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artnet Auctions presents collectors with important artworks from major pre–World War II art movements. Exceptional prices from this period include Hans Hofmann's 1941 work on paper, Untitled (Provincetown), sold on August 11, 2010 for US$12,650.

A dazzling array of art movements make up the Prewar Art period (prior to 1945), including Impressionism, Expressionism, Cubism, and Futurism. Great masters such as Vincent Van Gogh, Paul Gauguin, Henri Matisse, and Wassily Kandinsky are regularly featured on artnet Auctions.

Explore the amazing breadth of Prewar Art movements, and bid now on artworks created before 1945.

64 Results

  • Harold Haliday Costain: New Orleans, 1930

    Silver Print, Gelatin Silver Print

    Opening Bid
    US$2,500 €
    End Time
    11 hours, 3 minutes
    Wednesday, May 30, 2012, 11:32 a.m. (EST)
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  • Berenice Abbott: Portrait of Solita Solano, 1920

    Silver Print, gelatin silver print, mounted

    Opening Bid
    US$1,600 €
    End Time
    11 hours, 12 minutes
    Wednesday, May 30, 2012, 11:41 a.m. (EST)
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  • Germaine Krull: Parade of Cars, Avenue du Bois, Paris, 1927

    Silver Print, gelatin silver print

    Opening Bid
    US$2,800 €
    End Time
    11 hours, 17 minutes
    Wednesday, May 30, 2012, 11:46 a.m. (EST)
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  • A.F. Lallemont: Femme d'Oualata, Casablanca, Maroc, Tete d'Outre-Mer, 1922

    Other, Bromide Print

    Opening Bid
    US$1,000 €
    End Time
    11 hours, 20 minutes
    Wednesday, May 30, 2012, 11:49 a.m. (EST)
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  • Paul Strand: Yawning Woman, New York, 1917

    Photogravure

    Opening Bid
    US$1,200 €
    End Time
    11 hours, 23 minutes
    Wednesday, May 30, 2012, 11:52 a.m. (EST)
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  • Max Penson: Muslim Uzbek Scholar Reading the Koran, 1930

    Silver Print, gelatin silver print

    Opening Bid
    US$2,500 €
    End Time
    11 hours, 26 minutes
    Wednesday, May 30, 2012, 11:55 a.m. (EST)
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  • Margaret Bourke-White: Family in a Run Down Shelter, 1936

    Silver Print, Gelatin Silver Print

    Opening Bid
    US$1,500 €
    End Time
    11 hours, 29 minutes
    Wednesday, May 30, 2012, 11:58 a.m. (EST)
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  • Alexander Calder: Untitled (Painted metal mobile), 1943

    Other Cast Metals, Painted sheet metal and wire

    Opening Bid
    US$180,000 €
    End Time
    1 day, 10 hours, 1 minute
    Thursday, May 31, 2012, 10:30 a.m. (EST)
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  • Max Kalish: Foundryman, 1934

    Bronze, with dark brown and green patina

    Current Bid
    US$16,000 €
    End Time
    1 day, 10 hours, 1 minute
    Thursday, May 31, 2012, 10:30 a.m. (EST)
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