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Original Vintage Advertising Poster New York World's Fair 1939 World Of Tomorrow
By Joseph Binder
Located in London, GB
lettering reading: New York World's Fair The World of Tomorrow 1939. Good condition, restored tears, small
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Posters

Materials

Paper

Rare Aino & Alvar Aalto Armchair for New York World Fair 1939, Schuman
By Alvar Aalto
Located in Helsinki, FI
for the restaurant section in the New York World Fair of 1939. The chair was produced for a short
Category

Vintage 1930s Finnish Mid-Century Modern Armchairs

Materials

Fabric, Birch

Original Vintage New York World's Fair 1939 Poster by Joseph Binder Medium Forma
By Joseph Binder
Located in Boca Raton, FL
This poster, by Joseph Binder for the 1939 World’s Fair Poster features in the centermost portion
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1930s Prints and Multiples

Materials

Lithograph

Margaret T. Nordman, 1930s Taburette Designed for the New York World Fair, 1939
By Margaret Travers Nordman
Located in Turku, Varsinais-Suomi
Margaret N. Nordman designed this stool/taburette in 1939 for the New York World Fair. The elegant
Category

Vintage 1930s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Stools

Materials

Birch

Original Vintage Poster for New York World's Fair 1939 by Staehle in large forma
Located in Boca Raton, FL
New York World’s Fair. The fair, held at Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in Queens, New York, was one of
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1930s Prints and Multiples

Materials

Lithograph

Pair of 1939 World's Fair Capital & Labor Turquoise Souvenir Ceramic Plates
By Homer Laughlin
Located in Bainbridge, NY
Capital and Labor, The American Potter, New York World's Fair 1939 to underside   
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Decorative Art

Materials

Ceramic

Pair of French Modern Neoclassical Brass and Crystal Floor Lamps, Jules Leleu
By Jules Leleu
Located in New York, NY
Pavilion Francais a L'Exposition Internationale de New York, Page VII, July 1939. (New York World's Fair
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Crystal, Brass

1939 Art Deco New York Worlds Fair Platinum & Gem set Charm
Located in Chicago, IL
Very Scarce Art Deco 1939 New York Worlds Fair Charm, featuring the famous Trylon and Perisphere
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Charm Bracelets

Materials

Diamond, Onyx, Ruby, Platinum

Art Deco 1939 New York Worlds Fair Collectible Salt & Pepper Shakers
Located in San Diego, CA
A unique and rare Art Deco salt & peppershakers from the 1939 New York Worlds fair great deign
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20th Century American Art Deco Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Plastic

1939, New York Worlds Fair Fan “The Fan of Tomorrow” Trylone and Perisphe
Located in Newfoundland, PA
This is a very rare, extremely unusual original 1939 New York World’s Fair fan. There is a plaque
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco More Furniture and Collectibles

Materials

Metal

'Gypsy Flute Player', Royal Academy, NY World's Fair, Pasadena, GGIE, Romany
By Aage Christian Wiboltt
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Royal Academy (1913), the New York World's Fair (1939), the Golden Gate International Exposition (1939
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1920s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pastel, Cardboard

6 Art Deco 1939 New York World's Fair RCA Radio Advertising Cocktail Glasses Set
Located in San Diego, CA
New York World's Fair. These are Tom Collins or Zombie glasses. Each have the wonderful logo on the
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Vintage 1930s American Barware

Materials

Glass

Neo Art Deco 1939 New York World's Fair DC-3 Airplane Lamp Derico, Rick Ramírez
Located in Van Nuys, CA
rotate. The cobalt blue 1939 New York Worlds Fair commemorative bottle features a diagonal banner across
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Vintage 1980s American Art Deco Table Lamps

Materials

Steel, Chrome

"Motion, " Victor Arnautoff, San Francisco Lighthouse, World's Fair WPA Painting
By Victor Michail Arnautoff
Located in New York, NY
from the New York World's Fair 1939, Poughkeepsie, 1987, no. 11, p. 41, illustrated. Robert W. Cherny
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1930s American Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Tempera, Oil, Canvas

1939 World’s Fair NYC, 1000 piece Museum Quality Collection of Art & Objects
By Harry Lane
Located in New York, NY
1,000 piece Museum Quality Collection of Art & Objects from NYC 1939 Worlds Fair Harry Lane (1891
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1930s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Photographic Paper, Plaster, Oil

"Orpheus Over the Globe, " Important Mural Study for 1939-1940 NY World's Fair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
painted for the 1939-1940 New York World's Fair. Beck also painted a WPA mural for the Post Office in
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Vintage 1930s American Paintings

Materials

Paper

1939 Aino & Alvar Aalto Chair for Finnish Pavilion at World's Fair by Wilhelm
By Aino Aalto, Alvar Aalto
Located in Philadelphia, PA
for the World's Fair in New York. This chair was presented as part of his vision. The chair was
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Vintage 1930s Finnish Modern Armchairs

Materials

Fabric, Birch

NYC 1939 World's Fair 5 - 8 x 10 photographs Mid 20th Century WPA Architectural
Located in New York, NY
NYC 1939 World's Fair 5 - 8 x 10 photographs Mid 20th Century WPA Architectural Underwood and
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1930s American Modern Landscape Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

1, 000 piece Museum Quality Collection of Art & Objects from NYC 1939 Worlds Fair
By Ilya Bolotowsky
Located in New York, NY
for details. A New York Times story titled "For Two Collectors, a Weekend Getaway to the 1939 World
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1930s Abstract Geometric Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Gouache, Canvas, Plaster, Oil

Portrait of a Young Girl (the artist's daughter).
By Joseph Floch
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
, 1943; CI, 1943-45; int. shows in Bordeaux, 1927, Paris, 1937; New York World's Fair, 1939, 1966; M. H
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1930s Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Monumental 1939 World’s Fair Heraldic Panel of Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick
By Gilbert Bayes
Located in Morristown, NJ
: Created for the 1939 New York World’s Fair, themed “The World of Tomorrow”, this panel was one of a series
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Vintage 1930s English Art Deco Wall-mounted Sculptures

Materials

Steel

Frosted Cobalt Blue 1939 World Fair Bottle Lamp Base by Sarsaparilla
By Cvv Vianne
Located in Van Nuys, CA
is made from a cast of the milk glass New York World Fair bottle that has been used as a lamp since
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Vintage 1980s American Table Lamps

Materials

Art Glass

Orange Flowers
Located in San Francisco, CA
include: San Francisco Museum of Art Inaugural, 1935; New York World's Fair, 1939; Golden Gate
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Still-life Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Orange Flowers
Orange Flowers
H 31.5 in W 25 in D 1.25 in
Gilbert Rohde Dresser 4041 Kroehler New York World's Fair 1940 Two-Tone 44" long
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
major exhibits for the New York Worlds Fair in 1939, including the Home Furnishing Pavilion, and the
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Vintage 1950s North American Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of D...

Materials

Birdseye Maple

1, 000 piece Museum Quality Collection of Art & Objects from NYC 1939 Worlds Fair
By Chester Beach
Located in New York, NY
1,000 piece Museum Quality Collection of Art & Objects from NYC 1939 Worlds Fair is available for
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1930s Art Deco Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Photographic Paper, Plaster

Art Deco Abstract Oil Painting by Burr Singer , 20th Century
By Burr Singer
Located in Hoddesdon, GB
Golden Gate International Exposition in San Francisco and at the New York World's Fair. In 1942 one of
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1930s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Scrub and Pines, Early 20th Century Landscape, Cleveland May Show Exhibition
By William Grauer
Located in Beachwood, OH
exhibitions in both the Chicago Century of Progress (1933) and the New York World's Fair (1939). Residents of
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1920s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Rita Mount Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Rita Mount
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
, Morency Frères Ltee (all in Montreal), the New York World’s Fair (1939), the Coronation Exhibition
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Vintage 1930s Canadian Paintings

Rita Mount Painting, Oil on Canvas
Rita Mount Painting, Oil on Canvas
H 30.2 in W 34.3 in D 1 in
'South-Western Landscape', Art Institute of Chicago, Whitney Museum, WPA, Odessa
By Todros Geller
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
York, 1939), the New York World's Fair (1939) and at the Whitney Museum of American Art (1941) in
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1930s Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Gouache, Illustration Board

untitled (Rocks along the Coast)
By William C. Grauer
Located in Fairlawn, OH
both the Chicago Century of Progress (1933) and the New York World's Fair (1939). Residents of
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1950s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Gouache

1920s Mountain Landscape Oil Painting of Manitou, Colorado with Pikes Peak View
By Charles Ragland Bunnell
Located in Denver, CO
of Chicago's "Abstract and Surrealist Art" (1947–48), and the New York World’s Fair (1939). In 1956
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1920s Abstract Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

'California Landscape', Royal Danish Academy, Art Institute of Chicago, LACMA
By Ejnar Hansen
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
York World's Fair, 1939; Cincinnati Museum, 1945; California Watercolor Society, 1952-55; Pasadena
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1930s Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Gouache, Laid Paper

American Artist Abstract Painting
Located in Surfside, FL
, 1938 New York World's Fair, 1939 International Water Color Exhibition, Art Institute of Chicago, 1940
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paint

"Men in Barracks" WPA Mid 20th Century American Scene Realism Gay Modernism WWII
By David Fredenthal
Located in New York, NY
New York World's Fair 1939. Some of his fresco and mural techniques were inspired by his friendship
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1940s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

NYC Watercolor Drawing American Modern 20th Century Modernism Mid-Century WPA
By David Fredenthal
Located in New York, NY
including the Sports Pavilion on the Heinz Building of the New York World's Fair 1939. Some of his fresco
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1940s American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Paper

'Bronze, Seated Nude', Paris, Académie Chaumière, Salon D'Automne, LACMA, Woman
By Caroline Lloyd
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Gate International Exposition. 1939; New York World's Fair, 1939; Painters & Sculptors of Los Angeles
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1930s Modern Nude Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

'California Coast', Corcoran, Bohemian Club, MoMA, AIC, CSFA, LACMA, SFAA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Angeles County Museum of Art (1935, award) and at the New York's World Fair (1939) and other prominent
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1930s Post-Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Gouache, Postcard

Birds on Branches - Lithograph in Ink on Paper - Edition of 75
Located in Soquel, CA
New York City in 1950. Exhibitions: New York World's Fair New York, 1964/1965 New York World's Fair
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Animal Prints

Materials

Paper, Ink, Lithograph

"Bedouin, " Striking Art Deco Painting by Stahlhut, NY World's Fair Poster Artist
Located in Philadelphia, PA
's Fair in New York, which provided a dizzying, high-level view of the fair's location in metropolitan New
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Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Paint

Il Barocciaio - Etching and Drypoint by A. Checchi - 1939
Located in Roma, IT
exhibitions in Florence, New York, Paris, Warsaw, Riga.It was also present at the Exhibition International art
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1930s Figurative Prints

Materials

Drypoint, Etching

"The Return of Timothy Pickering, " WPA Mural Study Painting, 1939
Located in Philadelphia, PA
to do a series of murals for the 1939-1940, New York World's Fair.
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Early 20th Century Abstract Collage by New York Artist
By Byron Browne
Located in Beachwood, OH
, the Chronic Disease Hospital, the Williamsburg Housing Project, and the 1939 World's Fair.(2
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1930s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Charcoal, Ink

Lorin Jackson for Grosfeld House Glassic Collection Chair, circa 1939
By Lorin Jackson, Grosfeld House
Located in Saint Louis, MO
shearling upholstery. Designed by Lorin Jackson, this collection debuted at the 1939 New York world’s fair
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Vintage 1930s American Hollywood Regency Side Chairs

Materials

Lucite, Sheepskin

Charles Harsanyi Modernist Winter Scene, 1946, titled "The Ferry No 2"
Located in New York, NY
Art from the New York World's Fair 1939 American Artist, "A Wreck at Monhegan," February 1951
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1940s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Mid Century San Diego Impressionist Seascape by Georgia Crittenden Bemis, 1939
Located in Soquel, CA
sculpture media. In 1939 she went to New York to paint Mayor LaGuardia for the Arizona Bldg at the World
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1930s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Linen

Original Vintage Cruise Travel Poster USSR Voyage Into A New World Intourist
By Nikolai Zhukov
Located in London, GB
addressed to the Intourist office on Fifth Avenue in New York USA reading: This is more than a pleasure trip
Category

Vintage 1930s Russian Posters

Materials

Paper

Charles PICART LE DOUX, The Beautiful Girl, Oil on Canvas, 1939
By Charles Picart le Doux
Located in Saint Amans des cots, FR
galleries in Paris as well as in San Francisco, New York, Rio de Janeiro, London (Ohana gallery), Berlin and
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1930s Post-Impressionist Nude Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Pair of Embassy Art Deco Wine Glasses by Walter Dorwin Teague. 1939
By Walter Dorwin Teague
Located in Bellport, NY
Building in 1939 New York Worlds Fair. Rare and no longer produced, highly collectable.
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Crystal Serveware

Materials

Cut Glass

TOBACCO ROAD Mid 20th Century Realism 1940 Drawing from the Novel WPA Literary 2
By David Fredenthal
Located in New York, NY
Building of the New York World's Fair 1939. Some of his fresco and mural techniques were inspired by his
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1930s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Art Deco Articulating Desk Lamp. 1939 NYWF Rare Simulated Metal Leather
By Donald Deskey
Located in Peoria, AZ
1939 At the time of the New York World's Fair of 1939, designers architects and engineers were all
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Table Lamps

Materials

Metal

Mark Freeman Mix Media Drawing - Chinatown New York
By Mark Freeman
Located in Phoenix, AZ
depictions of the New York World's Fair of 1939 with its theme of "the World of Tomorrow" are among his works
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Mid-20th Century Mixed Media

Materials

Crayon, Color Pencil, Graphite

TOBACCO ROAD Mid 20th Century Realism 1940 Drawing from the Novel WPA Literary 3
By David Fredenthal
Located in New York, NY
Building of the New York World's Fair 1939. Some of his fresco and mural techniques were inspired by his
Category

1930s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink, Watercolor

'Abstract in Saffron and Tourmaline', New York School, WPA
By John von Wicht
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Academy of Fine Arts and the 1939 New York World's Fair among others. He also exhibited throughout Europe
Category

1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Prospect Park, Brooklyn, " Nathan Hoffman, New York City Impressionist Landscap
Located in New York, NY
, New York. An alternate birth date of April 23, 1900 was noted on his World War I registration card
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1940s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Frida with Granizo by Nickolas Muray, 1939, Silver Gelatin Print, Photography
By Nickolas Muray
Located in Dallas, TX
, Nickolas Muray immigrated to New York City in 1913. He established himself as a much sought after portrait
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20th Century Modern Portrait Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

"The Beach" Nathan Hoffman, Brooklyn, New York, Sunny Day Landscape
Located in New York, NY
Avenue in Brooklyn, New York, just down the streetfrom the home where George Gershwin (1898 – 1937) was
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1940s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

"Brighton Beach" Nathan Hoffman, New York, Sunny Day Landscape Impressionism
Located in New York, NY
water and the family resided on Snediker Avenue in Brooklyn, New York, just down the streetfrom the home
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1940s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

1940 American WPA Modernist New York City Watercolor Painting Pushcart Tenements
By Samuel Grunvald
Located in Surfside, FL
Guild, Watercolor Society, New York Watercolor Club. exhibited at Montross Gallery, NYC, World House
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1940s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

September Morn
By Joseph Hirsch
Located in New Orleans, LA
Academy in Rome, the Walter Lippincott Prize, First Prize at the New York World's Fair (1939), the
Category

1960s American Modern Nude Prints

Materials

Lithograph

"Central Park, Sherry Netherland Hotel, Plaza Hotel" Nathan Hoffman, New York
Located in New York, NY
Art Festival Exhibition, Spring Lake, NJ, 1935; Sutton Gallery, New York, NY, 1939 – 63 (solos & group
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1940s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

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