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Summer in Town
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Summer in Town, 1943, oil on board, signed and dated lower right, 13 ¾ x 22 inches, titled and dated verso, exhibited: 1) 139th Annual Exhibition, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, ...
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1940s American Modern Landscape Paintings

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Oil, Board

Farewell, Modern Nude Oil Painting on Canvas by Jan De Ruth
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Jan De Ruth, Czech (1922 - 1991) Title: Farewell Year: circa 1964 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed l.l. Size: 18 in. x 10 in. (45.72 cm x 25.4 cm) Frame Size: 23 x 15 inches
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1960s Impressionist Nude Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"6th Avenue El" American Scene Social Realism Mid-20th Century New York City
Located in New York, NY
"6th Avenue El" American Scene Social Realism Mid-20th Century New York City Ernest Fiene (1894-1965) "6th Avenue El" 12 1/4 x 14 1/4 Oil on canvas board, c. 1940s Signed lower righ...
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1940s American Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

Impressionistic Rural Farm Landscape Oil Painting Michael Budden Country Farm
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Country Farm oil/board 9x12 unframed, 15.5 x 18.5 framed Country Farm is a beautiful impressionistic landscape study oil painting painted en plein air( on location). The painting is ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

KEITH HARING 'THE STORY OF RED AND BLUE - 1990, L. pp. 128-13, SIGNED & NUMBERED
Located in Pembroke Pines, FL
Artist: Keith Haring Title: Plate 6 from Story of Red and Blue (L. pp. 128-133) Medium: Screen print in colors on wove paper Sheet Size: 22 x 16.5 inches Frame Size: approx 28.5 x 22...
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1980s Pop Art Figurative Prints

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Screen

Large Figurative Portrait Woman in Historical Dress Costume Signed Labelled Oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Historical Costume Portrait? Brazilian? (the work is titled: Rio) Dated 1963? signed oil on canvas, wooden frame framed: 19 x 16.5 inches canvas: 18.5 x 16 inches stamped verso Prov...
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Mid-20th Century Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Portrait Of Lorenzo Suarez 5th Count Of Corona 16th Century - Antonis Mor
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait Of Lorenzo Suarez, 5th Count Of Corona, 16th Century School of Antonis Mor (1517-1577) Large Spanish School Old Master portrait of Lorenzo Suarez, Count of Corona, oil on ...
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16th Century Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Original-Summer Night-British School-UK Awarded Artist-impressionist-abstract
Located in London, GB
This painting captures a view from the east end of the garden, looking towards the west gate where old giant trees frame wildflower areas on both sides. Shizico Yi used the colour bl...
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2010s Abstract Impressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Gesso, Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

As Catedrais Beach, Atlantic Ocean, monochrome photograph, limited edition
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art long exposure waterscape - landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 7. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to orde...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

New York City Streets
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original mid century impressionist painting depicting midtown Manhattan and a view of the Empire State Building by Chinese American artist Chuck Fee Wong. Benjaman Gallery...
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1960s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Wylye, original British watercolour painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Wylye by Ronald Birch, British circa 1970's watercolour on art paper, unframed overall paper measures: 15 x 22 inches titled *FREE SHIPPING ON THIS PAINTING*: AMERICAN, EUROPE & UNI...
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Late 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Brigitte Bardot b/w silver gelatin photograph on paper
Located in Norwich, GB
Terry O’Neill CBE is one of the world’s most collected photographers, with work hanging in national art galleries and private collections worldwide. From presidents to pop stars, he ...
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Late 20th Century Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

The Courtesan Kashiwagi and the Kamuro Wakano - Japanese Woodblock Print
Located in Soquel, CA
The Courtesan Kashiwagi and the Kamuro Wakano - Japanese Woodblock Print Original Toyokuni III/Kunisada (Japanese, 1786 - 1864) Japanese Woodblock Print "The Courtesan Kashiwagi and...
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1820s Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Printer's Ink, Rice Paper, Woodcut

Dinton Church, original British watercolour painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Dinton Church by Ronald Birch, British circa 1970's watercolour on art paper, unframed overall paper measures: 15 x 22.25 inches titled and dated 'April 82' *FREE SHIPPING ON THIS P...
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Late 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

1977 Vintage Original Modernist Landscape Oil Painting - Modernist Forest
Located in Bristol, GB
MODERNIST FOREST Oil on canvas Size: 49 x 60 cm (including frame) A very pleasant modernist landscape oil composition dated 1977, and painted by the established Swedish artist Ture ...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Miró, Woman at the Mirror (Mourlot 242; Cramer 36) (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition, with centerfold, as issued. Notes: From volume, Joan Miro by Jacques Prévert and Georges R...
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1950s Surrealist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Scottish Scenes: A Pair
Located in Hillsborough, NC
Two good matched paintings for the price of one! Charming pair of original oil paintings on canvas, the pair is from the 19th century, Victorian era in the Scottish style by Scott...
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19th Century Victorian Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Ming Wang Original Oil On Canvas "Gentle Violet"
Located in New York, NY
Title: Gentle Violet Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 23.5 x 19 inches Frame: Framing options available! Condition: The painting appears to be in excellent condition. Note: This painting is unstretched Year: 2015 Artist: Ming Wang...
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21st Century and Contemporary Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

By the Beach, Oil on Canvas Painting by André Hambourg
Located in Atlanta, GA
This elegant oil on mounted canvas is by André Hambourg (France, 1909-1999) and features a seaside composition. The artwork is signed in the bottom left corner. The landscape is a lo...
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1950s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Board

Watercolor painting Winter berries
Located in Zofingen, AG
A watercolor painting with bright viburnum berries under snow caps. Saturated tones, multifaceted composition, large format (38x56cm) - the watercolor painting with berries under the...
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2010s Still-life Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

'Waggoner', a greyhound in a landscape
Located in Stoke, Hampshire
Thomas Gooch (1750-1802) 'Waggoner', a greyhound in a landscape Signed and dated 'T. Gooch 1799' lower right Oil on canvas Painting Size - 14 x 17 1/2 in ...
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18th Century Old Masters Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

French Impressionist Charming Village Scene with Figures Strolling
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Figures Strolling Through Village signed by Fanch Lel (French b. 1930) Size: 21.5 x 18 inches Oil painting on canvas, unframed Condition: The painting is in good condition, with mino...
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20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Frederick J Knowles (1874-1931) - Framed Watercolour, Drover on Horseback
Located in Corsham, GB
A delightful depiction of a quiet country lane with young boy on horseback, driving sheep past rural cottages. The watercolour has been signed by the artist to the lower right. Beaut...
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Early 20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

The Feast, from the suite les Bohemiens
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Jacques Callot (French, 1592-1635) Title: The Feast, from the suite, les Bohemiens Year: 1620 Medium: Etching Paper: Laid paper Size of image: 4.65 x 9.15 inches Signature: S...
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17th Century Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

Bright French Impressionist Antique Painting - Tranquil River Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, early 20th century Title: River Landscape Medium: watercolour painting on board, unframed painting: 15 x 21 inches Provenance: private collection,...
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20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Sloop Headed out to Sea - Seascape in Oil on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Sloop Headed out to Sea - Seascape in Oil on Canvas Seascape of a sailboat by unknown artist Rena (20th Century). A sloop is sailing away from the viewer, as if it is headed out to ...
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Late 20th Century Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars

TABACCHI at Twilight, Milan - Architectural Color Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
TABACCHI at Twilight from Richard Heeps series, 'A Short History of Milan' which began in November 2018 for a special project featuring at the Affordable Art Fair Milan 2019 and the ...
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2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Botero in his Studio, Paris, Photograph of Legendary Artist Fernando Botero
Located in New york, NY
Fernando Botero in his Studio, Paris, 1992 by Jean-Michel Voge is a 13" x 19" archival pigment print in an edition of 5, printed by the photographer on handmade Japanese Awagami pape...
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1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Photographic Film, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Rag Paper, Digital, Arc...

Beach at St. Tropez - Sunbathers in South of France under Blue Sky and Parasols
Located in Brighton, GB
Beach at St. Tropez - Sunbathers in South of France under Blue Sky and Parasols by Slim Aarons 16 x 20" print. Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print. Edition of 150. Printed Later. ...
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20th Century American Modern Nude Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Color, C Print, Digital

Homage to the Square - P2, F5, I1
Located in Long Island City, NY
"Homage to the Square - Portfolio 2, Folder 5, Image 1" from the portfolio “Formulation: Articulation” created by Josef Albers in 1972. This monumental series consists of 127 origina...
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1970s Abstract Geometric Abstract Prints

Materials

Screen

Homage to the Square - P1, F15, I1
Located in Long Island City, NY
"Homage to the Square - Portfolio 2, Folder 4, Image 2" from the portfolio “Formulation: Articulation” created by Josef Albers in 1972. This monumental series consists of 127 origina...
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1970s Abstract Geometric Abstract Prints

Materials

Screen

The Starfall - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment print 17.5" x 23.5"
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Underwater nude photograph of a young beautiful golden hair woman on black background. Her body is partially covered with a golden scarf leaving uncovered beautiful buttocks. Origi...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Alpiniste (2013-2024)
Located in Bristol, GB
Ditone print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag 308 g/m2 Edition of 100 60 x 43 cm (23.6 x 16.9 in) Signed and numbered on the front Mint. Sold with accompanying book Images of edition numberi...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Prints

Materials

Inkjet

Early 20th Century Society Portrait , Grand Duchess Charlotte of Luxembourg
Located in Cotignac, FR
Early 20th century oil on board society portrait by French artist Rose Teitgen-Obeurer. Signed top left. A charming and characterful portrait of a fine lady...
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Early 20th Century Art Nouveau Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Cardboard

1930's French Portrait of Moody Atmospheric Lady Artists Working Sketch Oils
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Jean La Forgue (French 1901-1975) oil on unstretched canvas, unframed painting: 20 x 16.75 inches provenance: the artists estate, France condition: the painting is on unstretched can...
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Ballad (Bombay Beach) - Contemporary, Polaroid, Women
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Ballad (Bombay Beach) - 2023 40x50cm, Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print based on the Polaroid. Signature label and certificate. Artist inventory PL2023-08. N...
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2010s Contemporary Nude Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Polaroid, Color, C Print, Archival Paper

Large French 20th Century Abstract Landscape Rolling Hills & Lush Valleys
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Expressionist Composition by Gilbert Pelissier (French born 1924) signed, inscribed verso oil painting on canvas, unframed canvas size: 18 x 22 inches condition: overall ver...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

'Two Boys On A Beach, No. 1' — Erotic Realism
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Paul Cadmus, 'Two Boys On A Beach, No. 1', etching, 1938, edition 75, Johnson & Miller 85. Signed in pencil and initialed in the plate in the lower right image corner. Annotated by t...
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1930s American Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

Norman Parkinson 'Paris Drama, Jean Patchett in Paris, Vogue 1950'
Located in New York, NY
American model Jean Patchett photographed in Paris wearing a Jean Dessès evening gown. American Vogue magazine April 1, 1950. Paris Drama, 1950 C print Estate stamped and numbered e...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

Materials

C Print

A Meal, Charles Van Den Eycken, Brussels 1859 – 1923, Belgian Painter
Located in Knokke, BE
A Meal Van Den Eycken Charles Brussels 1859 – 1923 Belgian Painter Signature: Attributed to Charles Van Den Eycken Medium: Oil on panel Dimens...
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19th Century Realist Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

ABSTRACT Artwork Orange Red Contemporary Artist Jonathan Freemantle Landscapes
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
At Escat Gallery we are committed to maintaining the highest standards of trust and professionalism for our collectors. Every artwork in our collection comes with a Certificate of Au...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Oil

"Mt. Evans and Bierstadt, Colorado" (2016) By David Shingler, Oil Landscape
Located in Denver, CO
David Shingler’s "Mt. Evans and Bierstadt, Colorado" (2016) is an original oil painting on wood panel, measuring 16 x 20 inches (40.64 x 50.80 cm). Known for his dynamic landscapes r...
Category

2010s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Chagall, Composition (Cramer 111; Mourlot 992), Derrière le Miroir (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered. Good condition, with centerfold, as issued. Notes: From Derrière le miroir, N° 246. Published by Aimé Maeght, Éditeur...
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1970s Expressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Tricolor (from XXe Siecle)
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Robert Motherwell Title: Tricolor (from XXe Siecle) Medium: Lithograph Date: 1973 Edition: Unnumbered Frame Size: 18 1/2" x 16 1/2" Sheet Size: 12 1/2" x 10 1/2" Signature: U...
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1970s Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Magic of Lilacs
Located in Zofingen, AG
This painting of lilacs will fill your home with a magical fragrance and warm memories. It will take you back to your childhood, reminding you of t...
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2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

1980's French Oil Painting Venice Canal with Boats & Buildings Signed Dated
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Venice signed by Georges Bordonave (French contemporary) dated 1982 oil painting on board, unframed board: 18 x 21.75 inches condition: very good provenance: from a large private col...
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Late 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Oil

Pied Flycatcher Birds: 19th C. Hand-colored Folio-sized Lithograph by John Gould
Located in Alamo, CA
This is a beautiful hand-colored folio-sized lithograph entitled "Muscicapa Atricapilla" (Pied Flycatcher) by John Gould from his monograph "The Birds of Great Britain ", published i...
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Mid-19th Century Naturalistic Animal Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Lisa- Limited edition nude print, Black white photo, Sensual woman, Contemporary
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Lisa - Signed limited edition archival pigment print, Edition of 10 Morning light in Bordeaux, France. Provenance : Ian Sanderson’s Estate This image was captured on film. The ne...
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1980s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Black and White, Giclée, Pigment, Arc...

Antique American Impressionist Framed Good Harbor Beach Boston Area Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Amazing early 1900s impressionist beach scene of Good Harbor Beach in Massachusetts. Very finely pained with great color and lots of detail and figures. Located on verso. Nicely f...
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1910s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

David Byrne, Los Angeles, 1986 Signed, Framed, ChromaLuxe aluminium Print
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Art Edition “David Byrne” (No. 1–275). Hardcover volume in a slipcase, accompanied by the portrait David Byrne, Los Angeles, 1986. For over 50 years, Annie Leibovitz has been creating a body of work that is unequaled in breadth and influence. From the viscerally immediate reportage made for Rolling Stone magazine in the 1970s and extending through the more stylized portraiture of her work for Vanity Fair and Vogue, her pictures make up what is essentially a family album of our time. In 2014, in close collaboration with Annie, TASCHEN published a SUMO edition of her work: over 200 photographs, many of them famous (the naked John Lennon entwined in a last embrace with Yoko Ono, Patti Smith on fire) and some rarely, if ever, seen before. In 2022, to accommodate a wider audience, this volume was recreated as an unlimited XXL edition. The XXL volume is now available as an Art Edition in four different versions, each accompanied by a signed, numbered and framed dye-sublimation ChromaLuxe aluminum print. David Byrne, Los Angeles, 1986 is included in an edition of 275 copies. In 1986, David Byrne wrote, directed and starred in his only feature film, True Stories. It was a quirky view of life in small-town rural Texas. Several of his collaborators on the project were from the downtown New York performing-arts world. Music was an integral element in the film and much of it was supplied by Byrne’s band, the Talking Heads...
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21st Century and Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Dye Transfer

1896 theatre program by Pierre Bonnard for the Théâtre de l’Œuvre
Located in PARIS, FR
In this rare and evocative 1896 theatre program, Pierre Bonnard—then a rising figure of the Nabis movement—brings his unique visual language to the printed stage. Commissioned by the...
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1890s Prints and Multiples

Materials

Lithograph, Paper

Antique French Study Sheet of Eye and Nose Sketches
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Antique French Study Sheet signed pencil sketch on artist paper painting: 20.75 x 15 inches provenance: private collection condition: good and sound condition with some damages to age.( Shown in photos.) Description: This fascinating antique sketch...
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Mid-20th Century French School Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Color Pencil

Esther Williams - Hollywood Actress and Swimmer Poses in Swimming Pool
Located in Brighton, GB
Please note that as of 1st March 2025, the Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Collection aligned its pricing across the entire collection. Please bear in mind that all prints are produced t...
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20th Century American Modern Landscape Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Digital

Les Banderilles (IV), from A Los Toros Avec Picasso
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Pablo Picasso Title: Les Banderilles (IV) Portfolio: A Los Toros Avec Picasso Medium: Transfer lithograph Date: 1961 Edition: Unnumbered Frame Size: 18 1/4" x 20 3/4" Sheet ...
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1960s Abstract Animal Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Spanish Artist signed limited edition original art print numbered lithograph
Located in Miami, FL
Joan Miro (Spain, 1893-1983) 'Joan Miró. Fotoscop', 1974 lithograph on paper 12.9 x 20.5 in. (32.7 x 52 cm.). The size of the stamp paper has been slightly modified. Its original dim...
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1970s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Lithograph

Holiday in Capri, July 1958 - Motorboats and Swimming in Water off Island Capri
Located in Brighton, GB
Motorboats and Swimming in Water off Island Capri, one female swimmer floats in the water off the island of Capri while companions lounge on deck 16 x 20" print. Limited Edition Est...
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20th Century American Modern Nude Photography

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C Print, Photographic Paper, Color, Digital

Poppies Fields Open Sky Ukrainian Landscape
Located in Zofingen, AG
“We will remember” The painting "We Will Remember" was created as a continuation of the theme of memories tied to the city of Mariupol. Why this city in particular? It was devastat...
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2010s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Acrylic, Cardboard

Composition, Poems of Léopold Sédar Senghor, Lois Mailou Jones
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Silkscreen on vélin paper. Paper Size: 22 x 17 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the album, Poems of Léopold Sédar Senghor, 1996. Published by The Limited Editions Club, New York; printed by Studio Heinrici, Ltd., New York, under the direction of Alexander Heinrici, New York, 1996. Excerpted from the album, CCC examples of this album have been printed by Daniel Keleher at Wild Carrot Letterpress. This edition was designed and set in Bodoni types by Dan Cart and Julia Ferrari at Golgonooza Letter Foundry. The silkscreen prints were made by Alexander Heinrici at Studio Heinrici. LOIS MAILOU JONES (1905-1998) was an African American artist and educator, often associated with the Harlem Renaissance. Jones was raised in Boston by working-class parents who emphasized the importance of education and hard work. After graduating from Boston’s School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Jones began designing textiles for several New York firms. She left in 1928 to take a teaching position at Palmer Memorial Institute in North Carolina. At Palmer, Jones founded the art department, coached basketball, taught folk dancing, and played the piano for Sunday services. Two years later, she was recruited by Howard University in Washington, D.C., to join its art department. From 1930–77, Jones trained several generations of African American artists, including David Driskell, Elizabeth Catlett, and Sylvia Snowden...
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1990s Expressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Screen

1970'S French Geometric Abstract Painting Bold Modern Colours
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Abstract Design" signed by Arlette Martin (French, b.1924) dated 76' gouache/watercolour painting on card, unframed painting: 19 x 20 inches Stunning original painting by the pop...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Vintage Pop Art 1997 Offset Lithograph Larry Rivers Music Poster Hamptons NY
Located in Surfside, FL
Larry Rivers "The Music Festival of the Hamptons / July 18-27 1997" poster, Not hand signed. [Dimensions: 24" H x 18" W] Larry Rivers (born Yitzroch Loiza Grossberg) (1923 – 2002) was an American artist, musician, filmmaker, and occasional actor. Considered by many scholars to be the "Godfather" and "Grandfather" of Pop art, he was one of the first artists to merge non-objective, non-narrative art with narrative and objective abstraction. Rivers took up painting in 1945 and studied at the Hans Hofmann School from 1947–48. He earned a BA in art education from New York University in 1951. His work was quickly acquired by the Museum of Modern Art. A 1953 painting Washington Crossing the Delaware was damaged in fire at the museum five years later. He was a pop artist of the New York School, reproducing everyday objects of American popular culture as art. He was one of eleven New York artists featured in the opening exhibition at the Terrain Gallery in 1955 along with Paul Mommer, Leonard Baskin, Peter Grippe During the early 1960s Rivers lived in the Hotel Chelsea, notable for its artistic residents such as Bob Dylan, Janis Joplin, Leonard Cohen, Arthur C. Clarke, Dylan Thomas, Sid Vicious and multiple people associated with Andy Warhol Factory and where he brought several of his French nouveau réalistes friends like Yves Klein who wrote there in April 1961 his Manifeste de l'hôtel Chelsea, Arman, Martial Raysse, Jean Tinguely, Niki de Saint-Phalle, Christo & Jean Claude, Daniel Spoerri or Alain Jacquet, several of whom, like Rivers, left some pieces of art in the lobby of the hotel for payment of their rooms. In 1965, Rivers had his first comprehensive retrospective in five important American museums. His final work for the exhibition was The History of the Russian Revolution, which was later on extended permanent display at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, DC. He spent 1967 in London collaborating with the American painter Howard Kanovitz. In 1968, Rivers traveled to Africa for a second time with Pierre Dominique Gaisseau to finish their documentary Africa and I, which was a part of the groundbreaking NBC series Experiments in Television. During this trip they narrowly escaped execution as suspected mercenaries. During the 1970s, Rivers worked closely with Diana Molinari and Michel Auder on many video tape projects, including the infamous Tits, and also worked in neon. Rivers's legs appeared in John Lennon and Yoko Ono's 1971 film Up Your Legs Forever. From 1940–1945 he worked as a jazz saxophonist in New York City, changing his name to Larry Rivers in 1940 after being introduced as "Larry Rivers and the Mudcats" at a local pub. He studied at the Juilliard School of Music in 1945–46, along with Miles Davis, with whom he remained friends until Davis's death in 1991. Larry Rivers was born in the Bronx to Samuel and Sonya Grossberg, Jewish immigrants from Ukraine. In 1945, he married Augusta Berger, and they had one son, Steven. Rivers also adopted Berger's son from a previous relationship, Joseph, and reared both children after the couple divorced. In 1949 he had his first one-man exhibition at the Jane Street Gallery in New York. This same year, he met and became friends with John Ashbery, and Kenneth Koch. In 1950 he met Frank O’Hara. This same year he took his first trip to Europe spending eight months in Paris, France, reading and writing poetry. Beginning in 1950 and continuing until Frank’s death in July of 1966, Larry Rivers and Frank O’Hara cultivated a uniquely creative friendship that produced numerous collaborations, as well as inspired paintings and poems. In 1951 Rivers’ works were shown at the Tibor de Nagy Gallery where he continued to show annually (except 1955) for about 10 years. In 1954 he had his first exhibition of sculptures at the Stable Gallery, New York. In 1955 The Museum of Modern Art acquired Washington Crossing the Delaware. This same year he won 3rd prize in the Corcoran Gallery national painting competition for “Self-Figure.” Rivers’ also painted “Double Portrait of Berdie” in 1955, which was soon purchased by the Whitney Museum. In 1957 he and Frank O’Hara began work on “Stones,” a collaborative mix of images and poetry in a series of lithograph for Tatyana Grosman company ULAE. During this time he also appeared on the television game show “The $64,000.00 Question” where along with another contestant, they both won, each receiving $32,000.00. In 1958 he again spent time in Paris and played in various jazz bands. In 1959 he painted Cedar Bar Menu...
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1990s Pop Art Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph, Offset

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