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Serendipity
By Anastasia Kurakina company
Located in London, GB
Embassy; 2013 – Tolentino (MC), International Art Museum of Tolentino; 2006 – Moscow, Central House of
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Prints and Multiples

Materials

Laser, Giclée, Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Color, Digital

Mindset, One-of-a-Kind Affordable Art on Paper
By a.muse
Located in New york, NY
artist a.muse’s printmaking, collages, drawings, and paintings on paper and canvas tap into serendipity
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Ink, Gouache, Rag Paper, Monotype

Cherry Blossoms, Contemporary Painting of Trees on Canvas , Framed
By a.muse
Located in New york, NY
tap into serendipity, happenstance, and lucid dreams. For the works on paper, a.muse employs acrylic
Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic, Thread, Oil Pastel

Pink Cosmos, Colorful One-of-a-Kind Affordable Art on Paper
By a.muse
Located in New york, NY
printmaking, collages, drawings, and paintings on paper and canvas tap into serendipity, happenstance, and
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Ink, Rag Paper, Monotype, Gouache

Forget the Destination, One-of-a-Kind Affordable Art on Watercolor Paper
By a.muse
Located in New york, NY
paper and canvas tap into serendipity, happenstance, and lucid dreams. For the works on paper, a.muse
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Ink, Gouache, Rag Paper, Monotype

Bouquet, One-of-a-Kind Abstract Art on Paper, Emerging Art
By a.muse
Located in New york, NY
canvas tap into serendipity, happenstance, and lucid dreams. For the works on paper, a.muse employs
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Ink, Rag Paper, Monotype

Floating on Water, One-of-a-Kind Affordable Art on Paper
By a.muse
Located in New york, NY
artist a.muse’s printmaking, collages, drawings, and paintings on paper and canvas tap into serendipity
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Ink, Rag Paper, Color, Monotype

Love Me Tender, One-of-a-Kind Abstract Work on Paper
By a.muse
Located in New york, NY
canvas tap into serendipity, happenstance, and lucid dreams. For the works on paper, a.muse employs
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Rag Paper, Monotype, Handmade Paper, Ink

Twirling, One-of-a-Kind Abstract Work on Paper, Emerging Art
By a.muse
Located in New york, NY
serendipity, happenstance, and lucid dreams. For the works on paper, a.muse employs acrylic, watercolor, oil
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Rag Paper, Monotype, Ink

Be the Dance, Colorful One-of-a-Kind Work on Paper, Emerging Art
By a.muse
Located in New york, NY
printmaking, collages, drawings, and paintings on paper and canvas tap into serendipity, happenstance, and
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Ink, Gouache, Rag Paper, Monotype

Criss Cross, One-of-a-Kind Abstract Art on Paper, Emerging Art
By a.muse
Located in New york, NY
canvas tap into serendipity, happenstance, and lucid dreams. For the works on paper, a.muse employs
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Rag Paper, Monotype, Handmade Paper, Ink

Tell Me, One-of-a-Kind Abstract Art on Paper, Emerging Art
By a.muse
Located in New york, NY
printmaking, collages, drawings, and paintings on paper and canvas tap into serendipity, happenstance, and
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Rag Paper, Monotype, Handmade Paper, Ink

Positively Pink, One-of-a-Kind Abstract Art on Paper, Emerging Art
By a.muse
Located in New york, NY
printmaking, collages, drawings, and paintings on paper and canvas tap into serendipity, happenstance, and
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Rag Paper, Monotype, Ink

It Doesn't Have to be Perfect, One-of-a-Kind Work on Paper, Emerging Art
By a.muse
Located in New york, NY
artist a.muse’s printmaking, collages, drawings, and paintings on paper and canvas tap into serendipity
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Ink, Gouache, Rag Paper, Monotype

I Feel Like Dancing, Abstract Acrylic Painting
By a.muse
Located in New york, NY
An acrylic painting on canvas by a.muse introduces play and serendipity. Bright splashes of color
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil Pastel, Acrylic

Chasing Butterflies, Art on Japanese Washi Paper
By a.muse
Located in New york, NY
, and paintings on paper and canvas tap into serendipity, happenstance, and lucid dreams. For the
Category

2010s Abstract Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil Pastel, Acrylic

Let Go, Abstract Art on Watercolor Paper, Emerging Art
By a.muse
Located in New york, NY
printmaking, collages, drawings, and paintings on paper and canvas tap into serendipity, happenstance, and
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Ink, Gouache, Rag Paper, Monotype

Power Play, Colorful Acrylic Abstract Painting on Canvas
By a.muse
Located in New york, NY
, drawings, and paintings on paper and canvas tap into serendipity, happenstance, and lucid dreams. For the
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil Pastel, Acrylic

Sweet Life, Abstract Watercolor Collage Art on Paper
By a.muse
Located in New york, NY
paintings on paper and canvas tap into serendipity, happenstance, and lucid dreams. For the works on paper
Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Thread, Watercolor, Archival Paper, Ink, Board

Faces II, Abstract Oil Painting on Paper
By a.muse
Located in New york, NY
, collages, drawings, and paintings on paper and canvas tap into serendipity, happenstance, and lucid dreams
Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Archival Paper

After Blue Eyes, Abstract Acrylic Painting on Canvas
By a.muse
Located in New york, NY
, and paintings on paper and canvas tap into serendipity, happenstance, and lucid dreams. For the
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic, Oil Pastel

Yellow Hair, Collage Art on Paper
By a.muse
Located in New york, NY
paper and canvas tap into serendipity, happenstance, and lucid dreams. For the works on paper, a.muse
Category

2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings

Materials

Oil Pastel, Acrylic, Pen

Italian Abstract Aquatint Collage Lithograph Print Eugenio Carmi 80s Memphis Era
By Eugenio Carmi
Located in Surfside, FL
Restany in Lund, Sweden. In 1968, he introduced the “Carm-o-matic”, during the Cybernetic Serendipity show
Category

1980s Post-Modern Abstract Prints

Materials

Aquatint

Italian Abstract Aquatint Collage Lithograph Print Eugenio Carmi 80s Memphis Era
By Eugenio Carmi
Located in Surfside, FL
Restany in Lund, Sweden. In 1968, he introduced the “Carm-o-matic”, during the Cybernetic Serendipity show
Category

1980s Post-Modern Abstract Prints

Materials

Aquatint

Italian Abstract Aquatint Collage Lithograph Print Eugenio Carmi 80s Memphis Era
By Eugenio Carmi
Located in Surfside, FL
, Sweden. In 1968, he introduced the “Carm-o-matic”, during the Cybernetic Serendipity show at the
Category

1980s Post-Modern Abstract Prints

Materials

Aquatint

Italian Abstract Aquatint Collage Lithograph Print Eugenio Carmi 80s Memphis Era
By Eugenio Carmi
Located in Surfside, FL
, Sweden. In 1968, he introduced the “Carm-o-matic”, during the Cybernetic Serendipity show at the
Category

1980s Post-Modern Abstract Prints

Materials

Aquatint

Italian Abstract Aquatint Collage Lithograph Print Eugenio Carmi 80s Memphis Era
By Eugenio Carmi
Located in Surfside, FL
, Sweden. In 1968, he introduced the “Carm-o-matic”, during the Cybernetic Serendipity show at the
Category

1980s Post-Modern Abstract Prints

Materials

Aquatint

Italian Abstract Aquatint Collage Lithograph Print Eugenio Carmi 80s Memphis Era
By Eugenio Carmi
Located in Surfside, FL
, Sweden. In 1968, he introduced the “Carm-o-matic”, during the Cybernetic Serendipity show at the
Category

1980s Post-Modern Abstract Prints

Materials

Aquatint

Faces I, Abstract Oil Painting, Art on Paper
By a.muse
Located in New york, NY
a.muse’s printmaking, collages, drawings, and paintings on paper and canvas tap into serendipity
Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Archival Paper

Cicadas by a.muse, Abstract Acrylic Painting on Canvas
By a.muse
Located in New york, NY
paper and canvas tap into serendipity, happenstance, and lucid dreams. For the works on paper, a.muse
Category

2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil Pastel, Acrylic

Down by the River, Watercolor Collage Art on Paper
By a.muse
Located in New york, NY
serendipity, happenstance, and lucid dreams. For the works on paper, a.muse employs acrylic, watercolor, oil
Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Thread, Watercolor, Archival Paper

Waves, Art on Washi Paper
By a.muse
Located in New york, NY
, collages, drawings, and paintings on paper and canvas tap into serendipity, happenstance, and lucid dreams
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil Pastel, Acrylic

Fish, Colorful Mixed-Media Art on Washi Paper
By a.muse
Located in New york, NY
tap into serendipity, happenstance, and lucid dreams. For the works on paper, a.muse employs acrylic
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil Pastel, Acrylic

Nubian Princesses, Acrylic Painting on Canvas
By a.muse
Located in New york, NY
canvas tap into serendipity, happenstance, and lucid dreams. For the works on paper, a.muse employs
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil Pastel, Acrylic

Delusione with Flake in Gold & Raspberry by Bethany Wood & Elliot Walker
By Bethany Wood, Elliot Walker
Located in London, GB
specific place. Serendipity of abstraction has always been an inspiration for me; the coincidental
Category

2010s British Organic Modern Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass

Randal Ford - Arctic Fox No. 1, Photography 2018, Printed After
By Randal Ford
Located in Greenwich, CT
brief glimpse into their soul. Vicki: Nothing could out fox Vicki. In my experience foxes and house
Category

2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print

Randal Ford - Arctic Fox No. 2, Photography 2018, Printed After
By Randal Ford
Located in Greenwich, CT
brief glimpse into their soul. Vicki: Nothing could out fox Vicki. In my experience foxes and house
Category

2010s Contemporary Animal Prints

Materials

Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print

Flower Vase, Semi-Abstract Affordable Art on Paper
By a.muse
Located in New york, NY
paper and canvas tap into serendipity, happenstance, and lucid dreams. For the works on paper, a.muse
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Ink, Rag Paper, Color, Monotype

Celestial Bodies, Color Monotype Affordable Art on Paper
By a.muse
Located in New york, NY
serendipity, happenstance, and lucid dreams. For the works on paper, a.muse employs acrylic, watercolor, oil
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Ink, Rag Paper, Monotype

Intuition, Abstract Work on Paper, Emerging Art
By a.muse
Located in New york, NY
canvas tap into serendipity, happenstance, and lucid dreams. For the works on paper, a.muse employs
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Rag Paper, Monotype, Handmade Paper

Before Easter After by Lynn Goldsmith and Patti Smith
By TASCHEN
Located in Toronto, ON
album cover of Easter. Patti always allowed for the serendipity of the process. With her, I did not have
Category

Late 20th Century More Art

Materials

Other Medium

Italian Artist Modern Silkscreen Eugenio Carmi
By Eugenio Carmi
Located in Surfside, FL
the Cybernetic Serendipity show at the Institute of Contemporary Art in London. In 1973, he produced
Category

1980s Modern Abstract Prints

Materials

Screen

Serendipity XVIII - Colorful Abstract Geometric Painting in Red, Green, and Grey
By Raul de la Torre
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Monica, CA 2008- Hangar Gallery - Santa Monica, CA 2007 Bluebird art House- Whittier, CA 2007 Hangar
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Geisha Walking, One-of-a-Kind Affordable Art on Paper
By a.muse
Located in New york, NY
printmaking, collages, drawings, and paintings on paper and canvas tap into serendipity, happenstance, and
Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Prints

Materials

Ink, Rag Paper, Intaglio, Monotype

Trapezoid Planet, One-of-a-kind Affordable Art on Paper
By a.muse
Located in New york, NY
tap into serendipity, happenstance, and lucid dreams. For the works on paper, a.muse employs acrylic
Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Prints

Materials

Ink, Rag Paper, Intaglio, Monotype

Many Fans, One-of-a-Kind Work on Paper, Emerging Art
By a.muse
Located in New york, NY
, and paintings on paper and canvas tap into serendipity, happenstance, and lucid dreams. For the
Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Prints

Materials

Ink, Rag Paper, Intaglio, Monotype

Portrait of Paris, Abstract Acrylic Painting on Paper
By a.muse
Located in New york, NY
, drawings, and paintings on paper and canvas tap into serendipity, happenstance, and lucid dreams. For the
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Mixed Media, Acrylic, Archival Paper, Oil Pastel

In the Country, Black-and-White Portrait of Woman in French Countryside
By Roberta Fineberg
Located in New york, NY
- owning often an ancestral house in the countryside, often rustic, a nation equally rooted in the agrarian
Category

1980s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper

Positively Blooming, Acrylic and Sand Abstract Painting on Canvas
By a.muse
Located in New york, NY
canvas tap into serendipity, happenstance, and lucid dreams. For the works on paper, a.muse employs
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Acrylic, Canvas

Angel Descending the Staircase, Acrylic Pastel Abstract Painting, Framed
By a.muse
Located in New york, NY
canvas tap into serendipity, happenstance, and lucid dreams. For the works on paper, a.muse employs
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Acrylic, Archival Paper

Bow-Wow by a.muse, Contemporary Acrylic Painting, Framed
By a.muse
Located in New york, NY
canvas tap into serendipity, happenstance, and lucid dreams. For the works on paper, a.muse employs
Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Acrylic, Board

18 Karat Yellow Gold Diamond & Rose Cut Earrings
By Manisha & Saurabh Mody
Located in MUMBAI, IN
These earrings are a result of a very unique serendipity of rose cuts & hand texture. Rose cuts are
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Dangle Earrings

Materials

Diamond, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold

18 Karat White Gold, Black Rhodium Plated Diamond Lever Back Earrings
By Manisha & Saurabh Mody
Located in MUMBAI, IN
karat white gold, brilliant cut round and fancy shape diamonds are set in serendipity complementing each
Category

2010s Indian Modern Lever-Back Earrings

Materials

Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold, Rhodium

18 Karat White Gold, Black Rhodium Plated Diamond Lever Back Earrings
18 Karat White Gold, Black Rhodium Plated Diamond Lever Back Earrings
H 0.87 in W 0.48 in D 0.4 in Dm 0.48 in L 0.87 in
Bubble Man
By Hiroshi Watanabe
Located in Los Angeles, CA
element of serendipity. His work portrays his personal vision of the world, faithfully trying to preserve
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography

Lim Chun Sil, Pyongyang Schoolchildren's Palace, N. Korea
By Hiroshi Watanabe
Located in Los Angeles, CA
element of serendipity. His work portrays his personal vision of the world, faithfully trying to preserve
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Kim Song Mi & Kim Yun Kyong, Pyongyang Schoolchildren's Palace, N. Korea
By Hiroshi Watanabe
Located in Los Angeles, CA
element of serendipity. His work portrays his personal vision of the world, faithfully trying to preserve
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Tobu Land 1
By Hiroshi Watanabe
Located in Los Angeles, CA
element of serendipity. His work portrays his personal vision of the world, faithfully trying to preserve
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography

Songdowon International Children's Camp, N. Korea
By Hiroshi Watanabe
Located in Los Angeles, CA
element of serendipity. His work portrays his personal vision of the world, faithfully trying to preserve
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Butterflies
By Hiroshi Watanabe
Located in Los Angeles, CA
element of serendipity. His work portrays his personal vision of the world, faithfully trying to preserve
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography

Brick Factory 6
By Hiroshi Watanabe
Located in Los Angeles, CA
element of serendipity. His work portrays his personal vision of the world, faithfully trying to preserve
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography

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House Of Serendipity For Sale on 1stDibs

On 1stDibs, you can find the most appropriate house of serendipity for your needs in our varied inventory. You can easily find an example made in the contemporary style, while we also have 24 contemporary versions to choose from as well. Finding the perfect house of serendipity may mean sifting through those created during different time periods — you can find an early version that dates to the 20th Century and a newer variation that were made as recently as the 21st Century. If you’re looking to add a house of serendipity to create new energy in an otherwise neutral space in your home, you can find a work on 1stDibs that features elements of gray, black, beige, blue and more. Creating a house of serendipity has been a part of the legacy of many artists, but those crafted by a.muse, Hiroshi Watanabe, Randal Ford, Raul de la Torre and Eugenio Carmi are consistently popular. These artworks were handmade with extraordinary care, with artists most often working in paper, paint and acrylic paint.

How Much is a House Of Serendipity?

The average selling price for a house of serendipity we offer is $1,250, while they’re typically $390 on the low end and $31,229 for the highest priced.
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