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![Painting, Filou, Martine Fauve Dechavanne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1720800_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Haïtienne – 1.1, Franck Savoye (Francky)](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1700325_1_grid.jpg)
Haïtienne – 1.1
Franck Savoye (Francky)
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,258
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Haïtienne – 1 .0
Franck Savoye (Francky)
Painting - 120 x 120 x 3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
$2,097
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Iggy Fuck !
Franck Savoye (Francky)
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,538
![Sculpture, Medium Something To Suck #66, Hersk](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1595469_1_grid.jpg)
Medium Something To Suck #66
Hersk
Sculpture - 92 x 32 x 7 cm Sculpture - 36.2 x 12.6 x 2.8 inch
$1,622
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Composition abstraite Ref AB0765
Jean-Marie Ledannois
Painting - 38 x 57 cm Painting - 15 x 22.4 inch
$1,342
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Composition abstraite Ref AB0754
Jean-Marie Ledannois
Painting - 50 x 65 cm Painting - 19.7 x 25.6 inch
$1,566
![Painting, Composition Abstraite Ref AB0715, Jean-Marie Ledannois](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1511181_1_grid.jpg)
Composition Abstraite Ref AB0715
Jean-Marie Ledannois
Painting - 56 x 75 cm Painting - 22 x 29.5 inch
$1,901
![Painting, Composition Abstraite Ref AB0554, Jean-Marie Ledannois](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1511130_1_grid.jpg)
Composition Abstraite Ref AB0554
Jean-Marie Ledannois
Painting - 110 x 75 cm Painting - 43.3 x 29.5 inch
$2,125
![Painting, Composition Abstraite Ref AB0488, Jean-Marie Ledannois](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1511106_1_grid.jpg)
Composition Abstraite Ref AB0488
Jean-Marie Ledannois
Painting - 50 x 65 cm Painting - 19.7 x 25.6 inch
$1,107
![Painting, Composition Abstraite Ref AB0436, Jean-Marie Ledannois](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1511091_1_grid.jpg)
Composition Abstraite Ref AB0436
Jean-Marie Ledannois
Painting - 65 x 50 cm Painting - 25.6 x 19.7 inch
$1,566
![Painting, Composition Abstraite Ref AB0314, Jean-Marie Ledannois](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1511052_1_grid.jpg)
Composition Abstraite Ref AB0314
Jean-Marie Ledannois
Painting - 65 x 50 cm Painting - 25.6 x 19.7 inch
$1,566
![Painting, Composition Abstraite Ref AB0313, Jean-Marie Ledannois](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1511049_1_grid.jpg)
Composition Abstraite Ref AB0313
Jean-Marie Ledannois
Painting - 65 x 50 cm Painting - 25.6 x 19.7 inch
$1,566
![Painting, By your side, Luise Juliana Ellerbrock](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1505634_1_grid.jpg)
By your side
Luise Juliana Ellerbrock
Painting - 40 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$1,532
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Niño frente al espejo 1
Alejandro Toscano
Painting - 70 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$2,695
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![Painting, Simple Elegance No. 1, Rya Seifert](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1438713_1_grid.jpg)
Simple Elegance No. 1
Rya Seifert
Painting - 29.7 x 21 x 0.1 cm Painting - 11.7 x 8.3 x 0 inch
$1,532
![Fine Art Drawings, Io vivo, Yohan Storti](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1419846_1_grid.jpg)
Io vivo
Yohan Storti
Fine Art Drawings - 29.7 x 41 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.7 x 16.1 x 0 inch
$425
![Fine Art Drawings, Tu manques, Yohan Storti](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1419765_1_grid.jpg)
Tu manques
Yohan Storti
Fine Art Drawings - 41 x 29.7 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.1 x 11.7 x 0 inch
$425
![Fine Art Drawings, Pourtant tu es là, Yohan Storti](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1419762_1_grid.jpg)
Pourtant tu es là
Yohan Storti
Fine Art Drawings - 41 x 29.7 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.1 x 11.7 x 0 inch
$425
![Fine Art Drawings, Nos célébrations, Yohan Storti](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1419756_1_grid.jpg)
Nos célébrations
Yohan Storti
Fine Art Drawings - 41 x 29.7 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.1 x 11.7 x 0 inch
$425
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![Painting, Paranoia, Neishaly Narvaez Gonzalez](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1320867_1_grid.jpg)
Paranoia
Neishaly Narvaez Gonzalez
Painting - 30 x 22 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 8.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,118
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Fraserbourg - série mer et phares
Alain Abramatic
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$727
![Painting, Sans titre - série mer et voiliers, Alain Abramatic](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1087095_1_grid.jpg)
Sans titre - série mer et voiliers
Alain Abramatic
Painting - 80 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$839
![Painting, Dieu est un chien (God is a Dog), Edmond Li Bellefroid](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/975951_1_grid.jpg)
Dieu est un chien (God is a Dog)
Edmond Li Bellefroid
Painting - 46 x 38 x 2 cm Painting - 18.1 x 15 x 0.8 inch
$895
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![Fine Art Drawings, Au Cabaret, Yves Brayer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/589575_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Charlie Brown | Childhood collection, Arnaud Puig aka ARDPG](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/506858_1_grid.jpg)
Charlie Brown | Childhood collection
Arnaud Puig aka ARDPG
Sculpture - 50 x 38 x 1.8 cm Sculpture - 19.7 x 15 x 0.7 inch
$1,231
![Painting, Green 09, Olivier Biarez](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/460429_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Sin título. Serie Blanca, Dario Berterreche](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2174991_1_grid.jpg)
Sin título. Serie Blanca
Dario Berterreche
Painting - 140 x 160 x 0.1 cm Painting - 55.1 x 63 x 0 inch
$1,215
![Painting, Paradise Paris, Keny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2157063_1_grid.jpg)
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![Fine Art Drawings, Sans titre, Serge Plagnol](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2149121_1_grid.jpg)
Sans titre
Serge Plagnol
Fine Art Drawings - 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$559
![Fine Art Drawings, Sans titre, Serge Plagnol](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2148714_1_grid.jpg)
Sans titre
Serge Plagnol
Fine Art Drawings - 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$559
![Fine Art Drawings, Feuilles, Serge Plagnol](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2148322_1_grid.jpg)
Feuilles
Serge Plagnol
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 65 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 25.6 x 0 inch
$559
![Print, John Lennon, NYC T-shirt, 1974, Bob Gruen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2138370_1_grid.jpg)
John Lennon, NYC T-shirt, 1974
Bob Gruen
Print - 137.2 x 101.6 x 5.1 cm Print - 54 x 40 x 2 inch
$7,200
![Print, The 1914-18 War, Salvador Dali](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2114013_1_grid.jpg)
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![Painting, Un instant de réflexion - Abstraction, Anne-Marie Bernardi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1991454_1_grid.jpg)
Un instant de réflexion - Abstraction
Anne-Marie Bernardi
Painting - 70 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$593
![Painting, Sun rays - triptych, Ruzanna Melqumyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1932171_1_grid.jpg)
Sun rays - triptych
Ruzanna Melqumyan
Painting - 60 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$750
![Painting, Les golfeuses, Lydi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1798428_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Revenir, François-Xavier de Boissoudy](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1797807_1_grid.jpg)
Revenir
François-Xavier de Boissoudy
Painting - 57 x 42 x 3 cm Painting - 22.4 x 16.5 x 1.2 inch
$1,342
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![Painting, Matiere n°2 série VII, Mario Henrique](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1511655_1_grid.jpg)
Matiere n°2 série VII
Mario Henrique
Painting - 120 x 150 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 59.1 x 1.6 inch
$5,480
![Painting, Fenetre, Freddy](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1463682_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Experience d'Icare, Akira Inumaru](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1439451_1_grid.jpg)
Experience d'Icare
Akira Inumaru
Photography - 30 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$671
![Photography, Experience d'Icare, Akira Inumaru](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1439448_1_grid.jpg)
Experience d'Icare
Akira Inumaru
Photography - 30 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$671
![Photography, Experience d'Icare, Akira Inumaru](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1439430_1_grid.jpg)
Experience d'Icare
Akira Inumaru
Photography - 30 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$671
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Primeras modulaciones 10
Julio Le Parc
Print - 68 x 68 x 0.02 cm Print - 26.8 x 26.8 x 0 inch
$4,474
![Photography, Little Egret - Egretta garzetta, Ivaylo Zafirov](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/814065_1_grid.jpg)
Little Egret - Egretta garzetta
Ivaylo Zafirov
Photography - 33 x 50 cm Photography - 13 x 19.7 inch
$235
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Mémorial Australien de Villers-Bretonneux
Philippe Grincourt
Photography - 34 x 51 x 0.1 cm Photography - 13.4 x 20.1 x 0 inch
$179
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Delirium Tremens
Goulwen (Leyto) Mahé
Painting - 130 x 195 x 4 cm Painting - 51.2 x 76.8 x 1.6 inch
$6,711
![Painting, Sans Titre, François Xavier Fagniez](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2156316_1_grid.jpg)
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Abstract winter III
Cédric Bouteiller
Painting - 30 x 30 x 1 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
$2,796
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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!