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Animal Painting #012-0687
Les Thomas
Painting - 31 x 31 x 4 cm Painting - 12.2 x 12.2 x 1.6 inch
CHF 1,400
Animal Painting #019-1760
Les Thomas
Painting - 31 x 31 x 4 cm Painting - 12.2 x 12.2 x 1.6 inch
CHF 1,400
12 series Alice's encounters
Alvaro Petritoli
Painting - 45 x 45 x 3 cm Painting - 17.7 x 17.7 x 1.2 inch
CHF 1,802
Un jardin pour Eugène D. #04
FLORE Photographer
Photography - 50 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
CHF 3,295
Waiting at the Door
Newel Hunter
Painting - 50.8 x 40.6 x 2 cm Painting - 20 x 16 x 0.8 inch
CHF 1,612
A Gathering of Innocents
Newel Hunter
Painting - 50.8 x 40.6 x 0.8 cm Painting - 20 x 16 x 0.3 inch
CHF 1,281
Force of Nature
Newel Hunter
Painting - 50.8 x 40.6 x 0.8 cm Painting - 20 x 16 x 0.3 inch
CHF 1,281
Fleeing the Scene
Newel Hunter
Painting - 40.6 x 50.8 x 0.8 cm Painting - 16 x 20 x 0.3 inch
CHF 1,328
Sink or Swim Demo
Newel Hunter
Painting - 50.8 x 40.6 x 3.8 cm Painting - 20 x 16 x 1.5 inch
CHF 1,755
Nocturn panorama 5
Nestor Toro
Painting - 50.8 x 40.6 x 1.8 cm Painting - 20 x 16 x 0.7 inch
CHF 977
Nocturn panorama 4
Nestor Toro
Painting - 50.8 x 40.6 x 1.8 cm Painting - 20 x 16 x 0.7 inch
CHF 977
Orange lights and shadows
Nestor Toro
Painting - 50.8 x 40.6 x 1.8 cm Painting - 20 x 16 x 0.7 inch
CHF 977
Magenta panorama (Flowering)
Nestor Toro
Painting - 50.8 x 40.6 x 1.8 cm Painting - 20 x 16 x 0.7 inch
CHF 967
Iridescent night (Purple red)
Nestor Toro
Painting - 50.8 x 40.6 x 1.8 cm Painting - 20 x 16 x 0.7 inch
CHF 967
Forest and light trails 2
Nestor Toro
Painting - 40.6 x 50.8 x 1.8 cm Painting - 16 x 20 x 0.7 inch
CHF 967
Yellow Reunion (Lost Lights) 2
Nestor Toro
Painting - 50.8 x 40.6 x 1.8 cm Painting - 20 x 16 x 0.7 inch
CHF 967
Caribbean waters (Cool Blue)
Nestor Toro
Painting - 50.8 x 40.6 x 1.8 cm Painting - 20 x 16 x 0.7 inch
CHF 967
Intermittent Dreams 1
Nestor Toro
Painting - 50.8 x 40.6 x 1.8 cm Painting - 20 x 16 x 0.7 inch
CHF 967
Intermittent Dreams 2
Nestor Toro
Painting - 50.8 x 40.6 x 1.8 cm Painting - 20 x 16 x 0.7 inch
CHF 967
Intermittent Dreams 3
Nestor Toro
Painting - 50.8 x 40.6 x 1.8 cm Painting - 20 x 16 x 0.7 inch
CHF 967
Split panorama 2 (Action divided)
Nestor Toro
Painting - 50.8 x 40.6 x 1.8 cm Painting - 20 x 16 x 0.7 inch
CHF 977
Split panorama 3 (Action divided)
Nestor Toro
Painting - 50.8 x 40.6 x 1.8 cm Painting - 20 x 16 x 0.7 inch
CHF 977
Split panorama 4 (Action divided)
Nestor Toro
Painting - 50.8 x 40.6 x 1.8 cm Painting - 20 x 16 x 0.7 inch
CHF 977
Split panorama 5 (Action divided)
Nestor Toro
Painting - 50.8 x 40.6 x 1.8 cm Painting - 20 x 16 x 0.7 inch
CHF 977
Red valley (Heat wave)
Nestor Toro
Painting - 50.8 x 40.6 x 1.8 cm Painting - 20 x 16 x 0.7 inch
CHF 977
Many miles offshore,
Nestor Toro
Painting - 50.8 x 40.6 x 1.8 cm Painting - 20 x 16 x 0.7 inch
CHF 977
Double imagery (reflective pool),
Nestor Toro
Painting - 50.8 x 40.6 x 1.8 cm Painting - 20 x 16 x 0.7 inch
CHF 977
A Time To Imagine 2
Nestor Toro
Painting - 50.8 x 40.6 x 1.8 cm Painting - 20 x 16 x 0.7 inch
CHF 972
Double Imagery (Forest Pond), Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Nestor Toro
Painting - 50.8 x 40.6 x 1.8 cm Painting - 20 x 16 x 0.7 inch
CHF 982
Effusive Silence 4
Nestor Toro
Painting - 50.8 x 40.6 x 1.8 cm Painting - 20 x 16 x 0.7 inch
CHF 949
Vernazza Cinque Terre
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 45 x 48 x 2 cm Painting - 17.7 x 18.9 x 0.8 inch
CHF 824
Panthère bronze dentelle ajourée
Richard Orlinski
Sculpture - 17 x 40 x 9 cm Sculpture - 6.7 x 15.7 x 3.5 inch
CHF 24,714
Lismnore Castle Ireland
Marilyn Henrion
Painting - 40.6 x 30.5 x 2.5 cm Painting - 16 x 12 x 1 inch
CHF 1,921
Tuba Tree. Tuba Tree Collection
Tuba Onder Demircioglu
Sculpture - 37 x 29 x 29 cm Sculpture - 14.6 x 11.4 x 11.4 inch
CHF 6,745
Thunderstorm in Lopatino
Simon Kozhin
Painting - 30 x 40 x 0.3 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
CHF 3,705
Spring in Kolomenskoye
Simon Kozhin
Painting - 25 x 35 x 0.3 cm Painting - 9.8 x 13.8 x 0.1 inch
CHF 3,707
Golden maples in Tsaritsyno
Simon Kozhin
Painting - 21 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 8.3 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
CHF 3,398
Abstract 2b
Marie Dominique Ferracci
Painting - 30 x 20 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch
CHF 196
Abstraction 1b
Marie Dominique Ferracci
Painting - 40 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
CHF 299
Urban Obey Tribute
Priscilla Vettese
Painting - 46 x 38 x 3 cm Painting - 18.1 x 15 x 1.2 inch
CHF 309
Urban Basquiat Tribute
Priscilla Vettese
Painting - 46 x 38 x 3 cm Painting - 18.1 x 15 x 1.2 inch
CHF 309
Urban Haring Tribute
Priscilla Vettese
Painting - 46 x 38 x 3 cm Painting - 18.1 x 15 x 1.2 inch
CHF 309
Al mare. From the Beaches series
Luigi Christopher Veggetti Kanku
Painting - 33 x 48 x 2.5 cm Painting - 13 x 18.9 x 1 inch
CHF 2,371
Tramonto. From the Beaches series
Luigi Christopher Veggetti Kanku
Painting - 33 x 48 x 2.5 cm Painting - 13 x 18.9 x 1 inch
CHF 2,371
Lamorna to Rock
Philip Hearsey
Sculpture - 31 x 20 x 8 cm Sculpture - 12.2 x 7.9 x 3.1 inch
CHF 1,808
Fille avec ballon rouge Grand
Miguel Guía
Sculpture - 47 x 23 x 9 cm Sculpture - 18.5 x 9.1 x 3.5 inch
CHF 1,215
USA. Nevada and California. The Misfits, a film by John HUSTON. 1960 VIII
Eve Arnold
Photography - 30.5 x 40.6 x 5.1 cm Photography - 12 x 16 x 2 inch
CHF 2,229
GB. London. Girls sharing apartment.
Eve Arnold
Photography - 40.6 x 30.5 x 5.1 cm Photography - 16 x 12 x 2 inch
CHF 2,229
USA. Intergration Crisis.
Eve Arnold
Photography - 30.5 x 40.6 x 5.1 cm Photography - 12 x 16 x 2 inch
CHF 2,229
USA. Nevada and California. The Misfits, a film by John HUSTON. 1960 VII
Eve Arnold
Photography - 30.5 x 40.6 x 5.1 cm Photography - 12 x 16 x 2 inch
CHF 2,229
USA. Marilyn Monroe (USA). Actress & singer
Eve Arnold
Photography - 30.5 x 40.6 x 5.1 cm Photography - 12 x 16 x 2 inch
CHF 2,229
USA. Nevada and California. The Misfits, a film by John HUSTON. 1960 IX
Eve Arnold
Photography - 30.5 x 40.6 x 0.6 cm Photography - 12 x 16 x 0.25 inch
CHF 2,229
Marilyn Monroe and Montgomery Clift during filming of The Misfits - USA, Nevada
Eve Arnold
Photography - 30.5 x 40.6 x 5.1 cm Photography - 12 x 16 x 2 inch
CHF 2,229
GB. Women Without Men.
Eve Arnold
Photography - 40.6 x 30.5 x 5.1 cm Photography - 16 x 12 x 2 inch
CHF 2,229
USA. Marilyn Monroe. Actress & singer
Eve Arnold
Photography - 40.6 x 30.5 x 5.1 cm Photography - 16 x 12 x 2 inch
CHF 2,229
USA. Nevada and California. The Misfits, a film by John HUSTON. 1960 IV
Eve Arnold
Photography - 30.5 x 40.6 x 5.1 cm Photography - 12 x 16 x 2 inch
CHF 2,229
USA. New York. American actress Marlene Dietrich.
Eve Arnold
Photography - 40.6 x 30.5 x 5.1 cm Photography - 16 x 12 x 2 inch
CHF 2,229
GB. Church Of England
Eve Arnold
Photography - 30.5 x 40.6 x 5.1 cm Photography - 12 x 16 x 2 inch
CHF 2,229
China. Peking. Cotton mill nursery
Eve Arnold
Photography - 30.5 x 40.6 x 5.1 cm Photography - 12 x 16 x 2 inch
CHF 2,229
China. Inner Mongolia. Song at dusk
Eve Arnold
Photography - 30.5 x 40.6 x 5.1 cm Photography - 12 x 16 x 2 inch
CHF 2,229
Candice BERGEN and Michael CAINE - Spain, Mallorca 1967 II
Eve Arnold
Photography - 40.6 x 30.5 x 5.1 cm Photography - 16 x 12 x 2 inch
CHF 2,229
USA. New York city. Actors Studio. American actor Paul Newman
Eve Arnold
Photography - 30.5 x 40.6 x 5.1 cm Photography - 12 x 16 x 2 inch
CHF 2,229
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Recent trends in contemporary art have meant that we've grown accustomed to large scale pieces, be that huge canvases, enormous sculptures, or giant installations.
However, the miniature has always been an important part of contemporary art. Be it paintings, sculpture, or photography as well as small format drawings, the reduced dimensions of the artwork puts new constraints on the artist, forcing them to develop their techniques and artistic finesse.
Jeff Wall, an American photographer known for his large scale photographic prints on huge illuminated boxes, has said that “the scale of a piece is not about the dimensions of it, but about the internal tensions within the composition".
Believe it or not, miniature pieces have many advantages. Smaller formats allow the artists to show off a different range of talents and techniques, and sometimes even create the impression of a much higher quality piece – such as engravings or prints. Creating a miniature is a sure sign of precision and skill.
They are also more practical to exhibit than the enormous artworks: we've all got a little space on a shelf ready to welcome a miniature sculpture, photo or drawing.
Another very practical aspect of miniatures is the myriad possibilities for display: you could put together a full shelf of statuettes, or even a dedicated framing wall – which is an increasingly popular method for display, and makes for the perfect decorative addition to a living room or bedroom. It's a mixed composition made up of an array of pieces – you guessed it – all on the same wall. The diminutive size of the miniatures also makes it easier to make sure your favourite pieces are displayed in pride of place.
Even artists who are known for their monumental works are slowly getting into miniatures, like Jeff Wall in his exhibition at the Cartier Foundation.
The miniature is making a big name for itself as a growing trend across the contemporary art world; from Gaspard Mitz, who creates tiny versions of the interiors of famous art galleries in his 'Box Stories', to the photography of Samsofy, who recreates scenes from daily life with miniscule Lego 'actors'.
Last but not least, the small scale of the pieces means that even big names come with small price tags, meaning that miniatures make excellent presents. So, go on, what are you waiting for? Browse our selection of miniature works now…