Prison Bar
Reflexion
Located in PARIS, FR
The mirror bars of the “Reflexion” installation symbolize the prison bars, where the only horizon
Category
2010s Paintings
Materials
Mirror
Black Power, Attica Prison Riot Prisoners Racial Justice - African American Art
Located in Miami, FL
style using strong colors with deep blacks for the prison bars. Signed lower left Vincent. ( in homage
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Vincent D SmithBlack Power, Attica Prison Riot Prisoners Racial Justice - African American Art, 1972
$11,000
H 12.3 in W 18.25 in
Back to dark
Located in PARIS, FR
BACK TO DARK symbolises a man locked behind prison bars. The movement of the viewer in front of the
Category
2010s Sculptures
Materials
Inkjet
How d i failed to see you
Located in Zofingen, AG
Even though the world outside looks like paradise, it looks like prison bars for me. I have nowhere
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Prison Whitout Bars I
Located in Porto, 13
This captivating self-portrait emerges, revealing a man of profound introspection and artistic fervor. Positioned at the heart of the canvas, the artist gazes directly at the viewer ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
In the Silence of Passing Years
By Marc Balakjian
Located in New Orleans, LA
theme was that of anonymous packages tied with knots of rope; sometimes there are prison bars in the
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Still-life Prints
Materials
Mezzotint
Consequence of an Absence ( A loss makes one more appreciative)
By Marc Balakjian
Located in New Orleans, LA
was that of anonymous packages tied with knots of rope; sometimes there are prison bars in the
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Mezzotint
$350
H 11.5 in W 15.38 in
Elegy for a Forgotten Day
By Marc Balakjian
Located in New Orleans, LA
prison bars in the background or piles of planks leaning against each other. The images are disturbing in
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Mezzotint
Artist Motivation - Mandela, Former South African President, Inspirational Words
By Nelson Mandela
Located in Knowle Lane, Cranleigh
, held back by prison bars or hemmed in by the surrounding sea.
In these sketches entitled: My Robben
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Nelson MandelaArtist Motivation - Mandela, Former South African President, Inspirational Words, 2002
$10,417
H 19.69 in W 22.05 in D 1.58 in
Philip Evergood, Little Rock, Oil on Canvas, 1955 - "Civil Rights."
By Philip Evergood
Located in Miami, FL
execution as they grasp the prison bars. Are they next in line for the death gallows? Evergood is saying
Category
1950s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
$150,000
H 30.5 in W 22 in
Civil Rights, Racial Justice Little Rock
By Philip Evergood
Located in Miami, FL
blacks, witnessing the execution as they grasp the prison bars. Are they next in line for the death
Category
1950s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Nelson Mandela The Window - 2002, Lithograph Signed & numbered
By Nelson Mandela
Located in Pembroke Pines, FL
Mountain through the bars of a prison cell on Robben Island. In fact Table Mountain is not visible from the
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
$25,000
H 26 in W 20 in D 1 in
The Window - Mandela, Former South African President, Signed Art, Robben Island
By Nelson Mandela
Located in Knowle Lane, Cranleigh
depicts a view of Table Mountain through the bars of a prison cell on Robben Island. In fact Table
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Interior Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$20,834
H 25.6 in W 19.69 in D 1.58 in
Gilt Bronze Reliquary Pendant by Line Vautrin
By Line Vautrin
Located in Atlanta, GA
bars of prison on the other side. It opens to a small chamber that holds a picture or a relics of some
Category
Vintage 1940s French Mid-Century Modern Collectible Jewelry
Materials
Bronze
I am Innocent! - Drawing on Paper by Mino Maccari - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
man in jail in an attempt to widen the bars of his prison screams affirming his innocence. The typical
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Felt Pen
Berlin Blue, Maggie LaPorte Banks, Contemporary art, original abstract painting
Located in Deddington, GB
black boxes, with black prison like bars in front of the items.
Discover beautiful artwork by Maggie
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
$833
H 23.63 in W 23.63 in D 0.6 in
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Prison Desk, Indonesia, circa 1920
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Hand-carved desk made out of teak wood.
Category
Mid-20th Century Indonesian Dutch Colonial Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Wood
Women Behind Bars
By Richard Bernstein
Located in Westport, CT
CAMP outrageous Women's Prison stage Production WOMEN BEHIND BARS, presented by TOM EYEN, and ANDY
Category
1970s Pop Art Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
"16th Arrondissment, Paris, 1975" Original Silver Gelatin Print by Helmut Newton
By Helmut Newton
Located in Los Angeles, CA
of the narrative to come. Newton is at his compositional best- using shadow’s reminiscent of prison
Category
1970s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
H 20 in W 16 in D 0.02 in
Original Vintage Film Poster For Cocaine French Release Italian Drama Movie Art
Located in London, GB
lady in the foreground with a man looking out from behind prison bars and another man in a suit reading
Category
Vintage 1950s French Posters
Materials
Paper
H 63 in W 47.25 in D 0.04 in
The Capture of St. Thomas Aquinas Oil on Canvas Italy XVII Century
Located in Milan, IT
convince him, almost begging him. The figures are also placed in a prison, as indicated by the bars in the
Category
17th Century Other Art Style Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
H 56.7 in W 46.46 in D 1.97 in
For an Uncertain Departure
By Marc Balakjian
Located in New Orleans, LA
that of anonymous packages tied with knots of rope; sometimes there are prison bars in the background
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Mezzotint
Soldat im Irrenhause II - Original Lithograph by Conrad Felixmüller - 1918
By Conrad Felixmuller
Located in Roma, IT
and the other hand cathing the metal bar of the prison-like place shows his desire to be free.
Conrad
Category
1910s Expressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
H 15.95 in W 12.05 in D 0.2 in
Single Low Drink Table
Located in San Francisco, CA
round white Carrera marble top
over intricate spindles of beechwood
“prison bar
Category
20th Century Danish Tables
Original Vintage Film Poster For Cocaine French Release Italian Drama Movie Art
Located in London, GB
lady in the foreground with a man looking out from behind prison bars and another man in a suit reading
Category
1950s More Prints
Materials
Paper
Prison Inmate Folk Art Box
Located in Northfield, IL
Fantastic folk art box from an inmate at the Chillicothe Prison, Chillicothe, Illinois.
Category
Vintage 1960s American Folk Art Boxes
Materials
Wood
Prison Shank Collection of 54 Homemade Weapons
Located in High Point, NC
Collection of 54 homemade weapons mounted on a board. Most prisons have a collection or "Shank
Category
Late 20th Century American Collectibles and Curiosities
Folsom Prison Mug Shots - Early Twentieth Century
Located in North Hollywood, CA
This happy looking bunch all enjoyed the confines of the famed Folsom Prison of California. And
Category
Early 20th Century American Victorian Collectibles and Curiosities
Vintage Fornasetti Plate, "Tema & Variazioni" #121
By Fornasetti
Located in Winnetka, IL
fence or perhaps prison bars. Is she inside looking out or outside looking in? As is typical of his best
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Materials
Porcelain
Ladies Prison Craft Spurs
Located in Aurora, OR
These simply awesome handcrafted spurs are one of the many crafts produced by penitentiary prisoners in the early 20th century. Their small size makes them well-suited to a ladies bo...
Category
Early 20th Century American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Iron, Steel
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Located in Zofingen, AG
1 Technique
The paintings are painted with a palette knife and a brush on canvas.
2 Topic
He paints beautiful landscapes with great love. Puts all his experience and skills.
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Category
2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Keeping the Culture, mixed media signed/N print by top African American artist
By Kerry James Marshall
Located in New York, NY
Kerry James Marshall
Keeping the Culture, 2011
Silkscreen and linocut in colors with full margins and deckled edges on Arches paper with full margins and deckled edges
20-1/4 x 30-1/...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Linocut, Screen, Mixed Media, Pencil
$18,750 Sale Price
25% Off
H 20.25 in W 30.25 in
Benin African Art Tribal Bronze Relief Sculpture Plaque
By People from Benin
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Striking and detailed bronze relief sculpture from Benin, now known as Nigeria, in Africa. This piece was modeled after ancient Benin bronzes, but is from the 20th Century. The intri...
Category
20th Century Beninese Tribal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Mother and Child — Seasonal Greeting, Black Woman Artist
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Ann Graves Tanksley, Untitled (Mother and Child), mixed media on Japan paper, c. 1960s. Signed 'A. Tanksley' in gold in the image, lower right. Linoleum cut in black ink on Japanese ...
Category
1960s Expressionist Mixed Media
Materials
Fabric, Paper, Ink, Mixed Media
$3,400
H 7.38 in W 4.44 in
FALLING STAR Signed Lithograph Black Woman Portrait, African American Culture
By Romare Bearden
Located in Union City, NJ
FALLING STAR is a limited edition color lithograph printed using traditional hand lithography methods on archival printmaking paper, 100% acid free, by the renowned African American ...
Category
1970s Contemporary Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$9,250
H 29.5 in W 21.5 in
"Chrysanthemums painted in Claude Monet" Original Oil Painting by Lilya Volskaya
Located in Zofingen, AG
The paintings are drawn with oil on the canvas.
Shipping rolled in a TUBE.
Chrysanthemums painted in Claude Monet's manner.
Water-based sustainable mineral paints were used to creat...
Category
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Lacquer, Oil, Pigment
Lilya Volskaya"Chrysanthemums painted in Claude Monet" Original Oil Painting by Lilya Volskaya, 2023
$2,153 Sale Price
30% Off
H 19.69 in W 27.56 in D 0.6 in
Katya
Located in Zofingen, AG
This is one of those sketches where Evgeniy Monahov first used an industrial marker together with tempera - the thick velvety black of his lines expands the tonal range of the delica...
Category
2010s Realist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Tempera, Permanent Marker
Nasturtiums
Located in Zofingen, AG
"Nasturtiums" is a painting that pays homage to the natural beauty and timeless elegance of this summer flower. Painted with great precision and a keen eye for detail, this work exu...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Art Deco Diana
By Hans Harry Liebmann
Located in Miami, FL
This is a rare statement piece that commands that eye. It is of museum quality will be the centerpiece of any space. Masterfully crafted details of the human form are finely rendered...
Category
1910s Art Deco Nude Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Alley Fiends"
By John R. Grabach
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by:
John R. Grabach (1886 - 1981)
John Grabach was a highly regarded New Jersey artist, teacher, and author of the classic text...
Category
1930s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
THE DANCE OF GOLD
Located in Zofingen, AG
Against a dark, almost cosmic background, golden arcs soar
— like frozen movements of light cutting through silence. At the heart of this vortex, a butterfly spreads its wings, its t...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Ink, Acrylic
The Peonies In The Glass - peonies still life painting
Located in Zofingen, AG
Light still life of white peonies is a wonderful wall decor. This painting is very warm. It looks great in the interior will delight You and Your loved ones and be sure to give posit...
Category
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,117
H 15.75 in W 7.88 in D 0.79 in
"Cars, Buildings People" Contemporary Outsider Folk Art African American Urban
By Purvis Young
Located in New York, NY
"Cars, Buildings People" Contemporary Outsider Folk Art African American Urban
The painting measures 65 x 48 inches. We love that in the middle of the painting is a grocery store s...
Category
1990s Outsider Art Landscape Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Purvis Young"Cars, Buildings People" Contemporary Outsider Folk Art African American Urban, c. 1990s
$55,000
H 68 in W 51 in D 2 in
Stipple Drawing in Black and White of the First Lady of Haiti - African American
Located in Miami, FL
1942 Calendar illustration featuring the First Lady of Haiti (Madame Elie Lescot]) rendered in a precise stipple effect and celebrating African-American women which was titled "Twelv...
Category
1940s Academic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Pencil
Home, African Village Scene Orange Sky, African American Artist
Located in Miami, FL
An African village scene is characterized by bold colors and a punchy flat orange sky combined with a post-impressionist paint application for the tree and the house. In the foregrou...
Category
1970s Post-War Landscape Paintings
Materials
Gouache
$7,500
H 16.5 in W 15.25 in
Vintage Autumn in Central Park Abstract
Located in Soquel, CA
Compelling abstracted landscape of Central Park in the autumn, circa 1970. Impasto adds depth and interest. Unsigned. Unframed. Image size: 36"H x 24"W.
Category
1970s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Cardboard
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