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Art For Sale
Price: $1 to $2,500
"Nestle In" - Abstract glazed ceramic stoneware sculpture
Located in East Quogue, NY
Colorful abstract ceramic sculpture titled "Nestle In" by Lauren Skelly Bailey. Glazed stoneware. Size: 7 x 6 x 6 inches. Artist Lauren Skelly Bailey invites viewers to discover a ...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Stoneware, Glaze

LOBSTER and OCTOPUS (KAMPF - BATTLE)
Located in Santa Monica, CA
NORBERTINE VON BRESSLERN-ROTH (1891 1978) KAMPF (BATTLE - LOBSTER and OCTOPUS) c. 1928 Color linoleum cut Signed in pencil. Image 8 5/8 x 8 11/16” In excellent condition and full ...
Category

1920s Vienna Secession Art

Materials

Linocut

French school Hunting scene Oil painting Signed
Located in Zofingen, AG
➡️Hunting scene from David⬅️ This painting exhibits characteristics of Realism with elements of Romanticism, likely from the early 20th century or 19th century. ⭐Structural Analysi...
Category

Early 1900s Realist Art

Materials

Gesso, Oil, Wood Panel, Stretcher Bars

French school landscape Oil painting Post Impressionist
Located in Zofingen, AG
➡️Provence Landscape from Anonymous french painter⬅️ This painting appears to be in the Impressionist or Post-Impressionist style. The artist uses a warm and earthy palette, dominat...
Category

1920s Post-Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil, Stretcher Bars, Gesso

French school Barn landscape Oil painting Signed
Located in Zofingen, AG
➡️Barn composition from H Le Cagnet⬅️ (I made supposition regarding the date probably 1955, if you look closely in the H area, I can read 55) This artwork appears to be an impressi...
Category

1950s Tonalist Art

Materials

Oil, Linen, Gesso, Canvas, Stretcher Bars

French school Landscape Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris painting Signed
Located in Zofingen, AG
⭐Notre Dame Cathedral from Paris It's a rare painting of Notre Dame Cathedrale. Notre Dame Cathedral is a quintessential symbol of Parisian history, culture, and Gothic architectu...
Category

1910s Art

Materials

Oil

2012 Contemporary Mini Abstract Landscape Oil Painting -Nature's Abstraction
Located in Bristol, GB
NATURE'S ABSTRACTION Size: 30.5 x 30.5 cm (including frame) Oil on canvas A wonderfully executed minimalist abstract landscape composition, painted in oil onto canvas and dated 2012...
Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Still Life with Lemons and Glass
Located in Wenham, MA
Dale Zinkowski is a master of still life. His work, reminiscent of Golden Age Dutch still life painting, glows with light and subtle, quiet beauty. This original oil painting shows a...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Art

Materials

Oil

Leaf Autumn Pocket Painting 4c, original painting, contemporary
Located in Deddington, GB
Pocket Autumn Leaf 4c is an original oil painting by Dani Humberstone as part of her Pocket Painting series featuring small scale realistic oil paintings, with a nod to baroque still...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Oil

French Impressionist Early 20th Century Signed Oil Poppy Field Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Poppy Field by Ernest Marguinaud (French first half 20th century) signed oil on board, framed framed: 15 x 19 inches board : 9.5 x 13 inches Provenance: private collection, Franc...
Category

Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Circle of Les Nabis French School c1910
Located in Holywell, GB
Circle of Les Nabis French School c1910 A stylish painting of a Mediterranean landscape indistinctly signed and dating to around 1910. Les Nabis were a group of post-impressionist...
Category

Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

French School Luminous Landscape Oil Barbizon Signed
Located in Zofingen, AG
⭐Luminous beautiful landscape. ⭐ It's a landscape from Barbizon school. Probably inspired by Caspar David Friedrich, known for his landscapes seeking to tend towards the magnificen...
Category

Early 20th Century Barbizon School Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars

Winding Path (18 x 11 inch hand-printed cyanotype)
Located in Oakland, CA
New as of Jan. 1, 2025. This is a brand-new addition to the artist's ever-growing series of foggy woods in northern California near San Francisco. These tall eucalyptus trees are the...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Paper, Archival Paper, Rag Paper, Photogram

French school Still Life Oil painting Signed
Located in Zofingen, AG
➡️Still Life from J Robert⬅️ 🟢Jacques Robert (1921–1997) was a French writer, journalist, and screenwriter. Born on June 27, 1921, in Lyon, France, he began his career in journalis...
Category

Early 20th Century Tonalist Art

Materials

Gesso, Oil, Stretcher Bars, Canvas, Linen

French school Medieval scene Landscape Oil painting
Located in Zofingen, AG
⭐Medieval scene from anonymous painter ⭐Structural Analysis :⭐ Medieval composition due to the tunic worn by the character (at the bottom of the painting) walking their dog. The cen...
Category

Early 20th Century Art

Materials

Oil, Stretcher Bars

Gridish #31 (Framed Contemporary Abstract Painting)
Located in New Orleans, LA
(NOTE: if you enter "Gridish" into the 1stDibs search field you will see others in this series come up) (Comes framed in a maple high-profile "floater" frame.) Artist’s Statement: ...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Lacquer, Charcoal, House Paint, Acrylic

Atelier Mourlot - New York (NYC Skyline) by Bernard Buffet
Located in New York, NY
Arches Poster Paper - Perfect Condition A+ When The Mourlot Studio opened a branch in New York City, after a successful exhibition organized by the Smithsonian Institute in 1963, it...
Category

1960s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

wood engraving for Mille Nuits
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: wood engraving (after the watercolor). Printed in Paris in 1955 at the atelier Coulouma for "Mille nuits et une nuit" (1001 Nights) which was the last major portfolio by Kees...
Category

1950s Art

Materials

Woodcut, Engraving

1967 Joan Miro 'Untitled'
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Paper Size: 15 x 11 inches ( 38.1 x 27.94 cm ) Image Size: 15 x 11 inches ( 38.1 x 27.94 cm ) Framed: No Condition: A-: Near Mint, very light signs of handling Additional Detai...
Category

1960s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Cranes at Dawn Original oil painting
Located in Zofingen, AG
Wide, whimsical and spontaneous impasto strokes with a palette knife and brush using restrained almost monochrome colour combinations highlight the grace of the forms of these amazin...
Category

2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

British Modernist Oil Painting Golden Fields Beneath A Starry Blue Sky
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Jill Jackson (British, contemporary) Title: Golden Fields Medium: oil on artist paper, unframed Painting : 16 x 20 inches Provenance: all the paintings we have b...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Art

Materials

Oil

Small Dog Painting of a Sighthound Sniffing for the Next Meal or Cat Next Door
Located in Charleston, US
Valarie Wolf’s exquisite dog painting captures the grace and humor of a refined Sighthound, its nose sniffing the air, perhaps searching for breakfast—or the cat next door. This beau...
Category

2010s Realist Art

Materials

Oil

Quince Fluffy Pocket Painting 2, original painting, contemporary
Located in Deddington, GB
Pocket Fluffy Quince 2 is an original oil painting by Dani Humberstone as part of her Pocket Painting series featuring small scale realistic oil paintings, with a nod to baroque stil...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Oil

Offrandes, Lithograph, Limited Edition Numbered and Signed by the Artist
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Algerian painter Hocine Ziani was born in Algeria, lives and works in France. He is an autodidactartist. Professional painter since 1978-1993 in Algeria, 1994-2009 in France. Foundin...
Category

2010s Other Art Style Art

Materials

Lithograph

Provence Landscape Old Houses Cypress Tree French Modernist Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Provence Huguette Ginet-Lasnier (French 1927-2020) signed watercolor painting on paper, mounted on card framed: 7 x 5.5 inches canvas: 5 x 5 inches. All the paintings we have for sal...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Art

Materials

Watercolor

Provence Landscape Original French Modernist Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Provence Huguette Ginet-Lasnier (French 1927-2020) signed watercolor painting on paper, mounted on card framed: 7 x 5.5 inches canvas: 5 x 5 inches. All the paintings we have for sal...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Art

Materials

Watercolor

Summer in Provence Signed French Modernist Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Provence Huguette Ginet-Lasnier (French 1927-2020) signed watercolor painting on paper, mounted on card framed: 7 x 5.5 inches canvas: 5 x 5 inches. All the paintings we have for sal...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Art

Materials

Watercolor

Nita
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas Golden wooden frame 85 x 70 x 4 cm
Category

1940s Art

Materials

Oil

Reading in Space /// Contemporary Black and White Screenprint Rockets Planets
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Dan May (American, 1955-) Title: "Reading in Space" *Signed and numbered by May in pencil lower left Year: 1988 Medium: Original Screenprint on unbrand...
Category

1980s Contemporary Art

Materials

Screen

Musée des Arts Décoratifs (The Scream) Poster /// Expressionist Edvard Munch Art
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: (after) Edvard Munch (Norwegian, 1863-1944) Title: "Musée des Arts Décoratifs (The Scream)" Year: 1969 Medium: Original Lithograph, Exhibition ...
Category

1960s Expressionist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Desert Flower
By Pierre Roy (b.1880)
Located in London, GB
'Desert Flower', gouache on coloured paper, by Pierre Roy (circa 1930s). The artist has skilfully captured the beautiful white flowers extending from the ma...
Category

1930s Surrealist Art

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Victorian English Signed Oil Painting 1870's Rural Country Landscape Gilt Framed
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The English Rural Landscape by Charles Collins (British, circa 1870's) signed & dated oil on canvas, framed framed: 17 x 24 inches canvas: 12 x 18 inches Provenance: private collecti...
Category

1870s English School Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Landscape with House in the Cote d'Or
Located in London, GB
'Landscape with House in the Cote d'Or', oil on board, by André Maire (1960). Semur-en-Auxois was the town in which Maire lived in the 1960s in the Cote d'...
Category

1960s Expressionist Art

Materials

Oil, Board

One Sheet, Serigraph by Lennart Nystrom
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Lennart Nyström, Swedish (1944 - ) Title: One Sheet (Green) Year: circa 1975 Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 70/95 Size: 23...
Category

1970s Minimalist Art

Materials

Screen

H2O I - large format abstract photograph of sun reflection on pool water surface
Located in San Francisco, CA
mesmerizing light reflections of glistening sunlight on turquoise aquamarine water surface, an homage to the iconic pool reflections paintings by artist David Hockney H2O l by Erik ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Archival Paper, Giclée

Next Sign - large format landscape photograph with conceptual road sign
Located in San Francisco, CA
Next Sign (2010) by Frank Schott from a series of works capturing conceptual roadside signs in iconic American landscapes captured with a large format camera to allow epic scale p...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Archival Ink, Giclée

Aspen Study I - large scale photograph of Indian summer autumnal color palette
Located in San Francisco, CA
Aspen Study I by Frank Schott a series of images capturing the yellow golden Indian summer foliage palette of aspen trees in California's Sierra Nevada ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Archival Ink, Giclée

Persephone III - large format photograph of a timeless environmental still
Located in San Francisco, CA
large scale original photograph from the body of works 'Persephone', a series of environmental still-life photographs of timeless palimpsest impressions Persephone III by Erik Pawassar 40 x 31 inches (102 x 79cm) signed edition of 25 62 x 48 inches (157 x 122cm) signed edition of 7 archival fine art pigment print signed & numbered by artist on label custom/larger sizes are available on request ____________________________ Erik Pawassar's work focuses on the beauty of the disregarded or mundane object. The subjects for his striking and captivating visuals are typically set in the most ordinary environments, drawing the viewer into a charged but serene experience based on composition, palette and formal lines. Saturated in color, the nominal subjects gather a haunting and mesmerizing quality, creating a poignant pretext for the making of a formal color photograph. Decisively capturing the traces left by humanity, Pawassar's images are filled with a sense of universal nostalgia and pay homage to the passage of time and the extinguished moment, referencing documentary and street photographers like Henri Cartier-Bresson, Sebastian Salgado...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment

de Young - tactile elements of iconic San Francisco museum architecture
Located in San Francisco, CA
DE YOUNG by Frank Schott an hommage to the architectural details of Herzog DeMeuron's famous de Young Museum in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park 29 x 40 in...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Giclée, Archival Ink

Airfield - large scale aerial observation of aeronautical facility
Located in San Francisco, CA
Airfield by Erik Pawassar 23 x 40 inches (58 x 102cm) edition of 25 signed 48 x 84 inches (122 x 213cm) edition of 7 signed archival fine art pigment print signed & numbered by ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment

On Land - large format photograph of iconic wooden row boat on desert lake bed
Located in San Francisco, CA
On Land (2006) by Frank Schott, large scale photograph of classic red wooden row boat in dry California desert landscape 26.5 x 40 inches (67 x 102cm)...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Giclée

Aspen Study II - large scale photograph of Indian summer autumnal color palette
Located in San Francisco, CA
Aspen Study II by Frank Schott a series of images capturing the yellow golden Indian summer foliage palette of aspen trees in California's Sierra Nevada ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Giclée

Futuro - iconic midcentury futuristic architectural design in icy wilderness
Located in San Francisco, CA
Iconic futuristic architectural design of midcentury prefab "Futuro" in Great Tetons Yellowstone landscape, designed by Finnish architect Matti Suuronen...
Category

1970s Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Archival Ink, Giclée

Samurai
Located in Lyons, CO
Color lithograph, Edition 40. Red Grooms and Master printer Bud Shark began their many print collaborations in 1981 with “Mountaintime”, followed in 1982 by their first three-dimensional lithograph, “Ruckus...
Category

1990s Contemporary Art

Materials

Lithograph

Space Junk 15 - Original One of a Kind Artwork on Canvas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Ricky Hunt’s work is influenced by Egyptian hieroglyphs, graffiti, and his tumultuous past that led to a paradigm shift in his creative life. He covers the canvas with unique imagery...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

New York City, Central Park, Twin Greek Temples, Contemporary Night Photography
Located in New york, NY
A contemporary black-and-white photograph by Roberta Fineberg that captures the San Remo building and New York City skyline after dark from the urban oasis of Central Park. Focusing on the beaux-arts building towers or twin Greek temples...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Rag Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment, Digi...

The complete mini Buddha set (9 mini buddha statues)
Located in New York, NY
These colorful meditating Buddha silhouette statues are laser cut Plexiglas and acrylic hand painted. They can stand alone, or come in couples, trios or more... This is a unique statue that will start off a conversation and will bring a stylish decoration into your home/ office/ studio or business. It's the perfect gift to someone you love, or when you want to leave an impression. The meditating Buddha statue...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Acrylic, Plexiglass

Blue stories, Abstract Library, Geometric, Contemporary, Oil, Books, multicolor
Located in LANGRUNE-SUR-MER, FR
"Blue Stories" is a striking work that invites reflection and introspection through an abstract representation of books arranged on shelves. As an artist recognized worldwide for my ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Oil

Back in 10 - large format photograph of conceptual message sign in landscape
Located in San Francisco, CA
large scale original photograph from a series of conceptual motivational messages on classic Americana signs in landscape of the American West BACK IN ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Ink, Giclée, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment

Three mini Buddhas statue - Black, Gold and Grey Buddha sculpture
Located in New York, NY
These colorful meditating Buddha silhouette statues are laser cut Plexiglas and acrylic hand painted. They can stand alone, or come in couples, trios or more... This is a unique statue that will start off a conversation and will bring a stylish decoration into your home/ office/ studio or business. It's the perfect gift to someone you love, or when you want to leave an impression. The meditating Buddha statue...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Acrylic, Plexiglass

Parking - large scale photograph - urban architectural element
Located in San Francisco, CA
Parking by Frank Schott from a series of photographs capturing urban observations onto humanity and its constructs 27 x 40 inches / 68cm x 102cm edition of 25 signed 48 x 72 inches...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Giclée, Photographic Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Gouache of St John's College, Cambridge
Located in London, GB
To see our other Oxford and Cambridge pictures, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller" - or send us a message if you cannot find the ...
Category

20th Century Realist Art

Materials

Gouache

Dixie's
Located in Lyons, CO
Color lithograph, Edition 75. Red Grooms is a painter, sculptor, printmaker, filmmaker, and showman par excellence. His major installations, “Ruckus Manhattan”, “The City of Chicago”, and “Tut’s Fever” have stretched the boundaries of sculpture and painting and excited the imaginations of thousands of viewers. Red Grooms and Master printer Bud Shark began their many print collaborations in 1981 with “Mountaintime”, followed in 1982 by their first three-dimensional lithograph, “Ruckus Taxi”. The range of prints produced by Grooms and Shark include `flatsos’, flat-color lithographs, like “Elvis” and “Van Gogh with Sunflowers”, three-dimensional lithographs, “London Bus”, “Little Italy” and “Times Square”, three-dimensional lithographs with moving parts, “Red’s Roxy”, and “Holy Hula”, woodcuts, “Noa...
Category

1990s Contemporary Art

Materials

Lithograph

Blue Butterfly Lashes
Located in Hudson, NY
Listing is for UNFRAMED print. Inquire within for framing. Edition of 5. CURRENT EXHIBITION - runs through September 11th, 2016. Any framed photographs purchased during the show will be available after September 11th. If the exhibition piece is sold or the customer orders a different print size, the photograph is produced upon purchase. Please allow two weeks for production. Shipping time depends on method of shipping. Price is subject to availability. The Robin Rice Gallery reserves the right to adjust this price depending on the current edition of the photograph. ABOUT: In the hazy, warm New York summer, little is more refreshing than reclining on the beach in the mist of the icy ocean waves or enjoying a family trip to the country house. Each summer, Rice curates her favorite show, the Summertime Salon, which reminds us of this exact seasonal sentiment. The two, long walls of the gallery become mosaicked, top to bottom, side to side, in photographs that evoke all the preeminent feelings and memories of summer. Each year, the Summertime Salon matures and Rice’s annual masterpiece comes into fruition. This year is no exception. The show is a haven of what the Robin Rice Gallery stands for, a community of art and experience. As the largest annual exhibition, the Summertime Salon is carefully pieced together, the results are staggering. The works of the 53 gallery artists come together communally, reinforcing the overall sense of unity that the show creates as a whole. In knowing the photographs so fluently, Rice strategically places them together in a way that will enhance the individual stories contained in each. Details from one image flow from into the next, elevating every photograph in a distinctly unique way. This year’s invitational image, “Surf Club” by Silvia Lareo-Vasquez, features a woman in a vintage sun hat reclining in the pool with a drink. The black and white image evokes an extreme sense of nostalgia in its cinematic portraiture and supple texture. Though the figure of the woman is tauntingly beautiful, the drink is the darkest tone, nearing black, and is centered in the frame. With this, we are reminded of the refreshing notes of summer and the utter serenity of taking the day off to relax. The show’s imagery is evocative of all eras of summer, thus any viewer can relate or connect to one of the images. As Rice likes to say, “There’s something for everyone.” One image by Benjamin Heller details a strong owl flying...
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21st Century and Contemporary Art

Materials

Pigment

Georgiana and Eliza (cousins of Jane Eyre)
Located in New Orleans, LA
Fritz Eichenberg did some original wood engravings for Jane Eyre. This is an image featuring Georgiana And Eliza. As children, Eliza and Georgiana Reed, alon...
Category

Late 20th Century American Modern Art

Materials

Wood, Engraving

H2O IV - large format photograph of sun reflections on pool water surface
Located in San Francisco, CA
mesmerizing light reflections of glistening sunlight on turquoise aquamarine water surface, an homage to the iconic pool reflections paintings by artist David Hockney 40 x 32 inches...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Giclée, Archival Pigment

YES - large format photograph of conceptual motivational sign at night
Located in San Francisco, CA
large scale original photograph from a series of conceptual motivational messages on classic Americana billboard signs in iconic landscape of the American West YES by Frank Schott ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Giclée

Darth Vader - Oversize Getty Archive Print
Located in London, GB
31st March 1980: Darth Vader and two stormtroopers from the film ‘Star Wars’ stand menacingly over some road works in London’s Oxford Street to promote the franchise’s second release The Empire Strikes Back. The sequel is regarded by many as the finest in the series of George Lucas's space opera - and outdid the original in worldwide takings, paving the way for Return Of The Jedi shortly after and the Star Wars 'prequels' as well as the recent The Force Awakens...
Category

1980s Modern Art

Materials

Archival Pigment, Black and White

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