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Item Ships From: Missouri
Untitled 1980
By Grace Hartigan
Located in Columbia, MO
Grace Hartigan (American, 1922–2008) Grace Hartigan’s work is defined by its bold color, gestural intensity, and a striking synthesis of abstraction and figuration. A central figure ...
Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Missouri - Art

Materials

Watercolor

1910's "Desert Landscape" Oil Painting
Located in Arp, TX
Attrib. Ralph Davidson Miller 1858-1945 "Desert landscape" c. 1910s. Oil on canvas 34"x24" unframed Unsigned Presenting an extraordinary artwork attributed to the renowned artist R...
Category

Early 20th Century American Impressionist Missouri - Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Golden Maze III (Gold, Warm, Geological Formations, ~30% OFF)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Jaquelin Carioscia Golden Maze III Archival Pigment Print Year: 2024 Visible Size: 11.5 x 17.5 inches Framed: 15 x 21 x 0.75 inches Signed: On Label COA provided *Ready to hang; fra...
Category

2010s Contemporary Missouri - Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Bowl with Vintage Chair (Handmade, Mid-Century, Modern, Vibrant)
By Melanie Sherman
Located in Kansas City, MO
Melanie Sherman Bowl with Vintage Chair Earthenware, 24K German Gold Luster, Glaze, Underglaze, China Paints, Vintage Transfers, Multiple Cone 6 Firings, Hand-built 2024 Size: 1.75 ...
Category

2010s American Modern Missouri - Art

Materials

Earthenware, Luster, Paint, Glaze, Underglaze

Untitled (abstract 1957)
By Perle Fine
Located in Columbia, MO
Perle Fine (American, 1905–1988) Perle Fine’s work is distinguished by a refined sense of balance, gestural energy, and a deep engagement with the language of abstraction. A key figu...
Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Missouri - Art

Materials

Watercolor

"Protea 3", Contemporary, Porcelain, Abstract, Ceramic, Sculpture
By Zemer Peled
Located in St. Louis, MO
Peled was born and raised in a Kibbutz in the northern part of Israel. After completing a BA (Hons) at the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in Jerusalem she graduated with an MA (H...
Category

2010s Contemporary Missouri - Art

Materials

Ceramic, Porcelain

Hand Carved Wood, Assembled Sculpture, Landscape, Wall Hanging, Holly Lane
By Holly Lane
Located in St. Louis, MO
Hand Carved Wood, Assembled Sculpture, Landscape, Wall Hanging, Holly Lane Holly Lane is a painter, sculptor and woodworker, interrogating the relationship between a picture and its...
Category

2010s Contemporary Missouri - Art

Materials

Wood, Acrylic

A Summer Morning
Located in Kansas City, MO
Aster da Fonseca A Summer Morning Acrylic on Tape on Paper Year: 2022 Size: 12x9 Signed by hand COA provided Ref.: 924802-1373 collage acrylic paint tape nature landscape bird tree ...
Category

2010s Modern Missouri - Art

Materials

Tape, Acrylic, Archival Paper

Choosing a Lane (Abstract, Biogram, Vibrant, Heart, Valve, 40% OFF LIMITED TIME)
By Kory Twaddle
Located in Kansas City, MO
Kory Twaddle Choosing a Lane California Driving Series # 7 Pastel, Pencil, Mixed Media on Paper Year: 2020 Size: 30 x 22 inches (76.2 x 55.88 cm) Signed, titled and dated in (colored...
Category

2010s Contemporary Missouri - Art

Materials

Paper, Oil Pastel, Mixed Media, Color Pencil

Dessert in the Garden
Located in Missouri, MO
Provenance: This is an early painting by Huldah Mae Cherry (also known as Huldah Cherry Jeffe), done in her "Impressionist years" and painted after a painting by another American I...
Category

1920s American Impressionist Missouri - Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Social Media Remorse Syndrome
Located in Saint Louis, MO
James Hoff Social Media Remorse Syndrome, 2012 Oil on canvas 18 x 12 inches (45.7 x 30.5 cm)
Category

2010s Contemporary Missouri - Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Have A Nice Day (Graffiti, Urban Art, Street Art, Mickey Mouse, Darth Vader)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Frank Brenner Have A Nice Day (Graffiti, Urban Art, Street Art, Mickey Mouse, Darth Vader) 3D-Construction on Hahnemühle Velvet Year: 2021 Signed and ...
Category

2010s Pop Art Missouri - Art

Materials

Mixed Media, Archival Pigment

First Floor Biogram
By Kory Twaddle
Located in Kansas City, MO
Title : First Floor Biogram Materials : Acrylic, gouache, oil pastel, marker, charcoal, graphite, and conté crayon on paper Date : 2018 Dimensions : 24 x 18 x .1 in. Description : ...
Category

2010s Abstract Expressionist Missouri - Art

Materials

Paint, Paper, Acrylic, Tempera, Watercolor, Graphite, Conté, Oil Pastel,...

Der erotische Waldschmidt (Printmaking, Monochrome Art)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Arno Waldschmidt Der erotische Waldschmidt Woodcut on handmade paper 1996 Size: 27.55 x 19.68 inches (70 x 50 cm) Edition: 25 Signed, numbered and dated in pencil COA provided *Cond...
Category

1990s Contemporary Missouri - Art

Materials

Woodcut

Ahmedabad 151209-501 (India, Street Photography, Portrait, B&W, 30% OFF)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Lord Fauntleroy Ahmedabad 151209-501 Pigment Print Year: 2015 Visible Size: 9.25 x 9.25 inches Framed: 10.6 x 10.6 inches Signed: On Label Edition: 8 COA provided *White frame with...
Category

2010s Contemporary Missouri - Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Abstract Composition (Minimalism, Landscape, Mediterranean, Catalonia, 50% OFF)
By Joan Hernandez Pijuan
Located in Kansas City, MO
"Composición", (in Yellow) Year: 1977 Color etching Signed, dated, numbered in pencil Edition of 75 Size: 14.6 × 24.6 on 22.0 × 30.0 inches COA provided Joan Hernández Pijuan’s lif...
Category

1970s Abstract Missouri - Art

Materials

Etching

Les Revolutions Sceniques Du XXe Siecle - II
By Joan Miró
Located in Kansas City, MO
Joan Miró Les Revolutions Sceniques Du XXe Siecle - II Color lithograph Year: 1975 Size: 12.2×9.4in on 14.7×10.4in Unsigned as issued From an edition with unknown size (pres. <1,500...
Category

1970s Modern Missouri - Art

Materials

Lithograph

"Desert Winterscape", Cotton Tapestry, Wall Hanging Sculpture, Thread, Textile
By John Garrett
Located in St. Louis, MO
John Garrett was raised in southern New Mexico by parents who were both educators. They instilled in him an appreciation for the handmade with their collections of Native American a...
Category

2010s Contemporary Missouri - Art

Materials

Textile, Cotton, Yarn, Polyester

Country House In The North (Landhaus im Norden)
By Paul Klee
Located in Kansas City, MO
Paul Klee (after) Country House In The North (Landhaus im Norden) Year: 1925 Serigraph Size: 14x16.9 on 19x21.5 inches Edition: 440 Signed in the stone, numbered by hand Publisher: K...
Category

1920s Expressionist Missouri - Art

Materials

Screen

BARRY
Located in Saint Louis, MO
In his series No Sé Quién Vivió Aquí, artist Sam Melendez combines his a masterful eye for narrative and characters with his trademark grit, and love of vintage colors. The large nos...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Missouri - Art

Materials

Charcoal, Oil

Flowers (Pink, Red, Purple Hues - Pop Art) (~65% OFF LIST PRICE, LIMITED TIME)
By Jurgen Kuhl
Located in Kansas City, MO
Jürgen Kuhl Flowers (Pink, Red, Purple Hues - Pop Art) 2010-2020 Color Silkscreen Size: 32.8 × 32.8 inches Unsigned COA Provided About Jurgen Kuhl: In Cologne, the city of art ...
Category

2010s Pop Art Missouri - Art

Materials

Screen

Chaim Weizmann
By Lotte Jacobi
Located in Kansas City, MO
Lotte Jacobi Chaim Weizmann Photograph Year: 1948 Size: 13.9x10.8in Signed in the print Lotte Jacobi Copyright Annotation lower left, recto Ref.: 924802-1355 Lotte Jacobi (August 17, 1896 – May 6, 1990) was a leading American portrait photographer and photojournalist, known for her high-contrast black-and-white portrait photography, characterized by intimate, sometimes dramatic, sometimes idiosyncratic and often definitive humanist depictions of both ordinary people in the United States and Europe and some of the most important artists, thinkers and activists of the 20th century. Jacobi's photographic style stressed informality, and sought to delve deeper into the traits of her subjects than traditional portraiture. She made a point of photographing subjects in their own environments, and talking to them while she worked. She explained the reasoning behind her approach this way: "I just try and get people to talk, to relax, to be themselves. I don't like a passive, bored subject. I do portraits because I like people, and I want to bring out their personalities. Many photographers today, I think, are bringing out the worst part of people. I try and bring out the best." Jacobi is perhaps best known for her "portrait of Albert Einstein (Princeton, 1938), whom she photographed candidly, seated at his desk, dishevelled and dressed in a leather jacket, a work that was refused by Life magazine for its simplicity." Other personality-driven portraits include "Eleanor Roosevelt sitting back, gesturing, and obviously speaking in midsentence; Marc Chagall depicted as a jovial family man; Thomas Mann appearing as thoughtful as his work; and more candid, gentle portraits of Einstein." Other celebrated subjects included poets W. H. Auden, Robert Frost, and May Sarton; philosopher Martin Buber; writer J.D. Salinger; writer and activist W. E. B. Du Bois; scientist Max Planck; artist Käthe Kollwitz; the actress and singer Lotte Lenya; the singer and activist Paul Robeson...
Category

1940s Modern Missouri - Art

Materials

Photographic Paper

Chaim Weizmann
$977 Sale Price
34% Off
Brandenburg Gate (Red, Teal Hues - Brandenburger Tor) (40% OFF LIST PRICE)
By Jurgen Kuhl
Located in Kansas City, MO
Jurgen Kuhl Brandenburg Gate (Red, Teal Hues - Brandenburger Tor) Color Silk Screen Year: 2000s Size: 7.4×5.3in COA provided Ref.: 924802-1181 About ...
Category

2010s Pop Art Missouri - Art

Materials

Glitter, Screen

"Flow", Pointillism Oil Painting on Canvas, Silver Leaf Embellishment
By Miles Bair
Located in St. Louis, MO
Miles Bair was born in New Castle, Pennsylvania. He studied art at Edinboro University and West Virginia University, and is the director of the School of Art at Illinois Wesleyan Uni...
Category

2010s Contemporary Missouri - Art

Materials

Gold Leaf

To Be Or Not To Be I (Abstract, Expressive, Minimal, White, Blue, ~25% OFF)
By Katherine Bello
Located in Kansas City, MO
To Be Or Not To Be I Mixed Media on Board 2023 Size: 12x12x1in Framed: 13x13x1.25in Signed, dated and titled by hand COA provided Ref.: 924802-1886 *framed in a black wooden floater...
Category

2010s Abstract Missouri - Art

Materials

Oil, Board

Zero Horizontal (Zero I)
By Peter Max
Located in Missouri, MO
Peter Max "Zero Horizontal" (Zero I) 1973 Color Lithograph Ed. 194/300 Signed and Numbered Framed Size: approx. 32 x 25 inches Print Size: approx 20 x 26 inches Peter Max is a multi-dimensional artist focused on contemporary events. When he left art school in the 1960s he began producing, "cosmic imagery . . . that caught on right away, and before you knew it, I got an eight-page cover story in Life magazine." He explores all media, including mass media as a "canvas" for his creative expression. His decorative designs are on a Boeing 777 Continental, Dale Earnhardt's #3 Millennium race car, U.S. postage stamps and 235 U.S. border murals. He created two 155-foot murals for the U.S. Pavilion at the Seville World's Fair in Spain, 12 postage stamps for the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and a 600-foot stage mural for Woodstock 2. He has also painted for five U.S. presidents, as well as the Beatles, Aerosmith and the Rolling Stones. After September 11th, 2001 Peter Max began a project by finishing 356 portraits of the firefighters that were lost in the attack. His portraits were then given to the victims' families. In addition, from a special request from President George W. Bush, he recently created another 356 portraits for a firefighters' memorial. Peter Max has worked with oils, acrylics, water colors, finger paints, dyes, pastels, charcoal, pen, multi-colored pencils, etchings, engravings, animation cells...
Category

1970s Pop Art Missouri - Art

Materials

Lithograph

Cemetery (from "Oil is History" Collection)(Classic Car, Graveyard, Vintage)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Louise Marler Cemetery (from "Oil is History" Collection)(Classic Car, Graveyard, Vintage) Archival Giclee Print 2007 Edition: 10 Image Size: 14.25 x 11.75 inches (36.19 x 29.84 cm) ...
Category

1970s Modern Missouri - Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Wood, Giclée

Vase with Koi & Blue Wave (Hand-Painted, Gold Luster, Platinum Luster, Vintage)
By Melanie Sherman
Located in Kansas City, MO
Melanie Sherman Vase with Koi and Blue Wave Hand Built & Painted Vase Year: 2024 Porcelain, Glaze, China Paint, Gold & Platinum Luster Fired: Electric Kiln, Cone 6 Approx. Size: 27 x...
Category

2010s Modern Missouri - Art

Materials

Luster, Porcelain, Glaze

Le Carnaval De Nice (Fun, Colorful, Vibrant, Playful, Comic, ~47% OFF)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Wilhelm Schlote Le Carnaval De Nice (Fun, Colorful, Vibrant, Playful, Comic) Giclee in Fine Paper Year: 2017 Size: 24.01 × 17.20 inches (61.0 x 43.7 cm) Edition: 300 + 30 E.A. Signed...
Category

2010s Modern Missouri - Art

Materials

Handmade Paper, Giclée

Phasianus torquatus
By Joseph Wolf
Located in Columbia, MO
Joseph Wolf Lithograph c.1940
Category

Mid-20th Century Naturalistic Missouri - Art

Materials

Lithograph

Shelter (Geometric, Abstract, Gestural, Vibrant)
By Susan Kiefer
Located in Kansas City, MO
Susan Kiefer Shelter (Geometric, Abstract, Gestural, Vibrant) Oil on Canvas 2023 Size: 16 x 16 x 1.25 in (40.64 x 64.64 x 3.17 cm) Signed and inscribed verso COA provided *On stretc...
Category

2010s Abstract Geometric Missouri - Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars

Ahmedabad 151209-566 (India, Street Photography, Portrait, B&W, 30% OFF)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Lord Fauntleroy Ahmedabad 151209-566 Pigment Print Year: 2015 Visible Size: 9.25 x 9.25 inches Framed: 10.6 x 10.6 inches Signed: On Label Edition: 8 COA provided *White frame with...
Category

2010s Contemporary Missouri - Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Under the Impression (Abstract, Expressionism, Green, Teal, Purple, 25% OFF)
By Katherine Bello
Located in Kansas City, MO
Katherine Bello Under the Impression Oil and oil stick on canvas 2023 Size: 30x30x1.5in Signed, dated and titled by hand COA provided Ref.: 924802-1875 *on stretcher frame - ready t...
Category

2010s Abstract Missouri - Art

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Oil

Litografia Original IV (Abstract, Modern, Surrealism, Colorful, Iconic, 44% OFF)
By Joan Miró
Located in Kansas City, MO
Joan Miró Litografia Original IV Color Lithograph Year: 1975 Size: 13.25 x 20 inches (33.65 x 50.8 cm) Catalogue Raisonné: Queneau, Miro Lithographe II, 1952-1963, p.36 Publisher: Ma...
Category

1970s Abstract Impressionist Missouri - Art

Materials

Lithograph

Figurative Ceramic Sculpture, Glazed Stoneware, Dog by Kensuke Yamada, 2024
By Kensuke Yamada
Located in St. Louis, MO
Figurative Ceramic Sculpture, Glazed Stoneware, Dog by Kensuke Yamada, 2024 Kensuke Yamada (b. 1979) was born in Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan. He received his MFA from the University ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Missouri - Art

Materials

Ceramic, Stoneware, Glaze

Untitled Portrait II (Black and White, Photography, Portrait, Model, New York)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Joe Kelly Untitled Portrait II Black and White Photograph Year: circa late 70s Image Size: 7x5.5in Sheet Size: 10x8in Unsigned Ref.: 924802-1711 * Slight soiling top left. Image int...
Category

1970s Modern Missouri - Art

Materials

Photographic Paper

Ornament Owl (MADE TO ORDER) (Hand-painted, hand-made, porcelain)
By Melanie Sherman
Located in Kansas City, MO
(MADE TO ORDER) (Hand-painted, hand-made, porcelain) *Lead Time may vary between 1-3 weeks Melanie Sherman "Ornament Owl (Medium)" Year: 2021 Porcelain, Glaze, ChinaPaint, Gold Lus...
Category

2010s Contemporary Missouri - Art

Materials

Luster, Porcelain, Glaze

Le Chat et les Fleurs (from "Les Chats par Champfleury")
By Édouard Manet
Located in Kansas City, MO
Edouard Manet Le Chat et les Fleurs (from "Les Chats par Champfleury") 1869 Etching and aquatint on Rives paper Image: 6.25 x 5.125 (17.3 × 13 cm) Plate: 8 x 6 inches (20.3 x 15.2 c...
Category

1860s Impressionist Missouri - Art

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

Ahmedabad 151213-84 (India, Street Dancer, Movement, Rhythm, Vibes, 30% OFF)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Lord Fauntleroy Ahmedabad 151213-84 High Gloss Metal Print with Float Mount Hanger Year: 2015 Size: 12 inches diameter Signed: On Label Edition: 7 COA provided Lord Fauntleroy is a ...
Category

2010s Street Art Missouri - Art

Materials

Metal

VOL-13B
Located in Saint Louis, MO
Nick Schleicher received a BFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2011, where he focused on painting and sculpture. His work ranges fro...
Category

2010s Contemporary Missouri - Art

Materials

Mixed Media

Self-portrait in the Woods at Eventide
Located in Columbia, MO
Joel Sager (1980) was born in Saint Joseph, Missouri, the son of a minister and a stay-at-home mother who fostered from an early age his love of drawing and painting. It was under the mentorship of prominent American illustrator Mark English...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Missouri - Art

Materials

Watercolor, Archival Paper

"The Quiet Time", Contemporary, Landscape, Painting, Framed, Walnut, Acrylic
By Ahzad Bogosian
Located in St. Louis, MO
Channeling the Midwest and Western landscapes as sources for his mood-rich paintings, Bogosian has developed an extensive and breathtaking body of work. According to Bogosian, “My wo...
Category

2010s Contemporary Missouri - Art

Materials

Canvas, Walnut, Varnish, Acrylic

And His Open Arms Embraced
Located in Clayton, MO
In And His Open Arms Embraced color, line, shape, and texture collide with handwritten romantic fragments of prose on Kozuke ivory paper. This one-of-a-kind, unmounted encaustic mono...
Category

2010s Abstract Missouri - Art

Materials

Wax Crayon, India Ink, Encaustic, Archival Paper, Rice Paper, Pen, Color...

The Smiths - Meat Is Murder (Record Label, Ticket Stubs, Setlists, Pop Art)
By Kerry Smith
Located in Kansas City, MO
Kerry Smith The Smiths - Meat Is Murder Mixed Media on Conservation Glass Year: 2017 Size: 12x12in Signed, dated by hand COA provided Ref.: 92-1651 *Black frame with a mirror-gloss ...
Category

2010s Pop Art Missouri - Art

Materials

Glass, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Gouache

Bits of Magenta (Abstract, Expressive, Fun, Colorful, Warm, Soft)
By Katherine Bello
Located in Kansas City, MO
Katherine Bello Bits of Magenta Mixed Media on Board 20235 Size: 12 x 12 inches (30.48 x 30.48cm) Framed: 13 x 13 x 1.25 inches (33.02 x 33.02 x 3.175cm) Signed and titled by hand CO...
Category

2010s Modern Missouri - Art

Materials

Oil, Board, Wood

Self Isolation (Street Art, Pop Art, Fun, Vibrant, ~47% OFF - LIMITED TIME ONLY)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Rf Art Self Isolation Giclee on Hahnemuehle Velvet 2021 Size: 24.01 x 17.32 inches (61 x 44 cm) Edition: BAT from a limited edtion of 25 Signed and numbered by the artist *Framing O...
Category

2010s Street Art Missouri - Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Color, Archival Ink, Giclée

Discovering Green (Gestural Abstraction, Green, Blue, Gold, Jungle, ~42% OFF)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Ted Hinrichs Discovering Green Acrylic on Canvas Year: 2025 Size: 30 x 24 x 0.75 inches (76.2 x 60.96 x 1.9 cm) Signed by hand COA provided *On Stretcher Frame (Painted Edges), read...
Category

2010s Abstract Missouri - Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic, Stretcher Bars

Morning at St. Malo from folio "Bretagnemappe Finis Terrae" (48% OFF LIST PRICE)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Tilmann Krieg Morning at St. Malo from folio "Bretagnemappe Finis Terrae" Color Etching Image Size: 4.72 x 7.08 inches (12 x 18 cm) Sheet Size: 10.43 x 15.55 (26.5 x 39.5 cm) Signed...
Category

1990s Modern Missouri - Art

Materials

Etching

Super Smash Bros (Street Art, Pop Art, Fun, Vibrant, ~47% OFF - LIMITED TIME)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Rf Art Super Smash Bros Giclee on Hahnemuehle Velvet 2021 Size: 24.01 x 17.32 inches (61 x 44 cm) Edition: BAT from a limited edtion of 25 Signed and numbered by the artist *Framing...
Category

2010s Street Art Missouri - Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Color, Archival Ink, Giclée

Untitled (from ROBOTNICS Series)
By Christian Rothmann
Located in Kansas City, MO
Christian Rothmann ROBOTNICS Series C-Print 2019 Edition S (Edition of 10) 12 x 8.3 inches (30.5 x 21 cm) Signed, dated and numbered verso Other Edition Sizes available: - Edition M (Edition of 6) 35.4 x 23.6 inches (90 x 60 cm) - Edition L (Edition of 6) 47.2 x 31.5 inches (120 x 80 cm) - Edition XL (Edition of 3) 88.8 x 58.8 inches (225 x 150 cm) PUR - Price Upon Request -------------- Since 1979 Christian Rothmann had more than 40 solo and 80 group exhibitions worldwide. Christian Rothmann had guest lectures, residencies, art fairs and biennials in Europe, Japan, USA, Australia and Korea. Christian Rothmann (born 1954 in Kędzierzyn, Poland ) is a painter, photographer, and graphic artist.⁠ ⁠ In 1976 he first studied at the “Hochschule für Gestaltung” in Offenbach, Germany and moved to Berlin in 1977, where he graduated in 1983 at the “Hochschule der Künste”. From 1983 to 1995 he taught at the university as a lecturer and as an artist with a focus on screenprinting and American art history. To date, a versatile body of work has been created, which includes not only paintings but also long-standing photo projects, videos, and public art.⁠ ⁠ Guest lectures, teaching assignments, scholarships and exhibitions regularly lead Rothmann to travel home and abroad.⁠ ------------------------ Rothmann's Robots These creatures date back to another era, and they connect the past and the future. They were found by Christian Rothmann, a Berlin artist, collector and traveler through time and the world: In shops in Germany and Japan, Israel and America, his keen eye picks out objects cast aside by previous generations, but which lend themselves to his own work. In a similar way, he came across a stash of historic toy robots of varied provenance collected by a Berlin gallery owner many years ago. Most of them were screwed and riveted together in the 1960s and 70s by Metal House, a Japanese company that still exists today. In systematically photographing these humanoids made of tin - and later plastic - Rothmann is paraphrasing the idea of appropriation art. Unknown names designed and made the toys, which some five decades on, Rothmann depicts and emblematizes in his extensive photo sequence. In their photographs of Selim Varol's vast toy collection, his German colleagues Daniel and Geo Fuchs captured both the stereotypical and individual in plastic figures that imitate superheroes which were and still are generally manufactured somewhere in Asia. Christian Rothmann looks his robots deep in their artificially stylized, painted or corrugated eyes - or more aptly, their eye slits - and although each has a certain degree of individuality, the little figures remain unknown to us; they project nothing and are not alter egos. Rothmann trains his lens on their faces and expressions, and thus, his portraits are born. Up extremely close, dust, dents, and rust become visible. In other words, what we see is time-traces of time that has passed since the figures were made, or during their period in a Berlin attic, and - considering that he robots date back to Rothmann's childhood - time lived by the photographer and recipients of his pictures. But unlike dolls, these mechanical robots bear no reference to the ideal of beauty at the time of their manufacture, and their features are in no way modeled on a concrete child's face. In this art project the robots appear as figures without a context, photographed face-on, cropped in front of a neutral background and reduced to their qualities of form. But beyond the reproduction and documentation a game with surfaces is going on; our view lingers on the outer skin of the object, or on the layer over it. The inside - which can be found beneath - is to an extent metaphysical, occurring inside the observer's mind. Only rarely is there anything to see behind the robot's helmet. When an occasional human face does peer out, it turns the figure into a robot-like protective casing for an astronaut of the future. If we really stop and think about modern toys, let's say those produced from the mid 20th century, when Disney and Marvel films were already stimulating a massive appetite for merchandising, the question must be: do such fantasy and hybrid creatures belong, does something like artificial intelligence already belong to the broader community of humans and animals? It is already a decade or two since the wave of Tamagotchis washed in from Japan, moved children to feed and entertain their newly born electronic chicks in the way they would a real pet, or to run the risk of seeing them die. It was a new form of artificial life, but the relationship between people and machines becomes problematic when the machines or humanoid robots have excellent fine motor skills and artificial intelligence and sensitivity on a par with, or even greater than that of humans. Luckily we have not reached that point yet, even if Hollywood adaptations would have us believe we are not far away. Rothmann's robots are initially sweet toys, and each toy is known to have a different effect on children and adults. They are conceived by (adult) designers as a means of translating or retelling history or reality through miniature animals, knights, and soldiers. In the case of monsters, mythical creatures, and robots, it is more about creating visions of the future and parallel worlds. Certainly, since the success of fantasy books and films such as Lord of the Rings or The Hobbit, we see the potential for vast enthusiasm for such parallel worlds. Successful computer and online games such as World of Warcraft...
Category

2010s Pop Art Missouri - Art

Materials

C Print

Geoffrey Holder
Located in Saint Louis, MO
Antonio Pippolini Geoffrey Holder 11 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches Framed Dimensions: 14 1/4 x 10 3/4 inches (36.2 x 27.3 cm)
Category

2010s Contemporary Missouri - Art

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper

E'stelle II
Located in Clayton, MO
In E'stelle II color, line, shape, and texture collide on Kozuke ivory paper. This one-of-a-kind, unmounted encaustic monotype illuminates a poetic interior landscape. The softness o...
Category

2010s Abstract Missouri - Art

Materials

Encaustic, Archival Paper, Rice Paper, Washi Paper

E'stelle II
E'stelle II
$2,640 Sale Price
20% Off
Construction Drawing III (Conceptual Art, Mechanical, Engineer, Machine)
By Dennis A. Oppenheim
Located in Kansas City, MO
Signed by the artist, Edition 16/75 COA provided Dennis Oppenheim (September 6, 1938 – January 21, 2011) was an American conceptual artist, performance artist, earth artist, sculpto...
Category

1960s Conceptual Missouri - Art

Materials

Lithograph

The Chief
By Tom Binger
Located in Kansas City, MO
Title: The Chief Medium: Mixed Media Year: 2018 Signed Size: 16 x 15 x 10.25 inches Tom Binger finds it interesting that during a time in which the internet is quickly becoming the ...
Category

2010s American Modern Missouri - Art

Materials

Mixed Media

The Chief
The Chief
$2,490 Sale Price
44% Off
Signal 2
Located in Kansas City, MO
Jennifer Bricker-Pugh Signal 2 Acrylic on Panel Year: 2022 Size: 10x10x1.5in Signed, dated and inscribed by hand COA provided Ready to hang Ref.: 924802-1093 Jennifer is an Abstract...
Category

2010s Contemporary Missouri - Art

Materials

Acrylic, Panel

Primrose
Located in Kansas City, MO
Jennifer Bricker-Pugh Primrose Acrylic on Canvas Year: 2021 Size: 30x30x1.5in Signed, dated and inscribed by hand COA provided Ready to hang Ref.: 924802-1084 Jennifer is an Abstrac...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Missouri - Art

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Canvas, Acrylic

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Untitled (from ROBOTNICS Series)
By Christian Rothmann
Located in Kansas City, MO
Christian Rothmann ROBOTNICS Series C-Print 2019 Edition S (Edition of 10) 12 x 8.3 inches (30.5 x 21 cm) Signed, dated and numbered verso Other Edition Sizes available: - Edition M (Edition of 6) 35.4 x 23.6 inches (90 x 60 cm) - Edition L (Edition of 6) 47.2 x 31.5 inches (120 x 80 cm) - Edition XL (Edition of 3) 88.8 x 58.8 inches (225 x 150 cm) PUR - Price Upon Request -------------- Since 1979 Christian Rothmann had more than 40 solo and 80 group exhibitions worldwide. Christian Rothmann had guest lectures, residencies, art fairs and biennials in Europe, Japan, USA, Australia and Korea. Christian Rothmann (born 1954 in Kędzierzyn, Poland ) is a painter, photographer, and graphic artist.⁠ ⁠ In 1976 he first studied at the “Hochschule für Gestaltung” in Offenbach, Germany and moved to Berlin in 1977, where he graduated in 1983 at the “Hochschule der Künste”. From 1983 to 1995 he taught at the university as a lecturer and as an artist with a focus on screenprinting and American art history. To date, a versatile body of work has been created, which includes not only paintings but also long-standing photo projects, videos, and public art.⁠ ⁠ Guest lectures, teaching assignments, scholarships and exhibitions regularly lead Rothmann to travel home and abroad.⁠ ------------------------ Rothmann's Robots These creatures date back to another era, and they connect the past and the future. They were found by Christian Rothmann, a Berlin artist, collector and traveler through time and the world: In shops in Germany and Japan, Israel and America, his keen eye picks out objects cast aside by previous generations, but which lend themselves to his own work. In a similar way, he came across a stash of historic toy robots of varied provenance collected by a Berlin gallery owner many years ago. Most of them were screwed and riveted together in the 1960s and 70s by Metal House, a Japanese company that still exists today. In systematically photographing these humanoids made of tin - and later plastic - Rothmann is paraphrasing the idea of appropriation art. Unknown names designed and made the toys, which some five decades on, Rothmann depicts and emblematizes in his extensive photo sequence. In their photographs of Selim Varol's vast toy collection, his German colleagues Daniel and Geo Fuchs captured both the stereotypical and individual in plastic figures that imitate superheroes which were and still are generally manufactured somewhere in Asia. Christian Rothmann looks his robots deep in their artificially stylized, painted or corrugated eyes - or more aptly, their eye slits - and although each has a certain degree of individuality, the little figures remain unknown to us; they project nothing and are not alter egos. Rothmann trains his lens on their faces and expressions, and thus, his portraits are born. Up extremely close, dust, dents, and rust become visible. In other words, what we see is time-traces of time that has passed since the figures were made, or during their period in a Berlin attic, and - considering that he robots date back to Rothmann's childhood - time lived by the photographer and recipients of his pictures. But unlike dolls, these mechanical robots bear no reference to the ideal of beauty at the time of their manufacture, and their features are in no way modeled on a concrete child's face. In this art project the robots appear as figures without a context, photographed face-on, cropped in front of a neutral background and reduced to their qualities of form. But beyond the reproduction and documentation a game with surfaces is going on; our view lingers on the outer skin of the object, or on the layer over it. The inside - which can be found beneath - is to an extent metaphysical, occurring inside the observer's mind. Only rarely is there anything to see behind the robot's helmet. When an occasional human face does peer out, it turns the figure into a robot-like protective casing for an astronaut of the future. If we really stop and think about modern toys, let's say those produced from the mid 20th century, when Disney and Marvel films were already stimulating a massive appetite for merchandising, the question must be: do such fantasy and hybrid creatures belong, does something like artificial intelligence already belong to the broader community of humans and animals? It is already a decade or two since the wave of Tamagotchis washed in from Japan, moved children to feed and entertain their newly born electronic chicks in the way they would a real pet, or to run the risk of seeing them die. It was a new form of artificial life, but the relationship between people and machines becomes problematic when the machines or humanoid robots have excellent fine motor skills and artificial intelligence and sensitivity on a par with, or even greater than that of humans. Luckily we have not reached that point yet, even if Hollywood adaptations would have us believe we are not far away. Rothmann's robots are initially sweet toys, and each toy is known to have a different effect on children and adults. They are conceived by (adult) designers as a means of translating or retelling history or reality through miniature animals, knights, and soldiers. In the case of monsters, mythical creatures, and robots, it is more about creating visions of the future and parallel worlds. Certainly, since the success of fantasy books and films such as Lord of the Rings or The Hobbit, we see the potential for vast enthusiasm for such parallel worlds. Successful computer and online games such as World of Warcraft, or the creation of avatars are also interesting worldwide phenomena of virtual realities that are not only relevant for children and teens. So when a middle-aged Berlin photographic artist (like Christian Rothmann) chooses to study 120 toy robots with great difference in form, it represents a journey back to his own childhood - even if at the time, he played with a steam engine rather than a robot. Once batteries had been inserted, some of the largely male or gender-neutral robots, could flash, shoot, turn around and even do more complicated things. Some can even still do it today - albeit clumsily. This, of course, can only be seen on film, but the artist intends to document that as well; to feature the robots in filmic works of art. The positioning of the figures in the studio is the same as the tableau of pictures in the exhibition room. In this way, one could say Rothmann deploys one robot after the other. This systematic approach enables a comparative view; the extreme enlargement of what are actually small and manageable figures is like the macro vision of insects whose fascinating, sometimes monster-like appearance only becomes visible when they are blown up a hundredfold. The same thing goes for the robots; in miniature form, they seem harmless and cute, but if they were larger than humans and made noises to match, they would seem more threatening. Some of the tin figures...
Category

2010s Contemporary Missouri - Art

Materials

C Print

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By Nick Cave
Located in Kansas City, MO
Nick Cave Soundsuit #6 Year: 2010 Archival Pigment Print on Premium Rag Size: 17 x 12 in. Edition: 200 Signed by hand on label COA provided Ref.: 924802-2069 Tags: #NickCave #Missou...
Category

2010s Contemporary Missouri - Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

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By Ben Allen
Located in Kansas City, MO
Ben Allen King Mickey with Basquiat Crown #5 3D-construction Year: 2021 Signed, numbered and titled by hand Edition: 50 Size: 21.5 × 21.5 on 23.8 × 23.9...
Category

2010s Pop Art Missouri - Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Digital Pigment

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By James Rizzi
Located in Kansas City, MO
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Category

1980s Pop Art Missouri - Art

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