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Star Wars (R2-D2 new) - large format photograph of original iconic droid robot
Located in San Francisco, CA
Star Wars (R2-D2 new) by Tom Schierlitz still life photograph of the iconic Star Wars robot 40 x 32 inches (102 x 81cm) edition of 25 signed 60 x 48 inches (152 x 122cm) edition of 7 signed archival fine art pigment print signed + numbered by artist on separate label Photographer Tom Schierlitz has a discerning eye for details, managing to find striking visuals in the most ordinary objects, creating captivating images of cult accessories and other objects of desire. Tom grew up in Germany and lives and works in New York City. _________________________ Edition EKTAlux offers an evolving curated selection of collectable large-scale photography in strictly limited editions, while working closely with each artist to guarantee state-of-the-art museum level print and framing quality. Custom / larger print sizes available on request Images can be printed with white border [ 2 inch L prints / 4 inch XL...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Giclée

Galerie Maeght /// Abstract Geometric Ellsworth Kelly Minimalism Modern Paris
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Ellsworth Kelly (American, 1923-2015) Title: "Galerie Maeght" Year: 1958 Medium: Original Lithograph, Exhibition Poster on light wove paper Limited edition: Unknown Printer: ...
Category

1950s Minimalist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Bedroom Brunette with Irises
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A sculpture by Tom Wesselmann. "Bedroom Brunette with Irises" is a contemporary wall sculpture, oil on cut-out aluminum by Blue Chip, Pop artist Tom Wesselmann. The work is unsigned. This piece was conceived in 1988 and frabricated by Lippincott Sculpture studio in 2004. Tom Wesselmann was born in Cincinnati Ohio on February 23 1931. He attended college from 1945-1951, first at the Hiram College in Ohio and then the University of Cincinnati, where he majored in psychology. He was drafted during the Korean War in 1952, and it was during this time that Wesselmann did his first cartoons. After he was discharged and had finished in degree in psychology, Wesselmann began to study drawing at the Art Academy of Cincinnati. He sold his first cartoon strips to two magazines, 1000 Jokes and True. In 1956, he was accepted to Cooper Union in New York and he continued his studies there. It was while he was studying in New York, specifically on a trip to the MoMA that Wesselmann became inspired by Robert Motherwell and Willem de Kooning. In 1958, a landscape painting trip to Cooper Union’s Green Camp in New Jersey brought him to the realization that he could make his career in painting, rather than cartooning. After graduation, Wesselmann became one of the founding members of the Judson Gallery, along with Marc Ratliff and Jim Dine. Wesselmann also began to teach art at a public school in Brooklyn and later at the High School of Art and Design. In 1961, Wesselmann began the series that would bring him to the attention of the art world, Great American Nude. After a dream concerning the phrase “red, white and blue”, Wesselmann decided to limit himself to a palette of only those colors (including colors like gold and khaki that are associated with patriotic motifs). This series incorporated representational images along the same patriotic theme, including American landscape photographs and portraits of the founding fathers. Wesselmann often collaged these images from magazines and discarded posters which required him to work in a much larger format than he was used to. As his works became larger and larger he approached advertisers directly to acquire billboards. Wesselmann’s first solo show was held in 1961 at Tanager Gallery. In 1962, Richard Bellamy gave him a one man exhibition at the Green Gallery. In 1962, Wesselmann participated in the group exhibition “New Realists” at the Sidney Janis Gallery and kicked off his international career. In that same year his first pieces with the title of Still Life, came about. In these works, Wesselmann concentrated on the juxtaposition of different elements, i.e. a cigarette ad...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Metal

Abstract Cast Glass Sculpture, 'Rano Kau', 2014 by David Ruth
Located in Oakland, CA
'Rano Kau' is a contemporary abstract cast glass sculpture by David Ruth from his Internal Space series. David wanted to capture pictorial quality of his previous cast internal piece...
Category

2010s Abstract Expressionist Art

Materials

Glass

Ross Richmond Glass “Portrait” Bust / Sculpture
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Additional Information: Provenance: Private Collection, Palm Beach, Florida. Marking(s); notes: no marking(s) apparent Country of origin; materials: USA; blown and hot-sculpted gl...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Art

Materials

Metal

Crowd#19 by Yanghee Chang
Located in MADRID, ES
Sanding, Digital print on acrylic panel
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Art

Materials

Mixed Media

Present, Janssart, Oil paint/canvas, Zero Art
Located in OOSTERBEEK, NL
Janssart, pseudonym Wouter W. Janssen As early as the age of six, the talented Wouter painted the blossoming blossom trees in his parents' garden. At fourteen, he painted a portrait of his teacher at school and was rewarded with a ten for ‘drawing’ on his diploma. His fascination with painting of the 15th and 16th centuries led to a nearly perfect copy of "El Greco's Madonna" at age 16. This love of artistic expression continued to grow over the years, fuelled in part by the success of his creations. At the age of eighteen, this passionate painter decided to devote his life entirely to fine art, combining his studies at art school with working in a restoration studio. Here he discovered the secrets and painting techniques of the old masters, it fuelled his interest in art history and art movements. The extraordinary thing is that so coincidentally the history of painting became synchronized with his artistic life. Wouter Janssen studied the painting technique of his favourite painter Rembrandt for more than ten 10 years. He became wanted to unravel the mystery of the master. The paints used at that time were naturally rubbed by himself to approximate a historical effect. In a subsequent episode, he immersed himself in the technique of Romanticism. His paintings, mostly landscapes, were made in the style of the Dutch Romantic School. And led to unprecedented success in America. For example, with one-man exhibitions on Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills. After watching a documentary on the life of Vincent Van Gogh, Wouter Janssen wondered what it would be like to paint in an impressionist style. It came naturally, after consuming half a bottle of gin, with extraordinary results as a result. The urge to complete the historical circle was further completed by his transition to Zero Art...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Windy, Janssart, Oil paint/canvas, Zero Art
Located in OOSTERBEEK, NL
Janssart, pseudonym Wouter W. Janssen As early as the age of six, the talented Wouter painted the blossoming blossom trees in his parents' garden. At fourteen, he painted a portrait of his teacher at school and was rewarded with a ten for ‘drawing’ on his diploma. His fascination with painting of the 15th and 16th centuries led to a nearly perfect copy of "El Greco's Madonna" at age 16. This love of artistic expression continued to grow over the years, fuelled in part by the success of his creations. At the age of eighteen, this passionate painter decided to devote his life entirely to fine art, combining his studies at art school with working in a restoration studio. Here he discovered the secrets and painting techniques of the old masters, it fuelled his interest in art history and art movements. The extraordinary thing is that so coincidentally the history of painting became synchronized with his artistic life. Wouter Janssen studied the painting technique of his favourite painter Rembrandt for more than ten 10 years. He became wanted to unravel the mystery of the master. The paints used at that time were naturally rubbed by himself to approximate a historical effect. In a subsequent episode, he immersed himself in the technique of Romanticism. His paintings, mostly landscapes, were made in the style of the Dutch Romantic School. And led to unprecedented success in America. For example, with one-man exhibitions on Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills. After watching a documentary on the life of Vincent Van Gogh, Wouter Janssen wondered what it would be like to paint in an impressionist style. It came naturally, after consuming half a bottle of gin, with extraordinary results as a result. The urge to complete the historical circle was further completed by his transition to Zero Art...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Summer Dream III
Located in New York, NY
Acrylic on canvas 43x 86in unstretched Vicky Barranguet found her own voice and colorful expression of life, emotions, and music through her studies with master painters, Larry Pon...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Acrylic

American People III - 21st C., Figurative, Nude, Female body, Feminism, Acrylic
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
The title of this painting, together with the subject depicted, underlines the message of Pep Anton Xaus's artworks. Pay especial attention to the donke...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Washed Away by E Sistan
Located in MADRID, ES
Washed Away by E Sistan
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Art

Materials

Acrylic Polymer, Ink, Watercolor, Handmade Paper

Rorschach Theme - Diptych by E Sistan
Located in MADRID, ES
Rorschach Theme - Diptych by E Sistan
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Art

Materials

Ink, Handmade Paper

Baby with Bunny
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signed Lower Left by Artist Hand written to back Painting by Russell Sandbrook (Cousin of Jim Disney)
Category

20th Century Art

Materials

Oil

Boy Repairing Watch
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signed Lower Right by Artist
Category

20th Century Art

Materials

Oil

Salvador Dali -- La Lettre from Vermeer, 1974
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Salvador Dali La Lettre from Vermeer, 1974 Original Lithograph, 1974 Image Size: 58 x 45.5 cm Sheet size: 89 x 63 cm Hand signed lower right Numbered lower left 191/ 350. Reference: ...
Category

1970s Art

Materials

Lithograph

Figurative Ink Painting N.2 'Vessels II' by Dmitry Samygin
Located in Paris, FR
Figurative Ink on Cotton paper Painting N.1 'Vessels II' by Dmitry Samygin H.27 x 19.5 cm About Dmitry Samygin Furniture and Product Designer. His approach relies on simple forms and clarity in ideas with carefully chosen materials to expose the essence of an object. His products exemplify humanistic design, comfort in everyday use and ergonomic function. He is a prize-winner in international competitions. He has taken part in exhibitions in Paris, Milan and Moscow, collaborates with European and Russian production, architectural and design companies. Since 2021 Dmitriy's design has been presented in a permanent exhibition at the Museum of Arts and Crafts in Moscow. Dmitry's graphics and designs are in private collections all over the world. Samygin's Awards 2023 I+D / Design Now / winner (product design & decor) 2021 Red dot / Modul 2021 I+D magazine award / Shelter (covers for the sculptures of Moscow State Architectural Museum) 2020 Best 2020 AD Russia 2019 Andrew World...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Cotton, Paper, Ink

Nocturnal Tides
Located in MADRID, ES
Nocturnal Tides
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Art

Pura Vida
Located in Toronto, ON
Isabel Beaubien, a native of Montreal, received her training in fine arts at Concordia University. After launching her career in the UK, she later obtained her Masters degree in Con...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Acrylic

Rothko
Located in Berlin, DE
Rothko 2020 Edition 1, AP. Pigment print on Canson photographic rag 310g, mounted on dibond in grey oak wood frame with museum glass. Framed: 144.6 x 128 x 7 cm Other editions in 3 ...
Category

2010s Naturalistic Art

Materials

Rag Paper, Pigment

15 by Dominika Switala
Located in MADRID, ES
15 by Dominika Switala
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Telling my Story 2, Elisia Nghidishange, Mixed media sculpture
Located in Windhoek, NA
This artwork formed part of Nghidishange's exhibition titled 'Ehafo' held at the Namibian Arts Association in 2022. Nghidishange was born in Eenhana in northern Namibia. This printma...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Wire

"The Beatles at Candlestick Park" 1966 framed photograph by Jim Marshall
Located in Boca Raton, FL
"The Beatles at Candlestick Park" photograph by Jim Marshall depicts George Harrison, Ringo Starr, Paul McCartney and John Lennon at their final concert at Candlestick Park in San Fr...
Category

1960s Contemporary Art

Materials

Photographic Paper

Peace Harmonist 1, Elisia Nghidishange, Mixed media sculpture
Located in Windhoek, NA
This artwork formed part of Nghidishange's exhibition titled 'Ehafo' held at the Namibian Arts Association in 2022. Nghidishange was born in Eenhana in northern Namibia. This printma...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Wire

Formes Suspeses - 21st Century, Abstract Art, Cement on Wood, Earth Tones
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
"The constant search for matter with its limitations has led me to work with different elements throughout my career, but it is now with cement, waxes and tar that I have found my ow...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Art

Materials

Concrete

Venus with Putti Oil on Canvas with Gilt-wood Frame
Located in Rome, IT
French 19' century painting oil on canvas . Young Venus nude figure surrounded by delicious playing putti . Finely carved and gilt-wood frame of the same period . Measurements w...
Category

Mid-19th Century Romantic Art

Materials

Oil

Thaw
Located in MADRID, ES
Thaw
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Art

"Whiskers"
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim's of Lambertville Fine Art Gallery is proud to present this piece by Dora Maar (1907 - 1997). Born Henriette Théodora Markovitch in France, Dora Maar was a 20th century photogra...
Category

20th Century Art

Materials

Paper, Ink

Tropisme n°23
Located in Paris, IDF
Born in Nantes into a family of artists, Stéphanie Billarant joined the city’s music conservatory from an early age, while completing her dance training. These disciplines will make ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary French School Art

Materials

Ink, Acrylic

Keeping my Story 1, Elisia Nghidishange, Mixed media sculpture
Located in Windhoek, NA
This artwork formed part of Nghidishange's exhibition titled 'Ehafo' held at the Namibian Arts Association in 2022. Nghidishange was born in Eenhana in northern Namibia. This printma...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Wire

Foster Care, linoleum block print by Elisia Nghidishange
Located in Windhoek, NA
This artwork formed part of Elisia Nghidishange's 2022 solo exhibition 'Ehafo' which translates to 'Joy'. Elisia Nghidishange (b. 1981) was born in Eenhana in northern Namibia. Thi...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Paper, Linocut

Bridge
Located in MADRID, ES
Bridge
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Art

Letto matrimoniale
Located in Milano, MI
Giuseppe Bergomi was born in Brescia in 1953. After attending the Brera Academy of Fine Arts, he held his first solo exhibition as a painter in his ho...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Bromoil

Feel me by Ismael Shivute, hand carved Namibian soapstone
Located in Windhoek, NA
This artwork formed part of Ismael Shivute's 2022 solo exhibition 'I keep my circle small' hosted in Windhoek, Namibia. Hailing from northern Namibia, Ismael Shivute studied Sculptu...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Art

Materials

Stone

Loops (Sky Blue)
Located in New York, NY
Jonas Noël Niedermann LOOP (Sky Blue), 2022 Blown glass 11.50 x 8.50 x 4 in.
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Blown Glass

"Poissonnerie" woodcut from the book "Petits métiers et gagne petit" by Foujita
Located in Boca Raton, FL
"Poissonnerie" 1960 wood cut print by Léonard Tsugouhara Foujita from the book "Petits Métiers et gagne petit." Hand signed "Foujita" on front lower right corner. Hand numbered 12/60...
Category

1960s Other Art Style Art

Materials

Woodcut

Kamyki, Mounted Sculptures in Stainless Steel by Zieta
Located in Paris, FR
Kamyki original decorative wall mirror (18 pieces), Zieta DImensions: Ø 7-20 cm Material: stainless steel. Dimensions of the set : H. 76 cm W. 150 cm D. 6...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Stainless Steel

Floating trees II
Located in MADRID, ES
Category

Late 20th Century Art

A Certain Exchange Between Salt and Pigment, Alastair Gordon, 2022
Located in London, GB
Oil and acrylic on paper
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Paper, Oil, Acrylic

Richard Yarde "Savoy: Air Steps" limited edition giclée print on fine art paper
Located in Boca Raton, FL
"Savoy: Air Steps" Limited edition giclée on fine art paper of a pair of dancers by African American artist Richard Yarde. Part of Yarde's "Savoy Ballroom" series. Hand-dated 10/300,...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Giclée

Te ves?
Located in MADRID, ES
Las emociones negativas retienen toda la atención, impidiendo atender otra cosa.
Category

2010s Art

Materials

Ink, Gouache, Pen

Blue Depth
Located in Marrakech, MA
Ink on Fine Art paper Artwork done with a compass Black exterior frame Framed dimensions: 113x83 (x5)cm Signed on the back
Category

2010s Abstract Geometric Art

Materials

Paper, Ink

Fresko 18
Located in MADRID, ES
Artist Name: Paul Kuntze Title of Artwork and Date of creation: Fresko 18, 2023 Medium on ground: Acrlyic and spray on canvas Signature : Artwork signed in the back Artwork Unique
Category

2010s Art

Materials

Oil

Sad Woman/Distant Man
Located in Santa Fe, NM
"Sad Woman/Distant Man" illustrates Holly Roberts' shift from over-painting photographs to constructing photo-based images on top of abstract paintings. By combining the precision of photography with the expression of painting, Roberts marries objectivity with subjectivity, thus paralleling the dichotomy of human experience. Like much of Roberts' contemporary work, "Sad Woman/Distant Man" is a psychoanalytic interpretation of human experience, particularly unrequited love—A woman stares longingly at a disinterested man. The couple is composed of photographs of appendages both modern and medieval in execution, alluding to the immutability of unrequited love as a motif in art and literature. The work's underlying abstract painting figuratively functions as the uninterpretable gulf between the two lovers...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Mixed Media

"Jimi at Woburn Festival 1968" framed B&W photograph by Michael Putland
Located in Boca Raton, FL
"Jimi at Woburn Festival 1968" framed black and white photograph by Michael Putland of Jimi Hendrix at the July 6, 1968, Woburn Music Festival in England. "Jimi at Woburn Festival 1...
Category

1960s Contemporary Art

Materials

Photographic Paper

Mini Meditation
Located in MADRID, ES
Acrylic on primed surface with cradled wooden frame Artwork Unique “Mini Meditation” was inspired by my meditation and mindfulness practice. It is the smaller version of the much la...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Acrylic

Balm I
Located in Quogue, NY
While Stuart Disston is better known as an accomplished architect and senior partner at Austin Paterson Disston Architects, he is also a fine artist with a rich history in the craft....
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Art

Materials

Mixed Media

Up to No Good
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
Figurative painting of a sailor from the Black Sea Fleet by Ukrainian painter, Elena Vilchukova. Vilchukova is a graduate of the Kharkiv Art Academy i...
Category

2010s Post-Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

CONNECTIVE I
Located in MADRID, ES
Connective i
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Art

Victim, 2022, oil on paper, figurative painting
Located in Izmir, TR
In several mystical traditions, there are common elements that are needed for spiritual metamorphosis and transitions to another, transcendent dimension. In Sufism, there is also an inner dimension to the law that has to do with repentance, the abasement of desire, and discipline of the self, or the elimination of the ego. Transparent figures emphasize the inner world of pure innocence which is the prototype human being, pure consciousness, one's true identity, to be contrasted with the material human who is bound by one's senses and materialism. Materialism is shown by also patterns in the paintings. The two different layers are against each other in a contradictory way. Feeling the need to go deeper into this inner, imaginative world, I began to set artworks from the past in less familiar contexts such as seas or patterns and combine the figure with them where they seemed to become like elements in some greater dream. With her small paper works, Ece Gauer...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Oil

Solaris
Located in Quogue, NY
Kinga Czerska creates intricately woven paintings that capture light, movement, and energy. She sees the world composed of an intense number of connectio...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Art

Materials

Acrylic

Toilet / Fountain
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This is a unique work. Dated 'Mar 9 1982' (on the reverse). Stamped twice on the reverse by both The Estate of Andy Warhol and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. The And...
Category

1980s Pop Art Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Cité de l'architecture 3, Paris
Located in BARCELONA, ES
To make the work owe only itself to itself is an old ideal of modern art: to cut the ties that bind it to natural reality and let it stand, all contained within its pure limits. To t...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Photographic Paper

PHILIPPE ROBERT - Marie Agnes Gillot - Opera National de Paris 2008
Located in PARIS, FR
Limited edition of 12. Metal framed and aluminium monting. Signed and numbered on the back. Philippe Robert was the first photographer to shoot the Opéra national of Paris ballerinas. Marie Agnes...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

1613 - 21st Century, Contemporary Art, Abstract, Acrylic Painting
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Maria Paola's creative process dwells on a permanent search for the beauty hiding within our state of mind. Coda examines and translates the vibratory element of beauty that goes bey...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Portrait Of A Ballerina, early 20th Century by Marcel BLOCH (1882-1966)
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait Of A Ballerina, early 20th Century by Marcel BLOCH (1882-1966) Large early 20th Century French Impressionist portrait of a ballerina, oil on canvas by Marcel Bloch. Good q...
Category

19th Century Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

TRAINS
Located in MADRID, ES
Trains
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Art

Tackle the unknown by Natha Out of the Blue (Nathakorn )
Located in MADRID, ES
Tackle the unknown
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Art

Materials

Mixed Media

Coqueta
Located in MADRID, ES
Coqueta
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Art

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