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Streets of Yirga Chefe, Southern Ethiopia (Large format)
Girma Berta
Photography - 100 x 70 x 5 cm Photography - 39.4 x 27.6 x 2 inch
Price upon request
Les Waka Starz, Wakaliga, Ouganda
Frédéric Noy
Photography - 40 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$729
Trees and church (Bavaria)
Christophe Jacrot
Photography - 70 x 105 x 0.1 cm Photography - 27.6 x 41.3 x 0 inch
$3,590
Territory over land
Jessica Houston
Photography - 35.6 x 50.8 x 2.5 cm Photography - 14 x 20 x 1 inch
$2,132
Geological markers
Jessica Houston
Photography - 35.6 x 50.8 x 2.5 cm Photography - 14 x 20 x 1 inch
$2,132
Backstage XI
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$2,120
Chaos. Victoire des Bleus à la coupe du Monde 2018, Paris, France
Eric Bouvet
Photography - 60 x 70 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch
$2,244
Chaos. Manifestations pro-européenne Euromaidan, 2014, Place Maidan, Kyev, Ukraine
Eric Bouvet
Photography - 60 x 70 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch
$2,244
Backstage IX
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$2,008
Berlin art XV
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 140 x 70 x 4 cm Photography - 55.1 x 27.6 x 1.6 inch
$1,559
Man standing in front of house
Ken Heyman
Photography - 27.9 x 35.6 x 1.3 cm Photography - 11 x 14 x 0.5 inch
$4,000
Group Shot - New York, 1964
Ken Heyman
Photography - 29.2 x 35.6 x 1.3 cm Photography - 11.5 x 14 x 0.5 inch
$4,800
In awe of it all, still
Christa David
Photography - 76.2 x 55.88 x 2 cm Photography - 30 x 22 x 0.8 inch
$3,927
Haiti 2014, Jalousie 2
José Nicolas
Photography - 60 x 90 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.4 inch
$1,683
Série : Se faire passer pour Mao
Nathalie Daoust
Photography - 60 x 90 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 inch
$2,805
Signes de désorientations (série)
Patrick Beaulieu
Photography - 27.9 x 35.6 x 0.3 cm Photography - 11 x 14 x 0.1 inch
$1,571
Signes de désorientations (série)
Patrick Beaulieu
Photography - 27.9 x 35.6 x 0.3 cm Photography - 11 x 14 x 0.1 inch
$1,571
Signes de désorientations (série)
Patrick Beaulieu
Photography - 27.9 x 35.6 x 0.3 cm Photography - 11 x 14 x 0.1 inch
$1,571
Street comfort
Paul J Bucknall
Photography - 61 x 40.6 x 0.3 cm Photography - 24 x 16 x 0.1 inch
$687
Musicians in Lummus Park, Miami Beach
Andy Sweet
Photography - 40 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$1,851
Light painting
Jan Brunclík
Photography - 60 x 80 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0 inch
$1,290
Taking pictures/ Their life-Cameroon
Gilbert Ryu
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$841
Reserved/Their life-Cameroon
Gilbert Ryu
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$841
The joy of spring
Viet Ha Tran
Photography - 100.1 x 149.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 39.4 x 59 x 0.1 inch
$3,000
Surimpression du Touareg
Françoise Spiekermeier
Photography - 90 x 60 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 inch
$808
Peak Mid Winter #9
Jonathan Moore
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$981
Untitled 30 from the series of INtheVISIBLE
Arslan Sükan
Photography - 140 x 110 x 0.1 cm Photography - 55.1 x 43.3 x 0 inch
$4,500
Vision blanche
Yves Bordes Lapeyre
Photography - 60 x 90 x 0.5 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.2 inch
$998
3 - La montée de Persephone
Mita Vostok
Photography - 60 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$898
2 - Les âges de la vie - Naguère
Mita Vostok
Photography - 60 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$898
2- Le rapt de Persephone
Mita Vostok
Photography - 60 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$898
Water beyond water 14
Fabrice Constant
Photography - 90 x 60 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 inch
$1,234
Water beyond water 13
Fabrice Constant
Photography - 50 x 75 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 inch
$1,010
Clem distance
Cahuate Milk
Photography - 80 x 120 x 1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0.4 inch
$1,032
Lara distance
Cahuate Milk
Photography - 100 x 100 x 1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch
$1,032
Aiguille du Grépon
Eric Bouvet
Photography - 60 x 80 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0 inch
$2,019
L’Aiguille Verte
Eric Bouvet
Photography - 60 x 80 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0 inch
$2,019
Descente de l’arête de l’Aiguille du midi
Eric Bouvet
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$1,571
Les Drus et La Verte
Eric Bouvet
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$1,571
Glacier d’Argentière
Eric Bouvet
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$1,066
Les Aiguilles de Chamonix vues de l’Index
Eric Bouvet
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$1,066
Lost words 1
Dzovig Arnelian
Photography - 62 x 40 x 0.5 cm Photography - 24.4 x 15.7 x 0.2 inch
$250
A conversation with a therapist 7
Dzovig Arnelian
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.5 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.2 inch
$250
A conversation with a therapist 6
Dzovig Arnelian
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.5 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.2 inch
$250
Rainy days in Manila I
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 80 x 120 x 3 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
$2,233
Rainy days in Manila IX
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 80 x 120 x 3 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
$2,233
Rainy days in Manila XI
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 80 x 120 x 3 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
$2,233
Rainy days in Saigon III
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 80 x 120 x 3 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
$2,233
Rainy days in Saigon IV
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 80 x 120 x 3 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
$2,233
Rainy days in Saigon V
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 80 x 120 x 3 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
$2,233
Rainy days in Saigon VI
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 80 x 120 x 3 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
$2,233
Rainy days in Saigon IX
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 80 x 120 x 3 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
$2,233
Rainy days in Tokyo I
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 120 x 80 x 3 cm Photography - 47.2 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$2,233
Rainy days in Tokyo III
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 80 x 120 x 3 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
$2,233
Rainy days in Tokyo IX
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 120 x 80 x 3 cm Photography - 47.2 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$2,233
Rainy days in Tokyo XII
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 80 x 120 x 3 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
$2,233
Wild lens - Horses III
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 70 x 140 x 3 cm Photography - 27.6 x 55.1 x 1.2 inch
$2,233
Wild lens - Horses II
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 70 x 140 x 3 cm Photography - 27.6 x 55.1 x 1.2 inch
$2,233
Wild lens - Horses I
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 70 x 140 x 3 cm Photography - 27.6 x 55.1 x 1.2 inch
$2,233
Wild lens - Elephant XIX
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 80 x 120 x 3 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
$2,233
Wild lens - Elephant XI
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 70 x 140 x 3 cm Photography - 27.6 x 55.1 x 1.2 inch
$2,233
Wild lens - Elephant X
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 80 x 120 x 3 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
$2,233
Wild lens - Big Five II
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 50 x 150 x 3 cm Photography - 19.7 x 59.1 x 1.2 inch
$2,120
Wild lens - Penguins
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 50 x 150 x 3 cm Photography - 19.7 x 59.1 x 1.2 inch
$2,120
Wild lens - Flamingos
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 50 x 150 x 3 cm Photography - 19.7 x 59.1 x 1.2 inch
$2,120
Rainy days in New York IV
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 120 x 80 x 3 cm Photography - 47.2 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$2,233
Rainy days in New York V
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 120 x 80 x 3 cm Photography - 47.2 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$2,233
Singapore blur II
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 70 x 140 x 3 cm Photography - 27.6 x 55.1 x 1.2 inch
$2,233
Human crowd VIII
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 100 x 100 x 4 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$1,672
Rainy days in Hong Kong VIII
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 120 x 80 x 3 cm Photography - 47.2 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$2,233
Rainy days in Hong Kong X
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 120 x 80 x 3 cm Photography - 47.2 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$2,233
Rainy days in Hong Kong XIV
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 80 x 120 x 3 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
$2,233
Rainy days in Hong Kong XVI
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 120 x 80 x 3 cm Photography - 47.2 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$2,233
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!