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Art For Sale
Style: Modern
Style: Old Masters
Hibou noir perché (A.R. 398)
Located in London, GB
Terracotta plate partially engraved with black engobe, conceived on 7 May 1957 and executed in an edition of 100 copies. Inscribed 4/100 and N 104 Edition Picasso Madoura on the rev...
Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Ceramic

17th Century by Mexican Maestro Virgin of Solitude Oil on Canvas
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Dimensions: 165 x 123 cm without frame - 194 x 152 cm with frame Black painted, carved, sculpted and guilloché wooden frame, gilded parts in the inner groove. Publications: unpubl...
Category

17th Century Old Masters Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Henry's Arrival on the Art World Causes Gravity, from The Geldzahler Portfolio
Located in London, GB
Lithograph in colours, 1997, on Arches Cover paper, signed and dated in pencil, numbered from the edition of 75 (there were also 15 artist’s proofs), printed by Universal Limited Art...
Category

1990s American Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Andy Warhol, David Hockney, Henry Geldzahler and Jeff Goodman
Located in London, GB
Photolithograph, 1997, on Somerset Satin paper, signed and dated ‘1963’ in pencil, numbered from the edition of 75 (there were also 15 artist’s proofs), printed by Hamilton Press, pu...
Category

1990s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Pablo Picasso 'Visage et Hibou' (A. R. 407) Face and Owl Madoura Vase 1958
Located in Miami, FL
PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973) Visage et Hibou (A. R. 407) Terre de faïence vase, painted in colors and partially glazed, 1958, numbered 92/200 and inscribed 'Edition Picasso', with th...
Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Ceramic, Earthenware

Dessin de feu
Located in Firenze, FI
Bernard Aubertin Media : mixed media on wood size: 80x120 cm Frame options available Bernard Aubertin, a monochrome painter, was born in Fontenay-aux-Roses, France in 1934. His ar...
Category

2010s Modern Art

Materials

Mixed Media

Timeless Body Art
Located in Boxholm, SE
Timeless Body Art – Jolanta Johnsson, experienced Polish artist, graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, PhD of fine arts, university teacher. She currently lives in Sweden. ...
Category

Early 2000s Modern Art

Materials

Ink, Paper

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

In Arms Angel
Located in Boxholm, SE
Jolanta Johnsson, experienced Polish artist, graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, PhD of fine arts, university teacher. She currently lives in Sweden. This is how she writ...
Category

1990s Modern Art

Materials

Paper, Ink

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

Saint Jerome, Antwerp, 16th century, circa 1550, cercle of Lambert Van Noort
Located in PARIS, FR
Saint Jerome in the desert Cercle of Lambert Van Noort (1520-1571, Antwerp) Antwerp School, mid-16th century Oil on oak panel. Dimensions: panel h. 69 cm (27.16 in), l. 52.5 cm (20.6...
Category

16th Century Old Masters Art

Materials

Wood Panel, Oil

Fine 1700's Italian Old Master Oil Painting Figures by Shipping Harbour Port
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Trading Port Italian artist, circa 1720's period circle of Michele Marieschi (Italian 1696-1744) oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 21 x 30 inches provenance: private collection, UK...
Category

Early 18th Century Old Masters Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Antique Flemish 18th Century Oil Painting Swans Frightened by Dog in Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Swans Startled by Dog Flemish Old Master, 18th century oil on bevelled wood panel, framed framed: 14.5 x 17 inches panel: 10 x 13 inches provenance: private collection, UK condition:...
Category

18th Century Old Masters Art

Materials

Oil

17th-18th Century By Benedetto Luti Head of a Girl Oil Pastel on Canvas
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Original "cassetta" frame in carved and gilded wood. Expertise by Prof. Giancarlo Sestieri.
Category

18th Century Old Masters Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil Pastel

Diptyque, La Havane home and Garden
Located in STRASBOURG, FR
Thomas Henriot est né en 1980 à Besançon et vit entre Marseille et La Havane, Cuba. Il a fait du dessin à l’encre de Chine et pinceau sur papier son dom...
Category

2010s Modern Art

Materials

Bamboo Paper, Ink

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

Frau bei Tisch sitzend
Located in Wien, 9
August Dressler is one of the painters of the New Objectivity. He is one of the lesser-known artists of the Weimar era, but he too, like his famous contemporaries Georg Grosz, John H...
Category

20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Ink, Paper

La Havane, Patio
Located in STRASBOURG, FR
Thomas Henriot est né en 1980 à Besançon et vit entre Marseille et La Havane, Cuba. Il a fait du dessin à l’encre de Chine et pinceau sur papier son domaine de prédilection, après av...
Category

2010s Modern Art

Materials

India Ink, Bamboo Paper

Japon 2
Located in STRASBOURG, FR
Thomas Henriot est né en 1980 à Besançon et vit entre Marseille et La Havane, Cuba. Il a fait du dessin à l’entre de Chine et pinceau sur papier son domaine de prédilection, après av...
Category

2010s Modern Art

Materials

India Ink, Bamboo Paper

Eat the Rotten Fruit of Your Love
Located in New York, NY
2015, Mixed media on paper
Category

2010s American Modern Art

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media

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

Ramures cérébrales n° 47
Located in STRASBOURG, FR
Valérie Graftieaux est photographe et plasticienne. Nourrie de science et de curiosité et ouverte à ce qui l’entoure, Valérie Graftieaux porte une attention particulière aux détails...
Category

2010s Modern Art

Materials

Photographic Paper

Nude with a Fan - Female Nude with Fan French Russian Ecole de Paris
Located in London, GB
This original etching with drypoint is hand signed in pencil by the artist "Marc Chagall" at the lower right corner. It is also hand numbered in pencil from the edition of 100, at t...
Category

1920s Modern Art

Materials

Drypoint, Etching

SONIDO DEL AGUA
Located in San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato
This unique painting begins with her new ZIGZAG series in which we can see her surrealist airs shared with her colleague and ex-husband Pedro Friedeberg, like all the works of art by...
Category

2010s Modern Art

Materials

Oil, Acrylic

Ipazia
Located in ATLANTA, GA
Jacopo Scassellati was born in Sassari (Sardinia) in 1989 where he still resides today. His family is originally from Umbria. Very early on, he displayed a strong predisposition for ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Art

Materials

Ceramic

Fruits with Table in Gray Day
Located in New York, NY
2023, Oil, acrylic, India ink & paper on canvas
Category

2010s Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Paper, India Ink, Oil, Acrylic

ANGELES EN LA TIERRA
Located in San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato
This painting is unique, like all the works of art by the fascinating artist Carmen Gutiérrez; made of acrylics, oils, gold and silver inks and as a practical and sublime method of b...
Category

2010s Modern Art

Materials

Silver, Gold Leaf

Smash or Pass
Located in New York, NY
2023, Oil on canvas
Category

2010s American Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

-75°02’34.80″ X -47°15’27.60″ (Final Sink!)
Located in New York, NY
2023, Oil on canvas
Category

2010s Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Flacon Perles de Neige
Located in LE HAVRE, FR
Jorge MATEUS French master glassmaker Flacon Perce Neige, 2021 Art Glassware - Unique piece Size : 18 x 12 x 12 cm Signed on the base. In perfect condition. Sold with invoice and ...
Category

2010s Modern Art

Materials

Glass

Circus Jumpers #2 (Equestrians) mixed media painting by Jon Corbino
Located in Hudson, NY
Signed "Corbino" lower left Inscribed on frame by artist with artist's address in Rockport, MA Titled by artist on inscription verso. Provenance: Oelschlaeger Gallery, Chicago, IL. ...
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Mixed Media, Paper

Mini-monde, père et fils
Located in LE HAVRE, FR
Ceramics and resin figurines. Unique piece Height: 9,5 cm, 3,54 in Length: 10 cm, 3,94 in Signed on the base. Work sold with invoice and certificate o...
Category

2010s Modern Art

Materials

Ceramic, Synthetic Resin

Little Sister, Big Sister, c.1970
Located in Franklin, MI
A wonderful painting in the style clearly identified with the artist.
Category

1970s American Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Satiric Dancer
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Satiric Dancer" is a photograph by Andre Kertesz. The photograph is signed verso, "Paris 1926, A. Kertesz". The framed piece measures 18 1/4 x 15 1/4 x 3/4 in. Kertész's work was i...
Category

1920s Modern Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Russin
Located in Wien, 9
The extensive work of Vilma Eckl covers a period of more than seventy years. Her incomparable artistic talent and her essential contribution to the history of art can be seen in her ...
Category

20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Millenial
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
Febland always works in rich dramatic narratives that are timeless and yet of this time. Timeless, because human narratives have remained relatively consistent throughout our time here and certainly of this time in regard to his choice of subject matter. This piece, a comment on the "Millennial." The piece feels somewhat lude, in nature. A scantily clad woman walking down the street. Unique hair, nails, tattoos, and clothes that draw attention. The shoulder strap fallen down as if to reference Sargent's "Madame X," a scandalous piece in 19th century Paris. She is in public, grasping her lifeline to the world, the cellphone. Yet she feels isolated and perhaps lost. The rickshaw's in the background as metaphorical guides to an unknown destination, yet she pays them no mind...
Category

2010s American Modern Art

Materials

Oil

Fifth Avenue Houses, #4, 6, 8, New York City
Located in Detroit, MI
Signed in pencil on mount. the image date is 1936, printed 1980
Category

1930s Modern Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Adara
Located in Southampton, NY
J. OSCAR MOLINA Salvadoran, born 1971 J. Oscar Molina is a painter and sculptor as well as Founder of Oscar Molina Gallery in Southampton, NY. He is most well-known for his “...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Art

Materials

Wire

Untitled
Located in Barcelona, ES
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
Category

1960s Modern Art

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media

Jerome Robbins
Located in Wien, 9
John William Mills (born 4 March 1933, London) is an English sculptor. He studied at Hammersmith School of Art, 1947–54, and at the Royal College of Art, 1956–60. He was a resident ...
Category

20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Bronze

The Resurrection of Christ
Located in New York, NY
Provenance: with “Mr. Scheer,” Vienna, by July 1918; where acquired by: Jindřich Waldes, Prague, 1918–1941; thence by descent to: Private Collection, New York Literature: Rudolf Kuchynka, “České obrazy tabulové ve Waldesově obrazárně,” Památky archeologické, vol. 31 (1919), pp. 62-64, fig. 5. Jaroslav Pešina, “K datování deskových obrazů ve Waldesově obrazárně,” Ročenka Kruhu pro Pěstování Dějin Umění: za rok (1934), pp. 131-137. Jaroslav Pešina, Pozdně gotické deskové malířství v Čechách, Prague, 1940, pp. 150-151, 220. Patrik Šimon, Jindřich Waldes: sběratel umění, Prague, 2001, pp. 166, 168, footnote 190. Ivo Hlobil, “Tři gotické obrazy ze sbírky Jindřicha Waldese,” Umění, vol. 52, no. 4 (2004), p. 369. Executed sometime in the 1380s or 1390s by a close associate of the Master of the Třeboň Altarpiece, this impressive panel is a rare work created at the royal court in Prague and a significant re-discovery for the corpus of early Bohemian painting. It has emerged from an American collection, descendants of the celebrated Czech industrialist and collector Jindřich Waldes, who died in Havana fleeing Nazi-occupied Europe. The distinctive visual tradition of the Bohemian school first began to take shape in the middle of the fourteenth century after Charles IV—King of Bohemia and later Holy Roman Emperor—established Prague as a major artistic center. The influx of foreign artists and the importation of significant works of art from across Europe had a profound influence on the development of a local pictorial style. Early Italian paintings, especially those by Sienese painters and Tommaso da Modena (who worked at Charles IV’s court), had a considerable impact on the first generation of Bohemian painters. Although this influence is still felt in the brilliant gold ground and the delicate tooling of the present work, the author of this painting appears to be responding more to the paintings of his predecessors in Prague than to foreign influences. This Resurrection of Christ employs a compositional format that was popular throughout the late medieval period but was particularly pervasive in Bohemian painting. Christ is shown sitting atop a pink marble sarcophagus, stepping down onto the ground with one bare foot. He blesses the viewer with his right hand, while in his left he holds a triumphal cross with a fluttering banner, symbolizing his victory over death. Several Roman soldiers doze at the base of the tomb, except for one grotesque figure, who, beginning to wake, shields his eyes from the light and looks on with a face of bewilderment as Christ emerges from his tomb. Christ is wrapped in a striking red robe with a blue interior lining, the colors of which vary subtly in the changing light. He stands out prominently against the gold backdrop, which is interrupted only by the abstractly rendered landscape and trees on either side of him. The soldiers’ armor is rendered in exacting detail, the cool gray of the metal contrasting with the earth tones of the outer garments. The sleeping soldier set within a jumble of armor with neither face nor hands exposed, is covered with what appears to be a shield emblazoned with two flies on a white field, somewhat resembling a cartouche (Fig. 1). This may be a heraldic device of the altarpiece’s patron or it may signify evil, referencing either the Roman soldiers or death, over both of which Christ triumphs. This painting formed part of the collection assembled by the Czech industrialist and founder of the Waldes Koh-i-noor Company, Jindřich Waldes, in the early twentieth century. As a collector he is best remembered for establishing the Waldes Museum in Prague to house his collection of buttons (totaling nearly 70,000 items), as well as for being the primary patron of the modernist painter František Kupka. Waldes was also an avid collector of older art, and he approached his collecting activity with the goal of creating an encyclopedic collection of Czech art from the medieval period through to the then-present day. At the conclusion of two decades of collecting, his inventory counted 2331 paintings and drawings, 4764 prints, and 162 sculptures. This collection, which constituted the Waldesova Obrazárna (Waldes Picture Gallery), was first displayed in Waldes’ home in Prague at 44 Americká Street and later at his newly built Villa Marie at 12 Koperníkova Street. This Resurrection of Christ retains its frame from the Waldes Picture Gallery, including its original plaque “173 / Česky malíř z konce 14 stol.” (“Czech painter from the end of the 14th century”) and Waldes’ collection label on the reverse. The Resurrection of Christ was one of the most significant late medieval panel...
Category

15th Century and Earlier Old Masters Art

Materials

Tempera, Panel

Figurative landscape oil painting- Sunny Afternoon
Located in Beijing, CN
Dai Xiangwen was born in Hunan in 1991 and graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts of Jianghan University, He is a member of China Artists Association, China Designers Association, a painter of Li Keran...
Category

2010s Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Am Wartehäuschen / At the Bus Shelter
Located in Wien, 9
Christian Arnold was an extremely productive artist during his lifetime and produced countless watercolours and oil paintings. In the style of New Objectivity, his landscapes or citi...
Category

20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Watercolor

Cúpulas de Salzburgo ('Domes of Salzburg')
Located in Barcelona, ES
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
Category

2010s Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Pyromaniac's Pyre mixed media work by Mary Spencer Nay
Located in Hudson, NY
Signed and dated "Mary Spencer Nay '74" lower left. Titled "Pyromaniac's Pyre" verso. Exhibited: 1976-1977 "Mary Spencer Nay: Recent and Retrospective Works". J.B. Speed Art Museum...
Category

1970s Modern Art

Materials

Fabric, Canvas, Rubber, Wood, Oil

Female Nude
Located in Wien, 9
The painting was created in 1987, the year of the artist's death and thus a late work. The classically modern nude is depicted with a tendency towards cubism, the colours are luminous.
Category

1980s Modern Art

Materials

Oil, Fiberboard

Pablo Picasso 'Arrastro' A. R. 423
Located in Miami, FL
PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973) Arrastro (A. R. 423) Terre de faïence plate, 1959, dated, numbered 32/50, partially glazed and painted, with the Empreinte Originale de Picasso and Madour...
Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Ceramic

Figurative landscape oil painting- The Spring
Located in Beijing, CN
Dai Xiangwen was born in Hunan in 1991 and graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts of Jianghan University, He is a member of China Artists Association, China Designers Association, a painter of Li Keran...
Category

2010s Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Striped Head #3
Located in ATLANTA, GA
An Atlanta Journal Constitution reviewer once said ” Jane creates dreams in stone”. My stone sculptures are mystical in nature.The art reflects the coexistence of the conscious and s...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Art

Materials

Mixed Media

FRUIT FOR SALE
Located in Santa Monica, CA
FRANCES H. GEARHART and Sisters (THE GEARHARTS) FRUIT FOR SALE c.1928 Color block print. Unsigned. This is an original block print from “Let’s Play”, an intended but unpublished children’s book done in collaboration with her sisters Edna and May in 1928. Image 8 x 7 inches. On a tissue thin laid paper. Irregular sheet 9 3/8 x 8 1/2. The entire series consisted of over 20 children's images. There were very few printed. The editions of the various children varied but likely no more than 50. This impression very well printed with good colors, Very good condition. The margins are likely as issued with the irregular edges. The margins and paper used for this series varies from one print to the next. A bit of tape remnants at top center sheet edge. A very nice example of this print. It is not unusual for impressions of this series to be unsigned, although many are signed "The Gearharts" The Provenance of this example is fascinating. It was acquired from a gentleman who knew the Gearharts as a child in the early 50's in Pasadena. It was part of a collection given to him by Frances. In his adult years he was in the military and took the collection with him as he traveled around Europe, After 81 years, based on the original prints, this book was published by the “California Book...
Category

1920s American Modern Art

Materials

Woodcut, Linocut

Tree Study, Whittier, CA
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A painting by Gregory Sumida. “Tree Study, Whittier, CA” is a landscape painting, watercolor on watercolor board in an earth-tone palette by American artist...
Category

Mid-20th Century American Modern Art

Materials

Watercolor

Amore Randagi, 2004 - 2013
Located in ATLANTA, GA
“Making sculpture is a very complex matter. A word added to a form, ultimately helping to better define it. And ultimately helping to understand the whole.” Ugo Riva is probably the...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Art

Materials

Bronze, Iron

Ballons Red, White and Green
Located in ATLANTA, GA
Mauro Corda’s figurative sculptures maintain a reverence for classical and modernist traditions, while also expressing the artist’s voice. Though born in France, the artist hails fro...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Art

Materials

Resin

Mannequin II
Located in ATLANTA, GA
Born in Byblos lebanon, in 1946, is a contemporary plastician artist franco-canadian. Artistic journey Early days (1970-1975) Paris (1976-2001) Quebec (2002 - present) China (2011-...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Art

Materials

Mixed Media

The New Haircut, 20th Century portrait of a Young Girl, drawing
Located in London, GB
Graphite on paper Image size: 11 ¾ x 8 ½ inches (30 x 21.5 cm) Original frame This superbly-drawn portrait highlights the artist’s undeniable skill as a portrait artist, particularl...
Category

20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Graphite, Paper

Sat Chit Ananda
Located in ATLANTA, GA
Miguel Dominguez was born in El Paso, Texas on October 3, 1941. HE spent his formative years in the agricultural valley of Salinas, California where ...
Category

20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Carbon Pigment, Plastic

Learning the Ways, 2010
Located in ATLANTA, GA
As a child, I had dirt under my fingernails. I continue to allow the earth to feed me information for my art and for daily living. My expression is basic yet intrigues me to continue...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Art

Materials

Mixed Media

Halley
Located in ATLANTA, GA
In life, every time you do or make something you have the opportunity to make something creative and original. Take something, add to it and pass it on; that’s the creative process. ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Art

Materials

Bronze

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