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Busy Signals

Busy Signal
By Andrée B. Carter
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Rising Collection, combines two key elements of my process --- my signature use of needlepoint, plus, mixing powdered pigments, gesso, and marble dust to create my own colors. These ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Marble

Busy Signal
By James Rosenquist
Located in New York, NY
A very good impression of this color lithograph with collage of screenprinted reflective Mylar on Arches. One of 9 numbered artist's proofs, aside from the edition of 84. Signed, tit...
Category

1970s Modern Abstract Prints

Materials

Screen, Mylar, Color, Lithograph

The Busy Signals Pretend Hits LP
By Yoshitomo Nara
Located in Washington , DC, DC
Rare vintage 2001 12 inch vinyl record album with cover designed by Yoshitomo Nara. The front cover is printed to the very edges with nothing other than and image of Nara's artwork, ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Plastic, Paper

The cherry blossoms have bloomed signaling a new s, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
For Vietnamese people, peach blossoms have a great symbolic value, which is a signal of the arrival
Category

2010s Impressionist Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Cherry blossoms, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
For Vietnamese people, peach blossoms have a great symbolic value, which is a signal of the arrival
Category

2010s Impressionist Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

George Nelson Rosewood Thin Edge 4 drawer Dresser by Herman Miller #1
By George Nelson
Located in San Diego, CA
laws of nature—and while he hadn’t yet done much designing himself, he was busy teasing out the
Category

Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Dressers

Materials

Aluminum

George Nelson Rosewood Thin Edge 4 drawer Dresser by Herman Miller #2
By George Nelson
Located in San Diego, CA
laws of nature—and while he hadn’t yet done much designing himself, he was busy teasing out the
Category

Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Dressers

Materials

Aluminum

Contemporary "Raaya Werte" Series Khamekaye Photography by Paula Anta
By Paula Anta
Located in Madrid, ES
both from the sea (there are busy fishing zones all along this coast) and from the shore. Khamekaye is
Category

2010s Spanish Photography

Materials

Wood, Paper

Looking Up Quadtych
Located in Deddington, GB
confused about the world. Looking up through birch leaves to calm my busy mind [2021] This young Birch tree
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Looking Up Quadtych
Looking Up Quadtych
H 39.38 in W 47.25 in D 1.58 in
Contemporary "Sanii Katou Poids" Series Khamekaye Photography by Paula Anta
By Paula Anta
Located in Madrid, ES
unimportant. They make the locations of villages visible both from the sea (there are busy fishing zones all
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Photography

Materials

Glass, Wood, Paper

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Category

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Hermès Rare "Hourvari" Cashmere Silk 90 cm Scarf by Henri d’Origny, 1972.
By Hermès
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By John Charles Maggs
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The Doctor Said I Needed Glasses
Located in Minneapolis, MN
/My numbers worth selection/If the busy signal doesn't buzz/You've got the right connection. Though
Category

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Busy Signals For Sale on 1stDibs

An assortment of busy signals is available on 1stDibs. A selection of these works in the contemporary, Impressionist and modern styles can be found today in our inventory. These items have been produced for many years, with earlier versions available from the 20th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 21st Century. You can search the busy signals that we have for sale on 1stDibs by color — popular works were created in bold and neutral palettes with elements of brown, gray and white. These artworks have been a part of the life’s work for many artists, but the versions made by Andrée B. Carter, Yoshitomo Nara and James Rosenquist are consistently popular. The range of these distinct pieces — often created in paint, acrylic paint and plastic — can elevate any room of your home.

How Much are Busy Signals?

Prices for art of this kind can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — busy signals in our inventory begin at $1,600 and can go as high as $12,500, while the average can fetch as much as $5,765.