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Art Subject: Face
Pablo Picasso, Maternité, Original etching, hand signed
Located in Chatsworth, CA
Pablo Picasso
Maternité, 1924
Original etching on Arches paper
Hand signed and numbered 15/50 from the edition of 50
Bloch 70
Paper: 22 5/8 x 28 inches
Framed Dimensions: 34 x 33 inc...
Category
1920s Modern Portrait Prints
Materials
Etching
Large 17th century, Sandstone Buddha Head from Thailand, Ayutthaya Kingdom
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Large Sandstone Head of Shakyamuni Buddha
Thailand (formerly Siam), Ayutthaya Kingdom
17th century
16 1/2 inches on stand, 11 1/3 without
Private collection, France.
The face is ...
Category
17th Century Other Art Style Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Sandstone
For the Love of God (with diamond dust), Damien Hirst
By Damien Hirst
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Damien Hirst (1965)
Title: For the Love of God (with diamond dust)
Year: 2009
Medium: Silkscreen, glazes, and diamond dust on wove paper
Edition: 591/1000
Size: 12.75 x 9.5 i...
Category
Early 2000s New Media Figurative Prints
Materials
Glaze, Screen
$11,600 Sale Price
20% Off
Marilyn Crying
Located in PARIS, FR
Original and unique artwork by Russell Young.
Acrylic paint and enamel screen print on linen, unframed dimensions 62 x 48 inches, 2008, from the series "Fame + Shame".
Bright and viv...
Category
Early 2000s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Enamel
$11,200 Sale Price
20% Off
DOUGLAS JULEFF Vintage 1950s Photograph of "Beefcake" model VAL MEMECEK #2
Located in Glenford, NY
Rare early 1950s Original Vintage Gelatin Silver Photograph by DOUGLAS JULEFF - also known as DOUG OF DETROIT - of model VAL MEMECEK. Memecek was one of Juleff's most natural and gra...
Category
1950s Post-War Nude Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
The Barrister Fine Antique English Huge Oil Painting Portrait of Lawyer Gent
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Barrister (the sitter is James Guy Baker, the artists brother).
by Gladys Marguerite Baker (British, 1889-1959)
signed
oil painting on canvas, framed
framed: 146cm x 101cm
canva...
Category
Early 20th Century English School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Male model Gary Cook, multiple exposure nude, signed by Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph, signed by Jack Mitchell. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Archives with a certificate of authenticity. This photograph was from a se...
Category
1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
$1,200 Sale Price
31% Off
Fine 18th Century French Old Master Ink Wash Drawing Cain & Abel Fighting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
'Cain et Abel'
Circle of Franois Devosge
(1732-1811) French
pencil drawing with watercolour wash on paper
size: 12.25 x 9 inches
private collection, France
The painting is in overall...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Washi Paper, Color Pencil
The Basque Boy also called Boy with Beret and Fabian.
Located in Storrs, CT
The Basque Boy also called Boy with Beret and Fabian. 1944. Lithograph. Fletcher Lithographs 3.ii. zinc plate. 13 x 10 1/4 (sheet 7 1/8 x 13 7/8). Edition 10. Printed on countermarke...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$550 Sale Price
38% Off
Portrait of the Artist's Mother as a Young Woman, in Oil on Board
Located in Soquel, CA
Portrait of the Artist's Mother as a Young Woman, in Oil on Board
Elegant portrait by Russell R. Tripp (American, 1942-2025). This portrait, rendered in a warm, classical style, cap...
Category
1970s Photorealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Marc Chagall, Darkness Over Egypt, etching; hand colored
By Marc Chagall
Located in Chatsworth, CA
Marc Chagall
"Darkness Over Egypt (Les Tenebres sur L'Egypte)" from the series The Bible, which consists of 105 original etchings.
Original hand colored etching
1956
Hand initialed...
Category
1950s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Watercolor, Etching
Antique Spanish Old Master Oil on Wood Panel, Head Portrait of Christ
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: 18/19th Century Spanish School
Title :Head study of Christ
Medium: oil painting on wood panel, period gilt framed
panel : 6 x 5 inches
Provenance: private collect...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
English 1970's OIL PAINTING Female Nude In An Interior by FRANK JOHNSON
Located in Cirencester, GB
ARTIST: Frank Johnson (1917-1998) British
TITLE: "Female Nude In A Living Room Interior'
SIGNED: unsigned, from the artists studio sale at Bonhams Chest...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
Beaton, Audrey Hepburn, Cecil Beaton, Electa Editrice Portfolios (after)
By Cecil Beaton
Located in Southampton, NY
Héliogravure on vélin paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Cecil Beaton, Electa Editrice Portfolios, 1981. Published and pri...
Category
1980s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
20% Off
"Mila" Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
"Mila" 16 x 12 inches oil on board 19 x 15 inches in frame
We are pleased to sell works on behalf of Christopher E Barrow ABNA. Christopher is a full time artist residing in Lancash...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Self-Portrait with Mouth Open - Oil Paint by Francesco Clemente - 2002
Located in Roma, IT
Self-portrait with mouth open is an artwork realized by Francesco Clemente in 2002.
Mixed colored oil painting on canvas.
The artwork included authenticity certificate on photograp...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
(after) Auguste Roubille - lithograph
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: lithograph (after the original). Printed in 1897 on smooth wove paper and published in Paris by Librairie Nilsson. Image size: 9 x 6 inches (230 x 157 mm). Sheet size: 12 x 9...
Category
1890s Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Today is a Gift 1 -Contemporary, 21st Century, Figurative Portrait, Africa Women
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Learn from the past,
Live in the present,
Hope for the future,
Do your best today,
Never give up,
Improve your tomorrows.
Shipping Procedure
Ships in a well-protected tube from Nige...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Irving Penn 'Woman in Chicken Hat' 2024- Offset Lithograph
By Irving Penn
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Paper Size: 39 x 24 inches ( 99.06 x 60.96 cm )
Image Size: 23 x 22 inches ( 58.42 x 55.88 cm )
Framed: No
Condition: A-: Near Mint, very light signs of handling
Additional Det...
Category
2010s Prints and Multiples
Materials
Offset
$60 Sale Price
20% Off
'Two Women', Continuous Line Drawing, BAFTA, Maltese Falcon, Oscar, Hollywood
By Jean Negulesco
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
'Two Women' by Jean Negulesco, 1969.
Continuous Line Drawing, British Academy Film Awards, Maltese Falcon, Oscar, Hollywood
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Signed lower left 'Negulesco' for Jean Negulesco (Rom...
Category
1960s Other Art Style Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Felt Pen, Gouache
Singer by Candlelight (Dutch School Old Master Genre Scene)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Beautiful Dutch School painting dating from 17th century. Oil on wood panel measuring 10 3/8 x 14 7/16 inches. Unsigned. No inpainting or conservation.
Depicted is a scene with a beautiful young woman singing...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Shunga - Woodcut attr. Keisai Eisen - Mid-19th Century
By Keisai Eisen
Located in Roma, IT
Woodcut shunga print attributed to Keisai Eisen and realized in the early 19th century.
Good condition except for some signs of time.
Category
Mid-19th Century Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Marie Gabrielle de Gramont, Rococo Oil Painting after Vigée Le Brun
Located in Long Island City, NY
Alessandro Maffei, After Elisabeth Louise Vigee Le Brun, Italian - Portrait of Marie Gabrielle de Gramont, Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed lower right, Size: 39.25 x 27.25 in. (99.7 ...
Category
Late 17th Century Rococo Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Petal Reflections
Located in Zofingen, AG
ABOUT THE ARTWORK
"Petal Reflections" portrays a serene female figure, her features softly emerging from a canvas rich with floral motifs. The painting weaves together the delicacy ...
Category
2010s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Jack Mitchell Nude of dancer, 1974
Located in Glenford, NY
Jack Mitchell mid-20th Century beautiful nude photograph of a dancer in 1974. Highly collectible vintage original silver gelatin print, stamped verso by the photographer "Copyright 1...
Category
1970s Modern Nude Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
$840 Sale Price
40% Off
BIG OLIVES, LITTLE OLIVES Lithograph Piano Bar Cocktails, Singing, British Humor
By Beryl Cook
Located in Union City, NJ
BIG OLIVES, LITTLE OLIVES is a hand drawn, pencil signed limited edition lithograph by the well known and loved British artist and humorist, Beryl Cook(1926-2008). Printed in 1986 using hand lithography techniques on archival Arches paper, 100% acid free. BIG OLIVES, LITTLE OLIVES presents a humorous piano bar scene depicting a lively group of night club patrons enjoying their cocktails as they enthusiastically sing along with the debonair piano player giving the viewer a true feeling of merriment in this quintessential Beryl Cook image. BIG OLIVES, LITTLE OLIVES is a warm, colorful interior scene printed in shades of golden brown, black, red, blue, lavender, purple, green, orange, pink, peach, gray, and beige. BIG OLIVES, LITTLE OLIVES is one of Beryl Cook's most loved images - the edition is SOLD OUT, this is a rare unsigned printers proof aside from the numbered edition from the master printers private collection, stamped legend on verso with provenance information.
Print size - 27 x 27 inches, UNSIGNED Printers Proof, unframed, excellent condition
Edition size - 300 plus proofs
Year published - 1990, printed at JK Fine Art Editions Co. NYC
Beryl Cook's unique artistic humor documented familiar social situations...
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$1,600 Sale Price
20% Off
The Black Boy
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure
FREE Shipping Worldwide
Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria
This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy.
Accompanied by a Certificate of Authent...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Ashcan School Early Antique American Impressionist Woman Portrait Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Finely painted antique American school oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Measuring 29 by 38 inches overall and 23 by 32 painting alone. Unsigned. Painted in a striking Ashcan s...
Category
Early 1900s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait Of A Gentleman, identified as Robert Carr, Earl Of Somerset (1587-1645)
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait Of A Gentleman, identified as Robert Carr, Earl Of Somerset (1587-1645), 17th Century
English Court Portrait dated 1625
Large 17th Century English Court Portrait, possibly...
Category
17th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$6,574 Sale Price
20% Off
Holi by Romain Langlois - Figurative bronze sculpture, dark, man, spiritual
Located in Paris, FR
Holi is a bronze sculpture by contemporary artist Romain Langlois, dimensions are 62 × 24 × 23 cm (24.4 × 9.4 × 9.1 in).
The sculpture is signed and numbered, it is part of a limite...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Belle Epoque French Impressionist 19th Century Oil Painting Portrait of Elegant
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of an Elegant Beauty
French Impressionist painter, circa 1890s
signed indistinctly
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 28 x 23 inches
canvas: 24 x 20 inches
provenance: private c...
Category
Late 19th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Icart, Sans titre, Le Sopha (after)
By Louis Icart
Located in Southampton, NY
La pointe sèche etching on vélin de Rives filigrané à notre nom paper. Paper size: 9.5 x 7.5 inches; image size: 6.5 x 4.5 inches. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. No...
Category
1930s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Drypoint, Etching
$876 Sale Price
20% Off
Original "For Your Boy, YMCA, vintage WW1 1918 poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original. YMCA for Your Boy. Acid-free original vintage poster in excellent condition with archival linen backing, ready to frame. Certificate o...
Category
1910s American Realist Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$620 Sale Price
20% Off
Portrait of Vincent Van Gogh with Bandaged Ear and Pipe.
Located in Cotignac, FR
Gouache and watercolour on corrugated cardboard after the famous self portrait by Vincent van Gogh with his fur hat, bandaged ear and pipe. This painting is by Jean Ducel who has pla...
Category
Late 20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Cardboard
$285 Sale Price
50% Off
British School 1882 Oil - Portrait of a Gentleman
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming study of a gentleman in his finery. Signed illegibly and dated '1882' to the lower right. On canvas.
Category
Late 19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$394 Sale Price
20% Off
1988 'van Gogh with Sunflowers' HAND SIGNED Limited Edition
By Red Grooms
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This limited edition lithograph, titled Van Gogh with Sunflowers, was created by the celebrated American artist Red Grooms. The print is part of an exclusive edition of only 75, each...
Category
1980s Pop Art Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
$5,625 Sale Price
25% Off
Fernando Botero 'The Morning After' 1980- Poster
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Paper Size: 37 x 26.75 inches ( 93.98 x 67.945 cm )
Image Size: 34.5 x 26.75 inches ( 87.63 x 67.945 cm )
Framed: No
Condition: A-: Near Mint, very light signs of handling
Additiona...
Category
1980s Prints and Multiples
Materials
Offset
$120 Sale Price
20% Off
1930's French Cubist Nude Signed Oil Lady Vibrant Geometric Composition
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: by Henri Van Der Beck (French 1886-1956), signed and stamped verso
Medium: signed oil on canvas, unframed
Painting: 16 x 13 inches
Provenance: private collection, ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Cubist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Bernadette Kelly (b.1933) - 20th Century Oil, Lady In A Summer Dress
Located in Corsham, GB
Unsigned. On board.
Category
20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mere Mortal #4 (Archival Photograph of Male Nude in Islamic Window)
By Newbold Bohemia
Located in Hudson, NY
Mere Mortal #4 (Archival Photograph of Male Nude in Islamic Window)
30 x 18 inches archival pigment print, unframed
Limited edition of 10
Inspired by the story of Icarus in Greek my...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
MY GEESE, GEESE
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
OIL ON CANVAS
Ready to hang.
Shipping from Belarus, Minsk.
Natalia Ivanova is a well-known Belarusian painter working in the style of symbolic figurat...
Category
2010s Folk Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of a young woman, circa 1935
Located in PARIS, FR
Mercédès LEGRAND (1893-1945)
Portrait of a young woman ; assumed to be the artist's daughter, circa 1935
Oil on panel (carton bouilli)
Signed lower left
36 x 29 cm
Born in Spain in ...
Category
1930s French School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait - Paint by Sirio Pellegrini - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on cardboard realized by Sirio Pellegrini in 1960s.
Hand signed.
Includes a wooden frame realized by the Artist. cm. 43.5x34.
Sirio Pellegrini, born in Rome on March 1, 1922, ...
Category
1960s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Halfway there - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Halfway there - 2020 -
20x20cm, Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs, digital C-Print based on a Polaroid.
Signed on the back and with certificate.
Artist inventory PL2020-1003.
No...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
'Feeding Time'
Located in Stoke, Hampshire
John Frederick Herring Snr (Surrey 1795-1863 Kent)
"Feeding Time"
Signed and dated 1850 middle right
Oil on canvas
Painting Size - 16 x 16 in
John Frederick Herring Sr. (1795–1865) ...
Category
19th Century Victorian Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
SWEETGRASS CARRIERS Signed Lithograph, Black Farmer Lowcountry Geechee Gullah
Located in Union City, NJ
SWEETGRASS CARRIERS is a hand drawn, limited edition lithograph(not a photo reproduction or digital print) by the renowned American artist JONATHAN...
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Mid 20th century 1950's Portrait of Stylish Lady Seated by Fireside Large Oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist: Francis Wynne Thomas (1907-1988), signed
Painter and art teacher born in Bromley, Kent. He was an architectural graduate from Cambridge University but went on to study art at Heatherleys (193-34) under Frederick Whiting.
Title: Portrait of a Stylish Lady...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Interior Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1900 original poster La Topaze by Alphonse Mucha, part of Les Pierres Précieuses
Located in PARIS, FR
The 1900 original poster "La Topaze" by Alphonse Mucha, part of the renowned "Les Pierres Précieuses" series, is a quintessential example of the Art Nouveau movement. This work, prin...
Category
Early 1900s Art Nouveau Prints and Multiples
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
Baladin, 1983, original lithograph by Jean Jansem, handsigned and numbered
By Jean Jansem
Located in Les Acacias GE, GE
Jean Jansem (1920-2013)
Baladin, 1983
Lithographie sur papier Arches, justifiée et numérotée 27/100
Signée en bas à droite
20 x 15 cm / 36 x 27 cm
Bibliographie:
Catalogue raisonné...
Category
Late 20th Century Expressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
MB 702 (Contemporary Life Drawing of Male Nude by Mark Beard)
By Mark Beard
Located in Hudson, NY
MB 702 (Contemporary Life Drawing of Male Nude by Mark Beard)
graphite, Conte crayon and charcoal on Arches paper
30 x 19 inches unframed
Con...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Conté, Charcoal, Archival Paper, Graphite
1874 Oil - In the Kitchen
Located in Corsham, GB
This intimate 19th-century Dutch interior scene portrays a mother and son in the kitchen. As the boy reels in a kite, his mother sits quietly beside him, occupied, whilst the family ...
Category
Late 19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
1707 Antique 18 cent. original oil painting on canvas, Portrait Maria Adelaida
Located in Palm Coast, FL
Up for sale is a beautiful Antique 18-century original oil painting on canvas depicting a portrait of a beautiful woman In a dress of dark gold brocade trimmed with lace. A bright bl...
Category
Early 1700s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$4,850 Sale Price
50% Off
The Tooth-Puller (Il Cavadenti) - Oil on Canvas by Follower of Caravaggio
By Follower of Caravaggio (Michelangelo Merisi)
Located in Roma, IT
The Tooth-Puller is a superb original oil painting on canvas, realized by an anonymous artist, a follower of Caravaggio, in the first half of the X...
Category
Late 17th Century Baroque Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Henry Moore 1983 charcoal drawing of two heads, signed
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Henry Moore O.M. C.H. (British, 1898–1986)
Portrait of Two Heads II, 1983
Charcoal, conté and chalk on Bockingford White wove paper
Signed lower right ‘Moore’
8¼ × 11¾ in. (21 × 29.8...
Category
20th Century Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Fine 19th Century Oil - The Captain
Located in Corsham, GB
A distinguished 19th-century portrait of a proud captain, pictured in his naval uniform. His assured gaze meets the viewer with quiet authority, commanding attention and respect. In ...
Category
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Le Désir et l'Amour - Filmset
By Herbert List
Located in Cologne, DE
Le Désir et l'Amour - Filmset
Category
20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Warhol Superstar Candy Darling star of 'Vain Victory', Color 17 x 22"
Located in Senoia, GA
Warhol superstar Candy Darling photographed as 'Donna Bella Beads' in the hit play "Vain Victory: the Vicissitudes of the Damned" in 1971. One of Mitchell'...
Category
1970s Pop Art Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
$975 Sale Price
35% Off
Summer 8 - Contemporary Expressive, Figurative Oil Painting, Male Nude Series
Located in Salzburg, AT
Bartosz Kolata was born in Torun, Poland in 1979. In 2006 he graduated in Art Conservation and Restoration from Nicolas Copernicus University UMK, securing a Master of Art degree. He...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Picasso, 8.10.64. VII (Cramer 148), Le Goût du Bonheur (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph and silkscreen with grease crayon, lithographic tusche, lead pencil, charcoal on vélin d'Arches paper. Paper size: 12.8 x 9.84 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered...
Category
1970s Cubist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$796 Sale Price
20% Off
Cigar Store Indian, Early 20th Century, Carved Wood With Polychrome Decoration
Located in Cotignac, FR
A 20th Century wood carved male figure, a 'Cigar Store Indian' with original polychrome decoration.
A now controversial subject, but none the less charming rendition, of a native North American man originally probably used as an advertising figure. Wonderful quality of carving capturing the stance of the man looking out to the distance, hair flowing to his back and plait to the side, all the details of his costume, his native dress and hairpipe breastplate (suggesting he is possibly a Comanche) and chest ornament, apron, trousers, mocassins, shield and arrows. The original Polychrome decoration has weathered beautifully as has the wood itself to present a sculpture that would adorn any collection or interior.
Because of the general illiteracy of the populace, early store owners used descriptive emblems or figures to advertise their shops' wares. American Indians and tobacco had always been associated because American Indians introduced tobacco to Europeans. As early as the 17th century, European tobacconists used figures of American Indians to advertise their shops.
Because European carvers had never seen a Native American, these early cigar-store "Indians" looked more like Africans with feathered headdresses and other fanciful, exotic features. These carvings were called "Black Boys" or "Virginians" in the trade. Eventually, the European cigar-store figure...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Paint
$3,147 Sale Price
44% Off