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Jean Cocteau, Untitled, from The White Book, 1930
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Southampton, NY
of the narrative itself. The art participates in a strategy of partial revelation that reflects the
Category

1930s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph, Stencil

Jean Cocteau, Untitled, from The White Book, 1930
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Southampton, NY
of the narrative itself. The art participates in a strategy of partial revelation that reflects the
Category

1930s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Stencil, Lithograph

Jean Cocteau, Untitled, from The White Book, 1930
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Southampton, NY
of the narrative itself. The art participates in a strategy of partial revelation that reflects the
Category

1930s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph, Stencil

Jean Cocteau, Untitled, from The White Book, 1930
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Southampton, NY
of the narrative itself. The art participates in a strategy of partial revelation that reflects the
Category

1930s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph, Stencil

Jean Cocteau, Untitled, from The White Book, 1930
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Southampton, NY
of the narrative itself. The art participates in a strategy of partial revelation that reflects the
Category

1930s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph, Stencil

Jean Cocteau, Untitled, from The White Book, 1930
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Southampton, NY
of the narrative itself. The art participates in a strategy of partial revelation that reflects the
Category

1930s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph, Stencil

Jean Cocteau, Untitled, from The White Book, 1930
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Southampton, NY
of the narrative itself. The art participates in a strategy of partial revelation that reflects the
Category

1930s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph, Stencil

Jean Cocteau, Untitled, from The White Book, 1930
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Southampton, NY
of the narrative itself. The art participates in a strategy of partial revelation that reflects the
Category

1930s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Stencil, Lithograph

Not Even So Exhibition Poster, Offset Print, Contemporary, 1989
By John Baldessari
Located in Brooklyn, NY
narratives in art, using disjointed images to provoke reflection on how we assign meaning. Shipping and
Category

1980s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

Materials

Offset

Bibliophile II holographic and foil detailing sculptural print edition
By James Jean
Located in Draper, UT
; Context: James Jean is celebrated for his seamless blending of illustration, mythic narrative and fine-art
Category

2010s Abstract Prints

Materials

Archival Pigment

Vote Hillary (Donald Trump), large hand signed screen print
By Deborah Kass
Located in Aventura, FL
rewrite the patriarchal narrative of art history. Often working in series, Kass forms a poignant and
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Prints

Materials

Paper, Screen

Points of Departure: Mary s Turn, by Peter Milton
By Peter Milton
Located in Palm Springs, CA
participant in this imaginative tableau. Blending art history, narrative, and technical brilliance, Mary’s
Category

1990s Contemporary Interior Prints

Materials

Engraving, Etching

Ceramic Pomegranate Jewelry Box , hand made in South Africa
By Love Art Ceramic
Located in North Miami, FL
," a remarkable piece of ceramic art crafted in South Africa by the creative minds of Motsamai Sello
Category

21st Century and Contemporary South African Modern Jewelry Boxes

Materials

Ceramic

CY TWOMBLY BLACK WHITE PHOTO PHOTOGRAPHY MID CENTURY 1 OF 12
By Cy Twombly
Located in San Antonio, TX
long time to arrive there, though his presence is still muted in the narrative of postwar art told by
Category

1950s Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Drypoint

Impressive Vienna porcelain charger, depicting a Calvery scene, C19th
By Imperial Vienna Porcelain
Located in Brighton, Sussex
, merging historical narrative with exquisite decorative art. Batch 83 50323 SKZZN
Category

Antique Late 19th Century French Decorative Art

Materials

Porcelain

Sisters — Renowned Black American, Harlem Renaissance Artist
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
). Exhibition and Literature: 'Narratives of African American Art and Identity: The David C. Driskell Collection
Category

1920s American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Linocut

Large Abstract By Eva Kolosvary-Stupler
Located in Pasadena, CA
abstraction, feminist narratives, or post-war émigré art. Framed and presented with care, this work stands as
Category

1970s Abstract Geometric Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Geometric Black and White Lithograph by Eva Kolosvary-Stupler
Located in Pasadena, CA
abstraction, feminist narratives, or post-war émigré art. Framed and presented with care, this work stands as
Category

1970s Abstract Geometric Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Kaikai Kiki Homage to Francis Bacon (Study of George Dyer)
By Takashi Murakami
Located in Vancouver, CA
, expertly bridging cultural divides and redefining global art narratives. Murakami, often referred to as
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Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Prints

Materials

Archival Paper, Offset

Earnest Eve, Portrait, Carved Porcelain Wall Sculpture.
By Alex Hodge
Located in Miami Beach, FL
not only in body, but in wholeness, power, and love. Focusing on the narrative qualities of art-making
Category

2010s American Modern Decorative Art

Materials

Porcelain, Paint

Tiziano Campi italian wall print decoration space age, signed
Located in Milano, IT
an ideal bridge between modernity and spirituality, decorative art and archetypal narrative. Perfect
Category

Vintage 1970s Italian Space Age Decorative Art

Materials

Aluminum

David Welker 4 Giclée Print Set
Located in Draper, UT
set for seasoned Welker collectors or fans of narrative-driven, genre-bending art.
Category

2010s Abstract Prints

Materials

Screen

Optional Omniscience Snake Got Your Tongue, Carved Porcelain Wall Sculpture.
By Alex Hodge
Located in Miami Beach, FL
wholeness, power, and love. Focusing on the narrative qualities of art-making, Hodge weaves stories into the
Category

2010s American Modern Decorative Art

Materials

Porcelain, Paint

Composition, Variations sur l imaginaire, Leonardo Cremonini
Located in Southampton, NY
1960s he joined the ranks of the Figuration Narrative movement in French art. His art was well received
Category

1970s Surrealist Landscape Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Veličković, Composition, Ediciones Polígrafa, Redfern Gallery (after)
By Vladimir Velickovic
Located in Southampton, NY
Paris, which established him as one of the leading artists of the Narrative Figuration art movement. In
Category

1970s Modern Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Composition, Variations sur l imaginaire, Gilles Aillaud
Located in Southampton, NY
of the main proponents of the Nouvelle Figuration and Figuration Narrative schools of art. He
Category

1970s Surrealist Landscape Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Original Illustration Map of Hawaii by Charles Burki, ca. 1948 – Ink Drawing
Located in Langweer, NL
Burki’s map-based design art, merging the rigour of a draftsman with the imagination of a world
Category

Vintage 1940s Dutch Drawings

Materials

Paper

Original Illustration “Le Faucon d’Or” by Charles Burki, 1971 – Gouache on Board
Located in Langweer, NL
illustrators of mid-century narrative art. Biographical Note: Charles Burki (1909–1994) was a Dutch painter
Category

Vintage 1970s Dutch Drawings

Materials

Paper

Untitled
By Frank Stella
Located in Fairlawn, OH
techni-colored geometries, the idea of a storyline or narrative behind his visually woven art is a bit
Category

1990s Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Contemporary Modern Deborah Putnoi Collage Paint on Wood Painting
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
Putnoi's artwork allows us to experience multiple narratives in one piece of art. What do you see
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1990s Contemporary Art

Materials

Wood

Campagne Grecque (Greek Country) by Charles Lapicque - signed color lithograph
By Charles Lapicque
Located in New York, NY
Provenance: Each individual work of art carefully curated by Mourlot Editions comes with a Certificate of
Category

1960s Modern Landscape Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Monograph: Robert Irwin Getty Garden (hand signed and inscribed by Robert Irwin)
By Robert Irwin
Located in New York, NY
art." Weschler's narrative is followed by a transcript of conversations in which he and Irwin, in a
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Landscape Prints

Materials

Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Lithograph, Offset

Original Illustration ‘The Office Fight’ by Charles Burki, 1973 – Gouache
Located in Langweer, NL
works of narrative art in their own right. Condition report: Good original condition; minor handling
Category

Vintage 1970s Dutch Drawings

Materials

Paper

Original Illustration Map of South Africa by Charles Burki, c.1945 – Ink Drawing
Located in Langweer, NL
as rare examples of mid-century Dutch illustration and narrative art. Condition report: Excellent
Category

Vintage 1940s Dutch Drawings

Materials

Paper

Original Illustration Map of India by Charles Burki, 1951 – Ink Drawing
Located in Langweer, NL
meters from impact—an ordeal that profoundly shaped his later art. After the war Burki returned to the
Category

Vintage 1950s Dutch Drawings

Materials

Paper

Original Illustration Map of Alaska by Charles Burki, ca. 1945 – Ink Drawing
Located in Langweer, NL
and narrative art. Condition report: Good original condition; clean black ink on cream paper. Light
Category

Vintage 1940s Dutch Drawings

Materials

Paper

Sound of silence
Located in Torino, IT
narrative power of visual art. However, it wasn’t until the age of 38 that he fully committed to his
Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Acrylic

Art Deco Signet Ring
Located in Litchfield, CT
Circa 1920s, 18k, Switzerland. The visual narrative of this chic Art Deco ring is big and bold
Category

Vintage 1920s European Art Deco Signet Rings

Materials

Carnelian, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold

Original Illustration Map of Syria Lebanon, Charles Burki, 1947 – Ink Drawing
Located in Langweer, NL
as rare examples of mid-century Dutch illustration and narrative art. Condition report: Very good
Category

Vintage 1940s Dutch Drawings

Materials

Paper

“Refuge”
Located in Southampton, NY
art history, Smith’s work reflects an awareness of the white-washed art-historical narrative; this he
Category

1960s Post-Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Archival Paper, Pen

“Refuge”
“Refuge”
$1,160 Sale Price
20% Off
“Landscape in Maryland”
Located in Southampton, NY
-washed art-historical narrative; this he attempted to change, by expressing the dynamic reality of life
Category

1960s Post-Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Archival Paper, Watercolor

“Bag’s Groove”
Located in Southampton, NY
of the white-washed art-historical narrative; this he attempted to change, by expressing the dynamic
Category

1960s Post-Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Archival Paper

“Siesta”
Located in Southampton, NY
-washed art-historical narrative; this he attempted to change, by expressing the dynamic reality of life
Category

1960s Post-Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Archival Paper, Pen

“Siesta”
“Siesta”
$1,280 Sale Price
20% Off
Pencil Drawing of an Angel by Eugenie O Kin
Located in Pasadena, CA
overshadowed by her husband's career within art historical narratives. While much of Henri Simmen's success is
Category

Early 1900s Minimalist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pencil

Ugo La Pietra, " Bosco In Citta " Acrylic on Canvas, 2015
By Ugo La Pietra, Ugo Lapietra
Located in Milan, IT
Conceptual Art to Narrative Art and artist’s cinema) and used multiple mediums, conducting research that were
Category

2010s Italian Post-Modern Drawings

Materials

Canvas

Historic Miniature Watercolor of Wickham Court Bristol 1645 Meeting Site
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
narratives through art.
Category

20th Century English School Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Ugo La Pietra, " Genius Loci " Acrylic on Canvas, 2018
By Ugo La Pietra, Ugo Lapietra
Located in Milan, IT
Conceptual Art to Narrative Art and artist’s cinema) and used multiple mediums, conducting research that were
Category

2010s Italian Post-Modern Drawings

Materials

Canvas

"Baby" - Original Acrylic Painting of Woman and Deer by Mary Carroll
By Mary Carroll
Located in Denver, CO
symbolically rich narratives in art.
Category

2010s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Acrylic, Panel

Ugo La Pietra, " Giardino Delle Delizie " Acrylic on Canvas, 2018
By Ugo La Pietra, Ugo Lapietra
Located in Milan, IT
Conceptual Art to Narrative Art and artist’s cinema) and used multiple mediums, conducting research that were
Category

2010s Italian Post-Modern Drawings

Materials

Canvas

Study of a Standing Female Nude
By Evelyn de Morgan
Located in London, GB
., Ltd., London, J.X. Reynolds & Co., Ltd. Once she had graduated from the Slade School of Art, Evelyn
Category

20th Century Victorian Nude Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Chalk, Pastel

Ugo La Pietra, " Genius Loci " Acrylic on Canvas, 2009
By Ugo Lapietra, Ugo La Pietra
Located in Milan, IT
Conceptual Art to Narrative Art and artist’s cinema) and used multiple mediums, conducting research that were
Category

2010s Italian Post-Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Set of Three Double-Scene Biblical Copper Engravings, Pieter Mortier, ca 1700
Located in Langweer, NL
narrative art, museum wall art, scholarly interior decor
Category

Antique Early 1700s Dutch Prints

Materials

Paper

Neo Eclectic Jatoba Wood and Salmon Colored Leather Post Modern Armchair
By Ugo La Pietra
Located in Weesp, NL
tireless experimenter, he has crossed different currents (from Informalism and Conceptual Art to Narrative
Category

Vintage 1980s Italian Post-Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Leather, Wood

Two Rings- Contemporary Italian Gold Patinated Bronze Abstract Modern Sculpture
By Fp Art, Cosulich Interiors Antiques
Located in New York, NY
your own narrative. Embracing Work of Art entirely hand-crafted in Italy of organic modern shape
Category

2010s Italian Post-Modern Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Granite, Bronze

Post Modern Jatoba Arm Chairs by Ugo La Pietra
By Ugo La Pietra
Located in Weesp, NL
Informalism and Conceptual Art to Narrative Art and artist’s cinema) and used multiple mediums, conducting
Category

Vintage 1980s Italian Post-Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Leather, Wood

Kosta Boda Rhapsody Crystal Bowl by Kjell Engman – Swedish Art Glass, 1980s
By Kosta Boda, Kjell Engman
Located in Bochum, NRW
: Kjell Engman – known for his narrative-driven glass art and vibrant imagination - Manufacturer: Kosta
Category

Vintage 1980s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vases

Materials

Art Glass, Blown Glass

Large Maxwell Mays Folk Art Oil on Canvas, Cascade Springs Colorado, 1983
By Maxwell Mays
Located in Morristown, NJ
the West with industrial advancement. This picturesque narrative combined with Mays’ folk art style
Category

Vintage 1980s American Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Wood, Paint

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Narrative Art For Sale on 1stDibs

Surely you’ll find the exact piece of narrative art you’re seeking on 1stDibs — we’ve got a vast assortment for sale. In our selection of items, you can find contemporary examples as well as an abstract version. If you’re looking for an item from our selection of narrative art from a specific time period, our collection is diverse and broad-ranging, and you’ll find at least one that dates back to the 18th Century while another version may have been produced as recently as the 21st Century. If you’re looking to add a choice in our collection of narrative art to create new energy in an otherwise neutral space in your home, you can find a work on 1stDibs that features elements of gray, black, brown, blue and more. There have been many interesting object in our assortment of narrative art examples over the years, but those made by Indira Cesarine, Craig Alan, Fiona Ackerman, Marc Chaubaron and Stephen Basso are often thought to be among the most thought-provoking. These artworks were handmade with extraordinary care, with artists most often working in paint, fabric and acrylic paint.

How Much is a Narrative Art?

The price for a piece of narrative art in our collection starts at $0 and tops out at $5,807,050 with the average selling for $2,614.