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MODERN STYLE

The first decades of the 20th century were a period of artistic upheaval, with modern art movements including Cubism, Surrealism, Futurism and Dadaism questioning centuries of traditional views of what art should be. Using abstraction, experimental forms and interdisciplinary techniques, painters, sculptors, photographers, printmakers and performance artists all pushed the boundaries of creative expression.

Major exhibitions, like the 1913 Armory Show in New York City — also known as the “International Exhibition of Modern Art,” in which works like the radically angular Nude Descending a Staircase by Marcel Duchamp caused a sensation — challenged the perspective of viewers and critics and heralded the arrival of modern art in the United States. But the movement’s revolutionary spirit took shape in the 19th century.

The Industrial Revolution, which ushered in new technology and cultural conditions across the world, transformed art from something mostly commissioned by the wealthy or the church to work that responded to personal experiences. The Impressionist style emerged in 1860s France with artists like Claude Monet, Paul Cézanne and Edgar Degas quickly painting works that captured moments of light and urban life. Around the same time in England, the Pre-Raphaelites, like Edward Burne-Jones and Dante Gabriel Rossetti, borrowed from late medieval and early Renaissance art to imbue their art with symbolism and modern ideas of beauty.

Emerging from this disruption of the artistic status quo, modern art went further in rejecting conventions and embracing innovation. The bold legacy of leading modern artists Georges Braque, Pablo Picasso, Frida Kahlo, Salvador Dalí, Henri Matisse, Joan Miró, Marc Chagall, Piet Mondrian and many others continues to inform visual culture today.

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Style: Modern
1970's French Modernist Signed Oil Nude Lady on Beach Superb Quality Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
'Place Privee' by Danie Gruau ( 20th Century French School) signed oil on canvas, unframed dated 76' canvas: 15 x 24 inches Provenance: private collection, France Condition: very goo...
Category

20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

64x48" Elvis by Warhol" Photomosaic Pop Fine Art Photography
Located in Los Angeles, CA
"ELVIS BY ANDY WARHOL" is a photomosaic artwork by Destro. Destro has created large prints which are made up of many hundreds of smaller images. Archival photographic paper Framin...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Sea Drive Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Sea Drive 1967 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Film producer Kevin McClory takes his wife Bobo Sigrist and their family for a drive in an ‘Amphicar’ across the harbour at Nassau....
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1960s Modern Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Apertura and Apertura II, Diptych. From the Bailarín Series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Apertura and Apertura II, Diptych by Ricky Cohete From the Bailarín Series Overall size: 30 in H x 40 in W. Individual size: 30 in H x 20 in W. Edition of 13 Unframed Exploring c...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Art

Materials

Black and White, Archival Pigment

Eden-Roc Pool Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Eden-Roc Pool 1976 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Guests round the swimming pool at the Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc, Antibes, France, August 1976. 72" x 48" paper size Photo by Sli...
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1970s Modern Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

French Gouache Painting of Native American Mustang Hunt in Nevada
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Gouache Painting of Native American Mustang Hunt in Nevada by Emile GALLOIS (1882-1965, French) Signed: Yes Medium: Original gouache painting on thick unframed paper, S...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Gouache

Pool Diver - Lithograph (Olympic Games Munich 1972)
Located in Paris, IDF
David HOCKNEY Pool Diver Original lithograph Signature printed in the plate On paper 101 x 64 cm (c. 40 x 26 inch) Made for the Olympic Games in Munich, 1972 Excellent condition
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1970s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

"Near to Romont, Vaud" by Claude Sauthier - Oil on Canvas - 130x130 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Claude Sauthier was born in Geneva, Switzerland, in 1929 and passed away in the same city in 2016. He studied at the Geneva School of Decorative Arts and initially worked as a graphi...
Category

1970s Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Modern French Oil Painting Two Reclining Nudes on a Red Bed with Sunlit Window
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Modern French Oil Painting Two Reclining Nudes on a Red Bed with Sunlit Window by Bernadette Kelly (French b. 1933) Unsigned Medium: oil painting on board, unframed Painting s...
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Late 20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Oil

Antique American Modernist Mid Century Figural Abstract Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract oil painting. Oil on board. Framed. Signed. Measuring 30 by 36 inches overall and 22 by 28 painting alone. In excellent original condition. Handso...
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1950s Modern Art

Materials

Oil, Board

Francis Bacon 'Portrait of Michel Leiris', 2017, Vintage
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This is a reproduction of a Francis Bacon's painting Portrait of Michel Leiris, originally created in 1976. This work is a notable example of Bacon's ability to capture the psycholog...
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2010s Modern Art

Materials

Offset

Asked you how you were doing
Located in Zofingen, AG
This artwork is about the beginning of falling in love—when even asking the object of your affection a simple question like "how re you doin'?" fills you with sharp anxiety and embar...
Category

2010s Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Rolex Daytona 30x30 6263 Paul Newman Photomosaic Photography Fine Art Unsigned
Located in Los Angeles, CA
"Newman" is an acrylic photomosaic artwork by Destro. The first release in a series mosaic works called "Icons". Destro has created large prints which are made up of many hundreds o...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

The Reader by Alexandre de Spengler - Oil on canvas 54x73 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Alexandre de Spengler (1893–1973) was a Swiss painter and engraver active in Geneva and Paris. He is known for his land and seascapes, as well as...
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1950s Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

French Gouache Painting of Pueblo Bread Baking in Taos New Mexico
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Gouache Painting of Pueblo Bread Baking in Taos New Mexico by Emile GALLOIS (1882-1965, French) Signed: Yes Medium: Original gouache painting on thick unframed paper, S...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Gouache

British, 20th Century watercolour or March Hares by Shirley Smithers
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Shirley Smithers (British, 20th Century) March Hares Watercolour Signed ‘Shirley Smithers’ (lower right) 6.7/8 x 8.7/8 in. (17.4 x 22.5 cm.)
Category

20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Star Trio, Getty Archive - Humphrey Bogart, Marilyn Monroe, Lauren Bacall
Located in Brighton, GB
Taken from the world’s largest photographic archive, (Hulton Archive and Getty Images), the Getty Images Gallery collection features an extraordinary time capsule of the last century...
Category

20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, Black and White

School of Paris, Sleeping Woman, Nude, Oil on Canvas
Located in Saint Amans des cots, FR
Oil on Canvas by Fortunato Pirazzini (1907-2003), School of Paris, c. 1950 - "Sleeping Woman, Nude". This captivating oil painting, titled "Sleeping Woman, Nude", was created by Fort...
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1950s Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Lounging gracefully on the wing, 1972
Located in Cologne, DE
This photograph from 1972 captures a stylish, vibrant scene featuring two people on a small airplane. A young woman, wearing a pink floral dress and sunglasses, lounges gracefully on...
Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Color, C Print

Original Modernist Hawaiian Sunrise Oil Painting
Located in Soquel, CA
Original modernist oil painting Hawaiian symbolist sunset by Marguerite Louis Blasingame. Robert Azensky Fine art is pleased to offer this 1940s modern symbolist oil painting of sun...
Category

1940s Modern Art

Materials

Linen, Oil

A Fabulous, Abstract 1960s Mid-Century Modern Painting of a Sleeping Female Nude
Located in Chicago, IL
A Fabulous, Abstract 1960s Mid-Century Modern Painting of a Sleeping Female Nude by Noted Chicago Artist, Rudolph Pen. A sensuous, intimate studio depiction of a sleeping nude femal...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Shaken not Stirred, 1968 from the Getty Archive - James Bond, Monochrome Print
Located in Brighton, GB
Roger Moore casts a glance away from the camera as he sips the quintessential James Bond drink: the iconic martini, shaken, not stirred. A gorgeous black and white fibre print, ava...
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Photographic Paper

Le Soleil Blanc, Modern Oil Painting and Sand on Canvas by Claude Venard
Located in Long Island City, NY
Claude Venard, French (1913 - 1999) - Le Soleil Blanc, Year: circa 1970, Medium: Oil and Sand on Canvas, signed lower left and titled on verso, Size: 20 x 28.75 in. (50.8 x 73.03 ...
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1970s Modern Art

Materials

Oil

Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Dining Al Fresco On Capri
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Dining Al Fresco On Capri Italian artist and actress Domiziana Giordano, Italian author Francesca Sanvitale (1928 - 2011), Dino Trappetti and Umbe...
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1970s Modern Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

The Other Side, Modern Screenprint in the style of Felix Vallotton
Located in Long Island City, NY
Unknown Artist, in the style of Felix Vallotton - The Other Side, Year: 1974, Medium: Screenprint, signed, titled and numbered in pencil, Edition: 16/80, Image Size: 15 x 21 inch...
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1970s Modern Art

Materials

Screen

Lounging in Bermuda - Limited Edition Estate Stamped Digital C-Type Print
Located in Brighton, GB
Please note that as of 1st March 2025, the Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Collection aligned its pricing across the entire collection. Please bear in mind that all prints are produced t...
Category

20th Century Modern Art

Materials

C Print

Original Ski West United Airlines vintage travel poster 1975
Located in Spokane, WA
Original 1975 United Airlines Ski West Vintage Travel Poster – Mid-Century Modern Artwork. Archival linen-backed and in Grade A- condition, ready for Framing. The images displayed are of the exact vintage poster you will receive. Experience the golden era of travel with this rare original United Airlines "Ski West" vintage travel poster from 1975. Created during a time when air travel embodied elegance and adventure, this striking piece provides a vibrant glimpse into mid-century advertising and ski culture. Showcasing bold typography and colorful, eye-catching artwork, the “Ski West” poster embodies the thrill of powdery slopes and the promise of unforgettable ski vacations in the American West. Ideal for vintage art collectors, travel enthusiasts, or anyone looking for a chic retro touch in their decor, this piece authentically showcases 1970s graphic design. It blends bold colors with minimalistic yet striking visuals. Whether you collect United Airlines memorabilia...
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1960s Modern Art

Materials

Offset

Calder, Sunburst, Braniff International Airways Flying Colors (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin d’Arches paper. Inscription: Signed in the plate, embossed with the official Braniff Flying Colors Collection seal, and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Not...
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1970s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Chicago Skyline
Located in Middletown, NY
A beautiful turn-of-the-century lake view of Chicago by an American artist known for his Texas landscapes. Etching with drypoint on watermarked Umbria laid paper with deckle edges, 7 1/4 x 10 7/8 inches (182 x 275 mm), full margins. Signed and numbered 4/25 in pencil, lower margin. In good condition with adhesive residue at the sheet edges on the verso, does not show through to the recto. A lovely Lake Michigan landscape...
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Early 20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Handmade Paper, Etching, Drypoint

Matisse, Série E, var. 1 (Duthuit 9), Dessins, Thèmes et variations (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin pur fil paper. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Henri Matisse, Dessins, Thèmes et Variations, 19...
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1940s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Composition, World Federation of United Nations Associations, Alexander Calder
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph and original issue World Federation of United Nations Associations postage stamp on vélin paper. Inscription: Signed in the plate, as issued. Good condition. Notes: Publis...
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1970s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

"Air Jordan" 36x48 Nike, Michael Jordan, Sneakers, Photography Fine Art Signed
Located in Los Angeles, CA
"Air Jordan" is an acrylic photomosaic artwork by Destro. The first release in a series mosaic works called "Icons". Destro has created large prints which are made up of many hundre...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Floral Still Life with Grapes and Bird's Nest Classic Composition of Peonies
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Floral Arrangement, Continental School, late 20th century most likely a pastiche work after an earlier composition oil on canvas, unframed canvas : 24 x 20 inches provenance: private...
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Late 20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Oil

1960s French Large Modernist Signed Oil Painting Sun Scorched Provence Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Sun Scorched Provencal Landscape French Modernist artist, circa 1960's indistinctly signed 'Vignon'? oil on canvas, framed in original French frame of the period framed: 25.5 x 45.5 ...
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Sea Drive Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Sea Drive 1967 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Film producer Kevin McClory takes his wife Bobo Sigrist and their family for a drive in an ‘Amphicar’ across the harbour at Nassau....
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1960s Modern Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Snowmass Picnic by Slim Aarons - Limited Edition Estate Stamped C-Type Print
Located in Brighton, GB
Please note that as of 1st March 2025, the Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Collection aligned its pricing across the entire collection. Please bear in mind that all prints are produced t...
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20th Century Modern Art

Materials

C Print

Landscape painting Cote d'Azur France MENTON Marine painter 20th Modern Art
Located in PARIS, FR
Lucien LAURENT-GESLL Paris, 1860 – Paris, 1944 View of the Bay of Menton on the Cote d'Azur Oil on canvas 81 x 100 cm Signed lower right “Laurent Gsell” Lucien Laurent-Gsell is the ...
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Early 20th Century Modern Art

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Oil

Picasso, Composition (Bloch 1276; Czwiklitzer 23), Toros y Toreros (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on Arches wove paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, Pablo Picasso, Toros y Toreros, 1961. Published by aux Éditions Cercle d'...
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1960s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

24x36 "Back to the Future" VHS Photo Photography Pop Art Archival Poster
Located in Los Angeles, CA
"The VHS" by pop Artist Destro. We all remember those iconic nights at the video store. Pop artist DESTRO once again encapsulates one of our favorite past times in a fine art con...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

The Ballet Dancer - Pablo Picasso - lithograph, Framed
Located in London, GB
Pablo Picasso The Ballet Dancer, 1954 Lithograph on paper 32 x 24 cm - sheet 49.5 x 37 cm - Framed unknown edition size Printed signature Reference: Bloch 767 Frontispiece for the b...
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1950s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Antique American Realist Horse Portrait Barn Interior Equestrian Framed Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American school realist interior horse barn portrait. Framed. Signed. Oil on canvas. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed in a lemon gold giltwood molding....
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1960s Modern Art

Materials

Oil, Board

Les Alpilles Range in Provence
Located in London, GB
'Les Alpilles Range in Provence', oil on panel, by Auguste Chabaud (1951). This artwork depicts the chain of the 'Little Alps', which is a small range of low mountains in Provence, F...
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1950s Modern Art

Materials

Oil, Board

Le Bouquet Rose, Large Signed Modern Lithograph by Marc Chagall
Located in Long Island City, NY
This simple still life is a lithograph by Russian Modern artist Marc Chagall. It employs several of Chagall's recurring motifs, such as a bird (in this case a rooster), a bouquet of ...
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1980s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

A Feminity of Nudes, 1979-1980
Located in Bournemouth, Dorset
Morris Cox (1903-1998) A Feminity of Nudes, 1979-80 Screenprint 11.0 x 8.0 cm 25.0 x 21.0 cm Provenance: Morris Cox Archive Morris Cox (1903-1998) Was a writer, poet, printmaker, ...
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1960s Modern Art

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Lithograph

Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Plantation Cocoyer
Located in London, GB
Plantation Cocoyer People relaxing in the bar at Plantation Cocoyer, Cocoyer Beach, Haiti, February 1981. Slim Aarons Archival Pigment Print. Printed 2024. Slim Aarons Estate Editi...
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1980s Modern Art

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Color, Archival Pigment

Palm Springs Party Slim Aarons Limited Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Palm Springs Party 1970 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition A poolside party at a desert house, designed by Richard Neutra for Edga...
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1970s Modern Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Mid Century Monterey Foothill Pond in Summer Original Oil Landscape Painting
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid Century Monterey Foothill Pond in Summer Original Oil Landscape Painting by Louise Cunningham Bright summer scene of pond in Monterey foothills by Santa Cruz, California artist ...
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Late 20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars

Set of 2 Aventure d'une libertine Photographs. From The Secret Album Series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Set of 2 Photographs Aventure d'une libertine, 2015 From The Secret Album Series Overall Frame size: 20.5 H x 28.5 W x 1 D in. Overall Sheet size: 17.7 H x 24 W in. Individual size: ...
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1960s Modern Art

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Color, Archival Pigment

Set of 2 Aventure d'une libertine Photographs. From The Secret Album Series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Set of 2 Photographs Aventure d'une libertine, 2015 From The Secret Album Series Overall Frame size: 20.5 H x 28.5 W x 1 D in. Overall Sheet size: 17.7 H x 24 W in. Individual size: ...
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1960s Modern Art

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Color, Archival Pigment

Bronze Flower Sculpture Plaque
By Ruth Asawa
Located in New York, NY
Ruth Asawa Bronze Flower, 1979 Cast Bronze relief plaque with original presentation box 5 1/4 × 6 1/4 × 1/4 inches Numbered from the Edition of 2500 Signed and dated 'Asawa 1979' (lo...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Bronze

Carte Pour Servir a l'Histoire Philosophique.. - Etching by Rigobert Bonne- 1780
Located in Roma, IT
Etching on paper. From Guillaume-Thomas Raynal, Histoire philosophique et politique des établissemens et du commerce des Européens dans les deux Indes, Geneva 1780. This interestin...
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1780s Modern Art

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Etching

Poolside Party - Limited Slim Aarons Estate Print
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Estate Limited Edition C print 40 x 30 inches / 101 x 76 cm unframed. ' Poolside Party ' A poolside party at a desert house, designed by Richard Neutra for Edgar J. K...
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1970s Modern Art

Materials

C Print, Color

40x50 " Hollywood Sign" Photomosaic Pop Fine Art Photography Unsigned
Located in Los Angeles, CA
"Hollywood Sign" is a photomosaic artwork by Destro. This image is made up of 100's of smaller images of Hollywood related imagery. Archival photographic paper Framing options ava...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Antique American Signed Large Abstract Expressionist Mid Century Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Very finely painted mid 20th century American abstract painting. Oil on canvas. In excellent original condition. Excellent condition, ready to hang and enjoy. Simple framing is ...
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1960s Modern Art

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Canvas, Oil

The Taste of Happiness, Planche XV
Located in OPOLE, PL
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) - The Taste of Happiness, Planche XV Lithograph from 1970. An unsigned and unnumbered edition of 666. Dimensions of sheet: 32.5 x 25 cm Dimensions in fr...
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1970s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

'Drop of Life' — from 'Solitude' for Henry David Thoreau's 'Walden'
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Naoko Matsubara, 'Drop of Life' for the portfolio 'Solitude', color woodcut, 1971. A fine impression with fresh, vivid colors, on cream laid Japan paper, the full sheet with margins,...
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1970s Modern Art

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Woodcut

Concetto Spaziale
Located in OPOLE, PL
Lucio Fontana (1899-1968) - Concetto Spaziale Lithograph from 1975. Edition 371/575 (Photocopy of the colophone is included). Dimensions of work: 31 x 24 cm. Each copy of this li...
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1970s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Corrida - Original Ceramic MADOURA - Rare, only a few proofs (Ramié #182)
Located in Paris, IDF
Pablo PICASSO (1881-1973) Corrida, 1953 Round dish in white earthenware Decoration with engobe and enamel under partial cover, brown, green decoration with oxidized paraffin. Signed...
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1950s Modern Art

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Ceramic

Modern art for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Modern art available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add art created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, red, orange, purple and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Kevin Westenberg, Stuart Möller, Destro, and Christel Haag. Frequently made by artists working with Paint, and Paper and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Modern art, so small editions measuring 0.4 inches across are also available. Prices for art made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $33 and tops out at $390,000, while the average work sells for $1,912.

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