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Chaos
Located in Kansas City, MO
paintings possess deep philosophical meanings, presented in a veneer of pop surreal. She has undergone
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Rag Paper, Archival Pigment
$1,688
Rejuvenation
Located in Kansas City, MO
paintings possess deep philosophical meanings, presented in a veneer of pop surreal. She has undergone
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Rag Paper, Archival Pigment
Soul
Located in Kansas City, MO
paintings possess deep philosophical meanings, presented in a veneer of pop surreal. She has undergone
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Rag Paper, Archival Pigment
Memories and Dreams
Located in Kansas City, MO
paintings possess deep philosophical meanings, presented in a veneer of pop surreal. She has undergone
Category
2010s Symbolist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Rag Paper, Archival Pigment
$825 Sale Price
41% Off
Flood
Located in Kansas City, MO
paintings possess deep philosophical meanings, presented in a veneer of pop surreal. She has undergone
Category
2010s Symbolist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Rag Paper, Archival Pigment
Extraterrestrial
Located in Kansas City, MO
paintings possess deep philosophical meanings, presented in a veneer of pop surreal. She has undergone
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Rag Paper, Archival Pigment
Сountryside landscape Well pole or Shadoof Acknowledged Polish-Russian master
Located in Stockholm, SE
philosophical overtones in this painting is the main message of the artist to us... Oil painting on canvas
Category
1910s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Oil
Glu-on II
By Bonita Helmer
Located in Fairfield, CT
her paintings. Mystical and philosophical theories are interwoven with ancient symbols as she
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Spray Paint, Acrylic
$6,800
“Sunshine and Water”
By Norwood Hodge MacGilvary
Located in Southampton, NY
philosophical elements. In his paintings, he embraced the subjects of evolution, human survival and the
Category
1910s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Odds, Acrylic on canvas, Brown, Blue, Green, Contemporary Artist "In Stock"
By Joydip Sengupta
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
: His artistic devices are drawn from a range of sources, such as Kalighat paintings and ancient
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
The Recluse, Watercolor, Acrylic on paper, Brown, Contemporary Artist "In Stock"
By Joydip Sengupta
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
on paper.
Style : His artistic devices are drawn from a range of sources, such as Kalighat paintings
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Paper, Watercolor
"No!" Says the Signified" Silkscreen
Lithograph, Signed proof, Gagosian artist
By Shusaku Arakawa
Located in New York, NY
time formed a close friendship. He started using diagrams within his paintings as philosophical
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph, Screen
Silver cup Renaissanse of 21th Century. 2010. Silver proof 925. Weight 35 370 g.
Located in Riga, LV
expression. The complexity and delicacy of the works place them among sculpture, graphics, and painting
Category
2010s Northern Renaissance Still-life Sculptures
Materials
Silver, Gold
Rene Magritte, The Difficult Crossing, 1968 (after)
By René Magritte
Located in Southampton, NY
juxtapositions of ordinary objects in extraordinary contexts, Magritte used painting as a philosophical tool
Category
1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$3,996 Sale Price
20% Off
Rene Magritte, The Beautiful Captive, 1968 (after)
By René Magritte
Located in Southampton, NY
juxtapositions of ordinary objects in extraordinary contexts, Magritte used painting as a philosophical tool
Category
1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$3,996 Sale Price
20% Off
Rene Magritte, My Mother Goose, 1968 (after)
By René Magritte
Located in Southampton, NY
juxtapositions of ordinary objects in extraordinary contexts, Magritte used painting as a philosophical tool
Category
1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$23,996 Sale Price
20% Off
Rene Magritte, A Door Opens onto the Velvety Night, 1968 (after)
By René Magritte
Located in Southampton, NY
extraordinary contexts, Magritte used painting as a philosophical tool, transforming the everyday into visual
Category
1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$3,996 Sale Price
20% Off
Rene Magritte, The Great Birds are Those of Treasure Island, 1968 (after)
By René Magritte
Located in Southampton, NY
juxtapositions of ordinary objects in extraordinary contexts, Magritte used painting as a philosophical tool
Category
1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$3,996 Sale Price
20% Off
Rene Magritte, On the Shore of the Sea…, 1968 (after)
By René Magritte
Located in Southampton, NY
extraordinary contexts, Magritte used painting as a philosophical tool, transforming the everyday into visual
Category
1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$3,996 Sale Price
20% Off
Rene Magritte, The Clearings of a Young Gaze…, 1968 (after)
By René Magritte
Located in Southampton, NY
extraordinary contexts, Magritte used painting as a philosophical tool, transforming the everyday into visual
Category
1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$3,996 Sale Price
20% Off
Rene Magritte, Two Turtledoves, in the Warm Penumbra of Their Home, 1968 (after)
By René Magritte
Located in Southampton, NY
extraordinary contexts, Magritte used painting as a philosophical tool, transforming the everyday into visual
Category
1960s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$3,996 Sale Price
20% Off
Rene Magritte, Gemstones, 1968 (after)
By René Magritte
Located in Southampton, NY
extraordinary contexts, Magritte used painting as a philosophical tool, transforming the everyday into visual
Category
1960s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$3,996 Sale Price
20% Off
Rene Magritte, A Seductive Sea Water Ship, 1968 (after)
By René Magritte
Located in Southampton, NY
extraordinary contexts, Magritte used painting as a philosophical tool, transforming the everyday into visual
Category
1960s Surrealist Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$3,996 Sale Price
20% Off
Rene Magritte, A Bombardon Releases its Bouquet of Flames, 1968 (after)
By René Magritte
Located in Southampton, NY
juxtapositions of ordinary objects in extraordinary contexts, Magritte used painting as a philosophical tool
Category
1960s Surrealist Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$3,996 Sale Price
20% Off
Rene Magritte, A Young Woman Presents with Grace, 1968 (after)
By René Magritte
Located in Southampton, NY
extraordinary contexts, Magritte used painting as a philosophical tool, transforming the everyday into visual
Category
1960s Surrealist Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$3,996 Sale Price
20% Off
Double Point Blank, rare 1970s lithograph, signed/N, renowned conceptual artist
By Shusaku Arakawa
Located in New York, NY
his paintings as philosophical propositions. Jean-Francois Lyotard has said of Arakawa’s work that it
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Rene Magritte, Untitled, from Poems 1923-1958, 1959 (after)
By René Magritte
Located in Southampton, NY
metaphor and a philosophical proposition concerning the instability of meaning.
Executed as a lithograph
Category
1950s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
20% Off
Rene Magritte, Untitled, from Poems 1923-1958, 1959 (after)
By René Magritte
Located in Southampton, NY
metaphor and a philosophical proposition concerning the instability of meaning.
Executed as a lithograph
Category
1950s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
20% Off
Blankless Tone, lithograph
silkscreen with embossing
folded corner. Signed/N
By Shusaku Arakawa
Located in New York, NY
time formed a close friendship. He started using diagrams within his paintings as philosophical
Category
1970s Conceptual Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph, Screen
Zao Wou-Ki, Homage to San Lazzaro, from San Lazzaro et ses Amis, 1975
By Zao Wou-Ki
Located in Southampton, NY
philosophical inquiry. Zao’s early paintings reflected the influence of Paul Klee, whose poetic abstraction
Category
1970s Modern Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$2,396 Sale Price
20% Off
Giorgio de Chirico, Mysterious Cabin, from XXe siecle, 1938
By Giorgio De Chirico
Located in Southampton, NY
(1914)—redefined painting as a philosophical act, inspiring the Surrealists and revolutionizing modern
Category
1930s Modern Abstract Prints
Materials
Linocut
$796 Sale Price
20% Off
Giorgio de Chirico, Mysterious Cabin, from XXe siecle, 1938
By Giorgio De Chirico
Located in Southampton, NY
), and The Song of Love (1914)—redefined painting as a philosophical act, inspiring the Surrealists and
Category
1930s Modern Abstract Prints
Materials
Linocut
$796 Sale Price
20% Off
Giorgio de Chirico, Mysterious Cabin, from XXe siecle, 1938
By Giorgio De Chirico
Located in Southampton, NY
(1914)—redefined painting as a philosophical act, inspiring the Surrealists and revolutionizing modern
Category
1930s Modern Abstract Prints
Materials
Linocut
$1,356 Sale Price
20% Off
Rene Magritte, The Indiscreet Jewels, from San Lazzaro et ses Amis, 1975 (after)
By René Magritte
Located in Southampton, NY
, Magritte used painting as a philosophical tool, transforming the everyday into visual paradoxes that
Category
1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$3,596 Sale Price
20% Off
Rene Magritte, The Indiscreet Jewels, from XXe Siecle, 1963
By René Magritte
Located in Southampton, NY
objects in extraordinary contexts, Magritte used painting as a philosophical tool, transforming the
Category
1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$1,996 Sale Price
20% Off
Dear Picasso, from Homage to Pablo Picasso portfolio, Silkscreen, Signed/N
By Shusaku Arakawa
Located in New York, NY
started using diagrams within his paintings as philosophical propositions. Jean-Francois Lyotard has said
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Zao Wou-Ki, Untitled, from XXe Siecle, 1958
By Zao Wou-Ki
Located in Southampton, NY
Duchamp and Man Ray an understanding of art as philosophical inquiry. Zao’s early paintings reflected the
Category
1950s Modern Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$1,996 Sale Price
20% Off
Zao Wou-Ki, Untitled, from XXe Siecle, 1971
By Zao Wou-Ki
Located in Southampton, NY
power of color, and from Duchamp and Man Ray an understanding of art as philosophical inquiry. Zao’s
Category
1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$1,036 Sale Price
20% Off
Rene Magritte, Untitled, from Poems 1923-1958, 1959 (after)
By René Magritte
Located in Southampton, NY
metaphor and a philosophical proposition concerning the instability of meaning.
Executed as a lithograph
Category
1950s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
20% Off
Rene Magritte, Untitled, from Poems 1923-1958, 1959 (after)
By René Magritte
Located in Southampton, NY
metaphor and a philosophical proposition concerning the instability of meaning.
Executed as a lithograph
Category
1950s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
20% Off
Rene Magritte, Untitled, from Poems 1923-1958, 1959 (after)
By René Magritte
Located in Southampton, NY
metaphor and a philosophical proposition concerning the instability of meaning.
Executed as a lithograph
Category
1950s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
20% Off
Rene Magritte, Untitled, from Poems 1923-1958, 1959 (after)
By René Magritte
Located in Southampton, NY
metaphor and a philosophical proposition concerning the instability of meaning.
Executed as a lithograph
Category
1950s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
20% Off
Rene Magritte, Untitled, from Poems 1923-1958, 1959 (after)
By René Magritte
Located in Southampton, NY
metaphor and a philosophical proposition concerning the instability of meaning.
Executed as a lithograph
Category
1950s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
20% Off
Rene Magritte, Untitled, from Poems 1923-1958, 1959 (after)
By René Magritte
Located in Southampton, NY
metaphor and a philosophical proposition concerning the instability of meaning.
Executed as a lithograph
Category
1950s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
20% Off
Rene Magritte, Untitled, from Poems 1923-1958, 1959 (after)
By René Magritte
Located in Southampton, NY
metaphor and a philosophical proposition concerning the instability of meaning.
Executed as a lithograph
Category
1950s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
20% Off
Rene Magritte, Untitled, from Poems 1923-1958, 1959 (after)
By René Magritte
Located in Southampton, NY
metaphor and a philosophical proposition concerning the instability of meaning.
Executed as a lithograph
Category
1950s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
20% Off
Shusaku Arakawa, Japanese-American, A Man Walking, Abstract Silkscreen signed/N
By Shusaku Arakawa
Located in New York, NY
. He started using diagrams within his paintings as philosophical propositions. Jean-Francois Lyotard
Category
1960s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen, Board
Still Life, from To and From Rrose Selavy, for Marcel Duchamp, Lt Ed silkscreen
By Shusaku Arakawa
Located in New York, NY
close friendship. He started using diagrams within his paintings as philosophical propositions. Jean
Category
1960s Dada Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen, Mixed Media, Cardboard
Japanese Lacquer Maki-E Tiered Suzuribako and Ryoshibako
Located in Atlanta, GA
as Kanzan and Jittoku). Often as a pair, they have been a popular motif in Japanese Zen painting
Category
Vintage 1920s Japanese Meiji Lacquer
Materials
Stone, Metal
"Galerie Maeght, " Offset Poster by Shusaku Arakawa
By Shusaku Arakawa
Located in Milwaukee, WI
using diagrams within his paintings as philosophical propositions. Jean-Francois Lyotard said of
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Prints
Materials
Offset
"Unicorns Rhyme" Lithograph by Gustavo Novoa
By Gustavo Novoa
Located in Pasadena, CA
animals making them more anthropomorphic and philosophical.
By 1981, Novoa's paintings had changed again
Category
Late 20th Century Other Art Style Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$576 Sale Price
58% Off
19th century etching black and white figurative print female subject signed
By Jean Leon Gerome Ferris
Located in Milwaukee, WI
American Philosophical Society describes his historical paintings as "[confusing] verity with
Category
1880s Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
The Observer
The Observed, very large oil painting of two figures with spectre
By Michael Hafftka
Located in Adelaide, AU
below for additional public collections.
"The Observer & The Observed" is a deeply philosophical
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Sea Mirage - (Acrylic on canvas, painting, abstract painting, blue abstract
By Vian Borchert
Located in London, GB
mirages that might or might not exist. The painting presents a philosophical take of how one should be
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Gently on the Sea
By Squeak Carnwath
Located in Jackson, WY
explains, “Painting is a philosophical enterprise in which through a kind of alchemy inert material becomes
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Alkyd, Canvas, Oil
Autumn Stroll, Mt. Sopris (contemporary
By Leon Loughridge
Located in Basalt, CO
," there is no grand political or philosophical statement hidden in the painting. More, it is a statement
Category
2010s Landscape Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Untitled
Located in Port Chester, NY
and the so convincingly rational philosophical religions," Renouf approached painting as object and
Category
1970s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
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