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Artist: Unknown
Antique American Impressionist Monhegan Maine Crashing Surf Seascape Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Very nicely painted American impressionist seascape painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Housed in a period frame. Packed with action and detail. Excellent ready to hang condition. ...
Category

1940s Impressionist Unknown Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Framed Late 19th Century Oil - Spanish Beauty
Located in Corsham, GB
Spanish School, head and shoulders portrait of a beautiful young woman in an elegant blue dress and lace mantilla. Well presented in a painted wooden frame. Unsigned. On canvas on st...
Category

Late 19th Century Unknown Art

Materials

Oil

Manner of Abraham Hulk Junior - Framed Late 19th Century Oil, Alpine Village
Located in Corsham, GB
Manner of Abraham Hulk Junior (1851-1922). An idyllic alpine landscape with rustic wooden chalets nestled among lush woodland trees. The composition draws the viewer's eye along a wi...
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Late 19th Century Unknown Art

Materials

Oil

1925 Solar Eclipse Winter Antique American Impressionist Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American modernist abstract oil painting. Framed. Oil on canvas. Signed. Image size, 18H by 24L.
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1920s Impressionist Unknown Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Hector Chavepeyer (1891-1967) - Mid 20th Century Oil, Lady in Profile
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming study of a lady in profile by the artist Hector Chavepeyer (1891-1967). The lady is depicted wearing a fashionable scarf and a striking red lip. Unsigned, however purchase...
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20th Century Unknown Art

Materials

Oil

Antique American Impressionist Coastal Sunset Beach Scene Pointillist Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Wonderfully painted sunset coastal beach scene. Framed. Oil on canvas. Image size, 20"H by 24"L.
Category

1940s Impressionist Unknown Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Rustic Charm of the French Countryside, French School
Located in Stockholm, SE
We are pleased to offer this exquisite mid-19th century French painting, a serene landscape that beautifully captures the tranquility of rural life. This piece is signed "Ph ..." (th...
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Mid-19th Century French School Unknown Art

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

"The Woodland" Tapestry
Located in Atlanta, GA
Arcadian landscape inspired tapestry. Belgian made, jacquard woven with relief stitch. Fully lined with rod pocket for hanging. Cotton and rayon. Measurements are approximate.
Category

Late 20th Century Naturalistic Unknown Art

Materials

Tapestry

Large 1970s Abstract, Mid Century Modern, Oil on Canvas, MCM, Colorful, Vintage
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
Appears to be unsigned. Untitled, circa 1970s Oil on Canvas 50" x 40 1/4" In very good original condition. A nice, large, vintage abstract painting full of color.
Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Unknown Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Antique American Summer Impressionist Gold Giltwood Framed Landscape Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American impressionist landscape oil painting. Framed. Oil on board. Signed. Excellent ready to hang condition.
Category

1920s Impressionist Unknown Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Forest
Located in Atlanta, GA
This is a Flemish style tapestry reproduction of the Jagaloon tapestries created to decorate the interiors of the royal Wawel Castle in Kraków, P...
Category

Late 20th Century Naturalistic Unknown Art

Materials

Tapestry

Vintage American School Modernist Rose Flower Still Life Nicely Framed Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American modernist still life oil painting. Framed. Oil on canvas. Signed. Image size, 10H by 8L.
Category

1940s Modern Unknown Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Echoes of the Avant-Garde: Mid-Century Visions III (circa 1970s)
Located in London, GB
'Echoes of the Avant-Garde: Mid-Century Visions III', oil on board (circa 1970s). Step into a world where the spirit of early 20th-century modernism meets the bold experimentation o...
Category

1970s Abstract Unknown Art

Materials

Oil, Board

Myanmar (Burma) Mandalay Standing Buddha
Located in Long Island City, NY
Myanmar (Burma) Mandalay Standing Buddha Title: Standing Buddha Medium: Painted hand-carved wood sculpture with gold and jewel detailing Size: 60 x 26 x 8 in. (152.4 x 66.04 x 20.32...
Category

20th Century Folk Art Unknown Art

Materials

Gold

Reflections of Trees at Dusk
Located in San Francisco, CA
Much about this late 19th-century painting remains a mystery, including the name of the artist who only left their identity in a single-letter monogram. But the work's moody embrace ...
Category

Late 19th Century Hudson River School Unknown Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Aperitif on the terrace of the bar spanish oil on canvas painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Illegible signature lower right. Oil measures 38x46 cm. Frameless. Dated 1976.
Category

1970s Fauvist Unknown Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Antique American School Tropical Ocean Cove Hawaiian Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted American impressionist tropical beach landscape. Oil on board. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed in a period wood molding. Excellent condition, re...
Category

1950s Impressionist Unknown Art

Materials

Oil, Board

Antique American Modernist Large Abstract Expressionist Signed Framed Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American modernist abstract expressionist oil painting. Framed. Oil on canvas. Signed. Image size, 40H by 30L.
Category

1960s Abstract Unknown Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Sophia Loren Pouring Champagne in Glasses - Oversize Print
Located in London, GB
Sophia Loren Pouring Champagne in Glasses by Globe Photos A classic 1962 image featuring legendary Italian film actress Sophia Loren pouring champagne into fancy glasses on New Yea...
Category

2010s Modern Unknown Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Large Antique American Modernist Abstract Expressionist Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American modernist abstract oil painting. Framed. Oil on canvas. Signed. Image size, 20H by 24L. Excellent ready to hang condition. Impressive colors and compo...
Category

1960s Abstract Unknown Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Incredible Large Modernist Sunflower Portrait Framed Still Life Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Wonderful antique American modernist Sunflower still life painting. Oil on canvas. Framed.
Category

1950s Modern Unknown Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

18th Century Italian Old Master Tempera on Panel Painting "Jesus Road to Emmaus"
Located in Portland, OR
An important 18th century Italian Old Master tempera on copper panel Baroque painting, "The Road to Emmaus", circa 1700. The painting represents the early resurrection biblical story...
Category

Early 18th Century Baroque Unknown Art

Materials

Copper

Monet's Garden II
Located in Atlanta, GA
Claude Monet's painting of his lily pond at Giverny is transformed into this beautiful dramatic jacquard tapestry woven in Belgium. Monet painted many scenes from his home at Givern...
Category

Early 2000s Impressionist Unknown Art

Materials

Tapestry

Florentine Expressions: A Portrait Series XX (circa 1980s-90s)
Located in London, GB
"Florentine Expressions: A Portrait Series XX", oil on canvas mounted on board, Florentine School (circa 1980s-90s). This gallery has acquired a number of paintings through an interm...
Category

1980s Modern Unknown Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Board

MASSACHUSETTS BAY COLONY DOCUMENT, 1754 Signed by Wm. Shirley
Located in Santa Monica, CA
MASSACHUSETTS BAY COLONY, (Boston - September 10, 1754) William Shirley (Captain General and Governor in Chief) Printed and manuscript Document signed. 13 x 17" Complete with official seal...
Category

1750s Other Art Style Unknown Art

Materials

Ink

Malcolm X and Muhammad Ali
Located in Austin, TX
Candid capture of Boxing legend Muhammad Ali smiling with Malcolm X at an event. In 1962, Ali met Malcolm X, who soon became his spiritual and political mentor. Ali first met Malcol...
Category

1960s Contemporary Unknown Art

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Rochers sur la cote - Nabis School (1890-1896) Seascape Oil
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Indistinctly monogrammed Nabis school oil on canvas circa 1915. The work depicts a rocky shoreline with the blue ocean beyond and a clear sky overhead. Signature: Indistinctly monog...
Category

1910s Post-Impressionist Unknown Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

FINE 19thC BOTANNICAL WATERCOLOUR DRAWING - NE PLUS MEURIS - DATED 1863, KENT
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: English School, 19th century, dated 1863 Title: botannical study 'Ne Plus Meuris' Medium: watercolour drawing on paper, with ink inscription below Size: image: 9.5...
Category

Mid-19th Century Victorian Unknown Art

Materials

Watercolor

Rajput Ragamala miniature of woman with bell&rattle. Rajasthani School, 19th C.
Located in Middletown, NY
Ink and gouache with gold heightening on fibrous, brown laid paper with a Jaipur Court Fee tax stamp in gray ink, and the 1889 Jaipur State Council stamp in black ink, 13 1/4 x 8 3/4 inches (335 x 222 mm). Toning, handling creases and minor scattered surface soiling throughout. There are scattered coeval Hindi inscriptions in ink on the recto. "A ragamala, translated from Sanskrit as "garland of ragas," is a series of paintings depicting a range of musical melodies known as ragas. Its root word, raga, means color, mood, and delight, and the depiction of these moods was a favored subject in later Indian court paintings...
Category

19th Century Rajput Unknown Art

Materials

Gold

Vintage American Modernist Stark Red House Landscape Framed Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed. Measuring 23 by 38 inches overall and 15 by 30 painting alone. In excellent original condition. Hands...
Category

1960s Modern Unknown Art

Materials

Oil, Board

Marilyn Monroe Pinup - Photograph and Vintage Large Format Negative
Located in Austin, TX
~ Globe Photos Exclusive Offering for Sotheby's and 1stDibs ~ Offered exclusively to our Sotheby's and 1stDibs customers, Globe Photos is proud to announce a new hand-curated collec...
Category

1950s Contemporary Unknown Art

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

VINTAGE FRENCH OIL PAINTING - STILL LIFE OF FLOWERS IN BOWL - FRAMED
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, mid 20th century Title: Flowers in Bowl Medium: oil painting on board, framed Size: frame: 12 x 14 inches painting: 8 x 9.5 inc...
Category

Mid-20th Century Impressionist Unknown Art

Materials

Oil

Framed 19th Century Oil - Soldier on Watch
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming 19th-century oil painting depicting a soldier in military attire, holding a musket in the direction of a window opening. The soldier sits on a carved wood chest as he watc...
Category

19th Century Unknown Art

Materials

Oil

Expressions in Bloom: Portraits from the 20th Century III - Florentine School
Located in London, GB
'Expressions in Bloom: Portraits from the 20th Century III', oil on canvas mounted on board, Florentine School (circa 1980s-90s). This gallery has acquired a number of paintings thro...
Category

1980s Modern Unknown Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Board

Elvis Presley Petting Dog
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white candid capture of Elvis Presley sitting in a living room, petting a dog. Elvis Presley, known mononymously as Elvis, was an American singer and actor. Known as the "...
Category

1950s Contemporary Unknown Art

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Late 19th Century Oil - The League
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming depiction of a young boy reading a paper titled 'The League'. Inscribed verso 'Sketch by E. Brothers'. Presented in a gilt frame with elaborate foliate ornamentation. On c...
Category

Late 19th Century Unknown Art

Materials

Oil

Santa Fe The Chief Way original American railroad poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original Santa Fe The Chief Way vintage railroad travel poster. Archival linen backed in very fine condition, ready to frame. Most of the Santa Fe Railway posters feature American Indians, but this poster features the big boss, The Chief! The poster has about a 1" white border around the entire image, the linen backing is not counted in the poster's measurement. Several of the trains were named "Chief" which includes the San Francisco Chief, Texan Chief, Kansas City Chief...
Category

1940s American Impressionist Unknown Art

Materials

Offset

Figures - Drawing - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape is a modern artwork realized by in the Mid-20th century Charcoal. Good conditions 
Category

Mid-19th Century Modern Unknown Art

Materials

Paper, Charcoal

Naturalistic European painter - 19th century Still Life painting - Rose
Located in Varmo, IT
European Designer (dated 1828) - The Rose. 35.5 x 27.5 cm without frame, 39 x 31 cm with frame. Pencil and watercolor drawing on paper, in a wooden frame (under glass). - Work sig...
Category

Early 19th Century Naturalistic Unknown Art

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Brook by the Church (Antique Oil on Panel, signed "M. Allen", Framed)
Located in New Orleans, LA
A beautiful Barbizon-style (though likely not French) landscape of a stream through the woods in the evening, with a church in the distance. It is signed "M. Allen." It is an evening...
Category

Late 19th Century Barbizon School Unknown Art

Materials

Oil

17-18 century, Original Antique Oil Painting in canvas, Genre Scene, Gold Frame
Located in Palm Coast, FL
Up for sale is a compelling and atmospheric original antique oil painting on canvas, depicting a poignant genre scene. A gentleman dressed in formal black robes—likely a figure of au...
Category

Mid-18th Century Impressionist Unknown Art

Materials

Oil

Langur monkey, mid 19th French century animal engraving
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Semnopitheque a croupion - Semnopithecus Leucoprymnus, Otto' (Langur) French engraving with original hand-colourimg, circa 1840.
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Mid-19th Century French School Unknown Art

Materials

Engraving

Portrait of a Russian Artist or Dignitary
Located in Stockholm, SE
This 19th-century oil on canvas portrait depicts a distinguished male figure—probably Russian and possibly an artist or a dignitary—with a striking resemblance to the renowned Russia...
Category

19th Century Unknown Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

17th century Flemish school, Madonna with child and red Drapery. Oil/wood
Located in Firenze, IT
Madonna with Child and Red Drapery, Flemish School, Oil on Oak Panel, 17th Century Flemish School, 17th century Technique: oil on oak panel with 4 crossbars Dimensions: Height: 43...
Category

17th Century Old Masters Unknown Art

Materials

Wood, Oil, Wood Panel, Board

San Joaquín, Santa Ana y la Virgen niña - óleo sobre cobre, SG XVIII
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
Escuela española; siglo XVIII. San Joaquín, Santa Ana y la Virgen Niña. Es un Óleo sobre cobre anónimo y buena calidad pictórica. Medidas de la obra: 69 x 87 cm. Medidas del marc...
Category

18th Century Old Masters Unknown Art

Materials

Oil

Original "Stocks Americains" vintage French poster horizontal format
Located in Spokane, WA
Original “Stocks Americans” vintage poster. Linen backed in very good condition, ready to frame. No paper loss, no fold marks, clean and bright. Distress on one letter “S” in A...
Category

Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Unknown Art

Materials

Lithograph

'Cubist Still Life', Italian School (circa 1940s)
Located in London, GB
'Cubist Still Life', gouache on paper, from the Italian School of artists (circa 1940s). Surely this very attractive piece was inspired by Juan Gris (1887-1927) and Georges Braque's ...
Category

1940s Modern Unknown Art

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Mi Careme de Nantes original vintage French poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original vintage French poster: Mi Careme de Nantes carnaval poster. Printer: Jagueneau - Nantes, France. Over 50 years old, Linen ...
Category

1960s Modern Unknown Art

Materials

Lithograph

Escuela española (XIX) - Óleo sobre tela - Retrato femenino
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
La obra no va firmada La obra se presenta enmarcada con un marco de la época de la pintura (el marco presenta alguna leve falta) Medidas de la obra: 59 cm. de altura x 48 cm. de an...
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Mid-19th Century Old Masters Unknown Art

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Oil

Large Signed Original Oil Painting on Canvas Seascape, Sailing Ship, framed
Located in Palm Coast, FL
This painting features a grand tall ship navigating through a turbulent sea, with its sails fully unfurled, capturing the wind as it cuts through the choppy waters. The ship is paint...
Category

Late 20th Century Impressionist Unknown Art

Materials

Oil

Frank Sternberg - Barbizon School 1880 Oil, The Young Tatterdemalion
Located in Corsham, GB
This evocative painting depicts a solitary young boy in tattered clothing traversing a snow-covered rural path, framed by a wooden fence and distant trees against a muted winter sky....
Category

Late 19th Century Unknown Art

Materials

Oil

Whistlers Mother by Anonymous Artist Original Oil on Canvas 1924
Located in Soquel, CA
Whistlers Mother by Anonymous Artist Original Oil on Canvas 1924 Nicely executed painting after James McNeil Whistler of his mother by an anonymous artist (American, 19th-20th C.) I...
Category

1920s Post-Impressionist Unknown Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars

Antique American School Nicely Framed Modernist Abstract Expressionist Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Very impressive early American abstract expressionist painting. Oil on board. Framed. Signed. Housed in a wonderful period wide modernist frame.
Category

1940s Abstract Unknown Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Floral Still Life
Located in Storrs, CT
Oil painting measures 12 x 9; frame dimensions measure 19 3/8 x 16 3/8 x 3. Housed in an elegant gold-tone frame with decorative edges. Illegible signature, lower right.
Category

20th Century Realist Unknown Art

Materials

Oil

Beverley Peter Meyers (1949-2016) - 1983 Pastel, The Mountain Peak
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming pastel study depicting mountain peaks in an expressive style. Signed and dated to the lower right. Presented in a wooden frame. Watermarked paper. On paper.
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20th Century Unknown Art

Materials

Pastel

Dutch School 19th Century Oil - A Merry Tavern Drinker
Located in Corsham, GB
This Dutch style portrait depicts a merry tavern drinker in a dimly lit interior, gesturing with one hand while holding a glass of wine in the other. A flagon and clay pipe can be se...
Category

19th Century Unknown Art

Materials

Oil

Cuzco School - A Portrait of Archangel Raphael With Fish, 1800s, Oil on Canvas
Located in Stockholm, SE
Anonymous, Cuzco School A Portrait of Archangel Raphael With Fish oil on canvas 1800s canvas dimensions 22.24 x 15.74 inches (56.5 x 40 cm) frame ...
Category

19th Century Unknown Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Vintage American Modernist Abstract Sunset Cloudscape Gold Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American modernist abstract sunset oil painting. Framed. Oil on canvas. Image size, 34H by 30L.
Category

1960s Abstract Unknown Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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