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Art For Sale
Style: Post-War
Style: Young British Artists (YBA)
POSTWAR Rare BRILLO Andy WARHOL Index Book Brillo Hologram
Located in New York, NY
An original hard copy of Andy Warhol's Brillo book. 11.25" h x 8.75" w. Wear consistent with age and use. Some wear at corners, as in the images. Andy Warhol, an American artist,...
Category

Mid-20th Century Post-War Art

Materials

Lithograph

Quinizarin
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Hirst, Damien Title: Quinizarin Series: Spots Date: 2011 Medium: Woodcut Unframed Dimensions: 8" x 20" Signature: Pencil signed, numbered on the reverse Edition: 39/5...
Category

2010s Young British Artists (YBA) Art

Materials

Woodcut

Alas Paeo Volar, 1960s, Wings to Fly, Oil on Canvas by Letica Terrago, Mexican
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
Leticia Terrago (Mexican, Born 1940) Signed L. Terrago (Lower, Left) " Alas Paeo Volar ", c. 1960s (Titled on Verso) (Wings To Fly) Oil on Canvas 9 3/4" x 7 7/8" Housed in an Ar...
Category

Mid-20th Century Post-War Art

Materials

Metal

Picolinic Acid
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Hirst, Damien Title: Picolinic Acid Series: Spots Date: 2011 Medium: Woodcut Unframed Dimensions: 8" x 20" Signature: Pencil signed, numbered on the reverse Edition: ...
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2010s Young British Artists (YBA) Art

Materials

Woodcut

Academic Study (Male Nudes)
Located in London, GB
Pencil on paper, signed (upper right), 76cm x 56cm (88cm x 68cm framed). A graduate of the Kiev Art Academy in 1957. Drawings of the nude, called academic studies...
Category

1950s Post-War Art

Materials

Paper, Charcoal

Figure in a Lanscape
Located in London, GB
Oil on board, 62cm x 42cm, (70cm x 50cm framed). The picture is in good condition. Plummer trained at the Royal Academy Schools in the early 1950s, championed by Stanley Spencer and Sir Herbert Read, he was the recipient of the coveted Leverhulme Scholarship. In a mixed career which included illustration work for The National Trust, anatomical illustration for Guys Hospital and teaching, painting ran parallel to his commercial work. Plummer specialised in the medium of egg tempera, as well as oil painting, a technique little used since the frescos of the Renaissance, he often worked on a large scale, but in tremendous detail, combining Classical iconography and formal composition with visual exploration evocative of William Blake and...
Category

1980s Post-War Art

Materials

Oil, Board

"Horse and Rider I" 1970 Lithograph Signed and numbered by artist
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Elisabeth Frink's work is held in numerous museum collections including The Tate Modern (London) and The National Portrait Gallery (London). The artist's contribution to public art i...
Category

1970s Post-War Art

Materials

Lithograph

Bromphenol Blue
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Hirst, Damien Title: Bromphenol Blue Date: 2005 Medium: Etching and Aquatint in Colours on Hahnemühle Paper Unframed Dimensions: 30" x 36.5" Framed Dimensions: 35" x 42...
Category

Early 2000s Young British Artists (YBA) Art

Materials

Etching

"Dune" Watercolor on Paper Painting 10" x 12" in (1977) by Inji Efflatoun
Located in Culver City, CA
"Dune" Watercolor on Paper Painting 10" x 12" in (1977) by Inji Efflatoun signed & dated Inji Eflatoun pursued free studies in art. Since 1942, she has participated in the exhibiti...
Category

20th Century Post-War Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Watercolor

Bandstand I, Eastbourne, UK - Black and White Vintage Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
'Bandstand', captured on a visit to his grandparents at the British seaside in Eastbourne, this collection by Samuel Field is a beautiful reminder of days gone by. This artwork is a...
Category

1980s Post-War Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, Black and White, C Print, Silver Gelatin

Le Pêcheur, Picasso, 1950's, Fisherman, Bowl, Ceramic, Multiples, Figurative
Located in Geneva, CH
Le Pêcheur, Picasso, 1950's, Fisherman, Bowl, Ceramic, Multiples, Figurative Ed. 100 pcs, 1955 White earthenware decorated with partially enamelled oxidized paraffin, metallic ename...
Category

1950s Post-War Art

Materials

Ceramic

"Girl in Red Jacket", Galina Pshenitsina, Post-War, Figurative, 32x23 in., Oil
Located in Dallas, TX
Galina Vasilevna Pshenitsina was born in 1940 in the town of Gorky (now Nizhny Novgorod). She began her studies at the Art School named after Johanson in St. Petersburg. In 1959, she...
Category

Early 2000s Post-War Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

The Sexual Perspective,
Located in London, GB
Watercolour, signed lower right (in pencil), 31cm x 43cm (49cm x 59cm framed). The picture is in good condition, with strong colours. It has been recently framed. Active within the Gay Liberation...
Category

1980s Post-War Art

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Original Painting of Forest Landscape in Northern Ireland by 20th Century Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Original Post-War Oil Painting of Tollymore Forest in Northern Ireland by 20th Century Modern Artist, Denis Thornton (1937-1999) Art measures 30 x 20...
Category

1980s Post-War Art

Materials

Cotton, Oil, Canvas

"Horse and Rider II" 1970 Lithograph, Signed by artist
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Elisabeth Frink (1930-1993) was one of Britain's leading postwar sculptors. In addition to her work in sculpture, Frink was an accomplished and prolific printmaker, experimenting wit...
Category

1970s Post-War Art

Materials

Lithograph

"Villageoise II" Pastel on Paper 12" x 20" inch (1987) by Inji Efflatoun
Located in Culver City, CA
"Villageoise II" Pastel on Paper 12" x 20" inch (1987) by Inji Efflatoun Signed and dated Inji Eflatoun pursued free studies in art. Since 1942, she has participated in the exhibi...
Category

20th Century Post-War Art

Materials

Watercolor, Archival Paper

Tuscan Florentine Figurative Abstract Female Bronze Statue 20th century
Located in Florence, IT
The small bronze statue portrays a lady standing, with the arms lifted up to help her looking far away. It's an single cast. It can be dated to th...
Category

1960s Post-War Art

Materials

Bronze

Pichet gravé gris, Picasso, Pitcher, Owl, Portrait, Design, Animal, Postwar, Art
Located in Geneva, CH
Pichet gravé gris Ed. 500 pcs, 1954 White clay with grey engobe painting, partially glazed in white and black with incised decor. H. 30 cm Stamped underside : Madoura, Edition Picass...
Category

1950s Post-War Art

Materials

Ceramic, Clay, Earthenware

Menorca portal Spain oil on canvas painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Poch Romeu was one of the most relevant and renowned landscape painters who originated in the second half of the 20th century. His technique was oil on can...
Category

1980s Post-War Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Spring 1945", Galina Pshenitsina, Post-War, Figurative, 38x31, Impressionist
Located in Dallas, TX
Galina Vasilevna Pshenitsina was born in 1940 in the town of Gorky (now Nizhny Novgorod). She began her studies at the Art School named after Johanson in St. Petersburg. In 1959, she...
Category

1980s Post-War Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Shoulder Vase by Carstens-Tönnieshof Atelier Series, Modernist c. 1960
Located in Chicago, IL
A large ceramic shoulder vase by Carstens-Tönnieshof from its high-end Atelier Series helmed by designer Gerda Heuckeroth. This form is accented by textured glazes in hues of green, ...
Category

1960s Post-War Art

Materials

Ceramic

"Horse and Rider III" 1970 Lithograph Signed and numbered by artist
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Elisabeth Frink (1930-1993) was one of Britain's leading postwar sculptors. In addition to her work in sculpture, Frink was an accomplished and prolific printmaker, experimenting wit...
Category

1970s Post-War Art

Materials

Lithograph

"Cant see the wood for the trees"
Located in Helsingør, DK
Pencil on paper. Darbyshire framed. 75 x 110 cm Science Sticker verso. PROVENANCE: Gift from the artist to the present owner. Private sales Sothebys. Darbyshire framed. SCIENCE work ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Young British Artists (YBA) Art

Materials

Carbon Pencil

Rivera Bagur WALKING THE DOG IN WINTER original naif pastel painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Miguel RIVERA BAGUR. 1919-1993 Baleares artist. Spain. Chief Representative of the art Naif in Spain. His work is characterized by the precision of his portraits, especially in gest...
Category

1970s Post-War Art

Materials

Oil Pastel

Untitled 07
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Quinn, Marc Title: Untitled 07 Series: Eye of History Date: 2013 Medium: Color Etching on 350gsm paper Unframed Dimensions: 35.9375" x 35.5625" Framed Dimensions: 4...
Category

2010s Young British Artists (YBA) Art

Materials

Etching

"Le Chat V" Oil Painting 20" x 14" inch (1971) by Zohra Efflatoun
Located in Culver City, CA
"Le Chat V" Oil Painting 20" x 14" inch (1971) by Zohra Efflatoun signed & dated Zohra Efflatoun came from an artistic family. Her half-sister Inji was a renowned painter from Cairo. Whereas Zohra, who lived in Alexandria, studied under the patronage of the Alexandrian pioneer painters Adham and Seif Wanly...
Category

20th Century Post-War Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Cairo Street Corner" Oil Painting 39" x 28" inch (1974) by Zohra Efflatoun
Located in Culver City, CA
"Cairo Street Corner" Oil Painting 39" x 28" inch (1974) by Zohra Efflatoun signed & dated Zohra Efflatoun came from an artistic family. Her half-sister Inji was a renowned painter from Cairo. Whereas Zohra, who lived in Alexandria, studied under the patronage of the Alexandrian pioneer painters Adham and Seif Wanly...
Category

20th Century Post-War Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Swiss Chalet II" Landscape Watercolor Painting 10" x 12" inch by Inji Efflatoun
Located in Culver City, CA
"Swiss Chalet II" Landscape Watercolor Painting 10" x 12" inch by Inji Efflatoun Signed and dated Inji Eflatoun pursued free studies in art. Since 1942, she has participated in th...
Category

20th Century Post-War Art

Materials

Watercolor, Archival Paper

"Making Firends", Galina Pshenitsina, Post-War, Figurative, Oil/Canvas, 37x44in.
Located in Dallas, TX
Galina Vasilevna Pshenitsina was born in 1940 in the town of Gorky (now Nizhny Novgorod). She began her studies at the Art School named after Johanson in St. Petersburg. In 1959, she...
Category

Early 2000s Post-War Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

"Street Boy" signed Lithograph 12" x 8" inch Edition 72/100 by Hamed Abdalla
Located in Culver City, CA
"Street Boy" signed Lithograph 12" x 8" inch Edition 72/100 by Hamed Abdalla Hamed Abdallah (1917-1985), a trailblazer in Egyptian and Arab modernism, t...
Category

20th Century Post-War Art

Materials

Lithograph

Butterfly Heart (large) - Contemporary art, 21st Century, YBAs, Colorful, Giclée
Located in Zug, CH
Butterfly Heart (large) - Damien Hirst, Contemporary Art, 21st Century, YBAs, Colorful, Giclée Print, Brush Stokes, Paint, Glossy, Limited Edition Laminated Giclée print on aluminium composite panel Published by HENI Edition 560 of 1,698 (edition number might vary -several editions available for sale) Digitally signed and numbered on label on the verso (printed signature) In mint condition, as acquired from the publisher and in the original packaging PLEASE NOTE: Edition numbers could vary from the one shown in the images. Butterfly Heart is the latest edition by the British artist, Damien Hirst. This edition consists of digitally made photographed real butterfly wings placed onto a heart-shaped aluminum panel. This edition includes Hirst´s best-known motifs; the butterflies, and the rainbow color alignment on the heart-shaped print. Shortly after graduating from Goldsmiths, in 1989, Hirst began working on a series of paintings after seeing flies get stuck on primed canvases in his Brixton studio. Taking this idea, but wanting to create something beautiful, Hirst started fixing the bodies of dead butterflies to monochrome gloss-painted canvases. The appeal of butterflies is created largely by the appearance of life they retain in death. Hirst has said, “I think rather than be personal you have to find universal triggers: everyone’s frightened of glass, everyone’s frightened of sharks, everyone loves butterflies.” The Butterfly works go hand-in-hand with the heart-shaped canvases. Soon after Hirst began working on his now-iconic series of butterfly paintings he shaped the canvas into a heart - the international symbol for love. DAMIEN HIRST The Turner prize winner and epicenter of the YBA movement. Hirst's emblematic art of our era revolutionizes the art market. Hirst is widely regarded as one of the most important artists working today, creating truly iconic artworks. A genuine star of the Young British Artists (YBA) movement, Damien Hirst has always made a point of mixing up different media. Whether as a sculptor, an installation artist, a painter, or a printmaker, Hirst has produced many of the most spectacular and widely discussed works in recent years and helped to revolutionize the art market. Damien Hirst’s, For the Love of God, the diamond-encrusted replica of the skull of a thirty-five-year-old man from the thirteenth century, broke all records to become the most expensive contemporary artwork in the world. Damien Hirst´s artworks are truly emblematic icons of our era, with their recurring motives such as dots, butterflies, cows, sharks, skulls, pills, and pharmacy cabinets. “I do believe art is more powerful than money, though. I still believe that. And if I ever find out money's more important, I'll knock it on the head.”—Damien Hirst His works, captivating and intense as they are, challenge our stereotyped concepts and beliefs. Damien Hirst’s shark...
Category

2010s Young British Artists (YBA) Art

Materials

Giclée

French Mid-Century 1960s Mens Fashion Design Vintage Suit Lithograph Print
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
French men's fashion design published as a Supplement to 'L'Homme et Le Maitre Tailleur', a Parisien fashion periodical. Jean Darroux was a Parisien tailor, who designed several seri...
Category

Mid-20th Century Post-War Art

Materials

Lithograph

"Brothers" signed Lithograph 14"x10" in Edition 62/100 by Hamed Abdalla
Located in Culver City, CA
"Brothers" signed Lithograph 14"x10" in Edition 62/100 by Hamed Abdalla Hamed Abdallah (1917-1985), a trailblazer in Egyptian and Arab modernism, took his artistic focus one step fu...
Category

20th Century Post-War Art

Materials

Lithograph

Giuseppe Migneco(Italian painter) - 20th century figure drawing - Fortune teller
Located in Varmo, IT
Giuseppe Migneco (Messina 1903 - Milan 1997) - The fortune teller. 49.5 x 39.5 cm without frame, 52.5 x 40.5 cm with frame. Antique mixed technique drawing on paper, in wooden fram...
Category

Mid-20th Century Post-War Art

Materials

Mixed Media, Paper

PRINZ EUGEN - A Royal Demise
By Arthur Edwaine Beaumont
Located in Costa Mesa, CA
In this composite image Naval Artist Arthur Beaumont shows us the final moments of the German battleship PRINZ EUGEN, as the ghosts of her former comra...
Category

1940s Post-War Art

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

"Sarlat II" Watercolor on Paper 12" x 8" inch by Inji Efflatoun
Located in Culver City, CA
"Sarlat II" Watercolor on Paper 12" x 8" inch by Inji Efflatoun circa1950 Signed Inji Eflatoun pursued free studies in art. Since 1942, she has participated in the exhibitions of ...
Category

20th Century Post-War Art

Materials

Watercolor, Archival Paper

Chimera I
Located in London, GB
Michael Leonard, (British b.1933), Chimera I, 1975, Graphite pencil on paper, initialled (lower left), signed and dated (lower right), 15cm x 14cm, (35cm x 32cm framed) Michael Leon...
Category

1970s Post-War Art

Materials

Paper, Pencil

Watching the horse races with binoculars, Deauville, France
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Robert Capa (born Endre Ernő Friedmann October 22, 1913 – May 25, 1954) was a Hungarian–American war photographer and photojournalist. He is considered by some to be the greatest com...
Category

1950s Post-War Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Vanitas (unfinished)
Located in London, GB
Alkyd-oil on board, 81cm diam., (100cm diam framed). Although most famous for his portrait of HM Queen Elizabeth in the National Portrait Gallery, London, from the late 1970s up un...
Category

Early 2000s Post-War Art

Materials

Board, Oil

European Mid-Century 1959 Fashion Design Vintage Lithograph Print
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
European fashion design from the 'Atelier Sogra', published in Vienna. 325mm by 220mm (sheet)
Category

Mid-20th Century Post-War Art

Materials

Lithograph

"Husband and Wife" signed Lithograph 14"x10" in Edition 22/100 by Hamed Abdalla
Located in Culver City, CA
"Husband and Wife" signed Lithograph 14"x10" in Edition 22/100 by Hamed Abdalla Hamed Abdallah (1917-1985), a trailblazer in Egyptian and Arab modernism, took his artistic focus one...
Category

20th Century Post-War Art

Materials

Lithograph

Three Figures
Located in London, GB
Watercolour and pencil on paper, 76cm x 51cm, (87cm x 61cm framed). Born in London to his renowned artist mother Elisabeth Frink RA and a French architect father, Michel Jammet, Ja...
Category

1990s Post-War Art

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

"Owl by Night" A Post-War Expressionistic Oil Painting by British Joseph Duncan
Located in Frederiksberg C, DK
Introducing a beautifully gripping post-war oil painting by British artist Joseph Duncan. Within this intense expressionistic work, the powerful use of c...
Category

1960s Post-War Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

La Fenetre Ouvrete
Located in Farmers Branch, TX
La Fenetre Ouvrete Dimensions: 33 x 35.75 inches Medium: Oil on canvas Provenance Private Collection, Paris Walter Brown Collection, Texas Anders Osterl...
Category

1940s Post-War Art

Materials

Oil

"Ploumanac'h I" Watercolor on Paper 9" x 12.5" inch by Inji Efflatoun
Located in Culver City, CA
"Ploumanac'h I" Watercolor on Paper 9" x 12.5" inch by Inji Efflatoun circa1950 dated Inji Eflatoun pursued free studies in art. Since 1942, she has participated in the exhibitions...
Category

20th Century Post-War Art

Materials

Watercolor, Archival Paper

Hidden by Clouds, Original Landscape Painting, Cotswolds Rural Artwork
Located in Deddington, GB
Hidden by Clouds is an original framed painting by artist Rosie Phipps. Featuring her gestural and expressive use of mark making to create these beautifully intimate landscapes. Rosi...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Post-War Art

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Gouache

Jewish Man Playing Viol, Oil Painting by Abraham Straski, 1952
Located in Long Island City, NY
Jewish Man Playing Viol (3-F) Abraham Straski, Polish (1903–1987) Date: 1952 Oil on Canvas, signed and dated Size: 16 x 11.5 in. (40.64 x 29.21 cm) Frame Si...
Category

1950s Post-War Art

Materials

Wood, Canvas, Oil

Landscape
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
Pastel on paper H 12 1/2 x W 9 inches (sight size) Signed and dated center right This item is in our New York City warehouse and can be viewed by appointment.
Category

1960s Post-War Art

Materials

Pastel

David Hostetler Torso Sculpture Bronze Nude Mid Century Figurative Brown
Located in Nantucket, MA
David Hostetler created this form originally in ceramic in 1948. He used the mold in the 1980's to cast a bronze. It has a green marble base that measures 2"h x 5.5"w x 4"d. The sculptures David created at the beginning of his career in the late 1940's and 1950's were abstract and in stone and ceramic. He was inspired by Henry Moore, Archipenko, Modigliani and Ancient Greek statues...
Category

1980s Post-War Art

Materials

Bronze

Rabbi Reading by Candlelight , Oil Painting by Abraham Straski, 1959
Located in Long Island City, NY
Rabbi Reading by Candlelight (9-F) Abraham Straski, Polish (1903–1987) Date: 1959 Oil on Canvas, signed and dated Size: 20 x 23 in. (50.8 x 58.42 cm) Fra...
Category

1950s Post-War Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Taureau et Toreador, Picasso, Bull, Corrida, Design, Tile, Ceramic, 1950's
Located in Geneva, CH
Taureau et Toreador, Picasso, Bull, Corrida, Design, Tile, Ceramic, 1950's Taureau et Toreador Unique work 11.2.1957 Painted and partially glazed ceramic, hexagonal tomette tile 15 ...
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1950s Post-War Art

Materials

Ceramic

Untitled 06
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Quinn, Marc Title: Untitled 06 Series: Eye of History Date: 2013 Medium: Color Etching on 350gsm paper Unframed Dimensions: 35.9375" x 35.5625" Framed Dimensions: 44...
Category

2010s Young British Artists (YBA) Art

Materials

Etching

Maggie
Located in London, GB
Silkscreen, 2016, on Somerset wove, signed and numbered from the edition of 25, published by Shapero Modern, London, printed by K2 Screens, London, imag...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Young British Artists (YBA) Art

Materials

Screen

White Mask on Violet Ground - Mythic mask mountain -
Located in Berlin, DE
Hermann Schütte (1893 Osnabrück - 1973 Hamburg), White Mask on Violet Ground. Enameled copper plate on wooden base, 37 x 29.5 cm, monogrammed and dated "S[chütte] [19]62" in the lowe...
Category

1960s Post-War Art

Materials

Enamel

Rabbi with Torah, Oil Painting by Abraham Straski 1950
Located in Long Island City, NY
Rabbi with Torah Abraham Straski, Polish (1903–1987) Date: 1950 Oil on Canvas on Wood, signed and dated Size: 16 x 12 in. (40.64 x 30.48 cm) Frame Size: 19.5 x 15.5 inches
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1950s Post-War Art

Materials

Oil, Wood, Canvas

Pyramus and Thisbe
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Pyramus and Thisbe Etching, c.1906 Signed along bottom edge in pencil "Augustus E John" Edition: 25 Reference: Dodgson 91 ii/II Condition: Excellent Plate: 5 1/8 x 4" (13.02 x 10.16 ...
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Early 1900s Young British Artists (YBA) Art

Materials

Etching

Six Soviet Gymnasts
Located in London, GB
Watercolour, felt tip pen, and pencil on paper, titled (lower left), 48cm x 37cm, (70cm x 58cm framed). It is in its original frame, although the glass and mount have been replaced. Patrick Procktor was part of an influential group of British artists in the 1960s. His early paintings were dynamic, abstract depictions of the male nude, before he established himself as one of the leading watercolourists of his generation from the 1970s His work is held in many major public collections. This work is after the soviet painting...
Category

1960s Post-War Art

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Felt Pen, Pencil

"Harvest" Pencil Drawing 8" x 12" in by Inji Efflatoun
Located in Culver City, CA
"Harvest" Pencil Drawing 8" x 12" in by Inji Efflatoun Stamped Unique work. Inji Eflatoun pursued free studies in art. Since 1942, she has participated in the exhibitions of the Av...
Category

20th Century Post-War Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Pencil

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