Smiling Sam
Homage to Sam Francis - contemporary homage art in boxes of artist Sam Francis
By Volker Kuhn
Located in Hamburg, DE
"Homage to Sam Francis" is an original mixed media artwork by Volker Kuhn. The work is hand-signed
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Assemblage Mixed Media
Materials
Wood, Mixed Media, Acrylic
H 31.11 in W 26.78 in D 5.52 in
Sweet Sam - Happy Animal Painting Original Pop Art Cow Artwork
By Fredi Gertsch
Located in Los Angeles, CA
element: the Emmentaler cow. Humor and optimism are essential traits of the artist: "The smiles of the
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Canvas, Paper, Pastel, Mixed Media, Acrylic
"A Brief History of Smiling", Modern Figural Collage by Dick Crispo
By Dick Crispo
Located in Soquel, CA
Mixed media composition featuring various historical and modern figures with smiles on their faces
Category
1980s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Magazine Paper, Photographic Paper, Pen
H 20 in W 16 in D 0.25 in
DCW Editions Mono M600 Pendant Lamp in Dark Grey Aluminum and Glass by Vantot
By Vantot
Located in Brooklyn, NY
/Off dimmer switch. Mono emanates from the ‘Vantot’ design studio, inventor of VVV. (Esther and Sam
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Aluminum
DCW Editions Mono M400 Pendant Lamp in Dark Grey Aluminum and Glass by Vantot
By Vantot
Located in Brooklyn, NY
/Off dimmer switch. Mono emanates from the ‘Vantot’ design studio, inventor of VVV. (Esther and Sam
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Aluminum
DCW Editions Mono M500 Pendant Lamp in Dark Grey Aluminum and Glass by Vantot
By Vantot
Located in Brooklyn, NY
/Off dimmer switch. Mono emanates from the ‘Vantot’ design studio, inventor of VVV. (Esther and Sam
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Aluminum
Turner's Modern World
By Rizzoli International Publications
Located in New York, NY
Edited by David Blayney Brown and Amy Concannon and Sam Smiles
A landmark publication positions
Category
2010s North American Books
Materials
Paper
Geometric Woman's Portrait - Rare Signed Graphite Drawing on Paper 1962
Located in Soquel, CA
lips parted into a soft smile. She's surrounded in geometric shapes offering a wonderful juxtaposition
Category
1960s American Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Graphite, Paper
H 20 in W 16 in D 0.25 in
Bohemian Woman - Rare and Signed Graphite Portrait Drawing on Textured Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Boehme Bandana with exaggerated eyes and a parted smile. A Carbon Pencil and eraser original drawing by
Category
1970s American Modern Portrait Prints
Materials
Carbon Pencil, Paper
H 20 in W 16 in D 0.25 in
Meschac Gaba Inkjet Pigment Print Photograph African Conceptual Art Dollar Bill
Located in Surfside, FL
Center, swapping out our stately eagle for his smiling face portrait. One of Gaba’s sculptures appears on
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Inkjet
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Color Explosion - Original lithograph (Maeght 1983)
By Sam Francis
Located in Paris, FR
Sam FRANCIS
Color Explosion (c. 1983)
Original lithograph
Unsigned as issued
On heavy paper 89.5 x 54 cm (c. 36 x 21 inch)
Original lithographic exhibition poster for the artist Ret...
Category
1980s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
"Cultural Season '84" original lithograph by Al Hirschfeld. Hand signed.
By Albert Al Hirschfeld
Located in Boca Raton, FL
"Cultural Season '84" original lithograph by Al Hirschfeld. Hand numbered 20/250. Hand signed Hirschfeld. Features caricature portraits of Francis Copolla, Sam Shepard, Jessica Lange...
Category
1980s Other Art Style Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Untitled (SF-311), 1979
By Sam Francis
Located in London, GB
SAM FRANCIS 1923-1994
San Mateo, California 1923 – 1994 Santa Monica (American)
Title: Untitled (SF-311), 1979
Technique: Original Hand Signed and Numbered Lithograph in Colours on...
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Antique Bull Horn Boot Jack Austria 1870
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Antique Bull Horn Boot Jack Austria 1870
From a noble villa in Austria comes this antique bull horn boot jack with antique green velvet fabric and original cow horns. Bull horn furn...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Austrian Rustic Coat Racks and Stands
Materials
Fur, Wood, Antler
1979 Apocalypse Now Original Vintage Poster
By Bob Peak
Located in Winchester, GB
One of the most troubled productions ever, and widely regarded as one of the greatest films of all-time, "Apocalypse Now" was directed, produced and co-written by Francis Ford Coppol...
Category
Vintage 1970s American Posters
Materials
Paper
"MAMA LIKES SHADE" TEXAS HILL COUNTRY CATTLE WESTERN HEREFORDS
Located in San Antonio, TX
Chuck Mauldin
Born 1949
Fredericksburg Artist
Image Size: 8 x 10
Frame Size: 12 x 14
Medium: Oil
"Momma Likes Shade"
A native of Texas, Chuck Mauldin has been painting in oil since t...
Category
20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Rota, Spanish Landscape -- Pobre Casa Cadiz
By John Sackas
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful Spanish landscape of a humble farm in Rota, Cadiz, Spain with horses, a cow with two herons, one of which is on cow's back by San Francisco artist John Sackas (American, 19...
Category
1950s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas, Illustration Board
Deluxe Hand Signed & Numbered 25/30 Cat: Lembark 155 Carnegie Museum lithograph
By Sam Francis
Located in New York, NY
Sam Francis
Untitled Abstract Expressionist lithograph (Hand Signed from the Carnegie Museum Deluxe Edition), 1972
Catalogue Raisonné: 155, Lembark
15 × 22 inches
Hand signed and nu...
Category
1970s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
Materials
Pencil, Lithograph
1979 Apocalypse Now (Italian) Original Vintage Poster
Located in Winchester, GB
One of the most troubled productions ever, and widely regarded as one of the greatest films of all-time, "Apocalypse Now" was directed, produced and co-written by Francis Ford Coppol...
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Posters
Materials
Paper
Jolly Julie
By Fredi Gertsch
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Swiss artist Fredi Gertsch creates lively colorful pop-folk art paintings with one inexhaustible element: the Emmentaler cow. Humor and optimism are essential traits of the artist: "...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Paper, Oil Pastel
"Itch" White Longhorn Cow on Black Large Painting Animal Portrait Chiaroscuro
Located in Austin, TX
David Ackerson
Texas Artist
Size: 30 x 40"
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas
Markings: Signed LR "David Ackerson, Sola Deo Gloria"
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"WORKING AS ONE" COWBOY WESTERN BRONZE ORIGINAL STUDIO COPY
By G. Harvey
Located in San Antonio, TX
G. Harvey (Gerald Harvey Jones)
(1933-2017)
San Antonio, Austin, and Fredericksburg Artist
Image Size: 16 x 15 tall
Medium: Bronze Sculpture / Studio Copy
1984
"Working as One"
G. Ha...
Category
1980s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Bronze
1979 Apocalypse Now (Italian) Original Vintage Poster
Located in Winchester, GB
One of the most troubled productions ever, and widely regarded as one of the greatest films of all-time, "Apocalypse Now" was directed, produced and co-written by Francis Ford Coppol...
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Posters
Materials
Paper
"WISHING FOR SPRING" G. HARVEY WESTERN SNOW SCENE. FRAMED 22 X 19
By G. Harvey
Located in San Antonio, TX
G. Harvey (Gerald Harvey Jones)
(1933-2017)
San Antonio, Austin, and Fredericksburg Artist
Image Size: 12 x 9
Frame Size: 22 x 19
Medium: Oil
Dated 1995
"Wishing For Spring" Western ...
Category
1990s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
H 22 in W 19 in D 4 in
Contemporary American Oil Painting with Big Tex, Cowboy, and Texas State Fair
Located in Fort Worth, TX
'Loose Cows,' 2021 by Daniel Blagg. Oil on canvas. 55 x 42." $19,000. Contemporary American Oil Painting with Big Tex, Cowboy, and Texas State Fair.
Nothing screams "Texas" like the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Oil
Untitled from the portfolio “Poems dans le ciel”
By Sam Francis
Located in Ljubljana, SI
Poems dans le ciel (eng. Poems in the sky). Original lithograph, 1986. Edition of 100 signed and numbered impressions on Arches paper.
Samuel Lewis Francis was an American artist, we...
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Recent Sales
1950s Smiling Sam Carnival Man Clown Wind Up Japan Tin Toy
Located in Orange, CA
For your consideration we have a vintage Litho Tin Toy - Smiling Sam the carnival man clown wind up
Category
Vintage 1950s Japanese Toys
Materials
Tin
1939 Smiling Sam The Voo Doo Man Coin Op Fortune Machine
By Exhibit Supply Co.
Located in Orange, CA
features a man, Smiling Sam, whose face changes as he thinks and then dispenses a small fortune card. One
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Glass, Wood
Ben Hogan Candid Fine Art Print
By Morgan Fitz
Located in Las Vegas, NV
Wonderful shot of golfer Ben Hogan candid, looking upward and smiling.
Ben Hogan was an American
Category
1950s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, C Print, Archival Pigment
Mammy (FS II.262)
By Andy Warhol
Located in West Hollywood, CA
striking turquoise eyes and golden hoop earrings. Like with Uncle Sam 259, Warhol invited a sitter to
Category
1980s Pop Art Portrait Prints
Materials
Screen
Small Red Toned Abstract Figurative Relief Portrait of a Man with Two Birds
Located in Houston, TX
man with two birds sitting on his head with the quote along the bottom: "I'm trying to smile but I
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Mixed Media
Materials
Cast Stone
H 13.13 in W 11.13 in D 0.75 in
Small Blue Toned Abstract Figurative Relief Portrait of a Man with Two Birds
Located in Houston, TX
man with two birds sitting on his head with the quote along the bottom: "I'm trying to smile but I
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Cast Stone
H 10.88 in W 8.88 in D 0.25 in
"Humeur de Printemps (Spring Mood)" Acrylic on Canvas signed by Maryam Alakbarli
By Maryam Alakbarli
Located in Milwaukee, WI
,” one of her teachers professed. “We love her smile, her joie de vivre. And her happiness is reflected
Category
2010s Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Plage Au Jour Venteux (Beach on a Windy Day)
By Maryam Alakbarli
Located in Milwaukee, WI
at her arts school loves her,” one of her teachers professed. “We love her smile, her joie de vivre
Category
2010s Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
WWI Vintage Poster by Courboin, "Société Centrale Des Banques De Province" 1918
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
minimal but impactful color, limited to the red, white, and blue outfit on the Uncle Sam figure in the
Category
Vintage 1910s French Political and Patriotic Memorabilia
Materials
Paper
H 47 in W 32 in D 2 in
Homage to Sam Francis - contemporary homage art in boxes of artist Sam Francis
By Volker Kuhn
Located in Hamburg, DE
"Homage to Sam Francis" is an original mixed media artwork by Volker Kuhn. The work is hand-signed
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Assemblage Mixed Media
Materials
Wood, Mixed Media, Acrylic
H 31.11 in W 26.78 in D 5.52 in
Antique French Bronze of Sainte Maria by De Beaumont, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
Mary smiling down on the infant Jesus held in her arms.
She is dressed in flowing robes and stands
Category
Antique 1840s French Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
Portrait of the Artist's Wife Alice Greenwood - British 1928 RA exh oil painting
By Frank Owen Salisbury
Located in London, GB
painted every morning. The composition is a seated profile portrait of Alice but she is turning to smile
Category
1920s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Golf Art, Merion Golf Club, Golf Print, Arthur Weaver
By Arthur Weaver
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
the gods of golf have smiled on Merion.
The club was founded at just the right moment in time when
Category
Vintage 1980s English Sporting Art Prints
Materials
Paper
Large Photograph George (Seeing in the Dark Series) Van Dyke Brown Photo Print
By Rashid Johnson
Located in Surfside, FL
, Washington, Johnson is said to mimic Édouard Manet's Olympia in a work called White Girls and Sam Gilliam and
Category
1990s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
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