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Art For Sale
The Window 338 - Modern Resin Minimalist Blue Two Tone Color Field Abstract Art
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 Modern Art
Materials
Resin, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Wood Panel
"A Cut Flower Can't Last I" Smoke and House Imagery in Grayscale Watercolor
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "A Cut Flower Can't Last I" is an original piece by Graham Franciose, and is made from watercolor on panel mounted Rives BFK cotton rag, wax sealed, custom Douglas ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Watercolor, Cotton, Wax, Wood Panel
MANDALA OM
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Handmade painting on canvas.
Created by a master of Buddhist thangka painting.
It is a painting with great symbolism that offers protection,...
Category
2010s Art
Materials
Acrylic
Large French Bronze Bust of Diana the Huntress
By Jean-Antoine Houdon
Located in Beachwood, OH
After Jean-Antoine Houdon (French, 1741-1828)
Bust of Diana
Bronze
Signed on side, Susse Frères foundry stamp on base
28.5 x 16.25 inches
Jean-Antoine Houdon's bust of Diana is an 1...
Category
19th Century Art
Materials
Bronze
TAKASHI MURAKAMI: There are little people inside. me Superflat, Japanese Pop Art
Located in Madrid, Madrid
THERE ARE LITTLE PEOPLE INSIDE ME
Date of creation: 2011
Medium: Offset print with silver and silkscreen with spot UV varnishing
Edition: 300
Size: 66.5 x 56.4 cm
Observations: Offse...
Category
2010s Pop Art Art
Materials
Varnish, Lithograph, Offset
19th century English Folk Art portrait of a White Park prize bull in a landscape
Located in Woodbury, CT
Attributed to John Vine,
English Folk Art Portrait of a White Park Bull,
circa 1840–1850, oil on canvas
Not signed
A compelling mid-19th century English folk art study depicting a...
Category
1840s Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Robert Longo - Men in the Cities 1984 Signed artist-certified photograph, unique
By Robert Longo
Located in New York, NY
Robert Longo, Men in the Cities (Rick) , 1984 - unique artist-certified photographic document, 1992
Vintage photographic print on Kodak paper, with unique artist inscription and cert...
Category
1980s Pop Art Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, Pencil, Graphite
Blue Fig
Located in Zofingen, AG
A fragment of a fig tree, rendered in the spirit of Matisse, appears in simple lines and deep blue silhouettes. Against the light background reminiscent of a sun-washed Mediterranean...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Dining Out - New York Dinner Portrait Couple Dining Black and White Photograph
Located in Brighton, GB
Dining Out - New York Dinner Portrait Couple Dining Black and White Photograph
A couple dining out at an elegant hotel in New York is caught momentarily distracted by the floor show...
Category
20th Century Modern Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Fine Large Victorian Signed Oil Painting Anglers Romantic River Sunset Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Close of Day
by Edwin Henry Boddington (1836–1905)
signed lower front corner
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 30 x 42 inches
canvas : 24 x 36 inches
Provenance: private collection,...
Category
19th Century Victorian Art
Materials
Oil
Bent Palm, Beach, Florida, USA, black and white minimalist landscape - limited
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Black and white minimalist landscape Photography. A leaning palm tree on a beach with calm waters and a distant shoreline.
Archival pigment ink print as part of ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Digital Pigment
JAVIER CALLEJA - ONCE IN MY LIFE (DIPTYCH) Limited edition Modern Anime Design
Located in Madrid, Madrid
JAVIER CALLEJA - ONCE IN MY LIFE (DIPTYCH)
Date of creation: 2023
Medium: Two hybrid UV flatbed pigment print with silkscreen, varnish and embossments on Somerset paper
Edition: Once...
Category
2010s Pop Art Art
Materials
Varnish, Inkjet, Screen
Karma, Milan - Italian bookshop street photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
Karma, street photography from Richard Heeps series, A Short History of Milan.
'A Short History of Milan' began in November 2018 for a special project featured at the Affordable Art...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
Roy Lichtenstein 'Nude with Blue Hair, State 1' 1997 Vintage Pop Art
Located in Brooklyn, NY
“Nude with Blue Hair” by Roy Lichtenstein, from the Nudes series published by Tyler Graphics in 1994. A striking late-period work showcasing Lichtenstein’s signature Pop language — b...
Category
1990s Art
Materials
Offset
Vintage Horse Portrait, Original Oil Painting by French artist, Andre Hardy
Located in AIGNAN, FR
Vintage Horse Portrait on wood by French artist Andre Hardy signed in the lower right and on the back. Dated 1962, this is a portrait of a pure blood Arab...
Category
1960s French School Art
Materials
Oil
Sunbathing in Capri, 1974 - Sunbathers on French Island of Capri Summer Bronzing
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Sunbathing in Capri, 1974 - Sunbathers on French Island of Capri Summer Bronzing by Slim Aarons
16 x 20" print.
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print.
Edition of 150.
Printed Later.
...
Category
20th Century American Modern Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Digital
Antique English Oil Painting Pretty Victorian Cottage Flower Garden Hollyhocks
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Old Cottage Garden
by Eva Walbourn (1872-1927) *see notes below
signed oil on canvas, framed
framed: 15.5 x 19 inches
canvas : 10 x 14 inches
Provenance: private collection, Engl...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Art
Materials
Oil
Antique Portrait of a woman, original antique oil painting by Eugene Smits
Located in AIGNAN, FR
Antique oil on wood portrait of a woman by Belgium artist, Eugine Smits 1800s. This delightful painting in its rich and powerful tones and scultured impressionist paint layers is ve...
Category
1880s Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil
Mecano by Christophe Dupety - Portrait painting, red, blue, figurative, man
Located in Paris, FR
Mecano is a painting on paper by French contemporary artist Christophe Dupety, dimensions are 50 × 64 cm (19.7 x 25.2 in).
The artwork is signed, sold unframed and comes with a certi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Fine Very Large 19th Century English Marine Oil Painting Wreckers Sunset Coast
By Charles Webster
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Wreckers on the Beach
by Charles Webster (British. 19th century)
signed, oil on canvas, unframed
canvas : 24 x 42 inches
Provenance: private collection, England
Condition: very good ...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Art
Materials
Oil
Synthesis bench by Tom Price - light sculpture and bench
By Tom Price
Located in Paris, FR
Resin, tar, steel, acrylic, LED. 45 cm × 220 cm × 35 cm. Available on commission. Production delay: 8 months.
Synthesis Bench is one of Tom Price's 'hybrid' artworks sitting halfway ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Steel
Early 20th century Impressionist Spanish figures resting in a ParkLand landscape
Located in Woodbury, CT
Outstanding Quality Spanish School
Early 20th Century (circa 1905–1915)
Figures at a Public Gathering, Northern Spain
Oil on paper, laid down
Not Signed
Possibly Basque or Catalan re...
Category
1910s Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil, Paper
The Happy Bear by Eric Valat - Bronze sculpture of a bear, animal sculpture, fun
By Eric Valat
Located in Paris, FR
The Happy Bear is a bronze sculpture by contemporary artist Eric Valat, dimensions are 15 × 20 × 16 cm (5.9 × 7.9 × 6.3 in).
The sculpture is signed and numbered, it is part of a li...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Bronze
Antique French Impressionist Oil Sketch Old Boats Moored on Riverside under Tree
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Boats under the Trees
French Impressionist, late 19th century period, unsigned
oil on board
board : 13 x 16 inches
Provenance: private collection
Condition: the edges and corners are...
Category
Late 19th Century Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil
"Serene House" (2025), Original Expressionist Impasto Landscape, Oil Painting
By Sandra Pratt
Located in Denver, CO
"Serene House" (2025) is a beautiful original impasto oil painting, created on linen panel by American artist Sandra Pratt, which depicts a vast forest, captured in an expressionisti...
Category
2010s Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Ploumanac'h Lighthouse, Architecture Photography, Brittany, France - limited
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Black and white landscape photograph of a tall lighthouse on a rocky coast, with a small bridge and large rocks in foreground.
Digital pigment ink print, edition...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital Pigment
Hotel room. From The Light Series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
While "Composition for Film" evokes notable associations with masters of painting and poetry known precisely for their ability to evoke slow time, intimacy, poetry, and introversion ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Stone Quarry in Berlin Heights, Ohio, Farm Landscape
Located in Beachwood, OH
August Frederick Biehle (1885-1979)
Stone Quarry, Berlin Heights, 1920
Gouache and graphite on paper laid on cardboard
Signed and dated lower left
24 x 18 inches
27.5 x 21.5 inches, ...
Category
1920s Art
Materials
Gouache, Graphite
Winter Stream - Contemporary Atmospheric Landscape Oil Pastel Painting
By Janusz Kokot
Located in Salzburg, AT
Janusz Kokot was born in Kalisz in 1960. He studied at the Pedagogical University in Częstochowa at the Art Institute. He practices painting and drawing. In the years 1988 - 2020 he ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel, Pencil
"A Cut Flower Can't Last II" Figure with Flowers and House in Flames
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "A Cut Flower Can't Last II" is an original piece by Graham Franciose, and is made from watercolor on panel mounted Rives BFK cotton rag, wax sealed, custom Douglas...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Watercolor, Wax, Wood Panel, Paper
Ladies in a Church Yard in Shady Afternoon, Early 20th Century Cleveland School
By Henry Keller
Located in Beachwood, OH
Henry George Keller (American, 1869-1949)
Ladies in a Church Yard
Watercolor and gouache on paper
Signed lower left with monogram
15 x 20 inches
25.5 x 20.25 inches, framed
Keller, ...
Category
Early 20th Century Art
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
Original-Jardin d'Hiver-Gladiolus with Dahlias-British Awarded Artist-Impasto
Located in London, GB
Jardin d'Hiver Series is Shizico Yi's latest collection, created in her winter studio while longing for the summer left behind. Reflecting on the vibrant days spent painting en plein...
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Art
Materials
Gesso, Canvas, Oil, Acrylic, Wood Panel
Vintage Post-Impressionist French landscape oil painting
Located in AIGNAN, FR
Vintage Post Impressionist framed oil painting on board by French artist Georges Marcel Renard (1899-1964). This attractive landscape oil painting is signed in the lower right. A f...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil
$362 Sale Price
20% Off
Fine 1800's Scottish Sporting Art Oil Painting Gentleman Shooting with Gun & Dog
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Sportsman and his Dogs
Scottish School, early 19th century, unsigned
oil on canvas, framed in antique gilt frame
framed: 20 x 24.5 inches
canvas : 16.5 x 20.5 inches
Provenance: ...
Category
Early 19th Century English School Art
Materials
Oil
36x48 "Lion Portrait" Black and White Lion Photography, Photograph Unsigned Art
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a contemporary photograph of an African Lion.
Unsigned Print
Archival Pigment print.
Framing available. Inquire for rates.
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Shane Russeck has built a reputa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Sun loungers on the Beach, panorama landscape - color photography, limited
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Color panorama landscape photography. Empty beach with blue lounge chairs, umbrellas, and gazebos on sand under a cloudy sky.
Archival pigment ink print as part ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Digital Pigment
Diana The Huntress Plaster Sculpture, Art Deco, Circa 1920, Signed
Located in Stockholm, SE
Sculpture representing the goddess Diana by Danish sculptor Jens Jacob Bregno (1877–1946), executed in plaster around 1920. This is a highly unusual model by the artist, and possibly...
Category
1920s Art Deco Art
Materials
Plaster
"Girl in the Rain - Gold Edition #6", Abstract, Painting, 21st Century
By Roger König
Located in Dessau-Rosslau, Sachsen Anhalt
Gold Edition - with real gold leaf, 23,75 carat
Art measures 11.81 x 11.81 inches
Frame measures 22.83 x 22.83 x 2.36 inches
Framed in a high-quality contemporary wooden moulding....
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Clay, Acrylic
19th century English artist painting a Swiss Lake landscape with boats cottages
Located in Woodbury, CT
English School, circa 1870
Continental Lake Landscape with Fishermen and Distant Mountains
Oil on canvas
Monogrammed lower left ES / EJ
A finely painted mid–late 19th century Engli...
Category
1870s Victorian Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
French school Vibrant Venise scene Signed
Located in Zofingen, AG
➡️Vivid Landscape⬅️
➡️Impressionist Landscape⬅️
⏩It is signed C Thiers.⏪
Possibly Charles Louis Thiers brother of Adolphe Thiers, was one of the most important political figures of...
Category
1920s Impressionist Art
Materials
Gesso, Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars
$440 Sale Price
76% Off
Moon by Frédérique Domergue - Abstract painting and wall sculpture, original
Located in Paris, FR
Moon is a unique painting and wall sculpture by French contemporary artist Frédérique Domergue. This artwork is made with polished pink copper leaves on metal frame, dimensions are 1...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Metal, Bronze, Copper
New York City Brooklyn Bridge Salmagundi Award Winning Painting Michael Budden
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Foggy Evening Brooklyn Bridge
22 x 28 unframed and 31 x 36.5 framed
signed LL
Foggy Evening Brooklyn Bridge is an oil painting by award winning contemporary artist Michael Budden th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil
The One, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
In a shaft of late-afternoon light, a woman sits half-submerged in an antique tub. The deep green walls around her fall into shadow. She looks at her rubber duc...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Art
Materials
Oil
The Real Mermaid - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment print 23.4x35"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Underwater nude photograph of a model swimming in the pool.
"There were five grand pianos at her house, a pool at the third floor, and a sad man on the bottom of that pool me. I jus...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment
A Finely Drawn 1930s Modern Figure Study, Standing Female Nude Model (Back)
Located in Chicago, IL
A Finely Drawn, 1930s Modern Figure Study of a Standing Female Nude Model (Back) by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). An early charcoal drawing by Haydon showi...
Category
1930s American Modern Art
Materials
Charcoal, Paper
Evergreen Landscape Painting-Contemporary Impressionist, Oil on Canvas, Framed
Located in Atlanta, GA
Clifton, a Chinese contemporary artist, immerses himself in the exquisite art of plein-air painting. With each brushstroke, he captures the dynamic interplay of light and atmosphere,...
Category
2010s Impressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
$2,360 Sale Price
20% Off
Fanasy with Flowers 146
Located in Zofingen, AG
"Fantasy with Flowers" (series of 300+ pictures)
paper 59x42cm
On the paper acrylic, oil pastel, felt-tip pen, ink, gold leaf, pencils, silver,mixed media.
Flowers are a smile of ...
Category
2010s Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil Pastel, Acrylic, Archival Paper
Jean-Michel Basquiat - The Offs, "First Record" 1984, first pressing LP & cover
Located in New York, NY
The Offs (first pressing), 1984
Vinyl Record and Offset Lithograph Album Cover
12 1/4 × 12 3/25 inches
Unframed
CD Presents, Ltd. – CD 025
Provenance
Plastic Fantastic Records, Bryn ...
Category
1980s Pop Art Art
Materials
Plastic, Mixed Media, Board, Offset
THE VIRGIN AND CHILD SEATED BY A TREE
Located in Santa Monica, CA
ALBRECHT DURER (1471-1528)
THE VIRGIN AND CHILD SEATED BY A TREE 1513 (Bartsch 35; Meder 34 c-d, Hollstein 34)
Engraving a generally good impression. Trimmed slightly into the i...
Category
16th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Engraving
"Beautiful Mantra" Abstract Geometric Grid in Pastel Colors
By Kevin Snipes
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Beautiful Manta" is an original piece by Kevin Snipes made from ink, gouache, pastel, and acrylic on paper. This piece measures 8.25”h x 6”w and is signed en verso.
Kevin Snipes (h...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper, Ink, Acrylic, Gouache, Pastel
TAKASHI MURAKAMI A RETURN FROM WANDERING Pop Art, Japanese Flowers Silver Black
Located in Madrid, Madrid
Takashi Murakami - A RETURN FROM WANDERING
Date of creation: 2022
Medium: Offset lithograph with cold stamp and high gloss varnish on paper
Edition: 300
Size: 71 cm Ø
Condition: In m...
Category
2010s Pop Art Art
Materials
Paper, Varnish, Lithograph, Offset
Red Sleigh on Winter Road - figurative, outsider art, oil on beaverboard
By Maud Lewis
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This folk art painting of a red sleigh in winter is by Maud Lewis.
Maud Lewis is perhaps the best-known and most beloved folk artist in Canada; indeed her work has attracted a large...
Category
1950s Folk Art Art
Materials
Wood Panel, Oil
Fine Victorian Signed Oil Painting Sunset Dusk over the River with Anglers
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Anglers at Sunset
by Edwin Henry Boddington (1836–1905)
signed and indistinctly dated 18??
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 17 x 30 inches
canvas : 12 x 24.5 inches
Provenance: private...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Art
Materials
Oil
Block XI by Delphine Brabant - Abstract geometric sculpture, plaster, balance
Located in Paris, FR
Block XI is a unique plaster sculpture by contemporary artist Delphine Brabant, dimensions are 20 × 11 × 14 cm (7.9 × 4.3 × 5.5 in).
The sculpture is signed and comes with a certifi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Plaster
Large 19th century Victorian oil landscape - Countryside Sunset - 1887
Located in Aartselaar, BE
George William Mote (1832–1909)
Landscape with Cattle on a Country Path, 1887
A luminous and richly detailed late-19th-century landscape by George William Mote, dated 1887, showcasi...
Category
19th Century Romantic Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Au Garche, France, Impressionist Tree Landscape, Early 20th Century
Located in Beachwood, OH
Abel Warshawsky (American, 1883-1962)
Au Garche, France, 1910
Oil on board
Signed lower right (signed, dated and titled verso)
8.5 x 10.5 inches
13.5 x 15.5 inches, framed
Impressio...
Category
1910s American Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil
Ancient Castle Ruins in Scottish Highlands Landscape 19th Century Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Ancient Scottish Castle
British School, 19th century, unsigned
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 12 x 22 inches
Provenance: private collection, UK
Condition: very good condition
...
Category
19th Century Victorian Art
Materials
Oil
19th Century Romantic Seascape Oil Painting Waves Crashing Coastal Cliffs Signed
Located in Stockholm, SE
This mesmerizing oil seascape from the late 19th century, signed "Chas. Clemenceau", sings an ode to the untamed majesty of nature. Powerful waves crash relentlessly against towering...
Category
Late 19th Century Romantic Art
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Oil
Look Not Upon Me..., Surrealist Etching with Gold Dust by Salvador Dali
Located in Long Island City, NY
Salvador Dali, Spanish (1904 - 1989) - Look Not Upon Me..., Portfolio: The Song of Songs of King Solomon, Year: 1972, Medium: Color Etching with Gold Dust on Arches Paper, signed ...
Category
1970s Surrealist Art
Materials
Gold Leaf
TV Man, Pop Art Screenprint Poster after Keith Haring
By Keith Haring
Located in Long Island City, NY
Keith Haring, After, American (1958 - 1990) - TV Man, Year: 1990, Medium: Screenprint Poster, signed in the plate, numbered in pencil, Edition: 1000, Image Size: 28.5 x 23 inches...
Category
1990s Pop Art Art
Materials
Screen
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