The Eavesdropper
Eavesdropping on Grownups, Saturday Evening Post Cover
By George Hughes
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signature: Signed Lower Left
Original cover illustration for The Saturday Evening Post, December 2, 1950
The Post described, “One night Art Editor Stuart was having a party. His th...
Category
1950s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
$185,000
H 29.5 in W 22.5 in
The Elephant (Untitled)
By David Shrigley
Located in Manchester, GB
, the perspective of aliens and monsters or the compulsive habits of an eavesdropper shouting out loud
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Prints
Materials
Screen
Into the Void
By David Shrigley
Located in Manchester, GB
habits of an eavesdropper shouting out loud. While drawing is at the centre of his practice, Shrigley
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Prints
Materials
Screen
Balance The Ball On Your Nose
By David Shrigley
Located in Manchester, GB
, the perspective of aliens and monsters or the compulsive habits of an eavesdropper shouting out loud
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Prints
Materials
Screen
I Will Not Allow The Dark Skies To Affect Me
By David Shrigley
Located in Manchester, GB
or the compulsive habits of an eavesdropper shouting out loud. While drawing is at the centre of his
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Prints
Materials
Screen
Danish Mid-Century Colourfield Oil on Board of People and Houses by the Coast.
Located in Cotignac, FR
giving us the impression of eavesdropping on a mundane daily conversation. To the two figures, lost in
Category
Mid-20th Century Color-Field Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
$813 Sale Price
20% Off
H 16.93 in W 12.21 in D 0.79 in
Pair of 18th Century Flemish Carved Wooden Cherub (Putto) Heads
Located in Lincoln, GB
“eavesdroppers,” these cherubic heads were often placed in discreet architectural corners—beneath arches, on
Category
Antique 18th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Shhh
By David Shrigley
Located in Manchester, GB
habits of an eavesdropper shouting out loud. While drawing is at the centre of his practice, Shrigley
Category
2010s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
I am elegant
By David Shrigley
Located in Manchester, GB
, the perspective of aliens and monsters or the compulsive habits of an eavesdropper shouting out loud
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Prints
Materials
Screen
Artist eaten by a wolf
By David Shrigley
Located in Manchester, GB
or the compulsive habits of an eavesdropper shouting out loud. While drawing is at the centre of his
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Animal Prints
Materials
Screen
Be Yourself Just Be Yourself
By David Shrigley
Located in Manchester, GB
compulsive habits of an eavesdropper shouting out loud. While drawing is at the centre of his practice
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Prints
Materials
Screen
Randal Ford - John Mule, Photography 2018, Printed After
By Randal Ford
Located in Greenwich, CT
time eavesdropping on the table behind him.
"Since this print will be shipped directly from the
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
C Print
Telephone Exchange
By Constantin Alajalov
Located in Fort Washington, PA
telephone operators do not consider eavesdropping good form. The apartment-house switchboard girl depicted
Category
1960s Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Board
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David Shrigley, We Won The Race, 2020
By David Shrigley
Located in New York, NY
compulsive habits of an eavesdropper to an outlandish perspective of aliens and monsters. His work is held in
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching
English Edwardian 2-Tier Dumb Waiter in Solid Mahogany, circa 1910
Located in Sint-Kruis, BE
prevent servants from eavesdropping on the after-dinner gossip. It was wheeled in at the end of the meal
Category
Vintage 1910s English Carts and Bar Carts
Materials
Mahogany
The Eavesdropper by British Artist Alfred Elmore RA, Oil on Canvas, Signed
Located in Stockholm, SE
Revolution.
This painting depicting ”The Eavesdropper” 1878 is a new discovery from a Swedish private
Category
1870s Academic Interior Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique Italian Oil Painting, "The Handsome Eavesdropper"
Located in London, GB
Description This is a delightful oil on canvas 19th Century Italian School painting bearing the signature of the artist "P. Lauri", circa 1860 in date.
The painting depicts a gro...
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Paintings
Vibes, Offset Lithograph Print, 2018 by David Shrigley
By David Shrigley
Located in London, GB
the world; the perspective of aliens and monsters or the compulsive habits of an eavesdropper shouting
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph, Offset
L'indiscrète French Empire Mantel Clock by Claude Galle
By Claude Galle
Located in New Orleans, LA
woman eavesdropping at a door with her loyal canine companion. Created by master bronzier Claude Galle
Category
Antique 19th Century French Empire Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
I Hate Humans -Contemporary, 21st Century, Limited Edition
By David Shrigley
Located in Zug, CH
the world; the perspective of aliens and monsters, or the compulsive habits of an eavesdropper
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen
Vibes, Offset Lithograph Print, 2018 by David Shrigley
By David Shrigley
Located in London, GB
the world; the perspective of aliens and monsters or the compulsive habits of an eavesdropper shouting
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph, Offset
Frog (front of), Frog (back of)
By David Shrigley
Located in Manchester, GB
compulsive habits of an eavesdropper shouting out loud. While drawing is at the centre of his practice
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Materials
Offset
David Shrigley, Fish Says Fuck You All, 2021
By David Shrigley
Located in Manchester, GB
or the compulsive habits of an eavesdropper shouting out loud. While drawing is at the centre of his
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Materials
Offset
David Shrigley, Fish Says Fuck You All, 2021
By David Shrigley
Located in Manchester, GB
or the compulsive habits of an eavesdropper shouting out loud. While drawing is at the centre of his
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Materials
Offset
When Life Gives You A Lemon
By David Shrigley
Located in Manchester, GB
compulsive habits of an eavesdropper shouting out loud. While drawing is at the centre of his practice
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Materials
Offset
When Life Gives You A Lemon
By David Shrigley
Located in Manchester, GB
compulsive habits of an eavesdropper shouting out loud. While drawing is at the centre of his practice
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Materials
Offset
When Life Gives You A Lemon
By David Shrigley
Located in Manchester, GB
compulsive habits of an eavesdropper shouting out loud. While drawing is at the centre of his practice
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Materials
Offset
It Was Worthwhile Doing This
By David Shrigley
Located in Manchester, GB
compulsive habits of an eavesdropper shouting out loud. While drawing is at the centre of his practice
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Materials
Offset
David Shrigley, Sorry For Being Annoying
By David Shrigley
Located in Manchester, GB
or the compulsive habits of an eavesdropper shouting out loud. While drawing is at the centre of his
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Materials
Offset
David Shrigley, Frog (front of), Frog (back of)
By David Shrigley
Located in Manchester, GB
or the compulsive habits of an eavesdropper shouting out loud. While drawing is at the centre of his
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Materials
Offset
Frog (front of), Frog (back of)
By David Shrigley
Located in Manchester, GB
compulsive habits of an eavesdropper shouting out loud. While drawing is at the centre of his practice
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Materials
Offset
David Shrigley, Fish Says Fuck You All, 2021
By David Shrigley
Located in Manchester, GB
or the compulsive habits of an eavesdropper shouting out loud. While drawing is at the centre of his
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Materials
Offset
Fish Says Fuck You All
By David Shrigley
Located in Manchester, GB
compulsive habits of an eavesdropper shouting out loud. While drawing is at the centre of his practice
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Materials
Offset
David Shrigley, Fish Says Fuck You All, 2021
By David Shrigley
Located in Manchester, GB
or the compulsive habits of an eavesdropper shouting out loud. While drawing is at the centre of his
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Materials
Offset
David Shrigley, This Huge Cat, 2022
By David Shrigley
Located in Manchester, GB
world, the perspective of aliens and monsters or the compulsive habits of an eavesdropper shouting out
Category
2010s Contemporary More Prints
Materials
Lithograph
David Shrigley, This Huge Cat, 2022
By David Shrigley
Located in Manchester, GB
world, the perspective of aliens and monsters or the compulsive habits of an eavesdropper shouting out
Category
2010s Contemporary More Prints
Materials
Lithograph
David Shrigley, This Huge Cat, 2022
By David Shrigley
Located in Manchester, GB
world, the perspective of aliens and monsters or the compulsive habits of an eavesdropper shouting out
Category
2010s Contemporary More Prints
Materials
Lithograph
David Shrigley, This Huge Cat, 2022
By David Shrigley
Located in Manchester, GB
world, the perspective of aliens and monsters or the compulsive habits of an eavesdropper shouting out
Category
2010s Contemporary More Prints
Materials
Lithograph
David Shrigley, This Huge Cat, 2022
By David Shrigley
Located in Manchester, GB
world, the perspective of aliens and monsters or the compulsive habits of an eavesdropper shouting out
Category
2010s Contemporary More Prints
Materials
Lithograph
David Shrigley, This Huge Cat, 2022
By David Shrigley
Located in Manchester, GB
world, the perspective of aliens and monsters or the compulsive habits of an eavesdropper shouting out
Category
2010s Contemporary More Prints
Materials
Lithograph
David Shrigley, This Huge Cat, 2022
By David Shrigley
Located in Manchester, GB
world, the perspective of aliens and monsters or the compulsive habits of an eavesdropper shouting out
Category
2010s Contemporary More Prints
Materials
Lithograph
David Shrigley, This Huge Cat, 2022
By David Shrigley
Located in Manchester, GB
world, the perspective of aliens and monsters or the compulsive habits of an eavesdropper shouting out
Category
2010s Contemporary More Prints
Materials
Lithograph
David Shrigley, This Huge Cat, 2022
By David Shrigley
Located in Manchester, GB
world, the perspective of aliens and monsters or the compulsive habits of an eavesdropper shouting out
Category
2010s Contemporary More Prints
Materials
Lithograph
David Shrigley, This Huge Cat, 2022
By David Shrigley
Located in Manchester, GB
world, the perspective of aliens and monsters or the compulsive habits of an eavesdropper shouting out
Category
2010s Contemporary More Prints
Materials
Lithograph
David Shrigley, This Huge Cat, 2022
By David Shrigley
Located in Manchester, GB
world, the perspective of aliens and monsters or the compulsive habits of an eavesdropper shouting out
Category
2010s Contemporary More Prints
Materials
Lithograph
David Shrigley, This Huge Cat, 2022
By David Shrigley
Located in Manchester, GB
world, the perspective of aliens and monsters or the compulsive habits of an eavesdropper shouting out
Category
2010s Contemporary More Prints
Materials
Lithograph
David Shrigley, This Huge Cat, 2022
By David Shrigley
Located in Manchester, GB
world, the perspective of aliens and monsters or the compulsive habits of an eavesdropper shouting out
Category
2010s Contemporary More Prints
Materials
Lithograph
David Shrigley, This Huge Cat, 2022
By David Shrigley
Located in Manchester, GB
world, the perspective of aliens and monsters or the compulsive habits of an eavesdropper shouting out
Category
2010s Contemporary More Prints
Materials
Lithograph
David Shrigley, This Huge Cat, 2022
By David Shrigley
Located in Manchester, GB
world, the perspective of aliens and monsters or the compulsive habits of an eavesdropper shouting out
Category
2010s Contemporary More Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Randal Ford - John Mule No. 1, Photography 2018, Printed After
By Randal Ford
Located in Greenwich, CT
time eavesdropping on the table behind him.
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Luster, Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print...
John Mule No. 1 (50" x 40")
By Randal Ford
Located in Greenwich, CT
time eavesdropping on the table behind him.
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Luster, Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print...
This Huge Cat
By David Shrigley
Located in Manchester, GB
world, the perspective of aliens and monsters or the compulsive habits of an eavesdropper shouting out
Category
2010s Contemporary More Prints
Materials
Lithograph
David Shrigley, This Huge Cat, 2022
By David Shrigley
Located in Manchester, GB
perspective of aliens and monsters or the compulsive habits of an eavesdropper shouting out loud. While
Category
2010s Contemporary More Prints
Materials
Lithograph
David Shrigley, This Huge Cat, 2022
By David Shrigley
Located in Manchester, GB
world, the perspective of aliens and monsters or the compulsive habits of an eavesdropper shouting out
Category
2010s Contemporary More Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Wigwam of Indians in Canada
By Nicolino V. Calyo
Located in New York, NY
the artist's careful consideration.
The viewer is eavesdropping here on what appears to be a
Category
19th Century American Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Paul Pry Staffordshire pottery theatrical figure in pearlware c1820
Located in Woodstock, OXFORDSHIRE
goes in order to have an excuse to return and eavesdrop. At the end, however, Pry becomes a hero for
Category
Antique 19th Century English More Furniture and Collectibles
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I Will Not Allow The Dark Skies To Affect Me
By David Shrigley
Located in Bristol, GB
22 Colour Screenprint with Varnish Overlay on Somerset Tub Sized 410gsm Paper
Edition 47 of 125
76 x 56 cm (29.5 x 22 in)
Signed, numbered and dated on the back
Mint. Minor imper...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Prints
Materials
Screen
I Destroyed The Tennis Ball And I Would Like To Destroy More
By David Shrigley
Located in Bristol, GB
26 colour screenprint on somerset satin tub sized 410gsm
Edition of 125
75 x 56 cm (29.5 x 22 in)
Signed and numbered on the back
Mint. Minor imperfections may appear due to the prod...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Prints
Materials
Screen
$4,402
H 29.53 in W 22.05 in
Costa Rica Beach Foam, Shoreline Seascape, Minimal Blue, Limited Edition Print
By Kind of Cyan
Located in Barcelona, ES
This is an exclusive handprinted limited edition cyanotype of a Sandy Shore with Foam.
Details:
+ Title: Sandy Shore with Foam
+ Edition Size: 100
+ Stamped and Certificate of Aut...
Category
2010s Realist Landscape Prints
Materials
Emulsion, Monotype, Paper
Flordali : Surrealist self-portrait - Original Handsigned Etching (Field #68-3 C
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Paris, IDF
Salvador DALI
Flordali : Surrealist self-portrait, 1969
Original Lithograph and Etching
Signed in the plate and handsigned in pencil
Numbered /175 copies
On Japan paper 77 x 57 cm ...
Category
1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph, Etching
Salvador DalíFlordali : Surrealist self-portrait - Original Handsigned Etching (Field #68-3 C, 1969
$2,955
H 30.32 in W 22.45 in
David Shrigley - I Will Not Allow The Dark Skies To Affect Me
By David Shrigley
Located in London, GB
David Shrigley
I Will Not Allow The Dark Skies To Affect Me, 2024
Screenprint on 300gsm BFK Rives paper
76 x 56 cm
Edition 80 of 125
Hand-signed and numbered by the artist
published...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Prints
Materials
Screen
$6,096
H 29.93 in W 22.05 in
Rare Tiffany Studios “Jade Ring” Table Lamp
By Tiffany Studios
Located in Dallas, TX
Rare Tiffany Studios Leaded Glass and Patinated Bronze Geometric Table Lamp, circa 1910.
This is a rare one of a kind early Tiffany Studios large table lamp that is illustrated in Al...
Category
Antique Early 1900s American Art Nouveau Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
Exquisite Rotunda Structure Kiosk Copper & Carved Stone Bench Seating Columns
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Exquisite Rotunda Structure Kiosk Copper & Carved Stone Bench Seating Columns . Monumental Exquisite refined work King Charles X Period Rotunda rotundus building structure with a cir...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Charles X Architectural Elements
Materials
Stone, Copper
$232,000 Sale Price
20% Off
H 136 in Dm 108 in
At the Yacht Club
By Edward Cucuel
Located in Costa Mesa, CA
Artist Edward Cucuel and his wife Clara Lotte von Marcard spent their first two decades together in Germany, mostly in a villa on Lake Ammersee in Holzhausen near Munich. It is the w...
Category
1920s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1 BANGA space age micro architecture prefab house bungalow by Carlo Zappa, 1971
By Carlo Zappa
Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE
here we offer one of 2 bangas, with black interior. the second one with light grey interior is offered in another listing.
a banga shows ways in which we could live more sustainably...
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Space Age Architectural Elements
Materials
Fiberglass
$165,505
H 110.24 in W 127.56 in D 127.56 in
Le Jardin de Lagny - Garden with young girl Post-impressionist
By Henri Lebasque
Located in Miami, FL
Le Jardin de Lagny
Provenance: Arthur Tooth, London Radon Gallery, NY
This beautiful evocation of a lyrical French landscape is a fine example of of Post-Impressionism
Signature
S...
Category
Early 1900s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$212,000 Sale Price
20% Off
H 25.5 in W 21 in
I Hate Humans
By David Shrigley
Located in Bristol, GB
10 colour screenprint with no varnish overlay printed on Somerset Satin Tub sized 410gsm
Edition 89 of 125
Signed and numbered
Mint. Minor imperfections may appear due to the product...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Prints
Materials
Screen
Gorham Sterling Silver Flatware Service, 705 Pieces
By Gorham
Located in New Orleans, LA
This monumental American sterling silver flatware service by Gorham epitomizes the stately glamour of turn-of-the-century dining. A total of 705 pieces in the beloved Versailles patt...
Category
Antique 19th Century American Rococo Tableware
Materials
Sterling Silver
Into the Night
By Ralph Albert Blakelock
Located in New York, NY
Signed lower left in arrowhead: RA Blakelock.
Category
Late 19th Century Hudson River School Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Rare Olympic games prefab Munich 1972 by Peter Hübner
By Another Human
Located in Perpignan, FR
CASANOVA. 1972
by Gallery Clément Cividino Ent.
HISTORIQUE
A l'occasion des jeux olympiques de Paris 2024 , notre galerie présente en exposition pour son rendez vous estival au d...
Category
Vintage 1970s French Space Age Architectural Elements
Materials
Fiberglass, Polyester, Polystyrene
Large 19th Century French Oil/Canvas Titled ‘Byblis’ by Pierre Poujol
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Large 19th century French oil/canvas titled ‘Byblis’, by Pierre Poujol. In Greek mythology Byblis or Bublis was the daughter of Miletus. Her mother was Eidothea, she was acknowledged...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Romantic Paintings
Materials
Canvas
$79,000
H 47.5 in W 70 in D 3.25 in
Saturday Evening Post cover, August 29, 1959. - Americana
By John Ford Clymer
Located in Miami, FL
This classic Post cover combines the vastness of the American West landscape with the intimacy of iconic Americana: two kids swimming in a rural water hole. The permanence of the maj...
Category
1950s American Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
$315,000
H 33.5 in W 26.5 in
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