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Art For Sale
Style: Contemporary
Style: Minimalist
This Week's Listings Only
Bitcoin X10
Located in Zofingen, AG
This is original art, one-of-a-kind, that has a virtual projection. The virtual projection can be seen with your smartphone, instructions are included in the Certificate of Authenti...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Oil
''Chicory'' Contemporary Dutch Still-life Painting of Chicory, Vegetables
Located in Utrecht, NL
Dutch artist Nico Heilijgers (1964) works in the tradition of the great seventeenth-century painters.
Heilijgers' paintings are characterized by aest...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Oil, Panel
Save the Whales, Foil Embossed Poster, by Hundertwasser 1982
Located in Long Island City, NY
This colorful foil-embossed poster was created by the effervescent Austrian-born New Zealand artist Friedensreich Hundertwasser. Hundertwasser (1928-2000) stood out as a truly indivi...
Category
1980s Contemporary Art
Materials
Foil
Untitled
Located in New York, NY
Untitled
c. 1983
Signed and inscribed “A/P” in blue ink, verso
Gelatin silver print
20 x 16 inches (50.8 x 40.6 cm)
This work is offered by CLAMP in New York City.
Category
1980s Contemporary Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
The Lust - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment print 25" x 35"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Underwater nude photograph of a young woman on red background.
Original gallery quality archival pigment print on archival paper signed by the artist, furnished with certificate of ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Fly (Bombay Beach) - Contemporary, Polaroid, Color, Women, 21st Century
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Fly (Bombay Beach) - 2019
20x20cm,
Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print based on the original Polaroid.
Signed on the back and with certificate.
Artist invent...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
"Dripping Dots - Saint Tropez" Colorful Abstract Oil Painting & Gold on Canvas
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
With layers of bright oils and whisking brush strokes, the paint is able to shine and shimmer in a very unique pattern. The artist uses gold leaf with thick textured oils and glass t...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Glass, Mixed Media, Oil
"Black Curtains" Contemporary Nude Figure Bathing Framed Mixed Media on Canvas
Located in Baltimore, MD
“Black Curtains” is a framed oil on canvas painting by Alina Maksimenko, depicting an abstracted nude bathing against a curtained backdrop. The artist’s expressive use of color adds ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Mixed Media
Saucer Over Northern Plains, limited edition, signed, archival pigment ink
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Saucer Over Northern Plains, limited edition, signed, archival pigment ink
The adrenaline of seeing Mother Nature during some of her finest moments will be ingrained in me forever. It is a humbling experience - and I feel fortunate to have witnessed her power and grandeur over the past 12 years. My experiences are hard to describe in words
During this last trip (July 2021) we traveled over 6400 miles in 10 days crossing through 10 different states - all in my quest/passion to photograph these storm systems. But this time the events of the last year made me more aware, opened my eyes wider, and had a different effect on me. The effects of Climate Change have become obvious.
The current patterns are changing and they are accelerating faster than anyone realized or predicted. Just over the past decade, the characteristics of the Jet Stream and the Gulf Stream have changed. Pandemics, droughts, devastating heatwaves, wildfires, massive floods, and rising oceans are accelerating. As I sit here in my house in Lone Pine, CA in 103-degree heat I can hardly see the outlines of Lone Pine Peak and Mount Whitney...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Futura Bearbrick (400% & 100%)
By Futura
Located in Englishtown, NJ
Super cool and ready to display out of the box sculpture designed by the legendary artist Futura 2000.
Each Futura Bearbrick has unique marble patterns.
Comes packaged with 2 sculptu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Vinyl
Remembering Plains no. 20
Located in Loveland, CO
Remembering Plains no.20 by Alyson Kinkade
8" x 8" oil on linen ©2005
gallery wrapped, black sides
The allure of the horizon of the Great Plains, where waves of colors meet sky.
AB...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars
"Spring Tulips" pop art painting of red and yellow tulips on blue background
Located in Edgartown, MA
James Wolanin’s paintings transport the viewer to an effervescent, candy coated world inspired by vintage advertisements, photographs, and the artist’s own personal history. The Russ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Acrylic, Wood Panel
"Upon Waking" Oil Painting
By Calvin Lai
Located in Denver, CO
Calvin Lai's (US based) "Upon Waking" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a nude female figure in a Contrapposto posture leaning back against a lavender hued wall whil...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Liber Mystia XLIII
By Henry Hablak
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Liber Mystia XLIII" is an original artwork by Henry Hablak made of gouache, ink, and colored pencil on paper measuring 16.25"h x 12.25"w framed and 14"h x 11"w unframed.
Henry Habl...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper, Ink, Gouache, Color Pencil
Methionine, from 12 Woodcut Spots Damien Hirst Spot Print, YBA Abstract print
By Damien Hirst
Located in Bristol, GB
Woodcut in colours on Somerset White paper
Edition of 48
Signed on the front
Artwork in mint condition. Artwork not inspected outside of frame. Minor scratches throughout frame
Float...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Woodcut
Raggy (Circular Color Photograph of Red Mythical Figure in an Arctic Landscape)
Located in Hudson, NY
Circular color photograph a red mythical figure in an icy Arctic landscape
Archival pigment print, ed. of 5
10 inch diameter image on 22 x 17 inc...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Texaco Marine, North Shore Marina, Salton Sea, California - American Landscape
Located in Cambridge, GB
Part of Richard Heeps 'Salton Sea' Collection, this large advertising sign on the bank of California's largest marina, once a popular celebrity ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
Deep Red glossy ceramic balloon sculpture handmade for wall, ceiling
Located in Tel Aviv, IL
This aubergine glossy ceramic balloon sculpture is a balloon for life and an art collectors piece. Its Vivid glossy color enhances sophisticated and cheerful space environment.
handm...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Ceramic, Clay, Coating, Glaze
Watch me! -21st Century Oil Painting of a Nude Boy watching you in his Mirror
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
This painting is made by Dutch artist/painter David van der Linden.
Painted with oilpaint on canvas.
David van der Linden studied at the Academ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Man with Red Fez
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Man with Red Fez
n.d.
Signed in red, u.r.
Double-sided oil painting on panel
30 x 24 inches
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Oil, Panel
![[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Man with Red Fez](https://a.1stdibscdn.com/mark-beard-paintings-bruce-sargeant-1898-1938-man-with-red-fez-for-sale/a_9323/1738362535321/Beard_Man_with_Red_Fez_master.jpg?width=240 "Mark Beard - [Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Man with Red Fez")
New York Python, Coney Island, Brooklyn, Year of the Snake Photograph
Located in New york, NY
New York Python, Coney Island, 1991 by Roberta Fineberg is a 14” x 11” gelatin silver print - offered in 2025 to celebrate the Year of the Snake….
In the words of the artist: "I sho...
Category
1990s Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Together by Martine Demal - bronze sculpture, standing human figures, textured
Located in Paris, FR
This work is a bronze sculpture by Martine Demal which dimensions are 88 x 55 x 30 cm (4.6 × 21.7 × 11.8 in). It weighs 20 kg and is part of a limited edition of 8 editions and 4 art...
Category
1990s Contemporary Art
Materials
Bronze
Landscape BW, Original Art on Paper , Framed, Ready to Hang by Marilina Marchica
Located in Agrigento, AG
Landscape BW
Mineral Oxide on Paper
40x29 cm
framed 51x41 cm
Original Art
Ready to Hang
The use of natural materials such as mineral oxide powder connects the work to a dimension...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper, Pigment
Julian Assange
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Julian Assange
20x20cm,
Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid.
Signature Label and Certificate.
Not mounted.
Category
1990s Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color
Catelaya Big Island
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Catelaya Big Island
Date: 2024
Medium: Oil on Wood
Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8"
Framed Dimensions: 14.5" x 12.5"
Signature: Signed Verso
Edition: ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Oil
"Garner State Park" Texas hill country landscape
Located in Austin, TX
This Texas scene by Daniel Maldonado depicts Garner State Park, located near Concan, Texas. The piece is executed in oil on canvas and measures 16 x 20 inches.
Framed
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Mini Populus: Bunny Slope" Contemporary Original Framed Mixed Media on Board
By Craig Alan
Located in Baltimore, MD
"Mini Populus: Bunny Slope" is a framed original mixed media work on board by Craig Alan, depicting figures skiing down a blue mountain. Each figure has a unique pose and shadow, add...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Mixed Media, Board
Flamenco Flamingo, Jane Peart, Limited edition print, Animals and wildlife art
Located in Deddington, GB
Flamenco Flamingo [2014]
limited_edition and hand signed by the artist
Etching/aquatint
Edition number 100
Image size: H:46cm cm x W:31cm cm
Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:56cm c...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper, Etching, Aquatint
Lundberg Art Glass Van Gogh Night Stars Vase
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Lundberg Studios Art Glass Vase.
Every piece of glass that bears the Lundberg Studios signature represents the finest in contemporary art glass. Crafted by master glass blowers, trad...
Category
1990s Contemporary Art
Materials
Blown Glass
Village Motel Sunset (The Last Picture Show) - Polaroid, Contemporary, Icons
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Village Motel Sunset (Stranger than Paradise) - 2005
20x20cm,
sold out Edition of 5, Artist Proof 2/2 (the very last from this edition),
Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid,
...
Category
1990s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Large Painting of Classic New York City in Rain with Figures by British Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Large Original Painting of a Classic 1990's Busy New York City Scene in the Rain, with Yellow Taxis, Cars and Figures, by British Urban Landscape Artist, Angela Wakefield. This is a ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Gesso, Canvas, Linen, Paint, Cotton Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic
Untitled- Penis. Aquacolor Crayon on archival paper
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Untitled- Penis by Celso Castro-Daza
Aquacolor Crayon on archival paper
Image size: 48 in. H x 39.5 in. W
Sheet size: 59.5 in. H x 44 in. W
Unique
1996
Drawing on paper is his bas...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Crayon, Watercolor
Two Ibis by Chésade - Bronze animal sculpture, birds, realistic, expressive
By Chésade
Located in Paris, FR
Two Ibis is a unique bronze sculpture by contemporary artist Chésade, dimensions are 25.5 × 38 × 21 cm (10 × 15 × 8.3 in).
The sculpture is signed and comes with a certificate of au...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Bronze
Race - Bronze Figures Poised to Start a Race, Grey Patina, Steel Base
Located in Chicago, IL
Jesús Curiá Perez
Race
iron, bronze and resin
21.75h x 10w x 19.75d in
55.24h x 25.40w x 50.16d cm
ed. 1/8
JCP056
Jesús Curiá's sculptures arouse something more than purely aestheti...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Bronze, Steel
Crowning Essence - 21st Century Mixed Media with Oil and African Women Fabrics
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure
Ships in a well-protected tube.
This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy.
Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity.
About Artist
Bakare Babatund...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Fabric, Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic, Newsprint
"Chill" seagull perched atop ice box in front of sunset
By Rob Brooks
Located in Edgartown, MA
From an incandescent sunset on Long Island Sound to an iconic pop-kitsch ice storage bin at the neighborhood corner store, Rob Brooks offers us a visual journey from the real to surr...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Orange Poppies No.2 - Analogue floral photography, Limited edition of 20
Located in London, GB
'Orange Poppies No.2'
Analogue colour floral photography.
London, United Kingdom 2024.
Limited edition of 20.
Printed on the finest archival Hahnemühle Photo Rag paper, these lim...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Film, Photographic Film, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Giclée
Yayoi Kusama, Pumpkin 2000 (Green)
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in Bristol, GB
Screenprint in colours, on Colorplan paper with full margins
Edition of 100
Signed, numbered, dated and titled on the front
Pristine
Our mission is to connect art collectors to oppo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Screen
A man in white sneakers . 2022. Paper/pen, 19.4x14.8 cm
Located in Riga, LV
A man in white sneakers
2022. Paper/pen, 19.4x14.8 cm
Liga Kalnina
Artist Liga Kalnina(1990) is born in Riga, Latvia.
Her artist interests is mainly realistically based -landscap...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper, Gel Pen
Untitled - Blue Landscape With Trees, XX Century Figurative Oil Painting
Located in Salzburg, AT
Alina Dobrowolska - artist from Gdańsk; graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk at the Faculty of Painting. She took part in collective and individual exhibitions in Poland...
Category
1990s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Spring couplet' Large Scale Photograph Cherry blossom Sakura flowers white pink
Located in Penzance, GB
'Spring Couplet' ('Mono No Aware' Series) 40 x 60" edition
Limited edition archival photograph, hand signed and numbered. Unframed
_________________
The dance of the cherry blossoms ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Digital, Giclée, Archi...
Grey Landscape - 1950s - Piero Sadun - Painting - Contemporary
By Piero Sadun
Located in Roma, IT
Hand signed on the rear, in excellent conditions.
Category
1950s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Untitled (Bunny)
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Untitled (Bunny)
Date: 2018
Medium: Oil on Wood
Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8"
Framed Dimensions: 15" x 13"
Signature: Signed Verso
Edition: Unique
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Oil
Mychael Barratt, Yayoi Kasuma's Dog, Bright Art, Affordable Art, Humorous Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Mychael Barratt
Yayoi Kasuma’s Dog
Limited Edition Etching
Edition of 100
Image Size: H 21.5cm x W 22cm
Sheet Size: H 40cm x W 38cm
Signed and titled
Sold...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper, Etching
California, Kate #14, Black and White Photography, Female Nude
Located in New york, NY
Leonard Freed’s authenticated/stamped vintage (back of photo), 16" x 20", gelatin silver print, Kate #14, is from the Kate series, 2002.
A photographer herself, model and yogini Kate remains complicit in striking dramatic poses for the Kate nude series by Freed. In this image Kate is supine, arms outstretched, body arched on the backside of a person in a downward dog yoga pose.
On the edge of a cliff with the ebb and flow of the sea and waves many feet below, the duo remain in balance above swirling waters. Kate's trust in the universe, a face of abandon, reveals youthful fearlessness and love of freedom.
Freed captures a self-possessed modern woman and partner in a dance of sorts that Kate shares on the edge of time...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Kabbalists 2. Figurative etching & watercolor, Surrealist, Judaica, Polish art
By Leszek Rózga
Located in Warsaw, PL
20th century figurative etching print coloured with watercolour by Polish artist Leszek Rozga. Print depicts three followers of Judaism with star of David above them. Artwork is quit...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper, Etching
Flora Italiana (Papavero Arancio Piene) - large botanical still life photograph
Located in San Francisco, CA
Original large format still life photograph from Linda Rosewall's botany study series "Flora Italiana", an intensively beautiful body of works exploring the botanical splendor of the natural world and vibrant color palette of Italian origin flowers with highly detailed captures.
Flora Italiana ( Papavero Arancio Piene )
bright orange poppy flower petals
40 x 30 inches (102 x 76cm)
signed edition of 25
64 x 48 inches (162 x 122cm)
signed edition of 7
archival fine art pigment print
signed & numbered by artist on label
custom/larger sizes are available on request
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About the artist
Linda Rosewall’s artistic path was cemented during her childhood. She was inspired by her farther, an accomplished musician and composer who raised his six children as a performing family act.
The experience of traveling the United States and Canada in a small airplane piloted by her father provided the opportunity for Linda to capture these moments on her small Kodak Instamatic Camera.
At the age of 18, she enrolled at Columbia College of Fine Arts Chicago. During her studies, Linda apprenticed under photographer Norman Bilisko and later worked with Dennis Manarchy...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Giclée, Archival Pigment
Julie's Rabbit by Dan Ostermiller
Located in Loveland, CO
Julie's Rabbit by Dan Ostermiller
cast bronze rabbit sculpture, 4x7x4"
#APJ Available (mold was destroyed so edition is complete)
Shipping price includes the custom packing necessar...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Bronze
Some Ambiguous Words- 21st Century Contemporary Painting of a Young Man
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Tania Rivilis
Some Ambiguous Words
63 x 45 cm
Oil on wood panel
First we can announce some wonderful news! 3 May 2022 Tania Rivilis did win the first price of the Royal Academy of ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Woman & Child
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mother & Child, 2016
By Christopher Mudgett
This powerful and emotive original oil painting from the artist's 2016 "Mother & Child" series encapsulates a profound moment of tenderne...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
James Dean Standing with Porsche at Car Rally
By Frank Worth
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white action shot of actor James Dean unloading his Porsche at a car rally.
James Dean was an American actor. He is remembered as a cultural icon of teenage disillusionme...
Category
1950s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
Lucio Muñoz Martinez Spanish Artist Original Hand Signed engraving 1994
Located in Miami, FL
Lucio Muñoz Martinez (Spain, 1929-1998)
'S/T', 1994
engraving on paper
19.7 x 27.6 in. (50 x 70 cm.)
Edition of 75
ID: MUÑ1114-004-075
Hand-signed...
Category
1990s Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper, Engraving, Screen
Kimono with Swans Lithograph
Located in Soquel, CA
Collagraph layered with mulberry paper by Patricia A. Pearce (American, b. 1948). Numbered, dated, titled, and signed along the bottom edge ("AP 1980 Kimono 11 Patricia A Pearce...
Category
1980s Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper, Ink, Lithograph, Mulberry Paper
Breath of Freedom
Located in Zofingen, AG
“Breath of Freedom” is a painting that instantly captures your attention with its calm power and depth. Delicate blue and green shades are woven into the mountain contours, creating...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Acrylic
Kirsten doing her Nails (50x50cm) - Figurative, Portrait, Polaroid, Photograph
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Kirsten doing her Nails' (29 Palms, CA) - 1999
50x49cm,
Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid.
Signature label and certificate.
Artist in...
Category
1990s Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, Polaroid, Color, C Print, Archival Paper
Brown and Yellow Painting on Wood, 2024 - 'Nuage jaune'
Located in Bruxelles, BE
Giorgio Petracci (born in 1974, Fermo, Italy) is an artist based in Paris, whose work is deeply inspired by the seaside landscapes of his childhood and the personal experiences that ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Gesso, Wood, Acrylic
My Sister's White Cat
By Kate Breakey
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Ghosts of Love
If love took form, if we could see it, and if so watch, as it faded, or got lost, or just gave up, slowly softly, disappeared, disillusioned, dejected, I think I saw it, as a tree in the woods, as a pale moth, a boat upturned on a shore, moonlight on ocean, a feather, drifting down, discarded, I looked and, love was everywhere, sighing, trembling, shimmering, fluttering, tender, as it departed, and as I watched...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Pastel, Pencil, Archival Pigment
Iris
Located in Kansas City, MO
Stella Jae
Iris
2023
Oil on Canvas
Size: 24.01 x 24.01 inches (61 x 61cm)
Signed by hand
COA provided
Ref.: 924802-2113
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Tags: #StellaJRichey #V...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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