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'A Fireside Read' and 'Threading the Needle' (Pair)
Located in Belgravia, London, London
Oil on panel Panel size: 10 x 8 inches each Framed size: 13 x 10.5 inches each A signed lower left B signed lower right
Category

19th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

H. Goulger after Nicolaes Maes - 19th Century Oil, Young Girl Threading a Needle
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming study of Nicolaes Maes' 1657 work 'Young Girl Threading a Needle'. The artist depicts
Category

19th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Dutch Old Master Portrait of Girl aged 9 in Black Dress & Lace Ruff dated 1619
Located in London, GB
Portrait of a Noble Young Girl, aged 9, in a black dress with lace ruff and cuffs, Dated 1619
Category

17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Edie Sedgewick 'Superstar'
By Jerry Schatzberg
Located in New York, NY
, McCall’s, Esquire, Glamour, and Life in the 1960’s. Schatzberg captured intimate portraits of the
Category

1960s Modern Portrait Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Mid 19th Century Oil - The Stocking Knitter
Located in Corsham, GB
a stocking using four needles to create the circular shape of the garment. The painting has retained
Category

Mid-19th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

c.1840 Oil - The Lady Of The Estate
Located in Corsham, GB
A truly unique and eye catching 19th Century portrait, showing a striking woman in a vibrant red
Category

Mid-19th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Virtue of Knowledge, oil painting, Texas artist, Realistic painting
Located in Houston, TX
Virtue of Knowledge reexamines portraits of individuals throughout history to illustrate the
Category

2010s Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Adhesive, Oil

Edie Sedgewick 'Superstar'
By Jerry Schatzberg
Located in New York, NY
, Glamour, and Life in the 1960’s. Schatzberg captured intimate portraits of the generations most notable
Category

1960s Realist Portrait Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Jerry Schatzberg Untitled (Swirl)
By Jerry Schatzberg
Located in New York, NY
, McCall’s, Esquire, Glamour, and Life in the 1960’s. Schatzberg captured intimate portraits of the
Category

1960s Modern Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Jerry Schatzberg Untitled (Mask)
By Jerry Schatzberg
Located in New York, NY
, McCall’s, Esquire, Glamour, and Life in the 1960’s. Schatzberg captured intimate portraits of the
Category

1960s Modern Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Jerry Schatzberg Untitled (Airplane)
By Jerry Schatzberg
Located in New York, NY
, McCall’s, Esquire, Glamour, and Life in the 1960’s. Schatzberg captured intimate portraits of the
Category

1960s Modern Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Jerry Schatzberg, Carmen Exits Taxi
By Jerry Schatzberg
Located in New York, NY
Vogue, McCall’s, Esquire, Glamour, and Life in the 1960’s. Schatzberg captured intimate portraits of the
Category

1960s Modern Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Giea, Oil Painting Realism, Alla Prima, History Flows Into the Present, Figures
Located in Houston, TX
. Gallery Wrapped. Giea reexamines portraits of individuals throughout history to illustrate the premise
Category

2010s Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Cotton Canvas

Pomona, oil painting, Women in the Arts, Realistic painting, Historical Figures
Located in Houston, TX
Pomona reexamines portraits of individuals throughout history to illustrate the premise that
Category

2010s Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Luna, oil painting, Women in the Arts, Realistic painting, Historical Figures
Located in Houston, TX
Luna reexamines portraits of individuals throughout history to illustrate the premise that history
Category

2010s Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Persephone, oil painting, Texas artist, Realistic painting, Historical Figures
Located in Houston, TX
Persephone reexamines portraits of individuals throughout history to illustrate the premise that
Category

2010s Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Edward Ridley, 1920s Portrait Of A Woman, Watercolour
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This stylish 1920s portrait by English artist Edward Ridley (1883-1946) depicts a woman wearing a
Category

1920s Art Deco Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Board, Watercolor

Portrait of a Woman with a Cigarette, circa 1910, pastel on paper
Located in PARIS, FR
Mathilde MAUJAN VAN DONGHEN (1868-1960) Portrait of a Woman with a Cigarette, circa 1910 Pastel on
Category

Early 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pastel

Cypriano (A Basque Boy)
By Gerald Leslie Brockhurst
Located in Middletown, NY
printmaking. Folin served as the model for his portraits of women, and young womanhood, which were heavily
Category

Mid-20th Century American Modern Portrait Prints

Materials

Handmade Paper, Etching

Jewish Student
By Alicia Wiencek Fiene
Located in Surfside, FL
the auditorium of the Central High School of Needle Trades for the International Ladies' Garment
Category

Early 20th Century Modern Portrait Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Henri Matisse (After) - Lithograph - Woman with Flowers in Her Hair
By (after) Henri Matisse
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
with a Hat, a portrait of Madame Matisse. This picture was bought be was bought by Gertrude and Leo
Category

1940s Modern Portrait Prints

Materials

Lithograph

J. H. - Late 19th Century Watercolour, Sewing Lesson
Located in Corsham, GB
watches closely as the little girl delicately tries to thread a needle. This heartwarming scene has the
Category

19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Divination by Needle
By Rachel Phillips
Located in Sante Fe, NM
cards, and by the mystery behind each portrait. An antique photo highlights many paradoxes: we can hold
Category

2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment, Photographic Paper

Needle & Thread, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
: Bottom right hand corner :: Canvas :: Portrait :: Original :: Framed: No
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

"Needle N' Thread" - Southern Documentary Photography - Alabama
By Jerry Siegel
Located in Atlanta, GA
"Needle N' Thread" features hues of red, green, yellow and brown. This is a framed print, edition
Category

2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Inkjet

needle in the eye, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Dionysios Maravegias
Located in Yardley, PA
: Yes :: Signed: Yes :: Signature Location: back :: Canvas :: Portrait :: Original :: Framed: No
Category

2010s Surrealist Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Portraits et boutons (portraits and buttons)
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Drawing on paper, old photography, buttons with needles.
Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Paper

The Hemlock Needle, Oil on canvas, figurative painting with blue pattern palette
By Michele Mikesell
Located in Dallas, TX
"The Hemlock Needle, Fable of a raven bringing light into the world." is a beautiful oil painting
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Oil

"Needle" Photography 24" x 18" inch Edition 1/20 by Ben Cope
By Ben Cope
Located in Culver City, CA
"Needle" Photography 24" x 18" inch Edition 1/20 by Ben Cope Not framed. Ships in a tube. BLANC
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Abstract Prints

Materials

Archival Pigment

"Needle" Photography 40" x 30" inch Edition 1/20 by Ben Cope
By Ben Cope
Located in Culver City, CA
"Needle" Photography 40" x 30" inch Edition 1/20 by Ben Cope Not framed. Ships in a tube. BLANC
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Abstract Prints

Materials

Archival Pigment

"Scrutiny" Portrait Photography
By Andrew Pinkham
Located in Philadelphia, PA
represents an idea or a thought, the needle, its possible demise." -Andrew Pinkham ABOUT THE SERIES // "With
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

After Folk Cross Stitch Pattern Pinks, Embroidery Painting, Red, Orange, Pink
Located in Kent, CT
to stitch, the act of each brushstroke serving for the stitch of a needle. Lamb’s embroidery
Category

2010s Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Mylar, Acrylic, Gouache, Panel

Studio 2006, Pointillist Interior Painting, Artist Studio
Located in Kent, CT
for the stitch of a needle. Lamb’s embroidery paintings draw patterns from French floral wallpaper of
Category

2010s Contemporary Interior Paintings

Materials

Mylar, Acrylic, Gouache, Panel

After French Wallpaper Half Moon Floral Powder Blue, Red Botanical Pattern, Rose
Located in Kent, CT
relationship of mark to stitch, the act of each brushstroke serving for the stitch of a needle. Lamb’s
Category

2010s Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Mylar, Acrylic, Gouache, Panel

Dappled Forest, Pointillist Forest Landscape, Green Leaves, Brown Trees, Woods
Located in Kent, CT
brushstroke serving for the stitch of a needle. Lamb’s embroidery paintings draw patterns from French floral
Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Mylar, Acrylic, Gouache, Panel

Victoire Fixing Shoe
By Jerry Schatzberg
Located in New York, NY
, Glamour, and Life in the 1960’s. Schatzberg captured intimate portraits of the generations most notable
Category

1960s Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

After Floral Cross Stitch Pattern with Poinsettias Botanical Embroidery Painting
Located in Kent, CT
, the act of each brushstroke serving for the stitch of a needle. Lamb’s embroidery paintings draw
Category

2010s Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Mylar, Acrylic, Gouache, Panel

Bob Dylan, Thumb in Eye
By Jerry Schatzberg
Located in New York, NY
, Glamour, and Life in the 1960’s. Schatzberg captured intimate portraits of the generations most notable
Category

1960s Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Wall Street
By Jerry Schatzberg
Located in New York, NY
, Glamour, and Life in the 1960’s. Schatzberg captured intimate portraits of the generations most notable
Category

1950s Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

After French Tapestry, Embroidery Painting, Brick Red, Gold, Ivory, Cherubs
Located in Kent, CT
relationship of mark to stitch, the act of each brushstroke serving for the stitch of a needle. Lamb’s
Category

2010s Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Gouache, Panel, Mylar

GAIA
By Reka Nyari
Located in New York, NY
box frame. The new series “Punctured Ink” incorporates works from Nyari’s ongoing, portrait project
Category

2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Plexiglass, Pigment, Digital, Pigment, Archival Ink, Archival Pigment, A...

GAIA
GAIA
H 63 in W 50 in D 2.25 in
My First 45, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Will Eskridge
Located in Yardley, PA
music playing through the needle itself until you pumped up the volume through the tower speakers with a
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

NYC Cityscape American Scene WPA Modern Realism Mid 20th Century Architectural
By Ernest Fiene
Located in New York, NY
exhibition of urban, landscape, portrait, and still life paintings in 1927. Julianna Force, the director of
Category

1930s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

THUONG NGAN (FOREST GODDESS)
By Reka Nyari
Located in New York, NY
box frame. The new series “Punctured Ink” incorporates works from Nyari’s ongoing, portrait project
Category

2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Plexiglass, Pigment, Digital, Pigment, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment...

FILLE DE REVE
By Reka Nyari
Located in New York, NY
. The new series “Punctured Ink” incorporates works from Nyari’s ongoing, portrait project titled “Ink
Category

2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Plexiglass, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Black and White, Digital, Pigm...

FILLE DE REVE
FILLE DE REVE
H 50 in W 40 in D 2 in
It seems Strange., Painting, Acrylic on MDF Panel
Located in Yardley, PA
! It’s lack of Respect!’ But a needling voice in my head says ‘I suspect…’ It might be
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

"Along the Kanahawa River, West Virginia, " Ernest Fiene, WPA Coal Steamboat
By Ernest Fiene
Located in New York, NY
. C.W. Kraushaar Galleries gave Fiene a one-man exhibition of urban, landscape, portrait, and still life
Category

1930s American Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Prince Charles Fabric Sculpture, whimsical and comical, by Anne Valérie Dupond
By Anne Valérie Dupond
Located in Dallas, TX
fabrics. I’m working simply with recovered fabrics, needle and thread. I try to create a world crafted
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Fabric, Trimming

Study for Jo V, sensual fabric painting with nudes, by Anne Valérie Dupond
By Anne Valérie Dupond
Located in Dallas, TX
fabrics. I’m working simply with recovered fabrics, needle and thread. I try to create a world crafted
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Fabric, Trimming, Charcoal

Study for Jo IV, sensual fabric painting with nudes, by Anne Valérie Dupond
By Anne Valérie Dupond
Located in Dallas, TX
fabrics. I’m working simply with recovered fabrics, needle and thread. I try to create a world crafted
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Fabric, Trimming, Charcoal

Study for Jo II, sensual fabric painting of women, by Anne Valérie Dupond
By Anne Valérie Dupond
Located in Dallas, TX
fabrics. I’m working simply with recovered fabrics, needle and thread. I try to create a world crafted
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Fabric, Trimming, Charcoal

Study for Jo I, sensual fabric painting with nudes, by Anne Valérie Dupond
By Anne Valérie Dupond
Located in Dallas, TX
fabrics. I’m working simply with recovered fabrics, needle and thread. I try to create a world crafted
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Fabric, Trimming, Charcoal

Study for Jo III, modern fabric painting with nudes, by Anne Valérie Dupond
By Anne Valérie Dupond
Located in Dallas, TX
fabrics. I’m working simply with recovered fabrics, needle and thread. I try to create a world crafted
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Fabric, Trimming, Charcoal

Petite Pauline, female nude fabric painting with blue, by Anne Valérie Dupond
By Anne Valérie Dupond
Located in Dallas, TX
fabrics. I’m working simply with recovered fabrics, needle and thread. I try to create a world crafted
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Fabric, Trimming, Charcoal

Lea 2, sensual fabric painting of sleeping woman, by Anne Valérie Dupond
By Anne Valérie Dupond
Located in Dallas, TX
fabrics. I’m working simply with recovered fabrics, needle and thread. I try to create a world crafted
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Fabric, Trimming, Charcoal

Lea 4, sensual fabric painting of sleeping woman, by Anne Valérie Dupond
By Anne Valérie Dupond
Located in Dallas, TX
fabrics. I’m working simply with recovered fabrics, needle and thread. I try to create a world crafted
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Fabric, Trimming, Charcoal

Mascarons I, white and whimsical fabric wall sculpture, by Anne Valérie Dupond
By Anne Valérie Dupond
Located in Dallas, TX
fabrics. I’m working simply with recovered fabrics, needle and thread. I try to create a world crafted
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Fabric, Trimming

Virginia Woolfe Fabric Sculpture, whimsical and literary, by Anne Valérie Dupond
By Anne Valérie Dupond
Located in Dallas, TX
fabrics. I’m working simply with recovered fabrics, needle and thread. I try to create a world crafted
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Fabric, Trimming

Princess Fabric Sculpture, whimsical and royal, by Anne Valérie Dupond
By Anne Valérie Dupond
Located in Dallas, TX
fabrics. I’m working simply with recovered fabrics, needle and thread. I try to create a world crafted
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Fabric, Trimming

'Old, ' original signed print by Judy Chicago from Madison Print Club
By Judy Chicago
Located in Milwaukee, WI
. Chicago presents the viewer with a self portrait - she stands directly facing the viewer, arms wide and
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Prints

Materials

Mulberry Paper, Etching, Lithograph

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Find a variety of needle portraits available on 1stDibs. Browse a selection of contemporary, modern or Pop Art versions of these works for sale today — there are 32 contemporary, 24 modern, 1 Photorealist and 1 Pop Art examples available. These items have long been popular, with older editions for sale from the 19th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 21st Century. If you’re looking to add needle portraits that pop against an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include that feature elements of black, gray, beige, white and more. Many versions of these artworks are appealing in their rich colors and composition, but Anne Valérie Dupond, (after) Henri Matisse, Jerry Schatzberg, Henri Matisse and Timofey Smirnov produced especially popular works that are worth a look. Frequently made by artists working in paper, pigment print and archival pigment print, all of these available pieces are unique and have attracted attention over the years. If space is limited, there are small needle portraits measuring 2 across, while our inventory also includes pieces up to 80 inches across to better suit those in the market for large iterations.

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Needle portraits can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price for items in our inventory is $1,623, while the lowest priced sells for $310 and the highest can go for as much as $45,000.