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![Painting, Cage / Sans titre, Meteo Meteo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2178106_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Cage / Sans titre, Meteo Meteo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2177760_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Coupelle de vanités, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2176339_1_grid.jpg)
Coupelle de vanités
Philippe Pasqua
Sculpture - 28 x 45 x 35 cm Sculpture - 11 x 17.7 x 13.8 inch
$27,962
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Abstract composition in white
Tonino Maurizi
Sculpture - 28 x 16 x 2 cm Sculpture - 11 x 6.3 x 0.8 inch
$1,454
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Théorie sur l'évolution : Poisson en baskets 1
Guillaume Nicolaou
Painting - 67 x 71 x 4 cm Painting - 26.4 x 28 x 1.6 inch
$1,566
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Antiquité et baroque, l’étude à Rome
Alexei Lantsev
Painting - 120 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,796
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32 décembre - Face à la mort numérique
Enki Bilal
Print - 18 x 25.5 x 1 cm Print - 7.1 x 10 x 0.4 inch
$358
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Où est Charlie ? IV
Tanguy Mendrisse
Photography - 30 x 24 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 9.4 x 0 inch
$140
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Colourful Brain by David
Dervis Akdemir
Sculpture - 75 x 30 x 25 cm Sculpture - 29.5 x 11.8 x 9.8 inch
$993
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Banksy X Jumpman Air Jordan OW Blue/Orange
Ske
Sculpture - 37 x 37 x 6 cm Sculpture - 14.6 x 14.6 x 2.4 inch
$783
![Painting, Abstract no. 6421 XXL, Anita Kaufmann](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2032986_1_grid.jpg)
Abstract no. 6421 XXL
Anita Kaufmann
Painting - 78.7 x 198.1 x 2 cm Painting - 31 x 78 x 0.8 inch
$1,523
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![Painting, Le Panthéon (vue de la rue Valette), Marie France Garrigues](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1508178_1_grid.jpg)
Le Panthéon (vue de la rue Valette)
Marie France Garrigues
Painting - 55 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 21.7 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
$727
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Cimes et racines / Cephalanthra
Akira Inumaru
Painting - 180 x 180 x 2 cm Painting - 70.9 x 70.9 x 0.8 inch
$6,934
![Fine Art Drawings, Eugène Delacroix, Valerio Adami](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1387947_1_grid.jpg)
Eugène Delacroix
Valerio Adami
Fine Art Drawings - 42 x 29.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.5 x 11.6 inch
$3,915
![Photography, Où est Charlie ? VII, Tanguy Mendrisse](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/664101_1_grid.jpg)
Où est Charlie ? VII
Tanguy Mendrisse
Photography - 30 x 24 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 9.4 x 0 inch
$140
![Painting, PSRM, Patrick Coussot Bex](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/450090_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Centauros III, Amrita Bilimoria](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202457_1_grid.jpg)
Centauros III
Amrita Bilimoria
Photography - 101.6 x 152.4 x 0.5 cm Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.2 inch
$5,500
![Painting, Shivaya, Greg Bryce](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2178696_1_grid.jpg)
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![Painting, Playful - Disjointed reality #11, Kris Haas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2168914_1_grid.jpg)
Playful - Disjointed reality #11
Kris Haas
Painting - 76.2 x 55.88 x 0.25 cm Painting - 30 x 22 x 0.1 inch
$1,957
![Painting, Peony flower - Ranunculus, Nataliia Krykun](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2161905_1_grid.jpg)
Peony flower - Ranunculus
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,237
![Painting, Colpo di sole, Antonino Puliafico](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2159325_1_grid.jpg)
Colpo di sole
Antonino Puliafico
Painting - 95 x 115 x 2 cm Painting - 37.4 x 45.3 x 0.8 inch
$2,349
![Painting, Mémoire du temps n°67, Anne-Marie Mary](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2151105_1_grid.jpg)
Mémoire du temps n°67
Anne-Marie Mary
Painting - 20 x 20 x 2 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch
$291
![Painting, Mémoire du temps n°66, Anne-Marie Mary](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2151104_1_grid.jpg)
Mémoire du temps n°66
Anne-Marie Mary
Painting - 20 x 20 x 2 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch
$291
![Painting, Mémoire du temps n°59, Anne-Marie Mary](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2151103_1_grid.jpg)
Mémoire du temps n°59
Anne-Marie Mary
Painting - 20 x 20 x 2 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch
$291
![Painting, Normandie 2, Michèle Kaus](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2148833_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Mémoire du temps n°64, Anne-Marie Mary](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2138913_1_grid.jpg)
Mémoire du temps n°64
Anne-Marie Mary
Painting - 20 x 20 x 2 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch
$291
![Painting, Mémoire du temps n°54, Anne-Marie Mary](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2138906_1_grid.jpg)
Mémoire du temps n°54
Anne-Marie Mary
Painting - 20 x 20 x 2 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch
$291
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Personnage cadac H.30cm Blanc
Parvine Curie
Sculpture - 30 x 9 x 8 cm Sculpture - 11.8 x 3.5 x 3.1 inch
$1,342
![Painting, Mémoire du temps n° 37, Anne-Marie Mary](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2091762_1_grid.jpg)
Mémoire du temps n° 37
Anne-Marie Mary
Painting - 20 x 20 x 1.5 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.6 inch
$246
![Painting, Mémoire du temps n° 35, Anne-Marie Mary](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2091756_1_grid.jpg)
Mémoire du temps n° 35
Anne-Marie Mary
Painting - 20 x 20 x 1.5 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.6 inch
$246
![Painting, Mémoire du temps n°34, Anne-Marie Mary](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2091753_1_grid.jpg)
Mémoire du temps n°34
Anne-Marie Mary
Painting - 20 x 20 x 1.5 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.6 inch
$246
![Painting, Mémoire du temps n°31, Anne-Marie Mary](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2091750_1_grid.jpg)
Mémoire du temps n°31
Anne-Marie Mary
Painting - 20 x 20 x 1.5 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.6 inch
$246
![Painting, Appearing energy, Jürgen Angeler](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1969836_1_grid.jpg)
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![Painting, Graff & Griff, Christine Dumas de Rauly](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1578897_1_grid.jpg)
Graff & Griff
Christine Dumas de Rauly
Painting - 60 x 50 x 4 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch
$1,118
![Painting, Luna tra i rami, Antonino Puliafico](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1524447_1_grid.jpg)
Luna tra i rami
Antonino Puliafico
Painting - 120 x 140 x 0.1 cm Painting - 47.2 x 55.1 x 0 inch
$3,188
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Jet d'oiseaux sur Beaubourg
Tanguy Mendrisse
Photography - 30 x 24 x 0.2 cm Photography - 11.8 x 9.4 x 0.1 inch
$134
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Neige printemps 24
Adrianna MJW
Photography - 40 x 30 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
$447
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Mystic River
Mariusz Makula
Painting - 119.9 x 100.1 x 4.1 cm Painting - 47.2 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$1,000
![Painting, Ride Around Shining, Mariusz Makula](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2170564_1_grid.jpg)
Ride Around Shining
Mariusz Makula
Painting - 70.1 x 119.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 27.6 x 47.2 x 1 inch
$1,000
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Le coup de pied aux étoiles
Antoine Josse
Painting - 80 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$2,908
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Fragile framework II
Ansgar Dressler
Painting - 101.6 x 101.6 x 3 cm Painting - 40 x 40 x 1.2 inch
$1,550
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White abstract painting GW145
Radek Smach
Painting - 100.1 x 100.1 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,670
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Brown abstract painting DK663
Radek Smach
Painting - 70.1 x 89.9 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,450
White
In physics, white is the sum of all the colours. To the human eye, white appears to be the total absence of colour. Amongst artists, white and its many uses in art are continuously evolving and challenging those who would embrace them. Is white, then, a non-colour, or an enhancer of colours? Intangible or material? Absence or excess?
Since Antiquity, white has been appreciated for its symbolic value. In Ancient Greece, where they would paint their statues, it was a sign of incompletion, whereas the Romans believed it showed pomp and imperialist virtue. With the rise of Christianity, white was used in opposition to black in order to emphasise moral dichotomies: the pure, divine white against the darkness. In some cases, however, white was used to show sickness or death, most notably in the pallid representations of the skeletal, crucified Christ.
In the Renaissance white was used to sublimate faces and backgrounds. Da Vinci even based his sfumato technique on the soft transition from light into darkness. Throughout the history of painting, white was considered precious for its ability to reflect light. It attracts the gaze even when used in the tiniest quantities, and illuminates the subject, drawing out stunning contrasts as seen in the works of Rembrandt, or in Vermeer's famous Girl with the Pearl Earring.
With the rise of Impressionism, white was used as the brightest tone amongst shades of grey. While Manet produced canvases which were forerunners to monochromes, including The Reader, which was almost pure white, Monet delivered a stunning gradient of whites whilst recreating the snow at his home in Giverny. The first true white monochrome appeared with the arrival of Malevitch's White Square on a White Background. The artist said 'I have broken the blue boundary of colour limits, and come out into the white'.
Modernists were equally passionate about white and valued it incredibly highly. Miro in particular questioned the status of white on canvases. In his painting Woman, Bird and Star white is in parts boldly painted, but is also distinctive for its absence around the star. Picasso, on the other hand, explored white in conjunction with his famous coloured periods. Piero Manzoni became famous thanks to his 'achromatic' paintings, a series of canvases produced exclusively in shades of white. Moving into the 20th century, white became synonymous with minimalist abstraction. For artists like Kandinsky, white was a cosmic colour, associated with a spiritual search for the absolute, guiding the artists as he seek to express his emotions.
Today, white remains an ever popular subject. Roman Opalka made his name creating a series of white numbers of a white background, while Daniel Arsham reinvents white walls in galleries by letting his artwork drip down onto them. White is a colour with multiple symbolic interpretations. The colour of divinity or humility; of purity and immaculate, of emptiness and absence, but always colour. If blue has Klein and red has Rothko, it appears that no artist has yet succeeded in fully mastering white – but maybe you'll find them in our selection!