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Heart over head
Katharina Husslein
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€1,100
La voiture - Scène de vie urbaine figurative
Christiane Dumon
Painting - 50 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
€440
Taylor Swift at Cannes
Janusz Kik
Painting - 60 x 40.5 x 0.3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 15.9 x 0.1 inch
€295
Cerámica (1)
Francesc Casademont
Painting - 97 x 130 x 3 cm Painting - 38.2 x 51.2 x 1.2 inch
€6,000
The House on the Cliff
Natalya Mougenot
Painting - 80 x 80 x 1.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.6 inch
€1,350
La vie en couleur II
Maude Ovize
Painting - 81 x 116 x 3 cm Painting - 31.9 x 45.7 x 1.2 inch
€1,980
Le Brooklyn Brigde
Marie France Garrigues
Painting - 92 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 36.2 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
€1,750
Proyeccion 2
Adrian Gonzalez Torrez
Painting - 42 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 16.5 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
€332
Lost Paradise (un oiseau passe)
Nicolaï
Painting - 116 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 45.7 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
€3,800
Scarlet breath of the autumn
Ulyana Korol
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€2,000
Flower boutique, Vacation on the Happy Island serie
Olha Vlasova
Painting - 40 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
€450
Fresh cut yellow daisies in a vase
Natalya Mougenot
Painting - 30.5 x 23 x 0.1 cm Painting - 12 x 9.1 x 0 inch
€410
Being is love / 440
Christine Zanella
Painting - 65 x 65 x 0.2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 25.6 x 0.1 inch
€2,200
Poesía entre bambalinas
Antonio Camaró
Painting - 80 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
€49,000
El Cafe azul de rojos sueños
Antonio Camaró
Painting - 150 x 200 x 2 cm Painting - 59.1 x 78.7 x 0.8 inch
€150,000
Holy Trinity
Frank E Hollywood
Painting - 130 x 110 x 4 cm Painting - 51.2 x 43.3 x 1.6 inch
€13,500
Émergence lumineuse
Alexandre Moore Rockefeller
Painting - 47 x 36 x 0.6 cm Painting - 18.5 x 14.2 x 0.2 inch
€650 €585
Formentera, Parasol Rouge
Karine Bartoli
Painting - 73 x 92 x 4 cm Painting - 28.7 x 36.2 x 1.6 inch
€1,350
Planeten Saturnus, The Planet Saturnus
Max Book
Painting - 23 x 31 x 2 cm Painting - 9.1 x 12.2 x 0.8 inch
€2,500
Tjugoandra Zorn, Twentysecond Zorn
Max Book
Painting - 23 x 31 x 2 cm Painting - 9.1 x 12.2 x 0.8 inch
€2,500
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
€3,008
Our Situation Shouldn't Define Us
Emmanuel Ojebola
Painting - 152.4 x 121.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 60 x 48 x 1 inch
€5,264
If I Go To A Party And It’s Boring, I Leave
Simon Findlay
Painting - 20 x 15 x 2 cm Painting - 7.9 x 5.9 x 0.8 inch
€250
La plongeuse (1)
Véronique Baleste
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.4 inch
€2,000
Love from Afar 3
Emmanuel Ojebola
Painting - 121.9 x 121.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 48 x 1 inch
€4,512
Love from Afar 2
Emmanuel Ojebola
Painting - 121.9 x 121.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 48 x 1 inch
€4,512
Self Reflection 1
Emmanuel Ojebola
Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 1 inch
€2,820
Confrontation II.(Pink-Orange)
Funda Studio
Painting - 80 x 114 x 5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 44.9 x 2 inch
€2,850
The wine valley - Tuscany landscape painting
Raimondo Pacini
Painting - 70 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€450
Anthurium avec orange
Duda Moraes
Painting - 195 x 150 x 4 cm Painting - 76.8 x 59.1 x 1.6 inch
€7,200
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