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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
Mid-Century Modern Vintage Swedish Still Life Oil Painting - Gathered Harvest
Mid-Century Modern Vintage Swedish Still Life Oil Painting - Gathered Harvest

Mid-Century Modern Vintage Swedish Still Life Oil Painting - Gathered Harvest

Located in Bristol, GB

GATHERED HARVEST Size: 52 x 61 cm (including frame) Oil on Canvas A charming mid-century still life that captures a carefully arranged collection of apples, ceramic ware, and draped...

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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Mid Century Still Life with Flowers in Green Vase and Blue Abstract Painting
Mid Century Still Life with Flowers in Green Vase and Blue Abstract Painting

Mid Century Still Life with Flowers in Green Vase and Blue Abstract Painting

Located in Cotignac, FR

Mid Century still life of flowers in a vase by S Soreau. The painting is signed bottom right and is presented in a fine, deep, limed wood frame. This wonderful colourful painting fe...

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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

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Oil, Board

Woman and Child in the Woods - Midcentury Abstracted Landscape in Oil on Canvas
Woman and Child in the Woods - Midcentury Abstracted Landscape in Oil on Canvas

Woman and Child in the Woods - Midcentury Abstracted Landscape in Oil on Canvas

Located in Soquel, CA

Woman and Child in the Woods - Midcentury Abstracted Landscape in Oil on Canvas Dramatic abstracted painting of a woman holding a child in the woods by Maley (20th Century). This pi...

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1970s Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars

Still Life in the Manner of Renoir, Signed Alberti
Still Life in the Manner of Renoir, Signed Alberti

Still Life in the Manner of Renoir, Signed Alberti

Located in New York, NY

Untitled (Kitchen Still Life), 20th century Oil on canvas 11 1/8 x 15 3/4 in. Framed: 17 x 21 1/2 x 1 in. Signed lower right: Alberti

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20th Century Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Tighties" 1950's Gouache Male Nude Mid Century Painting
"Tighties" 1950's Gouache Male Nude Mid Century Painting

"Tighties" 1950's Gouache Male Nude Mid Century Painting

By Jerry Opper

Located in Arp, TX

From the estate of Jerry Opper & Ruth Friedman Opper Tighties c. 1950's Gouache on Paper 15" x 18" blue lacquered frame 18.5"x1.75"x21.5" Unsigned From the estate of Ruth Friedmann Opper & Jerry Opper. Ruth was the daughter of Bauhaus artist, Gustav Friedmann...

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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

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Paper, Gouache

The woman by the window, the menorah: large poignant mysterious Jewish interior
The woman by the window, the menorah: large poignant mysterious Jewish interior

The woman by the window, the menorah: large poignant mysterious Jewish interior

Located in Norwich, GB

A mysterious blond young woman is standing by the window in a plush drawing room which has a velvety feel. With her back turned to us, she is looking out over the spires and roofs of...

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1930s Modern Paintings

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Oil, Board

Black and White Figures In Restaurant French 20th Century Modernist Painting
Black and White Figures In Restaurant French 20th Century Modernist Painting

Black and White Figures In Restaurant French 20th Century Modernist Painting

By Guy Nicod

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Figures In Restraunt by Guy Nicod (French 1923 - 2021) gouache paper stuck on artist paper, unframed painting : 10 x 13 inches provenance: artists estate, France condition: very good...

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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

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Gouache

Suzanna and the Elders, American Watercolor, Signed, 1940s
Suzanna and the Elders, American Watercolor, Signed, 1940s

Suzanna and the Elders, American Watercolor, Signed, 1940s

By Ben Shahn

Located in Miami, FL

A modern interpretation of the biblical story Suzanna and the Elders. Signed lower right Ink and wash on paper The Downtown Gallery Felix Landau Gallery Ernest Brown & Phillips, Ltd...

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1940s Modern Paintings

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Ink, Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper

Factory #2/Yellow Shed

Factory #2/Yellow Shed

By Marina Stern

Located in Los Angeles, CA

This work is part of our exhibition Marina Stern Luminary, the first retrospective of the artist since 2007. Marina Stern was a multifaceted New York-based artist whose works ranged from Expressionism and Pop Art to the Neo Immaculate paintings and pastels for which she is best known. A native of Venice, Stern and her family fled in 1939 to escape Italy’s repressive racial laws. After living in England for several years, the family arrived in the United States in 1941. A bright and capable student, Stern graduated from New York’s Julia Richman High School at age 15 and soon enrolled in the Pratt Institute to pursue an interdisciplinary education in the arts. Despite majoring in advertising design, Stern favored her fine art courses. She graduated from Pratt in 1946 at age 18 and began working for advertising agencies. After a brief marriage which ended in divorce, Stern married her second husband, who encouraged the artist to study at the Art Students League of New York, under the renowned Japanese American modernist, Yasuo Kuniyoshi. In Fall 1953, Stern gave birth to her first child, Michael, as she continued to study at the Arts Students League. Later in the Spring of 1957, Stern gave birth to her daughter Nina, as she continued to balance motherhood with her fine art practice and commercial art and design work. Stern’s first significant exhibitions were in 1962 at the Waverly Gallery and the Osgood Gallery, both in New York, followed by inclusion of her work in the Bertha Schaefer Traveling Collage Show from 1963 to 1964. Stern made a splash in the avant-garde art world in 1964 when Time magazine reviewed a show at Amel Gallery which featured three of her audio-visual paintings. Time’s critic noted that Stern created the “cleverest noisemakers” in the exhibition. Time dubbed this work “Talkie Pop,” a label which Stern rejected. Following this recognition, Stern was selected for inclusion in The New American Realism at the Worcester Art Museum—a major showcase of leading artists, including Andy Warhol, Robert Indiana, Roy Lichtenstein, and Jasper Johns. After the Worcester exhibition, Stern began to shift away from her “talking” Pop paintings to mysterious, interior scenes with orange, blue or black walls with windows or doors rising above black and white floors, often depopulated, but sometimes with figures. One of these works, Seven Minus Twenty-One Equals Seven, entered the permanent collection of New York’s Museum of Modern Art in 1966. By 1969, Stern began to incorporate industrial images into these scenes, and in the early 1970s, Stern created her first Neo-Immaculate works of rural, and urban landscapes, which she described as her most satisfying work. Stern often depicted locations that she held close -- New York, New Jersey, Iowa (where her son attended college), Sharon, Connecticut (where her family spent weekends and vacations) and her native Venice, Italy. Stern’s success as a Neo Immaculate painter led to consistent New York gallery representation for over two decades, first with Lee Ault & Co and James Yu Gallery, and then Forum Gallery, where she had six solo shows. Stern completed a Neo-Immaculate mural commission for the Port Authority of New York, George Washington Bridge #1 and #2, followed by another commission from the NY Cityarts Public Art Program in 1976 for a mural on Mulberry Street. Stern also enjoyed solo exhibitions in Boston (Eleanor Rigelhaupt Gallery), Connecticut (Silo Gallery, the Hotchkiss School, J. Rosenthal Fine Arts Gallery, Tremaine Gallery, and Staib Gallery), Chicago (Michael Rosenfeld Gallery), and Santa Fe (Santa Fe East Gallery). Her work was included in group shows at over a dozen public institutions, including The National Academy of Design, The Staten Island Museum, Worcester Art Museum, the Oklahoma Art Center, and the Arkansas Art Center. The Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art hosted a retrospective of four decades of Stern’s work from January 19 to April 22, 2007, entitled Perception and the Cultural Environment: The Paintings of Marina...

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1990s Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Vintage American Impressionist Waterfall Landscape Signed Framed Oil Painting
Vintage American Impressionist Waterfall Landscape Signed Framed Oil Painting

Vintage American Impressionist Waterfall Landscape Signed Framed Oil Painting

Located in Buffalo, NY

Vintage American impressionist waterfall landscape oil painting. Oil on board. Signed. Framed. Provenance from a Sag Harbor, NY collection. Measuring: 20 by 16 inches painting alone....

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1960s Modern Paintings

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Oil

Abstract Sunflowers Still Life French Modernist Gouache Painting
Abstract Sunflowers Still Life French Modernist Gouache Painting

Abstract Sunflowers Still Life French Modernist Gouache Painting

By Guy Nicod

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Title: Abstract Sunflowers Still Life French Modernist Gouache Painting Guy Nicod (French 1923 - 2021) Gouache on artist paper, unframed Size: 19.75 x 24.25 inches (height x width) ...

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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

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Gouache

Neighbors

Neighbors

By Norman Barr

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Neighbors, 1939, oil on canvas, signed and dated lower right, 22 x 26 inches Norman Barr was an American Scene painter and muralist known for his poignant depictions of working-clas...

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1930s Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Mid 20th Century French Modernist Oil, Portrait of a Figure in Blue
Mid 20th Century French Modernist Oil, Portrait of a Figure in Blue

Mid 20th Century French Modernist Oil, Portrait of a Figure in Blue

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Artist/ School: French School, mid 20th century Title: Portrait of a figure in blue Medium: oil painting on canvas, framed Size: framed: 30.75 x 25.5 inches canvas: 28.75 x 2...

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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

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Oil

Mid-Century Modern Man - Portrait in Oil on Canvas
Mid-Century Modern Man - Portrait in Oil on Canvas

Mid-Century Modern Man - Portrait in Oil on Canvas

Located in Soquel, CA

Subtle and moody portrait of a Pensive man by Joan Tidwell (American, 1930-2002). The sitter in the portrait is a middle-aged man looking slightly downwards, wearing a collared shirt. This piece is completed in a tan and green palette, creating a somber feeling. Of particular note are the confident, thick brushstrokes - each one is well-placed in the modernist style. Similar in some ways to Picasso's portraits. Signed "Joan Tidwell" on verso Unframed. Canvas size: 30"H x 22"W oan Gay Tidwell (American, 1930-2002) was born and raised in Hollywood, CA, where she had some success as a child actor. Later, she graduated Magna Cum Laude from the University of Washington with a Master's Degree in English Literature and Drama. Tidwell moved to the Bay...

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1960s Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Farm in the Valley - Plein Air California Landscape
Farm in the Valley - Plein Air California Landscape

Farm in the Valley - Plein Air California Landscape

Located in Soquel, CA

Farm in the Valley - Plein Air California Landscape Beautiful mid century landscape of a California farm by Baumgardner (American, 20th Century). The viewer stands on a dirt road, w...

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20th Century Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Origins of Light
Origins of Light

Origins of Light

By Eleanor Miller

Located in Westport, CT

Eleanor Miller’s painting reflects her observation of nature and the creatures that share this planet with us. In this painting. She is inspired by farm land that surrounds her Conn...

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2010s Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Arctic Light - Orange Sun, Gouache on Japanese Paper, 1950s
Arctic Light - Orange Sun, Gouache on Japanese Paper, 1950s

Arctic Light - Orange Sun, Gouache on Japanese Paper, 1950s

By Karl Zerbe

Located in Fairlawn, OH

Arctic Light-Orange Sun Unsigned Gouache on Japanese fibrous paper Series: Tundra Paintings Exhibited: Karl Zerbe, Gouaches of the Artic Nordness Gallery, (Madison Avenue, NY) Feb 3 through Feb 23, 1958 Cat. No. 12 (label with work, see photo...

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1950s Modern Paintings

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Gouache

Mid-Century Gouache Painting, American Modern, Circa 1950
Mid-Century Gouache Painting, American Modern, Circa 1950

Mid-Century Gouache Painting, American Modern, Circa 1950

Located in Arp, TX

From the estate of Jerry Opper & Ruth Friedmann Opper Slit c. 1940-1950's Gouache on Paper 15" x 18", Unframed *Custom framing available for additional charge. Please expect fra...

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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

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Paper, Gouache

Large 1970's French Modernist Oil Painting The Card Game Players Casino Interior
Large 1970's French Modernist Oil Painting The Card Game Players Casino Interior

Large 1970's French Modernist Oil Painting The Card Game Players Casino Interior

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

The Card Game in the Casino French Modernist, circa 1970's oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 21.5 x 25.5 inches provenance: private collection, France condition: very good and sound co...

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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Antique American Signed Cubist Still Life Silver Frame Modernist Oil Painting
Antique American Signed Cubist Still Life Silver Frame Modernist Oil Painting

Antique American Signed Cubist Still Life Silver Frame Modernist Oil Painting

Located in Buffalo, NY

Antique American modernist flower still life painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed in a period silver leaf molding. Excellent condi...

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1940s Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Large French Floral Still Life Oil Painting Vibrant Bouquet L. Franck
Large French Floral Still Life Oil Painting Vibrant Bouquet L. Franck

Large French Floral Still Life Oil Painting Vibrant Bouquet L. Franck

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Title Large French Floral Still Life Oil Painting Vibrant Bouquet L. Franck Key Details Artist: L. Franck (French), signed lower right, circa 1970s Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 36 x ...

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Late 20th Century Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Tulips & Lemons in Sunny Window Mediterranean Sea Signed French Oil Painting
Tulips & Lemons in Sunny Window Mediterranean Sea Signed French Oil Painting

Tulips & Lemons in Sunny Window Mediterranean Sea Signed French Oil Painting

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Tulips French Modernist School, mid 20th century signed oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 21.5 x 26 inches Provenance: private collection, France Condition: very good condition For mo...

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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

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Oil

Mid 20th Century French Signed Oil South of France Fishing Nets Drying in Harbor
Mid 20th Century French Signed Oil South of France Fishing Nets Drying in Harbor

Mid 20th Century French Signed Oil South of France Fishing Nets Drying in Harbor

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Drying the Nets French School, mid 20th century signed oil on board, framed framed: 13 x 18 inches board: 10.5 x 15 provenance: private collection, France condition: might benefit f...

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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

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Oil

Mid Century Modern Swedish Seascape Oil Painting - Still Waters, Quiet Shore
Mid Century Modern Swedish Seascape Oil Painting - Still Waters, Quiet Shore

Mid Century Modern Swedish Seascape Oil Painting - Still Waters, Quiet Shore

Located in Bristol, GB

STILL WATERS, QUIET SHORE Size: 42 x 70 cm (including frame) Oil on canvas A mid-century modernist painting of a coastal scene that presents a serene moment along a quiet shoreline,...

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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Morning Milk Carton in Floral Kitchen
Morning Milk Carton in Floral Kitchen

Morning Milk Carton in Floral Kitchen

Located in Zofingen, AG

shipped in roll Colorful teapot with flowers and polka dot coffee mug still life Acrylic Painting on canvas One of a kind artwork Size: 80 × 100 × 3 cm (unframed) The artwork is t...

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2010s Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

View of Venice, Oil on Canvas, Late 19th Century, Framed, 60x81 cm
View of Venice, Oil on Canvas, Late 19th Century, Framed, 60x81 cm

View of Venice, Oil on Canvas, Late 19th Century, Framed, 60x81 cm

Located in Roma, IT

View of Venice is an original oil on canvas realized in the late 19th Century by a Master of Italian School. On the reverse: label with inscribed “E. Mareis” The painting represent...

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Late 19th Century Modern Paintings

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Oil

Lluís Mercader – Mid Century Spanish Still Life with Apples, Oil on Canvas 1950s
Lluís Mercader – Mid Century Spanish Still Life with Apples, Oil on Canvas 1950s

Lluís Mercader – Mid Century Spanish Still Life with Apples, Oil on Canvas 1950s

By Lluis Mercader

Located in Sitges, Barcelona

Oil on canvas 19 x 24 cm (7.49 x 9.45 in) Framed Signed lower right Good condition A charming mid-century still life by Lluís Mercader, dated circa 1955, depicting two apples render...

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1950s Modern Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Woman in Red Suit
Woman in Red Suit

Woman in Red Suit

Located in Zofingen, AG

Acrylic painting on paper One of a kind artwork Size: 54,5 × 37,5 × 0,1 cm It is original painting on 160gsm acid-free paper The artwork is titled and signed on the front and also ...

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2010s Modern Paintings

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Acrylic, Archival Paper

Brave Ocean Inspired Mixed Media Painting, Framed, Modern Art
Brave Ocean Inspired Mixed Media Painting, Framed, Modern Art

Brave Ocean Inspired Mixed Media Painting, Framed, Modern Art

By Giuseppe Beddru

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Reminiscent of the Fauvist movement and Italian classicism, Italian artist Giuseppe Beddru’s bold outlines, dynamic brushstrokes and contrasting use of color make his work visually e...

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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Paintings

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Plexiglass, Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Woman on Escalator
Woman on Escalator

Woman on Escalator

Located in Zofingen, AG

Acrylic painting on paper One of a kind artwork Size: 42 × 60 × 0,1 cm It is original painting on 160gsm acid-free paper The artwork is titled and signed on the front and also come...

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2010s Modern Paintings

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Acrylic, Archival Paper

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