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Art For Sale
19th Century Portrait of a Fox, Antique Animal Portraits
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
19th Century Portrait of a Fox
Oil on Canvas
10 5/8" x 8 5/8"
Housed in a 1 3/4" Quarter Sawn Oak Frame
Overall Size: 14" x 12"
Category
Late 19th Century Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Sporting horse oil painting of a chestnut hunter & rider
Located in Nr Broadway, Worcestershire
Florence Mabel Hollams
British, (1876-1963)
Chestnut Hunter with Rider
Oil on panel, signed & dated (19)26
Image size: 9.75 inches x 13.75 inches
Size including frame: 15.25 inches x...
Category
Early 20th Century Art
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
"Shelter Island Yacht Club"- Oil painting, impressionis sailboats at rest in sun
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
“Shelter Island Yacht Club” is an oil painting by Kelly Carmody. It depicts sailboats at rest alongside a dock in full sun. A yellow under-tone peeks through, creating an overall war...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil, Panel
Pop Flower 49 - Green Blue Geometric Flower Contemporary Botanical Mandala, 2024
By Mary Judge
Located in Kent, CT
This contemporary geometric abstract drawing has a beautiful, soft mottled texture created with Judge's unique powered pigment technique. Poptic 49 is a predominately light green man...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Rag Paper, Pigment
Quart and a Half
By Andrew Wyeth
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Quart and a Half" is an American Realist abstract landscape watercolor on paper painting by Andrew Wyeth in 1961. The artwork is 21 x 29 1/4 inches and is 33 3/4 x 42 1/4 x 1 inches...
Category
20th Century American Realist Art
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Le Peintre devant "Le Soleil Rouge" by Marc Chagall -School of Paris, Modern Art
By Marc Chagall
Located in London, GB
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Le Peintre devant "Le Soleil Rouge" by Marc ...
Category
1960s Modern Art
Materials
Paper, Pastel, India Ink, Gouache, Pencil
Pilot 22 - Contemporary Abstract Monotype Blue Yellow Coral Circles Stars, 2001
Located in Kent, CT
In this geometric abstract monotype on paper, colored shapes complement a background that transitions from pale yellow to sky blue. A pointed star shape in dark navy contrasts circul...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Monotype
Mimmi print
Located in London, GB
print on canvas
hand signed
'Thanks to this psychological analysis, my paintings show emotions that people never experience in the mirror or through a photograph. What they try to...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Vienna Secession Art
Materials
Canvas, C Print, Color, Digital
Route de Montagne
Located in London, GB
Oil on canvas, signed bottom right
Image size: 20 1/2 x 24 1/2 inches (53 x 62 cm)
Original gilt frame
Provenance
Artist’s Estate
Robert Deborne
Robert Deborne was born in 1870 in...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
summer:detroit
Located in New York, NY
McArthur Binion (b. 1946, Macon, MS; lives and works in Chicago, IL) combines collage, drawing, and painting to create autobiographical abstractions of painted minimalist patterns ov...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Ink, Acrylic, Archival Paper
Still Too Young To Be A Team Player
By Michael Vasquez
Located in New York, NY
Michael Vasquez is an American artist most recognized for his works that explore identity and the cultivation of community amidst an inherent disposition of broken homes inside margi...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Untitled (Wasserzeichnung / Water drawing)
Located in New York, NY
In her 1980s series of 'Wasserzeichnungen' (Water Drawings), Heidi Bucher used gestural marks in gouache on paper to create what can be described as "wate...
Category
1980s Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Untitled (Wasserzeichnung / Water drawing)
Located in New York, NY
In her 1980s series of 'Wasserzeichnungen' (Water Drawings), Heidi Bucher used gestural marks in gouache on paper to create what can be described as "wate...
Category
1980s Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Yéyé en position
Located in New York, NY
Malick Sidibé (1935-2016) was renowned for his celebrated black-and-white photographs of the youth culture in his hometown of Bamako, Mali.
Category
20th Century Art
Materials
Photographic Film, Silver Gelatin
Untitled
By John Little
Located in Austin, TX
Waterline Fine Art, Austin, TX is pleased to present the following work:
Oil on canvas. Signed and dated lower left.
36.25 x 30.25 in.
38.5 x 32.5 in. (framed)
Custom hardwood frame with dark stain. FredEric’s Frame Studio, Chicago.
Provenance
McCormick Gallery, Chicago
Born in Alabama, John Little attended the Buffalo (NY) Fine Arts Academy as a teenager, until 1927. Soon after, he moved to New York where he began operatic vocal training and opened what would become a very successful textile business designing fabric and wallpaper.
In 1933, he enrolled at the Art Students League under the tutelage of George Grosz. Little’s early work consisted predominantly of landscapes, until 1937, when he began studying under Hans Hofmann and his work naturally shifted toward abstraction. During his time with Hofmann, he with artists such as Lee Krasner, George McNeil, Gerome Kamrowski, Giorgio Cavallon...
Category
1960s Abstract Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Edge
Located in Austin, TX
Waterline Fine Art, Austin, TX is pleased to present the following work:
Oil on board. Signed and dated lower right and verso, titled verso.
36.25 x 48 in.
40.5 x 52.25 in. (framed)
Framed in contemporary silver, tiered floater frame.
Dennis Eugene Norman Burton was a Canadian modernist who was born in Lethbridge, Ontario. He attended the Ontario College of Art from 1952 to 1956, and worked for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) as a graphic designer until 1960.
Inspired by a 1955 exhibition of the “Painters Eleven” at Toronto’s Hart House, as well as American Abstract Expressionist artists such as Robert Motherwell, Jack Tworkov, and Willem de Kooning, Burton shifted his focus toward abstraction in the mid-1950s.
Burton showed with the famed Isaacs Gallery in Toronto, becoming one of the youngest members on the gallery’s roster. A talented musician, he also played saxophone in the Artist’s Jazz Band in Toronto - a pioneering Canadian free-jazz group...
Category
1950s Abstract Expressionist Art
Materials
Masonite, Oil, Board
Sky Blue Pink, Framed Botanical Sculpture, Blue, Pink, Green, Yellow, Purple
By Jill Parisi
Located in Kent, CT
In this framed wall sculpture, hand-colored intaglio prints on loktah tissue and hand-colored digital prints on kozo paper cut to mimic botanical shapes and pinned with entomology pi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Foam Board, Tissue Paper, Pins, Digital, Intaglio
Untitled #2, Guild Hall
Located in New York, NY
Laura Letinsky
Untitled #2, Guild Hall, 2013
Archival pigment print
Edition of 7
Image: 47 5/8 x 37 3/8 inches
Paper: 57 5/8 x 48 inches
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Untitled #3
Located in New York, NY
Laura Letinsky
Untitled #3, Guild Hall, 2013
Archival pigment print
Edition of 7
Image: 48 x 37 1/2 inches
Paper: 58 x 48 inches
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Lily and Bird
Located in New York, NY
Silverpoint and colored pencil on paper, 29 x 23 in.
Signed (at lower right): Joseph Stella
Executed about 1919
EXHIBITED: Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York, November 23, 1985–January 4, 1986, American Masterworks on Paper: Drawings, Watercolors, and Prints, pp. 6, 46 no. 47 illus. // (probably) Richard York Gallery, New York, October 5–November 17, 1990, Joseph Stella: 100 Works on Paper, no. 36
EX COLL.: [Dudensing Galleries, New York]; sale, Christie’s, New York, December 7, 1984, lot 324; [Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York, 1984]; to private collection, 2006 until the present
An independent-minded artist who adhered to the credo “Rules don’t exist,” Joseph Stella explored a range of styles, media, and themes, willfully ignoring the “barricades erected by ... [the] self-appointed dictators” of the art establishment (Joseph Stella, “On Painting,” Broom 11 [December 1921], pp. 122–23; Joseph Stella, “Discovery of America: Autobiographical Notes,” Art News 59
[November 1960], p. 41). By doing so, he produced a diverse and highly eclectic body of work, ranging from realist figure subjects, pulsating Futurist cityscapes, and modernist religious...
Category
Early 20th Century American Modern Art
Materials
Color Pencil, Paper
Pilot's Notion Two, Vertical Geometric Abstract Monotype, Yellow, Teal, Blue
Located in Kent, CT
This is a monotype print, a unique print with no other editions. This geometric abstract monotype on paper layers shapes on a blue background that transitions from deep, dark cobalt ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Monotype
Swiss Abstract Contemporary Art by Pierre-Alain Michel - Vers L’Océan
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic on canvas
Pierre-Alain Michel is a Swiss painter born in 1959 who lives & works in Delémont in Switzerland. In 1989 he was enrolled at the School of Fine Arts in Basel and ...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Untitled - OL3.96 (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
Untitled - OL3.96 (Abstract Painting)
Oil and fabric on linen - Unframed
Feinberg works with a variety of techniques and mediums, including painting, paper collage and installation...
Category
1990s Abstract Art
Materials
Fabric, Linen, Oil
Silk and Stone Five, Geometric Abstract Monotype in Coral, Green, Navy, Blue
Located in Kent, CT
This is a monotype, a unique print with no other editions. The square print on delicate Asian paper layers geometric shapes in navy, light yellow, green and dark coral on a light blu...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Monotype
Guy Allen, Bumblebee, Affordable Animal Art, Limited Edition Etching
By Guy Allen
Located in Deddington, GB
Guy Allen
Bumblebee
Etching
Edition Size: 75
Year Completed: 2019
Image Size Diameter: 28cm
Approximate Size if Framed: H50cm x W50cm
Sold Unframed
(Please note that in situ images a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Etching, Paper
Space With Pocket 3 . Oil on canvas by Tadashi Sugimata (1963) abstract painting
Located in Hong Kong, HK
Tadashi Sugimata
(1914-1994)
SPACE WITH POCKET 3
oil on canvas
162.3 x 112.1 cm (63 3/4 x 44 1/8 in)
Executed in 1963
Signed
The present artwork has been included in the publicat...
Category
1960s Abstract Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Autumn Biogram of the Nelson
By Kory Twaddle
Located in Kansas City, MO
Artist : Kory Twaddle
"Autumn Biogram of the Nelson"
Newsprint, graphite, conté crayon pastel, charcoal, beeswax, cardboard, paper, gingko leaves, stickers, and Mixed Media on drawi...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Paint, Paper, Conté, Charcoal, Cardboard, India Ink, Newsprint, Acrylic,...
"Agrac"- Black Abstract Cross
Located in Houston, TX
Black abstract cross painting by Spainish artist Carlos Planell. Signed and dated by artist. Exhibited at the 1960 Venice International Biennale.
Category
1960s Abstract Art
Materials
Oil
Arcs VI (Graphic, Abstract Drawing on Paper in Antique Wood Frame)
Located in Hudson, NY
Abstract drawing on paper of graphic bold lines in an antique wood frame with gold detail
Graphite and pale blue colored pencil
28 x 21 inches framed
This vertical, black, white and light blue graphite and acrylic drawing was inspired by the Russian Constructivist art movement. The work is drawn in an abstracted cubist style where the artist composes bold white overlapping arcs on a black background with cross hatching details of light blue acrylic.
Through the continuous layering of the graphite pencil and acrylic the artist makes interesting thick, shard like shapes. The pale blue acrylic is concentrated at the center of the drawing and radiates outward, creating interesting depth and textural effects. The artist fit the original drawing to a mid century modern wood frame, measuring 28 x 21 inches. The frame exhibits some wear consistent with age, which is an intentional decision made by the artist.
About the artist:
A recent visit to David Dew Bruner’s train depot converted artist studio in Valatie, NY confirmed that the man does not sleep. Nor has he entirely put to rest the various series of graphite drawings on paper presented in a stunning array of mid-century and antique frames that were exhibited at the gallery last year. The still lives and figures inspired by artists like Velasquez, Morandi, and Lindner are morphing on a continuum of brilliance; the highly graphic influences of the Italian futurists like Giacomo Balla and Marcel du Champs, as well as the more obscure English Vortex movement have taken hold of Bruner’s intuitive approach to design as he channels it into his own drawings. The series of Infanta figures are emboldened with a new perspective and scaled up in size. A recent series of Arcs reference the gestural abstract shapes prevalent in the aesthetic of the Russian Constructivists. These works explore depth, movement, space and repetition that is more about design than reference. Bruner tastefully pairs drawings with a vintage frame from his collection, refashioning mirror frames from the 1960s or hand painting an antique Italian frame...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Pencil, Color Pencil, Graphite
Cancer - Signs of the Zodiac
Located in London, GB
59.4 x 42 cm (A2)
Off-set lithography
Printed on 200g Munken Lynx
Narayana Press in Denmark
David Shrigley is a British artist celebrated for his distinctive and darkly humorous wor...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Offset
Columbine: The Mystery of Five Doves - Botanical White Violet Blue Flowers, 2017
Located in Kent, CT
In this contemporary botanical photograph, flowers, butterflies, and doves are layered and combined in an abstracted composition. Shades of violet and blue stand out brightly against...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Digital Pigment
Early Bird - Contemporary Abstract Patterns Magenta Orange Yellow Violet Lilac
By Josette Urso
Located in Kent, CT
This colorful abstract painting is composed of carefully combined sections of various textures and areas of pattern, circles, dots and undulations, in exuberant, cheerful color. Litt...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Oil, Panel
Modified Shift - Contemporary Abstract Botanical Still Life Yellow Green Flowers
Located in Kent, CT
In this contemporary painting in oil on line, an abstract rendering of a floral arrangement with bright yellow flowers and verdant leaves and stems in shades of green is vibrant and ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Linen, Oil
Earthbound - Crystals Mixed Media Pattern Jade Green Blue Burnt Red Silver, 2022
Located in Kent, CT
In this contemporary mixed media artwork, carefully applied nontraditional materials including light green crushed jade, snakeskin shed, porcupine quills, bonded copper, fossilized w...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Copper
A View of Slaters Ridge Wyatt Mountain - Contemporary Forest Landscape, 2015
Located in Kent, CT
In this contemporary woodland landscape, the densely treed forest and mountain ledges of Hennen's Virginia home are the subject for this rich, highly detailed painting in oil on pane...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Oil, Panel
Bud 429 - Contemporary Mixed Media Textile Mandala Pink Gold Roses, 2019
Located in Kent, CT
This contemporary mixed media mandala by Donna Sharrett is composed of guitar string ball-ends, clothing, needlework, jewelry, and thread. A carved ivory rose bead at the center is o...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Fabric, Thread, Mixed Media
Peaches and Stems - Contemporary Still Life Tulips Fruit Flowers Dining, 2022
Located in Kent, CT
In this contemporary painting in oil on canvas, a bright and inviting interior scene is set with a still life arrangement of red tulips beside a light green pitcher, peaches and pear...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Dewy Wine - Red Yellow Flowers Tree Botanical Bird Mauve Painting, 2022
Located in Kent, CT
In this contemporary oil painting on canvas, a lively, bright red botanical pattern is vibrant against a mauve background with a cobalt blue bird perched on a tree. Signed, dated and...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vernal Pool - Forest Landscape Trees Black Sumi Ink White Mylar, 2024
Located in Kent, CT
In this contemporary landscape in black sumi ink on Mylar, a peaceful forest scene is intricately detailed, beautifully capturing the serenity of a walk in the woods.
This ink drawi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Mylar, Sumi Ink
Tall Trees - Forest Woodland Landscape Black Sumi Ink White Mylar, 2024
Located in Kent, CT
In this contemporary landscape in black sumi ink on Mylar, a peaceful forest scene is intricately detailed, beautifully capturing the serenity of a walk in the woods.
This ink drawi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Mylar, Sumi Ink, Panel
Bunch of grapes
Located in Zofingen, AG
In this oil painting, I've poured my soul into capturing the lush essence of life. Each grape, rich and vibrant, symbolizes abundance and prosperity. Brushstrokes balance fine art wi...
Category
2010s Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
USS Ranger Battling Through the Seas
Located in London, GB
Image dimensions: 60cm x 80cm
Framed dimensions: 74.5cm x 95cm
Ronny Moortgat is one of the foremost contemporary artists of marine painting. Following in the footsteps of the great...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
The Lost Mitten
Located in London, GB
Image dimensions: 19cm x 39cm
Framed dimensions: 37.3cm x 56.5cm
An original watercolour by contemporary artist Jonathan Walker, The Lost Mitten depicts a whimsical winter scene of ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Ringneck Pheasant
Located in London, GB
Image dimensions: 25cm x 25cm
Framed dimensions 39.5cm x 39.5cm
A wonderful wildlife painting depicting a magestic Pheasant by the award winning, contemporary artist Andrew Denman. ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Mixed Media, Watercolor, Board
On Days Like This
Located in London, GB
Image dimensions: 92cm x 62cm
Framed dimensions: 78.5cm x 42.9cm
This beautiful original oil painting by contemporary artist Clare Haley depicts a beautifully atmospheric landscape....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Oil, Board
Venus of the Grotticella Fountain, Giambologna, Mid 19th Century
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
Signed: Morrow '65 (Lower, Right)
" Venus of the Grotticella Fountain ", 1865
Oil on Paper
14 1/2" x 10"
Housed in a 2 3/4" Ornamented Frame
Overall Size: 19 1/2" x 15"
The f...
Category
Mid-19th Century Romantic Art
Materials
Paper, Oil
"Summer Over Bridgehampton" - realist landscape painting, sun setting over beach
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Summer Over Bridgehampton" is an oil on brass landscape painting. The painting shows the sun setting over a mecox bay from Scott Cameron Beach in The Hamptons. Clouds swirl around t...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Brass
The Herbal Gatherer: A Story of Serenity - Acrylic on Canvas by a Street Artist
Located in Vilnius, LT
This unique artwork stands out with its vibrant colours and a story evoking a sense of calm and wonder. Martynas Auz, an acclaimed interdisciplinary creator, brings his distinctive s...
Category
2010s Pop Art Art
Materials
Acrylic
Surrealist composition
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: collotype (after the Miro lithograph). Printed in 1947 in an edition of 1500 by Meriden Gravure and published by Curt Valentin for "The Prints of Joan Miro" portfolio. Size: ...
Category
1940s Surrealist Art
Materials
Photogravure
Surrealist composition
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: collotype (after the Miro lithograph). Printed in 1947 in an edition of 1500 by Meriden Gravure and published by Curt Valentin for "The Prints of Joan Miro" portfolio. Size: ...
Category
1940s Surrealist Art
Materials
Photogravure
Surrealist composition
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: collotype (after the Miro lithograph). Printed in 1947 in an edition of 1500 by Meriden Gravure and published by Curt Valentin for "The Prints of Joan Miro" portfolio. Size: ...
Category
1940s Surrealist Art
Materials
Photogravure
Surrealist composition
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: collotype (after the Miro lithograph). Printed in 1947 in an edition of 1500 by Meriden Gravure and published by Curt Valentin for "The Prints of Joan Miro" portfolio. Size: ...
Category
1940s Surrealist Art
Materials
Photogravure
Surrealist composition
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: collotype (after the Miro lithograph). Printed in 1947 in an edition of 1500 by Meriden Gravure and published by Curt Valentin for "The Prints of Joan Miro" portfolio. Size: ...
Category
1940s Surrealist Art
Materials
Photogravure
"Leaping Marlin"
Located in Edgartown, MA
This striking oil painting, "Leaping Marlin" c. 1937, by renowned marine artist William Goadby Lawrence, captures the power and elegance of its subject. Signed and dated “W Goadby La...
Category
Early 20th Century Art
Materials
Oil
Lake Shore II, 100x120 cm, oil, canvas
Located in Yerevan, AM
Lake Shore II, 100x120 cm, oil, canvas
Category
2010s Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Ring around The Rosie, Vintage Mid, Century, Little Girls Playing in a Field
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
Eileen Jones (American, 1930 - 2003)
Signed: Montrec (Lower, Left)
" Ring Around the Rosie ", circa 1960s
Oil on Canvas
24" x 20"
Housed in a 3 1/2" Carved Frame with a 3/4" Lin...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Quirky Quack" Duckling waddling to the foreground
Located in Edgartown, MA
“I am inspired by the simple everyday interaction of the animals in their environment: the way the light dances across the form, the harmony of color relationships and the shapes of ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Head of Woman
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Blonde Woman, 2016
By Christopher Mudgett
Christopher Mudgett’s Blonde Woman (2016) is a striking embodiment of the artist's mastery in portraiture, showcasing both the emotional d...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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