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Art For Sale
Pablo Picasso, The Little Bullfight, from XXe Siecle, 1958
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by Pablo Picasso (1881–1973), titled La Petite Corrida (The Little Bullfight), from the album XXe Siecle, Nouvelle serie, XXe Annee, N° 10 (double) Mars 195...
Category

1950s Cubist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Blushing Pears, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Two pears rest on a wooden surface. The light accentuates their blemished yellow skin with reddish blush, along with their curvy form. A curling leaf adorns one...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Oil

19th Century Watercolour - Manner of Richard Dighton
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming Vanity Fair style watercolour in the manner of Richard Dighton (1795-1880). The scene depicting a man in a top hat and cane standing in profile. Presented in a gilt frame...
Category

19th Century Art

Materials

Watercolor

Marc Chagall, Vision of Paris, from The Lithographs of Chagall, 1960
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by Marc Chagall (1887–1985), titled Vision de Paris (Vision of Paris), from the album The Lithographs of Chagall, Volume I, originates from the 1960 edition...
Category

1960s Expressionist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Music Angel - Stone lithograph - Catalog Raisonne : Mourlot #CS25
Located in Paris, IDF
Marc CHAGALL Music Angel (L'Ange de la Musique), 1966 Stone lithograph Engraved by Charles Sorlier under the supervion of Marc Chagall in Atelier Mourlot Printed signature in the pl...
Category

1960s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Tuscan Courtyard, Old Town, Tuscany, monochrome landscape photo, limited edition
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Black and white cityscape photography. Old stone building with wooden shutters, potted plants and outdoor seating in a narrow courtyard. Archival pigment ink pri...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Digital Pigment

Lakeside Winter Panorama Snow, Mountains, Limited Edition Monochrome Print
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Lakeside, Winter Panorama Study 1, Austria - no. 21052 // Black and white fine art panorama long exposure waterscape - landscape photography. Winter panorama with mountains, lake an...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Digital Pigment

North Shore Motel Steps, Salton Sea, California - Architectural color photo
Located in Cambridge, GB
North Shore Motel Steps, mid-century architecture photography captured by Richard Heeps as part of his Salton Sea series. This artwork is a limited edition of 25 gloss photographic ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Dandelion
Located in Atlanta, GA
This painting is featured in the Makk Family book, "Vision of Life on page 102. Eva Makk has been called “the world’s foremost living impressionist painter...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Dandelion
Dandelion
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Still Life - Oil Painting by Franco Marzilli - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on canvas realized by Franco Marzilli (1934-2010) in 1970s. Hand signed lower left. Very good condition. Franco Marzilli was born in Rome in 1934. He received his first artist...
Category

1970s Contemporary Art

Materials

Oil

Vintage Signed American Modernist New England Framed Coastal Landscape Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist abstract oil painting. Oil on board. Framed. Signed. Measuring: 19 by 23 inches overall, and 17 by 21 painting alone.. In excellent original condition. H...
Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Oil, Board

Hubert Aicardi, Cloud, circa 1960, oil on isorel panel
Located in PARIS, FR
Hubert AICARDI (1922-1991) Cloud, circa 1960 Oil on isorel panel Signed lower left 10,5 × 16 cm frame 18 × 22,5 cm Hubert Aicardi is a painter from the Provençal school, born in Mar...
Category

Mid-20th Century Art

Materials

Oil

Elba Alvarez Verticality 1985- Poster
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This striking vintage poster, titled Verticality, is a classic example of Elba Alvarez's distinctive style that gained her prominence as one of the top artists of the 1990s. Known fo...
Category

1980s Art

Materials

Offset

Huge 1950 s French Modernist Oil Mythological Pink Nudes on Rocky Coastline
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Naiades" French Modernist artist, circa 1950's The work is faintly monogrammed to the lower corner though hard to tell. There is a name verso but illegible - possibly the artist or ...
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Oil

Abstract expressive floral acrylic painting on canvas "Sweet morning blooms"
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
"Sweet Morning Blooms" is a vibrant floral piece by French artist Natalya Mougenot, part of her Floral series. The artwork captures an exuberant bouquet in a strikingly impressionist...
Category

2010s Expressionist Art

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas

Diffraction (Transformation) - Original lithograph, Handsigned and numbered /100
Located in Paris, IDF
Julio LE PARC (1928-) Diffraction (Transformation), 1988 Original lithograph, airbrush and stencil Signed in ink Numbered / 100 copies On black wove paper, 56 x 38 cm (c. 22 x 15 in...
Category

1980s American Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph, Stencil

Pensando recordando a Luis Caballero, Nude Watercolor on paper
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Drawing on paper is his basic work tool, some are sketches of his surviving works, and others are sketches of moments he documents. Throughout his artistic career, Castro has exalt...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Pastel, Watercolor, Paper, Ink

Untitled 38 - Series 2019, Contemporary Abstract Painting, Textile Lightness
Located in Salzburg, AT
About Prymon’s Exhibition Dopaminum and his paintings: ”Dopaminum” - Tomasz Prymon Dopamine – colloquially referred to as the hormone of love and happiness. Why is this organic che...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Acrylic, Handmade Paper

A new adventure
Located in Zofingen, AG
shipped in roll A New Adventure She knows how to draw attention — red dress, stockings, veil. Too bold? Exactly as planned. Naivety is a carefully staged role, and mystery is part ...
Category

2010s Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Large Italian Impressionist Signed Oil Painting Grand Canal Venice Atmospheric
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Grand Canal, Venice Italian Impressionist artist, second half 20th centuyr indistinctly signed oil on canvas, unframed Canvas: 26 x 32 inches Provenance: Private collection Cond...
Category

Late 20th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Attracted by the Sea, Rock Formation - minimalist landscape photography, limited
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Black and white seascape photo. Large rocks in water, with one rock balanced on a smaller rock, creating a mushroom-like formation. Archival pigment ink print as ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Digital Pigment

Serg Graff Large Original Abstract Painting on Canvas "Lagoon Awakening" COA
Located in Palm Coast, FL
This striking and imaginative painting by Serg Graff, titled “Lagoon Awakening,” is a unique large-scale work created with acrylic on canvas in a richly textured fantasy abstract sty...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Acrylic

British Chalk Pencil Sketche of A Bull Lying Down and Face Sketch
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
John Rabone Harvey ( 1966 - 1922) graphic and chalk deep green artist paper , unframed artist paper : 5.5 x 7 inches Provenance: private collection Condition: very good condition Ha...
Category

Mid-19th Century Realist Art

Materials

Chalk, Graphite

Bloom I - Floral Flower Abstract Mixed Media Oversized Artwork
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Gazing at Lebanese American artist Sally K.'s floral artworks is consuming and empowering. Inspired by the endless variety of beautiful flowers, she creates pop-realistic paintings t...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic, Oil Pastel

Two horses. Contemporary Abstract Oil Painting, Colorful, Dynamic, Polish art
Located in Warsaw, PL
Abstract painting by Polish artist living in USA Monika Rossa. Painting depicts two horses running, it is in warm colors. The background is abstract and it is dynamic. MONIKA ROSSA ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Beach Huts, silent Morning, minimalist black and white photography, landscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Black and white minimalist photography. Two small white beach huts and a bench on a pebbled beach, with a clear sky in the background. Archival pigment ink print...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Digital Pigment

Elwood W. Bartlett, Wisconsin Farm, about 1945, mid-century wood engraving
Located in New York, NY
Elwood Warren Bartlett is a Wisconsin native who also worked in Indiana. Largely self taught as a printmaker, Bartlett worked in a style that once identified as his, immediately t...
Category

1940s American Modern Art

Materials

Woodcut

Jan KOBELL Romantic Landscape ruins mountains river Dutch 19th
Located in PARIS, FR
Jan KOBELL the elder Delfshaven (Rotterdam), 1756 – 1833 Landscape with ruins, bridge and river Oil on cardboard 35 x 44 cm (49.5 x 60.5 cm with frame) Signed lower left “JK f.” Very...
Category

Early 19th Century Romantic Art

Materials

Oil

New York City, Handcuffed, Police Work 1970s, Documentary Street Photography
Located in New york, NY
Handcuffed, New York City, 1978 is a 14" x 11" black and white lifetime print by Leonard Freed. Signed verso (back of photo) by Leonard Freed, with Freed's copyright stamp also verso, the image appears in Leonard Freed's seminal book "Police Work," published in 1980. For several years in the 1970s Leonard Freed worked alongside the New York police...
Category

1970s Contemporary Art

Materials

Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

Heart Cry, male nude lithograph by Trevor Southey
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Medium: Etching Year: 1985 Edition of 60 Image Size: 16 x 24 inches A powerful, intimate etching/drypoint of a nude male by Trevor Southey titled "Heartcry." Rendered with lively, e...
Category

1980s Contemporary Art

Materials

Lithograph

Der Gartner (The Gardener) — German Expressionism
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Karl Michel, 'Der Gartner' (The Gardener), woodcut, c. 1925. Signed, titled, and numbered '15/50' in pencil. Signed in the block, lower left and right. A fine, richly-inked impression on buff wove paper, with full margins (1 1/2 to 2 3/4 inches), in excellent condition. Matted to museum standards, unframed. Scarce. Image size 5 1/4 x 3 7/8 inches (133 x 98 mm); sheet size 10 x 7 3/4 inches (254 x 198 mm). ABOUT THE ARTIST Karl Michel (1889-1984) was a noted graphic designer and expressionist printmaker during Germany's pre-Nazi Weimar Republic (1919 - 1933). In 1920, his work was featured in the influential German graphic design magazine Das Plakat...
Category

1920s Expressionist Art

Materials

Woodcut

Jean-Michel Basquiat Hardware Store 1992- Offset Lithograph
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Paper Size: 4.25 x 6 inches ( 10.795 x 15.24 cm ) Image Size: 3.75 x 5.75 inches ( 9.525 x 14.605 cm ) Framed: Yes Frame Size: H: 17.25 x W: 13 x D: 1.25 in. Condition: A-: Near Mint, very light signs of handling Additional Details: This vintage blank...
Category

1990s Art

Materials

Offset

30x40 NOTORIOUS B.I.G. "LIFE AFTER DEATH" Cassette Photography Pop Art Unsigned
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A contemporary photograph of a NOTORIOUS B.I.G. "LIFE AFTER DEATH" cassette tape. This is s the first release in the much anticipated series "The Music" by pop Artists Destro These ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Rockport Landscape
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Beautiful 1931 painting by American artist, Giovanni Martino (1908-1997). Oil on canvas measures 25 x 30 inches. Measures 35 x 39 inches framed. The scene depicts what is definitively the Rockport, Mass. fishing pier. Excellent condition with a few very minor areas of paint flaking. The darker areas in the sky is a result of unpainted areas. The canvas is sized with glue but not primed white: observable areas of natural linen color results. Signed wet into wet and dated lower left. No restoration or overpaint. Giovanni Martino, National Academy of Design* member, was born on May 1, 1908 in Philadelphia PA where all seven brothers and one sister, Filomina, Frank, Antonio, Albert, Ernest, Giovanni, Edmond, and William became painters. They were under the tutelage of their eldest brother, Frank, who in the late 1920s, founded the first commercial art* studio, Martino Studios, at 27 South 18th Street. Besides studying with his two eldest brothers, Giovanni also studied with Albert Jean Adolph at La France Institute, The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts*, The Graphic Sketch Club, and Spring Garden Institute in Philadelphia. In his mid teens he accompanied his two eldest brothers to New Hope searching for subjects to paint. In the 1930s, he also started to paint in Manayunk, a hilly mill town along the Schuylkill River...
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1930s American Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

"Paradox" Nude Woman Wearing Lipstick and Red Cloak
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This female nude piece titled "Paradox" is an original artwork made from oil on panel by Lauren Rinaldi. This piece measures 24”h x 18”w. Lauren Rinaldi (b. 1983, Brooklyn, NY) is a...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Oil, Panel

For simplicity’s sake, Contemporary, classic, Triptych, white on white, 3 panels
Located in Cumming, GA
Clean and refreshing. Easy on the eyes yet distinct in a classic appeal. White on white has the subtlety of a quiet personality in a room full of people. When it speaks everyone li...
Category

2010s Abstract Impressionist Art

Materials

Acrylic

Twilight in the Forest Meadow with Mountains
Located in Stockholm, SE
An expansive twilight landscape unfolds before you: a dark spruce forest opens into a quiet forest meadow, the silence punctuated only by the fading light. In the distance, the Bavar...
Category

1920s Other Art Style Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Original French Anatomical Study of a Horse s Stride
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Original French Anatomical Study of a Horse's Stride Artist: Robert Ladou (French, 1929-2014) Medium: Pen on paper Size: 20 (Height) x 13.75 (Width) Signed: No Condition: Good...
Category

20th Century Academic Art

Materials

Pen

Golden Tranquility Forest Lake Scene by American Postwar 20th Century Artist
Located in Preston, GB
'Golden Tranquility' Forest Lake Scene by American Postwar 20th Century Artist, Phillip Cantrell, born in 1922. Original, Signed, Landscape, Vintage Oil Painting. Art measures 16 x...
Category

20th Century Realist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Trust, " Collage on wood by Zoa Ace, Cat in Gown with Birds
Located in Denver, CO
Zoa Ace's (US based) "Trust" is an original, handmade mixed media collage that depicts a cat in a dress with a lace collar and several birds. The piece is a collage on wood and is re...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Art

Materials

Wood, Paper

Fog over the Lake, color photography, limited edition, lakeside, long exposure
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Color fine art long exposure waterscape - landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 7. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to order in limit...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Digital Pigment

Red Centered Purple Circle
Located in New York, NY
ABOUT THIS PIECE: Color is the foundation of my work. My circles start as a mood or idea that eventually evolves into a colored circle. I am curious how different colours interact when they're placed next to each other. I experiment with intensity of colours and the different sensations colours evoke. Why a Circle? When I explore my fascination with this shape I discover that the circle represents all that is familiar and comforting. It is the shape of the rising sun, of a mother's nipple, of the iris of the eye, and of a full moon. I use the latest digital technology as a medium to create my circles. ABOUT THIS ARTIST: Ruth Adler is a Canadian artist whose mediums include paintings, works on paper, animated films and textiles. She is inspired by the city of Tel Aviv, music (she plays the harmonica) and her personal memories. Jim Kempner Fine Art...
Category

2010s Art

Materials

Photographic Paper

Trees, Print on Canvas, Framed, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Vahe Yeremyan Work: Print on Canvas Subject: Trees Size: 15" x 26" x 0.8''inch, 38x66x2cm Unframed, Stretched on the wooden bar, Gallery Wrapped, Ready to Hang All works are...
Category

2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Color

Two Presence
Located in Zofingen, AG
In this work, Daria explores the acceptance of different shades of oneself. Two dogs — dark and crimson — stand together in silence, not competing but acknowledging each other. The p...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Eleven Cherry Trees, stormy Clouds, black and white, landscape, art photography
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Black and white landscape photography. Field with uniform crops, seven evenly spaced trees in the distance, and a cloudy sky overhead. Archival pigment ink print...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Digital Pigment

Waterside Village Scene with Boats and Church Bosham Sussex 1970s Watercolour
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Waterside Village Scene with Boats and Church Bosham Sussex 1970s Watercolour By Tony Herbert (1927-2024) Medium: Watercolor on board, unframed Size: 10.5 inches (height) x 14...
Category

20th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Watercolor

Male Nude from the 29 Palms, CA series
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Male Nude (29 Palms, CA) - 1999 58x56cm, Edition of 10, analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist on Fuji Crystal Archive paper, matte surface, based on a Polaroid. Signature la...
Category

1990s Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Picasso Cote D Azur Poster- Original Lithograph- 1962 VINTAGE
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Côte d'Azur is a lithograph designed by Pablo Picasso in collaboration with Henri Deschamps, depicting a view from Picasso's balcony overlooking the Côte d'Azur. Created in 1962, thi...
Category

1960s Cubist Art

Materials

Lithograph

‘And the Angel Said: Fear not’
Located in Bournemouth, Dorset
David Jones (1895-1974) ‘And the Angel Said: Fear not’ Woodcut Image: 9.0 x 5.5 cm Frame: 21.0 x 19.5 cm David Jones CH, CBE (1 November 1895 – 28 October 1974) was a Welsh paint...
Category

1940s Art

Materials

Woodcut

Cabinet of Curiosities - Contemporary salvaged wood found objects Sculpture
Located in DE
Lesley Hilling is a self-taught English artist known for her intricate constructions made entirely from salvaged wood and found objects. Her work reflects a deep connection to the pa...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Wood, Found Objects

“Notre Dame Paris”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original, very impressive oil on canvas painting by Antonio DeVity. Not signed. DeVity artist stamp verso. See photograph. Circa 1970. Condition is excellent. The painting captures a...
Category

1970s Post-Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

original lithograph
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. This lithograph is from the rare 1957 "Improvisations" portfolio, published by the Artists Equity Association of New York on the occasion of the 1957 Spr...
Category

1950s Art

Materials

Lithograph

"Geometric Landscape" Abstract landscape Painting , Original art Made in Italy
Located in Agrigento, AG
Landscape oil on canvas 60x80 cm original art Ready to hang certificate of authenticity included Marilina Marchica was born in Agrigento, where she works and lives, After receivin...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Untitled #525 by Murray Duncan – Original Contemporary Mixed Media on Paper
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Untitled #525 by Murray Duncan Mixed media on paper Size: 32" x 40” Unframed, signed A bold mixed-media work with dynamic lines and textures. This captivating piece by Murray Dunc...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Art

Materials

Glaze, Oil Crayon, Acrylic

Untitled (Woman), 2010 - Hand-Signed
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The etching Woman by Kerry James Marshall, published by Paulson Fontaine Press in Berkeley, California, is a limited edition work, signed and numbered 30/50 by the artist. Presented ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Etching

Original Soccer vintage lithograph posters a.k.a. "Heads Up", Spain
Located in Spokane, WA
Original Soccer vintage sports poster. Linen backed in very good condition, ready to frame. Printed by Ortega Company in Valencia. This type of untitled vintage poster was commonly printed and the date of an upcoming game and team would be added at the bottom of the poster. Soccer games were played quite often, allowing the local team to advertise their events without reprinting a new poster for each game or event. This poster was printed as a full lithograph, so it was expensive to produce. There is no specific designation of which two teams are being shown here in this antique poster The poster has a nickname of ‘heads-up,” as two of the players are in the air as they position themselves to control the soccer ball. Valencia two main clubs, FC València and Levante UD, attract hordes of fans to their matches. Both clubs play in the First Division of La Liga...
Category

1960s Kinetic Art

Materials

Lithograph

"Holiday Party"
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 Art

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

French Impressionist Still Life Autumn Blooms in a Blue Vase
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Autumn Blooms in a Blue Vase signed by Fanch Lel (French b. 1930) Size: 10 x 8 inches Inscribed verso Oil painting on cardboard, unframed Condition: The painting is in good condition...
Category

20th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Roman Spiral Staircase, Rome, Italy, Cities, Travel Photography, Artist s Proof
Located in New york, NY
An artist's proof (a/p) of a spiral staircase in Rome by Roberta Fineberg (RF) that captures a cylindrical stairwell in the Eternal City. For a Cities series, RF travels often to Eur...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Archival Ink, Rag Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment, Digi...

Shanidar, Abstract Expressionist Screenprint by Dan Christensen
Located in Long Island City, NY
Dan Christensen, American (1942 - 2007) - Shanidar, Year: circa 1980, Medium: Screenprint, Signed and numbered in Pencil, Edition: 175, Size: 29.5 x 43 in. (74.93 x 109.22 cm)
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Art

Materials

Screen

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