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Naked Raku Linear Bowl - Large
Denis Di Luca
Design - 16 x 30 x 30 cm Design - 6.3 x 11.8 x 11.8 inch
$553
La bougie
Henriette Barety
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$447
L’Ours Pompon édition Yves Klein - Épreuve d'Artiste + édition papier offerte
Yves Klein
Sculpture - 27 x 49 x 19 cm Sculpture - 10.6 x 19.3 x 7.5 inch
$13,953
Tinta
Patopalomo
Fine Art Drawings - 41 x 33 x 0.34 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.1 x 13 x 0.1 inch
$513
Paul Eluard (Un poème dans chaque livre Paul Eluard) Ref BDNW2922
Valentine Hugo
Print - 47 x 32 cm Print - 18.5 x 12.6 inch
$2,791
Kitten and Summer Flowers
Zoe Elizabeth Norman
Fine Art Drawings - 36.1 x 26.9 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 14.2 x 10.6 x 0.1 inch
$511
Homeland
Valeria Radzievska
Fine Art Drawings - 25.4 x 35.6 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 10 x 14 x 0.2 inch
$350
Homer's Head
David Sipko
Fine Art Drawings - 30.5 x 22.9 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12 x 9 x 0.1 inch
$295
Metropolis Ostrich 2
Yu Zhaoyang
Photography - 43.5 x 32.5 x 3 cm Photography - 17.1 x 12.8 x 1.2 inch
$413
Yves Kelin/ Pierre Descargues - Zone de sensibilité
Pierre Descargues
Photography - 20 x 30 cm Photography - 7.9 x 11.8 inch
$391
Le serpent des sables s'est trompe de film
Nicolas Barrome Forgues
Print - 41 x 35 cm Print - 16.1 x 13.8 inch
$167
Scène d'intérieur avec mère et enfant
Emilio Grau-Sala
Painting - 27 x 22 x 0.5 cm Painting - 10.6 x 8.7 x 0.2 inch
$2,859
Wind
Joanna Wiszniewska Domanska
Fine Art Drawings - 33 x 28 cm Fine Art Drawings - 13 x 11 inch
$447
Gold Angel - Gucci Tribute
Jimmie Martin
Sculpture - 40 x 29 x 25 cm Sculpture - 15.7 x 11.4 x 9.8 inch
$4,353
Broken flower No. 1
Dana Widawski
Sculpture - 30 x 16.3 x 11.7 cm Sculpture - 11.8 x 6.4 x 4.6 inch
$6,028
Luminaire petite roue de moulin
Jean Bernard dit Berny
Sculpture - 29 x 23 x 13 cm Sculpture - 11.4 x 9.1 x 5.1 inch
$413
Lucky Luke - Dalton city
Morris
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 40 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 15.7 inch
$435
Rembrandt drawing
López del Espino
Fine Art Drawings - 29 x 24 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.4 x 9.4 x 0.4 inch
$279
Woman leaning red
Benjamin Carrivick
Painting - 29 x 19.1 x 0.3 cm Painting - 11.4 x 7.5 x 0.1 inch
$265
Portrait with a beard
Barbara Kroll
Fine Art Drawings - 33 x 22.9 x 2.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 13 x 9 x 1 inch
$300
Champagne-Robe Rouge
Jean-Pierre Ceytaire
Print - 40 x 50 x 1 cm Print - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$223
Portrait de Katarina
Sylvie Bourely
Sculpture - 27 x 19 x 20 cm Sculpture - 10.6 x 7.5 x 7.9 inch
$3,014
House in Mud
Santiago Sierra
Photography - 21 x 30 x 1.5 cm Photography - 8.3 x 11.8 x 0.6 inch
$5,581
Craftsman (purple) from the Cheese edition series
CJ Hendry
Sculpture - 40.6 x 40.6 x 7.6 cm Sculpture - 16 x 16 x 3 inch
$8,900
Untitled (hidden face)
Adam Jacono
Photography - 33 x 48 x 0.3 cm Photography - 13 x 18.9 x 0.1 inch
$502
Untitled ( flowers)
Yaniv Waissa
Photography - 30 x 30 x 0.3 cm Photography - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
$324
Ant Ceramic Sculpture - Pink
Mambo Unlimited
Design - 10 x 30 x 19 cm Design - 3.9 x 11.8 x 7.5 inch
$368
Portrait of a Boy
Anthony Roaland
Fine Art Drawings - 41 x 30 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.1 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$424
Portrait of a Woman
Dominique Agnello
Fine Art Drawings - 24 x 32 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.4 x 12.6 x 0 inch
$502
Landscape
Myriam Bering
Fine Art Drawings - 31.5 x 41 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12.4 x 16.1 x 0 inch
$447
Sepulchre
Alfred Pichon
Fine Art Drawings - 24 x 27 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.4 x 10.6 x 0 inch
$536
JM.Flower Power
Julie Mechali
Photography - 50 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$8,595
Portrait of man
Pierre Emile Lelong
Painting - 29 x 27 x 0.1 cm Painting - 11.4 x 10.6 x 0 inch
$536
Woman
Cesare Bentivoglio
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 39 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 15.4 x 0 inch
$2,567
Through pink glasses
Nikolai Angelov-Gary
Painting - 31 x 31 x 2 cm Painting - 12.2 x 12.2 x 0.8 inch
$502
Chromoplastiques 1025
Luis Tomasello
Sculpture - 40 x 40 x 5 cm Sculpture - 15.7 x 15.7 x 2 inch
$7,814
Pollinisation - Hommage à Jeff Koons
Livia De Poli
Sculpture - 43 x 45 x 45 cm Sculpture - 16.9 x 17.7 x 17.7 inch
$14,400
Douze vues de Paris - Vue n° 2
Masahito Hiranuma
Print - 48 x 33 x 0.1 cm Print - 18.9 x 13 x 0 inch
$223
Gondolier in Venice
Amy Benedict
Painting - 50 x 50 x 3.5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.4 inch
$4,242
Every book she's ever read - Tous les livres qu'elle avait lus
Frank Eric Zeidler
Fine Art Drawings - 26 x 21 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 10.2 x 8.3 x 0 inch
$246
Park Hoog Oostduin 14-09-22, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper
Corné Akkers
Fine Art Drawings - 31 x 24.1 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12.2 x 9.5 x 0.1 inch
$320
Serge Gainsbourg
Gwendal Lemercier
Painting - 29.7 x 21 x 0.2 cm Painting - 11.7 x 8.3 x 0.1 inch
$313
Stop
Alexandra Garnet
Fine Art Drawings - 29.7 x 21 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.7 x 8.3 x 0 inch
$73
Campbell's Soup
Dominique Mulhem
Photography - 40 x 32 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 12.6 x 0.4 inch
$5,023
Juan de Pareja, copy of a Velasquez painting
Virginie Vandeputte
Painting - 30 x 40 x 3 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch
$2,791
Boats on Lake Monroe
Kent Sullivan
Painting - 35.6 x 45.7 x 0.8 cm Painting - 14 x 18 x 0.3 inch
$2,800
NYC Streets - Waverly Place
Marion Zimmermann
Fine Art Drawings - 19 x 29 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.5 x 11.4 x 0 inch
$207
La farandole
Lyne Seybel
Fine Art Drawings - 21 x 30 x 2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$313
Three girls on the grass road
Arie Smit
Painting - 28 x 30.5 x 3 cm Painting - 11 x 12 x 1.2 inch
$7,000
Eléphantasme organique
Anis Dargaa
Sculpture - 36 x 29 x 12 cm Sculpture - 14.2 x 11.4 x 4.7 inch
$20,093
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Recent trends in contemporary art have meant that we've grown accustomed to large scale pieces, be that huge canvases, enormous sculptures, or giant installations.
However, the miniature has always been an important part of contemporary art. Be it paintings, sculpture, or photography as well as small format drawings, the reduced dimensions of the artwork puts new constraints on the artist, forcing them to develop their techniques and artistic finesse.
Jeff Wall, an American photographer known for his large scale photographic prints on huge illuminated boxes, has said that “the scale of a piece is not about the dimensions of it, but about the internal tensions within the composition".
Believe it or not, miniature pieces have many advantages. Smaller formats allow the artists to show off a different range of talents and techniques, and sometimes even create the impression of a much higher quality piece – such as engravings or prints. Creating a miniature is a sure sign of precision and skill.
They are also more practical to exhibit than the enormous artworks: we've all got a little space on a shelf ready to welcome a miniature sculpture, photo or drawing.
Another very practical aspect of miniatures is the myriad possibilities for display: you could put together a full shelf of statuettes, or even a dedicated framing wall – which is an increasingly popular method for display, and makes for the perfect decorative addition to a living room or bedroom. It's a mixed composition made up of an array of pieces – you guessed it – all on the same wall. The diminutive size of the miniatures also makes it easier to make sure your favourite pieces are displayed in pride of place.
Even artists who are known for their monumental works are slowly getting into miniatures, like Jeff Wall in his exhibition at the Cartier Foundation.
The miniature is making a big name for itself as a growing trend across the contemporary art world; from Gaspard Mitz, who creates tiny versions of the interiors of famous art galleries in his 'Box Stories', to the photography of Samsofy, who recreates scenes from daily life with miniscule Lego 'actors'.
Last but not least, the small scale of the pieces means that even big names come with small price tags, meaning that miniatures make excellent presents. So, go on, what are you waiting for? Browse our selection of miniature works now…