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![Painting, Chaplin the great dictator, Joaquim Falcó](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/994242_1_grid.jpg)
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![Painting, Mademoiselle 42, Kaige Yang](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2160876_1_grid.jpg)
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![Painting, Mademoiselle 45, Kaige Yang](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2160874_1_grid.jpg)
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![Painting, Mademoiselle 47, Kaige Yang](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2152761_1_grid.jpg)
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![Painting, Mademoiselle 41, Kaige Yang](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2152759_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Mademoiselle 49, Kaige Yang](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2152758_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Mademoiselle 50, Kaige Yang](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2152757_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Mademoiselle 37, Kaige Yang](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2150917_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Mademoiselle 32, Kaige Yang](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2150915_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Mademoiselle 33, Kaige Yang](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2150914_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Mademoiselle 35, Kaige Yang](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2150913_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Mademoiselle 36, Kaige Yang](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2150912_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Secret Garden, Julie Edwards](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2137319_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Yellow flowers in blue still life, Gordon Hopkins](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2125965_1_grid.jpg)
Yellow flowers in blue still life
Gordon Hopkins
Painting - 120 x 120 x 3.5 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.4 inch
$6,349
![Painting, Paper View 02 - Tennis Balls, Low Bros](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1927782_1_grid.jpg)
Paper View 02 - Tennis Balls
Low Bros
Painting - 40 x 30 x 4 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 1.6 inch
$2,886
![Painting, Paper View 01 - Spirit Can, Low Bros](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1927779_1_grid.jpg)
Paper View 01 - Spirit Can
Low Bros
Painting - 40 x 30 x 4 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 1.6 inch
$2,886
![Painting, La demoiselle III, Kaige Yang](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1144755_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, La demoiselle II, Kaige Yang](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1142718_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Frida, Capocci](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/966891_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Ritratto di una giovane, Alexander Daniloff](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/938589_1_grid.jpg)
Ritratto di una giovane
Alexander Daniloff
Painting - 35 x 28 x 0.4 cm Painting - 13.8 x 11 x 0.2 inch
$496
![Painting, Le Temps Passe, Tu te Questionnes, Clement Garnung](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/601230_1_grid.jpg)
Le Temps Passe, Tu te Questionnes
Clement Garnung
Painting - 110 x 140 x 5 cm Painting - 43.3 x 55.1 x 2 inch
$3,463
![Painting, Réminiscence 3, Anne-Sophie Larcena](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2214608_1_grid.jpg)
Réminiscence 3
Anne-Sophie Larcena
Painting - 81 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 31.9 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,131
![Painting, A gray sheep's head, Menashe Kadishman](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2178661_1_grid.jpg)
A gray sheep's head
Menashe Kadishman
Painting - 80 x 60 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
$3,000
![Painting, Mon village préféré, Martine Fauve Dechavanne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2166183_1_grid.jpg)
Mon village préféré
Martine Fauve Dechavanne
Painting - 90 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$1,766
![Painting, Tu deviens une absence X, Cécile Duchêne-Malissin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2152904_1_grid.jpg)
Tu deviens une absence X
Cécile Duchêne-Malissin
Painting - 65 x 54 x 4.5 cm Painting - 25.6 x 21.3 x 1.8 inch
$1,074
![Painting, L'Infante IV, Cécile Duchêne-Malissin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2148400_1_grid.jpg)
L'Infante IV
Cécile Duchêne-Malissin
Painting - 65 x 45 x 4.5 cm Painting - 25.6 x 17.7 x 1.8 inch
$1,074
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![Painting, While waiting call for dinner, Dasha Pogodina](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2190368_1_grid.jpg)
While waiting call for dinner
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 94 x 94 x 2 cm Painting - 37 x 37 x 0.8 inch
$1,270
![Painting, Les deux amies II, Thérèse Boucraut](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2181440_1_grid.jpg)
Les deux amies II
Thérèse Boucraut
Painting - 130 x 130 x 2 cm Painting - 51.2 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch
$5,772
![Painting, Best friends, Dasha Pogodina](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2180009_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Blue VR777, Kseniya Rai](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2179988_1_grid.jpg)
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![Painting, Fantasy castle on the air, Eugene Gorbachenko](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2144149_1_grid.jpg)
Fantasy castle on the air
Eugene Gorbachenko
Painting - 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$1,154
![Painting, My dear princess, Dasha Pogodina](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2140638_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Maria, Dasha Pogodina](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2039352_1_grid.jpg)
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![Painting, Reverse of Syncretism – I am serious, why you don’t believe…, Graça Tirelli](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1607241_1_grid.jpg)
Reverse of Syncretism – I am serious, why you don’t believe…
Graça Tirelli
Painting - 51 x 51 x 2 cm Painting - 20.1 x 20.1 x 0.8 inch
$1,731
![Painting, She will come back, Reinaldo Chavez](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1261854_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Le marin, Julien Cuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1172886_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, La Plage - série bord de mer, Carla PM](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1087251_1_grid.jpg)
La Plage - série bord de mer
Carla PM
Painting - 31 x 23 x 2 cm Painting - 12.2 x 9.1 x 0.8 inch
$450
![Painting, César, Christine Barrès](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1035309_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Petite femme au voile orange, Zafi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/947724_1_grid.jpg)
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![Painting, Think of a place we could go, Jana & JS](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/730467_1_grid.jpg)
Think of a place we could go
Jana & JS
Painting - 50 x 50 x 5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 2 inch
$2,828
![Painting, Tango, Joyce Fournier](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2212783_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Amours Chiennes, Levalet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2204562_1_grid.jpg)
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![Painting, Still life with pomegranates, Tamar Nazaryan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2135639_1_grid.jpg)
Still life with pomegranates
Tamar Nazaryan
Painting - 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$750
![Painting, Scènes de vie, Claire Bonnet-Masimbert](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2129122_1_grid.jpg)
Scènes de vie
Claire Bonnet-Masimbert
Painting - 80 x 80 x 4 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch
$1,847
![Painting, Babel's tower, Carlos Diaz](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2125782_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Still life, Tamar Nazaryan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2104626_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Rhododendron Study No.10, Elizabeth Becker](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2051583_1_grid.jpg)
Rhododendron Study No.10
Elizabeth Becker
Painting - 55.9 x 76.2 x 0.3 cm Painting - 22 x 30 x 0.1 inch
$1,100
![Painting, Ancestry, Diana Rosa](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2050440_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Still life with fruits-1, Tamar Nazaryan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1913691_1_grid.jpg)
Still life with fruits-1
Tamar Nazaryan
Painting - 40 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$600
![Painting, To the Stars III, Dane Shue](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1732113_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Nubile, Charles Osaro](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1725054_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, My Joy My Hope, Gobe Joseph](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1699002_1_grid.jpg)
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![Painting, Ueno Secondary Street, Tokyo, Marco Santaniello](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/999174_1_grid.jpg)
Ueno Secondary Street, Tokyo
Marco Santaniello
Painting - 70 x 94 x 3 cm Painting - 27.6 x 37 x 1.2 inch
$5,194
![Painting, Old Books Street, Shanghai, Marco Santaniello](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/999078_1_grid.jpg)
Old Books Street, Shanghai
Marco Santaniello
Painting - 68 x 90 x 3 cm Painting - 26.8 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch
$3,232
![Painting, Gage Street Fruits corner, HK, Marco Santaniello](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/998094_1_grid.jpg)
Gage Street Fruits corner, HK
Marco Santaniello
Painting - 80 x 60 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
$4,964
![Painting, L'homme malade, Claude Weisbuch](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/528296_1_grid.jpg)
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![Painting, French angel and corals, Patrick Chevailler](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2175747_1_grid.jpg)
French angel and corals
Patrick Chevailler
Painting - 53 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 20.9 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
$1,154
![Painting, Dance Step, Godspower Odogwu](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2157163_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, The house my parents didn't buy, Jacques Tange](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2148577_1_grid.jpg)
The house my parents didn't buy
Jacques Tange
Painting - 80 x 70 cm Painting - 31.5 x 27.6 inch
$1,616
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