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Art For Sale
Jean Cocteau, Untitled, from Recipes for a Friend, 1964
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by Jean Cocteau (1889–1963), titled Sans titre (Untitled), originates from the 1964 album Recettes pour un ami, illustrations de Jean Cocteau (Recipes for a...
Category
1960s Modern Art
Materials
Lithograph
$796 Sale Price
20% Off
Humorous Figurative Queer Gesture Painting, Oil and Acrylic on Canvas. "Piriquí"
Located in FISTERRA, ES
This small-format painting by Inés Silvalde, created in 2019, transforms a playful and rebellious hand gesture into a queer celebration of irreverence and self-expression. Titled Pir...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
original lithograph
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. Printed in 1970 for the art revue Derrière le Miroir (issue number 183) and published in Paris by Maeght. Sheet size: 14 3/4 x 22 inches (377 x 557 mm). ...
Category
1970s Art
Materials
Lithograph
Acto Tres, Acto Uno, series. Male Nude Black and White Photograph
By Ricky Cohete
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Cohete's ritual with movement and the male dancer formations, inhabits his black and white theater-like habitat. Like light; always in motion.
The harsh lights and shadows in the wa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Art
Materials
Black and White, Pigment, Archival Pigment
Carmel by the Sea - Beach, California Coastline 1927 Oil on Linen
Located in Soquel, CA
Carmel by the Sea - Beach, California Coastline 1927 Oil on Linen
Seascape oil painting of the Carmel coastline by Charles Henry Harmon (American, 1859-1936). Vibrant blue Pacific w...
Category
1920s American Realist Art
Materials
Oil, Linen
A Fine, Modern 1930s Academic Anatomical Figure Study Drawing (Male Model, Foot)
Located in Chicago, IL
A Fine, Modern 1930s Academic Anatomical Figure Study of a Male Foot by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). A well executed, early 1930s charcoal study highlighti...
Category
1930s American Modern Art
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Collie Dog with Kittens Antique English Victorian Dog & Cat Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Collie Dog with Kittens
English artist, 19th century
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 22 x 30 inches
canvas: 16.5 x 23.5 inches
Provenance: private collection, England
Condition: The ...
Category
19th Century Victorian Art
Materials
Oil
$1,787 Sale Price
36% Off
Bright French Impressionist Antique Painting - Tranquil River Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, early 20th century
Title: River Landscape
Medium: watercolour painting on board, unframed
painting: 15 x 21 inches
Provenance: private collection,...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Art
Materials
Watercolor
Eden - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Eden - 2021 -
20x20cm, Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs,
digital C-Print based on a Polaroid,
Signed on the back and with certificate. Artist inventory PL2021-1060.
Not mounted....
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Orientalist North African Figures Market Stall City Scene large Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Market Stall Conversation
French School, 20th century
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas : 24 x 20 inches
provenance: private collection, France
condition: sound condition but with consi...
Category
Mid-20th Century French School Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
$1,379 Sale Price
20% Off
Everything On The Kitchen Counter
Located in Dallas, TX
acrylic on canvas
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Forest Landscape - an Antique Oil Painting by 19th Century American Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Forest Landscape - an Antique Oil Painting by 19th Century American Artist, Clara Davis Inness (1874-1932)
Art measures 16 x 12 inches
Frame measures 21 x 17 inches
Oil on Canvas, ...
Category
1920s American Realist Art
Materials
Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Oil
The Adoration Of The Christ Child Fine Renaissance Old Master Painting Large
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/School: After Filippo Lippi, Italian 1406-1469. The work is most likely by an English hand, late 19th century
Title: The Adoration of the Christ ...
Category
19th Century Renaissance Art
Materials
Watercolor
$2,457 Sale Price
20% Off
My Girl (Till Death do us Part) Contemporary, Woman, Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
My Girl (Till Death do us Part) - 2005
20x20cm,
Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs,
Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid.
Certificate and Signature label.
Artist Inventory #92...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Parchment Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
South Bay, Seascape, Original oil Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Karen Darbinyan
Work: Original Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Oil on Linen,
Year: 2023
Style: Impressionism
Title: South Bay
Size: 29" x 39.5" x 0.8'' ...
Category
2010s Academic Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Renewal
Located in Zofingen, AG
"Renewal" is the gentle touch of the ocean where water and soul meet, merging in a dance of light and motion. The waves envelop and carry away into a realm of quiet magic, where ever...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Christ and the Woman of Samaria Among Ruins by James Bretherton after Rembrandt
Located in Middletown, NY
Bretherton, James (After Rembrandt van Rijn).
Christ and the Woman of Samaria Among Ruins.
London: c 1775.
Etching on light cream laid paper, 4 3/4...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Handmade Paper, Etching, Laid Paper
British Impressionist Watercolor of Pastoral Landscape with Dramatic Sky
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: British Impressionist Watercolor of Pastoral Landscape with Dramatic Sky
by Anthony Avery (British 1946-2023)
Original watercolor on artists paper, unframed
Dimensions: 11 x 1...
Category
Early 2000s Impressionist Art
Materials
Watercolor
$390 Sale Price
20% Off
Halo Freedom - Grateful Dead & more. original concert poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Halo Freedom - Rick Griffin original 1966 poster.
Benefit for Haight Ashbury Legal Organization, an On-scene summer long guarantee of your Freedom. Indian Agent Excellent / mint condition. The image is to resemble a distressed old photograph, but this poster is meint as stated. No damage, no pinholes, no bent corners… just very fine indeed!
PERFORMERS: Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, Big Brother and the Holding Company, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Charlatans
Haight Ashbury Legal Organization. Winterland Concert HALO (Haight Ashbury Legal Organization)
Original First Printing, not a reproduction. Concert featuring: The Jefferson Airplane, Janis Joplin with Big Brother & The Holding Company, Quicksilver Messenger Service, The Charlatans...
Category
1960s Pop Art Art
Materials
Offset
$238 Sale Price
20% Off
"Slow Pour" (2025), Original Impressionist Interior, Oil on Canvas Board
By Jim Beckner
Located in Denver, CO
Jim Beckner's (US based) "Slow Pour" is an original, handmade oil painting on canvas that depicts an impressionist capturing of a bar in Ireland.
"It's a pub in Galway, Ireland. Vi...
Category
2010s Impressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
French Surrealist Oil Winged Cherubs Flying through Clouds
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Winged Cherubs
French School, contemporary
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 8 x 8 inches
provenance: private collection, Paris
condition: very good and sound condition
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Art
Materials
Oil
$390 Sale Price
20% Off
Huge 1950's French Modernist Oil Mythological Pink Nudes on Rocky Coastline
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Naiades"
French Modernist artist, circa 1950's
The work is faintly monogrammed to the lower corner though hard to tell. There is a name verso but illegible - possibly the artist or ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Art
Materials
Oil
$6,841 Sale Price
30% Off
Cloud Study II - large format photograph of dramatic mood cloudscape horizon sky
By Frank Schott
Located in San Francisco, CA
large-scale original art photography from a series of dramatic cloud atlas observations and abstract monochromatic skyscapes above the Mediterranean Sea
C...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Archival Paper, Giclée, Black and ...
Homage to the Square - P2, F14, I1 - Geometric Screenprint by Josef Albers
By Josef Albers
Located in Long Island City, NY
"Homage to the Square - Portfolio 2, Folder 14, Image 1" from the portfolio “Formulation: Articulation” created by Josef Albers in 1972. This monumental series consists of 127 origin...
Category
1970s Abstract Geometric Art
Materials
Screen
Aimasiko - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, Africa, Women
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Yoruba proverb says, "Adániwáyè ò gbagbé enikan; àimàsikò lóndààmú edá", meaning "The Creator does not forget anyone; ignorance of divine timing troubles humans". Difficult times may...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
$2,680 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Scottish Highlands Oil Painting Sunset River Landscape with Mountains
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Allan Water, Stirling"
by F. E. Jamieson (British 1895-1950)
signed, lower corner
oil painting on canvas, framed
canvas: 16 x 24 inches
framed: 21.5 x 29 inches
Fine quality antiqu...
Category
Early 20th Century Victorian Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Countryside Colors, Abstract Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
This painting evokes a sense of calm and expansiveness, depicting a vast landscape beneath a cloudy sky. Soft, blended brushstrokes create a harmonious mix of...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Oil
Fine Antique Scottish Oil Painting Mother & Child Walking Romantic Highland View
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Highland Walk
Scottish artist, late 19th century
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 24.5 x 20.5 inches
canvas: 18 x 14 inches
provenance: private colle...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Art
Materials
Oil
$1,284 Sale Price
20% Off
FRENCH INTERIOR with STATUES original large painting FRAMED Paula Craioveanu oil
Located in Forest Hills, NY
"French Interior with Statues"
Oil on canvas
Large original, one-of-a-kind, painting 80x60cm / 31.5x23.5in. Framed!
Part of Interior series.
Free shipping with 1stDibs code.
This painting, "French Interior with Statues", radiates elegance and a strong sense of place. The artist has masterfully conveyed the sophistication of a French interior, blending architectural depth, light, and intricate details with expressive, painterly techniques.
The composition draws the viewer’s eye through a series of framed spaces: an open door, a corridor, and a distant room. This layering technique creates a sense of depth and invites the viewer to explore the scene step by step. The checkerboard...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
A Striking 1945 Mid-Century Modern Figure Study of a Standing Black Female Nude
Located in Chicago, IL
A Striking, 1945 Mid-Century Modern Figure Study of a Standing Female Nude African-American Model by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). A beautifully drawn and i...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Art
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Pastel
Colorful Cubist Portrait of Woman Holding Fruit Interior Scene Mid 20th Century
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Cubist Interior Scene
Marcel Seignobos (1892-1972)
signed oil on canvas, unframed
Canvas : 18 x 22 inches
Provenance: private collection, Cote d'Azur, France
Condition: good conditio...
Category
Mid-20th Century Cubist Art
Materials
Oil
Eve Babitz and Marcel Duchamp playing chess during Duchamp's Pasadena Art Museum
Located in New York, NY
Listing is for an unframed print and includes free shipping to the continental US and 14-day return policy.
Julian Wasser
Eve Babitz and Marcel Duchamp pl...
Category
1960s Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Seascape Original Oil Painting Tall Ship by Karon Nautical Maritime Wall Art
Located in Palm Coast, FL
This elegant maritime oil painting by Karon depicts a magnificent tall ship sailing across a rolling ocean under a brilliant blue sky. The artist’s expressive brushwork captures both...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil
20th Century Surrealist Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Beachwood, OH
Surrealist Landscape
Oil on canvas
'R. Lee Glenn' verso
30 x 24.25 inches
31.75 x 26.75 inches, framed
Surrealism aims to revolutionize human experience. It balances a rational visi...
Category
20th Century Surrealist Art
Materials
Oil
Hunt Slonem "Moreover" Black and White Butterflies
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Houston, TX
Hunt Slonem "Moreover" Black and White Butterflies
Two butterflies gestured in black on a white background in a vintage frame
Unframed: 10 x 8 inches
Framed: 14.5 x 12.5 inches
*Pai...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil, Panel
The Call
Located in Zofingen, AG
Title: “The Call”
This work is about the moment of action that sprouts from inner knowledge. An unobvious but precise path that opens up only when a person dares to follow a call, no...
Category
2010s Impressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Large Geometric Abstract. 'Traces No.9 Pour une Archéologie du Présent.'
Located in Cotignac, FR
Large 1970s abstract geometric acrylic and oil on plywood panel signed Rivel and dated 1977 to the bottom left. The painting is titled to the rear of the panel.
Numbers of colour fields in muted shades jostle against one another. It is the shapes and the space between them which give energy to the painting whilst the colour palette restrains.
The painting is highly textured as the artist has applied the paint thickly and energetically with both palette knife and large brushstrokes. At times layers of paint reveal underlying colours.
This painting fits perfectly into the abstract genre with its focus on its formal qualities over and above its subject matter. Furthermore the artist experiments with reconstructing shapes and rejecting three dimensional perspective. A fine example of non objective art...
Category
1970s Abstract Expressionist Art
Materials
Acrylic, Board
$1,349 Sale Price
30% Off
La Sensualité du Sensible Screen Print by Corneille, Unframed, 50x32
By Corneille
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Paper Size: 50 x 32 inches ( 127 x 81.28 cm )
Image Size: 45.25 x 32 inches ( 114.935 x 81.28 cm )
Framed: No
Condition: A-: Near Mint, very light signs of handling
Additional Detai...
Category
Late 20th Century Art
Materials
Screen
$200 Sale Price
20% Off
Sunlit Romanesque Cloister Arches Interior Watercolor of Stone Columns
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Sunlit Romanesque Cloister Arches Interior Watercolor of Stone Columns
Guy Nicod (French 1923 - 2021)
Watercolor on paper, mounted in a loose card mount, unframed
Size: inclu...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Art
Materials
Watercolor
Empire State Building, New York City - cityscape photography - limited edition
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 9.
All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to order in limited editions on Hahnemuehle Photo Rag Baryta.
Each print is stam...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Digital Pigment
Bride - underwater black & white nude photograph - archival pigment print 44x35"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
This ethereal monochromatic underwater nude photograph captures a young woman wrapped in flowing translucent fabric. The sepia-toned composition emphasizes texture and movement, wher...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
19th Century Bronze Figure of Crouching Venus or Naked Aphrodite
Located in Beachwood, OH
19th Century Bronze Figure of Crouching Venus or Naked Aphrodite
Bronze with dark patination
22.5 x 13 x 11 inches
The Crouching Venus is a Hellenisti...
Category
19th Century Art
Materials
Bronze
Sirène et Poisson (Sirene and Fish)
By Marc Chagall
Located in OPOLE, PL
Marc Chagall (1887-1985) - Sirène et Poisson (Sirene and Fish)
Lithograph from 1967.
an unsigned proof, from the numbered edition of 150, on Arches paper.
Dimensions of work: 73 x...
Category
1960s Modern Art
Materials
Lithograph
Disco Moon
Located in New York, NY
ABOUT THIS ARTIST: In rich, cinematic reds and browns, vivid yellows, and muted neutral shades, Adrian Samson’s photographs seduce viewers into a radiant, chromatic universe. With a ...
Category
2010s Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
I always was your girl
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
I was always your Girl - 2018,
Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Digital C-print, based on an original Polaroid.
Signed on the back and with certificate.
Artist inventory PL201...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Polaroid, Archival Paper, Black and White
$677 Sale Price
20% Off
Clematis, English antique flower botanical chromolithograph, 1896
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Clematis'
Flowers are numbered with a key to the varieties below the image.
Antique English flower botanical chromolithograph.
Category
Late 19th Century Naturalistic Art
Materials
Lithograph
Wine and Lily
Located in Zofingen, AG
Daria presents two nude female figures, their gestures distilled into symbolic acts: one holds a glass of wine, the other a single flower. These objects function as signs of sensuali...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Huge 17th Century Italian Old Master painting The Return of the Ark of Covenant
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Late 17th Century Italian School.
The Return of the Ark on the Covenant,
Oil on Canvas, in a Fine 17th Century Italian Frame,
canvas: 40.25" x 49.75" (102.3 x 126cm)
Fine quality and rare 17th century Italian Old Master...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Large Scale Winter Twilight Landscape Painting by Artist Mauritz Lindström
Located in Stockholm, SE
This stunning winter landscape by Mauritz Lindström captures the serene yet striking beauty of a snow-laden scene illuminated by the warm glow of twilight. The interplay between the soft, colorful hues of the evening sky and the intricate, frost-covered branches creates an almost three-dimensional effect, drawing the viewer into the composition. The detailed rendering of the snow and the trees evokes a profound sense of coldness, making the atmosphere almost palpable. Measuring an impressive 101 x 152 cm (39 3/4 x 59 7/8 in) with the frame, this large-scale work is a testament to Lindström's mastery of light and texture.
Arvid Mauritz Lindström...
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Red Cascade - Cypress Gardens - contemporary, abstract, acrylic on paper
Located in Bloomfield, ON
The kaleidoscope of colours and the dynamic form of nature are expressed in this joyful celebration of nature. Rendered in right red, yellow, blue, green, orange and yellow—the colou...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Monoprint
Casanova : Birdy on the Tongue - Original etching (Field #67-4 F)
Located in Paris, IDF
Salvador DALI (1904-1969)
Casanova : Birdy on the Tongue, 1967
Original etching
Printed signature in the plate
On Rives vellum 38 x 28 cm (c. 14.9 x 11 inch)
REFERENCES :
- Catalog...
Category
1960s Surrealist Art
Materials
Etching
«Evening harbour» Original impressionistic seascape. Horizontal oil painting
Located in Oslo, NO
This artwork vividly captures a serene marina scene, showcasing a cluster of sailboats gently nestled on shimmering water. The reflection of the boats creates a mesmerizing mirror ef...
Category
2010s Impressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Man Walking the Dog at a River Side in the Lush Green English Countryside
By John Haskins
Located in Preston, GB
Man Walking the Dog at a River Side in the Lush Green English Countryside by 20th Century British Artist
Art measures 20 x 16 inches
Frame measures 25 x 21 inches
John Haskins...
Category
20th Century Realist Art
Materials
Oil, Board
Landscape 106 by Jean Krille - Oil on masonite 100x100cm
By Jean Krille
Located in Geneva, CH
Jean Krillé’s paintings are known for their expressive use of color and dynamic, abstract forms, blending realism with abstraction in his depictions of nature. His landscapes often f...
Category
Late 20th Century Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil
$3,600 Sale Price
20% Off
Anamorphose II by Frédérique Domergue - abstract sculpture, bronze, totem
Located in Paris, FR
Anamorphose II is a unique sculpture by French contemporary artist Frédérique Domergue. This piece is made with oak wood clad in patinated bronze. Dimensions are 43.3 × 11.4 × 4.7 in...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Art
Materials
Bronze
1930's French Post Impressionist Oil Painting - Summer Provence Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, circa 1930's, inscribed verso.
Title: Summer in Provence
Medium: oil painting on canvas board, unframed,
board: 1...
Category
Early 20th Century Fauvist Art
Materials
Oil
Tuscan Courtyard, Old Town, Tuscany, monochrome landscape photo, limited edition
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Black and white cityscape photography. Old stone building with wooden shutters, potted plants and outdoor seating in a narrow courtyard.
Archival pigment ink pri...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Digital Pigment
Lady in a White Dress In Window Frame Original French Artwork
By Robert Ladou
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Lady in White
by Robert Ladou (French 1929-2014)
original acrylic painting on card, unframed
size: 7 x 8 inches
condition: very good
provenance: from the artists estate in France
Hi...
Category
20th Century Art
Materials
Acrylic
Minimalist Landscape with Distant Trees and Blossoming Field, limited edition
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 9 // Gallery ID: 11983
Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Huge 18th Century Italian Old Master Oil Painting Figures & Animals Arcadian
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Arcadian Landscape
Italian School, 18th century
oil painting on canvas, unframed
canvas size: 32 x 40 inches
condition: excellent condition for its age, fully restored.
provenance: from a private collection in Paris, France.
Large scale classical 18th century Italian Old Master...
Category
Early 18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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