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Marc Chagall, The Meeting of Ruth and Boaz, from Drawings for the Bible, 1956
By Marc Chagall
Located in Southampton, NY
issue features thirty-four color lithographs and numerous black-and-white drawings inspired by biblical
Category

1950s Expressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Large Mythic Nude Woman and Deer, Surreal Oil Painting in Gray, White, Red
Located in Los Angeles, CA
pursuit of personal and collective freedom. Rendered in a monochromatic black-and-white palette, the
Category

2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Everything that is living is part of us
By Amy Wilson
Located in Red Bank, NJ
Everything that is living is part of us by Amy Wilson Print, Textile Art, Black and White, Doodles
Category

20th Century Contemporary Still-life Prints

Materials

Linocut

Marc Chagall, David Saved by Michal, from Drawings for the Bible, 1956
By Marc Chagall
Located in Southampton, NY
lithographs and numerous black-and-white drawings inspired by biblical figures and stories. Chagall’s works
Category

1950s Expressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Marc Chagall, Jeremiah, from Drawings for the Bible, 1956 Bible
By Marc Chagall
Located in Southampton, NY
lithographers Mourlot Freres, the issue features thirty-four color lithographs and numerous black-and-white
Category

1950s Expressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Marc Chagall, The Tears of Jeremiah, from Drawings for the Bible, 1956
By Marc Chagall
Located in Southampton, NY
numerous black-and-white drawings inspired by biblical figures and stories. Chagall’s works for this
Category

1950s Expressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Marc Chagall, Isaiah, from Drawings for the Bible, 1956
By Marc Chagall
Located in Southampton, NY
Freres, the issue features thirty-four color lithographs and numerous black-and-white drawings inspired
Category

1950s Expressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Marc Chagall, Job in Prayer, from Drawings for the Bible, 1956
By Marc Chagall
Located in Southampton, NY
lithographers Mourlot Freres, the issue features thirty-four color lithographs and numerous black-and-white
Category

1950s Expressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

"N5/30" - Lithograph on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
"N5/30" - Lithograph on Paper Black and white figurative lithograph depicting figures in water
Category

1970s Contemporary Figurative Prints

Materials

Paper, Ink, Lithograph

"The Outsider" - Original 1989 Screen Print on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
abstracted figures by Jane Leddy (American, 1925-2019). Figures are seen in white with a black background
Category

1980s Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

India Ink, Laid Paper, Screen

Firemans Fair
Located in Red Bank, NJ
Figures, Black and White, Pop of color, Buildings, Landscapes
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Prints

Materials

Archival Paper, Giclée

Marc Chagall, Paradise I, from Drawings for the Bible, 1956
By Marc Chagall
Located in Southampton, NY
lithographers Mourlot Freres, the issue features thirty-four color lithographs and numerous black-and-white
Category

1950s Expressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Marc Chagall, Ahasuerus Banishes Vashti, from Drawings for the Bible, 1956
By Marc Chagall
Located in Southampton, NY
numerous black-and-white drawings inspired by biblical figures and stories. Chagall’s works for this
Category

1950s Expressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Marc Chagall, Ruth at the Feet of Boaz, from Drawings for the Bible, 1956
By Marc Chagall
Located in Southampton, NY
numerous black-and-white drawings inspired by biblical figures and stories. Chagall’s works for this
Category

1960s Expressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Marc Chagall, David Saved by Michal, from Drawings for the Bible, 1956
By Marc Chagall
Located in Southampton, NY
lithographs and numerous black-and-white drawings inspired by biblical figures and stories. Chagall’s works
Category

1950s Expressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Marc Chagall, Moses Receives the Tablets of the Law, from Verve, Revue, 1956
By Marc Chagall
Located in Southampton, NY
lithographers Mourlot Freres, the issue features thirty-four color lithographs and numerous black-and-white
Category

1950s Expressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Marc Chagall, Solomon, from Drawings for the Bible, 1956
By Marc Chagall
Located in Southampton, NY
issue features thirty-four color lithographs and numerous black-and-white drawings inspired by biblical
Category

1950s Expressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Marc Chagall, The Angel, from Drawings for the Bible, 1956
By Marc Chagall
Located in Southampton, NY
numerous black-and-white drawings inspired by biblical figures and stories. Chagall’s works for this
Category

1950s Expressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Marc Chagall, Moses III, from Drawings for the Bible, 1956 Bible
By Marc Chagall
Located in Southampton, NY
lithographers Mourlot Freres, the issue features thirty-four color lithographs and numerous black-and-white
Category

1950s Expressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Marc Chagall, Moses I, from Drawings for the Bible, 1956
By Marc Chagall
Located in Southampton, NY
issue features thirty-four color lithographs and numerous black-and-white drawings inspired by biblical
Category

1950s Expressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Marc Chagall, The Face of Israel, from Drawings for the Bible, 1956
By Marc Chagall
Located in Southampton, NY
lithographers Mourlot Freres, the issue features thirty-four color lithographs and numerous black-and-white
Category

1950s Expressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Marc Chagall, Rachel Steals Her Father’s Idols, Drawings for the Bible, 1956
By Marc Chagall
Located in Southampton, NY
issue features thirty-four color lithographs and numerous black-and-white drawings inspired by biblical
Category

1950s Expressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Marc Chagall, Esther, from Drawings for the Bible, 1956
By Marc Chagall
Located in Southampton, NY
issue features thirty-four color lithographs and numerous black-and-white drawings inspired by biblical
Category

1950s Expressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Marc Chagall, David with the Harp, from Drawings for the Bible, 1956
By Marc Chagall
Located in Southampton, NY
lithographers Mourlot Freres, the issue features thirty-four color lithographs and numerous black-and-white
Category

1950s Expressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Marc Chagall, Tamar, Daughter-in-Law of Judah, from Drawings for the Bible, 1956
By Marc Chagall
Located in Southampton, NY
lithographers Mourlot Freres, the issue features thirty-four color lithographs and numerous black-and-white
Category

1950s Expressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Marc Chagall, Eve Cursed by God, from Drawings for the Bible, 1956
By Marc Chagall
Located in Southampton, NY
issue features thirty-four color lithographs and numerous black-and-white drawings inspired by biblical
Category

1950s Expressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Marc Chagall, Paradise II, from Drawings for the Bible, 1956
By Marc Chagall
Located in Southampton, NY
issue features thirty-four color lithographs and numerous black-and-white drawings inspired by biblical
Category

1950s Expressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Marc Chagall, The Creation, from Drawings for the Bible, 1956
By Marc Chagall
Located in Southampton, NY
numerous black-and-white drawings inspired by biblical figures and stories. Chagall’s works for this
Category

1950s Expressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Marc Chagall, Hagar in the Desert, from Drawings for the Bible, 1956
By Marc Chagall
Located in Southampton, NY
numerous black-and-white drawings inspired by biblical figures and stories. Chagall’s works for this
Category

1950s Expressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Marc Chagall, Ruth the Gleaner, from Drawings for the Bible, 1956
By Marc Chagall
Located in Southampton, NY
numerous black-and-white drawings inspired by biblical figures and stories. Chagall’s works for this
Category

1950s Expressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Marc Chagall, Angel of Paradise, from Drawings for the Bible, 1956
By Marc Chagall
Located in Southampton, NY
numerous black-and-white drawings inspired by biblical figures and stories. Chagall’s works for this
Category

1950s Expressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Marc Chagall, Moses II, from Drawings for the Bible, 1956
By Marc Chagall
Located in Southampton, NY
issue features thirty-four color lithographs and numerous black-and-white drawings inspired by biblical
Category

1950s Expressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Marc Chagall, The Angel with the Sword, from Drawings for the Bible, 1956
By Marc Chagall
Located in Southampton, NY
numerous black-and-white drawings inspired by biblical figures and stories. Chagall’s works for this
Category

1950s Expressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Marc Chagall, The Prophet Daniel with the Lions, Drawings for the Bible, 1956
By Marc Chagall
Located in Southampton, NY
lithographers Mourlot Freres, the issue features thirty-four color lithographs and numerous black-and-white
Category

1950s Expressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

"The Waiting" - 1977 Surrealist Lithograph on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Jim Crabb (American, b. 1947-). Black and white surrealist figures take up the paper with a sepia
Category

1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

Materials

Paper, Ink, Lithograph

La Une a L h Pile (Head to Head), Surrealist Aquatint Etching by Roberto Matta
By Roberto Matta
Located in Long Island City, NY
An early large-scale work by Chilean artist Roberto Matta. In this black-and-white surrealist piece
Category

1960s Surrealist Abstract Prints

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

Set of 4 art nouveau lithographs by Scottish female artist Hannah Frank
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
including Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh, Jessie M King and Aubrey Beardsley. Frank's black and white
Category

20th Century Art Nouveau Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Banana Girl by Julian Trevelyan original limited edition aquatint etching 1966
By Julian Trevelyan
Located in Paonia, CO
background is in black and white with three figures, two sitting on her left and one walking away in the
Category

1960s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

Project Boy Illustration by Female Illustrator of the Golden Age
Located in Miami, FL
reminiscent of how her subject would draw it. She deliberately uses black and white naive stick-like figures
Category

1950s Minimalist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Gouache, Board, Pencil

On Sale - Macking: Surf Collage Watercolor with Swarovski Crystals
By Axel Getz
Located in Brooklyn, NY
. Set against this, a collaged black-and-white image depicts two figures together on a surfboard
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Italian Painted Commode
Located in Stamford, CT
arabesque decoration and reserved black and white panels of Asian figures.
Category

Antique 19th Century Italian Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Softwood

Danish Mid-Century Colourfield Oil on Board of Houses and People in a Landscape.
Located in Cotignac, FR
be a blue lake or sea. The use of black and white for the figures allow the surrounding colours to
Category

Mid-20th Century Color-Field Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

1998 Apple Think Different - Alfred Hitchcock Original Vintage Poster
Located in Winchester, GB
in the world. These series of posters focused on brand image, using black and white photographs of
Category

1990s American Posters

Materials

Paper

"John Van Schaick Lansing Pruyn" Eastman Johnson, Prominent Gentleman Portrait
By Eastman Johnson
Located in New York, NY
. About two years later, he moved to Washington, D.C., where he took black-and-white likenesses of eminent
Category

1880s Academic Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Memphitis
By Arne Hiersoux
Located in Palm Desert, CA
and white paintings referencing Franz Kline, figures could be detected obliquely emerging through the
Category

1960s Post-War Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas, Paper

Italian Eglomise Neo Classical Pictures - Set Of 4
Located in Tampa, FL
, circa 1920s. Each work is reverse-painted on glass in a sophisticated palette of black, gold, and white
Category

Vintage 1920s Italian Paintings

Materials

Paint

MARI PILI
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
This striking black-and-white photograph captures two figures standing at the edge of the sea
Category

2010s Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Blue Bunny Scored
By Hunt Slonem
Located in PARIS, FR
, dominated by a stylized interpretation of black and white patterns reminiscent of natural figures. The
Category

2010s Post-Modern Animal Paintings

Materials

Wood, Oil

Miranda
By Hunt Slonem
Located in PARIS, FR
stylized interpretation of black and white patterns reminiscent of natural figures. The boldly drawn black
Category

2010s Post-Modern Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood

Fred Cooke for Minton Art Deco Pierrette Porcelain Figurine
By Minton
Located in Bishop s Stortford, Hertfordshire
white and customary for such figures. She wears a period art deco hat with a large frilled bow and has
Category

Vintage 1930s English Art Deco Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Porcelain

Navajo Crystal Pictorial
By Navajo
Located in Coeur d Alene, ID
horse. Eye dazzler type diamonds in red, black and white separating the figures. 71" X 95", bright
Category

Early 20th Century American Native American Native American Objects

Materials

Wool

Kingston Market London Watercolour of Bustling Street Scene with Tudor Facade
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
of mixed architectural styles — including a distinctive black-and-white Tudor revival façade. The
Category

20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Gorgeous Collection of 4 Decoupaged Classical Figural Scenes with Gold Leaf
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Beautiful set of 4 black and white decoupaged scenes of classical figures in poetic poses set
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Vintage 1940s American Classical Greek Decorative Art

Materials

Gold Leaf

Three Graces With Red Curtain, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
"Three Graces With Red Curtain" is reworked of "Three Graces In Black And White". The trio figures
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Yonder Cisco
By Arne Hiersoux
Located in Palm Desert, CA
" is executed in bold strokes, splashes and drips of violet, blue, green, yellow, white and black on a
Category

1960s Post-War Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas, Paper

Mem Sahib
By Arne Hiersoux
Located in Palm Desert, CA
and white paintings referencing Franz Kline, figures could be detected obliquely emerging through the
Category

1960s Post-War Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas, Paper

Black and Gold with White Grecian Figures Neoclassical Verre Églomisé Mirror
Located in Houston, TX
Offered is a Mid-Century Modern Italian black, gold and white Grecian figures neoclassical antiqued
Category

Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Wall Mirrors

Materials

Mirror

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Find a variety of black and white figures available on 1stDibs. There are many Contemporary, Modern and Old Masters versions of these works for sale. These items have been produced for many years, with earlier versions available from the 18th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 21st Century. Black and white figures available on 1stDibs span a range of colors that includes black, gray, beige, white and more. There have been many well-done artworks of this subject over the years, but those made by Michel Ciry, Cornelis Bega, Carol Bennett, Tom Bennett and Ross Eugene Braught are often thought to be among the most beautiful. Frequently made by artists working in etching, paper and paint, all of these available pieces are unique and have attracted attention over the years.

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Black and white figures can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price for items in our inventory is $1,200, while the lowest priced sells for $235 and the highest can go for as much as $17,000.
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    The difference between black-figure and red-figure Greek pottery is that in black-figure pottery, figural and ornamental motifs were applied with a slip that turned black during firing and the background was color of the clay, whereas the decorative motifs on red-figure vases remained the color of the clay; the background, filled in with a slip, turned black. Red-figure is essentially the reverse of a black figure. On 1stDibs, shop vintage and antique Greek pottery.
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    White, or colorless, diamonds are generally the most valuable diamond variety. Black diamonds are certainly more rare than white ones, but the latter is generally more expensive.
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    A black and white photo is usually just called exactly that. The unique and timeless quality of a black and white photograph accentuates any room. When we look at black and white photography, we experience deep, rich shadows and tonal properties in a way that transfixes us. Composition and textures are crisp and engaging. You can find a variety of black and white photography by renowned photographers on 1stDibs.
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    The artist known for the black-and-white optical illusion art called Movement in Squares is Bridget Riley. Riley states that she draws inspiration for her spectacular abstractions expressed in paintings and prints largely from nature, which she defines as a “dynamism of visual forces — an event rather than an appearance.” The British artist produced her iconic piece, Movement in Squares, in 1961. Find a wide range of Bridget Riley art on 1stDibs.
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    The work of Victor Vasarely that is made up entirely of curvilinear black and white stripes not contained by contour lines is Zebra. Created in 1937, it is often credited as the earliest Op art painting. Today, the work is in a private collection. Shop an assortment of Victor Vasarely art on 1stDibs.