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Artist: Unknown
1984 Unknown 'The Dresser' Advertising Black & White, Brown, Blue, Gray Offset
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Paper Size: 41 x 27 inches ( 104.14 x 68.58 cm )
Image Size: 17.75 x 13.25 inches ( 45.085 x 33.655 cm )
Framed: No
Condition: C: Several Signs of use and handling, some visible m...
Category
1980s Unknown Art
Materials
Offset
$60 Sale Price
60% Off
'The Red Headdress' by W. Worms
Located in London, GB
'The Red Headdress', pastel on art paper, by W. Worms (circa 1960s). A beautiful woman with contemplative expression and tender eyes is exquisitely portrayed by the artist. The treat...
Category
1960s Modern Unknown Art
Materials
Paper, Pastel
$651 Sale Price
50% Off
Early 20th Century St. Mark's Basilica Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful early 20th century impressionist painting of St. Mark's Basilica, by an unknown artist (American, 20th Century), 19...
Category
1910s Impressionist Unknown Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Waldverderber II (Spinner) I (Moths), German antique natural history print
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Chromolithograph, circa 1895.
245mm by 300mm (sheet).
Central vertical fold as issued.
Category
Late 19th Century Art Deco Unknown Art
Materials
Lithograph
KPM Porcelain Allegorical Plaque Of Admiration Late 19th Century Plaque
Located in New York, NY
Berlin Porcelain Allegorical Plaque of Admiration
KPM, Late 19th CENTURY
The three-quarter-length portrait depicting a brunette woman with blue eyes in light ecclesiastical robes supporting palms crossed over chest and looking up over right shoulder - in a landscape immersed in powder blue sea holly...
Category
19th Century Unknown Art
Materials
Porcelain, Paint
Antique American School Modernist Landscape Signed Western Oil on Paper
Located in Buffalo, NY
Signed illegibly lower left. Oil on paper. 10 x 8.
Category
1920s Modern Unknown Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$596 Sale Price
25% Off
Mexico’s Tenango-Style Otomi Embroidery
Located in San Francisco, CA
On offer is a framed example of the renowned textile art originated by the indigenous Otomi people of Hidalgo, Mexico, particularly from the municipality of Tenango de Doria. A story...
Category
Late 20th Century Other Art Style Unknown Art
Materials
Textile
Original "United Airlines Hawaii" vintage tropical travel poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original Hawaii, United Airlines Hawaii travel poster.
Linen-backed, excellent condition. Ready to frame.
Great price for an archival linen-backed poster of this Hawaii United Airlines vintage...
Category
1970s American Realist Unknown Art
Materials
Offset
Nude - Original Pen Drawing - 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
"Nude" is an original drawing in pen on paper, realized by an Anonymous Artist of the XX Century .
The state of preservation of the artwork is very good.
Sheet dimension: 16.8 x 26 cm.
The artwork represents beautiful woman nude drawn in pen...
Category
20th Century Modern Unknown Art
Materials
Pen
Christian Julia (1921-1991) - Mid 20th Century Charcoal Drawing, Farm Machinery
Located in Corsham, GB
An energetic charcoal study by the artist Christian Julia (1921-1991) depicting industrial farming equipment. Signed to the lower right. Well presented in a slim wooden frame. On pap...
Category
20th Century Unknown Art
Materials
Charcoal
Fishing port France oil on canvas painting seascape boats
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Signed Adolfo Perez
Frameless
Category
2010s Photorealist Unknown Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$430 Sale Price
28% Off
Countryside villa (1949) - Oil on canvas 49x64 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work signed but artist unknown from the gallery-
Sold with frame, total size with frame is 82x67 cm
Category
1940s Modern Unknown Art
Materials
Oil
$456 Sale Price
52% Off
R. Barbe - Early 20th Century Oil, A Village near Grenoble
Located in Corsham, GB
Pointillist, oil on canvas board. Signed by the artist in the lower right corner and dated 1929. On canvas on stretchers.
Category
20th Century Unknown Art
Materials
Oil
Portrait - Drawing - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is a drawing realized by an anonymous artist in 1872.
Pencil drawing on paper.
Hand-signed by the artist, illegible.
Good conditions, aged with foxing.
The artwork is re...
Category
1870s Modern Unknown Art
Materials
Pencil
After Van Gogh - 1995 Oil, Peasants
Located in Corsham, GB
Titled and dated verso. Presented in a substantial wooden frame with a gilt inner window. On board.
Category
20th Century Unknown Art
Materials
Oil
Italian master - 18th century figure sculpture - Virgin Pity - Carved Wood Paint
Located in Varmo, IT
Carved and painted wooden sculpture - Pietà - Italy, 18th century.
13 x 7 x h 22.5 cm.
Entirely made of carved and polychrome painted wood.
Condition report: Good state of conserv...
Category
Mid-18th Century Old Masters Unknown Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
Bette Davis (1935) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Oversized
Located in London, GB
Bette Davis Eyes (1932) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Oversized
(photo by Pictorial Press / Alamy Archives)
1935,
Portrait of actress Bette Davis circa....
Category
1930s Modern Unknown Art
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Thomas Remnant Charleton (1756-1849) - Watercolour, Lake Lugano
Located in Corsham, GB
This exquisitely executed watercolour depicts a scenic view over Lake Lugano in Canton Ticino, Switzerland. The work is signed with the artist's initials on the backing paper and ins...
Category
Early 19th Century Unknown Art
Materials
Watercolor
Architectural Drawing of Bar
Located in Houston, TX
Mid-century French pen and ink drawing on transfer paper of a round bar around pillar, circa 1950.
Original artwork on paper displayed on a white mat with a gold border. Archival p...
Category
1950s Unknown Art
Materials
Pen
Andre-Leon Vivrel (1886-1976) - Mid 20th Century Oil, Apples in a Silver Bowl
Located in Corsham, GB
A vibrant still life painting by French artist André-Léon Vivrel (1886-1976), depicting an arrangement of apples in a silver bowl. Signed upper right. On canvas on stretchers.
Category
20th Century Unknown Art
Materials
Oil
Manner of Francois Boucher - 18th Century Oil, Lovers in Autumn
Located in Corsham, GB
A romantic oil study depicting a couple resting on a woodland floor feeding each other fruit. The scene appears to be a play on the Four Seasons series by François Boucher where the...
Category
Early 18th Century Unknown Art
Materials
Oil
Abstract Expressionist Symphony in Blue, Follower of Clyfford Still
Located in Cotignac, FR
1960s Abstract Expressionist composition in blue. The painting is signed bottom right, 'Cowans' but as yet undeciphered. Presented in a fine gilt wood frame, with a silk fabric mount...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Unknown Art
Materials
Oil, Acrylic, Board, Gouache
$363 Sale Price
20% Off
Thomas Remnant Charleton (1756-1849) - Watercolour, Still Life with Dead Game
Located in Corsham, GB
An original watercolour painting by Thomas Remnant Charleton (1756-1849) depicting a still life of dead game in a kitchen larder. Executed in the manner of British master painter Ben...
Category
Early 19th Century Unknown Art
Materials
Watercolor
Thomas Remnant Charleton (1756-1849) - Watercolour, In the Campagna of Rome
Located in Corsham, GB
This exquisitely executed watercolour depicts a historic temple in Campagna with rolling mountains in the distance. The work is inscribed in pencil on the backing card. Unsigned. On ...
Category
Early 19th Century Unknown Art
Materials
Watercolor
W. H. Ford - 20th Century Oil, The Scramble
Located in Corsham, GB
This impressionistic landscape painting captures a lively outdoor scene, with figures on bicycles racing in Herringfleet, Norfolk. The artist's loose brushstrokes and vibrant colours...
Category
20th Century Unknown Art
Materials
Oil
Cynthia Davis - St Ives School Contemporary Acrylic, Sumo II
Located in Corsham, GB
A Fauvist-inspired contemporary life study by the St Ives artist Cynthia Davis. Signed. On paper.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Art
Materials
Acrylic
Oversized Abstract Expressionist Black and Orange Oil Painting
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
6108 Oversized abstract expressionist oil painting.
Rapped canvas no frame required
Category
1960s Unknown Art
Materials
Oil
$800 Sale Price
52% Off
Minnesota. USA. Century Atlas state antique vintage map
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'The Century Atlas. Minnesota.'
Original antique map, 1903.
Central fold as issued. Map name and number printed on the reverse corners.
Sheet 40cm by 29.5cm.
Category
Early 20th Century Victorian Unknown Art
Materials
Lithograph
Mid Century Reflecting Mountains Norwegian Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Serene mid-century landscape of mountains reflecting over a fjord in Norway by an unknown artist, Circa 1940's. Unsigned. Displayed in a rustic giltwood frame. Image, 20"H x 24"W.
The Norwegian and Antarctic Fjords were carved by a massive sheet of ice...
Category
1940s Impressionist Unknown Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Cardboard
Crustaceans - Coconut and hermit crabs, natural history engraving print, 1837
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Crustacea'
Copper-line engraving with original hand-colouring. From Baron Georges Cuvier's (1769-1832) 'Animal Kingdom', published in London in 1837.
210mm by 130mm (sheet)
Category
Mid-19th Century Naturalistic Unknown Art
Materials
Engraving
1950s "Too Much" Mid Century Nude Gouache Painting
Located in Arp, TX
From the estate of Jerry Opper & Ruth Friedman Opper
Too Much
c. 1940-1950's
Gouache on Paper
15" x 18", framed wood gallery frame float mount 21.5"x19.5"
From the estate of Ruth Friedmann Opper & Jerry Opper. Ruth was the daughter of Bauhaus artist, Gustav Friedmann.
San Francisco Abstract Expression
A free-spirited wave of creative energy swept through the San Francisco art community after World War II. Challenging accepted modes of painting, Abstract Expressionists produced highly experimental works that jolted the public out of its postwar complacency.
Abstract Expressionism resulted from a broad collective impulse rather than the inspiration of a small band of New York artists. Documenting the interchanges between the East and West Coasts, she cites areas of mutual influence and shows the impact of San Francisco on the New York School, including artists such as Mark Rothko and Ad Reinhardt. San Francisco's Beat poets...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Unknown Art
Materials
Paper, Gouache
$760 Sale Price
41% Off
French Neo classical school, Allegory of Time, original drawing
Located in Paris, FR
Neo classical school, France, end of the 18th Century
Allegory of Time,
Pen and black ink on paper, gray ink wash
30.5 x 19 cm
irregularly shaped
In g...
Category
1790s Old Masters Unknown Art
Materials
India Ink
Beautiful Pop Art Lithograph Signed & Numbered 4/18 by Diane Lachman
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful colors on this well done piece by Diane Lachman, circa 1980's , pencil signed and numbered 4/18. The piece its sold unframed very nice condition and colors.
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Unknown Art
Materials
Paper
F. Oldnall - Framed Early 20th Century Watercolour, Study of Working Horses
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming portrait study of two working horses wearing their heavy collars and harnesses. With only a few careful brushstrokes the artist has managed to capture so much character an...
Category
20th Century Unknown Art
Materials
Watercolor
French Still Life Painting - Motor Oil Cans on Table
Located in Houston, TX
Vibrant still life painting of Shell and Yacco motor oil containers, a reflective silver bucket, and a cork-stopped glass bottle by an un...
Category
1950s Unknown Art
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Oil
Potted daffodils - Still life oil on canvas
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on canvas
Gilded wooden frame
70,5 x 48 x 4,5 cm
Unsigned
Category
Mid-20th Century Academic Unknown Art
Materials
Oil
$640 Sale Price
20% Off
Keith Stuart Baynes (1887-1977) - 1966 Watercolour, The Tagus from Cacilhas
Located in Corsham, GB
This vibrant watercolour painting depicts a bustling harbour scene looking out to the River Tagus from Cacilhas in Portugal, with numerous boats of various sizes dotting a colourful ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Art
Materials
Watercolor
Figure - Original Drawing - mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Figure is an original drawing realized by Unknown Artist in mid-20th Century.
Beautiful watercolour drawing on brown-colored paper. Included passport (35 x 28 cm).
Good condition, ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Unknown Art
Materials
Watercolor
Marianne Fiedler (1864-1904) - Late 19th Century Oil, Lakeside Study with Figure
Located in Corsham, GB
This landscape painting depicts a serene lakeside scene with distant hills beyond under a soft, cloudy sky rendered in muted earth tones. The composition features a prominent cluster...
Category
Late 19th Century Unknown Art
Materials
Oil
INDIVISIBLES - Black and white photograph on Kodak paper
Located in Napoli, IT
Photograph by photographer Federico Vacca Massaro signed and numbered 5/50, from the 2016 film "Indivisibili" by Edoardo De Angelis
Category
2010s Photorealist Unknown Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
Big park
Located in Genève, GE
Work on cardboard
Sketch of landscape and mansion on the back of the work
Category
19th Century Unknown Art
Materials
Oil
$1,039
Original 1955 exhibition poster - Contemporary American painters - Paris
Located in PARIS, FR
This original circa 1955 exhibition poster, titled "Peintres Américains Contemporains," was created for a prestigious show at the Musée Galliera in Paris, dedicated to showcasing con...
Category
1950s Unknown Art
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
20th Century French Oil Painting Hay Rolls in a Coastal Field Blue Sea
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Hay Rolls in a Coastal Field
French School, mid-late 20th century
unsigned
oil painting on canvas textured paper (reverse side is smooth, the painted side looks and feels as canvas),...
Category
Late 20th Century Impressionist Unknown Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Profile of a Lady - Original Drawing - late 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Profile of a Lady is an original drawing realized by Unknown Artist in the late 19th Century.
Beautiful pencil drawing on ivory-colored paper. Included passport (49 x 34 cm).
The a...
Category
Late 19th Century Modern Unknown Art
Materials
Pencil
Horner - Mid 20th Century Oil, Mushrooms and Tea
Located in Corsham, GB
An impressionistic still life study featuring mushrooms and a mug of tea, executed with careful attention to light and a muted palette of brown tones. Signed to the lower left. On bo...
Category
20th Century Unknown Art
Materials
Oil
Old Days - Mondadori Bookshop - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Old Days -Mondadori Bookshop in 1970s is a vintage black and white photograph.
Good conditions.
Category
1970s Contemporary Unknown Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
French Art Deco Woman Singing Gouache Painting
Located in Atlanta, GA
A lovely gouache on cardboard painting featuring an Art Deco singer with a typical stylish outfit. Utilizing the contrast of black and white components against primary colors like y...
Category
1930s Art Deco Unknown Art
Materials
Gouache, Board, Cardboard
André Testard - Framed 20th Century Oil, Town Bridge in Summer
Located in Corsham, GB
This charming landscape painting depicts a serene riverside scene with a historic stone bridge spanning calm waters. The artist employs a soft, impressionistic style with gentle brus...
Category
20th Century Unknown Art
Materials
Oil
Mid Century Abstract Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Very powerful, mid century abstract expressionist painting. It is signed Triea and dated 1953. On the reverse it is signed Ruffino Triea and title...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Unknown Art
Materials
Oil
Thomas Remnant Charleton (1756-1849) - Early 19th Century Watercolour, Plymouth
Located in Corsham, GB
This exquisitely executed watercolour depicts a picturesque view over Plymouth with ships in the bay. The work is signed with the artist's initials on the backing paper and inscribed...
Category
Early 19th Century Unknown Art
Materials
Watercolor
Jeronimo Muniz (b. 1938) - 20th Century Oil, A Moment in the Desert
Located in Corsham, GB
This evocative oil by the artist Jeronimo Muniz (b. 1938) depicts an exchange between two gentlemen in the vast golden sands of the Moroccan desert. The artist employs soft, impressi...
Category
20th Century Unknown Art
Materials
Oil
Ellen K. Hallett (1888-1988) - c.1920 Etching, Leigh Woods, Bristol
Located in Corsham, GB
This delicate etching depicts a serene rural landscape featuring a winding stream or small river that meanders through gently rolling terrain dotted with vegetation and rustic fencin...
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown Art
Materials
Etching
Circle of Pablo Picasso Nude Abstract Figurative Monotone Colors
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Superb period work from the 1960's era - very close in every respect to the later works by Pablo Picasso. The artwork is not signed but we believe it to be of French authorship.
Pr...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Unknown Art
Materials
Watercolor, Pencil
$2,412 Sale Price
20% Off
Edwina W. Lara (fl.1850-1882) - Framed Oil, Fisherfolk at the Beach
Located in Corsham, GB
This atmospheric seascape captures the bustling activity of fisherfolk on a beach, with sailboats anchored on the shore. Well presented in a charming wooden frame. Signed to the lowe...
Category
Late 19th Century Unknown Art
Materials
Oil
DC Comic Vintage Posters - 1987/1997
Located in Roma, IT
Bundle of DC Comics posters, including;
1) Superman Poster, 1987, cm. 102x68
Powerful vintage Superman poster issued by DC Comics in 1987 to c...
Category
1980s Unknown Art
Materials
Offset
Cecile Hertz-Eyrolles (1875-1974) - Framed Mid 20th Century Oil, Cod & Lemons
Located in Corsham, GB
A large oil still life depicting freshly caught cod on white paper with lemons. Presented in an antique maple frame. Stamped with the Artist's Atelier verso. On board.
Category
20th Century Unknown Art
Materials
Oil
Nude Figure of Male Striking Pose
Located in Houston, TX
Powerful French pencil sketch of nude male figure, circa 1920.
Original artwork on paper displayed on a white mat with a gold border. Archival pla...
Category
1920s Unknown Art
Materials
Pencil
Vicuna and Llama, mid 19th French century animal engraving
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'1. Vigigne 2. Lama' (1. Vicuna 2' Llama)
French engraving with original hand-colourimg, circa 1840.
Category
Mid-19th Century French School Unknown Art
Materials
Engraving
Large Antique American Modernist Signed Cubist Still Life Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Oil on board. Signed. Framed. Image size, 24H x 30L
Category
1960s Cubist Unknown Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,996 Sale Price
20% Off
Women's Rights Movement - Historical Photo -1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Women's Rights Movement - Historical Photos is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1960s in Italy, it belongs to an album of women rights, protests, manifestation f...
Category
1960s Modern Unknown Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
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