Reading Bench
Reading on the Park Bench
Located in Soquel, CA
Evocative watercolor of a figure reading outside a doorway by California Watercolor artist G
Category
Late 20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Waterco...
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Reading as Night Approaches, Oil Painting
By Onelio Marrero
Located in San Francisco, CA
where a lonely figure sits on a park bench reading under the light of a lamppost as night approaches
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist More Art
Materials
Oil
UNTITLED (THREE PEOPLE ON A PARK BENCH)
Located in Portland, ME
together on a
bench in the park, while a white man, further along the bench reads
his newspaper. Provenance
Category
1930s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
French Nude Woman Seated on a Bench Study
By Emile Lejeune
Located in Houston, TX
Nude woman seated on a bench looking out at the viewer. The work is signed by the artist and
Category
1950s Naturalistic Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
Réalisme Fantastique, L'Etabli, The Work Bench, Mid Century Fantasy Surrealist
Located in Cotignac, FR
at his bench, dressed in characteristic shirt and wearing clogs, surrounded by the tools of his trade
Category
1950s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
H 22.5 in W 18.5 in D 1 in
A coffee farmer prays alone in an empty church by Steve McCurry, 2012
By Steve McCurry
Located in Dallas, TX
a bench, kneeling over with his hands in prayer. Light pours in from the open door, illuminating the
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Digital
H 20 in W 24 in D 0.01 in
Ruislip Library, Watercolour Stained Glass Window Design, Jane Gray
Located in London, GB
anniversary; instead of another bench in a reading room, Gray received a commission for a stained glass window
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Rest Break in the Gardens, Original Painting
By Darlene McElroy
Located in San Francisco, CA
hat. The subject reads a book on a wrought iron park bench as her four-legged companion rests by her
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
A World to Teach
By Jane DeDecker
Located in Loveland, CO
A World to Teach by Jane DeDecker
Figurative Bronze Sculpture functioning as bench
44x53x22" bronze
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Carved Half Circles and Triangle Earrings" ethically sourced gold, contemporary
Located in Morgan Hill, CA
jewelry bench with a rewarding yoga practice and enjoys riding her bike, reading, walking around whatever
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
H 2.75 in W 1 in D 0.07 in
"Carved Circle & Square Axis Earrings" ethically sourced rose gold, contemporary
Located in Morgan Hill, CA
jewelry bench with a rewarding yoga practice and enjoys riding her bike, reading, walking around whatever
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
H 1.25 in W 1.75 in D 0.07 in
Oil Painting by Well Known Cartoonist and Illustrator Upper East Side, Manhattan
By Sandy Huffaker
Located in Surfside, FL
An Upper East Side of Manhattan New York city scene of bald guy reading newspaper on bench with
Category
20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Children in Mulberry Street
By Jerome Myers
Located in New York, NY
another etching called Conversation, two women on a bench talking. The other figures are sketches as well
Category
1910s American Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Japanese Tea Garden
By Harry Humphrey Moore
Located in New York, NY
–1810). He became deaf at age three, and later went to special schools where he learned lip-reading and
Category
Late 19th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Original Vintage Public Health Poster Rabies Prevention In Dogs USSR Pioneer Boy
Located in London, GB
on a bench reading with a girl and boy, their muzzled dog lying next to them on the path, the text on
Category
1950s More Prints
Materials
Paper
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Vintage Berber Moroccan Kilim Rug with Modern Cabin Style, Flat-weave Kilim Rug
By Berber Tribes of Morocco
Located in Dallas, TX
20417 Vintage Berber Moroccan Kilim Rug with Modern Cabin Style, Flat-weave Kilim Rug. Displaying clean lines and a bold colorway, this hand-woven vintage Berber Moroccan Kilim rug c...
Category
Mid-20th Century Moroccan Post-Modern Moroccan and North African Rugs
Materials
Wool
Portrait of Woman - Pencil and Charcoal Drawing by H. Yencesse - 1951
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Woman is an original drawing in pencil and charcoal on paper, realized Hubert Yencesse in 1951, Hand-signed, dated.
The state of preservation of the artwork is good.
Th...
Category
1950s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil, Charcoal
H 9.85 in W 7.49 in D 0.08 in
View of New York - Post Impressionist Oil, Cityscape by Jacques Martin-Ferrieres
By Jacques Martin-Ferrières
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
A stunning oil on canvas urban landscape by sought after French post-impressionist painter Jacques Martin-Ferrieres. The piece depicts a very rare view of the Manhattan skyline - pai...
Category
1940s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Monet's Pond at Giverny, Oil Painting
By Onelio Marrero
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Reflections on the water in Monet's pond at Giverny. Onelio spent some time there taking in the splendor of the setting. "Each view of the place was a paintin...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist More Art
Materials
Oil
Loet VanDerVeen Art Bronze ORYX Sculpture Limited Edition Bronze #419/750
By Loet Vanderveen, Werkstätte Hagenauer Wien
Located in St. Louis, MO
Loet Vanderveen (Netherlands / American, 1921-2015) reclining Oryx, Late 20th Century Bronze sculpture Signed “Loet” to the underside Marked 419 of 750 edition size. In very nice con...
Category
Early 2000s American Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
H 5.75 in W 7.38 in D 3.25 in
Rare Mid-Century Modernist Sterling Silver Petal Earrings By Art Smith
By Art Smith
Located in Brooklyn, US
Exceptional and pair of kinetic earrings designed by Greenwich Village modernist jeweler Art Smith in the 1950's. Smith is considered a master jewelers during the modernist movement ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Collectible Jewelry
Materials
Brass
"Brooklyn Bridge, New York City, " Foggy Day with Boats, Cityscape, East River
By Henry Benson
Located in New York, NY
Henry Benson (1930 - 1998)
Brooklyn Bridge, East River, 1971
Acrylic on canvas
34 x 28 inches
Signed upper left corner: Henry Benson
Provenance:
Golden Door Gallery, New Hope, Penns...
Category
1970s Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Track Star - Figurative Portrait of an African American Man in Pastel on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Track Star - Abstracted Portrait of an African American Man in Pastel on Paper
Bold and imaginative pastel drawing of a man in a track suit by an unknown artist (20th Century). An A...
Category
Late 20th Century Expressionist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel
H 20 in W 16 in D 0.75 in
MB 001 (Modern, Academic Style Figurative Life Drawing of Muscular Male Nude )
By Mark Beard
Located in Hudson, NY
Figurative male nude drawing on Arches paper by Mark Beard
graphite, conte crayon and charcoal on Arches paper
22 x 15 inches unframed
Contemporary figurative life study drawing of ...
Category
2010s Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite, Conté
Unusual Vintage Mid-Century Modernist Brass Pendant Earrings By Art Smith
By Art Smith
Located in Brooklyn, US
This rare pair of brass 2-Tier pendant earrings were designed by Greenwich Village modernist jeweler Art Smith in the 1950's. Smith is considered a master jewelers during the moderni...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Collectible Jewelry
Materials
Brass
H 2.5 in W 0.25 in D 0.5 in
Dynamic Mid-Century Modernist Copper and Brass Biomorphic Earrings By Art Smith
By Art Smith
Located in Brooklyn, US
A graceful pair of copper and brass biomorphic earrings designed by Greenwich Village modernist jeweler Art Smith in the 1950's. Smith is considered a master jewelers during the mode...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Collectible Jewelry
Materials
Brass, Copper
H 1.2 in W 1.38 in D 0.5 in
1950s Abstract Painting New York Skyline Cityscape, Buildings, Blue Yellow Red
By Charles Ragland Bunnell
Located in Denver, CO
Vintage 1950s original signed abstract painting of New York City by Charles Ragland Bunnell from 1951, cityscape mid century modern skyline. Presented in a custom black frame, outer ...
Category
1950s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Rare Mid-Century Modernist Sterling Silver Petal Earrings By Art Smith
By Art Smith
Located in Brooklyn, US
Exceptional and rare sterling silver petal earrings designed by Greenwich Village modernist jeweler Art Smith in the 1950's. Smith is considered a master jewelers during the modernis...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Collectible Jewelry
Materials
Sterling Silver
Doyle Lane California Studio Pottery Mid-Century Modern Ceramic Three Bead Set
By Doyle Lane
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautifully designed, gorgeously glazed, original ceramic three three-bead set (one burnt red, one ocean blue, one white crackle glaze) by famed mid-century American artist and pot...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Pottery
H 0.6 in W 1.1 in D 0.6 in
Albert Leon Wilson Signed Mid-Century Modern Abstract Owl Bird Buckle Sculpture
By Albert Leon Wilson
Located in Studio City, CA
A fantastic, quite whimsical, engaging Mid-century Modern abstract owl/bird sculpture/belt buckle by New York artist Albert Leon Wilson.
Wilson was born in 1920 in Jamaica, New Yo...
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Iron
H 4.5 in W 3.25 in D 2 in
Rare pair of vintage mid-century modernist sterling silver cufflinks by Art Smit
By Art Smith
Located in Brooklyn, US
Rare pair of sterling silver cufflinks designed by Greenwich Village modernist jeweler Art Smith in the 1950's. Smith is considered a master jewelers during the modernist movement of...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Collectible Jewelry
Materials
Sterling Silver
H 0.38 in W 0.75 in D 1 in
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A Tender Moment in a Garden (In Love) Oil on canvas
By Federico Andreotti
Located in Amsterdam, NL
. Andreotti was used to portraying the same scenes or figures in many different paintings. The bench is often
Category
Late 19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
H 23.23 in W 29.14 in D 1.19 in
Gestural Portrait of Theodore Roosevelt (Acrylic on Appliance Cardboard)
By Ann Strassman
Located in Los Gatos, CA
the window. The worn wood of a city bench appears and the sun shines on it- a woman holds down one end
Category
Early 2000s Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Cardboard
Gestural Portrait of Mick Jagger (Acrylic on Appliance Box Cardboard)
By Ann Strassman
Located in Los Gatos, CA
the window. The worn wood of a city bench appears and the sun shines on it- a woman holds down one end
Category
Early 2000s Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Cardboard
H 41.5 in W 34.5 in D 2 in
Gestural Portrait of John F. Kennedy / JFK (Acrylic on Appliance Box Cardboard)
By Ann Strassman
Located in Los Gatos, CA
city bench appears and the sun shines on it- a woman holds down one end reading the New York Times. I
Category
2010s Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Cardboard
H 61.5 in W 49.5 in D 2 in
Gestural Portrait of Queen Elizabeth II (Acrylic on Appliance Box Cardboard)
By Ann Strassman
Located in Los Gatos, CA
city bench appears and the sun shines on it- a woman holds down one end reading the New York Times. I
Category
2010s Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Cardboard
H 21.5 in W 19.5 in D 2 in
Gestural Portrait of Albert Einstein (Acrylic on Appliance Box Cardboard)
By Ann Strassman
Located in Los Gatos, CA
city bench appears and the sun shines on it- a woman holds down one end reading the New York Times. I
Category
Early 2000s Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Cardboard
H 21.5 in W 27.5 in D 2 in
BATH OF CARACALLA -In theManner of L. Alma-Tadema Figurative Oil on canvas paint
By Angelo Granati
Located in Napoli, IT
cushions on a bench.
From the picture, we can clearly see that the young Roman woman outstretches her body
Category
2010s Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Reflections Villa Principi 1948
Located in Milan, IT
represented the glimpse of a fenced park of a villa, where a young woman is reading sitting on a bench
Category
20th Century Other Art Style Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Seated Figure, " Original Color Lithograph Landscape signed by Harold Altman
By Harold Altman
Located in Milwaukee, WI
depicts a figure sitting and reading on a park bench.
9" x 13" art
18 5/8" x 22 1/4" frame
Harold
Category
1990s Pointillist Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Truisms Puzzle
By Jenny Holzer
Located in Toronto, Ontario
statements through an array of media ranging from billboards to t-shirts, from marble benches to pencils
Category
1990s Contemporary More Prints
Materials
Lithograph, Offset
"Organic Ovals Necklace" ethically sourced metal, contemporary, organic shapes
Located in Morgan Hill, CA
counteracts long hours at the jewelry bench with a rewarding yoga practice and enjoys riding her bike, reading
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
H 20 in W 0.75 in D 0.25 in
The Reader, early 20th Century Fauvist Portrait, signed M Marinot
Located in Cotignac, FR
Early 20th century oil on canvas portrait of a young man reading a book, signed M Marinot bottom
Category
Early 20th Century Fauvist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Oil Painting by Well Known Cartoonist and Illustrator Upper East Side, Manhattan
By Sandy Huffaker
Located in Surfside, FL
An Upper East Side of Manhattan New York city scene of bald guy reading newspaper on bench with
Category
20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Two Children Sitting On The Bench Garden Sculpture
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Bronze Garden Bench with Children Reading Book
Vintage life size bronze garden bench with children
Category
1980s Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Dystopian MALE NUDE ATHLETE Surreal
Located in New York, NY
bandages from the waist down, while standing over two benches. There are stripes that flow behind him
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Five Beauties - Set of 5 Original Woodblock Prints - Japan Late 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
different poses and are intent on doing different activities. One is reading, another is sitting on a bench
Category
Late 19th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut
2 bids
H 5.12 in W 3.55 in D 0.08 in
New Adventures
By Gary Alsum
Located in Loveland, CO
" ed/35 Bronze, base includes stone and wood
Two kids sit on a bench reading a picture book together
Category
1990s American Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Gestural Portrait of George Washington (Acrylic on Appliance Box Cardboard)
By Ann Strassman
Located in Los Gatos, CA
the window. The worn wood of a city bench appears and the sun shines on it- a woman holds down one end
Category
Early 2000s Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Cardboard
H 25.5 in W 22.5 in D 2 in
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Reading Bench For Sale on 1stDibs
Find the exact reading bench you’re shopping for in the variety available on 1stDibs. There are many abstract, Impressionist and Surrealist versions of these works for sale. You’re likely to find the perfect reading bench among the distinctive items we have available, which includes versions made as long ago as the 19th Century as well as those made as recently as the 21st Century. When looking for the right reading bench for your space, you can search on 1stDibs by color — popular works were created in bold and neutral palettes with elements of brown, black, beige and gray. Finding an appealing reading bench — no matter the origin — is easy, but Harold Altman, Federico Andreotti, Darlene McElroy, Jane DeDecker and Emile Lejeune each produced popular versions that are worth a look. These artworks were handmade with extraordinary care, with artists most often working in paint, metal and oil paint. A large reading bench can be an attractive addition to some spaces, while smaller examples are available — approximately spanning 1.25 high and 1 wide — and may be better suited to a more modest living area.
How Much is a Reading Bench?
The average selling price for a reading bench we offer is $1,125, while they’re typically $300 on the low end and $225,000 for the highest priced.
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