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Art For Sale
Color:  Red
Ondulation (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Ondulation (Abstract painting) Acrylic and ink on canvas - Unframed This artwork is exclusive to IdeelArt. This artwork will be shipped rolled in a dent-resistant tube. This metho...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Ink, Acrylic

1997 After Erte 'Glamour'
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Paper Size: 38 x 26.25 inches ( 96.52 x 66.675 cm ) Image Size: 32 x 23 inches ( 81.28 x 58.42 cm ) Framed: No Condition: A: Mint Additional Details: Published by Chalk and Ve...
Category

1990s Contemporary Art

Materials

Offset

Coin Cunt XXXVI
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Coin Cunt XXXVI" is an original artwork made from kiss-lock coin purses and thread by Suzanna Scott. This piece measures approx. 4"x4", size varies Suzanna Scott ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Thread, Found Objects

Vermilion - Modern Expressive Abstract Flower Oil Painting, Large Format, Red
Located in Salzburg, AT
Katarzyna Swinarska is a contemporary visual artist working with painting and video which often follows the convention of video performance. She creates also multimedia projects wher...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Horizon 02 (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Horizon 02 (Abstract painting) Acrylic and ink on canvas - Unframed This artwork is exclusive to IdeelArt. This artwork will be shipped rolled in a dent-resistant tube. This metho...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Ink, Acrylic

Climate Change - Dubai
Located in Baranzate, IT
TITLE: Climate Chande - Dubai ARTIST: Antonio Franchi YEAR: 2022 CLASSIFICATION: Unique MEDIUM TYPE: Painting MEDIUM/MATERIALS: Acrylic and resin on ca...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Acrylic

Red and White - Original Abstract Painting - Graffiti Inspired
Located in New York, NY
This is an original painting by one of LA's original Graffiti artists Karlos Marquez. This contemporary abstract work features vibrant red and black on wood panels. Signed by artist....
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Mixed Media, Wood Panel

Hopefulness
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong. I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believe that tomorrow is another da...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Fabric, Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic

RLRR in Red
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "RLRR in Red" is an original artwork made from manipulated paper by Matthew Shlian. This piece is shipped in the pictured white frame ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Paper

Original Vintage Soviet Film Poster Diamond Arm USSR Cult Comedy Nikulin Mironov
Located in London, GB
Original vintage film poster for a classic Soviet comedy - The Diamond Arm (Бриллиантовая рука / Brilliantovaya ruka) - starring Yuriy Nikulin, Nina Grebeshkova and Andrey Mironov. G...
Category

1960s Art

Materials

Paper

An Out of Body Experience
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "An Out of Body Experience" is original artwork made from hand-woven archival pigment print by Jason Chen. This piece measures 41"h x .31"w.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Square Variables IX
Located in Surfside, FL
Early graphic work by the photographer Todd Smith during his period at Pratt Institute in the early 1970s. Edition of 250, unsigned and unnumbered, as issued.
Category

1970s Op Art Art

Materials

Lithograph

Witness the Time, Contemporary art Original oil Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Varvarov Anatoly Viktorovich Title: Witness the Time, Sise: 39.5x51 inches, (100x130 cm) Medium: Oil on Canvas Hand painted, original, one of a kind. "Witness the time" is an oil painting that features a bizarre tree branch against the sky. The color scheme is unusual, adding to the painting's interest. The painting would be a great addition to any home or office, as it is both eye-catching and intriguing. About the artist: Varvarov Anatoly Viktorovich was born on February 12, 1967 in Kremenchuk, Ukraine. Attended Dnepropetrovsk Art School. EV Vuchetich from 1983 to 1987, and National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture from 1990 to 1996 graduated with Masters degree in Fine Art. After becoming a member of the Union of Artists of Ukraine, Mr. Varvarov received the category of artist-restorer of easel painting in 1999...
Category

2010s Photorealist Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

French Contemporary Art by Claudie Baran - When flowers makes you feel weird
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas Framed - 122 x 112 x 4 cm
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Spark - underwater nude photograph from series REFLECTIONS - print on aluminum
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
“Spark” is a part of Alex Sher’s popular series REFLECTIONS - underwater photographs that could be almost mistaken for abstract paintings as they bring up recollections of masterpieces by Picasso, Dali or Gustav Klimt. In fact REFLECTIONS are straight photographic capturing of the water’s surface from below, with a submerged underwater camera. The photographs freeze natural momentary reflections in water surface - the unique kaleidoscopic fragmentations of human body into nearly unrecognizable forms. It is these bold accents of color, mesmerizing textures, dramatic lines, and distinctive distortions that make Sher’s works unique highly advisable masterpieces. Alex Sher’s underwater photograph “Spark” ignites the water in a boiling fiery scene. The pale tones of the skin contrast sharply against the velvety reflections of red that consume the water. What in reality would be understood as a nude photograph depicting a woman's body, breasts, and limbs, in Sher’s work transforms into a surreal spark of colors and bubbles. Original print on aluminum plate with black wooden backing. Limited edition of 12. The artwork is furnished with certificate of authenticity, signed by artist with artist's name, edition number, edition limit, and other details. The artwork needs no framing; it is being hung by a hidden frame on the back. Additional framing is available upon request. The photograph has been shown at: 2023 LA Art Show (Los Angeles, US) 2022 Spectrum (Miami, US) 2022 Beverly Hills Art Show (Beverly Hills, US) 2022 Art...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Metal

French Contemporary Art by M.-P. Autonne - L’Ombre Eperdue du Bonheur
Located in Paris, IDF
Mixed composition on wooden panel
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Oil, Acrylic, Wood Panel

Pizzi Cannella Exhibition Poster - 2006
Located in Roma, IT
Pizzi Cannella Exhibition is a vintage exhibition poster realized in 2006. Mixed colored offset poster realized in the occasion of the exhibition of Pizzi Cannella in 2006. Good co...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Art

Materials

Offset

Tania Mallet in the Bahamas, Iconic Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1961: Actress Tania Mallet relaxes on a brilliant red-curtained four poster in Eleuthera, in the Bahamas. She is best known for her role as the unfortunate Tilly Masterson in the Bon...
Category

1960s Realist Art

Materials

Lambda

Original poster by Jean Degottex for "Mai 68 - Feu la culture" - May 68
Located in PARIS, FR
Original poster by Jean Degottex for "Mai 68 - Feu la culture." Jean Degottex was a French abstract painter, known particularly for his initial proximity to the lyrical abstraction movement of the 1950s and 1960s. He is considered an important artist of the abstraction movement of the second half of the 20th century and a significant source of inspiration for contemporary art. Politics - May 68...
Category

1960s Art

Materials

Paper, Lithograph

Untitled Geometric Abstraction
By Sanford Biggers
Located in New York, NY
Sanford Biggers Untitled, for the Cue Art Foundation, 2011 Silkscreen on paper Frame included Edition 10/35 Signed and numbered on the front Framed Mea...
Category

2010s Abstract Geometric Art

Materials

Screen

Red and black composition by Gilbert Pauli - Mixed media 83x75 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Four oils on canvas glued on an aluminium plate tinted by acrylique Born in 1944 in the canton of Fribourg, Gilbert Pauli currently lives in Geneva, where he devotes himself to pai...
Category

Early 2000s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Fervent Love - Modern Expressive Abstract Flowers Oil Painting - Large Format
Located in Salzburg, AT
Katarzyna Swinarska is a contemporary visual artist working with painting and video which often follows the convention of video performance. She creates also multimedia projects wher...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Patricia Fabricant, 112920, 2020, Gouache On Panel, 12 x 12 inches, Geometry
Located in Darien, CT
Patricia Fabricant is a painter curator, and award-winning book designer, born in New York City. She received her BA from Wesleyan University and studied painting in Florence Italy. Her abstract and figurative paintings have been exhibited widely at such galleries as M David & Co, Front Room, SFA Projects, Equity Gallery, Morgan Lehman, the Painting Center, and 490 Atlantic. Her curatorial practice includes three editions of the benefit group show, Among Friends, Studio Mates at Front Room Gallery, and With the Grain, at Equity Gallery. She lives and works in Brooklyn, NY. Patricia Fabricant has a deep and abiding interest in process-driven work, from mandalas and yantras to Aboriginal song-line paintings, Islamic tiles...
Category

2010s Abstract Geometric Art

Materials

Gouache, Panel

Very nice Iranian red and black screen print from the 50s
Located in PARIS, FR
Very nice Iranian red and black screen print from the 50s.
Category

Mid-20th Century Art

Materials

Paper, Screen

Night Music Abstract Expressionist
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Night Music 2017 Fine acrylic vinyl paint on primed canvas, gallery wrap, signed and titled. Frank Monaco. Studied and worked with Marilyn Stiles of The ...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Vinyl, Acrylic

Dice Series, Raspberry Sparkles Three - Pop Art Color Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
A sparkly pink dice suspended on a black background, hypnotically curious in both content and technique, viewers find themselves pleasantly puzzled. Heidler & Heeps have developed th...
Category

2010s Pop Art Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

"A Week of Great Music" 1967 psychedelic concert poster by Jim Blashfield
Located in PARIS, FR
"A Week of Great Music" psychedelic concert poster by Jim Blashfield. Psychedelic letters grouped in bubbles announcing Count Basie and his 17-piece band, Chuck Berry, Charles Lloyd & Young Rascals and others at the Fillmore Auditorium. Music - Psychedelic - United States Steve Miller Blues Band Air - Charles Lloyd & Young Rascals - 1st Draw Bill Graham...
Category

1960s Art

Materials

Paper, Lithograph

Peter Halley at Sonnabend Gallery, New York (Hand Signed by Peter Halley)
Located in New York, NY
Peter Halley Peter Halley, Sonnabend Gallery, New York (Hand Signed by Peter Halley), 1989 Offset lithograph poster (hand signed by Peter Halley) 28 × 26 inches Unframed Alpha 137 Gallery is honored to offer this historic offset lithograph of American artist Peter Halley's 1989 exhibition at the legendary Sonnabend Gallery in New York which the artist hand signed in black marker. Scroll down for a photograph of our director Nadine Witkin with the artist. Below is Peter Halley's official biography. What it doesn't mention is that Andy Warhol famously painted his portrait in 1986! Peter Halley is that legendary. According to Halley, he didn't realize until after Warhol's death that the polaroids Warhol took of him with his famous "big shot" camera were made into an original painting. Warhol's painting of Peter Halley was included in the recent Andy Warhol retrospective "Andy Warhol - from A to B and Back Again" at the Whitney. PETER HALLEY BIOGRAPHY Peter Halley, born 1953, New York City, is an American artist who came to prominence as a central figure of the Neo-Conceptualist movement of the 1980s. His paintings redeploy the language of geometric abstraction to explore the organization of social space in the digital era. Since the 1980s, Halley’s lexicon has included three elements: “prisons” and “cells,” connected by “conduits,” which are used in his paintings to explore the technologically determined space and pathways that regulate daily life. Using fluorescent color and Roll-a-Tex, a commercial paint additive that provides readymade texture, Halley embraces materials that are anti-naturalistic and commercially manufactured. In the mid 1990s Halley pioneered the use of wall-sized digital prints in his site-specific installations. He has executed installations at Museo Nivola, Orani, Sardinia (2021); Greene Naftali...
Category

1980s Abstract Geometric Art

Materials

Offset

Red Meadow, Contemporary Landscape Painting
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Painted outside in the summer of 2021 this piece uses bold colors, drawn with oil stick on a flat surface of vinyl paint to create a dreamy and vivid landscape...
Category

2010s Fauvist Art

Materials

Vinyl, Oil

1974 After Pablo Picasso 'Tapestries at Pace'
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Paper Size: 18.75 x 19 inches ( 47.625 x 48.26 cm ) Image Size: 18 x 18.25 inches ( 45.72 x 46.355 cm ) Framed: No Condition: A: Mint Additional Details: Published by Pace Post...
Category

1970s Cubist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Hotel
Located in New York, NY
Hotel c. 1994/2022 Signed, titled, and dated in black ink, verso Archival pigment print (Edition of 5) 20 x 16 inches (50.8 x 40.6 cm), sheet $2,000 This work is offered by CLAM...
Category

1990s Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Marino Marini ( 1901 – 1980 ) – CAVALIERE I – hand-signed Aquatint – 1972
Located in Varese, IT
Color Aquatint on Goya paper limited edition signed in pencil by artist and numbered as: PA ( artist proof ) paper size: 71 x 51 cm Ed: Albra , Torino 1972 P: Il Cigno, Roma Blindsta...
Category

1970s Surrealist Art

Materials

Paper, Aquatint

Brou - Red - Acrylic Paint by Giuseppe Amodio - 2010s
Located in Roma, IT
Brou - Red is a contemporary artwork realized by Giuseppe Amodio in 2010s. Acrylic on Curved Canvas. Hand signed and titled on the back. Certificate of authenticity on photograph ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Acrylic

Untitled (Backyard Fights)
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Signed, numbered, and dated (archival label, verso) Digital Pigment Print 40 x 40 in, Edition of 5 30 x 30 in, Edition of 7 20 x 20 in, Edition of 9 Please note that prices incre...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Digital Pigment, C Print

Phantom City Creative - Psycho - Contemporary Cinema Movie Film Posters
Located in Asheville, NC
Psycho: Psycho is a 1960 American psychological horror thriller film produced and directed by Alfred Hitchcock. The screenplay, written by Joseph Stefano, was based on the 1959 novel of the same name by Robert Bloch. The film stars Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles, John Gavin and Martin Balsam. The plot centers on an encounter between on-the-run embezzler Marion Crane (Leigh) and shy motel proprietor Norman Bates (Perkins) and its aftermath, in which a private investigator (Balsam), Marion's lover Sam Loomis (Gavin) and her sister Lila (Miles) investigate the cause of her disappearance. Artists: Phantom City Creative...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Screen, Archival Paper, Digital Pigment, Archival Pigment, Pigment, Gicl...

Mail Man
Located in Miami, FL
TECHNICAL INFORMATION Shepard Fairey Mail Man 2000 Screenprint 24 x 18 in. Edition of 140 Pencil signed & numbered Accompanied with COA by Gregg Shienbaum Fine Art Condition...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Art

Materials

Screen

"Beaming III" abstract acrylic painting on canvas, watermelon pink burgundy
Located in Hamburg, HH
Large abstract acrylic painting on canvas by Amanda Andersen; one in a series of four created in 2020 during anxiety filled times due mostly to Covid. The shapes in these works represented a balloon at first–a common subject in the artist's earlier work, which honored the beauty and elegance of hot air balloons and also celebrated their invitation for a romantic escape. We all wanted an escape in 2020. The large shape can also be seen as a window; the static hole we all peered out from to check if the world was still out there. With stripes–also a common visual element in the artist's work, it may even suggest prison bars...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Shepard Fairey Screen Print Peace II Guard Vietnam Memorial Obey Contemporary
Located in Draper, UT
"For Peace Guard 2 I used the motif of the flower in the gun, a peace symbol inspired by war protesters putting flowers in the barrels of the National Guard...
Category

2010s Street Art Art

Materials

Screen

H10-1 Wu Zetian
Located in London, GB
H10-1 Wu Zetian, Giclee Print on Aluminium Composite by Damien Hirst, 2022 Hirst’s art both shocks and amazes. His works are challenging both visually and philosophically and contin...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Art

Materials

Glitter, Giclée, Screen

H10-5 Taytu Betul
Located in London, GB
H10-5 Taytu Betul, Giclee Print on Aluminium Composite by Damien Hirst, 2022 Hirst’s art both shocks and amazes. His works are challenging both visually and philosophically and cont...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Art

Materials

Glitter, Giclée, Screen

Wild Blood - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment print 62x43"
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
There are no rules for luck. I was sure the new girl would need practice and practice - and I was wrong. She was just perfect from the first second. Next month she got married and m...
Category

2010s Photorealist Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

1969-71 Abstract Minimalist Color Silkscreen Print Charles Hinman On The Bowery
Located in Surfside, FL
Charles Hinman On the Bowery, 1969 - 1971 silkscreen on Schoeller's Parole Paper, edition of 100 + 20 A.P. 25.5 x 25.5 inches, signed, numbered 21/100 Screenprint in color on wove paper Hand signed, published by Edition Domberger, Bonlanden, West Germany (with their blindstamp) Provenance: Collection of Tom Levine On the Bowery, 1971. The portfolio consists of nine screenprints in colors (one with mylar collage), on wove paper, by representative artists of the Pop Art period. Cy Twombly, Robert Ryman, Will Insley, Robert Indiana, Les Levine, John Willenbecher...
Category

1960s Pop Art Art

Materials

Screen, Lithograph

Boy And Girl
Located in Winterswijk, NL
Playful graphic image depicting a boy and a girl made in bright vibrating colors. Figure of children on a red background with a confident black outline. Will fit both in the children...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Art

Materials

Giclée

Brigitte Bardot
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Russell Young Title: Brigitte Bardot Portfolio: 2017 Brigitte Bardot Medium: Hand-pulled acrylic and enamel silkscreen on Somerset paper Date: ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Screen

Circa 1950 Original Poster for Primagaz - Advertising poster
Located in PARIS, FR
Primagaz is a butane and propane3 gas distribution company, created in 1934 and subsidiary of the Dutch group SHV Energy since 1999. It stores, packages and distributes butane and pr...
Category

Mid-20th Century Art

Materials

Paper, Lithograph

Hunter - Contemporary Powerful Figurative Oil Painting
Located in Salzburg, AT
Jakub Malinowski – Born in 1985. He is a graduate of the Faculty of Painting at the University of Arts in Poznań. He is engaged in painting and drawin...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Oil

H10-2 Nur Jahan
Located in London, GB
H10-2 Nur Jahan, Giclee Print on Aluminium Composite by Damien Hirst, 2022 Hirst’s art both shocks and amazes. His works are challenging both visually and philosophically and contin...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Art

Materials

Glitter, Giclée, Screen

Omoge Awelewa (The Beauty Maiden)
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Painting Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria This work is unique, this is not a print or other type of copy. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Starfish (4/20)
Located in Nashville, TN
Tom White is a New Zealand-based artist investigating artificial intelligence and machine perception. White's artwork examines the Algorithmic Gaze: how machines see, know, and articulate the world. As machine perception becomes more pervasive in our daily lives, the world as seen by computers becomes our dominant reality. White explores this phenomenon in his work. Collaborating with AI systems, White creates physical abstract prints that are reliably classified by neural networks...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Screen

Starfish (5/20)
Located in Nashville, TN
Tom White is a New Zealand-based artist investigating artificial intelligence and machine perception. White's artwork examines the Algorithmic Gaze: how machines see, know, and artic...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Screen

Intersections 1 - Painting by Salvatore Travascio - 2010's
Located in Roma, IT
Intersections 1 is a painting realized by the Italian artist Salvatore Travascio in the 2010s. This is a beautiful oil painting on paper on wooden support. Hand-signed on the lower ...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Art

Materials

Paper, Oil

"My Basquiat Heart" Red Colorful Contemporary Pop Oil Painting w Floater Frame
Located in New York, NY
Motivated by bold color and fast brushwork, we are moved by the simplicity and thick textured oil paints in these works. Shaoul’s “My Heart Collection” is a vibrant and energetic dis...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Oil, Board

The Visible of the Invisible - Red Composition - by I. Bressan - 1989
Located in Roma, IT
The visible of the invisible - Red composition is an original contemporary artwork realized by Italo Bressan in 1989. Mixed colored serigraph. Hand signed and dated on the lower ma...
Category

1980s Abstract Art

Materials

Screen

Original 1930 Art Deco style poster by Jean Carlu - Théatre Pigalle Feu du ciel
Located in PARIS, FR
Beautiful Art Deco style poster by Jean Carlu for the Pigalle Theater - Feu du ciel. Jean Carlu (Bonnires-sur-Seine France 1900 - 1989) was a French graphic designer specialised in posters. He was member of a family of architects; his brother Jacques Carlu...
Category

1930s Art Deco Art

Materials

Linen, Paper, Lithograph

Unspoken- 21st Century Contemporary Painting of a boycouple
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Tania Rivilis Unspoken 63 x 45 cm Oil on wood panel First we can announce some wonderful news! 3 May 2022 Tania Rivilis did win the first price of the Royal Academy of Portraitpain...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

There, Here 03, From the Universe Within series. Abstract color photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
There, Here 03, 2022 by Angelica Tcherassi From the series "Universe Within". Photo Rag Hannemuhle 308grs Sheet size 59 H x 47.2 W inches. Image size 51.1 H x 37.7 W inches. Edition...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Color, Archival Pigment

Looney Tunes - That's All Folks
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Artist Notes: Is it duck hunting season or rabbit hunting season? No matter where your allegiances lie, fans of beloved cartoon characters like Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck are in for a treat. Seven of the most iconic and zany Looney Tunes...
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2010s Pop Art Art

Materials

Oil

Empresses: Nūr Jahān, Limited Edition by Damien Hirst (H10-2)
Located in Hong Kong, HK
The Empresses: Nūr Jahān (H10-2 ) Laminated Giclée print on aluminum composite, screen printed with glitter. Limited Edition: Edition Number 157/3041 Artwork dimensions: 100 x 100 cm...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Giclée

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