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Urban overstory
Madonna Phillips
Painting - 91.4 x 182.9 x 5.1 cm Painting - 36 x 72 x 2 inch
$10,500
Under the Aurora (In between frequencies) 2
Nestor Toro
Painting - 91.4 x 61 x 1.8 cm Painting - 36 x 24 x 0.7 inch
$3,030
Huge abstract perfectly imperfect II (Diptych)
Susan Wooler
Painting - 119.9 x 160 x 3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 63 x 1.2 inch
$3,376
The inevitable conclusion (Diptych)
Newel Hunter
Painting - 121.9 x 182.9 x 3.8 cm Painting - 48 x 72 x 1.5 inch
$4,650
Silver Rain: Diptych
Valeria Radzievska
Painting - 71.1 x 101.6 x 2 cm Painting - 28 x 40 x 0.8 inch
$2,050
Gente en la niebla
Débora Sánchez Viqueira
Painting - 137 x 274 x 3 cm Painting - 53.9 x 107.9 x 1.2 inch
$13,881
6°51' N, 158°13'E
Stéphane Spach
Photography - 60 x 160 x 0.5 cm Photography - 23.6 x 63 x 0.2 inch
$3,330
Images - Part 1 & 2
Cinzia Hochstrasser
Painting - 80 x 40 x 4 cm Painting - 31.5 x 15.7 x 1.6 inch
$2,331
Mountains on Fire
Cinzia Hochstrasser
Painting - 90 x 60 x 4 cm Painting - 35.4 x 23.6 x 1.6 inch
$3,996
Noir de carbone - Hommage à Pierre Soulages
Ronan Martin
Painting - 61 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 24 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$3,885 $3,496
No sé si te abracé lo suficiente
Carol Tomàs Alcaine
Painting - 20 x 40 x 3.5 cm Painting - 7.9 x 15.7 x 1.4 inch
$888
“Aparejo”. Diptych
Rodrigo Spinel
Fine Art Drawings - 99.8 x 139.7 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 39.3 x 55 x 0.1 inch
$7,000
La pierre et le vent
Thalia Dalecky
Painting - 20 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 7.9 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,088
Diptych 6, From the series All the faults of the world
Rodrigo Etem
Photography - 93 x 99.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 36.6 x 39.3 x 0.1 inch
$1,900
Diptych 4, From the series All the faults of the world
Rodrigo Etem
Photography - 94 x 100.3 x 0.3 cm Photography - 37 x 39.5 x 0.1 inch
$1,900
Diptych 4, From the series All the faults of the world
Rodrigo Etem
Photography - 93 x 99.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 36.6 x 39.3 x 0.1 inch
$1,900
1 Kilomètre #5
Laure Debrosse
Photography - 50 x 100 x 1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch
$1,066
Séptico II and II (Diptych)
Alec Franco
Painting - 89.9 x 140 x 0.8 cm Painting - 35.4 x 55.1 x 0.3 inch
$3,599
Piombino Future
Antonella Laganà
Painting - 150 x 200 x 5 cm Painting - 59.1 x 78.7 x 2 inch
$16,650
Whispers of the forest
Maria Esmar
Painting - 90 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 35.4 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
$1,998
Gutta -Percha Hunter (diptych)
Zianko Vasili
Painting - 150 x 150 x 0.3 cm Painting - 59.1 x 59.1 x 0.1 inch
$6,171
Let the Water Calm Down And You Will see
Murielle Argoud
Painting - 140 x 140 x 4 cm Painting - 55.1 x 55.1 x 1.6 inch
$9,657
Overnight Realization (Becoming Clear) / Diptych
Nestor Toro
Painting - 121.9 x 121.9 x 1.8 cm Painting - 48 x 48 x 0.7 inch
$5,545
Hide & seek Diptych
Newel Hunter
Painting - 101.6 x 152.4 x 2 cm Painting - 40 x 60 x 0.8 inch
$7,600
The Inevitable Conclusion Diptych
Newel Hunter
Painting - 121.9 x 182.9 x 3.8 cm Painting - 48 x 72 x 1.5 inch
$11,250
Face to Face Diptych
Newel Hunter
Painting - 101.6 x 152.4 x 2 cm Painting - 40 x 60 x 0.8 inch
$7,700
Divine Vagina
Mauricio Paz Viola
Painting - 120 x 200 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 78.7 x 1.6 inch
$16,206
Hotel Normandie, diptyque
Michèle Kaus
Painting - 120 x 120 x 3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
$3,996
Novo Spheres in Harmony
Howard Danelowitz
Painting - 101.6 x 152.4 x 5.1 cm Painting - 40 x 60 x 2 inch
$22,050
Jumelles II
Cécile Duchêne-Malissin
Painting - 120 x 160 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 63 x 1.6 inch
$5,750
Sunlight. Diptych.
Ljubow Jung
Painting - 50 x 100 x 1.5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 39.4 x 0.6 inch
$1,028
Growth & Temperament
Theresa Vandenberg Donche
Painting - 91.4 x 182.9 x 3.8 cm Painting - 36 x 72 x 1.5 inch
$5,285
Promenade au parc II Diptyque
Agnès Tiollier
Painting - 65 x 184 x 2.5 cm Painting - 25.6 x 72.4 x 1 inch
$2,775
Verrine
Jean-Pierre Fleury
Photography - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$2,731
Peau de mur IV
Pascale Morelot-Palu
Painting - 120 x 160 x 3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 63 x 1.2 inch
$5,394
Falling Gracefully Polyptich (2)
Bernadette Youngquist
Painting - 49 x 99 x 1 cm Painting - 19.3 x 39 x 0.4 inch
$2,553
Totem (2 pieces)
Themanfromthefuture Urano
Painting - 60 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$466
Muse 1 and 2. Nude Color photographs intervened by the artists.
Hunter & Gatti
Photography - 33 x 96.5 x 2.5 cm Photography - 13 x 38 x 1 inch
$4,000
Diptyque Untituled
Aurelien Grudzien
Painting - 80 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$4,218
Back lighting, Blue and Red. Diptych
Dora Franco
Photography - 76.2 x 203.2 x 0.3 cm Photography - 30 x 80 x 0.1 inch
$5,000
Back lighting, Black and Red. Diptych
Dora Franco
Photography - 76.2 x 203.2 x 0.3 cm Photography - 30 x 80 x 0.1 inch
$5,000
Drive and motivation
Ivan Gette
Painting - 140 x 200 x 4 cm Painting - 55.1 x 78.7 x 1.6 inch
$16,572
Mystery theater
Valeria De Santis
Painting - 180 x 120 x 1 cm Painting - 70.9 x 47.2 x 0.4 inch
$8,254
Untitled 4 (Diptych)
Michael Schmeja
Painting - 41 x 58 x 0.2 cm Painting - 16.1 x 22.8 x 0.1 inch
$832
Silent Flame the Crack Sound of the Music
Hiroshi Mehata
Painting - 80 x 117 x 2.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 46.1 x 1 inch
$20,756
The Purgatory Gazes
Hiroshi Mehata
Painting - 80 x 117 x 2.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 46.1 x 1 inch
$20,756
Diptych Artworks
Think that triptychs and diptychs are only religious artworks? Not at all! Two-piece artworks can be made in all kinds of media such as painting, drawing or photography. In modern and contemporary art, some works are imagined and arranged in two parts. Artists also create optical illusions which imitate diptychs by splitting the painting in two. Thanks to these two part artworks, these works of art will bring depth and volume to your interior. Since Andy Warhol's famous 'Marilyn Diptych', duo works have never been out of fashion
A diptych ("di" meaning two and "ptyche" meaning fold in Greek) is any object with two flat plates attached at a hinge. Diptychs are usually 2D works composed of 2 pieces. They are completed in a variety of media including painting, photography and drawing, and also represent all types of subject matter including, portraits, landscapes and abstract art.
Diptychs have been a popular art form amongst artists for centuries. Generally there is a link between the panels, where subjects often engage with or look at each other from the two sections. Alternatively, it could depict a single work that is continued across the two parts. This means the diptych could provide two alternative viewpoints of a single scene, or share the same color and composition but show two different themes. In art history, the diptych was used to present certain scenarios. These were often scenes of marriage (husband and wife on different panels), life and death or wealth and poverty.
In modern and contemporary art, some works are imagined and arranged in two. Artists also create “trompes l'oeil" (literally means “deceive the eye") which are optical illusions that imitate diptychs by splitting the painting in two. This can be as simple as applying a straight line through the centre of the work. In Late Antiquity, "consular diptychs" were made to mark an individual's election as Roman consul. These were created in wood, ivory or metal.
The diptych was additionally used in early Christian literature to tell stories of saints, Christ and the Virgin Mary. The form facilitated the transportation of these stories, since it could be closed like a book to preserve its interior.
Diptychs were additionally present in classical and modern art (of the 20th century). However, very few old pieces of this art form survived, and those that did are kept in the most renowned museums worldwide.
In 1935, King Richard II commissioned the Wilton Diptych, a small portable diptych and extremely rare Medieval religious painting from England. It is now in the National Gallery in London. Measuring 53 x 37 cm, the Baltic oak panels depict a kneeling Richard II on one panel, praying to the Virgin Mary on the other.
The Louvre has the Diptych of Jean Carondelet in its possession, which was created by Jean Gossaert in 1517. The diptych is a work of private devotion, yet underlines the Flemish painter's talent for portraiture. Jean Carondelet is shown praying towards the right panel where an image of the Virgin Mary is also painted. However, unlike the Wilton Diptych, this is actually a double diptych as the back of the piece is painted with a coat of arms and a skull (vanitas).
Alternatively, one of the most famous diptychs only dates back to 1962, and was completed by Pop art master, Andy Warhol. His famous “Marilyn Diptych" shows two serigraphs: one in color and one in black and white. According to the Tate, this “evokes [Marilyn Monroe's] ubiquitous presence in the media. The contrast of vivid colour with black and white, and the effect of fading in the right panel are suggestive of the star's mortality."
Discover the art of the diptych in all its forms with this unique selection from Artsper! Uncover the abstract painting of Tommaso Fattovich, the quirky messages of Agnès Thurnauer, the vibrant compositions of Novi Lim, the enchanting colors of Ron Halfant, the maritime views of Ana Hefco or the meditative photographs of Serge Hamad.