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Art For Sale
Style: Contemporary
Style: Minimalist
Flight - abstract sky photography on cotton canvas, limited edition of 5
Located in London, GB
'Flight' 2025 Cotton canvas print. Printed on Organic 280gsm cotton canvas, this limited edition photograph is designed to withstand the test of time. Using water-based pigment ink...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Cotton Canvas

Lydia Lunch at the Russian Baths, 268 East 10th Street, 1985 offset litho poster
Located in New York, NY
Nan Goldin Lydia Lunch at the Russian Baths, 268 East 10th Street, 1985 poster, 2018 Offset lithograph poster (unsigned, unnumbered and unframed) 17 × 22 inches Published by The Kitchen in 2018, on the occasion of their Gala honoring Nan Goldin and Lydia Lunch Provenance Acquired from The Kitchen on the occasion of their 2018 Gala Also accompanied by Certificate of Guarantee from Alpha 137 Gallery Excerpt from The Kitchen description of this event: “During the late ‘80s and early ‘90s, icons Goldin and Lunch were vanguards of post-punk New York. Both women have presented their work at The Kitchen throughout the years, consistently returning to premiere new works that went on to exemplify their careers. Goldin’s portraiture of her close-knit circle of friends in New York became emblematic of her generation’s grappling with the social issues of the time, from the epidemic of drug addiction to the AIDS crisis. Lunch is revered as a radical progenitor of No Wave music, fronting the influential Teenage Jesus and the Jerks and collaborating with acts like JG Thirlwell, Birthday Party, and Sonic Youth. Lunch has a broad artistic practice, also working in film, visual art, writing, and spoken-word. Goldin and Lunch have also collaborated on numerous occasions. For instance, the cover of Lunch’s 1995 album Drowning In Limbo featured a portrait of her taken by Goldin. Lunch also posed for Goldin’s project for The Village Voice’s short-lived fashion insert Vue in 1985. Shot as part of an editorial called “Masculine/Feminine,” the image of a reclining Lunch at Russian baths in the East Village was ultimately not included in the final layout, and we were pleased to be present the image for the first time as a limited-edition print in support of The Kitchen. At The Kitchen in November 1980, Goldin presented slides as part of Dubbed in Glamour, a three-day event of “spectacle and extravagance” organized by Edit deAk that featured primarily women artists. Introduced by Cookie Mueller, who served as the master of ceremonies, these slides were an early version of Goldin’s landmark work The Ballad of Sexual Dependency, which continued to take shape during the next few years. The Bush Tetras, who performed at this year’s gala, also participated in Dubbed in Glamour. In 1994, Goldin returned to The Kitchen to premiere three slideshows for the first time in the United States as part of the winter lecture series curated by Ira Silverberg. The first slideshow developed from her 1992 award-winning book The Other Side, which lauded the drag queens she lived with and among in New York. During the ‘70s, when Goldin first moved to the city, the people she lived with became not just her subjects, but also her chosen family. The second slideshow was a series of intimate self-portraits. The evening concluded with a collection of Goldin’s images that traced her relationships to her close friends Alf Bold, Gilles Dusein, and Cookie Mueller and celebrated the joy of their lives and the pain of their deaths from AIDS. In 1985, Lunch first appeared at The Kitchen as part of the two-night screening series of experimental short films, Super 8 Motel. She and Richard Kern...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Lithograph, Offset

I don't want to go to Heaven - Contemporary Art
Located in London, GB
I Don't Want to Go to Heaven, 2017 Giclee Print on Paper signed and numbered by the artists Edition of 150 166 x 106 cm - Sheet The Connor Brothers are a British artistic duo known ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Giclée

A Tasty Trio - 21st Century contemporary Hyper realistic oil painting of Cookies
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Jean Paul Marsman (Dutch artist) A Tasty Trio 20 x 20 cm (framed, included in price 23 x 23 cm) Oil paint on wood Craftsmanship: The work is painted so realistically that everythin...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

"Dear Prudence" Limited Edition Hand Written Lyrics
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Rare Limited Edition Serigraph of John Lennon's handwritten lyrics for the song "Dear Prudence" first released as on The White Album by the Beatles in 1968 . It was written when Len...
Category

1990s Contemporary Art

Materials

Other Medium

Nabos. From The Bodegones Series. Still life color photography
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The bodegones are a pictorial interpretation based on a research project of the famous chef Juan Carlos Franco, on old food recipes of different periods in history. The photographer ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Color, Archival Pigment

Water No.2 - water light flare photography, Limited edition of 10
Located in London, GB
'Water No.2' 2022 From a limited edition of 10. Printed on Hahnemühle Photo Rag fine art paper. The photograph is signed front and back and comes with a Certificate of Authenticit...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, Giclée

Water Reflection I, Reeds in Water - Contemporary Atmospheric Modern Landscape
Located in Salzburg, AT
A few words of the artist about his art: When i painting landscapes, I usually choose simple geometric arrangements, contrasts of verticals and levels. I juxtapose the smooth surfac...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Acrylic

"Corner Street No. 2" by Hiroshi Sato, Original Painting, Abstract Landscape
Located in Denver, CO
Hiroshi Sato's "Corner Street No. 2" (2024) is an original oil on canvas artwork, measuring 36 x 28 inches. "Corner Street #2" is sold unframed but is ready to hang. This unique art...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

In the company of Dance B. Schaumann - Contemporary Abstract Dancers Painting
Located in DE
Barber Schaumann is a contemporary artist known for her vibrant, abstract interpretations of the female form. Her work combines bold colors with modern, geometric shapes, blending el...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Eroded Porsche 911 Turbo (White)
Located in London, GB
Daniel Arsham Eroded Porsche 911 Turbo, 2020 Hydrostone and quartz crystals 8.9 × 30.5 cm Edition of 500 Daniel Arsham's Eroded series is a striking series of sculptural works that ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Stone, Granite

Moment of Self-Actualization -21st Century Mixed Media with Oil, African 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

Red Flowers - Contemporary Abstract Botanical Red Flowers Green Leaves, 2014
Located in Kent, CT
Dark burgundy red flowers with lush, leaves in verdant shades of green are loosely depicted in oil and graphite on white paper. Signed on recto, lower right corner. Framed in a sol...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Paper, Oil, Graphite

"Special Sampler 1"
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

161.07.11 by Klaus Kampert - Black and white nude photography, woman's body
Located in Paris, FR
161.07.11 is a limited-edition black & white photograph by contemporary artist Klaus Kampert from the ‘On body Forms’ series. This photograph is sold unframed as a print only. It is available in 2 dimensions: *40 cm × 55 cm (15.7" × 21.7"), edition of 15 copies *73 cm × 100 cm (28.7" × 39.4"), edition of 10 copies All prints are signed and numbered. Contact us regarding framing options. The artist continues his investigation into the abstraction of the human body in this collection of monochrome images. a series of up-close shots of naked people...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

My Skin Colour... Gift or Curse?
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure FREE Shipping Worldwide Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authent...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic

Unsettled (hand signed and inscribed by Jamie Wyeth), offset lithograph poster
Located in New York, NY
Jamie Wyeth Unsettled (hand signed and inscribed by Jamie Wyeth), 2024 Offset lithograph poster (signed and inscribed to Kevin in black marker) Boldly signed and inscribed "for Kevin" on the lower front. Accompanied by documentation of the event at Rizzoli's where Jamie Wyeth signed...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Lithograph, Offset

Watch Me Gone - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Watch Me Gone - 2024 - 20x20cm, Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print based on the original Polaroid. Signature label with certificate. inventory PL2024-026. Not...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Beach Shower, Storm, Tuscany, limited edition photograph, monochrome seascape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art monochrome long exposure seascape - landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 7. All Gerald Berghammer prints are mad...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

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

Dylan Martinez - Harvest Orange Water Balloon, Sculpture 2024
Located in Greenwich, CT
A hyper-realistic glass sculptor, Dylan's playful creations deceive the eye with their lifelike appearance. Whether mimicking water balloons or plastic bags filled with water housing...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Glass

Julie Mehretu - Easy Dark -
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The Easy Dark poster for Julie Mehretu’s exhibition at the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art is a remarkable piece that embodies the energy and complexity of Mehretu’s work. Printed in ...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Art

Materials

Offset

On a Clear Day #15 1973
Located in Rochester Hills, MI
Artist: Agnes Martin Title: On a Clear Day #15 Year: 1973 Screenprint Japanese Rag paper Image size: 6 7/8 x 8 inches (17.5 x 20.3 cm) Paper size: 12 x 12 inches (30.5 x 30.5 cm) Fra...
Category

1970s Minimalist Art

Materials

Screen

Xanthopastis Regnatrix, Pink, Orange, Brown, White, Nature Moth Insect
Located in Kent, CT
In this hyper-detailed archival pigment print on watercolor paper, a moth with pink, orange and black markings on its upper wings is dramatic against a solid white background. Pric...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Poppy Bunch - Black and White floral photography, Limited edition 2 of 20
Located in London, GB
'Poppy Bunch’ London, United Kingdom 2024. It is a still life black and white film photograph, made with a large format 4x5 Linhof camera. The photograph is signed front and back...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Photographic Film, Giclée

Les Funambules
Located in La Baule-Escoublac, FR
Bergstein grew up in France between Paris and Saint-Rémy-de-Provence. At the age of 18, he flew to Barcelona, Spain where he joined an industrial design school. Back in Paris, he com...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Linen, Ink, Pen

Philippines
Located in Manchester, GB
Guy Gee, Philippines Each artwork by Gee has been digitally reimagined from an original postage stamp. Printed on 350gsm G. F. Smith card, cut out and finished by hand, the artwork ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Lithograph

MB 018 (Figurative Life Drawing of Handsome Male Nude by Mark Beard)
Located in Hudson, NY
Academic life drawing of male nude with charcoal and graphite by Mark Beard, "MB 018" graphite, Conte crayon and charcoal on Arches paper 30 x 19 inches unframed Signed, lower right ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Conté, Charcoal, Archival Paper, Graphite

Arrangement - Contemporary Botanical Still Life Pink Tulips Flowers Vase, 2022
Located in Kent, CT
In this contemporary still life painting in oil on canvas, a dark brown vase on a table holds a bouquet of coral pink anemone flowers with pink tulips and light green stems and leave...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Whimsical Peak - Original Abstract Textural Heart Street Art Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles artist Amber Goldhammer paints dramatic abstract compositions in acrylic on canvas featuring energetic brushstrokes. Goldhammer uses her contemporary paintings to express...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Latex, Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Acrylic

Pablo Picasso (After), 'Vive le Paix (Long Live Peace) Lithograph, 1954
Located in Pembroke Pines, FL
Artist: PABLO PICASSO (AFTER ) Title: Vive le Paix (Long Live Peace) Year: 1954 Published by: Combat Pour La Paix, Paris Medium: Lithograph on Lana paper (Blind stamp JPG attached) P...
Category

1950s Contemporary Art

Materials

Lithograph

Letting Go
Located in Santa Fe, NM
marsh, water, calm, green, blue, teal, aqua, dusk, lake, trees, reflection Inspired by the drama of nature and light, Cynthia creates abstracted landscapes with oil on canvas.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Wood, Oil

"Vigils Echo 4" Contemporary Nude Sculpture of a Woman with Bunny Mask
Located in Utrecht, NL
The mysterious artworks by Rachel Ann Stevenson invite you into a dream world. Rachel Ann sees artists as day dreamers who can show the impossible...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Bronze

Quince Fluffy Pocket Painting 2, original painting, contemporary
Located in Deddington, GB
Pocket Fluffy Quince 2 is an original oil painting by Dani Humberstone as part of her Pocket Painting series featuring small scale realistic oil paintings, with a nod to baroque stil...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Oil

Green Rock Island, Faroe Islands, Large Seascape Photograph, Limited Edition
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Color fine art cityscape - landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 7. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to order in limited editions on ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment

Pirouette 19/50 - smooth, black, granite, indoor/outdoor, abstract sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Smooth surfaced, engineered black granite is sculpted into an elegant, spinning form by Jeremy Guy. This lively shape that appears to spin dynamically on its narrow base, like a piro...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Cast Stone, Granite

CHILDREN WITH FLOWERS Signed Lithograph, Multicultural Portrait, Smiling Faces
Located in Union City, NJ
Elizabeth Catlett - CHILDREN WITH FLOWERS 1995, limited edition lithograph printed in twelve colors using traditional hand lithography techniques on archival Arches paper, 100% acid ...
Category

1990s Contemporary Art

Materials

Lithograph

Untitled (1961)
Located in New York, NY
Oil on canvas, 1961. Signed in oil in lower right. Signed and dated in oil on verso. Per the Guggenheim Musuem (New York), whose collection has works by Sugai., he "was part of th...
Category

1960s Minimalist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Acrylic Portrait on Canvas – Dual Female Figures with Green Faces and Still Life
Located in FISTERRA, ES
This acrylic painting on canvas presents two mirrored female busts rendered in vivid green tones, their identical facial structures and stylized hair buns evoking a reflection on sam...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Spray Paint, Acrylic

White Lilies - Contemporary Botanical Still Life Flowers Teal Blue, 2018
Located in Kent, CT
In this contemporary still life painting in oil on linen of flowers arranged in a vase, the ivory petals and green leaves in the bouquet of white lilies are beautifully complemented ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Linen, Oil

Arbus, Composition, Diane Arbus, Electa Editrice Portfolios (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Héliogravure on vélin paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Diane Arbus, Electa Editrice Portfolios, 1979. Published by Unite...
Category

1970s Contemporary Art

Materials

Lithograph

Space for Giants
Located in London, GB
David Yarrow Space for Giants, 2020 Digital Dye Coupler Print on Fujicolor Archival Paper 61.8 × 76.2 cm 80 x 95 - framed Edition of 599 David Yarrow is a renowned British photogra...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Digital Pigment

Lights of Mong Kok, Hong Kong - Asian Architecture Street Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
Lights of Mong Kok, Kowloon, Asian architecture photograph by Richard Heeps. The artwork captures the spirit of walking the streets in Hong Kong, the overwhelming buzz of the compet...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Ancient Laurel Cloud Forest, bent Tree, black and white photography, landscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 7. Signed, titled, dated and numbered by artist. Certificate of authenticity included. Printed ...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Sundays (Heavenly Falls) - Contemporary, 21st Century, Polaroid, Nude
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Sundays (Heavenly Falls) - 2016 20x25cm, Edition 1/10, Archival C-Print based on a Polaroid from the making of the documentary "instant dreams". Certificate and signature label....
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Muschi Guerilla #03 Contemporary, Figurative, Female, Polaroid, photograph
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Muschi Guerilla #03, 2008/2018 [From the series Goldenbogen & Zouzou] 20x20cm, Edition of 7. Iced image - archival art print based on a Carmen De Vo...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Color, Archival Pigment, Polaroid

Tomatoes, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
This still life celebrates the simple beauty of homegrown produce. With warm tones and detailed brushwork, artist Steve Boggs captures the essence of his summer...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Oil

"Woman wearing a red shawl" ( contemporary figurative acrylic piece of a woman)
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This striking artwork "Woman wearing a red shawl" captures immediate attention with its bold use of color and distinct brushstroke technique. Rendered in a palette dominated by vib...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Paper, Acrylic

Feather Tawny Owl Pocket Painting 3, original painting, contemporary
Located in Deddington, GB
Pocket Tawny Owl feather 3 is an original oil painting by Dani Humberstone as part of her Pocket Painting series featuring small scale realistic oil paintings, with a nod to baroque ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Oil

'Garyu no sakura' (The Lying Dragon Cherry Tree, Gifu) — Sosaku Hanga Woodblock
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Hajime Namiki, 'Garyu no sakura (The Lying Dragon Cherry Tree, Gifu)', color woodcut, 2003, edition 200. Signed in pencil and with the artist’s red seal....
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Art

Materials

Woodcut

Poptic Nine - Contemporary Geometric Abstract Mandala Yellow Blue Peach, 2020
Located in Kent, CT
This contemporary geometric abstract drawing has a beautiful, soft mottled texture created with Judge's unique powered pigment technique. Poptic 09 is a predominately yellow, orange ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Rag Paper, Pigment

Inner Nature 2 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Women on African Fabric
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity. “Your mind knows...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

North Atlantic Basalt, black and white photograph, seascape, limited edition
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art long exposure waterscape - landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 7. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to orde...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Bunny Woods in Bright Sunshine left panel - Original, Abstract, Woodland
Located in Deddington, GB
This work is one of two panels depicting an autumn woodland in bright sunshine. This painting is available separately, but a second panel Bunny Woods in Bright Sunshine right panel, ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Happiness, The Secrets Laminated giclée on aluminium composite panel, Signed/N
Located in New York, NY
Damien Hirst Happiness, from The Secrets, 2024 Laminated giclée print on aluminium composite panel Signed, titled, dated and numbered 247/327 on the authentication label on the back ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Metal

Muhammad Ali Sitting on a Million Dollars, Photograph by Howard Bingham
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Howard Bingham, American (1939 - 2016) Title: Muhammad Ali Sitting on a Million Dollars Medium: Gelatin Silver Print Photograph, signed by Bingham and autographed by Ali in m...
Category

1960s Contemporary Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Contemporary Oil On Canvas With Gold Leaf, Yellow, Blue And Red Tones "Night"
Located in Bogotá, Bogotá
Oil on canvas with gold leaf, in shades of yellow, blue, and red. This large-format, horizontal painting features rich textures and is created with professional-quality colors throug...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Gold Leaf

Summer 87- Limited edition vintage print , Analogue, Topless women, Contemporary
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Limited edition of 5 Signed by Ian Sanderson lower right and numbered lower left, delivered with certificates of authenticity, Unframed. An original signed archival pigment print on ...
Category

1980s Contemporary Art

Materials

Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Black and White, ...

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