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"Many happy returns" -- Sculpture by Jenny Day
Located in New Orleans, LA
JENNY DAY earned an MFA in Painting and Drawing from the University of Arizona, a BFA in Painting from the University of Alaska Fairbanks and a BA in Environmental Studies from the U...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Enamel

"Melon (Small Whole)" -- Sculpture by Jenny Day
Located in New Orleans, LA
JENNY DAY earned an MFA in Painting and Drawing from the University of Arizona, a BFA in Painting from the University of Alaska Fairbanks and a BA in Environmental Studies from the U...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Stoneware, Glaze

"Lobster on Plate" -- Sculpture by Jenny Day
Located in New Orleans, LA
Purchase includes two small ceramic lemon wedges. JENNY DAY earned an MFA in Painting and Drawing from the University of Arizona, a BFA in Painting from the University of Alaska Fai...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Stoneware, Glaze

"Cheese (Non-Gooey)" -- Sculpture by Jenny Day
Located in New Orleans, LA
JENNY DAY earned an MFA in Painting and Drawing from the University of Arizona, a BFA in Painting from the University of Alaska Fairbanks and a BA in Environmental Studies from the U...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Stoneware, Glaze

"Cake (Slice Missing)" -- Sculpture by Jenny Day
Located in New Orleans, LA
JENNY DAY earned an MFA in Painting and Drawing from the University of Arizona, a BFA in Painting from the University of Alaska Fairbanks and a BA in Environmental Studies from the U...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Stoneware, Glaze

"Cake (King Cake)" -- Sculpture by Jenny Day
Located in New Orleans, LA
JENNY DAY earned an MFA in Painting and Drawing from the University of Arizona, a BFA in Painting from the University of Alaska Fairbanks and a BA in Environmental Studies from the U...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Stoneware, Glaze

"Apple (Whole Red)" -- Sculpture by Jenny Day
Located in New Orleans, LA
JENNY DAY earned an MFA in Painting and Drawing from the University of Arizona, a BFA in Painting from the University of Alaska Fairbanks and a BA in Environmental Studies from the U...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Stoneware, Glaze

Blackfriars Bridge — Red Architectural Monoprint by Jenny Robinson
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Blackfriars Bridge is a monoprint by Jenny Robinson depicting the massive red pillars of the historic London bridge. The composition emphasizes scale and weight, with towering archit...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Monoprint

"King Cake with Baby" -- Sculpture by Jenny Day
Located in New Orleans, LA
Jenny Day creates intricate sculptures of foods that stir memories of personal and community events. Whether a summer party, homemade dinner, or crawfish boil, these gatherings remin...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Stoneware, Glaze

"All the way down" -- Sculpture by Jenny Day
Located in New Orleans, LA
JENNY DAY earned an MFA in Painting and Drawing from the University of Arizona, a BFA in Painting from the University of Alaska Fairbanks and a BA in Environmental Studies from the U...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Enamel

"Jungle Glitch" -- Painting on Canvas, by Jenny Day
Located in New Orleans, LA
JENNY DAY earned an MFA in Painting and Drawing from the University of Arizona, a BFA in Painting from the University of Alaska Fairbanks and a BA in Environmental Studies from the U...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic, Color Pencil, Ink

"Cake Stand 1 Tier" -- Sculpture by Jenny Day
Located in New Orleans, LA
Cake stand ONLY: "Jello (Pink)", another sculpture by Jenny Day, is not included in this item. JENNY DAY earned an MFA in Painting and Drawing from the University of Arizona, a BFA ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Stoneware, Glaze

Jenny Holzer, Inflammatory Essays: Shriek When the Pain Hits...
Located in Hamburg, DE
Jenny Holzer (American, b. 1950) Inflammatory Essays: Shriek When the Pain Hits During Interrogation, 1996 Multiple: Pewter multiple with engraved text Dimensions: 6.6 × 5 × 1.1 cm (...
Category

20th Century Contemporary Art

Materials

Metal

"Cheese (Blue Cheese Oozey)" -- Sculpture by Jenny Day
Located in New Orleans, LA
JENNY DAY earned an MFA in Painting and Drawing from the University of Arizona, a BFA in Painting from the University of Alaska Fairbanks and a BA in Environmental Studies from the U...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Stoneware, Glaze, Luster

"Cake Stand 3 Tier" -- Sculpture by Jenny Day
Located in New Orleans, LA
JENNY DAY earned an MFA in Painting and Drawing from the University of Arizona, a BFA in Painting from the University of Alaska Fairbanks and a BA in Environmental Studies from the U...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Stoneware, Glaze

"Cake Stand 2 Tier" -- Sculpture by Jenny Day
Located in New Orleans, LA
JENNY DAY earned an MFA in Painting and Drawing from the University of Arizona, a BFA in Painting from the University of Alaska Fairbanks and a BA in Environmental Studies from the U...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Stoneware, Glaze

Flyover — Black and White Architectural Monoprint by Jenny Robinson
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Monumental image of a freeway overpass - Flyover is a Unique monoprint by Jenny Robinson depicting the layered structure of an elevated ro...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Monoprint

"Pink Crab Plate with Mushrooms" -- Sculpture by Jenny Day
Located in New Orleans, LA
Jenny Day creates intricate sculptures of foods that stir memories of personal and community events. Whether a summer party, homemade dinner, or crawfish boil, these gatherings remin...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Stoneware, Glaze

"Banana Sundae with Waffle and Oreo" by Jenny Day
Located in New Orleans, LA
Jenny Day creates intricate sculptures of foods that stir memories of personal and community events. Whether a summer party, homemade dinner, or crawfish boil, these gatherings remin...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Stoneware, Glaze

Jenny Holzer Celebrating Printed Matter, New York 1986 (announcement)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Jenny Holzer, Ten for Ten: Celebrating Printed Matter, 10th-anniversary reading, New York, 1986, Announcement Card Rare, Jenny Holzer 1980s announcement card published on the occasion of Ten for Ten: Celebrating Printed Matter - the 10th-anniversary reading. The event was held at The Great Hall of Cooper Union on November 19, 1986. It featured John Giorno, Eric Bogosian, Constance DeJong, Richard Prince, Cookie Mueller, Roz Chast, Richard Nonas...
Category

1980s Conceptual Art

Materials

Offset

"Portal to a Geode" -- Handmade Rug by Jenny Day
Located in New Orleans, LA
JENNY DAY earned an MFA in Painting and Drawing from the University of Arizona, a BFA in Painting from the University of Alaska Fairbanks and a BA in Environmental Studies from the U...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Wool, Felt

Jenny Evans, Hummingbird Over Passionflowers, Original Painting, Affordable Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Jenny Evans Hummingbird Over Passionflowers Original Painting Gouache on Paper Size: 23.5cm x 23.5cm Sold unframed Please note that in situ images are purely an indication of how a p...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Jenny Holzer, Water Board 0000090: 2012, Signed Print, Contemporary Art
Located in Hamburg, DE
Jenny Holzer (American, b. 1950) Water Board 0000090, 2012 Medium: Template reservage technique, on 350 g/qm wove paper Dimensions: 90.5 × 70 cm (35 3/5 × 27 3/5 in) Edition: From th...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Paper

Still Life, The Breakfast Table Painting by Jenny Lock, 2022
Located in Kingsclere, GB
Still Life, The Breakfast Table Painting by Jenny Lock B. 1949, 2022 Additional information: Medium: Oil on canvas Dimensions: 60 x 97 cm 23 5/8 x 38 1/4 in Signed and dated Jenny ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas

Torture Is Barbaric -- Print, Postcards, Text Art, Truisms by Jenny Holzer
Located in London, GB
Truisms [Torture Is Barbaric], after 1994 Jenny Holzer Screenprint on balsa wood multiple with text from the Survival (1983-1985) and Truisms (1977-1979) series Published by Fotofol...
Category

1990s Pop Art Art

Materials

Screen

"Every hope is a glimmering burden" -- Sculpture by Jenny Day
Located in New Orleans, LA
JENNY DAY earned an MFA in Painting and Drawing from the University of Arizona, a BFA in Painting from the University of Alaska Fairbanks and a BA in Environmental Studies from the U...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Stoneware, Glass, Epoxy Glue, Glaze

Jenny Holzer, AKA: Portfolio of 5 Etchings, Contemporary Art, Signed Print
Located in Hamburg, DE
Jenny Holzer (American, b. 1950) AKA, 2006 Medium: Set of five etchings, on Magnani Pescia paper (with title page, sheets loose, in original black silk-covered portfolio case) Dimens...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Etching

Winter Sunset - The Lys - Neo-Impressionist Landscape Oil by Jenny Montigny
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed oil on artist's board riverscape circa 1910 by Belgian neo-impressionist painter Jenny Montigny. The piece depicts a view of the River Lys in winter as the sun sets. The river...
Category

1910s Post-Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil, Board

20th Century British artist Jenny Ogg oil on panel, lady sunbathing
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Jenny Ogg (British school, 20th Century) Sunbathing oil on panel signed 'J Ogg' (lower right) and bearing label for Grants Fine Art Gallery Newcastle (to the reverse)
Category

20th Century Surrealist Art

Materials

Oil, Panel

Cactus I BY JENNY BALMER, Original Painting for Sale , Contemporary Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Jenny Balmer. Cactus Painting. Jenny Balmer loves painting still life in a contemporary form in mixed media. This work comes mounted but not framed. Image size: 30 cm x 20 cm
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Art

Materials

Acrylic, Archival Paper

Important Museum Quality 19th C French Still Life Painting Jenny Villebesseyx
Located in Exton, PA
Fine 19th century still life painting by an important French female painter Jenny Villebesseyx (1847 - 1924). The painting is oil on canvas measuring 23" x 29 1/2". Framed dimension...
Category

1860s Barbizon School Art

Materials

Oil

"Free fall into tiny stars" -- Painting on Canvas, by Jenny Day
Located in New Orleans, LA
JENNY DAY earned an MFA in Painting and Drawing from the University of Arizona, a BFA in Painting from the University of Alaska Fairbanks and a BA in Environmental Studies from the U...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Ink, Acrylic, Color Pencil

Jenny Holzer, Inflammatory Essays 3 - LED Sculpture, Light Art, Text-based Art
Located in Hamburg, DE
Jenny Holzer (American, b. 1950) Inflammatory Essays 3, 1982/2002 Medium: Electronic tri-color mini-LED panel, with anodized aluminium housing, incl. power adapter Dimensions: 10.1 x...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

LED Light

"Gnomes Homes I, II, III, " Trio of Etchings by Jenny Tapping
By Jenny Tapping
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Gnomes I, II, & III" are three original etchings by Jenny Tapping. Each etching is signed, titled, and numbered by the artist, and all three are in one frame. Each etching depicts a...
Category

1980s Post-Modern Art

Materials

Etching

Speak to Me Softly, Oil on Canvas Painting by Jenny Lock, 2023
Located in Kingsclere, GB
Speak to Me Softly, Oil on Canvas Painting by Jenny Lock B. 1949, 2023 Additional information: Medium: Oil on canvas Dimensions: 76 x 76 cm 29 7/8 x 29 7/8 in Signed, titled and dat...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas

You Do Something To Me, Oil on Canvas Painting by Jenny Lock, 2023
Located in Kingsclere, GB
You Do Something To Me, Oil on Canvas Painting by Jenny Lock B. 1949, 2023 Additional information: Medium: Oil on canvas Dimensions: 76 x 76 cm 29 7/8 x 29 7/8 in Signed, titled and...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas

Jenny Evans, Daisy Chain in Black, Affordable Art, Art Online, Contemporary Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Jenny Evans Daisy Chain in Black Linocut Sold Unframed Image Size: H 41cm x W 28cm (Please note that in situ images are purely an indication of how a piece may look). This original ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Paper, Linocut

Jenny Holzer -USE WHAT IS DOMINANT IN A CULTURE TO CHANGE IT: Signed glass bowl
Located in New York, NY
Jenny Holzer USE WHAT IS DOMINANT IN A CULTURE TO CHANGE IT, 2003 Hand Blown Glass Bowl 4 × 10 × 10 inches Edition 68/200 Signed and numbered 68/200 on the underside with Holzer's in...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Art

Materials

Blown Glass, Engraving

"Jenny"
Located in Bristol, CT
Glam art deco c1926 'Tres Parisien' fashion pochoir No.8. w/ gouache highlights depicting two chic ladies of the day Art Sz: 10 5/8"H x 6 7/8"W Fram...
Category

1920s Art

Materials

Gouache

Jenny
Located in New York, NY
ABOUT THIS PIECE: Let's not pretend that we don't enjoy 80's music. ABOUT THIS ARTIST: Floyd P. Stanley is an LA based photographer creating product shot photographs of mixed tapes....
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Art

Materials

Photographic Paper

JENNY REEFER
Located in Portland, ME
Indiana, Robert (American, 1928-2018). JENNY REEFER. Color screenprint, 1977. Edition of 150, signed, dated and numbered 93/100 in pencil. 18 x 14 inches (image), 23 1/2 x 19 1/4 inc...
Category

1970s Art

Materials

Screen

Jenny Reefer
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Robert Indiana (American, born 1928) Title: "Jenny Reefer" Year: 1977 Medium: Original color lithograph Edition: Numbered 32/150 in pencil Paper: Arches Image size: 18 x 14 inches paper size: 23.65 x 19.5 inches Signature: Hand signed in pencil by the artist Publisher: Leon Amiel, New York Printer: Fernand Mourlot, Paris Condition: It is in excellent condition, has never been framed. Description: From the suite "The Mother of All Us" About the artist: Robert Indiana was born in New Castle, Indiana, in 1928. His family name was Clark but he adopted the name of his native state early in his career. His father worked for a Phillips 66 gas station and his mother ran a diner. He began his studies in art in 1945 at the Herron School of Art in Indianapolis and then at the Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute in Utica, New York. He then moved to Chicago and continued his studies at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He also studied at the Skowhgan School of Painting and Sculpture in Maine, the Edinburgh College of Art and London University, eventually moving to New York City in 1956. A major Pop Artist, his work is characterized by the use of words and relatively flat paint with no brush strokes. This cold and somewhat mechanical approach to painting in which the words are often stenciled into the design probably was influenced by street signs, pinball machines, the commercial stenciling process used in printing and advertisements. In fact, Indiana calls himself "a painter of signs". He uses the common everyday symbols and words of America and paints them as brilliantly colored pop art paintings. His work comments in an ironic fashion on American life and culture, often making pointed political statements about American society. The words in his painting are usually simple and short words, sometimes with clear meaning and other times arranged in an ambiguous fashion to project multiple meanings, and occasionally involve puns. It is interesting to try to put his "words" together to get a sense of the meaning. For instance, in The Triumph of Tira, painted in, 1960-61, the artist presents four circles with four squares inside them and four stars inside the squares. There is one word in each star. The upper left says "Law"; the upper right says "Cat"; the lower left says "Men"; and the lower right says "Sex." Of course it is hard to understand the relationship between the words, and as you begin to speculate on what it might mean, a number of possible interpretations evolve. Other works have more obvious meanings, sometimes political. One painting shows an outline of the State of Alabama with Selma marked in the right location. The words "Just as in the anatomy of man, every nation must have its hind part", are stenciled around the map. This is a reference to the march on Selma, which was an important event in the Civil Rights Movement during the 60's. Indiana's most famous painting is of the word "Love". It is painted with the LO on the top and VE on the bottom. This painting was used as a design for an American postage stamp...
Category

1970s Pop Art Art

Materials

Lithograph

JENNY REEFER
Located in Aventura, FL
Hand signed and numbered by the artist. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of authenticity included. Edition of 150. All reasonable offers will be considered.
Category

1970s Pop Art Art

Materials

Lithograph, Paper

JENNY REEFER
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Jenny la Colocha
Located in New Orleans, LA
Kiara Aileen Machado is a contemporary artist born in Lynwood, California who depicts and explores the construction of identity, familial lineage,...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Early 19th Century Embroidery - Jenny
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming embroidery piece depicting a young lady spinning thread before a riverside farm. The artist has embroidered 'Jenny' to the lower border. Well presented in a gilt frame wit...
Category

Early 19th Century Art

Materials

Tapestry

Jenny Reefer (Sheehan 99), Robert Indiana
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Robert Indiana (1928-2018) Title: Jenny Reefer (Sheehan 99) Year: 1977 Medium: Silkscreen on Arches rag paper Edition: 49/150, plus proofs Size: 24 x 20 inches Condition: Goo...
Category

1970s Pop Art Art

Materials

Screen

Jenny Darney - A Remarkable Character in Cumberland
Located in Bournemouth, Dorset
Jenny Darney, A Remarkable Character in Cumberland', 1821. Portrait of a pipe-smoking 'travelling eccentric' who was 'well known in the southern part of the county of Cumberland...Th...
Category

19th Century Art

Materials

Engraving

“Three-Fingered Jenny, ” story illustration for McClure’s
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Story illustration for “Three-Fingered Jenny” by C.N. and A.M. Williamson (Alice Muriel Williamson) for McClure’s Magazine, published February 1916, page 24. The full caption reads...
Category

20th Century Art

Materials

Ink, Board

Jenny Devereux (b.1945) - 20th Century Etching, Peony
Located in Corsham, GB
A vibrant 20th-century etching with hand colouring of a vase of peonies by the printmaker and painter Jenny Devereaux. She etches directly onto copper plates and prints onto fine Jap...
Category

20th Century Art

Materials

Etching

Jenny Lake Overlook (With a Northern Harrier)
Located in Bozeman, MT
Piggott finds resonance and beauty in the familiar. His subjects, anchored in the stuff of the every day, are quietly captured in a moment of time. Each composition speaks to the art...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Nina Simone Sings Pirate Jenny (Full Bleed) #149
Located in Houston, TX
Kate Shepherd Nina Simone Sings Pirate Jenny (Full Bleed) #149, 2020 Unique screenprint on Coventry Rag paper 38 3/4 x 23 3/4 in (98.4 x 60.3 cm)
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Paper, Screen, Rag Paper

Nina Simone Sings Pirate Jenny (Full Bleed) #141
Located in Houston, TX
Kate Shepherd Nina Simone Sings Pirate Jenny (Full Bleed) #141, 2020 Unique screenprint on Coventry Rag paper 38 3/4 x 23 3/4 in (98.4 x 60.3 cm)
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Paper, Screen, Rag Paper

"Hand Needlepoint Inverted Jenny U.S. Postage 24C Stamp"
Located in Bristol, CT
Hand needlepoint of the famous Inverted Jenny biplane 24 cent postage stamp Art Sz: 10"H x 11"W Frame Sz: 14 3/4"H x 16"W The Inverted Jenny (also known as an Upside Down Jenny, J...
Category

20th Century Art

Materials

Wool

Jenny Lander - Framed Contemporary Oil, View from Les Houches
Located in Corsham, GB
Oil on canvas. Unsigned. Presented in a distressed wooden frame with an inscribed Mall Galleries label on the verso.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Art

Materials

Oil

"Jenny Song" Janey Washburn, 1961 Abstract Expressionist Large Gestural Painting
Located in New York, NY
Janey Washburn Jenny Song, 1961 Signed lower left Oil on canvas 72 x 60 inches Janey Washburn was an abstract expressionist painter working in New York City. Her self portrait was i...
Category

1960s Abstract Expressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Sunday Afternoon - Minimalist Pink + Grey Abstract Oil on Canvas Painting
Located in Kingsclere, GB
Jenny Lock b. 1949 Sunday Afternoon, 2024 oil on canvas 75 x 60 cm 29 1/2 x 23 5/8 in signed and dated verso Jenny Lock came to painting later in life and the fresh relationship wit...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Crazy Rhythms - Blue and Pink Contemporary Minimalist Abstract Painting
Located in Kingsclere, GB
Jenny Lock b. 1949 Crazy Rhythms, 2024 oil on canvas 76 x 76 cm 29 7/8 x 29 7/8 in signed and dated verso Jenny Lock came to painting later in life and the fresh relationship with t...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Spring has Sprung - Light Blue + Grey Minimalist Abstract Oil Painting
Located in Kingsclere, GB
Spring has Sprung, 2025 oil on canvas 76 x 76 cm 29 7/8 x 29 7/8 in signed and dated verso Jenny Lock came to painting later in life and the fresh relationship with the medium has c...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Painting 19th CALS French portrait oil oval young woman pianist Jenny GODIN
Located in PARIS, FR
Adolphe-Felix CALS Paris, 1810 – Honfleur, 1880 Oil on canvas 45 x 38 cm (69 x 63 cm with frame) Signed and dated on the right "Cals / 1879" Label on the back mentioning the model "Jenny Godin" Beautiful 19th century oval frame in carved, decorated and gilded wood Very good condition This is the portrait of Jenny...
Category

1870s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Drift (Contemporary Abstract Horizontal Oil Painting on Canvas in Pastels)
Located in Hudson, NY
"Drift" painted by Hudson Valley artist, Jenny Nelson, in 2025 Oil on canvas 30 x 60 inches with white painted sides, unframed Excellent condition, ready to hang Signed, verso Thi...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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