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Art For Sale
Style: Modern
Style: Abstract Expressionist
"Abstract Visage I" Sculpture 18" x 8" inch by Ibrahim Abd Elmalak
Located in Culver City, CA
"Abstract Visage I" Sculpture 18" x 8" inch by Ibrahim Abd Elmalak Double-faced Fiberglass Signed & Dated Sculptures that mostly depict his characteristic figures of feminine form...
Category

20th Century Abstract Expressionist Art

Materials

Fiberglass

Untitled (Fresh Air School) /// Abstract Expressionist Female Joan Mitchell Art
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Joan Mitchell (American, 1925-1992) Title: "Untitled (Fresh Air School)" Portfolio: Fresh Air School *Unsigned edition Year: 1972 Medium: Orig...
Category

1970s Abstract Expressionist Art

Materials

Lithograph, Offset

"Small # 165" Brilliant Abstract Exp Ptg 8" x 8" Pink/White/Aqua/Blue/Yellow
Located in Wellesley, MA
One of a large series of brilliantly colored small square Abstract Expressionist paintings, measuring 8" x 8" each, by Linda Holt whose fluid style and gorgeous palette come together...
Category

2010s Abstract Expressionist Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

"Small # 175" Brilliant Abstr Exp Ptg 8" x 8" Red/Orange/White/Yellow/Blue
Located in Wellesley, MA
One of a large series of brilliantly colored small square Abstract Expressionist paintings, measuring 8" x 8" each, by Linda Holt whose fluid style and gorgeous palette come together...
Category

2010s Abstract Expressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Abstract Composition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Aaron Levy was born in New York City in 1899. After retiring in 1951 from a career as president of E. Milius & Company, a textile company, Levy began a new career as a fine artist. ...
Category

1960s Abstract Expressionist Art

Materials

Oil

20th Century French Modernist Gouache Painting Pink Roses In White Jug
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
by Paul-Louis Bolot (French 1918-2003) signed original gouache painting on thick paper/ card unframed condition: very good and sound; the edges have a few curls and scuffs/ edge tear...
Category

20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Gouache

Helen Frankenthaler: Tales of Genji (Catalog of 6 Prints) /// Abstract Female
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: (after) Helen Frankenthaler (American, 1928-2011) Title: "Helen Frankenthaler: Tales of Genji (Catalog of 6 Prints)" Series: (after) Tales of Genji *Issued unsigned Year: 1998 Medium: The Complete Set of 6 Offset-Lithograph reproductions on light smooth wove paper Limited edition: Unknown Printer: Swan Engraving...
Category

1990s Abstract Expressionist Art

Materials

Lithograph, Offset

"Achtung IV" Mixed Media Wall Sculpture (mcm, mid century, blue, navy, white)
Located in Marmora, NJ
Achtung IV is a vibrant large-scale mixed media wall sculpture. Made cherry wood and with painted layers of MDF finished with satin lacquer. This piece was inspired by mid-century ...
Category

2010s Modern Art

Materials

Plaster, Wood, Walnut, Paint

Ancient Landscape II (Ancient City)
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Signed and titled in pencil by the artist; Annotated: "E130 A/1" in pencil lower right Estate stamp verso Edition: 20 Provenance: Estate of the Artist (Foundation sta...
Category

1950s Abstract Expressionist Art

"Purple Prickly Pear" Abstract Painting 39" x 39" inch by YASMINE HASSAN
Located in Culver City, CA
"Purple Prickly Pear" Abstract Painting 39" x 39" inch by YASMINE HASSAN Yasmine Hassan’s still life portrayals of cacti and other stark foliage can scarcely be described as such, g...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media

Vintage Modernist Landscape Painting, Monument Valley Arizona, listed artist
Located in Baltimore, MD
Although born in Ohio at the end of the 19th century, Martin Sabransky studied art at Randolph Macon College in Virginia. He began his career path moving west, by first going to Kans...
Category

Mid-20th Century American Modern Art

Materials

Oil

Les Oiseaux de Nuit
Located in Kansas City, MO
Georges Braque Les Oiseaux de Nuit 1964 Original Reproduction of a Gouache on Velin d'Arches Size: 10x7.375in Edition: 2,000 Annotated verso Unsigned as issued Publisher: Mourlot, Pa...
Category

1960s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph, Vellum

"Splash" Photography 42" x 30" in Edition 1/7 by Larsen Sotelo
Located in Culver City, CA
"Splash" Photography 42" x 30" in Edition 1/7 by Larsen Sotelo Not framed. Ships in a tube Giclee (Archival Ink) print on 310G Platine Fibre Cotton Rag w/satin finish Comes with CO...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Art

Materials

Rag Paper, Giclée, Archival Ink

"Caroline (LED)" Photography 40" x 30" in Edition 2/3 by Larsen Sotelo
Located in Culver City, CA
"Caroline (LED)" Photography 40" x 30" in Edition 2/3 by Larsen Sotelo *** Not framed - ships in a tube Giclee (Archival Ink) print on 310G Platine Fibre Cotton Rag w/satin finish ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Art

Materials

Archival Ink, Rag Paper, Giclée

PULLING CORN (FODDER HOPPER) - Scarce Print!
By Bernard Joseph Steffen
Located in Santa Monica, CA
BERNARD (JOSEPH) STEFFEN (1907 – 1980) PULLING CORN (FODDER HOPPER) c. 1935-45 Color serigraph signed with a full signature below the image at the lower right sheet edge . Unknown e...
Category

1930s Modern Art

Materials

Screen

"Warmth"
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
Dear art lover, I have worked on a new collection of abstract paintings. This new abstract series is dedicated to "Springtime" . This series symbolizes a new beginning, a fresh star...
Category

2010s Abstract Expressionist Art

Materials

Acrylic

"Untitled 4" Abstract Painting 47" x 71" inch by Ahmed Dafrawy
Located in Culver City, CA
"Untitled 4" Abstract Painting 47" x 71" inch by Ahmed Dafrawy Dafrawy’s fine arts academic background started in 2014 when he received the certificate of drawing course completion from the Faculty of Art & Education located in Zamalek Cairo, Egypt. Granting him his first appearance during 2015, in the Faculty of Art & Education exhibition at El Sawy Culture Wheel Centre located in Zamalek. Ever since, Dafrawy’s artworks have been exhibited, noticed, and recognized by collectors, artists, and curators with an early certificate of recognition from the minister of culture Emad Abu Ghazy at Lamasatt Art Gallery located in downtown, Cairo, during the same year. Born in 1982, the Egyptian artist started exploring art at an early age. At the age of 11, he won the Princess Nouf award at a drawing competition in the kingdom of Saudi Arabia...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media

Louis Osman Architect Goldsmith Silversmith 1974 catalogue Prince of Wales Crown
Located in London, GB
As Goldsmith Osman designed the Crown for the Investiture of the Prince of Wales in 1969, and as architect he commissioned Jacob Epstein's chef d'oeuvre, the Madonna and Child on the...
Category

1970s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

"Our Little Garden 2" Abstract Oil Painting 51" x 51" in by Sanjar Djabbarov
Located in Culver City, CA
"Our Little Garden 2" Abstract Oil Painting 51" x 51" in by Sanjar Djabbarov ABOUT Sanjar Djabbarov was born in Gulistan, the capital of the Sirdaria Province in eastern Uzbekista...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

'Dione and Tethys'
Located in London, GB
'Dione and Tethys' 2005 JPL/Cassini A beautiful 16x16" inches / 40 x 40 cm Silver Gelatin fibre print (printed on 20x16" paper size) of this breathtakingly exquisite Cassini image ...
Category

Early 2000s Modern Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

"Replica" Photography 35" x 25" in Edition 1/15 by Larsen Sotelo
Located in Culver City, CA
"Replica" Photography 35" x 25" in Edition 1/15 by Larsen Sotelo Not framed. Ships in a tube Comes with COA Available sizes: Edition of 15: 35" x 25" inch Edition of 7: 42" x 3...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Art

Materials

Archival Ink, Rag Paper, Giclée

Surrounded Islands, Biscayne Bay, Greater Miami, Florida
Located in Kansas City, MO
Christo & Jeanne Claude Surrounded Islands Offset Lithograph Size: 24.0×36.0 inches Signed and inscribed in the print COA provided Ref.: 924802-1556 Christo Vladimirov Javacheff an...
Category

1980s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph, Offset

"Buttermilk Bay, Cape Cod, " Georgina Klitgaard, Woodstock School Female WPA
Located in New York, NY
Georgina Klitgaard (1893 - 1976) Buttermilk Bay, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, 1933 Oil on canvas 18 x 30 inches Signed lower right Provenance: Frank K. M. Rehn Galleries, New York Harold Ordway Rugg Private Collection, Western New York Georgina Berrian was born in Spuyten Duyvil, New York in 1893. She was educated at Barnard College...
Category

1930s American Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Tugboat at Dock, " Reginald Marsh, Modern WPA Industrial Ship
Located in New York, NY
Reginald Marsh Tugboat at Dock, circa 1937 Signed lower right Watercolor and pencil on paper 13 3/4 x 20 inches Housed in a Lowy frame. Provenance: Sotheby'...
Category

1930s Modern Art

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Pencil

"Alternation of Spring and Winter" Oil Painting 59" x 55" in by Sanjar Djabbarov
Located in Culver City, CA
"Alternation of Spring and Winter" Oil Painting 59" x 55" in by Sanjar Djabbarov ABOUT Sanjar Djabbarov was born in Gulistan, the capital of the Sirdaria Province in eastern Uzbek...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

CHINESE AUGURAL PRINT - Print on paper with frame 1980s
Located in Napoli, IT
Chinese augural prints art edition Menarini Florence 1982. Linked to Chinese folk customs and daily life, the prints are popular ornaments for Lunar New Year decorations and express ...
Category

1980s Modern Art

Materials

Color

Pablo Picasso, "The Little Artist", 1956, lithograph in 5 colors, hand signed
Located in Chatsworth, CA
Pablo Picasso Le Petit Dessinateur (The Little Artist), 1956 Lithograph in five colors Hand signed in pencil and numbered 6/50 from an edition of 50 Vallauris, May 18th, 1956 Referen...
Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Large Still Life Flowers Oil on Canvas Painting, Signed and Framed
Located in Plainview, NY
A beautiful large oil on canvas still life painting depicting two vases filled with lovely flowers in vibrant colors with a green background. The painting is finely presented in a cu...
Category

20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Latin American Raúl Valdivieso Organic Abstract Bronze Metal Sculpture
Located in Washington, DC
Abstract modern sculpture by Latin American sculptor Raúl Valdivieso (Chilean, 1931-1993). Valdivieso is known for his reinterpretation of the classic ...
Category

1970s Modern Art

Materials

Bronze

Flora Key Fantasy - large, colourful, expressionist abstract, acrylic on canvas
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Canadian artist Paul Fournier’s gorgeous abstract paintings are often inspired by the colours of the tropics. This acrylic in both colour and composition appears as if the viewer is ...
Category

Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

'Soft Helmets' V&A Portfolio Limited Edition print
Located in London, GB
'Soft Helmets' V&A Portfolio Limited Edition print Pattie Boyd and Celia Hammond modelling feathered capsule hats, John French (1907-66), London, 1960s © Victoria and Albert M...
Category

1960s Modern Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

theres nothing left to hold to
Located in Sempach, LU
From "The Quince" series.A pink room that evokes melancholy. I contemplate a juicy fruit, once my favorite, but now it smells rotten. I'll never get over this. I remember his face, his words, his eyes. That day I lost a part of my personality, like a bitten fruit. I needed help and I got it. I was so tired of feeling and just wanted it to be over. Why did this take forever? Why is this still going on? I drew on paper a tattoo of three dots that were on your palm. This tattoo and eyes are the only thing I remember. I go to bed...
Category

2010s Modern Art

Materials

Oil, Acrylic, Canvas

Dali III-Limited Edition Etching with Aquatint/comes with COA
Located in Clinton Township, MI
Limited Edition Etching with Aquatint, 44/50. 37 in x 30 in, Framed. Signed by Artist, comes with Certificate of Authenticity. Image is in Excellent Condition. Frame shows signs of w...
Category

2010s Abstract Expressionist Art

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

"Victim of War (WWII)" Signed, Stainless Steel Sculpture
Located in Clinton Township, MI
This dramatic stainless steel sculpture titled "Victim of War" by Marian Owczarski depicts a falling figure reaching towards the sky. The figure is suspended by a single leg which Ow...
Category

Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Art

Materials

Stainless Steel

Henry Grossman, Bobby Kennedy, Election campaign, 1968
Located in Cologne, DE
Henry Grossman, Bobby Kennedy (Robert Francis Kennedy (1925–1968)), Election campaign, 1968, Vintage
Category

1960s Modern Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Figure endormie dans un intérieur (Interior with Sleeping Figure) /// Matisse
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Henri Matisse (French, 1869-1954) Title: "Figure endormie dans un intérieur (Interior with Sleeping Figure)" *Signed and numbered by Matisse in...
Category

1920s Modern Art

Materials

Intaglio, Etching

Alina Karo "Karmakaos" from VOLLIPSIS series
Located in Culver City, CA
"Karmakaos" from VOLLIPSIS series by Alina Karo Printed on Aluminum 50” x 40” Edition 2/3 VOLLIPSIS series by Alina Karo The title of the show, Vollipsis, bears a hint of myste...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Art

Materials

Metal

Slim Aarons 'Verbier View' Official Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Verbier View' 1964 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Skiers admire the view across a valley of clouds at Verbier, 1964. Slim Aarons Chromogenic C print Printed Later Slim Aaron...
Category

1960s Modern Art

Materials

C Print

'El Venero' SLIM AARONS ESTATE Print
Located in London, GB
'El Venero' SLIM AARONS ESTATE Print Giant Estate Stamped Limited Edition Print by Slim Aarons El Venero, the Moorish villa of Hector and Chico de Ayala in Marbella, Spain, 1967....
Category

1970s Modern Art

Materials

C Print

'Hotel Il San Pietro' Slim Aarons ESTATE ptrint
Located in London, GB
'Hotel Il San Pietro' by Slim Aarons Guests at the Hotel Il San Pietro in Positano, Italy, August 1979. In his words, he photographed 'beautiful peopl...
Category

1970s Modern Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

"Spring Thaw, " 1960s Modern Abstract Painting
Located in Westport, CT
"Spring Thaw" by Modernist painter, Stanley Bate is a textured and energetic abstract painting, created in the early 1960s. Bate, who was inspired by his Abstract Expressionist peers...
Category

1960s Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Metamorphosis of Zan Biell, Woodcut Print on Rice Paper by Keisuke Serizawa
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Keisuke Serizawa, Japanese (1895-1984) Title: Metamorphosis of Zan Biell Year: circa 1970 Medium: Woodcut on Rice Paper, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: AP Size: 29 x...
Category

1970s Abstract Expressionist Art

Materials

Rice Paper, Woodcut

What mask are you wearing? 80x80cm, print on canvas
Located in Yerevan, AM
What mask are you wearing? 80x80cm, print on canvas
Category

2010s Abstract Expressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Color

20th Century German Modernist Oil Painting Blue Shades Window Abstract
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist: Elisabeth Hahn (German 1924-2021), Elisabeth Hahn was born in Dortmund, Germany, where she began her artistic studies. In 1953, she moved to Paris. She continued her studie...
Category

20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Oil

Anne Russinof, Linchpin, 2018, oil on canvas, 44 x 50 inches
Located in Darien, CT
Anne Russinof's newest works are part of a series in which she intimates baroque ceiling patterns. Having long been inspired by architectural forms and patterns because they provide ...
Category

2010s Abstract Expressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

English mid century oil painting Portrait of cute Corgi dog
Located in Woodbury, CT
English mid century oil painting Portrait of a cute Corgi. Paintings of this breed are very rare and very collected. Kate Gray was a British animal portrait painter during the last...
Category

1960s Modern Art

Materials

Oil, Board

Horse, Drawing, Ink on Paper, Black, Grey by Indian Artist Sunil Das "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Sunil Das - Horse - 8 x 5 inches (unframed size) Ink on Paper Inclusive of shipment in ready to hang form. Sunil Das was one of India's most important postmodernist painters and ros...
Category

2010s Modern Art

Materials

Paper, Ink, Pen

The Who Pete Townshend 1979 - signed limited edition
Located in London, GB
Pete Townshend of the Who Madison Square Garden New York 1979 Large Oversize limited edition (ed size 15 only this size) and signed silver gelatin print. paper size 40x30" inches / 101 x 76 cm Certificate of authenticity supplied. About Michael Putland the photographer : Born in 1947, Michael grew up in Harrow where he took his first pictures at the age of nine before leaving school at sixteen to work as an assistant to various photographers including Time-Life photographer, Walter Curtain and the legendary motor racing photographer, Louis Klemantaski. In 1969 he set up his own studio and by 1971, he was the official photographer for the British music magazine Disc & Music Echo. His first assignment for them that year was to photograph Mick Jagger in London. From the editorial work for Disc and Music Echo, Sounds and later Smash Hits & Q magazine amongst others, to the 1973 tour with The Rolling Stones that led to a long-standing relationship working with the band, Michael has shot prodigiously including for major record labels including CBS, Warner, Elektra, Polydor, Columbia Records and EMI. Relocating to New York in 1977, it was here that Michael founded the photo agency, Retna. It has been said that Michael photographed everyone from Abba to Zappa … when looking at his archive this is actually true. Now living in East Sussex, recent 2016 exhibitions include “Off The Record” at The Lucy Bell Gallery in Hastings showing images both on and off stage including previously unseen contact sheets; whilst Ono Arte in Bologna, Italy is hosting a David Bowie show. Autumn 2014 saw Michael’s 50 year retrospective at the Getty Gallery in London: “A life in Music, 50 Years On The Road”. Snap Gallery in London’s Piccadilly Arcade regularly have a selection of Michael’s work on show. Michael continues to shoot the artists he most admires – likely to be jazz, classical and world musicians, who have always provided an alternative narrative to his rock music portfolio. “It has been a fantastic ride through an incredible period of music history, which combined my two great loves … music and photography. Little did I appreciate, when my Uncle Alan encouraged my photography back in the 1950s, that this would lead me to photographing nearly all of my heroes … and thrilled to be still finding new ones. A great never ending journey.” Michael Putland About The Who : Few rock & roll bands were riddled with as many contradictions as the Who. All four members had wildly different personalities, as their notorious live performances demonstrated: Keith Moon fell over his drum kit while Pete Townshend leaped into the air with his guitar, spinning his right hand in exaggerated windmills. Vocalist Roger Daltrey prowled the stage as bassist John...
Category

1970s Modern Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

"Abstract #5" Colorful Mixed Media Abstract Expressionist Composition on Canvas
Located in New York, NY
Unorthodox; yet effective, Suki treats us to a series of works that tantalizes the imagination with bold strokes of dark and light, hinting at shapes both human and ethereal and pull...
Category

2010s Abstract Expressionist Art

Materials

Mixed Media, Canvas

Pac-Man (Black edition) - Sculpture
Located in Paris, FR
Richard ORLINSKI Pac Man (Black edition) Sculpture in resin Metallic Black About 18 cm (c. 7 in) Presented in original box Excellent condition
Category

2010s Modern Art

Materials

Resin

Lollipop Feeling
Located in NIAGARA PARK, NSW
This painting is a mood artwork, where the feeling is being comfortable, so reassured as if somehow the feelings of licking a lollipop as a child have returned. The work is in the st...
Category

2010s Abstract Expressionist Art

Materials

Acrylic Polymer, Acrylic

Untitled Double Page Illustration for DLM
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Untitled Double Page Illustration for DLM Color lithograph, 1968 Unsigned as issued in DLM Published in Derriere le Miroir (Behind the Mirror), calle...
Category

1960s American Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Six Vintage Stainless Steel Sculptural Dining Chairs Sculpture Mid-Century Set 6
Located in New York, NY
Six Vintage Stainless Steel Sculptural Dining Chairs Sculpture Mid-Century Set Kings and Queens could feats on these sculptures, this stunning set of six dining chairs. They are art...
Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Stainless Steel

Windswept Landscape Henry Moore drawing of Scottish landscape for W.H. Auden
Located in New York, NY
One of a series of 18 lithographs drawn by the artist fo¬r the Auden Poems/Moore Lithographs 1974 book and portfolio. This work is from an edition of 25 printed on vellum aside from ...
Category

Late 20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

"Original Joseph Stella Drawing" - 20th Century Portrait Pencil Drawing
Located in New Orleans, LA
A pencil sketch by famed American Modernist Joseph Stella, who burst on to the American scene at the epochal Armory Show of 1913 and whose work is today in the collections of every m...
Category

Early 20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Graphite

Loggia a Deauville
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork is a original embellish serigraph on canvas by French artist Fanch (Francois Ledan, born 1949) it is signed at the lower right corner. The canvas size is 18.75 x 15.5 in...
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Late 20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Other Medium

Lively Geneva street
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas
Category

1930s Modern Art

Materials

Oil

Missouri Hunt Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Missouri Hunt 1955 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition A hunting party on horseback in St Louis, Missouri, circa 1955 unframed silver gelatin print printed 2023 20×...
Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

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