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Lowell Nesbitt Paintings

American, 1933-1993

Lowell Nesbitt was one of the most celebrated and noted artists for his floral works of art. An artist with a highly personal style, he made realistic studies of many themes throughout his career. His most well-known series, and perhaps his most beautiful and poetic, are the more than four hundred works he created using the flower as a theme. Beginning with his first show in 1957, Nesbitt had more than 80 one-man shows. His painting, drawings and prints are included in the collections of many prestigious museums such as the Metropolitan Museum of Fine Art in New York and the National Gallery of Fine Art in Washington, D.C.

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Artist: Lowell Nesbitt
Light Lavender Iris, Lowell Nesbitt
By Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Lowell Nesbitt (1933-1993) Title: Light Lavender Iris Year: 1984 Medium: Oil on linen Size: 40 x 30 inches Condition: Excellent Inscription: Signed, dated, titled by the arti...
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1980s Photorealist Lowell Nesbitt Paintings

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Canvas, Linen, Oil

Mr. Jefferson’s Garden, Lowell Nesbitt
By Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Lowell Nesbitt (1933-1993) Title: Mr. Jefferson’s Garden Year: 1986 Medium: Oil on linen Size: 81 x 104 inches Condition: Excellent Inscription: Signed, dated, titled by the artist, verso LOWELL NESBITT (1933-1993) One of the most celebrated and most noted for his floral works of art. An artist with a highly personal style, Nesbitt made realistic studies of many themes throughout his career. His most well known series, and perhaps his most beautiful and poetic, are the more than four hundred works he created using the flower as theme. Since his first show in 1957, Nesbitt has had more than eighty one man shows. His painting, drawings and prints...
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1980s Photorealist Lowell Nesbitt Paintings

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Linen, Oil, Canvas

Shadow Iris, Lowell Nesbitt
By Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Lowell Nesbitt (1933-1993) Title: Shadow Iris Year: 1982 Medium: Oil on linen Size: 60 x 90 inches Condition: Excellent Inscription: Signed, dated, titled by the artist, verso LOWELL NESBITT (1933-1993) One of the most celebrated and most noted for his floral works of art. An artist with a highly personal style, Nesbitt made realistic studies of many themes throughout his career. His most well known series, and perhaps his most beautiful and poetic, are the more than four hundred works he created using the flower as theme. Since his first show in 1957, Nesbitt has had more than eighty one man shows. His painting, drawings and prints...
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1980s Photorealist Lowell Nesbitt Paintings

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Oil, Linen, Canvas

Frosted Mountain, Lowell Nesbitt
By Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Lowell Nesbitt (1933-1993) Title: Frosted Mountain Year: 1982 Medium: Oil on linen Size: 78 x 104 inches Condition: Excellent Inscription: Signed, dated, titled by the artist, verso LOWELL NESBITT (1933-1993) One of the most celebrated and most noted for his floral works of art. An artist with a highly personal style, Nesbitt made realistic studies of many themes throughout his career. His most well known series, and perhaps his most beautiful and poetic, are the more than four hundred works he created using the flower as theme. Since his first show in 1957, Nesbitt has had more than eighty one man shows. His painting, drawings and prints...
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1980s Photorealist Lowell Nesbitt Paintings

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Linen, Oil, Canvas

China, Lowell Nesbitt
By Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Lowell Nesbitt (1933-1993) Title: China Year: 1983 Medium: Oil on linen Size: 80 x 110 inches Condition: Excellent Inscription: Signed, dated, titled by the artist, verso LOWELL NESBITT (1933-1993) One of the most celebrated and most noted for his floral works of art. An artist with a highly personal style, Nesbitt made realistic studies of many themes throughout his career. His most well known series, and perhaps his most beautiful and poetic, are the more than four hundred works he created using the flower as theme. Since his first show in 1957, Nesbitt has had more than eighty one man shows. His painting, drawings and prints...
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1980s Photorealist Lowell Nesbitt Paintings

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Linen, Oil, Canvas

Garden Vision (The Greenhouse), Lowell Nesbitt
By Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Lowell Nesbitt (1933-1993) Title: Garden Vision (The Greenhouse) Year: 1984-87 Medium: Oil on linen Size: 70 x 70 inches Condition: Excellent Inscription: Signed, dated, titled by the artist, verso LOWELL NESBITT (1933-1993) One of the most celebrated and most noted for his floral works of art. An artist with a highly personal style, Nesbitt made realistic studies of many themes throughout his career. His most well known series, and perhaps his most beautiful and poetic, are the more than four hundred works he created using the flower as theme. Since his first show in 1957, Nesbitt has had more than eighty one man shows. His painting, drawings and prints...
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1980s Photorealist Lowell Nesbitt Paintings

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Linen, Oil, Canvas

Yellow and Blue Jumpsuits (57.5 x 100 inches), Lowell Nesbitt - Painting
By Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original oil painting on canvas, 1974. Size: 57.5 x 100 inches. Signed, titled, dated on verso. LOWELL NESBITT (1933-1993) One of the most celebrated and most noted for his floral w...
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1970s Photorealist Lowell Nesbitt Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Fruit on Romanian Rug IV (100 x 80 inches), Lowell Nesbitt - Painting
By Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original oil painting on canvas, 1977-1980. Size: 100 x 80 inches. Signed, titled, dated on verso. LOWELL NESBITT (1933-1993) One of the most celebrated and most noted for his flora...
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1970s Photorealist Lowell Nesbitt Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Lotus (Shar Pei) in the Studio (75 x 90 inches), Lowell Nesbitt - Painting
By Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original oil painting on canvas, 1978. Size: 75 x 90 inches. Signed, titled, dated on verso. LOWELL NESBITT (1933-1993) One of the most celebrated and most noted for his floral work...
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1970s Photorealist Lowell Nesbitt Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Work Clothes On Studio Floor (70 x 90 inches), Lowell Nesbitt - Painting
By Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original oil painting on canvas, 1974. Size: 70 x 90 inches. Signed, titled, dated on verso. Provenance: Andrew Crispo Gallery, New York, NY. LO...
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1970s Photorealist Lowell Nesbitt Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Vegetable Triptych II (100 x 80 inches), Lowell Nesbitt - Painting
By Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original oil painting on canvas, 1977-78. Size: 100 x 80 inches. Signed, titled, dated on verso. Exhibition History: McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, TX. Provenance: Andrew Crispo Gallery...
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1970s Photorealist Lowell Nesbitt Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Six Robes (75 x 117 inches), Lowell Nesbitt - Painting
By Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original oil painting on canvas, 1974. Size: 75 x 117 inches. Signed, titled, dated on verso. Provenance: Gertrude Kasle Gallery, Detroit, Michigan; Andrew Crispo Gallery...
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1970s Photorealist Lowell Nesbitt Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Vegetable Triptych I (100 x 80 inches), Lowell Nesbitt - Painting
By Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original oil painting on canvas, 1977-78. Size: 100 x 80 inches. Signed, titled, dated on verso. LOWELL NESBITT (1933-1993) One of the most celebrated and most noted for his floral ...
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1970s Photorealist Lowell Nesbitt Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Green Oval, Lowell Nesbitt - Painting
By Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original oil painting on canvas, 1962. Size: 48 x 28 inches. Signed, recto; signed, titled, dated on verso. Provenance: A rare early Abstract Expressionist painting by founding Photo...
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Lowell Nesbitt Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Flower Painting by Lowell Nesbitt "Rose Iris", 1982
By Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Washington, DC
Oil painting by Lowell Nesbitt (1933 - 1993). Titled "Rose Iris" and dated 1982. Wonderful vibrant painting in excellent condition. In 1958...
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1980s Pop Art Lowell Nesbitt Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Studio Wall Clock (unique painting exhibited at the Corcoran Gallery w/labels)
By Lowell Nesbitt
Located in New York, NY
Lowell Nesbitt Studio Wall Clock, 1968 Charcoal on board w/original Corcoran Gallery Exhibition Labels Signed in graphite on the front 27 x 38.75 inches Unframed; accompanied by the ...
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1960s Modern Lowell Nesbitt Paintings

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Charcoal

"Nocturnal Lotus" oil on canvas, 1981
By Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Southampton, NY
Lowell Nesbitt's paintings are in most major museum collections. In the 1950s he dabbled in Abstract Expressionism for a short time. However, It wasn’t until 1962, that he created hi...
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1980s American Realist Lowell Nesbitt Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

XI Crocus Hyridus Hort
By Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Long Island City, NY
XI Crocus Hyridus Hort Lowell Blair Nesbitt, American (1933–1993) Date: 1976 Oil on Canvas, signed, titled, and dated verso Size: 50 x 36 in. (127 x 91.44 cm)
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1970s Photorealist Lowell Nesbitt Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Pink Rose, Realist Flower Painting by Lowell Nesbitt 1976
By Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Long Island City, NY
A beautiful realist painting of a rose by American Artist, Lowell Nesbitt who was great inspired by Georgia O'Keeffe. Artist: Lowell Blair Nesbitt, Ameri...
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1970s Photorealist Lowell Nesbitt Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Two Violet Roses 1974, Op Art Floral Oil on Canvas Painting
By Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Surfside, FL
Lowell Blair Nesbitt is an American painter, draughtsman, printmaker, and sculptor. Although he worked in a variety of media and covered a wide range of subjects throughout his career, he is best known for his large, Photorealist botanical paintings. Born in Baltimore, Maryland in 1933, Nesbitt earned a degree from the Tyler School of Art at Temple University. Later, he also studied at London’s Royal Academy of Arts. Working in stained glass and etching and also producing abstract paintings in his early career, a 1962 encounter with artist Robert Indiana led him to steer his aesthetic toward realism. Though he held his first solo show at the Baltimore Museum of Art in 1958, it was his 1964 debut at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington D.C. that would truly bring him to the attention of the art world. In this exhibit, his botanical series of paintings, drawings, and prints captivated the art world and public alike. The game-changing Corcoran Gallery show would send his career down the trajectory of sustained success. In 1976, Nesbitt moved from his New York City West 14th Street studio to a massive space located at 389 West 12th Street. The 12,500 square foot living and workspace supplied ample room for creating his enormous paintings (the largest was more than 30 feet long), but it also bragged an indoor swimming pool, a four-story atrium, and a rooftop area for entertaining. “The Old Stable,” as Nesbitt came to call it, soon became a popular hangout for celebrities, dignitaries, and other art world heavy hitters. Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, Robert Indiana, Jasper Johns, Robert Motherwell, Larry Rivers, and James Rosenquist were all known to have frequented The Old Stable or to have at least paid a visit. Throughout his long career, Nesbitt was known as an artist who could successfully capture an array of diverse subject matter using a variety of techniques. Creating beyond his signature Photorealistic flowers and botanicals, Nesbitt produced paintings, drawings, and prints of everything from landscapes to reptiles to electronic components. He is even credited as the first artist to use computer parts as artistic subject matter. In 1980, the United States Postal Service honored his contributions to the art world with a series of four stamps based on his trademark floral paintings. Another unique honor arrived when Nesbitt became the official artist for NASA’s Apollo 9 and Apollo 13...
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1970s Lowell Nesbitt Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Shadow Iris" Oil on Canvas 24x24" dark grays, violet and plum color tones
By Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Southampton, NY
Lowell Nesbitt's paintings are in most major museum collections. In the 1950s he dabbled in Abstract Expressionism for a short time. However, It wasn’t until 1962, that he created ...
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1980s Realist Lowell Nesbitt Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Island of Red Flowers
By Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Lowell Blair Nesbitt, American (1933 - 1993) Title: Island of Red Flowers Year: 1979 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed, titled and dated verso Size: 7...
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1970s American Realist Lowell Nesbitt Paintings

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Oil

Lowell Nesbitt, "Tulipa Hybrida, " Photorealist Painting, 1976
By Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Long Island City, NY
This painting was created by American artist Lowell Blair Nesbitt. His most well-known series, and perhaps his most beautiful and poetic, are the more than four hundred works he crea...
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1970s Photorealist Lowell Nesbitt Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Vegetables, Photorealist Painting by Lowell Nesbitt
By Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Lowell Blair Nesbitt, American (1933 - 1993) Title: Vegetables Year: 1978 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed and dated verso Size: 30 in. x 40 in. (76....
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1970s Photorealist Lowell Nesbitt Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Pink Rose, Realist Flower Painting by Lowell Nesbitt 1976
By Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Long Island City, NY
A beautiful realist painting of a rose by American Artist, Lowell Nesbitt who was great inspired by Georgia O'Keeffe. Artist: Lowell Blair Nesbitt, American (1933 - 1993) Title: Pin...
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1970s Photorealist Lowell Nesbitt Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

White Rose, Monumental Flower Painting by Nesbitt
By Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Lowell Blair Nesbitt, American (1933 - 1993) Title: White Rose Year: 1971 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed and dated verso Size: 80 x 80 in. (203.2 x 203.2 cm)
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1970s American Realist Lowell Nesbitt Paintings

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Oil

Flowers 1978, Op Art Floral Oil Tempera on Board Roses Pop Art Large Painting
By Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Surfside, FL
Lowell Nesbitt (American, 1933-1993) Flower, 1978 tempera on board 60 1/2 x 40 1/2 inches. Provenance: Sold: Christie's East, May 18, 1999, Lot 224 Blair Nesbitt is an American painter, draughtsman, printmaker, and sculptor. Although he worked in a variety of media and covered a wide range of subjects throughout his career, he is best known for his large, Photorealist botanical paintings. Born in Baltimore, Maryland in 1933, Nesbitt earned a degree from the Tyler School of Art at Temple University. Later, he also studied at London’s Royal Academy of Arts. Working in stained glass and etching and also producing abstract paintings in his early career, a 1962 encounter with artist Robert Indiana led him to steer his aesthetic toward realism. Though he held his first solo show at the Baltimore Museum of Art in 1958, it was his 1964 debut at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington D.C. that would truly bring him to the attention of the art world. In this exhibit, his botanical series of paintings, drawings, and prints captivated the art world and public alike. The game-changing Corcoran Gallery show would send his career down the trajectory of sustained success. In 1976, Nesbitt moved from his New York City West 14th Street studio to a massive space located at 389 West 12th Street. The 12,500 square foot living and workspace supplied ample room for creating his enormous paintings...
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1970s Pop Art Lowell Nesbitt Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

White Lily, Photorealist Oil Painting on Canvas by Lowell Nesbitt
By Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Lowell Blair Nesbitt, American (1933 - 1993) Title: White Lily Year: 1982 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed and dated verso Size: 26 in. x 26 in. (66.04 cm x 66.04 cm)
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1970s American Realist Lowell Nesbitt Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Lowell Nesbitt, "Five Anemones, " Oil on Canvas, 1988
By Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Long Island City, NY
This painting was created by American artist Lowell Blair Nesbitt. His most well known series, and perhaps his most beautiful and poetic, are the more than four hundred works he crea...
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1980s Photorealist Lowell Nesbitt Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

The Winter Iris, Large Flower Painting by Lowell Nesbitt
By Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Lowell Blair Nesbitt, American (1933 - 1993) Title: The Winter Iris Year: 1986 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed and dated verso Size: 54 in. x 54 in. (137.16 cm x 137.16 cm) Fra...
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1980s Photorealist Lowell Nesbitt Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Lemon White Lily, Still Life Oil Painting by Lowell Nesbitt
By Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Lowell Blair Nesbitt, American (1933 - 1993) Title: Lemon White Lily Year: 1982 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed and dated verso Size: 26 x 26 in. (66.04 x 66.04 cm)
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1980s American Realist Lowell Nesbitt Paintings

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Oil

Lemons and Limes on Quilt
By Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Lowell Blair Nesbitt Title: Lemons and Limes on Quilt Year: 1988 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed and dated verso Size: 39 in. x 48 in. (99.06 cm x 121.92 cm) Frame Size: 40.25 ...
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1980s Photorealist Lowell Nesbitt Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Gardenia, Realist Flower Painting by Lowell Nesbitt
By Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Long Island City, NY
This painting was created by American artist Lowell Blair Nesbitt. His most well known series, and perhaps his most beautiful and poetic, are the more than four hundred works he crea...
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1980s Photorealist Lowell Nesbitt Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Lowell Nesbitt, "The Stream, " Oil on Canvas, 1982
By Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Long Island City, NY
This painting was created by American artist Lowell Blair Nesbitt. His most well known series, and perhaps his most beautiful and poetic, are the more than four hundred works he crea...
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1980s Photorealist Lowell Nesbitt Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Yellow Rose, Monumental Painting by Lowell Nesbitt
By Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Long Island City, NY
An oil painting by Lowell Nesbitt from 1973. A very large scale, hyper-realist painting of a rose in black background. Artist: Lowell Blair Nesb...
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1970s American Realist Lowell Nesbitt Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Ten Lemons on Blue
By Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Lowell Blair Nesbitt, American (1933 - 1993) Title: Ten Lemons on Blue Year: 1978 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed and dated verso Size: 65 in. x 90 in. (165.1 cm x 228.6 cm)
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1970s American Realist Lowell Nesbitt Paintings

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Oil

Moon Shot (NASA official commission—74 x 114 inches), Lowell Nesbitt
By Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original oil painting on canvas, 1970. Size: 72 x 108 inches. Signed, titled, dated on verso. Provenance: Andrew Crispo Gallery, New York, NY. Notes: This is one of the resulting lunar paintings from Lowell Nesbitt’s commission as the official artist for the NASA Apollo 13 space mission. In 1969, artist Lowell Nesbitt was invited by NASA to create artwork to commemorate the Apollo 9...
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1970s Photorealist Lowell Nesbitt Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Birds of Paradise, Lowell Nesbitt
By Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Lowell Nesbitt (1933-1993) Title: Birds of Paradise Year: 1986 Medium: Oil on linen Size: 80 x 73 inches Condition: Excellent Inscription: Signed, dated, titled by the artist, verso LOWELL NESBITT (1933-1993) One of the most celebrated and most noted for his floral works of art. An artist with a highly personal style, Nesbitt made realistic studies of many themes throughout his career. His most well known series, and perhaps his most beautiful and poetic, are the more than four hundred works he created using the flower as theme. Since his first show in 1957, Nesbitt has had more than eighty one man shows. His painting, drawings and prints...
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1980s Photorealist Lowell Nesbitt Paintings

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Linen, Canvas, Oil

Electric Tulip II
By Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Lowell Blair Nesbitt, American (1933 - 1993) Title: Electric Tulip II Year: 1980 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed and dated verso Size: 84 x 60 in. (213.36 x 152.4 cm)
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1970s Op Art Lowell Nesbitt Paintings

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Oil

Lowell Nesbitt paintings for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Lowell Nesbitt paintings available for sale on 1stDibs. If you’re browsing the collection of paintings to introduce a pop of color in a neutral corner of your living room or bedroom, you can find work that includes elements of blue, pink, red and other colors. You can also browse by medium to find art by Lowell Nesbitt in oil paint, paint, canvas and more. Much of the original work by this artist or collective was created during the 20th century and is mostly associated with the Photorealist style. Not every interior allows for large Lowell Nesbitt paintings, so small editions measuring 20 inches across are available. Customers who are interested in this artist might also find the work of Lynette Cook, Anthony Mastromatteo, and Mimi Jensen. Lowell Nesbitt paintings prices can differ depending upon medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $3,600 and tops out at $125,000, while the average work can sell for $15,950.

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