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Art For Sale
Joseph Beuys, Ich ernähre mich durch Kraftvergeudung - Pencil on Paper Plate
By Joseph Beuys
Located in Hamburg, DE
Joseph Beuys (German, 1921-1986)
Ich ernähre mich durch Kraftvergeudung, 1978
Medium: Pencil on paper plate (found object)
Dimensions: 11.5 x 17 cm
Edition of 120 + 10 AP: Hand-signe...
Category
20th Century Post-War Art
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Dipinto figurativo tedesco a tema mitologico neoclassico del settecento.
Located in Florence, IT
The painting–thin oil on canvas, in some parts unfinished−can be referred to the hand of the German painter Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein. It should be dated in the years between...
Category
1780s Other Art Style Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Gustav Adolf Kuntz (After), Greetings From The World / The Nun Of Monza
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This early 20th-century German oil painting depicts the ‘Nun of Monza’, Sister Virginia Maria, staring longingly through a cell window while in prayer. It’s a fictionalised depiction...
Category
1910s Art
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Fregio monocromo neoclassico toscano a tema mitologico
Located in Florence, IT
This interesting grisaille […] of a high standard of quality and in an excellent state of conservation, represents an interesting derivation with slight variations from an engraving,...
Category
Late 18th Century Other Art Style Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Gaspare Diziani (Venetian master) - 18th century landscape painting - Brigands
By Gaspare Diziani
Located in Varmo, IT
Gaspare Diziani (Belluno 1689 - Venice 1767) - Clash between soldiers and brigands.
112 x 98 cm without frame, 126.5 x 112.5 cm with frame.
Ancient oil painting on canvas, in a car...
Category
Mid-18th Century Rococo Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Iceberg N°2 by Christophe Jacrot - Landscape photography, winter, sea, blue
Located in Paris, FR
Iceberg N°2 is a limited-edition photograph by French contemporary artist Christophe Jacrot.
This photograph is sold unframed as a print only. It is available in 2 dimensions:
*60 ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print
"Autumn in New England, " Aldro Thompson Hibbard, Impressionist Marsh Landscape
Located in New York, NY
Aldro Thompson Hibbard (1886 - 1972)
Autumn in New England
Oil on canvasboard
18 x 25 inches
Signed lower right; estate stamped on the reverse
Born in Falmouth, Massachusetts, Aldro Hibbard was an Impressionist landscape painter much concerned with light and shadow. He was one of the founders of the Rockport Art Colony, and the Rockport Art Association now occupies his former studio. Hibbard grew up in Dorchester and Boston and spent much time in the summers in Boston and Cape Cod. He showed early artistic talent, an interest he shared with a life-long love of baseball, which led to his becoming a professional baseball player.
For his art training, he graduated from the Massachusetts Normal School and studied at the Boston Museum School with Edmund Tarbell...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Art
Materials
Board, Oil
STEAM AIRLINER Signed Wood Engraving, Early Flying Machine, Aviation History
Located in Union City, NJ
STEAM AIRLINER is an original wood engraving by the American artist Bernard Brussel-Smith, hand printed in black ink on cream color woven laid Whitechurch paper(watermark visible). STEAM AIRLINER depicts a wacky early flying machine...
Category
1970s Realist Art
Materials
Engraving
Andrew Moore - Turner Ranch, Photography 2018, Printed After
By Andrew Moore
Located in Greenwich, CT
Archival Pigment Print
Ranch adjacent to Yellowstone
All available sizes & editions for each size of this photograph:
30" x 40” - Edition of 5 + 2 Artist Proofs
40" X 50"- Edition ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Star Wars C-3PO still life photograph of the original iconic
Located in San Francisco, CA
Star Wars (C-3PO) by Tom Schierlitz
still life photograph of the original iconic golden Star Wars humanoid robot
60 x 48 inches (152 x 122cm)
edition of 7
signed
40 x 32 inches (1...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Giclée
Belvedere Hotel 2, Blizzard 3 series by Christophe Jacrot, Landscape photography
Located in Paris, FR
Belvedere Hotel 2 is a limited-edition photograph by French contemporary artist Christophe Jacrot.
This photograph is sold unframed as a print only...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
C Print
STONE OF THE TEMPLE Signed Lithograph, Ancient Jewish History, Red, Gold, Black
By Moshe Castel
Located in Union City, NJ
STONE OF THE TEMPLE by the Israeli artist Moshe Castel (1909-1991) is a limited edition lithograph printed using traditional lithographic techniques on archival Somerset paper 100% acid free. In STONE OF THE TEMPLE, a three dimensional relief 3D effect is visible in the black writings and textural stone tablet achieved by using shades of gray and black with predominate colors of deep red and yellow gold, warm orange, brown and black. Castel creates a very aesthetically appealing and captivating contemporary arrangement of ancient Jewish...
Category
1980s Contemporary Art
Materials
Lithograph
lithograph
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: lithograph. Printed in 1966 for the art revue Derriere le Miroir (issue number 156) and published in Paris by the atelier Maeght. Size: 15 x 11 inches (378 x 277 mm). There i...
Category
1960s Abstract Art
Materials
Lithograph
GWANGJU, SOUTH KOREA / 3.29.20 / 11:41 AM
Located in New Orleans, LA
Mike Ryczek graduated from Montserrat College of Art in Beverly, Massachusetts, in 2006 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Illustration. He lives and works as a full-time artist and des...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
"Abstract Brown Elegance" P9UJ5, Abstract, Painting, 21st Century, Acrylic
By Roger König
Located in Dessau-Rosslau, Sachsen Anhalt
Artist: Roger König b. Dessau, Germany (1968) Master student of Kurt Schönburg, HWK Halle, Germany. König combines modern painting with acrylic with old techniques and in this way, h...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Clay, Acrylic
Abstract Expressionist Painting American Late 1960's Mid Century red White lemon
Located in Buffalo, NY
Mid Century Modern, American Abstract Expressionist Painting on masonite
This lively abstract painting reads like an interior and still life with lemons on a tabletop in vivid shade...
Category
1960s Abstract Expressionist Art
Materials
Masonite, Acrylic
Antonius Bernardus Dirckx (1878-1927) - Oil, Fishing Boats At Dawn
By Anton Dirckx
Located in Corsham, GB
Signed to the lower right. Well presented in a gilt frame with pierces foliate ornamentation. On canvas.
Category
Early 20th Century Art
Materials
Oil
Renouveau
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Renouveau
Color lithograph, 1897
Signed in the stone lower right (see photo)
Published in L’Estampe Moderne
with their blindstamp lower right corner, Lugt 2790, (see photo)
Edition ...
Category
1890s Art Nouveau Art
Materials
Lithograph
Standing Ovation - conceptual vignette with velvet curtain and marble floor
By Frank Schott
Located in San Francisco, CA
Standing Ovation by Frank Schott
60 x 48 inches (152 x 122cm)
signed edition of 7
40 x 32 inches (102 x 81cm)
signed edition of 25
archival fine ar...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Giclée
Sonya Keates - Framed 20th Century Oil, View From the Maize Field
Located in Corsham, GB
Landscape in oil. Presented in a contemporary gilt frame. Signed to the lower right. On Canvas laid to board.
Category
20th Century Art
Materials
Oil
The Taj - Pre-Raphaelite landscape gouache by Edward Clifford
Located in London, GB
EDWARD CLIFFORD
(1844-1907)
The Taj
Signed with initials, inscribed with title and dated 1888
Watercolour and bodycolour
Framed
12 by 17 cm., 4 ¾ by 6 ¾ in.
(frame size 33.5 by 37...
Category
1880s Pre-Raphaelite Art
Materials
Gouache
Apriel - underwater black & white nude photograph - archival pigment 35 x 43"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater black and white photograph of a beautiful topless young woman, Apriel swimming in the pool.
Original gallery quality archival pigment print - signed by the artist.
Limited edition of 24
Paper size: 36x44...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
WARM CIRCLE QUILT - Framed, Textured, Sculptural, Molded Acrylic Painting
Located in Signal Mountain, TN
In WARM CIRCLE QUILT, Natalie Harrison draws on the historically domestic crafts of molding and quilting to create a new work of collage. Shaping yell...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Acrylic, Wood Panel
WARM SQUARE QUILT - Framed, Textured, Sculptural, Molded Acrylic Painting
Located in Signal Mountain, TN
In this piece, Natalie Harrison draws on the historically domestic crafts of molding and quilting to create a new work of collage. Shaping pink, orang...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Acrylic
Untitled
Located in Washington , DC, DC
Christopher Wool & Felix Gonzalez - Torres (After)
Christopher Wool’s paintings and prints explore the confluence of image, text, and pattern. They oft...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Lithograph
Flowers Paint Oil on canvas Old master 17th Century Italy Still-life Art
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Master of the Grotesque Vase (active in Rome and Naples in the first quarter of the 17th century)
Still life of flowers in a classic vase
oil on canvas
66 x 51 cm, In frame cm. 82 x...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil
Red Fox, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A red fox cozily curls up and naps under the snowdrops. The tip of its tail mirrors the shape of the flowers, adding to the natural charm of the scene. The da...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Outsider Art Art
Materials
Acrylic
Signs of Zodiac - Aries
Located in Central, HK
David Shrigley
Signs of Zodiac series
42 x 59.4 cm (A2)
Off-set lithography printed on 200g Munken Lynx
Category
2010s Art
Materials
Paper
Kusama Plush Pumpkin (Kusama yellow & black pumpkin)
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Yayoi Kusama Yellow & Black Pumpkin (plush):
An iconic, vibrantly colored pop art piece - this large Kusama plush pumpkin features the universal polka dot patterns and bold colors fo...
Category
1960s Contemporary Art
Materials
Nylon
Salvador Dali - Nude at the Window - Original Handsigned Lithograph
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Nude at the Window - Original Handsigned Lithograph
Dimensions: 76.5 x 57 cm
1970
Signed in pencil and numbered
Edition : /CXX
References : Field 70-8
Salvador Dali
Salvador Dali was born as the son of a prestigious notary in the small town of Figueras in Northern Spain. His talent as an artist showed at an early age and Salvador Felipe Jacinto Dali received his first drawing lessons when he was ten years old. His art teachers were a then well known Spanish impressionist painter, Ramon Pichot and later an art professor at the Municipal Drawing School. In 1923 his father bought his son his first printing press.
Dali began to study art at the Royal Academy of Art in Madrid. He was expelled twice and never took the final examinations. His opinion was that he was more qualified than those who should have examined him.
In 1928 Dali went to Paris where he met the Spanish painters Pablo Picasso and Joan Miro. He established himself as the principal figure of a group of surrealist artists grouped around Andre Breton, who was something like the theoretical "schoolmaster" of surrealism. Years later Breton turned away from Dali accusing him of support of fascism, excessive self-presentation and financial greediness.
By 1929 Dali had found his personal style that should make him famous the world of the unconscious that is recalled during our dreams. The surrealist theory is based on the theories of the psychologist Dr. Sigmund Freud. Recurring images of burning giraffes and melting watches...
Category
1970s Surrealist Art
Materials
Lithograph
Tulip Fields 14 by Bernhard Lang - Aerial abstract photography, Netherlands
Located in Paris, FR
Aerial Views, Tulip Fields 14 is a limited-edition photograph by German contemporary artist Bernhard Lang.
This photograph is sold unframed as a print only. It is available in 3 di...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
C Print
Slim Aarons 'Lido Life'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Lido Life
1957 (printed later)
C print
Estate stamped and numbered edition 1 of 150
with Certificate of authenticity
Caption: A group of friends squeeze onto an inflatable raft at ...
Category
1970s Modern Art
Materials
C Print
Mini Fab - Pride by Gavin Dosbon, Limited edition print, Hand made print
By Gavin Dobson
Located in Deddington, GB
Mini Fab – Pride [2022]
limited_edition and hand signed by the artist
Cymk screen print and glitter
Edition number 100
Image size: H:21 cm x W:14.8 cm
Complete Size of Unframed Work...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Art
Materials
Paper, Glitter, Mixed Media, Screen
Storm Dragon
By Don Ed Hardy
Located in Lyons, CO
Color lithograph, Edition 20.
Don Ed Hardy’s lithographs “Storm Dragon” and “Sea Dragon” continue his lifelong exploration of dragon mythology and imagery. For 2000, the Year of the...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Lithograph
Red Houses No. 1, Norway by Calo Carratala - Snowy landscape painting
Located in Paris, FR
Red Houses No. 1 is a unique oil on laminated wood painting from the Norway series by Spanish contemporary artist Calo Carratalá, dimensions are 46 × 74 cm (18.1 × 29.1 in).
The art...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Robert Tilling RI MBE (1944-2011) - 20th Century Lithograph, Pots & Pans
Located in Corsham, GB
A bold and aesthetically pleasing limited edition lithograph showing an abstract depiction of pots and pans. Signed in graphite. Presented in a wooden frame. On paper.
Category
20th Century Art
Materials
Lithograph
Daphne Sandham (b.1950) - Contemporary Watercolour, The Beach
By Ali Alışır
Located in Corsham, GB
A joyous coastal scene in watercolours by contemporary artist Daphne Sandham (b.1950). Signed in pencil to the lower right. On watercolour paper.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Art
Materials
Watercolor
Stinchcombe Hill, Rupert Aker, Landscape Painting, Textured Art, Oil Painting
By Rupert Aker
Located in Deddington, GB
Stinchcombe Hill by Rupert Aker [2022]
View along the Cotswold escarpment from Stinchcombe Hill
Additional information:
Original
Oil on board
Image size: H:30 cm x W:30 cm
Complete...
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil, Board
Marilyn Monroe Sitting at Table
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white candid capture of star actress Marilyn Monroe sitting at a dining table, smiling with a fork in her hand.
Marilyn Monroe was an American actress and model. Known for...
Category
1950s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Tim Cockburn (b.1955) - 20th Century Watercolour, The Blue Wall
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming abstract scene depicting a suburban garden with a towering blue wall. Signed to the lower right. On paper.
Category
20th Century Art
Materials
Watercolor
1850's Large British Oil Panoramic Rural Landscape Sheep & Windmill Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Pastoral Landscape with Windmill
by Joseph William Allen (British 1803-1852)
signed and dated 1850
oil painting on canvas, framed
framed: 24.5 x 40 inches
canvas: 15 x 30 inches
Provenance: private collection, England
Condition: very good condition, ready to enjoy
Joseph William Allen RBA (1803 – 29 August 1852) was an English landscape painter and art teacher, who was also active in the founding of the Society of British Artists.
Allen was born in Lambeth, London, the son of a schoolmaster, and attended St Paul's School. Later, he worked for a time as an usher at a school in Taunton in Somerset. Discovering a talent for art, he returned to London, determined to become a painter. He initially found employment as an assistant to an art dealer, under whom he acquired a considerable knowledge of the old masters, and the monetary value of their works. He then became a (theatre) scene painter, in association with Charles Tomkins and Clarkson Stanfield, and painted most of the scenery during Lucia Vestris's first tenure of the Olympic Theatre in Drury Lane.
His natural talent, however, was for painting pastoral landscapes, and his work soon attracted admirers and purchasers. The Vale of Clwyd...
Category
Mid-19th Century Victorian Art
Materials
Oil
TN845-T by Hachiro Kanno - Calligraphy-based abstract painting, triptych, black
Located in Paris, FR
TN845-T, by Japanese contemporary artist Hachiro Kanno. H 41 cm x W 99 cm. Signed, sold unframed.
Ink and acrylic on canvas. This artwork is a triptych composed by three panels measu...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Cousins
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Cousins
Date: 2024
Medium: Oil on wood
Unframed Dimensions: 12" x 13.5"
Framed Dimensions: 20" x 22.5"
Signature: Signed verso
Edition: Unique
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Oil
A Note To Myself - 1 -6"x8", Black and White Abstract Painting
Located in Mississauga, Ontario
Small paintings are intimate and personal. This expressive black and white abstract, blends bold brushwork and a subtle touch of script to create a sense of mystery, inviting the vie...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil Pastel, Acrylic
“Has Found Out Thy Bed” (FRAMED) Photography 20x30 inch Ed. of 5 by Brian Ziff
By Brian Ziff
Located in Culver City, CA
“Has Found Out Thy Bed” (FRAMED) Photography 20x30 inch Ed. of 5 by Brian Ziff
“Has Found Out Thy Bed” (2016)
Giclee (Archival Ink) Print on Canson Platine Fibre Rag
20” X 30” inch ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Rag Paper, Giclée
Red Pomegranates, Surrealist Lithograph by Andre Masson
By André Masson
Located in Long Island City, NY
Andre Masson, French (1896 - 1987) - Red Pomegranates, Year: 1951, Medium: Lithograph with chine cole, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 5/30, Image Size: 13 x 10 inches, Size...
Category
1950s Surrealist Art
Materials
Lithograph
VILLA NEUVE Signed Lithograph, Modernist Abstract, City Landscape, Collage, Flag
Located in Union City, NJ
VILLA NEUVE is an original limited edition lithograph printed using hand lithography techniques on archival printmaking paper 100% acid free. VILLA NEUVE is an imaginative modernist ...
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Art
Materials
Lithograph
Roses, From "The Garden of Love"
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"LOVE in Green, Blue, and Pink" is a striking piece by Robert Indiana, published and printed by Te Neues Verlag in Germany. This version of Indiana's iconic "LOVE" motif utilizes a v...
Category
Late 20th Century Pop Art Art
Materials
Offset
Owls Purple
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Owls Purple
Date: 2024
Medium: Oil on wood
Unframed Dimensions: 18" x 13.5"
Framed Dimensions: 23.5" x 19.5"
Signature: Signed verso
Edition: Unique
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Oil
Eric BAGGE - Blue - project, circa 1928, Gouache on cardstock
By Eric Bagge
Located in PARIS, FR
Éric BAGGE (1890-1978)
Blue - design project, ca. 1928
Gouache on card
Numbered “409” lower left
13.2 x 10 cm
Black lacquered wooden frame: 28 x 22 cm
Traces of folding and small hol...
Category
1920s Art Deco Art
Materials
Gouache
Le Mort Suite, Suite of Surrealist Etchings by Andre Masson
By André Masson
Located in Long Island City, NY
Andre Masson, French (1896 - 1987) - Le Mort Suite, Year: 1964, Medium: Complete Suite of 9 Etching and aquatints, each signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 43/60, Image Size: 9 ...
Category
1960s Surrealist Art
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Summers Evening in the Scottish Highlands Antique Oil Painting Sunset Loch View
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Summers Evening in the Highlands
by Frank Hider (c. 1861–1933)
signed, titled verso
oil painting on canvas, framed
framed: 17 x 25 inches
canvas: 12 x 20 inches
Provenance: Private ...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Wall Sculpture. The Separation Series: 'Touch'
Located in New York, NY
This series imagines the artwork as a fragment, hurriedly dislodged from a “wall” with rough sides and a smooth surface. A prosaic image of a dive into water is rendered in a cobalt...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Porcelain, Glaze
La Chevre-Feuille Suite, Suite of Surrealist Etchings by Pablo Picasso
Located in Long Island City, NY
Pablo Picasso, Spanish (1881 - 1973) - La Chevre-Feuille Suite, Year: 1943, Medium: Suite of 18 Color Etchings, with cover sheet, Image Size: 10.5 x 8.25 inches, Size: 11 x 9 in. (2...
Category
1940s Surrealist Art
Materials
Etching
A Thorny Crossing
By Don Ed Hardy
Located in Lyons, CO
Color lithograph, Edition 20.
The artist describes this project:
"My recent collaboration with Bud Shark resulted in three images based on classic sailing ships, as seen in traditional American tattoo design. Along with sails, they’re rigged out with trellis forms. Both themes have fascinated me since childhood. The house I grew up in was surrounded by trellises. Our small beachfront town was part of Newport Harbor in Southern California, where I saw many varieties of sailing craft. At ten, when I became transfixed by traditional American tattooing...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Lithograph
Pancakes with butter and Honey- 21st Century Hyper Realistic Still-life Painting
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Heidi von Faber
Pancakes, Butter & Syrup
Acrylic on linen
100 x 100 cm ( framed/ included in price 105 x 105 cm)
(Signed on front right below, see picture H. VON FABER))
Dutch artis...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Acrylic, Linen
“Three Movements" Limited Edition Hand-Signed Serigraph by Yaacov Agam, Framed
By Yaacov Agam
Located in Encino, CA
"Three Movements," an original silkscreen by Yaacov Agam, is a piece for the true collector. Agam is considered the father of Kinetic art. His iconic style is recognizable across the...
Category
1970s Kinetic Art
Materials
Screen
160.07.11 by Klaus Kampert (Tribute to Modigliani series) - nude photography
Located in Paris, FR
160.07.11 is a limited-edition black & white photograph by contemporary artist Klaus Kampert from the series entitled Tribute to Modigliani. In this series, Klaus Kampert pays tribut...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
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