'Canyon River', San Francisco Bay Area Abstraction, Mid-Century, Maxwell Gallery
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Reference: San Francisco and the Second Wave: The Blair Collection of Bay Area Abstract Expressionism, Scott A. Shields, Crocker Art Museum 2004, page 108; et al.
Canvas, Oil
Abstract Expressionist Bay Area Hills Landscape
By Honora Berg
Located in Soquel, CA
The painting captures a sense of place through symbolic shapes and patterns rather than realistic depiction, reflecting Berg's roots in Bay Area Abstract Expressionism and her affini...
Archival Paper, Gouache
$3,900
Sam Tchakalian Abstract Oil & Paper on Canvas Painting, Sutter’s Mill 1962
By Sam Tchakalian
Located in Milford, NH
Sam Tchakalian's work of the late 1950s and 1960s exhibit indications of classic bay area abstract expressionism. Still, he also maintained an individual style and applied collage th...
Canvas, Paper, Oil
Robert McChesney Watercolor Titled "Investigators"
By Robert McChesney 1
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Considered one of the "progenitors of Bay Area abstract expressionism", he had influence far beyond his home town.
Paint, Watercolor, Paperboard
$3,054Sale Price|40% Off
Dragon Boats Chinese New Year San Francisco Bay Area Original Oil on Canvas 1960
By Peter Lowe
Located in Soquel, CA
Dragon Boats Chinese New Year San Francisco Bay Area Original Oil on Canvas 1960s A seminal abstract expressionist work by Peter Lowe (American, 1916-1922).
Canvas, Oil Crayon
$2,500
John Grillo - Mid Century Modern Geometric Abstraction Op silkscreen Signed 6/9
By John Grillo
Located in New York, NY
It is in very good condition with deckled edges John Grillo Biography A leading exponent of Bay Area Abstract Expressionism during the 1940s, John Grillo was a painter, sculptor, an...
Screen
Believe, Abstract Painting
By Gena Brodie Robbins
Located in San Francisco, CA
Words that describe this painting: abstract, figure, bay area figurative painting, german expressionism, abstract, people, non-representational, acrylic painting, blueBelieveGena Bro...
Acrylic
$1,200
Low Fog
By Ruth Armer
Located in San Francisco, CA
San Francisco and Second Wave: The Blair Collection of Bay Area Abstract Expressionism 2002 Hughes, Edan Milton.
Oil
$500
Collage Watercolor Painting David Gilhooly California Funk Surrealism MixedMedia
By David Gilhooly
Located in Surfside, FL
Gilhooly, together with Robert Arneson, Peter Vandenberge, Chris Unterseher, and Margaret Dodd, working together in TB-9 (temporary building 9) were what was later to be called, The ...
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
$500
Collage, Assemblage Cardstock Painting David Gilhooly California Funk Surrealism
By David Gilhooly
Located in Surfside, FL
Gilhooly, together with Robert Arneson, Peter Vandenberge, Chris Unterseher, and Margaret Dodd, working together in TB-9 (temporary building 9) were what was later to be called, The ...
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
$500
Collage, Assemblage Cardstock Painting David Gilhooly California Funk Surrealism
By David Gilhooly
Located in Surfside, FL
Gilhooly, together with Robert Arneson, Peter Vandenberge, Chris Unterseher, and Margaret Dodd, working together in TB-9 (temporary building 9) were what was later to be called, The ...
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
$500
Collage Watercolor Painting David Gilhooly California Funk Surrealism MixedMedia
By David Gilhooly
Located in Surfside, FL
Gilhooly, together with Robert Arneson, Peter Vandenberge, Chris Unterseher, and Margaret Dodd, working together in TB-9 (temporary building 9) were what was later to be called, The ...
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Untitled
By Ernest Briggs
Located in New York, NY
Collections: -San Jose Museum, San Jose, CA -Blair Collection of Bay Area Abstract Expressionism -Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, PA -Ciba-Geigy Corporation, Ardsley, NY -Hirshh...
Canvas, Oil
Untitled
By Ernest Briggs
Located in New York, NY
Collections: -San Jose Museum, San Jose, CA -Blair Collection of Bay Area Abstract Expressionism -Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, PA -Ciba-Geigy Corporation, Ardsley, NY -Hirshh...
Canvas, Oil
Untitled
By Ernest Briggs
Located in New York, NY
Collections: -San Jose Museum, San Jose, CA -Blair Collection of Bay Area Abstract Expressionism -Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, PA -Ciba-Geigy Corporation, Ardsley, NY -Hirshh...
Canvas, Oil
Untitled
By Ernest Briggs
Located in New York, NY
Collections: -San Jose Museum, San Jose, CA -Blair Collection of Bay Area Abstract Expressionism -Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, PA -Ciba-Geigy Corporation, Ardsley, NY -Hirshh...
Canvas, Oil
Untitled, Diptych
By Ernest Briggs
Located in New York, NY
Size 69 1/4" x 53 1/4" each panel Collections: -San Jose Museum, San Jose, CA -Blair Collection of Bay Area Abstract Expressionism -Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, PA -Cib...
Canvas, Oil
Untitled
By Ernest Briggs
Located in New York, NY
Collections: -San Jose Museum, San Jose, CA -Blair Collection of Bay Area Abstract Expressionism -Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, PA -Ciba-Geigy Corporation, Ardsley, NY -Hirshh...
Oil
Untitled
By Ernest Briggs
Located in New York, NY
Collections: -San Jose Museum, San Jose, CA -Blair Collection of Bay Area Abstract Expressionism -Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, PA -Ciba-Geigy Corporation, Ardsley, NY -Hirshh...
Oil
Untitled
By Ernest Briggs
Located in New York, NY
Collections: -San Jose Museum, San Jose, CA -Blair Collection of Bay Area Abstract Expressionism -Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, PA -Ciba-Geigy Corporation, Ardsley, NY -Hirshh...
Oil
Untitled
By Ernest Briggs
Located in New York, NY
Acrylic on paper Collections: -San Jose Museum, San Jose, CA -Blair Collection of Bay Area Abstract Expressionism -Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, PA -Ciba-Geigy Corporation, ...
Acrylic
Untitled
By Ernest Briggs
Located in New York, NY
Collections: -San Jose Museum, San Jose, CA -Blair Collection of Bay Area Abstract Expressionism -Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, PA -Ciba-Geigy Corporation, Ardsley, NY -Hirshh...
Oil
Untitled
By Ernest Briggs
Located in New York, NY
Collections: -San Jose Museum, San Jose, CA -Blair Collection of Bay Area Abstract Expressionism -Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, PA -Ciba-Geigy Corporation, Ardsley, NY -Hirshh...
Oil
Mask
By Ernest Briggs
Located in New York, NY
SELECTED COLLECTIONS San Jose Museum, San Jose, CA (2007) Blair Collection of Bay Area Abstract Expressionism Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, PA The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY...
Acrylic
Untitled
By Ernest Briggs
Located in New York, NY
Gouache on Paper Collections: -San Jose Museum, San Jose, CA -Blair Collection of Bay Area Abstract Expressionism -Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, PA -Ciba-Geigy Corporation, ...
Gouache
Monochromatic Hillside Landscape 20th Century Graphite
By Jack Freeman
Located in San Francisco, CA
Freeman's style varied between Abstract Expressionism, the Bay Area Figurative Movement, and plein air landscape painting.
Graphite
Outing
By Ian Kimmerly
Located in San Francisco, CA
Within the tensions generated between nonobjective and illusory space, notes of Abstract Expressionism, Bay Area Expressionists such as Richard Diebenkorn and Elmer Bischoff, Gerhard...
Sold
H 6 in W 4 in
Collage Watercolor Painting David Gilhooly California Funk Surrealism MixedMedia
By David Gilhooly
Located in Surfside, FL
Gilhooly, together with Robert Arneson, Peter Vandenberge, Chris Unterseher, and Margaret Dodd, working together in TB-9 (temporary building 9) were what was later to be called, The ...
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Sold
H 6 in W 4 in
Collage, Assemblage Cardstock Painting David Gilhooly California Funk Surrealism
By David Gilhooly
Located in Surfside, FL
Gilhooly, together with Robert Arneson, Peter Vandenberge, Chris Unterseher, and Margaret Dodd, working together in TB-9 (temporary building 9) were what was later to be called, The ...
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Sold
H 6 in W 4 in
Collage, Assemblage Cardstock Painting David Gilhooly California Funk Surrealism
By David Gilhooly
Located in Surfside, FL
Gilhooly, together with Robert Arneson, Peter Vandenberge, Chris Unterseher, and Margaret Dodd, working together in TB-9 (temporary building 9) were what was later to be called, The ...
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Sold
H 6 in W 4 in
Collage Watercolor Painting David Gilhooly California Funk Surrealism MixedMedia
By David Gilhooly
Located in Surfside, FL
Gilhooly, together with Robert Arneson, Peter Vandenberge, Chris Unterseher, and Margaret Dodd, working together in TB-9 (temporary building 9) were what was later to be called, The ...
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Sold
H 19.5 in W 47.5 in D 0.75 in
'Cloudscape Mandala' Seoul, Korea, San Francisco Bay Area Abstract Expressionism
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Besides the title of Mandala Artist, Chun has been recognized by critics for “his natural description of the Oriental way of thinking in adopting abstract expressionism.” In the 195...
Canvas, Oil
Sold
H 36 in W 30 in D 0.5 in
1960s Bay Area Abstract Expressionism Female Artist Pastel and Paint on Paper
By Gloria Dudfield
Located in Arp, TX
Gloria Dudfield Figurative Abstract Stretch 1960s Oil Pastel and Gouache on Paper 36"x30" unframed Gloria (Fischer) Dudfield July 12, 1922 – May 27, 2015 Came from a portfolio of he...
Paper, Oil Pastel, Gouache
Sold
H 34 in W 50 in D 0.75 in
'Chariot', San Francisco Bay Area Abstraction, Mid-Century, Maxwell Gallery
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Reference: San Francisco and the Second Wave: The Blair Collection of Bay Area Abstract Expressionism, Scott A. Shields, Crocker Art Museum 2004, page 108; et al.
Canvas, Oil
Sold
H 39.5 in W 31.5 in D 2 in
Bay Area Abstract Expressionist Mid-Century painting by Tom Ide
Located in San Francisco, CA
Tom Ide is one of the artists in the important book about San Francisco Bay Area abstract expressionism titled, “San Francisco and the Second Wave”
Oil
Sold
H 11 in W 13.38 in
Ocean Landscape (Small, Abstract Expressionism, Bay Area, San Francisco)
By Walter Kuhlman
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Benezit, Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs, et Graveurs, Jacques Busse, 1999 Nouvelle Édition, Gründ 1911, Vol. 8, p. 73; Art in the San Francisco Bay Area: 1945-19...
Paper, Gouache
John Grillo 1947 Surrealist Gouache, Ink and Pencil Abstract
By John Grillo
Located in Arp, TX
John Grillo Surrealist Abstract 1947 Gouache, ink and pencil on paper 15"x20" unframed Signed and dated in ink lower left John Grillo 1917–2014 A leading exponent of Bay Area Abstra...
Paper, Ink, Gouache, Pencil
Hesperides
By Karl Kasten 1
Located in San Francisco, CA
Susan Landauer, author of San Francisco and the Second Wave: The Blair Collection of Bay Area of Abstract Expressionism writes that Kasten was the artist who most successfully absorb...
Aquatint
Sold
H 6 in W 4 in
Collage, Assemblage Cardstock Painting David Gilhooly California Funk Surrealism
By David Gilhooly
Located in Surfside, FL
Gilhooly, together with Robert Arneson, Peter Vandenberge, Chris Unterseher, and Margaret Dodd, working together in TB-9 (temporary building 9) were what was later to be called, The ...
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Display
By Ian Kimmerly
Located in San Francisco, CA
Within the tensions generated between nonobjective and illusory space, notes of Abstract Expressionism, Bay Area Expressionists such as Richard Diebenkorn and Elmer Bischoff, Gerhard...
Oil, Acrylic, Canvas
A Good Strong Wind Will Keep You Honest
By Ian Kimmerly
Located in San Francisco, CA
Within the tensions generated between nonobjective and illusory space, notes of Abstract Expressionism, Bay Area Expressionists such as Richard Diebenkorn and Elmer Bischoff, Gerhard...
Acrylic Polymer, Canvas, Oil
$680Sale Price|20% Off
H 10.75 in W 13.75 in D 0.5 in
Mid Century Lake Anza Berkeley Bay Area Abstract Expressionist Landscape W/C
By Howard Margolis
Located in Soquel, CA
Brilliantly colorful mid century expressive abstracted landscape of Lake Anza in Berkeley by Bay Area artist Howard Margolis (American, 1927-2015). Signed “Margolis” in lower right c...
Paper, Watercolor
$680Sale Price|20% Off
H 13.25 in W 10 in D 0.125 in
Abstract Expressionist Watercolor Portrait
By Howard Margolis
Located in Soquel, CA
Abstract expressionist portrait of a colorful face by Berkeley artist Howard Margolis (American, 1927-2015). Unsigned, with “Howard Margolis” on verso. Presented unframed, in a paste...
Paper, Watercolor
Peinture 5, 1961 - Oil on canvas, 65x92 cm.
By Carlos Carnero
Located in Nice, FR
Oil on Canvas by Carlos Carnero. He was friend and pupil of Fernard Léger and friend of the most important artist of his time, such as Picasso and Matisse. This is from his abstract ...
Oil
$3,988
H 24.02 in W 28.35 in D 1.19 in
Chromatic escape, Abstract Landscape, Countryside, Contemporary, Oil, French art
By SOPHIE DUMONT
Located in LANGRUNE-SUR-MER, FR
Chromatic Landscape is an abstract oil painting by French contemporary artist Sophie Dumont. Created in 2024 and refined by the artist in 2026, the composition explores landscape thr...
Oil
$1,834Sale Price|20% Off
H 35 in W 46 in
1980's French Expressionist Painting Rolling Hills and Valleys Verdant Landscape
By Gilbert Pelissier
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Expressionist Composition by Gilbert Pelissier (French born 1924) signed oil painting on canvas, unframed inscribed verso dated 85' canvas size: 35 x 46 inches condition: ov...
Canvas, Oil
$3,407
H 22.45 in W 26.78 in D 0.79 in
Geometric Landscape Oil Painting, Textured Abstraction, Signed, 2024
By SOPHIE DUMONT
Located in LANGRUNE-SUR-MER, FR
Medium: Oil on canvas Unframed size: 50 x 61 cm (19.7 x 24 in) Framed size: approx. 57 x 68 cm (22.4 x 26.8 in) Year: 2024 Framing: Black or natural wood floater frame available Sign...
Oil
$620Sale Price|20% Off
H 42 in W 30 in D 2 in
Mid Century Modern Abstract Expressionist Framed Original Large Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted mid century abstract cubist oil painting. Great color and composition. Framed.
Canvas, Oil
$1,276Sale Price|30% Off
H 26.38 in W 40.16 in D 0.79 in
Traces No.9 Pour une Archéologie du Présent, 1970s Acrylic on Plywood
Located in Cotignac, FR
Large 1970s abstract geometric acrylic and oil on plywood panel signed Rivel and dated 1977 to the bottom left. The painting is titled to the rear of the panel. Numbers of colour fi...
Acrylic, Board
$3,600
H 28.25 in W 21.75 in D 1 in
Untitled Abstract Painting, Oil on Paper, Framed, Circa 1960s
By Ron Stonier
Located in Vancouver, CA
Ron Stonier (1933-2001) was a dedicated Vancouver artist celebrated for his exploration of abstract painting, influenced by his mentors Gordon Smith and Jack Shadbolt, as well as by ...
Paper, Oil, Board
$1,200
H 30 in W 18 in D 0.5 in
Abstract Expressionist Painting (Mid-century Modern action composition)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Untitled Abstract Expressionist painting, 1957 Oil on canvas measuring 18 x 30 inches. Signed with monogram and dated lower right. Two repair patches on back on painting. Artist...
Oil, Canvas
1960s Mid-20th-century Mixed Media Abstract Painting
Located in Miami, FL
A MCM abstract painting in iconic 1960s hues with bold strokes and added textural materials. The painting is signed in Asian calligraphy along the lower right corner. It is framed ...
Fabric, Canvas, Paint, Linen
$3,250
H 17.75 in W 21.75 in
"What, Water, Color, Sky, " Surreal Abstract Watercolor signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Whale, Water, Color, Sky" is an original watercolor painting by David Barnett, signed and dated in the lower right. This surreal, abstract work is composed of expressive brush strok...
Watercolor
$2,450
H 14.18 in W 10.24 in D 0.4 in
Guinovart Abstract Painting on Cardboard, Acrylic, Framed, 1950s
By Josep Guinovart Bertrán
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Guinovart. Josep Guinovart i Bertran (Barcelona 1927-2007) was a painter, draftsman and engraver from Catalonia, Spain. After studying at the School of the Lonja and the Promotion ...
Acrylic
$3,250
H 19 in W 21.25 in D 1.5 in
Edward Chavez Primordial Landscape Modernist Southwestern Oil Painting
By Edward Chavez
Located in Denver, CO
A powerful modernist Southwestern oil painting by Edward (Eduardo) Chavez titled Primordial Landscape, depicting an abstracted desert-inspired terrain built through layered color, or...
Oil
$1,450
H 26 in W 30 in D 0.13 in
"Those Who Reign" Abstracted Figurative Composition in Watercolor and Ink
By Robert Moesle
Located in Soquel, CA
"Those Who Reign" Abstracted Figurative Composition in Watercolor and Ink Intricate figurative composition by Robert Moesle (American, b. 1932). Groups of heavily armored figures st...
Paper, Watercolor, India Ink
$3,900Sale Price|40% Off
H 72 in W 52 in D 2 in
Large Scale Bay Area Abstracted Landscape -- Salt Ponds
By Erle Loran
Located in Soquel, CA
Striking large scale abstracted landscape oil depicting San Francisco Bay salt ponds by Erle Loran (American, 1905-1999), Unframed. Purchased as part of larger collection. Measures 7...
Canvas, Acrylic
$380Sale Price|24% Off
H 4 in W 5.75 in D 1 in
Fern Fossil Specimen, Extinct Neuropteris species likely, 300 million years old
Located in Warrenton, OR
Fern Fossil Specimen, Extinct Neuropteris species likely, 300 million years old. Discovered in PA. ***NOTE: Our 1stDibs store is closing in May and items will not be available therea...
Organic Material
$4,400Sale Price|20% Off
H 20 in W 30 in D 2 in
Antique American Modernist Abstract Expressionist Period New York Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Very impressive and amazing mid 1900s abstract expressionist oil painting. Oil on canvas. No signature found. Framed.
Canvas, Oil
$605
H 16 in W 12 in
The Window 342 - Modern Resin Minimalist Blue Two Tone Color Field Abstract Art
By Ricky Hunt
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Ricky Hunt’s mixed media minimalist wall art is influenced by his tumultuous past that led to a paradigm shift in creativity and life. He covers the wood panel with layers of acrylic...
Resin, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Wood Panel
$1,300Sale Price|35% Off
H 36 in W 40 in D 1.5 in
1950's Mid-Century Abstract Expressionist painting
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Stunning abstract expressionist painting, ca. 1955. Oil on Canvas, measuring 36 x 40 inches. Some natural cracking and paint loss due to heavy impasto technique. Unsigned. Art su...
Canvas, Oil
$2,752Sale Price|30% Off
H 54.73 in W 54.73 in D 0.04 in
All Roads Are Winding, nature, orange, beige, navy blue, Joan Mitchell, red
By Lloyd Tabing
Located in Jönköping, SE
This painting is from my series titled "The Untethered Soul." This series delves into the transformative power of nature, capturing the essence of what one feels rather than sees. In...
Raw Linen, Acrylic
$3,400
H 36 in W 48 in
Fruity Ramen Alchemy: ARRIVAL - Meditative Abstract Blue Tone Painting on Canvas
By Jason DeMeo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Abstract minimalist artist Jason DeMeo presents a collection of artworks designed to engage viewers in a meditative experience, drawing them closer to the enduring ideals of truth, b...
Gold Leaf
$3,000
H 48 in W 36 in
Princess /// Contemporary Street Pop Art Painting Grace Kelly Abstract Colorful
By Jack Graves III
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Jack Graves III (American, 1988-) Title: "Princess" Series: Eclecticism *Signed by Graves lower left. It is also signed, titled, and dated on verso Year: 2024 Medium: Origi...
Canvas, Paint, Acrylic
John David Rigsby Abstract Mixed Media on Canvas, American 1960
Located in Hudson, NY
A handsome and sophisticated mixed media on canvas by American artist John Rigsby. Found in a original state of preservation. His works are few and far between. The following ...
Canvas, Paint
$12,750
H 62 in W 41 in D 2 in
Large Vintage American Modernist Signed Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist abstract oil painting Paul Henry Brach (1924 - 2007). Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed. Provenance from a Sag Harbor, NY collection. Handsomely framed in mod...
Oil
$1,920Sale Price|20% Off
H 14 in W 28 in
Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting on Canvas by Jerrold Davis
By Jerrold Davis
Located in Long Island City, NY
Black Abstract Jerrold Davis American (1928) Oil on Canvas, signed 'Davis' verso Size: 14 x 28 in. (35.56 x 71.12 cm)
Canvas, Oil
$3,250
H 8.75 in W 10.75 in
"Untitled" Edward Zutrau, 1963 Post-Painterly Abstract Expressionist Painting
By Edward Zutrau
Located in New York, NY
Edward Zutrau Untitled, 1963 Signed and dated on stretcher verso "5/63" Oil on canvas 8 3/4 x 10 3/4 inches Edward Zutrau is among the American artists who worked within the whirlw...
Canvas, Oil
$450
H 13 in W 10 in D 0.1 in
Untitled Modernist (Abstract Expressionist Figurative Painting)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Beautiful Abstract expressionist figure signed Kline. Charcoal on paper measuring 10 x 13 inches. Sheet is glued down to foam board backing. Total measurement 13 x 16 inches.
Paper, Ink
$6,500
H 64 in W 40 in
Number 30, Large Abstract Expressionist Acrylic Painting by William Hewes
By William Hewes
Located in Long Island City, NY
A large, dramatic abstract oil painting by Contemporary artist Bill Hewes. William (Bill) Hewes is an American self-taught artist. Hewes was born in Easthampton, Massachusetts in 19...
Enamel
$2,400
H 24 in W 18 in
Coral Reef, Abstract Mixed Media Painting, Acrylic & Sand, 24x18in, 2025
By a.muse
Located in New york, NY
For a 24 x 18in abstract painting on paper Coral Reef, a. muse uses acrylic, oil pastel, gouache, sand, and diamond dust to render colorful biomorphic forms from the sea. Warm and co...
Rag Paper, Oil Pastel, Acrylic, Gouache
$1,012Sale Price|25% Off
H 30 in W 20.5 in D 0.25 in
Bay Area Abstract Expressionist Composition in Oil on Cardboard
By Honora Berg
Located in Soquel, CA
Bay Area Abstract Expressionist Composition in Oil on Cardboard San Francisco Bay area abstract expressionist composition by Honora Berg (American, 1897-1985). Bold linear abstract ...
Oil, Illustration Board
Japanese Two Panel Screen: Moon and Flowers
Located in Hudson, NY
Showa period (1926 - 1989) painting with a strong design of exotic lilies and a cluster of nadeshiko (dianthus) under a silver moon on gold. This painting has a modern flair, which ...
Silver
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