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Art Subject: Photography
Swimmer
Located in New York, NY
Swimmer 2020 Signed and numbered, verso Cyanotype print toned with ammonia and tannic acid (Edition of 5) 10 x 7 inches (25.4 x 17.8 cm), image $1,500 + $250 matting/framing Thi...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Paradise: Canto 5 from The Divine Comedy
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Salvador Dali Medium: Woodblock engraving Title: Paradise: Canto 5 Portfolio: The Divine Comedy: Paradise Year: 1963 Edition: 4765 Framed Size: 19 1/8...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

Materials

Engraving

'Onassis In Office' 1956 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Onassis In Office' 1956 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis (1906 - 1975) in the office aboard his y...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

Materials

C Print, Color

19th Century Watercolour - Rest on the flight to Egypt
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming watercolour depiction of the Holy family's flight to Egypt. They stop to rest beneath a tree with an infant St. John the Baptist to the right of the composition. Unsigned....
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19th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Couple Under Loggia
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 34.00" x 30.00" Signature: Signed Lower Left PRICE ON REQUEST- Story illustration for The Torrent, image of man and woman in outdoor setting. Masters of the Golden Age: Harvey Dunn and His StudentsSouth Dakota Art...
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Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

George Barris, "1B" from The Last Photos, photograph from original negative
Located in Chatsworth, CA
This photograph of Marilyn Monroe was shot by photographer, George Barris, in 1962 on Santa Monica Beach in California. This photograph is from a collection entitled "The Last Photos...
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1960s Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Alan Litho (Shaman)
Located in Columbia, MO
Benjamin Parks is a Kansas City based artist whose primary focus is painting large-scale portraits and figurative work, though he also produces illustrations, interactive installatio...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Archival Paper, Lithograph, Monotype

Bowl of Fruit
By Louisa Matthiasdottir
Located in Milford, NH
A fine pastel still life with a bowl of fruit by Icelandic-American artist Louisa Matthiasdottir (1917-2000). Born in Reykjavik, Iceland, Louisa was known for her portraits, self por...
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1980s American Impressionist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Paper, Pastel

Surrealist Acrylic Portraiture Painting, "Marlowe" by Christopher Polentz
Located in San Diego, CA
A 14” x 16” x 1” Magical Realism Acrylic Portrait Painting by artist Christopher Polentz. A certificate of authenticity will accompany the piece upon its purchase or delivery. The L...
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2010s Surrealist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Man with Twins, Belize
Located in Denton, TX
Signed, titled, and dated. Earlie Hudnall, who is one of the most notable African American photographers living today, has extensively documented the African American neighborhood...
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1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Miniature Late 19th Century Watercolour - Victorian Woman in Black
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming miniature study of a Victorian woman dressed in a black ruffled dress and a hat. Presented in an oval brass frame. On a white bone-like substrate.
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Late 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Joffrey Ballet dancer Christian Holder photographed nude for After Dark Magazine
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Joffrey Ballet dancer Christian Holder photographed for After Dark magazine. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Archives with a certi...
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1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Portrait of a Man, Mid-Century Black & White Photograph by Edward Weston
Located in Soquel, CA
Rare black and white photograph, a portrait of a handsome man by Edward Henry Weston (March 24, 1886 – January 1, 1958). Signed "EW 1949" lo...
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1940s Post-Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

Hunt Slonem "Lavender" Bunny
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Lavender Date: 2021 Medium: Oil on wood Unframed Dimensions: 11.5" x 8.5" Framed Dimensions: 15" x 12" Signature: Signed verso Edition: Unique Hu...
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Oil

Yellow Roses in Hopi Pot, American 20th Century Female Artist
Located in London, GB
Oil on board Image size: 15 3/4 x 11 1/2 inches (40 x 29 cm) Framed Provenance By descent from the estate of the artist Emma Fordyce MacRae Emma Fordyce MacRae was an American representational painter. She was a member of the Philadelphia Ten, a group of women artists who worked and exhibited together. Her work — including still lifes and paintings of women — shows the influence of Asian flower paintings and of Seurat. MacRae grew up in New York City, where she attended Miss Chapin's School and the Brearley School. She enrolled at the Art Students League in 1911, studying first with Frank DuMond and Kenneth Hayes Miller, and beginning in 1915, with Luis Mora, Ernest Blumenschein, and John French Sloan. She also attended one of Robert Reid's summer courses. MacRae's painting, "Green Jade," was shown at the Anderson Galleries in 1928, at an exhibit of artist members of the American Woman's Association. Many exhibitions and gallery showings followed. In 1937, MacRae's painting "A Persian Girl," was listed as deserving of special mention by The New York Times critic Edward Alden Jewell. In the 1940s, MacRae was chairman of the awards jury of the National Association of Women Artists. Galleries rediscovered MacRae's art in the 1980s; the Richard York Gallery in New York exhibited thirty of her paintings in December 1983. In 1987, her painting of a Venetian cafe was part of "American Women Artists, 1830-1930," an exhibition displayed at the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, D.C. and in four other museums. MacRae had studios in New York City and in Gloucester, Massachusetts. Where MacRae painted her New England landscapes form the Cape Ann Landscapes...
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20th Century American Modern Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Purgatory: Canto 11 from The Divine Comedy
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Salvador Dali Medium: Woodblock engraving Title: Purgatory Canto: 11 Portfolio: The Divine Comedy: Purgatory Year: 1963 Edition: 4765 Framed Size: 19 1/8" x 16 5/8" Sheet Siz...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

Materials

Engraving

"First Airplane Ride"
Located in Warren, NJ
Norman Rockwell "First Airplane Ride" lithograph signed artist proof. In good condition measures 33x27
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20th Century Prints and Multiples

Materials

Lithograph

IGGY POP photograph Detroit 1971 (Leni Sinclair Iggy Pop rock photography)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Rare early Iggy Pop photograph by Leni Sinclair: A stand out, early photograph of punk pioneer Iggy Pop, shot by legendary Detroit photographer Leni Sinclair, Kresge Foundation's Em...
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1960s Pop Art Black and White Photography

Materials

Inkjet

Pain - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Pain - 2021 - 20x25cm, Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs, digital C-Print based on a Polaroid, Signed on the back and with certificate. Artist inventory PL2021-1019. Not mounte...
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2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

In Whom I Confide - 21st Century Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Modern Women
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
There is a special kind of trust that exists between sisters—not just those bound by blood, but those connected by the unshakable bond of sisterhood. In a world that often feels chao...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

l' Oeuf a Gober
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: (Romain De Tirtoff) Erte (Russian, 1892-1990) Title: l' Oeuf a Gober Year: 1958 Medium: Original gouache Paper: Canson Mongolfier Paper size: 14.2 x 10.65 inches Signa...
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Mid-20th Century Art Nouveau Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Gouache

Francois Grenier de Saint Martin (1793-1867) Lady on the beach, 1829, watercolor
Located in Paris, FR
Francois Grenier de Saint Martin (1793-1867) A Young Lady on the beach, 1829, signed and dated on the lower left watercolor on paper 17 x 19.5 cm F...
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1820s Romantic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

"Dr. Moore Roy Glapion Funeral" - Framed Contemporary New Orleans Painting
Located in New Orleans, LA
A splendid depiction of a New Orleans jazz funeral (sorry for the reflection on the glass). Typically a crowd of mourners will follow the band, walking and swaying slowly at first to...
Category

Early 2000s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pastel

Illusie
Located in Middletown, NY
Circa 1960. Etching and engraving on cream laid paper, 5 3/4 x 4 inches (141 x 102 mm), margins. Scattered light areas of spotty discoloration in the margins, minor mat tone. Four mi...
Category

Mid-20th Century Realist Nude Prints

Materials

Handmade Paper, Engraving, Etching

Samuel Loates, jockey, Vanity Fair horse racing portrait chromolithograph, 1896
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Sam Loates' Vanity Fair portrait of Samuel "Sam" Loates (1865 - 1932) was a British Thoroughbred horse racing jockey who was the Champion Jockey of 1899. 395mm by 265mm (sheet)
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Late 19th Century Victorian Portrait Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Pair Carved Gilded Mirrors Gold Wood Venice 18th Century Italy Quality Baroque
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Pair of carved and gilded mirror cabinets 'in the manner of Sansovino' Venetian (or Tuscan) carver active in the 18th century Carved and gilded wood Total frame measurements: 86 x 6...
Category

18th Century Old Masters Sculptures

Materials

Gold

Pocket Dragonfruit by Dani Humberstone, Contemporary oil painting, original art
Located in Deddington, GB
Pocket Dragon Fruit [2022] original and hand signed by the artist Oil paint on canvas Image size: H:17 cm x W:15 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:7 cm x W:5 cm x D:2cm Frame Siz...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Bronc by Lon Megargee
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Lon Megargee 1883-1960 "The Bronc" Wood block print Signed in plate, lower right Image size: 9 x 10 inches Frame size 21 x 21.5 inches Creator of Stetson's hat logo "Last Drop from his Hat" Lon Megargee 1883 - 1960 At age 13, Lon Megargee came to Phoenix in 1896 following the death of his father in Philadelphia. For several years he resided with relatives while working at an uncle’s dairy farm and at odd jobs. He returned to Philadelphia in 1898 – 1899 in order to attend drawing classes at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Back in Phoenix in 1899, he decided at the age of 16 to try to make his living as a cowboy. Lon moved to the cow country of Wickenburg, Arizona where he was hired by Tex Singleton’s Bull Ranch. He later joined the Three Bar R. . . and after a few years, was offered a job by Billy Cook of the T.T. Ranch near New River. By 1906, Megargee had learned his trade well enough to be made foreman of Cook’s outfit. Never shy about taking risks, Lon soon left Cook to try his own hand at ranching. He partnered with a cowpuncher buddy, Tom Cavness, to start the El Rancho Cinco Uno at New River. Unfortunately, the young partners could not foresee a three-year drought that would parch Arizona, costing them their stock and then their hard-earned ranch. Breaking with his romantic vision of cowboy life, Megargee finally turned to art full time. He again enrolled at the Pennsylvania Academy of Art and then the Los Angeles School of Art and Design during 1909 – 1910. The now well-trained student took his first trip to paint “en plein air” (outdoors) to the land of Hopi and Navajo peoples in northern Arizona. After entering paintings from this trip in the annual Territorial Fair at Phoenix, in 1911, he surprisingly sold his first oil painting to a major enterprise – the Santa Fe Railroad . . . Lon received $50 for “Navajos Watching the Santa Fe Train.” He soon sold the SFRR ten paintings over the next two years. For forty years the railroad was his most important client, purchasing its last painting from him in 1953. In a major stroke of good fortune during his early plein-air period, Megargee had the opportunity to paint with premier artist, William R. Leigh (1866 – 1955). Leigh furnished needed tutoring and counseling, and his bright, impressionistic palette served to enhance the junior artist’s sense of color and paint application. In a remarkable display of unabashed confidence and personable salesmanship, Lon Megargee, at age 30, forever linked his name with Arizona art history. Despite the possibility of competition from better known and more senior artists, he persuaded Governor George Hunt and the Legislature in 1913 to approve 15 large, historic and iconic murals for the State Capitol Building in Phoenix. After completing the murals in 1914, he was paid the then princely sum of roughly $4000. His Arizona statehood commission would launch Lon to considerable prominence at a very early point in his art career. Following a few years of art schooling in Los Angeles, and several stints as an art director with movie studios, including Paramount, Megargee turned in part to cover illustrations for popular Western story magazines in the 1920s. In the 1920s, as well, Lon began making black and white prints of Western types and of genre scenes from woodblocks. These prints he generally signed and sold singly. In 1933, he published a limited edition, signed and hard-cover book (about 250 copies and today rare)containing a group of 28 woodblock images. Titled “The Cowboy Builds a Loop,” the prints are noteworthy for strong design, excellent draftsmanship, humanistic and narrative content, and quality. Subjects include Southwest Indians and cowboys, Hispanic men and women, cattle, horses, burros, pioneers, trappers, sheepherders, horse traders, squaw men and ranch polo players. Megargee had a very advanced design sense for simplicity and boldness which he demonstrated in how he used line and form. His strengths included outstanding gestural (action) art and strong figurative work. He was superb in design, originality and drawing, as a study of his prints in the Hays collection reveals. In 1944, he published a second group of Western prints under the same title as the first. Reduced to 16 images from the original 28 subjects, and slightly smaller, Lon produced these prints in brown ink on a heavy, cream-colored stock. He designed a sturdy cardboard folio to hold each set. For the remainder of his life, Lon had success selling these portfolios to museum stores, art fairs and shows, and to the few galleries then selling Western art. Drawing on real working and life experiences, Lon Megargee had a comprehensive knowledge, understanding and sensitivity for Southwestern subject matter. Noted American modernist, Lew Davis...
Category

Early 20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Cheryl Ladd in ‘Grace Kelly
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Cheryl Ladd in the role of Princess Grace Kelly of Monaco. Cover illustration for TV Guide, February 5-11, 1983. Richard Amsel had a brilliant ...
Category

1980s Portrait Paintings

Materials

Color Pencil, Mixed Media

Wild Things I
Located in New York, NY
THIS PIECE IS AVAILABLE FRAMED. Please reach out to the gallery for additional information. ABOUT THIS ARTIST: Desert born and raised, fashion photographer Natasha Wilson...
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2010s Landscape Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Damenportrait
Located in Wien, 9
Die Arbeit von Albert Bertalan war ein Spontankauf aufgrund der offensichtlichen Qualität der Arbeit, noch bevor ich etwas über den Künstler recherchieren konnte. Das Label „Ecole de...
Category

1920s Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Stay On Target ! - Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
'Stay On Target!' By BATIK Archival pigment pop art print of a Star Wars TIE fighter chasing actor Cary Grant from the infamous scene in Hitchcock’s North By North West BATIK is a London based fine artist and image maker. Certificate of authenticity supplied Paper size 60x40 inches / 152 x 101 cm unframed signed and numbered on front edition of 3 only this size OTHER Sizes available (in inches): Edition sizes vary with the chosen paper size Classical 12x16 (Edition of 50) Luxe 20x16 (Edition of 35) Longe 30x20 (Edition of 25) Grande XL 40x30 (Edition of 10) Giant 60x40 (Edition of 3) FRAMING: Please note that this piece is unframed – however, we offer a full framing service. If you would like this piece framed, please contact us for a quote. Black and white, running, blur, motion, shadow, texture, grain, Star Wars, TIE fighter, chasing, man, males, photography, pop art andy warhol hitchcock
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2010s Pop Art Figurative Prints

Materials

Archival Pigment, Color

Hunt Slonem "Midnight" Bunny
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Midnight Date: 2024 Medium: Oil on Panel Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8" Framed Dimensions: 16" x 14" Signature: Signed Verso Edition: Unique Provena...
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Oil

Sonny and Cher
Located in Austin, TX
Sonny and Cher, taken in the pool in 1966 by Art Kane Photographed at Sonny and Cher’s Beverly Hills residence in 1966 for the McCall’s magazine photo essay ‘Teen Idols’, Art Kane s...
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Late 20th Century Photorealist Portrait Photography

Materials

C Print

Dumbledore
Located in New York, NY
Archival pigment print (Edition of 50) Signed and numbered, verso 20 x 16 inches, sheet From the series, "Shelter Dogs" This photograph is offered by ClampArt, located in New York ...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Medicinal Plants, Papaver Somiferum L. (Opium)
Located in New York, NY
MEDICINAL PLANTS, PAPAVER SOMNIFERUM L. (OPIUM), 2013 Tempera on paper 49,5 x 38,5 cm Born in 1967 in Trikala, she grew up in Athens, Greece, where s...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Tempera, Archival Paper

Marilyn Monroe The last sitting Pearls 3 by Bert Stern .
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Bert stern Marilyn Monroe The last sitting Pearls 3 Tirage inkjet 50 exemplaires 2011 33 x 48 cms Signé recto / verso Daté et signé au dos Certificat signé et daté de la main de ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Portrait of a Mother & Baby, 19th Century
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait of a Mother & Baby, 19th Century School of Friedrich August Von Kaulbach (1850-1920) Fine large 19th Century portrait of a mother and b...
Category

19th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

English early 20th century portrait of two dogs, terriers in a landscape
Located in Woodbury, CT
Investing in a late 20th-century Victorian-style portrait of two terrier dogs in a landscape is an opportunity to bring a touch of nostalgic charm and timeless elegance into your liv...
Category

1980s Victorian Animal Paintings

Materials

Wood, Oil

Linda (Polaroid Transfer of Nude Woman on Rives BFK)
Located in Hudson, NY
image size: 15 x 11 inches Artist Proof Photograph of Nude Woman Sitting Unique Polaroid Transfer on Rives BFK paper, unframed signed SM Beard in pencil on bottom right corner, unique print. This is one in a series of Polaroid transfers...
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1990s Contemporary Nude Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Polaroid

Ian Edwards - Leap Within Faith - Original Signed Bronze Sculpure
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Ian Edwards - Leap Within Faith - Original Signed Bronze Sculpure Dimensions: 170 x 55 x 40 cm Edition of 12 Edwards’ practice expresses the power and determination of human endea...
Category

2010s Contemporary Nude Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Charlotte, New York City, 1988 – Albert Watson, Black & White, Celebrity, Woman
Located in Zurich, CH
Albert WATSON (*1942, Scotland) Charlotte, New York City, 1988 1988 Silver gelatin print Image 61 x 51 cm (24 x 20 1/8 in.) Edition of 10, plus 2 AP Print only Albert Watson was b...
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1980s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Victorian Marine Oil Painting Sunset with Shipping and Row Boats off the Coast
Located in ludlow, GB
Victorian Marine Oil Painting of Sunset Scene with Shipping and Row Boats returning to Shore at the end of the day. A beautiful small framed Oil on Panel that is framed in a handmad...
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19th Century Victorian Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Canyon, Person, Black and White, USA 1960s, 23, 1 x 18, 2 cm
Located in Cologne, DE
Silver Gelatine Print by Erich Andres, ca 1950. Andres was born 1905 in Germany and passed away 1992. He started his career as a photographer in 1920. He was one of the first photogr...
Category

1960s Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin, Black and White

German School Early 20th Century Oil - The Morning News
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming study of an older gentleman reading the newspaper. Signed illegibly to the lower right. Presented in a gilt frame with foliate strapwork. On canvas.
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20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Stevedore Barcelona Spain charcoal drawing
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Dionis Baixeras i Verdaguer (1862-1943) - Docker - Charcoal drawing Drawing measurements 58x43 cm. Frame measurements 74x59 cm. Dionisio Baixeras Verdaguer (Barcelona, ​​1862-1943),...
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Late 19th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Charcoal

The Source - Contemporary Figurative Painting, Dark colors, XXI Century
Located in Warsaw, PL
JÓZEF CHYŻY (born 1983) A graduate of the Institute of Art at the University of Opole, he received a diploma with honors in 2008 in the studio of graphic art, an annex from painting. A graduate of interior design at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow. He is the laureate of the 1st Prize at the Quadriennale Woodcut and Linocut of Poland, Grand Prix at the Autumn Salon...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

David Bowie, Aladdin Sane Eyes Open, 1973. Duffy Archive.
Located in London, GB
David Bowie, Aladdin Eyes Open, 1973 by Brian Duffy. This photograph was taken during the photo shoot for the album cover for Aladdin Sane, January 1973, London. This is an exquisite FRAMED* Archival Pigment print. *Note delivery includes secure art crating & shipping. Framed in black wood with glass and matt Stamped by The Duffy Archive, UK. Supplied with certificate of authenticity. Gorgeous print measuring 115 x 115 x 3 cm (framed). The image area is 95 x 95 cm. Produced utilising the original contact sheet. We ship regularly using Fedex Express services and ship to all international locations. About these images : “It wasn’t until we saw the contact sheets the next day I remember thinking, God this is spectacular. You just knew you had cracked it, boy, did you know it.” Celia Philo DAVID BOWIE: FIVE SESSIONS PHOTOGRAPHS BY DUFFY Brian Duffy photographed David Bowie over five sessions between August 1972 and April 1980, and made the iconic Aladdin Sane album cover image. January 1973–Session two–Aladdin Sane. It has been called ‘The Mona Lisa of Pop’. Who could have imagined that the moment he clicked the shutter on the Hasselblad in early 1973 that one of those images would become known as a cultural icon? – Chris Duffy Some background to the shoot. The background stories to the Aladdin Sane shoot are told in rich detail in the book Bowie Duffy – Five Sessions. In particular it is a delight to read Duffy’s (a self confessed Marxist anarchist) analysis and compare that with the measured tone of Tony Defries. If you don’t have a copy of the book, here’s a flavour of their respective views – which amount to much the same thing – just expressed in different ways. First up, Tony Defries: “I was looking for an iconic cover image and artwork that would help me to persuade RCA that Bowie was sufficiently important to warrant megastar treatment and funding in order to propel him to exactly that status. Engaging a master, world-class photographer to shoot the project /brand and to design the artwork was the best way to send that message. Brian had the ability to make the mundane image interesting and the interesting image fascinating.” Then Duffy: “Tony wanted to make the most expensive cover he could possibly get a record company to pay for, because he realised that if it cost fifty quid, well, so what – but if it cost £5,000 the record company were now having to pay attention. He said “Can you make it expensive?“and I said “No problem old love.” I proposed– One: A Dye-transfer. A genius method of being able to spend the most amount of money to get a reproduction from a colour transparency onto a piece of paper. Two: Get the plates made, where? Switzerland. Then employ me to design it and create it – even better and more wasteful.” The Aladdin Sane session was a real team effort. The location was Duffy’s studio at 151a King Henry’s Road in Primrose Hill, London, which had been the setting for the Ziggy Stardust session the previous August. Duffy had agreed with Tony Defries that his design agency, Duffy Design Concepts, which he ran with Celia Philo, would design the sleeve. Present in Primrose Hill on that January day in 1973 were Duffy, David Bowie, Celia Philo, Tony Defries, French make-up artist Pierre Laroche, and Duffy’s studio manager Francis Newman, who also acted as his assistant that day. Follow-up work on the detailed airbrushing required to create the final artwork was carried out by Philip Castle. What about that lightning bolt flash and the liquid pool? The idea for the lightning bolt came from David Bowie. The realisation of that lighting bolt into the form that appeared on the sleeve was down to Duffy. Its source is believed to be a rice cooker that was in Duffy’s studio – and which had a small logo with a red and blue flash. Francis Newman remembers, “Pierre stared to apply this tiny little flash on his face and when Duffy saw that he said, “No, not like that, like this” and literally drew it right across his face and said to Pierre, “Now, fill that in.”” The red colour was lipstick. Adding the pool of liquid to the collarbone was Duffy’s idea, and this was brilliantly airbrushed in as part of the post-production work by Philip Castle. David Bowie explained the background to Rolling Stone magazine, that it was a “Lightning bolt. An electric kind of thing. Instead of, like, the flame of a lamp, I thought he would probably be cracked by lightning. Sort of an obvious-type thing, as he was sort of an electric boy. But the teardrop was Brian Duffy’s. He put that on afterward, just popped it in there. I thought it was rather sweet.” DAVID BOWIE David Robert Jones (8 January 1947 – 10 January 2016), known professionally as David Bowie (/ˈboʊi/ BOH-ee),[2] was an English singer-songwriter and actor. He was a leading figure in the music industry and is considered one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century, acclaimed by critics and musicians, particularly for his innovative work during the 1970s. His career was marked by reinvention and visual presentation, with his music and stagecraft having a significant impact on popular music. During his lifetime, his record sales, estimated at 140 million albums worldwide, made him one of the world's best-selling music artists. In the UK, he was awarded ten platinum album certifications, eleven gold and eight silver, and released eleven number-one albums. In the US, he received five platinum and nine gold certifications. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996. Born in Brixton, South London, Bowie developed an interest in music as a child, eventually studying art, music and design before embarking on a professional career as a musician in 1963. "Space Oddity" became his first top-five entry on the UK Singles Chart after its release in July 1969. After a period of experimentation, he re-emerged in 1972 during the glam rock era with his flamboyant and androgynous alter ego Ziggy Stardust. The character was spearheaded by the success of his single "Starman" and album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, which won him widespread popularity. In 1975, Bowie's style shifted radically towards a sound he characterised as "plastic soul", initially alienating many of his UK devotees but garnering him his first major US crossover success with the number-one single "Fame" and the album Young Americans. In 1976, Bowie starred in the cult film The Man Who Fell to Earth, directed by Nicolas Roeg, and released Station to Station. The following year, he further confounded musical expectations with the electronic-inflected album Low (1977), the first of three collaborations with Brian Eno that came to be known as the "Berlin Trilogy". "Heroes" (1977) and Lodger (1979) followed; each album reached the UK top five and received lasting critical praise. After uneven commercial success in the late 1970s, Bowie had UK number ones with the 1980 single "Ashes to Ashes", its parent album Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps), and "Under Pressure", a 1981 collaboration with Queen. He reached his commercial peak in 1983 with Let's Dance; the album's title track topped both UK and US charts. Throughout the 1990s and 2000s, Bowie continued to experiment with musical styles, including industrial and jungle. He also continued acting; his roles included Major Jack Celliers in Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983), Jareth the Goblin King in Labyrinth (1986), Pontius Pilate in The Last Temptation of Christ (1988), and Nikola Tesla...
Category

1970s Modern Portrait Photography

Materials

Color, Archival Pigment

Lucien Victor Guirand de Scevola (1871-1950) Portrait of a Lady, signed pastel
Located in Paris, FR
Lucien-Victor Guirand de Scevola (1871-1950) Portrait of a Lady Signed upper right Pastel on paper 46 x 38 cm Framed under glass: 57.5 x 50 cm The vintage frame is not in perfect ...
Category

1930s Art Deco Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pastel

Charming early 19th century Graphite Portrait of a Young Boy with Birds
Located in San Francisco, CA
Charming early 19th century Graphite Portrait of a Young Boy with Birds A young child sits with a bird on his finger and a nest of birds on his lap A wonderful antique drawing - Po...
Category

Early 19th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Graphite

Miss Eris #19 - mounted - Contemporary, Polaroid, 21st Century, Nude, Women
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
MISS ERIS #19, 2015 / 2019 [From the series Les Foxy Femmes de Carmen De Vos] 20x20cm, Edition of 7 + 2APs. Museum quality C-Print based on the Polaroid. Mounted on round dibond ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Color, Archival Pigment, Polaroid

"Unique Thrift" C-Print Photograph of a Vintage Car and Thrift Shop Edition 1/20
Located in Houston, TX
C-print photograph of a thrift store during the holiday season with a white vintage car parked out front by Houston, TX artist Amy Blakemore. The composition is expertly balanced bet...
Category

1990s Contemporary Landscape Photography

Materials

C Print

Death Appearing to a Married Couple from an open Grave by Rembrandt van Rijn
Located in Long Island City, NY
Rembrandt van Rijn, After by Amand Durand, Dutch (1606 - 1669) - Death Appearing to a Married Couple from an open Grave, Year: Of Original 1639, Medium: Etching, Size: 10.5 in. x 8....
Category

Late 18th Century Prints and Multiples

Materials

Etching

Grace Jones and Andre Leon Talley at Studio 54
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Grace Jones is a musician and former model. A former star of the Studio 54 disco scene, she is known for her androgynous appearance, bold features, and subversive antics, making her one of the biggest pop stars of the 1980s. Andre Leon Talley...
Category

1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

OASIS
Located in London, GB
David Bailey OASIS, 2006 Archival Inkjet on paper Signed by the artist, on verso Image: 50.8 x 50.8 cm Sheet: 58.4 x 58.4 cm Edition of 15
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Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Pigment

Hugh Jackman, Contemporary, Celebrity, Photography, Portrait
Located in München, BY
Combined Edition 25 Also available in 50 x 60 cm/ 20 x 24 inch and as combined Edition 10 in 76 x 101 cm / 30 x 40 inch 101 x 127 cm / 40 x 50 inch Portrait of Australian actor, sin...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

One of the Howling Dawashes in Cairo Orientalist Watercolour Portrait
Located in London, GB
Carl Haag 1820 - 1915 One of the Howling Dawashes in Cairo Watercolour on paper, signed lower right & dated 1880 Image Size: 10 5/8 x 7 3/4 inches (27 x 19.5 cm) Original Frame 'One...
Category

1880s Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Laid Paper

Side Kick - Contemporary, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century, Color
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Side Kick' 2019, 20x20cm, Edition 1/7 plus 2 Artist Proofs Digital C-Print, based on a Polaroid, not mounted. Signed on the back and with certificate. Artist inventory PL219-684. K...
Category

2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Smoker's reflect - Contemporary, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century, Color
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Smoker's reflect' 2019, 20x20cm, Edition 1/7 plus 2 Artist Proofs Digital C-Print, based on a Polaroid, not mounted. Signed on the back and with certificate. Artist inventory PL219-...
Category

2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Vantage Point - Contemporary, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century, Color
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Vantage Point' 2019, 20x20cm, Edition 1/7 plus 2 Artist Proofs Digital C-Print, based on a Polaroid, not mounted. Signed on the back and with certificate. Artist inventory PL219-687...
Category

2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

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