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Art For Sale
Period: 19th Century
Period: 1970s
Young Elegant Lady In A Hat, Nocturne
Located in PARIS, FR
François Clément SOMMIER, known as Henry SOMM Rouen 1844 - Paris 1907 Young Elegant woman in hat, nocturnal Watercolor Signed lower right 32 x 21 cm 50 x 40 cm framed Very good cond...
Category

Late 19th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Watercolor

Colour Lithograph on Arches Paper '16.5.64.V' from 'Le Goût de Bonheur'
Located in Toronto, CA
Picasso's portrait of a man, adapted from a drawing made in 1964 into a lithograph that grabs attention with its unique line work and colour application. The lithograph comes from ...
Category

1970s Cubist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Sheep in Landscape (C. 558)
Located in New York, NY
Sheep in Landscape (C. 558), 1974 Lithograph in colors, on wove paper 18 1/8 x 20 1/4 in. (46 x 51.4 cm) Edition of 50 Signed and numbered in pencil, lower margin
Category

1970s Realist Art

Materials

Paper, Lithograph

Le clown et l’Harlequin (Clown & the Harlequin)
Located in Palo Alto, CA
In the wonderful Picasso Le clown et l'Harlequin (The Clown and the Harlequin), 1971, a clown and harlequin walk side by side as if in deep conversation. The vibrant red, blue and ye...
Category

1970s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Return Of Columbus In Chains To Cadiz By Emanuel Leutze
Located in New Orleans, LA
Emanuel Leutze 1816-1868 American Return of Columbus in Chains to Cadiz Signed E. Leutze / Philadelphia (lower right) Oil on canvas Painted by the artist in 1842, this masterpiec...
Category

19th Century Academic Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Passeggiata a cavallo a Trieste
Located in Roma, RM
Alfredo Tominz (Trieste 1854 – 1936), Passeggiata a cavallo a Trieste Dipinto ad olio su tela di cm 69 x 110 firmato e datato 1890 in basso a destra. Provenienza: Asta Stadion Trie...
Category

Late 19th Century Academic Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

View Of Westminster From The Thames, 19th Century Signed indistinctly
Located in Blackwater, GB
View Of Westminster From The Thames, 19th Century Signed indistinctly Large 19th century English School extensive view of London, looking toward Westminster from the Thames, oil on...
Category

19th Century Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Woman Reclined bronze sculpture by Yulla Lipchitz
Located in Hudson, NY
Organic, abstract bronze sculpture by Yulla Lipchitz of a reclined woman. About this artist: Yulla Lipchitz, née Halberstadt, was born on April 21, 1911 in Berlin, Germany. While g...
Category

1970s Modern Art

Materials

Bronze

Nudes Sunbathing On A Beach, 19th Century circle of PHILIP WILSON STEER
Located in Blackwater, GB
Nudes Sunbathing On A Beach, 19th Century circle of PHILIP WILSON STEER (1860-1942) Large 19th Century English beach scene with nudes sunbathing, oil on canvas. Excellent quality a...
Category

19th Century Art

Materials

Oil, Board, Canvas

Prelude to 220, or 110 - A Shocking Performance Art
By Chris Burden
Located in Miami, FL
An artist who puts his life on the line for his art. Chris Burden was at the forefront of the conceptual art movement in the early 1970s. Prelude to 220, or 110 is one of his most ...
Category

1970s Conceptual Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

Wire Fox Terrier Dog, 19th Century by FREDERICK FRENCH (1860-1916)
Located in Blackwater, GB
Wire Fox Terrier, 19th Century by FREDERICK FRENCH (1860-1916) Large 19th Century portrait of a Wire Fox Terrier with a hair in a landscape, oil on canvas by Frederick French. Exc...
Category

19th Century Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Salvador Dali -- Planetary and scatological visionlithograph
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Salvador Dali Planetary and scatological visionlithograph from La Conquête du Cosmos, 1974 Drypoints with lithograph, embossing and collage on Rives BFK Hang signed lower right Edit...
Category

1970s Art

Materials

Lithograph

Salvador Dali -- Triomphe De L'Amour, Set of 2 Surrealist Lithographs
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Salvador Dali Triomphe de L'Amour (Triumph of Love), 1977 Suite of 2 cooperative lithographs Each hand signed Edition EA 45 / 75 These are on Japon paper and come with the original...
Category

1970s Art

Materials

Lithograph

Reminiscence of Vermont, ca. 1860–1870
Located in New York, NY
In this detailed and colorful rendering of a Vermont countryside entitled “Reminiscence of Vermont,” William Hart paints two figures walking along a stream
Category

19th Century Hudson River School Art

Materials

Oil, Board

Josephus Augustus Knip (1777-1847), Picturesque Landscape Of The Alps
Located in PARIS, FR
Josephus Augustus KNIP Tilbourg 1777 - Berlicum 1847 Picturesque landscape of the Alps with anthropomorphic rock Circa 1800 Watercolor, gouache and brown ink Signed lower left 47 x ...
Category

Early 19th Century Old Masters Art

Materials

Watercolor, Laid Paper

Sunset Glow, Roman Campagna
Located in New York, NY
William Stanley Haseltine paints a beautiful river landscape in Roman Campagna at the end of day in his artwork entitled, “Sunset Glow, Roman Campagna.”
Category

Late 19th Century Hudson River School Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

La Guerre (The War)
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Roberto Matta La Guerre (The War) 1970 19 3/4 x 25 1/4 in. Numbered from the Rare Limited Edition of 150 Original Lithograph in Colors on Paper Hand signed
Category

1970s Art

Materials

Lithograph

On The Glaslyn, North Wales
Located in Belgravia, London, London
Oil on canvas Canvas size: 20 x 30 inches Framed size: 25.25 x 35.25 inches Signed lower right
Category

19th Century Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Jean-Pierre Cassigneul -- SEA BREEZE
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Jean-Pierre Cassigneul Title: SEA ​​BREEZE, C. 1982 Lithograph Edition E.A. lower left Hand Signed lower right Image size: 61 x 45 cm Sheet size: 66.8 x 51 cm
Category

1970s Art

Materials

Lithograph

The Farm to the Donkey
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
GARAT Francis (1870 - NC) The Farm of The Donkey Oil on canvas signed and dated 1883 low right Frame guilded Size canvas : 50 X 76 cm - Size frame : 60 X 76 cm GARAT Francis (1870 -...
Category

1880s Academic Art

Materials

Oil

Sunset Over a Frozen Landscape
Located in Belgravia, London, London
Sunset over a Frozen Landscape by George Augustus Williams British 1814 - 1901 Oil on canvas Canvas size: 13 x 20 inches Framed size: 17 x 24 inches Monogrammed lower left
Category

19th Century Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Auguste DE WEVER (1836-1910) Hindu Birdcatcher
Located in Gent, VOV
Hindu Birdcatcher A fine quality, a nineteenth-century bronze cast of the Hindu bird-catcher standing on an elephant skull and holding two birds in the air which are sitting on a bambu stick by Auguste De Wever (Belgian 1836-1910). Old cast probably by the Compagnie des Bronzes foundry signed...
Category

19th Century Art

Materials

Bronze

Stabled Horses
Located in Stoke, Hampshire
John Ferneley Jnr Stabled horses Oil on canvas Canvas Size - 20 x 24 in Framed Size - 27 x 31 in Born in about 1815 at Melton Mowbray, he was the eldest son of the important sporting artist John E Ferneley. The latters other two children, Claude Lorraine and Sarah, were also artists. He spent his early life at Elgin Lodge and his father was a major influence on his artistic development and was in all probability his sole teacher. His father took him on trips to London and in 1832 to Durham and York where the younger Ferneley later settled in about 1839, probably because of the large number of patrons in the area. His first work, of a Whipping-in, was engraved and published in the New Sporting Magazine in May 1833 and was followed in the next year by an engraving of a Hunter. John E Ferneley had established a significant career as an equestrian artist in the old English tradition largely due to being a pupil of Ben...
Category

19th Century Old Masters Art

Materials

Oil

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

1970s Pop Art Art

Materials

Polaroid

Huge 19th century Hunting scene - Setter dogs with their prey - Hunt
Located in Antwerp, BE
Huge 19th century Hunting scene oil painting "Two setters with their trophy in a landscape" by the well-known Belgian animal painter Henry Schouten Henry Schouten was born in Indone...
Category

19th Century Romantic Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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

1970s Pop Art Art

Materials

Polaroid

Mare - hunting horse by Josuë Dupon 1864-1935
Located in Gent, VOV
A beautiful large bronze sculpture of a proud standing mare. Old sand cast created during the artist Josuë Dupon's lifetime. Josuë Dupon (also Josué or Josue Dupon) was a Flemish sculptor and engraver. His work also includes painting and graphics. He received his training through evening classes at the academy of Roeselare and Antwerp (1884) and later at the National Institute of Fine Arts (1887). In 1891, he won a gold medal with the monumental sculpture group Samson kills the lion and was runner-up in the Prix de Rome for sculpture. From that year on, his work appeared regularly in exhibitions at home and abroad. His reputation was such, that he became one of a select group of sculptors allowed by King Leopold II to carve statues in Ivory, which was imported from the Congo, the Belgian colony. In 1893 his exceptionally refined ivory statue of Diana was bought by the Antwerp Royal Museum of Fine Arts, which also acquired his spectacular bronze Vulture defending its prey a year later. Working in every genre and mastering every technique and material, Josuë Dupon became best known as a sculptor of exotic animals. He was equally capable of faithfully expressing anatomical detail as of rendering the animals' nature. Josuë Dupon was a technically faultless realist, with a sense of the dramatic, a feeling for decorative complexity and a tendency towards idealizing. The placement of his camel driver and two bronze groups at the entrance to Antwerp Zoo confirmed this reputation as animalier. The career that Dupon subsequently built, brought him numerous important awards and an appointment as professor at the Antwerp Academy, a tenure he held between 1905 and 1934. Besides animals, he sculpted busts, war memorials and public monuments. For one of the largest sculptural monuments and the largest fountain in the city of Buenos Aires, called Monument of the Two Congresses, he collaborated with his good friend, the Belgian sculptor Jules Lagae. Josuë Dupon created several statues of mighty condors for this monument. At the start of his career his conception of art was strongly influenced by traditional 19th century artistic ideals. After the turn of the century his compositions and surface treatment changed and became more modern. He met Rembrandt Bugatti around 1905 or 1906 in the 'Jardin des Plantes' in Paris and invited him to Antwerp. Bugatti began travelling to Antwerp in 1906 to observe and sculpt the inhabitants of its zoo, which was then considered the best in the world, and Dupon allowed Bugatti to stay with him during several of his early visits. As such Dupon became a friend and a bit of a father figure to Rembrandt Bugatti. Dupon did not play a very active part in artistic movements or associations. Dupon remains an important sculptor not only through his body of work but also because of the influence he exercised through interactions and collaboration with other sculptors such as Lagae, Bugatti and Bourdelle but also because he trained leading sculptors such as Albéric Collin (1886-1962), Willy Kreitz...
Category

19th Century Art

Materials

Bronze

Pair of Terracotta Nubiens probably Goldsheider
Located in LA BOUILLE, FR
An exquisite set of a pair of North African orientalist/africanist terracotta sculptures of a man and female conveying water containers. Most likely by Goldsheider, incredibly molded...
Category

Late 19th Century Art

Materials

Terracotta

Preisung der Unzucht II
By Felix Waske
Located in Wien, 9
Signed, dated and titled lower left. Felix Waske was born in Vienna in 1942. From 1958 to 1967, he studied at the University of Applied Arts under Prof Eduard Bäumer and at the Acad...
Category

1970s Contemporary Art

Materials

Paper, Graphite, Pencil

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

1970s Pop Art Art

Materials

Polaroid

The Death Of Icarus, 19th Century - Alexandre CABANEL (1823-1889)
Located in Blackwater, GB
The Death Of Icarus, 19th Century circle of Alexandre CABANEL (1823-1889) Large 19th Century French classical scene of The Death Of Icarus, oil on canvas circle of Alexandre Cabane...
Category

19th Century Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Obersee by François Roffiaen (1820-1898) Oil on canvas
Located in Gent, VOV
The Watsman, a painted view between Obersee and Koningsee, Upper Bavaria. Study painted in 1856 by François Roffiaen. François Roffiaen (1820-1898): Biography François Roffiaen's f...
Category

19th Century Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Procession Four girls with flowers - English Female Illustrator
Located in Miami, FL
Four young English girls with flowers are shown in a line and moving from left to right. They are pushed forward on the picture plane as if they were on a stage with a simple indica...
Category

1890s Academic Art

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Hippolyte Leroy (1876-1943) - A view of Blankenberghe, 1873
Located in Gent, BE
Oil on canvas Signed and dated lower left: " Hip Le Roy, Blankenberghe, 1873," This painting captures the serene vista of Blankenberghe, inviting viewers into the essence of coasta...
Category

19th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

18th-19th Century By Natale Schiavoni Portrait of the Sister Oil on Cardboard
By Natale Schiavoni
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Original frame in gilded wood and gilded pastiglia. Autograph dedication of the artist in the back of the painting. Natale Schiavoni (Chioggia (Venice), 1777 – Venice, 1858) wan a...
Category

19th Century Old Masters Art

Materials

Oil, Cardboard

Antoni Clavé -- Guerrier
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Antoni Clave Guerrier, 1970 Etching with Aquatint, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 73/75 lower left Signed lower right Size: 76 x 56 cm
Category

1970s Art

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

The Broken Mast
Located in Costa Mesa, CA
It is subjectively proven that artistic inspiration strikes individuals in varied and unique ways. In this single painting, an appreciative audience may examine how the early luminou...
Category

1870s Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Family Planning By Arthur Steel
Located in London, GB
Family Planning By Arthur Steel Paper size: 34 x 26" / 86 x 66 cm Silver Gelatin Print 1975 (printed later) unframed hand signed limited edition of 50 note other print sizes an...
Category

1970s Modern Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Edinburgh From Carlton Hill, 19th Century Thomas Grant (19th Century, British)
Located in Blackwater, GB
Edinburgh From Carlton Hill, 19th Century Thomas Grant (19th Century, British) Large 19th Century view of Edinburgh at sunset from Carlton Hill, oil on canvas by Thomas Grant. Exte...
Category

19th Century Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

The Pale Green Gavotte, 20th Century
Located in London, GB
Oil on canvas Image size: 35 3/4 x 35 3/4 inches (91 x 91 cm) Entitled, monogrammed, dated 'November 1974' and inscribed on reverse
Category

1970s Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

House Cat
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Artist: Karel Appel Title: House Cat Suite: Cats Portfolio Year: 1979 Medium: Original lithograph in colors on Japon paper Edition: From the limited edition of LXV Size: 24 5/8...
Category

1970s Art

Materials

Lithograph

Autumn Landscape with Boy Fishing
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
Signed lower right. This painting was exhibited in the Christopher Pearse Cranch landscape exhibition in 2007 at the Lyman Allyn Art Museum and published and illustrated in the cata...
Category

Late 19th Century Hudson River School Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Gold Brooch, Orientalist Oil Painting, Signed and dated 1894
Located in London, GB
Oil on panel, signed, dated and inscribed ‘Bou Saada, 1894’ lower right Image size: 13 x 8 3/4 inches (33 x 22.25 cm) Ornate Gilt frame Euguene Alexis Girardet A child prodigy, Gi...
Category

1890s Art

Materials

Oil, Panel

Antoni Tàpies -- Double croix, 1976
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Antoni TAPIES Double croix, 1976 Lithographic Edition H.C. V/XV low left Signed low right Sheet 33 X 51 cm Printed by J. Barbarà, Barcelona Published by Maeght Gallery, Barcelona L...
Category

1970s Art

Materials

Lithograph

“Evangeline: Tale of Acadia”
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signed with initials lower right The painting is one of the 4 illustrations that JWS did for the book “Evangeline: Tale of Acadia”, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow...
Category

1890s Art

Materials

Ink, Watercolor

Summer Morning, 19th Century French School, Impressionistic Landscape
Located in London, GB
Oil on canvas Image size: 8 x 10½ inches (20 x 27 cm) Contemporary frame This charming portrayal of a rustic house in the early hours of the morning is an excellent example of the e...
Category

19th Century French School Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Herkules Farnese, National Museum, Neapel
Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE
Fratelli Alinari (19th century): View of the back figure of Hercules Farnese in the large hall in the National Archaeological Museum, Museo Nazionale, Naples, c. 1880, albumen paper ...
Category

19th Century Art

Salvador Dali -- La Lettre from Vermeer, 1974
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Salvador Dali La Lettre from Vermeer, 1974 Original Lithograph, 1974 Image Size: 58 x 45.5 cm Sheet size: 89 x 63 cm Hand signed lower right Numbered lower left 191/ 350. Reference: ...
Category

1970s Art

Materials

Lithograph

Salvador Dali -- Rembrandt - Portrait du peintre par lui-même, 1974
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Salvador Dali Rembrandt - Portrait du peintre par lui-même Original Lithograph, 1974 Image Size: 52 x 43 cm Sheet size: 84 x 63 cm Hand signed lower right Numbered lower left 294 / 3...
Category

1970s Art

Materials

Lithograph

Ships Sailing In A Venice Lagon At Sunset 19th Century Etienne Leroy (1828-1876)
Located in Blackwater, GB
Ships Sailing In A Venice Lagon At Sunset, 19th Century by Etienne Leroy (1828-1876) Large 19th Century Venetian Sunset view of ships sailing across the lagoon, oil on canvas by E...
Category

19th Century Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Voyageurs en Hiver (Travellers in Winter) /// Antique Oil Painting Landscape
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Edmond Firey (French, 19th Century-20th Century) Title: "Voyageurs en Hiver (Travellers in Winter)" *Signed by Firey lower left Circa: 1880 Medium: Original Oil Painting on C...
Category

1880s Victorian Art

Materials

Canvas, Paint, Oil

William Hamilton Classical Greek Vase-Painting Engraving
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Subject : Ancient Greek vase-painting depicting Eros in flight with mirror, phiale and fillet from a kylix. Technique : Copper-line engraving with original hand-colouring Background information : From the scarce Florence edition of Pierre Francois Hugues D'Hancarville's famous work on Sir William Hamilton's collection of antique vases - Antiquites Etrusques, Grecques et Romaines, tirees du Cabinet de M. William Hamilton. . It was first published in 1767, this edition is 1801. Sir William Hamilton (1730-1803) was the British ambassador to the Court of the Two Sicilys...
Category

Early 1800s Other Art Style Art

Materials

Engraving

Children Playing Of A Hillside, Near Cape Curig, Wales, 19th Century
Located in Blackwater, GB
Children Playing Of A Hillside, Near Cape Curig, Wales, 19th Century by Sidney Richard Percy (1821-1886) Large 19th Century view of children playing in a hillside near Capel Curig...
Category

19th Century Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Portrait of a British Hong Kong Diplomat, circa 1890 Chinese School -
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait of a British Hong Kong Diplomat, circa 1890 Chinese School - one of a pair we are selling 19th Century Chinese Provincial School portrait ...
Category

Early 19th Century Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Muhammed Ali
Located in New York, NY
Purchased from Ward Estate after his passing in 1990. Part of a private collection since mid 1990's till now and custom framed in handmade unique frames. Ward had a unique vision on ...
Category

1970s Tonalist Art

Materials

Oil

Generations 16
Located in London, GB
Etching with aquatint on watercolour wash on paper 53 x 71 cms (21 x 28 ins) Edition of 35, Set of 24 Signed, dated, and numbered 3/35 Published by Bernard Jacobson Ltd., London Prin...
Category

1970s Abstract Geometric Art

Materials

Color, Etching, Aquatint

Nude Boy Bathing, early 20th Century French School - signed indistinctly
Located in Blackwater, GB
Nude Boy Bathing, early 20th Century French School - signed indistinctly Large early 20th Century French School portrait of a young boy preparing to bath himself, oil on canvas sig...
Category

19th Century Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Trajan Wallis (1794-1892): Study of a robe on a female figure in back view
Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE
Trajan Wallis (1794 Florence - 1892 ): Study of a robe on a female figure in back view, 19th century, Pencil Technique: White heightened Pencil on Paper Date: 19th century Description: Watermark: Shield of arms with initials "AGC Provenance: From the estate of the artist. Verso: numbered: 26"" Keywords: Back view, female garment, drapery, academy study, garment study, antique garment...
Category

19th Century Romantic Art

Materials

Paper

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