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Item Ships From: Pennsylvania
"Giant" Hand cut and assembled layered collage with dimensional details
By Alex Eckman-Lawn
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Giant" is an original hand-crafted artwork by Alex Eckman-Lawn, as part of his recent solo exhibition, "BODY". This piece is digitally designed by Eckman-Lawn, printed on archival p...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pennsylvania - Art

Materials

Archival Paper

"Omoplata 162 in Royal Blue", Hand-Folded Archival Paper, Abstract Patterns
By Matt Shlian
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Omoplata 162 in Royal Blue" is an original piece by Matt Shlian and is made from hand-folded archival paper. This piece measures 27.25”h x 21.5”w x 1.5”d unframed....
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pennsylvania - Art

Materials

Archival Paper

Sinjerli Variation I Lithograph & Screenprint Hand Signed Ed 100. Created 1977
By Frank Stella
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Frank Stella b.1936 Sinjerli Variation I 1977 lithograph and screenprint in colors on Arches Cover 31¾ h × 42 w in (81 × 107 cm) Signed, dated and numbered to lower right edition of...
Category

1970s Abstract Geometric Pennsylvania - Art

Materials

Lithograph, Screen

Fawn
By Henry Hablak
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Fawn" is an original ink, colored pencil, and gouache on paper artwork by Henry Hablak measuring 30"h x 22"w. Henry Hablak is a tattoo artist and illustrator based out of Philadel...
Category

2010s Contemporary Pennsylvania - Art

Materials

Paper, Ink, Gouache, Color Pencil

"The Coward" Original cover for Life magazine, Woman Kissing World War I Soldier
By Norman Rockwell
Located in Fort Washington, PA
"The Coward" (Woman Kissing Soldier). Original cover illustration for Life Magazine, published April 1919. Norman Rockwell’s The Coward (or, Woman Kissing Soldier) was published on...
Category

1910s American Realist Pennsylvania - Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Siamese Horse Cat
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This figurative sculpture titled "Siamese Horse Cat" is an original artwork by Debra Broz made of secondhand ceramics and mixed media. The sculpture measure...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pennsylvania - Art

Materials

Found Objects, Ceramic

"New Day", Woodcarving, Bird in flight, sun motif, Relief, Molded sculpture
By Dennis McNett
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"New Day" is an original wall-hanging sculpture by Dennis McNett made from woodcarving, sculpted epoxy head, woodcut prints and acrylic . This pieces measures 21.5"h x 19.5"w x 4.5"d...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pennsylvania - Art

Materials

Wood, Acrylic, Woodcut, Epoxy Resin

Illusion- Original etching with hand watercolor from 1940
By Louis Icart
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Illusion by Louis Icart 1940 MINT PERFECT CONDITION Original dry point etching on paper From the rare limited edition OF 250 WITH VERY LARGE MARGINS AND THE BLINDSTAMP WINDMILL LOWER...
Category

1940s Pennsylvania - Art

Materials

Drypoint, Etching

Black/White/Black
By Ellsworth Kelly
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Black/White/Black, 1970 Screenprint in colors on Special Arjomari Edition of 75 42 1/4 x 29 3/4 in. Publisher: Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles
Category

Late 20th Century Pennsylvania - Art

Materials

Screen

Man in Thought
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Robert Bliss (1925-1981). Man in Thought, 1964. Graphite on canvas, 11.5 x 46 inches. Signed and dated lower left. Right piece of basic wood strip frame i...
Category

Mid-20th Century Realist Pennsylvania - Art

Materials

Canvas, Graphite

"Candy Urchin Egg", Egg Motif, Patterns, Bright colors, texture, dimensional
By PJ Linden
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Candy Urchin Egg" is an original piece by PJ Linden made from acrylic, dimensional paint on wood. This piece measures measures 8"h x 4.5"w x 4.5"d. Sculpture comes with complimenta...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pennsylvania - Art

Materials

Wood, Acrylic

Fall to Grace
By Robert Kraiza
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Fall to Grace" is an original ink and watercolor painting on paper mounted to wood by artist Robert Kraiza measuring 19in height x 9in width. Artist Statement // In my work I invoke a whimsical world inspired by Victorian and Edwardian eras. To me they represent a romantic time period that has roots that extend directly into the modern world, both good and bad. The customs and aesthetics of the period are both fascinating and breathtaking but a vast portion of the population was victim to subjugation. It has since been eradicated on paper but still permeates to this day. I am exploring an imagined supernatural world hidden just out of sight where these woman could escape. This is an evolution from my earlier work set in the same time period with a continuous thread of humans and their animal companions. Through witchcraft these women find strength in their abilities and each other to leave the oppressive world they inhabit behind and escape to the woods to their Covendom, the boundary that defines the territory of their coven. They shed their customs, their corsets, and their concerns at the edge of the forest and gather among the trees to explore their magical potential with their familiars at the side. This body of work is exploring multiple media with a consistent theme and setting; combining watercolor painting, pen and ink illustrations, and graphite drawings. All pieces are created in monochrome on hot press watercolor paper mounted on wood with a gold painted border reminiscent of daguerreotype frames. Watercolor allows me to achieve results ranging from soft ethereal layered washes similar to oil glazes to precise minute details I include in all of my works. Bio // ROBERT KRAIZA (pronounced: cry-zuh) is an illustrator and fine artist who lives and works in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He studied Media Arts and Animation at the Art Institute of Philadelphia. Interested in many media, he often paints in monochrome watercolor on a small scale, inspired by the Victorian era and whimsical dreams in both his art and personal aesthetic. Depicting fantasy worlds from the hidden life of nineteenth century witches to miniature children...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pennsylvania - Art

Materials

Ink, Watercolor, Archival Paper

Cardbirds, 1972 exhibition, rare original red poster, Robert RAUSCHENBERG
By Robert Rauschenberg
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Robert RAUSCHENBERG Cardbirds, 1972 exhibition, rare original poster For the exhibition "Cardbirds" at the Sonnabend Gallery Signed in the plate framed in walnut. 21 x26.5" framed. ...
Category

1970s Pop Art Pennsylvania - Art

Materials

Screen

"Left Right There" Cityscape sculpture, Screen print on wood
By Luke O'Sullivan
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This orginal piece by Luke O'Sullivan is made from wood and salvaged materials that the artist has silkscreen printed onto with his original drawings and patterns, which he then cut and assembled into a three-dimensional, wall-hanging sculpture. The finished piece measures 56”h x 26”w x 10”d. Artist Statement // My work is about the intersection of built environments and subterranean systems. I create drawings and sculptures of fantastical urban environments. Often inspired by dystopian and science fiction films, I combine recognizable architectural forms and impossible buildings to make diorama-esque works. Early Nintendo games...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pennsylvania - Art

Materials

Wire

A Game of Checkers, Collier's Magazine Cover
By Jessie Willcox Smith
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Mixed media on board Dimensions: 19.00" x 15.50" Signed: Lower Left Collier's magazine cover, January 1906 and appears as a color plate in Thirty Favorite Paintings by Leadi...
Category

Early 1900s Pennsylvania - Art

Materials

Mixed Media, Board

"Gay Armory" Ceramic weapons, Sailor Moon, pink, wood motif, Nostalgia, 90's
By Jeff Rubio
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Gay Armory" is an original piece by Jeff Rubio made from stoneware, glaze, epoxy clay, 22k gold. This pieces measures 12"h x 11.5"w x 2"d and comes with a signed Certificate of Auth...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pennsylvania - Art

Materials

Gold

Incoming Spring Rain: large oil painting, dramatic landscape with clouds in blue
By Kirby Fredendall
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
This is a large, glorious and dramatic oil painting of a dark, cloud-filled sky. It is painted on all edges so there is no need for framing. It is wired with all installation hardware and ready to hang. Signed on the back. Bucks County, PA landscape artist Kirby Fredendall...
Category

2010s Impressionist Pennsylvania - Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Flight Risk" illustrative photography, surrealism, paper airplane motif
By Andrew Pinkham
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Flight Risk" is a limited edition photographic print by Andrew Pinkham and is made from archival pigment on cotton rag. This piece measures 20"h x 20"w unframed an...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Pennsylvania - Art

Materials

Rag Paper, Archival Pigment

Liber Mystia XLIII
By Henry Hablak
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Liber Mystia XLIII" is an original artwork by Henry Hablak made of gouache, ink, and colored pencil on paper measuring 16.25"h x 12.25"w framed and 14"h x 11"w unframed. Henry Habl...
Category

2010s Contemporary Pennsylvania - Art

Materials

Paper, Ink, Gouache, Color Pencil

"As Far as the Mind Can See" Hyper-realistic oil painting
By Katherine Fraser
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"As Far as the Mind Can See" is a 62in x 82in original oil painting by Katherine Fraser in a handmade wood frame. Artist Statement // Life often strikes me as a string of moments, l...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pennsylvania - Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Summer Skies Blue 3: contemporary oil painting with water, clouds, sky, lake
By Kirby Fredendall
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
This oil painting is painted on all edges so there is no need for framing. It is wired with all installation hardware and ready to hang. It is one of three paintings in a series of similar compositions, each painted in subtly different hues of blue.The work particularly well as a trio. See photos for images of other two paintings. Each painting is sold separately but I can combine shipping for your savings. Signed on the back. Bucks County, PA landscape artist Kirby Fredendall...
Category

2010s Impressionist Pennsylvania - Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"neverending" Abstracted Architecture and Geometric Forms on Panel
By Miriam Singer
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "neverending" is an original artwork by Miriam Singer and is made of pencil, marker, and acrylic on paper. The artist spends her free time biking around the city wi...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pennsylvania - Art

Materials

Wood Panel, Acrylic

Portrait of a Cheetah
By LeRoy Neiman
Located in Philadelphia, PA
LeRoy Neiman's art style is a blend of impressionism, expressionism, and realism, with elements of Pop Art. His work is known for its vibrant colors, spontaneous brushstrokes, and dy...
Category

Early 2000s American Impressionist Pennsylvania - Art

Materials

Screen

Western Landscape by New England Impressionist painter
By Richard Edward Miller
Located in Doylestown, PA
This Western Landscape by New England Impressionist painter Richard Edward Miller is a 12.5 x 23.5 inches, oil on board painting from 1931. A plein-air and impressionist painter as ...
Category

1930s American Impressionist Pennsylvania - Art

Materials

Oil, Board

Denied Andy Warhol Flowers Yellow Blue 48 x48" Pop Art Painting Charles Lutz
By Charles Lutz
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Denied Warhol Flowers, (Violet/Purple) Silkscreen Painting by Charles Lutz Silkscreen and acrylic on canvas with the artist's Denied stamp of the Andy Warhol Art Authentication Board...
Category

Early 2000s Pop Art Pennsylvania - Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Olympic Basketbal
By LeRoy Neiman
Located in Philadelphia, PA
LeRoy Neiman's art style is a blend of impressionism, expressionism, and realism, with elements of Pop Art. His work is known for its vibrant colors, spontaneous brushstrokes, and dy...
Category

1970s American Impressionist Pennsylvania - Art

Materials

Screen

Framed abstract Persian calligraphy ink drawing/painting on paper, black & white
By Nazanin Moghbeli
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Nazanin Moghbeli's "Morghe Sahar 2" is framed in a white wood painted frame with white mat. It is wired with all hanging hardware, and is ready to install. Moghbeli is a Persian American artist with training in Persian calligraphy, miniature painting, and music. She borrows techniques from Iranian calligraphy to create abstract drawings with traditional bamboo “ghalams,” or quills. Rather than using these techniques to create religious objects as they were originally used, she explores the secular meaning of line in and of itself. She seeks the complete dissolution of words and prefers instead to create abstract images, her alternative to religious object making. The poem that is collaged into this work is a historic Iranian ballad, entitled "Morghe Sahar" (Bird of Dawn), written by Mohammad-Taqi Bahar and put to music by Morteza Neidavoud in 1921. Some consider this song to be the unofficial anthem of freedom in Iran. The lyrics describe a caged nightingale, urging her to sing with passion and break free. It has been sung in different political contexts, from the constitutional revolution of 1921 through the dictatorship of Mohammad Reza...
Category

2010s Abstract Pennsylvania - Art

Materials

Ink, Archival Paper, Graphite

Still Life
By Franz Kline
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Provenance Private Collection (acquired directly from the artist); Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, Sale #2326, 27 January 1965, Lot 168; Private Collection (acquired from the abo...
Category

Mid-20th Century American Modern Pennsylvania - Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Still Life with Grapes and Plums, Oil on Board, 1866, Realist Art
By Edward Ladell
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Still Life with Grapes and Plums" is a 10" x 12", oil on board still life by British painter Edward Ladell. The painting is framed and signed "EL 1866" in the lower left. Provenance...
Category

1860s Realist Pennsylvania - Art

Materials

Oil, Board

"MJ-af66128ff0c0" Green Red and Yellow Abstract Tufted Wool Tapestry/Rug
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "MJ-af66128ff0c0" is an original artwork by Tuft the World and is made tufted 100% New Zealand wool, and part of the inaugural launch of TTW Editions. The artists t...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pennsylvania - Art

Materials

Wool

"You're Not Listening" Vibrant City and Floral Vignettes on Crown Panel
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"You're Not Listening" is an original piece by Branche Coverdale made from acrylic gouache on shaped wood panel. This piece measures 12"h x 12"w and is hand signed by the artist. Br...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pennsylvania - Art

Materials

Acrylic, Gouache, Wood Panel

The Oarsman, Original Collier's Magazine Cover Illustration
By Joseph Christian Leyendecker
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Original cover illustration for Collier's Magazine, published June 24, 1916. The image features a handsome young blond man holding oars Literature: Laurence S. Cutler and Judy Goff...
Category

1910s Pennsylvania - Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Pencil

"Unfolding #3" pressure printed monotype of unfolded package boxes on paper
By Yoonmi Nam
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Unfolding #3" is an original piece by Yoonmi Nam made from pressure printed monotypes featuring layers of unfolded package outlines, creating dimension and abstraction. This piece m...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pennsylvania - Art

Materials

Found Objects, Sumi Ink

Wooded Sand Dune
By Robert Swain Gifford
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Wooded Sand Dune Oil on panel, 12 x 18 1/8 inches Framed dimensions: 17 1/2 x 23 1/2 inches Estate stamp lower right: RSwain Gifford Provenance The artist; By descent in the family ...
Category

Late 19th Century Barbizon School Pennsylvania - Art

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Study for unidentified magazine cover
By Frank Xavier Leyendecker
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Study for an unidentified magazine cover. A figural work depicting one female and three male figures, the recumbent female seated in a palanquin litter chair, her male lover kissing...
Category

1910s Pennsylvania - Art

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media

Study for cover of Vogue magazine
By Frank Xavier Leyendecker
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Study for the cover of the November 15, 1912 issue of Vogue magazine A figural work depicting lovers figures, the recumbent male costumed as a masked Harlequin clown, the female sea...
Category

1910s Pennsylvania - Art

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media

Hallman's, American Impressionist Landscape with Figures and Farmhouse
By Albert Van Nesse Greene
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Hallman's" is a landscape with figures and farmhouse, by American Impressionist painter Albert Van Nesse Greene. The painting is a 13.5" x 19....
Category

Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Pennsylvania - Art

Materials

Pastel, Archival Paper

Way Out There, Contemporary Landscape Painting
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This painting was created using layered washes of black acrylic as a backdrop, with bold applications of oil paint and oil sticks worked energetically across the surface. It depicts ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Pennsylvania - Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Rhythm Hut #20: framed abstract ink painting on art paper in red & black w/ moon
By Antonio Puri
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
This is a framed mixed media ink painting (sumi inks, India inks, and walnut inks) on paper in red, black, and earth tones. It is framed in a contemporary white wood shadowbox frame. Organizing the composition is a moon motif. This series was created by Antonio Puri during an artist's residency in Australia. Can be displayed in any orientation. This piece works especially well when paired with "Rhythm Hut #17", listed separately. Antonio Puri was born in Chandigarh, Punjab, India and raised in the Himalayas around Buddhist monks before studying at the Academy of Art in San Francisco, Coe College, and the University of Iowa. He established his studio in Philadelphia where he practiced for many years before relocating to Bogotá, Colombia. During this time, Puri completed several artist residencies all over the world, including in New York, Hungary, Bulgaria, Colombia, South Africa, Serbia, Mauritius, India, Denmark, Trinidad and Tobago, and Romania. Puri’s range of geographical and cultural experiences are embedded in his work, where he commonly explores the relationships between his eastern and western cultural connections. Puri has exhibited his work all over the world, including at the Museo de Arte del Tolima in Colombia; Sundaram Tagore Gallery Singapore; Government Museum and Art Gallery Chandigarh, India; Art Depot, Austria; La Cometa Gallery, Bogota; Museo Casa Conde Rul, Mexico; The Guild, NY; Nu Art...
Category

2010s Abstract Pennsylvania - Art

Materials

Walnut, Paper, Sumi Ink, India Ink

"Doris and Henry (and her brothers)" Polaroid lift from the collective archive
By Shawn Theodore
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Doris and Henry (and her brothers)" is an original piece by Shawn Theodore made from found/family photos, polaroid lift, acrylic on wood panel. This pieces measures 16.75"h x 16.75"...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pennsylvania - Art

Materials

Paper, Found Objects, Wood Panel, Polaroid

Short Shift
By Lauren Rinaldi
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Short Shrift" is an original artwork made from oil on panel by Lauren Rinaldi. This piece measures 7”h x 5”w. Lauren Rinaldi (b. 1983, Brooklyn, NY) is an America...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pennsylvania - Art

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

"The Wages Of Doing Everything Correctly Is Also Death" Surrealism
By Jedediah Morfit
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"The Wages Of Doing Everything Correctly Is Also Death" is an original piece by Jedediah Morfit made from fiberglass reinforced plaster and paint. This piece measures 26.25”h x 23”w ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pennsylvania - Art

Materials

Fiberglass, Plaster, Paint

"YAASS" Text, layered and hand-cut paper, mounted on wood panel
By Charles Clary
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "YAASS is a one-of-a-kind original piece by Charles Clary and hand-cut paper and wallpaper mounted on wood panel. This piece measures 11"h x 14"w x 2.75"d, and is hand signed by the artist on the back. Charles Clary was born in 1980 in Morristown, Tennessee. He received his BFA in painting with honors from Middle Tennessee State University and his MFA in painting from the Savannah College of Art and Design. He has shown in exhibitions at Galerie Evolution-Pierre Cardin in Paris, France, The Netherlands’ CODA Museum Paper Biennial in 2021, Art of Paper Fair in New York City, and many other international, national, and regional juried, group, solo, and museum exhibitions. Charles has exhibited regionally, nationally, and internationally in numerous solo and group shows, is represented by Paradigm Gallery + Studio in Philadelphia, R02 Gallery in Dallas, Texas, and Patrajdas Contemporary Gallery in Ogden, Utah. Clary currently lives and works in Conway, South Carolina, where he is an Associate Professor of Studio Art and Foundations Coordinator at Coastal Carolina...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pennsylvania - Art

Materials

Wood Panel, Archival Paper

"S&S&S&S 26 in Iridescent Aquamarine", Folded Archival Paper, Abstract Patterns
By Matt Shlian
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "S&S&S&S 26 in Iridescent Aquamarine" is an original piece by Matt Shlian and is made from hand-folded archival paper. This piece measures 32”h x 25”w unframed. As...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pennsylvania - Art

Materials

Archival Paper

"Triple Elvis" Denied Andy Warhol Silver Black Pop Art Painting by Charles Lutz
By Charles Lutz
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Triple Elvis" (Denied) Silkscreen Painting by Charles Lutz Silkscreen and silver enamel paint on canvas with Artist's Denied stamp of the Andy Warhol Art Authentication Board. 82 x 72" inches 2010 This important example was shown alongside works by Warhol in a two-person show "Warhol Revisited (Charles Lutz / Andy Warhol)" at UAB Abroms-Engel Institute for the Visual Arts in 2024. Lutz's 2007 ''Warhol Denied'' series gained international attention by calling into question the importance of originality or lack thereof in the work of Andy Warhol. The authentication/denial process of the [[Andy Warhol Art Authentication Board]] was used to create value by submitting recreations of Warhol works for judgment with the full intention for the works to be formally marked "DENIED". The final product of the conceptual project being "officially denied" "Warhol" paintings authored by Lutz. Based on the full-length Elvis Presley paintings by Pop Artist Andy Warhol in 1964, this is likely one of his most iconic images, next to Campbell's Soup Cans and portraits of Jackie Kennedy, Marilyn Monroe, Liz Taylor, and Marlon Brando. This is the rarest of the Elvis works from the series, as Lutz sourced a vintage roll of 1960's primed artist linen which was used for this one Elvis. The silkscreen, like Warhol's embraced imperfections, like the slight double image printing of the Elvis image. Lutz received his BFA in Painting and Art History from Pratt Institute and studied Human Dissection and Anatomy at Columbia University, New York. Lutz's work deals with perceptions and value structures, specifically the idea of the transference of values. Lutz's most recently presented an installation of new sculptures dealing with consumerism at Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater House in 2022. Lutz's 2007 Warhol Denied series received international attention calling into question the importance of originality in a work of art. The valuation process (authentication or denial) of the Andy Warhol Art Authentication Board was used by the artist to create value by submitting recreations of Warhol works for judgment, with the full intention for the works to be formally marked "DENIED" of their authenticity. The final product of this conceptual project is "Officially DENIED" "Warhol" paintings authored by Lutz. Later in 2013, Lutz went on to do one of his largest public installations to date. At the 100th Anniversary of Marcel Duchamp's groundbreaking and controversial Armory Show, Lutz was asked by the curator of Armory Focus: USA and former Director of The Andy Warhol Museum, Eric Shiner to create a site-specific installation representing the US. The installation "Babel" (based on Pieter Bruegel's famous painting) consisted of 1500 cardboard replicas of Warhol's Brillo Box (Stockholm Type) stacked 20 ft tall. All 1500 boxes were then given to the public freely, debasing the Brillo Box as an art commodity by removing its value, in addition to debasing its willing consumers. Elvis was "the greatest cultural force in the Twentieth Century. He introduced the beat to everything, and he changed everything - music, language, clothes, it's a whole new social revolution." Leonard Bernstein in: Exh. Cat., Boston, The Institute of Contemporary Art and traveling, Elvis + Marilyn 2 x Immortal, 1994-97, p. 9. Andy Warhol "quite simply changed how we all see the world around us." Kynaston McShine in: Exh. Cat., New York, Museum of Modern Art (and traveling), Andy Warhol: Retrospective, 1996, p. 13. In the summer of 1963 Elvis Presley was just twenty-eight years old but already a legend of his time. During the preceding seven years - since Heartbreak Hotel became the biggest-selling record of 1956 - he had recorded seventeen number-one singles and seven number-one albums; starred in eleven films, countless national TV appearances, tours, and live performances; earned tens of millions of dollars; and was instantly recognized across the globe. The undisputed King of Rock and Roll, Elvis was the biggest star alive: a cultural phenomenon of mythic proportions apparently no longer confined to the man alone. As the eminent composer Leonard Bernstein put it, Elvis was "the greatest cultural force in the Twentieth Century. He introduced the beat to everything, and he changed everything - music, language, clothes, it's a whole new social revolution." (Exh. Cat., Boston, The Institute of Contemporary Art (and traveling), Elvis + Marilyn 2 x Immortal, 1994, p. 9). In the summer of 1963 Andy Warhol was thirty-four years old and transforming the parameters of visual culture in America. The focus of his signature silkscreen was leveled at subjects he brilliantly perceived as the most important concerns of day to day contemporary life. By appropriating the visual vernacular of consumer culture and multiplying readymade images gleaned from newspapers, magazines and advertising, he turned a mirror onto the contradictions behind quotidian existence. Above all else he was obsessed with themes of celebrity and death, executing intensely multifaceted and complex works in series that continue to resound with universal relevance. His unprecedented practice re-presented how society viewed itself, simultaneously reinforcing and radically undermining the collective psychology of popular culture. He epitomized the tide of change that swept through the 1960s and, as Kynaston McShine has concisely stated, "He quite simply changed how we all see the world around us." (Exh. Cat., New York, Museum of Modern Art (and traveling), Andy Warhol: Retrospective, 1996, p. 13). Thus in the summer of 1963 there could not have been a more perfect alignment of artist and subject than Warhol and Elvis. Perhaps the most famous depiction of the biggest superstar by the original superstar artist, Double Elvis is a historic paradigm of Pop Art from a breath-taking moment in Art History. With devastating immediacy and efficiency, Warhol's canvas seduces our view with a stunning aesthetic and confronts our experience with a sophisticated array of thematic content. Not only is there all of Elvis, man and legend, but we are also presented with the specter of death, staring at us down the barrel of a gun; and the lone cowboy, confronting the great frontier and the American dream. The spray painted silver screen denotes the glamour and glory of cinema, the artificiality of fantasy, and the idea of a mirror that reveals our own reality back to us. At the same time, Warhol's replication of Elvis' image as a double stands as metaphor for the means and effects of mass-media and its inherent potential to manipulate and condition. These thematic strata function in simultaneous concert to deliver a work of phenomenal conceptual brilliance. The portrait of a man, the portrait of a country, and the portrait of a time, Double Elvis is an indisputable icon for our age. The source image was a publicity still for the movie Flaming Star, starring Presley as the character Pacer Burton and directed by Don Siegel in 1960. The film was originally intended as a vehicle for Marlon Brando and produced by David Weisbart, who had made James Dean's Rebel Without a Cause in 1955. It was the first of two Twentieth Century Fox productions Presley was contracted to by his manager Colonel Tom Parker, determined to make the singer a movie star. For the compulsive movie-fan Warhol, the sheer power of Elvis wielding a revolver as the reluctant gunslinger presented the zenith of subject matter: ultimate celebrity invested with the ultimate power to issue death. Warhol's Elvis is physically larger than life and wears the expression that catapulted him into a million hearts: inexplicably and all at once fearful and resolute; vulnerable and predatory; innocent and explicit. It is the look of David Halberstam's observation that "Elvis Presley was an American original, the rebel as mother's boy, alternately sweet and sullen, ready on demand to be either respectable or rebellious." (Exh. Cat., Boston, Op. Cit.). Indeed, amidst Warhol's art there is only one other subject whose character so ethereally defies categorization and who so acutely conflated total fame with the inevitability of mortality. In Warhol's work, only Elvis and Marilyn harness a pictorial magnetism of mythic proportions. With Marilyn Monroe, whom Warhol depicted immediately after her premature death in August 1962, he discovered a memento mori to unite the obsessions driving his career: glamour, beauty, fame, and death. As a star of the silver screen and the definitive international sex symbol, Marilyn epitomized the unattainable essence of superstardom that Warhol craved. Just as there was no question in 1963, there remains still none today that the male equivalent to Marilyn is Elvis. However, despite his famous 1968 adage, "If you want to know all about Andy Warhol, just look at the surface of my paintings" Warhol's fascination held purpose far beyond mere idolization. As Rainer Crone explained in 1970, Warhol was interested in movie stars above all else because they were "people who could justifiably be seen as the nearest thing to representatives of mass culture." (Rainer Crone, Andy Warhol, New York, 1970, p. 22). Warhol was singularly drawn to the idols of Elvis and Marilyn, as he was to Marlon Brando and Liz Taylor, because he implicitly understood the concurrence between the projection of their image and the projection of their brand. Some years after the present work he wrote, "In the early days of film, fans used to idolize a whole star - they would take one star and love everything about that star...So you should always have a product that's not just 'you.' An actress should count up her plays and movies and a model should count up her photographs and a writer should count up his words and an artist should count up his pictures so you always know exactly what you're worth, and you don't get stuck thinking your product is you and your fame, and your aura." (Andy Warhol, The Philosophy of Andy Warhol (From A to B and Back Again), San Diego, New York and London, 1977, p. 86). The film stars of the late 1950s and early 1960s that most obsessed Warhol embodied tectonic shifts in wider cultural and societal values. In 1971 John Coplans argued that Warhol was transfixed by the subject of Elvis, and to a lesser degree by Marlon Brando and James Dean, because they were "authentically creative, and not merely products of Hollywood's fantasy or commercialism. All three had originative lives, and therefore are strong personalities; all three raised - at one level or another - important questions as to the quality of life in America and the nature of its freedoms. Implicit in their attitude is a condemnation of society and its ways; they project an image of the necessity for the individual to search for his own future, not passively, but aggressively, with commitment and passion." (John Coplans, "Andy Warhol and Elvis Presley," Studio International, vol. 181, no. 930, February 1971, pp. 51-52). However, while Warhol unquestionably adored these idols as transformative heralds, the suggestion that his paintings of Elvis...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Pennsylvania - Art

Materials

Enamel

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By Steve McCurry
Located in Denton, TX
Dust Storm (Vertical) by Steve McCurry is a 30 x 24 inch Digital C-Print on FujiFlex Crystal Archive Supergloss Paper, available in an edition of 75. This photograph features a group...
Category

1980s Contemporary Pennsylvania - Art

Materials

Digital

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By PJ Linden
Located in Philadelphia, PA
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pennsylvania - Art

Materials

Textile, Foam, Paint, Acrylic

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By Lauren Rinaldi
Located in Philadelphia, PA
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Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pennsylvania - Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

'LUMINA'- aura self portrait in color field in pigment paint
Located in Philadelphia, PA
'LUMINA'- aura self portrait in color field in pigment paint An abstract representation of celestial orbs aligned in a cosmic dance of colors by abstract contemporary artist Elisa N...
Category

2010s Abstract Pennsylvania - Art

Materials

Oil Pastel, Cotton Canvas, Acrylic, Pigment

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By Benjamin Weaver
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Benjamin Weaver creates spatial tension through his use of contrasting colors arranged in a geometric framework. Imagery and color work both with and a...
Category

2010s Abstract Pennsylvania - Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic, Wood Panel

"TORRENTS", Red and White Abstract Acrylic Painting
By Jim Houser
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This red and white abstract wall-hanging artwork titled "TORRENTS" is an original artwork by Jim Houser made of acrylic on panel. This piece mea...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pennsylvania - Art

Materials

Paper, Acrylic, Panel

The Dugout, Post Cover
By Norman Rockwell
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signed by Artist Lower Left The present work was published on the cover of the September 4th, 1948 edition of The Saturday Evening Post. An accompanying “Keeping Posted” article about Norman Rockwell’s process behind the painting was printed on page 10 inside the issue. (Image above) The Post described, “Boston baseball fans saw a strange spectacle at Braves’ Field early this summer. As the stands filled, two respectable-looking men stood on the field staring at the spectators. Every now and then they would point to someone, run up into the stands and invite the man or woman to sit in a box above the dugout. Then the thinner of the two would contort his face into an expression of wild delight or disgust and invite the spectator to do the same, while a photographer made pictures. The explanation is on our cover. The two suspicious characters were Kenneth Stuart, the Post’s art editor and the artist, Normal Rockwell. For a detailed description of how Boston...
Category

1940s Pennsylvania - Art

Materials

Gouache, Oil

"Hotel Tudor", Miniature, Architecture, Sign, Cityscape, Sculpture, Blue, White
By Drew Leshko
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This blue and white sculpture titled "Hotel Tudor" is an original artwork by Drew Leshko made of paper, acrylic, basswood, and pastel. This pi...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pennsylvania - Art

Materials

Wood, Paper, Pastel, Acrylic, Inkjet

Contemporary sensual, erotic photograph of nude man & woman from historic image
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
"Pipe Tee" by artist Paul Cava is a one-of-a-kind (unique) archival pigment print of a nude man and woman from a historical glass plate on a historic mechani...
Category

Early 2000s Abstract Pennsylvania - Art

Materials

Archival Pigment, Ink

"Interface Blue", Reinforced Plaster Sculpture, Altered Human Figure, Portrait
By Jedediah Morfit
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Interface Blue" is an original piece by Jedediah Morfit made from fiberglass, reinforced plaster, paint, and wood. This piece measures 24"h x 20.25"w x 2.75"d framed, and is shipped...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pennsylvania - Art

Materials

Fiberglass, Plaster, Wood, Paint

Men Drinking Coffee
By Norman Rockwell
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signed by Artist Lower Right Maxwell House Coffee
Category

1920s Pennsylvania - Art

Materials

Oil

George's Sweet Inspirations
By George Rodrigue
Located in Philadelphia, PA
George Rodrigue George's Sweet Inspirations From the rare limited edition of 150 Original serigraph on paper Hand signed and numbered 2000 20x16 inches MINT CONDITION
Category

Early 2000s Pennsylvania - Art

Materials

Lithograph, Screen

Penny Candy, The Saturday Evening Post Cover
By Stevan Dohanos
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signed Lower Right by Artist The Saturday Evening Post Cover, September 23, 1944 A proponent of simplicity as a virtue, Stevan Dohan...
Category

1940s Pennsylvania - Art

Materials

Oil, Tempera

Farm at Stover Mill, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Regional American Landscape
Located in Doylestown, PA
Stover Mill is an American regional landscape of a historic mill and farm in Bucks County, Pennsylvania by local resident and artist Loraine Thompson. The 10.5 x 13.5 inches watercol...
Category

Early 2000s American Realist Pennsylvania - Art

Materials

Watercolor, Archival Paper

The Jester, Post Cover
By Norman Rockwell
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signed by Artist Lower Right The Saturday Evening Post, February 11, 1939, cover illustration Literature The Saturday Evening Post, February 11, 1939, cover illustration Thomas S....
Category

1930s Pennsylvania - Art

Materials

Oil

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