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Art For Sale
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Jean Cocteau, "Visage, " ceramic jug, hand signed
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Chatsworth, CA
Jean Cocteau
"Visage"
30/30 from an edition of 30
Ceramic jug, conceived in 1958
Hand signed and inscribed on the base, " Edition originale de Jean Cocteau, Atelier Madeline-Jolly 30...
Category
1950s Modern Art
Materials
Ceramic
Love - Contemporary, 21st Century, Polaroid, Figurative, Photograph, Nude
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Love (The Princess and her Lover) part of the 29 Palms, CA project - 2007,
Edition of 1/10,
20x24cm.
Digital C-Print based on the Polaroid.
Not mounted.
Signature label and Cer...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Mughal School, 18th century – Emperor Jahangir in his harem in flagrante delicto
Located in Middletown, NY
An illuminated page from a book likely in reference to palace life during Emperor Jahangir's reign over the Mughal Empire.
Circa 1750. Gouache and ink with gold heightening on cre...
Category
18th Century Rajput Art
Materials
Gold
French Impressionist Oil Painting of Coastal Scene with Fishing Boats
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Impressionist Oil Painting of Coastal Scene with Fishing Boats
By Fanch Lel (French b. 1930)
Size: 7.5 x 9.5 inches (height x width)
Signed: Yes
Oil painting on board, ...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil
$392 Sale Price
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original lithograph
By Raoul Ubac
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. Printed in 1972 for the art revue Derriere le Miroir (issue number 196) and published in Paris by Maeght. Size: 15 x 11 inches (378 x 276 mm). There is t...
Category
1970s Art
Materials
Lithograph
"Nature morte" lithograph
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: lithograph (after the watercolor). This lithograph was printed on Arjomari wove paper by Mourlot Frères in 1965 for Marcelle Oury's "Lettre à mon peintre". Image size: 6 3/4 ...
Category
1960s Art
Materials
Lithograph
DOUGLAS JULEFF Vintage 1950s Photograph of "Beefcake" model HARRY SMITH
Located in Glenford, NY
Rare 1950s Original Vintage Gelatin Silver Photograph by DOUGLAS JULEFF - also known as DOUG OF DETROIT - of bodybuilder and "Beefcake" model HARRY SMITH. ...
Category
1950s Post-War Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Ellsworth Kelly, Yellow Shape, from Derriere le Miroir, 1958
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by Ellsworth Kelly (1923–2015), titled Forme Jaune (Yellow Shape), originates from the historic 1958 folio Derriere le Miroir, No. 110. Published by Maeght ...
Category
1950s Hard-Edge Art
Materials
Lithograph
$956 Sale Price
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Lucio Fontana, Concetto Spaziale, from XXe siecle, 1959
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph and pochoir by Lucio Fontana (1899–1968), titled Concetto Spaziale (Spatial Concept), from the album XXe siecle, Nouvelle serie, XXIe Annee, No. 12, Mai-Jui...
Category
1950s Modern Art
Materials
Lithograph
$10,396 Sale Price
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French Impressionist Oil Painting of Lakeside Trees and Cottage Path
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Impressionist Oil Painting of Lakeside Trees and Cottage Path
by Fanch Lel (French b. 1930)
Size: 11.25 inches (height) x 10 inches (width)
Gouache painting on card, un...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil
$467 Sale Price
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Marc Chagall, Tribe of Reuben, from The Jerusalem Windows, 1962 (after)
By Marc Chagall
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph after Marc Chagall (1887–1985), titled Tribe of Reuben, from the album Marc Chagall, The Jerusalem Windows, originates from the 1962 edition published by An...
Category
1960s Expressionist Art
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
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The Letter, young lady in her boudoir 19th Century majestic miniature painting
Located in Norwich, GB
A majestic miniature painting by Victor Mongodin. Painted with extraordinary detail, it depicts a pretty young lady writing a letter in her boudoir. Mongodin clearly delights in painting fabrics... the silk of her skirt, the cotton of her camisole, as well as the luxurious velvets of the curtains and drapery. And then there is the mystery: who is she writing to?
Born in Vire in Normandy in 1819, Victor Mongodin had studied with de Rudder. Working in the French Capital...
Category
1860s French School Art
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
"Tribe of Zebulun" lithograph
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: lithograph (after the watercolor). Printed in 1962 at the Mourlot atelier for "Jerusalem Windows". This piece was executed by Chagall in preparation for his famous stained-gl...
Category
1960s Art
Materials
Lithograph
“Two bathers” Vertical , ocean, blue, Impressionism , realism , figurative.
Located in Oslo, NO
This artwork vividly captures two swimmers emerging from the sea, encapsulating the essence of a serene seaside moment. The painting's use of color is striking, with the bright blue ...
Category
2010s Post-Impressionist Art
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Vintage American Modernist Abstract Landscape Framed Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist abstract landscape oil painting. Oil on board. Framed. Measuring: 4 by 5 inches overall, and 3 by 4.75 painting alone.. In excellent original condition. H...
Category
1950s Abstract Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Museum Morsbroich" lithograph poster
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: lithograph (after the original lithograph poster). During the late 1940's and throughout the 1950's, Fernand Leger created a series of posters at the atelier of Mourlot Frere...
Category
1950s Art
Materials
Lithograph
French Impressionist Oil Painting of a Floral Arrangement in a Vase
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Impressionist Oil Painting of a Floral Arrangement in a Vase
By Fanch Lel (French b. 1930)
Size: 8.75 x 6.75 inches (height x width)
Signed: Yes
Oil painting on board, ...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil
Mid Century French Pencil Drawing Study of a Dog in Various Poses
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Mid Century French Pencil Drawing Study of a Dog in Various Poses
Artist: Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
Medium: Pencil on paper
Size: 9.75 (height) x 6.75 (width)
Stamp...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Art
Materials
Pencil
“Danseuse Aux Cymbales”
Located in Southampton, NY
ABOUT
Beautiful and impressive Art Deco statue of a dancing woman with cymbals. Circa 1935.
Original title "Danseuse Aux Cymbales".
Signed “Fayral” on base which is the pseudonym of...
Category
1930s Art Deco Art
Materials
Metal
French Impressionist Oil Painting of Two Women at the Beach
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Impressionist Oil Painting of Two Women at the Beach
By Fanch Lel (French b. 1930)
Size: 8.75 x 10.75 inches (height x width)
Oil painting on board, unframed
Condition:...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil
$533 Sale Price
30% Off
BEAUTY
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Original art by Daria Kusto.
Acrylicon wotercolor paper.
The magic flow reality...
Shipped well protected, unframed
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Permanent Marker
"Le Profil et l'enfant rouge" original lithograph
By Marc Chagall
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. The catalogue reference is Mourlot 284. This print was pulled in Paris in 1960 by the Mourlot Freres atelier. The total sheet measures 12 1/2 x 9 5/8 inc...
Category
1960s Art
Materials
Lithograph
"St. Patrick's Cathedral" Impressionist Snow Street Scene Oil on Canvas Board
Located in New York, NY
A stunning and pertinent example of Berthelsen's charming New York City winter scenes depicting St. Patrick's Cathedral in the snow. St. Patrick’s Cathedral is the largest Roman Cath...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
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
French Oil painting of Market Scene in Impressionist Style with Flower Sellers
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Oil painting of Market Scene in Impressionist Style with Flower Sellers
By Fanch Lel (French b. 1930)
Size: 6.75 x 8.25 inches (heigh...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil
Keith Haring original card. 8.5 x 13.5 cm
By Keith Haring
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Keith Haring. 1958-1990.
The iconography of his drawings includes dancing animals and figures, dogs, crawling babies, pyramids, televisions, telephones, and flying saucers. The idea ...
Category
1980s Contemporary Art
Materials
Mixed Media
"Self Portrait 69" original lithograph
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. Printed in 1973 for the art revue XXe Siecle and published in Paris by San Lazzaro. Image size: 8 3/8 x 8 3/8 inches (210 x 210 mm). Sheet size: 12 1/4 x...
Category
1970s Pop Art Art
Materials
Lithograph
Triggered, New York City, Black-and-White Photography of a Female Nude
Located in New york, NY
The subject, a nude, is shot from the female gaze. As a woman artist Roberta Fineberg enjoys working with life models for both her art and photography. The title of the photograph, Triggered, references both the cable release used to release the shutter of the camera to make the image and the volatility of human moods and emotions.
Triggered, 1994 by Roberta Fineberg is 14" x 11" a gelatin silver print in an edition of 5 with 2 artist's proofs. Signed, dated, titled by the artist. Available: Ed 3/5
Provenance: RF Studio
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Artist's Bio:
As a visual artist, Roberta Fineberg (RF) focuses on the themes of serendipity, inventiveness, the development of ideas and color fields for her mixed media works. Drawn to experimentation, she explores diverse mediums and concepts such as the ephemeral (Butterfly Series), stolen moments (documentary), play, timelessness, the enduring, and the significance of matter.
RF’s selected exhibitions: Women of Spirit Zurcher Gallery New York (2025); Sojourner Gallery New York (2022); Phyllis Harriman Gallery New York studio shows (2020, 2022); CADAF online art fair (2020); Gallery122 New York pop-up group...
Category
1990s Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Wild Things (Till Death do us Part) Contemporary, Woman, Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Wild Things (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...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Parchment Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
DOUGLAS JULEFF Vintage 1950s Photograph of "Beefcake" model Unidentified #2
Located in Glenford, NY
Rare early 1950s Original Vintage Gelatin Silver Photograph by DOUGLAS JULEFF - also known as DOUG OF DETROIT - of an unidentified model (Unidentified #2). All of Juleff's records we...
Category
1950s Post-War Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
"Bacchante with a Panther" etching
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: etching (after the painting). Etched by French artist Frederic Auguste Laguillermie after the Corot painting. Published in Paris in 1873 by the Galerie Durand-Ruel for the ra...
Category
1870s Art
Materials
Etching
Provence Watercolor of Château des Baux & Sunlit Limestone Cliffs
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Provence Watercolor of Château des Baux & Sunlit Limestone Cliffs
by Robert Lepine (French, 1929 - 2017)
Signed: Yes
Medium: Watercolor painting on artists paper
Size: 12.25 x...
Category
Late 20th Century French School Art
Materials
Watercolor, Pen
Vintage Post-Impressionist French landscape oil painting setting sun
By Jean Lafon
Located in AIGNAN, FR
Vintage Post Impressionist framed oil painting on board by French artist Jean Lafon (1886-1973) This small jewel of a painting is quite beautiful. The artist has captured a setting ...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil
$379 Sale Price
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She - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century, Color
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'She' part of the series 'A Girl Called N.' - 2019
20x20cm,
Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print based on the original Polaroid.
Signature label with certificate....
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
A Charming, 1950s Mid-Century Modern Harbor Scene of Martha's Vineyard
Located in Chicago, IL
A Charming, Colorful 1950s Mid-Century Modern Harbor Scene of Martha's Vineyard by Notable Chicago Artist, Francis Chapin (Am. 1899-1965). Painted near the artist's longtime studio ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Art
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Girl Nude (29 Palms, CA) - Polaroid, Contemporary, 20th Century
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Girl Nude (29 Palms, CA) - 1999
20x20cm,
Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid,
Signature label and Certificate.
Artist inventory Number ...
Category
1990s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Teeny - Original linocut, 1938 - Referenced in Duthuit #723
Located in Paris, IDF
Henri MATISSE
Teeny
Original linocut
Printed signature in the plate
On light wove paper 31 x 24 cm (c. 12.5 x 10 in)
REFRENCES : Catalogue raisonne Duthuit #723
From the unsigned, ...
Category
1930s Modern Art
Materials
Linocut
Sola Puig Mallorca Vertical Small original impressionist oil painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
" Mallorca " original impressionist oil painting
Sola PUIG, Joan (Barcelona 1950 )
Joan SOLÁ paints in a natural way, which reflects the Old Masters, soaking up the colour, air, s...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait King Henry 8th VIII Antique English Painting Famous Monarch
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
King Henry VIII
English artist, circa 1840's
oil on paper laid on board, framed
framed: 10.5 x 10inches
board: 8 x 7.5 inches
inscribed verso
provenance: private collection, UK
cond...
Category
Early 19th Century English School Art
Materials
Oil
20th Century French Impressionist Signed Oil Busy Paris Street Scene Figures
By Claude Marin
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Paris
by Claude Marin (French 1914-2001)
signed and dated 88
oil on artist card stuck on board, unframed
board: 7.5 x 9.5 inches
Provenance: private collection, Paris, France
Conditi...
Category
1980s Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil
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,
Digital C-Print, based on a Polaroid.
Certificate and Signature label.
Artist Inventory #9506...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Parchment Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
JASPER JOHNS Two Cups Picasso, Lithograph Pop Art Vintage
By Jasper Johns
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Currently framed in a light wood frame with a face profile width of .5 inch and side profile depth of 1 inches with plexiglass. The overall outside dimensions of the frame are 8.5 X...
Category
1990s Cubist Art
Materials
Lithograph
$600 Sale Price
50% Off
Lavender Navel - Abstract Vibrant Fruit Still Life Still Life Painting on Wood
By Will Beger
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Will Beger and his contemporary-minimalist paintings take on an entirely unique approach to southwest art. Influenced by his youth and inspired by nature, he effortlessly captures a ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Acrylic, Wood Panel
Polychrome Marble Sculpture Portrait Emperor Marcus Aurelius Italian 20th
Located in Roma, IT
A portrait head of the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius, carved in Carrara marble, with deeply cut curls and detailed classical roman accents in the hair and in the shave; the carefull...
Category
20th Century Other Art Style Art
Materials
Marble
$6,233 Sale Price
30% Off
Janne by Nando Kallweit. Elegant figurative sculpture.
Located in Coltishall, GB
Janne is an elegant figurative bronze sculpture by Nando Kallweit.
Modelled on modern youthful postures but with a nod to the importance of heritage through the stylised Egyptian-in...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Other Art Style Art
Materials
Bronze
DOUGLAS JULEFF Vintage 1950s Photograph of "Beefcake" model VAL MEMECEK #2
Located in Glenford, NY
Rare early 1950s Original Vintage Gelatin Silver Photograph by DOUGLAS JULEFF - also known as DOUG OF DETROIT - of model VAL MEMECEK. Memecek was one of Juleff's most natural and gra...
Category
1950s Post-War Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Cosmos, Mixed Media Art on Paper, Pink Monoprint and Gouache
By a.muse
Located in New york, NY
In the artist's abstract print series, Cosmos, 2023 by a.muse represents an imaginary cosmos - the universe as a place of longing, dreams, wonder, and ethereal beauty. A 13.75" x 11"...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Ink, Rag Paper, Monotype, Gouache
Lucio Fontana, Concetto Spaziale, from San Lazzaro et ses Amis, 1975 (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph after Lucio Fontana (1899–1968), titled Concetto Spaziale (Spatial Concept), from the album San Lazzaro et ses Amis, Hommage au fondateur de la revue XXe si...
Category
1970s Modern Art
Materials
Lithograph
$10,396 Sale Price
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Hoopoe bird
Located in Zofingen, AG
In painting this hoopoe, I poured my fascination for nature's intricate designs into every stroke of oil paint. With a blend of realism and expressionism, I sought to capture not jus...
Category
2010s Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Cardboard
Red - 21st Century, Polaroid, Nude, Photography, Contemporary
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Red - 2017
20x20cm,
Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print based on the original Polaroid.
Signature label with certificate.
Artist inventory PL2017-481.
Not moun...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Werner Bronkhorst - Get Served
Located in London, GB
Werner Bronkhorst
Get Served, 2015
Giclée print on Hahnemühle Photorag paper with ready-to-hang heavyweight solid oak frame.
From the artist's acclaimed Wimbledon series.
Accompanied...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Giclée
$1,295 Sale Price
20% Off
Eduardo Chillida
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This is an offset lithograph portrait of Eduardo Chillida, published in Derrière le Miroir (DLM) No. 143. Known for its high-quality reproductions, Derrière le Miroir featured works ...
Category
1960s Contemporary Art
Materials
Offset
$20 Sale Price
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THE RAG GATHERERS
Located in Santa Monica, CA
JAMES ABBOTT McNEILL WHISTLER (1834-1903)
THE RAG GATHERERS 1858 (Glasgow 29 v/v, - K.23)
Etching on laid paper, signed and dated in the plate, image 5 7/8” x 3 ½”, full sheet 8 x...
Category
1850s Impressionist Art
Materials
Etching
Circle of John Downman (1750-1824) Portrait Miniature of a Lady c1780 Oil
By John Downman
Located in Holywell, GB
Circle of John Downman (1750-1824) Portrait Miniature of a Lady c1780 Oil on Copper
A delicate English School portrait, dating to c. 1780, of a young lady identified as the Right Ho...
Category
1780s English School Art
Materials
Oil
Circa 1800 French Neo-Classical Study of Male Nude Standing Academic Pose
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Nude Male Study
French, circa 1800
Neo-Classical School, circle of Jacques Louis David (French 1748-1825)
Pencil drawing on paper, unframed
drawing: 14 x 8 inches
double sided with ...
Category
Early 19th Century French School Art
Materials
Charcoal, Pencil
Historic Miniature Watercolor of Llandoger Trow Inn in Bristol
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Historic Miniature Watercolor of Llandoger Trow Inn in Bristol
by Jack Grunwell, 20th century British artist
Medium: Watercolor on thin card, unframed
Measurements: 3.75 inch...
Category
20th Century English School Art
Materials
Watercolor
$75 Sale Price
30% Off
DOUGLAS JULEFF Vintage 1950s Photograph of "Beefcake" model MAYNARD KEITH #2
Located in Glenford, NY
Rare early 1950s Original Vintage Gelatin Silver Photograph by DOUGLAS JULEFF - also known as DOUG OF DETROIT - of model MAYNARD KEITH. This is #2 of a series of 4 images of Maynard ...
Category
1950s Post-War Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
'Reclining Nude', Paris, Louvre, Salon d'Automne, Acad. Chaumière, LACMA, SFAA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
'Reclining Nude', Paris, Louvre, Salon d'Automne, Acad. Chaumière, LACMA, SFAA
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Painted circa 1955 by Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) and stamped verso with Victor di Ges...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Art
Materials
Paper, Oil
original lithograph
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. Printed in Paris in 1967 by Clot, Bramsen et Georges and issued in an edition of 2500 for "Les Temps Situationistes" (The Situationist Times -- a radical...
Category
1960s Art
Materials
Lithograph
"Tribe of Joseph" lithograph
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: lithograph (after the watercolor). Printed in 1962 at the Mourlot atelier for "Jerusalem Windows". This piece was executed by Chagall in preparation for his famous stained-gl...
Category
1960s Art
Materials
Lithograph
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