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The first decades of the 20th century were a period of artistic upheaval, with modern art movements including Cubism, Surrealism, Futurism and Dadaism questioning centuries of traditional views of what art should be. Using abstraction, experimental forms and interdisciplinary techniques, painters, sculptors, photographers, printmakers and performance artists all pushed the boundaries of creative expression.

Major exhibitions, like the 1913 Armory Show in New York City — also known as the “International Exhibition of Modern Art,” in which works like the radically angular Nude Descending a Staircase by Marcel Duchamp caused a sensation — challenged the perspective of viewers and critics and heralded the arrival of modern art in the United States. But the movement’s revolutionary spirit took shape in the 19th century.

The Industrial Revolution, which ushered in new technology and cultural conditions across the world, transformed art from something mostly commissioned by the wealthy or the church to work that responded to personal experiences. The Impressionist style emerged in 1860s France with artists like Claude Monet, Paul Cézanne and Edgar Degas quickly painting works that captured moments of light and urban life. Around the same time in England, the Pre-Raphaelites, like Edward Burne-Jones and Dante Gabriel Rossetti, borrowed from late medieval and early Renaissance art to imbue their art with symbolism and modern ideas of beauty.

Emerging from this disruption of the artistic status quo, modern art went further in rejecting conventions and embracing innovation. The bold legacy of leading modern artists Georges Braque, Pablo Picasso, Frida Kahlo, Salvador Dalí, Henri Matisse, Joan Miró, Marc Chagall, Piet Mondrian and many others continues to inform visual culture today.

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Style: Modern
Color:  Yellow
Untitled (Boat)
Located in New York, NY
Louisa Lizbeth Chase was born in 1951 to Benjamin and Wilda Stengel Chase in Panama City, Panama, where her father, a West Point graduate, was stationed. The family moved to Pennsylv...
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20th Century Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Life in Yellow # 108515
Located in ATLANTA, GA
Carlos J. Tirado (born on April 3, 1964 in Caracas, Venezuela) is an artist, painter and sculptor who has developed a very personal and precise line of work linked to Neo-Pop art. With plenty of personal art exhibitions, Tirado has participated in numerous collective exhibitions, receiving different awards such as “III Premio de Escultura” del Certamen Aires de Córdoba in 2004 and other recognitions, among them, at the Venezuelan Embassy in DC (2005), and the X Latin Art Festival of Atlanta (2005). Childhood Tirado grew up in an upper-middle-class family environment. His inclination for the arts started from an early age. At 8 years old, he was already experimenting with tridimensional forms, creating molds out of cast lead from pieces previously gathered on the streets. These first artistic experiences led by his inquisitive nature, provided the ground to continue exploring the possibilities with different materials like wood, waste and plaster. His childhood games were centered around painting and sculpting, which played an important role that ranged from recreational to aesthetics. When Tirado turned 12 years of age, his parents agreed for him to attend private art classes with professor Javier Hernandez in Caracas. Later on, he realized that Art was a profession that required investment in materials, reason that led him to work at a furniture store painting landscapes and figurative art to decorate the exhibit room. He created numerous paintings of Caracas’ famous mountain: El Avila, and other art pieces that not only served as a source of income, but more importantly, led him to deepen his figurative expression. In 1985, he started drawing comic sets for a renowned newspaper El Diario de Caracas, alongside Jorge Blanco...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Paintings

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Acrylic

Mid Century Modern Abstracted Landscape, Big Sur Coast Cliffs
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid Century Modern Abstracted Landscape, Big Sur Coast Cliffs Colorful mid-century landscape of jagged cliffs along the dramatic Big Sur coastline by an unknown artist. Unsigned. P...
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1950s Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Cardboard

DEEP INSIDE #29, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
God has no faces. It has colours and forms. And God is love. Colourful love. Series of bright artworks DEEP INSIDE are ready. Feel him in every artwork. DEEP INSIDE - it’s a s...
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2010s Modern Paintings

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Oil

1950s "Yellow" Mid Century Nude Gouache Painting
Located in Arp, TX
From the estate of Jerry Opper & Ruth Friedman Opper Yellow c. 1950's Gouache on Paper 15" x 18", Unframed *Custom framing available for additional charge. Please expect framing tim...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

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Paper, Gouache

"Cards", Set of 4 Portraits King-Queen-Jack-Joker Figurative Acrylic Painting
Located in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
A set of portraits of four cards characters - "the king, the queen, the jack and the joker". Each of these four acrylic figurative cubist paintings measures 65 cm x 54 cm. A graduate from the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Métiers d'Arts in Paris, Françoise Collandre...
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2010s Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Surreale - Tempera on Paper - 2018
Located in Roma, IT
Tempera on paper realized by Contempologyc in 2018. Excellent condition.
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2010s Modern Paintings

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Tempera

Portrait of Woman in Yellow
Located in London, GB
'Portrait of Woman in Yellow', oil on cardstock paper (circa 1970s), by Raymond Debiève. A cubist portrait of this lovely young woman at her window is ...
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1970s Modern Paintings

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Paper, Oil

Yellow the Colour of the Sun Watercolour on Paper Painting by Rosie Phipps, 2022
Located in Deddington, GB
Yellow the Colour of the Sun by Rosie Phipps [2022] Yellow the Colour of the Sun is an original watercolour and gouache on paper by Rosie Phipps, sold mounted. Featuring her gestura...
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2010s Modern Paintings

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Watercolor, Gouache, Paper

Musing, Figurative, Red, Yellow Color, Oil on Canvas Indian Master "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Dhiraj Chowdhury - Women with the Long Hair 12 x 12 inches (unframed size) Proposed Framed Size : 20 x 20 inches Oil on Canvas, 2012 ( Rolled & Door Delivered ) Style of the Artist : He steadfastly believes that art has to be closely associated with life – with humanity, with humanism. And he comes through with this concept in his works – which are sometimes heart – reading, sometimes violent, brutal even chaotic, but always cogent, modern, and somehow loaded with both wisdom and hope. About the Artist and his work : Born : 1936, West Benagal, India. Education and experience : Graduated from Government College of Art and Craft, Kolkata, and Delhi Polytechnic (Delhi College of Art). In 1996 retired as professor of Painting, College of Art, New Delhi University. Published books on art. Founded a number of art groups and initiated art activities. Exhibitions : Held over 100 solo shows in major cities of India and 20 one-man shows abroad in USA, UK, France, Germany, Switzerland, Singapore, and Sweden. Participated in several group shows, national and international, including one in Geneva in 1979 with Miro, Dali, Calder, Cavalli, Pozzi, and Sugai. Received 15 awards, including the National Award from Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi. Awards : 1950 - Received the Governors Medal, West Bengal. 1959 - Received award for his water colour painting, Govt. College of Art and Craft, Calcutta. 1961 - Received award for his graphic art, Delhi Polytechnic, New Delhi. 1964 - Award for his mural painting, Academy of Fine Arts, Calcutta. 1966 - Award for his Poster Design, All India Poster...
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2010s Modern Paintings

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Acrylic, Board, Oil

"Evoluzione antropologica di una testa" (anthropological evolution of a head)
Located in Milano, MI
This painting by Salvador Aulestia (Barcelona 1915 - Milano 1994) embraces the "figurative post-cubism" style. In fact Salvador Aulestia was artistically grown during the maximum su...
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1980s Modern Paintings

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Acrylic

Secrets, Oil on Canvas, Brown, Black, Yellow by Modern Indian Artist "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Annu Naik - Secrets - 36 x 50 inches ( unframed size) Oil on Canvas , 1970 ( ROLLED AND DOOR DELIVERED ) Annu Naik was born in 1943 in Karnataka. She graduated with a diploma in F...
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1970s Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

'Circle of Marine Life', Aquatic, Psychedelic Fish Monster, Yellow Submarine
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'Baba' and dated 1977. A large and colorful Pop Art derived perspective on the aquatic circle of life.
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1970s Modern Paintings

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Masonite, Gouache, Canvas, Acrylic

Large Blue, Red, and Yellow Modern Abstract Curved Wall Sculpture Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Blue, red, and yellow toned modern abstract painting. Each section is comprised of curved wood panels of varying depths which adds an extra layer of dimension to the work. The three ...
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Late 20th Century Modern Paintings

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Wood, Acrylic

"Sunflowers, " Frank London, Modernist Yellow Floral Still Life with Window
Located in New York, NY
Frank Marsdon London (1876 - 1945) Sunflowers Oil on canvas 31 x 22 inches Signed lower right Exhibited: Pittsburgh, Carnegie Museum of Art. Frank Marsden London was born in the small Southern town of Pittsboro in central North Carolina in 1876. When he reached adulthood, London attended the University of North Carolina...
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1920s Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Reclining Nude
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A painting by Joseph Stella. "Reclining Nude" is a figurative painting, oil on canvas in a bright palette of yellows, greens, and tans by American Modernist artist Joseph Stella. The...
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Early 20th Century Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Yellow Nude, oil on paper, figural, modern
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Born in New Haven, Connecticut in 1921, artist Norman Rubington studied at the Yale School of Fine Arts and Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris where he participated in a number of group exhibitions and his first solo show at the Salon d'Automne in 1948, which received high acclaim. Following his studies, he returned to the States and exhibited in a series of shows in Boston, New York and San Francisco. Rubington was awarded a grant from the Tiffany Foundation, a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Prix de Rome prize and was a fellow of the McDowell Art Colony in New Hampshire. Rubington exhibited at the Salon d'Automne, Paris, City Center, New York, Carl Siembab Gallery, Boston, Berman Museum of Art, Pennsylvania, American Academy, Rome, Museum of Fine Arts, San Francisco, Corcoran Gallery, Washington D.C., Art Institute of Chicago, American Art Gallery, Copenhagen, Rome Art Club, and Museo Berera, Milan. Rubington's work is held in numerous private and public collections including permanent collections of the J.H. Hirschorn Museum, Washington, D.C., San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, CA, Obelisk Gallery, London, Court Gallery, Copenhagen, Grace Cathedral...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Paper, Oil

Yellow dress. Paper, mixed media, 8x5.5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Yellow dress. Paper, mixed media, 8x5.5 cm Adolfs Zardins (1890 08 II Riga, Latvia – 1967 07 II Jurmala, Latvia), painter. Only in 1990 his relatives gi...
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Late 20th Century Modern Paintings

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Paper, Mixed Media, Watercolor

Landscape, Acrylic on Canvas, Green, Yellow by Modern Indian Artist “In Stock”
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Prakash Karmakar - Untitled - 36 x 40 inches ( unframed size ) Acrylic on Canvas , 2012 Prakash Karmakar was the most senior artist of Bengal . He was instrumental in the Bengal M...
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1990s Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Pastel

Untitled, Mixed Media on Paper, Black, Yellow colour by Modern Artist "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Sakti Burman (a) Untitled - 7.5 x 9.5 inches (Unframed size) Watercolour on Paper (b) Untitled - 3 x 6 inches (Unframed size) Pen on Paper , 1992 (c) Untitled - 4.5 x 9 inc...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Paintings

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Paper, Ink, Pen, Mixed Media

La Bionica II, 2004
Located in ATLANTA, GA
Wladimiro Politano (February 19, 1940 Lago (Cosenza), Italy) is an Italian sculptor, painter and drawer. Politano's work has been exhibited in the ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Paintings

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Oil

Shovel Handles, 1950s Framed American Modernist Oil Painting, Green Bronze Blue
Located in Denver, CO
"Shovel Handles" is an original vintage 1953 modernist oil painting by mid 20th century Denver artist, Paul K. Smith (1893-1977). Signed dated by the artist in the lower margin, titl...
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1950s Modern Paintings

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Oil

Simplicite
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 (2011-2016) Collectors Exhibitions 1970 jean Tannous graduates from the national superior institute of fine arts of the university of lebanon. he teaches at the same institute in 1974 and 1975. 1976 fleeing the lebanon war upon his arrival in paris, Tannous obtains the certificate of the commission of professionalism for artists & intellectual workers. affiliated with the maison des artistes, he works at the place du tertre doing portraits for tourists. during this period, Tannous masters all painting techniques, thanks to his years of experience spent in european museums doing copies of great masters. paris (1976-2001) finally Tannous settled down in paris. he participates in the creation of a fresco for the ratp in the subway, the spiral of the abbesses. he collaborates with the régie immobilière de la ville de paris and the mairie de paris. under this banner he will participate in several projects in belgium (ypres, ostende, ghent and bruges among others). in sandnes, norway, he contributes to the realization of another fresco, le pont de paris. the cartier and baume & mercier companies appeal to the talents of Tannous for their seminars. 1977 with the support of günther kaphammel, the famous german watercolourist, Tannous receives an invitation to exhibit in braunschweig at the jaeschke gallery. this is the beginning of his career in germany. Tannous collaborates with karstadt for a long time. he creates many portraits of celebrities that pose for him, such as rudi cerne, dr volker schmidt, herbert paschen and helmut marmulla. 1982 in paris, jimmy carter poses for tannous. the artist carefully keeps the thank-you letter that the former us president sends him. Tannous also portrays the former president of the ivory coast, his excellence félix houphouët-boigny and the sultan oman qabus ibn saïd. 1984 after a long period of research, Tannous discovers a new way to protect his artistic creations by covering them with an innovative varnish which quickly becomes his signature. the artist also excels in sculpture with the realization of busts. 1986 Tannous wins first prize in a painting contest held by l’île des impressionnistes. the winning work is acquired by the fournaise museum. 1987 karstadt-recklinghausen surprises the artist with a jubiläum for their ten-year collaboration. 1988 Tannous designed the entirety of the bang & olufsen home in parly 2 (chesnay-versailles). 1991 the artist founds and presides over carré ouvert, an official association of professional artists. it will be very active at the mitsukoshi gallery in paris for 9 years, performing, among other things, a decor of parisian cafés in trompe-l’oeil. 1992 carré ouvert organizes an event in carroz d'arâches with québecois artists, such as sylvain cousineau, suzelle levasseur, hanibal srouji and michel madore. the same year, paravision, chaired by raphaël berdugo, now known as europacorp, sponsors Tannous by providing him a large workshop for 8 years. from 1992 to 2000, the agency of modern art regularly represents Tannous in germany, especially in braunschweig, spain and united states. 1993 Tannous personalizes a harley-davidson for the harley-davidson convention in frankfurt (germany). 1996 in march, the artist is exhibited at the artexpo of new york, represented by the bernice jackson gallery. in july, he exhibits at the kennedy studios gallery in boston, alongside the works of hundertwasser. the next month, the caesars palace casino in atlantic city invites Tannous for a solo exhibition, for which he created twelve large formats paintings. 1997 france-okinawa elects Tannous vice-president of their association. this organization promotes relationships between france and japan. it brings okinawa’s kumi odori ballet to paris. Tannous founds europ'art, an association of experienced artists specialized in frescoes. karstadt (hambourg, germany) selects ten european painters for a major exhibition. Tannous is one of them. the artist collaborates with stephanie, an art dealer, who organizes several solo exhibitions in for him across switzerland - notably at the polo gallery, in männedorf-zürich. 1998 Tannous exhibits at porsche in fulda (germany) for a private sale reserved for their customers. the artist moves to 34 avenue des champs-élysées, where he establishes his workshop, keeping it until 2001. 1999 Tannous participates in the international kiev art festival (ukraine). in the scientific, economic and cultural guide der pfiffikus, Tannous is presented by katja gross as an innovative painter and creator of a new technique. hartmann tresore places an order to Tannous for a special edition of large safes...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

Composition 1986 - Tempera by Leo Guida
Located in Roma, IT
Composition 1986 is an original sketch in tempera by Leo Guida. The artwork is in good conditions, on a cardboard 50x70. Image Dimensions:42.2 x 59.5 cm Hand-signed with pencil b...
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1980s Modern Paintings

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Tempera

Untitled
Located in New York, NY
Louisa Lizbeth Chase was born in 1951 to Benjamin and Wilda Stengel Chase in Panama City, Panama, where her father, a West Point graduate, was stationed. The family moved to Pennsylv...
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20th Century Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Costume - Painting by Alkis Matheos - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Costume is an original painting artwork in mixed media on paper realized by the Greek-French artist Alkis Matheos . Good conditions . Signed by artist'...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

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Mixed Media

Labyrinth, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
44” x 44” x 1.5” original painting on stretched canvas, with the image continuing around the sides so that no frame is required. It comes with picture wire, ready to hang. ...
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2010s Modern Paintings

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Acrylic

Landscape, Nude, Watercolor, Blue, Green, Yellow by Indian Artist "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Kartick Chandra Pyne - Untitled - 22.5 x 30 inches (unframed size) Water color on thick imported paper Inclusive of shipment in roll form. Style : After graduating from the Governme...
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Early 2000s Modern Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

Head I, Mixed Media on Board, Red, Green, Yellow by Indian Artist "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Sunil Das - Head I - 7.25 x 7.25 inches (unframed size) Mixed Media on Board Inclusive of shipment in ready to hang form. Sunil Das (1939-2015) was a Master Modern Indian Artist fro...
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1980s Modern Paintings

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Mixed Media, Board

Head I, Mixed Media on Board, Red, Yellow by Indian Padma Shree Artist"In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Sunil Das - Head I - 19.50 x 15.25 inches (unframed size) Mixed Media on Board, 2002 Inclusive of shipment in ready to hang form. Sunil Das (1939-2015) was a Master Modern Indian Ar...
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Early 2000s Modern Paintings

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Mixed Media, Board

Collage Series V, Abstract, Mixed Media, Fevicryl Fire, Foil, Yellow "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Sunil Das - Collage Series V - 16 x 11 inches (unframed size) Collage Series, Mixed Media, Fevicryl Fire on thick Imported Paper Inclusive of shipment in ready to hang form. Sunil D...
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2010s Modern Paintings

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Foil

Horse, Pastel on sand paper, Red, Green, Blue, Yellow by Indian Artist"In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Sunil Das - Horse - 11 x 9 inches (unframed size) Pastel on Sand paper Inclusive of shipment in ready to hang form. Sunil Das was one of India's most important postmodernist painter...
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1960s Modern Paintings

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Pastel, Paper

Modernist Blue & Yellow Abstract
By Grady McDonald
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful oil abstract titled "Coming Out" by Grady McDonald (American, 1938-1980). Signed lower right, titled and dated 1974 on verso. Unframed. Image, 50”H x 44”W. Grady McDona...
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1970s Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Yellow Autumn from a Terrace
By Ivon Hitchens
Located in London, GB
Signed 'Hitchens' (lower right); further signed and inscribed 'IVON HITCHENS/Greenleaves Lavington Common/Petworth Sussex/Yellow Autumn/from a Terrace' (on a label attached to the st...
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1940s Modern Paintings

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Oil

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