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Art For Sale
Tinderbox - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Tinderbox' - A girl called N - 2019
50x549cm,
Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print based on the Polaroid.
Signature label and certificate.
Artist inventory PL20...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, Polaroid, Color, C Print, Archival Paper
DAMIEN HIRST - THE CURRENCY. Original work The Currency Project. Dots. Colors
By Damien Hirst
Located in Madrid, Madrid
DAMIEN HIRST - THE CURRENCY: 6274. NOBODY SHOULD HEAR IT
Date of creation: 2016
Medium: Enamel paint on handmade paper
Edition: 5.149 unique works on paper
Size: 21.5 x 30 cm
Conditi...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Art
Materials
Enamel
Astrology - Zodiac : Libra - Original Etching, Handsigned in pencil 1979
Located in Paris, IDF
Raymond PEYNET
Astrology - Zodiac : Libra, 1979
Original etching
Handsigned in pencil
Numbered /220
On Arches vellum 76x56 cm (c. 30 x 22 inches)
This etching is authentified by the...
Category
1970s Modern Art
Materials
Etching
Russian American Impressionist Constantine Westchiloff Seascape Oil Painting
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Rough Sea
oil on canvas board, image 9 x 12 signed LR, 14.75 x 17.75 framed
Constantin A. Westchiloff 1877 – 1945 was an impressionist painter born in Russia. He emigrated from Sov...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil
Werner Bronkhorst, Volley Road, Wimbledon Series, Framed, Sports Art, 2025
Located in Manchester, GB
Werner Bronkhorst, Volley Road, 2025
Giclée print on Hahnemühle Photorag paper with ready-to-hang heavyweight solid oak frame from FSC-certified sources, made in Germany. From the a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Giclée
'Fall Landscape, Indiana', AIC, Laguna Beach, Chicago Art Association
By Derk Smit
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, "Derk Smit" (American, 1889-1985) and painted circa 1950.
An Impressionist oil landscape showing riverside, autumnal trees with scarlet, rust and ochre foliage ...
Category
1950s Impressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Nocturnal Nature Fritillarias, Bleeding Hearts - Botanical Cyanotype, 2021-'23
Located in Kent, CT
In this contemporary floral cyanotype painting in watercolor, gouache, India ink, and cyanotype on Hot Press watercolor paper, meticulously detailed flowers, including fritillarias, ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper
Carmen, The Small Moon - Original Etching (Cramer #52)
Located in Paris, IDF
Pablo PICASSO
Carmen, The Small Moon, 1949
Original burin engraving (Atelier Lacourière, Paris)
Unsigned
On Montval wove paper 33 x 26 cm (12.9 x 10.2 in)
REFERENCES :
- Catalog ra...
Category
1940s Modern Art
Materials
Etching
Painting Jesus Falls During the Way of the Cross 17th-18th century
Located in Milan, IT
Oil on Canvas.
The scene corresponds to a Stations of the Cross, during which Jesus falls under the weight of the heavy cross, which he carries on his shoulders as he ascends to Golg...
Category
Late 17th Century Other Art Style Art
Materials
Oil
Seahorse Rex Gold by Chésade - Bronze sculpture, sea animal, marine world, wild
By Chésade
Located in Paris, FR
Seahorse Rex Gold is a unique polished bronze with yellow and gold-red patina sculpture by contemporary artist Chésade, dimensions are 103 × 55 × 22 cm (40.6 × 21.7 × 8.7 in).
The s...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Bronze
19th-Century Austrian School, Portrait Of A Lady In Spanish Attire
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This exquisite mid-19th-century bust-length Austrian portrait depicts a young lady wearing a red gown together with a black lace veil, similar to a mantilla, and a red rose. It was f...
Category
19th Century Victorian Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Attrib. Cornelius Varley (1781-1873)-Mid 19th Century Watercolour, Majestic Tree
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine landscape painting attributed to Cornelius Varley (1781-1873), featuring a majestic tree rendered with rich, detailed foliage against a backdrop of rolling hills and a tranqui...
Category
Mid-19th Century Art
Materials
Watercolor
Pair of Hunting Dogs at Rest; artist unknown, French, Mid-19th century
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Pair of Hunting Dogs at Rest;
Artist unknown, French, 19th century (monogrammed "JS"
Circa 1850
10 x 7 (14 3/8 x 17 1/8 frame) inches
This is finely realized portrait of pair of h...
Category
1830s Romantic Art
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Double Blue Painting Signed
Located in Slovak Republic, SK
The painting is acrylic on cartoon, according to my opinion evoking a good illusion of depth and imagination. Delivered in an easy frame - recommendation -leave it as it is and put t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Inside/Out - large, abstracted, figurative, outdoor stainless steel sculpture
By Dale Dunning
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This contemporary metal sculpture of a mask is kinetic and was created by a Canadian artist.
This unique, one-of-a-kind ethereal sculpture was hand-forged by the masterful artist, ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Metal, Steel, Stainless Steel
'Peacock Among Magnolia', Chinese Painting in Period Gilt Frame
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Framed dimensions: 15.5 H x 13 W x 1.75 D inches
An elegant, 19th-century Chinese School gouache scroll painting fragment showing a richly-plumed peacock standing among magnolia and...
Category
19th Century Academic Art
Materials
Paper, Gouache
New England Winter
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Gordon Ham (20th century)
New England Winter, ca. 1940.
Oil on unstretched canvas panel, 14 x 17 inches.
Measuring 17 x 20 inches framed.
Signed lower right.
Vertical cracking ...
Category
1940s Abstract Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil
$1,350 Sale Price
25% Off
Equilibrium - Contemporary, Polaroid, Black and White, Women, Nude
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Equilibrium - 2020
48x60cm,
Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print based on the original Polaroid.
Signature label and certificate.
Artist inventory PL2020-948.
Not...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, Polaroid, Color, C Print, Archival Paper
Pumpkin, Yellow/Black, Yayoi Kusama 草間 彌生
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Yayoi Kusama (1929)
Title: Pumpkin, Yellow/Black
Year: 2016
Medium: Painted cast resin sculpture with decorative box, as issued
Sculpture Size: 4 × 3.5 x 3.5 inches
Inscripti...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Art
Materials
Epoxy Resin
$556 Sale Price
20% Off
Pierre Neveu (b.1929) - Contemporary Oil, Blue Eyed Lady
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Corsham, GB
A wonderful life study by the artist Pierre Neveu (b.1929) depicting a dark-haired lady perched on a chair. Neveu has used primary colours and bold geometric shapes, which reminds on...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Art
Materials
Oil
"Marguerite Matisse" lithograph
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: lithograph (after the painting). Printed in Paris on smooth wove paper at the atelier Mourlot and published in 1954. Size: 9 1/4 x 6 3/4 inches (237 x 170 mm). Signed in the ...
Category
1950s Art
Materials
Lithograph
Allegro Con Brio - contemporary, figurative, acrylic and thread sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This large contemporary clear acrylic sculpture of a piano was inspired by the artist’s love of music.
This beautiful and magical piece of modern art is the unique vision of an award-winning author and music lover. Years ago, Ruth Kassinger noticed how sunlight streaming through her living room windows bounced off white walls, through a glass coffee table, and splashed rainbows around the room. When her eyes drifted to the black baby grand piano in the room, she had an epiphany. The idea for a full-scale, transparent piano sculpture filled with colors was born.
To create the piano, she worked with a talented team of acrylic glass artisans who created the piano’s body and its keyboard. Using laser technology, thousands of holes were drilled both by computer and by hand to ensure that all of the threads are perfectly parallel. Then, using small acrylic boxes as models, Kassinger spent a year testing various threads to determine spacing and color combinations until they expressed her vision of music. “It takes me months to thread a piano. I use embroidery needles that I manipulate with long-handled surgical forceps. The highly polished, clear acrylic form allows light to flow through the sculpture, illuminating the thousands of multi-hued nylon and French silk threads. The threads change color as you move around the piano and, thanks to an optical phenomenon called moiré, they appear to move as if being played.”
Kassinger is best known for her books about science, history, and gardening. As a science writer, she has studied and written about the concepts of transparency and color. As a music lover, Kassinger’s personal experience of listening to music is heightened by a form of synaesthesia where she actually sees colors when she hears music. And, having grown up in a family of craftsmen (her parents had a custom furniture business and she later designed several pieces for her own home), she has the skills to undertake her first sculptural piece: a ‘glass’ piano...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Thread, Acrylic Polymer
Hand with White Rose
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Stunning image of a hand holding a white rose.
Oil on linen canvas, measuring 13 x 16 inches. Unframed.
European stretcher, probably French but possibly Italian.
The piece is uns...
Category
Mid-20th Century French School Art
Materials
Linen, Oil
Seascape Painting American Impressionist Paul Bachem
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
A beautiful seascape painting by contemporary artist Paul Bachem.
oil on canvas on panel
11 x 14 unframed, 17.18 x 20 framed
The painting has been restored to look like the original...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil
English 19th century Fox hunter with hounds, hunter and rider in a landscape
Located in Woodbury, CT
Attributed to John Nost Sartorius (1759–1828)
Fox Hunter and Hounds
Oil on canvas, circa 1810
Provenance: Ackermann & Johnson, London
A fine and spirited example of early 19th-centu...
Category
1810s Victorian Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Wild West Dream - Colorful Playful Figurative Cowgirl Horse Mixed Media on Paper
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Jesse’s imagery often merges playful and gritty elements, blending floral patterns, vintage-inspired designs, and bold outlines with a touch of whimsy. His artwork exudes a sense of ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media, Oil Pastel
Beach of San Salvador El Vendrell Spain spanish seascape oil on canvas painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Title: Beach of San Salvador, El Vendrell, Spain
Artist: Francesc d'Assís Casademont i Pou (signed as CASADEMONT _)
Date: November 1976
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 54 x 65 cm (...
Category
1970s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Coffee at the Milkman
By Soo Burnell
Located in New York, NY
ABOUT THIS PIECE: "I wanted to photograph the pools to show the beauty of the architecture, while minimizing the modern elements. I love the geometry of the tiles, the lines on the b...
Category
2010s Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
Untitled (abstract expressionist mid-century modern painting)
By Joseph Fiore
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Joseph Fiore (1928-2005) Untitled, ca. 1955. Oil on canvas, 18 x 24 inches.
Measuring 24 x 30 inches in custom modernist frame. Signed lower left. Excellent condition.
Joseph Albe...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$3,000 Sale Price
25% Off
Kandinsky at Galerie Karl Flinker - 1977 Exhibition Poster - in Ink on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Kandinsky at Galerie Karl Flinker - 1977 Exhibition Poster - in Ink on Paper
Poster with a reproduction of "Merry Structure" by Vassily Kandinsky (Russian, 1866-1944). This posted i...
Category
1970s Abstract Geometric Art
Materials
Paper, Ink, Lithograph
Contemporary Abstract Figurative Painting on Canvas in Violet Tones
Located in Bogotá, Bogotá
"Encounters at Dawn" – Contemporary Abstract Painting on Canvas in Violet Tones with Figuration is an abstract oil painting that explores color field and abstract expressionism. The ...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil
Color Bloom, Bauhaus Vertical Painting in Purple & Turquoise Arches Grid, Paper
Located in Barcelona, ES
This series of abstract geometric paintings by Natalia Roman draws its inspiration from the sleek grids and curves of Bauhaus architecture, while at the same time exploring bright an...
Category
2010s Analytic Cubist Art
Materials
Paper, Oil, Acrylic
May Flowers 5 - Minimalist Modern Abstract Acrylic Geometric Resin Artwork
By Ricky Hunt
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Ricky Hunt’s mixed media minimalist wall art is influenced by his tumultuous past that led to a paradigm shift in creativity and life. He covers the wood panel with layers of acrylic...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Art
Materials
Resin, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Wood Panel
Cup of Tea - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Black Woman Hair
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.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Mystery Impressionist mountain landscape with cabin
Located in San Francisco, CA
Up for sale another beautiful mystery painting. An impressionistic little gem with very accomplished broken brushstroke technique. Painting is signed and dated upper right but I cann...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil
Julie London - Portrait Julie London Jazz Singer Beverly Hills Hotel Hollywood
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Julie London - Portrait Julie London Jazz Singer Beverly Hills Hotel Hollywood by Slim Aarons
16 x 20" print.
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print.
Edition of 150.
Printed Later.
J...
Category
20th Century American Modern Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Digital
"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
Fiery Whisper of the Trees
Located in Zofingen, AG
Series: Between light and silence
Under a glowing orange sky, the forest becomes a hushed cathedral of warmth and mystery. The trees, ablaze with warm tones, seem to murmur ancient s...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Fauvist Still Life with Peaches and Cherries - Lithograph (Mourlot)
By Raoul Dufy
Located in Paris, IDF
Raoul DUFY (1877-1953)
Peaches and Cherries
Lithograph
Signed in the plate
On paper 30 x 24 cm (c. 11.8 x 9.4 in)
Excellent condition
Category
Mid-20th Century Fauvist Art
Materials
Lithograph
Landscape 145 by Jean Krille - Oil on Masonite 100x100 cm
By Jean Krille
Located in Geneva, CH
Jean Krillé’s paintings are known for their expressive use of color and dynamic, abstract forms, blending realism with abstraction in his depictions of nature. His landscapes often f...
Category
Late 20th Century Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Vintage Impressionist Large Tropical Red Flower Painting
By P. Russo
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
5-3048 Oversized red floral painting on canvas applied to board
Set in a vintage wood frame
Neapolitan artist P. Russo
Category
1970s Art
Materials
Oil
Near the Ilyinka village
By Simon Kozhin
Located in Zofingen, AG
In crafting this piece, I sought to capture the serene majesty of nature, rendered through the impressionistic play of light and shadow. The birch trees stand as sentinels over the s...
Category
2010s Impressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
A Fine 1930s, Modern Academic Pastel Figure Study of a Seated Male Nude Model
Located in Chicago, IL
A Fine 1930s, Modern Academic Pastel Figure Study of a Seated Male Nude Model by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). An exceptionally well executed, early 1930s p...
Category
1930s American Modern Art
Materials
Pastel, Paper
"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
Abstract Oil Painting With Figures. "Attempt At Harmony."
Located in Bogotá, Bogotá
"Attempt at Harmony" is an abstract painting distinguished by its texture and intertwined layers of color. Dominated by ochre tones, the piece is complemented by flashes of blue, pur...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil
HUGE ! English Original Impressionist oil painting TAMAR BRIDGE DEVON CORNWALL
By Alan Cotton
Located in Cirencester, GB
ARTIST: Alan Cotton (1938-) British
TITLE: “The Tamar Bridge" (Saltash Devon / Plymouth Cornwall)
SIGNED: lower left
MEDIUM: oil on canvas
SIZE: 140cm x 110cm inc frame
CONDITION: ...
Category
Late 20th Century Post-Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil
Neon Flamingo, Norfolk - Pop Art Color Photograph
Located in Cambridge, GB
Neon Flamingo, photograph from Richard Heeps' Norfolk series.
This artwork is a limited edition of 25, gloss photographic print, dry-mounted to aluminium, it is presented in a muse...
Category
2010s Pop Art Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
"The Artist's Sister" pochoir
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: offset lithograph with pochoir coloring. Printed in 1958 and published in Milan by Silvana Editoriale d'Arte in an edition of 200. Image size: 8 1/4 x 9 1/4 inches (210 x 233...
Category
1950s Art
Materials
Lithograph, Stencil
Werner Bronkhorst, TIEBREAK! (Large), Wimbledon Series, Framed, 2025
Located in Manchester, GB
Werner Bronkhorst, TIEBREAK! (Large), 2025
Giclée print on Hahnemühle Photorag paper with ready-to-hang heavyweight solid oak frame from FSC-certified sources, made in Germany. From...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Giclée
Dylan Martinez - Lemonade, 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
Eduardo Paolozzi 'Experience' 2010- Offset Lithograph
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This is a reproduction of Eduardo Paolozzi's "Experience", from his 1965 series "As Is When," which pays homage to the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein. This series is recognized for ...
Category
2010s Art
Materials
Offset
To Return. Richard K Blades. Oil painting of the sea at dusk Turner influence.
Located in Coltishall, GB
Moody skies over the sea.
Richard K Blades’ To Return is a captivating artwork that captures the vastness and drama of a seascape, where earth and sky blend in a mesmerizing dance. ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil, Board
Florentine Expressions: A Portrait Series III
Located in London, GB
"Florentine Expressions: A Portrait Series III", oil on canvas, mounted on board, Florentine School (circa 1980s-90s). This gallery has acquired a number of paintings through an inte...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
Lady In Blue Art Deco Female Painting
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
4066 Art Deco Lady in blue pastel painting
Set in a white frame
Category
1930s Art
Materials
Oil Pastel
Theatrical Costumes - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1950s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Watercolor on paper realized by Mino Maccari in 1950s.
Hand signed in pencil lower right.
Some minor folds, otherwise ver good condition.
Category
1950s Modern Art
Materials
Ink
French Harbour Scene Oil Painting of Boats and Waterfront at La Croisic
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Harbour Scene Oil Painting of Boats and Waterfront at La Croisic
By Fanch Lel
Signed: Yes
Size: 15.25 x 18 inches (height x width)
Oil painting on board, unframed
Condi...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil
A Potted Succulent and a Rhizome - Original Vibrant Abstract Botanical Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Krisanne Souter weaves together elements of nature and ancient feminine archetypes, such as the Mother and the Mystic. Botanical themes, playful elements, and unexpected surprises ar...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Paper, Ink, Acrylic, Watercolor, Color Pencil
Norman Parkinson 'Young Velvets, Young Prices'
Located in New York, NY
Norman Parkinson's iconic image of models wear a variety of hats on the roof of the Condé Nast building on Lexington Avenue, New York City. Published in American Vogue on 15th Octobe...
Category
1940s Modern Art
Materials
C Print
Theia by Richard Perry - Abstract sculpture, Carrara marble, colourful, pink
Located in Paris, FR
Theia is a unique ink, paint and wax on Carrara marble sculpture by contemporary artist Richard Perry, dimensions are 20.5 × 23 × 19 cm (8.1 × 9.1 × 7.5 in).
The sculpture is signed...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Marble
The Duke of Wellington's 'Copenhagen', ridden at the Battle of Waterloo
By William Webb
Located in Stoke, Hampshire
William Webb (1780-1846)
The Duke of Wellington's 'Copenhagen', ridden at Waterloo, Sir John Waters' 'Bitter', the Duke of Wellington's chestnut mare, the Duke of Wellington's white ...
Category
19th Century Victorian Art
Materials
Oil
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