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Abstract Paintings For Sale
Style: Surrealist
Style: Post-War
Amédée Ozenfant - Nature morte, Tabagie, french, modern, still life, surreal
Located in London, GB
signed ‘ozenfant’ (lower right)
Provenance:
Sale: Christie's London, 4 April 1989, lot 198
Dr. Arthur Brandt, New York (acquired at the above sale)
Literature:
P. & M. Guénégan, 'A...
Category
1960s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"In A TranceAtlantic Crossing" 2024 - Mixed Media Whimsical Surrealism colorful
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
"In A TranceAtlantic Crossing" is a wonderful, whimsical, surrealist mixed media painting.
Acrylic, Sakura Markers, Caran d’Ache & Pencil on a Birchwood Cradled Panel
36 x 30 inches
2024
Artist’s Statement
"My soul serves as the compass that guides me towards pieces that resonate deeply within me." Kate Cohen...
Category
2010s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Watercolor, Permanent Marker, Pencil, Wood Panel, Color Pencil
Untitled Concert Hall painting Mid Century Surrealistic spiritual unique signed
Located in New York, NY
Agatha Wojciechowsky
Untitled Concert Hall Abstraction Watercolor, 1964
Watercolor on thick wove paper (with original label from Cordier & Ekstrom Gallery)
Signed and dated by the artist on the lower-right front
19 3/4 × 15 inches
Unframed
Dazzling 1960s, modern abstraction watercolor piece. This work was acquired from the legendary Cordier & Ekstrom Gallery
Agatha Wojciechowsky (1896 -1986) was recognized during her lifetime as a Surrealist. Although not following an art movement, her work reflected the sentiment of Art Informel of the 1950's. She had solo exhibitions from the 1960's to the present in New York, Cologne, Berlin, and Hamburg. Group exhibitions included shows with Man Ray, Marcel Duchamp, Jean Dubuffet, Isamu Noguchi, Francis Picabia, Romare Bearden. Her artwork can be found in numerous public collections including Museum of Modern Art, the Prado, the Menil Collection, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Whitney Museum.
Agatha lived her earlier years in Steinach de Saale, and then sailed to the United States in 1923 to be a German-speaking governess in a German baron...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Watercolor
1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - "Needs of Life"
By Elvic Steele
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: 1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - "Needs of Life"
Medium: Oil on board, unframed
Size: 6 height x 3 width
Condition: Good
Provenance: all the paintings we have by this...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Untitled
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A painting by Jae Kon Park. "Untitled" is an abstract painting, oil on canvas in a reds and greens by Korean, Post-War artist Jae Kon Park. The artwork is signed in the lower left, "Jae Kon P. 1991". Born in South Korea, Park Jae Kon (1937 – 1993) attended Seoul National University of Fine Art. Not long after graduating, Park Jae Kon left Korea with his wife and two daughters. He and his family traveled widely, eventually settling in Argentina. He spent the rest of his life in South America, traveling to various regions and using the landscape and cultural history as inspiration for his artworks. As an artist, his output spanned various media, styles, and subject matter, producing work that ranged from gestural abstract expressionism...
Category
Late 20th Century Post-War Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Chianti by Vivaldo Martini - Oil on canvas 50x73 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
His first name sounds like a concerto. Vivacious, its name is reminiscent of an aperitif or a cyclist. The addition of the two evokes the Italianate. Indomitable and unavoidable. Mor...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-War Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - Blue Blossoms and Butterflies
By Elvic Steele
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: 1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - Blue Blossoms and Butterflies
Medium: Oil on board, unframed
Size: 6 height x 4.75 width
Condition: Good ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - Sunlit Blossoms
By Elvic Steele
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: 1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - Sunlit Blossoms
Medium: Oil on board, unframed
Size: 4.5 height x 3 width
Condition: Good
Provenance: all the paintings we have by th...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - "Creating + Decaying"
By Elvic Steele
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: 1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - "Creating + Decaying"
Medium: Oil on board, unframed
Size: 6 height x 4 width
Condition: Good
Provenance: all the paintings we have b...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - Colorful Fantasy Plant Sticks
By Elvic Steele
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Stunning original oil painting by Elvic Steele depicting this surrealist fantasy abstract painting.
Elvic Steele is a fascinating English painter. Her works entrance the observer, d...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - "Co-operation"
By Elvic Steele
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: 1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - "Co-operation"
Medium: Oil on board, unframed
Size: 6 height x 4.5 width
Condition: Good
Provenance: all the paintings we have by thi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - 'Campanula Association' Abstract Study
By Elvic Steele
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: 1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - ''Campanula Association' Abstract Study
Medium: Oil on board, unframed
Size: 6 height x 3.75 width
Condition: Good
Provenance: all th...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Untitled
By John Millei
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A painting by John Millei. This Untitled work is an abstract, oil on mylar painting by Post War artist John Millei.
Category
20th Century Post-War Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - 'Revival' Abstract
By Elvic Steele
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: 1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - 'Revival'' Abstract
Artist: Elvic Steele
Medium: Oil on board, unframed
Size: 6 height x 4.5 width
Condition: Good
Provenance: all th...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - Floating: Abstract Floral Composition
By Elvic Steele
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: 1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - Floating: Abstract Floral Composition
Artist: Elvic Steele
Medium: Oil on board, unframed
Size: 5.5 height x 6 width
Condition: Good
...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Electrogenesis" (2024) By Stacy D'Aguiar, Original Acrylic Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Stacy D'Aguiar's (US based) "Electrogenesis" is an acrylic painting that depicts a colorful and surreal scene of a fish.
Artist Statement:
My paintings are channeled, Visual Dreamsc...
Category
2010s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Metal
1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - "Ties of Relationship"
By Elvic Steele
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: 1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - "Ties of Relationship"
Medium: Oil on board, unframed
Size: 5 height x 3.5 width
Condition: Good
Provenance: all the paintings we hav...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
French Surrealist Oil Painting Evolving Shapes and Movement Grey Ochre Soft tone
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Composition
signed by Jack Penouel (French 1936-2018)
dated 01'
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 16 x 16 inches
canvas : 15.75 x 15.75 inches
proven...
Category
Late 20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - "Leading Lights"
By Elvic Steele
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: 1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - "Break Out"
Medium: Oil on board, unframed
Size: 3.25 height x 4.5 width
Condition: Good
Provenance: all the paintings we have by thi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Beach Houses I - Original 3D surrealistic painting - contemporary illusion art
Located in London, Chelsea
This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online.
Marek Letkiewicz’s Beach Houses I offers a whimsical journey t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Board
French Surrealist Oil Painting Figurative Scene - Blue Abstract Shapes
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Figurative Abstract
French School, signed and dated 1972
small frame
oil painting on board
painting: 20 x 20 inches
overall size: 22 x 22 inches
condition: overall very good and plea...
Category
20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - "Number Evolving"
By Elvic Steele
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: 1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - "Number Evolving"
Medium: Oil on board, unframed
Size: 3 height x 4.5 width
Condition: Good
Provenance: all the paintings we have by ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - Growth, Spiring, Expanding, Dispersing
By Elvic Steele
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: 1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - "Growth, Spiring, Expanding, Dispersing"
Medium: Oil on board, unframed
Size: 4.5 height x 6 width
Condition: Good
Provenance: all th...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - 'Festival Time' Abstract
By Elvic Steele
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: 1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - 'Festival Time' Abstract
Artist: Elvic Steele
Medium: Oil on board, unframed
Size: 6 height x 4.5 width
Condition: Good
Provenance: a...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - Golden Blooms in Verdant Growth
By Elvic Steele
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: 1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - Golden Blooms in Verdant Growth
Medium: Oil on board, unframed
Size: 6.25 height x 4.25 width
Condition: Good
Provenance: all the pai...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Landscape Original Oil On Canvas "Bucket With Dripping Red"
Located in New York, NY
Title: Bucket With Dripping Red
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 27 x 23 inches
Frame: Framing options available!
Year: 2000 Circa
Artist: Unclear
Provenance: Direct from the art...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"La Soledad / Robinson Crusoe" Contemporary Red Surrealistic Triangle Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Contemporary surrealistic figurative triangle painting by an artist named Zeus. The work features a realistically rendered male figure in robes reaching out towards a floating eyebal...
Category
Early 2000s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Horse 2, Black and White, Original Painting on Paper
Located in Granada Hills, CA
ARTIST: Aibek Begalin
WORK: Original acrilic graphics, handmade artwork
Medium: Acrylic and ink on paper
YEAR: 2020
STYLE: Modern
SUBJECT: Horse2
SIZE: 12" x 9" x 0,1" inch, 21X29 cm...
Category
2010s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Acrylic
1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - "UFO"
By Elvic Steele
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: 1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - "UFO"
Medium: Oil on board, unframed
Size: 4 height x 6 width
Condition: Good
Provenance: all the paintings we have by this artist ha...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - Interwoven Pathways and Patterns
By Elvic Steele
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: 1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - Interwoven Pathways and Patterns
Medium: Oil on board, unframed
Size: 3 height x 4 width
Condition: Good
Provenance: all the painting...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - "Crowd Adulation"
By Elvic Steele
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: 1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - "Crowd Adulation"
Medium: Oil on board, unframed
Size: 6 height x 3.5 width
Condition: Good
Provenance: all the paintings we have by ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - "Beneath the Surface"
By Elvic Steele
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: 1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - "Beneath the Surface"
Medium: Oil on board, unframed
Size: 4 height x 5.5 width
Condition: Good
Provenance: all the paintings we have...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - "Balance of Nature Maintained"
By Elvic Steele
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: 1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - "Balance of Nature Maintained"
Medium: Oil on board, unframed
Size: 4.5 height x 5 width
Condition: Good
Provenance: all the painting...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - 'Shapes' Abstract Study
By Elvic Steele
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: 1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - 'Shapes' Abstract Study
Medium: Oil on board, unframed
Size: 6 height x 3.75 width
Condition: Good
Provenance: all the paintings we h...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Accolade
Located in Palm Desert, CA
An abstract acrylic and paper on canvas painting by Post War artist Arne Hiersoux. "Accolade" is executed in bold strokes, splashes and drips of yellow, red, black and blue against a...
Category
1960s Post-War Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paper, Acrylic
1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - Blossoming Tree with Wildflowers
By Elvic Steele
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: 1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - Blossoming Tree with Wildflowers
Medium: Oil on board, unframed
Size: 5.75 height x 3.5 width
Condition: Good
Provenance: all the pai...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Mystical Metamorphosis II" (2024) By Stacy D'Aguiar, Original Acrylic Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Stacy D'Aguiar's (US based) "Mystical Metamorphosis II" is an acrylic painting that depicts a colorful and surreal scene of a woman with butterfly wings on a flower.
Artist Statemen...
Category
2010s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Wood, Acrylic
1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - 'Floating' Abstract
By Elvic Steele
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: 1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - 'Floating' Abstract
Artist: Elvic Steele
Medium: Oil on board, unframed
Size: 4 height x 6 width
Condition: Good
Provenance: all the ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - 'Light in the Heart' Abstract
By Elvic Steele
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: 1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - 'Light in the Heart' Abstract
Artist: Elvic Steele
Medium: Oil on board, unframed
Size: 6 height x 4.5 width
Condition: Good
Provenan...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - 'Three Bright Flowers' Abstract
By Elvic Steele
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Stunning original oil painting by Elvic Steele depicting this surrealist fantasy abstract painting.
Elvic Steele is a fascinating English painter. Her works entrance the observer, d...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Untitled" Gerome Kamrowski, circa 1944 American Surrealist Composition
Located in New York, NY
Gerome Kamrowski
Untitled, circa 1944
Signed lower right
Oil on canvas
35 3/4 inches x 47 3/4 inches
Gerome Kamrowski was born in Warren, Minnesota, on January 19, 1914. In 1932 he...
Category
1940s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Untitled
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A painting by Jae Kon Park. "Untitled" is an abstract painting, oil on canvas in blues and greens by Korean, Post-War artist Jae Kon Park. The artwork is signed in the lower left, "J...
Category
Late 20th Century Post-War Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - 'Fire' Abstract Study
By Elvic Steele
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: 1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - 'Fire' Abstract Study
Medium: Oil on board, unframed
Size: 4.5 height x 4 width
Condition: Good
Provenance: all the paintings we have...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
20th Century French Surrealist Portrait of Woman with Landscape Hair signed oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Surrealist Portrait
French, mid 20th century
signed oil on board, framed
Framed: 14 x 16 inches
Board : 9 x 11 inches
Provenance: private collection
Condition: the board has a convex...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - "Metamorphosis"
By Elvic Steele
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: 1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - "Metamorphosis"
Medium: Oil on board, unframed
Size: 4.5 height x 6 width
Condition: Good
Provenance: all the paintings we have by th...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - Hidden Currents Abstract
By Elvic Steele
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: 1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - Hidden Currents Abstract
Medium: Oil on board, unframed
Size: 4.5 height x 6.25 width
Condition: Good
Provenance: all the paintings w...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - 'Colour Energies' Abstract
By Elvic Steele
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: 1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - 'Colour Energies' Abstract
Artist: Elvic Steele
Medium: Oil on board, unframed
Size: 4.5 height x 6 width
Condition: Good
Provenance:...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - "Hoop-la for Prizes"
By Elvic Steele
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: 1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - "Hoop-la for Prizes"
Medium: Oil on board, unframed
Size: 4 height x 3.5 width
Condition: Good
Provenance: all the paintings we have ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - "Secrets + Advertisement"
By Elvic Steele
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: 1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - "Secrets + Advertisement"
Medium: Oil on board, unframed
Size: 6 height x 4.5 width
Condition: Good
Provenance: all the paintings we ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - Whimsy Floral Abstract with Birds
By Elvic Steele
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: 1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - Whimsy Floral Abstract with Birds
Artist: Elvic Steele
Medium: Oil on board, unframed
Size: 6 height x 4.75 width
Condition: Good
Pro...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - "Accord"
By Elvic Steele
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: 1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - "Accord"
Medium: Oil on board, unframed
Size: 4 height x 3 width
Condition: Good
Provenance: all the paintings we have by this artist...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - "Thoughts of a Plant"
By Elvic Steele
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: 1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - "Thoughts of a Plant"
Medium: Oil on board, unframed
Size: 3.5 height x 4 width
Condition: Good
Provenance: all the paintings we have...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - "Kingpin"
By Elvic Steele
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: 1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - "Kingpin"
Medium: Oil on board, unframed
Size: 3.5 height x 4 width
Condition: Good
Provenance: all the paintings we have by this artist have come from the artists estate
Description: "Kingpin" centers on a dynamic, jagged black star-like form bursting outward, encased within layers of fluid blues, greens, and golden hues. The rich, saturated blues suggest depth and water-like motion, contrasting sharply with the angular black centerpiece...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - "Beginnings"
By Elvic Steele
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: 1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - "Beginnings"
Medium: Oil on board, unframed
Size: 3.5 height x 4.5 width
Condition: Good
Provenance: all the paintings we have by thi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - "Peeping Faces"
By Elvic Steele
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: 1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - "Peeping Faces"
Medium: Oil on board, unframed
Size: 3.5 height x 4 width
Condition: Good
Provenance: all the paintings we have by th...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - "Moments of Insight"
By Elvic Steele
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: 1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - "Moments of Insight"
Medium: Oil on board, unframed
Signed: Verso
Size: 5.25 height x 4.5 width
Condition: Good
Provenance: all the p...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Untitled
Located in Palm Desert, CA
An abstract, oil on linen on panel painting executed in bright oranges, blues and dark tans and browns by Post War artist Thomas Nozkowski. Signed verso, "Thomas Nozkowski."
Nozk...
Category
1990s Post-War Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil, Panel
1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - Dynamic Energy Circles
By Elvic Steele
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: 1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - Dynamic Energy Circles
Medium: Oil on board, unframed
Size: 4.5 height x 6 width
Condition: Good
Provenance: all the paintings we hav...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
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