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Art For Sale
Henri Matisse, Heart of Love Taken, from Verve, Revue Artistique, 1949
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by Henri Matisse (1869–1954), titled Coeur d’amour epris (Heart of Love Taken), from Verve, Revue Artistique et Litteraire, Vol. VI, No. 23, originates from...
Category
1940s Fauvist Art
Materials
Lithograph
Rose
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 (Issued by the Gal...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Charcoal, Mixed Media, Acrylic
$2,200 Sale Price
20% Off
View of Riva degli Schiavoni - Oil Painting - Late 18th century
By Giovanni Antonio Canal (Canaletto)
Located in Roma, IT
View of Riva degli Schiavoni is an original old master artwork realized in the late 18th century by a follower of the School of the italian painter Canaletto. Oil on canvas.
An imp...
Category
Late 18th Century Modern Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
$12,998 Sale Price
25% Off
Watergardens - Original Tranquil Abstract Artwork with Aqua and Lush Green
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
Untitled Geometric Abstract (Minimalism, Red, Black, Collage, ~78% OFF)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Willy Oster
Untitled Geometric Abstract
Mixed Media Collage; Acrylic, Paper
1990
27.55 x 39.37 inches (70 x 100 cm)
Signed, dated and annotated by hand on verso
COA provided
*Condit...
Category
1990s Minimalist Art
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media, Acrylic
$111 Sale Price
77% Off
Large Scale Surrealist Oil on Canvas, 'Noah's Ark and the Animals'.
Located in Cotignac, FR
Very large scale late 20th century oil on canvas of Noah's Ark and the Animals by British artist Derek Carruthers. Signed to the bottom right.
A magical, highly colourful and energe...
Category
Late 20th Century Surrealist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$5,928 Sale Price
27% Off
Impressionist expressive floral oil painting on canvas "Summer of tender roses"
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This contemporary floral expressionist piece with a touch of impressionism was created by French artist Natalya Mougenot and belongs to her evocative series dedicated to the beauty o...
Category
2010s Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas, Linen
Winter Storm, Minimalist Wooden Pier, Limited Edition, Waterscape Photography
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Winter Storm, Austria 2015 - no. 11591
Wooden pier during a storm on the lake Neusiedlersee in Austria. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 9. All Gerald Bergh...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Sunday Afternoons (Sidewinder) - Polaroid, Contemporary, 21st Century, Nude
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Sunday Afternoons (Sidewinder), 2005
Edition of 1/10, 24x20cm,
digital C-Print based on an expired Polaroid.
Signature label and Certificate.
Artist Inventory # 3765.01.
Not mounted...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
White lace
Located in Zofingen, AG
On the canvas of the artwork "White Lace" nature unveils its delicate side, as if weaving an intricate lace fabric for its masterpiece. A wave, enveloped in pristine foam, intertwine...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Amici V - Contemporary Figurative Abstract Bronze Sculpture of Three People
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Nando Kallweit’s "Amici V" is a contemporary bronze sculpture that captures the essence of unity and connection through its strikingly elongated abstract forms. This modern figurative artwork features three faceless figures standing tall together, their textured surfaces and slender silhouettes evoking a sense of strength and harmony.
The interplay of light and shadow on the dark patina enhances the sculpture’s expressive depth, making it a sophisticated addition to minimalist, abstract, and contemporary art collections. Amici V symbolizes companionship, resilience, and shared experiences, resonating deeply with collectors who appreciate art that conveys emotion through form.
German sculptor Nando Kallweit produces figurative bronze sculptures and reliefs with aquiline and a graceful modern appeal. Kallweit is inspired by seemingly disparate cultures; the strength of ancient Egyptian sculptures...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Coupled Poppies - analogue floral photography, Limited edition 2 of 10
By Ugne Pouwell
Located in London, GB
'Coupled Poppies’ photographed in London, United Kingdom 2023.
It is a still life black and white film photograph, made with a large format 4x5 Linhof...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Film, Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Giclée
Afrocentric Radiance
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
In a vibrant celebration of African heritage and beauty, our protagonist, a stunning black African woman, graces the scene with her majestic presence. Crowned with a voluminous afro ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Fabric, Canvas, Oil, Mixed Media
$2,720 Sale Price
20% Off
Nizza - framed large photograph of summer beach scene in South of France
By Frank Schott
Located in San Francisco, CA
observation of a Mediterranean beach scene in Nice, France, on a hazy summer day
Nizza by Frank Schott
white wood gallery frame ( 1 inch face 2 1/2 inch deep )
27 x 41 inches (68....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Giclée, Archival Pigme...
$2,320 Sale Price
20% Off
Synthesis 6 by Tom Price - Sculpture and lighting, LED, original, abstract
By Tom Price
Located in Paris, FR
Synthesis 6 (small horizontal) is a sculpture by contemporary artist Tom Price. This sculpture is made of resin, tar, steel, acrylic and LED, dimensions are 45 × 51 × 35 cm (17.7 × 2...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Steel
Self Portrait of Artist - French 18th century art Old Master oil painting
Located in Hagley, England
This simply superb French Old Master self portrait oil painting is attributed to portrait artist Alexis Grimou. Painted circa 1720 it is a bust length standing portrait of the artist...
Category
1720s Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil
$13,094 Sale Price
20% Off
"Strolling In The Tuileries Gardens Paris"
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
5-3256a Figurative Landscape in the Tuileries gardens in Paris
Image size 7.5x9.5"
Set in a vintage wood and gesso frame
Category
1940s Art
Materials
Oil
$200 Sale Price
27% Off
Mid Century Expressionist Rural Landscape, The Bastide at Signes, Oil on Canvas
Located in Cotignac, FR
French Mid Century Expressionist oil on canvas Provencal landscape of Signes, South of France, by Olympe Silvy. Signed bottom right, annotated, titled and dated to the back stretcher...
Category
Mid-20th Century Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Original World Cup USA 94 - Coca Cola Soccer poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original World Cup USA ’94, Coca Cola sponsored vintage poster. Archival linen backed in A- condition, ready to frame. This World Cup ’94 poster is very rarely seen or available....
Category
1990s Abstract Geometric Art
Materials
Offset
Nude. Figurative and abstract acrylic painting, Body, Polish artist
Located in Warsaw, PL
Contemporary acrylic on canvas painting depicting a nude by Polish artist Michal Bajsarowicz. The artwork is an artistic take on human body with abstract elements. Composition is ske...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Tuscan Courtyard, old House, Tuscany, black and white photography, art landscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Black and white cityscape photography. A courtyard with a wooden door, arched doorways, and potted plants on a cobblestone floor.
Archival pigment ink print, edi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Digital Pigment, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Ancient Laurel - Cloud Forest - black and white photography - landscape - framed
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art landscape photography Gerald Berghammer.
Archival Pigment Ink Print, Edition 1/7, signed, numbered, dated. Aluminum frame, matt black, natural white archiva...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Digital Pigment
Le jardin de Daubigny Style of Vincent Van Gogh Daubigny's Garden by S. Goosson
Located in Soquel, CA
Le jardin de Daubigny Style of Vincent Van Gogh by Stephen Goosson
The painting depicts the enclosed garden of Charles-François Daubigny, a French landscape painter whom Van Gogh ad...
Category
1950s Impressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Illustration Board
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
Free Space Panorama, Gondola, Venice, black and white, landscape, photography
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Black and white cityscape photography. Gondolas moored along wooden posts on a canal with view of a city skyline and a tall bell tower.
Archival pigment ink prin...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Digital Pigment
"My Purple Diamond Heart" Colorful Oil Painting on Wood with White Floater Frame
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
Motivated by bold color and fast brushwork, we are moved by the simplicity and thick textured oil paints in these works. Shaoul’s “My Heart Collection” is a vibrant and energetic dis...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Oil, Board, Glass
Frozen Apple Trees Panorama - monochrome winter
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 8. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to orde...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Digital Pigment
Hyperreal Yellow, Blue, Purple Glass Balloon Sculpture Set (Trio)
Located in East Quogue, NY
Set of 3 hyperreal glass water balloon sculpture installation by Dylan Martinez. Made of 100% hot-sculpted glass.
Approx. Size: 3.5 × 3.5 × 4.5 inches (each)
Dylan Martinez’s hype...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Glass, Blown Glass
original lithograph
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. This lithograph is from the rare 1957 "Improvisations" portfolio, published by the Artists Equity Association of New York on the occasion of the 1957 Spr...
Category
1950s Art
Materials
Lithograph
“Impressionist Landscape, c. 1915-1920” California Forest American Impressionist
Located in Yardley, PA
“Impressionist Landscape, c. 1915-1920” by Francis Stillwell Dixon (American, 1879-1967).
One of Dixon’s finest canvases, depicting a tranquil forest scene bathed in soft, dappled l...
Category
Early 20th Century American Impressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Drangarnir Sea Stacks - Rock Island - Ocean - Nature
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art long exposure seascape - landscape photography print. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 7. Signed, titled, dated and numbered by artist. Certificate of ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Digital Pigment
"Riverside Park" Post War Impressionist Oil on Canvas Painting with Figures
Located in New York, NY
A masterful oil painting depicting a view of a riverside wooded park in a beautiful sunny day at the early fall season. A figure seated on a blue bench with a bridge behind, a couple...
Category
20th Century Post-Impressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Shanidar, Abstract Expressionist Screenprint by Dan Christensen
Located in Long Island City, NY
Dan Christensen, American (1942 - 2007) - Shanidar, Year: circa 1980, Medium: Screenprint, Signed and numbered in Pencil, Edition: 175, Size: 29.5 x 43 in. (74.93 x 109.22 cm)
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Art
Materials
Screen
Fine 18th Century British Oil Painting Mother & Infant Child in Adoration
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Mother & Child
British artist, late 18th century
after the painting by Sir Anthony van Dyke
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas : 20 x 18 inches
provenance: private collection, Berkshire,...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Countryside" by J-P George - Oil on cardboard 16x31 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Oil on cardboard sold with frame
Total size with frame 24x39 cm
Jean-Philippe GEORGE-JULLIARD is an artist born in Switzerland in 1818 and died in 1888. His works have been sold at ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Realist Art
Materials
Oil
$960 Sale Price
20% Off
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
"St. Tropez" Parisian Marine Harbor Scene Impressionist Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in New York, NY
As a French Impressionist artist, most of the Delarue's works were produced in the Mid-20th Century. He was known for his charming compositions and with a passion to portray life by ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
A Striking 1945 Mid-Century Modern Figure Study of a Standing Black Female Nude
Located in Chicago, IL
A Striking, 1945 Mid-Century Modern Figure Study of a Standing Female Nude African-American Model by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). A beautifully drawn and i...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Art
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Pastel
Original 'Soccer' vintage lithograph posters a.k.a. "Heads Up", Spain
Located in Spokane, WA
Original Soccer vintage sports poster. Linen backed in very good condition, ready to frame. Printed by Ortega Company in Valencia.
This type of untitled vintage poster was commonly printed and the date of an upcoming game and team would be added at the bottom of the poster. Soccer games were played quite often, allowing the local team to advertise their events without reprinting a new poster for each game or event. This poster was printed as a full lithograph, so it was expensive to produce. There is no specific designation of which two teams are being shown here in this antique poster
The poster has a nickname of ‘heads-up,” as two of the players are in the air as they position themselves to control the soccer ball.
Valencia two main clubs, FC València and Levante UD, attract hordes of fans to their matches. Both clubs play in the First Division of La Liga...
Category
1960s Kinetic Art
Materials
Lithograph
$680 Sale Price
20% Off
19thC oil painting, thatched cottages and church, two horses, figures, wetland
Located in Hillsborough, NC
Large oil painting of a rural early Town, British or other European, of thatched cottages and church set in a wide landscape with horses and figures on shining wet ground reflecting ...
Category
19th Century Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil, Fiberboard, Canvas
Suggestive Nude of a Woman oil on canvas painting
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Technical Sheet
Title: "Suggestive Nude of a Woman"
Artist: Rosendo González Carbonell (1910-1985)
Technique: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 36.2...
Category
1970s Impressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,533 Sale Price
20% Off
Boat Spain oil on canvas painting seascape beach
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Signed Adolfo Perez
Frame size 75x64 cm.
Category
1990s Photorealist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$478 Sale Price
20% Off
Redwood Forest Mammut Trees California Monochrome Limited Edition Landscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and White Fine Art American Landscape Photograph. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 9. Signed, titled, dated and numbered by artist. Certificate of authenticity included. ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Digital Pigment
"Question Mark & Comma" Butterflies on Silver and Gold Oil Painting on Canvas
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Butterflies. This piece depicts delicate multicolor butterflies in ascension placed in a wonderful golden silver land...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil
Max, 4 Liberty Heads, Hand Signed, Official Edition, Peter Max (after)
By Peter Max
Located in Fairfield, CT
Title: 4 Liberty Heads
Year: 2005
Medium: Offset lithograph in colors on gloss archival paper
Size: 15 x 19 inches
Inscription: Hand signed by Peter Max in ink and unnumbered, as iss...
Category
Early 2000s Pop Art Art
Materials
Offset
$283 Sale Price
20% Off
Redan with jockey up
Located in Stoke, Hampshire
Harry Hall (1814-1882)
Redan with jockey up
signed and dated 'Harry Hall/ 1865:6' (lower right)
Oil on canvas
Canvas Size 28 x 36 in
Framed Size 35 x 43 in
Harry Hall (c. 1814–1882...
Category
19th Century Victorian Art
Materials
Oil
Palm Tree, lonley Beach, Florida, USA - black and white photography - landscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Black and white minimalist landscape photography. Five palm trees on a sandy beach, with a calm ocean in the background.
Archival pigment ink print as part of a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Digital Pigment
Diane, John Kacere
By John Kacere
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: John Kacere (1930-1999)
Title: Diane
Year: 1979
Edition: A.P.; 200, plus proofs.
Medium: Lithograph on Waterford paper
Size: 19 x 28 inches
Inscription: Signed by the artist
...
Category
1970s Pop Art Art
Materials
Lithograph
$1,276 Sale Price
20% Off
Tennis In The Bahamas Slim Aarons Limited Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Tennis In The Bahamas
1957
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Two women stand talking to a man on the edge of a tennis court in the Bahamas, circa 1957. Behind the ...
Category
1950s Modern Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Beauty is What I Posessed
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
My beauty is one of a kind, my color is one of a kind, and I cherished my My skin which brings out the strength in me
Painting
Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria
This work ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Oil, Fabric
$1,950 Sale Price
20% Off
Edward Hopper 'Eleven A.M.' 2010- Offset Lithograph
By Edward Hopper
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Paper Size: 13.25 x 17 inches ( 33.655 x 43.18 cm )
Image Size: 13.25 x 17 inches ( 33.655 x 43.18 cm )
Framed: Yes
Frame Size: H: 14.25 x W: 18 x D: .75 in.
Condition: A: Mint
...
Category
2010s Art
Materials
Offset
$119 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique English Dog Painting Portrait of Border Terrier framed oil painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Border Terrier
by Leonard Richard Finn (British, b. 1891)
signed oil on canvas, framed
framed: 24 x 20 inches
canvas: 20 x 16 inches
provenance: private collection, UK
condition:...
Category
Early 20th Century Victorian Art
Materials
Oil
Titan - contemporary, abstract, totem, bronze, outdoor sculpture
By Viktor Mitic
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This tall, blue, green, abstract, totem, bronze, outdoor sculpture was created by Viktor Mitic, a Canadian sculptor known for his inspired work. Intricately designed abstract shapes ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Bronze
Contemporary Cast Glass Sculpture, 'Geologic Editions #10, 2018 by David Ruth
By David Ruth
Located in Oakland, CA
Please allow a three month turnaround time for piece to be made.
About the Geologic Editions:
The Geologic Editions are studies for Colorado Cascade Mural. David pieced together bit...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Stainless Steel
"The Street" original lithograph
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. Printed in 1952 for the art revue Verve (Volume 7, Number 27-28) and published in Paris by Teriade. Size: 13 3/4 x 10 inches (348 x 255 mm). There is an ...
Category
1950s Art
Materials
Lithograph
Lavender Field Panorama, France, black and white fine art landscape photography
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Black and white landscape photography. Lavender field with a dirt path to a small house and a tall tree, under a sky with moving clouds.
Archival pigment ink pri...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital Pigment
Abstract Landscape Paint on Canvas Made in Italy by Marilina Marchica
Located in Agrigento, AG
Original Painting by Marilina Marchica, "Landscape " (2018)
Details of the artwork:
Title:Landscape
Year: 2018
Dimensions: 50x50 cm (depth 3.5 cm)
Technique: Contemporary abstract ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
$1,254 Sale Price
25% Off
British Impressionist Watercolor of a Tranquil Riverside Landscape with Boat
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: British Impressionist Watercolor of a Tranquil Riverside Landscape with Boat
By Anthony Avery (British 1946-2023)
Original watercolor on artists paper, unframed
Dimensions: 11...
Category
Early 2000s Impressionist Art
Materials
Watercolor
Sensory Experience - original large nude art by Paula Craioveanu 39x27.5in
Located in Forest Hills, NY
"Sensory Experience", pencil and ultramarine tempera on paper, inspired by Matisse.
Part of Nude in Interior series.
Large drawing. Shipped rolled in a tube, from Florida, US.
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Artist Statement
"I started by painting interiors, being interested in space and perspective through my studies. These scenes evolved, when I added the human figure. I focused more on the human figure and its relation to the background. The human figure is more present than ever in my paintings now.
As a woman artist I’ve been preoccupied with the female form and its imagery. One of my goals was to capture the solitary moments and the nude’s relation to the surrounding space.
My interest turned from depicting the space to rendering the atmosphere and the scene as a whole, the feeling a woman adds to the environment: warmth, desire, joy, a feeling of power and control, or the opposite – sadness, despair.
Here is a collection of figurative paintings, exploring the nudes in interior spaces, seeing the nudes from my perspective, as a woman artist, considering the physical and spiritual realities of a woman’s body, in a new level of intimacy. My paintings are the opposite of objectifying a woman’s or a man’s anatomy. Painted works, featuring female nudes and a also men nudes...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Tempera, Pencil, Paper
Wildflowers - Screen Print by L. Rossi Garzione - Late 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Hand signed and numbered. Edition of 150 prints.
Excellent condition.
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Art
Materials
Screen
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