Pencil Portrait Prints

Robert Rauschenberg Trisha Brown Company (Hand signed and dated), 1989 Offset lithograph (hand signed and dated by Robert Rauschenberg) 36 × 24 inches Si...

Ronald B. (R.B.) Kitaj Nancy and Jim Dine, or O'Neill accuses Faulkner of lack of loyalty and support (Kinsman 40), 1970 16 Color Silkscreen with collage and coating on different wove papers Hand signed and numbered in pencil 29/70 on the front. The back (which is framed) bears the Kelpra Studio blindstamp Frame included: held in the original vintage metal frame Very rare stateside. Other editions of this work are in the permanent collections of major institutions like the British museum, which has the following explanation: "The artist Jim Dine and his wife Nancy were close to Kitaj and his family, especially after the death of Elsi, Kitaj's first wife in 1969. They sometimes stayed with the Dines at their farm in Vermont during Kitaj's second teaching sojourn in the United States. Dine and Kitaj held a joint show at the Cincinnati Museum of Art in 1973. In the catalogue both artists contributed an insightful 'essay' on each other with Dine stressing Kitaj's obsession with all things American and baseball-related...' The alternate title, "O'Neill accuses Faulkner of lack of loyalty and support" can be seen on the artwork itself, and clearly is some kind of inside joke among friends. By the way -- do you see the way the colored dots are placed over the figures? Kitaj was doing this well before Baldessari who made it famous; that's how pioneering he was at the time. Referenced in the catalogue raisonne of Kitaj's prints, Kinsman, 40 Published and printed by Chris Prater of Kelpra Studio, Kentish Town, United Kingdom Ronald Brooks (RB) Kitaj Biography R.B. (Ronald Brooks) Kitaj was born in 1932 in Cleveland Ohio. One of the most prominent painters of his time, particularly in England where he spent some four decades spanning the late 1950s through the late 1990s, Kitaj is considered a key figure in European and American contemporary painting. While his work has been considered controversial, he is regarded as a master draughtsman with a commitment to figurative art. His highly personal paintings and drawings reflect his deep interest in history; cultural, social and political ideologies; and issues of identity. Part of an extraordinary cohort who emerged from the Royal College of Art circa 1960, which included Peter Blake, Patrick Caulfield, and David Hockney, Kitaj was immediately pegged as one of its leading figures. The London Times greeted his first solo show in 1963 as a long-awaited and galvanizing event: “Mr. R.B. Kitaj’s first exhibition, now that it has at last taken place, puts the whole ‘new wave’ of figurative painting in this country during the last two or three years into perspective.” In 1976, KItaj curated the exhibition The Human Clay, and in the essay he wrote for it he proposed the existence of a “School of London”—a label which stuck to a group of painters that includes Francis Bacon, Frank Auerbach, Lucian Freud, Leon Kossoff, Michael Andrews...

This work is hand signed in pencil "R. Lichtenstein" at the lower right margin on the overlay board. It is also numbered in pencil from the edition of 100, at the lower left margin o...

David Hockney My Mother (Bridlington), 1988 Four Color Lithograph on T.H. Saunders Waterford 250 gram paper. Hand signed. Also accompanied by a separate signed Certificate of Authent...

Richard Corman Madonna NYC 83, 2013 Offset lithograph poster on high quality thin card paper (hand signed by the photographer) Hand signed by Richard Corman on the lower left front 3...

Danny Resnic Mick Jagger, The Rolling Stones 1978 World Tour, 1978 (hand signed by Danny Resnic) Offset Lithograph poster. Pencil signed and numbered 769/1000 by Danny Resnic on the front Edition 769/1000 39 × 25 inches Unframed This is a true collectors item. Rarely found on the market, this is one of the most desirable vintage Rolling Stones posters...

Joe Tilson Transparency, 1970 Color silkscreen Signed and numbered 166 from the edition of 500 in pencil in upper margin Frame Included: held in the original vintage wood frame A lov...

Shepard Fairey Jasper Johns (White), 2009 Silkscreen on wove paper 24 × 18 inches Edition 198/450 Pencil signed and numbered 198/450 on the front Unframed Shepard Fairey created this...

Close Before Striking IV, 2014 Image size: 20 in. H x 16 in. W Frame size: 24 in. H x 20 in. W x 1 in. D Collage, watercolor, and graphite Mounted on a white frame. _________________...

A unique hand-colored lithograph by Peter Max, signed and dated 1983 lower right. Framed in a fine gold molding with linen matting and gold bevel. Artist: Peter Max, German/American (1937 - ) Title: The Jockey...

Modern Head #5, from Modern Head Series (C. 95). Hand signed, numbered and dated by the artist. Embossed graphite with die-cut paper overlay. Image size 20 x 11.5 inches. Sheet size ...

Study for Drop-out Nude with Pink Stockings. Original colored pencil on Tracing Paper, 1984. Tom Wesselmann is one of the biggest American pop artists today. Even he did not like bei...

Study for Sunset Nude (Variation 5). Original ink and colored pencil on Tracing Paper, 2002. Tom Wesselmann is one of the biggest American pop artists today. Even he did not like bei...

Study for Sunset Nude with Abstract Painting (Lying on Side). Original ink and colored pencil on Tracing Paper, 2002. Tom Wesselmann is one of the biggest American pop artists today....