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Art For Sale
Beverly Hills Hotel (1957) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Beverly Hills Hotel (1957) Limited Estate Stamped
(Photo By Slim Aarons)
Cars parked outside the Beverly Hills Hotel on Sunset Boulevard.
California, 1957.
About the image:
Th...
Category
1950s Modern Art
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Contemporary Abstract Figurative Painting on Canvas in Violet Tones
Located in Bogotá, Bogotá
"Encounters at Dawn" – Contemporary Abstract Painting on Canvas in Violet Tones with Figuration is an abstract oil painting that explores color field and abstract expressionism. The ...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil
Landscape - Painting by Nicolas Alexandrovitch Tarkhoff - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Outstanding tempera on paper realized by Nicolas Alexandrovitch Tarkhoff (1871-1930) in the early 20th Century.
Hand signed lower left.
Includes a beautiful coeval wooden frame.
P...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Art
Materials
Tempera
Dreamers - Original Feminine Figurative Abstract Acrylic Painting on Canvas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Rooted in introspection and emotional nuance, Xenia Gray’s figurative mixed media works capture the quiet tension between solitude and connection. Her paintings often depict the huma...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Picasso, 9.10.64. III (Cramer 148), Le Goût du Bonheur (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph and silkscreen with grease crayon, lithographic tusche, lead pencil, charcoal on vélin d'Arches paper. Paper size: 12.8 x 9.84 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered...
Category
1970s Cubist Art
Materials
Lithograph
$956 Sale Price
20% Off
Fine 17th Century Dutch Old Master Oil Painting Mother & Young Children Reading
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Young Mother and Children
17th century Dutch School, unsigned
oil on canvas, framed in fine carved wood period frame
framed: 38 x 33 inches
canvas: 29 x 25 inches
Prove...
Category
Late 17th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Sunrise above the sea port - Scandinavian pointillism painting - Early 1900s
Located in Aartselaar, BE
Stunning Scandinavian Impressionist painting depicting a glorious sunrise above the port of Goteborg in Sweden
The artist marvellously captured the way in which the light of the ris...
Category
20th Century Pointillist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'The Music Contest between Apollo and Pan', Renaissance Mythology, Satyr, Hermes
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
An early 17th-century Flemish School oil on copper showing the mythological contest between Apollo and Pan in which the mountain god, Tmolus, gives judgement for Apollo. Unsigned. Pa...
Category
Early 17th Century Northern Renaissance Art
Materials
Copper
Marc Chagall 'La Baie' 1963- Vintage
By Marc Chagall
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This original lithograph by Marc Chagall is an "above the edition" piece from Chagall Lithographe II (1957–1962), published by André Sauret in Paris in 1963. The image itself dates t...
Category
1960s Modern Art
Materials
Offset
Black and Yellow, Abstract Fish Patterns, Modern Seascape on Paper, Gestual
Located in Barcelona, ES
This series by Enric Servera explores the relationship of humans to salt and seawater. The intention of these works is to submerge us into the sea, a salty treasure that surrounds us...
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Art
Materials
Acrylic, Handmade Paper
Tolosa (Toulouse); Leaf LXXI from Hartmann Schedel's Nuremberg Chronicle
Located in Middletown, NY
Woodcut on laid paper, 8 3/8 x 9 1/8 inches (212 x 233 mm), the full sheet. In excellent condition with text and portraits of Empedocles, Sapho, Zeuxis and others on the verso, as is...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Old Masters Art
Materials
Ink, Handmade Paper, Laid Paper, Woodcut
Large Abstract Painting on Canvas "Lucky Frog on fly Agaric" Serg Graff, COA
Located in Palm Coast, FL
This vibrant and imaginative painting by Serg Graff, titled “Lucky Frog on Fly Agaric,” is a large original work in a richly textured fantasy abstract style.
A kaleidoscope of swirl...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic
Flowering Coast - contemporary, gestural, abstract, impasto, acrylic on canvas
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Beneath a deep blue, cloudy sky, the bright colours of what appears to be a tropical landscape –red, yellow, purples and green pop from the canvas in this beautiful composition by Pa...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Before you came - Polaroid, Women, 21st Century, Nude
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Before you came- 2020
50x50cm,
Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs,
Archival C-Print based on the Polaroid.
Signed on the back and with certificate.
Artist inventory PL2020-937.
No...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Seashore
Located in Zofingen, AG
The ocean is a mystery, full of secrets and deep emotions. Its power can be frightening, yet it beckons and offers freedom. In every wave lies a story of fear and love, intertwined i...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Verdure Balmoral Tapestry
Located in Atlanta, GA
This is our last remaining one of very popular full size Verdure Balmoral tapestry, we will be completely sold out once this one sells.
Inspired by the Verdure Balmoral Tapestry, Fl...
Category
20th Century Naturalistic Art
Materials
Tapestry
$1,680 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage French Impressionist Villa Gardens Landscape Oil Painting 1960's
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
5-3365 Oil on artist board of on enchanted lily pond
Set in an ornate hand painted wood frame
Image size 12.5x15.5"
Category
1960s Art
Materials
Oil
$300 Sale Price
47% Off
'Nude in Coral and Sand', California School of the Fine Arts, Diebenkorn, SFAA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left 'Ginghofer' for Raymond Ginghofer (American, 1934-2023) and painted circa 1975.
A substantial monotype and gouache figural showing a woman reclining on her stomach...
Category
1970s Art
Materials
Mixed Media, Gouache, Monotype
Woman with Pitcher oil on canvas painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Title: Woman with Pitcher
Artist: Antoni Valls Bordoy (1912–1980)
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 35 x 27 cm (13.8 x 10.6 in)
Date: 1953
Signature: Signed “Valls Bordoy” in red at ...
Category
1950s Impressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$575 Sale Price
20% Off
Untitled (Eric, from the series “Men in the Cities”)
By Robert Longo
Located in London, GB
11 colour silkscreen on 410gsm Somerset Tub Sized Satin Radiant White paper with matte varnish seal.
Edition of 1273
Individually signed, dated and numbered by the artist.
Original C...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Screen
So Still (Sidewinder) - analog, mounted
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
So Still (Sidewinder) - 2005
Edition 1/5 or 2/5,
150x128cm.
Analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist, printed on Fuji Crystal Archive Paper,
mounted on Aluminum with matte UV-Pr...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
$5,950 Sale Price
30% Off
The Bathers Impressionist Figurative Landscape Painting of nude bathers, lake
Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
Framed size: 28" x 32.5"
The Bathers, depicts a serene riverside featuring nude or partially nude bathers engaged in both swimming and leisure. Lush greenery surrounds a calm body ...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Zig Zag Ovals Diptych, Blue Tones Cyanotype Monotypes, Organic Floating Shapes
By Kind of Cyan
Located in Barcelona, ES
Zigzag Ovals is a cyanotype monotype diptych that explores the interplay between fluid forms and structured repetition. Organic white shapes drift across rich blue tonal fields, crea...
Category
2010s Modern Art
Materials
Paper, Monotype
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
Oil, Canvas, Acrylic
Dixieland (1948) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Dixieland (1948) Limited Estate Stamped
(Photo By Slim Aarons)
An impromptu concert in Rome with American Jazz trumpeter and singer Louis Armstrong (1901 – 1971), Earl ‘Fatha’ Hines (1905 – 1983) on piano and Jack Teagarden (1905 – 1964) on trombone playing with the ‘Rhythm Kings’. Hines and Teargarden play in Armstrong’s ‘All-Stars’ band.
November 1948
About this Image:
Louis Daniel Armstrong, nicknamed "Satchmo", "Satch", and "Pops", was an American trumpeter, composer, vocalist, and actor who was among the most influential figures in jazz. His career spanned five decades, from the 1920s to the 1960s, and different eras in the history of jazz.
Earl Kenneth Hines, also known as Earl "Fatha" Hines, was an American jazz pianist and bandleader. He was one of the most influential figures in the development of jazz piano...
Category
1940s Modern Art
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
Time Zone 7 - Modern Resin Minimalist Earth Tone Geometric Abstraction Artwork
By Ricky Hunt
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Ricky Hunt’s mixed media minimalist wall art is influenced by his tumultuous past that led to a paradigm shift in creativity and life. He covers the wood panel with layers of acrylic...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Art
Materials
Resin, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Wood Panel
Vintage American Modernist Abstract Giltwood Framed Mid Century Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist abstract oil painting. Oil on board. Framed. Signed. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed in a giltwood molding. Excellent condition, re...
Category
1950s Abstract Art
Materials
Oil, Board
"Winged Kaleidoscope" Butterflies on Silver & Gold Background Oil Painting
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Butterflies. This piece depicts delicate butterflies in ascension placed in a wonderful colorful, gold and silver ton...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Mixed Media
Blue Floating Mobile, Unique Cyanotype Triptych in Blue, Abstract Organic Shapes
By Kind of Cyan
Located in Barcelona, ES
Blue Floating Mobile III is a unique handmade cyanotype on watercolor paper, presented as a striking abstract triptych. The artist layers fluid, organic shapes in luminous shades of ...
Category
2010s Post-Modern Art
Materials
Handmade Paper, Monotype
Baroque Neapolitan painter - 17th century figure painting - Joseph Potiphar wife
Located in Varmo, IT
Neapolitan painter (17th century) - Joseph and Potiphar's Wife.
55 x 40.5 cm.
Antique oil painting on canvas, unframed (not signed).
Condition report: Lined canvas. The painted su...
Category
Late 17th Century Baroque Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
The Beating Heart - Original Colorful Still Life Pointillist Textured Artwork
By Susan Gale
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Susan Gale's work explores the nostalgia of community by highlighting the juxtaposition between the peaceful, quiet, mystery of light, and the rush of visually invoked sensation. She...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Panel
Hand painted Canvas-Limited Edition#3/10-Sunshine Factory-British Awarded Artist
Located in London, GB
This is a Hand-painted Limited Canvas Edition, only 10 published.
This stunning one-off edition is oil hand-painted by the artist , signed at front and on the back label too; each ed...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Gesso, Canvas, Oil, Acrylic, Giclée, Archival Pigment
Estelle - Sexy nude woman smoking in a bar, Contemporary with a Vintage style
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
This is an original signed figurative archival pigment print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag® Baryta 315 gsm paper by Scottish artist Ian Sanderson (1951- 2020) titled ‘Estelle‘ who was capt...
Category
1990s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Black and White, ...
Fine British Impressionist Antique Oil Painting Scottish Island Coastal Boats
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Scottish Island
by William B Dealtry (British 1915-2007):
signed oil on board, framed
framed: 27.5 x 32 inches
board : 23 x 27.5 inches
Provenance: private collection of this art...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil
Charles PICART LE DOUX, Model on Green Background, Oil on Isorel, 1949
Located in Saint Amans des cots, FR
Oil on isorel panel by Charles PICART LE DOUX (1881-1959), France, 1949. Model on green background. With frame: 97.5x76.5 cm - 38.4x30.1 inches ; without frame: 81x60cm - 31.9x23.6 i...
Category
1930s Post-Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil
"The Calm" 40x60 Black & White Photography of Wild Horses Mustangs Unsinged
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a contemporary black and white photograph of American Wild Mustangs.
"They represent the ultimate expression of American freedom" - Wild Horses
40x60
Unsigned edition
Shane...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
$1,420 Sale Price
20% Off
Pastoral Scene at Auvers sur Oise by Durch friend of van Gogh Barbizon landscape
By Théophile de Bock
Located in Norwich, GB
You may have recognised the church in the painting, Our Lady of the Assumption in Auvers sur Oise, made famous by van Gogh's 1890 portrait of it. Interestingly, the present work was ...
Category
1880s Barbizon School Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Diffraction (Transformation) - Original lithograph, Handsigned and numbered /100
Located in Paris, IDF
Julio LE PARC (1928-)
Diffraction (Transformation), 1988
Original lithograph, airbrush and stencil
Signed in ink
Numbered / 100 copies
On black wove paper, 56 x 38 cm (c. 22 x 15 in...
Category
1980s American Modern Art
Materials
Lithograph, Stencil
In between - black and white minimal lanscape photography, limited edition of 20
By Ugne Pouwell
Located in London, GB
A lone figure drifts across an immeasurable sea, suspended between the weight of water and the breath of sky. The scale reduces presence to near invisibility, yet within that fragili...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Art
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Paper
Fun Loving Criminals II by BATIK- Supersize Signed Limited Edition
By BATIK
Located in London, GB
Fun Loving Criminals II
By BATIK- Signed Limited Edition
Archival pigment pop art print of infamous criminal arrest mugshots of Fifty Cent, Elvis Presley, David Bowie, Snoop Dog, ...
Category
2010s Pop Art Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Baroque Pearl — Luminous Essence
Located in Zofingen, AG
Series: Sea Within — Journey Between Light and Silence.
A contemplative homage to hidden treasures of the sea, this work reflects the dialogue between radiance and stillness. At its ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Photography of Wild Horses, Wild Mustang, "Wonder Horses" 30 x 40 Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a contemporary photograph on archival paper. Shane Russeck is know worldwide for his wild horse imagery.
This is one of only 3 color images he created in this series.
Edi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Green Pond 30X30
Located in Zofingen, AG
In this piece, I poured my passion into capturing the serene yet vibrant dance between light and water. The soft pinks and shimmering greens evoke a peaceful, timeless moment by the ...
Category
2010s Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Pure Joy
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Encaustic on panel.
It's simple; I create art because it makes me happy. I try not to overthink the process of what I’m painting and let my intuition be my guide. I love laying do...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Encaustic
Pablo Picasso, La Comédie Humaine, lithograph
Located in Chatsworth, CA
Pablo Picasso
La Comédie Humaine
Lithograph, 1954
10.5 x 14.5
Publisher: Tériade, Paris.
Category
1950s Modern Art
Materials
Lithograph
Waves of Freedom
Located in Zofingen, AG
"Waves of Freedom" captures the moment when water washes away all constraints and expectations, allowing the soul to breathe freely. Each brushstroke symbolizes the journey toward in...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Red Barn Through the Shadows, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A large red barn sits in the middle of a bright lime green field. A dirt road winds inward, flanked by two trees that cast long shadows across the grass. Fence ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Acrylic
'Lakeside Shower, Matsue' — Showa-era Woodblock Print
By Kawase Hasui
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Kawase Hasui, 'Chihan no Ame, Matsue' (Lakeside Shower, Matsue), color woodblock print, 1932. A fine, atmospheric impression, with fresh colors; the full sheet, from a postwar editio...
Category
1930s Showa Art
Materials
Woodcut
Nude Lora Figurative Impressionism Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Vadim Zang
Title: Lora
Medium: Oil on Linen
Year: 2014
Style: Figurative Impressionism
Dimensions: 14" x 11" x 0.8" inch (36 x 28 x 2c...
Category
2010s Impressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Linen, Oil
Forget Me, No
Located in Zofingen, AG
A stubborn, vulnerable plea — to refuse, yet still hold on.
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
YAYOI KUSAMA - Pumpkin (Yellow). Conceptualism, Contemporary, Modern art, Dots
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in Madrid, Madrid
PUMPKIN (YELLOW)
Date of creation: 2016
Medium: Resin sculpture
Edition: Open
Size: 9,5 x 7,5 cm
Observations: Sculpture created with high quality resin stamped on its base with Yayo...
Category
2010s Other Art Style Art
Materials
Resin
DIVE
Located in Zofingen, AG
"Be like water, my friend" by Bruce Lee.
When Lee said "be like water," he called upon people to embrace flexibility and the ability to adapt to changing circumstances. He asserted ...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
British Estuary Ferry Shed and Distant Harbour with Figures Watercolour Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: British Estuary Ferry Shed and Distant Harbour with Figures Watercolour Painting
By Tony Herbert (1927-2024)
Medium: Watercolor on artists paper
Size: 11 x 15 inches
Condition...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Art
Materials
Watercolor
Bubbles - Impasto Inspired Textural Pink Accented Thick Paint Abstract Artwork
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Impasto-painted strokes of bright colors are the framework of artist Shiri Phillips’ abstract artworks. Her paintings are flooded with texture through the layering of acrylic paint i...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Winter Fishing - underwater nude photograph - print on paper 43" x 60"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Winter Fishing by Alex Sher presents a striking underwater nude photograph featuring a young naked woman entangled in fishing nets beneath dark waters. The monochromatic palette crea...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Second Story - Orange Olive Green Yellow Ochre Blue White Abstract, 2017
By Josette Urso
Located in Kent, CT
In this contemporary abstract painting in oil on canvas, thoughtfully combined sections of varying textures and areas of pattern, stripes, circles, dots and undulations are bright an...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Cradle - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Cradle' part of the series 'Hands down' - 2019
50x50cm,
Edition 5/7.
archival C-Print based on the Polaroid.
Signature label and certificate.
Artist inventory PL2019-505.
Not...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, Polaroid, Color, C Print, Archival Paper
Attracted by the Sea Long Exposure Seascape limited edition
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Attracted by the Sea Study 3, Norway - no. 21369
Digital print as part of a limited edition of 7. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to order in limited editions on Hahnemuehle Ph...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Digital Pigment
“Pulse of the Ocean” — Hyperrealistic Oil Seascape Painting of Sunset Waves
Located in Zofingen, AG
The ocean pulses like a heart in love with the sunset. Its waves are gentle touches, holding the secrets of endless love.
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Wiggle Room 16-1 - Modern Resin Minimalist Blue Cool Tone Gradient Abstract Art
By Ricky Hunt
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Ricky Hunt’s mixed media minimalist wall art is influenced by his tumultuous past that led to a paradigm shift in creativity and life. He covers the wood panel with layers of acrylic...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Art
Materials
Resin, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Wood Panel
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