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Art For Sale
Style: Contemporary
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Between the Trees 8, 2014 - Limited Edition Estate Stamped Digital C-Type
By Ellie Davies
Located in Brighton, GB
Between the Trees 8 is a stunning Digital C-Type Print on Fuji Maxima Matte Paper, available in this size from a Limited Edition of 7 + 2 Artist Proofs.
Ellie has been working in th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Digital
"Ocean View" Contemporary Abstract Framed Mixed Media on Panel Painting
By Audra Weaser
Located in Baltimore, MD
"Ocean View" is a contemporary abstract mixed media work on panel by Audra Weaser, with asymmetric organic shapes in shades of golden yellow and dark blue with a shimmering, clouded ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Mixed Media, Panel, Paint, Acrylic
You Are Not Alone, You have this artwork for company - Contemporary Art
Located in London, GB
David Shrigley
You are not alone, 2014
Linocut on wove paper
31 x 21 cm (image)
39 x 29 cm (paper)
Edition 42 of 100
signed and numbered by the artist
published by Schafer Editions
...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Linocut
Confinement
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Confinement – 2020
Edition of 7 + 2 Artist Proof
Archival Print, based on a Polaroid
Signed on the back with certificate
Artist inventory: PL2020-858
Unframed
Kirsten Thys van den A...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Black and White, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Sergeant - contemporary, landscape, tree, figurative, acrylic and resin on panel
By Peter Hoffer
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This contemporary landscape painting was created by Canadian artist Peter Hoffer.
Peter Hoffer’s elegant series of tree ‘portraits’ are modern landscapes. In this piece, one deciduo...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Epoxy Resin, Acrylic, Panel
Seascape September 28 - Contemporary Sea Landscape Ocean Waves Sunset Sky, 2023
Located in Kent, CT
In this oil painting on panel, a peaceful seascape is set in late September, with a sunset reflecting on the ocean waves. Signed, titled, and dated on verso.
The paintings of Thomas...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Oil, Panel
Rocks on the Shore Panorama, Large Monochrome Photograph, Limited Edition Print
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Color fine art seascape - landscape long exposure photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 7. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to order in limited...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment
Come Close - Contemporary Abstract Gradient Stripes Lilac Lavender Purple, 2020
By Audrey Stone
Located in Kent, CT
In this contemporary abstract painting in flashe on canvas, thin, carefully ordered stripes of color in gradient shades of soft hues, starting with a pale peachy shade of ivory beige...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Vinyl
Redwood, Forest, Mammut Trees, California, Monochrome, Limited Edition Landscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and White Fine Art American Landscape Photograph. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 9. Signed, titled, dated and numbered by artist. Certificate of authenticity included. ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Nude. Figurative and abstract acrylic painting, Body, Polish artist
Located in Warsaw, PL
Contemporary acrylic on canvas painting depicting a nude by Polish artist Michal Bajsarowicz. The artwork is an artistic take on human body with abstract elements. Composition is ske...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
V, Hockney's Alphabet, David Hockney
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph in colors on vélin Exhibition Fine Art Cartridge paper. Paper Size: 12.75 x 9.75 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the folio, Hockney's ...
Category
1990s Contemporary Art
Materials
Lithograph
Radiance in Style -21st Century, Figurative, Mixed Media with Oil, Fabrics Women
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
Tomales Bay Morning
Located in Burlingame, CA
Tomales Bay Morning- The painting was created in 2024 by celebrated American realist artist Willard Dixon, who has captured the undeniable beauty of the west for the past 35 years. ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Peachy - Peaches Pine Trees Tulips Botanical Fruit Flowers Lake Landscape, 2019
Located in Kent, CT
In this contemporary oil painting on canvas, a Michigan lake landscape with pine trees sets the backdrop for a still life arrangement of pink, white and orange flowers on a table wit...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Pink Hair Lady", Portrait of Black Woman in Sewn Textile Collage
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Pink Hair Lady" is an original artwork by Eustace Mamba and measures 14"h x 11"w x 1.25"d. The artists cuts, arranges, sews, and collages fabric and paints to create layers of textu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Textile, Paint, Mixed Media, Canvas, Found Objects, Oil, Acrylic, Gouache
Sculpture 37 - Giovanni Gelmi - contemporary outdoor indoor Steel sculpture
Located in DE
A stunning and dynamic contemporary sculpture crafted from patinated corten steel, perfect for both indoor and outdoor spaces. This exquisite piece is designed to elevate any environ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Steel
I am the Moth, You are the Flame
Located in London, GB
David Shrigley
I am the Moth, You are the Flame, 2022
Linocut on Somerset Tub Sized 300gsm paper
Signed by the artist and numbered
65 x 50 cm (25 5/8 x 19 3/4 in)
Edition 23 of 100
...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Linocut
Smoker in White - Etching by Giacomo Porzano - 1972
Located in Roma, IT
Hand signed, dated and numbered by artist with pencil. Etching and watercolour
Edition of 90 prints plus 15 prints in Roman Numbers and 5 Artist's Proofs.
Category
1970s Contemporary Art
Materials
Etching
Self Portrait 2023 Signed Screen print Limited Edition
Located in Rochester Hills, MI
Artist: FAITH RINGGOLD
Title: Self Portrait
Year: 2023
Screen print on paper
Edition: signed in pencil and marked 87/100
Size: 28 x 23 inches
Hand-signed and numbered
A striking se...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Screen
Prevail - photography of Italian coast, centred pine tree, edition 5 of 20
Located in London, GB
'Prevail’
Lerici, Italy 2022.
Photograph of pine tree elevated above Italian sea coastline.
The photograph is signed front and back and comes with a Certificate of Authenticity.
...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Giclée
Nude. Figurative and abstract acrylic painting, Body, Polish artist
Located in Warsaw, PL
Contemporary acrylic on canvas painting depicting a nude by Polish artist Michal Bajsarowicz. The artwork is an artistic take on human body with abstract elements. Composition is ske...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
"Donuts Sensational"
By Peter Anton
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
Peter Anton’s work has been extensively exhibited in over 30 solo shows throughout the world, including the Allan Stone Gallery, Hammer Galleries, Bruce R. Lewin Gallery, and Unix Ga...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Post No Bill - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Neo-Expressionism, People
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure
Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria
This work is unique, this is not a print or other type of copy.
Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity.
About Ar...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Unity VIII by Delphine Brabant - Abstract geometric sculpture, plaster, white
Located in Paris, FR
Unity VIII is a unique plaster sculpture by contemporary artist Delphine Brabant, dimensions are 73 × 17 × 13 cm (28.7 × 6.7 × 5.1 in).
The sculpture is signed and comes with a cert...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Plaster
Dynamic Blue and Black Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting by Jean Soyer
By Jean Soyer
Located in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
A powerful abstract oil painting on canvas (57.5 x 44.9 inches) by contemporary artist Jean Soyer. This dynamic composition features bold strokes of deep blue and black, created with...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Empresses
By Damien Hirst
Located in Norwich, GB
DAMIEN HIRST (BORN 1965)
Taytu Betul, from 'The Empresses' (H10-5), 2022 signed in pencil on the publisher's label affixed verso, stamp-numbered,
laminated giclée print with screenpr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Panel, Digital, Giclée
Divine and Bulldogs, 21st Century, Contemporary, Celebrity, Photography
By Greg Gorman
Located in München, BY
Edition 10
Also available in 40 x 50 cm / 16 x 20 inch, Edition 25
Black and white portrait of famous actor Divine.
From personality portraits and advertising campaigns to magazine layouts and fine art work, Greg Gorman has developed a unique style in his profession. His distinctive use of light in his black and white portraits is one of the identifying aspects of a Gorman photograph.
Gorman’s strength has been photographing motion picture and music personalities. His work has been used in film advertising and publicity campaigns as well as album and CD covers. Some of the motion picture celebrities that he has photographed include Ben Affleck, Lauren Bacall, Alec Baldwin, Antonio Banderas, Kim Basinger, Marlon Brando, Pierce Brosnan, Kevin Costner, Bette Davis, Robert De Niro, Brad Pitt, Andy Garcia, Sir Anthony Hopkins, Dustin Hoffman, Sophia Loren, Al Pacino, Barbra Streisand, Kiera Knightley, Clive Owen, Jennifer Lopez and John Travolta.
In the music field, Mr. Gorman has worked with Elton John, Michael Jackson, David Bowie, Morrissey, John Mayer...
Category
1980s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Burlesque Series, Belles of Shoreditch, The Whoopee Club, London
Located in Cambridge, GB
Belles of Shoreditch, Richard Heeps photograph taken backstage at the London Burlesque event The Whoopee Club.
Richard Heeps became well-known for his Burlesque Photography after he...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
Acid - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Acid - 2021
80x60cm,
Edition of 5 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print based on a Polaroid.
Signature label and certificate.
Artist inventory PL2021-108.
Not mounted.
Kirst...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, Polaroid, Color, C Print, Archival Paper
Entrapped 1 by Simcha Even-Chen - Porcelain sculpture, blue lines, movement
Located in Paris, FR
Entrapped 1 is a unique paper porcelain sculpture by contemporary artist Simcha Even-Chen, dimensions are 19 × 35 × 20 cm (7.5 × 13.8 × 7.9 in). The sculpture is signed and comes wit...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Porcelain
Cocktail? 2023
By Nick Veasey
Located in München, BY
Edition 15, framed Chromaluxe
A bartender is waiting for you.
A man with x-ray vision, NICK VEASEY creates art that shows what it is really like inside.
Nick’s work with radiograph...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
The sleeping blackbird - Green and blue abstract moon and sky painting
Located in Broomfield, CO
There are blackbirds in the valley where I live in Italy. They are so plain, seemingly so unremarkable, until they cut loose their sweet song. Here, the blackbirds sing in a cacopho...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Oil
Icarus, Nude, Fine Art Photography
Located in München, BY
Image size 55 x 70 cm
Limited Edition of 12
Platinum Print
Framed with Wengé and Passepartout
Framed Size 92 x 112 cm
signed on extra certificate
Evocative, sensual and voluptuous, ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Platinum
Fetch - contemporary, figurative, bronze, indoor tabletop sculpture
By Susan Valyi
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This indoor tabletop figurative sculpture includes a dog and is forged from bronze that is patinated.
The award-winning sculptures of Susan Valyi were often created from an imaginat...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Bronze
Pink Kioveo by Jacques Owczarek - Animal sculpture of a hippopotamus, polymer
Located in Paris, FR
Pink Kioveo is a polymer sheathed with crocodile skin sculpture by contemporary artist Jacques Owczarek, dimensions are 17 × 30 × 13 cm (6.7 × 11.8 × 5.1 in).
The sculpture is signe...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Animal Skin, Polymer
Balloon Girl
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Mr. Brainwash
Title: Balloon Girl
Medium: Unique silkscreen on paper
Date: 2023
Edition: One of a kind
Frame Size: 36 3/4" x 29 1/4"
Sheet Size: 30" x 22"
Signature: Hand sig...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper, Screen
White Trash Beautiful I - 29 Palms, CA featuring Radha Mitchell
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
White Trash Beautiful I (29 Palms, CA) featuring Radha Mitchell - 1999
128x125cm,
Edition 3/5.
Analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist on Fuji Crystal Archive Paper,
based o...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Untitled By Takashi Murakami
Located in London, GB
Untitled
By Takashi Murakami
Takashi Murakami is a Japanese contemporary artist known for blending traditional Japanese art with pop culture influences, creating a style that is b...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Stainless Steel
Sweet Talk - Abstract Painting Green Magenta Pink Brown Orange Waves, 2025
Located in Kent, CT
This contemporary abstract painting in oil on canvas investigates the properties of abstract curvilinear forms found in the localized conditions of her surrounding environment. This ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Moonrise Over Bayou" Traditional Square Landscape Framed Oil on Canvas Painting
Located in Baltimore, MD
"Moonrise Over Bayou" is an oil painting on canvas by Dennis Sheehan, depicting a marshy landscape with the soft glow of dusk as the moon rises in the distance. The artist's gentle brush strokes perfectly capture a moment of changing light in this dreamy glade.
This piece is finished in a custom wooden frame with honey burl and a distressed gold lip. Pricing includes the pictured frame. Unframed dimensions are 30 x 30 inches.
About the artist: Dennis Sheehan is the second of four boys in his family, and is the only one who has an interest in the arts. Realizing his young son had a passion for art, Sheehan’s father would take him to museums and art shows. Sheehan’s more practical mother hoped he might choose to go into business or law. Once she was convinced that Sheehan was adamant about pursuing a career in art, both of his parents were very supportive. After high school, Sheehan spent the next four years at Vesper George School of Art, in the Boston area, where he studied under Robert Hunter Douglas...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Paint, Oil, Canvas
"MJ-af66128ff0c0" Green Red and Yellow Abstract Tufted Wool Tapestry/Rug
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "MJ-af66128ff0c0" is an original artwork by Tuft the World and is made tufted 100% New Zealand wool, and part of the inaugural launch of TTW Editions. The artists t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Wool
I'm in the Midst of It (set of 7)
Located in Bristol, GB
Set of offset lithographs printed on 200g Arctic Volume paper
Edition of 250
70 x 50 cm (27.5 x 19.6 in) each
Not signed or numbered
Mint. Minor imperfections may appear due to the p...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Lithograph
Tulip Fields 14 by Bernhard Lang - Aerial floral photography, Netherlands, frame
Located in Paris, FR
Aerial Views, Tulip Fields 14 is a limited-edition photograph by German contemporary artist Bernhard Lang.
This photograph is a limited edition of 10 copies, it is sold framed with...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
C Print
A Walk In The Grass - 5"x7", Artwork On Paper, Green, White Flowers, Landscape
Located in Mississauga, Ontario
A Walk In The Grass - This original artwork on watercolour paper captures a vibrant, expressive field of grass, where a few delicate white and pink flowers emerge. An array of lush g...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel, Acrylic
"Persimmons", contemporary, semi-abstract, impasto, bold, modern still life
Located in Oslo, NO
Bold and expressive, this little painting captures the humble beauty of everyday life through contemporary lens. This semi-abstract still life features vibrant persimmons scattered o...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Linen, Oil
Roland Garros French Open
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The 2000 Roland Garros poster by Antoni Tàpies is a compelling fusion of sport and abstract art. Its textured, abstract composition and philosophical undertones make it a standout pi...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Offset
Breathe Slowly/17
Located in Zofingen, AG
“Breathe Slowly/17” - This work is part of a series that encourages the observer to reflect and slow down in the fast pace of modern life. The lightness and spaciousness of the lands...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Acrylic
Red Sea Weds
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Red Sea Weds
Date: 2020
Medium: Oil on canvas
Unframed Dimensions: 35" x 46"
Framed Dimensions: 48.5" x 59"
Signature: Signed by Artist on Verso
Ed...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Oil
After Botero -Dancer Bronze Sculpture
Located in Cuauhtemoc, Ciudad de México
This AFTER BOTERO sculpture is a very beautiful, faithful reproduction in the style of BOTERO'S work that has sold very well here on 1st Dibs.
The edition is 50 in Roman numerals. ...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Art
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Cher Barefoot in Car
Located in Austin, TX
Stunning black and white image of Cher, posed barefoot, seated in a car doorway.
Cher is an American singer, actress and television personality. Dubbed the "Goddess of Pop", she is ...
Category
1970s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
"West Texas Fern" Contemporary Colorful Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Abstract expressionist oil painting by contemporary Houston artist Benji Stiles. The work features gestural marks in pastel orange, tan, blue, and green set against an off-white back...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
David Michalek, Contemporary, Nude, Photography
By Greg Gorman
Located in München, BY
Edition 25
Portrait of a male model from the back.
From personality portraits and advertising campaigns to magazine layouts and fine art work, Greg Gorman has developed a unique style in his profession. His distinctive use of light in his black and white portraits is one of the identifying aspects of a Gorman photograph.
Gorman’s strength has been photographing motion picture and music personalities. His work has been used in film advertising and publicity campaigns as well as album and CD covers. Some of the motion picture celebrities that he has photographed include Ben Affleck, Lauren Bacall, Alec Baldwin, Antonio Banderas, Kim Basinger, Marlon Brando, Pierce Brosnan, Kevin Costner, Bette Davis, Robert De Niro, Brad Pitt, Andy Garcia, Sir Anthony Hopkins, Dustin Hoffman, Sophia Loren, Al Pacino, Barbra Streisand, Kiera Knightley, Clive Owen, Jennifer Lopez and John Travolta.
In the music field, Mr. Gorman has worked with Elton John, Michael Jackson, David Bowie, Morrissey, John Mayer...
Category
1980s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Blue Glass Water Bag - Hyperreal glass sculpture
Located in East Quogue, NY
Blue Series - Hyperreal blue water bag glass sculpture, solid and hollow glass by Dylan Martinez.
Dylan Martinez' hyperreal sculptures are hot sculpted glass, hand molded entirely ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Glass
THE FAMILY Signed Lithograph, Black Family Portrait, Collage, African American
Located in Union City, NJ
THE FAMILY is an original hand drawn, limited edition lithograph by the African American artist James Denmark, printed using hand lithography on Arches paper 100% acid free. Rich, vi...
Category
1980s Contemporary Art
Materials
Lithograph
"Untitled (Nr. 1546)" Nude Photography 24" x 18" Edition 2/20 by Rowan Daly
By Rowan Daly
Located in Culver City, CA
"Untitled (Nr. 1546)" Nude Photography 24" x 18" Edition 2/20 by Rowan Daly
Unframed - ships rolled in a tube
Ben Cope + Rowan Daly Off the Grid
Off the Grid is the culmination ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Ignore the Ghosts
Located in London, GB
David Shrigley
Ignore the Ghosts, 2022
Screenprint in eleven colours with varnish overlay on Somerset Satin Tub Sized 410gsm paper
Signed by the artist and numbered, on verso
76 x 56...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Screen
Blue Side
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Denver, CO
Hunt Slonem's artistic trajectory has always been characterized by a deep exploration of spiritual themes. His use of repetition in form—particularly with his beloved bunnies—serves ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Wood, Oil
Shadow Mirror Work (Equestrian Photography, Horse, Marwari, India, Rare Breed)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Anna Archinger
Shadow Mirror Work (Equestrian Photography, Horse, Marwari, India, Rare Breed, Black and White)
Archival Pigment Print on Canson®...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
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