Ze'ev Raban

"Song of Songs Illustration", Pencil and Ink, Old Testament Story

SALE ONE WEEK ONLY "Manipulator" is an abstracted figurative drawing in charcoal and graphite. The figure seems to be "manipulating" some object it holds without visual clarity as w...

SALE ONE WEEK ONLY "Song of Songs Illustration" renders an important bibilical story that is celebrated during Jewish Passover. Song of Solomon, also called Canticle of Canticles, o...

"McDonald's Hamburgers Invading Japan" is a delightfully inventive comic self-portrait by the creative genius Masami Teraoka. He has presented himself dressed in the traditional kimono robe and the artwork is in the famous Ukiyo-e style. Ukiyo-e is a genre of Japanese art which flourished from the 17th through 19th centuries. Its artists produced woodblock prints and paintings of such subjects as female beauties; kabuki actors and sumo wrestlers; scenes from history and folk tales; travel scenes and landscapes; flora and fauna; and erotica and sometimes humorous characters. The term ukiyo-e (浮世絵) translates as "picture[s] of the floating world". This delightful watercolor self-portrait, comments on the problematic relationship between the United States and Japan and the Americanization of his country in the work, utilizing subtle pun humor that is the hallmark of Japanese culture. As Teraoka explains, "the character 'maku; means spread, 'donald; means screaming, 'do' and 'han' mean often, and 'Han' also means obnoxious or annoying. 'Burger' sounds like 'Baka' which means stupidity." This work was originally purchased by filmmaker Eric Saarinen...

"Man with Bicycle" is an extraordinarily complex painting by Artis Lane. The figure is in a Classical Greek pose balancing the body's weight on the left leg while the right is slight...

"Nude on Throne" shows a beautiful strong young woman seated upon what appears to be a ancient throne. There are objects held by her and placed on her legs, one of which can clearly ...

SALE ONE WEEK ONLY "Nude Female" by Eric Saarinen is an intimate portrait of a female that appears to be in the throes of orgasm. It is aesthetically re...

Signature: Signed and Dated Lower Left: W.E. Hill 12

Signature: Signed and Dated Lower Right This illustration was published as an invitation to the 53rd anniversary party for Chumley's Restaurant and Bar, Greenwich Village, New York....

Medium: Ink and Graphite on Paper Signature: Signed Lower Left

Medium: Pen & Ink, Colored Pencil and Cut Paper on Onionsk Signature: Signed Lower Right Caricature by George Wachsteter (1911-2004) for CBS-TV comedy `The Ann Sothern Show` (1958-1961) starring Sothern as Katy O`Connor, assistant manager of the swank NYC hotel...

Figure is an original drawing in ink and Watercolor realized by Alfred Grévin in the Late-19 Century In good conditions. Alfred Grévin (1827- 1892), was a 19th-century caricatur...

Titled "Perspective", this artwork created by Frank Girard, utilizes pigments, Chinese ink, watercolors, acrylics, and colored pencils on 400g/m2 neutral white paper. It remains unfr...