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Printed on archival Moab Lasal Exhibition Luster Editions of 12 SILHOUETTES Humans have always adorned both themselves and their surroundings—even the earliest cave drawings are ev...

THE COLOR OF WATER Lake Michigan blue sits at the pastel confluence of green, grey and cyan on the nearby shoreline. In truth, the color of the lake is as transitory as Chicago weather. The shade of blue is widely determined by the reflection of the sky above and the organic material and sediment carried below. I recently learned that invasive mussel species have slowly transformed the lake from green to bluer over the past two decades. I often return to the water’s edge to document the color of a given day. Susan Isaacson...

THE COLOR OF WATER Lake Michigan blue sits at the pastel confluence of green, grey and cyan on the nearby shoreline. In truth, the color of the lake is as transitory as Chicago weath...

A charming, vintage 1930s Modern forest landscape scene painted in Algonquin Park, Ontario, Canada by notable Chicago artist, Harold Haydon. Many of Haydon's early landscape paintin...

Printed on archival Moab Lasal Exhibition Luster Editions of 12 SILHOUETTES Humans have always adorned both themselves and their surroundings—even the earliest cave drawings are evi...

Despite its explicit content, this intimate scene conveys a sense of tenderness and romantic love characteristic of Chinese erotic art. Known as “sp...

THE COLOR OF WATER Lake Michigan blue sits at the pastel confluence of green, grey and cyan on the nearby shoreline. In truth, the color of the lake is as transitory as Chicago weather. The shade of blue is widely determined by the reflection of the sky above and the organic material and sediment carried below. I recently learned that invasive mussel species have slowly transformed the lake from green to bluer over the past two decades. I often return to the water’s edge to document the color of a given day. Susan Isaacson...

A Unique, Lively 1960s Surrealist Mid-Century Modern Abstract City Scene by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). Titled "City Street with Figures", Depicting an ab...

References: Blum 38 II/IV Robert-Dumesnil 17 I/III Russell 49 II/IV Mannocci 42 IIb/III

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A Finely Drawn, 1930s Art Deco Modern Figure Study of a Standing Female Nude Model (Back) by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). An early charcoal drawing by Hay...

A charming, vibrant 1940s Modern landscape painting of Calais, Vermont by famed Chicago artist, Harold Haydon. A wonderful example of the artist's favo...

2nd State Watermark: Hand with Cuff and Flower (close to Briquet 11467)

A stylish, colorful 1950s Mid-Century Modern abstract geometric textile design (depicting a polychrome Wedge Star pattern in red, white and blue tones) by notable costume, set and fa...

A cheerful1950s Mid-Century Modern portrait of a young woman seated at a table by famed Chicago artist, Francis Chapin (Am. 1899-1965). Great color palette and expressive, contempla...

A very good impression of the published state of this work after Nicholas Lancret (1690-1743), painter of “Fetes Galantes.” Mercure de France announce...

Watermark: Lion and Star (Lieure 38) References: Lieure No. 505 Notes: An early impression of the only state of this major work. According to Lieure (Jacques Callot: Catalogue de l...

An exquisitely-dressed woman mixes her cocktail, immersed in the nightlife of Walter Schnakenberg’s poster promoting the decadent Odeon Casino in Munich. ...

A Vibrant, Colorful 1950s Painting of a Beach Scene along a Mountain Coast by Famed Chicago Modern Artist Francis Chapin (Am. 1899-1965). Depicting a picturesque view of a quiet bea...

Les Plaisirs du Bal (before 1st State), 1730 The Pleasures of the Ball Pure etching only by Gérard Jean-Baptiste Scotin II (born Paris 1698) 495 x 640 mm.; 19 3/8 x 25 1/8 inches ...

In "Hand in the Clouds, Saugatuck", Kirill Polevoy transforms an intimate gesture into a dreamlike landscape. Illuminated against deep shadow, the relaxed hand echoes the contours of...

A charming, diminutive 1930s Modernist landscape painting of Alabama by notable Chicago Modern artist, Harold Haydon. A colorful painting depicting the famed red soil of the Alabama...

A Unique, Humorous 1950s Mid-Century Modern Painting of a Country Auction by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). Titled "Auctioneer Selling Junk" and painted in ...

In "Tribute to My Mother", Josephine Lally transforms two intertwined serpents into a compelling image of connection, strength, and vulnerability. Cast in iron, the sculpture sets th...

In "Harvey III", Hunt Slonem captures a rabbit’s engaging presence through bold, expressive strokes of black oil paint against a textured white ground. Towering ears dominate the com...

In "Pet Coke Plant", Roland Kulla transforms the now defunct plant on Chicago's Calumet River into a striking composition of color and structure. Vivid red buildings and elevated con...

A Vibrant, Surrealist 1950s Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sporting-Themed Oil Painting of Swimming Water Polo Players by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). Oil on ...

"Bear Duet" British Columbia, Canada, 2019 Available sizes: 20 x 30 in / Edition of 6 - $9,500 32 x 48 in / Edition of 6 - $18,500 40 x 60 in / Edition of 6 - $20,500 50 x 75 in / ...

Exquisitely painted with delicate line work and a subdued color palette, this Chinese scroll painting is an early 20th century reproduction of a famous...

***This artwork is currently on exhibit at the Instituto Cervantes, Chicago until September 2025. If purchased this artwork will be available to ship after September 1, 2025. Contact the gallery with questions. While visiting Chicago in the summer of 2019, Vidal was afforded a stunning view of the city from various vantage points. This bird's eye view is from the London House Hotel looking north up the famed Michigan Avenue capturing a portion of Chicago's iconic skyline. The loose, abstract brush strokes and warm color palette come together in this remarkable urban landscape painting. The bottom of the painting is marked with Vidal's signature - a series of numbers. The artist has carried the painting over the edges, thus allowing it to remain unframed. Alternate framing options can be discussed with the gallery. Albert Vidal From London acrylic on canvas 51h x 51w in 129.54h x 129.54w cm AV0015 Albert Vidal b. 1969 INDIVIDUAL EXIBITIONS 2012 February. Sala Parés, Barcelona. 2011 October. Gallery Sibman. Paris. 2010 April. Gallery Sibman. Paris. 2009 February. Sala Parés. Barcelona. 2007 June. Uniglavas Gallery. Tokyo. Japan. 2006 May. Sala Pares. Barcelona. 2005 October. Juan Amiano Gallery. Pamplona. 2003 October. Sala Parés. Barcelona. 2002 September - October. Galeria Juan Amiano. Pamplona. 2001 February-March. Sala Parés. Barcelona. 2000 March. Auditorio Municipal. Montcada i Reixac. Barcelona. 1999 January-February. Galeria Tuset. Barcelona. 1995 December. Sala Lola Anglada. Barcelona. 1993 April - May. Sala Albareda. Barcelona. 1991 December. Sala “ Ca N´Amatller”. Molins de Rei Cyty Council. Barcelona. COLLECTIVE EXIBITIONS 2021 Es-Scape, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL 2019 Earth Wind Fire, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL 2017 Scene Change, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago Coming Attractions, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago 2010 40x40. Sala Parés. Barcelona. 2008 December. Sala Parés. Barcelona. 2008 Septembre. 50 years of “Premi Pintura Jove”. Sala Parés. Barcelona. 2008 April. La Cave. Geneve . Switzerland. 2008 March. “Urbe”. Jordi Barnadas Gallery. Barcelona. 2007 February. Nichido Gallery. 42 Showakai Exhibition. Tokyo. Japan. 2006 April. “NYC” , Ariel Sibony Gallery. Paris. 2005 November. Barnadas Gallery. Barcelona. 2004 Sala Parés. Barcelona. 2004 Sala Barnadas. Barcelona. 2002 July. Galeria Gaudi. River North Festival Absolut Vision. Chicago. US 2002 May. ARTEXPO. Sala Parés. Barcelona. 2001 December. Galeria Barnadas. Barcelona. 2001 September-October. Galeria Giart . Girona. 2001 July. Sala "Ca La Pruna" - Pals. Girona. 2000 February- April. Jeunes talents catalans, Maison de la Catalogne. Paris. 1999 September. Sala Parés. Barcelona. Premi a la Pintura Jove. 1999 September-November. Realisme a Catalunya. Centre d´Art Santa Mónica. Barcelona . 1999 May. ARTEXPO. Galeria Tuset. Barcelona. 1998 September. Sala Parés. Barcelona. Premi a la Pintura Jove. 1998 July-August. Estudi d´Art. Calella de Palafrugell...

THE COLOR OF WATER Lake Michigan blue sits at the pastel confluence of green, grey and cyan on the nearby shoreline. In truth, the color of the lake is as transitory as Chicago weath...

An original, 1920s caricature of author Lennox Robinson by Irish artist, Isa M. Macnie. Watercolor and ink on paper. Inscription on drawing reads: "Author of “The White-Headed Boy...

A Captivating Modern Precisionist Painting, "My Back Yard in Belen, New Mexico" by Notable Chicago Artist, Walter Burt Adams (Am. 1903-1990). A vibrant, architectural view of a sunl...

"Day Breaker" Northern Fjords, Norway, 2018 20 x 45 in / Edition of 6 - $4,500 Also available: 32 x 73 in / Edition of 6 - $8,500 39 x 90 in / Edition of 6 - $17,500 "Just as th...

A 1930 lithograph on paper by artist Raoul Varin, titled "Old Fort Dearborn". Provenance: Arthur Ackerman & Son, Inc., Chicago, IL - Printed in 1930. Artwork size: 13" x 16 1...

Original collotype lithograph of a woman undressing from Gustav Kilmt’s handzeichnungen (sketch) in 1922 by Thyrsos Verlag, Leipzig and Vienna, in an edition of 375. Klimt’s mastery of depth is most evident in the gentleness of his linework. Without the aid of shadow or the subtlety of values, the gestures of line allow the viewer a sense of a three-dimensional person or object. The meticulous lithographic process used to create Klimt’s Handzeichnungen portfolio ensures exceptionally crisp markings bearing a strong resemblance to the original sketches. This series showcases the quintessence behind Klimt’s signature visual style. This artwork arrives accompanied by a certificate of authenticity. Century Guild has curated collections of Gustav Klimt’s printed...

A Fine 1930s, Modern Academic Anatomical Figure Study Drawing of a Male Model (Study, Male Legs) by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). An exceptionally well exe...

Bruno Surdo Connection, 2026 oil on canvas 12h x 16w in 30.48h x 40.64w cm BRS153 Bruno A. Surdo b. Chicago, 1963 Bruno A. Surdo is a true native of Chicago. He studied drawing an...

A Large, Sensational Mid-Century Modern Painting of a Chicago Night Club Showgirl. Painted in the 1950s, this is a large, vertical, abstracted portrayal of a standing female Burlesq...

Original collotype created from Gustav Klimt’s The Swamp, painted in 1900. Published and edited by Verlag H.O. Miethke and printed by k.k. Hof- und Sta...

"Omo Spirit" Banna People, Omo Valley, Ethiopia , 2023 Available Sizes: Edition of 6: 20in x 30in (50.8 x 76.2cm) - $4,500 Edition of 6: 32in x 48in (81.3 x 121.9cm) - $7,500 Ed...

A stylish, vintage early 1940s fashion study featuring an elegant young woman standing in an autumn themed hat and coat with the inscription "Southern Collection by Nettie Rosenstein...

In a letter written to Czóbel after he had become quite ill in 1975, famous Portuguese painter Vieira da Silva writes: “My very dear Czóbel, We em...

This painting embodies one of the most personal subjects in Aeling’s oeuvre: the ocean as encountered through years of surfing Hawaii’s winter swells. In Wave, Kauai, he renders the force and translucence of a breaking wave with cinematic clarity. The rising turquoise wall, the shearing lip, and the explosive white water reflect countless hours spent watching sets form, lift, and collapse along the shore. Unlike his plains or forest paintings—where the world feels spacious and hushed—this work throbs with movement and energy. It stands as a tribute to the place that shaped his intuitive understanding of water, rhythm, and luminosity. Jeff Aeling Wave, Kauai, 2018 oil on panel 24h x 48w in 60.96h x 121.92w cm FRAMED DIMENSIONS 25.25h x 49.25w in 64.14h x 125.09w cm Jeff Aeling (1958–2025): The Sky Remembers Through Jeff Aeling’s eyes, the landscape becomes a world shaped as much by air as by earth. In works such as North of Las Vegas, NM and Pond Near St. Cloud, MN, he balances the quiet structure of plains and wetlands with skies alive in constant motion. His mastery of atmosphere is unmistakable in Light Pillars (2023) and Light Pillar (2023), where rare optical events turn night into architecture. Even intimate scenes like Crabapple, Dogwoods, and Red Bud find their emotional power under skies that lend the land its shifting character. Aeling’s winters in Hawaii deepened his sensitivity to movement and weather. Surfing taught him to read the rhythm of the ocean, a knowledge reflected in Wave, Kauai (2018), where a breaking wave becomes a luminous wall of force. In Volcano (2023), he channels the islands’ elemental drama, linking fire, vapor, and sky through the same atmospheric vocabulary found in his plains paintings. Though often compared to American landscape painters like Church and Bierstadt, Aeling’s work engages modernity in subtle ways. He began his paintings with the camera—driving for hours to capture a fleeting alignment of cloud, light, and terrain. In the studio, he removed all traces of people or infrastructure, preserving the landscape as a pure, uncontrollable presence. This blend of tradition and contemporary practice allowed him to honor the past while speaking clearly to the present. Together, these works—whether a crashing wave, a blooming tree, a volcanic plume, or a column of winter light—form a portrait of the world as Aeling experienced it: vast, luminous, and alive with change. The Sky Remembers is both a tribute and an invitation to see the land with the reverence he carried throughout his life. Jeff Aeling (1958-2025) Iowa City, IA Represented in Chicago by Gallery VICTOR Education BFA, Painting and Printmaking, Kansas City Art Institute – Kansas City, MO School of the Art Institute of Chicago – Chicago, IL Solo Exhibitions 2016 Philip Slein Gallery - St. Louis, MO William Havu Gallery - Denver, CO 2015 Perimeter Gallery - Chicago, IL Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art - Kansas City, MO 2014 J Mark Sublette Gallery - Tucson, AZ Philip Slein Gallery - St. Louis, MO 2013 Perimeter Gallery - Chicago, IL Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art - Kansas City, MO 2012 Philip Slein Gallery - St. Louis, MO William Havu Gallery - Denver, CO 2011 Philip Slein Gallery - St. Louis, MO Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art - Kansas City, MO 2010 Perimeter Gallery - Chicago, IL Richard Demato Fine Arts Gallery - Sag Harbor, NY William Havu Gallery - Denver, CO 2009 J Mark Sublette Gallery - Tucson, AZ Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art - Kansas City, MO 2008 Perimeter Gallery - Chicago, IL William Havu Gallery - Denver, CO 2007 J Mark Sublette Gallery - Santa Fe, NM Philip Slein Gallery - St. Louis, MO Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art - Kansas City, MO 2006 Tory Folliard Gallery - Milwaukee, WI William Havu Gallery - Denver, CO 2005 Lisa Kurts Gallery - Memphis, TN Perimeter Gallery - Chicago, IL 2005 Philip Slein Gallery - St. Louis, MO Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art - Kansas City, MO 2004 J Mark Sublette Gallery - Santa Fe, NM William Havu Gallery - Denver, CO 2003 J Mark Sublette Gallery - Tucson, AZ Lisa Kurts Gallery - Memphis, TN Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art - Kansas City, MO 2002 J Mark Sublette Gallery - Santa Fe, NM Perimeter Gallery - Chicago, IL Perimeter Gallery - New York, NY 2001 J Mark Sublette Gallery - Tucson, AZ J Mark Sublette Gallery - Santa Fe, NM Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art - Kansas City, MO 2000 Charlene Cody Gallery - Santa Fe, NM Perimeter Gallery - Chicago, IL Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art - Kansas City, MO 1999 Charlene Cody Gallery - Santa Fe, NM Elliot Smith Contemporary Art - St. Louis, MO Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art - Kansas City, MO 1998 Charlene Cody Gallery - Santa Fe, NM Elliot Smith Contemporary Art - St. Louis, MO Leedy-Voulkos Art Center Gallery - Kansas City, MO Perimeter Gallery - Chicago, IL 1996 Grand Arts - Kansas City, MO 1994 Gallery V - Kansas City, MO 1993 Sean Kelly Gallery...

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Rodeo Cowboy (B&W) 2018 ARCHIVAL PIGMENT PRINT Unframed Sizes: 45 x 30 in (114.3 x 76.2 cm) - Edition of 8 + 2 AP (Artist Proofs) 60 x 40 in (152.4 x 101.6 cm) - Edition of 10 + 2 A...

Martina Nehrling is an American abstract artist whose dynamic and richly textured paintings evoke kaleidoscopic worlds of pattern, color, shadow and form. Nehrling employs a highly ...

Martina Nehrling is an American abstract artist whose dynamic and richly textured paintings evoke kaleidoscopic worlds of pattern, color, shadow and form. Nehrling employs a highly ...

Martina Nehrling is an American abstract artist whose dynamic and richly textured paintings evoke kaleidoscopic worlds of pattern, color, shadow and form. Nehrling employs a highly ...

Martina Nehrling is an American abstract artist whose dynamic and richly textured paintings evoke kaleidoscopic worlds of pattern, color, shadow and form. Nehrling employs a highly ...

THE COLOR OF WATER Lake Michigan blue sits at the pastel confluence of green, grey and cyan on the nearby shoreline. In truth, the color of the lake is as transitory as Chicago weather. The shade of blue is widely determined by the reflection of the sky above and the organic material and sediment carried below. I recently learned that invasive mussel species have slowly transformed the lake from green to bluer over the past two decades. I often return to the water’s edge to document the color of a given day. Susan Isaacson...

A Large, 1960s Mid-Century Modern Florida Harbor Scene Painting, "Shrimp Boats" by Famed Chicago Artist and Printmaker, Charles Turzak (Am. 1899 - 1986). Titled "Shrimp Boats", the painting depicts a tranquil harbor scene of fishing and sailing boats docked alongside a quiet boathouse. The painting is oiI on panel, dating from the 1960s, and has a great visual appeal. A perfect complement to any Florida coastal home or collection in the Keys. Artwork size: 17 1/2 x 25 inches, accompanied with the artist's original hand-painted, stepped panel frame (Framed size: 21 x 28 1/2 inches). Signed "Turzak" lower right; titled on artist label on reverse. Provenance: Estate of the artist. Charles Turzak was one of Chicago’s greatest printmakers of the Art Deco-era. Son of a coal miner, Turzak was born in Streeter, IL in 1899. In 1920, Turzak won the first prize a cartoon contest sponsored by the Purina company and he used his prize money to enroll in the Art Institute of Chicago. Best known as a print maker, in the 1920s & 30s, he created woodcuts of many of Chicago’s most notable buildings, including the Merchandise Mart, Palmolive Building and the Old Water Tower, among others. In 1933, he was commissioned to create woodcuts of many of Chicago’s most iconic buildings to illustrate a guidebook called “All About Chicago” by John and Ruth Ashenhurst” that featured the upcoming Century of Progress Exhibition in Chicago. During the 1933 World’s Fair...

In "Fedora, Chicago", Kirill Polevoy captures a quiet pause amid the movement of the city. Seen from behind at a downtown intersection, the solitary figure and sculptural hat emerge ...

Resistance A face covered by its own hands and interrupted by a painted pink bar becomes a contemporary emblem of censorship, refusal, and obscured truth. The word OBTUSE adds confro...

Also known as the Great Northern Railway disaster and Americas deadliest avalanche. After days of traveling west and passing through the 2.6 mile Cascade Tunnel, the GNR passenger train was trapped by snow at the tiny town of Wellington Washington in the Cascade Mountains. For 6 days the passengers survived on the train while railmen worked dauntlessly through continuous avalanches to clear the tracks ahead towards the next town. Fearful of the snow looming over them on the mountain above, the passengers were assured that they were safest where they were. The weather was severe and eventually an avalanche swept the GNR passenger train and a mail train off the tracks towards the river below, resulting in 96 deaths and 23 surviving injured. Eric Edward Esper Wellington, Washington Avalanche of March 1, 1910 oil on canvas 38h x 26w in 96.52h x 66.04w cm EEE018 Eric Edward Esper After obtaining my BFA in Illustration from Northern Michigan...

Motion Capture #9 explores the conventional representation of females in Western figurative art yet contrasting it with the contemporary imagery of that subject via computer-based im...

A Vibrant, Unique Surrealist 1960s Mid-Century Modern Abstract Oil Painting of Burning Fire (Flame) by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon. A vivid, eye-catching example of Haydon...

THE COLOR OF WATER Lake Michigan blue sits at the pastel confluence of green, grey and cyan on the nearby shoreline. In truth, the color of the lake is as transitory as Chicago weather. The shade of blue is widely determined by the reflection of the sky above and the organic material and sediment carried below. I recently learned that invasive mussel species have slowly transformed the lake from green to bluer over the past two decades. I often return to the water’s edge to document the color of a given day. Susan Isaacson...

Frank Faulkner’s Untitled Light Cage #9 exemplifies the artist’s distinctive fusion of abstraction, pattern, architecture, and decorative design. Created in 1988, several years after...

Dense layers of color, texture, and wandering line create an abstract terrain that feels both geological and alive. Muted greens, ochres, and deep violets gather into organic forms s...