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Lonliness - Original Lithograph by Emmanuel Gondouin - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Lonliness is an original lithograph realized in the early 1930s by Emmanuel Gondouin, (Versailles, 1883 - Parigi, 1934) The artwork is depicted th...
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1930s Modern Art

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Lithograph

Abstract Composition - Original Lithograph by Primo Conti - 1971
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract Composition is an interesting original colored lithograph on cream-colored paper realized in 1971 by the Italian artist Primo Conti (1900-1988)....
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1970s Abstract Art

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Lithograph

Ancient Roman Statue - Original Etching by Vincenzo Campana - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Statue, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Vincenzo Campana in the 18th century. Signed on the plate on the low...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

Materials

Etching

The Camels - Original Lithograph by Paul Gervais - 1854
Located in Roma, IT
The Camels is an original lithograph on ivory-colored paper, realized by Paul Gervais (1816-1879). The artwork is from The Series of "Les Trois Règnes de la Nature", and was publishe...
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1850s Modern Art

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Lithograph

Tanks & Trees — Mid-century American Surrealism
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Karl Eugene Fortess, 'Tanks & Trees', lithograph, c. 1940, edition 100. Signed, titled, and numbered '100/P' in pencil. Inscribed 'For Usui - K.' in the bottom left margin. A fine, richly-inked impression, on cream wove paper, with full margins (1 1/2 to 2 1/2 inches); a slight crease across the top right sheet corner, well away from the image; otherwise in excellent condition. Image size 13 1/8 x 10 inches; sheet size 17 3/8 x 13 3/16 inches. Matted to museum standards, unframed. Provenance: Estate of Francis Pratt. Francis and her husband Bumpei Usui...
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1940s Surrealist Art

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Lithograph

Ancient Roman Statue - Original Etching by Fernando Strina - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Statue, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Fernando Strina in the 18th century. Signed on the plate on the lower...
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18th Century Old Masters Art

Materials

Etching

Tribal Man - Original Lithograph by Emmanuel Gondouin - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Tribal Man is an original lithograph realized in the early 1930s by Emmanuel Gondouin, (Versailles, 1883 - Parigi, 1934) The artwork is depicted through strong strokes and is part...
Category

1930s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

John Seymour Lucas, Vanity Fair artist portrait chromolithograph 1899
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'A Connoisseur' Vanity Fair portrait of John Seymour Lucas (1849-1923) who was a Victorian English historical and portrait painter as well as an accompl...
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Late 19th Century Victorian Art

Materials

Lithograph

Letter by Renato Guttuso About Falsifications - 1952
Located in Roma, IT
Letter by Renato Guttuso About Falsification is an Autograph Letter Signed by Renato Guttuso to the Countess Anna Laetitia Pecci Blunt. Rome, April 21st 1961. In Italian. On ivory co...
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1950s Modern Art

Materials

Paper, Ink

Ex Libris Jalu - Original Woodcut - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Ex Libris Jalu is an original Contemporary Artwork realized in the 1950s. Original woodcut print on ivory-colored paper. The work is glued on cardboard. Hand-Signed in pencil ...
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1950s Modern Art

Materials

Woodcut

A place of calm by Rachael Dalzell. Acrylic on paper. White wood frame
Located in Coltishall, GB
“A place of calm” is a vibrant work on paper based on a quiet spot in the woods. Rachael’s works on paper are particularly organic. Diluted paint is allow...
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art

Materials

Paper, Acrylic

Untitled - Lithograph by Ettore Colla - 1960
Located in Roma, IT
Hand Signed. Edition of 70 prints. Some Foxing on sheet. Colla was an Italian artist, sculptor and painter and was among the main figures in Italian abstract...
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1960s Abstract Art

Materials

Lithograph

The Mouse - Original Lithograph by Paul Gervais - 1854
Located in Roma, IT
The Mouse is an original lithograph on ivory-colored paper, realized by Paul Gervais (1816-1879). The artwork is from The Series of "Les Trois Règnes de la Nature", and was published...
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1850s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

The Mouse - Original Lithograph by Paul Gervais - 1854
Located in Roma, IT
The Mouse is an original lithograph on ivory-colored paper, realized by Paul Gervais (1816-1879). The artwork is from The Series of "Les Trois Règnes de la Nature", and was published...
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1850s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

The Mouse - Original Lithograph by Paul Gervais - 1854
Located in Roma, IT
The Mouse is an original lithograph on ivory-colored paper, realized by Paul Gervais (1816-1879). The artwork is from The Series of "Les Trois Règnes de la Nature", and was published...
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1850s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

The Girl III (The Girl behind the White Picket Fence) - Contemporary, Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
The Girl III (The Girl behind the White Picket Fence) - 2013 38x36cm, Edition 1/10. Analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist on Fuji Archive Crystal Paper, matte surface, based...
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2010s Contemporary Art

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Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

In and Out, mid-century figural abstract vibrant yellow geometric painting
Located in Beachwood, OH
Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000) In and Out, 1963 Acrylic on paper Signed and dated lower right 22 x 30 inches Figural abstract vibrant yellow geometric painting. Cl...
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1960s Abstract Art

Materials

Acrylic

La Bouteille - Georges Braque - 1963
Located in Roma, IT
La Bouteille is a lithograph after a graphic work first realized by Georges Braque in 1911. Good conditions. This print is from the portfolio Derrière Le Miroir No. 138 p.7. Edited...
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1960s Cubist Art

Materials

Lithograph

The Monkey - Original Lithograph by Paul Gervais - 1854
Located in Roma, IT
The Monkey is an original lithograph on ivory-colored paper, realized by Paul Gervais (1816-1879). The artwork is from The Series of "Les Trois Règnes de la Nature", and was publishe...
Category

1850s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph, Paper

The Rats - Lithograph by Paul Gervais - 1854
Located in Roma, IT
The Rats is an original lithograph on ivory-colored paper, realized by Paul Gervais (1816-1879). The artwork is from The Series of "Les Trois Règnes de la Nature", and was published ...
Category

1850s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph, Paper

The Orangutan - Original Lithograph by Paul Gervais - 1854
Located in Roma, IT
The Orangutan is an original lithograph on ivory-colored paper, realized by Paul Gervais (1816-1879). The artwork is from The Series of "Les Trois Règnes de la Nature", and was publi...
Category

1850s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph, Paper

Autograph Letter by Eduard Strauss - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Autograph Letter on visiting card by the Austrian composer Eduard Strauss (Vienna, 1835 - ib., 1916). Letter addressed to a gentleman on personal matte...
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Early 20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Paper, Ink

Offering Grapes by Servant Dog to His Majesty-Lithograph by J.J Grandville-1852
Located in Roma, IT
Offering Grapes by Servant Dog to His Majesty is an original lithographs on ivory-colored paper realized by J.J. Grandville from Scènes de la vie privée et publique des animaux, 1852...
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1850s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph, Paper

The Monkey - Original Lithograph by Paul Gervais - 1854
Located in Roma, IT
The Monkey is an original lithograph on ivory-colored paper, realized by Paul Gervais (1816-1879). The artwork is from The Series of "Les Trois Règnes de la Nature", and was publishe...
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1850s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

MAX THE SAX Signed Lithograph, Art Deco Style Musician Portrait, Saxophone
Located in Union City, NJ
MAX THE SAX by the woman artist Robin Morris, is an original limited edition lithograph printed using hand lithography techniques on archival Arches paper, 100% acid free. MAX THE SA...
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1980s Art Deco Art

Materials

Lithograph

The Monkey - Lithograph by Paul Gervais - 1854
Located in Roma, IT
The Monkey is an original lithograph on ivory-colored paper, realized by Paul Gervais (1816-1879). The artwork is from The Series of "Les Trois Règnes de la Nature", and was publishe...
Category

1850s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph, Paper

The Skull - Original Lithograph by Paul Gervais - 1854
Located in Roma, IT
The Skull is an original lithograph on ivory-colored paper, realized by Paul Gervais (1816-1879). The artwork is from The Series of "Les Trois Règnes de la Nature", and was published...
Category

1850s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph, Paper

The Mouse - Original Lithograph by Paul Gervais - 1854
Located in Roma, IT
The Mouse is an original lithograph on ivory-colored paper, realized by Paul Gervais (1816-1879). The artwork is from The Series of "Les Trois Règnes de la Nature", and was published...
Category

1850s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

The Spotted Mouse - Original Lithograph by Paul Gervais - 1854
Located in Roma, IT
The Spotted Mouseis an original lithograph on ivory-colored paper, realized by Paul Gervais (1816-1879). The artwork is from The Series of "Les Trois Règnes de la Nature", and was pu...
Category

1850s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Belide Sciurin - Original Lithograph by Paul Gervais - 1854
Located in Roma, IT
Belide Sciurin is an original lithograph on ivory-colored paper, realized by Paul Gervais (1816-1879). The artwork is from The Series of "Les Trois Règnes de la Nature", and was publ...
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1850s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

The Skull and Brain of an Ape - Original Lithograph by Paul Gervais - 1854
Located in Roma, IT
The Skull and Brain of an Ape is an original lithograph on ivory-colored paper, realized by Paul Gervais (1816-1879). The artwork is from The Series of "Les Trois Règnes de la Nature...
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1850s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Nude Study - Original Drawing in Charcoal by Debora Sinibaldi - 1985
Located in Roma, IT
Nude Study is an original drawing in brownish charcoal on ivory paper, realized by Debora Sinibaldi in 1985. In good condition with some folding along the margins. The artwork repr...
Category

1980s Art

Materials

Charcoal

Angel, Yellow, Martin Whatson, Rare Edition of 10 from 2013, Street Art
Located in Draper, UT
Martin Whatson, Angel, 2013 16 Color Screen Print on 300 gsm Somerset Paper Print Size, 27 11/20 × 39 2/5 in Framed Size, 30 3/4 x 42 in Number 5 from an edition 10.
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2010s Street Art Art

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Paper

Large abstract oil painting - Yellow Makes the Moves - architectural, color
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a beautiful piece in a vibrant yet harmonious balance of geometry and color. Oil Painting - Yellow Makes the Move 35x35x2 in. Oil paint, cold wax medium and marble dust on c...
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2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Oil

Ancient Roman Relief - Original Etching by Vincenzo Campana - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Relief, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Vincenzo Campana in the 18th century. Signed on the plate on the lower...
Category

Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

Materials

Etching

Bytina Borealis - Original Lithograph by Paul Gervais - 1854
Located in Roma, IT
Bytina Borealis is an original lithograph on ivory-colored paper, realized by Paul Gervais (1816-1879). The artwork is from The Series of "Les Trois Règnes de la Nature", and was pub...
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1850s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Ex Libris Ristorante Buca San Francesco - Original Woodcut - 1970
Located in Roma, IT
Ex Libris Ristorante Buca San Francesco is an original Contemporary Artwork realized in the 1970s. Original B/W woodcut print on ivory-colored paper. ...
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1970s Modern Art

Materials

Woodcut

Original Vintage Poster Pas d'Alcool No Alcohol Win The Game Of Life Cycling Art
Located in London, GB
Original vintage social propaganda poster promoting clean living and sobriety - Pour gagner aussi le grand match de la vie pas d'alcool / To win the big game of life too, no alcohol - featuring an illustration of cyclists in a bicycle race...
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1950s Art

Materials

Paper

Femme VI, 2015
Located in ATLANTA, GA
Born in 1951, Eishin Yoza was largely inspired by the 1970s growing up. The art sphere of the 1970s was epitomized by a desire to evolve and strengthen its...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Art

Materials

Mixed Media

The Skeleton - Lithograph by Paul Gervais - 1854
Located in Roma, IT
The Skeleton is an original lithograph on ivory-colored paper, realized by Paul Gervais (1816-1879). The artwork is from The Series of "Les Trois Règnes de la Nature", and was publis...
Category

1850s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph, Paper

The Hands, Ancient Roman Art - Etching by Ferdinando Strina - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Hands, Ancient Roman Art, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Ferdinando Strina in the 18th...
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18th Century Old Masters Art

Materials

Etching

1974 Marc Chagall 'King David (blue)'
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Paper Size: 11.5 x 8.25 inches ( 29.21 x 20.955 cm ) Image Size: 11.5 x 8.25 inches ( 29.21 x 20.955 cm ) Framed: No Condition: A: Mint Additional Details: Lithograph printed o...
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1970s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Jean Gabriel Domergue - Happiness - Original Etching
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Original Etching by Jean-Gabriel Domergue Dimensions: 33 x 25 cm 1924 Edition of 100 This artwork is part of the famous portfolio The Afternoon of a Faun. Jean-Gabriel Domergue Jea...
Category

1920s Impressionist Art

Materials

Lithograph

The Girl I (The Girl behind the White Picket Fence), mounted
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'The Girl I' (The Girl behind the White Picket Fence), 38x37cm, 2011, Edition 2/5, analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist on Fuji Crystal Archive Paper, based on a Polaroid, mounted on Aluminum with matte UV-Protection, signed on verso, artist Inventory No. 15703.02 A piece from Stefanie Schneider's film 'The Girl Behind The White Picket Fence'. A tale told with blemished and expired Polaroid film about the hopes and dreams of an newly orphaned girl after loosing her parents who lived in Californian desert in an vintage Spartan travel-trailer . -filmed with Polaroid film stock and Super-8 footage, overlaid with poetic voice over monoloque - this feature film creates a dynamic kaleidoscope of words and pictures, a dreamy tale that channels Terrence Malick, Gus Van Sant, and pages torn from a lonely girls journal (Palms Springs life magazine / Carolyn Ryder) Stefanie Schneider's scintillating situations take place in the American West. Situated on the verge of an elusive super-reality, her photographic sequences provide the ambience for loosely woven story lines and a cast of phantasmic characters. Schneider works with the chemical mutations of expired polaroid film stock. Chemical explosions of color spreading across the surfaces undermine the photograph's commitment to reality and induce her characters into trance-like dream scapes. Like flickering sequences of old road movies Schneider's images seem to evaporate before conclusions can be made - their ephemeral reality manifesting in subtle gestures and mysterious motives. Schneider's images refuse to succumb to reality, they keep alive the confusions of dream, desire, fact, and fiction. Stefanie Schneider received her MFA in Communication Design at the Folkwang Schule Essen, Germany. Her work has been shown at the Museum for Photography, Braunschweig, Museum für Kommunikation, Berlin, the Institut für Neue Medien, Frankfurt, the Nassauischer Kunstverein, Wiesbaden, Kunstverein Bielefeld, Museum für Moderne Kunst Passau, Les Rencontres d'Arles, Foto -Triennale Esslingen. “It was Stefanie Schneider, who inspired me to start the company THE IMPOSSIBLE PROJECT after seeing her work, which seems to achieve the possible from the impossible, creating the finest of art out of the most basic of mediums and materials. Indeed, after that one day, I was so impressed with her photography that I realized Polaroid film could not be allowed to disappear. Being at the precise moment in time where the world was about to lose Polaroid, I seized the moment and have put all my efforts and passion into saving Polaroid film. For that, I thank Stefanie Schneider almost exclusively, who played a bigger role than anyone in saving this American symbol of photography.” –Florian Kaps, March 8th 2010 (“Doc” Dr. Florian Kaps, founder of “The Impossible Project”) Exhibitions Selected (selected) 2017 Rosegallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica (G) (6/17 - 8/19/2017) BLICKFELD Analoge Fotografie, Kommunale Galerie Steglitz-Zehlendorf (G) (catalog), (upcoming)
 Kunstverein Bad Homburg Artlantis, Bad Homburg (G)

 2016 
Instantdreams, Instantdreams Gallery, Berlin 

(S) 2015
 Desert Voices, De Re Gallery, Los Angeles (G) with Pamela Littky 
Blue Nudes, De Re Gallery, Los Angeles (G) 

 2014

 Summer Show, Galerie Catherine et André Hug, Paris, France (G) 6 Finalists, Saatchi Gallery London (G) 
Instantdreams, De Re Gallery, Los Angeles (S)
Grand Opening, De Re Gallery, Los Angeles (G) with Banksy, Andy Warhol, Alison Bignon, Sophie Dickens, Victor Gingembre and others
 2013 
Heather's Dream, Short, nominated for the German Short Film Award 2013 (Deutscher Kurzfilmpreis)
Images For Images (Artists fir Tichy), GASK - Gallery of the Central Bohemian Region,  Kutná Hora, Czech Republic, (G) with Richard Prince, Nan Golding...
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2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Portrait - Original Etching by Johann Caspar Lavater - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is an original artwork realized by Johann Caspar Lavater (1741 - 1801). Original Etching from "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to promote the Knowledge and the Love of Mank...
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1810s Old Masters Art

Materials

Etching

Signs - Original Lithograph by Leo Guida - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Signs is an original Contemporary artwork realized in the 1970s by the italian artist Leo Guida. Original Lithograph on paper. Hand-signed and numbered in pencil on the lower marg...
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1970s Contemporary Art

Materials

Lithograph

The Life of Casanova - Etching by G. Jeanniot - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
From The Life of Casanova is an original artwork realized by G.Jeanniot (Geneva,1848 - Paris,1934). Etching. Signed in pen by the artist. Good condition. Passpartout 39x34. Pier...
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Early 20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Etching

Ancient Roman Relief - Original Etching by Carlo Oraty - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Relief, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Carlo Oraty in the 18th century. Signed on the plate on the lower rig...
Category

Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

Materials

Etching

The Storm - Original Lithograph by Emmanuel Gondouin - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
The Storm is an original lithograph realized in the early 1930s by Emmanuel Gondouin, (Versailles, 1883 - Parigi, 1934) The artwork is depicted through strong strokes and is part ...
Category

1930s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Still Life - Original Lithograph by Emmanuel Gondouin - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Still Life is an original lithograph realized in the early 1930s by Emmanuel Gondouin, (Versailles, 1883 - Parigi, 1934) The artwork is depicted through strong strokes and is part...
Category

1930s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

The Conversation - Original Lithograph by Emmanuel Gondouin - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
The Conversation is an original lithograph realized in the early 1930s by Emmanuel Gondouin, (Versailles, 1883 - Parigi, 1934) The artwork is depicted through strong strokes and i...
Category

1930s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

The Captured Man - Original Lithograph by Emmanuel Gondouin - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
The Captured Man is an original lithograph realized in the early 1930s by Emmanuel Gondouin, (Versailles, 1883 - Parigi, 1934) The artwork is depicted through strong strokes and i...
Category

1930s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Ancient Roman Statue - Original Etching by Vincenzo Campana - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Statue, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Vincenzo Campana in the 18th century. Signed on the plate on the lower...
Category

Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

Materials

Etching

Ancient Roman Relief - Original Etching by Vincenzo Aloja - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Relief, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Vincenzo Aloja in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate on the lower r...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

Materials

Etching

Ancient Roman Bas-Relief - Original Etching by Vincenzo Campana - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Bas-Relief, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Vincenzo Campana in the 18th century. Signed on the plate on the l...
Category

Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

Materials

Etching

Ancient Roman Statue - Original Etching by Vincenzo Aloja - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Relief, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Vincenzo Aloja in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate on the lower r...
Category

Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

Materials

Etching

Ancient Roman Relief - Original Etching by Vincenzo Campana - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Relief, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Vincenzo Campana in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate on the lower...
Category

Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

Materials

Etching

Never Duck Family Fortune (Pop Art, Street Art, Urban Art, Disney, Donald Duck)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Agent X Never Duck Family Fortune (Pop Art, Street Art, Urban Art, Disney, Donald Duck) Digital Print on Archival Paper Year: 2021 Edition: 125 Size: 30 x 30 in - 78 x 78 cm Signed C...
Category

2010s Pop Art Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Digital

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