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A useful edit of art under £1000

Buying art at a reasonable price is possible - if you know where to look...

How to transform a room without breaking the bank? Look to our edit of the best affordable art, from pastels to watercolours, via screen prints and etchings to liven up the walls and bring some personality to the space. There are portraits, abstract prints, Tracey Emin's sketch work and a Slim Aarons C-type photograph in the list of affordable art.

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    Group of Trees #6 by Catherine Cazalet, gouache on paper, £495 framed. grandyart.com

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    David Hockney, Maudie James & Peter Schlesinger, Vogue December 1968, by Cecil Beaton, £165 framed. kingandmcgaw.com

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    Interior with Blue Curtains by Lottie Cole, watercolour and gouache, £485. royalwatercoloursociety.co.uk

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    Peace Dove by Hannah Watts, 2024, paper collage, £250 framed. domenicamarland.com

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    Stripe Study 04 – Yellow, 2023 by Catherine-Marie Longtin, linen, £440. partnershipeditions.com

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    White Ships in Harbour by Gustav Rosengren, signed and dated 1942, £325 framed. From collinsandgreenart.co.uk

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    Glorius Tulips, acrylic on canvas, by Lia and Maria Fletcher, 53cm square, £455 framed. The Art Buyer

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    Ilha Grande, crayon, stitch and resin on paper, 35 x 25cm, £250, by Julia Noble

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    Flowers in the Window #2, giclée print, by Lottie Hampson, 48cm sq, edition of three, £500. Partnership Editions

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    Pare, digital print, by Christopher Le Brun, 42 x 59.5cm, edition of 70, £600. Royal Academy

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    Stillness in Parting, pastel on paper, by Halima Akhtar, 29.7 x 21cm, £180. Select-Works

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    Late Afternoon on a Mountain Top, acrylic on canvas, by Jess Quinn, 25 x 25.5cm, £500. Kittoe Contemporary

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    Galleon, relief on panel by Liam Hennessy, 63 x 43cm, £600 framed. Artfinder

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    'Threshold' woodcut, by Heidrun Rathgeb, 26 x 20cm, edition of 10, £260 (unframed). Oliver Projects.

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    Glide by Ines Fernandez de Cordova, photopolymer etching, edition 1/10, 72 x 57cm, £600. blueshopcottage.com

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    Be a Lady, They Said by Pollyanna Johnson, stoneware plate, 20cm diameter, £130. pollyannajohnson.com

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    Taos Sky by Rosalind Wyatt, mixed media, 37 x 53cm, £495. rosalindwyatt.com.

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    Two Figures in Blue by Victoria Achache, drypoint on Chinese paper, 76 x 100cm, £950. cbcurates.com

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    Imagined Structure on Repurposed Wood by Adriana Jaroslavsky, acrylic on wood, 81 x 22cm, £350. adrianajaros.com

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    Ventoso by Carrie Jean Goldsmith, acrylic and oil on canvas, 50 x 40cm, £750. carriejeangoldsmith.com

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    A Pitch Pine Sectional Sculpture by Lasse Brander, pine, 51 x 41 x 14cm, £960. fosterandgane.com

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    French mid-century oil painting, 55 x 65cm including bespoke painted wooden frame, £695. etalage.co.uk.

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    Collage 3 by Zahra Mohamadi, paper collage, 20.5 x 14.5cm, £125. blueshopcottage.com

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    Giles Round Blackhorse Road, 2019, by Design Work Leisure, set of 24 hand screen-printed 15cm-square tiles, edition of 15, £280. art.tfl.gov.uk

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    Hammerpost by John McLean, aquatint, edition of 27, 42 x 61cm, £900. flowersgallery.com

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    Couvert by Petra Börner, RA Edition screenprint, 61 x 44cm, £500. roy.ac/raeditions

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    Study of an Iris Storrington by Jake Curtis, giclée print, 50.8 x 61cm, £840 (including postage). jakecurtis.co.uk

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    Erjona for Dazed & Confused by Roe Ethridge, C-type print, edition of 25, 55 x 42cm, £600. ica.art

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    Boy by Michael Kirkman, reduction linocut with hand-finished elements, edition of 28, 27 x 20cm, £240. mkirkman.com

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    For the Unknown Runner (2011) by Chris Ofili, lithograph, edition of 300, signed, numbered and dated by the artist, 76 x 60cm, £640. countereditions.com

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    They are Enjoying Their Walk by John McKie, giclée print, A3, £20. johnmckie.co.uk

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    Untitled by Rosie McGuinness, watercolour, gouache and pen on paper, 21 x 29.5cm, £700. fashionillustrationgallery.com

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    The Baggage Handler by Robbie Fife, watercolour, acrylic and coloured pencil
    on paper, 29.8 x 21cm, £995. oliverprojects.com

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    Parliament of Plants by Céline Baumann, digital print, 50 x 70.7cm, edition of 25, £450. royalacademy.org.uk

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    At Night by Tracey Emin, 2010, soft-ground etching, signed, numbered and dated by the artist, edition of 100, 32 x 36cm, £750. Counter Editions.

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    Passing by Joseph Goody, 2019, oil on linen, 100 x 90cm, £3,300. Cob Gallery.

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    Papier Dominoté No.31, wood-blocked, hand-painted print, by Antoinette Poisson, 44 x 35cm, £95. Choosing Keeping.

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    17th Century Paintbox Colour Palette No 2, limited-edition reproduction from original book, 84 x 59cm, £125 unframed. The Shop Floor Project.

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    When Life Gives You Lemons, print, 42 x 30cm, £36. Hôtel Magique.

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    Light by James Naughton, oil on board, 10 x 15cm, £350, at Beckstones Art Gallery. beckstonesartgallery.co.uk

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    Ice by Howard Hodgkin, screen print, edition of 350, 76 x 60cm, £1,000 at Counter Editions. countereditions.com

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    Honey Bee by John Douglas Piper, drypoint etching, edition of 50, 6 x 8cm, £45 at The Rowley Gallery. rowleygallery.com

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    Touch by John Stezaker, photographic print, edition of 100, 44 x 55.5cm, £700. Counter Editions.

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    An Alley of Trees in a Park, print, by Jean-Joseph-Xavier Bidauld and National Galleries Scotland Collection, 80 x 60cm, £95 framed. Surface View.

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    A Brief History of Eternity, printed lithograph, 24.5 x 23.7cm, £150. Mark Lazenby.

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    Poolside Gossip, C-type photograph, by Slim Aarons/The Slim Aarons Estate/Getty Images Archive, 50 x 76cm, £495 framed. Galerie Prints.

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    The Old Neptune, screenprint, by Clare Halifax, 25 x 27cm, £125. Frank.

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    La Chambre No.6, acrylic and gouache on paper, £300. cbcurates.com

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    Louder Prouder Storm Cloud, acrylics, inks and oil on cotton, £620. wonderingpeople.com

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    Homage to Rothko, mixed vintage and hand-dyed textiles, £425. amongthepines.gallery

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