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Art For Sale
Desert Escape - Contemporary, Polaroid, Nude, Landscape, 21st Century
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Desert Escape - 2019 40x48 cm, Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print based on a Polaroid. Signature label with certificate. Artist inventory PL2019 - 811. Not moun...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

"Something on My Mind"
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
Born in Columbus, Ohio, in 1965, Ron Hicks was an avid artist from an early age. Hicks began his formal studies in art at the Columbus College of Art and Design in Ohio. Hicks contin...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Black and White Photography Set of Nine
Located in Cambridge, GB
A set of nine black and white photographs by Richard Heeps. They can be hung in a grid, or spaced out throughout your interior. Richard Heeps, primarily known as a colour photographe...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

The last day of summer - Contemporary Architecture Pool House Oil Painting
Located in DE
Lilly Muth's architectural paintings transport viewers on a visual journey to a different world, where imagination knows no bounds and the boundaries between reality and fantasy blur...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Reclining Nude Lady Model 1970's French Modernist Painting Provence Collection
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Artists Model Portrait of a Nude Lady reclining French School, circa 1970's indistinctly signed oil painting on card, unframed size: 25 x 18 inches condition: overall very good,...
Category

1970s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Broadway
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Broadway (?), 1952, oil on Masonite, signed and dated lower left, 15 x 18 inches, inscription verso may say "Broadway", presented in its original frame Jean Dominique van Caulaert w...
Category

1950s Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Mid 19th Century After Greuze Portrait of Milkmaid Oil Painting on Panel Framed
By (Circle of) Jean Baptiste Greuze
Located in Stockholm, SE
A finely executed mid-19th-century oil painting on panel depicting "The Milkmaid" after Jean-Baptiste Greuze (1725–1805). This captivating portrait, painted in a charming manner with...
Category

Mid-19th Century French School Art

Materials

Wood, Oil, Wood Panel

Antique English 19th Century, King Charles Cavalier and Westie dogs in a room
Located in Woodbury, CT
Antique Victorian English 19th Century, King Charles Cavalier spaniel and Westie terrier in an interior. This exquisite English 19th-century painting by...
Category

1850s Victorian Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Palm Trees, Sand Beach, Florida, photograph, limited edition - Gerald Berghammer
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 9. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to order in limited editions on Ha...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Downtown Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, black and white photography, cityscape, art
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Black and white desert cityscape photography. Las Vegas Welcome Sign, with palm trees lining the street and the Stratosphere...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Digital Pigment, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Eroica A.P. 1 - smooth, polished, abstract, contemporary, bronze sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This modern bronze sculpture was inspired by music and made by David Chamberlain. As graceful as a dancer’s form, this contemporary bronze sculpture in a striking deep turquoise patina is by David Chamberlain. Created from one luminous piece the lustre accentuates the spiralling form and reflects light. Chamberlain’s sculptures...
Category

1980s Abstract Art

Materials

Metal, Bronze

André Petroff, Russian-French painter - Village in the hinterland 1920s-30s
Located in Firenze, IT
André Petroff, Russian painter from Saint Petersburg - Village in the hinterland of the French Riviera, 1920s-30s Oil on cardboard, 46 × 44 cm Signed lower right Painted by André ...
Category

1920s Post-Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil, Cardboard

Clemente Untitled B: surreal mythical landscape, voyage with ocean, Venus, snake
Located in New York, NY
A black and white, large-scale surreal mythical landscape of an ocean voyage, with a snake wrapped around a clock, a ship, Venus sculpture, greek urns, and snakes, printed in black o...
Category

1980s Contemporary Art

Materials

Lithograph

Ocean blue - abstract painting, made in blue color
Located in Fort Lee, NJ
Interior design paintings. The work was done with alcohol ink in blue color on Yupo paper. The work is 11 by 14 inches in size, framed (gold or black) with a styrene face on a mat bo...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Paper, Ink

Winter's End - Huge Atmospheric English River Landscape Oil on Canvas Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A huge English oil on canvas by Walter Robin Jennings depicting an atmospheric late winter river landscape. The work is inscribed "Winter's End" on the reverse and signed and dated...
Category

1950s Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

(after) Marino Marini - "Composition" pochoir
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: pochoir (after the lithograph). Printed by the atelier of Daniel Jacomet, and published in Paris in 1955 by Heinz Berggruen. The image measures 5 x 3 1/2 inches (130 x 90 mm)...
Category

1950s Surrealist Art

Materials

Lithograph, Stencil

MAN RAY (1890-1976), RAYOGRAPH, 1923 Photogravure, FIRST EDITION
Located in Pembroke Pines, FL
Artist: Man Ray (American born, 1890 - 1976) Title: RAYOGRAPH Date Of Negative: 1923 Type Of Print: Authentic Vintage Sheet Fed Photogravure/Heliogravure. Date Of Print: 1934 1st Edi...
Category

1920s Photorealist Art

Materials

Photogravure

DOUGLAS JULEFF Vintage 1950s Photograph of Olympic Gold Medalist STAN STANCZYK
Located in Glenford, NY
Rare early 1950s Original Vintage Gelatin Silver Photograph by DOUGLAS JULEFF - also known as DOUG OF DETROIT - of model, one of the finest, STAN STANCZYK. Stanczyk was a Gold Medali...
Category

1950s Post-War Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Stratosphere I - large format photograph of abstract liquid water cloudscapes
Located in San Francisco, CA
large scale photography of mesmerizing color compositions of liquid cloudscape painting in water, hypnotizing abstract liquidscapes from the bo...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Giclée

MELT
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Acrylic painting on canvas Fluid, expressionist, abstract, moder, minimal style. Unique piece impossible to replicate Unframed
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Acrylic

MELT
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Miami II 005 by Bernhard Lang - Aerial view photography, beach, sea, umbrellas
Located in Paris, FR
Miami II 005 is a limited-edition photograph by contemporary artist Bernhard Lang. It is a C-print impression on Hahnemüle Fine Art Paper. This photograph is sold unframed as a pri...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

C Print

Ostrich in Front of a Red Wall -21st Century Contemporary Realistic Painting
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Bart Koning (Dutch artist) Ostrich in Front of a Red Wall 220 x 110 cm Oil paint on canvas We're proud to introduce Dutch/ German artist Bart Koning. Incredibly clever how the ori...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Cinésias et Myrrhine (Bloch 267-272; Cramer 24), Lysistrata, Pablo Picasso
Located in Southampton, NY
Etching on vélin de Rives BFK paper. Paper Size: 11.5 x 9 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the album, Lysistrata, 1934. Published by The Limited E...
Category

1930s Cubist Art

Materials

Etching

Going Nowhere Day 6 - Original Sculptural Texture Oceanscape People Swimming
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Elizabeth Langreiter’s "Going Nowhere Day 6" is a whimsical, textured mixed-media painting that captures a serene moment of relaxation on the water. Featuring two miniature figures floating effortlessly on bright yellow inner tubes against an expansive turquoise sea, this artwork evokes feelings of peace, leisure, and the joy of drifting and relaxing. Langreiter’s signature raised elements add dimension and a tactile quality, making this piece perfect for coastal art lovers, collectors of contemporary beach scenes, and those seeking a joyful escape in their home décor. The textural aerial ocean and beach scene...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media

Takashi Murakami Doraemon, Let's Go Beyond These Dimensions on a Time Machine w
Located in Pembroke Pines, FL
Takashi Murakami Doraemon, Let's Go Beyond These Dimensions on a Time Machine with Master Fujiko F. Fujio!, 2020 Offset Lithograph 25 7/10 × 22 1/2 in 65.4 × 57.2 cm Edition XX/300 ...
Category

2010s Art

Materials

Lithograph, Offset

The Adoration Of The Christ Child Fine Renaissance Old Master Painting Large
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/School: After Filippo Lippi, Italian 1406-1469. The work is most likely by an English hand, late 19th century Title: The Adoration of the Christ ...
Category

19th Century Renaissance Art

Materials

Watercolor

DOUGLAS JULEFF Vintage 1950s Photograph of "Beefcake" model GEO WEIDER
Located in Glenford, NY
Rare early 1950s Original Vintage Gelatin Silver Photograph by DOUGLAS JULEFF - also known as DOUG OF DETROIT - of model GEO WIEDER. Photograph is an excellent example of Juleff's ...
Category

1950s Post-War Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Unzip The Earth GEO 3/9 - large, figurative, stainless steel, outdoor sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
"Unzip The Earth GEO" is a playful, outdoor sculptural installation consisting of a steel zipper handle and concrete brick teeth that give the illusion...
Category

2010s Pop Art Art

Materials

Stainless Steel

Symphonie verticale III modern grey black architectural painting relief
Located in Doetinchem, NL
Symphonie verticale III is one of the latest medium size contemporary modern sculpture painting reliefs by French-Dutch artist Olivier Julia. The relief is made from 140 (!) individu...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Wood, Acrylic

B Side Vinyl Collection - Trio - Pop Art Color Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
This listing is for three blue artworks from the Heidler & Heeps Vinyl Collection. Acclaimed contemporary photographers, Richard Heeps and Nata...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Landscape - Oil Painting by Armando Cermignani - 1930
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on plywood realized by Armando Cermignani (1888-1957) in 1930s. Hand signed and dated. Excellent condition. Armando Cermignani was an Italian painter, engraver, ceramist and p...
Category

1930s Modern Art

Materials

Oil

Hell 24 - The Thieves - Woodcut - 1963 (Field #p. 189)
Located in Paris, IDF
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Hell 24 - The Thieves Original woodcut Printed signature in the plate 1960/63 Printed on paper Vélin BFK Rives Size 32,8 x 26,4 cm (c. 13 x 10") REFERENCE...
Category

1960s Surrealist Art

Materials

Woodcut

Robin Hoods Bay Headland and Shoreline Under Cloudy Sky Yorkshire 1983
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Robin Hoods Bay Headland and Shoreline Under Cloudy Sky Yorkshire 1983 By Tony Herbert (1927-2024) Medium: Watercolor on paper, unframed Size: 8.75 inches (height) x 11 inches...
Category

20th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Watercolor

La Bataille De L'Argonne - 20th Century, Surrealist, Lithograp, Figurative Print
Located in Sint-Truiden, BE
Color lithograph after the 1935 oil on canvas by René Magritte, printed signature of Magritte and numbered from the edition of 300. The lithograph features the dry stamps of the Mag...
Category

20th Century Surrealist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Pink Red & Blue Modern Abstract Painting of Inside Antelope Canyon Arizona USA
Located in Preston, GB
Pink Red & Blue Modern Abstract Painting of Inside Antelope Canyon Arizona USA by Polish Artist, Katarzyna Szulc. This original oil painting is part of an inspired body of work based...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Paint, Cotton Canvas, Oil

Workstation 16 (Gestural Abstract Expressionist Painting on Canvas Paper)
Located in Hudson, NY
"Workstation 16", 2023 (Gestural, Abstract Expressionist Painting on Canvas Paper with energetic line and vivid color) by Jenny Nelson 24 x 18 inches Unframed Oil on canvas paper T...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

American Impressionist Landscape, attributed to Charles Harold Davis ca 1920’s
Located in Baltimore, MD
This is a lovely oil on canvas painting that was attributed to Charles Harold Davis when I purchased it about ten years ago. It is unfortunately not signed. The scene is a view throu...
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1920s American Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Row of Cypress Trees, Tuscany, Italy, b&w photography, fine art print, framed
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Limited Edition 1/9 Archival Pigment Ink Print, Printed 2020. Signed, numbered, dated by Artis. Handmade wood frame, dark-brown, natural white archival Passepart...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Digital Pigment

Olympic Jumper, American Impressionist Tapestry by LeRoy Neiman
Located in Long Island City, NY
LeRoy Neiman, American (1921 - 2012) - Olympic Jumper, Year: 1989, Medium: Tapestry, signed and dated, Size: 84 x 60 in. (213.36 x 152.4 cm)
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1980s American Impressionist Art

Materials

Tapestry

10th Anniversary New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival Poster - 1979
Located in New Orleans, LA
10th Anniversary New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival Poster, 1979 by John Martinez Fifth in the series by John Martinez. The grand marshal returns for the Jazz Festival's 10th anniversary; as does the "cut paper" technique first seen in the 1977 poster...
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1970s Contemporary Art

Materials

Screen

American Impressionist oil painting of a peaceful park scene with people
Located in Colfax, CA
A wonderful unsigned oil painting, which may be by Carmel, California artist Lester Boronda. This work came to us through an antique dealer in Santa Rosa, CA who has several works fr...
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1920s American Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

MICKALENE THOMAS "UNTITLED" (BLACK IS BEAUTIFUL) USA, 2017
Located in Pembroke Pines, FL
Mickalene Thomas "Untitled" (Black is Beautiful) USA, 2017 Inkjet print Signed and numbered by the artist From an edition of 100 14"H 11"W (work) Framed Approx: 22"H x 17"W Excellent...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Inkjet

Marc Chagall, Vision of Paris, from Verve, Revue Artistique, 1953
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by Marc Chagall (1887–1985), titled Vision de Paris (Vision of Paris), from Verve, Revue Artistique et Litteraire, Vol. VII, No. 27–28, originates from the ...
Category

1950s Expressionist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Antique 19th Century English Oil Painting Figures outside Country Cottage
By circle of John Constable
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Country Cottage English School, first half 19th century circle of John Constable oil on board, framed framed: 10.5 x 12 inches board: 6 x 8 inches provenance: private collection ...
Category

Early 19th Century Victorian Art

Materials

Oil

Peter and John Healing the Cripple at the Gate... - Etching by Rembrandt - 1659
Located in Roma, IT
Etching, excellent proof of II state on IV, before the retouching of the ground and the vault on the right, margin line. Ref. Bartsch, Hollstein 94; Hind 301; New Hollstein 312; Sto...
Category

1650s Old Masters Art

Materials

Etching

Antique still life hunter dog and game still life of hunter trophies
Located in AIGNAN, FR
Antique hunter dog and dead birds trophy oil painting on wood in an antique frame afterJean-Baptiste Oudry. This is a an unusual painting of a dog wi...
Category

Late 19th Century French School Art

Materials

Oil

Walasse Ting 'Still-Life with Pink Cat'
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Paper Size: 37.75 x 54.5 inches ( 95.885 x 138.43 cm ) Image Size: 27.5 x 54.5 inches ( 69.85 x 138.43 cm ) Framed: No?Condition: A-: Near Mint, very light signs of handling Shipping...
Category

1990s Contemporary Art

Materials

Offset

17th Century Dutch Old Master Oil Painting Oval Shape Figures in Tavern Interior
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Tavern Interior Dutch School, 17th century oil on metal, framed framed: 8 x 6.75 inches painting: 6 x 4.25 inches provenance: private collection condition: very good and sound condit...
Category

17th Century Old Masters Art

Materials

Oil

The Amphitheatre of Loch Lomond from the Water Mill at Ross-Ben Lomond Scotland
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Amphitheatre of Loch Lomond from the Water Mill at Ross-Ben Lomond by John Wilson Ewbank, RSA (1799-1847) signed and inscribed with title verso oil on millboard, 24.5 x 35cms, plus frame provenance: private collection, Scottish borders Very fine and beautiful antique oil painting of this important view in Scotland, depicting the ever beautiful Loch Lomond. The painting is by the very well listed John Wilson Ewbank (1799-1847). John Wilson Ewbank (English, 4 May 1799–28 November 1847), was an English-born landscape and marine painter who was renowned for his naturalistic landscapes and seascapes of the Scottish borders and the North East coast of England. Ewbank was born at Darlington on 4 May 1799, the son of Michael Ewbank, an innkeeper. He was adopted as a child by a wealthy uncle who lived at Wycliffe, on the banks of the River Tees, in the North Riding of Yorkshire. Intended for the Roman Catholic priesthood, he was sent to Ushaw College, from which he absconded. In 1813 Ewbank was apprenticed to Thomas Coulson, an ornamental painter in Newcastle. In around 1816 he moved with Coulson to Edinburgh, where he was also taught by Alexander Nasmyth (1758-1840), a popular painter amongst the Scottish and English nobility. Ewbank found work both as a painter and a teacher. He was nominated in 1830 one of the foundation members of the Royal Scottish Academy. In 1833 he is listed as living at 7 Union Street on the eastern fringe of the New Town in Edinburgh. Sadly after the death of his wife he descended into depression and was stripped of his status as an academician in 1838 and died in poverty of typhus in Sunderland in 1847. Ewbank’s calm seascapes were strongly influenced by 17th Century Dutch artists, particularly Willem and Adriaen Van de Velde. Although his best work dates from his early years, Ewbank became a popular and wealthy art teacher in the capital where made a reputation with cabinet pictures of banks of rivers, coast scenes, and marine subjects. Ewbank’s sketches from nature were especially admired, and a series of 51 drawings of Edinburgh by him were engraved by W. H. Lizars for James Browne's Picturesque Views of Edinburgh (1825). He was also noted as a painter of landscapes and seascapes as exemplified in this painting. The busy port of South Shields is located on the south side of the mouth of the River Tyne, Northumberland. The settlement was founded by the Romans in AD80 when Agricola built a fort on the Lawe Top. The Romans used it as a supply base for Hadrian’s Wall and by the 5th Century, South Shields was a major Roman military stronghold and commercial centre. By 1500, South Shields had become an important seaport, trading primarily in timber, lead, coal and salt. The first shipbuilding yard was established by Robert Wallis in about 1720, he was soon followed by others, including Thomas Marshall...
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Early 19th Century Victorian Art

Materials

Oil

Theatrical Costumes - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Watercolor on paper realized by Mino Maccari in 1950s. Hand signed in pencil lower right. Some minor folds, otherwise ver good condition.
Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Ink

Under the sun 50X70
Located in Zofingen, AG
This piece is a vibrant celebration of nature's beauty and light's transformative power. Layered with oil, each brushstroke contributes to the vivid visual symphony. The sun, breakin...
Category

2010s Expressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Ray of Light 1
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Encaustic on panel. It's simple; I create art because it makes me happy. I try not to overthink the process of what I’m painting and let my intuition be my guide. I love laying do...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Encaustic

FL0W OF ETERNITY
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Original painting by Daria Kusto. Acrylic on canvas. Painting rolled in a sturdy tube from Spain– safely and promptly. This work reflects the endless movement of life, where every f...
Category

2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Edward Hopper 'Sun on Prospect Street' 2010- Offset Lithograph
By Edward Hopper
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Paper Size: 13 x 17 inches ( 33.02 x 43.18 cm ) Image Size: 13 x 17 inches ( 33.02 x 43.18 cm ) Framed: Yes Frame Size: H: 14 x W: 18 x D: .75 in. Condition: A: Mint Additiona...
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2010s Art

Materials

Offset

Nicole
Located in New York, NY
signed and numbered lower right edition of 60 Catalogue raisonné 00717 Published by Simmelink Sukimoto Editions Internationally recognized painter and printmaker Alex Katz was born...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Linocut, Woodcut

Spanish Artist signed limited edition original art print numbered lithograph
Located in Miami, FL
Joan Miro (Spain, 1893-1983) 'Joan Miró. Fotoscop', 1974 lithograph on paper 12.9 x 20.5 in. (32.7 x 52 cm.). The size of the stamp paper has been slightly modified. Its original dim...
Category

1970s Abstract Art

Materials

Paper, Lithograph

#207, Abstract, Photography, Painting, Expressionism
Located in München, BY
Unique piece More sizes and an Essay from Lyle Rexer about this series on request. Joachim Schmeisser’s work rescues photography from the centuries-old straightjacket of realism to...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Pigment

National Day : Sailors having Fun - Tall Original Oil Painting, Signed
By Michel-Marie Poulain
Located in Paris, IDF
Michel Marie POULAIN French National Day : Sailors having Fun Original oil on canvas Handsigned in the lower left corner On canvas 55 x 65 cm (c. 22 x 26 inch) Presented in golden w...
Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Oil

At the Sea, Beach Scene - Original Ceramic MADOURA - Edition of 450 (Ramié #391)
Located in Paris, IDF
Pablo Picasso At the Sea, Beach Scene : Bathers, 1956 Original ceramic of Pablo Picasso, white faience earth, black covered bath and enamel Annotated on the Back : Empreinte origina...
Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Ceramic

After Alex Katz - Sarah-American Dance Festival - 2011 Serigraph
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Sku: CB1512 Artist: Alex Katz Title: Sarah-American Dance Festival Year: 2011 Signed: No Medium: Serigraph Paper Size: 48 x 34 inches ( 121.92 x 86.36 cm ) Image Size: 48 x 34 inches...
Category

2010s Pop Art Art

Materials

Lithograph

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