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Large Abstract Oil Painting, Alexander Gore
By Alexander Gore
Located in Miami, FL
Large abstract oil painting titled: "Connected Green Deal" Natural pigment on vintage Belgian linen canvas Textured green iguana abstract...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Expressionist 20th Century Specialists Contemporary Art

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Canvas, Acrylic

Piero Dorazio Mixed-Media on Paper
By Piero Dorazio 1
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Piero Dorazio mixed-media on paper "Senza Titolo" executed 2004.
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Early 2000s Italian 20th Century Specialists Contemporary Art

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Paper

Raymond Pettibon Lithograph
By Raymond Pettibon
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Raymond Pettibon "Getting me out the Door" Measures: 18" x 22 1/2" No frame.  
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1980s American Vintage 20th Century Specialists Contemporary Art

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Paper

Op-Art Artist Anne Youkeles New Perspective Signed 3-D Serigraph Collage, 1971
By Anne Youkeles
Located in St. Louis, MO
Anne Youkeles (Austrian/American b. 1920) Op-Art Artist 3-D Geometric Serigraph Collage titled "New Perspective" signed, number 43/210 and dated 1971. In fine condition, not examined...
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1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Specialists Contemporary Art

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Glass, Wood, Paper

Helen Frankenthaler Color Etching
By Helen Frankenthaler
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Ganymede, 1978 Etching with aquatint 9/49 Pencil signed and dated by the artist.       
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1970s North American Vintage 20th Century Specialists Contemporary Art

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Paper

Hunt Slonem Metallic Signed Rabbit Painting - Original Artist Frame
By Hunt Slonem
Located in North Miami, FL
Metallic silver and gold background with vibrant red bunny outline, framed beautifully. SIGNED and dated 2014 Hunt Slonem is a renowned painter known for producing representationa...
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2010s American 20th Century Specialists Contemporary Art

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Wood

Peter Buchman "Just another thing hanging over your head.", 2017
By Peter Buchman
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary New York artist Peter Buchman's "Just another thing hanging over your head." is made of enamel, house paint, pla...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern 20th Century Specialists Contemporary Art

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Enamel, Gold Leaf

Mixed-Media and Resign Collage by Rex Ray
By Rex Ray
Located in San Francisco, CA
A mixed-media and resign collage by Rex Ray, untitled. Signed by the artist, USA, circa 2004.
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern 20th Century Specialists Contemporary Art

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Resin, Wood, Paper

Victor Bonato Optic Mirror Wall Sculpture
By Victor Bonati
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A fantastic example of Victor Bonato work.
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1960s Italian Vintage 20th Century Specialists Contemporary Art

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Steel

Baseball in Small Town America, 1930s, Original Painting by Lynn Curlee
By Lynn Curlee
Located in New York, NY
Baseball in Small Town America - 1930s. Original, painting by Lynn Curlee Acrylic on stretched canvas. Gallery wrapped with painted edges. This painting was used as an illustration...
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Early 2000s American Modern 20th Century Specialists Contemporary Art

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Acrylic

Peter Buchman "Once Upon a Time", Voice-Over Paintings Series, 2025
By Peter Buchman
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary New York artist Peter Buchman's "Once Upon a Time" is made of laser cut plexiglass, acrylic medium and enamel on wood. It's a part of his Voice-Over series. To explain that Buchman’s word paintings are ‘A Figure Of Speech’ is underestimating the level of soulfulness at which these works reside. They are markings directly from the artist’s hand yet are indications of many people before him. These are words from familiar phrases, music albums, his funny brand of irony and the human form itself. For this piece, in a manner of speaking, we are all running out of time, however Buchman’s soliloquy and ironic eye has fun with the notion that with humor and self effacement in a street-run-on sentence kind of rap he can get away with making fun and pointing out the obvious. Which isn’t always so obvious. Signed and dated en verso. This is a commissioned piece and will ship directly from the artist's studio. American artist Peter Buchman has BFA in Illustration from The Rhode Island School of Design and did a Sculpture Residency at The School of Visual Arts in New York. Peter's artwork has been exhibited throughout the US since 1981 including the Parrish Art Museum (Southampton, NY), Cooperstown Museum (NY), Delaware Museum of Art, Kidder Smith Gallery (MA) and Vered Gallery (East Hampton, NY). His work is included in the portfolios of collectors including Beth Rudin DeWoody, Nicole Miller, David Yurman and Howard Schultz...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern 20th Century Specialists Contemporary Art

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Enamel

Nicolas De Stael "Formes en Bleu"
By Nicolas de Staël
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A rare and beautiful print by Nicolas De Stael Published by Ateliers de Daniel Jacomet,Paris Signed by the artist 61/375
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20th Century French 20th Century Specialists Contemporary Art

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Paper

Wrigley Field, Original Painting by Lynn Curlee
By Lynn Curlee
Located in New York, NY
Wrigley Field. Original painting by Lynn Curlee Acrylic on stretched canvas. Gallery wrapped with painted edges This painting was used as an illustrati...
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Early 2000s American Modern 20th Century Specialists Contemporary Art

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Acrylic

Josef Albers Homage to the Square Silk Screen Diptych
By Josef Albers
Located in Chicago, IL
Josef Albers Formulations - Articulations I & II Edition 974/ 1000 1972 screenprint on paper Embossed with Josef Albers initials, portfolio and folde...
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1970s American Modern Vintage 20th Century Specialists Contemporary Art

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Paper

Large Paul Jenkins Acrylic on Canvas
By Paul Jenkins
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Paul Jenkins "Phenomena Prism Chambers" Signed Paul Jenkins(Ic), signed and dated Paul Jenkins 1984 and titled on the reverse Acrylic on canvas Measures: 77" x 96" Provenance : ...
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1980s American Vintage 20th Century Specialists Contemporary Art

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Acrylic

Batter Up at Fenway, Original Painting by Lynn Curlee
By Lynn Curlee
Located in New York, NY
Batter Up At Fenway. Original painting by Lynn Curlee Acrylic on stretched canvas. Gallery wrapped with painted edges. This painting was used as an illustration in Ballpark — The...
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Early 2000s American Modern 20th Century Specialists Contemporary Art

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Acrylic

Josef Albers Silk Screen Print
By Josef Albers
Located in Chicago, IL
Josef Albers, Formulations - Articulations I & II Edition 974/ 1000 1972 screen-print on paper Embossed with Josef Albers initials, portfolio and folder number. This work is publi...
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1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Specialists Contemporary Art

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Paper

Mixed-Media Collage Art by Tom Marchin
By Tom Marchin
Located in North Miami, FL
Beautifully executed, this large size work of art on canvas by Tom Marchin is made of paint and paper cut pieces. Rich in color and texture!
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1960s American Vintage 20th Century Specialists Contemporary Art

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Canvas, Paper

THE FAVORITE. Original painting by Lynn Curlee
By Lynn Curlee
Located in New York, NY
THE FAVORITE Original painting by Lynn Curlee Acrylic on stretched canvas This painting was used for the poster for the 1995 HAMPTON CLASSIC HORSE SHO...
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1990s American Modern 20th Century Specialists Contemporary Art

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Acrylic

Susan Shatter, Large-Scale Watercolor of the Greek Island of Ios, 1975
By Susan Shatter 1
Located in Dorchester, MA
Painted by the American artist Susan Shatter on the Greek island of Ios in 1975, this stunning watercolor depicts in sandy earth tones the hilly interior with a white-washed village ...
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Late 20th Century Greek 20th Century Specialists Contemporary Art

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Paper

Bonnie Edelman "Marrakech Sunset" Photograph, Scapes Series, 2012
By Bonnie Edelman
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary artist Bonnie Edelman's "Marrakech Sunset" was photographed in 2012 and is part of the Sky Scapes Series. As her most recognized collection "Scapes" consists of landscapes, seascapes and skyscapes whose specific forms have been blurred in order to direct viewers’ focus toward colors and compositions. Sublime and abstract, the photographs capture grain fields, sea horizons, and sunsets from around the world. This photograph is being offered as a C-print face-mounted onto 1/8” non glare plexi with a custom maple floating frame (1/2" face x 2" deep with 3/8" gap). It will ship directly from the artist's printmaking studio with a signed certificate of authenticity. About the artist: Bonnie Edelman was born in New York City. She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree from Connecticut College on an academic and athletic scholarship. Having been raised in a family of artists and architects, Bonnie was always creating. Whether it was sculpture, painting, jewelry making and interior design, she has always had an intense need to express herself through creativity. Fashion was an all encompassing self expression so it was because of this idea of materializing thoughts, desires and inspirations that she decided to devote her career to the editorial side of the fashion industry. After an internship at Rolling Stone Magazine and then formally starting her career as the assistant to the Fashion Director at Seventeen Magazine, Bonnie moved through the ranks at Glamour Magazine and MTV. She then settled into the position of Travel Editor at Sports Illustrated, where she navigated the world producing exotic and inspiring photo shoots for the magazine’s annual Swimsuit Issue. It was during this time spent in The Islands of the Maldives, Ecuador, Venezuela and Kenya, to mention a few, while working closely with photographers like Sante D’Orazio, Russell James...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern 20th Century Specialists Contemporary Art

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Paper

Ebbets Field, Original Painting by Lynn Curlee
By Lynn Curlee
Located in New York, NY
EBBETS FIELD. Original painting by LYNN CURLEE Acrylic on stretched canvas. Gallery wrapped with painted edges. This painting was used as an illustratio...
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Early 2000s American Modern 20th Century Specialists Contemporary Art

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Acrylic

Lithograph by Mihail Chemiakin
By Mihail Chemiakin
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Lithograph by Mihail Chemiakin, 152/300 signed in pencil bottom right corner.
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Mid-20th Century Russian Other 20th Century Specialists Contemporary Art

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Other

Custom Framed Lithograph by Marcel Vertes, Signed and Numbered
By Marcel Vertès
Located in Palm Desert, CA
This is a beautiful custom-framed lithograph by Hungarian-born French artist, Marcel Vertes, entitled "Circus Queens". The piece is signed, Vertes, in the lower right corner and numbered, "30/50" in the lower left corner. The image itself measures 23" high x 16" wide. The frame is a 2" thick 2 toned framed, black and a subtle cerused-like grey. It was originally sold through the Vincent Price...
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1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Specialists Contemporary Art

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Wood

J. WOHNSEIDLER American Flag No. 1, 2017 Acrylic on Canvas
Located in New York, NY
American Flag No. 1 by J. Wohnseidler. Arcylic on canvas with hand-applied starfish. Unframed. Signed/titled/dated by artist on back. Measures: 48 inches L x 36 inches H x 1.5 inches D.
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2010s American 20th Century Specialists Contemporary Art

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Canvas, Acrylic

Yankee Stadium, Original Painting by Lynn Curlee
By Lynn Curlee
Located in New York, NY
YANKEE STADIUM. Original painting by LYNN CURLEE Acrylic on stretched canvas. Gallery wrapped with painted edges. This painting was used as an illustr...
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Early 2000s American Modern 20th Century Specialists Contemporary Art

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Acrylic

Babe Ruth, the Sultan of Swat, Original Painting by Lynn Curlee
By Lynn Curlee
Located in New York, NY
Babe Ruth — The Sultan of Swat Original painting by Lynn Curlee Acrylic on stretched canvas. Gallery wrapped with painted edges. This painting was used as...
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Early 2000s American Modern 20th Century Specialists Contemporary Art

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Acrylic

Victor Vasarely Signed and Numbered Silk Screen Lithograph
By Victor Vasarely
Located in North Miami, FL
This beautiful silk screen litho is signed and numbered 209 of 250. Frame is original to period. Psychedelic patterns that emerge from early computational experiments parallel Optica...
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1970s American Post-Modern Vintage 20th Century Specialists Contemporary Art

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Glass, Paper

Alice Valenstein "Landscape in Squares" Collage on Paper, 1974
Located in New York, NY
"Landscape in Squares," a multicolor collage on paper by listed artist Alice Valenstein (1974-2002). USA. Signed/Dated 1974. Includes gallery sticker ...
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1970s American Modern Vintage 20th Century Specialists Contemporary Art

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Glass, Wood, Paper

2011 Bjarne Dahl Rowing Boat in the Mist
By Bjarne Dahl
Located in Knebel, DK
Mist everywhere and almost no details - but a glimpse of the sun. About the artist: The paintings of Bjarne Dahl are realistic and figurative with inspiration from landscapes, ...
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2010s Danish Arts and Crafts 20th Century Specialists Contemporary Art

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Canvas, Acrylic

Art Deco Engraving by George Barbier from Chansons De Bilitis Portfolio Framed
By George Barbier
Located in North Miami, FL
This lovely sensual rare French Art Deco engraving from the coveted portfolio Chansons de Bilitis in the 1920s France is by the famed artist; George Barbier. It is exquisitely executed with an Egyptian Revival feel with Art Deco influences of wonderful colors and sensual subject matter. It has been recently custom museum quality reframed with a gold leaf frame with red clay under rub and silk mat. There is a gold thin inner liner frame inside of the silk mat to enhance the custom framing to a higher level. The colored part of the engraving size is 6.5" W x 7" H. There is a tan silk mat that is 3" all around with a 4" Bottom size. This Art Deco work of art is a true beauty. This is from the late 1920s. There were only 133 copies produced making this portfolio a very special and sought after achievement of pure art deco illustration...
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1920s French Art Deco Vintage 20th Century Specialists Contemporary Art

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Gold Leaf

Abstract Wood Collage by Felice Antonio Botta, Italy, 20th Century
By Felice Antonio Botta
Located in New York, NY
Abstract wood wall sculpture by Italian artist and designer, Felice Antonio Botta. Botta was an early proponent of used 'poor materials' (recovered and found wood) for a movement ...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Specialists Contemporary Art

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Reclaimed Wood

European Midcentury Cubist Painting 'Nude' by Koroly Glonczy, Hungary, 1957
By Koroly Glonczy
Located in New York, NY
Cubist Painting by Hungarian Painter, Koroly Glonczy. Oil on cardboard. References: Modern and contemporary art. European 20th century, Mid-Century Modern.
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1950s Hungarian Modern Vintage 20th Century Specialists Contemporary Art

Materials

Paint

Androgynous 'New Objectivity' Portrait by Hans Speidel
By Hans Speidel
Located in New York, NY
Oil on canvas. Painting by Hans Speidel, Berlin. Speidel was among a group of painters known as the 'Neue Sachlichkeit' (New Objectivity). This betwee...
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Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Specialists Contemporary Art

Richard Hirsch Encaustic Painting of Nothing #9, 2011
By Richard A. Hirsch
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary American ceramic artist Richard Hirsch's encaustic Painting of Nothing #9 is made of ceramic raw materials, dry pigment and wax. This piece is part of his ongoing Painti...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern 20th Century Specialists Contemporary Art

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Clay, Organic Material

Richard Hirsch Encaustic Painting of Nothing #53, 2017
By Richard A. Hirsch
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary American ceramic artist Richard Hirsch's encaustic Painting of Nothing #53 is made of ceramic raw materials, dry pigment and wax. This piece is part of his ongoing Painting of Nothing Series. Hirsch applies the waxy mix with a brush onto redwood plywood backed structures with two-inch wood strips all around and used various torches to layer, flux, bubble and blend. "Waxy and very tactile, they are probably the work Mark Rothko would have done had he spent most of his life in clay. Hirsch’s paintings have the nuance, subtle texture, and color shifts that become evident in blown-up photographs of his ceramic objects as well as a similar presence." Signed and dated en verso by the artist. This painting ship directly from the artist’s studio in Rochester, NY. (Literature: "With Fire: Richard Hirsch, A Life Between Chance and Design", Scott Meyer (Author), RIT Cary Graphic Arts Press 2012 - "The Paintings" pgs. 102 - 105) Richard Hirsch brief bio: In the field of contemporary ceramic, Rick Hirsch has earned an international reputation. He has achieved this recognition by engaging in numerous diversified professional activities. Through efforts in university teaching, exhibits, writing, lecturing and researching he has risen to worldwide prominence. In 1975, Hirsch co-authored a book entitled Raku, published by Watson-Guptill. This was the first comprehensive text to address the new innovations developing in the west that were transforming traditional Japanese Raku. Also, in the same year, Hirsch became a founding faculty member of The Program in Artistry at Boston University. Currently, Hirsch is a Professor Emeritus at The School for American Crafts which is a part of Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, NY. His university teaching career now spans well over four decades. Repeatedly, Hirsch has participated in several milestone exhibitions and publications. Significant shows include; The Evolution of American Art in Craft Media Since 1945; Echoes: Historical References in Contemporary Ceramics; American Ceramics Now; Raku: Origins, Impact and Contemporary Expression; and Convergences: The Presence of the Past in Contemporary American Ceramics...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern 20th Century Specialists Contemporary Art

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Clay, Organic Material

Signed Figural Abstract Aquatint Colored Etching
Located in Chicago, IL
Vivid color and intricate design are the focal points of this aquatint colored etching print numbered 2 of 4. Signed I.P.I.
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1970s American Vintage 20th Century Specialists Contemporary Art

Materials

Metal

Framed Modern Abstract Oil Painting by Stevan Kissel
By Stevan Kissel
Located in Palm Desert, CA
This abstract painting by little known Los Angeles artist is a fine example of color abstraction. The painting portrays an abstract ballerina dancer. The painting has been newly fram...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern 20th Century Specialists Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Wood

Richard Hirsch Encaustic Painting of Nothing #54, 2017
By Richard A. Hirsch
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary American ceramic artist Richard Hirsch's encaustic Painting of Nothing #54 is made of ceramic raw materials, dry pigment and wax. This piece is part of his ongoing Paint...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern 20th Century Specialists Contemporary Art

Materials

Clay, Organic Material

Painting of Flowers in the School of Matisse by James Antonie
By James Antonie, Henri Matisse
Located in New York, NY
Painting of flowers by James Antonie. Signed. Acrylic on paper. The painting is filled with exuberant color, light, vitality and life Framed in white wood with plexi-glass. Dim...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern 20th Century Specialists Contemporary Art

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Acrylic, Paper

2008 Bjarne Dahl Winter Landscape
By Bjarne Dahl
Located in Knebel, DK
The landscape is covered in snow. Nature is dormant. Contemporary, naturalistic acrylic on canvas painting by the Danish painter Bjarne Dahl 2008. Dimensions: H 80 cm, W 110 cm. A...
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Early 2000s Danish Other 20th Century Specialists Contemporary Art

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Acrylic

Peter Buchman "Goodnight Moon”, Voice-Over Paintings Series, 2025
By Peter Buchman
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary New York artist Peter Buchman's "Goodnight Moon” is made of laser cut plexiglass, acrylic medium and enamel on wood. It's a part of his Voice-Over series. To explain tha...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern 20th Century Specialists Contemporary Art

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Enamel

Colorful 1970 Abstract Screen Print
Located in Chicago, IL
On a background of white, the red, yellow, purple, black and blue colors of this somewhat surrealistic print stand out. The artist's proof, it is signed "Bennema-Brejcha, 1970"
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1970s Dutch Vintage 20th Century Specialists Contemporary Art

"Abstract Fables" Silkscreen by Henry Mark
By Henry Marc
Located in New York, NY
“Abstract Fables,” silkscreen by Henry Mark, American, 1953. Edition of 22, stamped with initials, and signed on verso.
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1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Specialists Contemporary Art

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Plexiglass, Wood, Paper

Cubist Still Life "Violin" by Early Modernist, Agnes Weinrich, Signed Dated 1922
By Agnes Weinrich
Located in New York, NY
Still life painting (Violin, Flowers), Oil on canvas, by Agnes Weinrich, Signed and dated "22", Unframed: 20" x 16", Framed 27.5 x 23". Agnes Weinrich (1873-1946) was an early female, American modernist artist at a time when there was little interest in Modern Art in the USA and when few women were artists. She was a ground breaker in modern art. The painting shown is an important example of her mature phase of her work. A biography from Wiki-pedia follows: Agnes Weinrich (1873–1946) was one of the first American artists to make works of art that were modernist, abstract, and influenced by the Cubist style. She was also an energetic and effective proponent of modernist art in America, joining with like-minded others to promote experimentation as an alternative to the generally conservative art of their time. Early years[edit] Agnes Weinrich was born in 1873 on a prosperous farm in south east Iowa. Both her father and mother were German immigrants and German was the language spoken at home. Following her mother's death in 1879 she was raised by her father, Christian Weinrich. In 1894, at the age of 59, he retired from farming and moved his household, including his three youngest children—Christian Jr. (24), Agnes (21), and Lena (17), to nearby Burlington, Iowa, where Agnes attended the Burlington Collegiate Institute from which she graduated in 1897.[1][2][3] Christian took Agnes and Lena with him on a trip to Germany in 1899 to reestablish links with their German relatives. When he returned home later that year, he left the two women in Berlin with some of these relatives, and when, soon after his return, he died, they inherited sufficient wealth to live independently for the rest of their lives. Either before or during their trip to Germany Lena had decided to become a musician and while in Berlin studied piano at the Stern Conservatory. On her part, Agnes had determined to be an artist and began studies toward that end at the same time.[1][4] In 1904 the two returned from Berlin and settled for two years in Springfield, Illinois, where Lena taught piano in public schools and Agnes painted in a rented studio. At this time Lena changed her name to Helen. In 1905 they moved to Chicago where Agnes studied at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago under John Vanderpoel, Nellie Walker, and others.[1] In 1909 Agnes and Helen returned to Berlin and traveled from there to Munich, where Agnes studied briefly under Julius Exter, and on to Rome, Florence, and Venice before returning to Chicago.[5] They traveled to Europe for the third, and last, time in 1913, spending a year in Paris. There, they made friends with American artists and musicians who had gathered there around the local art scene. Throughout this period, the work Agnes produced was skillful but unoriginal—drawings, etching, and paintings in the dominant academic and impressionist styles.[1] On her return from Europe in 1914, she continued to study art, during the warm months of the year in Provincetown, Massachusetts,[1] where she was a member of the Provincetown Printers art colony in Massachusetts,[6] and during the colder ones in New York City. In Provincetown she attended classes at Charles Hawthorne's Cape Cod School of Art and in New York, the Art Students League.[1] Drawing of an old woman by Agnes Weinrich, graphite on paper, 11.5 x 7.5 inches. Hawthorne and other artists established the Provincetown Art Association in 1914 and held the first of many juried exhibitions the following year. Weinrich contributed nine pictures to this show, all of them representational and somewhat conservative in style.[1] A pencil sketch made about 1915 shows a figure, probably one of the Portuguese women of Provincetown. Weinrich was a metculous draftsperson and this drawing is typical of the work she did in the academic style between 1914 and 1920. She also produced works more akin to the Impressionist favored by Hawthorne and many of his students. When in 1917 Weinrich showed paintings in a New York women's club, the MacDowell Club, the art critic for the Brooklyn Daily Eagle said they showed a "strong note of impressionism."[7] Broken Fence by Agnes Weinrich, a white-line woodblock made on or before 1917; at left: the woodblock itself; at right: a print pulled from the woodblook. In 1916 Weinrich joined a group of printmakers which had begun using the white-line technique pioneered by Provincetown artist B.J.O. Nordfelt. She and the others in the group, including Blanche Lazzell, Ethel Mars and Edna Boies Hopkins, worked together, exchanging ideas and solving problems.[1][8] A year later Weinrich showed one of her first white-line prints at an exhibition held by the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia.[9] Broken Fence, in its two states—the print and the woodblock from which she made it—show Weinrich to be moving away from realistic presentation, towards a style, which, while neither abstract, nor Cubist, brings the viewer's attention to the flat surface plane of the work with its juxtaposed shapes and blocks of contrasting colors. Cows Grazing in the Dunes near Provincetown by Agnes Weinrich, white-line woodcut, 10 x 10 1/2 inches When in 1920 the informal white-line printmakers' group organized its own exhibition, Weinrich showed a dozen works, including one called Cows Grazing in the Dunes near Provincetown. This print shows greater tendency to abstraction than eitherBroken Fence or the prints made by other Provincetown artists of the time. The cows and dunes are recognizable but not presented realistically. The white lines serve to emphasize the blocks of muted colors which are the print's main pictorial elements. Weinrich uses the texture of the wood surface to call attention to the two-dimensional plane—the paper on which she made the print—in contrast with the implicit depth of foreground and background of cows, dunes, and sky. While the work is not Cubist, it has a proto-Cubist feel in a way that is similar to some of the more abstract paintings of Paul Cézanne.[10] By 1919 or 1920, while still spending winters in Manhattan and summers on Cape Cod, the sisters came to consider Provincetown their formal place of residence.[1][11][12][13] By that time they had also met the painter, Karl Knaths. Like themselves a Midwesterner of German origin who had grown up in a household where German was spoken, he settled in Provincetown in 1919. Agnes and Knaths shared artistic leanings and mutually influenced each other's increasing use of abstraction in their work.[1][14] The sisters and Knaths became close companions. In 1922 Knaths married Helen and moved into the house which the sisters had rented. He was then 31, Helen 46, and Agnes 49 years old. When, two years later, the three decided to become year-round residents of Provincetown, Agnes and Helen used a part of their inheritance to buy land and materials for constructing a house and outbuildings for the three of them to share. Knaths himself acquired disused structures nearby as sources of lumber and, having once been employed as a set building for a theater company, he was able to build their new home.[15] Weinrich was somewhat in advance of Knaths in adopting a modernist style. She had seen avant-garde art while in Paris and met American artists who had begun to appreciate it. On her return to the United States she continued to discuss new theories and techniques with artists in New York and Provincetown, some of whom she had met in Paris. This loosely-knit group influenced one another as their individual styles evolved. In addition to Blance Lazzell, already mentioned, the group included Maude Squires, William Zorach, Oliver Chaffee, and Ambrose Webster. Some of them, including Lazzell and Flora Schofield had studied with influential modernists in Paris and most had read and discussed the influential Cubist and Futurist writings of Albert Gleizes and Gino Severini.[16][17] Mature style[edit] Woman with Flowers by Agnes Weinrich, circa 1920, oil on canvas, 34 x 30 1/4 inches, exhibited at the Provincetown Art Association exhibition of 1920, made available courtesy of the Association. Two of Weinrich's paintings, both produced about 1920, mark the emergence of her mature style. The first, Woman With Flowers, is similar to one by the French artist, Jean Metzinger called Le goûter (Tea Time) (1911).[18] Red Houses by Agnes Weinrich, circa 1921, oil on canvas on board, 24.25 x 25.5 inches; exhibited "Red Houses" at Fifth Annual Exhibition of the Society of Independent Artists. Like much of Metzinger's work, Le goûter was discussed in books and journals of the time—including one called Cubism co-authored by Metzinger himself.[19] Because the group with which Weinrich associated read about and discussed avant-garde art in general and Cubism in particular, it is reasonably likely that Weinrich was familiar with Metzinger's work before she began her own. The second painting, Red Houses, bears general similarity to landscapes by Cézanne and Braque. Both paintings are Cubist in style. However, with them Weinrich did not announce an abrupt conversion to Cubism, but rather marked a turning toward greater experimentation. In her later work she would not adopt a single style or stylistic tendency, but would produce both representative pictures and ones that were entirely abstract, always showing a strong sense of the two-dimensional plane of the picture's surface. After she made these two paintings neither her subject matter nor the media she used would dramatically change. She continued to employ subjects available to her in her Provincetown studio and the surrounding area to produce still lifes, village and pastoral scenes, portraits, and abstractions in oil on canvas and board; watercolor, pastel, crayon and graphite on paper; and woodblock prints.[20] Possessing an outgoing and engaging personality and an active, vigorous approach to life, Weinrich promoted her own work while also helping Karl Knaths to develop relationships with potential patrons, gallery owners, and people responsible for organizing exhibitions. With him, she put herself in the forefront of an informal movement toward experimentation in American art. Since, because of her independent means, she was not constrained to make her living by selling art, she was free to use exhibitions and her many contacts with artists and collectors to advance appreciation and understanding of works which did not conform to the still-conservative norm of the 1920s and 1930s.[1][21][22] Early in the 1920s, critics began to take notice of her work, recognizing her departure from the realism then prevailing in galleries and exhibitions. Paintings that she showed in 1922 drew the somewhat dry characterization of "individualistic.",[23] and in 1923 her work drew praise from a critic as "abstract, but at the same time not without emotion."[24] In 1925 Weinrich became a founding member of the New York Society of Women Artists. Other Provincetown members included Blanche Lazzell, Ellen Ravenscroft, Lucy L'Engle, and Marguerite Zorach. The membership was limited to 30 painters and sculptors all of whom could participate in the group's exhibitions, each getting the same space.[23][25][26] The group provided a platform for their members to distinguish themselves from the genteel and traditionalist art that women artists were at that time expected to show[27] and, by the account of a few critics, it appears their exhibitions achieved this goal.[1][28][29][30] In 1926 Weinrich joined with Knaths and other local artists in a rebellion against the "traditional" group that had dominated the Provincetown Art Association. For the next decade, 1927 through 1937, the association would mount two separate annual exhibitions, the one conservative in orientation and the other experimental, or, as it was said, radical.[31][32] Both Weinrich and Knaths participated on the jury that selected works for the first modernist exhibition.[11] Still Life by Agnes Weinrich, circa 1926, oil on canvas, 17 x 22 inches. Permission to use granted by Christine M. McCarthy, Executive Director, Provincetown Art Association and Museum. The painting was the gift of Warren Cresswell. Weinrich's painting, Still Life, made about 1926, may have been shown in the 1927 show. Representative of some aspects of her mature style, it is modernist but does not show Cubist influence. The objects pictured are entirely recognizable, but treated abstractly. Although fore- and background are distinguishable, the objects, as colored forms, make an interesting and visually satisfying surface design. In 1930 Weinrich put together a group show for modernists at the GRD Gallery in New York. The occasion was the first time a group of Provincetown artists exhibited together in New York. For it she selected works by Knaths, Charles Demuth, Oliver Chaffee, Margarite and William Zorach, Jack Tworkov, Janice Biala, Niles Spencer, E. Ambrose Webster, and others.[1][23] Later years[edit] Weinrich turned 60 on July 16, 1933. Although she had led a full and productive life devoted to development of her own art and to the advancement of modernism in art, she did not cease to work toward both objectives. She continued to work in oil on canvas and board, pastel and crayon on paper, and woodblock printing. Her output continued to vary in subject matter and treatment. For example, Still Life with Leaves, circa 1930 (oil on canvas, 18 x 24 inches) contains panels of contrasting colors with outlining similar to Knaths's style. Movement in C Minor, circa 1932 (oil on board, 9 x 12 inches) is entirely abstract. It too relates to Knaths's work, both in treatment (again, outlined panels of contrasting colors) and in its apparent relationship to music, something in which Knaths was also interested. Fish Shacks...
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Early 20th Century American Modern 20th Century Specialists Contemporary Art

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Glass

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By Charley Harper
Located in Sagaponack, NY
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By Esther Hansen
Located in Knebel, DK
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2010s Danish Arts and Crafts 20th Century Specialists Contemporary Art

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Canvas

2013 Esther Hansen White Peony, Danish Painting
By Esther Hansen
Located in Knebel, DK
A close-up oil on canvas painting of a white peony. It is one of four paintings of vividly colored and almost stylistic flowers. About the artist: Esther Hansen grew up in the...
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2010s Danish Arts and Crafts 20th Century Specialists Contemporary Art

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Canvas

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By Hans Speidel
Located in New York, NY
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Mid-20th Century German Modern 20th Century Specialists Contemporary Art

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Canvas

2013 Esther Hansen Coneflower, Danish Painting
By Esther Hansen
Located in Knebel, DK
A close-up oil on canvas painting of a cutleaf coneflower. It is one of four paintings of vividly colored and almost stylistic flowers. About the artist: Esther Hansen grew up in t...
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2010s Danish Arts and Crafts 20th Century Specialists Contemporary Art

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Canvas

2011 Bjarne Dahl Grass and Forrest
By Bjarne Dahl
Located in Knebel, DK
The grass is still visible as the light fades, the forrest dark with secrets. About the artist: The paintings of Bjarne Dahl are realistic and figurative with inspiration from...
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2010s Danish Arts and Crafts 20th Century Specialists Contemporary Art

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Canvas, Acrylic

Richard Hirsch Encaustic Painting of Nothing Series, circa 2010 - 2012
By Richard A. Hirsch
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary American ceramic artist Richard Hirsch's encaustic "Paintings of Nothing Series" #14, #16, #22 and #23 are made of ceramic raw materials, dry pigment and wax. Hirsch app...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern 20th Century Specialists Contemporary Art

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Clay, Organic Material

2015 Bjarne Dahl Misty Landscape
By Bjarne Dahl
Located in Knebel, DK
3 people digging in the field - Are they finding or hiding something? About the artist: The paintings of Bjarne Dahl are realistic and figurative with inspiration from landsca...
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2010s Danish Arts and Crafts 20th Century Specialists Contemporary Art

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Canvas, Acrylic

2013 Esther Hansen Red Daliah, Danish Painting
By Esther Hansen
Located in Knebel, DK
A close-up picture of the red daliah. It is one of four paintings of vividly colored and almost stylistic flowers. About the artist: Esther Hansen grew up in the countryside an...
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2010s Danish Arts and Crafts 20th Century Specialists Contemporary Art

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Canvas

Richard Hirsch Encaustic Painting of Nothing #52, 2017
By Richard A. Hirsch
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary American ceramic artist Richard Hirsch's encaustic Painting of Nothing #52 is made of ceramic raw materials, dry pigment and wax. This piece is part of his ongoing Painting of Nothing Series. Hirsch applies the waxy mix with a brush onto redwood plywood backed structures with two-inch wood strips all around and used various torches to layer, flux, bubble and blend. "Waxy and very tactile, they are probably the work Mark Rothko would have done had he spent most of his life in clay. Hirsch’s paintings have the nuance, subtle texture, and color shifts that become evident in blown-up photographs of his ceramic objects as well as a similar presence." Signed and dated en verso by the artist. This painting ship directly from the artist’s studio in Rochester, NY. (Literature: "With Fire: Richard Hirsch, A Life Between Chance and Design", Scott Meyer (Author), RIT Cary Graphic Arts Press 2012 - "The Paintings" pgs. 102 - 105) Richard Hirsch brief bio: In the field of contemporary ceramic, Rick Hirsch has earned an international reputation. He has achieved this recognition by engaging in numerous diversified professional activities. Through efforts in university teaching, exhibits, writing, lecturing and researching he has risen to worldwide prominence. In 1975, Hirsch co-authored a book entitled Raku, published by Watson-Guptill. This was the first comprehensive text to address the new innovations developing in the west that were transforming traditional Japanese Raku. Also, in the same year, Hirsch became a founding faculty member of The Program in Artistry at Boston University. Currently, Hirsch is a Professor Emeritus at The School for American Crafts which is a part of Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, NY. His university teaching career now spans well over four decades. Repeatedly, Hirsch has participated in several milestone exhibitions and publications. Significant shows include; The Evolution of American Art in Craft Media Since 1945; Echoes: Historical References in Contemporary Ceramics; American Ceramics Now; Raku: Origins, Impact and Contemporary Expression; and Convergences: The Presence of the Past in Contemporary American Ceramics...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern 20th Century Specialists Contemporary Art

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Clay, Organic Material

2015 Bjarne Dahl Misty Landscape
By Bjarne Dahl
Located in Knebel, DK
3 people digging in the field... are they finding or hiding something? About the artist: The paintings of Bjarne Dahl are realistic and figurative with inspiration from landsc...
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2010s Danish Arts and Crafts 20th Century Specialists Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Famed Black & White Abstract Lithograph by Louise Siekman, #3
Located in Pasadena, CA
A white and black abstract lithograph depicting an imaginary galaxy by Louise Siekman. It is numbered 1/10. It sits in a black stained frame.
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Specialists Contemporary Art

Materials

Wood, Paper

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