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Item Ships From: Pennsylvania
Sore Throat, Cover for The Saturday Evening Post
By Joseph Christian Leyendecker
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Original cover for The Saturday Evening Post, published November 22, 1930 A sweet scene of a child ill in bed and getting checked by a doctor as his concerned mother and dog look on...
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1930s Pennsylvania - Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Study for Saturday Evening Post Cover 'Boy with Lantern'
By Joseph Christian Leyendecker
Located in Fort Washington, PA
This is a study for the 1926 Christmas issue of The Saturday Evening Post. December 25, 1926 Joseph Christian Leyendecker’s illustrations and advertisements fueled a collective visu...
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1920s Pennsylvania - Paintings

Materials

Oil

Odysseus: abstract painting evoking figures on a churning sea, w/ blues & greens
By Joseph McAleer
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
This is an abstract acrylic painting on masonite board evoking a figures and boats on a dramatic sea, reminiscent of the ancient Greek epic narrative. Signed "Jomac" lower right, als...
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2010s Abstract Pennsylvania - Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Acrylic

La Palazzina (Villa Gori), Siena, for the book Italian Villas and Their Gardens
By Maxfield Parrish
Located in Fort Washington, PA
By the time Maxfield Parrish painted his Italian Villa series in 1903, he was already acknowledged as one of America’s most successful artists. Edith Wharton was commissioned to writ...
Category

Early 1900s Pennsylvania - Paintings

Materials

Paper, Oil

Slow Down Peony, Contemporary Text Painting
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This painting builds on Higgins’ Slow Down series, which began in 2021. Through an ongoing exploration of the relationship between text and image, Higgins creates works that communic...
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2010s Pennsylvania - Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Spring- Apollo and Animals
By Joseph Christian Leyendecker
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Original cover for The Saturday Evening Post, published March 30, 1929. J.C. Leyendecker's holiday covers, particularly his iconic New Year's baby, were instrumental in driving The...
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1920s Pennsylvania - Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

New Years Baby, Saturday Evening Post Cover, 1907
By Joseph Christian Leyendecker
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil Painting Signature: Signed Lower Right Sight Size 24.00" x 20.00", Framed 31.00" x 27.00" The Saturday Evening Post cover illustration, December 1907
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Early 1900s Pennsylvania - Paintings

Materials

Oil

In Isolation Series VII
By Seth Clark
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This architectural wall-hanging artwork titled "In Isolation Series VII" is an original artwork by Seth Clark made of collage, charcoal, pastel, graphite, and acrylic on wood. This p...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pennsylvania - Paintings

Materials

Wood, Paper, Charcoal, Pastel, Acrylic, Graphite

North Shore: abstract painting evoking a night ocean landscape w/ blue & purple
By Joseph McAleer
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
This is an abstract acrylic painting on masonite board evoking a night time seascape or ocean landscape. Predominant colors are blues and purples. Signed "Jomac" lower right, also s...
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2010s Abstract Pennsylvania - Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Acrylic

"Adelphiae" Hand-cut stencil, aerosol, botanical, female figure, vintage icons
By Still Life Crew
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Adelphiae" is an original artwork made from acrylic, aerosol, & ink on canvas by Still Life Crew. This piece is shipped in the pictured wooden frame, is signed by the artists and measures 29.25”h x 29.25”w. The artists behind the joint "Gardening Above" collection, Mando Marie...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pennsylvania - Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Ink, Spray Paint, Acrylic

Yellow billed Magpie
By Nayan and Venus
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Yellow billed Magpie" is an original watercolor and layered hand-cut paper artwork by Nayan and Vaishali measuring 10.25”h x 10.25”w framed
. Vaishali is an illustrator and her par...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pennsylvania - Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Birth of the Blues: abstract collage painting w/ found objects, Jazz music image
By Richard J. Watson
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Contact me with zip code for best shipping rates and timely delivery. "Birth of the Blues" is a large acrylic painting with a photograph portraits and a number of found objects integ...
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Early 2000s Abstract Pennsylvania - Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Acrylic

Sunlight and Shadow, White House, American Impressionist Landscape
By Albert Van Nesse Greene
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Sunlight and Shadow, The White House" is an Impressionist landscape by American painter Albert Van Nesse Greene. The painting is a 28" x 30.25" oil on canvas, framed, and signed in the lower left "A Van Nesse Greene" Provenance: Private Collection, Doylestown, Pennsylvania. Born in Jamaica, New York in 1887, Albert Van Nesse Greene (New York, Pennsylvania, 1887 - 1971) had a long and thorough art education. He studied at the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; The Art Students League, New York; the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia; and in Paris at the Academie de la Grande Chaumiere. He lived in Chester County and painted many landscapes there, as well as in nearby Bucks County. His paintings were exhibited extensively in the United States and France. Examples of his work can be found in the collections of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and the National Gallery of Art among many others. He was a member of the Philadelphia Sketch...
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Early 20th Century American Impressionist Pennsylvania - Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

"La Cadavre Exquis Sera La Maman Du Vin" Nostalgia and Sargent Inspired Woman
By Lauren Rinaldi
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "La Cadavre Exquis Sera La Maman Du Vin" is an original artwork made from oil on paper by Lauren Rinaldi. This piece is shipped with t...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pennsylvania - Paintings

Materials

Paper, Oil

"The Creative Act" Woman In Sequined Green Dress with Black Cat and Hula Hoop
By Katherine Fraser
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "The Creative Act" is an original artwork by Katherine Fraser and is made of oil on canvas. This piece measures approximately 56”h x 59”w and is shipped in the pict...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pennsylvania - Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Horizon In Red and Blue, Contemporary Landscape Painting
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This painting shows the horizon in its silent and mysterious grandeur, separated by a thin strip of pink paint and a division of two colors. The painting was created with washes of h...
Category

2010s Contemporary Pennsylvania - Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Vinyl

The Courtship, Success Magazine Cover
By Joseph Christian Leyendecker
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Signed Lower Left Sight Size 22.00" x 15.50", Framed 31.00" x 24.00" Success Magazine Cover, The Success Company, Ne...
Category

Early 1900s Pennsylvania - Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Tipping The Porter, Saturday Evening Post Cover
By Joseph Christian Leyendecker
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Signed Lower Right Sight Size 30.00" x 24.12", Framed 39.00" x 34.00" Saturday Evening Post Cover, December 18, 1937 Exhibitions: It's a Man's Worl...
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1960s Pennsylvania - Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Orbial Bones I, Original Pop Art Painting
Located in Boston, MA
Orbial Bones I 36.0 x 36.0 x 3.0, 10.0 lbs Acrylic on canvas Hand signed by artist Artist's Commentary: "'Orbital Bones I' is inspired by a personal journey into uncharted territ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Pennsylvania - Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

AN OLD TREE
By Jim Houser
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This wall-hanging artwork titled "AN OLD TREE" is an original artwork by Jim Houser made of collage on panel. This piece measures 4"h x 4"w. Jim Houser was born in 1973 in Philadelp...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pennsylvania - Paintings

Materials

Panel, Paper

Soldier and Girl
By Walter G. Ratterman
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Artwork Dimensions: 29.2 x 35 in. Frame Dimensions: 32.25 x 37.75 in. Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Signed Lower Left
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1920s Pennsylvania - Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"North Broad" Abstract cityscape, geometric pattern, triangle, mixed media panel
By Miriam Singer
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "North Broad" is an original artwork made from pencil, marker, acrylic gouache collage on panel by Miriam Singer. This piece measures 6"h x 6"w and is signed on the...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pennsylvania - Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Panel, Permanent Marker, Pencil

Large Landscape by Chicago Artist Tellander, 1921
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A. Frederick Tellander (American, 1878-1977) Landscape, 1921 Oil on canvas, 32 x 38 inches Framed: 36 x 42 inches (approx.) Signed and dated at lower right: "Frederic Tellander...
Category

1920s Tonalist Pennsylvania - Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Two Apples: abstract still life interior painting of red apples on pink & gray
By Mat Tomezsko
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
This is an original still life interior painting of fruit (apples) with a geometric fractured composition. The artist made the painting one section at a time. When working on one section, the artist would block off the rest of the composition so the objects and background needed to be placed again. By building the composition this way, the background and table appear at different levels and the shapes don't quite align. These imperfections convey a sense of passing time. In each section, the tone of the light changes, and the shadows switch directions. The apples and geometric shapes were chosen as much for metaphorical value as for aesthetics. A seemingly simple arrangement in a familiar painting genre contains a depth of observation, artistic choices, and interpretation. This painting is signed and dated on the back. Includes all hanging hardware and ready to install; no need for additional framing. Mat...
Category

2010s Abstract Pennsylvania - Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Wood Panel

First Long Suit, Post Cover
By Joseph Christian Leyendecker
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signed by Artist Lower Right The Saturday Evening Post cover, September 18, 1937 One of the most prolific and sought-after artists of the Golden Age of Illustration, J.C. Leyendecker captivates the public with his striking, fashionable depictions of handsome men, glamorous women, and adorable children. Painted in 1937 First Long Suit not only encapsulates the high-fashion, glamorous fantasy world that Leyendecker strove to achieve over the course of his vastly successful career, it also poignantly captures a bittersweet moment that every parent experiences--watching our children grow up right before our eyes. Born in Montabaur, Germany, Leyendecker came to Chicago with his Catholic family at age eight. He apprenticed to a printer, J. Manz and Co., and then studied with John Vanderpoel at the Chicago Art Institute. In 1896, he won the Century magazine...
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1930s Pennsylvania - Paintings

Materials

Oil

Me and My Pal: Fishing Raft, Four Seasons Calendar Illustration
By Norman Rockwell
Located in Fort Washington, PA
For Norman Rockwell's Four Seasons calendar series for Brown & Bigelow By the end of World War II, Norman Rockwell was a household name throughout the United States and considered...
Category

1950s American Realist Pennsylvania - Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Fiddler and Dancers
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Shay Rieger (1923-1975). Fiddler and Dancers, 1975. Oil on canvas, 38 x 50 inches. Some ares of paint loss and flaking as documented in detail photos. No tears or punctures in canvas...
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1970s Abstract Pennsylvania - Paintings

Materials

Oil

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Fiddler and Dancers
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"Hoe v. Maid" Woman Wearing Lingerie Cleaning Interior in Oil
By Lauren Rinaldi
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Hoe v. Maid" is an original artwork made from oil on panel by Lauren Rinaldi. This piece measures 12”h x 9”w. Lauren Rinaldi (b. 1983, Brooklyn, NY) is an Americ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pennsylvania - Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Flowers in a Greenhouse
By Theodore Wendel
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Wendel was born in Midway, Ohio, and trained at the McMicken School of Design where he met and befriended Joseph DeCamp. Together, the two artists traveled to Munich in 1878 to study...
Category

Late 19th Century American Impressionist Pennsylvania - Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Structural Integrity Compromised
By Brian Jerome
Located in Philadelphia, PA
the moments and times of walking towards home. towards something. and it seems so far. but you know that its coming up eventually if you stay resilient.
Category

2010s Abstract Pennsylvania - Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic

The Trout Pool
By Worthington Whittredge
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Provenance Collection of Mrs. Victor R. Bieber, Gwynedd, Pennsylvania Born in Ohio, Worthington Thomas Whittredge began his career as a sign and portrait painter in Cincinnati, wher...
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1870s Hudson River School Pennsylvania - Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"The Boy, Moses" illustration for Children of the Bible in Good Housekeeping
By Newell Convers Wyeth
Located in Fort Washington, PA
The present work was reproduced as an illustration for Bruce Barton's story "The Boy Who Established a Nation," published in the February 1929 issue of Good Housekeeping. Part of an ...
Category

1920s Pennsylvania - Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Mass Study III", Layered paper and drawing collage, architectural, dimensional
By Seth Clark
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This layered paper collage and drawing artwork titled "Mass Study III" is an original artwork by Seth Clark made of paper, charcoal, pastel, graphite, an...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pennsylvania - Paintings

Materials

Paper, Charcoal, Pastel, Acrylic, Wood Panel, Graphite

"Lizard Barbie" Barbie-inspired acrylic, dimensional paint
By PJ Linden
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Lizard Barbie" is an original artwork by PJ Linden and is made from acrylic, dimensional paint on a wood panel. This piece measures 38”h x 25.25”w framed. In the ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pennsylvania - Paintings

Materials

Paint, Acrylic, Wood Panel

Bubbles
By John Koch
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Provenance Private collection, New Jersey; Thomas Colville Fine Art, Guilford, Connecticut; Private collection, Connecticut, until present John Koch’s portraits of New York high soc...
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Mid-20th Century American Realist Pennsylvania - Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Eye Feel So Seen" Kaleidoscopic Pattern of Eye Reflection in Wood Frame
By Sarah Detweiler
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Eye Feel So Seen" is an original painting by Sarah Detweiler and is oil paint on canvas. This piece originally debuted in Detweiler's solo exhibition "Unmasquerad...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pennsylvania - Paintings

Materials

Wood, Canvas, Oil

Working on Common Ground. There Is No Soil
By Brian Jerome
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Humans learned to make a home. Humans learned to survive. Humans learned to applaud martyrs.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Pennsylvania - Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

Still Life with Flowers
By Irving Ramsey Wiles
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Irving Ramsey Wiles (1861-1948) Still Life with Flowers, c. 1915 Oil on canvas 14 x 12 inches (35.6 x 30.5 cm) Signed upper right: Irving R. Wiles Provenance Thomas Colville Fine Ar...
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1910s American Impressionist Pennsylvania - Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Detroit Pixels I", Acrylic and Oil Painting, Figurative, Cityscape, Graffiti
By Jessica Hess
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This painting titled "Detroit Pixels I" is an original artwork by Jessica Hess made of acrylic and oil paint on panel. This piece measures 12"h x 12"w. A graduate of the Rhode Islan...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pennsylvania - Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Panel, Oil

Slow Down, Contemporary Text Painting by Matt Higgins
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This painting is part of the Slow Down series, which began in 2021 and remains ongoing. It features a serene landscape with a palm tree, gentle waves, and a crescent moon. At the top...
Category

2010s Contemporary Pennsylvania - Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Wood Panel

Manhattan Towers (East River)
By Edward Cucuel
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Signed lower left: Cucuel Signed and inscribed on verso: Cucuel / Manhattan Towers (East River) Provenance Private collection, Massachusetts Born in San Francisco in 1875, Edward C...
Category

20th Century American Impressionist Pennsylvania - Paintings

Materials

Oil

Misplaced, Contemporary Abstract Acrylic Painting
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This artwork was crafted using acrylic paint on canvas, featuring a mix of geometric and organic shapes in a green palette. The painting was created in large confident brushstrokes a...
Category

2010s Abstract Pennsylvania - Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Nude
By Arthur Beecher Carles
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Provenance The artist; Collection of Walter Stuempfig, Philadelphia; Private collection, Massachusetts until 2022 The Philadelphia modernist Arthur B. Carles was a brilliant coloris...
Category

Early 20th Century American Modern Pennsylvania - Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Bars of Light
By Walter Launt Palmer
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Walter Launt Palmer is best known as “the painter of the American Winter.” In Bars of Light, the cool areas of shade haphazardly crisscross and then blanket the warm sunlight on the ...
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Early 1900s American Impressionist Pennsylvania - Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Gouache

"Elvis", Denied Andy Warhol Silver & Black Pop Art Painting by Charles Lutz
By Charles Lutz
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Elvis, Metallic Silver and Black Full Length Silkscreen Painting by Charles Lutz Silkscreen and silver enamel painted on vintage 1960's era linen with Artist's Denied stamp of the Andy Warhol Art Authentication Board. 82" x 40" inches 2010 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 are uncritical of a generated public image issued for mass consumption fails to appreciate the acuity of his specific re-presentation of the King. As with Marilyn, Liz and Marlon, Warhol instinctively understood the Elvis brand as an industrialized construct, designed for mass consumption like a Coca-Cola bottle or Campbell's Soup Can, and radically revealed it as a precisely composed non-reality. Of course Elvis offered Warhol the biggest brand of all, and he accentuates this by choosing a manifestly contrived version of Elvis-the-film-star, rather than the raw genius of Elvis as performing Rock n' Roll pioneer. A few months prior to the present work he had silkscreened Elvis' brooding visage in a small cycle of works based on a simple headshot, including Red Elvis, but the absence of context in these works minimizes the critical potency that is so present in Double Elvis. With Double Elvis we are confronted by a figure so familiar to us, yet playing a role relating to violence and death that is entirely at odds with the associations entrenched with the singer's renowned love songs. Although we may think this version of Elvis makes sense, it is the overwhelming power of the totemic cipher of the Elvis legend that means we might not even question why he is pointing a gun rather than a guitar. Thus Warhol interrogates the limits of the popular visual vernacular, posing vital questions of collective perception and cognition in contemporary society. The notion that this self-determinedly iconic painting shows an artificial paradigm is compounded by Warhol's enlistment of a reflective metallic surface, a treatment he reserved for his most important portraits of Elvis, Marilyn, Marlon and Liz. Here the synthetic chemical silver paint becomes allegory for the manufacture of the Elvis product, and directly anticipates the artist's 1968 statement: "Everything is sort of artificial. I don't know where the artificial stops and the real starts. The artificial fascinates me, the bright and shiny..." (Artist quoted in Exh. Cat., Stockholm, Moderna Museet and traveling, Andy Warhol, 1968, n.p.). At the same time, the shiny silver paint of Double Elvis unquestionably denotes the glamour of the silver screen and the attractive fantasies of cinema. At exactly this time in the summer of 1963 Warhol bought his first movie camera and produced his first films such as Sleep, Kiss and Tarzan and Jane Regained. Although the absence of plot or narrative convention in these movies was a purposely anti-Hollywood gesture, the unattainability of classic movie stardom still held profound allure and resonance for Warhol. He remained a celebrity and film fanatic, and it was exactly this addiction that so qualifies his sensational critique of the industry machinations behind the stars he adored. Double Elvis was executed less than eighteen months after he had created 32 Campbell's Soup Cans for his immortal show at the Ferus Gallery, Los Angeles in July and August 1962, and which is famously housed in the Museum of Modern Art, New York. In the intervening period he had produced the series Dollar Bills, Coca-Cola Bottles, Suicides, Disasters, and Silver Electric Chairs, all in addition to the portrait cycles of Marilyn and Liz. This explosive outpouring of astonishing artistic invention stands as definitive testament to Warhol's aptitude to seize the most potent images of his time. He recognized that not only the product itself, but also the means of consumption - in this case society's abandoned deification of Elvis - was symptomatic of a new mode of existence. As Heiner Bastian has precisely summated: "the aura of utterly affirmative idolization already stands as a stereotype of a 'consumer-goods style' expression of an American way of life and of the mass-media culture of a nation." (Exh. Cat., Berlin, Neue Nationalgalerie (and traveling), Andy Warhol: Retrospective, 2001, p. 28). For Warhol, the act of image replication and multiplication anaesthetized the effect of the subject, and while he had undermined the potency of wealth in 200 One Dollar Bills, and cheated the terror of death by electric chair in Silver Disaster # 6, the proliferation of Elvis here emasculates a prefabricated version of character authenticity. Here the cinematic quality of variety within unity is apparent in the degrees to which Presley's arm and gun become less visible to the left of the canvas. The sense of movement is further enhanced by a sense of receding depth as the viewer is presented with the ghost like repetition of the figure in the left of the canvas, a 'jump effect' in the screening process that would be replicated in the multiple Elvis paintings. The seriality of the image heightens the sense of a moving image, displayed for us like the unwinding of a reel of film. Elvis was central to Warhol's legendary solo exhibition organized by Irving Blum at the Ferus Gallery in the Fall of 1963 - the show having been conceived around the Elvis paintings since at least May of that year. A well-known installation photograph shows the present work prominently presented among the constant reel of canvases, designed to fill the space as a filmic diorama. While the Elvis canvases...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Pennsylvania - Paintings

Materials

Enamel

Feelings
By Sarah Detweiler
Located in Philadelphia, PA
oil, rope, embroidery thread on canvas
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pennsylvania - Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Thread, Oil

Country Auction, Post Cover
By John Philip Falter
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Saturday Evening Post Cover, August 5, 1944 Framed Measurements: 36.00" x 29.50" Signature: Signed Lower Left
Category

1940s Pennsylvania - Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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By Maxfield Parrish
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signed with initials M.P. (lower right); inscribed Article III. "Irrigation" water let in on a field of alfalfa (in the lower margin) Written on back "February of 1902. Hot Springs,...
Category

Early 1900s Pennsylvania - Paintings

Materials

Oil

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Located in Philadelphia, PA
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Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pennsylvania - Paintings

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Oil

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By Hyland Mather (X-O)
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This diptych titled "Warm In The Summer, Even When It's Dark" is an original artwork by Hyland Mather made of acrylic, aerosol, string, ink and pins on canvas, wooden box frame. It m...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pennsylvania - Paintings

Materials

Spray Paint, Acrylic, Pins

Jester, Contemporary Geometric Abstract Painting
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This painting was created over several months with intermittent pauses throughout the process. The primary composition was established early on, but the surface evolved as layers of ...
Category

2010s Abstract Geometric Pennsylvania - Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Trash Venus" Pink Haired Woman In Black Lingerie
By Lauren Rinaldi
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Trash Venus" is an original oil painting by Lauren Rinaldi. This piece ships in the pictured frame and measures 26"h x 22"w. Lauren Rinaldi (b. 1983, Brooklyn, NY) is an America...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pennsylvania - Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"So it’s off to Grandma’s for Turkey Day—oh, boy!" Thanksgiving Post Cover
By John Ford Clymer
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Cover of The Saturday Evening Post, November 26, 2955 Medium: Oil on board Dimensions: 33.50" x 26.25" Signed: Lower Left Stated on pg 3 of the Post magazine 'So it's off to Gran...
Category

1950s American Realist Pennsylvania - Paintings

Materials

Board, Oil

Only Paradise, Contemporary Text Painting by Matt Higgins
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This painting is part of the artists' Paradise series, an ongoing project that began in 2021. Several works from the series were recently exhibited during Miami Art Week 2024 in collaboration with the artist's gallery. Created with acrylic paint on a custom wood panel, the piece employs a palette of black and tan to depict a dynamic landscape rich with energy and expressive language. A recurring motif in the series, this painting features a palm tree, waves, and clouds. The palm tree—a...
Category

2010s Contemporary Pennsylvania - Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Wood Panel

"Blinking Olive", Depiction of Common Objects, Food Motif, Acrylic on Wood
By Kendra Dandy
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Blinking Olive" is a piece by Kendra Dandy made from acrylic on wood. This piece measures 14"h x 12"w. Based in Philadelphia, Kendra Dandy (b.1987) is ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pennsylvania - Paintings

Materials

Wood, Acrylic

Pipe Dreams: African American collage painting w/ photographs figures, objects
By Richard J. Watson
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
This is an abstract collage / painting created from acrylic and found objects. It is framed in a wide, dark wooden frame with gold accents. It includes several manipulated historic photograph of figures in many guises, arranged as if on stage. It is signed and dated by the artist lower left. PROVENANCE: Exhibited in "Portals + Revelations: Richard J. Watson," the African American Museum in Philadelphia, Oct 2021 - Mar 2022. "Most of my works are supported by memories of the past and suggested realities. Issues of social politics, ancestral references, and astral projections are presented with fragmented elements of 'real life' collaged and collapsed, as dreams are prone to do. If connections are made, all the better. I feel that life should remind us of our dreams." - Richard J. Watson Richard J. Watson is an icon in the Philadelphia art world. Much of his work relates to his experiences as a Black African American man. He is a graduate of Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (1968), has taught at his alma mater, and has served in the Exhibitions Department at the African American Museum in Philadelphia since the 1980s. He has been exhibiting his work for decades, and has an extensive bibliography. His work is held in the Petrucci Family Foundation Collection of African American Art; the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts; the Uniworld Corporation; Sony; the Federal Reserve Bank; the City of Philadelphia; Sprint; the Church of the Advocate; the poet Dr. Sonia Sanchez; and the Woodmere Museum...
Category

2010s Abstract Pennsylvania - Paintings

Materials

Found Objects, Acrylic, Mixed Media

Pile VIII
By Seth Clark
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This is an original paper, charcoal, pastel, graphite, and acrylic on wood panel artwork by Seth Clark measuring 48”h x 72”w. About the Collection // Continuing the artist's ongoin...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pennsylvania - Paintings

Materials

Wood, Charcoal, Pastel, Acrylic, Archival Paper, Graphite

"The Results Are In" Oil on canvas, seated figure, balloons, unicorns, favors
By Katherine Fraser
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "The Results Are In " is an original artwork by Katherine Fraser and is made of oil on canvas. This piece measures approximately 40" x 54" and is shipped in the pic...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pennsylvania - Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

House in Center Bridge
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Kenneth Nunamaker (1890-1957) House in Center Bridge Oil on canvas on board, 8 x 10 inches (20.3 x 25.4 cm) Signed lower left: K. Nunamaker Inscribed on verso: K. Nunamaker / New Hop...
Category

Early 20th Century American Impressionist Pennsylvania - Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Board

Snap Back To Reality
By Lauren Rinaldi
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Snap Back to Reality" is an original artwork made from acrylic paint and plastic filment on panel and glass by Lauren Rinaldi. This piece is shipped in the feature...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pennsylvania - Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic, Wood Panel

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