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Slim Aarons, Snorkellers in Spain, 1954
Slim Aarons, Snorkellers in Spain, 1954

Slim Aarons, Snorkellers in Spain, 1954

By Slim Aarons

Located in New York, NY

The photograph gives most of its area to stone and water and reduces the two swimmers almost to markers of scale, which is what makes the clarity of the water register as the subject.

Category

1970s Modern Color Photography

Materials

Lambda

Slim Aarons, Snorkellers in Spain, 1954 20z16"
Slim Aarons, Snorkellers in Spain, 1954 20z16"

Slim Aarons, Snorkellers in Spain, 1954 20z16"

By Slim Aarons

Located in New York, NY

The photograph gives most of its area to stone and water and reduces the two swimmers almost to markers of scale, which is what makes the clarity of the water register as the subject.

Category

1970s Modern Color Photography

Materials

Lambda

Slim Aarons, Sailing in Sardinia, 1979
Slim Aarons, Sailing in Sardinia, 1979

Slim Aarons, Sailing in Sardinia, 1979

By Slim Aarons

Located in New York, NY

Two men stand at the lower right, one grey-haired with his back to the camera in patterned swim shorts, the other in a pink cap gathering an armful of loose canvas, while a third in ...

Category

1970s Modern Color Photography

Materials

Lambda

NO MORE WORDS
NO MORE WORDS

NO MORE WORDS

By Taia Akulova

Located in Zofingen, AG

This painting is part of the MIGHT SWIM series and was featured in a solo exhibition in May 2025.

Category

2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

TUD TOY - Mike Tyson Duck
TUD TOY - Mike Tyson Duck

TUD TOY - Mike Tyson Duck

Located in PARIS, FR

The “TUD x Mike Tyson” collaboration is a manif esto for all who swim against the current. Every step you take leads you to who you are. 

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Plastic, Acrylic

TUD TOY - Michael Jackson King of Pop
TUD TOY - Michael Jackson King of Pop

TUD TOY - Michael Jackson King of Pop

Located in PARIS, FR

The “TUD x Mike Tyson” collaboration is a manif esto for all who swim against the current. Every step you take leads you to who you are.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Plastic, Acrylic

BEHIND YOUR EYES
BEHIND YOUR EYES

BEHIND YOUR EYES

By Taia Akulova

Located in Zofingen, AG

This painting is part of the MIGHT SWIM series and was featured in a solo exhibition in May 2025.

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Who We’re Hiding Inside?
Who We’re Hiding Inside?

Who We’re Hiding Inside?

By Taia Akulova

Located in Zofingen, AG

This painting is part of the MIGHT SWIM series and was featured in a solo exhibition in May 2025.

Category

2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Delicate Vibrations
Delicate Vibrations

Delicate Vibrations

By Taia Akulova

Located in Zofingen, AG

This painting is part of the MIGHT SWIM series and was featured in a solo exhibition in May 2025.

Category

2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Monumental Brass or Bronze Fish or Koi Statue
Monumental Brass or Bronze Fish or Koi Statue

Monumental Brass or Bronze Fish or Koi Statue

Located in Swedesboro, NJ

According to ancient legend, the carp that successfully swims upstream and leaps the Dragon Gate is transformed into a dragon, symbolizing personal achievement through persistence an...

Category

20th Century Japonisme Animal Sculptures

Materials

Brass

ELECTRIC FEELING
ELECTRIC FEELING

ELECTRIC FEELING

By Taia Akulova

Located in Zofingen, AG

This painting is part of the MIGHT SWIM series and was featured in a solo exhibition in May 2025.

Category

2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Esther Williams In Florida (1956) Limited Estate Stamped

Esther Williams In Florida (1956) Limited Estate Stamped

By Slim Aarons

Located in London, GB

About this image: Esther Jane Williams was an American competitive swimmer and actress. Williams set multiple national and regional swimming records in her late teens as part of the...

Category

1950s Modern Portrait Photography

Materials

Color, Archival Pigment

"Pan of Bolts" Two-Sided Painting, Bay Area Figurative, Circa 1962-64
"Pan of Bolts" Two-Sided Painting, Bay Area Figurative, Circa 1962-64

"Pan of Bolts" Two-Sided Painting, Bay Area Figurative, Circa 1962-64

By Sally Kissinger Wilt

Located in Soquel, CA

One side has a painting reflecting the teacher Richard Diebenkorn in Sally's "Pan of Bolts" and the other has a compelling abstract of a man walking on water (Manuel Neri) and a swim...

Category

1960s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Gisele Bündchen III, Smoking 1999 - Limited Edition Fine Art Photography
Gisele Bündchen III, Smoking 1999 - Limited Edition Fine Art Photography

Gisele Bündchen III, Smoking 1999 - Limited Edition Fine Art Photography

By Michel Comte

Located in Vienna, AT

This black-and-white portrait shows the supermodel with wet hair and smeared makeup as if she had just come back from a swim in the ocean. Her head is tilted back slightly, and the l...

Category

1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Porthtowan Heather, Oil Painting, Landscape, Coastal, beach, Seascape
Porthtowan Heather, Oil Painting, Landscape, Coastal, beach, Seascape

Porthtowan Heather, Oil Painting, Landscape, Coastal, beach, Seascape

Located in Deddington, GB

The copper coloured heather leads us down to the beach dotted with its colourful swimmers. In the foreground the gorse is suggested with light brushstrokes and its lovely yellow flow...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Paris City Scene, Portrait Oil Painting WPA Era 1940s
Paris City Scene, Portrait Oil Painting WPA Era 1940s

Paris City Scene, Portrait Oil Painting WPA Era 1940s

By Maurice Kish

Located in Surfside, FL

Anyone could go to ride the rides and swim in the sea. For Kish, Coney Island, and especially Luna Park, became a place richly symbolic of workers’ rights.

Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Proud Chimney Sweep Modern Judaica Oil Painting WPA Jewish artist Maurice Kish
Proud Chimney Sweep Modern Judaica Oil Painting WPA Jewish artist Maurice Kish

Proud Chimney Sweep Modern Judaica Oil Painting WPA Jewish artist Maurice Kish

By Maurice Kish

Located in Surfside, FL

Anyone could go to ride the rides and swim in the sea. For Kish, Coney Island, and especially Luna Park, became a place richly symbolic of workers’ rights.

Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Jaws Japanese Theatrical Poster, Offset Print, 1975, Iconic Design
Jaws Japanese Theatrical Poster, Offset Print, 1975, Iconic Design

Jaws Japanese Theatrical Poster, Offset Print, 1975, Iconic Design

Located in Roma, IT

The design faithfully retains Roger Kastel’s iconic original artwork: the dramatic upward surge of the great white shark, jaws agape, rising from the depths toward an unsuspecting sw...

Category

Vintage 1980s Italian Posters

Materials

Other

Jaws Japanese Theatrical Release Poster, Offset Print, 1975, Rare
Jaws Japanese Theatrical Release Poster, Offset Print, 1975, Rare

Jaws Japanese Theatrical Release Poster, Offset Print, 1975, Rare

Located in Roma, IT

The design faithfully retains Roger Kastel’s iconic original artwork: the dramatic upward surge of the great white shark, jaws agape, rising from the depths toward an unsuspecting sw...

Category

Vintage 1970s Italian Posters

Materials

Other

Preacher Rabbi Der Maggid Judaica Oil Painting WPA Jewish artist Maurice Kish
Preacher Rabbi Der Maggid Judaica Oil Painting WPA Jewish artist Maurice Kish

Preacher Rabbi Der Maggid Judaica Oil Painting WPA Jewish artist Maurice Kish

By Maurice Kish

Located in Surfside, FL

Anyone could go to ride the rides and swim in the sea. For Kish, Coney Island, and especially Luna Park, became a place richly symbolic of workers’ rights.

Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Esther Williams (1956) Limited Estate Stamped - Grande XL

Esther Williams (1956) Limited Estate Stamped - Grande XL

By Slim Aarons

Located in London, GB

About this image: Esther Jane Williams was an American competitive swimmer and actress. Williams set multiple national and regional swimming records in her late teens as part of the...

Category

1950s Modern Portrait Photography

Materials

Color, Archival Pigment

Light show
Light show

Light show

By DARIA DUDOCHNYKOVA

Located in Zofingen, AG

But those fortunate enough to live near the sea, who swim, dive, or surf its waters, know the ocean’s true nature: magical, liberating, and deeply life-affirming.

Category

2010s Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Amami, Contemporary Decorated Porcelain Tureen by Vito Nesta
Amami, Contemporary Decorated Porcelain Tureen by Vito Nesta

Amami, Contemporary Decorated Porcelain Tureen by Vito Nesta

By Vito Nesta

Located in Milano, Lombardia

The coral reef of the Amami Islands, an archipelago off the coast of Japan, inspired the design of this product where colourful fish swim on the surface of the porcelain.

Category

2010s Italian Other Soup Tureens

Materials

Porcelain

Niki de Saint Phalle - My Love We Wont, Rare whimsical 1960s silkscreen Signed/N
Niki de Saint Phalle - My Love We Wont, Rare whimsical 1960s silkscreen Signed/N

Niki de Saint Phalle - My Love We Wont, Rare whimsical 1960s silkscreen Signed/N

By Niki de Saint Phalle

Located in New York, NY

The text that accompanies the charming images in the work reads: "Free of love" "We won't hold hands anymore" "We won't kiss each other anymore" "We won't swim in the Atlantic" "No m...

Category

1960s Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Pencil, Lithograph, Screen

Italian Rationalist Console with Mosaic Marble Top, Circa 1937
Italian Rationalist Console with Mosaic Marble Top, Circa 1937

Italian Rationalist Console with Mosaic Marble Top, Circa 1937

Located in Chicago, IL

The mosaic surface unfolds like a painted fresco rendered in stone: stylized figures in pale rose, ivory, and slate-grey marble are set against a ground of deep terracotta, their ang...

Category

Vintage 1930s Italian Console Tables

Materials

Wood

Clown, Modernist Oil Painting on Board WPA Artist
Clown, Modernist Oil Painting on Board WPA Artist

Clown, Modernist Oil Painting on Board WPA Artist

By Maurice Kish

Located in Surfside, FL

Anyone could go to ride the rides and swim in the sea. For Kish, Coney Island, and especially Luna Park, became a place richly symbolic of workers’ rights.

Category

Early 20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Pair of Red fish of Chinese sculpted in a single block of Red Jasper.
Pair of Red fish of Chinese sculpted in a single block of Red Jasper.

Pair of Red fish of Chinese sculpted in a single block of Red Jasper.

Located in Valladolid, ES

Thanks to its fluid lines, it almost seems to swim in the air. Collector's pieces, perfect as a gift and to decorate any environment.

Category

Vintage 1970s Chinese Qing Antiquities

Materials

Jade

Malibu Swirl
Malibu Swirl

Malibu Swirl

By Chuck Kovacic

Located in Pasadena, CA

Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist Signed "Chuck Kovacic" on lower left UNFRAMED:18" x 24" FRAMED:29" x 35" x 2" Artist Statement "Inspired by plein air notes made ...

Category

2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Panel

Mid-Century 1950s Italian Signed Landscape Painting
Mid-Century 1950s Italian Signed Landscape Painting

Mid-Century 1950s Italian Signed Landscape Painting

Located in Roma, IT

But let us be clear from the outset: our Tom is not making any polemical point with his exhibition; if anything, all his paintings speak to us of a rebellion, of an intimate—and sole...

Category

1950s Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

Pair of Mid-Century Fish Sculpture, Red Jasper, Chinese, 20th Century
Pair of Mid-Century Fish Sculpture, Red Jasper, Chinese, 20th Century

Pair of Mid-Century Fish Sculpture, Red Jasper, Chinese, 20th Century

Located in Valladolid, ES

Thanks to its fluid lines, it almost seems to swim in the air. Collector's pieces, perfect as a gift and to decorate any environment.

Category

1970s Qing Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Precious Stone

Low tide 5, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Low tide 5, Painting, Oil on Canvas

Low tide 5, Painting, Oil on Canvas

By Elena Sokolova

Located in Yardley, PA

The image illustrates a sunny and breezy day at the beach, where a young boy is engaged in play with a colorful boogie board resting on the sand. The boy, dressed in swim trunks, has...

Category

2010s Impressionist Paintings

Materials

Oil

Around East River, NYC Bridge, City Scene Oil Painting WPA Era 1940s
Around East River, NYC Bridge, City Scene Oil Painting WPA Era 1940s

Around East River, NYC Bridge, City Scene Oil Painting WPA Era 1940s

By Maurice Kish

Located in Surfside, FL

Anyone could go to ride the rides and swim in the sea. For Kish, Coney Island, and especially Luna Park, became a place richly symbolic of workers’ rights.

Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Small 1970s Brutalist Fish Bones Tabletop Sculpture on a Wood Base
Small 1970s Brutalist Fish Bones Tabletop Sculpture on a Wood Base

Small 1970s Brutalist Fish Bones Tabletop Sculpture on a Wood Base

Located in Miami, FL

Small 1970s Brutalist Fish Bones Tabletop Sculpture on a Wood Base Offered for sale is a small but dramatic 1970s Brutalist tabletop sculpture of 2 fish skeletons swimming in opposi...

Category

Mid-20th Century Brutalist Animal Sculptures

Materials

Iron

Antique China Merchant House Canton Print – Thomas Allom Steel Engraving, 1843
Antique China Merchant House Canton Print – Thomas Allom Steel Engraving, 1843

Antique China Merchant House Canton Print – Thomas Allom Steel Engraving, 1843

Located in Langweer, NL

In the foreground a small ornamental boat glides across the calm water, while ducks swim nearby, adding movement and life to the tranquil scene.

Category

Antique Mid-19th Century British Prints

Materials

Paper

Original San Francisco Olympic Summer Games Poster, 2002, Jennifer Morla Design
Original San Francisco Olympic Summer Games Poster, 2002, Jennifer Morla Design

Original San Francisco Olympic Summer Games Poster, 2002, Jennifer Morla Design

Located in San Francisco, CA

HISTORY Morla Design was chosen to create a poster to publicize San Francisco as the US bid city for the 2012 Olympics with a bold, iconic portrait of an Asian American swimmer. The...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Posters

Materials

Paper

Coral Symphony Jade Bowl Lapis Lazuli Fish, Pearls, Vermeil-Handcrafted To Order
Coral Symphony Jade Bowl Lapis Lazuli Fish, Pearls, Vermeil-Handcrafted To Order

Coral Symphony Jade Bowl Lapis Lazuli Fish, Pearls, Vermeil-Handcrafted To Order

By Konforti Jewelry

Located in ראשון לציון, IL

Elegant branching forms rise from the base like coral structures, forming a flowing framework that surrounds the vessel. Among these branches swim hand-carved fish sculpted from natu...

Category

2010s Israeli Art Nouveau Figurines and Sculptures

Materials

Pearl, Lapis Lazuli, Jade, Sterling Silver, Silver, Vermeil, 24k Gold

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