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Cours d'eau...
Roseline Al Oumami
Painting - 60 x 219 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 86.2 x 0.8 inch
€3,800
Trying To Be Colourful
Simon Findlay
Painting - 274 x 177 x 1 cm Painting - 107.9 x 69.7 x 0.4 inch
€1,500
Orange Yellow Cream
Simon Findlay
Painting - 145 x 450 x 1 cm Painting - 57.1 x 177.2 x 0.4 inch
€1,900
Énergie en rouge et noir
Emily Starck
Painting - 61 x 50 x 1.5 cm Painting - 24 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch
€900
Every thought for tomorrow (no.2)
Andrew Weir
Painting - 120 x 100 cm Painting - 47.2 x 39.4 inch
€3,200
L'envolée des couleurs
Roseline Al Oumami
Painting - 120 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
€4,050
Violet landscape #6
Ilgvars Zalans
Painting - 100 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
€3,500
Series “Between Heaven and Earth” - turquoise blue
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
€3,000
Riflessi dorati
Antonino Puliafico
Painting - 100 x 270 x 0.1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 106.3 x 0 inch
€2,300
Another Feast
Gagik Ghazanchyan
Painting - 80 x 125 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 49.2 x 0.8 inch
€5,500 €4,950
Contemporary man
Saverio Filioli Uranio
Painting - 48 x 33 x 0.1 cm Painting - 18.9 x 13 x 0 inch
€110
Improving One thing In The Room
Simon Findlay
Painting - 150 x 135 x 2 cm Painting - 59.1 x 53.1 x 0.8 inch
€1,300
1988 Fer et bouteilles Iron and bottles
Bernard Di Sciullo
Painting - 35 x 40 x 0.5 cm Painting - 13.8 x 15.7 x 0.2 inch
€1,450
2000 Nature morte Still life
Bernard Di Sciullo
Painting - 30 x 30 x 0.5 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
€1,550
L'espace coloré
Roseline Al Oumami
Painting - 150 x 150 x 2 cm Painting - 59.1 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch
€6,600
Moiré 03 (diptych)
Rutger de Vries
Painting - 120 x 180 x 3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 70.9 x 1.2 inch
€3,900
My little playground
Alison Lee
Painting - 122 x 152 x 3.8 cm Painting - 48 x 59.8 x 1.5 inch
€3,800
The Pursuit of Happyness
Filippo Citterio
Painting - 140 x 140 x 6.5 cm Painting - 55.1 x 55.1 x 2.6 inch
€4,500
Movement
Gagik Ghazanchyan
Painting - 140 x 200 x 2 cm Painting - 55.1 x 78.7 x 0.8 inch
€8,000 €6,800
Perpetuum Mobile
Gagik Ghazanchyan
Painting - 140 x 200 x 2 cm Painting - 55.1 x 78.7 x 0.8 inch
€8,000 €6,800
The Beautiful Garden
Gagik Ghazanchyan
Painting - 80 x 125 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 49.2 x 0.8 inch
€5,500
Trajectory
Gagik Ghazanchyan
Painting - 140 x 200 x 2 cm Painting - 55.1 x 78.7 x 0.8 inch
€8,000 €6,800
Composition
Gagik Ghazanchyan
Painting - 110 x 140 x 2 cm Painting - 43.3 x 55.1 x 0.8 inch
€6,000 €5,100
Beautiful Day
Gagik Ghazanchyan
Painting - 110 x 145 x 2 cm Painting - 43.3 x 57.1 x 0.8 inch
€6,000
Pop Art - Happy family
Eka Peradze
Painting - 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,700
Proposal
Gagik Ghazanchyan
Painting - 160 x 130 x 2 cm Painting - 63 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch
€6,400 €5,440
Another Feast
Gagik Ghazanchyan
Painting - 110 x 140 x 2 cm Painting - 43.3 x 55.1 x 0.8 inch
€5,500
Machine à remonter le temps en plein air
Amphora
Painting - 35 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting - 13.8 x 19.7 x 0 inch
€400
Yüksekten uçan kuslar / Les oiseaux volent en hauteur
Amphora
Painting - 29 x 42 cm Painting - 11.4 x 16.5 inch
€300
L'envol des choucas
Tristan Morlet
Painting - 150 x 150 x 3 cm Painting - 59.1 x 59.1 x 1.2 inch
€3,500
Drive and motivation
Ivan Gette
Painting - 140 x 200 x 4 cm Painting - 55.1 x 78.7 x 1.6 inch
€14,930
The theater of Life
Ilgvars Zalans
Painting - 140 x 200 x 4 cm Painting - 55.1 x 78.7 x 1.6 inch
€8,000
Action painting
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