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![Print, Mini collector Be copied, Stéphane Gautier](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2194129_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Quatrefoil (3), Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2192562_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Quatrefoil (2), Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2192561_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Quatrefoil (1), Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2192560_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, At the end of the tunnel, Baptiste Laurent](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2190455_1_grid.jpg)
At the end of the tunnel
Baptiste Laurent
Painting - 50 x 50 x 0.3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
$673
![Painting, Hope in the Shadow of Death, Selma Tunca](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2189535_1_grid.jpg)
Hope in the Shadow of Death
Selma Tunca
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$4,765
![Sculpture, Concert nocturn a Bujaraloz, Ferran Cartes Yerro](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2181159_1_grid.jpg)
Concert nocturn a Bujaraloz
Ferran Cartes Yerro
Sculpture - 35 x 35 x 6 cm Sculpture - 13.8 x 13.8 x 2.4 inch
$617
![Print, Bleached Moonrise, Sumit Mehndiratta](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2151792_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Composition No.322, Sumit Mehndiratta](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1534218_1_grid.jpg)
Composition No.322
Sumit Mehndiratta
Painting - 30.5 x 91.4 x 0.1 cm Painting - 12 x 36 x 0 inch
$1,009
![Print, Power, Cleon Peterson](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/960177_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Untitled. From the Cartographies series, Ana Seggiaro](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2201112_1_grid.jpg)
Untitled. From the Cartographies series
Ana Seggiaro
Painting - 87.9 x 129.8 x 0.3 cm Painting - 34.6 x 51.1 x 0.1 inch
$3,800
![Painting, Flower time Pandy, Paco Roum](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2187489_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Duality, Alexandre de Poplavsky](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2187139_1_grid.jpg)
Duality
Alexandre de Poplavsky
Painting - 150 x 100 x 3.5 cm Painting - 59.1 x 39.4 x 1.4 inch
$31,391 $28,252
![Painting, Butterfly, Karo Trass](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2182451_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Mermaid, Karo Trass](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2182449_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Then & now, Jean Feinberg](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2039886_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Journal D'Un Graveur - Vol. 2 Plate 6, Joan Miró](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/993972_1_grid.jpg)
Journal D'Un Graveur - Vol. 2 Plate 6
Joan Miró
Print - 57 x 45.5 x 0.1 cm Print - 22.4 x 17.9 x 0 inch
$1,570
![Painting, The Unknowability of The Other, Julia Swaby](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2210689_1_grid.jpg)
The Unknowability of The Other
Julia Swaby
Painting - 100 x 162 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 63.8 x 1.6 inch
$6,329
![Painting, Highlands, Julia Swaby](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2207137_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Elephant with Ballons, Valay Shende](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2205813_1_grid.jpg)
Elephant with Ballons
Valay Shende
Sculpture - 120 x 45 x 50 cm Sculpture - 47.2 x 17.7 x 19.7 inch
$61,661
![Painting, Angel 7, Schagen Vita](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2199489_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Cubitus vs Snoopy, Dezache](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2199125_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Moses, Marco Araldi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1585908_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Chaos Mind 1, Sam Bergwein](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2208810_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Devine Love, ChristineO.Art](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2205300_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Flowers by the sea, Evgeny Chernyakovsky](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2201038_1_grid.jpg)
Flowers by the sea
Evgeny Chernyakovsky
Painting - 90 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,200
![Painting, Flamingo pond, Evgeny Chernyakovsky](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2199297_1_grid.jpg)
Flamingo pond
Evgeny Chernyakovsky
Painting - 75 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 29.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,300
![Painting, Spring, Sona Adalyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2195928_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Rustic Reverie, Vahe Bagumyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2195554_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Inward Journey, Vahe Bagumyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2194337_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Lavandula, Françoise Dedon](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2191724_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Archi, Aurélie Trabaud](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2183205_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, White Moon, Maeva Drack](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2208107_1_grid.jpg)
![Design, Flight, Fabrik](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2203781_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Alcove, Mary Lottridge](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2196485_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Winter on the Desna, Andrey Chebotaru](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2195999_1_grid.jpg)
Winter on the Desna
Andrey Chebotaru
Painting - 80 x 100 x 2.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 1 inch
$4,400
![Sculpture, Big Easter Egg, Kseniia Redina](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2193139_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, 15.10.2017, 17h41, Prisca Lobjoy](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2190726_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, 01.12.2013, 22h, Prisca Lobjoy](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2190723_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, King lion, Cxmpaign](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2179368_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Composition, Miodrag Djuric (Dado)](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/992961_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Mémoire de JingDeZhen, Feng Hatat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/7873_1_grid.jpg)
Mémoire de JingDeZhen
Feng Hatat
Photography - 32 x 48 x 1 cm Photography - 12.6 x 18.9 x 0.4 inch
$673
![Photography, Mémoire de JingDeZhen, Feng Hatat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/7868_1_grid.jpg)
Mémoire de JingDeZhen
Feng Hatat
Photography - 32 x 48 x 1 cm Photography - 12.6 x 18.9 x 0.4 inch
$673
![Photography, Une nuit pluvieuse , Feng Hatat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/30897_1_grid.jpg)
Une nuit pluvieuse
Feng Hatat
Photography - 60 x 40 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$673
![Painting, Volcans, Lionel le Jeune](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2210552_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Aigrette en Camargue derrière des barbelés, Lionel le Jeune](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2199067_1_grid.jpg)
Aigrette en Camargue derrière des barbelés
Lionel le Jeune
Painting - 37 x 55 x 2 cm Painting - 14.6 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,457
![Painting, Peony Garden, Robert Lemay](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2196582_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, The Summit, Al Hirschfeld](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2190789_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Barcelona towers, M. Asuncion Raventos](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2190489_1_grid.jpg)
Barcelona towers
M. Asuncion Raventos
Painting - 180 x 140 x 3 cm Painting - 70.9 x 55.1 x 1.2 inch
$3,475
![Painting, Posando en el sofá, Jordi Turbau](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2183194_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Composition bleue, Antoni Clavé](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/17610_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, 28 mai 2022, Raymond Attanasio](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1502634_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Color maze 6, Iryna Kastsova](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2192654_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, The Confidant, Ricardo Fabián Bertona](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2180262_1_grid.jpg)
The Confidant
Ricardo Fabián Bertona
Painting - 110 x 110 x 1 cm Painting - 43.3 x 43.3 x 0.4 inch
$8,000 $7,200
![Print, Untitled from Artist Against Torture, Antoni Tapies](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1242189_1_grid.jpg)
Untitled from Artist Against Torture
Antoni Tapies
Print - 80 x 60 x 0.1 cm Print - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$1,570
![Painting, Empreinte Ivoire, Natacha Gillot](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2208819_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Small Love in White, Gergana Ivanova](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2203803_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Love in White, Gergana Ivanova](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2203794_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Tribal Hermes, Massimiliano Pelletti](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2203262_1_grid.jpg)
Tribal Hermes
Massimiliano Pelletti
Sculpture - 37 x 27 x 30 cm Sculpture - 14.6 x 10.6 x 11.8 inch
$43,723
![Painting, Symphony No. 6, Mario Henrique](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2203189_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Angel 8, Schagen Vita](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2200420_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Geese, Schagen Vita](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2197225_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Puppy Companions, Tamar Nazaryan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2193660_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Tendresse, Fabrice Leito](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2187892_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Naissance 2, Victor Vasarely](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2069919_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, 4 Avril 2022, Raymond Attanasio](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1436481_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Let's go hiking, Katharina Hormel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1330968_1_grid.jpg)
Let's go hiking
Katharina Hormel
Painting - 100 x 70 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch
$1,345
![Painting, Kaliakra, Anatoliy Stankulov](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2203274_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Esquisse, Leonor Fini](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2199136_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Los Colores del Viento, Adriana Velarca](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2196769_1_grid.jpg)
Los Colores del Viento
Adriana Velarca
Painting - 90 x 250 x 3 cm Painting - 35.4 x 98.4 x 1.2 inch
$11,379
![Painting, Moon indigo reverie, Alvaro Petritoli](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2195965_1_grid.jpg)
Moon indigo reverie
Alvaro Petritoli
Painting - 66 x 77 x 3 cm Painting - 26 x 30.3 x 1.2 inch
$3,251
![Print, Error 404, Rero](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2192743_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, V + Y blanche, Claire Gonnord](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2191983_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Ghost, Mourad Cherifi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2190108_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Attractive energy, Yahaira Cohinta Vannucchi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2189986_1_grid.jpg)
Attractive energy
Yahaira Cohinta Vannucchi
Painting - 136 x 84 x 3 cm Painting - 53.5 x 33.1 x 1.2 inch
$35,203
![Painting, Vital energy, Yahaira Cohinta Vannucchi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2189984_1_grid.jpg)
Vital energy
Yahaira Cohinta Vannucchi
Painting - 136 x 84 x 3 cm Painting - 53.5 x 33.1 x 1.2 inch
$35,203
![Sculpture, Epouvantail_Art-O-Middle-02, Art-O](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/239956_1_grid.jpg)
Epouvantail_Art-O-Middle-02
Art-O
Sculpture - 98 x 43 x 48 cm Sculpture - 38.6 x 16.9 x 18.9 inch
$1,233
![Sculpture, Dior Marble, Studio Snek](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2203014_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Before A Baby Comes Out Of Its Mother's Body, Wenqin Chen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202121_1_grid.jpg)
Before A Baby Comes Out Of Its Mother's Body
Wenqin Chen
Sculpture - 18 x 15 x 15 cm Sculpture - 7.1 x 5.9 x 5.9 inch
$13,453
![Painting, The Gentleman, Woko Aguru](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2201091_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Hotel Chelsea. New York., Victoria Cohen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2199889_1_grid.jpg)
Hotel Chelsea. New York.
Victoria Cohen
Photography - 67.6 x 101.6 x 0.3 cm Photography - 26.6 x 40 x 0.1 inch
$3,200
![Painting, B&W II, Rudolf Wiesinger](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2198826_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, B&W III, Rudolf Wiesinger](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2198825_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, B&W I, Rudolf Wiesinger](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2198737_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, White Still, Zoltan Gerliczki](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2189315_1_grid.jpg)
White Still
Zoltan Gerliczki
Photography - 80 x 64.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 31.5 x 25.5 x 0.1 inch
$2,200
![Sculpture, Notre Mer, Jean Denant](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1057857_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, One sided, Arnaud Ele](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/628659_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Ourson Bulles white, Elodie Dengreville](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2187483_1_grid.jpg)
Ourson Bulles white
Elodie Dengreville
Sculpture - 20 x 12 x 7 cm Sculpture - 7.9 x 4.7 x 2.8 inch
$897
![Painting, Carol leyendo, Jordi Turbau](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2183196_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Mamá dando pecho, Jordi Turbau](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2183171_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Composition no. 434, Sumit Mehndiratta](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2126538_1_grid.jpg)
Composition no. 434
Sumit Mehndiratta
Painting - 34 x 46 x 3 cm Painting - 13.4 x 18.1 x 1.2 inch
$1,794
![Sculpture, Nailed it series no. 166, Sumit Mehndiratta](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2126493_1_grid.jpg)
Nailed it series no. 166
Sumit Mehndiratta
Sculpture - 64 x 120 x 4 cm Sculpture - 25.2 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
$2,242
![Fine Art Drawings, Composition No.349, Sumit Mehndiratta](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1535916_1_grid.jpg)
Composition No.349
Sumit Mehndiratta
Fine Art Drawings - 46 x 91 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 18.1 x 35.8 x 0 inch
$1,233
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!