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Artist: Unknown
Greece in 1957 - Ägina
Located in Cologne, DE
A moment in time
In 2021, a gallery from Brussels contacted us. There, a photographic collection had been kept in tin boxes for decades, consisting of 6x6 glass slides in color.
Th...
Category
1950s Modern Unknown Art
Materials
Color
After Vincenzo Busciolano - Framed Late 19th Century Oil, Italian Troubadours
Located in Corsham, GB
After Vincenzo Busciolano. Italian Troubadours, oil on canvas. Indistinctly signed. Presented in a substantial gilt-effect frame.
Category
Late 19th Century Unknown Art
Materials
Oil
Antique American Abstract Expressionist Large Framed New York City Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted mid century abstract oil painting. Great color. Framed.
Category
1940s Abstract Expressionist Unknown Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$780 Sale Price
20% Off
Joe Raedle 'Barack Obama: For as Long as I Live' 2008- Offset Lithograph
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Paper Size: 12.25 x 16 inches ( 31.115 x 40.64 cm )
Image Size: 12.25 x 16 inches ( 31.115 x 40.64 cm )
Framed: No
Condition: A-: Near Mint, very light signs of handling
Additi...
Category
Early 2000s Unknown Art
Materials
Offset
$48 Sale Price
20% Off
The Accordion Player - Drawing - Mid 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
The Accordion Player is a drawing artwork realized by a French Artist in mid-20th century.
Pencil on paper
Good conditions.
Category
Mid-20th Century Contemporary Unknown Art
Materials
Watercolor
$239 Sale Price
20% Off
Original "This Way Out!" Mather & Company work incentive vintage 1923 poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original vintage poster: Very rare original 1923 vintage archival linen backed poster: This Way Out! Pick your Exit - Now. Which way out will you take should a fire occur here today? Don't wait for the emergency and then start to run. Decide how and where to get out now. The poster is in B condition and has had restoration on the lower left border. Wear consistant with its age in the lower left as well. See images for more detail.. Original work motivaton or incentive poster. Mather Work...
Category
1920s American Impressionist Unknown Art
Materials
Lithograph
$1,800 Sale Price
20% Off
R. Gotaels - Early 20th Century Oil, The Artist
Located in Corsham, GB
This portrait depicts a 17th-century artist in his studio, holding a palette and brush. The composition is intimate, with the subject positioned centrally against a muted background,...
Category
20th Century Unknown Art
Materials
Oil
Deux Visages en Rouge et Bleu, Surrealist Oil on Canvas Painting
Located in Long Island City, NY
Deux Visages en Rouge et Bleu, Year: circa 1950, Medium: Oil on Canvas, unsigned, Size: 8.75 x 6.5 in. (22.23 x 16.51 cm), Frame Size: 15.25 x 13 inches, Description: From the c...
Category
1950s Surrealist Unknown Art
Materials
Oil
View of a bridge in Lyon France, Silver Gelatin Black and White Photography 1927
Located in Atlanta, GA
A unique, original silver gelatin black and white photograph. View of a bridge in Lyon, France, March 1927.
This view of the Pont de l'Université in Lyon, France, was taken from the...
Category
1920s Art Deco Unknown Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Frank Budgen (1882-1971) - Framed Mid 20th Century Oil, Syon House on the Thames
Located in Corsham, GB
This impressionistic landscape painting captures the shimmering reflections and vibrant colours of a tranquil waterside. The artist's loose brushstrokes create a dreamy atmosphere, d...
Category
20th Century Unknown Art
Materials
Oil
Antique American Modernist New York City Skyline Framed Cityscape Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist cityscape oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed. Measuring: 29 by 25 inches overall, and 20 by 24 painting alone. In excellent original condition. ...
Category
1950s Modern Unknown Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Romantic 19th Century Oil - Encounter by the Waterfall
Located in Corsham, GB
A romantic 19th-century oil painting depicting a nobleman courting a lady of high standing beside a waterfall. The noblewoman's lady-in-waiting presents her with a small harp as she ...
Category
19th Century Unknown Art
Materials
Oil
James Carter, "Blue Print" Serenity in Ivory, Taupe & Black
Located in San Francisco, CA
Clarity plus precision in execution could yield, in this case, serenity. Perhaps this is the magic formula that has put James Carter’s works into such high-powered corporate collecti...
Category
1990s Photorealist Unknown Art
Materials
Acrylic, Panel
Antique French Copper Engraving - Cathedral
Located in Houston, TX
Bold antique copper engraving of the floor plan of a French cathedral from Recueil d'Architecture, 1780.
Original artwork on paper displayed on a whi...
Category
1780s Unknown Art
Materials
Ink, Paper, Engraving
Dutch School Mid 19th Century Oil - Cattle near the Coast
Located in Corsham, GB
This fine mid-19th century oil painting depicts a cattle farmer and young apprentice tending to their small herd. The composition has been executed in a highly refined style characte...
Category
Mid-19th Century Unknown Art
Materials
Oil
George Ballerat (1902-2000) - 1984 Oil, Figures at the Beach
Located in Corsham, GB
This impressionistic painting captures a lively beach scene with figures and tents set against a hazy blue sky. The artist's loose brushstrokes and soft colour palette create a dream...
Category
20th Century Unknown Art
Materials
Oil
20th Century Oil - Tired Girl
Located in Corsham, GB
A striking and characterful 20th Century portrait of a young girl slouched in a chair with tired eyes and a weary expression. The artist has captured much character, not only in her ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Art
Materials
Oil
$332 Sale Price
20% Off
Calm Summer Lakeland Landscape w Green n Lonely Boat Oil Painting 19th century
Located in Stockholm, SE
Signed “Henning Ö” lower right for unidentified professional Scandinavian painter, oil painting of the second half of the 19th century on canvas pasted on (or supported by) wooden bo...
Category
1870s Realist Unknown Art
Materials
Wood, Oil
Early 19th Century Watercolour - Little Girl with Orange Cat
Located in Corsham, GB
A truly charming early 19th-century watercolour study depicting a young girl reaching tenderly toward her sleeping cat, curled peacefully on a sunlit windowsill. Framed by traditiona...
Category
Early 19th Century Unknown Art
Materials
Watercolor
Etching Nude
Located in Houston, TX
Etching of nude figure by French artist Tisson, 2001. Signed lower right.
Original artwork on paper displayed on a white mat with a gold border. Mat fits a standard-size frame. A...
Category
Early 2000s Unknown Art
Materials
Etching
Watercolor 19th French school flowers hollyhocks large Academic
Located in PARIS, FR
French school of the mid-19th century
Watercolor
51 x 37 cm (69 x 55 cm with frame)
Signed and dated at the bottom “M. C. / 1857”
The hollyhock comes from China, passing through Sy...
Category
1850s Unknown Art
Materials
Watercolor
$813 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage Impressionist Portrait Painting Nicely Framed Mid Century Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage impressionist portrait painting. Oil on board. Framed. Signed.
Category
1960s Impressionist Unknown Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$316 Sale Price
20% Off
A Monumental 16th Century Renaissance Carved Oak Bust of Jesus Christ
Located in Queens, NY
Magnificent and Monumental 16th Century Renaissance Carved Oak Bust of Christ, Flemish Netherlandish, C. 1550
A powerful and deeply expressive Renaissance carved oak bust of Jesus C...
Category
16th Century Unknown Art
Materials
Oak
Gustave René Pierre (1875-1939) - 20th Century Oil, A Fisherman in Bruges
Located in Corsham, GB
An atmospheric scene depicting an angler on the Reie fishing before the distinctive medieval buildings of Bruges. Unsigned. Well presented in a gilt frame with a wooden slip. Artist ...
Category
20th Century Unknown Art
Materials
Oil
19th Century Oil - Monk Holding a Lamp
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming portrait study of a bearded monk holding a lamp. His face is illuminated against the background making for an atmospheric scene. Unsigned. Presented in a wooden frame with...
Category
19th Century Unknown Art
Materials
Oil
$338 Sale Price
20% Off
Mid Century Floral Still Life in Oil on Masonite
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid Century Floral Still Life in Oil on Masonite
Bold still life with flowers and foliage by unknown artist "Rishard" (Richard) (20th Century). Yellow, red, teal, and purple flowers are arranged in a large grey pot...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Unknown Art
Materials
Masonite, Oil
$920 Sale Price
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Baroque Roman sculptor - 17th century bronze sculpture - Mars Warrior
Located in Varmo, IT
Gilded bronze sculpture - Mars, god of War. Rome, 17th century.
9 x 9 x h 31 cm.
Entirely in cast, chiseled and gilded bronze, resting on an ebonized wooden pedestal decorated with...
Category
Mid-17th Century Baroque Unknown Art
Materials
Bronze
$4,188 Sale Price
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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...
Category
Mid-19th Century French School Unknown Art
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
19 century Maritime Painting with Schooner at Sea (Restored)
Located in San Francisco, CA
19 century Maritime painting with schooner at sea
No visible signature
Restored
17.25 x 31.25 unframed, 24 x 38 framed
Category
19th Century Unknown Art
Materials
Oil
Incredible Trompe L'Oeil Artist Studio Butterfly Still Life Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Very finely painted realist still life oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed. Image size, 20H by 23L.
Category
1940s Realist Unknown Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,980 Sale Price
20% Off
Portrait of a painter in a costume - Oil on wood 65x53 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on canvas with frame
The frame is new and the total size is 70x80 cm
Signed " V. Marendaz ", Unknonwn artist from the gallery
Dated 1920
Category
1920s Realist Unknown Art
Materials
Oil
$720 Sale Price
20% Off
Queen Elizabeth with Princess Anne - Vintage Photo - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Queen Elizabeth with Princess Anne - Vintage press realized in the 1950s.
London.
Good conditions and aged.
Category
1950s Modern Unknown Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
$114 Sale Price
40% Off
Transportation of Marble Blocks - Vintage Photo - 1910s
Located in Roma, IT
Transportation of Marble Blocks is a Silver Salt print realized in the 1910s.
From Alinari archive.
Good conditions and aged.
Category
1910s Modern Unknown Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
$179 Sale Price
25% Off
Woman
Located in Genève, GE
Work on wood
Plaster and gilded wood frame
47 x 40.5 x 6 cm
Category
Early 20th Century Old Masters Unknown Art
Materials
Oil
$2,230
Circa 1920 original vintage poster Escargots Ménetrel Exquis! Exquis! Gastronomy
Located in PARIS, FR
Within the fascinating world of vintage poster art, Rudd's original poster for "Escargots Ménetrel Exquis! Exquis!" whisks us away to a time when gastronomic pleasures were celebrate...
Category
1920s Unknown Art
Materials
Linen, Paper, Lithograph
Africa. Central. Century Atlas antique vintage map
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'The Century Atlas. Africa. Central'
Inset map of 'Madagascar'.
Original antique map, 1903.
Central fold as issued. Map name and number printed on the reverse corners.
Sheet 29.5cm...
Category
Early 20th Century Victorian Unknown Art
Materials
Lithograph
Enid Mildred Gear - 1980 Watercolour, Cumbrian Hill Farm
Located in Corsham, GB
A delightful watercolour study depicting a Cumbrian farm nestled in a mountain landscape in the Lake District. Sheep graze in the foreground and a bare winter tree nicely frames the ...
Category
20th Century Abstract Impressionist Unknown Art
Materials
Watercolor
Little Girls and Their New Friends Genre Scene 19th century Oil Painting on Wood
Located in Stockholm, SE
Very touching scene with two little girls. Two sisters are thrilled to meet their new pets that their parents have bought. The sincerity and immediacy of children's feelings depicted...
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Unknown Art
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Abstract Nude
Located in Houston, TX
French watercolor painting of abstract nude figure, circa 1990.
Original artwork on paper displayed on a white mat with a gold border. Mat fits a standard-size frame. Archival pla...
Category
1990s Unknown Art
Materials
Watercolor
Original poster from May 1968, Travailleurs Unis – Français Immigrés
Located in PARIS, FR
This original poster from May 1968, Travailleurs Unis – Français Immigrés, is a compelling artefact from the revolutionary student and worker protests that swept France. Created by t...
Category
1960s Unknown Art
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
Antique American Pennsylvania Impressionist Landscape Signed Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American impressionist landscape painting. Nicely painted and in excellent condition. Housed in a valuable hand carved silver frame. Signed illegibly. Oil on board. Meas...
Category
1960s Impressionist Unknown Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,180 Sale Price
20% Off
Portrait Of Franz von Sickingen Knight Of The Holy Roman Empire (1481-1523)
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait Of Franz von Sickingen Knight Of The Holy Roman Empire (1481-1523)
Italian School
Large 16th/17th Century Italian Old Master portrait of Franz von Sickingen, Knight Of The...
Category
17th Century Unknown Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$6,186 Sale Price
25% Off
Sarah Norris - Framed 20th Century Oil, Three Cows
Located in Corsham, GB
Sarah Norris, 20th-century oil on board. Study of Three Dairy Cows. Signed and dated (1984) to the lower right. Presented in a painted wooden frame.
Category
20th Century Unknown Art
Materials
Oil
Antique American Signed Cubist Still Life Silver Frame Modernist Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist flower still life painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed in a period silver leaf molding. Excellent condi...
Category
1940s Modern Unknown Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,180 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage American Psychedelic Modernist Abstract Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract oil painting. Oil on canvas. Measuring 46 by 46 inches overall. In excellent original condition. Excellent condition, ready to hang and enjoy.
Category
1970s Modern Unknown Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
The Cat Girl Huge Original Vintage Poster Linen-backed
Located in London, GB
Beautiful original US threesheet (104×206 cm) for CAT GIRL directed by Peter Hennessy in 1957 starring Barbara Shelley.
Poster is linen backed for restoration and longevity purpose...
Category
1950s Modern Unknown Art
Materials
Archival Paper
The Harem - Heliogravure - 1906
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions: 17.7 x 13.5 cm.
The Harem is a black and white héliogravure on paper, realized in 1906 by an anonymous Austrian artist.
An original illu...
Category
Early 1900s Symbolist Unknown Art
Materials
Engraving
Antique American Impressionist Tropical Coastal Seascape Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Very impressive impressionist coastal scene. Oil on canvas. Framed. No signature found.
Category
1920s Impressionist Unknown Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,020 Sale Price
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Original "C'est un Hurricane" vintage bicycle pin-up style poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original Hurricane Bicycle vintage poster. Archivally linen backed in mint condition 72-year-old poster, ready to frame.
This is an original mid-century modern vintage Hurricane...
Category
1950s Art Deco Unknown Art
Materials
Lithograph
Gibbon Falls, Yellow-Stone National Park
Located in Paonia, CO
Gibbon Falls, Yellow-Stone National Park is a chromolithograph from c.1880 showing two fisherman at the base of Gibbon Falls. This chromolithograph is a dramatic view of the powerful Gibbon waterfall that cascades 84 feet into a small, clear pool. The setting is quintessential Yellowstone, with scrubby pine trees and rocky cliffs. The inscription on the bottom left corner below the image says Scenery From Nature on the Northern Pacific R.R. Established by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant on March 1, 1872 Yellowstone was the first national park in the U.S. and is widely held to be the first national park in the world. Native Americans have lived in the Yellowstone region for at least 11,000 years. The Northern Pacific Railroad...
Category
1880s Naturalistic Unknown Art
Materials
Lithograph
Antique American Impressionist Ashcan School Nocturnal Cityscape Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique original nocturnal cityscape oil painting. Oil on board, circa 1920. Signed illegibly. Image size, 12L x 16H. Housed in a period frame.
Category
1920s Modern Unknown Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$2,316 Sale Price
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Country House - Etching - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Country House is a splendid print in etching technique engraved by the Fr. Zach, perhaps an Austrian Artist, around the early 1900s.
The state of preservation of the artwork is very...
Category
19th Century Modern Unknown Art
Materials
Etching
Cheetah Who Shops - Bond Street Shopping Black and White Photograph
Located in Brighton, GB
Cheetah Who Shops - Bond Street Shopping Black and White Photograph
A female shopper pauses in front of a boutique greengrocer's while her pet cheetah looks away, perhaps he has spo...
Category
20th Century Modern Unknown Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Maison Typique Doorways
Located in Houston, TX
Delightful French woodcut titled "Maison Typique", 1981. Signed and dated lower right. 66/200
Original artwork on paper displayed on a white mat with...
Category
1980s Unknown Art
Materials
Woodcut
Mediterranean Villa with Flowers - Seascape in Oil on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Mediterranean Villa with Flowers - Seascape in Oil on Canvas
Bold landscape overlooking the sea by J. Davison (20th Century). The viewer stands on the balcony of a Mediterranean hou...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Unknown Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars
20th Century French Modernist Gouache Painting Figure With Cello
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
by Paul-Louis Bolot (French 1918-2003)
signed verso
original gouache painting on thick paper/ card
unframed
condition: very good and sound; the edges have a few curls and scuffs/ edg...
Category
20th Century Modern Unknown Art
Materials
Gouache
$213 Sale Price
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Antique American Modernist Nature Study Lake Landscape Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist landscape oil painting. Oil on canvas, circa 1940. Signed illegibly lower left. Image size, 36L x 24H. Housed in a period modern frame.
Category
1940s Modern Unknown Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Gouache
$796 Sale Price
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John Weston - Early 20th Century Watercolour, Old Montmartre
Located in Corsham, GB
This watercolour captures the charm of a Parisian street scene in the Parisian district of Montmartre. The artist skillfully renders the narrow, winding street, flanked by traditiona...
Category
20th Century Unknown Art
Materials
Watercolor
C. Leguen - Breton School Mid 20th Century Oil, Harvest near the Chapel
Located in Corsham, GB
Mid 20th Century, Breton School, oil on panel. Signed lower left.
Category
20th Century Unknown Art
Materials
Oil
French School 19th Century, Portrait of a dandy, watercolor on paper
Located in Paris, FR
French School 19th Century,
Portrait of a dandy,
watercolor on paper
19 x 13 cm
Signed (?) with pencil lower right "L ... " illegible
Framed : 29 x 23 cm
Category
1880s Romantic Unknown Art
Materials
Watercolor
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