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Bodice of a Man and Man in Tunic. From The Blanco - Black and White Series
By Ricky Cohete
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Bodice of a Man and Man in Tunic, Diptych From The Blanco - Black and White Series Overall size: 36 in H x 48 in W. Individual size: 36 in H x 24 in W. Edition of 10 Unframed For t...
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2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Black and White, Archival Pigment

Lounging in Bermuda - Limited Edition Estate Stamped Digital C-Type Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Please note that as of 1st March 2025, the Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Collection aligned its pricing across the entire collection. Please bear in mind that all prints are produced t...
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20th Century American Modern Nude Photography

Materials

C Print

Untitled, 2025
By Marlon Mullen
Located in New York, NY
Marlon Mullen (b. 1963, Richmond, CA) has been painting at NIAD Art Center, a progressive studio for artists with developmental disabilities since 1986. Mullen draws his inspiration ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Archival Pigment

Kill Your Darlings No.15 - contemporary, abstract, acrylic on canvas
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This contemporary abstract painting was inspired by nature. Canadian artist Sandra Goldie’s lyrical paintings’ colours and expressive style are informed by the beauty of the natural...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Cuerpos Magnéticos #3. Wall sculpture
By Carla Gimbatti
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Cuerpos Magnéticos was born searching for the relationship between nature and our bodies, attraction and rejection. We see rocks, bones, structures, flexibility, spaces, movement, st...
Category

2010s Abstract Geometric Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Epoxy Resin

Cuerpos Magnéticos Gold, Wall Sculpture
By Carla Gimbatti
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Cuerpos Magnéticos was born searching for the relationship between nature and our bodies, attraction and rejection. We see rocks, bones, structures, flexibility, spaces, movement, st...
Category

2010s Abstract Geometric Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Resin, Pigment

Apertura and Apertura II, Diptych. From the Bailarín Series
By Ricky Cohete
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Apertura and Apertura II, Diptych by Ricky Cohete From the Bailarín Series Overall size: 30 in H x 40 in W. Individual size: 30 in H x 20 in W. Edition of 13 Unframed Expansion an...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Black and White, Archival Pigment

An English setter reclining in a landscape
By Sawrey Gilpin
Located in Stoke, Hampshire
Sawrey Gilpin (1733-1807) An English setter reclining in a landscape Signed 'S: Gilpin' lower right Oil on canvas Painting Size - 40 x 46 in Framed Size - 45 x 51 in Provenance Sale...
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18th Century Old Masters Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

Luis Alberto. From The series Buscando Mamá. Photo Collage
By Celso José Castro Daza
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The root of these unique photographic works by the artist Celso Castro occurred when the artist returned from Italy to live back in Colombia in 1987. Castro wanted to produce from t...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment

"Nautilus" & "The Ameer" - Arabian horses
By John Frederick Herring Sr.
Located in Stoke, Hampshire
John Frederick Herring Snr (Surrey 1795-1863 Kent) 'The Ameer, an Arabian' and 'Nautilus' Signed and dated 'J.F.Herring. Senr./1842' lower right Inscribed 'The Ameer./An Arabian' low...
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19th Century Victorian Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

Coastal Fog
By Stephen McMillan
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Trees in fog. A band of fog off of the Pacific, pouring its way through the forest in Fiscalini Ranch, Cambria. Born in Berkeley, California, on December 21, 1949, he was raised in ...
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2010s Contemporary Landscape Prints

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

Guy with Beatbox by Michael Ormerod - American Culture Photography LARGE PRINT
By Michael Ormerod
Located in Brighton, GB
Guy with Beatbox by Michael Ormerod is available as a 24" x 34" print on Hahnemuhle paper from a limited edition of 10 prints. Featured in the 2024 posthumous solo exhibition, 'Mic...
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20th Century American Realist Black and White Photography

Materials

Black and White

Something has to be Lovely No.8 - contemporary, abstract, acrylic on canvas
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This contemporary abstract painting was inspired by nature. A gifted abstract artist with an impressive portfolio, Sandra Goldie’s first series of oil paintings evoke the serenity f...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Hélène of Septeuil (enfant au perroquet) (child with a parakeet).
By Mary Cassatt
Located in Storrs, CT
Hélène of Septeuil (enfant au perroquet) (child with a parakeet). c. 1889-1890. Drypoint. Breeskin, 134.v. 9 3/8 x 6 1/4 (sheet 15 3/4 x 9 7/8). A rich impression with burr and plate...
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19th Century Impressionist Portrait Prints

Materials

Watercolor, Drypoint

Star Trio, Getty Archive - Humphrey Bogart, Marilyn Monroe, Lauren Bacall
Located in Brighton, GB
Taken from the world’s largest photographic archive, (Hulton Archive and Getty Images), the Getty Images Gallery collection features an extraordinary time capsule of the last century...
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20th Century Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Black and White

Nazareno #4. From The series Buscando Papá. Photo Collage
By Celso José Castro Daza
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The root of these unique photographic works by the artist Celso Castro occurred when the artist returned from Italy to live back in Colombia in 1987. Castro wanted to produce from t...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper

Dahlias by Gary Bukovnik, 2001 (bouquet of flowers in vase)
By Gary Bukovnik
Located in New York, NY
This image features a colorful arrangement of pink, red and purple flowers by American artist, Gary Bukovnik. Bukovnik is an internationally acclaimed painter and printmaker who prim...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Still-life Prints

Materials

Screen

Shaken not Stirred, 1968 from the Getty Archive - James Bond, Monochrome Print
Located in Brighton, GB
Roger Moore casts a glance away from the camera as he sips the quintessential James Bond drink: the iconic martini, shaken, not stirred. A gorgeous black and white fibre print, ava...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

"Apparition at the Border of Language"
By Enrique Chagoya
Located in Lyons, CO
This print presents a fictitious encounter between contemporary colonial forces and Native Americans who are defenders of immigrant refugees and displaced populations. The artist de...
Category

2010s Contemporary More Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Meandering Print Series
By Gene Davis
Located in Greenwich, CT
A sophisticated and marvelous work for any forward interior. It both gives a sense of space, calm, playfulness and it actually pulls you in as a focal point work of art. Framing is ...
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1970s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Screen

"Thin Ice"
By Michael Carson
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
Mike Carson is a Minneapolis painter, and graduate of the Minneapolis College of Art and Design, whose artwork can be found in private and corporate collections throughout the Unite...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

LOBSTER and OCTOPUS (KAMPF - BATTLE)
By Norbertine Bresslern-Roth
Located in Santa Monica, CA
NORBERTINE VON BRESSLERN-ROTH (1891 1978) KAMPF (BATTLE - LOBSTER and OCTOPUS) c. 1928 Color linoleum cut Signed in pencil. Image 8 5/8 x 8 11/16” In excellent condition and full ...
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1920s Vienna Secession Animal Prints

Materials

Linocut

Skirt 1/3 - small, surrealist, canoe, male, figurative, wood, bronze, sculpture
By P. Roch Smith
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Pierre Trudeau, a former Canadian Prime Minister and an avid outdoorsman and canoeist once said, “Paddle a hundred miles in a canoe and you are already a child of nature.” This play...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

"The Shepherd's Dog"
By Richard Ansdell
Located in Stoke, Hampshire
Richard Ansdell (1815-1885) 'The Shepherd's Dog' Signed with monogram and dated '18.RA.60' lower right Oil on canvas Canvas Size - 30 x 71 in Framed Size - 35 x 77 in Provenance Sal...
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19th Century Victorian Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

An Officer with a tethered Charger, a troop of infantry beyond
Located in Stoke, Hampshire
John Nost Sartorius (London 1759-1828) An Officer with a tethered Charger, a troop of infantry beyond Signed and dated 'JN Sartorius pins f 1805' lower right Oil on canvas Canvas Siz...
Category

18th Century Old Masters Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

Alice in Acapulco - Limited Edition Estate Stamped Digital C-Type Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Please note that as of 1st March 2025, the Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Collection aligned its pricing across the entire collection. Please bear in mind that all prints are produced t...
Category

20th Century American Modern Nude Photography

Materials

C Print

A Fabulous, Abstract 1960s Mid-Century Modern Painting of a Sleeping Female Nude
Located in Chicago, IL
A Fabulous, Abstract 1960s Mid-Century Modern Painting of a Sleeping Female Nude by Noted Chicago Artist, Rudolph Pen. A sensuous, intimate studio depiction of a sleeping nude femal...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Nude Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

A PAIR of hunting paintings
By RUDOLF STONE
Located in Stoke, Hampshire
Rudolf Stone (1820-1870) A PAIR of Hunting scene Oil on panel Each Painting Size 6 x 12 in Each Framed Size 9 x 15 in Rudolf Stone was a British artist active in the late 19th centu...
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19th Century Victorian Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

Set of 2 Aventure d'une libertine Photographs. From The Secret Album Series
By Uwe Ommer
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Set of 2 Photographs Aventure d'une libertine, 2015 From The Secret Album Series Overall Frame size: 20.5 H x 28.5 W x 1 D in. Overall Sheet size: 17.7 H x 24 W in. Individual size: ...
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1960s Modern Nude Photography

Materials

Color, Archival Pigment

An Arabian stallion in a wooded landscape
Located in Stoke, Hampshire
Jacques-Laurent Agasse (1767-1849) An Arabian stallion in a wooded landscape Oil on canvas Canvas Size 12 x 14 in Framed Size 21 x 22 in Provenance Believed to have passed by descen...
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18th Century Old Masters Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

Set of 2 Aventure d'une libertine Photographs. From The Secret Album Series
By Uwe Ommer
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Set of 2 Photographs Aventure d'une libertine, 2015 From The Secret Album Series Overall Frame size: 20.5 H x 28.5 W x 1 D in. Overall Sheet size: 17.7 H x 24 W in. Individual size: ...
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1960s Modern Nude Photography

Materials

Color, Archival Pigment

'Drop of Life' — from 'Solitude' for Henry David Thoreau's 'Walden'
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Naoko Matsubara, 'Drop of Life' for the portfolio 'Solitude', color woodcut, 1971. A fine impression with fresh, vivid colors, on cream laid Japan paper, the full sheet with margins,...
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1970s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Woodcut

"Slant"
By Michael Carson
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
Mike Carson is a Minneapolis painter, and graduate of the Minneapolis College of Art and Design, whose artwork can be found in private and corporate collections throughout the Unite...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Commissionaire's Dog from the Getty Archive - Black and White Street Photography
Located in Brighton, GB
Taken from the world’s largest photographic archive, (Hulton Archive and Getty Images), the Getty Images Gallery collection features an extraordinary time capsule of the last century...
Category

20th Century Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Black and White

A Hunting Scene
By RUDOLF STONE
Located in Stoke, Hampshire
THIS IS ALSO AVAILABLE AS PART OF A SET OF FOUR. Rudolf Stone (1820-1870) Hunting scene Oil on panel Painting Size 6 x 12 in Framed Size 9 x 15 in Rudolf Stone was a British artis...
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19th Century Victorian Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

Night Shadows
By Edward Hopper
Located in Storrs, CT
Night Shadows. 1921. Etching. Levin 82. 7 x 8 3/8 (sheet 10 x 13 7 1/16).s Series: Six American Etchings: The New Republic Portfolio, 1924. Edition approximately 500-600. Illustrate...
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1920s American Modern Landscape Prints

Materials

Etching

"Just Think of It"
By Michael Carson
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
Mike Carson is a Minneapolis painter, and graduate of the Minneapolis College of Art and Design, whose artwork can be found in private and corporate collections throughout the Unite...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Set of 2 Aventure d'une libertine Photographs. From The Secret Album Series
By Uwe Ommer
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Set of 2 Photographs Aventure d'une libertine, 2015 From The Secret Album Series Overall Frame size: 20.5 H x 28.5 W x 1 D in. Overall Sheet size: 17.7 H x 24 W in. Individual size: ...
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1960s Modern Nude Photography

Materials

Color, Archival Pigment

Cattle grazing in an extensive landscape
Located in Stoke, Hampshire
Tom Coates (1941-2023) Cattle grazing in an extensive landscape Oil on canvas Signed with initials lower left Canvas Size - 20 x 24 in Framed Size - 29 x 33 in Tom Coates (1941–2023...
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20th Century Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Seascapes 4, 2020 - Limited Edition Digital C-Type on Fuji Maxima Matte Paper
By Ellie Davies
Located in Brighton, GB
Seascapes 4 is a stunning Digital C-Type Print on Fuji Maxima Matte paper, available in this size from a Limited Edition of 7 + 2 Artist Proofs. Ellie has been working in the fores...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Digital, Color

Don't Let Them Burst Your Bubble: Blue II - contemporary, glass wall sculpture
By Cheryl Wilson Smith
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This contemporary glass wall sculpture was created by Cheryl Wilson Smith. The artist is known for her ethereal glass pieces that are often inspired by the rugged natural beauty that...
Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Metal

Set of 2 Aventure d'une libertine Photographs. From The Secret Album Series
By Uwe Ommer
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Set of 2 Photographs Aventure d'une libertine, 2015 From The Secret Album Series Overall Frame size: 20.5 H x 28.5 W x 1 D in. Overall Sheet size: 17.7 H x 24 W in. Individual size: ...
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1960s Modern Nude Photography

Materials

Color, Archival Pigment

Snowmass Picnic by Slim Aarons - Limited Edition Estate Stamped C-Type Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Please note that as of 1st March 2025, the Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Collection aligned its pricing across the entire collection. Please bear in mind that all prints are produced t...
Category

20th Century American Modern Portrait Photography

Materials

C Print

LAKE TAHOE - One of Gearhart's Most Sought after Block Prints
By Frances H. Gearhart
Located in Santa Monica, CA
FRANCES H. GEARHART (1869-1958) LAKE TAHOE c. 1933 Color block print, signed and titled in pencil on her typical fibrous Japan paper 10 7/8 x 12”. Full sheet 12 ¾ x 14 3/8” with t...
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1930s American Impressionist Landscape Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Düsseldorf (German Cities) by Dieter Roth monuments vintage postcard light blue
By Dieter Roth
Located in New York, NY
Düsseldorf (German Cities), 1970 24 x 33.8 in. / 61 x 86 cm Screen print in one color on offset lithograph, black on white card. “for Paul” written in pencil lower middle. Signed and...
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1960s Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph, Screen

Don't Let Them Burst Your Bubble: Blue Small I - blown glass wall sculpture
By Cheryl Wilson Smith
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This contemporary glass wall sculpture in a captivating turquoise blue was created by an award-winning artist. Cheryl Wilson Smith is known for her uniquely beautiful glass work—its...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Metal

Couple at Party from the Getty Archive - Romantic Black & White Photography
Located in Brighton, GB
Taken from the world’s largest photographic archive, (Hulton Archive and Getty Images), the Getty Images Gallery collection features an extraordinary time capsule of the last century...
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20th Century Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Black and White

Persephone (Blue)
By Polly Apfelbaum
Located in New York, NY
edition 21/35 Published by Durham Press In her sculpture, wall hangings, and prints, Apfelbaum explores complex formal and chromatic relationships, pushing the canon of modernist ab...
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2010s Pop Art Landscape Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Red Barn 114/150 - blue, red, landscape, abstracted, pop-art, silkscreen print
By Charles Pachter
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This pop art print is a colorful image of a barn made by Charles Pachter. Charles Pachter’s elegant contemporary depictions of barns pay homage to Canada’s rural roots and its stron...
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2010s Contemporary Landscape Prints

Materials

Screen

Pine Cone 24-240 - large, rusted, contemporary, Corten steel, outdoor sculpture
By Floyd Elzinga
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This large, rusted, contemporary, Corten steel, outdoor sculpture was created by artist Floyd Elzinga. Canadian sculptor Floyd Elzinga’s pine cones have become one of his signature ...
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Sculptures

Materials

Metal, Steel

'Poppy' — Art Deco Pochoir from the acclaimed portfolio 'RELAIS'
By Edouard Benedictus
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Edouard Benedictus, 'Poppy' from the portfolio 'Relais', plate 14, color pochoir, 1930. Signed in the matrix, in the center bottom margin. A superb, richly-inked impression, with fresh, vibrant colors, including metallic gold and silver inks, on heavy, cream wove paper; the full sheet with margins (1 3/8 inches), in excellent condition. Published by Éditions Vincent, Fréal et Cie, Paris. The pochoir production is by Jean Saudé, the French printmaker known for his mastery of the technique and the author of the first how-to book on the pochoir process. Matted to museum standards, unframed. Image size 14 3/8 x 11 inches (365 x 279 mm); sheet size 17 1/4 x 13 7/8 inches (438 x 352 mm). Impressions of this work are held in the following museum collections: Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum Library (Smithsonian), Metropolitan Museum of Art, Minneapolis Institute of Art, New York Public Library, Toledo Museum of Art, Victoria and Albert Museum (London), Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. ABOUT THIS WORK The Pochoir process is a refined stencil-based technique employed to create multiples or to add color to prints produced in other mediums. Characterized by its crisp lines and rich color, the print-making process was most popular from the late 19th century through the 1930s, with its center of activity in Paris. The pochoir process began with the analysis of an image’s composition, including color tones and densities. The numerous stencils (made of aluminum, copper, or zinc) necessary to create a complete image were then designed and hand-cut by the 'découpeur.' The 'coloristes' applied watercolor or gouache pigments through the stencils, skillfully employing a variety of different brushes and methods of paint application to achieve the desired depth of color and textural and tonal nuance. The pochoir process, by virtue of its handcrafted methodology, resulted in the finished work producing the effect of an original painting, and in fact, each print was unique. ABOUT THE ARTIST Edouard Benedictus (1878 -1930), artist, designer, composer, and chemist, was born and died in Paris. A highly-regarded designer and art critic of the Art Nouveau era, Benedictus gained renown as a colorist and creator of Art Deco-inspired geometric and floral motifs. His work had a significant influence on international fashions in clothing, home furnishings, graphic design, and decorative objects of the period, earning him commissions from leading European design firms. In 1925 he was invited to represent Art Deco textile design...
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1930s Art Nouveau Figurative Prints

Materials

Stencil

'Dei Praestitis Signumexaere' — 18th Century Classical Italian Realism
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Giovanni Domenico Campiglia, 'Dei Praestitis Signumexaere' (God's Providence Signumexaere), engraving, 1734, edition unknown. Signed 'Dom. Campiglia del.' in the plate, lower left. E...
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1730s Realist Nude Prints

Materials

Engraving

White Moon 2 - minimalist, contemporary, abstract, acrylic on canvas
By Aron Hill
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This minimalist acrylic painting that features a moon is by Aron Hill. The bold graphic design of Aron Hill’s work echoes the clean lines of modernist influences such as Jack Bush. ...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Ink, Acrylic

Lakeside Keepsake - minimalist, contemporary, landscape, acrylic on canvas
By Pat Service
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This abstract painting of a lake was rendered in minimalist form by Pat Service. Renowned as one of Canada’s finest landscape artists, the decades-long career of Pat Service has wit...
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Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Pentagrams 5 of 15 - contemporary, modern, geometric abstract, giclee print
By Burton Kramer
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This contemporary colorful graphic print is by Burton Kramer. Edition 5 of 15 comes matted and framed with Artglass. Celebrated as one of Canada’s uniquely brilliant artists, moder...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Screen

Sergeant - contemporary, landscape, tree, figurative, acrylic and resin on panel
By Peter Hoffer
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This contemporary landscape painting was created by Canadian artist Peter Hoffer. Peter Hoffer’s elegant series of tree ‘portraits’ are modern landscapes. In this piece, one deciduo...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Epoxy Resin, Acrylic, Panel

Multiple Panel Paintings 1973-1976, Edition C
By Robert Mangold
Located in Houston, TX
Robert Mangold Multiple Panel Paintings 1973-1976, Edition C, 1992 Suite of nine screenprints on Fabriano paper 11 3/4 x 24 in (2880.4 x 61 cm) Edition of 300
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Late 20th Century Abstract Geometric Abstract Prints

Materials

Screen

'Goin' Home' — WPA Era American Regionalism
By Thomas Hart Benton
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Thomas Hart Benton, 'Goin' Home', lithograph, 1937, edition 250, Fath 14. Signed in pencil. Signed in the stone, lower right. A fine, richly-inked impression, on off-white, wove paper, with margins, in excellent condition. Published by Associated American Artists. Archivally matted to museum standards, unframed. Image size 9 7/16 x 11 7/8 inches; sheet size 10 3/4 x 13 5/16 inches. Impressions of this work are held in the following museum collections: Figge Art Museum, Georgetown University Art Collection, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Library of Congress, Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. ABOUT THE ARTIST “Benton’s idiom was essentially political and rhetorical, the painterly equivalent of the country stump speeches that were a Benton family tradition. The artist vividly recalled accompanying his father, Maecenas E. Benton — a four-term U.S. congressman, on campaigns through rural Missouri. Young Tom Benton grew up with an instinct for constituencies that led him to assess art on the basis of its audience appeal. His own art, after the experiments with abstraction, was high-spirited entertainment designed to catch and hold an audience with a political message neatly bracketed between humor and local color.” —Elizabeth Broun “Thomas Hart Benton: A Politician in Art,” Smithsonian Studies in American Art, Spring 1987. Born in 1889 in Neosho, Missouri, Thomas Hart Benton spent much of his childhood and adolescence in Washington, D.C., where his father, Maecenas Eason Benton, served as a Democratic member of Congress from 1897 to 1905. Hoping to prepare Benton for a political career, his father sent him to Western Military Academy. After nearly two years at the academy, Benton persuaded his mother to support him in attending the Art Institute of Chicago for two years, followed by two additional years at the Académie Julian in Paris. In 1912, Benton returned to America and moved to New York to pursue his artistic career. One of his first jobs involved painting sets for silent films, which were being produced in Fort Lee, New Jersey. Benton credits this experience with equipping him with the skills necessary to create his large-scale murals. When World War I broke out, Benton joined the Navy. Stationed in Norfolk, Virginia, he was assigned to create drawings of camouflaged ships arriving at Norfolk Naval Station. These renderings were used to identify vessels that might be lost in battle. Benton later remarked that being a "camofleur" profoundly impacted his career: "When I came out of the Navy after the First World War," he said, "I made up my mind that I wasn’t going to be just a studio painter, a pattern maker in the fashion then dominating the art world—as it still does. I began to think of returning to the painting of subjects, subjects with meanings, which people, in general, might be interested in." While developing his Regionalist vision, Benton also taught art, first at a city-supported school and later at The Art Students League from 1926 to 1935. One of his students was a young Jackson Pollock, who regarded Benton as both a mentor and father figure. In 1930, Benton was commissioned to paint a mural for the New School for Social Research. The "America Today" mural, now permanently exhibited at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, led to many more commissions as Benton’s work gained wide recognition. The Regionalist Movement became popular during the Great Depression of the 1930s. Painters such as Benton, Grant Wood, and John Steuart Curry rejected modernist European influences, choosing instead to depict realistic images of small-town and rural life—comforting representations of the American heartland during a period of upheaval. Time Magazine referred to Benton as "the most virile of U.S. painters of the U.S. Scene," featuring his self-portrait on the cover of a 1934 issue that included a story titled "The Birth of Regionalism." In 1935, Benton left New York and returned to Missouri, where he taught at the Kansas City Art Institute. His outspoken criticism of modern art, art critics, and political views alienated him from many influential figures in both political and art circles. Nonetheless, Benton remained true to his beliefs, continuing to create murals, paintings, and prints that captured enduring images of American life. The dramatic and engaging characteristics of Benton’s artwork drawn the attention of Hollywood producers, leading him to create illustrations and posters for films, including his famous lithographs for the film adaptation of John Steinbeck’s "The Grapes of Wrath," produced by Twentieth Century Fox. During the 1930s, The Limited Editions Club of New York asked Benton to illustrate special editions of three of Mark Twain’s books...
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1930s American Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

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