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Art For Sale
Color:  Silver
'Evening Dress' Limited Edition silver gelatin V&A Portfolio
Located in London, GB
'Evening Dress' Limited Edition V&A Portfolio silver gelatin fibre print. Jean Shrimpton modelling a dress, John French (1907-66), England, 1961 © Victoria and Albert Museum, London...
Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Oil Painting of River Bank with Silver Birch Trees and Misty Hills & Mountains
Located in Preston, GB
Oil Painting of River Bank with Silver Birch Trees and Misty Hills & Mountains by British Artist Charles Wyatt Warren (1908-1993) Art measures 35...
Category

Late 20th Century Abstract Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil, Board

Silver Shoes, 1993
Located in Hudson, NY
Listing is for UNFRAMED print. Inquire within for framing. Edition of 1 of 25 If the exhibition piece is sold or the customer orders a different print size, the photograph is prod...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Antique Neapolitan silver pourer belonging to the early 20th century.
Located in Torre Del Greco, IT
Antique Neapolitan silver pourer belonging to the early 20th century. The central sinusoidal-shaped body is embellished with a pod interspersed with a winged dolphin-shaped handle. ...
Category

20th Century Art

Materials

Silver

Man Ray, Échiquier Surréaliste: 1934/1991, Silver Gelatin Print, Dada
Located in Hamburg, DE
Man Ray (1890-1976) Échiquier Surréaliste (Surrealist Checkerboard), 1934/1991 Medium: Silver Gelatin Print (later print) Dimensions: 30.5 x 23.7 cm Stamped: "Copie d'une épreuve...
Category

20th Century Surrealist Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Silver jewelry box belonging to the early 20th century.
Located in Torre Del Greco, IT
Neapolitan silver jewelry box belonging to the early 20th century. The lid features a central ruby-colored hard stone while the central body has multiple domes alternating with chis...
Category

20th Century Art

Materials

Silver

Silver Peace, Original painting, Birch Trees, Forest, Nature art, Framed acrylic
Located in Deddington, GB
An original acrylic painting of a silver birch trees. The canvas is splattered in whites, greys, yellows, greens and black, forming a beautiful detailed and vibrant forest. ADDITION...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

"Two Turquoise, Silver, White and Gold Cups Stacked"
Located in Wellesley, MA
Olga Antonova "Two Turquoise, White and Silver Cups Stacked" Oil on Canvas 12 x 12 Inches Olga Antonova’s subject is compositions of extraordinarily elegant, beautiful and whimsical cups, plates, teapots, vases and dishes, but there is something playful about these paintings. Stacked teacups are also amusing, having a kind of jaunty and upbeat personality of their own. Polka dots are as endearing to adults as to children, and everyone responds to the bling and sparkle of gold and silver while marveling at Antonova’s seemingly effortless ability to paint these radiant details...
Category

2010s Realist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Silver Songs
Located in Greifswald, DE
"Silver Songs": Authentic Feng Shui Art. Open up your space and your co-creational opportunities to cosmic energies by placing Silver Songs in your office or living room. Meditate on...
Category

2010s Abstract Geometric Art

Materials

Gold, Gold Leaf

Gelatin silver print of Pat Cleveland Doing Handstand in Montauk by Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Work comes with a Certificate of Provenance. Stamped on the verso by the Estate of the Artist and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Foundation number also on verso. Pro...
Category

1980s Pop Art Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Gelatin silver print of Boston Terrier Dog by Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Work comes with a Certificate of Provenance. Stamped on the verso by the Estate of the Artist and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Foundation number also on verso. Pro...
Category

1980s Pop Art Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Gelatin silver print of Pat Cleveland in Montauk by Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Work comes with a Certificate of Provenance. Stamped on the verso by the Estate of the Artist and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Foundation number also on verso. Pro...
Category

1980s Pop Art Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Gelatin silver print of Tire in Sand by Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Work comes with a Certificate of Provenance. Stamped on the verso by the Estate of the Artist and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Foundation number also on verso. Pro...
Category

1980s Pop Art Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Gelatin silver print of Pat Cleveland in Montauk by Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Work comes with a Certificate of Provenance. Stamped on the verso by the Estate of the Artist and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Foundation number also on verso. Pro...
Category

1980s Pop Art Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Gelatin silver print of Dishes in Kitchen Sink by Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Work comes with a Certificate of Provenance. Stamped on the verso by the Estate of the Artist and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Foundation number also on verso. Pro...
Category

1980s Pop Art Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Gelatin silver print of Bedroom with Floral Bedspread by Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Work comes with a Certificate of Provenance. Stamped on the verso by the Estate of the Artist and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Foundation number also on verso. Pro...
Category

1980s Pop Art Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Gelatin silver print of Wood Board Wall by Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Work comes with a Certificate of Provenance. Stamped on the verso by the Estate of the Artist and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Foundation number also on verso. Pro...
Category

1980s Pop Art Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Winter Fireworks-ORIGINAL IMPRESSIONISM Seascape oil painting-contemporary art
Located in London, Chelsea
Experience the magic of the season with "Winter Fireworks," an evocative original seascape painting by the esteemed artist Lenny Cornforth. Crafted in oil on canvas with a contempora...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art

Materials

Silver

Petite Nishikigoi Elegance in Metal Silver : Mizu no Kasai Whispers
Located in PARIS, FR
2015, 8 Editions Stainless Stell Polished & Carved , Painted and Varnished 15 7/10 × 24 4/5 × 18 1/2 in - 40 × 63 × 47 cm The artwork is signed by the Artist , carved with edition nu...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Stainless Steel

Bert Hardy Gorbals Boys 1948 - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Located in London, GB
Gorbals Boys (1948) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print (Photo by Bert Hardy/Getty Images Archive London) Possibly Bert Hardy's most famous image. Two boys in the Gorbals area of Glasgow. The Gorbals tenements were built quickly and cheaply in the 1840s, providing housing for Glasgow's burgeoning population of industrial workers. Conditions were appalling; overcrowding was standard and sewage and water facilities inadequate. The tenements housed about 40,000 people with up to eight family members sharing a single room, 30 residents sharing a toilet and 40 sharing a tap. By the time this photograph was taken 850 tenements had been demolished since 1920. Redevelopment of the area began in the late 1950s and the tenements were replaced with a modern tower block complex in the sixties. Original Publication: Picture Post - 4499 - The Forgotten Gorbals - pub. 1948 Additional Information: Unframed Paper Size: 20 x 16'' inches / 51 x 41 cm Printed 2024 Silver Gelatin Fibre Print Limited edition issued and stamped on front by the Getty Archive London Edition size 300 only NOTE OTHER SIZES OF THIS IMAGE AVAILABLE 10 x 8'' 10 x 12'' 12 x 16'' 16 x 20'' 20 x 24'' FRAMING AVAILABLE ON REQUEST Bert Hardy Albert William Thomas Hardy (19 May 1913 – 3 July 1995) was an English documentary and press photographer known for his work published in the Picture Post magazine between 1941 and 1957. Life and work Born in Blackfriars, Bert Hardy rose from humble working class origins in Southwark, London. The eldest of seven children, he left school at age 14 to work for a chemist who also processed photos. His first big sale came in 1936 when he photographed King George V and Queen Mary in a passing carriage during the Silver Jubilee celebrations, and sold 200 small prints of his best view of the King. His first assignment, at age 23, was to photograph Hungarian actor Sakall at the Mayfair Hotel. Hardy freelanced for The Bicycle magazine, and bought his first small-format 35 mm Leica. He signed on with the General Photographic Agency as a Leica photographer, later founding his own freelance firm, Criterion. General Photographic Agency General Photographic Agency a Fleet Street, London agency, sold photos at least between 1880-1950. Picture Post and World War II In 1941, Hardy was recruited by the then editor Tom Hopkinson of the leading picture publication of the 1930s to the 1950s, Picture Post. Founded in 1938 and funded by publisher Edward Hulton, the magazine's first editor was Hungarian émigré Stefan Lorant (1901–97) assisted by Hopkinson, who took over as editor from 1940. The picture-centric, left-leaning and reasonably-priced publication was highly successful and circulation soon rose to over a million. Hardy's photographer colleagues included Felix H. Man (aka Hans Baumann...
Category

1940s Modern Art

Materials

Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Pair of antique solid silver sculptures signed Gemito.
Located in Torre Del Greco, IT
Pair of finely worked solid silver scutures signed Gemito with Chiurazzi's gallery stamp. The woman is depicted half-length dressed in period clothing and rests on a circular base. ...
Category

20th Century Art

Materials

Silver

Ali In Training (1966) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Located in London, GB
Ali In Training (1966) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print (Photo by R. McPhedran/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) American heavyweight boxer Muhammad Ali throws bare-handed punches in the ri...
Category

1960s Modern Art

Materials

Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Autumn vine shoot on a silver background botanical painting
Located in Milan, IT
A vine shoot in warm autumn colours shows a ripe, purplish bunch against a silvery background. With elegance and great balance Margherita Leoni (b. 1974 Bergamo) weighs solids and ...
Category

2010s Naturalistic Art

Materials

Silver

Charles Simonds Original Gelatin Silver Print from the archive of Leo Castelli
Located in New York, NY
Charles Simonds Original Gelatin Silver Print from the archive of Leo Castelli from 1993. Simond's exhibition "Landscape - Body - Dwelling" Charles Simonds is an American contempor...
Category

1990s Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Nude Male Model, Unique Silver Gelatin Print
Located in Cotignac, FR
Unique Silver Gelatin print from circa 1977 by Andy Warhol. Andy Warhol carried a camera with him obsessively. Similarly to his tape recorder, he used t...
Category

1970s American Modern Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Blondie Silver - Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
Silver Blondie by BATIK Archival pigment pop art print of pop culture icon Debbie Harry of punk rock glam band Blondie – signed and numbered on front by the artist limited edition...
Category

2010s Modern Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Abstract, contemporary, arte povera work "Byzantine" gold, silver
Located in Bridgehampton, NY
An incredible abstract work by the indelible Giancarlo Impiglia. Born in Rome, Impiglia moved to New York in the 70s, where he established a signature style on the shoulders of Fut...
Category

2010s Art

Materials

Silver, Gold Leaf

Silver Man
Located in BARCELONA, ES
MARC GONZ   THE HIDDEN GAZE     When confronted with the universe of Marc Gonz, we discover creations that seem to be the result of a working session of a hy...
Category

2010s Art

Materials

Linen, Oil

Silver Circle by Kuno Vollet - Contemporary indoor or outdoor sculpture
Located in DE
This stunning large aluminum sculpture is a statement piece for any contemporary collection. Beautiful for indoor or outdoor installation. The r...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Metal

Silver Flowers, March 3, 2011
Located in New York, NY
Silver Flowers, March 3, 2011 Silkscreen with hand applied black Silica on Sauders Waterford paper, 410gm hot press 38 x 38 inches edition of 75 Print also available in Gold...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Screen

Platinum Palladium print over silver, Limited Edition, Still-life - Brighton 27
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Brighton 27 - Platinum Palladium print over silver on vellum paper - Edition 1 of 8 , plus 2 AP ( size 1 ) An old Harley Davidson motorcycle in front of a gas station garage in Br...
Category

1980s Contemporary Art

Materials

Silver, Platinum

Winter from The Four Seasons of HOPE, Silver Edition
Located in New York, NY
Robert Indiana’s message of HOPE has been an important, poetic language spanning his long career. The Four Seasons of HOPE was created for his solo exhibition at the historic Four Se...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Screen

Silver Lining
Located in MADRID, ES
Silver Lining
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Art

Silver Lining by Ruth Saidely
Located in MADRID, ES
Silver Lining
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Art

Materials

Mixed Media

ATO>MIC #10, Unique Silver Luminogram Print, Abstract geometry in warm tones
Located in London, GB
ATO>MIC #10, 2020 Unique Gelatin Silver Print/ Luminogram and Photogram technique, Printed on tea infused fibre based paper, Framed: custom made frame with anti-reflective art glass Print size: 23 x 18 cm Framed: 38 x 35.5 cm Unique Series: ATO>MIC Signed and dated in pencil on print's verso Certificate of Authenticity provided "At first glance the viewer may only see geometric spherical shapes with added lines and rectangles on tea toned Silver Gelatin paper. "The supremacy of pure artistic feeling" rather than the visual depiction of objects assign to the art movement of Suprematism comes to one's mind. Similarly, like a giant of abstract art Kasimir Malevich, Jackson wants the viewer to look further, deeper than one might usually. The feeling of 'sensation' of the ATO>MIC prints, the sharpness of the forms, the intensity defying its size to condensed 9 x 7 inches' paper, make it all the more dramatic to look at. It takes the viewer to another level of fantastical world of creation." Beyond these flat forms of two dimensional ‘lumino-graphic’ works on paper, the purest form of photography (‘light drawing’) lays a visible path to three-dimensional imaginary world, realised in precise composition, rhythm and warm earthy tones of these works. It’s up to the viewer to decide what they prefer to see and take with them. As Wassily Kandinsky once said; “Imagination is what allows your mind to discover.” About the Artist: Michael G...
Category

2010s Abstract Geometric Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Black and White, Silver Gelatin, Photogram

Silver Shadow - small, smooth surfaced, brushed aluminum, abstract sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
The clean bold lines of this sculpture by California artist Lori Cozen-Geller is accentuated by the artist’s choice of brushed aluminum. A trapezoid shaped cut out sits outside the r...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Metal, Stainless Steel

Dream in Silver
Located in Toronto, ON
72" x 50" Unframed Original - Oil and Acrylic on Canvas with Silver Leaf Hand Signed by Johnathan Ball
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Art

Materials

Silver

SOCIAL Losas "I"
Located in Natchez, MS
This work is from the artist's SOCIAL series, based on the iconic Cuban magazine of the same name. Conde, uninterested in painting his home town of Havana as it currently is, hearkens back to the heydays of Cuba, time of SOCIAL magazine. Conde has revived SOCIAL magazine, if only in his head, and is creating 240 new covers for the magazine. He will symbolically close the magazine on the date of the revolution. The artist often uses gold, silver and palladium leaf in the works to symbolize the power and wealth which Cuba once possessed. In this work, SOCIAL "I", a stylized woman from a bygone era has plucked the silver I from the word SOCIAL, in the background the pattern is representative of the ever present Cuban tiles.
Category

2010s Pop Art Art

Materials

Silver

Catch 100cm
Located in Yerevan, AM
Catch, 100cm
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Silver

“Silver Spider Spirit”acrylic and silver leaf on mylar framed abstract painting
By Peggy Cyphers
Located in New York, NY
This abstract composition in blue and brown black earthtones is created with a unique perspective which gives a feeling of looking up at a sky or looking down into merging paths of water. Cyphers use of silver leaf gives the central forms a reflective glow, which balances well with her masterful brushwork and mark making. This painting has a meditative quality that draws the viewer in and allows for introspective thought. Peggy Cyphers, “Silver Spider Spirit”acrylic and silver leaf on mylar ($2750 USD framed in shadowbox frame with museum glass) Peggy Cyphers has had over 30 solo exhibitions throughout the United States and Europe since 1984. Cyphers received numerous awards for her work, including NEA, Elizabeth Foundation, Peter S...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Silver

QUEEN/Seagulls, 70x70cm
Located in Yerevan, AM
QUEEN/Seagulls, 70x70cm
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Silver

Silver By Justin Pumfrey
Located in London, GB
Silver By Justin Pumfrey Archival pigment print Paper size: 40x30" 101 x 76 cm edition of 10 unframed note other print sizes and framing options are available, please enquire for...
Category

2010s Modern Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Red Skull Metallic
Located in Belfast, GB
The artwork is oil paint on a silver leaf background. Gordon has created a modern exciting twist on a skull. Biography Irish contemporary painter...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Silver

Sapphire Metallic Skull
Located in Belfast, GB
This is artwork is oil paint on a silver leaf background. It is entitled Sapphire Metallic Skull. Biography Irish contemporary painter, Gordon Ha...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Silver

USS Roosevelt, New York Navy Day 1945, Silver Gelatin B and W Photography Framed
Located in Atlanta, GA
An original silver gelatin black and white photograph by Associated Press Photo. The USS Roosevelt aircraft carriers on the Hudson River, New York, during Navy Day...
Category

1940s Modern Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Framed black&white Unique Silver Gelatin Print "Divide"
Located in San Francisco, CA
Black and white unique gelatin silver print, (chemical print on fiber-based paper), in black frame. Betsy Kenyon’s work is a merging of different processes; using darkroom technique...
Category

2010s Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Nude Male Model, Unique Silver Gelatin Print.
Located in Cotignac, FR
Unique Silver Gelatin print from circa 1977 by Andy Warhol. Andy Warhol carried a camera with him obsessively. Similarly to his tape recorder, he used this technology not only as an...
Category

1970s American Modern Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Nina Simone, Silver Gelatin Print
Located in Memphis, TN
By the time she was photographed by Jack Robinson on October 30, 1969, few singers had fused gospel and pop with classical music as successfully as Nina Simone. Born as Eunice Kathl...
Category

1960s Art

Materials

Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

Framed black&white Unique Silver Gelatin Print "Pull"
Located in San Francisco, CA
Black and white unique silver gelatin print, (chemical print on fiber-based paper), in white frame. Betsy Kenyon’s work is a merging of different processes; using darkroom technique...
Category

2010s Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Framed black&white Unique Silver Gelatin Print "Orbit Inner"
Located in San Francisco, CA
Black and white unique gelatin silver print, (chemical print on fiber-based paper), in white frame, textured cracks on the paper bring 3-dimensionality to the work. Betsy Kenyon’s w...
Category

2010s Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Exchangescape B
Located in West Hollywood, CA
ABOUT THE ARTWORK This extraordinary artwork is expertly crafted on canvas, delicately layered over an artist-made panel, creating a dynamic interplay of textures. The addition of ep...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Silver

Exchangescape A
Located in West Hollywood, CA
ABOUT THE ARTWORK This extraordinary artwork is expertly crafted on canvas, delicately layered over an artist-made panel, creating a dynamic interplay of textures. The addition of ep...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Silver

Exchangescape C
Located in West Hollywood, CA
ABOUT THE ARTWORK This extraordinary artwork is expertly crafted on canvas, delicately layered over an artist-made panel, creating a dynamic interplay of textures. The addition of ep...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Silver

Love Silver
Located in Miami, FL
Robert Indiana was an American Pop artist whose work drew inspiration from signs, billboards, and commercial logos. He is best known for his series of LOVE paintings, which employed ...
Category

2010s Art

Materials

Metal

Tina Turner "Wild Child", Silver Gelatin Print
Located in Memphis, TN
Tina Turner, born as Anna Mae Bullock, began singing professionally as a teenager after meeting the established performer Ike Turner. At twenty, she stood in for a singer who failed to show for a recording session, and her rendering of “A Fool in Love” in 1960 reached number two in the Top 30 chart. Anna Mae was now Tina, and the name of the act was the Ike and Tina Turner Revue. With hits such as “River Deep and Mountain High,” and “Proud Mary,” they regularly appeared in the music charts and on concert stages as they ascended to stardom. Jack Robinson photographed Tina...
Category

1960s Art

Materials

Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

Untitled pendant (Adderall)
Located in Montreal, Quebec
I have been taking impressions of pills and creating a pill archive where pills are cast in silver and/or gold since 1995. At that time I was given pills as an answer to something th...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Silver

Cybill Shepherd, Silver Gelatin Print
Located in Memphis, TN
Cybill Shepherd was born in Memphis, Tennessee, and after winning a beauty pageant, became an enormously successful model. Shepherd had an All-America...
Category

1970s Art

Materials

Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

Untitled (1 Charm Necklace, Gilead)
Located in Montreal, Quebec
I have been taking impressions of pills and creating a pill archive where pills are cast in silver and/or gold since 1995. At that time I was given pills as an answer to something th...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Silver

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