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Art For Sale
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OGGETTO CON A-B MULTIPLO
Located in Firenze, FI
Vinicio Berti Archived Year 1974
Category

Late 20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Acrylic

Untitled
Located in New York, NY
Joanne Greenbaum’s prints are an energetic profusion of overlapping techniques and colors, featuring clusters of architectural forms, irregular shapes, and doodle-like lines. Greenba...
Category

20th Century Abstract Art

Materials

Etching

White & Green Pattern Triptych Painting by George McClancy
Located in Washington, DC
George McClancy (1930-2014) abstract pattern triptych painting. Acrylic on canvas 75W" x 48H" George McClancy received a MA in painting from Catholic University in Washington DC, ...
Category

1990s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Mid Century Lake Anza Berkeley Bay Area Abstract Expressionist Landscape W/C
Located in Soquel, CA
Brilliantly colorful mid century expressive abstracted landscape of Lake Anza in Berkeley by Bay Area artist Howard Margolis (American, 1927-2015). Signed “Margolis” in lower right c...
Category

Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Art

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

In the Playpen (self portrait #11)
Located in Toronto, CA
During the final decade of his life, Gordon Rayner repeatedly returned to portraiture, creating stirring portraits of himself and others, including celebrated artists and his wife, K...
Category

Early 2000s Art

Materials

Oil, Board

The Empress
Located in New Orleans, LA
JOHN ISIAH WALTON was born in 1985 in New Orleans, where he currently lives and works as a fine artist. He attended St. Augustine H.S. (1999-2002) and graduated from Sarah T. Reed H....
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Muslim Woman (2005), Screen Print, Limited Edition of 750
Located in Palm Desert, CA
'Muslim Woman' by Shepard Fairey, 2005 24 x 36 inches (61 x 91,4 cm) Offset Lithograph on Fine Art Paper. Limited edition of 750 (AP) Hand-signed and dated in pencil by Shepard Fair...
Category

Early 2000s Street Art Art

Materials

Lithograph, Offset

"Abstract Garden" No1, Absrtact Mixed Media Painting, 2017
Located in London, GB
Hsu Tung-Lung (b.1947) is a highly accomplished contemporary artist, who specializes in paintings. His latest collection "Memory Landscape" features an original abstract oil painting...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Art

Materials

Gesso, Acrylic

Keith Haring - Luna Luna Karussell: A Poetic Extravaganza! Pop Up 3D, 1986
Located in Varese, IT
Keith Haring ( 1958 - 1990 ) - Luna Luna Karussell: A Poetic Extravaganza! Pop up 3D, 1986 Additional information: Material: Color offset print on colored cardboard, shaped and carved, Pop up 3D Edited in 1986, Size unfolded: 30.3 x 60.8 x 24 cm Signature and date printed on the base. Limited Edition size: 2000 Edition: Luna Luna Freizeitlanlagen GMBH and Neue Revue, Hamburg, Germany About the work: “Luna Luna was a project organised by Andre Heller...
Category

20th Century Art

Materials

Cardboard

La Vue - Juan les Pins - 19th Century Watercolor, Flowers by Sea Landscape Duhem
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Watercolour on paper circa 1925 by Henri Duhem depicting a view of the sea from the promenade at Juan les Pins on the French Riviera. A flower box of pur...
Category

Early 20th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Watercolor, Paper

Abstract Pollock
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Jordi Molla's "tennis" series in which he takes tennis balls submerged in acrylic paint and serves them against prints of famous paintings by Pollock, Bowler, etc.
Category

2010s Abstract Expressionist Art

Materials

Mixed Media, Acrylic

Joan Miro - Original Colorful Lithograph
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Joan Miro - Moon Bird, Sun Bird - Original Lithograph 1964 From the journal "XXe Siecle" Unsigned edition of unknown size Dimensions: 32 x 24 cm Publisher: G. di San Lazzaro. Refere...
Category

1960s Abstract Art

Materials

Lithograph

Yellow Ceramic
Located in Brookville, NY
Keith Day Pearce Murray was a New-Zealand-born British architect and industrial designer, known for ceramic, silver and glass designs for Wedgwood, Mappin & Webb and Stevens & Will...
Category

Mid-20th Century Art Deco Art

Materials

Ceramic

Dancing Couple (recto) Various sketches (verso)
By Hubert Robert
Located in PARIS, FR
Attributed to HUBERT ROBERT (Paris 1733 - 1808) Dancing couple (recto) Various sketches (verso) Red chalk and charcoal on the reverse numbered in pencil “4229” circa 1770 34 x 21 c...
Category

1770s Old Masters Art

Materials

Paper, Chalk

Path Upwards, Contemporary Painting
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Path Upwards is painted with oil and wax on canvas created in 2023. The painting contains layers of oil paint built up to a rich surface of whites and greys. The oil paint mixed with...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Wax, Oil

Robert Combas - Coupe du monde de football - Saint Denis - Dessin original
Located in Tel Aviv - Jaffa, IL
Original drawing on paper Hand signed Unique piece
Category

1990s French School Art

Materials

Felt Pen

Keith Haring Into 84 (set of 2 Haring Shafrazi announcements)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
'Keith Haring Painted Man'/Keith Haring Into 84: A set of 2 announcement cards for Keith Haring’s well-documented exhibition, 'Into 84' at Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York, 1983. For this series Haring borrowed Jones' body — from head to toe — as the canvas to his work. A bodily canvas defined by much of the bold pictograms characteristic of Haring's artistic signature. Photos by Haring's long-time friend and collaborator Tseng Kwong Chi. Looks fantastic framed as a set. Off-set printed gallery announcements, 1983. Dimensions: 6 x 4 inches (applies to each individual). Good overall condition with well-preserved colors. Some surface creating to red card. Unsigned from an edition of unknown. Further About: In 1983 Keith Haring teamed up with award-winning choreographer and dancer Bill T. Jones, founder of the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company. Keith and Bill met in London in 1983 at a time when the graffiti artist was opening a major show at the Robert Fraser Gallery, and together they produced a series of exceptional collaborations in both performance and drawing. Keith Haring was an American artist and social activist known for his illustrative depictions of figures and symbols. His white chalk drawings could often been found on the blank poster marquees in New York’s public spaces and subways. “I don't think art is propaganda,” he once stated. “It should be something that liberates the soul, provokes the imagination and encourages people to go further. It celebrates humanity instead of manipulating it.” Born on May 4, 1958 in Reading, PA, he grew up in neighboring Kutztown, where he was inspired to draw from an early age by Walt Disney cartoons and his father who was an amateur cartoonist. After briefly studying commercial art in Pittsburgh, Haring came across a show of the works of Pierre Alechinksy and decided to pursue a career in fine art instead. He moved to New York in the late 1970s to attend the School of Visual Arts, and soon immersed himself in the city’s graffiti culture. By the mid-1980s, he had befriended fellow artists Andy Warhol, Kenny Scharf, and Jean-Michel Basquiat, and collaborated with celebrities like the singer Grace Jones. Diagnosed with HIV/AIDS in 1988, Haring’s prodigious career was brief, and he died of AIDS-related complications on February 16, 1990 at the age of 31. Before his death, Haring established the Keith Haring Foundation, a non-profit committed to raising awareness of the illness through art programing and community outreach. Throughout his career, Haring made his art widely available through the location of his murals, as well as through the Pop Shop—Haring's own storefront which he used to sell his memorabilia.The artist’s mural Crack is Wack (1986), can still be seen today on a retaining wall along FDR Drive in Manhattan. Haring’s works can be found in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C. Related Categories Modern Dance. Ballet. Keith Haring Figurative Drawings. Keith Haring Into 84 poster. Keith Haring and Tony Shafrazi. Haring Shafrazi.
Category

1980s Pop Art Art

Materials

Offset, Lithograph

Nude Woman Bathing, Reclining, Watercolor, Blue, Yellow by K.C. Pyne "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Kartick Chandra Pyne - Untitled - 18 x 29 inches ( unframed size without mount ) Watercolor on rice paper Signed in Bengali Lower right. This would will be shipped mounted without th...
Category

Early 2000s Modern Art

Materials

Paper, Rice Paper, Watercolor

Danse de Feu from Derriere le Miroir, Lithograph by Joan Miro
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Joan Miro, Spanish (1893 - 1983) Title: Danse de Feu from Derriere le Miroir Year: 1963 Medium: Lithograph Unsigned. Unnumbered from an edition of unk...
Category

1960s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Basquiat Enrico Navarra Gallery 2000 (vintage Basquiat announcement)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Jean-Michel Basquiat Enrico Navarra Gallery Paris 2000: Rare vintage Basquiat announcement published on the occasion of: Jean-Michel Basquiat, Gallery Enrico Navarra Paris during the...
Category

1980s Pop Art Art

Materials

Paper, Lithograph, Offset

Flowers (Yellow Background 1)
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
One of two works in the series titled "Yellow Background" by Jordi Molla. Beautiful Multimedia painting using a lovely shade of yellow. The sale of this painting benefits the Ann Nor...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Mixed Media

Dream - (semi-abstract, yellow airbrush paint, oil on canvas, Large Figure, Mode
Located in London, GB
Developed in London in 2019 and 2020, this project focuses on the idea of dreaming, and although the emerging compositions are closed and defined they are also very dynamic and vibra...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Venezia
Located in Firenze, FI
Title: "Venezia" Media: Oil on canvas size: 50 x 70 cm Sergio Scatizzi Lucca 1918 – Florence 2009 Art and nature are the themes of Scatizzi’s work of a journey through contemporan...
Category

1990s Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

'Sardinian Cove ' , mixed media C2003
Located in Frome, Somerset
Original piece, ,mixed media circa 2003. signed dry mounted 50cmx50cm. painting 32cm x 32cm. Plein air study from the portfolio of his travels in Sardinia. Chosen by the artist to e...
Category

Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Art

Materials

Mixed Media

Kerr Eby, Lobster Fleet
Located in New York, NY
Although the title 'Lobster Fleet' calls to mind numerous vessels at sea in a single spot (and there's a group in the distance), in fact the print features a lone fisherman in a smal...
Category

1930s Ashcan School Art

Materials

Etching

NEGRO ES BELLO II Signed Lithograph, Black Is Beautiful, Black Power Movement
Located in Union City, NJ
NEGRO ES BELLO II is an original limited edition lithograph created by the African-American woman printmaker and sculptor, Elizabeth Catlett using hand printmaking techniques on archival printmaking paper, 100% acid free. Pencil signed, titled, dated by Elizabeth Catlett on the lower margin, embossed with printers chop mark lower left, print documentation provided. NEGRO ES BELLO II is a powerful graphic statement; a visual representation and social commentary on the Black Power movement's resilience, determination, strength, and beauty. The orange color circular badges with panther emblems on the lithograph are symbols (Black Panther Logo) from the Black Panther movement - one of their mottos being "Black Is Beautiful". Print size - 33.5 x 25.25 inches, unframed, mint condition, pencil signed by Elizabeth Catlett Image size - 27 1/2 × 21 inches Dated - 69'-01' , printed in 2001 at JK Fine Art Editions Co. Edition - 100 Elizabeth Catlett (1915-2012), a sculptor and printmaker, is widely considered one of the most important African American artists of the 20th century. Throughout her career Catlett used art in support of issues that mattered to her – feminism and maternalism, ethnicity, social justice, freedom against racism, class and gender inequality. An American and Mexican citizen, Catlett is best known for her depictions of African American women, the African American experience, and Mexican people...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Art

Materials

Lithograph

Peace Woman (2008), Screen Print, Rare Kennwood Vineyard Limited Edition of 200
Located in Palm Desert, CA
'Peace Woman Kennwood' by Shepard Fairey, 2008 18 x 24 inches (45,7 x 61 cm) Screen print on cream, speckletone fine art paper. Rare Kenwood Vineyard limited edition of 200 (137 /200...
Category

Early 2000s Street Art Art

Materials

Screen

after Pablo Picasso - The Human Comedy - Heliogravure
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
A vintage heliogravure after Spanish artist Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) titled "La Comedie Humaine", 1954. Published by Verve, Paris France 1954. Produced from Picasso's sketches fro...
Category

1950s Modern Art

"Aces", New York, 2007
Located in Hudson, NY
Framing charges includes As if developed from memory, West’s latest collection channels imagery from a familiar past life. Just as the DaDa artists utilized art objects in unconven...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Salvador Dali - The Grand Inquisitor
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - The Grand Inquisitor - Original Signed Engraving Handsigned in pencil and Numbered Edition: F195/195 - Printer: Atelier Rigal. - ...
Category

1970s Surrealist Art

Materials

Etching

Nocturne Suite Series
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This unframed, signed, limited edition series of 4 pigment print by world renown artist Robert Kelly exists in an edition of 50. Paper size is 24"h x 30"w with an image size of 14.5"...
Category

Early 2000s Abstract Art

Materials

Pigment

Knuckleball
Located in Toronto, CA
Alexander Rasmussen’s “Better Days Are Comin’.” This vibrant new series of abstracts was presented in part at Art Miami 2023, and the remaining pieces are now being exhibited for the...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Faux Pas
Located in Toronto, CA
Alexander Rasmussen’s “Better Days Are Comin’.” This vibrant new series of abstracts was presented in part at Art Miami 2023, and the remaining pieces are now being exhibited for the...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Sungazing
Located in London, GB
A beautiful small abstract painting with warm earthy yellow colours, and black and white ink accents. The gestural abstraction that captures a sensation, an emotion, a poem in colour...
Category

2010s Abstract Expressionist Art

Materials

Gesso, Ink, Acrylic

Give Me Shelter
Located in Toronto, CA
Alexander Rasmussen’s “Better Days Are Comin’.” This vibrant new series of abstracts was presented in part at Art Miami 2023, and the remaining pieces are now being exhibited for the...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Water Stop
Located in New York, NY
Publisher: ULAE Printer: Fred Genis, Donn Steward & Timothy Huchthausen One of Rauschenberg's most complex prints, made between Autumn 1967 and May 1968, the print contains imagery ...
Category

1960s Art

Materials

Lithograph

Crossover III, 2024, unique pigment print, signed
Located in New York, NY
Crossover II, 2024 is part of the "Another World" series. This unique archival pigment print is printed on Epson Enhanced Matte paper. Image size is 9" x 6.5" on 10" x 7.5" paper s...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Untitled
Located in Austin, TX
Oil on canvas. Signed verso. Some scratched out, illegible writing in paint and graphite verso, which may have indicated the artist's original pricing, as well as a possible title. ...
Category

1960s Abstract Expressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Fr. M-R
Located in Bayonne, NJ
Matviy Vaisberg painted this series of portraits while visiting his mother, who was in a nursing home in Germany in early 2000s. This portrait of Frau Muller is an anthropological po...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Art

Materials

Oil

La distribution des récompenses - Etching by Jacques Callot - 1633
Located in Roma, IT
Signed on plate “Callot fecit, Frad excudit” lower right. Very good condition except some light discoloration. Wonderful artist proof, on antique laid paper. Second state of three, d...
Category

1630s Old Masters Art

Materials

Etching

Double Dip
Located in Toronto, CA
Alexander Rasmussen’s “Better Days Are Comin’.” This vibrant new series of abstracts was presented in part at Art Miami 2023, and the remaining pieces are now being exhibited for the...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Model sitting
Located in Bayonne, NJ
A half-naked model posing for a portrait. A classic depiction by Volodymyr Makarenko on a large oil on canvas. The artist feels the space, he works...
Category

Early 2000s Modern Art

Materials

Oil

Unframed Hand Painted White Tara Thangka on Canvas 24K Gold
Located in TRUMBULL, CT
This unframed hand painted White Tara Thangka can be framed according to your choice and give it a place at your home to promote long life, peace, ...
Category

1990s Other Art Style Art

Materials

Mixed Media

Sand Rivers Run Fast
Located in London, GB
A beautiful small abstract painting with warm earthy yellow colours, and black and white ink accents. The gestural abstraction that captures a sensation, an emotion, a poem in colour...
Category

2010s Abstract Expressionist Art

Materials

Gesso, Ink, Acrylic

Fire Study 1 - flames
Located in London, GB
Inspired by East Asian Sumi ink drawings, George McLeod wanted to find a photographic way of producing intricately detailed images. As with Sumi ink drawing, fire is both controllabl...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, Black and White, Color, Silver Gelatin

Marée Basse
Located in Miami, FL
Marée Basse, 1974 Lithograph in Colors on Chiffon de Mandeure paper. Published by Maeght, Paris, with full margins, framed Sheet Size: 30 x 45 1/4in (76 x 114.8cm) Signed “HC” (an ho...
Category

1970s Art

Materials

Lithograph

Educating Jack, Sailing Scene, The Youth's Companion, Original Illustration
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
Harry George Burgess (American, 1867 - 1912) Signed: H Burgess (Lower, Right) " Educating Jack ", 1912 (Page 10) (Titled Lower, Left, and on verso) "As he could not leave the till...
Category

Early 20th Century Art

Materials

Watercolor, Gouache

"Pandemonium", Graffiti Styled / Abstract Expressionism Modern Vivid Painting
Located in Atlanta, GA
Artist Motivation: Graffiti styled, hip & funky, this piece gives a "go bold or go home!" energy! This super fun piece, done in a "Street Art" Style, is guaranteed to add edge and ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Varnish, Acrylic, Spray Paint

A Jew
Located in Raleigh, NC
Etching by Hermann Struck in good condition with slight light staining
Category

1930s Realist Art

Materials

Etching

Elvis
Located in Lyons, CO
Color lithograph, Edition 75 Red Grooms and Master printer Bud Shark began their many print collaborations in 1981 with "Mountaintime", followed in 1982 by their first three-dimensional lithograph, "Ruckus...
Category

1990s Contemporary Art

Materials

Lithograph

Untitled (Smile-ism No. 20)
Located in Calabasas, CA
Artist: Yue Minjun Title: Untitled (Smile-ism No. 20) Year: 2006 Medium: Lithograph on Rives BFK paper Edition: 45; signed and numbered in pencil Sheet: 43.50 x 35.25 in. (110.5 x 8...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Art

Materials

Lithograph

Secret Window
Located in Napoli, IT
Scultura metacrilato (plexiglass 100% riciclato) assemblata a mano - design by Gio Schiano (LIMITED EDITIONS OF 69) Misure: alto 30 cm e larga 30 cm, è firmata e numerata con certi...
Category

2010s Op Art Art

Materials

Plexiglass

St. John's Chapel, Varick Street, New York City, 1909 Etching, NYC History
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
William Walworth Stilson, (American, 1874-1962) Signed: Walworth Stilson, (in pencil, lower, right) & Walworth Stilson, (in the plate, lower, right) " St. John's Chapel, Varick S...
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Early 20th Century Art

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Etching

Shaw Barton Calendar Illustration
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Watercolor on Paper Dimensions: 24.00" x 20.0" Signature: Signed Lower Right An Argument in the Park; Shaw Barton Calendar Illustration
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Early 20th Century Art

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Imperial Woodpecker, aka Ivory Billed Woodpecker, Ornithology, Birdwatching
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
John Livzey Ridgeway (American, 1859-1947) Signed: J. L. Ridgway Imperial Woodpecker, aka Ivory Billed Woodpecker, c. 1898 Gifted to Doris Barroll Amos in 1938 Original Watercolo...
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Late 19th Century American Realist Art

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Watercolor, Gouache, Illustration Board

20 ML Happy Love pill Combo (navy blue orange white) - 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...
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2010s Pop Art Art

Materials

Ceramic, Automotive Paint

"Arrested Love", Abstract, Emotional, Modern, Bold, Floral, Purple, Orange
Located in Atlanta, GA
Artist Motivation: Arrest your Love every time you look at this piece! This piece rich, vibrant and emotionally charged, can hang anywhere in your beautiful home! Place it in your...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Art

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Canvas, Varnish, Acrylic

Bilhete de identidade, Untitled 4
Located in MADRID, ES
Analogue photo. Photography, printed on Aluminium Dibond. Edition of 3 + 1 artist proof. Walnut wood frame, 35 mm depth, 4 mm thickness. Bilhete de Identidade series In this series...
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21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Art

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Digital

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