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Scary Art

Scary Baby

Ted AdamsScary Baby, 2011

$1,000

H 14 in W 11 in D 1 in

Scary Baby

By Ted Adams

Located in Hudson, NY

Listing is for UNFRAMED print. Inquire within for framing. Edition of 25. If the exhibition piece is sold or the customer orders a different print size, the photograph is prod...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Scary Guy Sculpture in Chrome Resin, Pop Art, Edition of 300, 2015
Scary Guy Sculpture in Chrome Resin, Pop Art, Edition of 300, 2015

Scary Guy Sculpture in Chrome Resin, Pop Art, Edition of 300, 2015

By Kenny Scharf

Located in Aventura, FL

ToyQube & Kenny Scharf collaboration. Chrome resin sculpture with artist signature incised on the underside. Edition of 300. Brand new in original box. All reasonable offers w...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Resin

David Bowie Scary Monsters Color Clown Limited Edition

David Bowie Scary Monsters Color Clown Limited Edition

By Brian Duffy

Located in Austin, TX

Museum quality color fine art print of David Bowie in the Scary Monsters Clown costume from the official Duffy Archive.

Category

Late 20th Century Pop Art Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Scary Nightmare Monsters Emerge from the Mountains
Scary Nightmare Monsters Emerge from the Mountains

Scary Nightmare Monsters Emerge from the Mountains

By Walter Schnackenberg

Located in Miami, FL

Famed poster and stage scenery artist Walter Schnackenberg shifts gear and paints a nightmarish vision from his imagination. In the present work, we witness scary monsters emerge fro...

Category

1940s Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Pen

Bowie Scary Monsters Clown limited edition large format print by Duffy

Bowie Scary Monsters Clown limited edition large format print by Duffy

By Brian Duffy

Located in Austin, TX

Museum quality fine art print of David Bowie in the Scary Monsters Clown costume from the official Duffy Archive.

Category

Late 20th Century Other Art Style Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

David Bowie Scary Monsters Smoking full large format contact sheet by Duffy

David Bowie Scary Monsters Smoking full large format contact sheet by Duffy

By Brian Duffy

Located in Austin, TX

Museum quality fine art, limited edition contact sheet print of a smoking David Bowie in the Scary Monsters Clown costume from the official Duffy Archive.

Category

Late 20th Century Modern Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Sci-Fi Mind Bending Alien Head with Scary Bulging Eyeball - Giuseppe Arcimboldo
Sci-Fi Mind Bending Alien Head with Scary Bulging Eyeball - Giuseppe Arcimboldo

Sci-Fi Mind Bending Alien Head with Scary Bulging Eyeball - Giuseppe Arcimboldo

Located in Miami, FL

Inspired by Italian Artist Giuseppe Arcimboldo, Illustrator Bernard D'Andrea creates a startled person in profile. Unlike Arcimboldo, D'Andrea constructs a girl's head out of people ...

Category

1970s Portrait Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Acrylic, Illustration Board, Pencil

David Bowie Scary Monsters Clown full contact sheet large format print by Duffy

David Bowie Scary Monsters Clown full contact sheet large format print by Duffy

By Brian Duffy

Located in Austin, TX

Museum quality fine art, limited edition contact sheet print of David Bowie in the Scary Monsters Clown costume from the official Duffy Archive.

Category

Late 20th Century Conceptual Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Recent Sales

Scary Man

Scary Man

Unavailable

H 46 in W 36 in D 2 in

Scary Man

Located in Mississauga, ON

Acrylic on canvas Artist Rumi Year 2007.

Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Art

David Bowie, Scary Monsters Clown, 1980

David Bowie, Scary Monsters Clown, 1980

By Brian Duffy

Located in Los Angeles, CA

This outfit and makeup was worn in the “Ashes to Ashes” music video released in 1980 and for the three cover versions of the 7″ single. Taken by Duffy during the last of the Five Se...

Category

1980s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

The world is a scary place, but I have waterwings
The world is a scary place, but I have waterwings

The world is a scary place, but I have waterwings

Located in Telluride, CO

“We are all both insignificant, and epic at the same time.” Lisa Swerling’s Glass Cathedrals are a series of hundreds of miniature worlds in boxes exploring this dichotomy, expressin...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

David Bowie, Scary Monsters, Clown Color, 1980 by Brian Duffy

David Bowie, Scary Monsters, Clown Color, 1980 by Brian Duffy

By Brian Duffy

Located in Los Angeles, CA

This outfit and makeup was worn in the “Ashes to Ashes” music video released in 1980 and for the three cover versions of the 7″ single. Taken by Duffy during the last of the Five Ses...

Category

1980s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

David Bowie, Scary Monsters, Clown Color, 1980 by Brian Duffy

David Bowie, Scary Monsters, Clown Color, 1980 by Brian Duffy

By Brian Duffy

Located in Los Angeles, CA

This outfit and makeup was worn in the “Ashes to Ashes” music video released in 1980 and for the three cover versions of the 7″ single. Taken by Duffy during the last of the Five Ses...

Category

1980s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Brigitte Bardot in Scary Mask Behind the Scenes of Viva Maria Fine Art Print
Brigitte Bardot in Scary Mask Behind the Scenes of Viva Maria Fine Art Print

Brigitte Bardot in Scary Mask Behind the Scenes of Viva Maria Fine Art Print

By Don Ornitz

Located in Las Vegas, NV

This is a limited edition fine art C-Print, hand numbered out of an edition of 125 with an accompanying certificate of authenticity.

Category

1960s Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, C Print, Archival Pigment

Untitled (Talking Photograph)

Tony OurslerUntitled (Talking Photograph), 1995

Unavailable

H 6 in W 7 in D 0.5 in

Untitled (Talking Photograph)

By Tony Oursler

Located in New York, NY

His work is included in many permanent collections, including the Tate gallery and the Saatchi Gallery in London, The Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris, the Whitney Museum of American...

Category

1990s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Color, Plastic

Goldscheider Vienna Scary Girl with Fox Terrier by Claire Weiss, circa 1935
Goldscheider Vienna Scary Girl with Fox Terrier by Claire Weiss, circa 1935

Goldscheider Vienna Scary Girl with Fox Terrier by Claire Weiss, circa 1935

By Claire Weiss, Goldscheider Manufactory of Vienna

Located in Vienna, AT

Rare Goldscheider ceramic figurine group of the 1030s: Little girl in a red checkered dress and with a red cap, holding a small umbrella on her shoulder, anxiously looking over her ...

Category

Vintage 1930s Austrian Art Deco Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Early 20th Century Guere Mask
Early 20th Century Guere Mask

Early 20th Century Guere Mask

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H 15 in W 13 in D 9 in

Early 20th Century Guere Mask

Located in London, GB

They created masks that were used during festivities, funerals, rituals, wars, and that look rather scary and monstrous. The art of Guere people is stylistically connected to the Dan...

Category

Vintage 1940s Congolese Folk Art Masks

Materials

Metal

SCARY GUY (SCULPTURE)
SCARY GUY (SCULPTURE)

Kenny ScharfSCARY GUY (SCULPTURE), 2015

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H 9 in W 5.5 in D 9.5 in

SCARY GUY (SCULPTURE)

By Kenny Scharf

Located in Aventura, FL

ToyQube & Kenny Scharf collaboration. Chrome resin sculpture with artist signature incised on the underside. Edition of 300. Brand new in original box. All reasonable offers will ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Resin

Scary Carnival Game
Scary Carnival Game

Scary Carnival Game

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H 10.63 in W 6.7 in D 2.76 in

Scary Carnival Game

Located in Seattle, WA

My best guess is that there were ping-pong type balls that rested in the eyes and mouth which were picked off by a shooter. Pretty cool and scary.

Category

Vintage 1940s American Carnival Art

Materials

Wood

David Bowie, Scary Monsters Long Shadow, 1980

David Bowie, Scary Monsters Long Shadow, 1980

By Brian Duffy

Located in Los Angeles, CA

This image was included on the stamp design around the edge of the “Ashes to Ashes” single. The 7″ was released 1st August 1980 on RCA records and had three cover variants all shot b...

Category

1980s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

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Scary Art For Sale on 1stDibs

On 1stDibs, you can find the most appropriate piece of scary art for your needs in our varied inventory. You can easily find an example made in the Pop Art style, while we also have 1 Pop Art versions to choose from as well. If you’re looking for an item from our selection of scary art from a specific time period, our collection is diverse and broad-ranging, and you’ll find at least one that dates back to the 20th Century while another version may have been produced as recently as the 21st Century. If you’re looking to add a choice in our collection of scary art to create new energy in an otherwise neutral space in your home, you can find a work on 1stDibs that features elements of black, gray, blue and more. An object in our assortment of scary art from Brian Duffy, Kenny Scharf, Ted Adams and Don Ornitz — each of whom created distinctive versions of this kind of work — is worth considering. These artworks were handmade with extraordinary care, with artists most often working in archival pigment print, pigment print and organic material.

How Much is a Scary Art?

The price for a piece of scary art in our collection starts at $400 and tops out at $6,800 with the average selling for $1,000.