Green tropical leaves (1)
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 200 x 200 x 4 cm Painting - 78.7 x 78.7 x 1.6 inch
€20,000
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1969 Paris Orange 6 Parisiens dans la foule Crowd
Jochen Michaelis
Painting - 37.5 x 52.5 x 0.5 cm Painting - 14.8 x 20.7 x 0.2 inch
€1,250 €625
My culture and my beauty 2
Loje Oluwaseun
Painting - 50.8 x 48.3 x 2.5 cm Painting - 20 x 19 x 1 inch
€1,001
My culture and my beauty 1
Loje Oluwaseun
Painting - 50.8 x 50.8 x 2.5 cm Painting - 20 x 20 x 1 inch
€1,001
1958 L'autobus à Paris Bus
Jochen Michaelis
Painting - 45 x 75 x 1 cm Painting - 17.7 x 29.5 x 0.4 inch
€2,500 €1,250
1978 Parisiens sur fond vert Parisians
Jochen Michaelis
Painting - 28.5 x 38 cm Painting - 11.2 x 15 inch
€1,250 €625
The Scent of Tulips
Lilith Tonakanyan
Painting - 60 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,092 €874
À la Kermesse (1)
Muriel Deumie
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
€1,800
Non-existand landscape
Nora Ampova
Painting - 20 x 20 x 4.5 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 1.8 inch
€360 €324
Transition - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, Men, Love, Women
Ajegbomogun Damilola
Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 1 inch
€2,594
Portrait of An Introvert - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Food, Children
Olaosun Oluwapelumi
Painting - 91.4 x 119.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 47 x 1 inch
€2,594
Expansive Potential
Ogunniyi Oluwatosin
Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 1 inch
€2,549
1962 Parisiennes Confidences Parisians
Jochen Michaelis
Painting - 50 x 70 x 0.5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.2 inch
€4,950 €2,475
Duality
Alexandre de Poplavsky
Painting - 160 x 110 x 3.5 cm Painting - 63 x 43.3 x 1.4 inch
€28,000
Like Basquiat in the Midst
Adewuyi Theophilus
Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 1 inch
Sold
Agbeke Spotted Again
Adewuyi Theophilus
Painting - 124.5 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 49 x 36 x 1 inch
Sold
1968 Paris Orange Paris Détruit, Géraniums et pelleteuse orange
Jochen Michaelis
Painting - 32.5 x 50 cm Painting - 12.8 x 19.7 inch
€4,950 €2,475
Night in Paris Nuit 1966 Night-Club II
Jochen Michaelis
Painting - 26 x 37.5 cm Painting - 10.2 x 14.8 inch
€2,950 €1,475
Night in Paris 1966 Night Club
Jochen Michaelis
Painting - 26 x 37.5 cm Painting - 10.2 x 14.8 inch
€2,950 €1,475
Ebunoluwa 2 (I give you my all)
Awosola Michael Angello
Painting - 152.4 x 121.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 60 x 48 x 1 inch
€3,003
Bloodline 1
Agbabiaka Oluwakayode
Painting - 121.9 x 101.6 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 40 x 1 inch
€4,187
1987 La femme et le pantin The woman and the Puppet
Bernard Di Sciullo
Painting - 110 x 50 x 0.5 cm Painting - 43.3 x 19.7 x 0.2 inch
€3,500 €1,750
Wandering Thoughts
Ogunniyi Oluwatosin
Painting - 121.9 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 36 x 1 inch
€3,004
Landscaping-CXLVIII
Stanislav Bojankov
Painting - 21 x 30 x 0.1 cm Painting - 8.3 x 11.8 x 0 inch
€110
N° 999 Moderato cantabile
R. Cavalié
Painting - 40 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
€350
Rebellious angel never be silent
Alexandre Abyla
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1 inch
€10,500
Angel of Sweetness Sweet
Alexandre Abyla
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1 inch
€10,500
Angel of Sweetness - Tenderness
Alexandre Abyla
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1 inch
€10,500
Life Enjoyment 2
Loje Oluwaseun
Painting - 109.2 x 101.6 x 2.5 cm Painting - 43 x 40 x 1 inch
€2,776
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Des secrets
Albane de Saint Remy
Painting - 80 x 80 x 1.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.6 inch
€3,232
I'm not your little princess
Julie Sarloutte
Painting - 40 x 30 x 4 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 1.6 inch
€1,130
Worship 3
Shijirbaatar Jambalsuren
Painting - 80 x 60 x 1 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
€3,795
Wild style
Jeannette Guichard-Bunel
Painting - 116 x 89 x 2 cm Painting - 45.7 x 35 x 0.8 inch
€5,000
Lorsque mon coeur fait boom
Jeannette Guichard-Bunel
Painting - 73 x 92 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch
€4,000
I thought I was rescued
Julie Sarloutte
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
€990
I fell in love with an illusion of you
Julie Sarloutte
Painting - 40 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
€970
Rosemary-Lynn
Ljubomir Milinkov
Painting - 100 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
€14,500
Gangster Lady. Happy End
Mariana Gumeniuc
Painting - 100 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
€14,795 €11,097
Spring on the next street
Anna Lageda
Painting - 59 x 42 x 0.5 cm Painting - 23.2 x 16.5 x 0.2 inch
€800
Thinking like a Gangster Lady
Mariana Gumeniuc
Painting - 100 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
€8,014 €6,411
Ondular Movements #1 and #2. From The Geometric Head Series
Almo
Painting - 59.9 x 99.8 x 0.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 39.3 x 0.2 inch
€2,913
Argèles sur mere. Ville. França
Ramon Aguilar Moré
Painting - 50 x 65 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 25.6 x 1.2 inch
€6,500
Flowering in the vineyard - Tuscany painting & handmade frame
Roberto Gai
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
Sold
En attente du futur
Tatiana Ivchenkova
Painting - 60 x 42 x 1 cm Painting - 23.6 x 16.5 x 0.4 inch
€1,500 €1,350
Soleil blanc
Tatiana Ivchenkova
Painting - 40 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
€1,000 €900
Guiding star
Sasha Katinauskiene
Painting - 70 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
€1,000 €900
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Love and Flowers - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Africa, Women
Taiwo Odejinmi
Painting - 91.4 x 61 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 24 x 1 inch
€2,230
Impossible behaviour - 9
Galya Popova
Fine Art Drawings - 90 x 70 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 35.4 x 27.6 x 0.1 inch
€1,600
lueur rouge, lithographie originale
Christophe Hohler
Print - 76 x 56 x 0.05 cm Print - 29.9 x 22 x 0 inch
€660