
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
Joan Prats
, Etching, Conrad Marca-Relli
By Conrad Marca-Relli 1
Located in Surbiton, GB
Large framed etching titled 'Joan Prats' by Conrad Marca-Relli (1913-2000).
Considered one of the main exponents of the New York School of Abstract Expressionism, he was involved in the first Abstract Expressionist show at the Ninth Street Show in 1951 with Franz Klein and gallerist Leo Castelli, marking the beginning of the unique America artistic movement alongside Pollock, de Kooning, Guston, Newman, Hoffman and Motherwell. Often considered the link between European and American cultures, he combines the dramatic effects of Abstract Expressionism with the sense of order that can be found in Italian Renaissance painting...
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1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Prints
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Paper
Pafilage paper work by Thomas Gleb, France c. 1970
Located in Renens, CH
Thomas Gleb, pseudonym of Yehouda Chaim Kalman (1912-1991) was a French painter, sculptor and textile artist of Polish origin.
The "pafilage" technique has been invented by Gleb him...
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1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Prints
Materials
Paper
After Marc Chagall Color Cliché Editions du Chêne 1947 Framed
By Marc Chagall
Located in Barcelona, ES
After Marc Chagall Color Cliché Editions du Chêne 1947 Framed
Enter the enchanting world of Marc Chagall with this beautifully crafted color cliché, published by Editions du Chê...
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1940s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Prints
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Paper
$872 Sale Price
30% Off
Josef Albers Homage To The Square Serigraph Newly Framed Mid Century
By Josef Albers
Located in Atlanta, GA
Homage To The Square Serigraph, by Josef Albers for the Limited Edition Folio "Josef Albers", by Eugen Gomringer, circa 1968. It has been recently professionally framed in a clean li...
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1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Prints
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
Mid-Century Framed Parisian Street Genre Print, Place Du Petit Pont
Located in Queens, NY
French Mid-Century framed Impressionist genre scene print of a Parisian street featuring people walking around near cafes and store fronts (Place du Petite Pont, Paris) (Dutch artist: Jan Korthals...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Prints
Bernhard E. Rhone Oxidized Metal Etching
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Bernhard Rhone Oxidized Metal Etching c.1970s, Canada. Rhone, a German born artist began experimenting with metal oxidation and acid etching in the late 1960s to create a body of wor...
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1970s Canadian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Prints
Materials
Metal
Alexander Calder "Hommage À San Lazzaro" Framed Lithograph, 1975
Located in South Bend, IN
A beautiful vintage framed abstract lithograph
By Alexander Calder
USA, 1975
Measures: 25"W x 0.75"D x 31.25"H (including frame).
Good original vintage condition. See photos.
AL...
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1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Prints
Materials
Limestone, Aluminum, Zinc
Vintage Monopoly Game "Park Place" Title Deed Lithograph
Located in San Diego, CA
An extremely hard to find and super cool vintage Monopoly game "Park Place" title deed lithograph in a black metal frame, circa 1970s. The piece ...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Prints
Materials
Paper
Andrew Wyeth Black
White Pencil Sketch Print
Located in Seattle, WA
Andrew Wyeth black & white pencil sketch print.
Titled : Study Fro April Wind.
Dimensions. 27 W ; 21 H.
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1970s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Prints
Materials
Wood
$316 Sale Price
20% Off
Max Hermann Mahlmann silk screen printing: "Composition Trilogy Blue", limited
Located in Hamburg, DE
Introducing "Composition, Trilogy Blue" by renowned German artist Max Hermann Mahlmann (1898-1971), a leading figure in the influential Bauhaus movement. Mahlmann's artistic legacy s...
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1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Prints
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Paper
Picasso Exposition Poteries Fleurs Parfums (NO. 1)
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Exposition Poteries, Fleurs, Parfums no. 1 Original Vintage Poster
PICASSO EXPOSITION POTERIES FLEURS PARFUMS (NO. 1)
Poster created by Picasso for...
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19th Century French Antique Mid-Century Modern Prints
Materials
Linen, Paper
$2,400 Sale Price
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Leonor Fini, rare print on paper
By Leonor Fini
Located in Saint ouen, FR
Leonor Fini, rare original serigraph on Rives paper, circa 1970
Rare print handsigned by surrealist artist Leonor Fini, inscreasingly esteemed with the movement of rediscovering art...
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1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Prints
Materials
Paper
After Henri Matisse Blue Cut Out Lithography Framed, circa 1980
Located in Barcelona, ES
Framed After Henri Matisse Cut Out Blue Lithograph Nu Bleu I, 1980 Color lithograph after the work by Henri Matisse, circa 1980. Signed in the stone. Edited by Edition des Nouvelles ...
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1980s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Prints
Materials
Paper
$988 Sale Price
30% Off
Laura #2, Framed Lithograph 76/200 By Irving Amen 1950s
Located in Delray Beach, FL
An outstanding, color lithograph, titled “Laura #2” from 1950s and annotated 76/200, signed by American artist Irving Amen. The dimensions are 28″H x 22″W framed. In excellent condit...
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1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Prints
Materials
Paper
$237 Sale Price
40% Off
Lithograph by Léonor Fini, XXth Century.
By Leonor Fini
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Lithograph by Léonor Fini, XXth Century.
Lithograph by Léonor Fini, unsigned, unframed, 20th century.
h : 66,5cm , w : 48cm, d: 0,2cm
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20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Prints
Materials
Paper
Lithograph by Léonor Fini, XXth Century.
By Leonor Fini
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Lithograph by Léonor Fini, XXth Century.
Lithograph by Léonor Fini, unsigned, unframed, 20th century.
h : 66,5cm , w : 48cm, d: 0,2cm
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20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Prints
Materials
Paper
Hand Signed Limited Edition Serigraph "Abraham Lincoln" by Leroy Neiman
By LeRoy Neiman
Located in San Diego, CA
A very nice hand signed limited edition framed serigraph "Abraham Lincoln" by Leroy Neiman, circa 1968. The print is in very good vintage condition and is signed in lower left by the...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Prints
Materials
Paper
After Henri Matisse Bleu Print Framed, circa 1990
Located in Barcelona, ES
After Henri Matisse — Nu Bleu (Blue Nude), c. 1990
Published by Centre Pompidou, 1999
This striking large-format poster features one of Henri Matisse’s most iconic cut-outs, Nu Bleu...
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1990s French Mid-Century Modern Prints
Materials
Paper
$996 Sale Price
30% Off
Mid-Century Framed Genre Scene Print of a Parisian Street
Located in Queens, NY
Mid-Century framed Impressionist genre scene print of a Parisian side street featuring a female with orange top leaning on a building \"Rue Du Chevalier De La Barre, Montmartre\" (Dutch artist: Jan...
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Mid-20th Century Dutch Mid-Century Modern Prints
Vintage Framed Scenic Print of Quebec From Point by J Gray
Located in Seattle, WA
Dedication and information about this print are included at the bottom of the frame. Two similar Artwork are available through separate listings. Vintage Condition Consistent with Ag...
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1970s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Prints
Materials
Wood
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