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Artist: Unknown
1990 Oil - The Market
Located in Corsham, GB
Signed illegibly and dated to the lower right. Presented in a gilt frame with a cotton slip. On canvas.
Category
20th Century Unknown Art
Materials
Oil
$404 Sale Price
20% Off
Humorous Gentleman
s Magazine cartoon
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Cartoon sketch, ca. 1955. Pencil on paper, sheet measures 8.5 x 11 inches. Unsigned with editor's notations.
From a group of sketches meant to be preliminary drafts for editor appro...
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Art
Materials
Pencil
$125 Sale Price
50% Off
Antique American Impressionist Winter River Snow Covered Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American impressionist landscape oil painting. Oil on board. Framed. Signed. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed in a giltwood molding. Excellent conditio...
Category
1910s Impressionist Unknown Art
Materials
Oil, Board
Russian Cubist Portrait of a Woman
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Beautiful cubist portrait of a woman by unknown Russian artist. Oil on canvas measures 17 x 25 inches. Signed and dated lower right. Label fragments affixed on verso.
Category
1980s Cubist Unknown Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Penitent Mary Magdalene c1750 Oil on Copper Old Master
Located in Holywell, GB
A finely painted picture, possibly of the penitent Mary Magdalene, painted in oil on to a copper plate and dating to c1750.
Condition
Two old touch ins, tiny chip to the forehead...
Category
1750s Old Masters Unknown Art
Materials
Oil
Breakfast At Tiffanys
Huge Oversize Limited Edition silver gelatin print
Located in London, GB
'Breakfast At Tiffanys' Huge Oversize Limited Edition silver gelatin print
Belgian-born actor Audrey Hepburn (1929 – 1993), during a shoot for the promotion of her film BREAKFAST...
Category
1950s Modern Unknown Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Antique French Impressionist Paris Park Signed Landscape Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique French impressionist signed landscape oil painting. Oil on board. Signed. Framed. Image size, 15.5L x 11.5H.
Category
1910s Impressionist Unknown Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,436 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique American School WPA Modernist Black Figure Ashcan Dock View Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed.
Category
1920s Modern Unknown Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$780 Sale Price
20% Off
Scottish School 19th Century Oil - The Highland Loch
Located in Corsham, GB
This landscape painting depicts a serene highland scene with rolling hills and mountains rendered in warm earth tones of brown, ochre, and muted greens beneath a dramatic cloudy sky....
Category
19th Century Unknown Art
Materials
Oil
Goldfinger, 1964 - Sean Connery Goldfinger James Bond 007 Photograph
Located in Brighton, GB
Goldfinger, 1964 - Sean Connery Goldfinger James Bond 007 Photograph
The original James Bond, Scottish actor Sean Connery, pauses and poses during the shooting of the film Goldfinge...
Category
20th Century Modern Unknown Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Antique American School 1930s NYC Surrealist Abstract Gold Gilt Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American school modernist mixed media painting. Oil on board with gold leaf assemblage, circa 1930. Unsigned. Image size, 13L x 17H. Housed in a period wood frame most li...
Category
1930s Abstract Unknown Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$15,800 Sale Price
20% Off
Couple - Original Drawing in Mixed Media - 1940 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
Couple is an original drawing in mixed media realized in 1940 ca. by an unknown artist of the XX century.
Sheet dimension: 33.5 x 39 cm.
In very good conditions with small tearing ...
Category
1930s Modern Unknown Art
Materials
Mixed Media, Tempera, Watercolor
Fishing Village at Sunset by Ramos Philippines
Located in Soquel, CA
Vibrant coastal village scene by Ramoz (Ramos) (20th Century). The setting sun casts an orange glow across a coastal village. Two people carry baskets on their heads as they unload a...
Category
1960s English School Unknown Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,100 Sale Price
20% Off
Portrait of a Lady - French 19th century art Realist drawing woman covered head
Located in Hagley, England
This is a fine detailed French Naturalistic portrait. Executed on November 2nd 1889 and signed PHL. In good condition.
Signed and dated middle right.
Provenance. Private collection.
...
Category
19th Century Naturalistic Unknown Art
Materials
Charcoal, Pencil
$3,497 Sale Price
20% Off
Florentine Expressions: A Portrait Series IX
Located in London, GB
"Florentine Expressions: A Portrait Series IX", oil on canvas, mounted on board, Florentine School (circa 1980s-90s). This gallery has acquired a number of paintings through an inter...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Unknown Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
$1,093 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage American Modernist New Hampshire Landscape Signed Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist landscape oil painting. Oil on canvasboard. Framed. Measuring: 13 by 16 inches overall, and 10 by 13.5 painting alone. In excellent original condition. Ha...
Category
1950s Modern Unknown Art
Materials
Oil, Board
Antique Italian Futurist Black and White Dancers Oil Painting by Simone 1960
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
3901a Oversized Italian Futurist black and white dancers oil painting on framed canvas
Category
1960s Unknown Art
Materials
Oil
$375 Sale Price
74% Off
Late 19th Century Oil - A Fruit Seller
Located in Corsham, GB
A delightful Victorian oil study of a young boy selling fruit on a street corner. The basket of fruit has been painted with fine attention to detail and the child's face is almost an...
Category
Late 19th Century Unknown Art
Materials
Oil
$545 Sale Price
20% Off
Fishing port Essaouira Morocco oil on canvas painting seascape
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Signed Adolfo Perez
Frameless
Category
2010s Photorealist Unknown Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$478 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage Italian Geometric Cubic " Shades of Gray" By Martino 1970
s
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
5-3478 Cubic circles in shades of gray
Set in a vintage gilt and black wood frame
Category
1970s Unknown Art
Materials
Oil
Vintage American Modernist Dog Portrait Nicely Framed Terrier Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist dog portrait oil painting. Oil on board. Framed. Signed in monogram. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed in a vintage molding. Excellent c...
Category
1970s Modern Unknown Art
Materials
Oil
Mid-Century Painting Drawing Framed Colorful Texture New York Orange Grey Green
Located in Buffalo, NY
A wonderful minimalist mixed media work Circa 1970. Though the artist is unknown this work was acquired along with pieces by well know artists Karel Appel and Robert Motherwell from...
Category
1970s Minimalist Unknown Art
Materials
Coating, Oil Pastel, Acrylic
Japanese Diarist Doll in Glass Case - Silkscreen
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful silkscreen of Japanese diarist doll in glass case. Illegibly signed left corner, dated (October 8, 1983) and numbered (2/30). Presented in wood frame. Image size: 20"H x 14...
Category
1980s Unknown Art
Materials
Ink, Rice Paper
On the set of the film Paris Texas - Wim Wenders - 1984
Located in Roma, IT
On the set of the film Paris Texas - Wim Wenders is a vintage black and white photograph realized in 1984.
Good conditions.
Category
1970s Modern Unknown Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
Court Portrait Of A 17th Century Girl, oil on canvas English School
Located in Blackwater, GB
Court Portrait Of A 17th Century Girl, oil on canvas
English School
Large antique court portrait of a young girl holding berries & flowers, oil on canvas. Excellent quality and con...
Category
17th Century Unknown Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique still life painter (Italyl) - 19th-20th Still life painting - Flowers
Located in Varmo, IT
Italian painter (19th-20th century) - Still life with vase of flowers.
83 x 62 cm without frame, 96.5 x 76.5 cm with frame.
Antique oil painting on wood, in a wooden frame (not sig...
Category
Late 19th Century Naturalistic Unknown Art
Materials
Oil, Panel
$1,435 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique American Modernist Horse Carousel Animal Portrait Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Really impressive early American modernist painting. Oil on board. Framed.
Category
1940s Modern Unknown Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,020 Sale Price
20% Off
Jason Liosatos - Contemporary Oil, A Walk on the Beach
Located in Corsham, GB
A striking study depicting a woman walking along the beach in a long flowing dress. She has her back to the viewer, walking towards a hazy horizon. Signed to the lower right. On canv...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Art
Materials
Oil
$253 Sale Price
20% Off
Mid-19th Century Vanitas Academic Life Study Male Nude Carrying A Skull
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
Alb. Muller.
German Mid 19th Century.
Vanitas - Academic Life Study Of A Male Nude Carrying A Skull.
Red Chalk On Paper.
Signed Lower Right.
Paper size 23.8 inches x 16.9 inches ( 60...
Category
Mid-19th Century Academic Unknown Art
Materials
Paper, Chalk
Terrace on the Sea - Oil Painting on Panel - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Terrace on the Sea is an original painting realized in the 19th century by an anonymous artist.
The artwork is a colored oil panting on panel.
Signed on the ...
Category
19th Century Modern Unknown Art
Materials
Oil, Panel
Museum Quality American School School Young Woman Portrait Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Incredible quality American school portrait painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. No signature found.
Category
1880s Realist Unknown Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$3,600 Sale Price
20% Off
“Christmas Season”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original illustration artwork composed of watercolor and gouache on archival paper by Bridget used as a Christmas greeting card by the Fravessi Ca...
Category
1980s Other Art Style Unknown Art
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper
$278 Sale Price
52% Off
Mid-Century Futuristic French Cubist Cityscape. Oil and Acrylic on Canvas.
Located in Cotignac, FR
Mid-Century cubist oil and acrylic futuristic cityscape on canvas. Signed bottom right, artist unknown.
Highly colourful and well-composed interpretation of a cityscape of the futur...
Category
Mid-20th Century Cubist Unknown Art
Materials
Acrylic, Oil, Canvas
$440 Sale Price
69% Off
Set of Six Bronze Doll Head and set of Eight Bronze Doll Torso Molds
Located in Dallas, TX
Set of six doll head molds and set of eight bronze doll torsos constructed o f bronze. The molds were used in the manufacturing process in the 1920s for making plastic dolls, are mou...
Category
1920s Unknown Art
Materials
Bronze, Iron
Samuel A. Rayner (1806-1879) - 1851 Watercolour, Cavaliers at a Manor Table
Located in Corsham, GB
Several cavaliers in elaborate period dress gather around a table within a grand manor interior in this richly detailed watercolour by Samuel A. Rayner (1806-1879). Natural light str...
Category
Mid-19th Century Unknown Art
Materials
Watercolor
Flemish School, Oil on Panel – Interior Scene with Figures
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
Charming 19th-century oil on panel attributed to the Flemish School, anonymous artist. This work depicts an intimate interior scene with several figures engaged in daily life, charac...
Category
Mid-19th Century Old Masters Unknown Art
Materials
Oil, Panel
P. Moore - Framed Contemporary Watercolour, A Busy Mooring
Located in Corsham, GB
A delicate contemporary watercolour of sailing boats in a harbour. Well-presented in a pale wooden frame with double card mount. Signed to the lower right. On watercolour paper.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Art
Materials
Watercolor
$251 Sale Price
20% Off
American School Still Life Painting
Study of Citrus Fruits
Located in San Rafael, CA
American School (20th c.)
Still Life Study of Citrus Fruits
Oil on canvas
Unframed
18in H x 24in W
This charming still-life study of lemons, oranges and other citrus exhibits wonder...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Unknown Art
Materials
Oil
Framed 20th Century Oil - Still Life of Fruit and a Vase
Located in Corsham, GB
Caught in a glimpse of daylight, this fine still life depicts a white and gilt vase arranged with soft fruits on a marble ledge. The oil has been well-presented in a bright gilt-effe...
Category
20th Century Unknown Art
Materials
Oil
$346 Sale Price
20% Off
Baroque Italian master - 17/18th century figure sculpture - The Virgin
Located in Varmo, IT
Carved and painted wooden sculpture - Madonna in Prayer - Italy, 17th-18th century.
25 x 20 x 65 cm.
Made entirely of carved, lacquered, and painted wood. Some signs of wear and pa...
Category
Late 17th Century Baroque Unknown Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
$2,392 Sale Price
33% Off
Antique Indian Mughal portrait of a Prince
Located in Greenwich, CT
Antique Indian Mughal portrait of a Prince, late 18th cent. , by repute possibly depicting Maharaja Vijay Singh of Marwar (1729 - 1793)
Rajasthan, circa 1800’s
The Maharaja is ...
Category
Late 18th Century Other Art Style Unknown Art
Materials
Gouache
1964 Mid Century Modern Swedish Interior Oil Painting - Interior with Desk
Located in Bristol, GB
INTERIOR WITH DESK
Size: 63.5 x 55.5 cm (including frame)
Oil on canvas
A warm and inviting mid-century painting that captures a quiet charm of an interior scene, executed in oil on...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Unknown Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Portrait of a Woman Reading, Early 19th Century English
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
English, Early 19th Century
" Portrait of a Woman Reading ", circa 1820-1825
Oil on Mahogany Panel
9 1/2" x 7 3/4"
Housed in a 2" Ornamented Frame
Overall Size: 13 1/2" x 11 3/8...
Category
Early 19th Century Realist Unknown Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Large Antique American Abstract Expressionist Vintage Signed Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted mid century abstract cubist oil painting. Great color and composition. Framed. Signed.
Category
1950s Abstract Expressionist Unknown Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,980 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage American Modernist Outsider Pop Art Abstract Large Original Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist abstract oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed.
Category
1950s Abstract Unknown Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,036 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century British School
Located in San Francisco, CA
Charming 19th Century painting of a grandmother and grandauughter in front of their thatched cottage. It is an oil on canvas measuring 18 inches by 14. The frame measures 20 3/4 by 1...
Category
1890s Realist Unknown Art
Materials
Oil
Mughal School, 18th century – Emperor Jahangir in his harem in flagrante delicto
Located in Middletown, NY
Emperor Jahangir in his harem surrounded by lotus blossoms; symbols of paradise itself.
Circa 1690. Gouache and ink with gold heightening on cream laid paper, 8 1/2 x 6 1/4 inches (...
Category
17th Century Rajput Unknown Art
Materials
Gold
Baroque Italian master - 17/18th century figure sculpture - Saint
Located in Varmo, IT
Carved and painted wooden sculpture - Figure of a saint - Italy, 17th-18th century.
36 x 25 x 74 cm.
Made entirely of carved, lacquered, and painted wood. Some signs of wear and pa...
Category
Late 17th Century Baroque Unknown Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
$2,991 Sale Price
28% Off
Painting Jesus Falls During the Way of the Cross 17th-18th century
Located in Milan, IT
Oil on Canvas.
The scene corresponds to a Stations of the Cross, during which Jesus falls under the weight of the heavy cross, which he carries on his shoulders as he ascends to Golg...
Category
Late 17th Century Other Art Style Unknown Art
Materials
Oil
A 19thC. Fantasy of Abundance
Located in San Francisco, CA
Almost a folk painting in its naiveté and awe of the abundance on display. It’s a direct reminder of another era when such fruits, imported from warmer, faraway climates were an uni...
Category
19th Century Naturalistic Unknown Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mid Century Cubic Modern American Figural Painting by Sarno
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
5-3418 Abstract oil on board.
Set in a silvered wood frame
Signed Sarno
Image size 24x19"
Category
1970s Unknown Art
Materials
Oil
Helen Steinthal (1911-1991) - 20th Century Watercolour, Nudes in Colour
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming watercolour study of three nude figures in different poses on background representing earth, sea and air. Signed to the lower right. On paper.
Category
20th Century Unknown Art
Materials
Watercolor
$244 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage Pop Art Portrait of Peter Max Original Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist portrait of iconic artist Peter Max. Signed. Framed. Original oil on canvas.
Category
1970s Pop Art Unknown Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$636 Sale Price
20% Off
Hendrik Spetter (1902-1985) - Framed Oil, Water-rich Landscape with Windmills
Located in Corsham, GB
This impressive mid-century landscape captures the serene beauty of the Netherlands, water-rich and dotted with windmills. Well presented in an ornate gilt effect frame with swept ra...
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Art
Materials
Oil
Northern California Coastal Santa Cruz County Ocean Waves 1950 Plein Air
Located in Soquel, CA
Northern California Coastal Santa Cruz County Ocean Waves 1950 Plein Air
Santa Cruz Sandstone Cliffs and crashing waves near Natural Bridges circa 1950 by an unknown California artis...
Category
1950s American Impressionist Unknown Art
Materials
Masonite, Oil
$1,080 Sale Price
20% Off
Mid 20th Century Oil - Wildflower Arrangement
Located in Corsham, GB
This charming still life painting showcases a vibrant bouquet of mixed flowers, including daisies, peonies, and lilacs, arranged in a vibrant, overflowing composition. The artist's d...
Category
20th Century Unknown Art
Materials
Oil
$411 Sale Price
20% Off
Multicolor Abstract Cubist Oil Painting with Monogram Signature MJ
Located in Atlanta, GA
This striking abstract Cubist oil on board, signed with the monogram "M.J." in the lower right corner, is the work of a 20th-century German artist. The composition is bold and archit...
Category
1950s Cubist Unknown Art
Materials
Oil, Board
Fine Impressionist American School Oil on Canvas; Family Picnic or Outing, 1925
Located in Baltimore, MD
This lovely impressionist painting portrays what appears to be a family outing or picnic. There are many beautifully dressed women with their children in a park setting. Oddly, what appears to be missing are men, or their husbands. Perhaps it’s a women’s organization that included their young children. The scene must depict late spring or summer, given the foliage and their beautiful dresses. The colors are bright and cheerful and the late impressionist style is clearly evident. The artist appears to have signed the painting lower left, but it is very difficult to completely decipher. The date, 1925, seems to be clearer. All in all, this work is a one-of-a-kind period painting that will enhance any sophisticated room or setting. The frame is a soft lemon gold period cove frame that may be just a bit older than the work by about 10 years. This work has been recently professionally repaired, cleaned and varnished.
Both the painting and the frame are in very good condition. There are a few professional repairs to the canvas, only visible from the patches shown on the backside. The frame has a few minor blemishes here and there, expected with its age. The canvas measures 18” x 22” and the overall framed dimensions are 24 1/2” x 28 1/2”. Visible on the reverse side is a vintage label that reads “Art...
Category
1920s American Impressionist Unknown Art
Materials
Oil
$2,240 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique American School Tropical Ocean Cove Hawaiian Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted American impressionist tropical beach landscape. Oil on board. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed in a period wood molding. Excellent condition, re...
Category
1950s Impressionist Unknown Art
Materials
Oil, Board
$700 Sale Price
20% Off
The Trout - Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
The Trout is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1960s.
Good conditions.
Category
1980s Modern Unknown Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
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