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Artist: Unknown
Vintage American Mid Century Modern Sunset Mountain Signed Abstract Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist sunset mountain landscape oil painting. Oil on board, circa 1990. Signed on back. Displayed in a wood frame. Image, 20"L x 16"H.
Category
1870s Modern Unknown Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Pablo Neruda Receiving the Nobel Prize - Vintage Photograph - 1971
Located in Roma, IT
Pablo Neruda gettin the Nobel Prize is a black and white vintage photo, realized in October 21th. 1971.
The photo depicts Pablo Neruda , pseudonym of Ricardo Eliécer Neftalí Reyes, ...
Category
1980s Contemporary Unknown Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
Dennis Ainsley French Market
Located in San Francisco, CA
Dennis Ainsley: 1880-1952. He was born in Illinois but spent a lot of time painting in France. This fabulous oil on canvas measures 36 inches wide by 24 inches high.. The beautiful f...
Category
1940s Realist Unknown Art
Materials
Oil
24x18 Pillars of Creation James Webb Telescope Space Photography NASA Poster
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The WEBB imagery is of the most important imagery every taken.
Archival museum quality poster print
Premium Gloss
Framing options available
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s mid...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Unknown Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Pigment
Original Hawaii Western Airlines vintage travel poster
Located in Spokane, WA
The original Hawaii Western Airlines 1970s vintage travel poster is archivally linen-backed, in excellent condition, and ready to frame. It was p...
Category
1970s American Realist Unknown Art
Materials
Offset
Antique European Impressionist Wine Barrel Oil Painting "Outside the Winery"
Located in Buffalo, NY
A beautiful impressionist painting depicting wine barrels in a rustic country landscape.
Unsigned this painting was obviously created by the hand of a very talented painter.
Likely...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Unknown Art
Materials
Oil, Board
French Impressionist Signed Oil Painting Cote d'Azur Coastal Pathway with Trees
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist: French Impressionist School, 20th century, indistinctly signed
Title: Cote d'Azur, south of France coastal pathway
Medium: oil painting, on board, signed.
Size: fram...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Unknown Art
Materials
Oil
Nur Jahan seated with a painted spice jar. Rajasthani School, 19th cent.
Located in Middletown, NY
Ink and gouache with gold heightening on fibrous, brown laid paper with a Jaipur Court Fee tax stamp in purple ink, 13 3/8 x 8 3/4 inches (340 x 222 mm). Toning, handling creases and...
Category
19th Century Rajput Unknown Art
Materials
Gold
Europe on Bicycles, serigraph pop art style
Located in Spokane, WA
Europe on bicycles vintage serigraph poster. Professionally linen backed and ready to frame in mint condition.
Images shown are of the exact poster you will receive.
Bicycles Acr...
Category
1970s Post-Modern Unknown Art
Materials
Screen
Rita Hayworth - 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
1940's Still-Life with Pussy Willows and Blue Drape
Located in Soquel, CA
Elegant 1940's still-life of pussy willows in a white vase with a rich royal blue drape by an unknown artist (American, 20th Century). Unsigned and unfram...
Category
1940s American Impressionist Unknown Art
Materials
Oil, Linen
Portrait of a Woman
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Neo-Expressionist painting depicts a young woman in luminous light. Encaustic on canvas, 13 x 15 inches. Unsigned.
Minor paint loss along right edge.
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Unknown Art
Materials
Encaustic
Dreamer (Mid-Century Impressionist European Nude Man Portrait Painting)
Located in New Orleans, LA
A beautiful painting I acquired when I was buying things from Russia and Ukraine maybe 7 or 8 years ago. It's painted on very heavy cardboard, as I'd say the majority from the Soviet...
Category
Mid-20th Century Romantic Unknown Art
Materials
Oil
Countryside Farmette Painting by Mystery European Artist
Located in New York, NY
Mystery European Artist
Untitled (Countryside Farmette), c. 1880
Oil on canvas
12 x 10 in.
Framed: 16 x 13 1/2 x 1 1/2 in.
Category
19th Century Impressionist Unknown Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Woman Figure - Original Ink and Pastel on Paper - 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
"Woman Figure" is an original erotic ink and watercolor drawing on ivory-colored paper, glued on white paper, realized by Anonymous Artist of the XX Century.
In excellent condition...
Category
20th Century Unknown Art
Materials
Ink, Pastel
The Sea - Original Oil Painting - 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Sea is an original painting realized by an anonymous artist in the mid-20th Century.
Oil panting on panel. Unreadable sign on lower margin.
The state of ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Unknown Art
Materials
Oil
"Indonesian Shadow Puppet, " Wood and Leather created in Indonesia c. 1800s
Located in Milwaukee, WI
This flat shadow puppet was created by an unknown Indonesian artist. This shadow puppet, 32" high and 9" wide with movable, was used in Indonesian Wayang puppet shows.
Wayang (Kram...
Category
19th Century Unknown Art
Materials
Leather, Wood
Antique American School Signed Framed Exhibited Cubist Still Life Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American school signed modernist cubist still life oil painting and collage. Oil and mixed media on board. Signed. Framed. I...
Category
1950s Cubist Unknown Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of Child - Painting - 1933
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on canvas realized by an unknown italian painter in 1933.
Hand monogrammed and dated lower right.
Good condition except for some craquelure.
Category
1930s Modern Unknown Art
Materials
Oil
Rare Jewish Pre War Woven Gold Textile Embroidered Antique Judaica Tallit Atara
Located in Surfside, FL
Shpanyer Arbeit, Jewish textile ritual judaic Folk Art
Estimated to the 19th century or early 20th century. there are no markings. It is a hand weaving ...
Category
19th Century Folk Art Unknown Art
Materials
Metal
Flooded Road (1939) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Located in London, GB
Flooded Road (1939) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
(Photo by Alfred Hind Robinson/Getty Images Archive)
A pedestrian attempts to leap across a flooded road near Hyde Park in London, ...
Category
1930s Modern Unknown Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Black and White
Untitled
Located in San Diego, CA
Figurative painting, depicting two central female figures. Other figures are visible in the shadows. We like the contrast between the dark and bright colors, also the size of the fig...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
View of Tallinn, Estonia - Figurative Landscape Panoramic Charcoal Drawing
Located in Soquel, CA
A sweeping view of Tallinn, Estonia by an unknown artist (20th Century). This detailed charcoal landscape drawing shows a panorama of the beautiful coastal city on the Baltic Sea, complete with small figures walking on a pier, boats in the harbor, and the iconic Alexander Nevsky...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Unknown Art
Materials
Charcoal, Paper, Pastel
Cart with Oxen - Original Pencil and Watercolor on Paper - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Cart with Oxen is an original modern artwork realized in the half of the early 20th Century.
Original mixed media artwork: tempera, watercolor, china ink and pencil on cardboard.
V...
Category
20th Century Modern Unknown Art
Materials
Pencil, Tempera, Paper, Watercolor
Antique American Modernist New York City Brooklyn Bridge Scene Framed Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist cityscape oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Image size, 24L x 18H.
Category
1950s Modern Unknown Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Late 19th Century Tonalist Rocky Mountain High Camp Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Late 19th Century Tonalist Rocky Mountain High Camp Landscape
Wonderful 19th Century tonalist painting of Flat Top Mountain in the Rocky Mountains by unknown artist (American, late ...
Category
Early 1900s Tonalist Unknown Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Parade of Fairground Wrestlers, Modern French School
Located in London, GB
'The Parade of Fairground Wrestlers', India ink on art paper, Modern French School (early 1900s). Traveling shows often held promotional events before opening in local areas to generate enthusiasm for the spectacle. This is an intriguing depiction of the various acts on stage strutting their stuff before an audience of potential customers. On the platform, fairground wrestlers mix with clowns, dancers, a percussionist in bolero hat...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Unknown Art
Materials
Paper, India Ink
"Fairy Rush" - Hand-Altered Iridescent Butterfly Lithograph, 2/20
Located in Soquel, CA
Delicate and iridescent limited edition lithograph of a butterfly by an unknown artist. Titled "Fairy Rush", numbered "2/20", and signed along the bottom edge (illegible). Presented ...
Category
1990s Contemporary Unknown Art
Materials
Glitter, Ink, Acrylic, Lithograph
20th Century Oil - The Courtyard
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming street scene depicting a nun and a religious statue in a continental courtyard. Signed illegibly. On canvas.
Category
20th Century Unknown Art
Materials
Oil
Reinterpretation of Saint Sebastian - Mixed Media 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Reinterpretation of Saint Sebastian is a colored painting realized in the 1990s.
Colored mixed media.
Unreadable sign on the lower margin.
Includes frame: 46 x 2 x 36 cm
The ar...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Unknown Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Foggy Coastal Seascape in Oil on Illustration Board
Located in Soquel, CA
Foggy Coastal Seascape in Oil on Illustration Board
Dramatic seascape with coastal cliffs by unknown artist "Kelly" (20th Century). The viewer stands at the edge of the ocean, atop ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Unknown Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Illustration Board
Antique American Modernist New England Farm Scene Pig Portrait Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American modernist farm landscape with a pig painting by Lawrence Butcher, Jr. (Born 1936). Watercolor and gouache on paper. Framed. Signed. Image size, 10 by 12 inc...
Category
1970s Modern Unknown Art
Materials
Oil
20th Century Oil - Daffodils and Iris
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming still life study depicting daffodils and irises in a ceramic jug. Unsigned. Well presented in a wooden frame. On board.
Category
20th Century Unknown Art
Materials
Oil
Barbizon/Impressionism School Haystack Landscape
Located in San Francisco, CA
Fabulous late 19th or early 20th century oil on canvas. It looks to be in the style of the Barbizon School moving into impressionim. Most of the earl...
Category
1890s Barbizon School Unknown Art
Materials
Oil
Tiger Lilies in a Vase, 1930s Impressionist Still Life, Flowers
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
Unknown Artist
Signed: Ch. Minuski ? (Lower, Right)
" Tiger Lillies in a Vase ", circa 1930s
Oil on Canvas
28 1/4" x 21 1/4"
Housed in a 2 3/4" Frame
Overall Size: 33 3/4" x 2...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Unknown Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Small Harbour - Vintage Photograph - 1925
Located in Roma, IT
The small harbour is a black and white vintage photo, realized in 1925.
The photo depicts a picturesque corner of the chinese city, Wuchow.
The work is glued on cardboard. Total ...
Category
1920s Modern Unknown Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
Star Wars - Leia Organa & Luke Skywalker - Original Lobbycard '83
Located in Cologne, DE
Carrie Fisher and Mark Hamil in Star Wars the return of the Jedi. (1983)
Has slight discoloration due to light impact as seen on the object.
Return of the Jedi (also known as Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi) is a 1983 American epic space opera film directed by Richard Marquand. The screenplay is by Lawrence Kasdan and George Lucas from a story by Lucas, who was also the executive producer. It is the third installment in the original Star Wars trilogy, the third film to be produced, and the sixth film in the "Skywalker saga". It takes place one year after The Empire Strikes Back. The film stars Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Billy Dee Williams, Anthony Daniels, David Prowse, Kenny Baker, Peter Mayhew and Frank Oz...
Category
Late 20th Century Unknown Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Bright & Colorful French Signed Abstract Oil Painting Amazing Shapes & Colors
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Composition
French School, circa 1970's
indistinctly signed and dated
oil painting on board, unframed
size: 21 x 25.5 inches
condition: overall good and sound
provenance: fr...
Category
20th Century Abstract Unknown Art
Materials
Oil
Ski Expedition (1981) Print - Oversized
Located in London, GB
Ski Expedition (1981) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Oversized
(Photo by Alamy Archives)
Skier descends into a dangerous canyon on the trans-Himalayan expedition, 21st March 1981.
...
Category
1980s Modern Unknown Art
Materials
Archival Pigment, Color
Robert De Niro in The Godfather Part II - Original 1974 Lobby Card #1
Located in London, GB
The Godfather Part II - Original 1974 Lobby Card #1
Vintage 1974 The Godfather Part II Lobby Card:
The early life and career of Vito Corleone in 192...
Category
1970s Unknown Art
Materials
Paper, Cardboard
Historical Photo - Chang Chun, Factory - Vintage Photograph - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo - Chang Chun, factory is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the mid-20th century.
It belongs to a historical album including historical moments, royal fa...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Unknown Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
MacIntosh - Chief (Tartan), Scottish Scotland art design lithograph print
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
MacIntosh - Chief (Tartan)
Chromolithograph. 1886. From 'The Tartans of the Clans of Scotland', by James Grant, 1886.
365mm by 265mm (sheet).
Accompanied by a sheet of descripti...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Unknown Art
Materials
Lithograph
Study for Horses Painting - Original Ink drawing - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Study for horses painting is an original artwork realized by Anonymous artist in 19 century.
Ink drawing on paper.
Includes wooden frame (minor def...
Category
19th Century Modern Unknown Art
Materials
Ink
'Portrait of Man in Cap', French School (circa 1960s-70s)
Located in London, GB
'Portrait of Man in Cap', oil on canvas, French School (circa 1960s-70s). This artwork was discovered in the South of France. A splendid portrait it is and is most likely from one of the countries in French-speaking Africa. Most of those countries that speak French are in Western and Central Africa, with others scattered across the continent. Having arrived in Africa from colonial activity, French took on many different forms and maintained use to some degree in nearly two dozen nations. In addition to the continent of Africa, there are many other French speakers...
Category
1960s Unknown Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique American School Signed 19th Century Nautical Seascape Framed Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American nautical ship oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed.
Category
1870s Realist Unknown Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Brigitte Bardot on a Swing
Located in Austin, TX
Actress Brigitte Bardot sitting on a tree swing outdoors, shot from behind, circa 1954.
Brigitte Bardot was a French actress, singer, and model as well as an animal rights activist....
Category
1950s Contemporary Unknown Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Engraved 18th century view of Cambridge
Located in London, GB
18th Century View of Cambridge
Engraving
15 x 20 cm
This detailed engraving captures an 18th century view of Cambridge from the West. Green expanses dominate the piece, featuring s...
Category
18th Century Realist Unknown Art
Materials
Engraving
19th Century Watercolour Portrait Miniature - The Duchess
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming miniature watercolour depicting a Duchess in her finery. He wears a beaded necklace and a feather adined tiara. Unsigned. Presented in a gilt frame with a ribbon cartouche...
Category
19th Century Unknown Art
Materials
Watercolor
1989 Unknown 'Parco Department Stores' Photography Japan Offset Lithograph
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Paper Size: 40.5 x 28.5 inches ( 102.87 x 72.39 cm )
Image Size: 40.5 x 28.5 inches ( 102.87 x 72.39 cm )
Framed: No
Condition: B-: Good Condition, Signs of Handling and Age
Ad...
Category
1980s Unknown Art
Materials
Offset
Elvis Presley, portrait
Located in Cologne, DE
Category
Late 20th Century Unknown Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Modern Golden Retriever Dog Oil Pastel Painting
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
3953 Oil Pastel on paper of a golden retriever dog
Image size 11.5x15.5
Set in a oak frame
Category
1990s Unknown Art
Materials
Oil Pastel
After Ferdinand Roybet (1840 -1920) - Oil, Two Soldiers in a Tavern
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine copy of Ferdinand Roybet (1840 -1920) original genre scene painting, 'Two Soldiers and Barmaid in a Tavern'. Signed 'F. Roybet' to the lower left. However we do not believe th...
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown Art
Materials
Oil
Large Vintage Herbarium Wall Panel, Sweden. Custom Framed Botanical Flower Press
Located in Frederiksberg C, DK
A large vintage herbarium / botanical display collected and created by S. Lindvald in June 1945 in Sweden. This four-piece collection of botanical specimens is preserved behind glass...
Category
1940s Romantic Unknown Art
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
Ancient Views of Johor Photograph - Original Albumen Prints - 1890s
Located in Roma, IT
Views of Johor photograph is a set of 5 original vintage albumen prints on single cardboard: 25 x 34 cm.
Size of photos: 2 of 10.5. x 15, 8 x 11 and on the rear 21.5 x 27.5 cm.
Go...
Category
Late 19th Century Modern Unknown Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
Rococò French painter - 18th century figure painting - Flute player dog
Located in Varmo, IT
French painter (18th century) - Flute player and dog.
43.5 x 35 cm without frame, 54 x 45 cm with frame.
Antique oil painting on canvas, in a carved and gilded wooden frame.
Condi...
Category
Mid-18th Century Rococo Unknown Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"The Napoleon" Coat of Arms Tapestry
Located in Atlanta, GA
The Emperor Napoleon Coat of Arms tapestry features the imperial eagle of Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821). This is a Belgian-made, Jacqu...
Category
Late 20th Century French School Unknown Art
Materials
Tapestry
Vesuvius, Naples, Italy. Volcano, engraving with original hand-colouring, 1815
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Vesuvius, engraving with original hand-colouring, 1815.
From Bilderbuch Zum Nutzen und Vergnugen Der Jugend by Friedrich Justin Bertuch (1747-1822), an encyclopaedic collection of I...
Category
Early 19th Century Naturalistic Unknown Art
Materials
Engraving
Vintage "Bodega View" Original Oil Painting by McCabe C.1941
Located in San Francisco, CA
Vintage "Bodega View" Original Oil Painting by McCabe C.1941
Original oil on masonite
Masonite dimensions 36" wide x 24" high
The frame measures 42" wide x 30" high
The painting ...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Unknown Art
Materials
Oil, Masonite
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