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Art For Sale
Fishing Fleet at Sunset (Fiskebåtar i solnedgången), c. 1920
Located in Stockholm, SE
This panoramic marine composition presents a fishing fleet gathered on calm waters at sunset, rendered with a refined sensitivity to light and atmosphere. A sequence of sailing vesse...
Category
1920s Post-Impressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Square 3D Wall Relief in Clay Floral Aggregation Mosaic in Soft Multicolor Tones
Located in FISTERRA, ES
This square wall sculpture presents a high-relief surface of densely packed, hand-modeled clay forms arranged in non-hierarchical clusters that evoke buds, seeds, and cellular struct...
Category
2010s Pop Art Art
Materials
Clay, Spray Paint, Board
Him by Camille Brasselet - Nude art photography, male body, brown background
Located in Paris, FR
Him is a photograph by French contemporary artist Camille Brasselet.
This photograph is sold unframed as a print only. It is available in 2 dimensions:
*75 × 50 cm (29.5 × 19.7 in)...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, Pigment
Landscape Escape, Abstract Contemporary Diptych, Hills, Valleys in Vivid Tones
Located in Barcelona, ES
This vibrant abstract diptych unfolds like a shifting landscape seen through memory rather than geography. Flowing bands of color—warm earth tones, aquatic blues, and luminous pastel...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Paper, Oil Crayon, Acrylic
Henri Matisse, Heart of Love Enamored, from Verve, Revue, 1949 (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph after Henri Matisse (1869–1954), titled Coeur d’amour epris (Heart of Love Enamored), from Verve, Revue Artistique et Litteraire, Vol. VI, No. 23, originate...
Category
1940s Fauvist Art
Materials
Lithograph
$796 Sale Price
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Rectangular Portal, Unique Cyanotype Abstract Geometric, Blue Minimalism, Paper
By Kind of Cyan
Located in Barcelona, ES
Rectangular Portal is a cyanotype monotype that plays with depth, geometry, and light. Composed of layered indigo gradients, the work creates a rhythmic sense of movement, drawing t...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper, Monotype
(after) Marino Marini - "Jongleur et deux chevaux" pochoir
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: pochoir (after the lithograph). Printed by the atelier of Daniel Jacomet, and published in Paris in 1955 by Heinz Berggruen. The image measures 5 x 3 3/8 inches (130 x 85 mm)...
Category
1950s Surrealist Art
Materials
Lithograph, Stencil
1960's British Modernist Painting Crayon Sketch Two Long Horned Cattle
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Long Horn Cattle
by Irina Hale (British 1932-2022)
oil crayon drawing on brown artist paper stuck on A4 artist paper, unframed
overall size: 8.5 x 12.5 inches
drawing: 4 x 4.5 inches...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Art
Materials
Oil Crayon
Fluorescent Framed Figurative Portrait With Botanical Emoji and Green Face
Located in FISTERRA, ES
Fluorescent framed figurative portrait exploring digital identity through a hybrid language of botanical emoji faces, organic matter, and exaggerated human features. This large-scale...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Acrylic, Board, Wood
"River Town New Hope PA, Bucks County" Impressionist Pastoral Scene Oil Painting
Located in New York, NY
A charming Impressionist summer pastoral scene depicting the New Hope town near the lake in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. This piece is executed in an intimate yet energetic manner. Ch...
Category
20th Century American Impressionist Art
Materials
Board, Oil
African Woman 2 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, People, Black
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure
Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria
This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy.
Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity.
About Artist
Bey...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Multicolor 3D Floral-Inspired Wall Sculpture Mosaic of Spherical Floral Forms
Located in FISTERRA, ES
This square wall-mounted sculpture features a dense surface of hand-molded clay spheres in assorted sizes and colors, arranged into compact floral-like clusters.
Flower Bubbles (202...
Category
2010s Pop Art Art
Materials
Clay, Spray Paint, Board
Sculptures I (Abstract, Modern, Surrealism, Colorful, Iconic, 50% OFF - MUST GO)
By Joan Miró
Located in Kansas City, MO
Joan Miró
Sculptures I
Color Lithograph
Year: 1973
Size: 10.875 x 22.125 inches (27.62 x 56.19 cm)
Catalogue Raisonné: Weber, Genf 949, p.86
Signed in stone, lower center/right mar...
Category
1970s Modern Art
Materials
Lithograph
NATURE - Flight of birds - Facsimile, Ltd /450
By M.C. Escher
Located in Paris, IDF
M.C. ESCHER (1898-1972)
Flight of birds, 2008
Facsimile after the original woodcut from 1938
Unsigned
Numbered / 450 copies (the number you can see can be different)
On vellum 45 x ...
Category
20th Century Modern Art
Materials
Color
Bell Tower and Buildings In Blue Sky Landscape British Modernist Pastel Sketch
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Pastel Landscape
by Irina Hale (British 1932-2022)
pastel sketch on brown artist tracing paper , unframed
painting: 4.5 x 3.75 inches
provenance: private collection, Cotswolds
condit...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Art
Materials
Pastel, Pencil
Island Flower - Pink Hibiscus, Hawaiian tropical garden, American artist
Located in Oslo, NO
Hawaii, hibiscus, tropical flower, pink flower painting, floral art, garden still life, plein air, American art
Painted from life in Hawaii, this work features a pink hibiscus — one...
Category
2010s Impressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
New York City Skyline, Mid Century Oil on Canvas by Nobel Laureate
Located in Cotignac, FR
Mid century French oil on canvas view of the New York City skyline by André Lwoff a noted Nobel prize winning chemist and later artist. The painting is signed bottom right and presen...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Cottage at the Mediterranean: Late 20th Century French Oil Painting
Located in Cotignac, FR
French oil on canvas Mediterranean landscape by Vincent Rallo. The painting is signed, R Vincent, bottom centre.
This charming painting vividly captures a tranquil Mediterranean coa...
Category
Late 20th Century French School Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Adebimpe - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, People, Women Black
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
This piece is a visual meditation on the silent resilience of the African woman. Her expression speaks of unvoiced stories; layers of strength, contemplation, and inherited dignity. ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
HG66 - Playful Chaos Hidden Garden, 2023
By Damien Hirst
Located in Manchester, GB
Damien Hirst, HG66 - Playful Chaos Hidden Gardens, 2023
Oil on canvas presented in a white, hand-painted wooden frame
62.3 x 45 cm (24.5 x 17.7 in)
Original artwork
Hand-Signed by D...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
A Finely Drawn 1930s Modern Art Deco Figure Study, Seated Female Nude Model
Located in Chicago, IL
A Finely Drawn, 1930s Art Deco Modern Figure Study of a Seated Female Nude Model by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). An early charcoal drawing by Haydon demon...
Category
1930s American Modern Art
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
50x40 " Marilyn Monroe" Photomosaic Pop Fine Art Photography Photograph
By Destro
Located in Los Angeles, CA
"Marilyn" is a photomosaic artwork by Destro.
Destro has created large prints which are made up of many hundreds of smaller images.
Archival photographic paper
Unsigned
Framing op...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
$400 Sale Price
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A Stylish Vintage 1940s Fashion Study, Design for Women's Clothing & Accessories
Located in Chicago, IL
A stylish, vintage, 1940s fashion study featuring elegant designs for women's clothing, shoes and accessories.
Artwork size: 11 x 8 1/2 inches. Archivally matted to 16 x 12 inches...
Category
1940s American Modern Art
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Pencil
The turquoise House, color cityscape, Venetian Lagoon, Venice - limited print
Located in Vienna, Vienna
© 2025 Gerald Berghammer - Color cityscape photography. Colorful buildings with pastel pink, blue, yellow, and red walls, windows, and open shutters in a courtyard.
Archival pigment...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Digital Pigment
Fine Antique British Dog Oil Painting Portrait of Jack Russell Terrier John Emms
By John Emms
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Jack Russell Terrier
by John Emms (1843-1912)
signed lower right
oil painting on board, framed
painting: 7.25 x 6.25 inches
framed: 8.5 x 7.25 inches
condition: overall...
Category
Late 19th Century English School Art
Materials
Oil
Henri Matisse, Mrs. Monique Mercier, Portraits by Henri Matisse, 1954 (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite heliogravure after Henri Matisse (1869–1954), titled Mme Monique Mercier (Mrs. Monique Mercier), from the album Portraits par Henri Matisse (Portraits by Henri Matisse...
Category
1950s Fauvist Art
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
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Natvar Bhavsar - 1967 Color Field silkscreen signed/N Framed famed Indian artist
By Natvar Bhavsar
Located in New York, NY
Natvar Bhavsar
Untitled mid 1960s abstraction, 1967
Silkscreen
Pencil signed, dated and numbered 10/30 by Natvar Bhavsar on the front
Frame included: Elegantly framed in a museum qua...
Category
1960s Abstract Art
Materials
Screen
Chasing the Light- 60x40 Black & White Photography Wild Horses Mustangs Unsigned
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a contemporary black and white photograph of Northern California Wild Mustangs.
"They represent the ultimate expression of American freedom"
60 x 40
Signed edition of 10...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Strates en suspens, Large Abstract Landscape, Oil painting, Contemporary
Located in LANGRUNE-SUR-MER, FR
Oil on canvas
Unframed: 100 × 100 cm (39.4 × 39.4 in)
Framed: 107 × 107 cm (42.1 × 42.1 in)
Framed in a black or natural wood floater frame (collector’s choice)
Sophie Dumont is a F...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil
Loving You (Till Death do us Part)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Loving You (Till Death do us Part) - 2005
48x46cm,
Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print, based on the original Polaroid.
Certificate and Signature label.
Artis...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
original lithograph
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. Printed in Paris in 1957 at the Mourlot Freres atelier. Size: 8 3/4 x 6 inches (225 x 150 mm). Jean Cocteau executed this original lithograph to depict a...
Category
1950s Art
Materials
Lithograph
RARE! Mark Rothko at Museo d'Arte Moderna Ca' Pesaro, Venezia hand no. 250/500
By Mark Rothko
Located in New York, NY
Mark Rothko at Museo d'Arte Moderna Ca' Pesaro, Venezia, 1970
Offset lithograph and lithograph on high quality lithographic paper
Numbered in pencil 250/500 in the lower left front ...
Category
1970s Abstract Art
Materials
Pencil, Lithograph, Offset
Very Large Antique Scottish Victorian Oil Painting Cattle Highland Pathway
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
'When Heaven descends in Showers"
Cattle in a Dramatic Scottish Highland Landscape
original painting by Henry Hadfield Cubley (1858-1934) British
signed oil on canvas, framed
dated 1...
Category
1880s Victorian Art
Materials
Oil
Large Antique Scottish Highlands Landscape Oil Painting Cattle Misty Loch Scene
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Cattle in an Atmospheric Scottish Highlands Landscape
by Henry Hadfield Cubley (1858-1934) British
signed oil on canvas, framed
inscribed verso (the artists address)
framed: 31.5 x 4...
Category
Early 1900s Victorian Art
Materials
Oil
Riders, the autumn meet: equestrian oil by famed French aristocrat and horseman
Located in Norwich, GB
A rare 19th-century oil by the aristocratic painter and distinguished collector, Count Charles Gaston Esmangart de Bournonville de Saint-Maurice. It depicts an equestrian gathering ...
Category
1880s Impressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Timelessness – Original Abstract Marsh Landscape Painting, blue, green, water
Located in Cumming, GA
Timelessness original abstract marsh landscape painting is inspired by the quiet beauty of coastal wetlands and serene waterscapes. Soft blues, muted greens, and layered neutral tone...
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Verve No. 2; Spring 1938 – Kandinsky & Masson lithographs & many images
Located in Middletown, NY
Teriade, E. (director) Texts by Georges Braque, Paul Valéry, André Gide, André Malraux, James Joyce, Ernest Hemingway, et. al.
Verve, Volume One No. 2; Verve for For Spring 1938 (Mar...
Category
20th Century Modern Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, Black and White, Photogravure, Lithograph
The Love - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Africa Women, Couple
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure
Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria
This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy.
Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity (Issued by the Gal...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Charcoal, Mixed Media, Acrylic
168.01.12 by Klaus Kampert - Black and white nude photography, woman's body
Located in Paris, FR
168.01.12 is a limited-edition photograph by contemporary artist Klaus Kampert. It belongs to the series "Wrapped".
This photograph is sold unframed as a print only. It is availabl...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
160.07.11 by Klaus Kampert (Tribute to Modigliani series) - nude photography
Located in Paris, FR
160.07.11 is a limited-edition black & white photograph by contemporary artist Klaus Kampert from the series entitled Tribute to Modigliani. In this series, Klaus Kampert pays tr...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
161.03.11 by Klaus Kampert - Fine art nude photography, woman's body, aesthetic
Located in Paris, FR
161.03.11 is a work by contemporary photographer Klaus Kampert, from the 'On Body Forms' series.
This photograph is sold unframed as a print only. It is available in 2 dimensions:
*...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Sunbathing in Venice, 1954 - Venetian Nude Sunbathing in Vintage Italian Fashion
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Sunbathing in Venice, 1954 - Venetian Sunbathing in Vintage Italian Fashion by Slim Aarons
16 x 20" print.
Limited Edition Estate Stamped C-Print.
Edition of 150.
Printed Later.
A...
Category
20th Century American Modern Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Digital
Boats Impressionism Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Vahe Yeremyan
Title: Boats
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Year: 2025
Style: Impressionism
Dimensions: 9.5" x 12.5" x 0.8" inch (24 x 32 x 2cm)
Presentation: Unframed, Gallery Wrapped ...
Category
2010s Impressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
French Mid Century Oil Painting Nude Lady Sleeping on River Bank with Boats
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Artists Model, Nude Woman on the River Bank with Boats
circa 1950's
Artist/ School: Suzanne Dinkés (French, 1895 - 1984)
Medium: oil on canvas, unframed
Size : 20 x 24 inches
Pro...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil
Gerhard Richter -Abstract Picture, limited edition authorized reproduction print
Located in New York, NY
Gerhard Richter
Untitled Abstract Picture, 2002
Offset lithograph on GardaMatt Art 250 GSM paper
Not signed, edition of 3433
12 1/2 × 16 3.5 inches
Unframed
Printed on GardaMatt Art...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Art
Materials
Lithograph, Offset
#232, Abstract, Photography, Painting, Expressionism
Located in München, BY
Unique piece in this size
More sizes and an Essay from Lyle Rexer about this series on request.
Joachim Schmeisser’s work rescues photography from the centuries-old straightjacket ...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Pigment
Ellsworth Kelly, Yellow Shape, from Derriere le Miroir, 1958
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by Ellsworth Kelly (1923–2015), titled Forme Jaune (Yellow Shape), originates from the historic 1958 folio Derriere le Miroir, No. 110. Published by Maeght ...
Category
1950s Hard-Edge Art
Materials
Lithograph
$956 Sale Price
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Vintage Original Maritime Oil Painting – Signed Mody Kersten (German) Seascape
Located in Palm Coast, FL
This expressive vintage oil painting depicts a dramatic coastal seascape with powerful rolling waves crashing against rocky outcrops beneath a turbulent, light-filled sky. The artist...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil
Old Hemlock Stand and New Growth - Brown Green Virginia Forest Landscape Trees
Located in Kent, CT
The densely treed forest and mountain ledges of Hennen's Virginia home are the subject of this rich, highly detailed landscape painting in oil on panel. An enormous boulder presiding...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Oil, Panel
Birds and flowers
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Hand-painted tribal artwork on wood. Features a vibrant design of birds and flowers.
- Bird and flower motifs.
- Hand-painted with traditional techniques.
- Textured wooden base.
Category
2010s Folk Art Art
Materials
Acrylic
"Sara's Morning" (2025), Female Portrait, Oil Painting on Copper and Canvas
Located in Denver, CO
Lisa Fricker's "Sara's Morning" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a close up nude portrait of a woman in front of a earth toned , geometrical abstracted background.
...
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Art
Materials
Copper
161.11.11 by Klaus Kampert - Fine art nude photography, woman's body, aesthetic
Located in Paris, FR
161.11.11 is a work by contemporary photographer Klaus Kampert, from the 'On Body Forms' series.
This photograph is sold unframed as a print only. It is available in 2 dimensions:
*...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Between the Cedars
Located in Zofingen, AG
Series: Between Light and Silence.
A contemplative forest landscape where vertical cedar forms create a gentle rhythm, guiding the eye along a quiet path. “Between the Cedars” evokes...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
"Fantasy with Flowers 199", Mixed Media, paper, 59x42cm, Unframed
Located in Zofingen, AG
"Fantasy with Flowers" (series of 300+ pictures) paper 59x42cm
On the paper acrylic, oil pastel, felt-tip pen, ink, gold leaf, pencils, silver,mixed media.
Sold and sent unframed -V...
Category
2010s Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil Pastel, Acrylic, Archival Paper
163.08.12 by Klaus Kampert - Colour nude photography, woman's body, water, legs
Located in Paris, FR
163.08.12 is a limited-edition photograph by contemporary artist Klaus Kampert. It belongs to the series "Water Creatures". In this series, Klaus Kampert submerges his model in water...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Little Darlings (Till Death do us Part) - Contemporary, Polaroid, Women
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Little Darlings (Till Death do us Part) - 2005
38x37cm,
Edition of 10, plus 2 artist proofs.
Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid.
Certificate and Signature label.
Artist Inv...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Fly Me To The Moon -21st Century Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Africa Women
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure
Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria
This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy.
Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity (Issued by the Gal...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Charcoal, Mixed Media, Acrylic
156.04.11, Torsi series by Klaus Kampert - Black and White nude photography
Located in Paris, FR
156.04.11 is a limited-edition black & white photograph by contemporary artist Klaus Kampert from the series entitled Torsi. In this series the model is stripped of identity. The...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Vintage Landscape Oil Painting, Post-Impressionist Paris Cityscape, Paris School
By Claude Marin
Located in AIGNAN, FR
Vintage Paris Landscape framed oil painting by French artist, Claude Marin. This delightful post-impressionist oil on canvas, signed in the lower left is from the 1970's and is a co...
Category
1970s Post-Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil
Vintage Still Life Oil Painting of Apples and Lemons, Fruit impressionist Art
Located in AIGNAN, FR
Vintage post-impressionist still life oil painting of apples and lemons, signed in the lower right by the artist, Suzanne Carlier-Symoen. This interesting and very attractive mid...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil
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