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Poignée de porte Art Déco

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Moonlight, Chalk Lane Jane Madgwick — 2016

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Reeds - Elena Maijala , 2023.

Finnish, b. 1951 -

Oil , gold leaf on canvas base, 175 x 130 cm.

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"The Eye of Providence"

William Preston aka Bro. William Preston (1742–1818)

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« Mercy » by Nicholas Roerich

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Dame Laura Knight (UK,1877-1970)

"At the Edge of the Cliff" c. 1917

Oil on canvas, 58.4 x 71.1 cm

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Hasui Kawase (Japanese, 1883-1957)

"Horai Rock in the Kiso River", 1928

Japanese woodblock print

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Juan Brufal

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Unknown ,  Laundry - Carin Bengts , 2014.

Swedish, b.1946  -

Oil on canvas, 120 x 150 cm.

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Phil Greenwood (1943)

Daisy Lights

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Inge Schuster

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Max Ernst

The Endless Night, 1940.

Oil on canvas, 24 1/4 x 18 1/4 in. (61.6 x 46.4 cm).

Sotheby's, New York

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Lawren Stewart Harris (Canadian, 1885–1970)

“Mist Fantasy, Northland”, 1922

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Per Adolfsen (Danish, b.1964)

Colored pencil and graphite on paper

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Frida Kahlo (Mexican, 1907-1954)

Viva la Vida, Watermelons, 1954

Oil on Masonite, 57 × 72 cm

Museo Frida Kahlo

This is the last painting that Frida Kahlo did. A vibrant conclusion to the short life of Frida Kahlo, Viva la Vida, Watermelons features rich color contrasts, curves and angles, and a final message from the artist herself. Kahlo put the finishing touches on her watermelon-themed painting just a few days before her death in 1954.

Frida Kahlo inscribed "Viva la Vida" on the central melon wedge at the bottom of the canvas, which translates as "Long live life", just eight days before she died. This may have been a straightforward statement as she neared death. It may also have been an ironic commentary on her pain-filled existence due to polio, a bus accident, and multiple surgeries.