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Playing Marbles

Young Boy Playing Marbles, Expressive Post-Impressionist Study
Young Boy Playing Marbles, Expressive Post-Impressionist Study

Young Boy Playing Marbles, Expressive Post-Impressionist Study

Located in Genève, GE

This intimate and vividly textured oil painting depicts a young child absorbed in play, crouched low to the ground while concentrating on a game of marbles.

Category

Early 20th Century Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Cardboard

"Marbles and Mischief" by Irene Georgopoulou, Still Life with Playing Cards
"Marbles and Mischief" by Irene Georgopoulou, Still Life with Playing Cards

"Marbles and Mischief" by Irene Georgopoulou, Still Life with Playing Cards

By Irene Georgopoulou

Located in Denver, CO

Part of her solo exhibition "Nostalgic Treasures: A Journey Through Time," this intricate still life features a colorful joker playing card, antique key, and vibrant marbles. The pla...

Category

2010s Realist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Paper, Pastel

Playing For Keeps Acrylic Painting, Contemporary, Signed, 2018
Playing For Keeps Acrylic Painting, Contemporary, Signed, 2018

Playing For Keeps Acrylic Painting, Contemporary, Signed, 2018

By Dwight Baird

Located in Brooklyn, NY

Here a group of children play a game of marbles. The stakes are high – marbles and such are very hard to come by so whoever wins takes home a major prize.

Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

19th Century landscape oil painting of a village
19th Century landscape oil painting of a village

19th Century landscape oil painting of a village

By Georgina Lara

Located in Nr Broadway, Worcestershire

In the foreground a group of children play marbles by a dog as two women chat by a log.

Category

19th Century Victorian Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

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Boys playing Marbles in Feltham, Middlesex Wartime scene.
Boys playing Marbles in Feltham, Middlesex Wartime scene.

Boys playing Marbles in Feltham, Middlesex Wartime scene.

By Karl Hagedorn

Located in Ashford, Kent

Karl Hagerdorn born in Berlin, Germany 1889-1969 moved to England in 1905 to study under Adolphe Vallette at Manchester School of Art and then the Slade School of Fine Art then spent...

Category

Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

'Playing For Keeps' 2018- Acrylic- Signed
'Playing For Keeps' 2018- Acrylic- Signed

'Playing For Keeps' 2018- Acrylic- Signed

By Dwight Baird

Located in Brooklyn, NY

Here a group of children play a game of marbles. The stakes are high – marbles and such are very hard to come by so whoever wins takes home a major prize.

Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

C.E. Gordon Stuart (fl. 1892-1896) - Signed 1887 Oil, Cornish Fishing Family
C.E. Gordon Stuart (fl. 1892-1896) - Signed 1887 Oil, Cornish Fishing Family

C.E. Gordon Stuart (fl. 1892-1896) - Signed 1887 Oil, Cornish Fishing Family

By C.E. Gordon Stuart

Located in Corsham, GB

The mother has returned from hanging clothes on the communal washing line (we can see other woman doing the same in the background), to find her two young children happily playing wi...

Category

Late 19th Century Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

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Playing Marbles For Sale on 1stDibs

Find a variety of playing marbles available on 1stDibs. Today, if you’re looking for Photorealist editions of these works and are unable to find the perfect match for your home, our selection also includes Impressionist. These items have long been popular, with older editions for sale from the 18th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 21st Century. Adding a colorful piece of art to a room that is mostly decorated in warm neutral tones can yield a welcome change — see the playing marbles on 1stDibs that include elements of gray, brown, black, purple and more. There have been many well-done artworks of this subject over the years, but those made by Slim Aarons, Alyson Kinkade, Terrece Beesley, Louise Bourgeois and William Bromley are often thought to be among the most beautiful. The range of these distinct pieces — often created in paint, fabric and canvas — can elevate any room of your home. If space is limited, there are small playing marbles measuring 12 across, while our inventory also includes pieces up to 60 inches across to better suit those in the market for large iterations.

How Much are Playing Marbles?

Prices for pieces in our collection of playing marbles start at $450 and top out at $68,000 with the average selling for $3,413.