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Item Ships From: Bay Area
Invitation to the Paradise #11
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Sakurai Takami - Japanese (1928-2016) Title: Invitation to the Paradise ST#11 Year: circa 1972 Medium: Oil on Canvas Sight size: 18 x 24 inches. Framed size: 21 x 27 inches Signature: Unsigned. Label on old frame Condition: Very good Frame: Framed in original frame. Frame in poor condition This oil on canvas is by the noted avant garde Japanese artist Sakurai Takami (1928-2016). It was created sometime between 1971, when Takami lived in San Francisco and was a member of and exhibited with the “Konnyaku Commune” and 1978 when he exhibited with the Vorpal Gallery in San Francisco. This painting was purchased from the Vorpal Gallery. The painting is in very good condition. It is unsigned, but the title is on the side of the metal frame. The frame is fine, but the mat is stained and in poor condition. I will include the frame for protection and provenance. Sakurai was a main member of the avant-garde art group “Kyushu-ha”. Kyushu-ha” created a major trend among contemporary art in post-war Japan, which spread from Fukuoka to the whole country and also France, the United States and other overseas countries. Throughout his life he was very dramatic; his enormous and diverse works are energetic and face us with the true meaning of expression. Initially his main focus was on informal paintings, but it gradually expanded towards anti-artistic objects and performances. His works are characterized by the usage of materials that are connected with the smell of a workers life, such as coal tar, asphalt, woven mats and dungarees (jute bag). Shortly after Kyushu-ha disbanded in 1968, Sakurai Takami moved to San Francisco. From 1973 onward, he lived in France. The people and faces in Sakurai’s paintings are coloured red, so that the colour, a symbol of heat, becomes a “social sign”. Each person has a life of their own, while at the same time expressing the colourful life of human communities, like the hippies. His theme may be drawing “humanity and the universe” with a loving embrace of “peace” and “life”. 1953 graduated Fukuoka Liberal Arts University 1955 40th Nika Art Exhibition, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum 1956 Persona Exhibition, outer west side of the Fukuoka prefectural office 1957-68 part of Kyushu-ha 1965 went to the United States (~’67) 1970 “Kanousei e no Ishi“ Kitakyushu Hachiman Museum of Art Kyushu: Trends in Japanese Contemporary Art Exhibition, Fukuoka Bunka Hall Sakurai Takami solo exhibition, Fukuoka Bunka Hall went to the United States for the second time, started working with the konyaku commune (San Francisco) 1971 Konyaku Revolution Art Exhibition (San Francisco) 1973 Nagoya mayor nominating election convention, Azabu public hall moved to France 1974 formed the group “Kusuguri” (Paris) 1975 7th...
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1970s Other Art Style Bay Area - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Pearl A Van Sciver New Hope Pennsylvania
Located in San Francisco, CA
Pearl A Van Sciver: 1895-1966. Well listed Philadelphia, Pennsylvania artist. She has had Auction results over $3900 She exhibited at the national Academy of design, Pafa and the Cor...
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Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Bay Area - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

View of busy St. Mark's Square with the Doge's Palace
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "View of busy St. Mark's Square with the Doge's Palace" c.1950, is an oil painting on canvas by noted Italian artist Marcello Vianello, 1909-1985. It is signed at...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Bay Area - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Yosemite
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Yosemite" 1952, is an oil painting on board by noted California artist Jean Martin (Eugenia Victoria Weir Martin) 1906-1986. It is signed at the lower right corner by the artist. The artwork (board) size is 16 x 20 inches, framed size is 24.25 x 28.25 inches. Framed in original wooden gold with grey patina frame, with fabric liner. It is in excellent condition. About the artist: Eugenia "Jean" Victoria Weir Martin 1906-1986 San Diego, California Landscapes, Seascapes artist Eugenia Victoria Weir Martin was a painter and art instructor in Southern California. She was born in Tennessee on March 7, 1906. "Jean", as she was called, was brought to La Jolla, California as a small child by her parents, and remained in that area the rest of her life. Her Father was a businessman in the early stages of the development of La Jolla. He operated a General Store in the early village. They resided in "Windemere", which is now the home of the La Jolla Historical Society. At the age of 10 she studied art with a Mrs. Fletcher, an artist in residence at the 1916 California Exposition in Balboa Park. She also studied at the San Diego Academy of Fine Arts. Early in her career she also studied with Maurice Braun, Alfred Mitchell, Edward Langley...
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Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Bay Area - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Couple Holding a Baby" Colorful expressionist painting
By Victor Thall
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Couple Holding a Baby" c 1940 is an oil painting on hardboard by noted American artist Victor Thall, 1902-1983. It is signed at the upper right corner by the artist. The board size is 10.75 x 17.25 inches, framed size is 22.25 x 27,75 inches. Framed in original gold wash frame, with fabric liner. it is in excellent condition. About the artist: Victor Thall belongs to that unique American brand of rugged individualist. Working closely for a time with such painters as Gorky and de Kooning, Thall wasn't content to join the burgeoning American clique of Abstract Expressionism. Instead, on the eve of its international recognition, he abandoned New York, making a worldwide tour of indigenous cultures attempting to find a solution to the crisis of abstraction. Thall felt that painting needed to communicate in a way that Abstract Expressionism could not. Using parts of its vocabulary, Thall created work that was modern in spirit but based on fundamental traditions that he believed connected the whole history of art. In this way he resembled his contemporary Max Beckman, and it is fitting that Thall was chosen with Beckman by The New Yorker art critic Robert Coates as the best painter of the 1949 Whitney Annual. Fiercely uncompromising in his opinions, Thall sadly fell into obscurity in his later years. Yet it was a willful obscurity. But America does eventually honor her difficult individualists, even if sometimes years after their deaths. Victor Thall was born in New York in 1902. He studied at the Art Students League under Arthur B. Davies, George Bellows, George Luks, and John Sloan. Further studies were at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. He left for Paris in 1924 continuing his studies at the Ecole des Beaux Arts and the Academie Julien. Returning to the United States in the early 1930's, he became friendly with Willem de Kooning and Arshile Gorky. He participated in the WPA New Deal Art Project of New York City between 1935 and 1939. He taught at the Art Students League in the late forties and was represented in the Whitney Annual of 1949 and 1950. His paintings are in numerous private collections in the United States and Europe. He died in 1983. Education: 1914 -1927 Art Student's League - Studied with:Arthur B. Davies, George Bellows, George Bridgman, George Luks, Von Schlegel, Robert Henri, John Sloan, Frank Vincent du Mond. Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts - Studied with:Arthur B. Carles, Henry McCarter Ecole des Beaux Arts - Paris; Grande Chaumiere - Paris; Academie Julien, Paris Teaching: 1947 -1949 Art Students League Selected Bibliography: Falk, Peter Hastings , ed. The Annual and Biennial Exhibition Record of the Whitney Museum of Art 1918-1989. (New York): Sound View Press, 1991. Levick, L.E., "A Guide to the Art Galleries," New York Journal American, May 23, 1964. Review of one-man show at Southampton Gallery. 1950 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting. New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, 1950. Coates, Robert M., "The Art Galleries: Paul Klee, The Whitney Annual, and John Marin, The New Yorker, December 31, 1949, pp. 42-43. 1949 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting. New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, 1949. Lansford, Alonzo, "Thall at Binet," The Art Digest, December 15, 1947, ill. Upton, Melville, "George Binet Gallery," Sun, December 13, 1947. Devree, Howard, "Victor Thall at the Binet Gallery," New York Times, December 10, 1947. "Victor Thall at Binet Gallery," Art News, December 1947, p. 59. Oil Paintings by Victor Thall, New York: George Binet Gallery, 1947. Burrows, Carlyle, "Art of the Week," Herald Tribune, 1946. Review of group show at the Chinese Gallery. Coates, Robert M., "The Art Galleries: Past and Present," The New Yorker, May 27, 1944, pp. 68-69 Victor Thall at Puma Gallery," Art News, November 1-14, 1943, p. 22. Devree, Howard, "Victor Thall," New York Times, October 24, 1943. Burrows, Carlyle, "Victor Thall at the Puma Gallery," Herald-Tribune, October 24, 1943 Upton, Melville, "Victor Thall at Puma Gallery," Sun, October 23, 1943. Lansford, Alonzo, "Varied Shows of the Week," The Art Digest, October 1943. Review of Puma Exhibition. Victor Thall Oil Paintings, New York: Puma Gallery, 1943. Art News, "Our Own Exhibition Gallery," June-july 1943, ill. MacLeod, Norman. Thanksgiving Before November. New York, 1936. Book ill. Selected Public and Private Collections: Brooklyn Museum Desmond Child, Los Angeles Robert Crewe, Los Angeles Sidney Lumet, New York Newark Museum Billy Steinberg, Los Angeles 1968 DePoliolo Gallery, Palm Springs 1965 Studio Gallery, Naples, Florida 1964 L’lnstitute Francais d’Haiti 1964 Summit Gallery, New York City 1964 Southampton Gallery, New York City 1963 Guildhall Gallery, Chicago 1961 Leicester Gallery, London 1950 Whitney Museum , New York City 1949 Whitney Museum, New York City 1947 Binet Gallery, New York City 1946 Chinese...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Bay Area - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Resurrection
By Chikako Okada
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Resurrection' features the head of a reclining young reddish blond haired women wearing a cloak of lady bugs. It is 6 x 8 inches, unframed, wired and ready to hang. Condition excell...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Bay Area - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Oil

Clown with Balloons
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Clown with Balloons" c.1980 is an oil painting on canvas by American artist Chuck Oberstein, 1935-2002. It is signed at the lower left co...
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Late 20th Century American Impressionist Bay Area - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Sailboat on the Lake
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Sailboat on the Lake" c.1940 is an oil painting on canvas board Attributed to German artist Otto Krone 1874-1957. It is signed at the lower left corner. The canvas boar...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Bay Area - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Landscape with Farm, California
By Clifford Holmes
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Landscape with Farm, California" c.1950 is an oil painting on canvas by noted California artist Clifford Holmes 1876-1963. It is signed a...
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Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Bay Area - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

On the Road to Palm Spring
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "On the Road to Palm Spring" c.1970is an oil painting on canvas by California artist Mabel Vinson Cage, 1891-1995. It is signed at the lower right corner by the a...
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Late 20th Century American Impressionist Bay Area - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Sisters
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Sisters" 1989, is an oil painting on canvas by noted Polish/American artist Miriam Briks, b.1957. It is signed and dated at the lower left corner by the artist. ...
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Late 20th Century Impressionist Bay Area - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Shoreline
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Shoreline" c.2000, is an oil painting on canvas by noted Irish artist Anne Tallentire, b.1949. It is signed at the lower right corner by the artist. The canvas size is ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Bay Area - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Raphael Soyer "George the Iceman Woolf"
By Raphael Soyer
Located in San Francisco, CA
Raphael Soyer: 1899-1987. Very important and well listed American artist. One of the early social realist painters. He was born in Russia, but his family was deported by the Tsar in ...
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Mid-20th Century American Realist Bay Area - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Grey Donkey on Tan Splash
Located in Napa, CA
Josh Brown has had a lifetime interest in creating art, most notably through his depiction of animals. He swiftly captures the mood of his subjects and brings the personality of each...
Category

2010s Contemporary Bay Area - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas

19th Century Oil on Canvas "Bad Behavior"
Located in San Francisco, CA
Charming 19th Century painting of two boys chatting while one enjoys a smoke & another sneaking up from behind to steal their basket of food. No visible signature
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19th Century Bay Area - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Bartoux
By René Romero Schuler
Located in Napa, CA
René Romero Schuler is an American painter and sculptor who creates powerful images that speak to the complexities of the human condition and the spirit that connects all human being...
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2010s Contemporary Bay Area - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Landscape with House
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Landscape with House" c.1925 is a oil painting on canvas by Danish artist Axel Olsen Haldrup, 1890-1976. It is signed at the lower ...
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Bay Area - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

1940s Philippino Masterpiece
Located in San Francisco, CA
I believe this powerful painting is by the very talented Philippines artist Virgilio Daclan. He was born in 1920 in Cebu city. He studied art in 1951 a...
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Mid-20th Century Realist Bay Area - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Church Near St. Thecle
By Stuart Main
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Church Near St. Thecle" 1998 is an oil painting on canvas by noted Canadian artist Stuart Main, born 1934. It is signed at the lower right corner by the artist. ...
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Late 20th Century Impressionist Bay Area - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Before the Night
By Waldemar Mitrowski
Located in Mill Valley, CA
An oil and mixed media painting of a figure on panel.
Category

2010s Contemporary Bay Area - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Oil

Reclining Figure Mid Century Modern Cubist Painting C.1950s
Located in San Francisco, CA
Fantastic 1950's Cubist Oil Painting by Mystery Artist. Though undated, this is a classic 1950's painting. A reclining figure under the sun. Original cubist oil painting on masonit...
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1950s Cubist Bay Area - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Figura Col Pappagallo
By Vittorio Maria Di Carlo
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Figura Col Pappagallo" is an oil painting on canvas by Italian artist Vittorio Maria Di Carlo, 1939-2015. It is hand signed at the lower right corner by the arti...
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Late 20th Century Modern Bay Area - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Le Port Saint Pierre a Rouen
By Bruno Retaux
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Bruno Retaux (French, 1907-1988) Title: Le Pont Saint Pierre A Rouen Year: 1973 Medium: Oil on wood panel Panel size: 11.75 x 13.75 inches Signature: Signed lower...
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Late 20th Century Impressionist Bay Area - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

The Study
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "The Study" c.2000, is an oil painting on canvas by noted American impressionist artist Douglas Paul Morgan, 1948-2021. It is signed at the lower left corner by t...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Bay Area - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Standing Figure
By Charles Eckart
Located in Mill Valley, CA
An oil on canvas painting of an abstract figure by the very talented Charles Eckhart.
Category

1980s Contemporary Bay Area - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Paris, le Sacre Coeur, Rue du Chevalier de la Barre
By Robert Giovani
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Robert Giovani (French, 1900-1977 Title: Paris, le Sacre Coeur, Rue du Chevalier de la Barre Year: Circa 1950 Medium: Oil on hardboard Board siz...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Bay Area - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Halloween
Located in Burlingame, CA
Halloween - an iconic American painting by James Torlakson who is known for his photorealist oil paintings, watercolors and aquatint intaglio etchings. Torlakson’s photorealism subj...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Bay Area - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Fishing Village, Puttaya, Thailand
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Fishing Village, Puttaya, Thailand" c.1980 is an oil painting with gold addition on canvas by renown Thai artist Kid Kosolawat, 1917...
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Late 20th Century Realist Bay Area - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

September
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "September" 1976, is an oil painting on hardboard by Swedish/American artist Carlo Wahlbeck, b.1933. It is signed at the lower left corner by the artist, also signed, dated and titled on the back. The artwork size is 10 x 20 inches, framed size is 17.5 x 27.5 inches. Framed in a dark wood frame, with fabric liner and brown bevel. It is in excellent condition, the frame have minor restorations barely visible. About the artist: Carlo Wahlbeck was born in Stockholm, Sweden in 1933. His studies from early youth included travel and visits to major museums in Europe. During a visit to the United States, Carlo was introduced to the Native American Indian and the rich history of the American West. He moved to Southern California in 1960 and still calls it home today. Between 1960 and today, Carlo has traveled throughout the Southwestern United States and Mexico. For many years, he lived among the Navajo and Zunis, painting a great many surreal works that embodied their legends and outlook. He also spent 2 years in Mexico living among the Huichol people in the inaccessible mountains north of Tepic, painting the Indian religion and the white man's religion as seen through Huichol eyes. Between 1979 and today, he mastered the technique and came to control it, producing a fabulous new medium base for his expressions. The evolvement of his art has show much diversification and his works can be found in prominent private and corporate collections, as well as museums both here in the United States and abroad. A partial list of collectors: King Gustav of Sweden Former President and Mrs. Ronald Reagan Former President and Mrs. Richard M. Nixon Senator Barry Goldwater...
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Late 20th Century American Impressionist Bay Area - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Dad's Lesson / oil on canvas - skateboard father and son
By William Rushton
Located in Burlingame, CA
Father and son skateboard together. One wonders who is teaching who, in this vibrant impasto painting by William Rushton. Oil on canvas and framed in a clear maple hardwood floater f...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Bowing figure no. 1. 2020
By John Goodman
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Bowing Figure No. 1, 2020' is professionally framed in simple maple hardwood. The artwork is 30 x 18 inches with the outer frame dimension being 31 x 19 inches. Artist signed, dated...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

City Market, Vienna
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "City Market, Vienna" c.1930, is an oil painting on canvas laid down to panel by noted Austrian artist Hans Johann Wagner, 1866-1940. I...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Bay Area - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Meditation
By Karl Gasser
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Meditation" c.2000 is an oil painting on canvas by Italian/American artist Karl Gasser, 1948-2017. It is signed at the lower right corner by the artist. The size...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Bay Area - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Untitled - Bicyclists
By Felix Angel
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Felix Angel – Colombian/American (1949- ) Title: Untitled – Ciclistas or Cyclists Year: 1985 Medium: acrylic on canvas Size: 54 x 70 inches Signat...
Category

1980s Modern Bay Area - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Mid Century Modern "Jazz Club" Original Oil Painting by Sandra Thaw
Located in San Francisco, CA
Mid Century Modern "Jazz Club" Original Oil Painting by Sandra Thaw Bright, bold and colorful oil painting of a Jazz Club c.1950s. Signed in the lower right corner "Sandra Thaw". ...
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1950s Modern Bay Area - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Tick Tock
By Chikako Okada
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Tick Tock' is a masterfully painted oil on canvas. The painting is 8 1/4 x 5 3/4 inches unframed. Tick Tock is wired and ready to hang and enjoy. Conditio...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Bay Area - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board, Linen

Concarneau
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Concarneau" c.1950 is an oil painting on canvas by French artist Jules Dules Duffart, 1924-2002. It is signed at the lower right corner by the bartist. The artwork (can...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Bay Area - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Limoges Vieilles Maisons
By Louis Peyrat
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Limoge vieilles Maisons" 1964 is an oil painting on canvas by noted French artist Louis Peyrat 1911-1999. It is signed at the lower right corner by the artist, t...
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Bay Area - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Harbor with Church
By Edward Norton Ward
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Harbor with Church" c.1990 is an watercolor on paper by noted California artist Edward Norton Ward, b.1928. It is signed at the lower right corner by the artist. The ar...
Category

Late 20th Century American Impressionist Bay Area - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Divus 13
By Jylian Gustlin
Located in Burlingame, CA
Jylian Gustlin’s paintings are process driven – when looking at her work there is a sense the painting was “made” with effort, intention and even strength. The artist starts with an ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Wood Panel

Little Girl with Flowers Basket
By Franco Rispoli
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Little Girl with Flowers Basket" c.1975 is an oil painting on canvas by Italian artist, Franco Rispoli, 1921-1989. It is signed a...
Category

Late 20th Century Realist Bay Area - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

City Life
By Marek Zbyslaw Maciejewski
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Marek Zbyslaw Maciejewski (Polish, 1946-1999) Title: City Life Year: Circa 1970 Medium: Oil on canvas Size of image: 26 x 22.25 inches Signature: Signed lower right Condition...
Category

20th Century Impressionist Bay Area - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Monterey Pier
By Gregory Kondos
Located in San Francisco, CA
Untitled (Cityscape) is an oil on canvas created by Gregory Kondos (American, b. 1923), one of the world's most prominent California landscape artists. The artwork is signed in the lower right corner and was created circa 1950. The canvas size is 24 x 47.75 inches. Overall in good condition. Framed in a gold wooden frame. The size including frame is 33 x 56.75 inches. Gregory Kondos has spent decades depicting California’s unique, majestic beauty, from its rolling farmland to its varied coastline, to the forests and peaks of Yosemite, where he has often served as artist-in-residence. He has been drawn as well to the deserts around Santa Fe, and to Europe, especially Greece, the country from which his parents emigrated. Now in his nineties, he is celebrated as one of the world’s foremost landscape painters, known for his light-filled palette and intuitive, organic forms that seem like effortless extensions of nature. Kondos describes his paintings as possessing a sense of quietude and cleanliness while maintaining a necessary lonely quality: “Less is more…and what is left out makes the picture more understandable.” His distilled images tend to feature a solitary element—a lone boat, a mountain peak, a house standing away from the others—that projects a contemplative sense of being alone in thought. His simple yet lively palette and elegant lines, influenced by artists like Willem de Kooning, Cezanne, and Gauguin, allow us to place ourselves within the space of the painting. Chief curator and associate director at Sacramento’s Crocker Art Museum, Scott A. Shields, who organized “A Touch of Blue: Landscapes by Gregory Kondos” at the museum in 2013, remarks: “His paintings simultaneously celebrate the terrain's inherent formal, abstract properties, as well as the beautiful possibilities of the paint itself." Kondos’ lifelong achievements place him in the great tradition of American landscape painters such as Albert Bierstadt, Edward Hopper, and Georgia O’Keefe. He has won numerous prizes and awards, including a lifetime achievement award from International Bienniale in Florence, Italy, and has been elected to the National Academy of Design in New York. Collections of Kondos’ work are displayed in museums around the world, including the Shanghai Art Museum in China, the Phoenix Art Museum, and the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. The gallery at Sacramento City...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Bay Area - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Sitting Duck
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Sitting Duck' contemporary portrait oil on canvas painting by Tamera Avery, whose paintings are created with wit and wisdom. Avery's work deals with seri...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Oil

Frosty the Snow Man
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Frosty the Snow Man" c.1960 is a palette knife oil painting on canvas by noted artist Paul Blaine Henrie, 1932-1999. It is signed and ...
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Late 20th Century American Impressionist Bay Area - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Ocean Beach Surfers
By Willard Dixon
Located in Burlingame, CA
Beautiful beach scene featuring surfers on California's Ocean Beach, includes its familiar Seal Rocks, a man and his dog and other surfers wading out to sea. The scene celebrates the atmospheric light that Dixon is known for, as well as white clouds across the blue sky with its purple haze and serene light reflecting upon the shoreline. The oil on canvas painting was created in 2019 by American Realist Willard Dixon. The canvas is 24 x 36 inches and it is framed in a classic artist fabricated hardwood floater frame 25 x 37 inches overall. Ready to hang and enjoy. Signed in paint with artist initials front. One of our finest American contemporary realist painters, Willard Dixon has painted Northern California and western landscapes for over 35 years. His work captures the undeniable beauty of the West with its grand and humble spirit. The same sensitivity can be found in Dixon’s urban street scenes that offer viewers a resting place to contemplate our rapidly changing world, and his portraiture, which largely focuses on his artist friends and illustrious colleagues. Dixon’s work can be found in numerous distinctive private and public collections, as well as the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMoMA), and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NY, as well as the Califorrnia Museum of Oakland, CA. From Andra Norris Gallery in California. The artist was born: Kansas City MO, 1942 Education: Art Students League, New York, NY Cornell University Brooklyn Museum School San Francisco Art Institute, M.F.A. 1969 Awards and Commissions N.E.A. Fellowship Grant- 1989 California Supreme Court Mural Commission- 1998 Las Vegas Federal Courthouse Commission, G.S.A.-1998 Teaching 1989-90: San Francisco State University 1975: San Francisco Art Institute Realism Seminar 1974-76: Academy of Art College, San Francisco, CA 1973-74, 1976: California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA 1971-72: California State University, Hayward, CA One Man Exhibitions 2015: Willard Dixon Portraits College of Marin Fine Art Gallery, Kentfield 2014: SFMOMA Artists Gallery, San Francisco, CA. 2008: SFMOMA Artists Gallery, San Francisco, CA. 2005: Fischbach Gallery, NYC,NY 2005: Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2004: Fischbach Gallery, NYC, NY. 2002: Earl McGrath Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 2002: Bolinas Museum, Bolinas, CA 2001: Hackett Freedman Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2000: Fischbach Gallery, NYC , NY 2000: Hearst Art Gallery, St. Mary’s College, Moraga, CA 1998: Hackett Freedman Gallery, SF, CA 1997: Tatistcheff/Rogers Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 1996, 1995: Contemporary Realist Gallery (now Hackett Freedman Gallery) 1994: Fischbach Gallery 1993: Contemporary Realist Gallery 1992: Fischbach Gallery 1991: Earl McGrath Gallery, 454 North, Los Angeles, CA 1990: Fischbach Gallery 1989: William Sawyer Gallery, San Francisco, CA 1988: Gallery 454 North, Los Angeles, CA 1987: Fischbach Gallery 1987: Gallery 454 North 1986: William Sawyer Gallery 1985: Fischbach Gallery 1984: Harris Gallery, Houston, Tx 1984: William Sawyer Gallery 1983, 1982: Fischbach Gallery 1981: William Sawyer Gallery 1980,1979: Tortue Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 1976, 1975: William Sawyer Gallery 1973, 1972: William Sawyer Gallery Selected Group Exhibitions 2017: SHIFT / with Elizabeth Barlow, Kim Frohsin, Erin Parrish, Irene Zweig, Andra Norris Gallery, Burlingame, CA 2015: REAL with Elizabeth Barlow Gallerie Citi, Burlingame, CA. 2014: Stillness and Activity / A father and daughter exhibition, Gallerie Citi, Burlingame, CA. 2013: Outwin Boocher Portrait Competition 2013 Exhibition” Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C. Hey Everybody / Portraits, Diablo Valley College 2012: Artistic Visions of the Golden Gate Bridge”, George Krevsky Gallery, S.F., CA. Introduction Two/ Gallerie Citi, Burlingame, CA. 2011: California: A Landscape of Dreams/ Fresno Art Museum 2010: Self Portrait Invitational/ Julie Nester Gallery, Park City UT 2009: On Beauty /I. Wolk Gallery, St. Helena, CA. 2008: At Water’s Edge / I. Wolk Gallery, St. Helena, CA. 2007: San Francisco Scenes/ George Krevsky Gallery, S.F., CA Ten Years- A Retrospective/ Dolby Chadwick Gallery, S.F., CA. 2006: Our Planet, Our Home/ SFMOMA Artists Gallery, S.F. CA 2005: 2005 Spring Group Show/ Earl McGrath Gallery, L.A., CA 2002: H2O’02, Paintings of Water/ Fischbach Gallery, NYC Scene in Oakland 1852-2002 Oakland Museum Oakland, CA The Garden/ Art Foundry Gallery, Sacramento, CA The Moving Still Life/ Fischbach Gallery, New York, NY Bay Area Printmakers/ works from Trillium Press, Art Foundry Gallery, Sacramento, CA California Landscape Paintings/ College of Marin Art Gallery, Kentfield, CA Bay Area Printmakers/ SF Museum of Modern Art/Artists Gallery, San Francisco, CA Visions: Northern California/ Bank of America, San Francisco, CA 2001: Opening Exhibit: Group Show, Fischbach Gallery, NY, NY 2000: Hackett Freedman Gallery Artists/ Shasta College Art Gallery, Redding, Ca 1999: Homage to the Art Institute, Artists Who Transformed American Culture, Hackett Freedman Gallery, San Francisco, CA 1999: What is Art For? What are Museums For? What are You For? curated Curated for the Oakland Museum by William T. Wiley & Mary Hull Webster, Oakland, CA 1998: Paintings of Marin County Past and Present/ The North Point Gallery, San Francisco, CA 1997: 10th Anniversary Exhibition/ Hackett Freedman Gallery, S.F., CA 1996: Rediscovering the Landscape of the Americas/ Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, NM (traveling exhibition) Contemporary American Realist Painters/ Halls Crown Center Gallery, Kansas City, MO 1996: Foundation for the Future: Celebrating 125 Years at the San Francisco Art Institute/ One Bush St., S.F., CA 1996: New Work by Selected Gallery Artists, Tatistcheff/Rogers Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Flower Paintings/ Contemporary Realist Gallery, S.F., CA 1995: Facing Eden: 100 Years of Landscape Art in the Bay Area / De Young Museum, S.F., CA Contemporary Still Life Painting/ David Klein Gallery, Birmingham, MI 1994: Still Life/ Fischbach Gallery, New York City, NY New Bay Area Painting/ Contemporary Realist Gallery, S.F., CA A Room with a View/ The North Point Gallery, S.F., CA 1993: Bay Area Painting/ Contemporary Realist Gallery, S.F., CA Vanishing Point: A Look at Contemporary Landscape Painting”, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA Tribute/ William Sawyer Gallery, S.F., CA Revolution: Into the 2nd Century at the San Francisco Art Institute, One Market Plaza, S.F., CA Contemporary Realism: Central and Northern California Landscapes/ Monterey Museum of Art, Monterey, CA The Artist as Native: Reinventing Regionalism/ a traveling exhibition curated by Alan Gussow and Babcock Galleries, N.Y., NY 1992: A Day in the Country, California Landscape Painting / I. Wolk Gallery, St. Helena, CA West Art and the Law/ Weat Publishing Co., St. Paul, MN(traveling ex.) The New York Academy of Art, New York, NY In Support of Contemporary Bay Area Artists / One Market Plaza, S.F., CA 1991: The Landscape in 20th-Century American Art: Selections from the Metropolitan Museum of Art/ New York, NY, National Traveling Exhibit 1990: Contemporary Landscapes/ 21st Anniversary Exhibition Tortue Gallery, Los Angeles, CA. 1990: New Bay Area Painting Contemporary Realist Gallery, S.F., CA 1989: The Modern Pastoral/ Robert Scholekopf Gallery, New York, NY 1988: Images of the Land/ William Sawyer Gallery, San Francisco, CA 1988: Ten Artists from the William Sawyer Gallery / Shasta College Gallery, Redding CA Works on Paper/ William Sawyer Gallery, San Francisco, CA 1987: The Contemporary American Landscape/ Swain Gallery, NJ 1986: Landscape, Seascape, Cityscape/ Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA 1985: The Bay Area Seen/ Bay Area Regionalists Show, Hall of Flowers, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA Large Scale/ Harris Gallery, Houston, TX A City Collects/ Transamerica Pyramid, San Francisco, CA American Realism/ William Sawyer Gallery, San Francisco, CA 1984: San Francisco Bay Area Painting/ curated by George Neubert for the Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, Lincoln, NE American Landscape Painting/ California State University, L.A. CA Western Landscape Painters/ The Museum of the West, Houston, TX The Urban Landscape / One Market Plaza, San Francisco, CA 1982: Collectors Gallery 16/ McNay Art Institute, San Antonio, TX Thirty Approaches to Realism/ William Sawyer Gallery, S.F., CA 1981: Views of California Past and Present/ Triton Museum, Santa Clara, CA Landscapes/ Harris Gallery, Houston, TX 110th Anniversary S.F. Art Institute Alumni Group Show/ William Sawyer Gallery, S.F., CA 1980: Realism/ Walnut Creek Civic Arts Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA 1979: Bay Area Artists Exhibition/Sale/ Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA Omnium Gatherum/ Tortue Gallery, Los Angeles, CA California Viewpoints/ Sunne Savage Gallery, Boston, MA 1978: New Work/ Mills College Art Gallery, Oakland, CA Images of the Land/ William Sawyer Gallery, S.F., CA 1977: Contemporary California Artists/ Marshall-Meyers Gallery Alternative to the Whitney Annual/ James Yu Gallery, N. Y, N.Y. San Francisco Art Festival/ ( Airport Competition Purchase Prize) 1977: Eight Young Americans/ Montclair Museum of Art, Montclair,NJ 1976: Three From California/ Francine Sedars Gallery, Seattle, WA Faculty Show/ California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA 1975: Realism in Painting and Ceramics/ Helen Euphrat Gallery, De Anza College, Cupertino, CA 1975: A Tribute to the Art Institute/ Hansen Fuller Gallery, S.F., CA California Artists/ Utah Museum of Fine Art, Salt Lake City, UT 1974: Our Land, Our Sky, Our Water/ by Alfred Frankenstein Expo 74, Spokane, WA A Sense of Place/ curated by Alan Gussow for the Joslyn Museum, Omaha, NE The Discovery Gallery, Montclair, N.J. 1973: College of Marin Gallery, Kentfield, CA California Artists/ Kaiser Center, Oakland, CA 1972: Visiting Artists/ California State University, Hayward, CA 1970: Drawing Invitational/ Emanuel Walter Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, S.F., CA 1970: San Francisco Art Institute Centennial Exhibition, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, S.F., CA 1967: Society for the Encouragement of Contemporary Art Annual, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, S.F., CA 1966: California Landscape Painters/ San Francisco Art Institute, S.F. CA. Selected Collections The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art The Metropolitan Museum of Art The Oakland Museum The Utah Museum of Fine Art San Francisco Art Commission Shaklee Corporation Pacific Gas and Electric Company, San Francisco, CA Kemper Insurance Company, Long Grove, Il Morrison and Foerester, San Francisco, CA SSI Container Corporation, San Francisco, CA San Francisco International Airport Oxford Petroleum Company, Houston,TX California First Bank, San Francisco, CA United Pipeline, Houston, TX Security Pacific National Bank, S.F., CA Crocker Bank, Los Angeles, CA Visa Corporation, San Francisco, CA Atlantic Richfield Corporation Shell Oil, Houston, TX First National Bank of Seattle RREEF Corporation, San Francisco, CA Texas Heritage Society Genstar Corporation, San Francisco, CA Sohio Corporation Skidmore Owings and Merrill, N.Y.C., NY Chemical Bank, NY Swissre Corporation, NY The Insurance Company of North America First National Bank of Midland, Texas Commerce Bank AMA Headquarters, Washington, DC Hughes Tool, Houston, TX ATT, NY Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, San Francisco, CA IBM Corporation, San Jose, CA Northern Trust Company, Chicago, IL Smith Kline and French Corp., Philadelphia, PA Wells Fargo Bank, San Francisco, CA Republic National Bank Chevron Trammel Crow Company, Dallas, CA U.S. Insurance Group, N.J. Southwestern Bell Corp., MO Union Bank Pacific Bell United States Trust Company, NY The United Bank of Denver, CO Cigna Corp., Philadelphia, PA Atlantic Richfield Corp., Los Angeles, CA Show, Pittman, Pots and Trobridge, Washington, DC San Francisco Zen Center Hughes Aircraft Co. Los Angeles, CA Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing (3M), St. Paul, MN Bank of America, NY Commerce Bancshares, Inc., Kansas City,MO Robinson Humphrey/American Express, Atlanta, GA Merrill Lynch, San Francisco, CA Goldman Sachs, NY Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., NY Victoria Bank and Trust, Victoria, TX NYNEX, NY Coca Cola, U.S.A., Atlanta, GA TransAmerica Corporation Pacific Telesis Group Brobeck, Phleger, & Harrison Exxon Corporation U.S. Trust Selected Private Collections Estate of Ahmet Ertegun, New York, NY Mr. Harrison Ford, Los Angeles, CA Estate of Irving Lazarr, Los Angeles, Ca Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Holzer, New York, NY Mr. and Mrs. Peter Asher...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Bay Area - Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Landscape with Flowers
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Landscape with Flowers" c.2000, is an oil painting on canvas by Chinese/American artist W.Eddie, b.1955. It is signed at the lower...
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Bay Area - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Tamaracks in Winter
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Tamaracks in Winter" c.1992, is an oil painting (mixed media) on hardboard by German/American artist Frank Kecskes Jr. It is signed at the lower right corner by ...
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Late 20th Century American Realist Bay Area - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

A Barn for Michael
Located in Napa, CA
Michelle Andres is a contemporary American oil painter, writer and poet who draws from nature to celebrate joy and hopefulness in our often challenging world. She has worked in abstr...
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2010s Contemporary Bay Area - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Green House
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Green House" c.2000, is an oil painting on panel by noted American impressionist artist Douglas Paul Morgan, 1948-2021. It is signed at the lower right corner by...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Bay Area - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Vintage "Adam and Eve" Original Oil Painting by Sam C.1970
Located in San Francisco, CA
Vintage "Adam and Eve" Original Oil Painting by Sam C.1970 Original oil painting on canvas board Canvas board dimensions 30" wide x 40" high The painting is housed in a rabbet and...
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Mid-20th Century Bay Area - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

European Cityscape #1
By Henry Ramirez
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "European Cityscape" c. 1990 is a oil painting on hard board by Argentinian artist Henry D. Ramirez. It is signed at the lower left corner by the artist. The hard board ...
Category

Late 20th Century Realist Bay Area - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

The Piano
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "The Piano" c.2000, is an oil painting on canvas by noted American impressionist artist Douglas Paul Morgan, 1948-2021. It is signed at the lower right corner by ...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Bay Area - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Walk in the Park
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Walk in the Park" 1965 is a palette knife oil painting on canvas by noted artist Paul Blaine Henrie, 1932-1999. It is signed and dated...
Category

Late 20th Century American Impressionist Bay Area - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Together We Soar, 2022
By Mark Kostabi
Located in Greenwich, CT
Together We Soar is an oil on canvas painting, 24.75 x 18.5", signed on the front ‘KOSTABI 2022’ lower right, and signed, titled and dated verso. Framed in a contemporary black frame...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Northern India, Near Himalaya Range
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Northern India, The Himalaya Range" c.1975 is an oil painting on canvas board by noted American artist William Jack Laycox, 1921-1984. It is signed at he lower right corner by the artist. The artwork size (Canvas Board) is 8 x 10 inches, framed size is 15.5 x 17.5 inches. It is framed in a wooden ornate off -white frame, with fabric liner and gold color bevel . It is in excellent condition. About the artist: Jack Laycox (1921-1985) was born and grew up in Auburn, California. The eldest of 4 children, all of whom were artistically talented, it was Jack who was the shining star, constantly drawing, filling every available piece or section of paper that was available. After earning an engineering degree from San Francisco State University, which provided the opportunity to travel throughout the United States to work on various assignments, he eventually returned to his love of the Fine Arts, specifically plein-air painting. With encouragement from his wife, sculptor Jayne Amason, he made the break from his career to become a full time artist. The first Laycox Gallery was opened in Walnut Creek, California. He become known locally and throughout northern California, as well as being represented by Royce Gallery in Los Angeles and other galleries in the U.S. Jack and Jayne had been spending time in the Monterey area, which they loved dearly, so they moved there permanently and opened up a new Laycox Gallery in Carmel. His work became increasingly popular, being sought after for both private and corporate collections. In the 1970’s he was commissioned by Delta Airlines to do all the paintings for their travel-destination posters. He also authored a Walter...
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Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Bay Area - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Pair of 19th C Continental Oil Paintings on Copper
By (After) Bartolomé Esteban Murillo
Located in San Francisco, CA
Pair of 19th C Continental Oil Paintings on Copper After Bartolome Esteban Murillo "The Little Fruit Seller" After Gerrit Dou "Kitchen Maid at the Window" 6.5" x 8" 9.5" 10.5"
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19th Century Bay Area - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Copper

Standing Figure
By Charles Eckart
Located in Mill Valley, CA
A framed oil on canvas painting of an abstract figure.
Category

1980s Contemporary Bay Area - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

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