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"Memory of an Ancient City" Semi-Abstract Lithograph by Beckford Young
Located in Pasadena, CA
In this semi-abstract lithograph, numbered 4/25, artist Beck Young explores how memory shapes our inner worlds and environments. At the heart of the composition is glowing, patinated...
Category
1960s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
"Nude at the Beach" Oil on Board by Buckley MacGurrin
Located in Pasadena, CA
In this painting, a body cuts through the space as if it was always meant to be there. A woman walks in profile, bare to the waist down, through a landscape reduced to three horizont...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Cubist Cat Sculpture by Karin Swildens, Austin Productions
Located in Pasadena, CA
Cubist sculpture of a cat designed by Karin Swildens for Austin Productions from 1989. Made of plaster with a white matte finish, the sculpture is stamped with the maker's and design...
Category
Late 20th Century Synthetic Cubist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
"People In The Street" Satirical Drawing by John Marx
Located in Pasadena, CA
This original caricature by John Marx is divided into two registers: above, an urban scene with four figures; below, a mechanical setup centered on a dog.
In the upper half, three ...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ballpoint Pen
"Reluctant Cat" Satirical Drawing by John Marx
Located in Pasadena, CA
A man bends down to pet a cat sitting on the sidewalk. He seems intent on coaxing affection from the animal, but the cat remains wary. Its ears are pulled back, sideways glance — it ...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ballpoint Pen
Minimalist Black and White Portrait Drawing by Jerry O
Day
Located in Pasadena, CA
The figure is centered, framed within a narrow black border. This original drawing by the Californian artist Jerry O’Day.
She was an American artist, born Geraldine Heib in 1912 and...
Category
1970s Minimalist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
"Gypsy" Midcentury Portrait Lithograph by Robert
Located in Pasadena, CA
Robert constructs his portraits from an interlacing of short, tight, tangled strokes, drawn with meticulous regularity. The drawing does not follow a continuous line: it is composed ...
Category
1970s Expressionist Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
"Under the Veil" Midcentury Portrait Lithograph by Robert
Located in Pasadena, CA
Robert constructs his portraits from an interlacing of short, tight, tangled strokes, drawn with meticulous regularity. The drawing does not follow a continuous line: it is composed ...
Category
Late 20th Century Expressionist Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
"Lined Circles" Geometric Abstract by Christopher Mark Brennan
By Christopher Mark Brennan
Located in Pasadena, CA
Set against a dark, textured black background, this artwork explores the interplay between order and disruption through geometric abstraction. Five white circles, thick and dimension...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Acrylic Portrait series #1 by Albert Radoczy
By Albert Radoczy
Located in Pasadena, CA
In this minimalist acrylic portrait , Albert Radoczy deploys an aesthetic where simplicity becomes not only elegance, but also a form of plastic manifesto. Far from demonstrative exc...
Category
1960s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Acrylic Portrait series #2 by Albert Radoczy
By Albert Radoczy
Located in Pasadena, CA
In this minimalist acrylic portrait, Albert Radoczy deploys an aesthetic where simplicity becomes not only elegance, but also a form of plastic manifesto. Far from demonstrative exce...
Category
1960s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"Cheetah" Lithograph by Linda Lloyd
Located in Pasadena, CA
Two cheetahs, lying in tall grass, occupy the foreground of an engraving defined by clean, refined outlines. Their posture—both relaxed and tinged with alertness—reflects the inheren...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-War Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
"The Eagle and the Breath of Souls" Lithograph by Goldie
Located in Pasadena, CA
An eagle, in full flight, hovers over a panel where faces and numbers align. Goldie’s signature embossing technique heightens the sense of a gradual detachment, as if the eagle belon...
Category
Mid-20th Century Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
"Pinecones" Mid-Century Still-life by David Segel
By David Segel
Located in Pasadena, CA
A good still life composition aims to craft a captivating story around elements. Proper placement and lighting allow the viewer to appreciate its creation. David Segel constructs his...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-War Still-life Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
"Mirror of the soul", Australian Landscape Watercolor by Robert Wade
Located in Pasadena, CA
Mirror of the soul, where water and sky blend in a silent dance for this Australian landscape, dated the year '64, and signed by the artist Robert Wade.
The composition centers on a...
Category
1960s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
"Round Squares" Red, Black and White Geometric Abstract by C. Mark Brennan
By Christopher Mark Brennan
Located in Pasadena, CA
Against a black background, textured like slate, white and gray shapes rise, layered atop one another. In the upper section, a white rectangle casts a shadow that intersects a first ...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"Parigi" Post-impressionist Landscape of Paris by Mario Cortellia
Located in Pasadena, CA
The Italian artist Mario Cortiella (1907-1981), through his pictorial work, aligns himself with the tradition of expressive figurative painting, evoking the atmospheres of the School...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Modern Chromatic Magenta Lithograph by Richard Proctor
Located in Pasadena, CA
BIO
Richard Proctor (1936-2022) was a prolific and versatile artist who produced various works, including written and pictorial experiments. He received a Bachelor of Science in Art ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Optical Pastel Pencil Expressionist Abstract
Located in Pasadena, CA
The work presented here appears to be a pastel, probably enhanced with pencil, where the material almost entirely saturates the surface. The accumulation of strokes layered into a de...
Category
1990s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Acrylic
Contemporary Large Masculine Nude by Barminski
Located in Pasadena, CA
This painting by Californian artist Barminski features a humanoid form set against a textured background adorned with black and red polka dots. The silhouette is segmented into earth...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Geometric Acrylic Abstract by Mort Lampert
Located in Pasadena, CA
This acrylic painting by Mort Lampert, dated 2002, is structured around a confrontation between rigid geometric forms and fluid textures. The composition is centered on a slightly ir...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"Jungle Law" Black and White Lithograph by Orovida Camille Pissarro 14/45
By Orovida Pissarro
Located in Pasadena, CA
This black-and-white lithograph, numbered 14/45, is the work of Orovida, whose real name is Camille Orovida Pissarro. The rectangular framing tightens the composition around three fi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Symbolist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
"The Last Doll" Post-Impressionist Oil Portrait by Mary Erikson
By Mary Erickson
Located in Pasadena, CA
This miniature oil portrait by M. Erikson rises with verticality, like a fragment of life detached from the world. A child stands upright, yet her posture is far from rigid—it sugges...
Category
Late 20th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait Watercolor by Judy Pike
Located in Pasadena, CA
In this watercolor by Judy Pike, the seated figure, positioned on indistinct ground, oscillates between presence and erasure. The face, fragmented as if shattered by light, hovers be...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Mixed Media Color Pencil Drawing by Judy Pike
Located in Pasadena, CA
Mixed media can be approached as an alchemy of materials, textures, collages, and assemblages. Judy Pike explores this approach in this portrait.
The female figure is seated on a co...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
"Sky Battle" Airplanes Litoghraph by J.D. Carrick
Located in Pasadena, CA
This 1958 lithograph by J.D. Carrick depicts an aerial encounter between two iconic World War I-era biplanes. The focal plane, likely representing a German Fokker D.VII fighter—known...
Category
1950s Post-War Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
"Sailing by the bridge" Marine Landscape Watercolor by Paul Emig
Located in Pasadena, CA
This composition, signed “EMIG,” displays a marine scene seen as if through an overhanging window. A suspension bridge and sleek sailboats dominate the work. The artist combines lat ...
Category
2010s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Heart of the World II, Lithograph by John Anthony Miller
Located in Pasadena, CA
"Heart of the World II" (1988), lithograph numbered 11/30, dated and signed by John Anthony Miller, unfolds a tense, dense, and complex world where every centimeter holds a presence....
Category
1990s Post-Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
"HUNTING SCENE II" Lithograph by Ynez Johnston
By Ynez Johnston
Located in Pasadena, CA
"Hunting Scene II," a lithograph by American artist Ynez Johnston created in 1964, is part of a series published by the International Graphic Arts Society (IGAS) in September 1965. L...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper
"Pigeon at Sunrise" Animal Acrylic Painting on Yellow Background by Ian McCaine
Located in Pasadena, CA
In this squared composition, Ian McCaine transports us into a suspended moment, where the soft light of a sunrise barely reveals the contours of the world. Against a background domin...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Animal Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Acrylic Modern Portrait On a Blue Background
Located in Pasadena, CA
This portrait features a stylized face, designed in an aesthetic that combines the simplicity of forms with the richness of the color palette. Warm tones such as ochre and reddish br...
Category
Late 20th Century Neo-Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Green Sphinx Etching by John Marx
Located in Pasadena, CA
In this polychrome etching, signed with his initials in pencil, John Marx constructs a scene that oscillates between strangeness and collective introspection. The winged, sphinx-like...
Category
Late 20th Century Symbolist Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Large Light Abstract Painting in a Gild Frame by Wesley Johnson
By Wesley Johnson
Located in Pasadena, CA
In a poetic gesture and controlled chaos, this artwork by American painter Wesley Johnson navigates between dissolution and recomposition, offering an immersive, rhythmic exploration...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Large Contemporary Blue and White Abstract by Gerald Campbell
Located in Pasadena, CA
Gerald Campbell’s abstract composition, signed on the reverse and dated 1989 and 1992, is a refined exploration of form, texture, and color. The work is divided into angular, geometr...
Category
1980s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"Porcelain Doll in a Ballet Dream", Painting by Santini Poncini
Located in Pasadena, CA
Some artists immediately stand out for the singularity of their work. While very little is known about the 20th-century French painter Santini Poncini,...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
"The Doll and The Circus" Oil Portrait Painting by Santini Poncini
Located in Pasadena, CA
Some artists immediately stand out for the singularity of their work. Although little is known about the 20th-century French painter Santini Poncini, h...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Two Clowns" Mixed Media and Oil Portrait by Ozz Franca
By Ozz Franca
Located in Pasadena, CA
Brazilian artist Ozz Franca reflects on performance, identity, and detachment in this mixed-media composition. Two figures dominate the central space: a Pierrot and a figure whose fa...
Category
1970s Symbolist Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil
Mid-Century Horizontal Colorful Acrylic Nude by Cindy
Located in Pasadena, CA
The artist Cindy presents a timeless engagement with this nude in its original frame. From Titian's Venus of Urbino to Matisse's Odalisques, the reclining figure has long served as a...
Category
Late 20th Century Post-Modern Nude Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"By The Beach" Satirical Drawing by Michael Dormer
Located in Pasadena, CA
Original and whimsical drawing of a peaceful island life scene, treated with a humorous tone. The composition presents a joyful figure standing mid-calf in the water, her arms raised to the sky, as if embracing and thanking the sunny horizon and the serenity this moment brings her. In the foreground, on the left, stretches a landscape framed by lush tropical foliage, delicately rendered in soft greens, blues, and yellows, dotted with flowers evoking idyllic, fantasized landscapes of distant islands.
The key character, wearing diving goggles, is dressed in a skirt of banana leaves à la Robinson Crusoe—his only outfit, suggesting that without it, he’d likely be in nothing but his birthday suit. Alone in the world, or nearly, as a rooster and a little pig seem to delight in the spectacle of this happy man, adding an almost surreal narrative touch, worthy of a storybook. The palm trees and vibrant flowers are carefully illustrated, providing a rich, natural backdrop without overshadowing the main figure, the placid ocean, and the unperturbed horizon line. The sun, hanging low in a clear sky, bathes the entire scene in warm light, capturing a moment of harmony suspended in time.
Michael Dormer was an American fine artist, writer, songwriter, entrepreneur, and creator of the 1960s TV show Shrimpenstein. Highly influential in California surf culture...
Category
1980s Post-Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Minimalist Line Drawing Girl Portrait as homage to Picasso
s Head of a Woman
Located in Pasadena, CA
This contemporary, minimalist, and naïve portrait invites us to reconnect with our inner child—an aspect of ourselves that delights in joy, wonder, and surprise, free from the constr...
Category
1990s Post-Minimalist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Permanent Marker
Large Orange And Black Abstract Expressionist Painting by Shirley Bleviss
Located in Pasadena, CA
This vast abstract canvas stages a confrontation between shapes and colors, evoking the hues of autumn leaves. It is crossed by a dark, horizontal band, like a slash cleaving the spa...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"Erased Painting" Yellow and Black Acrylic Abstract by Christopher Divicente
Located in Pasadena, CA
This artwork by the interdisciplinary artist Chris Di Vincente presents an exploration of space and texture, floating between abstraction and the unknown. The choice of colors—primar...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Black and Orange Mixed Media Expressionist Abstract by Shirley Bleviss
Located in Pasadena, CA
Upon first seeing this mixed media piece by Shirley Bleviss, its layered forms, colors, and textures pull us to the heart of abstraction’s mysteries. Her work, composed primarily of ...
Category
1970s Abstract Expressionist Mixed Media
Materials
Oil
Mid-century Abstract Orange and Yellow Tapestry by Arcemont
Located in Pasadena, CA
This textile work, signed by Arcemont, presents a delicate and intimate approach to mixed media, where each element is imbued with a poetic intention. Rather than simply gluing piece...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Geometric Mixed Media
Materials
Tapestry
"Purple Spirals" Abstract Geometric Gouache by Wesley Johnson
By Wesley Johnson
Located in Pasadena, CA
Purple Spirals is an abstract geometric gouache artwork by Californian artist Wesley Johnson, tuned into the profound layers of its vibrations.
At first glance, the composition reso...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache
"Ethetic Influence" Colorful Abstract Geometric by Ron Childers
Located in Pasadena, CA
Ron Childers’ works represent a series of artistic experiments, with each piece highlighting a distinct approach and technique in painting. This piece's central grid of interlocking ...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache
“Harbor Stories: The Pulse of Pier 12” Continuous Narrative Acrylic Painting
Located in Pasadena, CA
“Harbor Stories: The Pulse of Pier 12” illustrates a dynamic specific to narrative painting, embodying a visual crossroads of individual and collective stories within an effervescen...
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"Parisian Bridge by the Eiffel Tower" Landscape Lithograph by Bernard Buffet
By Bernard Buffet
Located in Pasadena, CA
When we mention Bernard Buffet, we instinctively think of his tortured portraits and dark representations of human emotions. However, his work presents a much richer and more complex dimension, such as this less conventional canvas, which, instead of focusing on characters, captures a Parisian scene in a landscape format. In this work, a view of the Seine and the sky, a fragment of the Eiffel Tower blending into a green that seems largely fantasized, a bridge and a total absence of human figures launch the viewer into a visual meditation of the secrets that reside at the heart of the City of Lights.
The artist uses black not simply as a color but as a proper tool for sculpting. Shapes are drawn and delineated, contrasting with washed-out colors such as blue and green. Black symbolizes the mystery and inaccessibility of the emotions that the artist seeks to express. Unlike his other works, adding characters to tell a story, Buffet, with this piece, appears more interested in the elements and structural aspects of the composition itself.
Buffet succeeds in establishing a link between the observer and the piece represented. The Eiffel Tower and the bridge become the keepers of secrets, frameworks that bear the weight of Paris's history. The river mirrors...
Category
1960s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Lithograph
"Christo Reaction" Beachscape Acrylic on 5 Panels by John “Nelson” Richardson
By J. Richardson
Located in Pasadena, CA
Art serves as a window into imaginary worlds that reflect a tangible reality shaped by the artist’s hand. Nelson Richardson’s Christo Reaction is a witness work that belongs to the l...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Wood Panel
Pair of Waikiki Bay Landscape Oil Paintings
Located in Pasadena, CA
Capturing the essence of Waikiki Bay, a visual symbol of Hawaii situated in Honolulu on the southern coast of Oahu, this pair of landscape-format oil paintings features the iconic trio of palm trees...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Abstract Serigraphy By Vahan P. Amadouni
Located in Pasadena, CA
Vahan P. Amadouni is an artist whose work has found critical acceptance both in Europe, the United States and the Mideast. Born in ancient Armenia in June 1933, he took his early sc...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Lithograph
"Cheeky Boy in the Crowd" Colorful Acrylic on Canvas by Deanne Mineau
Located in Pasadena, CA
After many years of study and creation, Deanne Mineau's work has taken a distinctive turn towards expressionism. This shift allows her to offer a more emotional and subjective world ...
Category
1970s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"Cycles of Life" Large Modern Framed Watercolor Painting by Clifford Kluge
Located in Pasadena, CA
In its endless manifestations, art occupies a unique realm in humanity's quest to express and understand both the existing and the abstract. One of its profound vehicles is painting,...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
"The Bridge over the Seine Near Argenteuil" Oil Reproduction after Claude Monet
By (after) Claude Monet
Located in Pasadena, CA
This framed reproduction of Claude Monet's immensely popular painting, “The Bridge Over The Seine Near Argenteuil,” comes with a certificate of authenticity on the back and is numbered 1102, making it interesting for several reasons.
The artagraphic process used to produce this work in a limited edition of 2900 is considered the state-of-the-art in art reproduction and the most respectful approach to reproducing a painting by a master. In three steps, this technique creates a 3D replica of an original oil painting's color and surface texture. Colors are scanned with a digital laser and then printed separately using oil-based inks on a single sheet. A mold is created from the original painting to reproduce its surface texture and bas-relief brushstrokes. Unlike lithographs and serigraphs, there is a palpable material and relief if you run your fingers over the surface.
At the Impressionist group's first exhibition in 1874, Claude Monet demonstrated his deep interest in the motif by working on seven depictions of the Argenteuil bridge and four of the railroad bridge upstream. The artwork depicts Monet's immediate impressions of the scene rather than offering detailed realism. In these series, moored sailboats occupy the foreground, while the fluidity of the river melts harmoniously with the geometrically contrasted presence of the bridge and its imposing pillars. Monet manipulates his palette and complementary color schemes to create the illusion of light and movement through small, separate, and visible brushstrokes, making it one of the artist's most recognizable signatures. The painting displays a diversity of styles, with some elements more solid, having strong and distinct lines and structured forms defined by firm contours, while the water and the sky in the background give off an impression of moving space, floating, and ripples.
An original painting of the series can be seen at Musée d'Orsay in Paris, France...
Category
Late 19th Century Impressionist Landscape Prints
Materials
Ink, Oil
$1,760 Sale Price
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Watercolor Portrait of a Soldier in a Large Black Frame
Located in Pasadena, CA
In this watercolor portrait, framed in a large black frame, the viewer is captivated by the three-quarter head depiction of a middle-aged soldier. Th...
Category
Mid-20th Century Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Abstract signed and dated Acrylic Painting in Metal Frame
Located in Pasadena, CA
An abstract landscape painting on board, signed and dated '91 in the lower right, presented in a black metal frame.
The black in this painting, far from being a void or absence, re...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Metal
"Fishboats by the Hills" Colorful Watercolor Landscape by Ryan
Located in Pasadena, CA
Densely colored watercolor from 1969, signed by Ryan, depicting two fishing boats in a dry dock. The small trawlers are lifted onto the hardstand regularly so that the submerged part...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
"Three Musicians" Midcentury Oil Painting by Maurice Saint-Lou
Located in Pasadena, CA
This painting is dated 1969 and signed by the artist Saint-Lou.
The painting depicts three musicians with flowing hair, playing the clarinet, trumpet, and accordion. The stylistic a...
Category
1660s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
$538 Sale Price
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Gild Starbust Wall Sculpture in Brass by Curtis Jere
By Curtis Jeré
Located in Pasadena, CA
This Gild Starburst Wall Sculpture by Curtis Jere features a starburst design. The sculpture showcases an array of slender brass needles extending outward from a central point, creat...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Brass
"Phoenix" Lithograph by Richard Proctor
Located in Pasadena, CA
An exploration into symbolism and color for this lithograph numbered 2/60, signed and dated by Richard Proctor. The artist, whose work we regularly feature, offers us a dazzling illu...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
