Figurative Art

Based on the human figure and the real world, Figurative Art covers a broad range of styles. artnet Auctions provides exceptional prices for Figurative Art, including a record US$12,650 for Kara Walker's 1990 ink on paper, Untitled, sold on November 4, 2010.

At the opposite spectrum of Abstract Art is Figurative Art, which is based on the human figure and reality. With strong references to the real world, Figurative Art is associated with the historical and the classical, but now young contemporary artists are also producing exciting representational art.

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  • Nan Goldin: Alf at my bon voyage party, NYC, 1991

    Cibachrome

    Opening Bid
    US$7,800
    End Time
    4 days, 12 hours, 5 minutes
    Monday, June 24, 2013, 11:57 a.m. (EST)
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  • Diane Arbus: Young Girl at a Nudist Camp, Pennsylvania, 1965

    Silver Print, Gelatin Silver Print

    Opening Bid
    US$7,200
    End Time
    4 days, 12 hours, 10 minutes
    Monday, June 24, 2013, 12:02 p.m. (EST)
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  • Zeng Jianyong: Untitled, 2010

    Ink Wash / Sumi-e, Watercolor, on handmade paper laid on board.

    Current Bid
    US$9,800
    End Time
    4 days, 12 hours, 10 minutes
    Monday, June 24, 2013, 12:02 p.m. (EST)
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  • Nobuyoshi Araki: Untitled (set of two works: Bondage and Kaori), 2010

    Polaroid

    Opening Bid
    US$1,800
    End Time
    4 days, 12 hours, 22 minutes
    Monday, June 24, 2013, 12:14 p.m. (EST)
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  • Ernest Tino Trova: Double Flapman, 1983

    Steel, stainless steel

    Opening Bid
    US$7,000
    End Time
    4 days, 12 hours, 56 minutes
    Monday, June 24, 2013, 12:48 p.m. (EST)
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  • Edward Sheriff Curtis: Prayer to the Stars, 1909

    Platinum Print

    Opening Bid
    US$9,000
    End Time
    4 days, 13 hours, 8 minutes
    Monday, June 24, 2013, 1:00 p.m. (EST)
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  • Sante D'Orazio: Rachel Williams, Montauk, New York, 1991

    Silver Print, Silver gelatin print

    Opening Bid
    US$1,500
    End Time
    4 days, 13 hours, 8 minutes
    Monday, June 24, 2013, 1:00 p.m. (EST)
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  • Pablo Picasso: Femme appuyant sa tête sur sa main (Dora Maar portrait), 1943

    Pen, and India ink, on paper

    Opening Bid
    US$125,000
    End Time
    5 days, 10 hours, 38 minutes
    Tuesday, June 25, 2013, 10:30 a.m. (EST)
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  • Béla Kádár: Constructivist Landscape (+ Landscape with Man and Mule; two works), 1920

    Graphite, Ink Wash / Sumi-e, on paper

    Current Bid
    US$1,400
    End Time
    5 days, 10 hours, 52 minutes
    Tuesday, June 25, 2013, 10:44 a.m. (EST)
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