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Art For Sale
Vele
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Vele" c. 1990 is an oil painting on canvas by noted Italian artist Lido Bettarini, 1927-2019. It is signed at the lower left corner by the artist. Also signed on...
Category

Late 20th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Reclining Nude Figure
Located in Soquel, CA
This original painting is a beautifully depicted nude figure study in a cozy interior space with southwest elements by San Jose, California artist David D....
Category

1990s American Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil, Linen

Massimo Listri Biblioteca di Sainte Genevieve Paris France 2016 C-print Ed 5/5
Located in London, GB
C-Print mounted on aluminum and framed. Edition of 5 Signed, numbered and titled on label. Various sizes available. 120 x 100 cm (47,2'' x 39,3'' Inches) - € 12.500 150 x 120 cm (5...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

C Print

Siberia II Painting Contemporary Abstract BlacK Blue Signed William Marc Zanghi
Located in Roma, IT
Siberia II - Paint on canvas The mapping of some places represents the evolution of William Marc Zanghi's artistic research in which the landscape is often, as in the proposed work, ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Paint

Next To You
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure FREE Shipping Worldwide Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authent...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas

Royal Curtain /// Gene Davis Contemporary Abstract Geometric Expressionist Art
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Gene Davis (American, 1920-1985) Title: "Royal Curtain" *Signed by Davis in pencil lower right Year: 1980 Medium: Original Screenprint on Arches paper Limited edition: 250, (the number may differ from what is shown in the photos) Printer: Alpha Omega...
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1980s Abstract Art

Materials

Screen

Circus Maximus Rome Landscape Painting Signed and dated Contemporary Framed
Located in Roma, IT
Ilir Zefi, landscape view of Circus Maximus in Rome signed and dated. Ilir Zefi was born in 1963 in Albania in Mirdite and studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Tirana, then began e...
Category

1990s Contemporary Art

Materials

Oil

'Story Time', Paris, Salon d'Automne, New York, ASL, Corcoran, PAFA, Art Deco
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left 'Nura' for Nura Woodson Ulreich (American, 1899–1950). Additionally signed, verso, dated March 1928 with artist's New York City ...
Category

1920s Surrealist Art

Materials

Oil, Illustration Board

Provence Landscape - Large Mid 20th Century French Cubist Oil Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A beautiful large c.1960 French oil on paper laid on board cubist influenced landscape by Oleg Zinger. The work depicts a summer landscape with white build...
Category

1960s Cubist Art

Materials

Oil, Laid Paper

YiJian Wang Surrealist Original Oil Painting "Caprice 3"
Located in New York, NY
Title: Caprice 3 Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 12 x 15 inches Frame: Framing options available! Condition: The painting appears to be in excellent condition. Note: This painting is unstretched Year: 2015 Artist: YiJian Wang...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Pablo Picasso Cote D'Azur Poster- Original Lithograph- 1962
Located in Brooklyn, NY
After Picasso Poster Czwiklitzer #177 Original poster designed by Picasso in collaboration with Henri Deschamps. The lithograph was published by the Ministry of Transport and Public ...
Category

1960s Cubist Art

Materials

Lithograph

20 MG MAGIC pill Combo (Red, blue) - figurative sculpture
Located in New York, NY
This new work by Tal Nehoray is from her latest body of works called "Happy Pills". All are hand made with ceramic and hand painted with automotive paint. It is a combination of 2 ce...
Category

2010s Pop Art Art

Materials

Ceramic, Automotive Paint

Harvesting Cotton - Original Oil Painting - 1981
Located in Roma, IT
Harvesting Cotton is an original contemporary artwork realized in 1981. Mixed colored oil on canvas Hand signed and dated by the artist on the lower margin Included a brown wooden...
Category

1980s Contemporary Art

Materials

Oil

Untitled
Located in Washington , DC, DC
Christopher Wool & Felix Gonzalez - Torres (After) Christopher Wool’s paintings and prints explore the confluence of image, text, and pattern. They oft...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Lithograph

"Last Night in Times Square" Original Acrylic Mixed Media Painting
Located in New York, NY
About the Artwork: "Last Night in Times Square" pulsates with the dynamic essence of New York City, a vibrant portrayal capturing its unparalleled diversity. Through masterful strok...
Category

2010s Abstract Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

"Late Night at the Studio", interior, factory, teal, blue, yellow, oil painting
Located in Natick, MA
“Late Night at The Studio” by Catherine Picard-Gibbs is an Expressionist interior factory scene in a palette of teal-blue and yellow. This evocative 18 x 24 inch oil on panel painting focuses on light pouring out from the haunting depths of an empty hallway. This textural artwork is framed in a silver crackle floater frame with a black interior, making the framed size 19 x 25 x 1.5 inches. Catherine Picard-Gibbs paints with bold brush strokes, using vibrant colors to show emotion and movement in landscapes and urban scenes. Her inspiration comes from the nuance and drama of her everyday world. Her evocative works have been featured throughout Massachusetts, in New York, and in the Midwest. Picard-Gibbs is represented by Fountain Street Gallery...
Category

2010s Expressionist Art

Materials

Oil, Board

Untitled (Plate 2)
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Untitled (Plate 2) Engraving, sugar-lift, and aquatint , 1970 Signed and numbered in pencil (see photo) From: Variations (8 plates) Edition: 100 (100/100) (see photo) Printed by Lac...
Category

1970s Abstract Art

Materials

Engraving

Hera Barberini from Vatican Museum. Large Italian Academic study. 73cm x 58cm
Located in Firenze, IT
Academic Study in Charcoal Pencil on Paper of Hera Barberini Dimensions: 58 cm x 73 cm Technique: Charcoal pencil drawing on matte paper. Good conservation conditions with some sma...
Category

19th Century Academic Art

Materials

Paper

Portrait of a Stylish 1960's Lady, Signed Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Stylish Lady French School, Mid 20th Century Oil painting on canvas, framed Signed by the artist on the lower right hand corner Frame size: 26.5 x 22 inches Stylish ex...
Category

Mid-20th Century Expressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Point Lobos Cove, Carmel California by Adelaide Bartleme
Located in Soquel, CA
Point Lobos Cove, Carmel California by Adelaide Bartleme Point Lobos Cove circa 1940s by Carmel artist Adelaide Bartleme, (American, 1881-1973). The niece of a well known New York ar...
Category

1940s Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Illustration Board

"Visitors" / Oil Pastel on cardboard / 67 x 48 cm
Located in Kraków, Województwo małopolskie
"Visitors". Oil pastel on cardboard. Catalog Number A0128. Framed in a solid wooden frame stylized in worn brown. The picture is ready to hang. Signed on the front. The painting is a...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Oil Pastel

PAILL by Ramon Enrich - Large contemporary painting, landscape, architecture
Located in Paris, FR
PAILL is a unique acrylic on canvas painting by contemporary artist Ramon Enrich, dimensions including the frame are 95 × 175 cm (37.4 × 68.9 in). The artwork is signed, sold frame...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

'A Young Parisienne', Royal Academy of Arts, Academie Colarossi, Jeu-de-Paume
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed center left, 'Christine Sundberg' (Swedish, 1837-1892) and dated 1888. Displayed in a period golden maple frame; Framed dimensions: 25.5 x 1...
Category

1880s Realist Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Feminist Surrealist French Abstract Apres Mondrian Oil Painting Myriam Bat Yosef
Located in Surfside, FL
Myriam Bat-Yosef Surrealist abstract oil painting in colorful abstract patterned rectangles and shades Hand signed and dated 1984. Miniature design letter also signed. Myriam Bat-Y...
Category

1980s Surrealist Art

Materials

Oil

1987 Ralph Goings 'Cream Pie' Original Poster
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Paper Size: 26 x 36 inches ( 66.04 x 91.44 cm ) Image Size: 22.5 x 32 inches ( 57.15 x 81.28 cm ) Framed: No Condition: A-: Near Mint, very light signs of handling Additional D...
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1980s Realist Art

Materials

Offset

'Untitled' Abstract Geometric Wall Piece Wood/Paint/Textile Black, White, Grays
Located in Wellesley, MA
ADDITIONAL PHOTOS OF THIS WORK WILL BE SENT UPON REQUEST. NOTE COLOR OF WOOD IS NOT QUITE AS YELLOW AS IIT APPEARS IN PHOTO AND IS IN KEEPING WITH OTHERS IN THIS SERIES: Jean Fein...
Category

2010s Abstract Geometric Art

Materials

Gesso, Oil, Wood Panel, Muslin

Early 19th century. Italianate landscape with a pyramid and sphinx.
Located in Firenze, IT
Early 19th century. Fantasy landscape with a pyramid and sphinx on a pedestal in the spirit of the architectural capriccios of Huber Robert. Oil on cardboard. In an original antique ...
Category

Early 19th Century French School Art

Materials

Oil, Cardboard

XXe Siecle
Located in Fairlawn, OH
XXe Siecle Color lithograph, 1974 Signed in the stone on right (see photo) From: XXe Siecle, Volume 42, 1974 Published by G. di San Lazzaro for A. Maeght, Paris Printed by Mourlot, P...
Category

1970s Contemporary Art

Materials

Lithograph

Swedish Mid Century Impressionist, cafe scene in a landscape
Located in Woodbury, CT
Wonderful Impressionist scene from Sweden Painted with a great deal of care this scene is of an outside cafe scene with figures in an extensive landscape and town. The artist was...
Category

1960s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Hyperreal Lemonade Yellow Glass Balloon Sculpture
Located in East Quogue, NY
Hyperreal lemonade yellow glass water balloon sculpture by Dylan Martinez. Dylan Martinez’s hyperrealistic water balloons are made of solid sculpted glass sandblasted and acid-etc...
Category

2010s Realist Art

Materials

Glass, Blown Glass

Rainbow Crackle - Abstract Expressionist Composition in Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Rainbow Crackle - Abstract Expressionist Composition in Acrylic on Canvas Vibrant and colorful composition by California artist Charles "Dave" Francis (American, 1951-2018). A multi...
Category

1990s Abstract Expressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic, Stretcher Bars

Hold My Peace
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure FREE Shipping Worldwide Ships in a well-protected tube. This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity. Hold...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Art

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic

Herramienta en Amarillo & Rojo. From The Composition with Tools series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Herramienta en Amarillo & Rojo, 2023 by Jose Ricardo Contreras González From The Composition with Tools series Overall size: 46 H x 72 W cm. Individual size: Image size: 40 H x 30 W ...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Vintage American School Mid Century Modern Abstract Signed Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American modernist abstract oil painting. Framed. Oil on canvas. Signed. Image size, 12H by 16L.
Category

1960s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

#45
By Alexandre Hogue
Located in Fairlawn, OH
#45 Ink on paper, 1970 Signed, titled, and dated in pencil by the artist One of a series of drawings, all made in 1970, which stemmed from Hogue's interest in Persian calligraphy. H...
Category

1970s Abstract Art

Materials

India Ink

Slim Aarons 'Sundowners, Cannes' Mid-century Modern Photography
Located in New York, NY
Sundowners 1958 C print Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. CAPTION: Two bikini-clad holidaymakers enjoy a glass of wi...
Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Lambda

Moonlit River Landscape - Early 20th Century English Antique Oil Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A beautiful early 20th century oil on board depicting a moonlit river landscape, by Northern English artist Fred Balshaw. Excellent quality and very atmospheric work. Signed with initials lower right and presented in a painted frame. Sold at Sotheby's, London in 1993. Artist: Fred Balshaw (English, 1860-1936) Title: Moonlit River Landscape Medium: Oil on board Size: 14.5 x 18.5 inches (37 x 47 cm) including the frame Provenance: Sothebys, 15 June 1993, Lot 1209 Fred Balshaw was a prolific and versatile genre painter of landscapes, figures and portraits who was born in 1860 in Bolton, Lancashire, the son of Joseph and Sarah, nee Haslam. He appeared on the 1881 census as living in Little Bolton and was described as a general clerk in the county court. In the 1891, 1901 and 1911 censuses he was still in Bolton, but his occupation was given as artist. In 1884 he was a founder member of the Blackpool Sketching Club and a member of the Fylde Art Society and Sketching Club, becoming its Honorary Secretary in 1926. He was also President of Blackpool Art Society in 1930. Balshaw was a regular exhibitor between 1888 and 1914, mostly in the North of England, including Manchester, Rochdale and Bolton, where his painting A Fylde Farm was shown in 1908. He also exhibited at the Royal Academy. The Lytham St Annes Art Society archive file for 1923 shows Balshaw exhibiting 10 artworks in their 7th Annual Exhibition. The 1925 Annual Exhibition records that he exhibited nine works and also details a contribution by Mrs Balshaw entitled 'A Bazaar Costume Portrait'. Bolton Library and Museum Services stated that: 'From 1897 Bolton Council began to buy a small number of works by contemporary British artists (often from the North West) usually from summer exhibitions of “modern paintings” held at Mere Hall...
Category

Early 20th Century Art

Materials

Board, Oil

Lone Boat At Dusk - Serigraph Print
Located in Soquel, CA
Lone Boat At Dusk - Serigraph Print Original serigraph depicting a landscape scene with contrasts of black, blue and green. Hues of blue make up the night sky, while the blues fade ...
Category

1970s Contemporary Art

Materials

Paper, Ink

Early 20th Century Nocturnal Landscape - Full Moon Over Point Lobos, Carmel
Located in Soquel, CA
Full Moon Over Point Lobos, Carmel Early 20th Century Nocturnal Oil on Linen Seascape Painting Rich and moody nocturnal seascape of iconic Carmel's Point Lobos by Charles Henry Harm...
Category

1920s American Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil, Stretcher Bars, Canvas

Base Graded and Level - Buffalo in Graphite on Antique Architectural Drawings
Located in Chicago, IL
Over a hundred years ago, my grandfather registered as a homesteader with the Department of the Interior Land Office in Buffalo, Wyoming. Building a cabin on a remote 640 acre plat,...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Vellum, Graphite

Slim Aarons 'Cannes Watersports at the Carlton' Mid-century Modern Photography
Located in New York, NY
Cannes Watersports at the Carlton 1958 C print Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. CAPTION: Holidaymakers waterskiing ...
Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Lambda

Summer Birch, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
"Whether it's fall, winter, spring, or summer it's always time for some colorful birch!" exclaims artist Lisa Elley. A stand of vivid birch trees glows in a b...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Portrait of a Young Women in Kenya, Black and White, Meditative
Located in US
"Fabric of Youth" A young Rendille woman named Adato watches over the deserted salt flats of the Chalbi Desert. She is a beacon of hope for the future of her tribe. This image is ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Le Jardin in Green II by Sarah Robertson, Vertical Mixed Media Floral Painting
Located in Atlanta, GA
"Le Jardin in Green II" by Sarah Robertson is a captivating vertical canvas painting that brings a touch of nature's whimsy to your home decor. This exquisite artwork features a lush...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media

Monkey Sign skateboard deck
Located in Washington , DC, DC
Stamped on top of deck: Made by Medicom Toy, Brandalism
Category

2010s Art

Materials

Screen

Apparuerunt Illis Dispertitae Linguae - Lithograph - 1964
Located in Roma, IT
Apparuerunt Illis Dispertitae Linguae is Color lithograph on heavy rag paper realized in 1964. It is part of Biblia Sacra vulgatæ edition is published by Rizzoli-Mediolani between 19...
Category

1960s Surrealist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Le Jardin in Green I by Sarah Robertson, Vertical Mixed Media Floral Painting
Located in Atlanta, GA
Enhance your home with "Le Jardin in Green I" by Sarah Robertson, a stunning vertical canvas painting that exudes elegance and whimsy. This captivating piece features a lush green ba...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media

A Chinese 'chanab' offering box with gilt and lacquered decor 19th century
Located in Gavere, BE
A Chinese 'chanab' offering box with gilt and lacquered decor for the Straits or Peranakan market, 19th century The chanab was placed in the centre of each Straits Chinese family’s ...
Category

1910s Art

Materials

Gold Leaf

1985 Italy Bronze Abstract Sculpture Annie Lambert Vento Wind
Located in Brescia, IT
This is an interesting multiple artwork signed by the author Annie Lambert, a talented young artist of years 80' in Italy. This is a multiple of a numbered edition of 1.000 pieces; ...
Category

Late 20th Century Post-Modern Art

Materials

Bronze

I'm Alright, Just Here 2
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure FREE Shipping Worldwide Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authent...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Tiree Coastal Landscape Scotland - Scottish Impressionist Edwardian oil painting
Located in London, GB
This serene Scottish Impressionist Edwardian coastal landscape is by noted Scottish artist Joseph Morris Henderson. It was painted circa 1910 and entitled Tiree verso. Tiree is the most westerly island in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland and one of the sunniest places in Scotland as well as midge fee due to the stiff breeze. Tiree is a very popular windsurfing venue and sometimes referred to as the Hawaii of the north. In most years, the Tiree World Classic surfing event is held here. The exact location of the painting is probably Vaul beach. Henderson has painted the view from one side of the large sweeping bay, so one looks across the beach to the opposite headland. His palette of light turquoise blues of the sea is just beautiful with the dramatic blusterly clouds above the sunny beach. The brushwork and impasto as just superb. This is a wonderful sunny Scottish coastal landscape and a superb example of Henderson's work. Signed lower right. Provenance. Signed and titled on T. & R. Annan & Sons, Ltd., Glasgow verso. Condition. Oil on canvas. Image size 24 inches by 18 inches and in good condition. Frame. Housed in a frame that compliments the picture, 31 inches by 25 inches and also in excellent condition. Joseph Morris Henderson (1863-1936). Born in Glasgow, son of the artist Joseph Henderson by whom he was strongly influenced. Studied at Glasgow University and Glasgow School of Art. His style absorbed much from romantic Victorian realism and he dedicated himself to landscapes, seascapes and coastal scenes. He exhibited throughout his life primarily in Scotland. He was elected an Associate member of the Royal Scottish Academy in 1928 and a full member in 1935. He exhibited there from 1890 for nearly fifty years, exhibited approximately 80 paintings.
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1910s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

'EVEN THE HEART SKIPS A BEAT'
Located in New York, NY
'EVEN THE HEART SKIPS A BEAT' is a signature stylistic print by RETNA. The large-scale glittering artwork is a silkscreen print with layers of genuine diamond dust. This exquisite p...
Category

2010s Abstract Geometric Art

Materials

Screen

A Huntsman and a Pointer Dog. Oil painting on canvas
Located in St. Albans, GB
Theodore LEVIGNE Oil on Canvas Picture Size: 20 x 24" (51 x 61cm) Outside Frame Size: 27 x 31" (67 x 77cm) Born in 1848 and died in 1912 in Lyon, France Painter of figures, portrait...
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Late 19th Century Barbizon School Art

Materials

Oil

1980 Italy Late 20th Century Bronze Multiple Bust Him by Roberto Nanut
Located in Brescia, IT
This engaging bronze sculpture on black wooden base, well represents a human bust, but for its expressive force, the bust turns into an abstract shape of it. The artist who created t...
Category

Late 20th Century Post-Modern Art

Materials

Bronze

Soulmates 36x48 Black & White Photography of Wild Horses Mustang Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a contemporary black and white photograph of Northern California Wild Mustangs. "They represent the ultimate expression of American freedom" 36 x 48 Archival paper and inks ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

I Won't Eat You, Limited edition print, Animal print, Lion, Yellow, Illustrative
Located in Deddington, GB
I Won't Eat You by Kate Boxer is a limited edition drypoint etching. This contemporary art print with gouache depicts a lion and is a humorous work of art by Kate Boxer. Kate Boxer m...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Paper, Oil Pastel, Mixed Media, Drypoint, Etching

Bonne dans l'Atelier de Sculpture' (S.V. 71)
Located in New York, NY
Pablo Picasso executed the Vollard Suite, a set of etchings depicting classically inspired imagery (the suite is name after Ambroise Vollard, the dealer who commissioned the work). T...
Category

1930s Abstract Geometric Art

Materials

Etching

Young Hearts, Portland Gallery London offset lithograph
By Jack Vettriano
Located in Hillsborough, NC
Jack Vettriano (1951-) is renowned for his film noir oil paintings and 1930s glam style. Uniquely Vettriano, ‘Young Hearts’ is set by the seaside inviting narratives about the figures in his work: relationships, anticipation, power and suggestion. Vettriano grew up by the Fife Scottish coast. He began painting beach scenes as a young adult, later developing his particular recognizable style and thematic imagery. His work was embraced by celebrities such as Madonna and Jack Nicholson and he has become hugely successful. His most famous painting, ‘The Singing Butler...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Art

Materials

Lithograph, Offset

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