Mid-Century Modern Wall Decorations
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
Roald Ditmer, Abstract Composition, Oil on Canvas Diptych, Framed, Set of 2
Located in Warszawa, Mazowieckie
Roald Ditmer, Abstract Composition
Oil on canvas
Number 1/2, 2/2
The work signed by the artist's signature and an individual number
Work dimensions 65/45
Framed work
Roald Ditmer wa...
Category
1980s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas
$664 Sale Price / set
53% Off
Modern Surrealist Painting Inspired by Pablo Picasso
Located in Miami, FL
Modern Surrealist Painting Inspired by Pablo Picasso
Original surrealist painting by self taught French artist from the city of Sete, France, named El Kalo.
This interesting piece of artwork clearly depicts one wonderful painting by this brilliant artist which is inspired by Pablo Picasso and Herve Di Rosa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Mid-Century Modern Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas, Paint
$1,200 Sale Price
20% Off
Set of 3 Baobabs from Madagascar in Raffia, circa 2000
Located in Barcelona, ES
Set of 3 Baobabs from Madagascar in Raffia (2000)
This stunning set of 3 Baobabs made from raffia hails from Madagascar and was crafted in the year 2000. These sculptural pieces evo...
Category
Early 2000s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Wall Decorations
Materials
Raffia
Gilt Metal Wall Sculpture of a Stick Tree by William Bowie
Located in Queens, NY
American post-war design gilt metal wall sculpture of a stick tree (signed by William Bowie), circa 1970s
William Bowie was a sculpture artist based in New York City from 1954 to 1994. He is best known for his works using welded gold leaf steel nails. As a contemporary of Harry Bertoia, Curtis Jere, and William and Bruce Friedle...
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Decorations
Materials
Metal
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...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Portrait of a Man in a Headwrap Painting on Canvas
Located in Queens, NY
Vintage (20th Century) unframed canvas oil portrait of a man turned away from the viewer and looking over his shoulder to reveal his profile, wearing an embroidered pink outfit...
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas
"Fig Leaf Removed, " Greek Male Nude, Midcentury Painting by Dusso
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Beautifully painted and with an arresting subject, this piece -- with its male nude subject having removed his own fig leaf -- reveals the sly humor of its painter, Leon Dusso...
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Decorations
Materials
Paint
$7,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage Mid-Century hand knotted wool tapestry “femme et oiseaux” by Joan Miro
Located in Beirut, LB
Beautiful marked tapestry of the Spanish artist/painter Joan Miro based on his painting Femme et Oiseaux (1966).
A playful, experimental approach of art is characteristic for Miros w...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Wall Decorations
Materials
Wool
Large Aubusson wool tapestry "Poisson volant" by Jean Lurçat, Ed. Tabard 1950
s
By Jean Lurçat, Tabard
Located in Renens, CH
Large Aubusson Wall Tapestry "Poisson Volant" by Jean Lurçat, Atelier Tabard, France 1953.
This gorgeous tapestry was created a few years before the big retrospective at the Museum ...
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Decorations
Materials
Wool
Vintage Australian National Art Gallery Jack Wanuwun 1988. Exhibition Poster.
Located in Seattle, WA
This Print is of a 1987 artwork titled “ Barnumbirr the Morning Star.” eclectic tribal style of Art. Red and yellow primary tones. Vintage Condition Consistent with Age as Pictured.
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1980s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Mounted Studio Ceramic by Raul Coronel
By Raul Coronel
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Untitled "Flower in pot" by Raul Coronel.
C.1968
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Decorations
Materials
Ceramic, Wood
Original Exhibition Poster Klee
Kandinsky, Galerie Berggruen by Jacomet, Paris
Located in Warszawa, Mazowieckie
Original poster from 1960s by the prestigious Galerie Berggruen in Paris, printed on the occasion of the exhibition of works by Paul Klee and Wassily Kandinsky. The poster shows Paul...
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
$1,211 Sale Price
46% 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...
Category
1940s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Decorations
Materials
Glass, Paper, Wood
$550 / item
Mid Century Modern Danish Painting by Knud Jans (1916-1985)
By Knud Jans
Located in Ventura, CA
Mid Century Modern Danish Painting by Knud Jans (1916-1985) Titled "Grønskollinger"
Signed at the bottom right and on the back, each piece by ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas
"Aviation Cadet Training, U.S. Army Air Force" Vintage WWII Recruitment Poster
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Presented is a vintage U.S. Army Air Forces recruitment poster from WWII. The poster was published in August of 1943 by the Recruiting Publicity Bureau....
Category
1940s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Albert Chubac Painting, circa 1950, France
Located in Girona, Spain
Large modernist abstract painting by Albert Chubac
Water color on paper.
Signed work of art with artist seal.
Framed.
Midcentury abstract modern.
France, circa 1950.
Good vinta...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Wall Decorations
Materials
Oak, Paint, Paper
Sandra Gierke Painting "Restive"
By Sandra Gierke
Located in Highland, IN
This wonderful abstraction by Sandra Gierke is executed in oil on linen. A very active painting with a vivacous composition, staccato shapes and lines, and a fantacstic, heavily work...
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Decorations
Materials
Linen
"Artist and Nude Model" Painting by Adolf Konrad, 1952
By Adolf Konrad
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This lovely depiction of the painter with his nude model provides an interesting variation on a Classic theme, in this instance placing the artist behind his model, allowing the fema...
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Decorations
Materials
Paint
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...
Category
Early 20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
$400 Sale Price
57% Off
Pair Paul Evans Bracket Shape Burl Walnut Polished Chrome Hanging Shelves Mint
By Paul Evans
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Pair of signed Paul Evans bracket shape burl walnut polished chrome hanging shelves Mint!
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Wall Decorations
Materials
Chrome
Large Scale Abstract Paintings
Located in Atlanta, GA
Selection of large-scale abstract paintings, artist unknown, probably American, circa 1960s. They have been framed in clean lined white lacquered gallery frames under UV resistant gl...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Decorations
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paint, Paper
$1,600 / item
Georges Mathieu Reproduction
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Georges Mathieu (français, 1921 - 2012)
Reproduction «Paris, Capitale des Arts», 1966.
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Decorations
Materials
Wood, Paper
Bruce Myers Mid Century Signed Abstract Original Oil on Canvas Painting
Located in Franklin Park, IL
Bruce Myers mid century signed abstract original oil on canvas painting
This painting measures: 30.5 wide x .75 deep x 15.5 inches high
This painting is in good vintage conditi...
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas, Paint
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...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Wall Decorations
Jack Boyd Hand Forged Steel and bronze textured Wall Sculpture Late 1960s
Located in Virginia Beach, VA
Rare vintage abstract/contemporary steel wall sculpture created by Jack Boyd of San Diego, California early 1960’s. This one of a kind sculpture is created with intricate plates of s...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Decorations
Materials
Steel
Carl Auböck Model #5439 Hook in Nickel
Located in Glendale, CA
Carl Auböck #5439 hook in nickel. Designed in the 1950s, this versatile and Minimalist Viennese hook is executed in softly brushed nickel by Werkstätte Carl Auböck, Austria.
Produce...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Wall Decorations
Materials
Nickel
$337 / item
Mid-Century Majolica Yellow Oyster Plate Vallauris
By Vallauris
Located in Austin, TX
Mid-Century Ceramic Yellow Oyster Plate Vallauris
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Decorations
Materials
Ceramic
Laddie John Dill, B. 1943, Abstract Mixed Media, Dtd, 1981
Located in Dallas, TX
A beautiful large scale work of art by Laddie John Dill. Work is composed of cement, glass, wood and pigment applied to canvas. Signed and dated verso.
From the artist's website:
La...
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Wall Decorations
Materials
Cement
Pair of Vintage 1970s Arboreal Signed Limited Edition Prints with Trees
Located in Chattanooga, TN
Lovely pair of vintage 1970s pencil signed, limited edition arboreal prints. Arboreal because they’re all about trees… and leaves. This listing is for two pieces of art, one price. T...
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Decorations
Materials
Metal
Mid 20th Century "Les Bateux" Tapestry -Printed on Canvas- "Henri Duprez et Cie"
Located in Beirut, LB
This striking mid 20th-Century modern wall hanging tapestry is titled “Les Bateaux” (The Boats), printed in France by Henri Duprez et Cie, in collaboration with Éditions d’Art sur T...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas
KC Haxton Acrylic contemporary painting
Located in Pasadena, CA
Born in Santa Cruz, California, KC Haxton traveled the country with his family, gathering experiences that shaped his unique view of the world at a young age, never living in one pla...
Category
1990s American Mid-Century Modern Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Arthur Umanoff Mid Century Iron Wine Rack
Located in Franklin Park, IL
Arthur Umanoff mid century iron wine rack
The wine rack measures: 8.75 wide x 7.75 deep x 13.75 inches high
This set is in Great Vintage Condition with minor wear.
We take ...
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Decorations
Materials
Iron
Tom Torrens Cast Aluminum grouping of palm trees
By Tom Torrens
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Tom Torrens Cast aluminum palm trees. Overlapping trees make up the composition of this hanging wall piece that sits away from the wall by about 3 inches. Has a great look and real...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Wall Decorations
Materials
Aluminum
Palette Knife Abstract Painting Framed
Signed
Located in San Diego, CA
Nicely done great colors on this abstract palette framed painting , circa 1980's .
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Wall Decorations
Materials
Aluminum
Mid-Century Brazilian Modern Woven Wall Tapestry, 1960s
Located in Miami, FL
Brazilian mid-century modern woven wall tapestry using twine and felt from the 1960s.
Category
Mid-20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Wall Decorations
Materials
Natural Fiber
$825 Sale Price
25% Off
Vintage Boho 1950s Original Oil Portrait of Man
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Step back in time with this compelling vintage original oil portrait from the 1950s, capturing the dignified presence of a distinguished gentleman. The artist's skillful brushstrokes...
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
Vintage Glazed Ceramic Plate with Two Clowns, Italy
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1950s.
This is a glazed ceramic plate depicting two clown with two contrasting behaviors, which gives the scene a poetic narrative full of s...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Decorations
Materials
Ceramic
"The Meeting" Modern Oil Painting by Ron Childers
Located in Pasadena, CA
Ron Childer's "The Meeting" is an oil painting on thick paper . The painting offers a highly graphic work, borrowing some influences from cubism and semi-...
Category
1940s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
$760 Sale Price
20% Off
Jan Hladik Woolen Tapestry - Czechoslovakia, 1980s
By Karel Hladík
Located in Renens, CH
Tapestry by Jan Hladik, Czechoslovakia – 1980s
Origination: Czechoslovakia, 1980s. Purchased from 1st Owner in Switzerland, who purchased this...
Category
1980s Czech Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Decorations
Materials
Wool
"Ready. Join U.S. Marines" Vintage WWII Recruitment Poster by Haddon Sundblom
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
This is an original World War II Marines recruitment poster, issued in 1942. The poster depicts a uniformed Marine, standing strong and proud at attention. The persuasive text reads ...
Category
1940s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Portrait of a Basset Hound in Nature Painting on Canvas
Located in Queens, NY
English Victorian style (20th Century) portrait of a brown and white basSet hound captured on a path amid grasses and autumnal plants and trees, on a large rectangular unframed canva...
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas
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...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Wall Decorations
Modernist West German Ceramic Wall Plate Object Helmut Schärfenacker, 1960
Located in Buffalo, NY
Design:
Helmut Schäffenacker
original vintage ceramic wall plate with abstract hand-painted and colorful abstractact design. This fantas...
Category
1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Decorations
Materials
Ceramic
Kennedy Bahia. Brazilian Wall Tapestry. "Multi-colored foliage", c. 1960
Located in PARIS, FR
Kennedy Bahia (1929–2005)
Wall Tapestry "Multicolored Foliage", c. 1960
This vibrant wool tapestry by Kennedy Bahia, signed at the bottom left, is a joyful example of the artist’s si...
Category
Mid-20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Wall Decorations
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Midcentury Tapestry "La Mousson" Signed by R. Fumeron
By Rene Fumeron
Located in Beirut, LB
Midcentury tapestry designed by Rene Fumeron (1921-2003) entitled "La Mousson". Limited edition, hand printed on wool, with the artist's initials R.F in the lower right corner with L...
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Decorations
Materials
Wool
Non Matching Pair Cast Metal Sculptures of Fruits Solid Walnut Mount Board Mint!
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Pair of solid cast metal sculptures of wheat, grapes, apple, pear and cattails mounted to solid walnut board.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Wall Decorations
Materials
Brass
Sculptural Vintage Painted Metal Cut-Outs, Mounted and Framed
Located in North Miami, FL
This intricately cutout vintage painted Metal Art piece with original paint and patina, showing losses and age appropriate. Very much reminiscent of Calder or Noguchi era. Stunningly...
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Decorations
Materials
Metal
Pair of French Riviera Wall Shelves in Rattan, Bamboo and Wicker, Italy 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Gorgeous pair of Mid-Century organic shelves made from a combination of bamboo, rattan, and hand-woven wicker. These stylish organic shelves were produced in Italy during the 1970s a...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Wall Decorations
Materials
Bamboo, Wicker, Cane, Rattan
1969 Disneyland - Tomorrowland Original Vintage Poster
Located in Winchester, GB
Stunning & exceptionally rare attraction poster from 1969 promoting Tomorrowland at Disneyland. Opening in 1955 in Anaheim, California, Disneyland was opened and overseen by Walt Dis...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Mid Century Abstract Acrylic Painting on Canvas
Located in Franklin Park, IL
Mid Century Abstract Acrylic Painting on Canvas
This painting measures: 81.75 wide x 1.25 deep x 27 inches high
We take our photos in a controlled lighting studio to show as much d...
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Paint
Georg Ruijter Geometric Abstract Painting, Midcentury, Signed
Dated 1961
Located in AMSTERDAM, NL
Rare and important piece by Dutch artist George Ruyter (1913-1982).
Figurative work from 1928 to 1960, including drawings, wall paintings, frescoes and mosaics.
From 1941 member of Vereeniging Sint...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Decorations
Materials
Paint
$3,079 Sale Price
20% Off
Monumental Mounted Polychrome Stoneware Panels by Mario Ferreira Da Silva
By Mario Ferreira Da Silva
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This large-scale high-fired stoneware sculpture was made by the Portuguese artist, Mario Ferreira da Silva, most noted for his 1971 80-panel installation commission for the John Fitz...
Category
1960s Spanish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Decorations
Materials
Brass
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...
Category
1940s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Pair of Original Hunting Dogs with Foul Watercolor Painting by French Artist
Located in Seattle, WA
Pair of original watercolor paintings of hunting dogs holding bird in its mouth. The measurements are 16" by 13 1/2" inside the mat and 26" by 22" in a high quality framing. Painting...
Category
1970s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Decorations
Materials
Wood
Robert Frank Untitled from the Americans, 1958, Beats Culture, Black
White
By Robert Frank
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Robert Frank Untitled from the Americans, 1958, Beats Culture, Black
White.
Photogravure print, mid-century, France,wax tissue mounted on conservation matboard.
Influenced by the work of Jakob Tuggener and Bill Brandt, as well as Walker Evans, Frank, a native of Switzerland, Frank was fascinated by documentary photography and the notion and image of "America." Frank secured a Guggenheim fellowship in 1955 to do something new and unconstrained by commercial diktats. "The Americans" was first published in 1958 in France, before its first run in the US in 1959. The photographs were shocking and notable for their distanced view of both high and low strata of American society, creating a complicated portrait of a period that was, then and now, considered to be a skeptical portrait of post-WWII American values but also deeply empathetic and profoundly evocative of ubiquitous loneliness.
Frank found a tension in the gloss of American culture and wealth over race and class differences, which gave his photographs a clear contrast to those of most contemporary American photojournalists, as did his use of unusual focus, low lighting and cropping that deviated from accepted photographic techniques.
Shortly before the book was published in France, Frank returned to the US (1957) and met Jack Kerouac on the sidewalk outside a party. They started chatting. Frank showed him some of his photographs. Kerouac immediately told Frank "Sure, I can write something about these pictures." Kerouac would write the introduction to the American edition of the book, published two years later.
Sociologist Howard S...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Rene Gruau Original Vintage Poster Advertising,
Bemberg
, c. 1970
By René Gruau
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Rene Gruau Original Vintage Poster Advertising, 'Bemberg', c. 1970
Artist
Rene Gruau
Condition
Excellent
Year
c. 1970
Dimensions:
100 x 140
Format
Linen backed
This is a rar...
Category
1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Double Sheet Poster,
Bemberg Arredamento Cat
by Rene Gruau
By René Gruau
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Original vintage double sheet poster, 'Bemberg Arredamento Cat' by Rene Gruau
Artist
Rene Gruau
Condition
Excellent
Year
1964
Dimensions:
140 x 200
Format
Line...
Category
1930s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
$3,200 Sale Price
20% Off
Richard Hohenberg Mosaic
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This Hohenberg Mosaic depicts a classical Thai dancer and is comprised of glass and ceramic tiles against a crystalline incrustation. The frame is solid walnut and the piece is stencil signed on the reverse 'Hohenberg Original.'
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Decorations
Materials
Ceramic, Glass, Walnut
$2,900
Dogs Gathered on Steps Portrait Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Queens, NY
Vintage (20th Century) portrait of four stately dogs in various positions on sandstone-colored steps leading to a walkway that winds through a lush green lawn...
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas
1960 TWA, New York Original Vintage Poster
By David Klein
Located in Winchester, GB
This poster was created in 1960 for Howard Hughes’ Trans World Airlines promoting their routes to New York. Illustrated by influential American artist Da...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Mid-century Modern wall decorations for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Mid-Century Modern wall decorations for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage wall decorations created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include wall decorations, decorative objects, serveware, ceramics, silver and glass and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with paper, wood and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Mid-Century Modern wall decorations made in a specific country, there are Europe, North America, and United States pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original wall decorations, popular names associated with this style include Curtis Jeré, Karl Blossfeldt, Herta Baller, and Josef Albers. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for wall decorations differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $16 and tops out at $406,322 while the average work can sell for $1,500.
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