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Contemporary Large Masculine Nude by Barminski
Located in Pasadena, CA
This painting by Californian artist Barminski features a humanoid form set against a textured background adorned with black and red polka dots. The silhouette is segmented into earth...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Ink drawing by Californian artist Michael Dormer.
Located in Pasadena, CA
Dormer constructs a scene where two hybrid figures meet halfway between the organic and the mechanical. A threadlike, almost insectoid form on the left unfolds in a complex tangle o...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
John Barrymore in Hamlet, Ink and Watercolor Drawing Portrait
Located in Pasadena, CA
The depiction of theatrical characters in the visual arts has long been a means of exploring the depths of human emotion and identity. In this black and white profile portrait of Joh...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Drawings
Materials
Paper
$950 Sale Price
20% Off
Geometric Acrylic Abstract by Mort Lampert
Located in Pasadena, CA
This acrylic painting by Mort Lampert, dated 2002, is structured around a confrontation between rigid geometric forms and fluid textures. The composition is centered on a slightly ir...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"HOPE" Illegible Signed Artist Proof
Located in Pasadena, CA
Artist Proof / Lithography
The lithograph titled 'Hope,' presented here in its first released proof, is a monochrome work rendered in shades of gray. It captures the melancholic imag...
Category
Late 20th Century American Organic Modern Prints
Materials
Paper
"Jungle Law" Black and White Lithograph by Orovida Camille Pissarro 14/45
By Orovida Pissarro
Located in Pasadena, CA
This black-and-white lithograph, numbered 14/45, is the work of Orovida, whose real name is Camille Orovida Pissarro. The rectangular framing tightens the composition around three fi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Symbolist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
"Abracadabra" Abstract Lithograph
Located in Pasadena, CA
In the perpetual dialogue between the artist who creates and the one who receives, some works reveal themselves as visual enigmas whose decryption challenges the intellect and sensit...
Category
Late 20th Century American Prints
Materials
Paper
"The Last Doll" Post-Impressionist Oil Portrait by Mary Erikson
By Mary Erickson
Located in Pasadena, CA
This miniature oil portrait by M. Erikson rises with verticality, like a fragment of life detached from the world. A child stands upright, yet her posture is far from rigid—it sugges...
Category
Late 20th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Collages by Jerry Williamson
By Jerry Williamson
Located in Pasadena, CA
Here, artist Jerry Williamson becomes a storyteller, using a graphic and documentary approach, showing us the reliefs of a bygone era. He has categorized past folklore in a system of...
Category
Late 20th Century American Decorative Art
Materials
Other
Portrait Watercolor by Judy Pike
Located in Pasadena, CA
In this watercolor by Judy Pike, the seated figure, positioned on indistinct ground, oscillates between presence and erasure. The face, fragmented as if shattered by light, hovers be...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Plaster Head Primitive Sculpture in the style of Easter Island Moai Sculpture
Located in Pasadena, CA
Inspired by the 380 A. D. Easter Island originals, this Plaster Head Sculpture showcases a fine example of primitive art, known to represent god...
Category
Late 20th Century Chilean Primitive Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
Mixed Media Color Pencil Drawing by Judy Pike
Located in Pasadena, CA
Mixed media can be approached as an alchemy of materials, textures, collages, and assemblages. Judy Pike explores this approach in this portrait.
The female figure is seated on a co...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
Vintage White Industrial Table Lamp by Guillermo Capdevila Abatte
Located in Pasadena, CA
This vintage industrial desk lamp is manufactured by the industrial designer Guillermo Capdevila Abatte. This sturdy swivel headlamp is very well crafted and gives a very warm light....
Category
Late 20th Century Chilean Industrial Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
"Sky Battle" Airplanes Litoghraph by J.D. Carrick
Located in Pasadena, CA
This 1958 lithograph by J.D. Carrick depicts an aerial encounter between two iconic World War I-era biplanes. The focal plane, likely representing a German Fokker D.VII fighter—known...
Category
1950s Post-War Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Italian Black Floor Tube Lamp by Gianfranco Frattini
By Gianfranco Frattini
Located in Pasadena, CA
The elegant bright black up-lighter is made of sheet metal and rests on cast iron base.
It projects a strong light on the ceiling and radiates with its timeless outer appearance that...
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Sheet Metal
$1,280 Sale Price
20% Off
"Sailing by the bridge" Marine Landscape Watercolor by Paul Emig
Located in Pasadena, CA
This composition, signed “EMIG,” displays a marine scene seen as if through an overhanging window. A suspension bridge and sleek sailboats dominate the work. The artist combines lat ...
Category
2010s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
A Pair of 1970s Sycamore and Chrome Side or End Tables
Located in Pasadena, CA
These gueridons or end tables feature a sycamore top split in 4 quarters by a chrome insert matching the base bottom. The legs are made of chromed steel.
Category
Vintage 1970s American Modern Side Tables
Materials
Chrome
$1,600 Sale Price
33% Off
Heart of the World II, Lithograph by John Anthony Miller
Located in Pasadena, CA
"Heart of the World II" (1988), lithograph numbered 11/30, dated and signed by John Anthony Miller, unfolds a tense, dense, and complex world where every centimeter holds a presence....
Category
1990s Post-Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
"Wabi-Sabi" Murano Lamp for Donghia
By Donghia
Located in Pasadena, CA
Hollow, hand blown Venetian glass lamp.
"In traditional Japanese aesthetics, wabi-sabi is a world view centered on the acceptance of transience and imperfection. The aesthetic is so...
Category
Vintage 1980s Italian Table Lamps
Materials
Blown Glass
$2,880 Sale Price
20% Off
"HUNTING SCENE II" Lithograph by Ynez Johnston
By Ynez Johnston
Located in Pasadena, CA
"Hunting Scene II," a lithograph by American artist Ynez Johnston created in 1964, is part of a series published by the International Graphic Arts Society (IGAS) in September 1965. L...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper
Festive Circus Celebration Large Acrylic Painting Signed L. Rise
Located in Pasadena, CA
This painting of L. Rise captures the essence of the circus with its bold and vibrant colors, geometrical structure of a circus tent, evoking a sense of childlike wonder and exciteme...
Category
Vintage 1980s European Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
$750 Sale Price
71% Off
"Pigeon at Sunrise" Animal Acrylic Painting on Yellow Background by Ian McCaine
Located in Pasadena, CA
In this squared composition, Ian McCaine transports us into a suspended moment, where the soft light of a sunrise barely reveals the contours of the world. Against a background domin...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Animal Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Acrylic Modern Portrait On a Blue Background
Located in Pasadena, CA
This portrait features a stylized face, designed in an aesthetic that combines the simplicity of forms with the richness of the color palette. Warm tones such as ochre and reddish br...
Category
Late 20th Century Neo-Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Oil on Canvas Portrait #2 by Albert Radoczy
By Albert Radoczy
Located in Pasadena, CA
Another whimsical portrait of Radoczy's wife, her favorite subject.
Albert Radoczy was a master at exploring the female form. Throughout his care...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
$1,750 Sale Price
20% Off
Green Sphinx Etching by John Marx
Located in Pasadena, CA
In this polychrome etching, signed with his initials in pencil, John Marx constructs a scene that oscillates between strangeness and collective introspection. The winged, sphinx-like...
Category
Late 20th Century Symbolist Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Large Light Abstract Painting in a Gild Frame by Wesley Johnson
By Wesley Johnson
Located in Pasadena, CA
In a poetic gesture and controlled chaos, this artwork by American painter Wesley Johnson navigates between dissolution and recomposition, offering an immersive, rhythmic exploration...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Large Contemporary Blue and White Abstract by Gerald Campbell
Located in Pasadena, CA
Gerald Campbell’s abstract composition, signed on the reverse and dated 1989 and 1992, is a refined exploration of form, texture, and color. The work is divided into angular, geometr...
Category
1980s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Midcentury Harvey Probber Round Black And oak Coffee Table
By Harvey Probber
Located in Pasadena, CA
Crafted by Harvey Probber, this round black and walnut coffee table is not just a functional piece but a statement of classic Mid-Century...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Carnelian, Brass
$2,600 Sale Price
31% Off
Carousel Oil Painting on Canvas by J. Mamez
Located in Pasadena, CA
A painting of a woman riding on a carousel horse while holding out her white handkerchief to flow in the wind.
This piece is reminiscent of a week...
Category
Vintage 1940s French Paintings
Materials
Canvas
$1,440 Sale Price
20% Off
"Porcelain Doll in a Ballet Dream", Painting by Santini Poncini
Located in Pasadena, CA
Some artists immediately stand out for the singularity of their work. While very little is known about the 20th-century French painter Santini Poncini,...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
"The Doll and The Circus" Oil Portrait Painting by Santini Poncini
Located in Pasadena, CA
Some artists immediately stand out for the singularity of their work. Although little is known about the 20th-century French painter Santini Poncini, h...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Two Clowns" Mixed Media and Oil Portrait by Ozz Franca
By Ozz Franca
Located in Pasadena, CA
Brazilian artist Ozz Franca reflects on performance, identity, and detachment in this mixed-media composition. Two figures dominate the central space: a Pierrot and a figure whose fa...
Category
1970s Symbolist Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil
Mid-Century Horizontal Colorful Acrylic Nude by Cindy
Located in Pasadena, CA
The artist Cindy presents a timeless engagement with this nude in its original frame. From Titian's Venus of Urbino to Matisse's Odalisques, the reclining figure has long served as a...
Category
Late 20th Century Post-Modern Nude Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Glass and Chrome Console Table in Milo Baughman's Style
By Milo Baughman
Located in Pasadena, CA
This console, inspired by the designs of Milo Baughman, features a sleek aesthetic that blends modern materials and classic style. The console's top is crafted from treated glass opa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Console Tables
Materials
Chrome
$1,700 Sale Price
22% Off
Colorful Contemporary Patinated Titanium Console by Xavier Menessier
Located in Pasadena, CA
This console made of patinated titanium and signed by Xavier Mennessier features a parallel rectangular base and top, connected by a solid block designed in a shiny, rounded pattern ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Console Tables
Materials
Stone
"French Landscape" Impressionist Oil Painting by Jean D'Esparbes
By Jean d'Esparbès
Located in Pasadena, CA
This impressionist oil painting poetically interprets a garden, where aesthetics blend with a scene shaped by human thought and touch. It is a rare example of French painter Jean d'E...
Category
1920s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
"By The Beach" Satirical Drawing by Michael Dormer
Located in Pasadena, CA
Original and whimsical drawing of a peaceful island life scene, treated with a humorous tone. The composition presents a joyful figure standing mid-calf in the water, her arms raised to the sky, as if embracing and thanking the sunny horizon and the serenity this moment brings her. In the foreground, on the left, stretches a landscape framed by lush tropical foliage, delicately rendered in soft greens, blues, and yellows, dotted with flowers evoking idyllic, fantasized landscapes of distant islands.
The key character, wearing diving goggles, is dressed in a skirt of banana leaves à la Robinson Crusoe—his only outfit, suggesting that without it, he’d likely be in nothing but his birthday suit. Alone in the world, or nearly, as a rooster and a little pig seem to delight in the spectacle of this happy man, adding an almost surreal narrative touch, worthy of a storybook. The palm trees and vibrant flowers are carefully illustrated, providing a rich, natural backdrop without overshadowing the main figure, the placid ocean, and the unperturbed horizon line. The sun, hanging low in a clear sky, bathes the entire scene in warm light, capturing a moment of harmony suspended in time.
Michael Dormer was an American fine artist, writer, songwriter, entrepreneur, and creator of the 1960s TV show Shrimpenstein. Highly influential in California surf culture...
Category
1980s Post-Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Minimalist Line Drawing Girl Portrait as homage to Picasso's Head of a Woman
Located in Pasadena, CA
This contemporary, minimalist, and naïve portrait invites us to reconnect with our inner child—an aspect of ourselves that delights in joy, wonder, and surprise, free from the constr...
Category
1990s Post-Minimalist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Permanent Marker
Large California Ceramic Table Lamp by Bob Kinzie
By Bob Kinzie
Located in Pasadena, CA
Hand-thrown ceramic on a walnut base table lamp by potter Bob Kinzie for Affiliated Crafstmen, circa 1960s.
Bob Kinzie is one of the most amazing throwers.
In the early 1960's, he ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Colorful Abstract oil Painting not Signed
Located in Pasadena, CA
"The Visual Experience of Art" delves into the intricate interplay between our eyes and the brain, exploring how our visual faculties engage with the diverse elements of various art ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood
Large Orange And Black Abstract Expressionist Painting by Shirley Bleviss
Located in Pasadena, CA
This vast abstract canvas stages a confrontation between shapes and colors, evoking the hues of autumn leaves. It is crossed by a dark, horizontal band, like a slash cleaving the spa...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Surrealist Drawing
Located in Pasadena, CA
Since its birth in the early 20th century, surrealism has seduced and disconcerted. Emanating from a desire to transgress the boundaries of reason and explore the depths of the uncon...
Category
Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Wood, Paper
$250 Sale Price
21% Off
"Erased Painting" Yellow and Black Acrylic Abstract by Christopher Divicente
Located in Pasadena, CA
This artwork by the interdisciplinary artist Chris Di Vincente presents an exploration of space and texture, floating between abstraction and the unknown. The choice of colors—primar...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Cubist Enigmatic Acrylic Painting
Located in Pasadena, CA
This artwork plunges us into an introspective contemplation where the subtlety of the details explores the limits of abstraction. Judiciously playing with attenuated contrasts and pu...
Category
Late 20th Century American Paintings
Materials
Paper
Black and Orange Mixed Media Expressionist Abstract by Shirley Bleviss
Located in Pasadena, CA
Upon first seeing this mixed media piece by Shirley Bleviss, its layered forms, colors, and textures pull us to the heart of abstraction’s mysteries. Her work, composed primarily of ...
Category
1970s Abstract Expressionist Mixed Media
Materials
Oil
Mid-century Abstract Orange and Yellow Tapestry by Arcemont
Located in Pasadena, CA
This textile work, signed by Arcemont, presents a delicate and intimate approach to mixed media, where each element is imbued with a poetic intention. Rather than simply gluing piece...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Geometric Mixed Media
Materials
Tapestry
"Purple Spirals" Abstract Geometric Gouache by Wesley Johnson
By Wesley Johnson
Located in Pasadena, CA
Purple Spirals is an abstract geometric gouache artwork by Californian artist Wesley Johnson, tuned into the profound layers of its vibrations.
At first glance, the composition reso...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache
"Ethetic Influence" Colorful Abstract Geometric by Ron Childers
Located in Pasadena, CA
Ron Childers’ works represent a series of artistic experiments, with each piece highlighting a distinct approach and technique in painting. This piece's central grid of interlocking ...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Abstract Oil Painting on Canvas by Carlos A. Lopez
Located in Pasadena, CA
Abstract art offers us its mysteries, a prolific field of nuances and multitudes of interpretations. Through it, our perception is tested - a silent but intensely emotional dialogue occurs. This oil painting by Carlos...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
$650 Sale Price
23% Off
“Harbor Stories: The Pulse of Pier 12” Continuous Narrative Acrylic Painting
Located in Pasadena, CA
“Harbor Stories: The Pulse of Pier 12” illustrates a dynamic specific to narrative painting, embodying a visual crossroads of individual and collective stories within an effervescen...
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"Parisian Bridge by the Eiffel Tower" Landscape Lithograph by Bernard Buffet
By Bernard Buffet
Located in Pasadena, CA
When we mention Bernard Buffet, we instinctively think of his tortured portraits and dark representations of human emotions. However, his work presents a much richer and more complex dimension, such as this less conventional canvas, which, instead of focusing on characters, captures a Parisian scene in a landscape format. In this work, a view of the Seine and the sky, a fragment of the Eiffel Tower blending into a green that seems largely fantasized, a bridge and a total absence of human figures launch the viewer into a visual meditation of the secrets that reside at the heart of the City of Lights.
The artist uses black not simply as a color but as a proper tool for sculpting. Shapes are drawn and delineated, contrasting with washed-out colors such as blue and green. Black symbolizes the mystery and inaccessibility of the emotions that the artist seeks to express. Unlike his other works, adding characters to tell a story, Buffet, with this piece, appears more interested in the elements and structural aspects of the composition itself.
Buffet succeeds in establishing a link between the observer and the piece represented. The Eiffel Tower and the bridge become the keepers of secrets, frameworks that bear the weight of Paris's history. The river mirrors...
Category
1960s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Lithograph
Gothic Revival Dark Walnut Frame Mirror
Located in Pasadena, CA
This Gothic Revival Ornate Wood Mirror features six intricately carved top branch ornaments, each one meticulously detailed to enhance the mirror's ...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Wall Mirrors
Materials
Wood
"Christo Reaction" Beachscape Acrylic on 5 Panels by John “Nelson” Richardson
By J. Richardson
Located in Pasadena, CA
Art serves as a window into imaginary worlds that reflect a tangible reality shaped by the artist’s hand. Nelson Richardson’s Christo Reaction is a witness work that belongs to the l...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Wood Panel
Wire Sculpture of a Lascivious Woman
Located in Pasadena, CA
Wire sculpture, a medium known for its inherent rigidity and masculinity, has been transformed - in this unique sculpture that we propose today - into a triumphant tribute to the gra...
Category
Late 20th Century American Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wire
Still Life Oil Painting by Ruth Selwitz
By Ruth Selwitz
Located in Pasadena, CA
Both sober and dense lyricism characterize this oil painting by artist Ruth Selwitz, punctuated by a rich palette of colors that converse with each other, resting silently but overla...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas
$1,120 Sale Price
20% Off
Pair of Waikiki Bay Landscape Oil Paintings
Located in Pasadena, CA
Capturing the essence of Waikiki Bay, a visual symbol of Hawaii situated in Honolulu on the southern coast of Oahu, this pair of landscape-format oil paintings features the iconic trio of palm trees...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Abstract Serigraphy By Vahan P. Amadouni
Located in Pasadena, CA
Vahan P. Amadouni is an artist whose work has found critical acceptance both in Europe, the United States and the Mideast. Born in ancient Armenia in June 1933, he took his early sc...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Lithograph
"Cheeky Boy in the Crowd" Colorful Acrylic on Canvas by Deanne Mineau
Located in Pasadena, CA
After many years of study and creation, Deanne Mineau's work has taken a distinctive turn towards expressionism. This shift allows her to offer a more emotional and subjective world ...
Category
1970s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"Woman Among Jars" Oil on Canvas by Lucio Ranucci
Located in Pasadena, CA
This painting represents the female figure as an object positioned like a ceramic tile on a shelf. This arrangement suggests themes of fragmentation, isolation, compartmentalization,...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Cycles of Life" Large Modern Framed Watercolor Painting by Clifford Kluge
Located in Pasadena, CA
In its endless manifestations, art occupies a unique realm in humanity's quest to express and understand both the existing and the abstract. One of its profound vehicles is painting,...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
