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Cornflowers and Phloxes
Yuriy Demiyanov
Painting - 40 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
$1,451 $1,233
El regalo de la persistencia
Tahuanty Jacanamijoy
Painting - 35 x 27 x 0.3 cm Painting - 13.8 x 10.6 x 0.1 inch
$1,000
Promenade Matinale
Valérie Zimmermann (Anna Mya Zimmer)
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,552
Rad Lad II (362)
Lynn Chadwick
Sculpture - 40 x 14 x 11.4 cm Sculpture - 15.75 x 5.5 x 4.5 inch
$110,000
Liberty Leading People by Basquiat
Noah Goldberg
Print - 40.6 x 40.6 x 0.25 cm Print - 16 x 16 x 0.1 inch
$144
Composition à la corde
Dimas Macedo
Sculpture - 29 x 26 x 9 cm Sculpture - 11.4 x 10.2 x 3.5 inch
$290
Blue II
Cyrielle Schoorens
Painting - 30 x 30 x 4.5 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 1.8 inch
$1,228 $1,044
Urbain brutalisme - Digital Art digigraphie
Claire Giraudeau
Photography - 40 x 30 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 inch
$167
The man inside the robot
Claude Billès
Painting - 39 x 28 x 1 cm Painting - 15.4 x 11 x 0.4 inch
$335
Being is love / 431
Christine Zanella
Painting - 30 x 30 x 0.1 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$1,094
Essai sur toile blanche
Jean-Louis Mendrisse
Painting - 33 x 41 x 3 cm Painting - 13 x 16.1 x 1.2 inch
$2,009
Untitled (Multi) Drawing
Zenoy
Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 29.2 x 1.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.75 x 11.5 x 0.5 inch
$2,100
Ignorance #1
Mehnoush Modonpour
Sculpture - 30 x 20 x 24 cm Sculpture - 11.8 x 7.9 x 9.4 inch
$1,451
Leonardo Fibonacci - Vaso #2
Emanuele Ravagnani
Sculpture - 41 x 12 x 12 cm Sculpture - 16.1 x 4.7 x 4.7 inch
$1,674
Cubo Di Gabo – Le chiavi - M³.Ma1
Gabriele Dal Dosso
Sculpture - 26 x 36 x 29 cm Sculpture - 10.2 x 14.2 x 11.4 inch
$5,023
Self-Portrait #4
Emanuele Ravagnani
Fine Art Drawings - 44 x 30 cm Fine Art Drawings - 17.3 x 11.8 inch
$1,719
Cherry branches # 1
Pascal Marlin
Painting - 29 x 19.5 x 0.3 cm Painting - 11.4 x 7.7 x 0.1 inch
$257
Untitled from the series Shifty Packets
Colleen Wolstenholme
Fine Art Drawings - 28 x 36 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11 x 14.2 inch
$900
Rencontre du troisième type
Arnaud Castagné
Fine Art Drawings - 29.7 x 21 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.7 x 8.3 x 0.1 inch
$84
Making Eyes Across The Room ( Yellow )
Adam Bridgland
Print - 27 x 44 x 0.2 cm Print - 10.6 x 17.3 x 0.1 inch
$222
Passant du même chemin
Philippe Monnet
Painting - 30.5 x 21.3 x 0.1 cm Painting - 12 x 8.4 x 0 inch
$246
Self portrait with between clock and bed
Gerard Boersma
Painting - 50.8 x 40.6 x 2.5 cm Painting - 20 x 16 x 1 inch
$1,970
Étude pour un paysage idéal
Franciszek Starowieyski
Fine Art Drawings - 31 x 42 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12.2 x 16.5 inch
$1,340
Close to nothing (Pink)
Sophie Derrick
Photography - 42 x 30 x 8 cm Photography - 16.5 x 11.8 x 3.1 inch
$1,570
Bonhomme
Pascal Marlin
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 32.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 12.8 x 0 inch
$447
Binti mrembo (beautiful girl)
Mosoti Kepha
Sculpture - 48.5 x 31 x 2.5 cm Sculpture - 19.1 x 12.2 x 1 inch
$2,110
Cascade et tumulte, les Gorges du Loup
Claude Schürr
Painting - 46 x 38 x 2.5 cm Painting - 18.1 x 15 x 1 inch
$2,902
Untitled
Guillaume Chansarel (Guiyome)
Fine Art Drawings - 29.5 x 41.3 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.6 x 16.3 x 0.1 inch
$391
Searching for light
Edgar Arandia
Fine Art Drawings - 29 x 39 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.4 x 15.4 inch
$424
Il lago di Castreccioni
Pio Serafini
Painting - 30 x 40 x 3 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch
$391
Bougainvillea
Charlotte Yonga
Photography - 40 x 50 x 0.2 cm Photography - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
$1,451
Patronage, Sculpture Bronze
Aurelija Simkute
Sculpture - 40 x 13 x 11 cm Sculpture - 15.7 x 5.1 x 4.3 inch
$5,916
Sanctifiée V
Romain Liverato
Photography - 50 x 50 x 4 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch
$3,349
Spiderman - Da Vinci Series
Andrea Boriani
Print - 42 x 29 x 0.1 cm Print - 16.5 x 11.4 x 0 inch
$167
El resplandor [The shining]
Gloria Matarazzo
Print - 20 x 30 x 0.5 cm Print - 7.9 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
$540
Matrioshkas Nikki de saint Phalle
Fridouch'ka
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$167
Red Tulip
Ferdinando Codognotto
Fine Art Drawings - 33 x 24 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 13 x 9.4 x 0.1 inch
$380
Marie Trintignant
Aldo Soares
Photography - 41 x 31 x 0.2 cm Photography - 16.1 x 12.2 x 0.1 inch
$447
Le Petit Prince revisite Basquiat
Sokar
Print - 32 x 45 x 0.5 cm Print - 12.6 x 17.7 x 0.2 inch
$391
Platillos volador
Federico Calandria
Painting - 31 x 21 x 0.1 cm Painting - 12.2 x 8.3 x 0 inch
$223
Christ Speaks
Gustave Bourgogne
Fine Art Drawings - 34 x 25 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 13.4 x 9.8 x 0.1 inch
$536
Colors Of Africa: Kyalami 1979
Nils Eichberg
Photography - 50 x 50 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 inch
$1,284
Cenizas y diamantes XXII
Cecilia Méndez Casariego
Painting - 45 x 33 x 0.3 cm Painting - 17.7 x 13 x 0.1 inch
$600
La Plage - série bord de mer
Carla PM
Painting - 31 x 23 x 3 cm Painting - 12.2 x 9.1 x 1.2 inch
$435
Flammarion. Photograph intervened by the artists.
Hunter & Gatti
Photography - 29.5 x 21.7 x 0.3 cm Photography - 11.6 x 8.5 x 0.1 inch
$1,080
Small
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…