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Art For Sale
"Hey" Black Outline Bunny on Castleton Green Background Oil Painting Wood Framed
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Bunnies. This piece depicts a gestural figure of a black bunny on a castleton green background with thick use of pain...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Puppet Man, E. A
Located in Miami Beach, FL
"Puppet Man, 1960. By Alexander Calder.
"E.A" Written in pencil by the artist
The "E.A." designation on the print likely indicates it's an artist's proof, o...
Category
1960s Abstract Geometric Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Lithograph
Large 20th Century French Abstract Cubist Composition Signed Oil Painting
By Jean Besnard
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Cubist Composition
by Jean Besnard (1922-2007)
oil on board, unframed
signed with initials, dated
board: 27 x 26 inches
provenance: private collection, France
condition: good and sou...
Category
1980s Cubist Art
Materials
Oil
Viktor Kobylianski Abstract Composition Rose Tones Mixed Media on Canvas Large
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
At Escat Gallery we are committed to maintaining the highest standards of trust and professionalism for our collectors. Every artwork in our collection comes with a Certificate of Au...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Mixed Media, Pigment
Carmen By Marc Chagall
By Marc Chagall
Located in Dubai, Dubai
Carmen
By Marc Chagall
1966
Medium: Lithograph
Paper Size: 40 x 26 inches ( 102 x 66 cm )
Image Size: 40 x 26 inches ( 102 x 66 cm )
Edition Size: 3000
Category
1960s Contemporary Art
Materials
Lithograph
Manhattan Skyline Night, New York City - black and white photography landscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Black and white cityscape photography. Skyline with skyscrapers, taken at night from across a body of water w...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Digital Pigment
1930's French Post Impressionist Oil Painting - Summer Provence Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, circa 1930's, inscribed verso.
Title: Summer in Provence
Medium: oil painting on canvas board, unframed,
board: 1...
Category
Early 20th Century Fauvist Art
Materials
Oil
The Archangel Raphael Leaving Tobias' Family - Etching by Rembrandt - 1641
Located in Roma, IT
The Archangel Raphael Leaving Tobias' Family is an etching by Rembrandt executed in 1641. This etching is a proof of the 3rd state (of 4) before of the diagonals on the ground at the...
Category
1640s Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
$13,864 Sale Price
20% Off
William Miller Frazer RSA (1864-1961) - Mid 20th Century Oil, Pulborough
Located in Corsham, GB
This pastoral landscape painting depicts a serene countryside scene featuring prominent oak trees lining a serene lake in Pulborough, Sussex. Signed and inscribed on stretchers verso...
Category
20th Century Art
Materials
Oil
"Fly Away With Me" Multicolor Paper Butterflies Painting on Canvas w Shadow Box
Located in New York, NY
This piece is executed with hand cut butterflies, and comes displayed in an acrylic shadow box. These works conjure sensations of nostalgia, created from paper, cutting out colorful ...
Category
2010s Pop Art Art
Materials
Canvas, Paper, Acrylic
Twilight in the Forest Meadow with Mountains
Located in Stockholm, SE
An expansive twilight landscape unfolds before you: a dark spruce forest opens into a quiet forest meadow, the silence punctuated only by the fading light. In the distance, the Bavar...
Category
1920s Other Art Style Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Silver Orbit by Kuno Vollet Contemporary Stainless Steel sculpture for Outdoors
By Kuno Vollet
Located in DE
Artist: Kuno Vollet
Title: Silver Orbit
Very large Contemporary stainless steel sculpture for inside or garden outdoor spaces.
Beautiful spiral dancing its way towards the sky.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Steel
Caress, 1951 - Original lithograph
Located in Paris, IDF
Françoise GILOT (1921)
Caress, 1951
Original lithograph
On Marais vellum 28 x 22.5 cm (c. 11 x 9 inches)
REFERENCES : Catalog raisonne "Stone Echoes, Original Prints by Francoise G...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Art
Materials
Lithograph
Old Corner in Schuls by Ernest Voegeli - Oil on Canvas 46x60 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Ernest Voegeli is an artist who has found his path through a combination of solid technique and a clear, insightful approach to color, form, and composition. While his work is primar...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Paper Making" WPA Industrial Mid-Century American Scene Social Realism Workers
Located in New York, NY
"Paper Making" WPA Industrial Mid-Century American Scene Social Realism Workers
Douglas Crockwell (1904-1968)
"Paper Making"
19 x 39 inches
Oil on board, c. 1936
Signed verso
Framed: 28 x 47
Provenance: Estate of the Artist
BIO
Spencer Douglass Crockwell was born into a comfortable middle class household on April 29, 1904 in Columbus, Ohio. His father, Charles Roland Crockwell, was a mining engineer; his mother, Cora, was the daughter of an Iowa attorney. He became a commercial artist and experimental filmmaker who spent a good part of his career creating illustrations and advertisements for the Saturday Evening Post.
In 1907 the Crockwell family moved to St. Louis, Missouri, where he graduated from high school and then attended from Washington University. Initially he studied engineering, but soon switched to business. While still an undergraduate, Crockwell took courses at the St. Louis School of Fine Arts and quickly realized that he wanted to be an artist. After graduating from Washington University in 1926, Crockwell continued to study at the St. Louis School of Fine Arts until 1929. The following year he relocated to Chicago and continued his studies at the American Academy of Art. In 1930 and 1931 he studied in Europe on a Traveling Fellowship.
In 1932 Douglass Crockwell moved to Glens Falls, New York, which was to be his home for the remainder of his life. The following year he married Margaret Braman. They had three children, a son Douglass and two daughters, Johanna and Margaret.
During the depression he created murals and posters for the Works Progress Administration including Post Office murals in White River junction, Vermont; Endicott, New York; and Macon, Mississippi. In 1934 he painted Paper Workers, Finch Pruyn & Co. (the leading Glens Falls, New York company) for the WPA.
In the 1930s Crockwell developed an interest in experimental animated films that occupied him for the rest of his life. In 1936 and 1937, he collaborated with David Smith, a sculptor, to create surrealist films. Because of his interest in experimental films, his output of paintings was limited to just twenty to forty illustrations a year during this time.
Crockwell painted his first of many Saturday Evening Post cover in 1933. He also worked for Life, Look, and Esquire, and numerous national advertisers including Friskies dog food, Welch’s Grape Juice, Republic Steel...
Category
1930s American Modern Art
Materials
Oil, Board
Row of six Cherry Trees, black and white panorama photograph, landscape, limited
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art panorama landscape photography. Avenue of cherry trees at sunset with exciting clouds, Weinviertel, Austria. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 9. Signed...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Ink, Digital Pigment, Archival Pigment
Emmanuele Brambilla 'Rome, Panoramic View of Piazza Di Spagna' 1999- Lithograph
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Paper Size: 10.25 x 39.5 inches ( 26.035 x 100.33 cm )
Image Size: 6 x 35.5 inches ( 15.24 x 90.17 cm )
Framed: No
Condition: B: Very Good Condition, with signs of handling or age...
Category
1990s Art
Materials
Offset
A Friend in the Forest, Landscape with Deer
By Richard Weers
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
Richard Weers (American, 1932-2022)
Signed: Richard Weers (Lower, Left)
" A Friend in the Forest "
Oil on Canvas
12" x 16"
Housed in a 1 1/2" Gol...
Category
Late 20th Century American Realist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Sophia Loren - Cherish it - Textural Oil Painting and Image Immersed in Text
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Christina Major’s "Sophia Loren - Cherish It" is a captivating contemporary portrait that merges hyperrealistic portraiture with layered text, creating a dynamic fusion of depth, emotion, and storytelling. This 49 x 49-inch original painting masterfully captures the timeless beauty of Sophia Loren, with her piercing gaze and luminous complexion enhanced by the artist’s meticulous brushwork. Overlapping layers of hand-painted script weave through the portrait, adding texture and meaning, reflecting themes of wisdom, self-love, and femininity. The interplay of soft pastels and bold contrasts makes this artwork a statement piece for collectors drawn to modern figurative painting, celebrity portraiture, and mixed-media techniques.
Christina Major is a portrait painter interested in the ways the identity of both artist and subject can coexist in a painting. Major's current creative research focuses on the traditional form of the portrait as a powerful form of representing an individual and how meaning can be expanded through scale, brushstroke, color, texture, composition, and the many variables that portraiture deals with.
This one-of-a-kind oil painting is signed by Major on the back. The artwork is wired and ready to hang. It does not require framing. Free local Los Angeles area delivery. Affordable Continental U.S. and International shipping available. A certificate of authenticity issued by the art gallery is included.
Major expands the traditional portrait painting...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'David Bowie Aladdin Sane - Eyes Open - Limited Edition Signed by David Bowie
By Brian Duffy
Located in London, GB
David Bowie Aladdin Sane Eyes Open
40 x 40 inches / 101 x 101 cm paper size
Archival Pigment Print
Hand signed by David Bowie
Edition 23/25
Duffy Archive stamp to margin
Taken b...
Category
1970s Modern Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Cirque
By Marc Chagall
Located in OPOLE, PL
Marc Chagall (1887-1985) - Cirque
Lithograph from 1967.
The edition of 250 on Arches paper.
Dimensions of work: 42 x 32.5 cm.
Publisher: Tériade, Paris.
Reference: Mourlot 487, ...
Category
1930s Symbolist Art
Materials
Lithograph
$1,553
Aquila- 21st Century Contemporary Bronze Realistic Sculpture of a Nude Boy
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Aquila
Bronze Sculpture on pedestal of marble
Hight bronze 57 cm with pedestal of marble (included) 68 cm
Wim van der Kant's sculptures are in bronze...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Foss, Waterfall, Mountain Stream, Iceland, landspace, photography, limited
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 9.
All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to order in limited editions on Hahnemuehle Photo Rag Baryta.
Each print is st...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital Pigment
DOUGLAS JULEFF Vintage 1950s Photograph of "Beefcake" model MAYNARD KEITH #2
Located in Glenford, NY
Rare early 1950s Original Vintage Gelatin Silver Photograph by DOUGLAS JULEFF - also known as DOUG OF DETROIT - of model MAYNARD KEITH. This is #2 of a series of 4 images of Maynard ...
Category
1950s Post-War Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Love Rat
By Banksy
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Banksy
Title: Love Rat
Medium: Screenprint in colors
Date: 2004
Edition: 18/600
Framed Size: 26 1/2" x 20 1/2"
Sheet Size: 19 3/16" x 13 1/2"
Image Size: 13 7/8" x 11 7/8"
Si...
Category
Early 2000s Street Art Art
Materials
Screen
$50,000
Female Nude, New York City, Black and White Photograph in Studio, Alabaster Nude
Located in New york, NY
Shot on film, this is a 14" x 11" a black-and-white contemporary gelatin silver print of a female nude with symmetrical proportions, suggesting a Greek sculpture. A feminine and stat...
Category
1990s Contemporary Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper
1930's Atmospheric French Provencal Countryside Landscape Cypress Trees in Lane
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Provencal Lane
French artist, indistinctly signed
signed oil on board, framed in deep wooden frame
dared 1932
Framed: 17.5 x 21.5 inches
Board : 13.5 x 18 inches
Provenance: priv...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil
Velocity Bloom, Contemporary Abstract Painting by Matt Higgins
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This large-scale oil painting on a wood panel bursts with kinetic energy and bold color, dominated by a vivid red background that envelops and contrasts with dynamic strokes of blue,...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
19th Century English Yacht in full sail racing on the high sea
Located in Woodbury, CT
This evocative 19th-century marine scene by English painter Nicholas Matthew Condy captures the dynamic tension and atmospheric drama that typify his maritime works. Known for his ke...
Category
1840s Victorian Art
Materials
Oil, Board
Nude
Located in Dallas, TX
oil on canvas
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'The Deluge' from 'The Temple of the Muses' — 18th Century Engraving
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Bernard Picart, 'The Deluge' from 'The Temple of the Muses', engraving, 1730. Signed in the plate and dated
'1730' lower left. Titled in French, English, German, and Dutch. A superb...
Category
1730s Baroque Art
Materials
Engraving
"Theogonie" lithograph poster
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: lithograph (after the original lithograph poster "Theogonie" for the Maeght Gallery). During the late 1940's and throughout the 1950's, Georges Braque created a series of pos...
Category
1950s Art
Materials
Lithograph
Tapestry of Beauty (Anike) 3 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait
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, Acrylic
David Hockney, The Rake's Progress 100% Silk British Pocket Scarf in bespoke box
Located in New York, NY
David Hockney
The Rake's Progress Silk Pocket Scarf, ca. 2020
100% silk scarf made in Italy and printed in the UK, held in the original presentation box
16 1/10 × 16 1/10 inches
Bear...
Category
2010s Pop Art Art
Materials
Silk, Screen
Josef Dobrowsky (1889-1964) - Framed Mid 20th Century Oil, Nu Allounge
By Josef Dobrowsky
Located in Corsham, GB
A striking oil painting by Josef Dobrowsky (1889-1964) depicting a reclining female figure resting gracefully upon a luxurious white fur throw. Presented in a decorative gilt-effect ...
Category
20th Century Art
Materials
Oil
Church & Cottage by a River in the English Countryside by British Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Church & Cottage by a River in the English Countryside by British Artist, Peter J Greenhill
Art measures 30 x 20 inches
Frame measures 35 x 25 inches
Peter J. Greenhill (b.1939, Br...
Category
20th Century Realist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Golden Gate Bridge, monochrome limited minimalist cityscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Golden Gate Study 9, CA, USA - no. 11640
Pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 9. Printed on Hahnemuehle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the back, signed and n...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Digital Pigment
Sunday relaxing, Santa Barbara, USA - minimalist photography - limited print
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Black and white landscape photography. Person sitting on a chair on the beach with three tall palm trees nearby, looking out at the ocean.
Archival pigment ink p...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Digital Pigment
Sign A1195e - Modern Abstract Multi-Dimensional Minimalist Black Sculptural Art
By Len Klikunas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Artist Len Klikunas paints to modify experienced reality through visual perception. His art is a mix of art and architecture, hovering between painting and sculpture. It employs shiz...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Post-Minimalist Art
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Mixed Media, Acrylic
H2O lll - large format photograph of sun reflections on pool water surface
Located in San Francisco, CA
mesmerizing light reflections of glistening sunlight on turquoise aquamarine water surface, an homage to the iconic pool reflections paintings by artist David Hockney
H2O lll by Eri...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Ink, Giclée, Archival Pigment
1972 Munich Olympics original poster by Jacob Lawrence
Located in PARIS, FR
Created for the 1972 Munich Olympics, this powerful original poster by renowned American artist Jacob Lawrence stands as a compelling intersection of sport, art, and identity. Part o...
Category
1970s Art
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
"Reverberate" Abstracted Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Westport, CT
This contemporary abstract landscape painting by Bri Custer, titled Reverberate, captures the shifting energy of land and light through expressive brushwork and layered color. Earthy...
Category
2010s Impressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Faust (Walpurgis Night)
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - Faust (Walpurgis Night)
Portfolio of 11 drypoint etchings with roulette from 1969.
The edition 142/145.
Dimensions of work: 38 x 28 cm.
Hand signed.
...
Category
1970s Surrealist Art
Materials
Etching, Drypoint
'Friends at Dusk'
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Michel Rauscher's "Friends at Dusk" is an offset lithograph created in 2004, measuring 27.25 x 27.25 inches. The artwork portrays two women standing under the moonlight, holding hand...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Offset
$60 Sale Price
20% Off
Black Rage, silkscreen print with COA Signed 53/100 by Glenn Ligon, Framed
By Glenn Ligon
Located in New York, NY
Renowned contemporary conceptual African American artist Glenn Ligon
Black Rage (back cover), 2019
Silkscreen and digital print
Edition number 53/100
Accompanied by an official Certi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Digital, Screen
British Impressionist Watercolor of Rural Farmstead and Horse Riders
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: British Impressionist Watercolor of Rural Farmstead and Horse Riders
by Anthony Avery (British 1946-2023)
Original watercolor on artists paper, unframed
Dimensions: 11.25 x 15...
Category
Early 2000s Impressionist Art
Materials
Watercolor
French Still Life of Wildflowers in Earthy Vase Signed and Dated 2003
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Still Life of Wildflowers in Earthy Vase Signed and Dated 2003
by Fanch Lel (French b. 1930)
Signed: Yes
Size: 12.5 inches (height) x 9.75 inches (width)
Oil painting o...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil
Golden Age (Légende dorée) - Original lithograph, 1897
By Armand Point
Located in Paris, IDF
Armand Point
Golden Age (Légende dorée), 1897
Original lithograph (Champenois workshop)
Printed signature in the plate
On vellum, 40 x 31 cm (c. 16 x 12 in)
INFORMATION: Lithograph...
Category
1890s Art Nouveau Art
Materials
Lithograph
Pink Room
Located in New York, NY
THIS PIECE IS AVAILABLE FRAMED. Please reach out to the gallery for additional information.
ABOUT THIS ARTIST: Minjin Kang and Mijoo Kim are a creative duo, who have been inspirin...
Category
2010s Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
Fine Classical Still Life Flower Painting Signed & Dated English Oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Classical Still Life of Flowers
English artist, 20th century
signed oil on board, unframed
dated 1980
board: 14.5 x 11.5 inches
provenance: private collection, UK
condition: overall ...
Category
20th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil
British Hunting Scene Oil Painting Master of the Fox Hounds on Horseback
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Master of the Fox Hounds
by John Renney (British circa 1960's)
signed to label verso
oil painting on board, framed
painting: 18 x 22 inches
framed: 23.5 ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil
"Jeune fille a la fleur" lithograph
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: lithograph (after the drawing). Printed in 1952 by Mourlot Freres on Arches paper and published in Paris by Louis Carre in an edition of 1000 for the rare "La Figure dans L'O...
Category
1950s Art
Materials
Lithograph
Warm Conversations
Located in Zofingen, AG
Warm Conversations captures the intimate glow of an evening shared beneath the shelter of trees. A small group of people gathers around a table, illuminated by the soft golden light ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Disorder (Bombay Beach) - Polaroid, Women
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Disorder (Bombay Beach) - 2023
50x50cm,
Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print based on the Polaroid.
Signature label and certificate.
Artist inventory PL2023-12. ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Joyline 2 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Women Breastfeeding Child
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure
FREE Shipping Worldwide
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
Josue M...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Night Windows
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Domestic Vacations: The Dutch proverb "a Jan Steen household" originated in the 17th century and is used today to refer to a home in disarray, full of rowdy children and boisterous f...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
1940's Provence France Painting Landscape - Post Impressionist artist
By Louis Bellon
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Provencal Landscape
by Louis Bellon (French 1908-1998)
Signed and dated 1947
From a batch of similar work where most were dated 1942-1947
watercolour painting on paper, unframed
mea...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Art
Materials
Watercolor
The blue bow: a little boy with tousled hair naturalistic portrait oil painting
Located in Norwich, GB
This sweet little boy sits quietly like a well brought up child, but you can see in his eyes how much he likes to run and play. In this sensitive portrait painted in circa 1860 by Fé...
Category
1860s Naturalistic Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Tribe of Naphtali" lithograph
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: lithograph (after the watercolor). Printed in 1962 at the Mourlot atelier for "Jerusalem Windows". This piece was executed by Chagall in preparation for his famous stained-gl...
Category
1960s Art
Materials
Lithograph
Valley South of Junction City, Kansas - Realistic Landscape Oil Painting
By Jeff Aeling
Located in Chicago, IL
Aeling frequently depicts landscapes at moments when atmosphere dominates the ground, a fascination born from his time living in the West, where storms roll in across unbroken horizo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Oil, Panel
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