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Art For Sale
Color:  White
Still Life No. 7
Located in Seoul, SO
These images are part of a series titled: On Display These images explore the complexity and duality of outward presentation. One may present himself in one form at one time, and th...
Category

2010s Other Art Style Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, Digital

Western - Woodcut by Mino Maccari - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Western is an Artwork realized by Mino Maccari  (1924-1989) in the Mid-20th Century. Colored woodcut on paper. Hand-signed on the lower, numbered 2/89 specimens and titled on the le...
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Woodcut

Diplomatic Employees - Woodcut Print by Mino Maccari - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Diplomatic employees is an Artwork realized by Mino Maccari  (1924-1989) in the Mid-20th Century. B./W. Woodcut on paper. Hand-signed on the lower, numbered 2/89 specimens and title...
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Woodcut

ANDY WARHOL Halston Advertising Campaign Poster, 1982
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Paper Size: 22.75 x 29.5 inches ( 57.785 x 74.93 cm ) Image Size: 22.75 x 29.5 inches ( 57.785 x 74.93 cm ) Framed: No Condition: A-: Near Mint, very light signs of handling Additio...
Category

1980s Art

Materials

Screen

Glamour Fashion Portrait of Model Sara Thom - Mid Century
By Richard Stone
Located in Miami, FL
Dick Stone was a top mid-century illustrator who worked for the most famous brands. He was an assignment artist hired by such esteemed Ad Agencies as BBDO ...
Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Casein, Board, Pen

RUSSELL'S WAY
Located in Three Oaks, MI
In excellent condition from an edition of 50, this piece is beautifully framed in museum-quality materials. Al Held is best remembered for his large-scale paintings of bright, hard-e...
Category

1880s Abstract Expressionist Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Etching, Aquatint

Original "The Virgin Queen" US 1-sheet vintage movie poster NSS 55/302
Located in Spokane, WA
Original "The Virgin Queen" vintage movie poster. NSS: 55/302 Archival linen backed with original issued fold marks restored. Linen-backed and in excellent condition. No pape...
Category

1950s Art Nouveau Art

Materials

Offset

Who's in trouble this time?, People, Police man, Dog
Located in Deddington, GB
Original painting of Whos's in trouble this time? Sean uses very toned down colours but draws the attention to the figures of an police man facing a lady. There is also a dog and a c...
Category

2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Acrylic

Life - Print by Mino Maccari - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Life is an Artwork realized by Mino Maccari  (1924-1989) in the Mid-20th Century. Colored woodcut on paper. Hand-signed on the lower, numbered 2/89 specimens and titled on the left ...
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Woodcut

Flowers on White
Located in Belfast, GB
Flowers on White Oil on Board 61 x 50.8 cm 24 x 20 in Regarded as one of Ireland’s most accomplished fine art painters, Martin Mooney was born in 1960, in Belfast, Northern Ireland....
Category

2010s Old Masters Art

Materials

Oil

Inside The Rainbow Heart
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Murakami, Takashi Title: Inside The Rainbow Heart Date: 2022 Medium: Offset Lithograph in colors on smooth wove paper Unframed Dimensions: 2...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Lithograph

Le Couleur Est Un Chemin 1, Abstract Lithograph by Paul Jenkins
Located in Long Island City, NY
A lithograph from the portfolio "Le Couleur est un Chemin" or "The Color is a Path", a collection by Paul Jenkins that also includes several poems. This abstract piece is signed and ...
Category

1980s Art

Materials

Lithograph

Glitch, Abstract Work on Paper by Geri Taper
Located in Long Island City, NY
The several bold splashes of deep red that take up a majority of the composition are further streaked and colored by lines of yellow and green. This watercolor by Geri Taper is signe...
Category

Late 20th Century Art

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Ex Libris Victor Vernik - Woodcut Print - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ex Libris Victor Vernik is a Contemporary Artwork realized in the mid.20th Century. B/W woodcut print on ivory-colored paper. The work is glued on cardboard. Total dimensions:...
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Woodcut

Raymond Pettibon illustrated Punk flyer 1980 (Raymond Pettibon punk art)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Raymond Pettibon Punk Art 1980: Rare early Raymond Pettibon illustrated punk flyer published on the occasion of: The Dead Kennedys & Circle Jerks at The Whisky A Go Go: August, 1980....
Category

1980s Pop Art Art

Materials

Offset

Common or Arctic Puffin
Located in New York, NY
Original stone lithograph with hand-coloring from "Birds of North America." First Octavo Edition, by John James Audubon. Plate 383. Philadelphia, J.T. Bowen, ca. 1839-44.
Category

1870s Art

Materials

Paper

Elio Vittorini - Vintage photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Elio Vittorini is a  vintage photo, realized in the 1960s. The artwork is a well-balanced composition.
Category

1970s Modern Art

Materials

Photographic Paper

Peter Halley, Organizational Charts - Portfolio of 4 Silkscreens, Signed Prints
Located in Hamburg, DE
Peter Halley (American, born 1953) Organizational Charts, 1990 Medium: Portfolio of four silkscreens on mylar Dimensions sheet 1, Is it an Arrival or a Departure?: 83 x 57 cm Dimensi...
Category

Late 20th Century Minimalist Art

Materials

Screen

A Lonely Angel - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Un Angelo solitario is a drawing on paper, realized around the Sixties by the great Italian artist and journalist, Mino Maccari  (Siena, 1898 - 1989). Black ink drawing (watercolor)...
Category

1960s Modern Art

Materials

Watercolor

Floating Books
Located in Greenwich, CT
Floating Books is a lithograph on paper with an image size of 3.5 x 2.5 inches, initialed 'FMB' lower right and annotated lower left, framed in a contemporary silver and dark gray fr...
Category

20th Century Surrealist Art

Materials

Paper, Lithograph

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

David Shrigley, White Elephant - Linocut, British Pop Art, Signed Print
Located in Hamburg, DE
David Shrigley (British, b. 1968) White Elephant, 2021 Medium: Linocut print on wove paper Dimensions: 57 x 44 cm Edition of 100: Hand-signed and numbered Condition: Mint
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Linocut

Sex Appeal - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Sex Appeal is adrawing on paper, realized around the Sixties by the great Italian artist and journalist,  Mino Maccari  (Siena, 1898 - 1989).  Blue ink drawing on paper.  Signed "M...
Category

1970s Modern Art

Materials

Ink

The Fame - Print by Mino Maccari - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Fame is an Artwork realized by Mino Maccari  (1924-1989) in the Mid-20th Century. B./W. Woodcut on paper. Hand-signed on the lower, numbered 2/89 specimens and titled on the lef...
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Woodcut

That Platform Heel - Original Gary John Pop Art Fashion Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles street artist Gary John exploded onto the international art scene first during Art Basel Miami in 2013. John’s playfully bold work quickly gained attention and he was nam...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Art

Materials

Mixed Media, Acrylic

Il Tevere e S. Pietro. - Roma - Etching by Nazareno Gattamelata - 1985
Located in Roma, IT
Il Tevere e S.Pietro   is a black and white etching realized by  Nazareno Gattamelata  in the 1985. Hand signed by the artist on the lower right margin:  Gattamelata . Numbered on ...
Category

1980s Contemporary Art

Materials

Etching

Medieval Concert - Drawing by Mino Maccari - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Medieval Concert is an ink and watercolour drawing on llaid and ivory-colored paper, realized around the Sixties by the great Italian artist and journalist, Mino Maccari (Siena, 1898...
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Ink, Watercolor

Ex Libris Susi Kolar - Woodcut Print - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ex Libris Susi Kolar is a Contemporary Artwork realized in the mid-20th Century.  B/W woodcut print on ivory-colored paper. Sigled in pencil on the lower central margin.  The work ...
Category

Mid-20th Century Art

Materials

Woodcut

The Alchimist (Portrait of Giorgio Morandi) - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
L'Alchimista (The Alchimist, Portrait of Giorgio Morandi)  is a drawing on paper, realized around the Sixties by the great Italian artist and journalist,  Mino Maccari  (Siena, 1898 ...
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Charcoal, Pencil

Ex Libris Marta Cinnerova - Woodcut Print - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ex Libris Marta Cinnerova is a Contemporary Artwork realized in the mid-20th Century.  B/W Lithograph Artwork on ivory-colored paper.   The work is glued on cardboard.  Total dime...
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Woodcut

Ex Libris Cinner - Woodcut Print - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ex Libris Marta Cinner  is a Contemporary Artwork realized in the mid-20th Century.  B/W Lithograph Artwork on ivory-colored paper.   The work is glued on cardboard.  Total dimens...
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Woodcut

Ex Libris Fanderlik - Woodcut Print - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ex Libris Fanderlik  is a Contemporary Artwork realized in the mid-20th Century.  B/W woodcut print on ivory-colored paper.   The work is glued on cardboard.  Total dimensions: 21...
Category

Mid-20th Century Art

Materials

Woodcut

Ex Libris Puty - Woodcut Print - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ex Libris Puty is a Contemporary Artwork realized in the mid-20th Century.  B/W woodcut print on ivory-colored paper.   The work is glued on cardboard.  Total dimensions: 21 x 15 ...
Category

Mid-20th Century Art

Materials

Woodcut

Ex Libris Dolezal - Woodcut Print - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ex Libris Dolezal is a Contemporary Artwork realized in the mid-20th Century.   Woodcut print on ivory-colored paper.   The work is glued on cardboard.  Total dimensions: 21 x 15 ...
Category

Mid-20th Century Art

Materials

Woodcut

Ex Dr. Vencl - Woodcut Print - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ex Dr. Vencl is a Contemporary Artwork realized in the mid-20th Century.  Colored Lithograph with watercolor on ivory-colored paper.   The work is glued on cardboard.  Total dimen...
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Woodcut

Ex Libris Cinner - Woodcut Print - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ex Libris Marta Cinner is a Contemporary Artwork realized in the mid-20th Century.  Artwork on ivory-colored paper. The title is inscripted in the center in red and black. The work ...
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Woodcut

Portrait of Carlo Forte
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Carlo Forte is a drawing on paper, realized in the Mid-20th Century by the great Italian artist and journalist,  Mino Maccari  (Siena, 1898 - 1989). Charcoal and pencil ...
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Charcoal, Pencil

Original Vintage Cartoon Batman Poster For The Iconic Comic Superhero "...Uhh!"
Located in London, GB
Original vintage Batman cartoon poster featuring a colourful illustration of the comic book superhero wearing his grey and blue costume, mask and cape with the bat logo on a yellow background on his chest, the cartoon character leaning back as he's hit by something with his speech bubble reading: Nonsense! There are no such things as – Uhh! Artwork by the notable American comics artist Carmine Michael...
Category

1960s Art

Materials

Paper

Portrait of Carlo Forte - Drawing by Mino Maccari - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Carlo Forte is a drawing on paper, realized in the Mid-20th Century by the great Italian artist and journalist,  Mino Maccari  (Siena, 1898 - 1989). Charcoal and pencil ...
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Charcoal, Pencil

Ex Libris Irene Subrové - Etching - 1980
Located in Roma, IT
Ex Libris Irene Subrové  is a Contemporary Artwork realized in 1980.  Colored Etching on ivory-colored paper. Numbered in pencil on the lower left corner: 1/100. Hand-signed and dat...
Category

1980s Modern Art

Materials

Etching

Ex Libris Cerzaj - Woodcut Print - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ex Libris Cerzaj  is a Contemporary Artwork realized in the mid-20th Century.  B/W woodcut print on ivory-colored paper.   The work is glued on cardboard.  Total dimensions: 21 x ...
Category

Mid-20th Century Art

Materials

Woodcut

Elizabeth Peyton, The Kiss - Etching, Contemporary Art, Signed Print
Located in Hamburg, DE
Elizabeth Peyton (American, b. 1965) The Kiss, 2018 Medium: Etching on wove paper Dimensions: 33 x 37 cm Edition of 30: Hand-signed and numbered Condition: Mint
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Linocut

63 Years (Tree Rings Series)
Located in New York, NY
Steven L. Anderson 63 Years, 2015 marker and pen on paper 16 x 16 inches The Tree Rings artworks are made on paper which is torn and reassembled, scratched,...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Ink, Archival Paper, Permanent Marker

The Fisherman's Wife - Lithograph by Giovanni Omiccioli - 1973
Located in Roma, IT
Hand Signed. Edition of 90 pieces.  Excellent condition.
Category

1970s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Yayoi Kusama Large Plush Pumpkin (Red and White pumpkin)
Located in Central, HK
Yayoi Kusama Large Pumpkin Plush Red and White, 2004 Polyester, Nylon 13 4/5 × 21 7/10 × 21 7/10 in 35 × 55 × 55 cm
Category

2010s Art

Materials

Nylon, Polyester

Untitled #2012
Located in New York, NY
Untitled #2012, 2024 Graphite on paper 12 x 9”
Category

2010s Art

Materials

Graphite

These Enhanced Techniques, Abstract Art, Contemporary Art, 21st Century
Located in Hamburg, DE
Jenny Holzer (American, b. 1950) These Enhanced Techniques, 2012 Medium: Black pulp on white handmade paper, stenciled Dimensions: 90.5 × 70 cm (35 3/5 × 27 3/5 in) Edition: From the...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Handmade Paper, Stencil, Other Medium

Gloire III
Located in Marrakech, MA
About the work A child of another South, Diadji "gives body" to this word , Fraternity and enriches the lexicon of plastic expressions known in Morocco with characters, inhabited by...
Category

2010s Abstract Geometric Art

Materials

Epoxy Resin

"The Odeon"
Located in North Adams, MA
A skilled chef as well as an artist, Jay Batlle treats his art much like a recipe, with careful preparation and a methodical process. His layered compositions often incorporate image...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Screen

Dignité III
Located in Marrakech, MA
About the work A child of another South, Diadji "gives body" to this word , Fraternity and enriches the lexicon of plastic expressions known in Morocco with characters, inhabited by...
Category

2010s Abstract Geometric Art

Materials

Epoxy Resin

Gloire I
Located in Marrakech, MA
About the work A child of another South, Diadji "gives body" to this word , Fraternity and enriches the lexicon of plastic expressions known in Morocco with characters, inhabited by...
Category

2010s Abstract Geometric Art

Materials

Epoxy Resin

"A Woman Who Other Women Wish Wouldn't Come To The Parties"
Located in North Adams, MA
"I would look up at the ceiling, imagine myself as the character in her dilemma and draw – on napkins, scrap paper, the backs of paper menus. The rule was, I had to write the subject down first, and when I looked down, I was finished. Not all the drawings work, of course. At times I go right off the page. At times they are incoherent or emotionally flat. The truth is, the drawings only work when I succeed in becoming the woman in the drawing in my own head – I need to get under her skin, feel what she feels. " - Rebecca Miller A SUITE OF EIGHT HAND-PRINTED SILKSCREENS WITH HAND-PAINTING SIGNED, NUMBERED AND TITLED BY THE ARTIST IN PENCIL IMAGE SIZE: 14 X 14 INCHES PAPER SIZE OF 19 X 19 ½ INCHES PRINTED ON 290 GRAM ARCHIVAL COVENTRY RAG PAPER EDITION OF TEN NUMBERED 1/10-10/10 3 ARTIST’S PROOFS AND 2 PRINTER’S PROOFS ALL SCREENS USED IN THE MAKING OF THE EDITION HAVE BEEN CANCELLED PUBLISHED AND PRINTED BY GARY LICHTENSTEIN Rebecca Miller has written and directed six feature films: "Angela" (1995), winner of the Sundance Film Festival Filmmakers Trophy and Cinematography Award; "Personal Velocity" (2002), starring Parker Posey, Kyra Sedgwick and Fairuza Balk, winner of the Sundance Grand Jury Prize and Cinematography Award, as well as the Independent Spirit John Cassavetes Award; "The Ballad of Jack...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Screen

Barcelona III (from Barcelona Suite)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Joan Miro Barcelona III (from Barcelona Suite) Etching and Aquatint and Carborundum in Colors on Guarro Wove paper Year: 1972 Edition: 50 Signed and ...
Category

1970s Abstract Expressionist Art

Materials

Handmade Paper, Etching, Aquatint

Geometric Abstract in Blue, Red, Black, and White - Acrylic on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Bold and balanced abstract composition by Russell Green (American, 1910-1986). Completed in Green's characteristic style, this piece has a balanced interplay of shapes and colors. Blocks of black, reds, blues, and greys create a strong background. Over the top, lines of black, red, and white outline and divide the background shapes. Signed "Russell Green" in the lower left corner. Presented in a wood frame with a double mat. Frame size: 23.5"H x 30"W Image size: 14.5"H x 22.5"W Russell Davis Green (American, 1910-1986) painter, printmaker and teacher, was born in Traer, Iowa on December 29, 1910. He studied art at Iowa State College and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Green worked in the Illinois and New York Works Progress Administration-Federal Art Projects in the 1930s and two of his woodcuts are listed in the General Services Administration’s book WPA Artwork in Non-Federal Repositories. Green was also a painter and lithographer, and he was included in the Exhibition by Artists of Chicago and Vicinity at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1934. His work was also included in exhibitions at the Philadelphia Art Alliance; Museum of Modern Art and the Grand Central Galleries in New York; and the Iowa Federation of Women's Clubs, 1935. Green began his long teaching career at Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri in 1940 and eventually headed the art department. He is represented in the collections of the Baltimore Museum of Art; Art Institute of Chicago; Metropolitan Museum of Art; Newark Museum; and the St. Louis Art Museum. [After graduating from the Art Institute of Chicago in 1933, he returned to Iowa to begin teaching. In 1935, approximately the time he completed Thanksgiving, he served as a private art teacher in Sioux City. He also had a one-person exhibition of his work at the Sioux City School of Music, Dramatic Art and Dancing, which was located in the Commerce Building. The exhibition included 81 oil paintings, watercolors and prints.] Russell Green 1910 - 1986 A FINE SENSE OF BALANCE — Russell Green started attending college in small town Iowa during an era of unparalleled prosperity in the United States. Yet by the time Green graduated five years later from the Art Institute of Chicago, the Depression had brought the country to its knees economically. In those few years, ending with his Bachelor of Arts, Green had also undergone a personal transformation from a farm boy...
Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Geometric Art

Materials

Paper, Acrylic

Yvon Taillandier Original Drawing Unique Piece
Located in Tel Aviv - Jaffa, IL
Original drawing Hand signed Unique piece
Category

1990s French School Art

Materials

Felt Pen

Arnulf Rainer, Rosenbett: Contemporary Art, Abstraction, Art Informel
Located in Hamburg, DE
Arnulf Rainer (Austrian, born 1929) Rosenbett, 1988 Medium: Etching on wove paper Dimensions: 50 x 66 cm Edition of 35: Hand-signed and numbered
Category

20th Century Abstract Art

Materials

Etching

Probability Deep Blue 4 - elegant, curved, abstract, glass, wall sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
John Paul Robinson creates original contemporary wall sculptures from coloured glass that are filled with light. This piece features elegant arched deep blue tubes of glass that are polished to a smooth finish and overlap one another to create a dynamic composition. The Canadian artist often explores themes related to how the world works. This is one of a series intended to represent the dual nature of light as both a particle and a wave. In physics, the wave nature of light is referred to as a "probability wave". “The thickness of the glass and curvature of the lens conspire to create their own optical effect. As your gaze moves across the piece it causes the small grains of coloured glass to shift just a bit. Starry Starry Night...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Steel

Georg Baselitz, Winterschlaf I: Etching and Aquatint, Abstract Art, Signed Print
Located in Hamburg, DE
Georg Baselitz (German, born 1938) Winterschlaf I, 2014 Medium: Line etching and sugar lift aquatint on wove paper Dimensions: 69 x 82 cm Edition of 10: Hand-signed, numbered and dat...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Art

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

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