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Item Ships From: Pennsylvania
Study for Butterfly Couple, Study for Kuppenheimer Clothing Advertisement
By Joseph Christian Leyendecker
Located in Fort Washington, PA
A stunning study for a 1920s Kuppenheimer clothing advertisement featuring a fashionably-dressed couple kneeling in an embrace before a pair of ...
Category

1920s Pennsylvania - Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Blank
Located in Dallas, TX
ink on rice paper
Category

2010s Abstract Expressionist Pennsylvania - Art

Materials

Ink, Rice Paper

"Costume Armature", Reinforced Plaster Sculpture, Portrait, Altered Human Figure
By Jedediah Morfit
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Costume Armature" is an original piece by Jedediah Morfit made from fiberglass, reinforced plaster, paint, and wood. This piece measures 20.25"h x 24.25"w x 2.75"d framed, and is sh...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pennsylvania - Art

Materials

Fiberglass, Plaster, Wood, Paint

“Untitled, 1966” Feminist Mixed Media Collage Ribbons Wrapping Paper Film
Located in Yardley, PA
“Untitled, 1966” by Carolee Schneemann (American, 1939-2019) A rare, early collage by Carolee Schneemann composed of ribbons, film, and gift-wrapping paper. The piece is an explosio...
Category

1960s Feminist Pennsylvania - Art

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media, Other Medium

Interdimensional Aberation
By Jason Chen
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Interdimensional Abberation" is an original artwork made from hand-woven archival pigment print by Jason Chen. This piece measures 41"h x 31"w.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pennsylvania - Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Men Reading the Newspaper
By Arthur Burdett Frost
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Story illustration, image of a man reading the newspaper surrounded by other men. Arthur Burdett Frost was our best illustrator of rural Ameri...
Category

19th Century Other Art Style Pennsylvania - Art

Materials

Watercolor

Orchid Star
By Roxana Azar
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This figurative sculpture titled "Orchid Star" is an original artwork by Roxana Azar made of UV print on acrylic. The piece measures approximately 8"h x 7.5"w. Roxana Azar uses a com...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pennsylvania - Art

Materials

Lucite, Pigment

"Oceans Apart", Sewn Mixed Media, Child Figure, Portrait, Textiles, City Scape
By Eustace Mamba
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Oceans Apart" is a piece by Eustace Mamba made from sewn mixed media. This piece measures 24"h x 30"w unframed. "Black Subjectivity and Afro-Pessimism continue to influence my art...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pennsylvania - Art

Materials

Textile, Paint, Mixed Media

Saint Vitus Architeuthis Manalishi with the Seven Tentacle Crown
By Hunter Stabler
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Saint Vitus Architeuthis Manalishi with the Seven Tentacle Crown" by Hunter Stabler is an original ink and graphite on hand-cut paper layered piece mounted to plexiglass. The piece ships in the pictured wood frame and measures 44"h x 44"w. Hunter Stabler was born in Jefferson City, Missouri and was raised in upstate South Carolina. He received a BFA in painting from The Maryland Institute, College of Art and an MFA in painting from the University of Pennsylvania. He is currently pursuing an MFA in Digital Art at Louisiana State University. His work has been widely exhibited across the United States and internationally including exhibitions at the Morbid Anatomy Museum in Brooklyn, NY, The Shelburne Art Museum in Shelburne, VT, the Hunterdon Art Museum in Clinton, NJ, and the Islip Art Museum in East Islip, NY. His hand-cut paper artwork has been published in the books High Touch: Tactile Design and Visual Explorations, Push Paper, Strangers in the Nest (a book of Poems by Anselm Berrigan, Letterpress printed with images accompanying each poem), and published in Laminate Magazine, First Look Magazine, and American Craft Magazine. He was named “Philadelphia’s Next Hot Artist...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pennsylvania - Art

Materials

Plexiglass, Archival Ink, Mixed Media, Archival Paper, Graphite

Baltimore Oriole
By Nayan and Venus
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Baltimore Oriole" is an original watercolor and layered hand-cut paper artwork by Nayan and Vaishali measuring 10.25”h x 10.25”w framed
. Vaishali ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pennsylvania - Art

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

"Petroleum Bubble Sunsets" Custom ALIFE sneakers, Abstract dimensional paint
By PJ Linden
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Petroleum Bubble Sunsets (pair)" is an original artwork by PJ Linden and is made from dimensional paint on ALIFE Leather Suede Sneakers. This piece measures 6.5"h x 8.5'w 11"d each shoe. Linden uniquely refines the use of non-traditional mediums, such as the kitschy, dimensional fabric paint, oft-referred to as puff paint, seeking to transfigure the biological into the supernatural, as filtered through the prism of a consumerist culture predicated upon the synthetic and the mass-produced. Born 1985 Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. PJ Linden is a New York City and Pennsylvania-based fine artist known for her abstract, three-dimensional work. She paints with machine-like precision, creating microscopic patterns on found objects, fashion, and technology. Linden got her start working with Patricia Field, creating custom, one-of-a-kind art and fashion under the name Wonderpuss Octopus. At Field's iconic, namesake boutique, Linden's work caught the eye of celebrity clients including Beyonce, Willow Smith, Kelly Osborne, and Solange Knowles...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pennsylvania - Art

Materials

Leather, Paint, Found Objects, Textile

Holi powder Tantra painting #2 - Colorful abstract tantric stain painting
Located in Philadelphia, PA
'Holi powder Tantra painting #2' acrylic painting by contemporary artist Elisa Niva 36”x44” Acrylic and powder on cotton canvas One of the main inspir...
Category

2010s Abstract Pennsylvania - Art

Materials

Acrylic, Cotton Canvas

Shape Study
Located in Dallas, TX
graphite & ink on trace paper
Category

2010s Abstract Expressionist Pennsylvania - Art

Materials

Paper, Ink, Graphite

"Cornbread The King Of Graffiti Shield (Blue)", Acrylic on Street Sign, Graffiti
By Cornbread
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This artwork titled "Cornbread The King Of Graffiti Shield (Blue)" is an original artwork by Cornbread made of acrylic paint on a retired Amsterdam street sign. The piece measures 80...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pennsylvania - Art

Materials

Found Objects, Acrylic

Afghan Girl by Steve McCurry, 1984, Digital C-Print, Portrait Photography
By Steve McCurry
Located in Denton, TX
Afghan Girl by Steve McCurry is a 24 x 20 inch digital C-print on Fujiflex Crystal Archive Supergloss paper. One of Steve McCurry's most iconic images, this photograph features a you...
Category

1980s Contemporary Pennsylvania - Art

Materials

Digital

"J.P. s Trip", Abstract Patterns, Geometric Abstraction, Woodcut Monoprint
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "J.P.'s Trip" is an original piece by Alexis Nutini and is made from a woodcut and and found object stencil monoprint mounted on panel ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pennsylvania - Art

Materials

Found Objects, Panel, Monoprint, Woodcut, Paper

"Zentai Peace Suit" Framed acrylic, dimensional paint, lycra, foam on velvet
By PJ Linden
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Zentai Peace Suit" is an original artwork by PJ Linden and is made from acrylic, dimensional paint, lycra, and foam on velvet. This piece measures 31”h x 24.75”w x...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pennsylvania - Art

Materials

Textile, Foam, Paint, Acrylic

"BEACH CIGS" Assemblage cigarette sculpture
By Jim Houser
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "BEACH CIGS" is an original painted sculpture by Jim Houser made of assembled objects. This piece measures approximately 7”h x 12”w x 3.5”d. It includes the pictured cigarette...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pennsylvania - Art

Materials

Found Objects, Acrylic

“Still Life, 1936” by Katharine "Kitty" Duff Church British Modern Oil Signed
Located in Yardley, PA
“Still Life, 1936” by Katharine "Kitty" Duff Church (British, 1910-1999). This large, early painting by Katherine Church is among her finest canvases of the period. Characterized by its bold color palette, simplified forms, and expressive brushwork, this composition centers around a tabletop adorned with various objects: potted plants, a ceramic dish, bottles, and what appear to be books or papers. The two potted plants provide contrasting elements: on the left, what appears to be a cyclamen with red blossoms and delicate leaves, and on the right, a lush green plant with darker foliage. These plants, painted with loose, textured strokes, add an organic quality to the otherwise structured arrangement. The tabletop is cluttered yet thoughtfully composed, featuring additional objects like a clear, faceted glass bowl, a small bottle, and books or pads in striking red and green. The dynamic use of color blocks and the juxtaposition of shapes (round pots against rectangular books) create a sense of rhythm and harmony. The background is darker and less defined, emphasizing the brightly lit tabletop. Church's brushwork is gestural and modernist, leaning toward abstraction, challenging traditional still life conventions. This painting reflects Church’s interest in balancing everyday objects with bold artistic expression. It conveys both the simplicity and complexity of daily life, transforming an ordinary moment into a vibrant and engaging work of art. This work is oil on canvas and is signed and dated in the lower right. It is housed in its original gessoed frame and retains various labels and inscriptions on the reverse. Size: 28.25 inches tall by 36 inches wide (painting) 34 inches tall by 42 inches wide by 2 inches deep (frame) Provenance: Private collection, NY; Acquired from the above About the artist: Born in Highgate, north London, Katharine Church, known as ‘Kitty’ amongst friends and family, always wanted to paint. She trained at the Royal Academy of Arts between 1930-1933 and at the Slade between 1933 and 1934. In her early years Kitty exhibited regularly at the Royal Academy. Her first solo exhibition was in 1933 at the Wertheim Gallery. Other artists who exhibited there included Christopher Wood, Victor Pasmore and Cedric Morris. Kitty also showed with the New English Art Club, the London Group and between 1937-1947 her work was exhibited at the influential Lefevre Gallery, which supported avant-garde artists such as Henry Moore, Ben Nicholson and Barbara Hepworth. In 1954 the artist was invited to take part in the Figures in their setting exhibition held at the Tate Gallery. Henry Tonks and Philip Wilson Steer had a strong influence on Kitty’s early work, but it was her friendship with Ivon Hitchens that liberated her painting technique. In 1936 Kitty married Anthony West, the son of writers Rebecca West and H.G. Wells. The couple initially lived in London before moving to Quarry Farm, Chicksgrove, Tisbury, near Salisbury, where they brought up their children Caroline and Edmund. There they hosted many of their friends, including the New Zealand painter Frances Hodgkins. Other regular visitors before the War included John and Mywafany Piper, Ralph and Frances Partridge, Noel and Catharine Carrington, Julian Trevelyan and Mary Fedden. For many of those who visited Kitty would organise painting expeditions. After the war Kitty and Anthony separated, with Anthony moving to the United States. Anthony West moved to the United States to work as a journalist for The New Yorker. In the early years after their parting Kitty visited most years with the children. In the 1960s Kitty purchased Sutton House and ran the Hambledon Gallery at Blandford Forum. There she promoted the work of her early art-school friends Mary Fedden and Julian Trevelyan, alongside work by the Pipers, John Craxton...
Category

1930s Modern Pennsylvania - Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Portrait of Peggy Hoyt in Art Nouveau Hat
By Charles Sheldon
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Gravure Full Page in Woman's Home Companion Magazine A wonderful and very detailed full page art supplement for the September 1922 issue of the Woman's Home Companion. Charles Sheldon's exquisitely detailed portrait of fashion designer Peggy Hoyt...
Category

1920s Pennsylvania - Art

Materials

Charcoal, Pencil

Bonus Zone
By Luke O Sullivan
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Bonus Zone" is an original artwork made from screenprinting on wood by Luke O'Sullivan. This piece measures 33”h x 9”w x 9"d "Surprise and luck are always present...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pennsylvania - Art

Materials

Wood, Screen

"Buddha Egg" Miniature, dimensional paint on aventurine glass
By PJ Linden
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Buddha Egg" is an freestanding sculpture original artwork by PJ Linden and is made from dimensional paint on aventurine glass. This piece measures 5”h x 2.5”w x 2....
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pennsylvania - Art

Materials

Glass, Paint, Precious Stone

Short Shift
By Lauren Rinaldi
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Short Shrift" is an original artwork made from oil on panel by Lauren Rinaldi. This piece measures 7”h x 5”w. Lauren Rinaldi (b. 1983, Brooklyn, NY) is an America...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pennsylvania - Art

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

"Fuzzy Slippers" Cityscape, Nostalgia, Urban scene, Acrylic on Panel
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Fuzzy Slippers" is an original piece by Branche Coverdale and is made from acrylic gouache on wood panel. This piece measures 36"h...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pennsylvania - Art

Materials

Acrylic, Gouache, Wood Panel

The Joy of Spring, American Impressionist Landscape, Farm Scene, Oil on Canvas
By Albert Van Nesse Greene
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Joy of Spring" is an Impressionist landscape with houses and blooming springtime trees by American painter Albert Van Nesse Greene. The painting is a 18.25" x 22.25" oil on canvas, ...
Category

Early 20th Century American Impressionist Pennsylvania - Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The War of Independence
By Katherine Fraser
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"The War of Independence" is an original oil painting on canvas by Katherine Fraser in a handmade wood frame measuring fifty-nine inches in height ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pennsylvania - Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"To Place" Artist-Made Coffee Table in B&W Abstract Ink/Brushstroke Design
By Jason Andrew Turner
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "To Place" is an original artwork by Jason Andrew Turner made of acrylic on MDF. This piece measures approximately 17.5"h x 49"w x 14.5"d. Jason Andrew Turner (b. ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pennsylvania - Art

Materials

Wood, Acrylic

"WRN", Blue, Red, and White Collage on Panel
By Jim Houser
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This blue, red, and white wall-hanging artwork titled "WRN" is an original artwork by Jim Houser made of collage on panel. This piece measures 4"h x 4"w and is shipped in the picture...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pennsylvania - Art

Materials

Paper, Panel

"Jake Yeager Untitled 06" aerosol and screenprint, skulls and animalia
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Jake Yeager Untitled 6" is an original artwork by Jake Yeager and is made from spray paint and screenprint. This piece measures 24”h x 18”w. Founded in 1997 at 10...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pennsylvania - Art

Materials

Paper, Spray Paint, Screen

Harpy Eagle
By Nayan and Venus
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Harpy Eagle" is an original watercolor and layered hand-cut paper artwork by Nayan and Vaishali measuring 8”h x 8”w framed
. Vaishali is an illustrator a...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pennsylvania - Art

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

"Sunday Mornings" textile sculpture, oversized putty and comic strip
By Sarah Detweiler
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Sunday Mornings" is an original piece by Sarah Detweiler made from acrylic paint and photo transfer on memory foam-stuffed leather; printed cotton. This piece measures approximately...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pennsylvania - Art

Materials

Leather, Cotton, Foam, Acrylic

"WELCOME TO MY BOOK COLLECTION" Vibrant Assemblage, Still life sculpture
By Jim Houser
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "WELCOME TO MY BOOK COLLECTION" is an original artwork by Jim Houser and is made of assembled objects. This piece measures approximately 2...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pennsylvania - Art

Materials

Found Objects, Acrylic

"Elvis", Denied Andy Warhol Silver Black Pop Art Painting by Charles Lutz
By Charles Lutz
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Elvis, Metallic Silver and Black Full Length Silkscreen Painting by Charles Lutz Silkscreen and silver enamel painted on vintage 1960's era linen with Artist's Denied stamp of the Andy Warhol Art Authentication Board. 82" x 40" inches 2010 Lutz's 2007 ''Warhol Denied'' series gained international attention by calling into question the importance of originality or lack thereof in the work of Andy Warhol. The authentication/denial process of the [[Andy Warhol Art Authentication Board]] was used to create value by submitting recreations of Warhol works for judgment with the full intention for the works to be formally marked "DENIED". The final product of the conceptual project being "officially denied" "Warhol" paintings authored by Lutz. Based on the full-length Elvis Presley paintings by Pop Artist Andy Warhol in 1964, this is likely one of his most iconic images, next to Campbell's Soup Cans and portraits of Jackie Kennedy, Marilyn Monroe, Liz Taylor, and Marlon Brando. This is the rarest of the Elvis works from the series, as Lutz sourced a vintage roll of 1960's primed artist linen which was used for this one Elvis. The silkscreen, like Warhol's embraced imperfections, like the slight double image printing of the Elvis image. Lutz received his BFA in Painting and Art History from Pratt Institute and studied Human Dissection and Anatomy at Columbia University, New York. Lutz's work deals with perceptions and value structures, specifically the idea of the transference of values. Lutz's most recently presented an installation of new sculptures dealing with consumerism at Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater House in 2022. Lutz's 2007 Warhol Denied series received international attention calling into question the importance of originality in a work of art. The valuation process (authentication or denial) of the Andy Warhol Art Authentication Board was used by the artist to create value by submitting recreations of Warhol works for judgment, with the full intention for the works to be formally marked "DENIED" of their authenticity. The final product of this conceptual project is "Officially DENIED" "Warhol" paintings authored by Lutz. Later in 2013, Lutz went on to do one of his largest public installations to date. At the 100th Anniversary of Marcel Duchamp's groundbreaking and controversial Armory Show, Lutz was asked by the curator of Armory Focus: USA and former Director of The Andy Warhol Museum, Eric Shiner to create a site-specific installation representing the US. The installation "Babel" (based on Pieter Bruegel's famous painting) consisted of 1500 cardboard replicas of Warhol's Brillo Box (Stockholm Type) stacked 20 ft tall. All 1500 boxes were then given to the public freely, debasing the Brillo Box as an art commodity by removing its value, in addition to debasing its willing consumers. Elvis was "the greatest cultural force in the Twentieth Century. He introduced the beat to everything, and he changed everything - music, language, clothes, it's a whole new social revolution." Leonard Bernstein in: Exh. Cat., Boston, The Institute of Contemporary Art and traveling, Elvis + Marilyn 2 x Immortal, 1994-97, p. 9. Andy Warhol "quite simply changed how we all see the world around us." Kynaston McShine in: Exh. Cat., New York, Museum of Modern Art (and traveling), Andy Warhol: Retrospective, 1996, p. 13. In the summer of 1963 Elvis Presley was just twenty-eight years old but already a legend of his time. During the preceding seven years - since Heartbreak Hotel became the biggest-selling record of 1956 - he had recorded seventeen number-one singles and seven number-one albums; starred in eleven films, countless national TV appearances, tours, and live performances; earned tens of millions of dollars; and was instantly recognized across the globe. The undisputed King of Rock and Roll, Elvis was the biggest star alive: a cultural phenomenon of mythic proportions apparently no longer confined to the man alone. As the eminent composer Leonard Bernstein put it, Elvis was "the greatest cultural force in the Twentieth Century. He introduced the beat to everything, and he changed everything - music, language, clothes, it's a whole new social revolution." (Exh. Cat., Boston, The Institute of Contemporary Art (and traveling), Elvis + Marilyn 2 x Immortal, 1994, p. 9). In the summer of 1963 Andy Warhol was thirty-four years old and transforming the parameters of visual culture in America. The focus of his signature silkscreen was leveled at subjects he brilliantly perceived as the most important concerns of day to day contemporary life. By appropriating the visual vernacular of consumer culture and multiplying readymade images gleaned from newspapers, magazines and advertising, he turned a mirror onto the contradictions behind quotidian existence. Above all else he was obsessed with themes of celebrity and death, executing intensely multifaceted and complex works in series that continue to resound with universal relevance. His unprecedented practice re-presented how society viewed itself, simultaneously reinforcing and radically undermining the collective psychology of popular culture. He epitomized the tide of change that swept through the 1960s and, as Kynaston McShine has concisely stated, "He quite simply changed how we all see the world around us." (Exh. Cat., New York, Museum of Modern Art (and traveling), Andy Warhol: Retrospective, 1996, p. 13). Thus in the summer of 1963 there could not have been a more perfect alignment of artist and subject than Warhol and Elvis. Perhaps the most famous depiction of the biggest superstar by the original superstar artist, Double Elvis is a historic paradigm of Pop Art from a breath-taking moment in Art History. With devastating immediacy and efficiency, Warhol's canvas seduces our view with a stunning aesthetic and confronts our experience with a sophisticated array of thematic content. Not only is there all of Elvis, man and legend, but we are also presented with the specter of death, staring at us down the barrel of a gun; and the lone cowboy, confronting the great frontier and the American dream. The spray painted silver screen denotes the glamour and glory of cinema, the artificiality of fantasy, and the idea of a mirror that reveals our own reality back to us. At the same time, Warhol's replication of Elvis' image as a double stands as metaphor for the means and effects of mass-media and its inherent potential to manipulate and condition. These thematic strata function in simultaneous concert to deliver a work of phenomenal conceptual brilliance. The portrait of a man, the portrait of a country, and the portrait of a time, Double Elvis is an indisputable icon for our age. The source image was a publicity still for the movie Flaming Star, starring Presley as the character Pacer Burton and directed by Don Siegel in 1960. The film was originally intended as a vehicle for Marlon Brando and produced by David Weisbart, who had made James Dean's Rebel Without a Cause in 1955. It was the first of two Twentieth Century Fox productions Presley was contracted to by his manager Colonel Tom Parker, determined to make the singer a movie star. For the compulsive movie-fan Warhol, the sheer power of Elvis wielding a revolver as the reluctant gunslinger presented the zenith of subject matter: ultimate celebrity invested with the ultimate power to issue death. Warhol's Elvis is physically larger than life and wears the expression that catapulted him into a million hearts: inexplicably and all at once fearful and resolute; vulnerable and predatory; innocent and explicit. It is the look of David Halberstam's observation that "Elvis Presley was an American original, the rebel as mother's boy, alternately sweet and sullen, ready on demand to be either respectable or rebellious." (Exh. Cat., Boston, Op. Cit.). Indeed, amidst Warhol's art there is only one other subject whose character so ethereally defies categorization and who so acutely conflated total fame with the inevitability of mortality. In Warhol's work, only Elvis and Marilyn harness a pictorial magnetism of mythic proportions. With Marilyn Monroe, whom Warhol depicted immediately after her premature death in August 1962, he discovered a memento mori to unite the obsessions driving his career: glamour, beauty, fame, and death. As a star of the silver screen and the definitive international sex symbol, Marilyn epitomized the unattainable essence of superstardom that Warhol craved. Just as there was no question in 1963, there remains still none today that the male equivalent to Marilyn is Elvis. However, despite his famous 1968 adage, "If you want to know all about Andy Warhol, just look at the surface of my paintings" Warhol's fascination held purpose far beyond mere idolization. As Rainer Crone explained in 1970, Warhol was interested in movie stars above all else because they were "people who could justifiably be seen as the nearest thing to representatives of mass culture." (Rainer Crone, Andy Warhol, New York, 1970, p. 22). Warhol was singularly drawn to the idols of Elvis and Marilyn, as he was to Marlon Brando and Liz Taylor, because he implicitly understood the concurrence between the projection of their image and the projection of their brand. Some years after the present work he wrote, "In the early days of film, fans used to idolize a whole star - they would take one star and love everything about that star...So you should always have a product that's not just 'you.' An actress should count up her plays and movies and a model should count up her photographs and a writer should count up his words and an artist should count up his pictures so you always know exactly what you're worth, and you don't get stuck thinking your product is you and your fame, and your aura." (Andy Warhol, The Philosophy of Andy Warhol (From A to B and Back Again), San Diego, New York and London, 1977, p. 86). The film stars of the late 1950s and early 1960s that most obsessed Warhol embodied tectonic shifts in wider cultural and societal values. In 1971 John Coplans argued that Warhol was transfixed by the subject of Elvis, and to a lesser degree by Marlon Brando and James Dean, because they were "authentically creative, and not merely products of Hollywood's fantasy or commercialism. All three had originative lives, and therefore are strong personalities; all three raised - at one level or another - important questions as to the quality of life in America and the nature of its freedoms. Implicit in their attitude is a condemnation of society and its ways; they project an image of the necessity for the individual to search for his own future, not passively, but aggressively, with commitment and passion." (John Coplans, "Andy Warhol and Elvis Presley," Studio International, vol. 181, no. 930, February 1971, pp. 51-52). However, while Warhol unquestionably adored these idols as transformative heralds, the suggestion that his paintings of Elvis are uncritical of a generated public image issued for mass consumption fails to appreciate the acuity of his specific re-presentation of the King. As with Marilyn, Liz and Marlon, Warhol instinctively understood the Elvis brand as an industrialized construct, designed for mass consumption like a Coca-Cola bottle or Campbell's Soup Can, and radically revealed it as a precisely composed non-reality. Of course Elvis offered Warhol the biggest brand of all, and he accentuates this by choosing a manifestly contrived version of Elvis-the-film-star, rather than the raw genius of Elvis as performing Rock n' Roll pioneer. A few months prior to the present work he had silkscreened Elvis' brooding visage in a small cycle of works based on a simple headshot, including Red Elvis, but the absence of context in these works minimizes the critical potency that is so present in Double Elvis. With Double Elvis we are confronted by a figure so familiar to us, yet playing a role relating to violence and death that is entirely at odds with the associations entrenched with the singer's renowned love songs. Although we may think this version of Elvis makes sense, it is the overwhelming power of the totemic cipher of the Elvis legend that means we might not even question why he is pointing a gun rather than a guitar. Thus Warhol interrogates the limits of the popular visual vernacular, posing vital questions of collective perception and cognition in contemporary society. The notion that this self-determinedly iconic painting shows an artificial paradigm is compounded by Warhol's enlistment of a reflective metallic surface, a treatment he reserved for his most important portraits of Elvis, Marilyn, Marlon and Liz. Here the synthetic chemical silver paint becomes allegory for the manufacture of the Elvis product, and directly anticipates the artist's 1968 statement: "Everything is sort of artificial. I don't know where the artificial stops and the real starts. The artificial fascinates me, the bright and shiny..." (Artist quoted in Exh. Cat., Stockholm, Moderna Museet and traveling, Andy Warhol, 1968, n.p.). At the same time, the shiny silver paint of Double Elvis unquestionably denotes the glamour of the silver screen and the attractive fantasies of cinema. At exactly this time in the summer of 1963 Warhol bought his first movie camera and produced his first films such as Sleep, Kiss and Tarzan and Jane Regained. Although the absence of plot or narrative convention in these movies was a purposely anti-Hollywood gesture, the unattainability of classic movie stardom still held profound allure and resonance for Warhol. He remained a celebrity and film fanatic, and it was exactly this addiction that so qualifies his sensational critique of the industry machinations behind the stars he adored. Double Elvis was executed less than eighteen months after he had created 32 Campbell's Soup Cans for his immortal show at the Ferus Gallery, Los Angeles in July and August 1962, and which is famously housed in the Museum of Modern Art, New York. In the intervening period he had produced the series Dollar Bills, Coca-Cola Bottles, Suicides, Disasters, and Silver Electric Chairs, all in addition to the portrait cycles of Marilyn and Liz. This explosive outpouring of astonishing artistic invention stands as definitive testament to Warhol's aptitude to seize the most potent images of his time. He recognized that not only the product itself, but also the means of consumption - in this case society's abandoned deification of Elvis - was symptomatic of a new mode of existence. As Heiner Bastian has precisely summated: "the aura of utterly affirmative idolization already stands as a stereotype of a 'consumer-goods style' expression of an American way of life and of the mass-media culture of a nation." (Exh. Cat., Berlin, Neue Nationalgalerie (and traveling), Andy Warhol: Retrospective, 2001, p. 28). For Warhol, the act of image replication and multiplication anaesthetized the effect of the subject, and while he had undermined the potency of wealth in 200 One Dollar Bills, and cheated the terror of death by electric chair in Silver Disaster # 6, the proliferation of Elvis here emasculates a prefabricated version of character authenticity. Here the cinematic quality of variety within unity is apparent in the degrees to which Presley's arm and gun become less visible to the left of the canvas. The sense of movement is further enhanced by a sense of receding depth as the viewer is presented with the ghost like repetition of the figure in the left of the canvas, a 'jump effect' in the screening process that would be replicated in the multiple Elvis paintings. The seriality of the image heightens the sense of a moving image, displayed for us like the unwinding of a reel of film. Elvis was central to Warhol's legendary solo exhibition organized by Irving Blum at the Ferus Gallery in the Fall of 1963 - the show having been conceived around the Elvis paintings since at least May of that year. A well-known installation photograph shows the present work prominently presented among the constant reel of canvases, designed to fill the space as a filmic diorama. While the Elvis canvases...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Pennsylvania - Art

Materials

Enamel

"Popular Item" Paper collage, hand-embroidery, sushi, rice motif
By Kelly Kozma
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Popular Item" is an original artwork made from collage, hand embroidery, and latex paint on canvas by Kelly Kozma. This piece is shipped in the pictured white frame and measures 6"h x 6"w framed. The catalyst for this new body of work was a jar of leftover magazine cutouts from a collage I made in 2010. Reusing leftover materials as well repurposing items that might end up thrown away, has become a very important part of my process the past decade. Stumbling across this jar of coin sized images that had waited patiently on a shelf for 12 years, ignited my creative process and drove me to explore collage in a new way. Unlike the piece from 2010 in which I assembled the images by piecing them together, I decided to examine each individual cut out on its on. By removing the image from any other context it allows you to focus solely on its meaning, purpose or feelings that it may evoke. Each image is embedded in a field of French knots which felt like a way of creating a time capsule of sorts for the object. Another inspiration behind this collection is my six year old son and his endless piles of sticks, stones, leaves, etc in our home. Only to him they aren’t sticks and stones, they are treasures. His ability to find a tiny twig or scrap of paper and not only cherish it but give it a backstory of why it is so special, is a beautiful thing and one I have tried to tap into with my new work. By placing a picture of a rubberband ball...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pennsylvania - Art

Materials

Thread, Paper

"Helene" Nude, Figurative, Miniature ink on wood, pendant
By Robert Kraiza
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This miniature drawing may be displayed on a wall or worn on a chain. Bio // ROBERT KRAIZA (pronounced: cry-zuh) is an illustrator and fine artist who lives and works in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He studied Media Arts and Animation at the Art Institute of Philadelphia. Interested in many media, he often paints in monochrome watercolor on a small scale, inspired by the Victorian era and whimsical dreams in both his art and personal aesthetic. Depicting fantasy worlds from the hidden life of nineteenth century witches to miniature children...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pennsylvania - Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Ink, Wood

Water Let in on a Field of Alfalfa
By Maxfield Parrish
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signed with initials M.P. (lower right); inscribed Article III. "Irrigation" water let in on a field of alfalfa (in the lower margin) Written on back "February of 1902. Hot Springs,...
Category

Early 1900s Pennsylvania - Art

Materials

Oil

New York Central Train, Railroad Painting
By Tony Fachet
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signature: Signed Lower Right and Dated ’88 Illustration of a New York Central train with the city in the background
Category

1980s Pennsylvania - Art

Materials

Oil, Panel

Weehawken Sequence
By John Marin
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Weehawken Sequence, c. 1910-16 Oil on canvas board, 9 x 12 inches (22.9 x 30.5 cm) Framed dimensions: 13 3/8 x 16 1/4 inches John Marin’s long and prolific career is best marked by ...
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20th Century American Modern Pennsylvania - Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Board

"Timesteps", Two Plate Intaglio Etching, Representation of Common Objects
By Katie VanVliet
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Timesteps" is an limited edition piece by Kate VanVliet and is made from two-plate etching with sugarlift, aquatint, drypoint on Rives BFK. This piece is an editio...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pennsylvania - Art

Materials

Paper, Drypoint, Etching, Aquatint, Intaglio

House Beautiful Cover Proposal. American Scene Social Realism Industrial WPA
By Antonio Petruccelli
Located in New York, NY
House Beautiful Cover Proposal. American Scene Social Realism Industrial WPA Antonio Petruccelli (1907 – 1994) Mixing Mortar 12 1/2 X 14 3/4 inche...
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1930s American Modern Pennsylvania - Art

Materials

Gouache, Board

Merry Christmas
By Jessie Willcox Smith
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Mixed Media on Paperboard Signature: Unsigned This piece was an advertisement for Lowney's Crest Chocolates. Edward Nudelman, Jessie Willcox Smith expert and biographer describes Merry Christmas: Two Children Before the Fireplace, “A wonderful mixed media painting by Jessie Willcox Smith, published as an advertisement for Lowney's Crest Chocolates, reminiscent of her paintings for Twas the Night...
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20th Century Pennsylvania - Art

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media, Board

"Portal to Bermuda print", Abstract, Assemblage, Digital Print
By Danielle Clough
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Portal to Bermuda" is a digital print by Danielle Clough. This piece measures 43.5" x 43.5" and is an edition of 22. The threads that link the ancient and the mod...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pennsylvania - Art

Materials

Digital

"The Garden" Abstract Brushstroke Painting of Landscape
By Jason Andrew Turner
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "The Garden" is an original artwork by Jason Andrew Turner made of acrylic on canvas. This piece measures approximately 36"h x 48"w. Jason Andrew Turner (b. 1982, ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pennsylvania - Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Fragmentation Installation Series No. 14
By Seth Clark
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Seth Clark's "Fragmentation Installation Series" is the newest series by the artist fresh from his studio. The series is comprised of 50 unique pieces total, this listing being one ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Pennsylvania - Art

Materials

Paper, Acrylic, Wood Panel

"Peek A Boo" Cityscape, acrylic gouache on Stonehenge rag paper
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Peek A Boo" is an original piece by Branche Coverdale and is made from acrylic gouache on Stonehenge rag paper. This piece measure...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pennsylvania - Art

Materials

Acrylic, Gouache, Rag Paper

"Pelvic Pelt" Abstract, dimensional paint on found object
By PJ Linden
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Pelvic Pelt" is an original artwork by PJ Linden and is made from dimensional paint on found object. This piece measures 22”h x 25”w x 6”d. Born 1985 Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. PJ Linden is a New York City and Pennsylvania-based fine artist known for her abstract, three-dimensional work. She paints with machine-like precision, creating microscopic patterns on found objects, fashion, and technology. Linden got her start working with Patricia Field, creating custom, one-of-a-kind art and fashion under the name Wonderpuss Octopus. At Field's iconic, namesake boutique, Linden's work caught the eye of celebrity clients including Beyonce, Willow Smith, Kelly Osborne, and Solange Knowles...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pennsylvania - Art

Materials

Paint, Found Objects

Double Intro 26: Acrylic and Spray Paint on Canvas
By Amanda Marie
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This painting titled "Double Intro 26" is an original artwork by Mando Marie made of acrylic, aerosol, and ink on canvas. It measures 29”h x 40.75”w framed...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pennsylvania - Art

Materials

Spray Paint, Acrylic, Pins

Jean-Michel Basquiat Oxidation Denied Andy Warhol Painting by Charles Lutz
By Charles Lutz
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Denied Warhol Jean-Michel Basquiat Silkscreen Painting on canvas by Charles Lutz Silkscreen and oxidized metal pigment in acrylic on canvas with artist's Denied stamp of the Andy War...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pennsylvania - Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Tammi s Tattered Handmade Paper
Located in Dallas, TX
ink on paper
Category

2010s Abstract Expressionist Pennsylvania - Art

Materials

Paper, Ink

Feelings
By Sarah Detweiler
Located in Philadelphia, PA
oil, rope, embroidery thread on canvas
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pennsylvania - Art

Materials

Canvas, Thread, Oil

"Pink Me Up" paper collage, hand-embroidery, french knot, blue and pink
By Kelly Kozma
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Pink Me Up" is an original artwork made from collage, hand embroidery, and latex paint on canvas by Kelly Kozma. This piece is shipped in the pictured white frame and measures 6"h x 6"w framed. The catalyst for this new body of work was a jar of leftover magazine cutouts from a collage I made in 2010. Reusing leftover materials as well repurposing items that might end up thrown away, has become a very important part of my process the past decade. Stumbling across this jar of coin sized images that had waited patiently on a shelf for 12 years, ignited my creative process and drove me to explore collage in a new way. Unlike the piece from 2010 in which I assembled the images by piecing them together, I decided to examine each individual cut out on its on. By removing the image from any other context it allows you to focus solely on its meaning, purpose or feelings that it may evoke. Each image is embedded in a field of French knots which felt like a way of creating a time capsule of sorts for the object. Another inspiration behind this collection is my six year old son and his endless piles of sticks, stones, leaves, etc in our home. Only to him they aren’t sticks and stones, they are treasures. His ability to find a tiny twig or scrap of paper and not only cherish it but give it a backstory of why it is so special, is a beautiful thing and one I have tried to tap into with my new work. By placing a picture of a rubberband ball...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pennsylvania - Art

Materials

Thread, Paper

Time Warp
By Kelly Kozma
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This fabric work titled "Time Warp" is an original artwork by Kelly Kozma made of hand embroidery, colored pencil & acrylic paint on paper. The piece measures 15”h by 15”w framed. K...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Pennsylvania - Art

Materials

Thread, Acrylic, Archival Paper, Color Pencil

"Tantalize, Synchronize, Exercise!", Miniature compact and mirror landscape
By Kendal Murray
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Tantalize, Synchronize, Exercise!" is an original metal, mirrored glass, polyester fibre, wire, plastic, and enamel paint artwork by Kendal Murray measu...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pennsylvania - Art

Materials

Metal, Enamel, Wire

Snow Day Skating
By Harold Anderson
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1938 Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 22.00" x 24.00" Signature: Signed Lower Left Calendar painting, image of young ice skater with his dog. Exhibited: The Triumph o...
Category

1930s Pennsylvania - Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Market in Paris, European Town Scene with Figures, American Impressionist, 1922
By Albert Van Nesse Greene
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Market in Paris" is a European townscape and market Scene by American Impressionist painter Albert Van Nesse Greene, featuring towns people at a busy outdoor market. The painting i...
Category

1920s American Impressionist Pennsylvania - Art

Materials

Oil, Board

"Siamese Horse Cat with Foal Kitten" Found vintage ceramic animals
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This figurative sculpture titled "Siamese Horse Cat with Foal Kitten" is an original artwork by Debra Broz made of secondhand ceramics and mixed media. The ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pennsylvania - Art

Materials

Ceramic, Found Objects

Cruor
By Brian Jerome
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This painting deals the color of blood and blood in itself as a metaphor for catharsis. There have been many literature metaphors for growth of a flower out of spilt blood. To me, th...
Category

2010s Abstract Pennsylvania - Art

Materials

Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic

Flowers
By Julian Alden Weir
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Flowers, 1882 Gouache and watercolor on paper 14 x 20 1/8 inches (35.6 x 51.1 cm) Framed dimensions: 23 x 29 1/4 inches Signed and dated lower right: J. Alden Weir / '82 Signed lowe...
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1880s American Impressionist Pennsylvania - Art

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Gouache

Gentlemen and Scottie dog at Chess Board, Study for Maxwell House Coffee
By Norman Rockwell
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signature: Signed Lower Right Medium: Charcoal on Paper Sight Size 18.00" x 34.50", Framed 23.5" x 40.25" This is a preliminary drawing. It’s a masterful drawing that was mounted lo...
Category

1930s Pennsylvania - Art

Materials

Paper, Charcoal

Greenhouse Composition Series 5 (framed)
By Roxana Azar
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Greenhouse Composition Series 5 (framed)" is an original artwork by Roxana Azar made of a digital print on polycarbonate. The piece measures 25.5”h x 17.5”w framed...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pennsylvania - Art

Materials

Mixed Media

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