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Art Subject: Baby
Portrait of Young Child Antique European Oil Painting Fine Gilt Frame
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Child European School, early 20th century oil on canvas, framed frame: 21 x 18 inches canvas: 15 x 12 inches provenance: private collection, England condition: extensiv...
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Early 20th Century Victorian Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Nude - Original Lithograph by Oscar Gallo - 1946
Located in Roma, IT
Nude is an original lithograph on greenish paper realized in 1946 by the italian artist Oscar Gallo (1909 - 1994). Signed on the lower left and dated. The state of preservation is ...
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1940s Modern Figurative Prints

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Paper, Lithograph

Woman Bathing Her Feet in a Brook by Rembrandt van Rijn
Located in New Orleans, LA
Rembrandt van Rijn 1606-1669 Dutch Woman Bathing Her Feet in a Brook Etching on paper New Hollstein's 309, second state of II Signed and dated "Rembrandt f. 1658" (upper left) Created from observations of a live model, this work started as a figure study before evolving into a more imaginative setting. It remains ambiguous whether the scene is set indoors, as suggested by the cushion the figure is seated on, or outdoors, indicated by the foliage in the background. The omission of her feet, suggesting they may be dangling in a brook, adds a charming touch to Rembrandt’s imaginative scene. The figure seems unaware of the viewer, presenting a dignified yet sensual demeanor. The son of a miller, Rembrandt van Rijn is believed to have been born in Leiden on July 15, 1606. He studied first at the Latin School and then was enrolled at the University of Leiden at the age of 14. He soon left to study art—first with a local master, Jacob van Swanenburch, and then, in Amsterdam, with Pieter Lastman...
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17th Century Old Masters Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Etching, Paper

Asters. 1979, oil on board, 55x42 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Julijs Vilumainis (1909–1981) Asters. 1979, oil on board, 54,5x42 cm
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1970s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Cardboard

Salvador Dalì (1904-1989) - The Elephant and Jupiter's Monkey - Drypoint etching
Located in Varese, IT
Rare deluxe issue printed on extremely fine Japanese paper (hand colored in stencil). Limited edition, numbered 235/250 in lower left corner. Signed in pencil by artist in lower rig...
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1970s Surrealist Animal Prints

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Drypoint, Etching

"Approaching Equilibruim" Oil Painting Featuring Nude Female Figure
Located in Denver, CO
Calvin Lai's (US based) "Approaching Equilibrium" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a nude female figure, standing, with her face in profile and dappled in light. ...
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2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Mini crab, Limited edition print, Animal art, Sea Art
Located in Deddington, GB
A hand crafted five layer screen print of a painted illustration by the artist of a crab on heritage white paper. With a final layer hand glittered. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Handmade...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Prints

Materials

Screen

The first meeting Mohammad Ariyaei Contemporary Iranian painting Iranian art
Located in Paris, FR
Full title : The first meeting of the Prince and his lover in the forest Acrylic paint on paper Hand-signed lower right by the artist THE THOUSAND AND ONE NIGHTS OF MOHAMMAD ARIYAEI...
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2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Paper, Acrylic

“Child in White Dress”
Located in Southampton, NY
Circa 1890 Signed verso on stretcher bar Original period gold leaf frame Overall size framed 21 x 18 in
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Late 19th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Einsteinium" (2025) by Patrick Nevins, Oil on Board 3D Trompe-l'œil Portrait
Located in Denver, CO
Patrick Nevins’ "Einsteinium" is a striking 3D trompe-l'œil oil painting that masterfully blends realism with sculptural illusion. Painted in 2025, this unique piece presents a playf...
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21st Century and Contemporary Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

"O.W. Circles" by Anne Siems, Painting with female portrait, on paper, framed
Located in Dallas, TX
Anne Siems has created this artwork by painting and drawing over an archival print on thick 100% cotton fiber paper. All archival materials. Unframed size: 8.5x11 inches Frame size: 15x12x1 inch ANNE SIEMS (b. 1965, Germany) Artist Statement I was born in Berlin, Germany. From 1969 to 1971 I lived near Buenos Aires, Argentina. My first extended stay in the US was as an exchange student in 1986. Then in 1991, after finishing my MFA in Berlin, I moved to Seattle, WA. My work has moved from semi-abstract, room-filling plant and insect drawings...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Ceramic, Acrylic, Panel

Deep Blue - Small Scale
Located in Nottingham, GB
Limited edition Photographic Mosaic. Edition of 30 The same incredible artwork on a slightly smaller scale. Joel creates these contemporary pieces by adding lots of tiny images of ...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Prints

Materials

Mosaic

Nude Man - Original Drawing by Félix Barrias - Late-19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Nude Man is an original pencil Drawing realized by Félix Barrias (1822-1907). The little artwork is in good condition on a brown paper. No Signature, i...
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Late 19th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink

Chagall, Banished from Paradise (Mourlot 117-46; Cramer 25) (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin des Papeteries du Marais paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, Marc Chagall, Dessins Pour La Bible, Verv...
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1950s Expressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

John Hervey Portrait on occasion of receiving the Title 1st Earl of Bristol
By (Circle of) Godfrey Kneller
Located in Firenze, IT
Portrait of John Hervey, 1st Earl of Bristol (1665-1751). Early 18th-century near-life-size portrait of a noble man richly dressed in a long wig. Circle of...
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Early 18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Angela (Small, Light-Blue Portrait of Woman with Daisies by Ransome)
Located in Hudson, NY
Portrait of woman on a light blue pattern dotted with white daisies "Angela" by Ransome 2023 graphite, acrylic and collage on panel 8 x 8 x 2 inches, unframed Piece can be hung attra...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Acrylic, Graphite, Paper

BIRD IN HAND Signed Lithograph, Comical Landscape, Couple Walking, British Humor
Located in Union City, NJ
BIRD IN HAND is a hand drawn, pencil signed limited edition lithograph by the well known and loved British artist and humorist, Beryl Cook. BIRD IN HAND is a lighthearted, comical la...
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1990s Contemporary Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Return to Oz, psychedelic 1967 pop art vintage poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original poster: HEAD OUT TO OZ, artist: James McMullan. Size 24" x 37". Rolled, Not folded; very good to excellent lithograph condition. Year: ...
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1960s Pop Art Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

17th Century Oil on Canvas Italian Religious Painting Tobias and the Angel, 1670
Located in Vicoforte, IT
Splendid religious painting from the second half of the 17th century. Oil on canvas artwork depicting a subject dear to pilgrims, Tobias and the angel. Having set out to collect a de...
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1670s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Jimi Hendrix 1969 original vintage art U.S. Tour Moon Maidens
Located in Southampton, NY
This is the Original 1969 drawing of the two nude figures that appear on the Jimi Hendrix Spring 1969 concert poster. It is as much of a collectors item as it is a fine work of art. This was given to Hendrix to approve the art for the final poster. You can see images of the full 1969 poster in this listing. David Byrd referred to these women as "Moon Maidens" The art is Pencil on iridescent tracing paper, Matted with it's original "Electric Purple" matt, as done by David Byrd. The original drawing of this full image was used for the 1969 Spring U.S concert tour and it was also used as the image for Hendrix's press kit in 1969 which was given to concert promotors to advertise the concert. David met with Jimi to approve his original drawing. The art measures 7 x 8", and the matted and framed art measures approx. 15x16". David created ALL of the Art for Bill Graham’s Fillmore East, including their Program covers and Rock posters...
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1960s Art Deco Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Vellum, Pencil

Illuminated Manuscript
Located in Austin, TX
Illuminated Manuscript featuring a group scene of a crowd of men. A few of them dance in the middle of the crowd surrounded by spectators. Two men sitting in a stage structure watch ...
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20th Century Prints and Multiples

Materials

Gold Leaf

18th century oil sketches for a Baroque interior - a pair
Located in London, GB
A FEAST OF THE GODS WITH VENUS AND BACCHUS Collections: With Appleby Brothers, London, June 1957; Hazlitt, Gooden & Fox, London, 1961; John and Eileen Harris, acquired from the above, to 2015. Literature: Jacob Simon and Ellis Hillman, English Baroque Sketches: The Painted Interior in the Age of Thornhill, 1974, cat. no.12 (as by Louis Laguerre); Elizabeth Einberg (ed.), Manners and Morals: Hogarth and British Painting, 1700-1760, exh. cat., London (Tate Gallery), 1987, cat. no.10 (as by Louis Laguerre); Tabitha Barber and Tim Bachelor, British Baroque: Power and Illusion, exh. cat., London (Tate Britain), 2020. Exhibited: Twickenham, Marble Hill House, English Baroque Sketches: The Painted Interior in the Age of Thornhill, 1974, no.12 (as by Louis Laguerre); London, Tate Gallery, Manners and Morals: Hogarth and British Painting, 1700-1760, 1987, no.10 (as by Louis Laguerre); London, Tate Britain, British Baroque: Power and Illusion, cat. no 92, 2020. CUPID AND PSYCHE BEFORE JUPITER Collections: With Appleby Brothers, London, June 1957; Hazlitt, Gooden & Fox, London, 1961; Anthony Hobson, acquired from the above, to 2015. These recently re-united paintings are the most ambitious surviving baroque ceiling sketches made in Britain in the early eighteenth century. From the Restoration until the rise of Palladianism in the 1720s decorative history painting formed the preeminent artistic discipline in Britain. It was a field dominated by Continental artists including the Italian Antonio Verrio and the Frenchmen Louis Laguerre and Louis Chéron...
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Early 18th Century Baroque Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

1987 American Artist Mase Lucas Painting on Canvas Portrait of a Nostalgic Woman
Located in Palm Coast, FL
This is an original vintage acrylic mixed-media painting on canvas painting Titled " Nostalgic Woman on a Divan" By American Artist Mase Lucas. Mase Lucas has been a studio artist ...
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20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Valerio Adami Italian Artist 1979 Original Poster lithograph
Located in Miami, FL
"Valerio Adami (Italy, 1935) 'L´Univers j´aimé', 1979 Original poster from 1979 lithograph on paper 29.2 x 21.1 in. (74 x 53.5 cm.) Unframed Ref: ADA100-203 Valerio Adami Italian p...
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1970s Abstract Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Yoshitomo Nara -- Tomorrows Far Away
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Yoshitomo Nara Tomorrows Far Away Offset print on paper Sheet size 51.5 × 36.4 cm
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2010s Prints and Multiples

Materials

Offset

Bicentennial Bandwagon, Pop Art Lithograph by Red Grooms
Located in Long Island City, NY
Bicentennial Bandwagon by Red Grooms, American (1937) Date: 1975 Offset Lithograph (unsigned as issued) Image Size: 10 x 13 inches Size: 14 in. x 17 in. (35.56 cm x 43.18 cm) Frame S...
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1970s Pop Art Figurative Prints

Materials

Offset

Untitled Set. From the "Serendipia" Series. Figurative nude B&W photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Untitled Set, From 'Serendipia' Series, 2018 by Mauricio Velez Archival Pigment Print Individual Image Size: 40 in. H x 60 in. W Overall Image Size: 40 in. H x 120 in. W Edition of 9...
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2010s Contemporary Nude Photography

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Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Hope Love Explosion - Original Textural Hope Colorful Text 3D Wall Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Virginie Schroeder is an innovative artist based in Quebec, Canada. She puts in play lines, circles, and other geometric forms to create works with subjects that are not immediately ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Christ and St John the Baptist as children, studio of J. van Cleve, 16th Flemish
By Joos van Cleve
Located in PARIS, FR
Christ and St John the Baptist embracing Studio of Joos van Cleve (1485 – 1541), Antwerp First half of 16th century Oil on oak panel, h. 55 cm, w. 43 cm A 17th century ebonized wood frame Framed: h. 100 cm, w. 83 cm Provenance: • Advertisement in Burlington Magazine, 1929, at the antique dealer Paul Larsen, 34 Duke's Street, London, United Kingdom • Clowes Sale, Christie's London, 7 July 1950, lot 153 (as Joos Van Cleve) • Acquired from the Katz antique dealers in Dieren (Netherlands) in the 1950s (one of the most important art galleries in the Netherlands specialising in Old Masters) • By descent, private European collection The composition of our painting depicting two naked babies embracing, Jesus and Saint John the Baptist, draws its source from a drawing by Leonardo da Vinci, probably executed in Milan around 1490 (kept at Windsor Castle, United Kingdom). This scheme, widespread early in the Lombard school, was widely reproduced by Leonardo's Milanese followers (Marco d'Oggiono, Bernardino de Conti or Bernardino Luini.) It is very likely that Joos Van Cleve was inspired by one of the works of his artists during his stay in Italy, however some historians hypothesize that he borrowed the figures from the painting by Marco d'Oggiono who had copied it on site in Flanders (it would have belonged to Margaret of...
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16th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

'Unemployed Marchers' — American Modernism, WPA
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Leon Bibel, 'Unemployed Marchers', 2-color lithograph, c. 1938, edition 25. Signed, titled, and numbered '2/25' in pencil. A fine, richly-inked impression on off-white, wove paper, w...
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1930s American Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Ancient Egyptian tomb paintings, Thebes. Early 19th century engraving, 1820
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Egyptian tomb paintings, Thebes. Elephant folio engraving, by Allais after Andre Dutertre, from 'Description de l'Egypte', published after Napoleon's e...
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Early 19th Century Other Art Style Figurative Prints

Materials

Engraving

Madre Terra - hand carved figurative Carrara marble sculpture
Located in San Francisco, CA
MADRE TERRA (Mother Earth) by Lorenzo Vignoli (2012) striking hand carved Carrara marble sculpture by contemporary Italian sculptor Lorenzo Vignoli, incorporating classical referenc...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Stone, Marble, Carrara Marble

Lhote, Composition, L'Art Cubiste, Théories et Réalisations (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph and stencil on vélin paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the album, L'Art Cubiste, Théories et Réalisations, Etude Critique...
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1920s Cubist Still-life Prints

Materials

Lithograph, Stencil

(after) Amedeo Modigliani "Femme blonde accoudée"
By Amedeo Modigliani
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: collotype (after the painting). Printed in 1926 at the Leon Marotte atelier and published in an edition of 1000 by Editions des Quatre Chemins. Image size: 8 x 5 1/4 inches (...
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1920s Prints and Multiples

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Photogravure

The Grapes Harvest - Original Ink Drawing by Lac Man
Located in Roma, IT
Original China ink drawing on ivory colored cardboard, representing grapes harvest, resembling a dramatic and satiric scene. Hand-signed on the lower right corner, in black ink, by "...
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20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink

“The Silken Gown“
Located in Warren, NJ
Alice O. Clay, After Faed, The Silken Gown 19thC Large Fine Antique Oil Painting. In good condition some minor frame chips. Measures 41x29.
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19th Century Paintings

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Oil

Hölle VII (Field 189-200; M/L 1039-1138), Die Göttliche Komödie
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Woodcut in colors on vélin de Rives BFK paper, mounted on vélin d’Arches support, as issued. Paper size: 13 x 10.375 inches. Inscription: Signed in the block, and unnumbered, as issu...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

The Little Prince and the Fox
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This limited edition color lithograph, titled The Little Prince and His Fox, is a beautiful reproduction from the beloved book Le Petit Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. This print...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Prints

Materials

Offset

ITZCHAK TARKAY, 'TEA AT THE CLUB', ORIGINAL ACRYLIC CANVAS PAINTING 36x48, 2000
Located in Pembroke Pines, FL
Artist: TARKAY, ITZCHAK Title: Tea At The Club Year: 2000-2010 Size: 36 X 48 INCHES Medium: ORIGINAL ACRYLIC ON CANVAS Edition: ORIGINAL 1/1 Description: Hand signed by the artist. T...
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Early 2000s Art Deco Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Grand Maternity - Handsigned - (after) Pablo Picasso
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
After PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973) Maternity (Grande Maternité) 1963 Offset Lithograph on Paper Signed and Dated Handsigned in Pencil Numbered: 73/200 9...
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1960s Modern Nude Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Facial Expressions Seen at the Cinema - Drawing - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Facial Expressions Seen at the Cinema is an original China Ink Drawing realized by an artist in 1940s. Signature unreadable. Good condition on a white little paper.
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1940s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

Virgin and Child No.1 by Ronald Martinez - Fine art photography, Madonna, Christ
Located in Paris, FR
Virgin and Child No.1 is a limited-edition photograph by French contemporary artist Ronald Martinez. This photograph is sold unframed as a print only. It is available in 2 dimensio...
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2010s Contemporary Nude Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print

20th CENTURY FRENCH MODERNIST PAINTING - EROTIC MALE NUDE PORTRAIT IN RED BOOTS
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"The Red Boots" by Jean Marc (French 1949-2019) gouache paint painting: 15.5 x 15.5 inches provenance: private collection, South of France Superb original ...
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20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings

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Gouache

Le Rieurs et les Poissons - Etching by Marc Chagall - 1952
Located in Roma, IT
Etching realized by Chagall in 1929, and printed by Tériade in 1952. It belongs to the Series "Les Fables de La Fontaine". Edition of 200. Hand signed and numbered in pencil. Pri...
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1950s Surrealist Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

ITZCHAK TARKAY "SUNNY DAY" ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR 22"X15" ON FRANCH ARCHES PAPER
Located in Pembroke Pines, FL
Artist: TARKAY, ITZCHAK Title: "SUNNY DAY" Size: 15 X 22 INCHES Medium: WATERCOLOR ON FRANCH ARCHES PAPER Edition: ORIGINAL Description: Hand signed by the artist The artwork is in e...
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Early 2000s Art Deco Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Roman Statue Study 7 and 9. Diptych. Nude figurative photograph. Framed
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Touching the skin of the past is an extraordinary collection of Roman Statues captured with the ICM technique in order to make the marble skin like a truly human body. 'Touching the ...
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2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Black and White, Archival Pigment

Newlyn School Late 19th Century Oil - The Fisherman's Family
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine oil study depicting a family perching on the steps of their coastal home. The mother sits on the top step holding a baby while the two other children sit below. Each holding t...
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Late 19th Century Figurative Paintings

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Oil

"Musica per el Colom" (Music of the Birds) #216/250
Located in Atlanta, GA
Musica per el Colom is part of the Suite Musical. Alvar’s creative embossing design exists as a resting place for his subject to recline while playing the flute. An onlooker serenel...
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Early 2000s Modern Prints and Multiples

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Archival Paper, Lithograph

19th Century Carved Alabaster Bust of the Young Octavian, Heir of Julias Caesar
Located in Beachwood, OH
After Antonio Canova (Italian, 1757-1822) Bust of the Young Octavian, 19th Century Carved alabaster on matching socle Inscribed "Made in Italy" 22.5 in. h. x 10.5 in. w. x 9 in. d....
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19th Century Figurative Sculptures

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Alabaster

“Opium”
Located in Warren, NJ
ERTE Serigraph 31x39 Signed And Numbered With Coa. In good condition minor frame wear
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20th Century Prints and Multiples

Materials

Lithograph

Large BELLE EPOQUE French Impressionist Academic SENSUAL NUDE w/ Pearl Choker
Located in New York, NY
Gorgeous Antique Belle Epoque French ACADEMIC Sensual Nude by Jules F. Ballavoine (1855-1901). This is a large rare example by the artist, painted in the...
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19th Century Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Acrylic

Cooly, drawing Jinrikisha (Rickshaw)
Located in Middletown, NY
Hand-tinted albumen print, 7 3/4 x 10 inches (195 x 252 mm), pasted onto a gold-edged board with caption hand-written in black ink.
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Late 19th Century Realist Portrait Photography

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Watercolor, Photographic Paper

Marc Chagall - Homage to Marc Chagall - Original Lithograph
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Marc Chagall Original Lithograph 1969 From the revue XXe Siecle, edition of 12,000 Unsigned, as issued Dimensions: 32 x 24 Condition : Excellent Reference: Mourlot 572 Marc Chagall (born in 1887) Marc Chagall was born in Belarus in 1887 and developed an early interest in art. After studying painting, in 1907 he left Russia for Paris, where he lived in an artist colony on the city’s outskirts. Fusing his own personal, dreamlike imagery with hints of the fauvism and cubism popular in France at the time, Chagall created his most lasting work—including I and the Village (1911)—some of which would be featured in the Salon des Indépendants exhibitions. After returning to Vitebsk for a visit in 1914, the outbreak of WWI trapped Chagall in Russia. He returned to France in 1923 but was forced to flee the country and Nazi persecution during WWII. Finding asylum in the U.S., Chagall became involved in set and costume design before returning to France in 1948. In his later years, he experimented with new art forms and was commissioned to produce numerous large-scale works. Chagall died in St.-Paul-de-Vence in 1985. The Village Marc Chagall was born in a small Hassidic community on the outskirts of Vitebsk, Belarus, on July 7, 1887. His father was a fishmonger, and his mother ran a small sundries shop in the village. As a child, Chagall attended the Jewish elementary school, where he studied Hebrew and the Bible, before later attending the Russian public school. He began to learn the fundamentals of drawing during this time, but perhaps more importantly, he absorbed the world around him, storing away the imagery and themes that would feature largely in most of his later work. At age 19 Chagall enrolled at a private, all-Jewish art school and began his formal education in painting, studying briefly with portrait artist Yehuda Pen. However, he left the school after several months, moving to St. Petersburg in 1907 to study at the Imperial Society for the Protection of Fine Arts. The following year, he enrolled at the Svanseva School, studying with set designer Léon Bakst, whose work had been featured in Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes. This early experience would prove important to Chagall’s later career as well. Despite this formal instruction, and the widespread popularity of realism in Russia at the time, Chagall was already establishing his own personal style, which featured a more dreamlike unreality and the people, places and imagery that were close to his heart. Some examples from this period are his Window Vitebsk (1908) and My Fianceé with Black Gloves (1909), which pictured Bella Rosenfeld, to whom he had recently become engaged. The Beehive Despite his romance with Bella, in 1911 an allowance from Russian parliament member and art patron Maxim Binaver enabled Chagall to move to Paris, France. After settling briefly in the Montparnasse neighborhood, Chagall moved further afield to an artist colony known as La Ruche (“The Beehive”), where he began to work side by side with abstract painters such as Amedeo Modigliani and Fernand Léger as well as the avant-garde poet Guillaume Apollinaire. At their urging, and under the influence of the wildly popular fauvism and cubism, Chagall lightened his palette and pushed his style ever further from reality. I and the Village (1911) and Homage to Apollinaire (1912) are among his early Parisian works, widely considered to be his most successful and representative period. Though his work stood stylistically apart from his cubist contemporaries, from 1912 to 1914 Chagall exhibited several paintings at the annual Salon des Indépendants exhibition, where works by the likes of Juan Gris, Marcel Duchamp and Robert Delaunay were causing a stir in the Paris art world. Chagall’s popularity began to spread beyond La Ruche, and in May 1914 he traveled to Berlin to help organize his first solo exhibition, at Der Sturm Gallery. Chagall remained in the city until the highly acclaimed show opened that June. He then returned to Vitebsk, unaware of the fateful events to come. War, Peace and Revolution In August 1914 the outbreak of World War I precluded Chagall’s plans to return to Paris. The conflict did little to stem the flow of his creative output, however, instead merely giving him direct access to the childhood scenes so essential to his work, as seen in paintings such as Jew in Green (1914) and Over Vitebsk (1914). His paintings from this period also occasionally featured images of the war’s impact on the region, as with Wounded Soldier (1914) and Marching (1915). But despite the hardships of life during wartime, this would also prove to be a joyful period for Chagall. In July 1915 he married Bella, and she gave birth to a daughter, Ida, the following year. Their appearance in works such as Birthday (1915), Bella and Ida by the Window (1917) and several of his “Lovers” paintings give a glimpse of the island of domestic bliss that was Chagall’s amidst the chaos. To avoid military service and stay with his new family, Chagall took a position as a clerk in the Ministry of War Economy in St. Petersburg. While there he began work on his autobiography and also immersed himself in the local art scene, befriending novelist Boris Pasternak, among others. He also exhibited his work in the city and soon gained considerable recognition. That notoriety would prove important in the aftermath of the 1917 Russian Revolution when he was appointed as the Commissar of Fine Arts in Vitebsk. In his new post, Chagall undertook various projects in the region, including the 1919 founding of the Academy of the Arts. Despite these endeavors, differences among his colleagues eventually disillusioned Chagall. In 1920 he relinquished his position and moved his family to Moscow, the post-revolution capital of Russia. In Moscow, Chagall was soon commissioned to create sets and costumes for various productions at the Moscow State Yiddish Theater, where he would paint a series of murals titled Introduction to the Jewish Theater as well. In 1921, Chagall also found work as a teacher at a school for war orphans. By 1922, however, Chagall found that his art had fallen out of favor, and seeking new horizons he left Russia for good. Flight After a brief stay in Berlin, where he unsuccessfully sought to recover the work exhibited at Der Sturm before the war, Chagall moved his family to Paris in September 1923. Shortly after their arrival, he was commissioned by art dealer and publisher Ambroise Vollard to produce a series of etchings for a new edition of Nikolai Gogol's 1842 novel Dead Souls. Two years later Chagall began work on an illustrated edition of Jean de la Fontaine’s Fables, and in 1930 he created etchings for an illustrated edition of the Old Testament, for which he traveled to Palestine to conduct research. Chagall’s work during this period brought him new success as an artist and enabled him to travel throughout Europe in the 1930s. He also published his autobiography, My Life (1931), and in 1933 received a retrospective at the Kunsthalle in Basel, Switzerland. But at the same time that Chagall’s popularity was spreading, so, too, was the threat of Fascism and Nazism. Singled out during the cultural "cleansing" undertaken by the Nazis in Germany, Chagall’s work was ordered removed from museums throughout the country. Several pieces were subsequently burned, and others were featured in a 1937 exhibition of “degenerate art” held in Munich. Chagall’s angst regarding these troubling events and the persecution of Jews in general can be seen in his 1938 painting White Crucifixion. With the eruption of World War II, Chagall and his family moved to the Loire region before moving farther south to Marseilles following the invasion of France. They found a more certain refuge when, in 1941, Chagall’s name was added by the director of the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) in New York City to a list of artists and intellectuals deemed most at risk from the Nazis’ anti-Jewish campaign. Chagall and his family would be among the more than 2,000 who received visas and escaped this way. Haunted Harbors Arriving in New York City in June 1941, Chagall discovered that he was already a well-known artist there and, despite a language barrier, soon became a part of the exiled European artist community. The following year he was commissioned by choreographer Léonide Massine to design sets and costumes for the ballet Aleko, based on Alexander Pushkin’s “The Gypsies” and set to the music of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. But even as he settled into the safety of his temporary home, Chagall’s thoughts were frequently consumed by the fate befalling the Jews of Europe and the destruction of Russia, as paintings such as The Yellow Crucifixion...
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Lithograph

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1970s American Modern Landscape Prints

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Offset

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1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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1930s American Impressionist Animal Drawings and Watercolors

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