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Composition with Bamboos- Acrylic on Canvas Signed Cherubini

1990s

It is clear that Lee Applegate had an eye for the visually striking. This gouache painting features a heavily textured surface, abstract geometric shapes, and angles that dance along...

In this painting by Charles Jupiter Hamilton's "Downtown San Francisco," the pulsating heartbeat of the city comes alive in a kaleidoscope of color and form. This acrylic abstract se...

Bodies traced in a single gesture, as if scribbled on the wall of a cave or a child's slate. In this gouache by Clifford Kluge, the figures are made up of their contours alone, lines...

This reproduction of Duchamp's "Nude Descending a Staircase" by artist N. Schultz is intriguing due to the depth of the required study and the various stages of refinement that preceded its creation. This is a work using a variety of media. Appearing as a painting, it is almost a sculpture, using pieces of straw and thin wood grouped together and then painted. Studying the painting, beyond the immense amount of research that must have gone into it, reveals another captivating aspect: the subject itself. It is one of Marcel Duchamp's most emblematic works, embodying elements of two crucial movements in the history of art. This was best expressed by Duchamp himself in 1912 when he declared: "I felt more Cubist than Futurist in this abstraction of a nude descending a staircase: the general aspect and the brownish chromatism of the painting are Cubist, even if the treatment of the movement has some Futurist overtones." The nude has always served as a coded representation meeting precise criteria. However, in this context, it is not posed statically but represents almost repeated movements like an open fan, and in relief, thus departing from the classical code of the nude where everything is immediate and requires no keys to interpret the scene. The main silhouette can be seen on the right-hand edge of the figure. And on the left, a multiplication of the same figure descending the staircase. It's extraordinary that the artist has succeeded in imitating this painting, creating a field of observation that rises into a third dimension. Duchamp said of his initial painting...

Bamboo with mirror images and shadows. :: Painting :: Contemporary :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang: No :: Signe...

Bamboo with mirror images and shadows. :: Painting :: Contemporary :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang: No :: Signe...

Colorful abstract composition circa 1960s by J. Majer in a gilt bamboo frame Art Sz: 13-1/2"H x 16-3/8"W Frame Sz: 18-3/4"H x 21-1/2"W

Beautiful abstract composition in white grey and black acrylic. Canvas on wood panel, in a black aluminum frame Artist unknown.