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Visual Poem Lithograph by Joan Brossa, Limited Edition 27/100, 1980
Visual Poem Lithograph by Joan Brossa, Limited Edition 27/100, 1980

Visual Poem Lithograph by Joan Brossa, Limited Edition 27/100, 1980

By Joan Brossa

Located in Barcelona, Barcelona

Although he was in the vanguard of the post-war poets. He also wrote hundreds of formally perfect sonnets, saphic odes and sestinas as well as thousands of free and direct poems.

Category

1980s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vanguard Vintage

Materials

Paper

Joan Brossa Surrealist Hand Signed Lithograph Visual Poem
Joan Brossa Surrealist Hand Signed Lithograph Visual Poem

Joan Brossa Surrealist Hand Signed Lithograph Visual Poem

By Joan Brossa

Located in Barcelona, Barcelona

Although he was in the vanguard of the post-war poets. He also wrote hundreds of formally perfect sonnets, saphic odes and sestinas as well as thousands of free and direct poems.

Category

1980s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vanguard Vintage

Materials

Paper

Original 1984 "Costes" Dining Chairs by Philippe Starck for Driade — Set of 4
Original 1984 "Costes" Dining Chairs by Philippe Starck for Driade — Set of 4

Original 1984 "Costes" Dining Chairs by Philippe Starck for Driade — Set of 4

By Driade, Philippe Starck

Located in Basel, BS

This seminal design marked the historic beginning of Starck’s world-renowned partnership with Driade, launching him into the global design vanguard. The chair’s striking silhouette ...

Category

1980s Italian Post-Modern Vanguard Vintage

Materials

Metal

Visual Poem Lithograph on Guarro Paper, Signed, Limited Edition, 1989
Visual Poem Lithograph on Guarro Paper, Signed, Limited Edition, 1989

Visual Poem Lithograph on Guarro Paper, Signed, Limited Edition, 1989

By Joan Brossa

Located in Barcelona, Barcelona

Although he was in the vanguard of the post-war poets. He also wrote hundreds of formally perfect sonnets, saphic odes and sestinas as well as thousands of free and direct poems.

Category

1980s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vanguard Vintage

Materials

Paper

Trio of French Round Nesting Tables by Jacques Adnet, 1950s
Trio of French Round Nesting Tables by Jacques Adnet, 1950s

Trio of French Round Nesting Tables by Jacques Adnet, 1950s

By Jacques Adnet

Located in Chicago, IL

Appointed director of La Compagnie des Arts Français in 1927, he steered the firm into the vanguard of French design, collaborating with luminaries such as Charlotte Perriand and Ren...

Category

1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vanguard Vintage

Materials

Metal

Henning Koppel for Georg Jensen Denmark Sterling Silver Abstract Brooch No. 342
Henning Koppel for Georg Jensen Denmark Sterling Silver Abstract Brooch No. 342

Henning Koppel for Georg Jensen Denmark Sterling Silver Abstract Brooch No. 342

By Georg Jensen, Henning Koppel

Located in St. Louis, MO

His arrival marked a seismic shift in the company's design direction, single-handedly pulling Georg Jensen out of the naturalistic, ornate Skonvirke tradition and into the bold vangu...

Category

1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vanguard Vintage

Materials

Sterling Silver

French Leather + Brass Valet by Jacques Adnet, 1950s
French Leather + Brass Valet by Jacques Adnet, 1950s

French Leather + Brass Valet by Jacques Adnet, 1950s

By Jacques Adnet

Located in Chicago, IL

Appointed director of La Compagnie des Arts Français in 1927, he steered the firm into the vanguard of French design, collaborating with luminaries such as Charlotte Perriand and Ren...

Category

1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vanguard Vintage

Materials

Metal

Clément Rosenthal - "Lecture" 1994, Oil on Canvas, Abstract Painting
Clément Rosenthal - "Lecture" 1994, Oil on Canvas, Abstract Painting

Clément Rosenthal - "Lecture" 1994, Oil on Canvas, Abstract Painting

Located in New York, NY

Clément Rosenthal (b. 1956) is a distinguished Paris-born artist whose profoundly evocative work sits at the vanguard of contemporary French abstraction. Raised in an environment ste...

Category

1990s French Post-Modern Vanguard Vintage

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic, Paint

Clément Rosenthal - "Empreintes" 1992, Oil on Canvas, Abstract Painting
Clément Rosenthal - "Empreintes" 1992, Oil on Canvas, Abstract Painting

Clément Rosenthal - "Empreintes" 1992, Oil on Canvas, Abstract Painting

Located in New York, NY

Clément Rosenthal (b. 1956) is a distinguished Paris-born artist whose profoundly evocative work sits at the vanguard of contemporary French abstraction. Raised in an environment ste...

Category

1990s French Post-Modern Vanguard Vintage

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic, Paint

French Design Royalty: Michel Cadestin ‘Orchidée’ Sectional Sofa for Airborne
French Design Royalty: Michel Cadestin ‘Orchidée’ Sectional Sofa for Airborne

French Design Royalty: Michel Cadestin ‘Orchidée’ Sectional Sofa for Airborne

By Airborne International, Michel Cadestin

Located in Dronten, NL

Expertly crafted by the prestigious Airborne—the vanguard maison known for pushing the boundaries of avant-garde seating—this piece represents an ultra-rare opportunity to own a scul...

Category

1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vanguard Vintage

Materials

Suede, Fiberglass

“Cityscape”
“Cityscape”

“Cityscape”

By Lee Reynolds

Located in Southampton, NY

It was attached to numerous artworks and designs at Vanguard Studios. Vanguard Studios was the largest distributor of decorative art in the world at the time.

Category

1970s Contemporary Vanguard Vintage

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Much is the Force of a Heaven Bread-Poesy

Much is the Force of a Heaven Bread-Poesy

By Gillian Ayres

Located in London, GB

Gillian Ayres Much is the Force of a Heaven Bread-Poesy, 1992 Screenprint in colours, with gouache 59 x 59.5 cm 23.3 x 23.5 inches Edition of 50 Gillian Ayres OBE (Officer of the Or...

Category

1990s Contemporary Vanguard Vintage

Materials

Gouache, Screen

“Winding Paris Streets”
“Winding Paris Streets”

“Winding Paris Streets”

By Henry Martin Gasser

Located in Southampton, NY

A contemporary writer referred to Gasser as “one of the most popular artists in the East,” and the noted art historian William Gerdts Jr. proclaimed that among the finest watercolori...

Category

1950s Post-Modern Vanguard Vintage

Materials

Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper

Piero Fornasetti Recipe Plate, Vero-Pig Piccadilly, Made for Fleming Joffe, 1960
Piero Fornasetti Recipe Plate, Vero-Pig Piccadilly, Made for Fleming Joffe, 1960

Piero Fornasetti Recipe Plate, Vero-Pig Piccadilly, Made for Fleming Joffe, 1960

By Fornasetti

Located in Downingtown, PA

Historical Context This plate belongs to a celebrated set of twelve promotional "Cook Plates" commissioned by Fleming Joffe, a prominent mid-20th-century supplier of exotic leathers....

Category

1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vanguard Vintage

Materials

Porcelain

Tintin Magazine N°539 "Le Pilote Sans Visage" — Original Comics 1959 - 2C81
Tintin Magazine N°539 "Le Pilote Sans Visage" — Original Comics 1959 - 2C81

Tintin Magazine N°539 "Le Pilote Sans Visage" — Original Comics 1959 - 2C81

Located in Bordeaux, FR

Jacobs (Blake & Mortimer), La Cavale d'Or, Oumpah-Pah sur le Sentier de la Guerre by Goscinny & Uderzo (the creators of Astérix), Un Héros de l'Âge Atomique, and a news feature on av...

Category

1950s Vanguard Vintage

Materials

Paper

Mid-Century Gouache Painting, American Modern, Circa 1950
Mid-Century Gouache Painting, American Modern, Circa 1950

Mid-Century Gouache Painting, American Modern, Circa 1950

Located in Arp, TX

Under Douglas MacAgy and Clyfford Still, the California School of Fine Arts became the undisputed center of vanguard abstraction on the West Coast. Artists such as Edward Corbett, Ja...

Category

Mid-20th Century American Modern Vanguard Vintage

Materials

Paper, Gouache

This Sweet and Merry Month

This Sweet and Merry Month

By Gillian Ayres

Located in London, GB

Gillian Ayres This Sweet and Merry Month, 1983 Oil on canvas 91 x 91cm 36 x 36 inches Gillian Ayres OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) was one of the most significant ...

Category

1980s Abstract Vanguard Vintage

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Anadyomene

Anadyomene

By Gillian Ayres

Located in London, GB

Gillian Ayres Anadyomene, 1983 Signed and dated 'Gillian Ayres 83' (lower left) Oil on canvas 152.4 x 152.4 cm 60 x 60 inches Gillian Ayres OBE (Officer of the Order of the British ...

Category

1980s Abstract Vanguard Vintage

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Window

Window

By Gillian Ayres

Located in London, GB

Gillian Ayres Window, 1980 Signed and dated 'G Ayres 80' (lower right) Oil on paper 75 x 56 cm 29 ½ x 22 1⁄8 inches Gillian Ayres OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) wa...

Category

1980s Abstract Vanguard Vintage

Materials

Paper, Oil

Vintage Lee Reynolds Abstract Painting
Vintage Lee Reynolds Abstract Painting

Vintage Lee Reynolds Abstract Painting

By Lee Reynolds

Located in Medina, OH

Painting dimensions are: W: 60.25" D: 1.5" H: 30" Lee Reynolds Burr founded Vanguard Studios in the 1960s in Beverly Hills, California.

Category

1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vanguard Vintage

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Mid-Century Modern Set of Four Dining Chairs by Unknown Artist, 1960s
Mid-Century Modern Set of Four Dining Chairs by Unknown Artist, 1960s

Mid-Century Modern Set of Four Dining Chairs by Unknown Artist, 1960s

Located in New York, NY

In the market flow, many small manufacturers were inspired by the vanguard production, with Brazilian materials and the "modern values" of the form itself.

Category

1960s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Vanguard Vintage

Materials

Cane, Rosewood

Mid-Century Modern Set of Four Rosewood Dining Chairs by Unknown Artist, 1960s
Mid-Century Modern Set of Four Rosewood Dining Chairs by Unknown Artist, 1960s

Mid-Century Modern Set of Four Rosewood Dining Chairs by Unknown Artist, 1960s

Located in New York, NY

In the market flow, many small manufacturers were inspired by the vanguard production, with Brazilian materials and the "modern values" of the form itself.

Category

1960s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Vanguard Vintage

Materials

Rosewood, Faux Leather

Vintage Boho Vangaurd Pedestal Dining Table
Vintage Boho Vangaurd Pedestal Dining Table

Vintage Boho Vangaurd Pedestal Dining Table

Located in West Palm Beach, FL

Anchor your dining room with the sleek sophistication of this vintage round dining table by Vanguard Furniture. A masterclass in modern restraint, this table features a generous 60-i...

Category

Late 20th Century American Art Deco Vanguard Vintage

Materials

Wood, Lacquer

Red Abstract OiI Compostion by Lee Reynolds
Red Abstract OiI Compostion by Lee Reynolds

Red Abstract OiI Compostion by Lee Reynolds

By Lee Reynolds

Located in Pasadena, CA

Lee Reynolds Burr was the artist who founded Vanguard Studios, which produced these paintings, though Burr himself didn't create all of them, supervising and overseeing the process.

Category

1960s Abstract Vanguard Vintage

Materials

Oil

Mezzadro Stool by Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni for Zanotta
Mezzadro Stool by Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni for Zanotta

Mezzadro Stool by Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni for Zanotta

By Achille & Pier Giacomo Castiglioni

Located in Centreville, VA

With its name borrowed from the Italian word for “sharecropper,” Mezzadro embodies the spirit of Neo Vanguardism—provocative, ironic, and poetic. The design playfully fuses disparat...

Category

1970s Mid-Century Modern Vanguard Vintage

Materials

Metal

Empreinte de main sur fond jaune (Handprint on Yellow Background)
Empreinte de main sur fond jaune (Handprint on Yellow Background)

Empreinte de main sur fond jaune (Handprint on Yellow Background)

By Joan Miró

Located in Wilton Manors, FL

Printed by master lithographers such as Mourlot Freres and Arte, Derriere le miroir became synonymous with the artistic vanguard of postwar Europe. Each issue was devoted to a single...

Category

Mid-20th Century Surrealist Vanguard Vintage

Materials

Lithograph

Red Abstract OiI Compostion by Lee Reynolds
Red Abstract OiI Compostion by Lee Reynolds

Red Abstract OiI Compostion by Lee Reynolds

By Lee Reynolds

Located in Pasadena, CA

Lee Reynolds Burr was the artist who founded Vanguard Studios, which produced these paintings, though Burr himself didn't create all of them, supervising and overseeing the process.

Category

1960s Abstract Vanguard Vintage

Materials

Oil

"Untitled" Albert Eugene Gallatin, Mid-Century Abstract, Red and Blue, Geometric
"Untitled" Albert Eugene Gallatin, Mid-Century Abstract, Red and Blue, Geometric

"Untitled" Albert Eugene Gallatin, Mid-Century Abstract, Red and Blue, Geometric

By Albert Eugene Gallatin

Located in New York, NY

As important as his acquaintance with these artists was for his own painting, of greater significance was the link it provided between them and the growing circle of vanguard artists...

Category

1940s Abstract Vanguard Vintage

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Robert Natkin - unique early painting on historic Wells Street Gall. card Framed
Robert Natkin - unique early painting on historic Wells Street Gall. card Framed

Robert Natkin - unique early painting on historic Wells Street Gall. card Framed

By Robert Natkin

Located in New York, NY

The Wells Street Gallery (1957–1959) was one of Chicago's vanguard galleries of the late 1950s. In the summer of 1957, a group of artists led by painter Robert Natkin opened a co-ope...

Category

1950s Abstract Expressionist Vanguard Vintage

Materials

Watercolor, Gouache

“Harborside”
“Harborside”

“Harborside”

By Henry Martin Gasser

Located in Southampton, NY

A contemporary writer referred to Gasser as “one of the most popular artists in the East,” and the noted art historian William Gerdts Jr. proclaimed that among the finest watercolori...

Category

1950s American Realist Vanguard Vintage

Materials

Watercolor, Archival Paper, Gouache

SALVADOR SANS FAUS - 'El Perro' - Glazed Ceramic Plate - Spain - Circa 1957
SALVADOR SANS FAUS - 'El Perro' - Glazed Ceramic Plate - Spain - Circa 1957

SALVADOR SANS FAUS - 'El Perro' - Glazed Ceramic Plate - Spain - Circa 1957

Located in Chatham, ON

He was one of the founders of the Grupo Z and had connections with the artistic vanguard of postwar Valencia, particularly the Grupo Parpalló.

Category

Mid-20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vanguard Vintage

Materials

Ceramic, Paint

Phenomena Dervish Spell
Phenomena Dervish Spell

Phenomena Dervish Spell

By Paul Jenkins

Located in Austin, TX

. - Studio Paul Facchetti on the Rue de Lille in Paris, and the vanguard modern art gallery of Zoe Dusanne in Seattle.

Category

1970s Abstract Vanguard Vintage

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Large Cuban Master Lithograph Abstract Biomorphic Serigraph Print Rafael Soriano
Large Cuban Master Lithograph Abstract Biomorphic Serigraph Print Rafael Soriano

Large Cuban Master Lithograph Abstract Biomorphic Serigraph Print Rafael Soriano

By Rafael Soriano

Located in Surfside, FL

Soriano avoided vernacular themes which dominated Cuban art from its emergence with the first Vanguard in the mid-twenties. His work proceeded along the paths of geometric abstractio...

Category

1990s Abstract Expressionist Vanguard Vintage

Materials

Lithograph

Large Cuban Master Lithograph Abstract Biomorphic Serigraph Print Rafael Soriano
Large Cuban Master Lithograph Abstract Biomorphic Serigraph Print Rafael Soriano

Large Cuban Master Lithograph Abstract Biomorphic Serigraph Print Rafael Soriano

By Rafael Soriano

Located in Surfside, FL

Soriano avoided vernacular themes which dominated Cuban art from its emergence with the first Vanguard in the mid-twenties. His work proceeded along the paths of geometric abstractio...

Category

1990s Abstract Expressionist Vanguard Vintage

Materials

Lithograph

Ceri Richards - Lyre Bird (Design for cover of Poetry London), 1943 mixed media
Ceri Richards - Lyre Bird (Design for cover of Poetry London), 1943 mixed media

Ceri Richards - Lyre Bird (Design for cover of Poetry London), 1943 mixed media

Located in New York, NY

While all signs pointed to a glittering reputation that would see Richards join the likes of Moore, Sutherland, and Bacon in the vanguard of British art, after his death in 1971 he w...

Category

1940s Modern Vanguard Vintage

Materials

Oil Pastel, Ink, Gouache, Mixed Media

Monumental Sailboat Painting by Lee Reynolds Vanquard Studios
Monumental Sailboat Painting by Lee Reynolds Vanquard Studios

Monumental Sailboat Painting by Lee Reynolds Vanquard Studios

By Lee Reynolds

Located in Redding, CT

Monumental Sailboat Painting by Lee Reynolds of Vanguard studios. Minimalist design of sailboats in muted cream and brown tones.

Category

1970s Mid-Century Modern Vanguard Vintage

Materials

Canvas, Wood, Paint

Contemporary Art Armchair Elica L / R Black Leather by Paolo Portoghesi
Contemporary Art Armchair Elica L / R Black Leather by Paolo Portoghesi

Contemporary Art Armchair Elica L / R Black Leather by Paolo Portoghesi

By Mirabili, Paolo Portoghesi

Located in Pistoia, IT

His poetics are, in turn, defined by various influences, from Baroque and Art Nouveau to the gestalt experiences of the neo-vanguard. Sculpture composed by a Left and a Right armcha...

Category

1980s Italian Post-Modern Vanguard Vintage

Materials

Bronze

Handsome Jens Risom Walnut Lounge Chair Mid-Century Modern
Handsome Jens Risom Walnut Lounge Chair Mid-Century Modern

Handsome Jens Risom Walnut Lounge Chair Mid-Century Modern

By Jens Risom

Located in Pemberton, NJ

He was part of small vanguard that helped establish post-war America’s leadership role in the world of modern furniture design and manufacturing.

Category

1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vanguard Vintage

Materials

Faux Leather, Walnut

Rosewood and marble Coffee Table by Unknown designer, Brazilian Midentury, 1960s
Rosewood and marble Coffee Table by Unknown designer, Brazilian Midentury, 1960s

Rosewood and marble Coffee Table by Unknown designer, Brazilian Midentury, 1960s

Located in New York, NY

The iconic Brazilian designs inspired many other craftsmen and small manufacturers with their vanguard production concerning Brazilian materiality and the "modern values" of the form...

Category

1960s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Vanguard Vintage

Materials

Marble

Untitled (Abstract)
Untitled (Abstract)

Untitled (Abstract)

By Anthony Caro

Located in Toronto, Ontario

After travelling to the United States and meeting vanguard American artists such as David Smith (who was working with welded steel) Caro moved away from cast bronze and started worki...

Category

1960s Abstract Vanguard Vintage

Materials

Paper, Ink

MCM Studio Pottery Lidded Stoneware Vessel by Joel Edwards
MCM Studio Pottery Lidded Stoneware Vessel by Joel Edwards

MCM Studio Pottery Lidded Stoneware Vessel by Joel Edwards

By Peter Voulkos, Joel Edwards

Located in San Diego, CA

He was also the creator of the vanguard Craft periodical, “Creative Crafts” Magazine, 1960-1964.

Category

Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vanguard Vintage

Materials

Stoneware

"Standing Model", Male Nude Painting in Blue by Åkerblom, Oil on Canvas, Sweden
"Standing Model", Male Nude Painting in Blue by Åkerblom, Oil on Canvas, Sweden

"Standing Model", Male Nude Painting in Blue by Åkerblom, Oil on Canvas, Sweden

Located in Philadelphia, PA

Boldly painted in an expressionist palette that calls to mind the work of Edvard Munch and other Nordic painters who were in the artistic vanguard of the 20th century, this depiction...

Category

1940s Swedish Art Deco Vanguard Vintage

Materials

Paint

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