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Art For Sale
Width: 24–48 in
Gerhard Richter, 1025 Colors (1025 Farben)
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This exhibition poster for "Image after Image" at the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, held from February 4 to May 29, 2005, was originally printed by Verlag der Buchhandlung Walter K...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Offset
Deja Vu. Spring, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A stylized portrait depicts a girl using bold blocks of color. Her face appears simplified and almost sculptural, rendered in muted tones of beige, grey, and pi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Acrylic
Guoxian Yu Landscape Original Oil On Canvas "Cloud and Wind"
Located in New York, NY
Title: Cloud and Wind
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 13.75 x 29.5 inches
Frame: Framing options available!
Condition: The painting appears to be in excellent condition.
Note: This...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Hand Painted Edition-Sunset Song with Blue and Green-British Awarded Artist-No.2
Located in London, GB
Sunset Song Series stands as one of the most luminous new collections by Shizico Yi for her Solo exhibition, Modern Ancient;
the series was painted entirely en plein air under dimme...
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Art
Materials
Gesso, Oil, Acrylic, Archival Paper
Halcyon Gold - contemporary, abstract, gold-plated, steel, outdoor sculpture
By Viktor Mitic
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This contemporary abstract sculpture was created from stainless steel and painted gold.
This impressive monumental sculpture by Viktor Mitic was forged from stainless steel and pain...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Gold, Stainless Steel
Hand painted Artist Proof-Lemon Rose Cottage-British Awarded Artist-Large OneOff
Located in London, GB
This stunning large Artist's Proof is an one-off, hand-painted with highlights by the artist , signed at front and on the back label too; this proof is 80% hand painted with original...
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Art
Materials
Gesso, Acrylic, Archival Paper, Giclée
Imaginations & Objects of The Future Anti-Umbrella with Atomized Liquid
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali
TITLE: Imaginations & Objects of The Future Anti-Umbrella with Atomized Liquid
MEDIUM: Etching
SIGNED: Hand Signed by Salvador Dali
PUBLISHER: Merrill Chas...
Category
1970s Surrealist Art
Materials
Etching
Shotgun, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A man and his dog drive through a vast, open landscape. There’s a zero percent chance their trip won’t involve beef jerky. This sun-drenched scene captures ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Art
Materials
Oil
Hunting Dog & Two Birds Flying in the Woods in the English Countryside
Located in Preston, GB
Hunting Dog & Two Birds Flying in the Woods in the English Countryside by British Artist
Art measures 24 x 20 inches
Frame measures 28 x 24 inches
This evocative sporting lands...
Category
Late 20th Century English School Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Eventide by Richard K Blades. Oil painting of the sea at sunset after a storm.
Located in Coltishall, GB
Richard K Blades is an expressive landscape painter working in the English Romantic tradition. He follows in a long line of artists such as Turner, Constable, Seago, Daubigney and C...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil, Board
"Village Provençal " Pointillistic Colorful Landscape Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in New York, NY
A large Mid-20th Century oil painting depicting a beautiful landscape on a sunny day of the Village Provençal in France. This piece has a strong presence with bold brushwork and heav...
Category
Mid-20th Century Pointillist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique Scottish Highlands Sunset over the River Glen Valley Signed Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Sunset over the Highland Loch
by F. E. Jamieson (British 1895-1950)
signed (with pseudonym)
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 26 x 36 inches
canvas: 20 x 30 inches
provenance: private co...
Category
Early 20th Century Victorian Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Fauvist French Landscape, The Cyprus Trees
Located in Cotignac, FR
French, mid century oil on board Fauvist landscape by Jean Perret. The painting is signed bottom right.
This vivid landscape painting captures the essence of nature's tranquillity w...
Category
Mid-20th Century Fauvist Art
Materials
Oil
The English Channel, off Pompey - Large 19th Century Martime Oil Painting
By Ebenezer Colls
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘The English Channel, off Pompey’ by Ebenezer Colls (1812-1887). The painting is signed by the artist and presented in fine quality gilded frame.
Historically, “Pompey” was the sai...
Category
Mid-19th Century English School Art
Materials
Oil
"Boulevard a Paris" Post-Impressionist Parisian Street Scene Oil Painting Canvas
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful oil on canvas painting by the French artist, Te Pencke. Pencke was a Parisian painter known for his colorful cityscapes depicting the times of his generation. His work is...
Category
20th Century Post-Impressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Whiteout
Located in Storrs, CT
"Whiteout" is a part of Christopher Kennedy's "Trees Revered" series.
"This particular tree is deep in a huge field in Pennsylvania and so seldom seen by anyone but the wildlife. I...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Paper
$880 Sale Price
20% Off
Costa Rica Beach Foam, Shoreline Seascape, Minimal Blue, Limited Edition Print
By Kind of Cyan
Located in Barcelona, ES
This is an exclusive handprinted limited edition cyanotype of a Sandy Shore with Foam.
Details:
+ Title: Sandy Shore with Foam
+ Edition Size: 100
+ Stamped and Certificate of Aut...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Emulsion, Monotype, Paper
Large Vintage Oil Painting River Landscape European Countryside Scene Unsigned
Located in Palm Coast, FL
Elegant original oil painting on canvas, depicting a tranquil European countryside scene with two slender trees by a calm riverbank and a distant village bathed in soft afternoon lig...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil
Original Diptych-Spring Duet-British Awarded Artist-Abstract UK Contemporary
Located in London, GB
[Spring Duet] started in 2024, a project where Shizico explores the format of a diptych through a series of set paintings.
Shizu painted all paintings en plein air in situ, capturing the landscape outside of her studio and the interiors of the studio in its entirety, depicted across sets of canvases as diptych odyssey throughout the months of spring.
Each canvas represents a part of musical notes, creating a visual harmony akin to a musical duet. [Spring Duet] is part of the ongoing [Memory Landscape Series], started in 2015.
Shizico applies various mediums and visual languages in the project of [Memory Landscape], ranging from installations, sculptures to paintings, from impressionism, expressionism to abstract forms.
In [Spring Duet] chapter, she focuses on the delicate hues of soft green and creamy white and the pinkie apricot, evoking the early spring light characteristic of Northern Europe, where the series unfolds.
Details for Measurement and Arrangement:
50 x39.5 CM /each canvas, x 2 of the total set
total measure of the set would be
50 x 79 x1.5 CM ( all measurements without frame)
the arrangement is flexible for your wall spaces around the home, you can hang them as a diptych set, side by side;
or
you can also hang these 2 paintings on different walls to create punctuation in home to bring different areas together.
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About the artist:
Dr. Shizico Yi is a London-based artist working across installation, film, and painting. Her practice explores themes of loss, repetition, the everyday, and the significance of memory. Drawing on a background in design and film, she creates works that weave personal experience into wider social and human narratives. Yi holds a PhD in Fine Art from the University of East London (2017), an MFA, and a BA in Womenswear from the University of the Arts London.
Her practice also includes plein air painting from spring to autumn and studio-based work in winter, allowing place and season to inform the energy, scale, and materiality of her pieces.
Her work has been exhibited internationally in the UK, Korea, and Italy, and is held in private collections across the USA, Canada, Australia, Japan, Taiwan, and the UK.
Notably, Shizico Yi secured the title of Winner of the Women Film Makers: Best Shorts Competition in 2013 in Los Angeles, USA. She also serves as a guest jury member at the 14th-16th Annual New York City Independent Film Festival from 2022 to 2024 and is a curator and founder of no barking aRt...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Gesso, Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Normandy : River and Mountains - Original oil on canvas, Handsigned
Located in Paris, IDF
Paul Emile Pissarro (1884-1972)
Normandy: Mountain Landscape with a River, 1955
Oil on canvas
Signed lower left
Countersigned on the back
Title and dated on the back
On canvas 20F o...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil
Quiet, Original Painting
By Ruth LaGue
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Set against an expansive yellow field, a cluster of white farmhouses stands at ease near the horizon. The scene whispers of silence, space, and distance. The co...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Acrylic
Painting of a Lynx in a Tree Charles Livingston Bull (American, 1874-1932)
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Painting of a Lynx in a Tree Charles
Livingston Bull (American, 1874-1932)
Oil on canvas
Signed on reverse
13 1/2 x 19 1/2 ( 20 3/4 x26 3/4 frame) inches
Charles Livingston Bull (1...
Category
1910s Art Nouveau Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Bride - underwater black & white nude photograph - archival pigment print 54x43"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
This ethereal monochromatic underwater nude photograph captures a young woman wrapped in flowing translucent fabric. The sepia-toned composition emphasizes texture and movement, wher...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
$1,224 Sale Price
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"umbrella girl series" RK2T12, Abstract, Paintings, Clay, 21st Century
By Roger König
Located in Dessau-Rosslau, Sachsen Anhalt
Art measures 19.68 x 19.68 inches
Frame measures 27.56 x 27.56 x 2.76 inches
Framed in a high-quality contemporary wooden moulding.
Color: antique white - vintage
Artist: Roger...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Clay, Acrylic
The Logging Team Horses Pulling Timber Cart Large Antique English Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Logging Team
by John Falconar Slater (British, 1857-1937)
signed oil on canvas, framed
framed: 25 x 32 inches
canvas: 20 x 27 inches
Provenance: private collection, UK
Condition...
Category
Late 19th Century English School Art
Materials
Oil
French Impressionist Harbour View with Boats and Curved Pier
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Impressionist Harbour View with Boats and Curved Pier
By F.T. Roussel
Signed: yes
Size: 20 x 25.25 inches (height x width)
Oil painting on board, unframed
Condition: Th...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil
$792 Sale Price
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"Cabbage Patch Butterflies" Multicolor Brilliant Gold Background w Antique Frame
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Butterflies. This piece depicts multicolor delicate butterflies in ascension placed in a wonderful brilliant golden l...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil, Wood Panel
Original Vintage David Klein Fly TWA Las Vegas Cards Poster c1960
By David Klein
Located in Boca Raton, FL
This is one of a series of great posters created by the noted American artist David Klein. Klein (1918 - 2005) produced illustrations for Broadway theatrical productions, Hollywood f...
Category
1960s Art
Materials
Lithograph
Antique British Signed Oil Painting Pastoral Highland Landscape Sheep Grazing
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Sheep in the Highlands
Frank Clark (British, late 19th/ early 20th century)
signed oil painting on canvas board, framed
framed: 19.5 x 27 inches
painting: 16 x 24 inches
condition: v...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Art
Materials
Oil
Leda and Swan. Inspired by Greek Mythology Symbolist Art Oil Painting 80x80cm
Located in Zofingen, AG
ABOUT THE ARTWORK
This evocative piece, "Leda and the Swan," draws inspiration from the rich tapestry of Greek mythology, reimagining the classic tale through a symbolist lens. The ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Wanderer 16" Architectural Composition in Collage, Acrylic and Graphite
By Seth Clark
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece, titled "Wanderer 16" is an original artwork by Seth Clark as part of his newest solo exhibition, "Passing Through". made of collage, charcoal, pastel, acrylic, and graphi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper, Wood, Charcoal, Pastel, Acrylic, Graphite
Fernando Botero 'Drawings 1980-1985' 1986- Offset Lithograph
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This original exhibition poster was created for Drawings 1980–1985, an early showcase of Fernando Botero’s works on paper, held at the Caracas Museum of Contemporary Art in 1986. The...
Category
1980s Art
Materials
Offset
The Pharaoh's Horses
Located in Stoke, Hampshire
John Frederick Herring Snr (Surrey 1795-1863 Kent)
The Pharaoh's Horses
Oil on canvas
Painting Size - 32 x 32 in
Framed Size - 39 x 39 in
Provenance
Frost & Reed, London, where pur...
Category
19th Century Victorian Art
Materials
Oil
$21,312
Her is the Sea, by Jos Sances
Located in Palm Springs, CA
One print from Jos Sances cycle concerning Moby Dick. A vast sperm whale drifts below the surface, scarred by harpoons, while above floats a lone survivor on a coffin raft—a haunting...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Screen
After Botero Woman in Bathtub
Located in San Francisco, CA
This is a painting done after Fernando Botero. I have seen a few of these and this is by far the best one. It is an oil on canvas measuring 24 inches wide by 20 inches high. The beau...
Category
20th Century Art
Materials
Oil
Fine 18th Century Italian Classical Huge Oil Painting Figures Animals Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Figures & Animals in Classical Landscape
circle of Jans Frans Van Bloemen (Orizzonte 1662 - 1749), unsigned
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 28.5 x 42.5 inches
canvas: 19 x 34 inch...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil
Mid-Century Painting Drawing Framed Colorful Texture New York Orange Grey Green
Located in Buffalo, NY
A wonderful minimalist mixed media work Circa 1970. Though the artist is unknown this work was acquired along with pieces by well know artists Karel Appel and Robert Motherwell from...
Category
1970s Minimalist Art
Materials
Coating, Oil Pastel, Acrylic
Punk - Figurative photo, Signed limited edition nude print, Black white, Sensual
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
An original signed archival pigment print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag® Baryta 315 gsm paper by Scottish artist Ian Sanderson (1951- 2020) titled ‘ Punk ‘
Signed by Ian Sanderson lower...
Category
1980s Modern Art
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment, Pigment, Giclée, Archival Paper
Calm Costa Rica Shore, Minimal Large Black and White Giclée Photograph Seascape
By Kind of Cyan
Located in Barcelona, ES
This is an exclusive limited edition black and white giclée print, on 100% cotton Hahnemühle Photo Rag Fine Art matte paper.
This series of black and white photographs captures the ...
Category
2010s Minimalist Art
Materials
Rag Paper, Black and White
"Clearing" Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Westport, CT
This atmospheric oil painting by Stephanie Johnson, titled Clearing, captures the fleeting moment when dawn or dusk quiets the landscape in a soft hush. A luminous yellow sky gradual...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Sunset at Kullen
Located in Stockholm, SE
Sunset at Kullen near Mölle in the very south of Sweden.
Between two steep cliffs, a narrow stony beach unfolds, offering a tranquil vantage point over a still sea toward Denmark. T...
Category
1880s Romantic Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$2,632 Sale Price
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John Roy Eldershaw (1892-1973) Australian watercolour NEW SOUTH WALES TAZMANIA
Located in Cirencester, GB
ARTIST: John Roy Eldershaw (1892-1973) Australian
TITLE: "Cattle At A Watering Hole NSW"
SIGNED: lower right
MEDIUM: watercolour on paper
SIZE: 68cm x 58cm incl frame
CONDITION: ...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Art
Materials
Watercolor
"Untitled" Donald Judd, Black and White, Stripes, Minimalist, Abstract Art
By Donald Judd
Located in New York, NY
Donald Judd
Untitled, 1980
Signed "Judd" in pencil lower right margin and numbered
Aquatint on etching paper
Image 24 1/4 x 29 1/4 inches
Sheet 29 1/8 x 34 inches
Edition 29/150
Pro...
Category
1980s Minimalist Art
Materials
Paper, Etching, Aquatint
Gerrit Van Honthorst (After), Saint Peter In Penitence
By Gerrit van Honthorst
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This skilfully rendered mid-18th-century Swedish oil painting depicts the biblical figure of Saint Peter in penitence.
“Regrets, I've had a few”, explained Frank Sinatra, and indeed...
Category
18th Century Baroque Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Overcast - Contemporary Abstract Geology Encaustic Monotype Violet, 2025
Located in Kent, CT
In this contemporary encaustic monotype, layers of pigmented beeswax on lightweight kozo paper create an undulating composition suggesting layers of the earth's crust and geological ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Encaustic, Archival Paper, Monotype
Wall mirror “with fold” I by Franck K - Stainless steel sculpture, reflection
Located in Paris, FR
Wall mirror “with fold” I is a unique mirror-polished stainless steel sculpture by contemporary artist Franck K, dimensions are 92 × 92 × 3 cm (36.2 × 36.2 × 1.2 in).
The sculpture ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Stainless Steel
Drifting Harmony I - Original Minimalist Blue Landscape Mountains Artwork
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The organic aesthetic and textures of Peter Kuttner’s original boho minimalist artworks are the result of patient layering and unique uses of media. Through a combination of collage ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Naiyu Jiang Cubism Original Oil On Canvas "Nightlife"
Located in New York, NY
Title: Nightlife
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 35.5 x 27.5 inches
Frame: Framing options available!
Condition: The painting appears to be in fair condition.
Year: 2000 Circa
A...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,330 Sale Price
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Hidden Cities III: Continuum, by Peter Milton
By Peter Milton
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Peter Milton’s Hidden Cities: Continuum transforms the grandeur of the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele into a layered meditation on architecture, memory, and the passage of time. The Gall...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Engraving, Etching
Follow Suit (Card Player) -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, People, Red
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
This body of work mirrors the complexities of the human heart and emotions. It reminds us that emotions are not always straightforward but are layered with depth and nuance. This pai...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Landsend
Located in New York, NY
ABOUT THIS ARTIST: Jessica Brilli (Sayville, NY 1977) has been drawing and painting since her childhood. Working in a style that encompasses American realism and 20th century graphic...
Category
2010s Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
Sujoon Sky - Blue Abstract Sculptural Original Three-Dimensional Wall Art
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Atticus Adams' organically composed modern metal sculptures embody the transformative power of art, illustrating the creation of beauty, meaning, and emotional impact from industrial...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Metal, Wire
Tarim Totem III - Monochrome Sculptural Original Three-Dimensional Wall Art
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Atticus Adams' organically composed modern metal sculptures embody the transformative power of art, illustrating the creation of beauty, meaning, and emotional impact from industrial...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Metal, Wire
Winged Victory of Los Angeles
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Winged Victory of Los Angeles, c. 1960, oil on masonite, signed lower right, artist’s name and title verso, 33 x 34 1/2 inches, exhibited: 1) Edward Biberman, Heritage Gallery, Los A...
Category
1960s American Modern Art
Materials
Masonite, Oil
The 156, Painter Drawing is Model - Original Etching, Signed (Baer #1876)
Located in Paris, IDF
Pablo PICASSO (1881-1973)
Series 156, Painter Drawing is Model (plate 16), 1978
Original etching (Crommelynck workshop)
Signed with stamp
Justified HC B/C
On vellum, 63 x 76 cm (c. ...
Category
1970s Cubist Art
Materials
Etching
"Dawn, " Limited Edition Giclee Print, 48" x 48"
Located in Westport, CT
This abstract, limited edition print by Elwood Howell features a predominantly green palette, with a muted yellow area at the top of the composition. Subtle circle shapes and long ve...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Digital, Giclée
Stripe 4
By Mary Long
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Mary was born in Ohio and has lived in Memphis, Tennessee since the mid-1990s. Following studies in graphic design and painting, she began working in encaustic in 2001. Mary grew u...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Art
Materials
Mixed Media, Encaustic
$2,600
Mid 19th Century French Portrait of Woman in Large White Headpiece Large Oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Woman in Traditional Headpiece
French/ Swiss, dated 1855
signed oil on canvas, framed
dated 1855
framed: 34 x 27 inches
canvas: 32 x 25 inches
Provenance: private coll...
Category
Mid-19th Century French School Art
Materials
Oil
$1,958 Sale Price
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LARGE Hand-Painted Artist Proof-Summer Night-British Awarded Artist-One Off
Located in London, GB
This stunning Artist's Proof is an one-off, hand-painted by the artist Shizico , signed at front and on the back label too; the proof is 90% hand painted with original oil paint by S...
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Art
Materials
Gesso, Archival Ink, Acrylic, Archival Paper, Giclée
Woman with Cigarette and Black Stockings
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Fantastic hand painted oil after famous artist Marcel René von Herrfeldt (1889-1965)..
This was painted by my restorer when we had the original, this frame was on the original paint...
Category
Early 2000s Art Deco Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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