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Art For Sale
Color:  Pink
"Twin Kate Moss on Pink" Photography 40 x 36.5 in Edition of 25 by Kate Garner
Located in Culver City, CA
"Twin Kate Moss on Pink" Photography 40 x 36.5 in Edition of 25 by Kate Garner Hahnemuhle fine art archival paper Kate Garner: Seeker, Sage, and Preservationist of Identity A thou...
Category

20th Century Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper

"Murakami TMF6" (FRAMED) Photography 40" x 40" in Edition 1/4 by Giuliano Bekor
Located in Culver City, CA
"Murakami TMF6" Photography 40" x 40" inch Edition 1/4 by Giuliano Bekor Title: Murakami Inspired TMF6 Year: 2010 Print size: 40" x 40" Inch Framed size: 42" x 42" Inch Edition: 1/...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Art

Materials

Plexiglass, Archival Pigment, Photographic Film

Pink Kioveo, hippopotamus sculpture, contemporary
Located in Paris, FR
Sculpture in polymer sheathed with crocodile skin, 17 x 30 x 13 cm. Edition of 8 plus 4 artist's proofs. Sculpture is numbered, signed and delivered with certificate of authenticity. This sculpture also exists in bronze in other dimensions. This hippopotamus sculpture by French contemporary artist Jacques Owczarek...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Animal Skin, Polymer

Urbancat Elegance : Kitty Metropolis Muse
Located in PARIS, FR
2008, Edition of 20 resin fiberglass painted & varnished 39 2/5 × 23 3/5 × 15 7/10 in - 100 × 60 × 40 cm The artwork is signed by the Artist , carved with edition number and date und...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Resin

Pink Abstract Lithograph by Sybil Kleinrock
Located in Long Island City, NY
Sybil Kleinrock’s work straddles the borders between expressionism and surrealism. Colorful and soft pastels play together to suggest a composition that can be interpreted as both a ...
Category

1970s Abstract Art

Materials

Lithograph

Unframed Hand Painted Buddha Shakti Thangka on Canvas 24K Gold
Located in TRUMBULL, CT
Buddha Samantabhadra (Shakti) is deep blue in color, symbolizing the sky or emptiness of mind. Samantabhadra or buddha's consort is white in color, symbolizing the aspect of the cla...
Category

1970s Art

Materials

Mixed Media

Numbers Abstract -- Room For One More
Located in Soquel, CA
Compelling small abstract of numbers titled, "Room For One More" by Tom Hamil (American, b. 1928). Circa 1980. Signed upper left corner and on verso. Presented in rustic slat wooden frame. Image size: 12"H x 8.25"W. Tom Hamil, was born in New York in 1928 and raised primarily in California. After attending the US Naval Academy in Annapolis, he returned to California to begin his formal art training at the California School of Fine Arts in San Francisco (now known as the San Francisco Art Institute). He completed his education at the University of Washington with a Master’s Degrees and Doctorate in Fine Arts and Education. His first solo exhibition was held in 1956. Since then, he has participated in numerous one man shows, group shows, and has been represented in galleries in the US and Mexico. In addition to his painting, Hamil has authored and illustrated a number of books. While at the Naval Academy, he received recognition for his paintings, drawings, and illustrations. Listed among Hamil’s many awards and honors are a Ford Foundation Fellowship and an Award of Excellence from the American Graphics Society. Currently, he lives in Zirahuen, Michoacan, Mexico and Truth or Consequences, New Mexico. Hamil’s statement: “I am a man...
Category

1980s Abstract Expressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Pink Champagne
Located in Saint Louis, MO
Since 1977, Larry Torno has worked in the graphic design business as a designer, art director, and creative director for companies large and small, from Fo...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Portal II, 2024, unique pigment print, signed
Located in New York, NY
Portal II, 2024 is part of the "Another World" series. This unique archival pigment print is printed on Epson Enhanced Matte paper. Image size is 9" x 6.5" on 10" x 7.5" paper size...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Outpost II, 2024, unique pigment print, signed
Located in New York, NY
Outpost II, 2024 is part of the "Another World" series. This unique archival pigment print is printed on Epson Enhanced Matte paper. Image size is 9" x 6.5" on 10" x 7.5" paper siz...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Rosone 01_Roses
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Casting resin
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Resin

As We Dance By The Moonlight
Located in London, GB
In this large painting, pop art meets contemporary realism. With a lively, bright palette of pink and orange, the artist interweaves vibrant acrylics and inks to capture an evocative...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Gesso, Ink, Acrylic

Delphinium, Daisies and Gerber Daisies - Red Floral Bouquet Still-Life
Located in Soquel, CA
Continental School impressionist oil on paper of a bouquet of Delphinium, Daisies and Gerbera Daisies by an unknown artist, c.1969. Illegibly signed lowe...
Category

1960s Impressionist Art

Materials

Paper, Oil

Alek Gerber, Couple with Flowers, coffer work, Acrylic on wood, Valentines
Located in Tel Aviv, IL
Alek Gerber, Couple with a bunch of flowers, 3D, mixed media, wood box, coffer, acrylic on wood, Israeli art, contemporaray art, art
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Wood Panel, Acrylic, Dye Transfer

Camel, Zebra and Bottle
Located in Manchester, GB
Craig makes paintings and drawings that explore still life, figure and landscape subjects, seeking to investigate the profound qualities that exist in our surroundings. '…The eye s...
Category

2010s Art

Materials

Oil

Bowl of Fruit and Elephant
Located in Manchester, GB
Craig makes paintings and drawings that explore still life, figure and landscape subjects, seeking to investigate the profound qualities that exist in our surroundings. '…The eye s...
Category

2010s Art

Materials

Oil

4.20.07
Located in Phoenix, AZ
oil and wax on canvas Mala Breuer grew up attending classes in painting and drawing from a young age at the California College of Arts and Crafts. After high school she attended t...
Category

Early 2000s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Wax, Oil

BLESSED original blue ultramarine nude by Paula Craioveanu inspired by Matisse
Located in Forest Hills, NY
"Blessed" Part of "Nude in Interior" series. Original work on colored paper, with blue ultramarine tempera on red colored paper, inspired by Matisse. Size 2is 7.5x19.5in / 70x50c...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Paper, Tempera

Rose Sprinkle Pop
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Betsy Enzensberger sculpts works that create a visceral longing and remembrance of the most nostalgic delights from childhood. The artist uses the familiarity of those sweet treats t...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Resin, Epoxy Resin

Cherry Blossom
Located in Seoul, SO
Okumura Aka ( Japan ) Aka Okumura explores the spiritual aspect of life and death by contrasting the two different worlds through vibrant symbols and black background. Amid of the...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Acrylic

Geos
Located in New York, NY
Original monotype made from found objects and textures. I use found objects with various shapes and textures in my original prints to make the monotype have depth and texture. All of...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Monoprint, Monotype

I Never Knew Her Name
Located in San Diego, CA
About the artist: James Austin Murray’s paintings are made using the most basic of means: ivory black oil paint, a canvas with wood-panel support and wallpaper brushes—up to nine aff...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Oil, Acrylic, Panel

Provincetown Harbor
Located in Provincetown, MA
Robert Cardinal, originally from Montreal, has been living on Cape Cod for most of the past fifty years. In the late 1950s, he left Canada and moved to Greenwich Village. From there,...
Category

2010s Art

Materials

Oil

KAWS - Take Figure - Pink Version _BFF Companion
By KAWS
Located in Dallas, TX
This is a brand new piece in perfect condition. Several months after releasing the KAWS Share Figure in February, the artist released his long anticipated KAWS Take Figure. The fig...
Category

2010s Pop Art Art

Materials

Resin, Vinyl

Dancers
Located in Provincetown, MA
Julian Cardinal is from the tip of Cape Cod in Truro, Massachusetts and has showcased his vast, colorful array of feminine figures, still lifes and landscapes at prominent galleries in Burlington, VT, the Chelsea neighborhood of New York City, Bridgehampton, NY, Richmond, VA, Chatham, MA, and Provincetown, MA, where his parents have owned their own business, Kiley Court Gallery...
Category

2010s Art

Materials

Oil

Original Ronald Shap figure drawing, signed
Located in Columbus, OH
Original ink, gouache and oil pastel figure painting by celebrated, twentieth-century California landscape painter, Ronald Shap. Sketch of nude woman standing in washes of neon pink,...
Category

1980s Neo-Expressionist Art

Materials

Oil Pastel, Gouache, Ink

Abstract Expression #419
Located in San Antonio, TX
Laredo Jackson, American, Texas, b. 1987. Abstract Expression #419, 2021. Signed. This Medium Sized print measures 16x20 and is a one-off print, editi...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Art

Materials

Digital

Orit Fuchs: Vivid 55 - Giclee print on canvas female figure painting. 40/40”
Located in Tel Aviv, IL
Orit Fuchs lives and works in Tel Aviv‭, ‬a storyteller with a deep‭, ‬pure, and unquenchable appetite for artistic self-expression‭. ‬Her medium spans the gamut‭ - ‬sculptures‭, ‬pa...
Category

2010s Pop Art Art

Materials

Giclée

Monaco Grand Prix (Estate Edition)
Located in New York, NY
British racing driver James Hunt (1947 - 1993) at the Monaco Grand Prix, 22nd May 1977. Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certi...
Category

1970s Modern Art

Materials

Lambda

Days Like This
Located in Cliffside Park, NJ
David Sherwin Parker is an American artist who showed his artistic talent in childhood. He is known for creating classic paintings and prints with various subjects like western lands...
Category

Late 20th Century American Modern Art

Materials

Oil

Pool Boy - Fluro, Figurative art print, Pop art, David Hockney style art
Located in Deddington, GB
Pool boy – Fluro by Gavin Dobson [2021] Limited Edition CMYK screen-print Signed by artist Edition number 40 Image size: H:50 cm x W:35 cm Complete Size of Un...
Category

2010s Pop Art Art

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media, Screen

ETERNAL CITY Original Etching, Medieval Jerusalem, Stone Tablet, Jewish History
Located in Union City, NJ
ETERNAL CITY JERUSALEM by the Israeli artist Moshe Castel (1909-1991) is a unique, unsigned Trial Proof from a limited edition etching, hand printed using traditional intaglio printmaking techniques on archival Arches paper 100% acid free. ETERNAL CITY JERUSALEM presents a deep red and orange brown ochre colored stone tablet...
Category

1970s Contemporary Art

Materials

Etching

Parachute
Located in Covington, LA
"The nostalgia of a tropical climate is the undercurrent that inspires my process. Bright and vibrant pigments live on my palette. I treat each canvas with an intuitive approach, nev...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Oil Pastel, Acrylic

Bohemian Rhapsody
Located in Covington, LA
"The nostalgia of a tropical climate is the undercurrent that inspires my process. Bright and vibrant pigments live on my palette. I treat each canvas with an intuitive approach, nev...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Oil Pastel, Acrylic

Tuesday
Located in Bonn, NW
Original painting. Acrylic, oil and paper on high quality linen canvas stretcher. Finished off with a soft glossy varnish. 60 x 80 cm 23.6 x 31.5" . The corners are painted and it...
Category

2010s Pop Art Art

Materials

Oil, Acrylic, Satin Paper

Il Miracolo - Pink peach fuzz color abstract sunset landscape painting
Located in Ocklawaha, FL
"Il miracolo" (The miracle) is a celebration of the miracle of the Earth's rotation around its axis every single day, and the meeting of the earth and sky for a brief instant as the ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

RED HORSE on HOT PINK THREE GEISHAS Signed Lithograph, Asian Women, Parrots
Located in Union City, NJ
RED HORSE on HOT PINK THREE GEISHAS is an original lithograph on archival Somerset printmaking paper, 100% acid free by the renowned Chinese born artist Walasse Ting (DING XIONGQUAN, Chinese, 1929-2010). Ting's use of bold colors and expressive calligraphic brush drawn forms convey vivid life energy. He is well known for his colorful images of women, flowers, fish, parrots and horses and was associated with artists Karel Appel, Asger Jorn, and Pierre Alechinsky, members of the avant-garde group called COBRA. Throughout his artistic life, Ting imbued his passion and spirit into his paintings, poetry and sculpture. RED HORSE on HOT PINK THREE GEISHAS is a freely expressed Chinese Ink Brush drawing of three colorfully robed women...
Category

1980s Contemporary Art

Materials

Lithograph

Chad Kleitsch - Untitled Flower # 114, Photography 2006, Printed After
Located in Greenwich, CT
Untitled Flower # 114 Hahnemuhle Photo Rag Matte Paper with Epson archival quality ink Edition of 25 Available sizes: 11" x 14” 20" x 24” 30" x 30” 30" x 40” 40" x 40" 48" x 48” 48" ...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Digital, Archival Pigm...

French Contemporary Art by Achao - Vâhana XXXV, Allegro Vivace
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic & ink on free hanging canvas Achao's paintings are an invitation to joy and serenity. Through a combination of motifs, colors and transparencies, the painting entitled ‘Vâha...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Ink, Acrylic

Chad Kleitsch - Untitled Flower # 146, Photography 2019, Printed After
Located in Greenwich, CT
Untitled Flower # 146 Hahnemuhle Photo Rag Matte Paper with Epson archival quality ink Edition of 25 Available sizes: 11" x 14” 20" x 24” 30" x 30” 30" x 40” 40" x 40" 48" x 48” 48" ...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Digital, Archival Pigm...

Chad Kleitsch - Untitled Flower # 60, Photography 2003, Printed After
Located in Greenwich, CT
Untitled Flower # 60 Hahnemuhle Photo Rag Matte Paper with Epson archival quality ink Edition of 25 Available sizes: 11" x 14” 20" x 24” 30" x 30” 30" x 40” 40" x 40" 48" x 48” 48" x...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Digital, Archival Pigm...

Love
Located in Ridgewood, NY
Most mornings we wake up to a physical reality of sharp contrast and clear-cut edges. Defined outlines help us navigate everyday life and the world around us. But the blurry fringes ...
Category

2010s Abstract Expressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Sea Fan - Gumball - Gyotaku Style Sumi Ink Painting of an Octopus
Located in Chicago, IL
Two small octopi are inked in the Japanese style of Gyo-Taku print making. Using sumi ink to "print" the octopus, the artist then embellishes it with colored pencil to convey an ext...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Sumi Ink, Watercolor, Mulberry Paper, Color Pencil

Chad Kleitsch - Untitled Flower #02, Photography 2001, Printed After
Located in Greenwich, CT
Untitled Flower #02 Hahnemuhle Photo Rag Matte Paper with Epson archival quality ink Edition of 25 Available sizes: 11" x 14” 20" x 24” 30" x 30” 30" x 40” 40" x 40" 48" x 48” 48" x ...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Digital, Archival Pigm...

Yellow Jersey
Located in Norwich, GB
Painter and printmaker, born in Famagusta, Cyprus, whose family – involved in the restaurant business – settled in London in 1946. He attended Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts, 1...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Art

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas

"A Woman Who Is Coming To Realize She Is A Very Angry Person"
Located in North Adams, MA
"I would look up at the ceiling, imagine myself as the character in her dilemma and draw – on napkins, scrap paper, the backs of paper menus. The rule was, I had to write the subject down first, and when I looked down, I was finished. Not all the drawings work, of course. At times I go right off the page. At times they are incoherent or emotionally flat. The truth is, the drawings only work when I succeed in becoming the woman in the drawing in my own head – I need to get under her skin, feel what she feels. " - Rebecca Miller A SUITE OF EIGHT HAND-PRINTED SILKSCREENS WITH HAND-PAINTING SIGNED, NUMBERED AND TITLED BY THE ARTIST IN PENCIL IMAGE SIZE: 14 X 14 INCHES | PAPER SIZE OF 19 X 19 ½ INCHES PRINTED ON 290 GRAM ARCHIVAL COVENTRY RAG PAPER EDITION OF TEN NUMBERED 1/10-10/10 3 ARTIST’S PROOFS AND 2 PRINTER’S PROOFS ALL SCREENS USED IN THE MAKING OF THE EDITION HAVE BEEN CANCELLED PUBLISHED AND PRINTED BY GARY LICHTENSTEIN Rebecca Miller has written and directed six feature films: "Angela" (1995), winner of the Sundance Film Festival Filmmakers Trophy and Cinematography Award; "Personal Velocity" (2002), starring Parker Posey, Kyra Sedgwick and Fairuza Balk, winner of the Sundance Grand Jury Prize and Cinematography Award, as well as the Independent Spirit John Cassavetes Award; "The Ballad of Jack...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Screen

New Warning, Contemporary Art, Abstract Painting, 21st Century
Located in Mexico City, MX
New Warning, 2020 Contemporary Art, Abstract Painting Acrylic and oil on canvas 130x130cm Signed and dated About the artist Adrian Gonzalez (Mexico, 1987). He graduated in Visual Arts from the Faculty of Arts and Design, UNAM (Universidad Autonoma de Mexico) in 2011. His work is part of the Sebastian Foundation Collection, Grupo Reforma and various private collections. He was a beneficiary of the FONCA “Young Creators” program in the specialty of Painting in the 2015/2016 edition. SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2020 - Dance Till U Drop. Pared Space. Galería Virtual. 2018 - SCROLL. Galería Plomo. México, D.F. 2016 - El aire de lo eventual. Galería Alterna. México, D.F. 2015 - Escenarios para habitar el mundo. Galería Luis Adelantado México. México, D. F. - El fin de la apariencia. Galería Central de la ENPEG La Esmeralda, CENART. México, D.F. 2012 - Patrones de la Realidad. Centro Cultural Periodista. México D. F. GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2021 - El Fin. The End Project Space. EU. Atlanta. 2019 - La Causa de las Causas. Museo de Arte Moderno. México, CDMX. 2018 - Pensamiento Especulativo. Fundación CALOSA. México, Guanajuato. - Creación en Movimiento. Jóvenes Creadores del FONCA. 2015 – 2016. Fotomuseo Cuatro Caminos. México, D.F. 2016 - Creación en Movimiento. Jóvenes Creadores del FONCA. 2015 – 2016. Capilla del Arte de la UDLAP. México, Puebla. - X Bienal Nacional de Pintura y Grabado “Alfredo Zalce”. MACAZ. México, Michoacán. - Parámetro 02. Arte Lumen. Museo de la Ciudad de México. México, D. F. - JUSTMAD 7. Feria de Arte Emergente. LASEDE/ Colegio Oficial de Arquitectos de Madrid. España, Madrid. - Efectos Especiales. Galería DIAGRAMA. México, D. F. 2015 - XI Bienal de pintura Joaquín Clausell...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Jailbirds
Located in Norwich, GB
“Pap Art is the collaborative expression of ex-paparazzi photographer David Koppel and figurative painter John Kiki. In the tradition of it’s predecesso...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Photographic Film, Acrylic

Studio 54 - Grape - Gyotaku Style Sumi Ink Painting of an Octopus
Located in Chicago, IL
A small octopus is inked in the Japanese style of Gyo-Taku print making. Using sumi ink to "print" the octopus, the artist then embellishes it with colored pencil to convey an extra...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Watercolor, Sumi Ink, Mulberry Paper, Color Pencil

Handgun Pink
Located in Norwich, GB
DOT DOT DOT is a visual artist from Norway. With foundations in graffiti since the 90’s, the mediums utilised by the artist range from installations to etc...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Art

Materials

Screen

ONCE I WAS THE SUN Signed Lithograph, Abstract Face, Hot Pink Blue Yellow Red
Located in Union City, NJ
ONCE I WAS THE SUN is a limited edition lithograph by the Dutch artist Karel Appel printed using hand lithography techniques on archival printmaking paper, 100% acid free. ONCE I WAS...
Category

1970s Abstract Art

Materials

Lithograph

First Sight
Located in Nottingham, GB
Original art, mixed media on canvas. Rich Parker uses blocks of paint and stylised graffiti techniques to build upon figurative artwork. Almost cubist in form crossed with street ar...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Mixed Media

El origen de la luz (rojo caverna)
Located in Ciudad De México, MX
Serigrafía sobre papel.
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Screen

1993 Richard Avedon 'An Autobiography' Book
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Paper Size: 14.25 x 11.5 inches ( 36.195 x 29.21 cm ) Image Size: 14.25 x 11.5 inches ( 36.195 x 29.21 cm ) Framed: NoCondition: A-: Near Mint, very light signs of handling Addition...
Category

1990s Art

Materials

Offset

80's Peach Excess (impasto pink thick painting monochrome pop square design)
Located in Quebec, Quebec
*For questions, special requests or commission inquiries, please text the gallery directly using ASK THE SELLER button. Grouping of 3 paintings is $2000 and of 4 paintings is $2500. ...
Category

2010s Pop Art Art

Materials

Wood, Acrylic

Deseo natural rojo
Located in LAS ROZAS DE MADRID, ES
Painting: Acrylic Imagínate un cuadro de gran tamaño, lleno de colores brillantes y vibrantes que se mezclan y se superponen de manera caótica y expresiva. Los trazos son fuertes y ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Art

Materials

Acrylic

Im Wind
Located in Berlin, DE
Jürgen Reichert - Maler Freischaffender Künstler, Farbflächenmalerei, lebt und arbeitet in Berlin. Im Wind 2023 Acryl auf Leinwand 80 x 100 cm Jürgen Reichert, 1953 in Mannheim geb...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Play #9 Contemporary Original Abstract Oil Painting
Located in Roselle Park, NJ
This series focuses on the idea of play and the emotions involved in the act of playing. We often forget the importance of relaxing the mind, of letting go of our troubles, of being ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Oil

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