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Nothing to do with my will (The Princess and her Lover)

Nothing to do with my will (The Princess and her Lover)

By Stefanie Schneider

Located in Morongo Valley, CA

Feelings and numbers - like apples and oranges really.

Somehow I think that the 150,000 dollars I am going to get in 25 minutes from the man I only know as phone number 760 ..... wi...

Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Nude Photography

Materials

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

Building of the St. Louis Gateway Arch, 1963, Silver Gelatin Print
Building of the St. Louis Gateway Arch, 1963, Silver Gelatin Print

Building of the St. Louis Gateway Arch, 1963, Silver Gelatin Print

By Art Shay

Located in Chicago, IL

Arts photos, like me, have the Chicago accent, which may be to say he’s telling you the truth. I think it takes a realist to see the humor in things.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Le Roi Peste (The Plague Kings) - Etching by James Ensor - 1895
Le Roi Peste (The Plague Kings) - Etching by James Ensor - 1895

Le Roi Peste (The Plague Kings) - Etching by James Ensor - 1895

By James Ensor

Located in Roma, IT

My intention is to survive, and I think of the solid copper plate, the unalterable ink, easy reproduction, faithful prints, and I adopt etching as a means of expression

Category

1890s Surrealist Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

Original Alvar Aalto Shoe Rack Designed for the Stora Enso Building Finland
Original Alvar Aalto Shoe Rack Designed for the Stora Enso Building Finland

Original Alvar Aalto Shoe Rack Designed for the Stora Enso Building Finland

By Alvar Aalto

Located in BROOKLYN, NY

In original and unrestored condition with excellent provenance including the original location map of this shoe rack in the building. We think it would look great with Prouve and Per...

Category

Mid-20th Century Finnish Mid-Century Modern Shelves

Materials

Wood, Birch

The Art of Relaxation by Judith Williams black and white ballerina on paper

The Art of Relaxation by Judith Williams black and white ballerina on paper

By Judith Williams

Located in Atlanta, GA

I allow the fluid washes of color to move freely, creating an organic feel to the work. I think working with Charcoal is magical. The vine itself is so light it seems as though it is...

Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Charcoal, Mixed Media

Chinese Contemporary Art by Liu Ziyu - The Train is Coming from Afar

Chinese Contemporary Art by Liu Ziyu - The Train is Coming from Afar

By Liu Ziyu

Located in Paris, IDF

In this context, it was natural for the family to think that Liu Ziyu should inherit his ancestral legacy and that sculpture should be his life's path.

Category

2010s Abstract Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink

Chinese Contemporary Art by Liu Ziyu - Resting by the Green Grass Stream

Chinese Contemporary Art by Liu Ziyu - Resting by the Green Grass Stream

By Liu Ziyu

Located in Paris, IDF

In this context, it was natural for the family to think that Liu Ziyu should inherit his ancestral legacy and that sculpture should be his life's path.

Category

2010s Abstract Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink

In the Remote Parts, Abstract Oil Painting on Wood Panel, 2010-

In the Remote Parts, Abstract Oil Painting on Wood Panel, 2010-

By Adam Gunn

Located in Montreal, Quebec

The quote finishes with, “I think with an aesthetic like that you can have a pretty good latitude for being creative”.

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Italian Vintage Handcrafted Bowls Set in the shape of Pineapple By Italica ARS
Italian Vintage Handcrafted Bowls Set in the shape of Pineapple By Italica ARS

Italian Vintage Handcrafted Bowls Set in the shape of Pineapple By Italica ARS

By Italica Ars

Located in Roma, IT

The texture recreated by the ceramists will make you think you are actually touching the surface of a pineapple.

Category

Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Tableware

Materials

Ceramic, Majolica

Bare Arms (The Practice #2) Drypoint on Aluminum, Signed, Edition 6/8
Bare Arms (The Practice #2) Drypoint on Aluminum, Signed, Edition 6/8

Bare Arms (The Practice #2) Drypoint on Aluminum, Signed, Edition 6/8

By Darius Steward

Located in Fairlawn, OH

Reflecting on the work, Steward observed, “I often think of my kids when I think of progress. The idea of the future, of the possibility of something new happening, is what fascinate...

Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Prints

Materials

Drypoint

The Musical Contest between Apollo and Marsyas, signed P. Sion, Antwerp 17th c.
The Musical Contest between Apollo and Marsyas, signed P. Sion, Antwerp 17th c.

The Musical Contest between Apollo and Marsyas, signed P. Sion, Antwerp 17th c.

Located in PARIS, FR

The scene chosen by Peter Sion illustrates the beginning of the competition, where Marsyas, confident, thinks he can win. In the rest of the story that Ovid tells us, Apollo challeng...

Category

17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oak, Oil, Wood Panel

"udala ⏐ waiting for the fruit to fall" -- Painting on Canvas by REWA

"udala ⏐ waiting for the fruit to fall" -- Painting on Canvas by REWA

By REWA

Located in New Orleans, LA

This is the Igbo culture pertaining to the Igbos of Nigeria. I think that this description is more accurate as it implies a unique iteration of customs and tradition, bound to a part...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Ink, Acrylic

Posing for the Artist by Judith Williams black and white ballerina on paper

Posing for the Artist by Judith Williams black and white ballerina on paper

By Judith Williams

Located in Atlanta, GA

I allow the fluid washes of color to move freely, creating an organic feel to the work. I think working with Charcoal is magical. The vine itself is so light it seems as though it is...

Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Charcoal, Mixed Media

Richard Haas, (View of the Brooklyn Bridge, NYC), about 1980, pastel, city scene
Richard Haas, (View of the Brooklyn Bridge, NYC), about 1980, pastel, city scene

Richard Haas, (View of the Brooklyn Bridge, NYC), about 1980, pastel, city scene

By Richard Haas

Located in New York, NY

The fact that it is signed within the image, the drawn-upon area, leads me to think the artist wanted it to be matted just to the image, blocking out the un-drawn-upon gray paper.

Category

Late 20th Century American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pastel

Antique A&C "KNOUSE" Bookcase from the Early 1900s - Stickley Era  SALE 40%  OFF
Antique A&C "KNOUSE" Bookcase from the Early 1900s - Stickley Era  SALE 40%  OFF

Antique A&C "KNOUSE" Bookcase from the Early 1900s - Stickley Era SALE 40% OFF

Located in Shamokin Dam, PA

This cabinet was made with REAL thru tenon construction and not fake decoration to look like thru tenon to fool the buyers and make them think it was made by Gustav Stickley. We pu...

Category

Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Bookcases

Materials

Glass, Oak

For Whom The Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway, First Blakiston Edition, 1940
For Whom The Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway, First Blakiston Edition, 1940

For Whom The Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway, First Blakiston Edition, 1940

By Ernest Hemingway

Located in Colorado Springs, CO

"This is the best book Ernest Hemingway has written, the fullest, the deepest, the truest. It will, I think, be one of the major novels of American literature.

Category

Vintage 1940s American Books

Materials

Leather, Paper

Vase Schneider With the symbol of candy or French flag, (Chickoree), 1920
Vase Schneider With the symbol of candy or French flag, (Chickoree), 1920

Vase Schneider With the symbol of candy or French flag, (Chickoree), 1920

By Charles Schneider

Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C

The brothers were let go, some supposes they were seen as obstacles from the old bastion, others thinks they had too much influence. It is true that the Schneider's influence by then...

Category

Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Glass

Materials

Art Glass

White Linen Female Nude Pose Lying On The Bed Framed Original Oil Painting
White Linen Female Nude Pose Lying On The Bed Framed Original Oil Painting

White Linen Female Nude Pose Lying On The Bed Framed Original Oil Painting

By David Knight

Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset

, he laughs. “I think the body is a fascinating and beautiful subject to work from, I never get bored of painting it”.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Mid 20th Century Brass Floor Lamp in the style of Stilnovo, three legs, opaline
Mid 20th Century Brass Floor Lamp in the style of Stilnovo, three legs, opaline

Mid 20th Century Brass Floor Lamp in the style of Stilnovo, three legs, opaline

By Stilnovo

Located in Milano, IT

The choice of materials and the overall design make one think to Stilnovo, one of the most famed and prolific lamp makers in 1950s Italy.

Category

Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Brass

Finding My Way   #2 in the Series oil on paper on wood  Abstract Framed
Finding My Way   #2 in the Series oil on paper on wood  Abstract Framed

Finding My Way #2 in the Series oil on paper on wood Abstract Framed

Located in Houston, TX

So, the teacher allowed me to look for images to use as inspiration. In my memory, I think the first one must have been a reproduction of a Cezanne landscape.

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel, Archival Paper

Set of Seven Oak and Rush Chairs in the Style of Charlotte Perriand, 1960s
Set of Seven Oak and Rush Chairs in the Style of Charlotte Perriand, 1960s

Set of Seven Oak and Rush Chairs in the Style of Charlotte Perriand, 1960s

By Charlotte Perriand

Located in Roma, IT

The solid oak wood and the straw could make you think you are really on the set of a western film set in Mexico but in reality it is the archetype of the Italian chair that also insp...

Category

Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Chairs

Materials

Straw, Oak, Plywood, Rush

Pair of Mid Century Modern Brass Candelabras in the style of Piero De Vecchi
Pair of Mid Century Modern Brass Candelabras in the style of Piero De Vecchi

Pair of Mid Century Modern Brass Candelabras in the style of Piero De Vecchi

By Piero De Vecchi, Frank Josef

Located in Roma, IT

The materials used, the finishes and the theme of the "knot" might make you think of the famous candelabra designed by Josef Frank "The Knot of Friendship", but in reality, doing res...

Category

Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Candelabras

Materials

Brass

Mixed Media Entitled "W.D. Snodgrass Come out of the Storm" by Deloss Mcgraw
Mixed Media Entitled "W.D. Snodgrass Come out of the Storm" by Deloss Mcgraw

Mixed Media Entitled "W.D. Snodgrass Come out of the Storm" by Deloss Mcgraw

By DeLoss McGraw

Located in San Diego, CA

I feel in my work that I deal with very serious issues. I just think that the way to approach them is through the back door.

Category

Mid-20th Century American Modern Paintings

Materials

Paper

Memory Lane (Haley and the Birds) - 29 Palms, CA - based on a Polaroid Original

Memory Lane (Haley and the Birds) - 29 Palms, CA - based on a Polaroid Original

By Stefanie Schneider

Located in Morongo Valley, CA

In every blurred silhouette and chemical wash of color, she captures what it means to hold onto time even as it slips through our fingers, to relive and reinterpret, over and over ag...

Category

2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

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

L'ACQUA / THE SEA at CINQUE TERRA  (Blue Green Yellow Orange Abstract Encaustic)
L'ACQUA / THE SEA at CINQUE TERRA  (Blue Green Yellow Orange Abstract Encaustic)

L'ACQUA / THE SEA at CINQUE TERRA (Blue Green Yellow Orange Abstract Encaustic)

By Susan E. Squires

Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA

Susan’s encaustic paintings are a collaboration in the sense that she is responding to the experiences of other creative thinkers. New possibilities evolve as she layers the wax over...

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil Crayon, Encaustic, Board

Francois Auguste Rene Rodin, Untitled, from Twelve Watercolors, 1920 (after)
Francois Auguste Rene Rodin, Untitled, from Twelve Watercolors, 1920 (after)

Francois Auguste Rene Rodin, Untitled, from Twelve Watercolors, 1920 (after)

By Auguste Rodin

Located in Southampton, NY

A master craftsman and visionary thinker, Rodin redefined sculpture as an emotional and psychological art form, linking the human condition to the material world.

Category

1920s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph, Stencil

H.O. Miethke Das Werk folio "The Great Poplar I" collotype print

H.O. Miethke Das Werk folio "The Great Poplar I" collotype print

By Gustav Klimt & K.K. Hof-und Staatsdruckerei

Located in Palm Beach, FL

In the seven-year span that this elite team of talented artists and innovative thinkers produced the complete collection, the Kaiser’s world had radically changed.

Category

Early 1900s Vienna Secession Landscape Prints

Materials

Paper

H.O. Miethke Das Werk folio "Orchard in the Evening" collotype print

H.O. Miethke Das Werk folio "Orchard in the Evening" collotype print

By Gustav Klimt & K.K. Hof-und Staatsdruckerei

Located in Palm Beach, FL

In the seven-year span that this elite team of talented artists and innovative thinkers produced the complete collection, the Kaiser’s world had radically changed.

Category

Early 1900s Vienna Secession Landscape Prints

Materials

Paper

H.O. Miethke Das Werk folio "Pond in the Morning" collotype print

H.O. Miethke Das Werk folio "Pond in the Morning" collotype print

By Gustav Klimt & K.K. Hof-und Staatsdruckerei

Located in Palm Beach, FL

In the seven-year span that this elite team of talented artists and innovative thinkers produced the complete collection, the Kaiser’s world had radically changed.

Category

Early 1900s Vienna Secession Landscape Prints

Materials

Paper

H.O. Miethke Das Werk folio "Train of the Dead" collotype print
H.O. Miethke Das Werk folio "Train of the Dead" collotype print

H.O. Miethke Das Werk folio "Train of the Dead" collotype print

By Gustav Klimt & K.K. Hof-und Staatsdruckerei

Located in Palm Beach, FL

In the seven-year span that this elite team of talented artists and innovative thinkers produced the complete collection, the Kaiser’s world had radically changed.

Category

Early 1900s Vienna Secession Figurative Prints

Materials

Paper

Rare 1872 Edition of the Pilgrim's Progress and Other Works of John Bunyan
Rare 1872 Edition of the Pilgrim's Progress and Other Works of John Bunyan

Rare 1872 Edition of the Pilgrim's Progress and Other Works of John Bunyan

By John Bunyan Bristol

Located in West Sussex, Pulborough

A very old and original book, its owned by my mother who was gifted it by her late husband, he had it rebound or restored I think it the 1990s, it was valued then around £600-£700, a...

Category

Antique Late 19th Century English Victorian Picture Frames

Materials

Paper

For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway, First Edition in Original DJ, 1940
For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway, First Edition in Original DJ, 1940

For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway, First Edition in Original DJ, 1940

Located in Colorado Springs, CO

"This is the best book Ernest Hemingway has written, the fullest, the deepest, the truest. It will, I think, be one of the major novels of American literature.

Category

Vintage 1940s American Books

Materials

Paper

Songs of the Sky 9 (Abstract Landscape Sepia Toned Photograph of Clouds & Sky)
Songs of the Sky 9 (Abstract Landscape Sepia Toned Photograph of Clouds & Sky)

Songs of the Sky 9 (Abstract Landscape Sepia Toned Photograph of Clouds & Sky)

By Jeri Eisenberg

Located in Hudson, NY

Artist statement: “In looking at my photographs of clouds, people seem freer to think about the relationships in the pictures than about the subject-matter for its own sake.” – Alfr...

Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography

Materials

Wax, Encaustic, Mulberry Paper

Songs of the Sky 8 (Abstract Landscape Sepia Toned Photograph of Clouds & Sky)
Songs of the Sky 8 (Abstract Landscape Sepia Toned Photograph of Clouds & Sky)

Songs of the Sky 8 (Abstract Landscape Sepia Toned Photograph of Clouds & Sky)

By Jeri Eisenberg

Located in Hudson, NY

Artist statement: “In looking at my photographs of clouds, people seem freer to think about the relationships in the pictures than about the subject-matter for its own sake.” – Alfr...

Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography

Materials

Wax, Mulberry Paper, Encaustic

Songs of the Sky 10 (Abstract Landscape Color Photograph of Clouds & Blue Sky)
Songs of the Sky 10 (Abstract Landscape Color Photograph of Clouds & Blue Sky)

Songs of the Sky 10 (Abstract Landscape Color Photograph of Clouds & Blue Sky)

By Jeri Eisenberg

Located in Hudson, NY

Artist statement: “In looking at my photographs of clouds, people seem freer to think about the relationships in the pictures than about the subject-matter for its own sake.” – Alfr...

Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography

Materials

Wax, Encaustic, Mulberry Paper

Songs of the Sky 14 (Abstract Landscape Color Photograph of Clouds & Blue Sky)
Songs of the Sky 14 (Abstract Landscape Color Photograph of Clouds & Blue Sky)

Songs of the Sky 14 (Abstract Landscape Color Photograph of Clouds & Blue Sky)

By Jeri Eisenberg

Located in Hudson, NY

Artist statement: “In looking at my photographs of clouds, people seem freer to think about the relationships in the pictures than about the subject-matter for its own sake.” – Alfr...

Category

2010s Abstract Landscape Photography

Materials

Wax, Encaustic, Mulberry Paper

Songs of the Sky 7: Abstract Landscape Photograph of Clouds & Sky, 3 panels
Songs of the Sky 7: Abstract Landscape Photograph of Clouds & Sky, 3 panels

Songs of the Sky 7: Abstract Landscape Photograph of Clouds & Sky, 3 panels

By Jeri Eisenberg

Located in Hudson, NY

Artist statement: “In looking at my photographs of clouds, people seem freer to think about the relationships in the pictures than about the subject-matter for its own sake.” – Alfr...

Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography

Materials

Wax, Encaustic, Mulberry Paper

H.O. Miethke Das Werk folio "The Great Poplar II (Thunderstorm)" collotype print

H.O. Miethke Das Werk folio "The Great Poplar II (Thunderstorm)" collotype print

By Gustav Klimt & K.K. Hof-und Staatsdruckerei

Located in Palm Beach, FL

In the seven-year span that this elite team of talented artists and innovative thinkers produced the complete collection, the Kaiser’s world had radically changed.

Category

Early 1900s Vienna Secession Landscape Prints

Materials

Paper

H.O. Miethke Das Werk folio "The Three Ages of Woman" collotype print
H.O. Miethke Das Werk folio "The Three Ages of Woman" collotype print

H.O. Miethke Das Werk folio "The Three Ages of Woman" collotype print

By Gustav Klimt & K.K. Hof-und Staatsdruckerei

Located in Palm Beach, FL

In the seven-year span that this elite team of talented artists and innovative thinkers produced the complete collection, the Kaiser’s world had radically changed.

Category

Early 1900s Vienna Secession Figurative Prints

Materials

Paper

Surrealist Drawing of a Mythological Figure by Todd Siler
Surrealist Drawing of a Mythological Figure by Todd Siler

Surrealist Drawing of a Mythological Figure by Todd Siler

By Todd Siler

Located in New York, NY

Todd Siler founded Psi-Phi Communications, LLC in 1993, a Denver-based company that creates and develops innovative, multi-purpose learning tools for education and business, such as ...

Category

Late 20th Century Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Pen

Todd Siler Original Surrealist Drawing
Todd Siler Original Surrealist Drawing

Todd Siler Original Surrealist Drawing

By Todd Siler

Located in New York, NY

Todd Siler founded Psi-Phi Communications, LLC in 1993, a Denver-based company that creates and develops innovative, multi-purpose learning tools for education and business, such as ...

Category

Late 20th Century Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Pen

Rare Bronze & Black Marble Clock Set by Deniere A Paris the Philosopher, c.1860
Rare Bronze & Black Marble Clock Set by Deniere A Paris the Philosopher, c.1860

Rare Bronze & Black Marble Clock Set by Deniere A Paris the Philosopher, c.1860

By Maison Deniere

Located in Lisse, NL

You will rarely see a clock garniture with bronzes of this quality and detail. The bearded thinker/philosopher on top of the marble clock is simply astonishing.

Category

Antique Mid-19th Century French Renaissance Revival Mantel Clocks

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Songs of the Sky No. 11 (4 Panel Sky Photograph Japanese Kozo Paper/Encaustic)

Songs of the Sky No. 11 (4 Panel Sky Photograph Japanese Kozo Paper/Encaustic)

By Jeri Eisenberg

Located in Hudson, NY

Artist statement: “In looking at my photographs of clouds, people seem freer to think about the relationships in the pictures than about the subject-matter for its own sake.” – Alfr...

Category

2010s Contemporary Photography

Materials

Wax, Encaustic, Mulberry Paper

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