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Romantic Art

ROMANTIC STYLE

In emphasizing emotion and imagination, romantic art shifted away from the restraint of classicism and neoclassicism that had dominated art in Europe since the Renaissance. Romanticism achieved its greatest popularity in art, literature, music and philosophy between 1780 and 1830, although its expression of individual experiences ranging from awe to passion informed culture in the decades after.

Landscape painting was especially popular during the romantic period, as were nature studies of wild animals and fantasies of exotic lands. Romanticism varied across Europe as it reacted to the rise of industrialization, a more personal relationship with faith that was distanced from the church and the rationalist thinking of the Enlightenment.

British painters such as John Constable and J.M.W. Turner responded dramatically to the light and atmosphere of the natural world, while William Blake conveyed humanity’s connection to the divine in his visionary art. In Germany, the late-18th-century Sturm und Drang, or Storm and Drive, movement, with its probing of the unconscious, inspired a sense of mystery in work by romantic artists such as Caspar David Friedrich and Philipp Otto Runge. In France, where the French Revolution had turned tradition upside down, Théodore Géricault and Eugène Delacroix used lush brushwork to paint monumental canvases with tumultuous scenes of nature and history.

The romantic movement and its subject matter were a significant influence on the Pre-Raphaelites, Symbolists and the American painters of the Hudson River School, as well as on other cultural movements in the 19th and 20th centuries that saw artists build on this perspective in which art was guided by emotion rather than reason.

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Style: Romantic
Jack Russell Puppies seated with a Kitten
By Debbie Allwright
Located in Woodbury, CT
Debbie Allwright is an English painter and book illustrated. Her skill and quality of drawing is first rate.
Category

1990s Romantic Art

Materials

Watercolor

Delacroix, Composition, Trente et un Dessins et Aquarelles du Maroc (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on fine vélin paper, mounted on archival mat-board, as issued. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the folio, Eugène De...
Category

1920s Romantic Art

Materials

Lithograph

Delacroix, Composition, Trente et un Dessins et Aquarelles du Maroc (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on fine vélin paper, mounted on archival mat-board, as issued. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the folio, Eugène De...
Category

1920s Romantic Art

Materials

Lithograph

Delacroix, Composition, Trente et un Dessins et Aquarelles du Maroc (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on fine vélin paper, mounted on archival mat-board, as issued. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the folio, Eugène De...
Category

1920s Romantic Art

Materials

Lithograph

Delacroix, Composition, Trente et un Dessins et Aquarelles du Maroc (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on fine vélin paper, mounted on archival mat-board, as issued. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the folio, Eugène De...
Category

1920s Romantic Art

Materials

Lithograph

Delacroix, Composition, Trente et un Dessins et Aquarelles du Maroc (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on fine vélin paper, mounted on archival mat-board, as issued. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the folio, Eugène De...
Category

1920s Romantic Art

Materials

Lithograph

Delacroix, Composition, Trente et un Dessins et Aquarelles du Maroc (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on fine vélin paper, mounted on archival mat-board, as issued. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the folio, Eugène De...
Category

1920s Romantic Art

Materials

Lithograph

Delacroix, Composition, Trente et un Dessins et Aquarelles du Maroc (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on fine vélin paper, mounted on archival mat-board, as issued. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the folio, Eugène De...
Category

1920s Romantic Art

Materials

Lithograph

Blue Ocean - Wiehler Handmade Gobelin Tapestry Brown White Pink Blue Black Grey
Located in Sofia, BG
Blue Ocean Wiehler Handmade Gobelin Tapestry by Maestro Vera Petrova - Sapundjieva, Bulgarian artist 1912 - 1985 About the artwork TECHNIQUE: Wiehler H...
Category

1930s Romantic Art

Materials

Tapestry

Show and Tell
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Show and Tell" 1999, is a color off set lithograph by British/American artist Pati Bannister, 1929-2013. It is hand signed, titled and numbered 476/950 in pencil by the artist. Published by Masters Publishing INC, New York. The image size is 17.5 x 21 inches, sheet size is 23.25 x 26 inches. It is in excellent condition. About the artist: Pati Bannister was born in Highgate, England, overlooking London in 1929. Growing up, both of her parents were artists. Her mother painted watercolor landscapes, while her father painted portraits. To help further her natural talents, she took art lessons as a young girl and ultimately went to work for J. Arthur Rank, the movie maker, as an animator.​ At 22 years old, she came to the United States as a governess for a family in Connecticut. Later she became a flight attendant in Florida where she met her future husband, Glynn. Little did she know, he would become the strongest influence in her life as he inspired her to pursue and share her artistic abilities with the public. ​In 1958, Pati and Glynn moved to New Orleans and she started painting portraits in Jackson Square. Eventually, she opened two art galleries located in the French Quarter. In the late 1960's, they moved to the Mississippi Gulf Coast...
Category

Late 20th Century Romantic Art

Materials

Lithograph

Hand colored Etching - Souk a’ Gabes Tunisia
Located in San Francisco, CA
This exceptional hand colored etching and aquatint is by the noted Parisian artist William Adolphe Lambrecht (1876-1940). The print depicts the Souk, or market in Gabes, Tunisia. It ...
Category

1920s Romantic Art

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

Angel woke up, 90x80cm, acrylic on canvas
Located in Yerevan, AM
Angel woke up 90x80 cm
Category

2010s Romantic Art

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas

Delacroix, Composition, Trente et un Dessins et Aquarelles du Maroc (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on fine vélin paper, mounted on archival mat-board, as issued. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the folio, Eugène De...
Category

1920s Romantic Art

Materials

Lithograph

"CASTLE CHANCELLOR", porcelain clay sculpture, turquoise glaze, royal court
Located in Toronto, Ontario
CASTLE CHANCELLOR is a porcelain clay sculpture with Turquoise Glaze and slip, by Brooklyn, New York artist Rene Murray. It measures 24"H x 22"W x 11"D. It...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Romantic Art

Materials

Clay, Porcelain, Glaze

Delacroix, Composition, Trente et un Dessins et Aquarelles du Maroc (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on fine vélin paper, mounted on archival mat-board, as issued. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the folio, Eugène De...
Category

1920s Romantic Art

Materials

Lithograph

Delacroix, Composition, Trente et un Dessins et Aquarelles du Maroc (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on fine vélin paper, mounted on archival mat-board, as issued. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the folio, Eugène De...
Category

1920s Romantic Art

Materials

Lithograph

Delacroix, Composition, Trente et un Dessins et Aquarelles du Maroc (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on fine vélin paper, mounted on archival mat-board, as issued. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the folio, Eugène De...
Category

1920s Romantic Art

Materials

Lithograph

Delacroix, Composition, Trente et un Dessins et Aquarelles du Maroc (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on fine vélin paper, mounted on archival mat-board, as issued. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the folio, Eugène De...
Category

1920s Romantic Art

Materials

Lithograph

Delacroix, Composition, Trente et un Dessins et Aquarelles du Maroc (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on fine vélin paper, mounted on archival mat-board, as issued. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the folio, Eugène De...
Category

1920s Romantic Art

Materials

Lithograph

Delacroix, Composition, Trente et un Dessins et Aquarelles du Maroc (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on fine vélin paper, mounted on archival mat-board, as issued. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the folio, Eugène De...
Category

1920s Romantic Art

Materials

Lithograph

Delacroix, Composition, Trente et un Dessins et Aquarelles du Maroc (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on fine vélin paper, mounted on archival mat-board, as issued. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the folio, Eugène De...
Category

1920s Romantic Art

Materials

Lithograph

Hope
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Edition of 10 Maine-based photographic artist and writer Sal Taylor Kydd uses various photographic media in a personal narrative that explores themes around memory and belonging; co...
Category

2010s Romantic Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

1920's Boats on the Nile Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful seascape oil painting of boats sailing on the Nile, showing the city in the background by an unknown artist, c.1920. Unsigned. Rustic frame. Image, 20"H x 44"W.
Category

Early 20th Century Romantic Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Coral brooch. Naples. XIX century
Located in Firenze, IT
Antique Italian Coral brooch. Naples.
 XIX century. Total weight 5,60gr. Size 4,2 cm FREE WORLDWIDE SHIPPING Coral engraved and carved in...
Category

19th Century Romantic Art

Materials

Gold

Leaves Dancing
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Edition of 10 Maine-based photographic artist and writer Sal Taylor Kydd uses various photographic media in a personal narrative that explores themes around memory and belonging; co...
Category

2010s Romantic Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Figurative Portrait of Woman With Flame, Incandescente New n°1_Swan Scalabre
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Swan Scalabre "Incandescente New n°1" Oil on Wood 13.25 x 11.25 in. Born in the Alpes de Haute Provence region of France in 1977, Swan Scalabre investigates the silent gaze placed ...
Category

2010s Romantic Art

Materials

Oil, Wood

"La Chasse Imaginaire” Spaniel Romantic Dog Photograph with plexiglass frame
Located in Charleston, US
Alain Foussier, born in France living in the Netherlands, perfects the mood and spirit of Spaniel dogs with his portrait photography. His Spaniel dog a...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Romantic Art

Materials

Photographic Paper

“The Softest Hour”, 2025, Floral, Rhythmic, Romantic, Framed, Tulips, Nostalgic
Located in Woodstock, GA
"The Softest Hour" is a delicate, heartfelt portrait of two tulips rendered with a quiet grace. Small in size, yet rich in atmosphere, this floral painting captures a fleeting moment...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Romantic Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Entwined
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Edition of 10 Maine-based photographic artist and writer Sal Taylor Kydd uses various photographic media in a personal narrative that explores themes around memory and belonging; co...
Category

2010s Romantic Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Droplet
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Edition of 10 Maine-based photographic artist and writer Sal Taylor Kydd uses various photographic media in a personal narrative that explores themes around memory and belonging; co...
Category

2010s Romantic Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

French school 19th century, An italian bandit, 1864, watercolor
Located in Paris, FR
French school 19th century, An italian bandit, 1864, watercolor on paper On the reverse of the sheet (now under the back of the frame) an annotation, "Rome 1864" 25,5 x 21.5 cm (v...
Category

1860s Romantic Art

Materials

Watercolor

Modern British, 20th Century St. Ives artist, Sven Berlin drawing of a Cockerell
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Sven Berlin (British, 1911 - 1999) Cock Black felt pen on paper Inscribed with title (lower left) 11.3/4 x 14 in. (29.7 x 35.5 cm.) Sven Berlin, born in Sydenham, London on 14th Sep...
Category

20th Century Romantic Art

Materials

Paper, Pen

Flowers Still Life Wiehler Handmade Gobelin Tapestry Green Red Beige White Pink
Located in Sofia, BG
Flowers - Still Life Wiehler Handmade Gobelin Tapestry by Maestro Vera Petrova - Sapundjieva, Bulgarian artist 1912 - 1985 About the artwork TECHNIQUE...
Category

1940s Romantic Art

Materials

Tapestry

Coast
Located in Deddington, GB
Coast by Rosemary Houghton [2020] original Oil Image size: H:93 cm x W:93 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:90 cm x W:90 cm x D:4cm Frame Size: H:93 cm x W:93 cm x D:5cm Sold Fra...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Romantic Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

My sister and me, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
From the series “Family portraitsâ€
Category

2010s Romantic Art

Materials

Oil

"TUSCAN YIN/YANG CASTLE", stoneware clay sculpture, glaze ancient Italy hilltown
Located in Toronto, Ontario
TUSCAN YIN/YANG PRISON is a stoneware clay sculpture with Butterscotch glaze by Brooklyn, New York artist Rene Murray. It measures 20"H x 25"W x 13"D. The ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Romantic Art

Materials

Clay, Stoneware, Glaze

Modern British, 20th Century St. Ives artist, Sven Berlin 'Running Hare'
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Sven Berlin (British, 1911 - 1999) Running Hare Black and brown ink on paper 15.3/4 x 22 in. (40 x 55.8 cm.)
Category

20th Century Romantic Art

Materials

Paper, Ink

"Phalco's Obsession" a Spaniel's Hedgehog photograph in beveled plexiglass frame
Located in Charleston, US
Alain Foussier, born in France living in the Netherlands, perfects the spirit of a hedgehog with his animal photography. This photograph of his Spaniel...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Romantic Art

Materials

Photographic Paper

red flowers, Painting, Oil on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
from the series “Botany’s notebookâ€
Category

2010s Romantic Art

Materials

Oil

"CHAMBERLAIN", porcelain clay sculpture, turquoise glaze, royal court, medieval
Located in Toronto, Ontario
CHAMBERLAIN is a porcelain clay sculpture with Turquoise Glaze and slip, by Brooklyn, New York artist Rene Murray. It measures 23"H x 19"W x 9"D. It's an e...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Romantic Art

Materials

Clay, Porcelain, Glaze

"CASTLE LORD", porcelain clay sculpture, turquoise glaze, royal court, medieval
Located in Toronto, Ontario
CASTLE LORD is a porcelain clay sculpture with Turquoise Glaze and slip, by Brooklyn, New York artist Rene Murray. It measures 26"H x 23"W x 10"D. It's an ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Romantic Art

Materials

Clay, Porcelain, Glaze

"Phalco's Look” Spaniel, Romantic Dog Photograph with beveled plexiglass frame
Located in Charleston, US
Alain Foussier, born in France living in the Netherlands, perfects the mood and spirit of Spaniel dogs with his portrait photography. His Spaniel dog a...
Category

2010s Romantic Art

Materials

Photographic Paper

'The Eighth Prelude', Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Oil on canvas, framed to Guild of Framers Museum Standard. Size is approximately 11â€
Category

2010s Romantic Art

Materials

Oil

tattooed body, Painting, Oil on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
From the series “Tattooed bodiesâ€
Category

2010s Romantic Art

Materials

Oil

boy with flowers in the hair, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
From the series “Imaginary portraitsâ€
Category

2010s Romantic Art

Materials

Oil

Andreas Schelfhout, 1787 – 1870, Dutch Painter, Summer Landscape by a Ruin
By Andreas Schelfhout
Located in Knokke, BE
Schelfhout Andreas Dutch Painter The Hague 1787 – 1870 Summer Landscape by a Ruin Signature: Attributed to Schelfhout Andreas Medium: Oil on oak panel Dimensions: Image size 32 x 36...
Category

19th Century Romantic Art

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Jules Boilly (1796-1874) Portrait of a young man, drawing signed and dated
Located in Paris, FR
Jules Boilly (1796-1874) Portrait of a young man, in uniform, signed and dated 1837 on the lower left charcoal and heightenings of blue, red and white chalk on paper 27.5 x 21.5 cm Framed : 41.8 x 36 cm This drawing is a good illustration of Jules Boilly's own style, obviously very different from his father's realistic acuity. There is something softer, more velvety, lighter, and we can see it clearly in the way he renders the features of this young man. Julien-Léopold Boilly (30 August 1796 – 14 June 1874), also known as Jules Boilly, was a French artist noted for his album of lithographs Iconographie de l'Institut Royal de France (1820–1821) and his booklet Album de 73 portraits-charge aquarellés des membres de l'Institut (1820) containing watercolor caricatures...
Category

1830s Romantic Art

Materials

Charcoal

"Resting" Spaniels, Romantic Dog Color Photograph with plexiglass frame
Located in Charleston, US
Alain Foussier, born in France living in the Netherlands, perfects the mood and spirit of Spaniel dogs with his portrait photography. His Spaniel dog a...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Romantic Art

Materials

Photographic Paper

British St. Ives artist Sven Berlin 'Owl in flight' drawing, 20th Century
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Sven Berlin (British, 1911 - 1999) Owl in flight #2 Pen and ink 7.7/8 x 11 in. (19.7 x 28 cm.) Sven Berlin, born in Sydenham, London on 14th September 1911, was an English painter, d...
Category

20th Century Romantic Art

Materials

Ink, Pen

Italia 2 - Signed limited edition pigment print, Sculpture, Greek god, Mythology
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Italia 2 - Large scale photograph by Michael Banks Archival Pigment print on fiber based paper ( Hahnemühle Photo RAG Baryta 315 gsm ) Limited Editions of 5 , signed + numbered by...
Category

2010s Romantic Art

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Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Color, Pigment, Archival Pigment, Di...

"KING BABAR HORSE", stoneware clay sculpture, Iron Yellow glaze, storybook
Located in Toronto, Ontario
KING BABAR HORSE is a stoneware clay sculpture with Iron Yellow Glaze by Brooklyn, New York artist Rene Murray. It measures 22"H x 13"W x 7"D. It's an ench...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Romantic Art

Materials

Clay, Stoneware, Glaze

"Major", Spaniel Romantic Dog Color Photograph with beveled plexiglass frame
Located in Charleston, US
Alain Foussier, born in France living in the Netherlands, perfects the mood and spirit of Spaniel dogs with his portrait photography. His Spaniel dog a...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Romantic Art

Materials

Photographic Paper

"Phalco at Big Window" Romantic Dog Color Photograph with plexiglass frame
Located in Charleston, US
Alain Foussier, born in France living in the Netherlands, perfects the mood and spirit of Spaniel dogs with his portrait photography. His Spaniel dog a...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Romantic Art

Materials

Photographic Paper

Puppets, Painting, Oil on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Childhood memories. Oil on thick paper, 2022. :: Painting :: Romanticism :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang: No ::...
Category

2010s Romantic Art

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Oil

In Love With Spring Rustic Flowers Art Embellished Giclee on Canvas 40H X 60W
Located in Los Angeles, CA
In Love With Spring Rustic Flowers Art Embellished Giclee on Canvas 40H X 60W State-of-the-art HAND EMBELLISHED ∽ MUSEUM QUALITY ∽ DISPLAY READY Giclee Reproduction Each limited edi...
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2010s Romantic Art

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Canvas, Varnish, Archival Ink, Acrylic, Digital, Inkjet, Giclée

The Great Pylon at Edfou, Upper Egypt
Located in Fairlawn, OH
The Great Pylon at Edfou, Upper Egypt Original gold toned albumin photograph, c. 1862 Unsigned as is usual From: Upper Egypt and Ethiopia, c. 1862, Vol 1, (36 plates) Published by Wi...
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1860s Romantic Art

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Photographic Paper

Prelude de Lohengrin (2e planche) (The Appearance of the Holy Grail)
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Prelude de Lohengrin (2e planche) (The appearance of the Holy Grail) Lithograph, 1898 Signed and dated in the stone lower left (see photo) Printed on chine collee paper Condition...
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1890s Romantic Art

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Lithograph

Major. (from series Music) 2011. Oil on linen, 70 x 80 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Major. (from series Music) 2011. Oil on linen, 70 x 80 cm
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2010s Romantic Art

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Canvas, Oil, Linen

Woman with Turban (by leader of "Southern Art Renaissance") - Antique
Located in New Orleans, LA
Many of you clicking on this are probably doing so because you know of Ellsworth Woodward, who with his brother William Woodward around the turn of the 20th century sparked an arts r...
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1890s Romantic Art

Materials

Ink

Louis-Eugène Lambert (1825-1900) The Mountain and the mouse, drawing signed
Located in Paris, FR
Louis-Eugène Lambert (1825-1900) La Montagne qui accouche d'une souris (The Mountain and the mouse) Pen and black ink, ink wash on paper Signed lower ...
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1870s Romantic Art

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Ink

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Find a wide variety of authentic Romantic art available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add art created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, purple, orange, pink and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Hiro Yokose, Francisco Goya, Leo Primavesi, and Dipen Bose. Frequently made by artists working with Paint, and Oil Paint and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Romantic art, so small editions measuring 3 inches across are also available. Prices for art made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $119 and tops out at $1,300,000, while the average work sells for $2,213.

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