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Star Gazing Through the Wrong End of the Telescope
Star Gazing Through the Wrong End of the Telescope

Star Gazing Through the Wrong End of the Telescope

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

The Obi of Onitsha

The Obi of Onitsha

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

Circa 1900 French circus poster promoting the Tumilet - The Human Spinning Top
Circa 1900 French circus poster promoting the Tumilet - The Human Spinning Top

Circa 1900 French circus poster promoting the Tumilet - The Human Spinning Top

Located in PARIS, FR

Original Poster Circus - Show - France 200 revolutions per minute - This quite peculiar advertisement is for a human spinning top that promises 200 revolutions per minute in the op...

Category

Early 20th Century More Prints

Materials

Paper, Lithograph

The Guitar and Ruth

The Guitar and Ruth

By Benjamin Frederick

Located in Atlanta, GA

I like to use familial subjects...There is an aspect of a personal chronicle to my work in that it contains my family and the places in which we find ourselves; but in regard to the ...

Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

On the Road (The Last Picture Show) - 21st Century, Polaroid, Color
On the Road (The Last Picture Show) - 21st Century, Polaroid, Color

On the Road (The Last Picture Show) - 21st Century, Polaroid, Color

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

1990s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

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

Aristides and the Illiterate Voter
Aristides and the Illiterate Voter

Aristides and the Illiterate Voter

By Luigi Mussini

Located in London, GB

The painting bears striking stylistic, compositional and thematic similarities with a well-documented work Mussini painted in 1846, the Two Plinys (Fondazione Monte dei Paschi, Siena...

Category

Early 19th Century Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Van [Tail] Light
The Van [Tail] Light

The Van [Tail] Light

By Benjamin Frederick

Located in Atlanta, GA

I like to use familial subjects...There is an aspect of a personal chronicle to my work in that it contains my family and the places in which we find ourselves; but in regard to the ...

Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Laughers (Version 1)
The Laughers (Version 1)

The Laughers (Version 1)

By Dirk Staschke 1

Located in New Orleans, LA

The artist says of his work… I think of the subjects in these paintings as voids or impressions where the people and objects used to be, like the footprints of prehistoric peoples l...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

"Night city. The way home" modern urban landscape of the Volskya Lilya.
"Night city. The way home" modern urban landscape of the Volskya Lilya.

"Night city. The way home" modern urban landscape of the Volskya Lilya.

By Lilya Volskaya

Located in Zofingen, AG

This color alone immerses us in the picture of the city. It makes you think and even philosophize. This picture will appeal not only to young people, but also to older people.

Category

2010s Pop Art Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Side Effects (The Girl behind the White Picket Fence) - Polaroid, Portrait

Side Effects (The Girl behind the White Picket Fence) - Polaroid, Portrait

By Stefanie Schneider

Located in Morongo Valley, CA

Also, sometimes it doesn’t shoot at the exact moment you think it’s going to—but that’s really great because then you miss the perfect moment…and often those are the best shots.”

Category

2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

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

Italian Contemporary Art by Federica Frati - The Angel and the Minotaur

Italian Contemporary Art by Federica Frati - The Angel and the Minotaur

By Federica Frati

Located in Paris, IDF

This feeling is in her whole production that is made by different series: I Nani, etchings and acquatints investigates the deformity and sufferance of being different from the others...

Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Monotype

High Chrome Sfera Floor Lamp by Pulpo
High Chrome Sfera Floor Lamp by Pulpo

High Chrome Sfera Floor Lamp by Pulpo

Located in Geneve, CH

Consisting of the creative and sales department, warehouse and logistics, this is the think tank for our artists and designers. pulpo’s dealer network extends far beyond Weil am Rhei...

Category

2010s German Post-Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Steel

Medium Orange Glaze Sfera Floor Lamp by Pulpo
Medium Orange Glaze Sfera Floor Lamp by Pulpo

Medium Orange Glaze Sfera Floor Lamp by Pulpo

Located in Geneve, CH

Consisting of the creative and sales department, warehouse and logistics, this is the think tank for our artists and designers. pulpo’s dealer network extends far beyond Weil am Rhei...

Category

2010s German Post-Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Steel

Small Smoky Grey Sfera Floor Lamp by Pulpo
Small Smoky Grey Sfera Floor Lamp by Pulpo

Small Smoky Grey Sfera Floor Lamp by Pulpo

Located in Geneve, CH

Consisting of the creative and sales department, warehouse and logistics, this is the think tank for our artists and designers. pulpo’s dealer network extends far beyond Weil am Rhei...

Category

2010s German Post-Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Steel

On the South Dowling
On the South Dowling

On the South Dowling

Located in Deddington, GB

The use of palette knife and think paint portrays the undulating, wildness of the land, creating varied texture throughout the piece.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Rendering Memories (The Girl behind the White Picket Fence) - Polaroid, Portrait

Rendering Memories (The Girl behind the White Picket Fence) - Polaroid, Portrait

By Stefanie Schneider

Located in Morongo Valley, CA

Also, sometimes it doesn’t shoot at the exact moment you think it’s going to—but that’s really great because then you miss the perfect moment…and often those are the best shots.”

Category

2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

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

Memory Gaps (The Girl behind the White Picket Fence) - Polaroid, Portrait

Memory Gaps (The Girl behind the White Picket Fence) - Polaroid, Portrait

By Stefanie Schneider

Located in Morongo Valley, CA

Also, sometimes it doesn’t shoot at the exact moment you think it’s going to—but that’s really great because then you miss the perfect moment…and often those are the best shots.”

Category

2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

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

The Ward House Turret

The Ward House Turret

By Marion Buricatu

Located in Boston, MA

I really enjoyed experimenting with smaller compositions, it pushed me to keep a creative mindset and think about the elements in my larger paintings as motifs of their own.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

To the Flow 2

To the Flow 2

By Chaco Terada

Located in Sante Fe, NM

When I create a brushstroke I think of the motion of water in a stream, or the movement of a breeze.

Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography

Materials

Silk, Sumi Ink, Archival Pigment

For the Only 2

For the Only 2

By Chaco Terada

Located in Sante Fe, NM

When I create a brushstroke I think of the motion of water in a stream or the movement of a breeze.

Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment, Sumi Ink

For the Only 4

For the Only 4

By Chaco Terada

Located in Sante Fe, NM

When I create a brushstroke I think of the motion of water in a stream or the movement of a breeze.

Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment, Sumi Ink

The philosopher's study II

The philosopher's study II

By Maggie Taylor

Located in Sante Fe, NM

“To me the images work on two levels: they are about these specific objects, yet they also invite reverie or recollections. I like to think that the objects are obviously symbolic, b...

Category

2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

To the Flow 1

To the Flow 1

By Chaco Terada

Located in Sante Fe, NM

When I create a brushstroke I think of the motion of water in a stream, or the movement of a breeze.

Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography

Materials

Silk, Sumi Ink, Archival Pigment

The Home of Golf
The Home of Golf

The Home of Golf

By David Yarrow

Located in Chicago, IL

I was honored to be behind the lens and I think I did the town and the Old Course proud. As a Scot, this is an important and special picture for me and I know Gary shares my pride.”

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

The Home of Golf
The Home of Golf

The Home of Golf

By David Yarrow

Located in Chicago, IL

I was honoured to be behind the lens and I think I did the town and the Old Course proud. As a Scot, this is an important and special picture for me and I know Gary shares my pride.”

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

The time has come

The time has come

By Maggie Taylor

Located in Sante Fe, NM

“To me, the images work on two levels: they are about these specific objects, yet they also invite reverie or recollections. I like to think that the objects are obviously symbolic, ...

Category

2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

It's always the same

It's always the same

By Maggie Taylor

Located in Sante Fe, NM

“To me, the images work on two levels: they are about these specific objects, yet they also invite reverie or recollections. I like to think that the objects are obviously symbolic, ...

Category

2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

The "Mile High" Club
The "Mile High" Club

The "Mile High" Club

By David Yarrow

Located in Chicago, IL

"This is a club that now has too many members, but if there was an annual meeting, I doubt that many attendees would create as much interest as these two. I think the image has a Hit...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

The Voice From Without
The Voice From Without

The Voice From Without

By Deborah Ballard

Located in Dallas, TX

Ballard says, “I always have this inner voice that dictates what I do and how I think.” The concept of the human body as a “container,” a vessel of thoughts, hopes and dreams, began ...

Category

2010s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Plaster, Wax, Pigment

The Walk of Life
The Walk of Life

The Walk of Life

By David Yarrow

Located in Chicago, IL

I want my work to be full of emotion - without this, there needs be a great number of compensating factors for a photograph to be transcendental. I think The Walk of Life will connec...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Legends of the Fall
Legends of the Fall

Legends of the Fall

By David Yarrow

Located in Chicago, IL

This is the strongest image I have taken at Skogafoss over the last 10 years. I think we were all done by 7 am. It is always rewarding when the end result is far better than the prec...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Traces of Time (The Girl behind the White Picket Fence) - Polaroid, Portrait

Traces of Time (The Girl behind the White Picket Fence) - Polaroid, Portrait

By Stefanie Schneider

Located in Morongo Valley, CA

Also, sometimes it doesn’t shoot at the exact moment you think it’s going to—but that’s really great because then you miss the perfect moment…and often those are the best shots.”

Category

2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

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

Beneath the Surface - Ceramic Sculpture, Contemporary
Beneath the Surface - Ceramic Sculpture, Contemporary

Beneath the Surface - Ceramic Sculpture, Contemporary

By Paula Murray

Located in Bloomfield, ON

Before Paula Murray creates a new piece she thinks about how the emotion she is trying to express can appear as a form in porcelain.

Category

2010s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

The Garden of Eden
The Garden of Eden

The Garden of Eden

By David Yarrow

Located in Chicago, IL

We will never know, but the formation of the herd has a nice diagonal shape and it tells a story of a journey unaffected by my presence. I think the anonymity of the individual eleph...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

By the Sea (Zuma Beach)

By the Sea (Zuma Beach)

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

1990s Contemporary Landscape Photography

Materials

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

The Farmer's Wife (American Depression)

The Farmer's Wife (American Depression)

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

Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

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

Her last Call (The Girl behind the White Picket Fence) - Polaroid, 21st Century

Her last Call (The Girl behind the White Picket Fence) - Polaroid, 21st Century

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

Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

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

Writer and the Red Blanket
Writer and the Red Blanket

Writer and the Red Blanket

By Benjamin Frederick

Located in Atlanta, GA

I like to use familial subjects...There is an aspect of a personal chronicle to my work in that it contains my family and the places in which we find ourselves; but in regard to the ...

Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Me soaking up the light and The weight of your head. Diptych Porcelain cup
Me soaking up the light and The weight of your head. Diptych Porcelain cup

Me soaking up the light and The weight of your head. Diptych Porcelain cup

By Alex Hodge 1

Located in Miami Beach, FL

I imagine you so close to me we blur into each other’s atoms creating our own rhythms, a whole world of us in a daydream. Every time you think of me, I think of you. “The weight of...

Category

2010s Modern Sculptures

Materials

Porcelain, Paint

Traces of Time III (The Girl behind the White Picket Fence) - Polaroid, Portrait

Traces of Time III (The Girl behind the White Picket Fence) - Polaroid, Portrait

By Stefanie Schneider

Located in Morongo Valley, CA

Also, sometimes it doesn’t shoot at the exact moment you think it’s going to—but that’s really great because then you miss the perfect moment…and often those are the best shots.”

Category

2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

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

Traces of Time II (The Girl behind the White Picket Fence) - Polaroid, Portrait

Traces of Time II (The Girl behind the White Picket Fence) - Polaroid, Portrait

By Stefanie Schneider

Located in Morongo Valley, CA

Also, sometimes it doesn’t shoot at the exact moment you think it’s going to—but that’s really great because then you miss the perfect moment…and often those are the best shots.”

Category

2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

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

The Arborist - Bronze Sculpture, Contemporary Figurative Art
The Arborist - Bronze Sculpture, Contemporary Figurative Art

The Arborist - Bronze Sculpture, Contemporary Figurative Art

By P. Roch Smith

Located in Bloomfield, ON

“Over the years it feels as though the figures I create have their own distinct personalities - I often think about the idea of identity and how we construct our identities and eithe...

Category

2010s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Radical Architecture of the Future
Radical Architecture of the Future

Radical Architecture of the Future

By Phaidon

Located in New York, NY

An important and fascinating collection of original projects by unique thinkers in the world of architecture and spatial design Architectural practice today goes far beyond the de...

Category

2010s Chinese Books

Materials

Paper

House of the Poet 4

House of the Poet 4

By Chaco Terada

Located in Sante Fe, NM

When I create a brushstroke I think of the motion of water in a stream or the movement of a breeze.

Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography

Materials

Sumi Ink, Silk, Archival Pigment

House of the Poet 5

House of the Poet 5

By Chaco Terada

Located in Sante Fe, NM

When I create a brushstroke I think of the motion of water in a stream or the movement of a breeze.

Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography

Materials

Sumi Ink, Silk, Archival Pigment

House of the Poet 1
House of the Poet 1

House of the Poet 1

By Chaco Terada

Located in Sante Fe, NM

When I create a brushstroke I think of the motion of water in a stream or the movement of a breeze.

Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography

Materials

Sumi Ink, Silk, Archival Pigment

House of the Poet 2

House of the Poet 2

By Chaco Terada

Located in Sante Fe, NM

When I create a brushstroke I think of the motion of water in a stream or the movement of a breeze.

Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography

Materials

Sumi Ink, Silk, Archival Pigment

House of the Poet 3

House of the Poet 3

By Chaco Terada

Located in Sante Fe, NM

When I create a brushstroke I think of the motion of water in a stream or the movement of a breeze.

Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography

Materials

Sumi Ink, Silk, Archival Pigment

Running the Light (Abstract painting)
Running the Light (Abstract painting)

Running the Light (Abstract painting)

By Dana Gordon

Located in London, GB

In his 2010-2014 paintings, the line has become the edge of shapes, providing distinct areas for full expression of color. Gordon also thinks of the single shapes, adjoining shapes,...

Category

1990s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Board

Running the Light (Abstract painting)
Running the Light (Abstract painting)

Running the Light (Abstract painting)

By Dana Gordon

Located in London, GB

In his 2010-2014 paintings, the line has become the edge of shapes, providing distinct areas for full expression of color. Gordon also thinks of the single shapes, adjoining shapes,...

Category

1990s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Board

The Argument - The Princess and her Lover (29 Palms, CA) - End of Summer Sale

The Argument - The Princess and her Lover (29 Palms, CA) - End of Summer Sale

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

Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

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

Glare on the waves. Original painting
Glare on the waves. Original painting

Glare on the waves. Original painting

By Lusie Schellenberg

Located in Zofingen, AG

It is designed to encourage the viewer to think about the vastness and secrets of the sea.

Category

2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

A lonely and deserted Place (The Girl behind the White Picket Fence) - Polaroid
A lonely and deserted Place (The Girl behind the White Picket Fence) - Polaroid

A lonely and deserted Place (The Girl behind the White Picket Fence) - Polaroid

By Stefanie Schneider

Located in Morongo Valley, CA

Also, sometimes it doesn’t shoot at the exact moment you think it’s going to—but that’s really great because then you miss the perfect moment…and often those are the best shots.”

Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

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

God Willing and the Creek Don't Rise

God Willing and the Creek Don't Rise

Located in New Orleans, LA

As a female artist working in the American South, I’ve always been intrigued by the contradictions that exist here and my relationship to them: the rural and the urban, decay and ‘pr...

Category

2010s Contemporary More Art

Materials

Digital

Untitled (Traintracks) - based on the Polaroid

Untitled (Traintracks) - based on the Polaroid

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

Early 2000s Contemporary Landscape Photography

Materials

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

The Million Dollar Cowboy Bar (Colour)

The Million Dollar Cowboy Bar (Colour)

By David Yarrow

Located in Chicago, IL

This extreme cold allowed the exhaust fumes from the Ford Bronco to add more drama to the set. I think a few cowboys were left a little disappointed with the manner of the cowgirl’...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

The Million Dollar Cowboy Bar (Colour)

The Million Dollar Cowboy Bar (Colour)

By David Yarrow

Located in Chicago, IL

This extreme cold allowed the exhaust fumes from the Ford Bronco to add more drama to the set. I think a few cowboys were left a little disappointed with the manner of the cowgirl’...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

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  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 16, 2024
    The Thinker statue is supposed to be Dante Alighieri. Born in Florence, Italy, in 1265, he was a poet and philosopher. Today, he is best known as the author of The Divine Comedy. Through his statue of Dante, Auguste Rodin intended to portray the writer gazing down into the circles of Hell as part of a larger work called The Gates of Hell. Find a diverse assortment of Auguste Rodin art on 1stDibs.
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    The "real" or original Rodin Thinker is outside the Musée Rodin in Paris, France. There are more than 25 additional castings of the sculpture located around the world. In the U.S., you can see casts of The Thinker at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.; the University of Louisville in Louisville, Kentucky; the Detroit Institute of Art in Detroit, Michigan; the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, New York; the Legion of Honor in San Francisco, California; and the Cleveland Museum of Art in Cleveland, Ohio. On 1stDibs, shop an assortment of Auguste Rodin art.