Midsommar Mid-Century

Celebrate the Summer Solstice -- A Collection of Mid-Century American & Scandinavian Modern paintings!

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  Claude R. Bentley

  American, 1915 - 1990

  Black Diamond, 1959

  Oil on canvas

  45 x 34 inches

  Signed and dated Claude Bentley ‘59, lower left; signed and titled (twice) on reverse

  #20001
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  Claude R. Bentley

  American, 1915 - 1990

  Untitled (Abstraction), ca. 1958

  Oil on canvas

  60 1/4 x 28 1/4 inches

  Signed Claude Bentley, lower left

  #20325
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  John Kazann

  American, b. 20th Century

  Untitled (Abstraction), 1953

  Oil on canvas

  48 x 49 3/4 inches

  Signed and dated Kazann 53, lower right

  #18930
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  Seppo Kärkkäinen

  Swedish, b. 1935

  Untitled (Abstraction), 1960

  Untitled (Abstraction)

  51 1/4 x 38 1/4 inches

  Signed and dated Seppo-60, lower right

  #18863
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  David Segal

  American, 1921 - 2005

  Untitled (Abstraction)

  Oil on board

  21 x 28 1/2 inches

  Signed D. Segel, lower right

  #18945
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  Nils Gunnar Stenqvist

  Swedish, 1934 - 2005

  Untitled (Abstraction), 1952

  Oil on canvas

  9 1/2 x 13 inches

  Signed Gunnar Stenqvist, lower left; dated on reverse

  #18480
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  Henry Moretti

  French, 1913 - 2015

  Untitled (Abstraction)

  Oil on artist board

  6 3/4 x 6 1/4 inches

  Signed H. Moretti, lower right; signed on reverse

  #18917
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  Carl Gustaf Skoglund

  Swedish, 1923 - 2003

  Slänt, 1964

  Oil on canvas

  25 1/2 x 34 1/2 inches

  Signed G. Skoglund, lower right; titled and dated on reverse

  #20224
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  Elaine Sinnard (Anderson)

  American , 1926 - 2012

  Untitled (Abstraction), 1958

  Oil on canvas

  20 x 16 inches

  Signed Sinnard and dated lower right; signed Elaine on reverse

  #18415
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  Barbro Bråne

  Swedish, 1925 - 1989

  Jönköping Landscap, ca. 1960s

  Oil on canvas

  40 x 25 inches

  Signed Bråne and titled on reverse

  #20189
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  Gösta Sundström

  Swedish, 1920 - 2010

  A Bay of Mälaren, 1966

  Oil on canvas

  21 3/4 x 32 inches

  Signed Sundström, lower left; titled on reverse

  #20739
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  Johny Colebring

  Swedish, 1920 - 2003

  Ängdala, 1964

  Oil on canvas

  35 1/2 x 35 1/2 inches

  Signed and dated Colebring-64, lower left

  #20470
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  Alvar Lundin

  Swedish, 1894 - 1974

  Untitled (Landscape with Sun and Vådersol), ca. 1950s

  Oil on canvas

  25 1/2 x 27 1/2 inches

  Signed Lundin, lower left; titled on reverse

  #19947
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  Ebbe Eberhardson

  Swedish, b. 1927

  Untitled (Abstraction), ca. 1960s

  Oil on board

  7 3/4 x 16 1/2 inches

  Signed E. Eberhardson, lower left

  #19913
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  Erik Langemark

  Swedish, 1915 - 1997

  Untitled (Landscape), ca. 1960s

  Oil on canvas

  16 1/2 x 26 inches

  Signed Erik Langemark, lower right

  #19984
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  Eve Garrison

  American, 1903 - 2003

  Untitled (Abstraction), ca. 1955

  Oil on Masonite

  24 x 36 inches

  #17766
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  Lee Hersch

  American, 1896 - 1953

  Untitled (Abstraction), 1951

  Oil on paper, laid down on Masonite

  19 1/2 x 25 1/2 inches

  Signed Lee Hersch (twice), lower left; dated and inscribed Paris ‘51 on reverse

  #18313
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  James Poteat

  American, 1934 - 2010

  Rural to Urban, ca. 1950s

  Oil on burlap

  28 x 20 inches

  Titled on label on reverse

  #18329

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  Ditte Hood

  Swedish, b. Born 1921

  Untitled (Composition), 1964

  Watercolor and gouache on paper

  20 x 25 3/4 inches

  Signed and dated Hood -64, lower right

  #18862
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  Robert (Van) Warren Hoople

  American, 1934 - 1975

  Untitled (Abstraction), 1960

  Acrylic on board

  35 1/2 x 23 inches

  Signed V. Hoople, lower right

  #18078
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  Barbara Lewis

  American, 1925 - 2008

  Untitled (Abstraction), 1969

  Watercolor on paper

  11 x 9 1/2 inches

  Signed and dated B. Lewis 69, lower right

  #18882
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  Harold Haydon

  American, 1909 - 1994

  Fuzzy Neon, 1950

  Oil on board

  8 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches

  Signed and dated Harold Haydon 2-VIII-50, lower center; signed, titled and dated on reverse.

  #8737
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  Harold Haydon

  American, 1909 - 1994

  Untitled (City Street), ca. 1956

  Oil on Masonite

  6 x 8 inches

  Estate stamped on reverse

  #8585
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  Harold Haydon

  American, 1909 - 1994

  Untitled (Fire), 1951

  Oil on board

  14 x 10 inches

  Signed and dated Harold Haydon 10-VIII-51, lower right.

  #8832
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  Lennart Ason

  Swedish, 1920 - 1992

  Composition, 1963

  Oil on canvas

  13 1/2 x 21 1/2 inches

  Signed and dated L. Ason 63, lower right

  #18928
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  Evert Wernberg

  Swedish, 1911 - 1990

  Untitled (Autumn Motif), ca. 1960

  Oil on Masonite

  12 1/4 x 21 3/4 inches

  Signed Evert Wernberg, lower right

  #18555
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  George Cohen

  American, 1913 - 1980

  Symbiosis

  Casein on board

  18 x 18 inches

  Signed George Cohen, lower right; signed and titled on reverse

  #18140
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  Bengt Lindstrom

  Swedish, 1925 - 2008

  Untitled (Composition with Figures), ca. 1950

  Oil on board

  27 1/2 x 17 1/2 inches

  Signed Bengt Lindström, lower right

  #19975
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  Fred Andersson

  Swedish, 1921 - 1989

  Vas och päron (Vase and Pears), 1951

  Oil on board

  9 x 15 3/4 inches

  Signed and dated Fred 51, lower right

  #20548
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  Tim Meier

  American, 1929 - 2022

  Untitled (Abstraction), 1957

  Oil on board

  20 x 24 inches

  Signed and dated Tim Meier 57, lower right

  #18372
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  Suzanne Schweig Langsdorf Martyl

  American, 1917 - 2013

  Asclepias

  Oil on Masonite

  14 x 11 inches

  Signed Martyl, lower right.

  #7222
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  George Cohen

  American, 1913 - 1980

  Avalanche, ca. 1960s

  Casein on board

  21 x 15 inches

  Signed G. Cohen, lower right; titled on reverse

  #18934
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  Ronald Ahlström

  American, 1922 - 2012

  Composition #40

  Oil, mixed media and collage on board

  9 1/2 x 12 inches

  Signed Ahlström, lower right; Signed and titled #40 on reverse

  #2004
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  Ronald Ahlström

  American, 1922 - 2012

  Untitled (Abstraction)

  Oil, mixed media and collage on Masonite

  17 x 20 1/4 inches

  Signed Ahlström, lower right; signed on reverse

  #20002
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  Ronald Ahlström

  American, 1922 - 2012

  Untitled (Abstraction), ca. 1960s

  Acrylic and collage on canvas board

  16 x 20 inches

  Signed Ahlström, upper right; signed on reverse

  #17024
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  Ronald Ahlström

  American, 1922 - 2012

  Untitled (Abstraction)

  Oil, mixed media and collage on board

  12 x 9 1/2 inches

  Signed Ahlström, lower right; signed on reverse

  #20003
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  Hans Valter Sundberg

  Swedish, 1922 - 2004

  Rymdstation (Space Station), 1954

  Pastel on paper, in original frame

  26 3/4 x 33 inches

  Signed and dated H.V. Sundberg 54, lower right; titled on reverse

  #19891
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  Ruth Linnell (Byrnes)

  American, 1923 - 2003

  Untitled (Abstraction), 1955

  Silkscreen in colors on board

  18 1/4 x 11 1/2 inches

  Signed and dated Linnell 55, lower right

  #20740
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  Leif Sven Roland Persson

  Swedish, b. Born 1938

  Untitled (Composition)

  Watercolor on paper

  10 x 13 3/4 inches

  Signed Leif, lower right

  #18922
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  Richard Koppe

  American, 1916 - 1973

  Winged Irony (Drawing #214 ), 1952

  Wax crayon and ink on paper

  19 1/2 x 25 1/2 inches

  Signed and dated Koppe 52, lower right; titled and numbered 214 on reverse.

  #4473
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  Desmond McLean

  American, 1929 - 2015

  Untitled (Abstraction), 1959

  Watercolor on paper

  12 x 20 inches

  Signed and dated Des McLean 59, lower right

  #18377
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  Desmond McLean

  American, 1929 - 2015

  Untitled (Abstraction), 1959

  Watercolor on paper

  15 1/2 x 22 1/2 inches

  Signed and dated Des McLean 59, lower left

  #18375
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  Lars Erik Jönson (Karlmark)

  Swedish, b. Born 1940

  Komposition II, 1968

  Oil and collage on canvas

  15 x 21 1/4 inches

  Signed with monogram LEJ, lower right; signed, titled and dated on reverse

  #18923
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  Adele Marion Gawin Lemm

  American,, 1897 - 1977

  Untitled (Harbor Scene), ca. 1960s

  Pastel on paper

  18 x 24 inches

  Signed Adele Lemm, lower left; Estate stamped on reverse

  #16465
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  Adele Marion Gawin Lemm

  American,, 1897 - 1977

  Untitled (Harbor Scene), ca. 1960s

  Pastel on paper

  18 x 24 inches

  Signed Adele Lemm, lower left; Estate stamped on reverse

  #16468
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  Serge Chermayeff

  American, 1900 - 1996

  Dawn to Dusk, Cape Cod, 1946

  Oil on gesso on panel, in artist's original frame

  24 x 36 1/4 inches

  Signed, titled and dated on reverse.

  #6636
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  Chicago Modern

  20th Century

  Untitled (Chicago), ca. 1965

  Watercolor on artist board

  24 x 30 inches

  Signed Renauld, lower right

  #18944
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  Stephane H.C. Gourjon

  French, b. 1912

  Lyon, 1962

  Oil on canvas

  13 x 16 inches

  Signed S.H.C. Gourjon, lower left; signed, titled and dated on reverse.

  #6860
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  Mark Coomer

  American, 1914 - 2004

  Skyline, ca. 1959

  Serigraph on paper, in original frame

  30 3/4 x 12 3/4 inches

  Signed in plate Mark Coomer, lower left

  #18316
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  Mark Coomer

  American, 1914 - 2004

  Wrigley Building, ca. 1959

  Serigraph on paper, in original frame

  28 1/4 x 10 3/4 inches

  Signed in plate Mark Coomer, lower left

  #18317
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  Mark Coomer

  American, 1914 - 2004

  Set of Four Chicago City Scenes: Prudential Building, Tribune Tower, Water Tower & Wrigley Building, In original frames, ca. 1959

  Serigraphs on paper, in original frame

  11 1/2 x 8 3/4 inches

  Each signed in plate Mark Coomer, lower left

  #20731
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  Andre Delfau

  French, 1914 - 2000

  Untitled (Jouer au volley-ball), ca. 1950s

  Oil on Masonite

  6 1/4 x 8 1/2 inches

  Provenance: Estate of the artist

  #5363
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  Etta Banjamin Cien

  , 1924 - 2009

  Untitled, ca. 1960s

  Oil and collage on Masonite

  44 x 32 inches

  Signed E. Cien, lower left

  #18485
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  Vivian Kinsley Chapin

  American, 1909 - 1994

  Untitled (Reclining Nude), ca. 1950s

  Oil on Masonite

  16 x 30 inches

  Signed Vivan Chapin, lower right

  #19002
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  Harry Engel

  American, 1901 - 1968

  Untitled (Still Life), ca. 1959

  OIl on canvas

  16 x 20 inches

  Signed Engel, lower right

  #18396
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  Gertrude Wråke-Lindquist

  Swedish, 1905 - 1996

  Grönt Bord (The Green Table), ca. 1950s

  Oil on canvas

  15 x 18 1/4 inches

  Signed, G. Wråke-L, lower left

  #20552
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  Astri Ekengren-Larsson

  Swedish, 1898 - 1990

  Untitled (Still Life), 1949

  Oil on Masonite

  19 3/4 x 23 1/2 inches

  Signed and dated Astri Ekegren-Larsson 1949, lower left

  #18881