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Sleeping Muse

Muse., Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Igor Shulman
Located in Yardley, PA
, poor fellows. My muse does not live in the clouds. She lives with me in my house and sleeps with me in
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Oil

Musing (Till Death do us Part) - Contemporary, Polaroid, Women
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Musing (Till Death do us Part) - 2005 24x20cm, Edition of 10, plus 2 artist proofs. Archival C
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Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Upstairs and Downstairs by Laura Petrovich Cheney Contemporary Wood Artwork
Located in DE
consisting of simple actions like cooking, cleaning, laundry, and sleeping. Reflecting on the rhythms and
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2010s Abstract Geometric Mixed Media

Materials

Wood, Paint

Backyard Campers, The Saturday Evening Post Cover
By Amos Sewell
Located in Fort Washington, PA
to sleep outdoors at night where it is uncomfortable and terrifying. If a lad is torn from sleep by
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1950s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Board, Gouache

"New-York"
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
, vanished, with finished edges painted in black You may agree, New York remains a muse for many artists. I
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

"New-York"
"New-York"
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H 31.5 in W 31.5 in D 0.6 in
Modern Kouros 1
Located in Fairfield, CT
of West Cork—I saw sleeping dragons in the stony hillsides, and felt I was straddling different ages
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2010s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Slumber, Drawing, Pastels on Paper
By Jean David
Located in Yardley, PA
"A well spent day brings happy sleep." "” Leonardo da Vinci I really enjoy the freedom working
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2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Pastel

Tender Family Portrait - Mother and Child, Student of Robert Henri
By Margery Austen Ryerson
Located in Miami, FL
teacher. Henri's philosophical and practical musings were collected by former pupil Margery Ryerson and
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1920s American Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Venice Backwater, Painting, Watercolor on Watercolor Paper
By Daniel Clarke
Located in Yardley, PA
careless talk. For days and days—with sunny hours of rest And musing chat, in that cool room of ours
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Pain...

Materials

Watercolor

Dragon Spine
Located in Fairfield, CT
of West Cork—I saw sleeping dragons in the stony hillsides, and felt I was straddling different ages
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2010s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Panel, Oil

Dragon Spine
H 30 in W 13.25 in
Prepare for Battle
Located in Fairfield, CT
of West Cork—I saw sleeping dragons in the stony hillsides, and felt I was straddling different ages
Category

2010s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Panel, Oil

Kharis I (megálos)
Located in Fairfield, CT
of West Cork—I saw sleeping dragons in the stony hillsides, and felt I was straddling different ages
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2010s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Panel, Oil

Kharis IV
Located in Fairfield, CT
of West Cork—I saw sleeping dragons in the stony hillsides, and felt I was straddling different ages
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2010s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Panel, Oil

Kharis IV
H 24 in W 24 in
Boreas
Located in Fairfield, CT
of West Cork—I saw sleeping dragons in the stony hillsides, and felt I was straddling different ages
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2010s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Panel, Oil

Boreas
H 37 in W 27 in
Capriole
Located in Fairfield, CT
of West Cork—I saw sleeping dragons in the stony hillsides, and felt I was straddling different ages
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2010s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Panel, Oil

Capriole
H 36 in W 24 in
Eclipse
Located in Fairfield, CT
of West Cork—I saw sleeping dragons in the stony hillsides, and felt I was straddling different ages
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2010s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Panel, Oil

Eclipse
H 42 in W 42 in
This is where we meet (Last Picture Show) - Contemporary, Polaroid, analog
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
finished work of art. Schneider became the muse to her own medium in 2010 when an admirer bought the last
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Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Carwash - Contemporary, Landscape, Cityscape, expired, Polaroid, analog, Blue
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
of art. Schneider became the muse to her own medium in 2010 when an admirer bought the last remaining
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Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Dancer on the Beach - 21st Century, Contemporary, Woman, Landscape, Polaroid
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
of art. Schneider became the muse to her own medium in 2010 when an admirer bought the last remaining
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1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Field of Dreams (Sidewinder), analog, 80x78cm, Edition 2/5
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
, Christopher Russell, and others. MUSES, Galerie Catherine et André Hug, Paris, France (G) with Kourtney Roy
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Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Jim Shaw - Stocks Painting - Signed and Dated Oil on Canvas
By Jim Shaw
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
-Delavallade, Paris, FR 1996 Massimo de Carlo, Milan, IT The Sleep of Reason, Metro Pictures, New York, NY, US
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Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

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Coming up Roses
By George Hughes
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signature: Signed Lower Left, "Hughes" Medium: Oil on Masonite Framed 24.50" x 26.50" Original cover illustration for The Saturday Evening Post, June 8, 1957. The Post described, “...
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1950s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Masonite

Charming Pair of English Antique Garden Oil Paintings
Located in Port Chester, NY
Would be very pretty oil in old frame, sweet for a girl's room. Nicely done, very pretty flowers. Charming in the shabby chic manner. Measurement below is for the larger painting. T...
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Early 20th Century English Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paint, Wood

Antique Japanese Four Panel Byobu Screen: Mandarin Ducks by Snowy Pond in Early
Located in Sheridan, CO
Antique Japanese Four Panel Byobu Screen: Mandarin Ducks by Snowy Pond in Early Spring. Kano School painting of a weeping willow tree with branches over a stunning indigo blue pond. ...
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Early 20th Century Meiji Paintings and Screens

Materials

Metal, Gold Leaf

“Salmon Fishing, " Signed Proof by Douglas Adams, Antique Limited Print, 1892
By Douglas Adams
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
This is the 1892 artist proof edition of 200 signed by the artist, Douglas Adams. Douglas Adams (1853-1920) was a London based landscape painter exhibiting at various galleries betwe...
Category

Antique 1860s English Prints

Materials

Paper

Large Framed Antique Korean Jakhodo Minhwa Folk Art Painting
Located in Atlanta, GA
A large Korean folk-art painting framed in a carved gilt frame under museum-quality acrylic glass. The ink and watercolor on paper was dated circa late 19th century to turn of the 20...
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Antique Late 19th Century Korean Folk Art Paintings and Screens

Materials

Paper, Wood

Large Antique Oil Painting of Sheep and Shepherdess in Antique Giltwood Frame
Located in Atlanta, GA
This continental large size turn of the century (19th-20th) oil painting on canvas is set in an antique giltwood frame. The scene is placed in what seems to be the edge of a forest. ...
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Early 20th Century European Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Giltwood

No Passing, Saturday Evening Post Cover
By Stevan Dohanos
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Approximate Date: 1954 Medium: Gouache on Paperboard Signature: Signed Lower Left Size: 26 1/8 x 20 in. Saturday Evening Post, October 9, 1954, cover illustration. Exhibite...
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1950s Landscape Paintings

Materials

Paper, Gouache, Board

Large Antique Religious Framed Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Isle Sur La Sorgue, Vaucluse
Large oil painting on canvas. Rare papier mâché frame.
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Antique 19th Century French Paintings

Materials

Canvas

William Henry Drake 1917 Oil on Canvas Painting of Sheep and Dog in Landscape
By William Henry Drake
Located in Atlanta, GA
This large oil on canvas painting by American painter William Henry Drake (1856-1926) features a flock of sheep in a landscape following their shepherd dog. The animals are very much...
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Early 20th Century American Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paint

18th century French school, Virgin Mary and Jesus Child painting after Raphael
Located in GRENOBLE, FR
Late 18th century or early 19th century French school, antique painting featuring the Virgin Mary holding Jesus Child, Saint John the Baptist around. Our work has been painted using ...
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Antique Late 18th Century French Renaissance Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paint

Husk, a Biro, Watercolor and Gouache Painting by Jeremy Hush, 2013
By Jeremy Hush
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Husk. A biro, watercolor, gouache painting. Sight size: cm 5 in. x 19 in. Frame size: cm 11 in. x 25 in. Jeremy Hush - a long time punk and heavy metal scene illustrator l...
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2010s American Gothic Revival Paintings

Materials

Paper

New Boyfriend, Saturday Evening Post Cover
By John Philip Falter
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Cover of The Saturday Evening Post, February 5, 1949 Label on back is Falter’s handwriting, his daughter said Curtis Publishing probably titled it “meeting the Date”. The Episcopal ...
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1940s Interior Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Grocery Line, Saturday Evening Post Cover, 1948
By Stevan Dohanos
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Original cover illustration for The Saturday Evening Post, November 13, 1948 The Post described, “Artist Stevan Dohanos felt like a baseball coach who had everything he needed excep...
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1940s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Gouache, Board, Laid Paper

Large 18th century Spanish Colonial Religious Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Large oil painting of the holy family on hand woven canvas. Peruvian or Bolivian. Acquired from an estate in the San Francisco Bay Area from a gentleman who had been in the first w...
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Antique 18th Century Peruvian Spanish Colonial Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Walking the Tightrope, Saturday Evening Post Cover
By Stevan Dohanos
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Signed Lower Left This work was featured on the cover of The Saturday Evening Post, June 11, 1949 The Post described the cover as follows: "Having ...
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1940s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Jeune femme à l’éventail (Young Girl with a Fan)
By James Tissot
Located in New Orleans, LA
Conjuring the brilliance of late 18th-century costume with infusions of 19th-century modernity, James Jacques Joseph Tissot’s Jeune femme à l’éventail illustrates the remarkable tech...
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19th Century Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Panel, Oil

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"Claudine à la lecture" Oil on Canvas 21 3/4 x 18 rare Claudine girl book
By Marcel Dyf
Located in Dallas, TX
This is one of the more rare and beautiful paintings that Marcel Dyf painted of his muse and wife
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1970s Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Claudine With Flowers" Oil on Canvas 21 1/2 x 18
By Marcel Dyf
Located in Dallas, TX
summer of 1954, artist Marcel Dyf met model and soon-to-be "artist muse", Claudine Godat. At age 19
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1960s Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Folk Art Fan
By Jesse M. Brown
Located in Chicago, IL
" VIII - Grant - Prove - (alps, repel, wore, veer, nasty, sage, muse, pilot, daisy, water, ashen) XX
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20th Century Folk Art Mixed Media

Materials

Newsprint, Textile

Folk Art Fan
Folk Art Fan
H 44 in W 60 in D 2.5 in
Sleeping Muse Icon (Brâncuși)
By Jack Graves III
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
"Sleeping Muse Icon (Brâncuși)", 2020. Hand signed by Graves lower right. It is also signed, titled, and
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paint, Acrylic

Two Paintings: Sleeping Muse
By Roy Lichtenstein
Located in New York, NY
Medium: Woodcut, lithograph, and screenprint Printer: Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles Publisher: Gemini, G.E.L., Los Angeles Edition size: 60, plus proofs Signed, dated, and numbered,...
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1980s Pop Art Still-life Prints

Materials

Lithograph, Screen, Woodcut

Garçon et Dormeuse a la Chandelle
By Pablo Picasso
Located in New York, NY
Picasso in pencil. The sleeping woman is Marie-Thérèse Walter, Picasso's mistress, model and muse during
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1930s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Aquatint

Rhino, 2016
By Marzio Tamer
Located in Milan, IT
Sleeping Rhino, 2016 watercolour, mounted on canvas streched on bars, cm 120 x 160 (inches 47,2 x
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21st Century and Contemporary Naturalistic Animal Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Rhino, 2016
Rhino, 2016
H 47.25 in W 78.75 in D 1.19 in
Deepening Entwinement
By Rick Stevens
Located in Tulsa, OK
painter nature continues to be my muse. I think of nature as a continuous flow of shapes and patterns of
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Morning Echoes
By Rick Stevens
Located in Tulsa, OK
painter nature continues to be my muse. I think of nature as a continuous flow of shapes and patterns of
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

CONSUMED BY SUNLIGHT
By Rick Stevens
Located in Tulsa, OK
painter nature continues to be my muse. I think of nature as a continuous flow of shapes and patterns of
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Mystic Solitude
By Rick Stevens
Located in Tulsa, OK
painter nature continues to be my muse. I think of nature as a continuous flow of shapes and patterns of
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

DOMAIN OF THE MYSTICS
By Rick Stevens
Located in Tulsa, OK
painter nature continues to be my muse. I think of nature as a continuous flow of shapes and patterns of
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Moody Musings
By Julia Beyer
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Moody Musings', 2018, 40 x 40 cm, edition of 10, digital C-Print based on a Polaroid, hand
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2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

C Print, Color, Polaroid

Moody Musings
H 15.75 in W 15.75 in D 0.04 in
Sleeping Blue Nude
By (after) Henri Matisse
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
muse. And when called upon, even scoured the countryside on her bike for provisions during the war
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1950s Modern Nude Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Sleeping Blue Nude
Sleeping Blue Nude
H 29.93 in W 22.05 in D 0.04 in
after Henri Matisse - Sleeping Blue Nude
By Henri Matisse
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
affairs with an iron grip as well as being his studio assistant and muse. And when called upon, even
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Musing (Till Death do us Part) - Contemporary, Polaroid, Women
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Musing (Till Death do us Part) - 2005 24x20cm, Edition of 10, plus 2 artist proofs. Archival C
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Original Lithograph - Henri Matisse - Sleeping Blue Nude
By Henri Matisse
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Signed Original Lithograph after Henri Matisse - Sleeping Blue Nude Artist : Henri MATISSE
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Mid-20th Century Modern Nude Prints

Materials

Lithograph

after Henri Matisse - Sleeping Blue Nude - Lithograph
By (after) Henri Matisse
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
affairs with an iron grip as well as being his studio assistant and muse. And when called upon, even
Category

1950s Modern Nude Prints

Materials

Lithograph

after Henri Matisse - Sleeping Blue Nude - Lithograph
By (after) Henri Matisse
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
affairs with an iron grip as well as being his studio assistant and muse. And when called upon, even
Category

1950s Modern Nude Prints

Materials

Lithograph

after Henri Matisse - Sleeping Blue Nude - Lithograph
By (after) Henri Matisse
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
affairs with an iron grip as well as being his studio assistant and muse. And when called upon, even
Category

1950s Modern Nude Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Study for Pasithea
By Adrian Gottlieb
Located in Pasadena, CA
solitary muse in the goddess of relaxation and meditation and surrounds her with implements of repose
Category

2010s Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Study for Pasithea
Study for Pasithea
H 12.25 in W 16.5 in D 1.5 in
Endymion
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
includes Greek gods such as Apollo, Bacchus, and Venus, as well as Urania, the muse of astronomy, and
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1730s Realist Nude Prints

Materials

Engraving

Dialing Up The Magic
By Rick Stevens
Located in Tulsa, OK
muse. I think of nature as a continuous flow of shapes and patterns of energy that has, or more
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

After Glow
By Emlen Etting
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
a Jew, Lhote had had to move from place to place, sleeping where and when he could in fear of the
Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

Claudine with Cat
By Marcel Dyf
Located in Dallas, TX
summer of 1954, artist Marcel Dyf met model and soon-to-be "artist muse", Claudine Godat. At age 19
Materials

Canvas, Oil

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Sleeping Muse For Sale on 1stDibs

Surely you’ll find the exact sleeping muse you’re seeking on 1stDibs — we’ve got a vast assortment for sale. You can easily find an example made in the abstract style, while we also have 8 abstract versions to choose from as well. You’re likely to find the perfect sleeping muse among the distinctive items we have available, which includes versions made as long ago as the 18th Century as well as those made as recently as the 21st Century. Adding a sleeping muse to a room that is mostly decorated in warm neutral tones can yield a welcome change — find a piece on 1stDibs that incorporates elements of beige, brown, blue, gray and more. There have been many interesting sleeping muse examples over the years, but those made by Stefanie Schneider, Rick Stevens, (after) Henri Matisse, Marcel Dyf and Henri Matisse are often thought to be among the most thought-provoking. Artworks like these of any era or style can make for thoughtful decor in any space, but a selection from our variety of those made in paper, c print and polaroid can add an especially memorable touch. If space is limited, you can find a small sleeping muse measuring 7.88 high and 7.88 wide, while our inventory also includes works up to 78.75 across to better suit those in the market for a large sleeping muse.

How Much is a Sleeping Muse?

The price for a sleeping muse in our collection starts at $110 and tops out at $80,000 with the average selling for $1,431.