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Item Ships From: Philadelphia
"Whiskey Sours, " Cubist-Art Deco Painting with Bottle and Jigger
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Taking its cues from the broken planes and tilted objects of Cubist masters such as Braque and Gris, as well as the polished art of the Art Deco movement, this brilliant painting sho...
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1940s French Art Deco Vintage Wall Decorations in Philadelphia
Materials
Paint
$3,150 Sale Price
25% Off
"Nude Shepherdess, " Art Deco Drawing in Style of Rockwell Kent, Sculpted Frame
By Phil Rhynders
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This dramatic scene depicts two figures: a half-nude woman with staff and wide-brimmed hat -- a modern, adult version of a shepherdess -- along with a reclining male figure. Both fig...
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1940s American Art Deco Vintage Wall Decorations in Philadelphia
"Parrots and Trees, " Art Deco Painted Advertising Panel for Poll Parrot Shoes
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Brilliantly painted by a commercial artist, this large, rare sign panel may have been the most ambitious marketing piece ever created by the Poll-Parrot Shoe Company, one of America’s leading purveyors of children’s shoes...
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1930s American Art Deco Vintage Wall Decorations in Philadelphia
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Paint
"Family w/ Rocking Horse, " Ptg. by WPA Artist De Forest Stull
By John Deforest Stull
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Dated 1945, just before the end of World War II, this important and powerful painting by John De Forest Stull shows an embracing mother and father stand...
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1940s American Vintage Wall Decorations in Philadelphia
Materials
Canvas
Large Blue Abstract Venetian Plaster Painting, Carol L.Post, 2019
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Large blue abstract Venetian plaster painting, Carol L.Post, 2019.
In this soft blue textured painting by artist Carol Post subtle strokes of plaster blend with the background and gracefully dance...
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2010s North American Wall Decorations in Philadelphia
Materials
Canvas
"Processional, " Jewel-Toned Mural Study w/ Prayer Under Starlit Sky by Hoeckner
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Although Carl Hoeckner is best known for his sombre prints and paintings protesting the brutality of war, he is also known for a series of murals in public spaces across Chicago and the Midwest, so this brilliantly-hued painting may have served as a mural study. Here the artist depicts a long procession of figures in jewel-toned garments, their faces careworn and bent in prayer, facing toward a priest surrounded by a group of choir boys...
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1930s American Art Deco Vintage Wall Decorations in Philadelphia
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Paint
"Woodstock Society of Chambers, " Important Art Colony Drawing, 1951
By John Pike
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An original ink drawing by John Pike, the well-known illustrator and watercolorist who was an important fixture of the Woodstock Art Colony, this piece advertised the Woodstock Socie...
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1950s American Art Deco Vintage Wall Decorations in Philadelphia
Materials
Paper
"Star Child, " Rare Art Deco Pochoir by Louis Kabrin
By Louis Kabrin
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Beautifully printed in tones of reddish brown, gray and acid green, this rare and lovely aquatone (a form of pochoir) was created by Louis Kabrin, a Cincinnati artist. He was undoubtedly influenced by the work of William Hentschel, one of the senior artists at Rookwood Pottery and the founder of Kenton Hills pottery, who created a series of fine Art Deco pochoir prints...
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1930s American Art Deco Vintage Wall Decorations in Philadelphia
Materials
Paper
$880 Sale Price
20% Off
"Applause for the Acrobat, " Extraordinary Art Deco Painting on Silk, Paris
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Painted on silk velvet fabric in the late 1920s by Rudolf Gowenius, a Swedish painter who settled in Paris, this remarkable scene shows a circus or carnival acrobat at the center, hi...
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1920s French Art Deco Vintage Wall Decorations in Philadelphia
Materials
Silk
$14,625 Sale Price
25% Off
Painting of Nude and Seminude Figures by Sylvia Bernstein, 1939
By Sylvia Bernstein
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Fluidly and confidently painted, this vivid depiction of a group of figures surrounding a leafless tree may have been a study for a mural by Sylvia Bernstein...
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1930s American Vintage Wall Decorations in Philadelphia
"After, " Large Odalisque Painting with Symbolic References
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Suffused with both sensuality and alienation, this large oil painting depicts a couple in the bedroom, the female figure poised with a head of cabbage and a doll, and her lover -- ev...
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Late 20th Century American Expressionist Wall Decorations in Philadelphia
Materials
Canvas
$2,625 Sale Price
25% Off
Antique Persian Iznik Qajar Style Ceramic Pottery Oval Tile Jugs Man
Woman C3
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique Persian Iznik Qajar style ceramic pottery oval tile woman and man with jugs C3. Item features original crackle glazed finish, heavy ceramic pottery construction, very impress...
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Early 20th Century Wall Decorations in Philadelphia
Materials
Ceramic
Newton Haydn Stubbing (British, b. 1921 - d. 1983) "Untitled" Painting
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Untitled", black handprints in the of a shape nude woman with a bowl.
- Oil on canvas, estate stamp on back of painting frame dated 1960
- Artist also known as Tony H. Stubbing
-...
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Mid-20th Century Wall Decorations in Philadelphia
Materials
Canvas
"Legacy, " Original Painting by Ivan Bartlett, Mid-Century Fabric Designer
By Ivan Bartlett
Located in Philadelphia, PA
In his early years, artist Ivan Bartlett was known for his WPA mural painting, such as for the Ada County courthouse in Boise, Idaho, but in the 1940s and 1950s he became famous for ...
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1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Wall Decorations in Philadelphia
Materials
Gouache
"Falling Man, " Striking Art Deco Print from "Tales of the Parrot" by Uzarski
By Adolf Uzarski
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This striking, signed print depicting a nude male figure falling from a bridge, is from a set of prints made by Adolf Uzarski, a German artist, illustrating scenes from the ancient T...
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1910s German Art Deco Vintage Wall Decorations in Philadelphia
Ernest Yarrow-Jones (British, b. 1872 - d. 1951) "Confetti" Painting.
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Ernest Yarrow-Jones (British, b. 1872 - d. 1951)
- Oil on canvas, signed lower left
- Abstract Confetti, yellow, green, blue
Measures: 13.25" x ...
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Mid-20th Century Wall Decorations in Philadelphia
Materials
Canvas
"Secessionist Scene in the Tyrol, " Brilliant Fauvist Painting, Austria
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Making brilliant use of a Fauvist palette and a Secessionist vocabulary, this remarkable painting depicts three figures in the Austrian region of the Tyrol, just south of Bavaria. Th...
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1910s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Wall Decorations in Philadelphia
Materials
Paint
$3,680 Sale Price
20% Off
"Samson and Delilah" in 1940s America, Art Deco Painting
By Joseph E. Bolden
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Brilliantly transposed from Biblical times to 1940s America, this vivid scene shows Samson and Delilah in a quintessentially domestic setting, complete with pink wallpaper...
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1940s American Vintage Wall Decorations in Philadelphia
Materials
Gouache, Paper
"Waiting, " Large Art Deco Painting with Cat, Porthole Window, Red
Green
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A Classic Art Deco painting with a humorous look at domestic life in 1940s America, the scene focuses on a cat waiting for its owner as she arrives home, appearing in the porthole window of the front door. The painter was Karl Gasslander...
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1940s American Art Deco Vintage Wall Decorations in Philadelphia
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Paint
$6,000 Sale Price
20% Off
"Battle of the Gods, " Mural Preparatory Drawing by Dunbar Beck, Art Deco
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Full of drama and a tour de force of figurative drawing heavily influenced by Renaissance masters, this piece was made by Dunbar Beck in preparation for a large mural painting...
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1930s American Art Deco Vintage Wall Decorations in Philadelphia
Materials
Paper
"Carrying Water, " Striking Scene of Women in Italian Hill Town by Wachtmeister
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A striking and atmospheric depiction of women fetching water in jugs and urns, descending into a lovely, picturesque hill town in Italy, this painting was made in 1942 by Sophie-Loui...
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1940s Swedish Art Deco Vintage Wall Decorations in Philadelphia
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Paint
Antique Persian Iznik Qajar Style Blue and Red Ceramic Pottery Tile Couple C5
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique Persian Iznik Qajar style blue and red ceramic pottery tile embracing couple C. Item features original crackle glazed finish, heavy ceramic pottery construction, very impress...
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Early 20th Century Wall Decorations in Philadelphia
Materials
Ceramic
"Joy and Grief, " Important Art Deco Paintings by Sager, 1952
By Adeline Sager
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Painted by Adeline Sager in gorgeous shades of plum, reddish pink and charcoal, this pair of watercolor-and-ink paintings won the Grumbacher Award of Merit in the Premiere Florida International Art Exhibition at Florida Southern College in 1952, just as the College was completing the construction of a widely-renowned set of buildings by Frank Lloyd Wright. Clearly inspired by the Four Seasons sculptures...
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1950s American Art Deco Vintage Wall Decorations in Philadelphia
Materials
Watercolor
Dom Dominic Mingolla Enamel on Copper Girl in Green Forest and Tall Trees
By Dom Mingolla
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Dom Dominic Mingolla Enamel on Copper Girl in Green Forest and Tall Trees 8 x 10. Item features enamel on copper painting, artist signature to bottom right corner, beautiful subject ...
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Late 20th Century Modern Wall Decorations in Philadelphia
Materials
Copper, Enamel
"On the Job, " Watercolor Painting of Black Laborers
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Painted with bravura, this image of shirtless black laborer in the passenger seat of a truck, accompanied by his coworker in a striped t-shirt, is marked by rich, saturated colors an...
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1930s American Vintage Wall Decorations in Philadelphia
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
Mid 20th C. Oil on Canvas Cityscape painting of London.
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Untitled painting
- Atmospheric, foggy river scene including the iconic Palace of Westminster, home of Parliament, and Big Ben along the River Thames.
-signed lower left and dated '6...
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1960s Vintage Wall Decorations in Philadelphia
Materials
Canvas
"Frolic on Horseback, " Mural Study w/ Nudes by Kenneth MacIntire
By Kenneth Stevens MacIntire
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Best known for his masterful painting of horses and polo players for a Hollywood clientele, this important study -- marked off in a grid to help the painter transfer the image to a large canvas -- was drawn by Kenneth Stevens MacIntire, a California painter. His depiction of male and female nudes on...
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1930s American Art Deco Vintage Wall Decorations in Philadelphia
Materials
Pencil, Paper
"At the Theater, " Late Art Deco Oil Painting by Kummer, 1950
By Erwin George Kummer
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This stunning example of Art Deco-Mid Century American surrealism was painted by Erwin Kummer, a widely-known Chicago painter who exhibited widely in the 1940s at the Art Institute o...
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1950s American Vintage Wall Decorations in Philadelphia
Materials
Canvas
"Eve and Adam in Eden, " Magnificent, Art Deco-WPA Sculptural Panel
By Waylande Gregory
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A magnificent example of WPA sculptor Waylande Gregory's work at the height of his career in the 1930s, when he was creating major fountains, public monuments and World's Fair sculpt...
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1930s American Art Deco Vintage Wall Decorations in Philadelphia
Materials
Clay
Albert Serwazi
American
, "Gertrude with Parrot", Oil on Canvas.
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Albert Serwazi (American 1905-1992) "Gertrude with
Parrot". Oil on canvas. Signed and dated 1944
upper right.
Measures: 24" x 31" (Image size without frame)
A painter from Philadelphia, Albert Serwazi was also a designer and illustrator. He was a student at the Pennsylvania School...
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1940s North American Vintage Wall Decorations in Philadelphia
Materials
Canvas
"Classical Nude with Flowers and Temple, " Important WPA Period Painting
By Arthur D. Brooks
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Exhibited at the Thirteenth Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting at the Cleveland Museum of Art in 1933, this large WPA-influenced painting by Arthur D. Brooks depicts a nude female torso in a classical setting, complete with columned temple front, scroll and Greek urn. The artist includes a cluster of column elements to one side, including an Ionic column capita and a fluted column shaft, as well as an arched Roman facade, and a Greek pedimented...
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1930s American Art Deco Vintage Wall Decorations in Philadelphia
Materials
Canvas
"High-Stepping Horse, " Unique Art Deco Midcentury Ceramic Relief Sculpture
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Demonstrating a modern take on Etruscan and other ancient sculpture, this 1941-vintage relief rondel depicts a high-stepping horse and a leafing branch,...
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1940s American Art Deco Vintage Wall Decorations in Philadelphia
Materials
Ceramic
$760 Sale Price
20% Off
"Placing the Sandal, " Bas Relief Masterpiece with Nudes by Levillain
By Ferdinand Levillain
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This very fine carved relief panel was sculpted by Ferdinand Levillain, France's master of bas relief at the turn of the last century. Levillain was famous for his low reliefs in med...
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1890s French Beaux Arts Antique Wall Decorations in Philadelphia
Materials
Wood
"Plastics, " Striking, Original Graphic Design for Midcentury Advertisement
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An early and important example of graphic design by a woman artist, this striking drawing for "Plastics" in ink and watercolor was executed by Elsie Pivcevich in Cleveland. The stylized Christmas ornaments depicted here suggest that the advertisement was for a manufacturer of holiday decorations...
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1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Wall Decorations in Philadelphia
"Gladiolas, " Brilliant Watercolor by Hari Kidd, Important Texas Artist
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Peripatetic and brilliant, Hari Kidd, the painter who created this brilliant still life was associated with Philadelphia, Detroit, Key West and Tucson, but h...
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1920s American Art Deco Vintage Wall Decorations in Philadelphia
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Paint
Hans Kline
Canadian, 1924-1994
, Blue Kaleidescope
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Blue Kaleidescope
- Oil on canvas, signed lower right and dated '70
- Framed dimensions: 25 in x 31 in.
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1970s Vintage Wall Decorations in Philadelphia
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Paint
"Purification, " Art Deco Portrayal of Chemist for Water Treatment Plant
By Robert McGill Mackall
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Purification" is a rare artist's working print, which served as the basis for a mural or bas-relief sculpture for a building in the 1930s, probably a water treatment building in the...
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1930s American Art Deco Vintage Wall Decorations in Philadelphia
"Nudes in the Conservatory, " Art Deco-Surrealist Print by Peter, 1925
By Robert Charles Peter
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An extraordinary and rare print by Robert Charles Peter, a British artist, this scene of a male and female nude, in a cage-like setting with lush plant forms in the background, seems...
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1920s Great Britain (UK) Art Deco Vintage Wall Decorations in Philadelphia
"Terrace, " Brilliant, Cubist-Expressionist Masterpiece by Virginia True, 1946
By Virginia True
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Best known for her depictions of New Mexico and the Southwest, here Virginia True painted a brilliantly-hued Cubist scene reflecting her years in New York. Showing the influence of P...
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1940s American Modern Vintage Wall Decorations in Philadelphia
Materials
Paint
$15,600 Sale Price
20% Off
"Build Together, " Important 1950 Painting for Marshall Plan Poster Competition
By Norman Jaques
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This bold and vividly hued gouache by Norman Jaques, a British artist, was painted in 1950 for the "Intra-European Cooperation for a Better Standard of Living" poster contest. Three years after George C. Marshall first called for a massive investment program to rebuild post-war Europe and two years after the Marshall Program became operational, this contest was held to promote cooperation and trade among Western European nations. A total of 10,000 entries were submitted and judged by 12 graphic artists, representing each of the Marshall Plan...
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1950s British Mid-Century Modern Vintage Wall Decorations in Philadelphia
Materials
Gouache
Umberto Benedetti
Italy
"Frutta" Painting
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Frutta" painting, depicting a still life of pears, walnuts, and persimmons. Surrounded by wood gesso frame.
- Oil on board, signed on rear of board.
- Framed dimensions: 19.5 i...
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Early 20th Century Italian Wall Decorations in Philadelphia
Materials
Paint
"American Olympics 1928, " Spectacular Art Deco Drawing of Stadium Entrance
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Although the Olympics in 1928 were held in Amsterdam, Lee Seibert drew this vivid and colorful image of the main entrance to the stadium as if it were in America, the sky glowing with a rainbow-hued aureole and the scene attracting sophisticated men and women in evening clothes. Indeed, the 1932 Olympics...
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1920s American Art Deco Vintage Wall Decorations in Philadelphia
"Dressing for the Ballet, " Large, Evocative Masterpiece Painting by Stull, 1953
By John Deforest Stull
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Ethereal and magical, this Mid-Century masterpiece is strongly reminiscent of the back stage scenes of ballet dancers painted by Degas, but with figures that are suggestive of Guy Pene duBois. The painter, John De Forest...
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1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Wall Decorations in Philadelphia
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Paint
$12,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Ernest Yarrow-Jones (British , b. 1872 - d. 1951) "Le Crepuscule" painting.
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Le Crepuscule"-
Depicting an abstract face of an owl
- Oil on Canvas , signed lower left
- Unframed
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Early 1900s Antique Wall Decorations in Philadelphia
Materials
Canvas
Daniel Belliard Enamel on Copper Small Framed Painting Yellow Countryside
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Daniel Belliard Enamel on Copper Small Framed Painting Yellow Countryside. Item features enamel on copper painting, wooden frame, artist signatu...
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Late 20th Century Modern Wall Decorations in Philadelphia
Materials
Copper, Enamel
Dom Dominic Mingolla Enamel on Copper Painting Spanish Matador, a Pair
By Dom Mingolla
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Dom Dominic Mingolla Enamel on copper painting Spanish Matador 9 x 12 - a Pair. Listing includes (2) Paintings included, enamel on copper medi...
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Late 20th Century Modern Wall Decorations in Philadelphia
Materials
Copper, Enamel
"Dance by the Sea, " Stunning, Sun-Drenched French Art Deco Painting
By Louis Rigal
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Full of joy and sunlight, this depiction of a nude male and female couple dancing on the edge of the sea with a ruined Greek temple below them, was painted by Louis Rigal, one of Ame...
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Wall Decorations in Philadelphia
"Feeding the Squirrel, " Large, Elegant Art Deco Illustration Art, 2-Page Spread
By Wilmot Emerton Heitland 1
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An elegant and gracious example of illustration art at its height in 1930, this charming scene depicts an elegant couple in a city park, the female figure feeding a squirrel, and her...
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1930s American Art Deco Vintage Wall Decorations in Philadelphia
Deszo Pecsi Pilch (Hungarian, b. 1888 - d. 1949) "Red Pitcher" painting.
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Red Pitcher"
Depicting a kitchen scene with red pitcher on dresser.
- Drawing Watercolor/Mixed Media, signed lower right and dated 1930
- Unframed
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1930s Vintage Wall Decorations in Philadelphia
Materials
Canvas
Friedrich Augustbrucke Dresden bei Abendbeleuching
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Dresden bei Abendbeleuching- Dresden in evening light
- Oil on canvas
- Unframed.
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Late 19th Century Antique Wall Decorations in Philadelphia
Materials
Canvas
"Bacchante, " Bold, Richly-Hued Art Deco Painting in Purples and Blues
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Graphically striking and boldly painted in a rich palette of purples, blues and oranges, this high style Art Deco painting by M. H. Forster depicts a female figure with curling tendr...
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1920s American Art Deco Vintage Wall Decorations in Philadelphia
Materials
Gouache
"500 LB Lady, " Colorful and Charming WPA-Era Carnival Scene by Lincoln
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Full of energy and vivid color, this atmospheric and charming scene of a small-town carnival, complete with a barker, boys with balloons, a blue tent in the foreground and a sign announcing the "500 LB Lady," was painted by E. Wilder Lincoln in the 1930s or 40s. Painters and sculptors were fascinated with circuses and carnivals...
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1940s American Art Deco Vintage Wall Decorations in Philadelphia
"Quick Dip" Oil on Wood
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Quick Dip, two women bathing by a pond
- Oil on wood, signed lower right
- Framed dimensions: 25.75 in x 21.75 in.
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19th Century Antique Wall Decorations in Philadelphia
Materials
Canvas
$5,200
Charles Harsanyi
American, 1905-1973
"peach orchard in the valley"
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"peach orchard in the valley", farm houses scene with road and horses
- Oil on Canvas , signed lower middle
- Framed dimensions: 41 in x 30.5 in.
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Mid-20th Century Wall Decorations in Philadelphia
Materials
Paint
Elisabeth Merlicek
Austrian, 1911-1988
, "Kalkberg"
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Kalkberg", mountain covered in snow
- Oil on canvas, signed lower right
- Unframed.
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Mid-20th Century Wall Decorations in Philadelphia
Materials
Paint
Eduard Merk
German, 1816-1888, "Ladies Charm"
By Eduard Merk
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Lady with a fan and two men - Sold as pair - Oil on wood, signed lower right – Unframed.
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1850s German Antique Wall Decorations in Philadelphia
Materials
Canvas
"Grecian Nude and Broken Column, " Art Deco/Surrealist Painting by Matulka
By Jan Matulka
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This brilliant Surrealist composition, with the stylization and exaggerated plant forms of Art Deco, was painted by Jan Matulka in 1944. Both Surrealism and "Moderne" decorative arts thrived in the 1940s, and here the artist draws from both styles. Matulka was born in Prague and came to America as a young man, and trained here and in Paris, where he became exposed to Cubism. He exhibited in New York, created illustrations for New Masses which advanced the interest of American workers...
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1940s American Art Deco Vintage Wall Decorations in Philadelphia
Materials
Watercolor, Ink, Paper
"April Fool, " Original Painting for Pennsylvania Academy Dance, Orange
Yellow
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Rich with color and a Maxfield Parrish-like wry humor, this original gouache painting was executed by a student with the initials JK for an annual vaudeville and dance event put on for the older students of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia. The fool is shown in profile, with his hat ringed with bells and his hair cut in a Prince Valiant...
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Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Wall Decorations in Philadelphia
Materials
Paper
$2,560 Sale Price
20% Off
"Dockside with Seagull, " Important Painting by WPA Artist Stull
By John Deforest Stull
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Brilliantly painted in rich hues of cerulean, purple, deep pink and burnt siena, this abstracted view of a dockside scene was painted by John De Forest ...
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1940s American Vintage Wall Decorations in Philadelphia
Materials
Canvas
"Christmas Cavalier, " 1925 Drawing by Walter Dorwin Teague
By Walter Dorwin Teague
Located in Philadelphia, PA
In 1925 -- only a year before he opened an industrial design studio that would soon become famous for product designs commissioned by Kodak, Texaco and Steinway among many other industrial companies -- Teague drew this evocative image of a French cavalier on horseback for his personal Christmas card. Although Teague is best known today for the Brownie camera...
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Early 20th Century American Wall Decorations in Philadelphia
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