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Art For Sale
Style: Art Deco
Style: Pop Art
Looney Tunes Original Production Cel: Bugs Bunny
Located in Los Angeles, CA
MEDIUM: ​Original Production Cel IMAGE SIZE: 12 Field PRODUCTION: Looney Tunes, Bugs Bunny's Overtures to Disaster SKU: IFA8866 ABOUT THE IMAGE: Looney Tunes is a series of animat...
Category

1980s Pop Art Art

Materials

Paper, Pencil

Gelatin silver print of a Man Wearing a Marilyn Monroe T-shirt by Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This is a unique work Image dimensions: 10 x 8 in. Framed dimensions: 17.125 x 15.125 in. Stamped twice on the reverse by both The Estate of Andy Warhol and The Andy Warhol Foundatio...
Category

1980s Pop Art Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Andy Warhol with Tony Shafrazi and Ronnie Cutrone
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Tony Shafrazi had represented Keith Haring until the artist’s death in 1990. Shafrazi said of his first time ever entering The Factory in 1965, “I remember putting down my suitcase and looking out the window and seeing some people on the fire escape across the street. I realized that it was Andy Warhol’s Factory. So I went up to the Factory, and I remember Andy coming to the elevator and seeing me dressed up in this little mod, shiny, mohair suit...
Category

1980s Pop Art Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

Halston Holding American Flag at Warhol's Montauk Estate
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This is a unique work. Dated 'Jul 6 1982' (on the reverse). Stamped twice on the reverse by both The Estate of Andy Warhol and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. The And...
Category

1980s Pop Art Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Chimpanzee
Located in Miami, FL
TECHNICAL INFORMATION Chimpanzee 1971 Screenprint 31 1/2 x 22 in. Edition of 125 Pencil signed and numbered Accompanied with COA by Gregg Shienbaum Fine Art Condition: This work ...
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1970s Pop Art Art

Materials

Screen

Animaniacs Original Production Cel: Yakko and Aliens
Located in Los Angeles, CA
MEDIUM: ​Original Production Cel on Printed Background IMAGE SIZE: 12 Field PRODUCTION: Animaniacs, Space Probed SKU: IFA7093 ABOUT THE IMAGE: Blending wit, slapstick and pop cultur...
Category

1990s Pop Art Art

Materials

Paint, Paper

Marella Agnelli
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This work is unique. Stamped twice on the reverse by both The Estate of Andy Warhol and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts...
Category

1970s Pop Art Art

Materials

Polaroid

Tiny Toons Original Production Cel: Montana Max
Located in Los Angeles, CA
MEDIUM: ​Original Production Cel on Printed Background IMAGE SIZE: 12 Field PRODUCTION: Tiny Toon Adventures SKU: IFA7766 ABOUT THE IMAGE: Steven Spielberg Presents Tiny Toons, usua...
Category

1990s Pop Art Art

Materials

Paint, Paper

Art Deco Bronze Nude Girl with Fawn, Amazon with Fawn
Located in Miami, FL
Signed on base. This was exhibited at the Goldscheider Pavilion at the 1925 Paris Exhibition Marble base has loss to right edge and very small lose to center edge. , Bronze is in ve...
Category

1920s Art Deco Art

Materials

Bronze

Ballet Night Train
Located in Greenwich, CT
Dick “Night Train” Lane and Alex Ramond’s ballerina from Rip Kirby The intention of this work is to generate conversations about values and identity by as...
Category

2010s Pop Art Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Larry Rivers
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This is a unique work. Stamped on verso by The Estate of Andy Warhol and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Annotated with Foundation inventory number and initialed Tim ...
Category

1970s Pop Art Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Deeda Blair
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This image is a portrait of Deeda Blair. A fashion icon, Blair has been greatly involved in philanthropic causes, working with biomedical scientists and ve...
Category

1970s Pop Art Art

Materials

Polaroid

Blue Dog Sterling Silver Dog Stick Pin with @Rodrigue & "Sterling" on back
Located in Mount Laurel, NJ
Artist: George Rodrigue Title: Blue Dog Sterling Silver Dog Stick Pin Medium: Foundry Jewelry Date: Circa 1993 Dimensions: Total Height (including s...
Category

1990s Pop Art Art

Materials

Silver

Kentucky Mansion
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This is a unique work. Dated 'May 03 1982' (on the reverse). Stamped on verso by The Estate of Andy Warhol and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Annotated with Foundati...
Category

1980s Pop Art Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Photograph of a Marilyn Monroe Drag Impersonator
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This work is unique. Stamped twice on the reverse by both The Estate of Andy Warhol and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts...
Category

1980s Pop Art Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Looney Tunes Original Production Cel: Bugs Bunny
Located in Los Angeles, CA
MEDIUM: ​Original Production Cel on Printed Background IMAGE SIZE: 12 Field PRODUCTION: Looney Tunes SKU: IFA2633 ABOUT THE IMAGE: Looney Tunes is a series of animated short films b...
Category

1990s Pop Art Art

Materials

Paint, Paper, Pencil

The New Batman Adventures Original Production Cel: Joker and Hyenas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
MEDIUM: ​Original Production Cel on Printed Background IMAGE SIZE: 12 Field PRODUCTION: The New Batman Adventures, Joker's Millions SKU: RCS8376 ABOUT THE IMAGE: The New Batman Adve...
Category

1990s Pop Art Art

Materials

Paint, Paper, Pencil

Jon Gould & Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This work is unique. Stamped on the reverse by The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Foundation number also on verso. The work comes with an Authentication Letter from the ...
Category

Late 20th Century Pop Art Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

@…Connecting People (Version 3)
Located in New York, NY
2022, Mixed media on wood
Category

2010s Art Deco Art

Materials

Wood, Mixed Media

Female Sexual Nude
Located in Miami, FL
Sotheby's New York . work is elegantly matted and framed with the Sotheby's sticker on verso
Category

1920s Art Deco Art

Materials

Pencil

Carolina Herrera
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Work comes with a Certificate of Provenance. Stamped on the verso by the Estate of the Artist and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Foundation number also on verso. Pro...
Category

1970s Pop Art Art

Materials

Polaroid

Animaniacs Original Production Cel: Wakko
Located in Los Angeles, CA
MEDIUM: ​Original Production Cel on Printed Background IMAGE SIZE: 12 Field PRODUCTION: Animaniacs, Twas the Day Before Christmas SKU: IFA3721 ...
Category

1990s Pop Art Art

Materials

Paint, Paper

Blue
Located in Palm Beach, FL
LeRone Wilson (1968) is a sculptor and painter living and working in New York. His primary medium is encaustic, the oldest form of painting, used by the ancient Egyptians to fuse hieroglyphics. His sculpted encaustic paintings explore the complexities of the historical and cultural inferences of spirituality, history and identity. His work represents a medley of different textures that stimulate the senses, making the art not just a thing of beauty to be admired from a distance, but something we can feel connected to through the expression of touch. It’s a way of revealing an image without actually being able to control it, letting it come about itself. The work varies in shapes with 1 to 4 inches of wax built up on the surface. Their elegant abstract details invoke minimalist historical references that are surprisingly compelling. The results are unrecognizable surfaces that encourage kind of curiosity as to their function as paintings. Minimalism can be defined as the perfection that an artifact achieves when it is no longer possible to improve it by subtraction. This is the quality LeRone wants to achieve with the texture of the encaustic. Every component, every detail and every function has been reduced or condensed to the essential. The simplicity of his work explores the possibility of working creatively without disrupting the purity of the material. A finalist for the Louis Comfort Tiffany Award and winner of Best in Show for the Carroll Harris Sims Award, his works have also appeared in live auctions...
Category

2010s Pop Art Art

Materials

Wax

Jodie Foster
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This work is unique. Stamped on the reverse by The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Foundation number also on verso. The work comes with an Authentication Letter from the ...
Category

Late 20th Century Pop Art Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Animaniacs Original Production Cel: Nurse and Wakko
Located in Los Angeles, CA
MEDIUM: ​Original Production Cel on Printed Background IMAGE SIZE: 12 Field PRODUCTION: Animaniacs, This Pun for Hire SKU: IFA2043 ABOUT THE IMAGE: Blending wit, slapstick and pop c...
Category

1990s Pop Art Art

Materials

Paint, Paper

Flying Bicycle
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Jeon Kang Ok currently lives and works in South Korea. Her work resides in permanent collections of Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
 / Pohang Museum of ...
Category

2010s Pop Art Art

Materials

Stainless Steel, Iron

Untitled Blue Dog With Red Eyes - Signed Silkscreen Blue Dog Print
Located in Mount Laurel, NJ
This Blue Dog work consists of 3 different outlined portraits of dogs. One frame is 1 dog on a white background, another is 2 dogs on a dark blue background with a moon and the 3rd i...
Category

1990s Pop Art Art

Materials

Screen

Color Polaroid ‘Sex Parts and Torsos’ by Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This work is unique. Work comes with a Certificate of Provenance from The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts issued by Christie’s. Stamped on the verso by the Estate of the A...
Category

1970s Pop Art Art

Materials

Polaroid

David Spada and partygoer
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Stamped on verso by Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Foundation number also on verso. Provenance: Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts to Anthony D'Offay, London.
Category

1980s Pop Art Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Marilyn Flag by Guy Boudro
Located in Cleveland, OH
Marilyn Flag by Guy Boudro Acrylic Paint on Wood, Black Frame Pop Art
Category

2010s Pop Art Art

Materials

Wood, Acrylic

Joe Dallesandro
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Stamped twice on the reverse by both The Estate of Andy Warhol and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts inventory number wri...
Category

1970s Pop Art Art

Materials

Polaroid

Color Polaroid ‘Sex Parts and Torsos’ by Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This work is unique. Work comes with a Certificate of Provenance from The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts issued by Christie’s. Stamped on the verso by the Estate of the A...
Category

1970s Pop Art Art

Materials

Polaroid

Pigeon, by Gustave Miklos, Animals, Drawing, Work on paper, Sculpture study
By Gustave Miklos 1
Located in Geneva, CH
Pigeon, by Gustave Miklos, Animals, Drawing, Work on paper, Sculpture study Pigeon Circa 1957 Pencil, watercolor and gouache on paper 26 x 38.5 cm / 60...
Category

1950s Art Deco Art

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Gouache

The New Batman Adventures Original Production Cel: Batman and Mr. Freeze
Located in Los Angeles, CA
MEDIUM: ​Original Production Cel on Printed Background IMAGE SIZE: 10" x 9.5" PRODUCTION: The New Batman Adventures, Cold Comfort SKU: IFA8004 ABOUT THE IMAGE: The New Batman Advent...
Category

1990s Pop Art Art

Materials

Paint, Paper, Pencil

Keith Haring in Park with Friends
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This work is unique. Stamped on the reverse by The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Foundation number also on verso. The work comes with an Authentication Letter from the ...
Category

Late 20th Century Pop Art Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Elizabeth Taylor at Halston's
Located in Santa Monica, CA
One of the most popular classic Hollywood movie stars, Elizabeth Taylor starred in such films as Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Cleopatra, and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, for which she w...
Category

1980s Pop Art Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin, Photographic Paper

Telephone
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This is a unique work. Image dimensions: 10 x 8 in. Framed dimensions: 17.125 x 15.125 in. Dated 'SEP 07 1982'. Stamped twice on the reverse by both The Estate of Andy Warhol and The...
Category

1980s Pop Art Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

City Skyline in Spain
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This is a unique work. Dated 'Jan 24 1983' (on the reverse). Stamped on verso by The Estate of Andy Warhol and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Annotated with Foundati...
Category

1980s Pop Art Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Polaroid Photograph of Rod Gilbert
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Rod Gilbert is a retired NFL hockey player who played forward for the New York Rangers. He was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1982. Polaroi...
Category

1970s Pop Art Art

Materials

Polaroid

Ladies and Gentlemen (Helen/ Harry Morales)
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Work comes with a Certificate of Provenance. Stamped on the verso by the Estate of the Artist and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Foundation number also on verso. Pro...
Category

1970s Pop Art Art

Materials

Polaroid

Man in a Cowboy Hat Smoking
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This is a unique work. Stamped on the reverse by The Andy Warhol Authentication Board, Inc. The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts number also on verso. Authenticated by The...
Category

1970s Pop Art Art

Materials

Photographic Paper

Jerry Hall and Pele
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Jerry Hall is a model and the former partner of Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones, with whom she has four children. “Even Andy, who was known for knowing sl...
Category

1980s Pop Art Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Jerry Hall and Grace Jones
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Grace Jones began her career as a model, working for fashion houses such as Yves Saint Laurent and Kenzo and appearing on the covers of Elle and Vogue. She began her music career as ...
Category

1980s Pop Art Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

Diana Vreeland
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Work comes with a Certificate of Provenance. Stamped on the verso by the Estate of the Artist and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Foundation number also on verso. Pro...
Category

1980s Pop Art Art

Materials

Polaroid

Male Bather
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This work is unique. Image dimensions: 8 x 10 in. Framed dimensions: 13.625 x 16.25 in. Dated 'JUN 14 1982' on the reverse. Stamped twice on the reverse by both The Estate of Andy Wa...
Category

1980s Pop Art Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Self-Portrait
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This work is unique. Image dimensions: 4.25 x 3.375 in. Framed dimensions: 12 x 12 in. Stamped on the verso by the Estate of the Artist and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual ...
Category

1970s Pop Art Art

Materials

Polaroid

Andy Warhol, Photograph with Farrah Fawcett circa 1979
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Farrah Fawcett was an American actress and model, best known for her role on Charlie's Angels and her iconic feathered hairstyle, which became a fad in the 1970s. Image dimensions:...
Category

1970s Pop Art Art

Materials

Photographic Paper

Color Polaroid ‘Sex Parts and Torsos’ by Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This work is unique, Provenance: Fred Torres Collaborations, Jablonka Galerie. All pricing subject to change. Prior to purchase, please confirm current retail pricing and all other r...
Category

1970s Pop Art Art

Materials

Polaroid

I'm the Real Thing Pink - Signed Silkscreen Blue Dog Print
Located in Mount Laurel, NJ
This Blue Dog work consists of a pink background with a blue dog with soulful yellow eyes sitting to the right of an old-fashioned style Coca-Cola machine. This pop art animal origi...
Category

2010s Pop Art Art

Materials

Screen

TRESPASS
Located in New York, NY
Homage to Dick Tracey. Pop Art influenced work of amazing, infamous graffiti, pop, street artist. Sprays, enamels, oils acrylics on canvas. About the Artist Born in Belgium and artistically inclined at an early age, V.P. was executing well-defined pencil sketched portraits of anyone who would sit for him by age 4. The family’s emigration to the United States in 1967 landed the 8 year old in the Fordham section of the Bronx at the height of the psychedelic era and POP ART movement.  The Fordham Road shopping district offered the young budding artist a fount of inspiration in the form of vibrant Rock & Roll, “black-light” posters in the windows of “head-shops” and the elaborately colored wardrobes of the hippies crowding the boulevard. The pivotal shift in V.P.’s artistic expression was fueled in 1968 by the sight of a Peter Max designed billboard.  Armed with magic markers and acrylic paints, V.P. recreated the vibrant designs from Max’s billboard, the music posters in store windows and the paisley patterns of the shirts the “flower children” favored, as well as the names and slogans painted on the walls of the neighborhood.  The early seventies brought with it a wondrous sight passing overhead on the sides of the elevated trains. NYC Subway Graffiti had arrived.  Looking up and seeing the esoteric names intricately rendered in multi colored swirls and strategically placed on the sides of the trains completely enthralled V.P.’s creative and adventurous spirit. Compelled to be a part of this fascinating movement he watched and rode the subways, deciphering the names and studying the “styles” on the steel rolling art gallery. Using his artistic influences and skills with markers, V.P. created his first moniker “SONIC-ACE” and obsessively drew it in colorful flowing letters to develop his own style.   At age 13 he set out to traverse the city, facing dangers and overcoming obstacles to enter an unknown and secretive world in order to join those who inspired him.  By 1974, he would change his moniker to “VICTOR-161” and paint hundreds of train cars and soon be admitted into the world famous graffiti clique “WILD STYLE” - an honor bestowed due to peer recognized artistic and stylistic abilities.  (WILDSTYLE was created/coined by the iconic TRACY-168)  V.P. was a well known and respected “writer” who “pieced” with revered writers of the day, under the aforementioned monikers including aka’s T-BOLT-123, SULFA-ONE, FANTA-ONE, BOND & ACES.  V.P. retired from painting NYC subway trains in 1977 with occasional excursions in 1986,1987,1988,1999 & 1992.  He continuously expanded his artistic pallet, studying Art History & Graphic Design in college while seeking knowledge from masters in chosen fields of art.  His works have shown in independent galleries nationally and are sought after by international collectors, with numerous private commissions. He has been featured in several best selling books and magazines focusing on graffiti art as well as his status of having been a part of the 1970’s “Golden Era” of NYC Subway Graffiti. V.P. works with a variety of mediums including aerosol paints, oils, water color & acrylic paints, often combining mediums as well as blending POP, graffiti and abstract styles of painting onto wood, canvas and metal.  His professional artistic background includes commercial art and design, logo design, silk screening, printmaking, large commissioned public murals, sign painting, pin striping and airbrushing cars, sculpting, metal fabrication, woodcarving and tattooing. Exhibitions:  Fashion Moda (BXNY) Group Show 1980/Fun Gallery (NYC) group show 1981, Beef Gallery, (LA) Group Show 1981, Gallery International (NYC) Group Show 1985, Susan Greco Gallery (NY) Group Show 1990, Shady Side...
Category

2010s Pop Art Art

Materials

Spray Paint

Andy Warhol and a Male Model
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Image dimensions: 8 x 10 in. Framed dimensions: 16.5 x 18 in. Work is framed to archival standards by Handmade Frames of Brooklyn, New York. This is a unique work. Stamped twice on the reverse by both The Estate of Andy Warhol and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts inventory number written on verso and initialed Tim Hunt (“T.J.H.”). The work comes with either a Certificate of Provenance or Certificate of Authenticity from The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Provenance: Estate of the Artist to The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts to Hedges Projects...
Category

1980s Pop Art Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Tiny Toons Adventures Original Production Cel: Hamton J. Pig
Located in Los Angeles, CA
MEDIUM: ​Original Production Cel on Printed Background IMAGE SIZE: 12 Field PRODUCTION: Tiny Toon Adventures SKU: IFA3072 ABOUT THE IMAGE: Steven Spielberg Presents Tiny Toons, usu...
Category

1990s Pop Art Art

Materials

Paint, Paper

Bodybuilder
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Graphite on colored paper. This work is unique. Work comes with a Certificate of Provenance from The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts issued by Christie’s. Stamped on the v...
Category

1980s Pop Art Art

Materials

Graphite, Paper

The New Batman Adventures Original Production Cel with Matching Drawing: Bane
Located in Los Angeles, CA
MEDIUM: Original Production Cel with Matching Drawing IMAGE SIZE: 10.5" x 9.5" PRODUCTION: The New Batman Adventures, Over The Edge SKU: IFA9861 ABOUT THE IMAGE: The New Batman Adve...
Category

1990s Pop Art Art

Materials

Paint, Paper, Pencil

Superman the Animated Series Cel w/ Drawing Signed by Bruce Timm: Green Lantern
Located in Los Angeles, CA
MEDIUM: ​Original Production Cel on Printed Background with Matching Drawing IMAGE SIZE: 10.5" x 9.5" PRODUCTION: Superman the Animated Series, In Brightest Day SIGNED: Bruce Timm SK...
Category

1990s Pop Art Art

Materials

Paint, Paper

Juan Dubose and Keith Haring
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This work is unique. Work comes with a Certificate of Provenance. Stamped on the verso by the Estate of the Artist and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Foundation numb...
Category

1980s Pop Art Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Tiny Toons Original Production Cel: Buster Bunny and Arnold the Pitbull
Located in Los Angeles, CA
MEDIUM: ​Original Production Cel on Printed Background IMAGE SIZE: 10.5" x 9" PRODUCTION: Tiny Toon Adventures, Buster Bunny Bunch SKU: IFA4984 ABOUT THE IMAGE: Steven Spielberg Pre...
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1990s Pop Art Art

Materials

Paint, Paper

Looney Tunes Original Production Cel: Daffy Duck and Penelope Pussycat
Located in Los Angeles, CA
MEDIUM: ​Original Production Cel on Printed Background IMAGE SIZE: 12" x 10.5" PRODUCTION: Looney Tunes, Carrotblanca SKU: IFA8926 ABOUT THE IMAGE: Looney Tunes is a series of ani...
Category

1990s Pop Art Art

Materials

Paint, Paper, Pencil

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