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1940s Catalina

"Catalina Point" abstract of ocean
By Chase Langford
Located in Edgartown, MA
draftsmanship. Just as the West Coast Abstract Expressionists (1940 to 1970) found California’s striking
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2010s Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Shrapnel
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Catalina Island off the Southern California coast, where he began drawing and painting from the atrocities
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20th Century Post-War Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

Night Life 2
Located in Palm Desert, CA
1939 settling on Catalina Island off the Southern California coast, where he began drawing and painting
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Mid-20th Century Post-War Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Graphite

Related Figures
Located in Palm Desert, CA
survived the Spanish Civil War and in 1939 settling on Catalina Island off the Southern California coast
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20th Century Post-War Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Pen

Related Figures
Related Figures
H 39.875 in W 29.875 in D 1 in
Striptease
By Irving Norman
Located in Palm Desert, CA
survived the Spanish Civil War and in 1939 settling on Catalina Island off the Southern California coast
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Color Pencil, Pencil

Big City
By Irving Norman
Located in Palm Desert, CA
fascist Franco dictatorship. He survived the Spanish Civil War and in 1939 settling on Catalina Island off
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Mid-20th Century Post-War Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

My World and Yours
By Irving Norman
Located in Palm Desert, CA
fascist Franco dictatorship. He survived the Spanish Civil War and in 1939 settling on Catalina Island off
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Mid-20th Century Post-War Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Graphite

Bacchanal
By Irving Norman
Located in Palm Desert, CA
fascist Franco dictatorship. He survived the Spanish Civil War and in 1939 settling on Catalina Island off
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Mid-20th Century Post-War Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Bacchanal
Bacchanal
H 69.5 in W 39.5 in
American Street Scene
By Irving Norman
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Catalina Island off the Southern California coast, where he began drawing and painting from the atrocities
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Mid-20th Century Post-War Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

San Pedro Harbor
By Paul Sample
Located in New York, NY
, leading directly to a hiatus from Dartmouth. In 1918 and 1919, Sample served in the U.S. Merchant Marine
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20th Century American Modern Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

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The House of Shango — African American artist
By Samella Lewis
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Samella Sanders Lewis, 'The House of Shango', lithograph, 1992, edition 60. Signed, dated, titled, and numbered '31/60' in pencil. A superb, richly-inked impression, on Arches cream ...
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1990s Realist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Women Welders, The Ship
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A drawing by Irving Norman. "Women Welders, The Ship" is a social surrealist drawing, graphite on paper in black and white by Post-War artist Irving Norman. The artwork is signed in...
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Mid-20th Century Post-War Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Graphite

The Lawmakers, The Legislators
By Irving Norman
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A painting by Irving Norman. "The Lawmakers, The Legislators" is a social surrealist painting, oil on canvas by American artist Irving Norman. The artwork is signed on the verso, "Th...
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Late 20th Century Post-War Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Children #2
By Irving Norman
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A painting by Irving Norman. "Children #2" is a macabre, social surrealist painting, oil on canvas in a dark palette by American artist Irving Norman. The artwork is signed on the ve...
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Mid-20th Century Post-War Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Academic study of male Nude. Two -sided. Sketches on reverce. 19th century
Located in Firenze, IT
19th century Italian school drawing. Academic study of the figure of the young naked man. Drawing made from two sides of the sheet of paper On the other side two feet and an arm are ...
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19th Century Academic Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Chalk, Crayon, Pencil, Carbon Pencil

Tattoo Parlor Sailor (WPA era woman artist)
By Helen Malta
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Helen Malta (b.1912). Tattoo Parlor, ca. 1935. Oil on canvas, 20 x 33 inches. Signed lower right. Metropolitan Museum of Art reproduction rights stamp on reverse stretcher dated 10-3...
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1930s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Motion, " Victor Arnautoff, San Francisco Lighthouse, World's Fair WPA Painting
By Victor Michail Arnautoff
Located in New York, NY
Victor Mikhail Arnautoff (1896 - 1979) Motion (Mile Rocks Lighthouse), San Francisco, 1939 Oil and tempera on board 60 x 40 inches Signed lower left Provenance: The artist Californi...
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1930s American Realist Landscape Paintings

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Tempera, Oil, Canvas

Alfonso Pena Important Mexican Muralist Painting, Drying Laundry, Mexico
By Alfonso X. Peña
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Beautiful Mexican landscape painting by Alfonso Pena Oil on canvas created 1963. Mexican subject. Excellent condition, unframed. Measures: 19 3/4" H x 24 1/4" W. Signed and dated...
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Vintage 1960s Mexican Paintings

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Canvas

"Drama Teacher" 1938 WPA Mid 20th Century American Theatre Surrealism Modernism
By Leon Bibel
Located in New York, NY
"Drama Teacher" 1938 WPA Mid 20th Century American Theatre Surrealism Modernism. 30 x 24 inches. Oil on Canvas. Signed land dated ’38 lower left. The photograph in the listing depic...
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1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Stunning Antique Gothic Style Dark Oak Cabinet w. Handcarved Medieval Sculptures
Located in Lisse, NL
Marvelous, truly Medieval looking and practical Gothic Revival (drinks) cabinet and/or pedestal stand. This rare Dutch Gothic cabinet is in excellent condition, it comes with some o...
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Antique 19th Century European Gothic Revival Religious Items

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Iron, Wrought Iron

Antique Male Academic Nude Painting Henri Brugnot Exposition Label 1st Prize
By Henri Brugnot
Located in New York, NY
Antique Male Academic nude painting Henri Brugnot with exposition label (1st prize). by Henri Brugnot (1874-1940) Oil on canvas board 15" x 30" The label on the back indicates: Na...
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Late 19th Century Realist Nude Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Board

DUMBO
By Banksy
Located in Aventura, FL
Screen print & hand-finished watercolor on paper. Hand signed and numbered by the artist. Pest Control included. Banksy’s Dumbo is an extremely rare Banksy print. It was never rele...
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2010s Street Art Figurative Prints

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Screen, Paper, Watercolor

DUMBO
H 22.05 in W 29.92 in D 1 in
Rural Family
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A painting by Irving Norman. "Rural Family" is a social surrealist painting, oil on canvas in blues and greens by American Post-War artist Irving Norman. The artwork is unsigned. The...
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Late 20th Century Post-War Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Rural Family
Rural Family
H 36 in W 72 in D 1.5 in
Grand esclave (Large Slave) by Yann Guillon - Male Nude Bronze Sculpture
By Yann Guillon
Located in Paris, FR
Grand esclave (Great Slave) is a bronze sculpture by French contemporary artist Yann Guillon. This artwork is signed and numbered. Available in limited edition of 8 + 4 artist's pro...
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2010s Contemporary Nude Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

"Village in Mexico" Post-Impressionist Town Scene Oil Painting on Canvas Framed
By Jacques Zucker
Located in New York, NY
This painting depicts an village scene of people gathering about to have lunch in a Mexican town street. The fun details are what make this painting so attractive and desirable; ther...
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20th Century Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Prisoners
By Irving Norman
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A painting by Irving Norman. "Prisoners" is a social surrealist painting, oil on canvas in dark colors by American artist Irving Norman. The work is unsigned. The Lithuanian-American...
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Mid-20th Century Post-War Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Prisoners
Prisoners
H 52 in W 68.125 in

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Kingfisher
By Les Perhacs
Located in Santa Fe, NM
kingfisher bird sculpture medium is catalina schist, Southern California, metasomatized schist
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2010s Figurative Sculptures

Kingfisher
Kingfisher
H 8 in W 16 in D 6 in
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