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Art For Sale
Style: Minimalist
Style: Photorealist
"Spiral Martini"
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
John Schieffer graduated in 1995 from Paier College of Art in Hamden, Connecticut with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. The salutatorian entered the world of illustration at Mercer Ma...
Category

2010s Photorealist Art

Materials

Wood Panel, Oil

The Limit. Abstract painting 106, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Original minimalistic abstract painting. Spray paint emerald line with white marks on pink background. Improvisation, subconscious and serendipity. DIMENSIONS: 70 X 90 cm DETA...
Category

2010s Minimalist Art

Materials

Acrylic

Moss Landing - 1965 Original Black and White Photograph
Located in Soquel, CA
Moss Landing - 1965 Original Black and White Photograph Original black and white photograph of Moss Landing in 1965 by Al Weber (American, 1930-2016). The photograph shows Moss Land...
Category

1960s Photorealist Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin, Photographic Paper

"Star Confetti"
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
John Schieffer graduated in 1995 from Paier College of Art in Hamden, Connecticut with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. The salutatorian entered the world of illustration at Mercer Ma...
Category

2010s Photorealist Art

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Flight over Dolores
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Lightness of Being' - depicts a white brick building with warm sunlight and shadows cascading across the facade of the warm bricks with white inset window. Birds flying are reflecte...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Hephaestus, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Acrylic on canvas. Signed back. Certificate of Autenticity. The sides are painted. Large painting. Shipping included. The paintings of colored lines, wid or narrow, appear as a tu...
Category

2010s Minimalist Art

Materials

Acrylic

Superhero
Located in Boca Raton, FL
Cesar Santander Superhero Original Oil Painting -- Please watch video in listing 16" x 20" original painting on board. This is a unique, original painting of which no copies have bee...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Art

Materials

Oil, Board

Praise (Framed)
Located in New York, NY
Agnes Martin Praise (Framed), 1976 Limited edition lithograph on Dalton Natural Bond paper with gold rubber stamp signature, accompanied by the original sleeve Agnes Martin's signatu...
Category

1970s Minimalist Art

Materials

Lithograph, Paper

む, Now, where was I and Surōdansu Triptych, Mixed media painting
Located in Miami Beach, FL
む, Now, where was I and Surōdansu triptych, 2022 by On Hansen Oil wax, acrylic, graphite, organic ink, and crayon on Awagami paper Overall size: 35.03 in. H x 76.7 in. W Individual s...
Category

2010s Minimalist Art

Materials

Crayon, Ink, Wax, Acrylic, Handmade Paper, Graphite

Moonlight Ripples over Lake Como, Nautical Cyanotype Triptych of Moving Water
Located in Barcelona, ES
This series of cyanotype triptychs showcases the beauty of nature scenes, including stunning beaches and oceans, as well as the intricate textures of water, forests, and skies. These...
Category

2010s Minimalist Art

Materials

Photographic Film, Emulsion, Watercolor, Photographic Paper, C Print, Co...

Jesse Hickman, Note Three Twenty Two Sixteen A, 2016, Enamel, Wood, Glue
Located in Darien, CT
Over the past few years, Jesse Hickman has been making minimal abstract paintings on wood with few constraints. He calls this series Notes, thinking of these pieces as drawn sketches...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Art

Materials

Enamel

The Black Keys "Red Vision 2" Phoenix AZ 2022 by Larry Niehues
Located in Austin, US
The Black Keys “Red Vision 2” Phoenix AZ 2022, signed limited edition prints by The Black Keys official photographer Larry Niehues. The Black Keys relatio...
Category

2010s Photorealist Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Giraffes walking across a dry lake bed in Amboseli with Kilimanjaro in backdrop
Located in US
Two giraffes walk across the plains with Kilimanjaro in the backdrop and dense cloud cover Exceptional Creatures is a limited edition print series documenting the most extraordinary...
Category

2010s Minimalist Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Sensuality 2. Abstract painting 140, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Original minimalistic abstract painting. Rich bright and vibrant colors. Minimalistic and expressive. DIMENSION : 100 X 80 cm DETAILS : - High quality acrylic and spray pai...
Category

2010s Minimalist Art

Materials

Acrylic

San Pietro
Located in Milano, MI
Photo taken at San Pietro - Rome Marcelo Soulé (Buenos Aires, 1958) trained at the Artistic Lyceum and the Brera Academy in Milan. He lives and works be...
Category

2010s Photorealist Art

Materials

Black and White, Inkjet, Pigment

Cold Song III - underwater photograph - archival pigment print
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater photograph of a man diving in the pool with bouquet of flowers Original gallery quality print signed by the artist. Digital archival pigment print on archival paper w...
Category

2010s Photorealist Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Still life with citrus- original modern realism oil painting- contemporary art
Located in London, Chelsea
Step into a moment frozen in time with "Still Life with Citrus," an original oil painting by the talented artist Irina Trushkova. Executed on canvas in the style of contemporary real...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Nude Woman in Bathtub w Mirror Reflections Photorealism erotica 1977 watercolor
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
An amazing, 1977 photorealist watercolor painting by Photorealism artist, Hilo Chen, of a nude woman in Bathtub with her reflection seen in the wall m...
Category

1970s Photorealist Art

Materials

Watercolor, Archival Paper

Master of the city, Digital on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
a gargoyle on the top of the Notre dame Cathedral in Paris looking over the city of light :: Digital :: Photorealism :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity ...
Category

2010s Photorealist Art

Materials

Digital

Cutwork: 'Black White Flip Star-In'
Located in New York, NY
Elizabeth Gregory-Gruen’s Cut Work series is a free hand paper cutting process that charts the contours of our ever-changing emotional experience through the movement of form, line, ...
Category

2010s Minimalist Art

Materials

Mixed Media

Autoportrait de Gustave Le Gray. 1851.
Located in PARIS, FR
LE GRAY Gustave Villiers-le-Bel 1820 † 1884 Le Caire et MESTRAL Auguste Rans 1812 † 1884 id. Autoportrait de Gustave Le Gray. 1851. Photographie. 338 x 243 mm (épreuve). 450 x 314 mm (montage). Feuille montée sur vélin. Manque important en pied, atteignant la pointe de la veste du photographe. Quelques très légères et fines griffures en surface. Au dos du montage : 3 gravures anciennes, et marque de collection mauve, « L. BONGARD » (lugt non décrit). Épreuve sur papier salé, d’après un négatif papier ciré sec. Numéroté « 540 » dans le négatif, dans l’angle supérieur gauche. Marque des étaux bien visibles dans le négatif, dans l’angle supérieur droit, et dans l’angle inférieur gauche. De toute rareté. Une seule autre épreuve connue : Pierre Bergé & Associés, vente du 19 mars 2015, lot n°101. La mission héliographique : Au mois de mai 1851, Gustave Le Gray est délégué par la commission des Monuments historiques pour photographier une liste de monuments remarquables du sud-ouest de la France. D’autres figures pionnières de la photographie participent à cette vaste campagne de recensement, et doivent couvrir le reste du pays : Hippolyte Bayard, Henri Le Secq, Édouard Baldus et Auguste Mestral. Le Gray décide de fusionner son itinéraire avec celui de son élève et ami, Auguste Mestral. Entre juillet et octobre 1851, équipé d’une voiture et de deux chambres noires, le tandem sillonne le territoire de la Loire aux Pyrénées, du château de Chambord à la cité de Carcassonne. Les deux hommes, qui se connaissent depuis 1848, réalisent ensemble les prises de vue - et se présenteront d’ailleurs en tant que coauteurs devant la commission. Un champ d’expérimentation Pour Gustave Le Gray, qui vient de mettre au point le « négatif papier ciré sec », la mission héliographique est un champ d’expérimentation inespéré. Pendant trois mois, les photographes exécutent jusqu’à trente prises de vue par jour, une véritable prouesse rendue possible par l’invention de Le Gray. En effet, celle-ci dispense de maintenir humides les négatifs papier, facilitant considérablement le travail en extérieur. Les feuilles peuvent être préparées jusqu’à quinze jours à l’avance, et développées plusieurs heures après la prise de vue. « Tout le monde comprendra combien ce nouveau procédé facilite les opérations en voyage », écrit Le Gray. Méthodiques, les deux hommes numérotent les négatifs dans l’ordre chronologique. Cette numérotation, allant jusqu’à 605, témoigne d’une production soutenue et indépendante, débordant largement le cadre imposé par la commission des monuments historiques. Progressivement, le recensement scientifique s’accompagne de véritables digressions artistiques. Entre leur séjour à Carcassonne – point culminant du voyage – et leur retour à Paris, les « photographistes » s’autorisent de nombreux clichés personnels : des vues d’Amélie les Bain, du Pont Palaldas et du pont du Gard. Dans les Pyrénées-Orientales, les cloîtres gothiques d’Elne et d’Arles-sur-tech servent d’écrin à deux autoportraits de Gustave Le Gray. Le premier, réalisé à Elne, est aujourd’hui en mains privées (nous n’en avons trouvé aucune reproduction dans la littérature). Le second, pris très peu de temps après, n’est connu pour l’heure que par deux épreuves, dont celle que nous présentons. Un manifeste artistique Vêtu d’un costume noir de ville, Le Gray pose sous une arche gothique, jambes croisées et cigarette à la main. La blancheur insolente des guêtres, du chapeau et du col, accroche irrésistiblement l’œil du spectateur, et rehausse l’austère architecture médiévale d’une touche de modernité et de dandysme. L’élégance et la familiarité subtile de la mise en scène rappellent, dans leur esprit, d’autres portraits de Le Gray, habitué de compositions libres et volontiers énigmatiques – nous pensons ici à son fantomatique Autoportrait dans le miroir de la table de toilette de la duchesse de Parme, réalisé la même année, où le photographe parvient à capter son ombre fuyante dans un miroir. Contrairement à ses pairs, Le Gray s’est peu consacré au portrait, lui préférant le paysage. Il en a cependant maîtrisé tous les codes, et signé d’authentiques chefs-d’œuvre en la matière : citons ici le portrait rêveur et mélancolique du dramaturge Edmond Cottinet (1849), et celui du sculpteur Auguste Clésinger (1855), d’une vigueur éblouissante, qui fut longtemps donné à son élève Félix Nadar...
Category

1850s Photorealist Art

Materials

Photographic Paper

"Needle" Photography 24" x 18" inch Edition 1/20 by Ben Cope
Located in Culver City, CA
"Needle" Photography 24" x 18" inch Edition 1/20 by Ben Cope Not framed. Ships in a tube. BLANC series by Ben Cope: Ben Cope is a Los Angeles based portrait artist with a BFA in ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

The landing, Digital on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Multiple shots of a blue heron landing on a tree top. The photo is in black and white, emphasizing the grace of those fantastic birds in their flight :: Digital :: Photorealism :: Th...
Category

2010s Photorealist Art

Materials

Digital

Solar power, Digital on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
A beautiful sunflower on a black background :: Digital :: Photorealism :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang: No :: S...
Category

2010s Photorealist Art

Materials

Digital

Nude Studies 2
Located in Dallas, TX
From Dallas,Texas, Francisco has always had an innate interest in the arts. He began sketching at an early age. A self-taught artist, his influences include many of the early 20th ce...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Art

Materials

Charcoal

Finest Coffe and Tea, 18x25x1.5, Acrylic on Masonite
Located in Southampton, NY
Charles Ford's work is in the permanent collection of the Museum of the City of New York. Another wonderful painting by Charles Ford that shows the great lighting and shadows of New ...
Category

2010s Photorealist Art

Materials

Acrylic, Masonite

Coming home, Digital on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
A great white egret landing on a tree and one of his (her) chicks is waiting. It is easy to imagine that they are having a conversation together. The photo was featured in the Daily...
Category

2010s Photorealist Art

Materials

Digital

Abstract painting 105, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Original abstract painting. Spray paint emerald line with white marks, blue and pink on yellow background. Improvisation, subconscious and serendipity. DIMENSIONS : 70 X 90 cm ...
Category

2010s Minimalist Art

Materials

Acrylic

"Blade" Photography 40" x 30" inch Edition 1/20 by Ben Cope
Located in Culver City, CA
"Blade" Photography 40" x 30" inch Edition 1/20 by Ben Cope Not framed. Ships in a tube. BLANC series by Ben Cope: Ben Cope is a Los Angeles based portrait artist with a BFA in c...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Coubres, nude woman, figurative modern, oil on canvas, textured, minimalism
Located in LANGRUNE-SUR-MER, FR
Sophie Dumont's captivating painting offers a striking portrayal of the female form, expressed with remarkable finesse and mastery. The use of the palette knife imbues the artwork wi...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Art

Materials

Oil

Red roses, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Professional paints, gallery stretch canvas. Such a painting requires painstaking work for several months, the technique of multi-layered painting. The painting will be covered with ...
Category

2010s Photorealist Art

Materials

Oil

Dragon Mouth Trip - underwater black&white nude photograph - archival print
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Underwater black and white nude photograph of a model diving in a swimming pool Original gallery quality print signed by the artist. Digital archival pigment print on archival pa...
Category

2010s Photorealist Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

"Future Love" Oil Painting 72" x 60" inch by Casey Baugh
Located in Culver City, CA
"Future Love" Oil Painting 72" x 60" inch by Casey Baugh Medium: oil on canvas ABOUT THE ARTIST: Baugh's work can be described as narrative impressionistic realism. Specializing i...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

AWH 315 - Original Abstract Expressionist Blue Colorfield Oil Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Bernhard Zimmer produces deeply layered, subtly textured abstract paintings that contain diametrically opposed elements—order and chaos, abstraction and representation, boldness and ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Art

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil

A Course in Miracles
Located in Fairlawn, OH
A Course in Miracles Dye transfer photograph, 1978 From: 12 Photographs: 1973-1983, Plate 7 of 12 Signed in ink Edition: 50, this example an Artist's Proof (7/10) Printer: Guy Stri...
Category

1970s Photorealist Art

Materials

Dye Transfer

Time to Save
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Time to Save From: 12 Photographs: 1973-1983, Plate 8 of 12 Dye transfer photograph, 1979 Signed in ink Edition: 50, this example an Artist's Proof (7/10) Printer: Guy Stricherz Pu...
Category

1970s Photorealist Art

Materials

Dye Transfer

Blue Mirror - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment print 17.5 x 23"
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater nude photograph of a beautiful young woman diving in the pool. Original gallery quality print signed by the artist. Digital archival pigment print on archival paper w...
Category

2010s Photorealist Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Brice Marden, Etching for Parkett - Signed Print, Minimalism, Abstract Art
Located in Hamburg, DE
Brice Marden (American, b. 1938) Etching for Parkett, 1986 Medium: Sugar lift and aquatint on Rives BFK, bound in Parkett journal no. 7 Dimensions: 25.5 x 21 cm Edition of 100: Hand-...
Category

20th Century Minimalist Art

Materials

Aquatint

Deep Anesthesia - underwater nude photograph - archival print 17 x 23.5"
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater photograph of a nude model diving in blue light on a black background. Original gallery quality print signed by the artist. Digital archival pigment print on archiva...
Category

2010s Photorealist Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Contemporary oil on canvas painting of woman lying on a bed (2016) - Vertenten
Located in Oostende, BE
'Room without a view' (2016) by Patrick Vertenten Born in 1964 in Sint-Niklaas, Belgium—Patrick Vertenten is a contemporary artist who paints from ...
Category

2010s Photorealist Art

Materials

Canvas

Passage and Holds the people together, Mixed media painting on Awagami paper
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Passage and Holds the people together Diptych, 2022 by On Hansen Oil wax, acrylic, graphite, organic ink, and crayon on Awagami paper Overall size: 35.03 in. H x 51 in. W Individual ...
Category

2010s Minimalist Art

Materials

Crayon, Ink, Wax, Acrylic, Handmade Paper, Graphite

'Promise of Spring' Contemporary Painting of a blue tit bird on a branch, yellow
Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
'Promise of Spring' by Ben Waddams is a Contemporary Realist Wildlife oil painting of an English Blue Tit bird on a branch. With such incredible detail you almost expect the bird to ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Art

Materials

Oil, Panel

EMCS #14
Located in New York, NY
Brad Nelson (American, b. 1977)
Category

2010s Photorealist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Henry Miller And Eve Miller On Partington Ridge - 1954 Original Photograph
Located in Soquel, CA
"Henry And Eve Miller On Partington Ridge" - 1954 Original Photograph 1954 original black and white silver gelatin photograph of Henry and Eve Miller at their house on Partington Ri...
Category

1950s Photorealist Art

Materials

Ink, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

Boats Sailing At Sunset, Santa Cruz - Color Photograph
Located in Soquel, CA
Boats Sailing At Sunset, Santa Cruz - Color Photograph Color photograph of sailboats at sunset in front of the Breakwater Lighthouse in Santa Cruz, California by John F. Hunter (Ame...
Category

Early 2000s Photorealist Art

Materials

Ink, Photographic Paper

Beastie Boys Adam Yauch MCA Vintage Darkroom Print by Jake Chessum
Located in Austin, US
Original hand-printed vintage print from photographer Jake Chessum of Beastie Boys Adam Yauch, know as MCA, playing double bass in the studio in 1994. Printed by Jake back in the d...
Category

1990s Photorealist Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Acrylic on Wood Assemblage Titled: "A.B.C. IV”
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
wood assemblage by artist William Finlayson Born in Tallahasee Fl, William started his artistic career as a color consultant for his family's Design and Painting company that took ...
Category

2010s Minimalist Art

Materials

Wood, Acrylic

White peonies in a cold color, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
White peonies in a cold color :: Painting :: Photorealism :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang: Yes :: Signed: Yes :...
Category

2010s Photorealist Art

Materials

Oil

"Foliate" Photography 24" x 18" inch Edition 1/20 by Ben Cope
Located in Culver City, CA
"Foliate" Photography 24" x 18" inch Edition 1/20 by Ben Cope Not framed. Ships in a tube. BLANC series by Ben Cope: Ben Cope is a Los Angeles based portrait artist with a BFA in...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

AWH 313 - Original Abstract Expressionist Green Colorfield Oil Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Bernhard Zimmer produces deeply layered, subtly textured abstract paintings that contain diametrically opposed elements—order and chaos, abstraction and representation, boldness and ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Art

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil

Awakening The Inner Glow
Located in Dallas, TX
The works of Mike Dargas elude a clear temporal distinction. Even if the representations can stand as indications of a contemporary Western zeitgeist, the images lose their temporal ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Art

Materials

Oil

Huntington beach -original realism- minimalism landscape painting- modern art
Located in London, Chelsea
"Huntington Beach" by Al Freno is a captivating original oil on canvas painting that transports viewers to the sun-kissed shores of a picturesque coastal paradise. This artwork captures the essence of leisure and luxury against the backdrop of a pristine seascape. At the center of the composition stands a modern vacation villa, its sleek lines and pristine facade complemented by the inviting allure of a swimming pool in the foreground. The pool beckons with crystal-clear waters, inviting viewers to imagine themselves taking a refreshing dip amidst the warmth of the California sun. To the left of the villa, a majestic palm...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Art

Materials

Oil, Linen

Iconics by Fabrizio La Torre - Set # 1 - New York - 1956 - Vintage Photographs
Located in Brussels, BE
Artworks sold in perfect condition : Set # 1 composed of 5 Gallery Print 30x40 cm This is an exceptional offer that we are presenting today. For almost four years, here on 1stdibs, a...
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1950s Photorealist Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Duomo
Located in Milano, MI
Marcelo Soulé (Buenos Aires, 1958) trained at the Artistic Lyceum and the Brera Academy in Milan. He lives and works between Milan and Barcelona. He bega...
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2010s Photorealist Art

Materials

Black and White, Inkjet, Pigment

No Way - black & white nude photograph - archival pigment print 22x35"
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
A black and white photograph of a perfect woman's buttocks and her handcuffed hands giving a finger. Original gallery quality archival pigment print signed by the artist. Limited e...
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2010s Photorealist Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Digital Pigment, Archival Pigment

Tori Amos Vintage Print 12"x16" by Jake Chessum
Located in Austin, US
Original hand-printed vintage 12x16” darkroom print from photographer Jake Chessum of Tori Amos. Printed by Jake in the 90's, at the time of the photo shoot. Jake recalls the sessio...
Category

1990s Photorealist Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Untitled Geometric Abstraction unique signed & framed by Minimalist art pioneer
Located in New York, NY
Lyman Kipp Untitled geometric abstraction, 1978 Acrylic painting on paper Hand signed and dated 1978 Unique Frame included: Elegantly floated and framed in a hand made white wood mus...
Category

1970s Minimalist Art

Materials

Acrylic

The Woods Beyond
Located in Saugatuck, MI
"The Woods Beyond" is a very unique original work by artist Paul Pedulla however this acrylic painting incorporates Paul's signature blue sky which he is widely known for in his mini...
Category

2010s Minimalist Art

Materials

Acrylic

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