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Liberalitas, Duke Humfreys Library, Oxford, England
Liberalitas, Duke Humfreys Library, Oxford, England

Liberalitas, Duke Humfreys Library, Oxford, England

By Reinhard Görner

Located in Los Angeles, CA

the University of Oxford, the Bodleian Libraries are the largest university library system in the UK

Category

2010s Conceptual Landscape Photography

Materials

C Print, Lambda

Duke Humfrey's Library I, Oxford, England
Duke Humfrey's Library I, Oxford, England

Duke Humfrey's Library I, Oxford, England

By Reinhard Görner

Located in Los Angeles, CA

and The Golden Compass. Housed at the University of Oxford, the Bodleian Libraries are the largest

Category

2010s Conceptual Landscape Photography

Materials

C Print, Lambda

Lania z Młodym Dinner Etching, Cubist Style, Mid-20th Century

Lania z Młodym Dinner Etching, Cubist Style, Mid-20th Century

By Abram Krol

Located in Belgrade, MT

Victoria and Albert Museum in London; the British Museum; Houghton Library, Harvard; Bodleian Library

Category

Mid-20th Century Cubist Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

British Artist, Benjamin Hope "Street Scene, England"
British Artist, Benjamin Hope "Street Scene, England"

British Artist, Benjamin Hope "Street Scene, England"

Located in Rockport, MA

' Exhibition in 2001. The following year, in honor of the Bodleian Library's 400th anniversary, he was

Category

20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

17th Century portrait oil painting of a gentleman
17th Century portrait oil painting of a gentleman

17th Century portrait oil painting of a gentleman

By John Riley

Located in Nr Broadway, Worcestershire

the Ashmolean Museum, Birmingham Museum, Bodleian Library, Christchurch College, Cromwell Museum

Category

17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Polish French Mid Century Modern Abstract Venice Gondola Canal Scene
Polish French Mid Century Modern Abstract Venice Gondola Canal Scene

Polish French Mid Century Modern Abstract Venice Gondola Canal Scene

By Abram Krol

Located in Surfside, FL

; the British Museum; Houghton Library, Harvard; Bodleian Library, Oxford, and the Palace of the Legion

Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Delayed

Karen WoodsDelayed, 2024

$3,300

H 14 in W 10 in

Delayed

By Karen Woods

Located in Fairfield, CT

collections of the Bodleian Library, Oxford, UK, James Castle House, Boise, ID, Boise Art Museum, Boise, ID

Category

2010s American Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

We're Moving

Karen WoodsWe're Moving, 2024

$3,300

H 14 in W 10 in

We're Moving

By Karen Woods

Located in Fairfield, CT

collections of the Bodleian Library, Oxford, UK, James Castle House, Boise, ID, Boise Art Museum, Boise, ID

Category

2010s American Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

On the Way 2

Karen WoodsOn the Way 2, 2023

$3,500

H 11 in W 17 in

On the Way 2

By Karen Woods

Located in Fairfield, CT

collections of the Bodleian Library, Oxford, UK, James Castle House, Boise, ID, Boise Art Museum, Boise, ID

Category

2010s American Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

On the Way 1

Karen WoodsOn the Way 1, 2023

$3,500

H 11 in W 17 in

On the Way 1

By Karen Woods

Located in Fairfield, CT

collections of the Bodleian Library, Oxford, UK, James Castle House, Boise, ID, Boise Art Museum, Boise, ID

Category

2010s American Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Takeoff

Karen WoodsTakeoff, 2022

$1,680

H 10 in W 7 in

Takeoff

By Karen Woods

Located in Fairfield, CT

collections of the Bodleian Library, Oxford, UK, James Castle House, Boise, ID, Boise Art Museum, Boise, ID

Category

2010s American Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Highway with Pale Sky

Highway with Pale Sky

By Karen Woods

Located in Fairfield, CT

collections of the Bodleian Library, Oxford, UK, James Castle House, Boise, ID, Boise Art Museum, Boise, ID

Category

2010s American Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Portrait of Lady Mansfield of Ringwood
Portrait of Lady Mansfield of Ringwood

Portrait of Lady Mansfield of Ringwood

By Thomas Hudson

Located in London, GB

Simon, Thomas Hudson, 1979, Kenwood House Museums National Portrait, London Bodleian Libraries, Oxford

Category

18th Century English School Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Portrait of Lady Mansfield of Ringwood

Portrait of Lady Mansfield of Ringwood

By Thomas Hudson

Located in London, GB

Simon, Thomas Hudson, 1979, Kenwood House Museums National Portrait, London Bodleian Libraries, Oxford

Category

18th Century English School Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Recent Sales

English 17th century portrait of John Ludford Esquire
English 17th century portrait of John Ludford Esquire

English 17th century portrait of John Ludford Esquire

By Mary Beale

Located in Bath, Somerset

found at the Bodleian Library, Oxford and The National Portrait Gallery, London, and Vertue published

Category

Late 17th Century Baroque Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Book of Hours (Use of Cambrai)
Book of Hours (Use of Cambrai)

Book of Hours (Use of Cambrai)

By Book of Hours

Located in New York, NY

. Gall F.85, and Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Douce 365). But, the originality of the margins in the

Category

15th Century and Earlier More Art

French Mid Century Modern Abstract Interior Scene (Vase with Flowers)
French Mid Century Modern Abstract Interior Scene (Vase with Flowers)

French Mid Century Modern Abstract Interior Scene (Vase with Flowers)

By Abram Krol

Located in Surfside, FL

; the British Museum; Houghton Library, Harvard; Bodleian Library, Oxford, and the Palace of the Legion

Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Polish French Mid Century Modern Abstract Venice Gondola Canal Scene
Polish French Mid Century Modern Abstract Venice Gondola Canal Scene

Polish French Mid Century Modern Abstract Venice Gondola Canal Scene

By Abram Krol

Located in Surfside, FL

; the British Museum; Houghton Library, Harvard; Bodleian Library, Oxford, and the Palace of the Legion

Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

French Mid Century Modern Abstract Interior Scene (Vase with Flowers)
French Mid Century Modern Abstract Interior Scene (Vase with Flowers)

French Mid Century Modern Abstract Interior Scene (Vase with Flowers)

By Abram Krol

Located in Surfside, FL

; the British Museum; Houghton Library, Harvard; Bodleian Library, Oxford, and the Palace of the Legion

Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Duke Humfrey's Library I, Oxford, England

Duke Humfrey's Library I, Oxford, England

By Reinhard Görner

Located in Los Angeles, CA

and The Golden Compass. It is housed at the University of Oxford and part of the Bodleian Libraries

Category

2010s Conceptual Landscape Photography

Materials

C Print, Lambda

Two Clowns, Mid Century Oil Painting
Two Clowns, Mid Century Oil Painting

Two Clowns, Mid Century Oil Painting

By Abram Krol

Located in Surfside, FL

; the British Museum; Houghton Library, Harvard; Bodleian Library, Oxford, and the Palace of the Legion

Category

Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Maximillian I, Holy Roman Emperor
Maximillian I, Holy Roman Emperor

Maximillian I, Holy Roman Emperor

By William Rogers (b.1545)

Located in Fairlawn, OH

in the Bodleian Library at Oxford University and the British Museum, is undated but can be assigned

Category

Early 1600s Old Masters Portrait Prints

Materials

Engraving

Portrait of a Lady

Portrait of a Lady

By Mary Beale

Located in Bath, Somerset

notebooks for 1677 and 1681 survive, found at the Bodleian Library, Oxford and The National Portrait Gallery

Category

18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings

17th century Portrait of a Lady
17th century Portrait of a Lady

17th century Portrait of a Lady

By Mary Beale

Located in Bath, Somerset

notebooks for 1677 and 1681 survive and are found at the Bodleian Library, Oxford and The National Portrait

Category

17th Century Baroque Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Frightened and Terrified Old Man" Framed Woodcut Signed
"Frightened and Terrified Old Man" Framed Woodcut Signed

"Frightened and Terrified Old Man" Framed Woodcut Signed

By Leonard Baskin

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Holocaust Memorial in Ann Arbor, Michigan. In 2009, England's Bodleian Library acquired Baskin's prints from

Category

20th Century Figurative Prints

‘Sir John Fortescue (c.1531-1607)’
‘Sir John Fortescue (c.1531-1607)’

‘Sir John Fortescue (c.1531-1607)’

Located in Lincoln, GB

Bodley (1545-1613), the founder of the Bodleian library, and Sir Gabriel Goodman (1529-1601), Dean of

Category

16th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Self-Portrait of the Artist, English, 17th century.
Self-Portrait of the Artist, English, 17th century.

Self-Portrait of the Artist, English, 17th century.

By Mary Beale

Located in Bath, Somerset

of her studio activities with his notebooks for 1677 and 1681 surviving, found at the Bodleian

Category

17th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

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