$2,200
'Trinity', Chicano Artist, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, Mexico City
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, ‘Zenteno’ for Sergio Zenteno (Mexican-American, born 1955), additionally signed, verso, titled, ‘Trinity’ and dated 1994.
Canvas, Ink, Acrylic
$4,760
H 66.93 in W 55.12 in D 0.12 in
ORÍ GUERREIRA TAMOYA, Painting. From the Series Figures
By José Ignacio Suarez Solis
Located in Miami Beach, FL
For Jose Ignacio Suarez an abyss of time and space distances him from those who were the first inhabitants of the Brazilian coasts and of this vast American continent. His initial la...
Canvas, Acrylic
$1,120Sale Price|20% Off
H 16 in W 10 in
Original Figurative Portrait Painting by Cuban Artist Juan Carlos Vazquez Lima
By Juan Carlos Vazquez Lima 1
Located in Brooklyn, NY
ARTIST— Juan Carlos Vazquez Lima Juan Carlos was born in Havana Cuba June 30th 1986. He Studied at Eduardo Garcia Delgado School of Art. He currently lives and works in Havana. PAI...
Acrylic, Ballpoint Pen
$2,000
H 20.5 in W 28.5 in
Cuban Art Abstract Oil Painting Latin American Ramon Carulla Surrealist Folk Art
By Ramon Carulla
Located in Surfside, FL
Ramon Antonio Carulla (Cuban, born 1936). Oil paintings on paper. Titled "When Dreams Become Reality" Artist signature lower right. Title on verso. Retains original Joy Moos Galler...
Paper, Oil
$12,000Sale Price|40% Off
H 75.5 in W 79 in
"Untitled" Lawrence Philp, Abstracted Surrealist Forms by Afro-American Artist
Located in New York, NY
Lawrence Philp Untitled Oil and acrylic on canvas 75 1/2 x 79 inches Lawrence Philp, the son of Jamaican immigrants, studied at the Rhode Island School of Design and was included i...
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
$6,150Sale Price|35% Off
H 60.01 in W 65.01 in D 0.4 in
Understanding Acrylic Painting on Canvas: Contemporary Art, 2010+
Located in London, GB
Kingsley Obasi 1983 - Current Understanding, 2020 Acrylic on canvas 152.4 x 165.1 cm 60 x 65 in
Canvas, Acrylic
$6,000
H 48.04 in W 37.8 in
Untitled Neo-Expressionist Mixed Media Painting, Late 20th Century
By Jean Sanglar
Located in Miami, FL
Jean Sanglar was born in France in 1926. He draws with taste and talent from an early age, however, his family will only consider this a mere hobby. After studying law, he later took...
Mixed Media
Everyone is an Alienígeno
By Enrique Chagoya
Located in Lyons, CO
Color lithograph with plastic eyes, Edition 30. Enrique Chagoya makes paintings and prints about the changing nature of culture. “My artwork is a conceptual fusion of opposite cultu...
Lithograph
Draw, by Paul Botello
By Paul Botello
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Visually, the design evokes a king playing card, reinterpreted through a Mesoamerican lens: Mayan‑style figures, swords, clouds, and other symbolic motifs are composed in a richly gr...
Screen
$3,324
H 27.56 in W 19.69 in
Untitled Mohammad Ariyaei Contemporary Iranian art painting oriental art drawing
By Mohammad Ariyaei
Located in Paris, FR
Acrylic painting on paper Hand-signed by the artist lower left Unique work THE THOUSAND AND ONE NIGHTS OF MOHAMMAD ARIYAEI " Gentleness and oriental wisdom follow the supercharged ...
Paper, Acrylic
$500
H 18.5 in W 14 in
Luis Miguel Valdes, ¨Homenaje a Servando XXV¨, 1986, Work on paper, 18.5x14 in
By Luis Miguel Valdes
Located in Miami, FL
"Luis Miguel Valdes (Cuba, 1949) 'Homenaje a Servando XXV', 1986 drawing, mixed media, lithograph on paper 18.6 x 14.1 in. (47 x 35.6 cm.) ID: VAL-3G1986-25"
Paper, Watercolor
Twenty two and sixty six
By Mike Maxwell
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Acrylic and spray paint
Spray Paint, Acrylic
$3,324
H 19.69 in W 27.56 in D 1.97 in
International feminism Mohammad Ariyaei 21st Century Iranian art outsider art
By Mohammad Ariyaei
Located in Paris, FR
Acrylic paint on paper Signed by the artist
Paper, Acrylic
Sin Título (Untitled)
By Gabriel Mendoza
Located in San Francisco, CA
Gabriel Mendoza Untitled, 1997 Oil on paper 13.70 x 19.50 inches This one-of-a-kind painting on paper comes unframed and is signed and dated by the artist. Years ago, while mournin...
Paper, Oil
$22,000
H 29 in W 62 in
Sin Titulo, Signed Latin Surrealist Oil Painting by Leonel Maciel
By Leonel Maciel
Located in Long Island City, NY
Leonel Maciel was born on March 21, 1939 and began his artistic career in 1950. Like many others of the Mexican Rupture Generation decided to abandon muralism for freedom of expressi...
Canvas, Oil
$3,324
H 27.56 in W 19.69 in D 1.97 in
Jins' parallel world Mohammad Ariyaei 21st Century Iranian outsider art painting
By Mohammad Ariyaei
Located in Paris, FR
Acrylic paint on paper Signed by the artist
Paper, Acrylic
$900
H 15 in W 22 in
Luis Miguel Valdes, ¨Chorro¨, 1994, Work on paper, 15x22 in
By Luis Miguel Valdes
Located in Miami, FL
Luis Miguel Valdes (Cuba, 1949) 'Chorro', 1994 acrylic on paper Velin Arches 300 g. 15 x 22.1 in. (38 x 56 cm.) ID: 1D199408 Hand-signed by author ___________________________________...
Paper, Ink, Aquatint, Acrylic
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