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Medium: Paper
Carvacrol
Located in Miami, FL
Damien Hirst Carvacrol Screenprint with diamond dust Signed to lower right Edition 92/150 Published by Other Criteria, London Hirst explains that, “mathematically, with the spot wo...
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2010s Abstract Geometric Art by Medium: Paper

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Paper, Glitter, Screen

Untitled Abstract Expressionist painting
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Desmond Mclean (1929-2015). Untitled, ca. 1965 oil on canvas 16 x 20 inches; 18 x 22 inches in wood frame. Born: Ireland Studied: Heatherly School of Art, London; American Sc...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Art by Medium: Paper

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Paper, Charcoal, Gouache, Color Pencil

Pink Center 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 wh...
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2010s Art by Medium: Paper

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Photographic Paper

Contemporary expressionist woman s portrait painting "Hope in her ocean eyes"
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This contemporary abstract expressionist woman's portrait was created by French artist Natalya Mougenot, and belongs to her ongoing series dedicated to women — a series that explores...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Art by Medium: Paper

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Acrylic, Paper

Warm and Sunny
Located in Greenwich, CT
Warm and Sunny is an offset lithograph by Takashi Murakami from 2011. The image size is 27 x 27 inches and the framed size is 39 x 39 inches. Framed in a contemporary, silver-tone fr...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art by Medium: Paper

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Paper, Offset

Wild Anemone - Botanical Painting Metallic Gold Flowers Leaves Wildflowers, 2024
Located in Kent, CT
This contemporary botanical drawing is made with metallic gold acrylic on archival paper, painted black. The exploration of ephemerality, and the fragility of a wild anemone flower, ...
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2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Paper

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Acrylic, Archival Paper

1952 Original exhibition poster realized by Diego Rivera Mexican Art
Located in PARIS, FR
Very beautiful poster of exhibition realized by Diego Rivera in order to promote the exhibition "Mexican Art, from pre-Columbian to our days", which took place in 1952 in the National Museum of Modern Art. Diego Rivera was a leading Mexican painter. His large frescoes...
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1950s Art by Medium: Paper

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Paper, Lithograph

Allegory of Summer - 17th Century Italian Sepia and Watercolor Drawing
Located in Stockholm, SE
A fine Italian watercolor and sepia drawing, an allegory of summer. People harvesting, eating and drinking in a hilly landscape, probably by Antonio Grano (c.1669-1718). In the fron...
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Late 17th Century Italian School Art by Medium: Paper

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Nude Figurative art Original oil Painting One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Eduard Matevosyan Work: Original Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind Medium: Oil on Paper Year: 2025 Style: Figurative art Title: Nude Size: 16" x 12" x 0.1'' inch...
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2010s Impressionist Art by Medium: Paper

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Paper, Oil

Chair, Tree, Compass and Female Nude
Located in Middletown, NY
Etching with aquatint in colors on white wove paper with a deckle edge, 17 1/2 x 23 1/2 inches (317 x 598 mm); sheet 22 1/2 x 30 inches (571 x 762 mm), full margins. Signed and numbe...
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Late 20th Century American Modern Art by Medium: Paper

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Etching, Handmade Paper, Aquatint

A Primitive Pictograph (Abstract Painting in Metallic Gold Splashed of Color)
Located in Hudson, NY
A Primitive Pictograph (Abstract Painting in Metallic Gold & Splashed of Color), 2021 by Bruce Murphy 38 x 38 inches, unframed, enamel paint on archival paper Signed, verso This ges...
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2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Paper

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Enamel

Something (Till Death do us Part) - 21st Century, Polaroid, Figurative
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Something (Till Death do us Part) - 2005 40x40cm, Edition of 10. Archival C- Print, based on the Polaroid. Certificate and signature label. Artist inventory number: 9445. Not mou...
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2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Paper

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

Little Fanny - Oil Paint by Luigi Granetto - 1998
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on paper realized by Luigi Granetto in 1998. Hand signed. Includes a wooden frame realized by the artist cm. 50x40
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1990s Contemporary Art by Medium: Paper

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Oil, Paper

Contemporary abstract impressionist nature painting "Quiet morning in Provence"
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This contemporary landscape—an abstract expressionist painting with a touch of impressionism and Art Brut, depicting the South of France, Provence—was created by French artist Nataly...
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2010s Abstract Impressionist Art by Medium: Paper

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Paper, Acrylic, Watercolor

Amarillo By Morning - Desert Landscape Nature Painting on Handmade Paper
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Michaela Jean is an accomplished painter, devoted gardener, and mother from Southern California (USA). Her lifelong passion for art and nature began in childhood, inspired by her gra...
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2010s Impressionist Art by Medium: Paper

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Ink, Acrylic, Watercolor, Color Pencil, Mixed Media, Handmade Paper

Egypt in Words and Pictures - Rare Illustrated Book by Georg Ebers - 1879-1880
Located in Roma, IT
Egypt in words and pictures is an original rare book written by Georg Ebers between 1879 and 1880. Two volumes. Eduard Hallberger publisher, bound editions, moldy and dirty spots, pages with cracks. A marvellous edition of hundres of illustration depicting ancient Egypt and scene of ordinary life in late 19th Century. Georg Moritz Ebers (1837-1898) was a German Egyptologist and writer. With his historical novels and popular science books...
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1870s Modern Art by Medium: Paper

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Paper

Stanley Boxer Mixed Media Abstract Expressionist Painting on Paper, Gold
Located in Surfside, FL
Abstract, 1987 Hand signed and dated verso Not sure of technique. this might be a monotype or monoprint with hand painting. The handmade paper is cut somewhat irregularly as per the ...
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Art by Medium: Paper

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Acrylic, Gouache, Archival Paper

La Vallée de la Seine- Raymond Thibesart (France, 1874-1968)
Located in SANTA FE, NM
La Vallée de la Seine Raymond Thibesart (France, 1874-1968) Pastel on paper, 1939 Signed l.l. 12.5 x 9.5 (16 x 13 framed) inches INV Nbr. 1939 This...
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1930s Post-Impressionist Art by Medium: Paper

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Paper, Pastel

A Fine, Modern 1930s Academic Anatomical Figure Study Drawing of a Male Model
Located in Chicago, IL
A Fine, Modern 1930s Academic Anatomical Figure Study Drawing of a Standing Young Male Nude Model by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). An exceptionally well exe...
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1930s American Modern Art by Medium: Paper

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Paper, Charcoal

Woven Spiral, Blue and White Abstract Horizontal Diptych, Monotype Cyanotype
Located in Barcelona, ES
Woven Spiral is an exclusive handmade cyanotype diptych that features modern, abstract rocky shapes rendered in deep indigo tones. Each panel captures the raw texture and organic geo...
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2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Paper

Materials

Paper, Monotype

Vargas-Suarez Universal Syntax 18
Located in New York, NY
Syntax 18 (2023) Acrylic gouache, oil enamel on paper 12x10 inches Signed and dated by the artist on verso Vargas-Suarez Universal (b. 1972) is an artist based between New York Cit...
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2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Paper

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Oil, Acrylic, Gouache, Archival Paper

Blue Fingernails (29 Palms, CA) - Polaroid, Contemporary
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Blue Fingernails (29 Palms, CA) - 1999 50x50cm, Edition of 10. digital C-Print, based on the Polaroid. Signature label and Certificate. Artist inventory number: 21083. Not mou...
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1990s Contemporary Art by Medium: Paper

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

Impressionistic Victorian Garden Scene - Bay Area Lithograph
Located in Soquel, CA
Impressionistic Victorian Garden Scene - Bay Area Lithograph Highly detailed lithograph showing a Victorian garden scene by Eva Sikorski (German, American b. 1917 d. 1990.) A path r...
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Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Art by Medium: Paper

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Paper, Lithograph

Joe Dallesandro Andy Warhol Trash promo photo
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Jack Mitchell, American Photographer (1925-2013). Joe Dallesandro, ca. 1973. 11 x 14 inches; 12 x 15 inches framed. Period print from artist's studio. The image was intended for ...
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1970s Photorealist Art by Medium: Paper

Materials

Photographic Paper

Untitled
Located in Dallas, TX
Allison Gildersleeve, born in Connecticut in 1970, earned her B.A. from the College of William and Mary and her M.F.A. from Bard College. Gildersleeve lives and works in Brooklyn, Ne...
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2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Paper

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Paper, Photogravure

Huge French 20th Century Abstract Expression Painting 1980 s Blur of Colors
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Expressionist Composition by Marie Deloume (French born 1942) oil painting on paper stuck on canvas, unframed canvas size: 40 x 29 inches Signed verso condition: overall ver...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Art by Medium: Paper

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Canvas, Paper, Oil

Mick Jagger FS II.146 (dual signed screen print)
Located in Aventura, FL
Screen print on arches aquarelle (rough) paper. Hand signed lower right by Andy Warhol; hand signed lower left by Mick Jagger. Edition 35/250 (there were also 50 artist’s proofs)....
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1970s Pop Art Art by Medium: Paper

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Paper, Screen

Stretch - Signed limited edition semi nude fine art print, Sexy Black white
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Stretch - Signed limited edition archival pigment print - Edition of 10 This image was captured on film in 1982. From the same photoshoot, the so-called 'Zip' print by Ian Sa...
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1980s Contemporary Art by Medium: Paper

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Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Black and White, ...

Shiver - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Shiver- 2021 - 20x24cm, Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs, digital C-Print based on a Polaroid, Signed on the back and with certificate. Artist inventory PL2021-1046. Not mounted...
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2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Paper

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

Joyce T. Nagel Monoprint Abstract "Dropout" Signed Dated
Located in Detroit, MI
"Dropout" is one of the monoprints that Joyce Nagel so enjoyed creating. This monoprint is a one-off abstract print. The arrangement of shapes and colors p...
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Art by Medium: Paper

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Paper, Ink

Palm Springs Party, 1970 - Kaufmann House Swimming Pool Palm Springs Villa
Located in Brighton, GB
Palm Springs Party, 1970 - Kaufmann House Swimming Pool Palm Springs Villa by Slim Aarons This Portrait by Swimming Pool at Kaufmann House is a sister image to the now SOLD OUT edit...
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20th Century American Modern Art by Medium: Paper

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C Print, Photographic Paper, Color, Digital

Contemporary Minimal, Horizontal Diptych, Geometric Blue Diamond Cyanotype Paper
Located in Barcelona, ES
Blue Diamond is a unique handmade cyanotype diptych on watercolor paper. Its layered gradients of deep indigo and radiant white form a luminous diamond shape, blending geometric prec...
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2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Paper

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Paper, Monotype

Thunder Rolls (Storm, Lightning, Strike, Seascape, ~34% OFF)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Heather Hollis Thunder Rolls (Storm, Lightning, Strike, Seascape) Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemuehle Rag (or equivalent) 2021 Size: 12 x 12 inches (30.48 x 30.48) Edition: 15 Sign...
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2010s Modern Art by Medium: Paper

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Blood and Milk VIII - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment print 46x35"
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
This dramatic underwater nude photograph of a young woman transforms the aquatic environment into a canvas of intense crimson and coral tones. The composition captures fluid movement...
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2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Paper

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Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Stairway to the Sunset, Bauhaus Architecture Landscape in Pastel Tones on Paper
Located in Barcelona, ES
This series of abstract geometric paintings by Natalia Roman draws its inspiration from the sleek grids and curves of Bauhaus architecture, while at the same time exploring bright an...
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2010s Cubist Art by Medium: Paper

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Paper, Acrylic

Original poster from 1970 by Jean Widmer entitled Jouer aux halles - Design
Located in PARIS, FR
Nice poster from 1970 by Jean Widmer entitled Jouer aux halles. Jean Widmer, born March 31, 1929 in Frauenfeld, Switzerland, is a Swiss graphic designer. He is the designer of many ...
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1970s Art by Medium: Paper

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Paper, Lithograph

Balloon Girl: I Love You!
Located in New York, NY
“Balloon Girl: I Love You” is a vibrant 2024 mixed media print by Mr. Brainwash, measuring 36.25 x 28.4 inches. The piece reimagines the iconic “Balloon Girl” image made famous by Ba...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Art by Medium: Paper

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Paper, Mixed Media, Screen

June Wild Grass (hand-printed botanical cyanotype, 18 x 36 inches)
Located in Oakland, CA
This long narrow monotype was made by carefully arranging hundreds of individual blades of fresh-cut native Californian wild grass. The species of tall marsh grass is called Gray Rus...
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2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Paper

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Paper, Archival Paper, Rag Paper, Monotype, Photogram

Circulation of Light, Post Impressionist Lake View Landscape, Vivid Tones, Paper
Located in Barcelona, ES
This is a beautiful landscape painting by Alexandra Czierpka. By reducing color and form to their essentials, she invites the observer to contemplate the harmony between humans and n...
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2010s Impressionist Art by Medium: Paper

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Paper, Oil Crayon, Acrylic

Come as you are - Contemporary, Portrait, Women, Polaroid, Nude
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Come as you are - 2020 50x50cm, Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print based on the original Polaroid. Signature label with certificate. Artist inventory - PL2020-...
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2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Paper

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

Portrait of His Imperial Majesty Tsar Nicholas II
Located in PARIS, FR
This dignified lithographic portrait of His Imperial Majesty Tsar Nicholas II stands as a visual tribute to the last Emperor of Russia, created during the final years of Europe’s gre...
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1890s Art by Medium: Paper

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Linen, Paper, Lithograph

Fluo Duo, Abstract Vivid Tones Diptych, Fluor Urban Shapes in Pink and Purple
Located in Barcelona, ES
In this series, Perrine explores the profound relationship between light and color, both essential elements in her artistic expression. Without light, there would be no colors, and i...
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2010s Abstract Impressionist Art by Medium: Paper

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Paper, Oil Crayon, Acrylic

Lilies
Located in Oslo, NO
This artwork presents a captivating botanical study, showcasing a lush bouquet of delicate flowers rendered with a masterful blend of pastel hues and vibrant greens. The flowers, in ...
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2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Paper

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Paper, Acrylic

"Wanderer 13"
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece, titled "Wanderer 13" is an original artwork by Seth Clark as part of his newest solo exhibition, "Passing Through", made of collage, charcoal, pastel, acrylic, and graph...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art by Medium: Paper

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Wood, Paper, Charcoal, Pastel, Acrylic, Graphite

Sam Gilliam - Monoprint with collage acrylic stitching embossing Signed Framed
Located in New York, NY
Monoprint with screenprint, collage, acrylic, stitching and embossing in colors on handmade paper, 1994, signed, dated, titled, and numbered 10/40 (each unique) in black and silver i...
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1990s Abstract Expressionist Art by Medium: Paper

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Thread, Acrylic, Mixed Media, Rag Paper, Screen

Carmen - underwater nude photograph - print on paper 23 x 23"
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
This dramatic underwater nude portrait of Katya Lee captures a figure in motion against a stark black backdrop, where flowing crimson fabric creates passionate contrast with pale, et...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art by Medium: Paper

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper

Magenta Rings
Located in New York, NY
ABOUT THIS PIECE: Color is the foundation of this Canadian artist's work. Her circles start as a mood or idea that eventually evolve into a colored circle. She is curious how differe...
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2010s Art by Medium: Paper

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Photographic Paper

View of Kameyama , After Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川廣重, Ukiyo-e Woodblock, Tokaido
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
An ink on paper, Nishiki-e and Yoko-e woodblock landscape showing a view of the sun rising over a snow-laden town and a procession heading towards a castle. Signed in Kanji lower rig...
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Mid-20th Century Art by Medium: Paper

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Sumi Ink, Washi Paper

Old phone 2013
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
ALAIN DAUSSIN Signed by the artist on the back and certificate Format 40X50 cm Baryta paper Numbered /30 ex Selling price : 1980 euros
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1990s Art by Medium: Paper

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Paper

I always was your girl
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
I was always your Girl - 2018, Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Digital C-print, based on an original Polaroid. Signed on the back and with certificate. Artist inventory PL201...
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2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Paper

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Polaroid, Archival Paper, Black and White

NIGHT BLUES - Female Nude original unique art by Paula Craioveanu
Located in Forest Hills, NY
"Night Blues" Female Nude, seen from the back, and a second view in the mirror. from another perspective. Part of "Nude in Interior" series, inspired by Matisse. Ultramarine tempera ...
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2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Paper

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Tempera, Carbon Pencil, Rag Paper

70s OSPAAAL original poster by Asela M. Perez solidarity with Latin America
Located in PARIS, FR
The Organization of Solidarity of the Peoples of Asia, Africa and Latin America (OSPAAAL) created by Fidel Castro, organizes international conferences. This beautiful poster was mad...
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1970s Art by Medium: Paper

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Paper, Lithograph

Jack Kerouac, Writer, Beat Generation Couple, 1950s, Photography History
Located in New york, NY
The black and white photograph from the 1950s captures beatnik hipster writer Jack Kerouac in dark glasses, wearing a beret and friend Barbara Ferrara. Beat Couple, 1959 by Burt G...
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1950s Contemporary Art by Medium: Paper

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Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

Mimmo Rotella - Decollage Hollywood Gary Cooper Burt Lancaster Italian Pop Art
Located in Madrid, Madrid
Mimmo Rotella - VERA CRUZ Date of creation: circa 2005 Medium: Multiple decollage screen print on heavyweight paper Edition: 125 + L + P.A. Size: 100 x 70 cm Condition: In very good ...
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Early 2000s Pop Art Art by Medium: Paper

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Paper, Screen

"Dancing with the Stars in Paris" Figure in Haute Couture Oil Painting on Paper
Located in New York, NY
Exploring the purity of the feminine form and the drama of French haute couture, artist Cindy Shaoul creates a dialogue between the figurative and the abstract. Her spirited composit...
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2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Paper

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Oil, Archival Paper, Mixed Media

Ella FITZERALD " Mercédès " 1988
Located in CANNES, FR
Annie Leibovitz ( 1949- ) photo : 24 x19 cm . Ella Fitzgerald devant un cabriolet Mercedes . 1988 Original Vintage work . Framed : 42 X 42 cm
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1980s Modern Art by Medium: Paper

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Photographic Paper

Tree Of The Universe (large signed photographic print)
Located in Aventura, FL
Silver halide fuji archive print mounted on plexi. Hand signed and numbered lower right by Peter Lik. Artwork size 25.5 x 38.5 inches. Custom framed by Peter Lik studio. Frame s...
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2010s Photorealist Art by Medium: Paper

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Photographic Paper

North on West Street (West Side Highway NYC Cityscape)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
De Hirsh Margules (1899-1965). North on West Street , 1939. Watercolor on Arches wove paper. Signed and dated in pencil by artist lower margin. Sheet measures 15 x 22 inches. Framed measurement: 27 x 34 inched. Incredibly vibrant and saturated color with no fading or toning of sheet. Provenance: Babcock Galleries, NYC De Hirsh Margules (1899–1965) was a Romanian-American "abstract realist" painter who crossed paths with many major American artistic and intellectual figures of the first half of the 20th century. Elaine de Kooning said that he was "[w]idely recognized as one of the most gifted and erudite watercolorists in the country". The New York Times critic Howard Devree stated in 1938 that "Margules uses color in a breath-taking manner. A keen observer, he eliminates scrupulously without distortion of his material." Devree later called Margules "one of our most daring experimentalists in the medium" Margules was also a well-known participant in the bohemian culture of New York City's Greenwich Village, where he was widely known as the "Baron" of Greenwich Village.[1] The New York Times described him as "one of Greenwich Village's best-known personalities" and "one of the best known and most buoyant characters about Greenwich Village. Early Life De Hirsh Margules was born in 1899 in the Romanian city of Iași (also known as Iasse, Jassy, or Jasse). When Margules was 10 weeks old, his family immigrated to New York City. Both of his parents were active in the Yiddish theater, His father was Yekutiel "Edward" Margules, a "renowned Jewish actor-impresario and founder of the Yiddish stage." Margules' mother, Rosa, thirty-nine years younger than his father, was an actress in the Yiddish theater and later in vaudeville. Although Margules appeared as a child actor with the Adler Family[11] and Bertha Kalich, his sister, Annette Margules, somewhat dubiously continued in family theater and vaudeville tradition, creating the blackface role of the lightly-clad Tondelayo (a part later played on film Hedy Lamarr) in Earl Carroll's 1924 Broadway exoticist hit, White Cargo. Annette herself faced stereotyping as an exotic flower: writing about her publicist Charles Bouchert stated that "Romania produces a stormy, temperamental type of woman---a type admirably fitted to portray emotion." His brother Samuel became a noted magician who appeared under the name "Rami-Sami." Samuel later became a lawyer, representing magician Horace Goldin, among others. A family portrait including a young De Hirsh, a portrait of Rosa and Annette together, and individual photos of Rosa and Edward can be found on the Museum of the City of New York website. At around age 9 or 10, Margules took art classes with the Boys Club on East Tenth Street, and his first taste of exhibition was at a student art show presented by the club. By age 11, he had won a city-wide prize (a box camera) at a children's art show presented by the department store Wanamakers. As a young teenager, Margules was already displaying a characteristic kindness and loyalty. Upon hearing that two friends (one of them was author Alexander King), were in trouble for breaking a school microscope, the nearly broke Margules gave them five dollars to repair the microscope . Margules had to approach a wealthy man that Margules had once saved on the subway from a heart attack. Margules didn't reveal the source of the five dollars to King until twenty-five years later. In his late teens, Margules studied for a couple of months in Pittsburgh with Edwin Randby, a follower of Western painter Frederic Remington. Thereafter he pursued a two-year course of studies in architecture, design and decoration at the New York Evening School of Art and Design, while working as a clerk during the day at Stern's Department Store. He was encouraged in these artistic pursuits by his neighbor, the painter Benno Greenstein (who later went by the name of Benjamin Benno). Artistic career In 1922, Margules began work as a police reporter for the City News Association of New York .Margules then considered himself something of an expert on art, and the painter Myron Lechay is said to have responded to some unsolicited analysis of his work with the remark "Since you seem to know so much about it, why don't you paint yourself?" This led to study with Lechay and a flurry of painting. Margules' first show was in 1922 at Jane Heap's Little Review Gallery. Thereafter Margules began to participate in shows with a group including Stuart Davis, Jan Matulka, Buckminster Fuller (exhibiting depictions of his "Dymaxion house") in a gallery run by art-lover and restaurateur Romany Marie on the floor above her cafe. Jane Heap, left, with Mina Loy and Ezra Pound During the 1920s, Margules traveled outside of the country a number of times. In 1922, with the intent of reaching Bali, he took a job as a "'wiper on a tramp steamer where [he] played nursemaid to the engine." He reached Rotterdam before he turned back. He would return to Rotterdam shortly thereafter. In 1927, Margules took a lengthy leave of absence from his day job as a police reporter in order to travel to Paris, where he "set up a studio in Montmartre's Place du Tertre, on the top floor of an almost deserted hotel, a shabby establishment, lacking both heat and running water." He studied at the Louvre and traveled to paint landscapes in provincial France and North Africa. Margules also joined the "Noctambulist" movement and experimented with painting and showing his artwork in low light.Jonathan Cott wrote that: the painter De Hirsch Margulies sat on the quays of the Seine and painted pictures in the dark. In fact, the first exhibition of these paintings, which could be seen only in a darkened room, took place in [ Walter Lowenfels'] Paris apartment. Elaine de Kooning remarked that studying the works of the Noctambulists confirmed Margules' "direction toward the use of primary colors for perverse effects of heavy shadow." It was also in Paris that Margules initially conceived his idea of "Time Painting", where a painting is divided into sectors, each representing a different time of day, with color choices meant to evoke that time of day. In Paris, his social circle included Lowenfels, photographer Berenice Abbott, publisher Jane Heap, composer George Anthiel, sculptor Thelma Wood, painter André Favory, writer Norman Douglas, writer and editor George Davis, composer and writer Max Ewing, and writer Michael Fraenkel. Upon his return to New York in 1929, Margules attended an exhibition of John Marin's paintings. While at the exhibition, he "launched into an eloquent explanation of Marin to two nearby women", and was overheard by an impressed Alfred Stieglitz. The famous photographer and art promoter invited Margules to dine with his wife, the artist Georgia O'Keeffe, and his assistant, painter Emil Zoler. Stieglitz thereafter became a friend and mentor to Margules, becoming for him "what Socrates was to his friends." Alfred Stieglitz Stieglitz introduced Margules to John Marin, who quickly became the most important painterly influence upon Margules. Elaine de Kooning later noted that Margules was "indebted to Marin and through Marin to Cézanne for his initial conceptual approach - for his constructions of scenes with no negative elements, for skies that loom with the impact of mountains." Margules himself said that Marin was his "father and ... academy." The admiration was by no means unreciprocated: Marin said that Margules was "an art lover with abounding faith and sincerity, with much intelligence and quick seeing." Stieglitz also introduced Margules to many other artistic and intellectual figures in New York. With the encouragement of Alfred Stieglitz, Margules in 1936 opened a two-room gallery at 43 West 8th Street called "Another Place." Over the following two years there were fourteen solo exhibitions by Margules and others, and the gallery was well-respected by the press. It was in this gallery that the painter James Lechay, Myron's brother, exhibited his first painting. In 1936, Margules first saw recognition by major art museums when both the Museum of Modern Art and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston purchased his works. In 1942, Margules gave up working as a police reporter, and apparently dedicated himself thereafter solely to an artistic vocation. "The Baron of Greenwich Village"[edit] Margules made his mark not only as an artist, but also as an outsized personality known throughout Greenwich Village and beyond. To local residents, Margules was known as the "Baron", after Baron Maurice de Hirsch, a prominent German Jewish philanthropist. Margules was easily recognizable by the beret he routinely wore over his long hair. Writer Charles Norman said that he "dressed with a flair for sloppiness." He was said to "know everybody" in Greenwich Village, to the extent that when the novelist and poet Maxwell Bodenheim was murdered, Margules was the first one the police sought to identify the body. Margules' letters show him interacting with art world figures such as Sacha Kolin, John Marin and Alfred Stieglitz, as well as with prominent figures outside the art world such as polymath Buckminster Fuller and writer Henry Miller. Most of his friends and acquaintances found Margules a generous and voluble man, given to broadly emotionally expressive gestures and acts of kindness and loyalty. In 1929, he exhibited an example of this loyalty and fellow-feeling when he appeared in court to fight what the wrongful commitment of his friend, writer and sculptor Alfred Dreyfuss, who appeared to have been a victim of an illicit attempt to block an inheritance. The Greenwich Village chronicler Charles Norman described the bone-crushing hugs that Margules would routinely bestow on his friends and acquaintances, and speaks of the "persuasive theatricality" that Margules seemed to have inherited from his actor parents. Norman also wrote about Margules' routine acts of kindness, taking in homeless artists, constantly feeding his friends and providing the salvatory loan where needed. Norman also notes that Margules was blessed with a loud and good voice, and was apt to sing an operatic air without provocation. The writer and television personality Alexander King said I think the outstanding characteristics of my friend's personality are affirmation, emphasis, and overemphasis. He chooses to express himself predominantly in superlatives and the gestures which accompany his utterances are sometimes dangerous to life and limb. Of the bystanders, I mean. King also spoke with affectionate amusement about Margules' pride in his cooking, speaking of how "if he should ever invite you to dinner, he may serve you a hamburger with onions, in his kitchen-living room, with such an air of gastronomic protocol, such mysterious hints and ogliing innuendoes, as if César Ritz and Brillat-Savarin had sneaked out, only a moment before, with his secret recipe in their pockets." Margules was such a memorable New York personality that comic book writer Alvin Schwartz imagined him at the Sixth Avenue Cafeteria in a risible yet poignant debate with Clark Kent about whether Superman had the ability to stop Hitler. Margules' entrenchment in the Greenwich Village milieu can be seen in a photograph from Fred McDarrah's "Beat Generation Album" of a January 13, 1961 writers' and poets' meeting to discuss "The Funeral of the Beat Generation", in Robert Cordier [fr]'s railroad flat at 85 Christopher Street. 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Located in Napoli, IT
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Mascot, Brooklands - Religious Iconography Color Photography Artwork
Located in Cambridge, GB
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2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Paper

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