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Art For Sale
Faith by BATIK Oversize Neon Artwork
By BATIK
Located in London, GB
Faith by BATIK Oversize Neon Artwork
40x40 inches
Neon LED light letters affixed to clear acrylic back
Easy install to wall (fixes provided)
comes with remote control
various l...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Neon Light
The wedding Dress
, Large Scale French 1950s Society Portrait. Oil on Canvas.
Located in Cotignac, FR
A large scale 1950s French society portrait by Anne-Marie Joly. The painting is signed and dated bottom right. Presented in a magnificent carved wood...
Category
Mid-20th Century Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Pink Room 2
By Ulas
Merve
Located in New York, NY
ABOUT THIS ARTIST: Merve Türkan and Ulaş Kesebir, are a self taught photography duo based in London. They have been working professionally since 2014 and in the end of the 2020 they ...
Category
2010s Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
American Impressionist Landscape, attributed to Charles Harold Davis ca 1920’s
Located in Baltimore, MD
This is a lovely oil on canvas painting that was attributed to Charles Harold Davis when I purchased it about ten years ago. It is unfortunately not signed. The scene is a view throu...
Category
1920s American Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil
The Top Songbirds - Original Surrealist Figurative Portrait Painting on Canvas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The figurative surrealistic paintings of Carlos Gamez de Francisco are heavily influenced by his Cuban upbringing in a Russian governed academia setting. This presence exposed Franci...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
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
Vintage Oil Landscape Art of Redwood Forest California by 20th Century Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Vintage Oil Landscape Art of Redwood National Park Forest in California by 20th Century Artist, Tobias Everet Spence
Art measures 14 x 17 inches
Frame measures 21 x 24 inches
Th...
Category
1950s Modern Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Wood, Paint, Wood Panel
Catherine Wilke 1980 Slim Aarons Premium Collection Estate Stamped Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Catherine Wilke 1980
Catherine Wilke joins the topless sunbathers on the island of Capri.
40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 cm paper size.
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150
Phot...
Category
1980s Modern Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Sensory Experience - original large nude art by Paula Craioveanu 39x27.5in
Located in Forest Hills, NY
"Sensory Experience", pencil and ultramarine tempera on paper, inspired by Matisse.
Part of Nude in Interior series.
Large drawing. Shipped rolled in a tube, from Florida, US.
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Artist Statement
"I started by painting interiors, being interested in space and perspective through my studies. These scenes evolved, when I added the human figure. I focused more on the human figure and its relation to the background. The human figure is more present than ever in my paintings now.
As a woman artist I’ve been preoccupied with the female form and its imagery. One of my goals was to capture the solitary moments and the nude’s relation to the surrounding space.
My interest turned from depicting the space to rendering the atmosphere and the scene as a whole, the feeling a woman adds to the environment: warmth, desire, joy, a feeling of power and control, or the opposite – sadness, despair.
Here is a collection of figurative paintings, exploring the nudes in interior spaces, seeing the nudes from my perspective, as a woman artist, considering the physical and spiritual realities of a woman’s body, in a new level of intimacy. My paintings are the opposite of objectifying a woman’s or a man’s anatomy. Painted works, featuring female nudes and a also men nudes...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Tempera, Pencil, Paper
Provence Landscape Post-Impressionist Signed 1940
s Painting
By Louis Bellon
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Provencal Landscape
by Louis Bellon (French 1908-1998)
signed with initials, dated 1943
watercolour painting on paper, unframed
measurements: 10 x 14 inches
provenance: private coll...
Category
Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Art
Materials
Watercolor
$771 Sale Price
20% Off
Unzip The Earth GEO 3/9 - large, figurative, stainless steel, outdoor sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
"Unzip The Earth GEO" is a playful, outdoor sculptural installation consisting of a steel zipper handle and concrete brick teeth that give the illusion...
Category
2010s Pop Art Art
Materials
Stainless Steel
Astrology - Zodiac : Libra - Original Etching, Handsigned in pencil 1979
Located in Paris, IDF
Raymond PEYNET
Astrology - Zodiac : Libra, 1979
Original etching
Handsigned in pencil
Numbered /220
On Arches vellum 76x56 cm (c. 30 x 22 inches)
This etching is authentified by the...
Category
1970s Modern Art
Materials
Etching
Hunt Slonem "Tyler" Bunny
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Tyler
Date: 2025
Medium: Oil on wood
Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8"
Framed Dimensions: 14" x 12"
Signature: Signed by Artist on Verso
Edition: Uniq...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Oil
Fine Antique Classical Nude Draped in Robes Dancing with Dog Gold Background
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Italian School, 19th century
Title: Classical nude draped in robes with dancing dog. The work looks as though it might have been a ceiling...
Category
19th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
$1,377 Sale Price
20% Off
Pastel Landscape: Impressionist Trees, Hand Drawn Lithograph, Monet Style
Located in Union City, NJ
Pastel Landscape: Impressionist Trees is an original hand drawn (not digitally or photo reproduced) limited edition lithograph by the American artis...
Category
1980s Impressionist Art
Materials
Lithograph
Sunday relaxing, Santa Barbara, USA - minimalist photography - limited print
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Black and white landscape photography. Person sitting on a chair on the beach with three tall palm trees nearby, looking out at the ocean.
Archival pigment ink p...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Digital Pigment
Be Yourself Just Be Yourself
Located in Manchester, GB
David Shrigley, Be Yourself Just Be Yourself, 2025
22 colour screenprint with varnish overlay on Somerset Tub Sized 410 gsm paper
56 x 76 cm (22.04 x 29.92 in)
Edition 27 of 125
...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Screen
After Botero - Small Bird Sculpture
Located in Cuauhtemoc, Ciudad de México
After Fernando Botero – STANDING BIRD
Bronze Sculpture Edition of 50
This beautifully executed bronze sculpture is an After Fernando Botero work, created in faithful homage to t...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Art
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Wild West, Balanced Rock, Utah, USA, black and white art photography, landscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art desert landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 9. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to order in limited edition...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Digital Pigment
Chestnut Trees, Palace of Versailles, black and white photograph, landscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Black and white abstract landscape photography. Leafless tree branches against a gray sky, looking up from the ground, Paris.
Archival pigment ink print, edition...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Ink, Digital Pigment
ABSTRACT Earth Tones Black Lines Composition 5 Paintings Artist Alicia Gimeno
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
At Escat Gallery we are committed to maintaining the highest standards of trust and professionalism for our collectors. Every artwork in our collection comes with a Certificate of Au...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Ink, Oil, Acrylic
Ocean Impressionistic Seascape Painting Michael Budden Beach Path
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Beach Path
oil/canvas panel image 7.75 x 8 unframed, 13.5 x 13.5 framed
Beach Path is an oil painting on canvas panel by award winning contemporary artist Michael Budden that showcas...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil
$440 Sale Price
32% Off
Pont de Ile de Re Bridge, black and white photography - fine art landscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Black and white long exposure cityscape photography. Foggy bridge extending into the distance, with streetlights along the side.
Archival pigment ink print, editi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Digital Pigment
Raspberry - original realism still life fruit - contemporary art
Located in London, Chelsea
This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online.
In Raspberry, Dani Humberstone suspends a delicately painted fr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Singing To The Choir", Painting of Medieval Fountain with Fish on Texture Paper
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Singing To The Choir" is an original piece by Megan Rea made from oil on hand crafted paper. This pieces measures 11"h x 8.5"w, is signed en verso and comes with a signed Certificat...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Oil, Handmade Paper
"A View from Highland Inn, Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania" Charlotte Buell Coman
Located in New York, NY
Charlotte Buell Coman
A View from Highland Inn, Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, 1911
Signed lower left
Oil on canvas
25 x 27 inches
Provenance
The artist
(with) Macbeth Gallery, New York...
Category
1910s American Impressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Untitled 2. Self Portrait. Limited Edition Color Nude Photograph
By Jose Sierra
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Jose Sierra work is deeply influenced by themes of self-representation and a homoerotic gaze. Through his unique aesthetic, he creates abject staged environments that challenge tradi...
Category
2010s Conceptual Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, Color, Archival Pigment
Café de la Gare - Mid 20th Century French Expressionist Figurative Oil Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A superb mid 20th century French expressionist oil on canvas depicting a café de la gare (station café) as inscribed on the reverse.
Numerous well dressed figures stand at the café ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Marble Ocean, Seascape, Original oil Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Karen Darbinyan
Work: Original Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Oil on Linen,
Year: 2023
Style: Impressionism
Title: Marble Ocean
Size: 16" x 21.5" x 0.8...
Category
2010s Academic Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Deep Red glossy ceramic balloon sculpture handmade for wall, ceiling - Large
Located in Tel Aviv, IL
This Red glossy ceramic balloon sculpture is a balloon for life and an art collectors piece. Its Vivid glossy color enhances sophisticated and cheerful space environment.
handmade in...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Ceramic, Clay, Coating, Glaze
Pair of Grand Tour 18th Century Veduta Capriccio Paintings, After Gennaro Greco
Located in Cotignac, FR
A large pair of 18th century veduta capriccio scenes with temple ruins after Gennaro Greco from the circle of Pietro Cappelli. The paintings are presented in more modern carved gilt ...
Category
18th Century Baroque Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Architectural Cement Sculpture - "LarA 004", Hand-Tinted in Dark Bluish Gray
By Jose Perozo
Located in FISTERRA, ES
"LarA 004" is an original sculpture from the LarA series by Spanish artist José Perozo, completed in 2024. Measuring 21 x 29 x 17 cm, this artwork merges the female figure with archi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Concrete
Huge Traditional Oil Painting Soldiers on Horseback Lakeland Landscape signed
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: American School, 20th century, indistinctly signed
Title: Soldiers on Horseback
Medium: signed oil painting on canvas, framed.
framed: 31.75 x 43.75 inches
canva...
Category
20th Century Victorian Art
Materials
Oil
Infinity Nets, 1953-1984 Limited edition print by Yayoi Kusama signed
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in Hong Kong, HK
Yayoi Kusama (b. 1929)
Infinity Nets, 1953–1984
Medium: Lithograph in colors on Vélin d’Arches paper
Image: 31 × 40.6 cm (12 1/4 ×...
Category
1980s Art
Materials
Lithograph
Statue, From The Labyrinth series. Landscape and Sculpture. B&W Photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Labyrinth continues the exploration begun in the previous two series (Paranoia and Lullaby). Unlike the first two chapters, all the images in this series were created and post-produc...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
Joan Miro, The Woman and the Bird, from XXe Siecle, 1956
By Joan Miró
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph and pochoir by Joan Miro (1893–1983), titled La Femme et l’Oiseau (The Woman and the Bird), from the album XXe Siecle, Nouvelle serie No. 6, originates from...
Category
1950s Surrealist Art
Materials
Lithograph
$1,036 Sale Price
20% Off
original lithograph
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. Executed by Ellsworth Kelly for Derriere le Miroir (issue No. 149) in 1964. Sheet size: 15 x 11 inches (377 x 277 mm). There is printed text on the back ...
Category
1960s Art
Materials
Lithograph
Moonlight, Impressionist Landscape in Pastel Tones, Vivid Brushstrokes, Paper
Located in Barcelona, ES
This is a beautiful expressionist style drawing by Juanjo Saez. Juanjo's pictorial work is an exploration of color, texture, and movement, creating vibrant compositions that capture ...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Traverse - contemporary, abstract, hand-sculpted, ceramic tabletop sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This stunning contemporary vessel was hand-built from clay by Susan Collett.
Her intricately detailed vessels are sculptural and created by twisting, squeezing and shaping paper cla...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Ceramic
Portrait of a Young Man with Bagpipes, Follower of J.H. Tischbein the Elder
By Johann Heinrich Tischbein the Elder
Located in Stockholm, SE
Follower of Johann Heinrich Tischbein the Elder (1722–1789)
Man with Bagpipes
oil on oak panel
no signature
25 × 19 cm (9.8 × 7.5 in)
31 x 26 cm (12.2 x 10.2 in)
This refined 18th...
Category
18th Century Rococo Art
Materials
Oak, Oil, Wood Panel
"Boulevard a Paris" Post-Impressionist Parisian Street Scene Oil Painting Canvas
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful oil on canvas painting by the French artist, Te Pencke. Pencke was a Parisian painter known for his colorful cityscapes depicting the times of his generation. His work is...
Category
20th Century Post-Impressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Light - Figurative Ocean Fish Swimming Realism Original Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Bay Area artist Michelle Fillmore found her love of oil painting at the University of Las Vegas, where she graduated with a BA in Painting and Drawin...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique American Large Signed Abstract Expressionist Modern Art Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American abstract expressionist painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed. Measuring: 37 by 43 inches overall, and 36 by 42 painting alone. In excellent original condition. ...
Category
1930s Abstract Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mountain Landscape Art Painting of the English Lake District by British Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Mountain Landscape Art Painting of the English Lake District by British Artist, Philip Stanton. This is a high quality original, oil on canvas, in great condition and ready to hang!
Art measures 30 x 20 inches
Frame measures 38 x 28 inches
(Presented in an ornate gold frame, commensurate with age)
This exquisite oil painting captures the breathtaking beauty of a serene lake nestled among majestic mountains, reminiscent of the iconic landscapes found in England’s Lake District...
Category
1980s Realist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Summer Still Life, Post Impressionism Paul Cézanne Original oil Painting
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Peter Tovpev
Work: Original oil painting, handmade artwork, one of a kind
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Year: 2021
Style: Contemporary Art
Title: Summer Still Life
Size: 35.5" x 31...
Category
2010s Impressionist 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
Contemporary abstract impressionist floral painting "Early blooming lilacs "
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This contemporary semi-abstract impressionist painting "Early blooming lilacs" offers a luminous vision of spring: a vibrant bouquet of purple and blue lilacs rising from a vase like...
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Tribe of Naphtali" lithograph
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: lithograph (after the watercolor). Printed in 1962 at the Mourlot atelier for "Jerusalem Windows". This piece was executed by Chagall in preparation for his famous stained-gl...
Category
1960s Art
Materials
Lithograph
You, the desert and me - 21st Century, Polaroid, Figurative, Photograph, Nude
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'You, the desert and me'
(The Girl behind the White Picket Fence)
125x150cm,
Edition of 5,
Analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist,
based on the Polaroid,
Certificate and Sign...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Polaroid
LOOK
By Daria Kusto
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Mixed media on paper
by artist Daria Kusto
Shipped well protected, unframed.
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Permanent Marker
The Orchestra
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The Orchestra, 1950, oil on canvas, signed and dated lower left, 21 1/2 x 25 3/4 inches, labeled verso “Brown University, Trustee, The Walter Feldman Trust for Artwork” titled verso,...
Category
1950s Abstract Geometric Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Sitges beach Barcelona Spain charcoal drawing
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Francesc Ferret Farreras ”Bruno” (1921-2000) - Sitges Beach - charcoal
Measurements drawing 44x59 cm.
Frame measures 65x79 cm.
Category
1950s Realist Art
Materials
Charcoal
$528 Sale Price
44% Off
Surrealist scene oil on canvas painting surrealism
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Oil on canvas.
Signed Aress.
Oil mesures 33x24 cm.
Frame mesures 48x39 cm.
Category
1990s Surrealist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$360 Sale Price
50% Off
Consort
, Modernist Equestrian Gouache, AIC, WPA artist, Benezit
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Buk' for Eduard Buk Ulreich (American, 1889-1966); additionally titled verso 'Consort' and dated 1954 with inscription, 'by the one and only buk, made for Ruth'....
Category
1950s Art
Materials
Tempera, Gouache, Illustration Board
Deluxe Signed Edition of Film Festival Lincoln Center (Feldman
Schellmann, II)
By Andy Warhol
Located in New York, NY
Andy Warhol
Deluxe Signed Edition of Film Festival Lincoln Center (Feldman
Schellmann, II.19), 1967
Silkscreen, die-cut on opaque acrylic
Edition 2/200 (Signed and numbered on the back with engraving pen)
Hand-signed by artist, As this work was done on acrylic, Warhol signed and numbered it by hand on verso with an engraving needle. Printed date with copyright
Frame included: Elegantly framed in a museum quality wood frame with UV plexiglass. A die-cut window has been created in the back of the frame to reveal Warhol's incised signature and edition
Publisher: Leo Castelli, New York
Printer: Chiron Press, New York
Catalogue Raisonne: Feldman
Schellmann, II.19
This work is often hung and displayed both vertically and horizontally - see photos for inspiration
This work is one of only 200 done on opaque acrylic rather than wove paper, signed and numbered on the opaque acrylic by Andy Warhol with an engraving pen. (Separately, there was an unsigned edition of 500 on wove paper). What distinguishes this rare, extremely desirable signed edition of 200, other than that it is signed and numbered by hand by Andy Warhol, is that the black graphic text FIFTH NEW YORK is placed directly over the text Film Festival of Lincoln Center; whereas in the edition of 500, the text black text FIFTH NEW YORK is placed on top of the white text. An innovative feature that appears in this special edition is a perforated line running across the surface of the print, at its triangular cut out sides, mimicking the tear line present in real commercial movie admissions tickets. Chiron Press commissioned by Lincoln Center, devised a special process expressly to imprint the edition with this perforation using a die cut stamp. This work is quintessential early Warhol, with characteristic bright neon colors, featuring text, along with the artist's very recognizable flower motif. The Lincoln Center ticket...
Category
1960s Pop Art Art
Materials
Plastic, Mixed Media, Screen
Every Bodies Been There (Signed twice with both printed AND rare hand signature)
By Tracey Emin
Located in New York, NY
Tracey Emin
Every Bodies Been There (signed twice), 1998
Lithograph on paper
Underneath that existing plate signature, Tracey Emin has, exceptionally hand signed and dated the work f...
Category
1990s Contemporary Art
Materials
Lithograph
Vintage French Oil Still Life Flowers in Vase 1920’s Signed Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, signed and dated 1924
Title: Vase de Fleurs
Medium: oil on board
Size: 6 x 4.5 inches
Provenance: private collection
Condition: The painting is in...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil
$545 Sale Price
20% Off
Inner library, Original Textured Abstract Library, Oil Paint, Contemporary
Located in LANGRUNE-SUR-MER, FR
Abstract bookshelf oil painting by French contemporary artist Sophie Dumont, Inner Library explores the silent architecture of memory and thought. Known for her poetic compositions a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Oil
Diptych: Aventure d
une libertine XVII and XVI. From The Secret Album Series
By Uwe Ommer
Located in Miami Beach, FL
This series is born from a personal experience. The model's husband told Uwe Ommer an idea: he wanted to watch his wife with other men hiding behind the curtains. This is how the ser...
Category
1960s Modern Art
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Still-life by Otto Clenin - Oil on canvas
By Otto Clénin
Located in Geneva, CH
Otto Clénin was born on August 5, 1899 in Madretsch (Biel).
When his father retired, his family moved to Ligerz. Otto found work in the watch industry, but turned more and more to p...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Art
Materials
Oil
$872 Sale Price
77% Off
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