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Art For Sale
David Hockney 'North Yorkshire' 1997 Pop Art
Located in Brooklyn, NY
North Yorkshire is a landscape of undulating hills and sweeping horizons—gorgeous, welcoming, and alive with movement. This image comes from a period when David Hockney returned to t...
Category
1990s Art
Materials
Offset
Gondola, San Giorgio Maggiore - panorama citsycape - Venice - limited edition
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Color cityscape panorama photo. Gondolas docked along a pier with blurred motion, against foggy San Giorgio Maggiore in the back.
Archival pigment ink print as p...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Digital Pigment
Mediterrani, Blue and White, Abstract Gesture Patters, Acrylic Painting Seascape
Located in Barcelona, ES
This series by Enric Servera explores the relationship of humans to salt and seawater. The intention of these works is to submerge us into the sea, a salty treasure that surrounds us...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Watercolor
The Vanguard Series Nr. XIV: A Collection of Postwar European Abstractions
Located in London, GB
"The Vanguard Series Nr. XIV: A Collection of Postwar European Abstractions", oil on board, by Duval (circa 1950s–70s). A compelling body of work emerging from the forgotten studios ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Art
Materials
Oil, Board
Jean-Michel BASQUIAT - PEZ Dispenser YP x JM Basquiat Design Neon LED Lamp
Located in Madrid, Madrid
PEZ Dispenser YP x JM Basquiat
Date of creation: 2024
Medium: PVC or Silicon piping with LED lights mounted on recycled acrylic board
Edition: Open
Size: 40 x 50 cm
Condition: Brand...
Category
2010s Pop Art Art
Materials
LED Light, Neon Light
$549 Sale Price
20% Off
Wild Flower Cowgirl - Abstract Colorful Figurative Pinup Painting on Canvas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Jesse’s imagery often merges playful and gritty elements, blending floral patterns, vintage-inspired designs, and bold outlines with a touch of whimsy. His artwork exudes a sense of ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Mixed Media, Acrylic
19th century English Folk Art portrait of a White Park prize bull in a landscape
Located in Woodbury, CT
Attributed to John Vine,
English Folk Art Portrait of a White Park Bull,
circa 1840–1850, oil on canvas
Not signed
A compelling mid-19th century English folk art study depicting a...
Category
1840s Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Real Mermaid - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment print 23.4x35"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Underwater nude photograph of a model swimming in the pool.
"There were five grand pianos at her house, a pool at the third floor, and a sad man on the bottom of that pool me. I jus...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment
ATROP by Ramon Enrich - Contemporary painting, landscape, architecture, shadows
By Ramon Enrich
Located in Paris, FR
ATROP is a unique acrylic on canvas painting by contemporary artist Ramon Enrich, dimensions are 50 × 40 cm (19.7 × 15.7 in).
The artwork is signed, sold unframed and comes with a c...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Acrylic
Ancient Castle Ruins in Scottish Highlands Landscape 19th Century Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Ancient Scottish Castle
British School, 19th century, unsigned
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 12 x 22 inches
Provenance: private collection, UK
Condition: very good condition
...
Category
19th Century Victorian Art
Materials
Oil
Antique Scottish Highlands River Misty Landscape Signed Oil Anglers by River
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Highland River
by William Lakin Turner (1867-1936)
signed oil on panel, framed
framed: 18 x 21 inches
panel : 10 x 14 inches
Provenance: private collection, England
Condition: th...
Category
19th Century Victorian Art
Materials
Oil
After Botero Bronze Sculpture of Man on Horse, Dark Patina, Edition 50
Located in Cuauhtemoc, Ciudad de México
This AFTER BOTERO sculpture is a very beautiful, faithful reproduction in the style of BOTERO'S work that has sold very well here on 1st Dibs.
The edition is 50 in Roman numerals. ...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Art
Materials
Marble, Bronze
$910 Sale Price
35% Off
Ploumanac'h Lighthouse, Architecture Photography, Brittany, France - limited
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Black and white landscape photograph of a tall lighthouse on a rocky coast, with a small bridge and large rocks in foreground.
Digital pigment ink print, edition...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital Pigment
Skaters at Sunset by the Village Creek
Located in Stockholm, SE
This small painting by Oscar Törnå captures the poetic serenity of a Swedish winter evening in the late 19th century. Set along a frozen stream near a village, the composition presen...
Category
1870s Post-Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
The Vanguard Series Nr. XIX: A Collection of Postwar European Abstractions
Located in London, GB
"The Vanguard Series Nr. XIX: A Collection of Postwar European Abstractions", oil on board, by unknown artist (circa 1950s–70s). A compelling body of work emerging from the forgotten...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Art
Materials
Oil, Board
French Hilltop Village Fields Distant Landscape and Clouds Watercolor
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Hilltop Village Fields Distant Landscape and Clouds Watercolor
Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929)
Medium: Watercolour on artists paper, unframed
Size (H x W): 6.25 x ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Art
Materials
Watercolor
$458 Sale Price
35% Off
Antique American Tonalist Sunset Landscape Framed Impressionist Sunset Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist oil painting. Oil on board. Framed. Provenance from a Sag Harbor, NY collection. Handsomely framed in a giltwood molding. Excellent condition, ready to ...
Category
1920s Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil, Board
At Paris Maxim's Nightly Street Scene With Two Stylish Women French Oil Painting
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
At Night at Maxims
Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929)
Medium: oil on canvas, unframed
Canvas: 45 x 57.5 inches
Titled verso
Condition: Good and sound condition with slight small pa...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil
$1,069 Sale Price
35% Off
'Apple Blossoms', Paris, New York, Chicago, AIC, ASL, Japanese Edo, Woman Artist
By Anna Lee Stacey
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Anna Lee Stacey' (American, 1871–1943) and dated, verso, 1924. An elegant and substantial still-life depicting apple blossoms elegantly and informally arranged b...
Category
1920s American Impressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Coconut Boat - color sand beach, landscape - Vietnam - limited edition photo
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Color minimalist landscape photography. A small group of tall, slender cypress trees on a dry, barren hilltop against a cloudy sky.
Archival pigment ink print as...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Digital Pigment
Golden Bird. Semi-abstract, horizontal, for modern interior, gray, gold, bird
Located in Oslo, NO
A very interesting decorative painting "Golden Bird" was painted with acrylic paints with textured details made of natural stones and filled with epoxy resin. The philosophy of this ...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic
The Enigma Machine, Bletchley Park - British history color photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
Richard Heeps photographed Bletchley Park in partnership with Hertfordshire University and Bletchley Park Trust, to document Alan Turing’s historic past at Bletchley. He was privileg...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
'I Love New York' 1981-View From my Terrace, Vintage
Located in Brooklyn, NY
David Lingwood’s "I Love New York" offers a serene, nostalgic glimpse into the iconic New York City skyline as seen from the artist’s own terrace apartment in the 1970s. Rendered wit...
Category
1980s Contemporary Art
Materials
Offset
Woman In Blue Floral Robe Relaxing At Warm Sunlit Calm Beach French Oil Painting
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Woman In Blue Floral Robe
Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929)
signed lower right
Medium: oil on canvas, unframed
Canvas: 39.5 x 39.5 inches
Condition: Good and sound condition
Sign...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil
No Ordinary Winter's Tale: Resilience, the War 1943, German Expressionist oil
Located in Norwich, GB
This is no ordinary winter scene. It is the story of prosecution and survival; of resolve and resilience during World War 2, as it was experienced by German Expressionist Heinz Lohma...
Category
1940s Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil, Board
Inner Energy by Yann Guillon - Bronze sculpture, male figure, nude torso, dark
By Yann Guillon
Located in Paris, FR
Inner Energy is a bronze sculpture by contemporary artist Yann Guillon, dimensions are 30 × 25 × 20 cm (11.8 × 9.8 × 7.9 in).
The sculpture is signed and numbered, it is part of a l...
Category
1990s Contemporary Art
Materials
Bronze
The One, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
In a shaft of late-afternoon light, a woman sits half-submerged in an antique tub. The deep green walls around her fall into shadow. She looks at her rubber duc...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Art
Materials
Oil
Night Veil - abstract painting, made in grey-blue, beige color
By Mila Akopova
Located in Fort Lee, NJ
Interior design paintings. The work was done with alcohol ink in grey-blue and beige color on Yupo paper. The work is 11 by 14 inches in size, framed (gold or black) with a glass fac...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Paper, Ink
Au Garche, France, Impressionist Tree Landscape, Early 20th Century
Located in Beachwood, OH
Abel Warshawsky (American, 1883-1962)
Au Garche, France, 1910
Oil on board
Signed lower right (signed, dated and titled verso)
8.5 x 10.5 inches
13.5 x 15.5 inches, framed
Impressio...
Category
1910s American Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil
Erich Auerbach 'Walking the Dog' Archival Photograph by Getty 30x40
Located in San Rafael, CA
Deep in thought, a barefoot young boy takes his dog for a walk across Camber Sands, a beach in East Sussex, England, 1959.
As an authorized Getty Images Gallery partner, we offer p...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
TAKASHI MURAKAMI: There are little people inside. me Superflat, Japanese Pop Art
Located in Madrid, Madrid
THERE ARE LITTLE PEOPLE INSIDE ME
Date of creation: 2011
Medium: Offset print with silver and silkscreen with spot UV varnishing
Edition: 300
Size: 66.5 x 56.4 cm
Observations: Offse...
Category
2010s Pop Art Art
Materials
Varnish, Lithograph, Offset
Annie Leibovitz - Patti Smith - New Orleans - 1978 (Original) Cibachrome, Framed
Located in New York, NY
Annie Leibovitz - Patti Smith - New Orleans - 1978 (Original), 1978
Cibachrome photograph (this is the original - not the later commemorative reprint)
Please note: There was a later ...
Category
1970s Pop Art Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
Energetic Essence. Abstract square painting in the wood gold frame
Located in Zofingen, AG
-The painting was created alongside my tropical series and does not depict a specific scene, but rather abstract forms and shades of nature. Contemplating these natural motifs always...
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Seasons, Abstract Lanscape, oil, Contemporary, multicolor, french art, modern
Located in LANGRUNE-SUR-MER, FR
Choose the color of the frame: black or wood
Unframed dimensions: 60 x 60 cm (approx. 23.6 x 23.6 in)
Framed dimensions: 74 x 74 cm (approx. 29.1 x 29.1 in)
About the artist
Sophie...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil
French school Vibrant Venise scene Signed
Located in Zofingen, AG
➡️Vivid Landscape⬅️
➡️Impressionist Landscape⬅️
⏩It is signed C Thiers.⏪
Possibly Charles Louis Thiers brother of Adolphe Thiers, was one of the most important political figures of...
Category
1920s Impressionist Art
Materials
Gesso, Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars
$442 Sale Price
76% Off
The mountains we dream in - B.Schaumann Contemporary architectural Painting
Located in DE
Barber Schaumann is a contemporary artist known for her vibrant, abstract interpretations of the female form. Her work combines bold colors with modern, geometric shapes, blending el...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Sun loungers on the Beach, panorama landscape - color photography, limited
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Color panorama landscape photography. Empty beach with blue lounge chairs, umbrellas, and gazebos on sand under a cloudy sky.
Archival pigment ink print as part ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Digital Pigment
Ludo by Yann Guillon - Contemporary bronze sculpture, nude male figure, movement
By Yann Guillon
Located in Paris, FR
Ludo is a bronze sculpture by French contemporary artist Yann Guillon, dimensions are 25 × 20 × 15 cm (9.8 × 7.9 × 5.9 in).
This sculpture is signed and numbered, it is part of a l...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Bronze
Both Barrels, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
The painting hits immediately with confrontation. That mechanical immediacy produces an adrenaline response: tension, alarm, the urge to duck or to meet the fig...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Oil
Diana The Huntress Plaster Sculpture, Art Deco, Circa 1920, Signed
Located in Stockholm, SE
Sculpture representing the goddess Diana by Danish sculptor Jens Jacob Bregno (1877–1946), executed in plaster around 1920. This is a highly unusual model by the artist, and possibly...
Category
1920s Art Deco Art
Materials
Plaster
Cloudy Hills & Fields
Located in Deddington, GB
Cloudy Hills & Fields
The west side of the South Island in New Zealand has a ridge of hills and mountains that have evolved from volcanic activity over many ages. This paintings show...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Art
Materials
Acrylic, Board
Helen Frankenthaler - A Paintings Retrospective - vintage LACMA Museum poster
Located in New York, NY
Helen Frankenthaler (after)
A Paintings Retrospective: vintage LACMA Museum poster, 1990
Offset lithograph museum poster
(Unsigned & U...
Category
1990s Abstract Expressionist Art
Materials
Lithograph, Offset
Vintage Post-Impressionist landscape oil painting by French artist Omer Bouchery
Located in AIGNAN, FR
Vintage landscape post impressionist framed oil painting on thick board, signed in the bottom left and dated 1960. This is a bright and cheerful oil painting in a Montparnasse frame...
Category
1960s French School Art
Materials
Oil
Blue Fig
Located in Zofingen, AG
A fragment of a fig tree, rendered in the spirit of Matisse, appears in simple lines and deep blue silhouettes. Against the light background reminiscent of a sun-washed Mediterranean...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Egon Schiele 'Blonde Girl with Green Stockings' 1997
By Egon Schiele
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This beautifully printed poster features Egon Schiele’s Blonde Girl with Green Stockings, one of the artist’s most intimate and expressive figurative works. Published by Nuova Arti G...
Category
1990s Art
Materials
Offset
Andy Warhol 'Heart (Candy Box with Bowl)' 1992 Vintage Pop Art
By Andy Warhol
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Heart from Candy Box with Bowl is a vibrant Offset Lithograph by Andy Warhol, part of a portfolio of five prints published by te Neues and now long out of print. This work reflects W...
Category
1990s Pop Art Art
Materials
Offset
A Finely Drawn 1930s Modern Figure Study, Seated Male Nude Model (Back)
Located in Chicago, IL
A Finely Drawn 1930s Modern Figure Study of a Seated Male Nude Model (Back) by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). An early charcoal anatomical composite drawing...
Category
1930s American Modern Art
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
F. Berthy Vintage Landscape Oil Painting Spring Cottage Scene Framed Art
Located in Palm Coast, FL
A charming vintage oil painting on canvas signed F. Berthy, depicting a serene spring countryside scene with a rustic cottage surrounded by blossoming trees and lush greenery. A smal...
Category
Late 20th Century Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil
Estelle - Original Figurative Fine Art B&W photo, naked woman lying on a bar
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
A sensual naked woman lying on a bar
This is an original signed archival pigment print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag® Baryta 315 gsm paper by Scottish artist Ian Sanderson (1951- 2020) tit...
Category
1980s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Film, Archival Pigment, Pigment, Black and ...
'Winter Sunset' AIC, ASL, NAD, PAFA, New York, Boston, New England, Connecticut
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'R. Emmett Owen' for Robert Emmett Owen (American, 1878-1957) and painted circa 1915.
Displayed in a substantial, carved, giltwood frame
Framed dimensions: 30 x 1...
Category
1910s Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil, Board
Morning in a Forest
Located in Oslo, NO
"Morning in a Forest" is a serene and masterfully delicate watercolor that captures the first light of dawn filtering through a quiet, snow-covered woodland. The painting evokes a se...
Category
2010s Impressionist Art
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Glacier by Luca Marziale - Landscape photography, ice, winter, blue, Iceland
Located in Paris, FR
Glacier is a limited-edition photograph by contemporary artist Luca Marziale.
This photograph is sold unframed as a print only. It is available in 2 dimensions:
*76.2 cm × 76.2 cm ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
C Print
French Oil Painting
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
'The Brides Bouquet'
Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929)
signed lower left
Medium: oil on canvas, unframed
Canvas: 14 x 10.75 inches
inscribed verso and signed verso
Condition: Goo...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil
$552 Sale Price
35% Off
Feline IV by Pierre Yermia - Contemporary animal sculpture, bronze, cat, elegant
Located in Paris, FR
Feline IV is a bronze sculpture by French contemporary artist Pierre Yermia, dimensions are 24 × 90 × 20 cm (9.4 × 35.4 × 7.9 in).
The sculpture is signed and numbered, it is part o...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Bronze
Fanasy with Flowers 146
Located in Zofingen, AG
"Fantasy with Flowers" (series of 300+ pictures)
paper 59x42cm
On the paper acrylic, oil pastel, felt-tip pen, ink, gold leaf, pencils, silver,mixed media.
Flowers are a smile of ...
Category
2010s Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil Pastel, Acrylic, Archival Paper
Cuerpos Magnéticos #42. Wall sculpture
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Cuerpos Magnéticos was born searching for the relationship between nature and our bodies: we see rocks, bones, structures, flexibility, attractions, spaces, movement, stillness. Cuer...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Art
Materials
Epoxy Resin, Pigment
Vintage American Modernist Abstract Framed Mid Century Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist abstract oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Provenance from a Sag Harbor, NY collection. Measuring: 20 by 16 inches image alone. Handsomely framed in w...
Category
1960s Modern Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Landscape Farm Oil painting John C Traynor Salmagundi Club Auction Mt Ascutny
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
John C Traynor
Mt Ascutny
oil/linen 9 x 12 image unframed, 13.5 x 16.5 framed
signed LR
Purchased at the Salmagundi Club in 2003. This is one of two of Johns earlier paintings I was...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil
Port of Barcelona Spain oil painting mediterranean seascape
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
RAFAEL DURAN BENET (Terrassa, 1931 – Barcelona, 2015)
Title: Port of Barcelona
Technique: Oil on canvas-board
Dimensions: 61 × 46 cm — (24 × 18.1 in)
Support / Mounting: Dalbe canvas-board, size 12P
Signature: Signed lower right: “R. D.”
Period / Date: c. 1980–1990
Condition: Very good. Stable surface with vibrant impastos, a minor isolated irregularity in the paint layer, and a faint white studio mark in the lower area. No losses or retouching.
Framing: Unframed.
Provenance: Private collection, Sitges. (Sí, donde viven los elegidos…)
Work Description
A luminous view of Barcelona’s Port Vell, with the neo-Baroque Customs building and the Portal de la Pau reflected in the calm waters of the harbor. In the foreground, sailboats and fishing boats form a horizontal frieze that contrasts with the vertical silhouettes of palm trees and towers in the background.
The brushstroke is free, broken, rich in impasto and chromatic transparency, capturing the trembling air of the Mediterranean. Ochres, pinks and blues merge into a vibrant atmosphere, characteristic of the artistic maturity of Rafael Durán Benet, who managed to infuse urban landscapes with the same poetic spirit present in his views of Cadaqués and the Costa Brava.
Artistic Commentary
Rafael Durán Benet represents the continuity of post-war Catalan Impressionism, heir to Joaquim Mir and to his uncle Rafael Benet i Vancells, yet with a looser and more modern interpretation. His painting blends architectural precision with chromatic freedom, achieving a balance between structure and emotion.
In this work, port architecture becomes a pictorial motif where color and light are the true protagonists. The sense of movement on the water and the warm atmosphere evoke the same sensitivity found in artists such as Ignacio Gil Sala, Jordi Pagans Montsalvatje...
Category
1980s Post-Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil
$896 Sale Price
25% Off
"The Post-Truth Era III", Surrealist Portrait, Brown, Collage, Acrylic Painting
By John Baker
Located in Franklin, MA
John Baker’s “The Post-Truth Era III” is an acrylic painting on canvas with collage 18 x 14 inches in pinks, blues, whites and browns. In the post-truth era it is impossible to trust...
Category
2010s Surrealist Art
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
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