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![Photography, Roger Willemsen, Detlev Schneider](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1171551_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, In the City, Matt Kirby](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1101975_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, JR au Palais de Tokyo, 28 Août 2020, 16H12, Paris, JR](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1064307_1_grid.jpg)
JR au Palais de Tokyo, 28 Août 2020, 16H12, Paris
JR
Print - 100 x 70 x 0.1 cm Print - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0 inch
$2,561 $2,305
![Painting, O3A-B, 2018 (Abstract painting), Daniel Göttin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1015767_1_grid.jpg)
O3A-B, 2018 (Abstract painting)
Daniel Göttin
Painting - 30 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$4,237
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DB5 Aston Martin
Angélique Dufossé
Painting - 50 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,778
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![Painting, Les danseurs marins d'azur - Paysage marin de La Nouvelle Calédonie, Caroline Degroiselle](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2132113_1_grid.jpg)
Les danseurs marins d'azur - Paysage marin de La Nouvelle Calédonie
Caroline Degroiselle
Painting - 40 x 40 x 3.5 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 1.4 inch
$1,538
![Painting, Le phare maître joueur des vagues - Paysage marin de la Nouvelle Calédonie, Caroline Degroiselle](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2132062_1_grid.jpg)
Le phare maître joueur des vagues - Paysage marin de la Nouvelle Calédonie
Caroline Degroiselle
Painting - 30 x 30 x 3.5 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 1.4 inch
$1,051
![Sculpture, Pomme d'amour, Virginia Benedicto](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2120208_1_grid.jpg)
Pomme d'amour
Virginia Benedicto
Sculpture - 30 x 25 x 25 cm Sculpture - 11.8 x 9.8 x 9.8 inch
$2,125
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Chasser les mouettes
Hélène Legrand
Painting - 32 x 24 x 2 cm Painting - 12.6 x 9.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,230
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![Painting, Mother and child, Zakhar Shevchuk](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1784286_1_grid.jpg)
Mother and child
Zakhar Shevchuk
Painting - 105 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 41.3 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,405
![Painting, Abstract 22163, Alex Senchenko](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1782339_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Ragtime, Liam Hennessy](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1770483_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Abstract 22122, Alex Senchenko](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1756968_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Abstract 22119, Alex Senchenko](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1756302_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Abstract 22107, Alex Senchenko](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1755276_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Abstract 22104, Alex Senchenko](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1752159_1_grid.jpg)
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![Painting, Nebula No. 4, Mario Henrique](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1709304_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Nebula No. 6, Mario Henrique](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1709292_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Stop aux déchets - série panneaux de signalisation, Jackie Spaeter](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1633266_1_grid.jpg)
Stop aux déchets - série panneaux de signalisation
Jackie Spaeter
Painting - 90 x 30 x 4 cm Painting - 35.4 x 11.8 x 1.6 inch
$1,107
![Painting, Stop - série La ville, Jackie Spaeter](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1633155_1_grid.jpg)
Stop - série La ville
Jackie Spaeter
Painting - 90 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$1,107
![Painting, La belle époque, Âme Sauvage](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1628832_1_grid.jpg)
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![Print, A little flower painting : Pink, Purple and Many Other Colors, Takashi Murakami](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1414374_1_grid.jpg)
A little flower painting : Pink, Purple and Many Other Colors
Takashi Murakami
Print - 55 x 44 cm Print - 21.7 x 17.3 inch
$2,908
![Photography, Spotty face beauty, Faie Davis](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1356477_1_grid.jpg)
Spotty face beauty
Faie Davis
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$925
![Photography, Karo waiting game, Faie Davis](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1354734_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Glaciers Melting, Adriano Bernetti da Vila](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1351143_1_grid.jpg)
Glaciers Melting
Adriano Bernetti da Vila
Painting - 80 x 80 x 4.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.8 inch
$5,369
![Print, Horace, Claude Weisbuch](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1265178_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Horace, Claude Weisbuch](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1265103_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, 185R091011, Pierre Muckensturm](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1251579_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, En bordure de Central Park, New York, Pierre Boulat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1225005_1_grid.jpg)
En bordure de Central Park, New York
Pierre Boulat
Photography - 24 x 36 x 0.3 cm Photography - 9.4 x 14.2 x 0.1 inch
$727
![Photography, Noce berrichonne, la parade dans le village, Pierre Boulat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1224306_1_grid.jpg)
Noce berrichonne, la parade dans le village
Pierre Boulat
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.3 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
$839
![Photography, Courrèges, Pierre Boulat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1224258_1_grid.jpg)
Courrèges
Pierre Boulat
Photography - 40 x 26.5 x 0.3 cm Photography - 15.7 x 10.4 x 0.1 inch
$1,118
![Painting, Begiak V, Alberto Letamendi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1195803_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Tourne, Kristina Viera Wolf](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1142283_1_grid.jpg)
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![Print, Sans titre 7, Joan Brossa](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/780459_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Reflet, Arnaud Ele](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/623130_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, The school kids nº3, Frederic Pasquini](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/350260_1_grid.jpg)
The school kids nº3
Frederic Pasquini
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.2 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
$615
![Photography, The school kids nº2, Frederic Pasquini](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/350257_1_grid.jpg)
The school kids nº2
Frederic Pasquini
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.2 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
$615
![Photography, Sans titre, Frederic Pasquini](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/335539_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Santorini Magic, Sokratis Evgenidis](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2176217_1_grid.jpg)
Santorini Magic
Sokratis Evgenidis
Painting - 80 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$6,152
![Painting, Happy Dog, Ruslan Kolomiyets](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2172744_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Kong x Air Jordan, Ske](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2172157_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, La Mer Des Rêves - Round Edition, Vivianne Paris Panigiris](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2155306_1_grid.jpg)
La Mer Des Rêves - Round Edition
Vivianne Paris Panigiris
Sculpture - 40 x 40 x 5 cm Sculpture - 15.7 x 15.7 x 2 inch
$1,678
![Painting, Playfulness, Aloyzas Smilingis](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2150459_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Ink album (Flower), Zakhar Shevchuk](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2137428_1_grid.jpg)
Ink album (Flower)
Zakhar Shevchuk
Fine Art Drawings - 28 x 20 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11 x 7.9 x 0 inch
$336
![Fine Art Drawings, Ink album (Jug), Zakhar Shevchuk](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2130862_1_grid.jpg)
Ink album (Jug)
Zakhar Shevchuk
Fine Art Drawings - 28 x 20 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11 x 7.9 x 0 inch
$336
![Painting, Scènes de vie, Claire Bonnet-Masimbert](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2129122_1_grid.jpg)
Scènes de vie
Claire Bonnet-Masimbert
Painting - 80 x 80 x 4 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch
$1,790
![Sculpture, Banksy X Jumpman Air Jordan OW Blue/Orange, Ske](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2086788_1_grid.jpg)
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, Espresso, Darren Thompson](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2076705_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Rainbow unicorn - handmade sculpture for home decor, Dervis Akdemir](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2012214_1_grid.jpg)
Rainbow unicorn - handmade sculpture for home decor
Dervis Akdemir
Sculpture - 38 x 15 x 15 cm Sculpture - 15 x 5.9 x 5.9 inch
$305
![Print, Jacques Callot, Claude Weisbuch](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2002761_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Bitcoin X Shoot the bank, JP Malot](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1972050_1_grid.jpg)
Bitcoin X Shoot the bank
JP Malot
Painting - 65 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$1,454
![Painting, Mike Jagger, Lo Da](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1940616_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Healing Greenland, Chunja & the dog, Shin Seung-Hun](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1807068_1_grid.jpg)
Healing Greenland, Chunja & the dog
Shin Seung-Hun
Fine Art Drawings - 72 x 77.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 28.3 x 30.5 x 0 inch
$1,118
![Print, Creus i cor, Antoni Tapies](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/179989_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Serpi i creu, Antoni Tapies](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/179947_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, La Mer Des Rêves - Single Canva, Vivianne Paris Panigiris](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1738593_1_grid.jpg)
La Mer Des Rêves - Single Canva
Vivianne Paris Panigiris
Sculpture - 40 x 30 x 3 cm Sculpture - 15.7 x 11.8 x 1.2 inch
$895
![Painting, Sans Titre, L'Outsider](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1685973_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Frida Kahlo in the blue house, Coyoacán, Mexico., Leo Matiz](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1661793_1_grid.jpg)
Frida Kahlo in the blue house, Coyoacán, Mexico.
Leo Matiz
Photography - 35.6 x 25.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 14 x 10 x 0.1 inch
$1,800
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Healing Greenland, Chunja and The Monkey Brothers
Shin Seung-Hun
Fine Art Drawings - 72 x 77.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 28.3 x 30.5 x 0 inch
$1,118
![Photography, Best wave III, Tommy Schultz](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1571451_1_grid.jpg)
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Hommage à Lalanne
Michel Audiard
Sculpture - 88 x 65 x 38 cm Sculpture - 34.6 x 25.6 x 15 inch
$17,895
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Laid Bare - Nude + Gold #4
Sophie Derrick
Print - 59.4 x 42 x 0.2 cm Print - 23.4 x 16.5 x 0.1 inch
$722
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L'évêque - série oiseaux
Henry Ausloos
Photography - 80 x 30 x 0.5 cm Photography - 31.5 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
$1,879
![Photography, Couple II - série oiseaux, Henry Ausloos](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1292565_1_grid.jpg)
Couple II - série oiseaux
Henry Ausloos
Photography - 75 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 29.5 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$1,230
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Being and nothingness
Shulan Wang
Photography - 45 x 30 x 1 cm Photography - 17.7 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
$1,342
![Photography, Moonshine, Shulan Wang](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1182480_1_grid.jpg)
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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!