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Salvador Dali (after) - New-York: Plaza (poster edition) - Lithograph
By (after) Salvador Dali
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
/"avant la lettre" poster edition)
Printed Signature, dated 1964
Dimensions: 50 x 65 cm
Provenance
Category
1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
H 19.69 in W 25.6 in D 0.04 in
Umbracle
By Joan Miró
Located in Madrid, ES
. Exemplary H.C. This copy belongs to the "avant la lettre" print run, the editor being the Gaspar Room
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Lithograph
Louisiana
By Pierre Alechinsky
Located in Paris, FR
)
This lithograph is a poster avant la lettre, of which the Centre Pompidou owns a copy. In this
Category
1960s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Harpy
By Edvard Munch
Located in London, GB
edge of the
image, and 'avant la lettre' in pencil under the signature.
With the stamp of the collector
Category
1890s Symbolist Figurative Prints
Materials
Drypoint
Untitled
By Maurice Estève
Located in Paris, FR
)
Avant la lettre print of the lithographic poster for the Estève exhibition at Galerie Louis Carré & Cie
Category
1990s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Affiche no.87 - 1964 - Eduardo Chillida - Lithograph - Contemporary
By Eduardo Chillida
Located in Roma, IT
held at the Maeght Gallery, Paris, in 1964. In addition, 125 copies before text ("avant la lettre
Category
1960s Contemporary Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Original travel poster by Jean Lacaze Affiche Eaux Bonnes before the letter
By Julien Lacaze
Located in PARIS, FR
Bonnes Avant la Lettre" exudes the charm and allure of this picturesque destination. Commissioned by the
Category
1920s Prints and Multiples
Materials
Linen, Paper, Lithograph
1957 original exhibition poster by Pablo Picasso Manolo Huguet
By Pablo Picasso
Located in PARIS, FR
épreuves sur Arches + 100 épreuves avant la lettre signées
Mourlot
Category
1950s Prints and Multiples
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
H 30.32 in W 21.26 in
"La Lettre" Large color lithograph
By Jean-Pierre Cassigneul
Located in San Francisco, CA
This art work titled "La Lettre" 1990 is an original color lithograph on wove paper by French
Category
Late 20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Spanish Artist signed limited edition original art print numbered lithograph
By Joan Miró
Located in Miami, FL
Barcelona (avant la lettre)', 1975
lithograph on paper
14.2 x 11.9 in. (36 x 30 cm.)
Edition of 75
Unframed
Category
1970s Abstract Prints and Multiples
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
Spanish artist 1964 original lithograph limited edition unsigned art print n56
By Joan Miró
Located in Miami, FL
Joan Miró (Spain, 1893-1983)
'Sala Gaspar, Metras and Belarte Gallery (avant la lettre)', 1964
Category
1960s Abstract Prints and Multiples
Materials
Paper, Lithograph, Color
Extendable Dining Table “Gran Basilisco” By Enzo Testa For Bernini, Italy 1980's
By Bernini
Located in Hellouw, NL
operaperto design team joined forces with designer Enzo Testa. The avant la lettre creations of the late
Category
Vintage 1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
Materials
Wood
H 27.96 in W 104.34 in D 104.34 in
Terres de grand feu, 1956
By Joan Miró
Located in Palo Alto, CA
lower left corner, it is hand-signed by the artist in the lower right. An H.C. edition and avant la
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Marc Chagall (after) - Lettre à mon peintre Raoul Dufy
By (after) Marc Chagall
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
(after) Marc Chagall
Lithograph after a watercolor, published in the book "Lettre à mon peintre
Category
1960s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
H 11.82 in W 9.45 in D 0.04 in
"Work" Abstract Postwar Avant-Garde, Oil on canvas
Located in PARIS, FR
also befriended other great masters of the Italian avant-garde - Lucio Fontana, Enrico Castellani and
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Abstract Painting by Postwar Japanese Avant-Garde Artist Toshimitsu Imai
By Toshimitsu Imai
Located in PARIS, FR
Toshimitsu Imai (1928-2002) emerges as a remarkable figure in the postwar Japanese avant-garde art
Category
1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
La Morte Amoureuse
Located in Roma, IT
colored engravings inside the text and 2 separate state, b/w and color "avant lettre" as separate suite at
Category
Early 1900s Modern More Art
Materials
Paper
La Morte Amoureuse - Rare Book by A. P. Lauren/E. Decisy - 1900s
Located in Roma, IT
"avant lettre" en tant que suite séparée à la fin du volume.
Edition avec couverture originale, de
Category
Early 1900s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper
H 10.44 in W 7.09 in D 1.19 in
Vase Jérome Massier en céramique décor paysage marin Francais Art Nouveau 1900
By Jerome Massier
Located in AIX-LES-BAINS, FR
Vase Jérôme Massier (1820-1909)
Décor émaillé, produit avant 1900.
Les lettres AM signifient Alpes
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Vases
Materials
Ceramic
H 10.63 in W 6.3 in D 1.97 in
Chevalier by Toshimitsu Imai, Abstract, Art Informel Movement
By Toshimitsu Imai
Located in PARIS, FR
Toshimitsu Imai (1928-2002) emerges as a remarkable figure in the postwar Japanese avant-garde art
Category
1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
H 21.26 in W 27.56 in
Red Composition by TOSHIMITSU ÏMAI - Contemporary, Abstract, Oil on canvas
By Toshimitsu Imai
Located in London, GB
1928 Imai was part of the 20th century Japanese avant-garde. He began his formal education at the Tokyo
Category
1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Soleil Fendu by TOSHIMITSU ÏMAI - Abstract, Oil painting, Art Informel Movement
By Toshimitsu Imai
Located in London, GB
de la Légion d'honneur in 1996 and in 1997, an Officier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.
Category
1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vagues 'Wave' by TOSHIMITSU IMAÏ - Abstract Art, 20th-Century Japanese Artist
By Toshimitsu Imai
Located in London, GB
Imai was part of the 20th century Japanese avant-garde. He began his formal education at the Tokyo
Category
1990s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Paper
"Mirage" Abstract Postwar Oil & marble powder on canvas
Located in PARIS, FR
also befriended other great masters of the Italian avant-garde - Lucio Fontana, Enrico Castellani and
Category
1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
A Maiakovski (For Mayakovsky) signed by Alechinsky & Christine Rochefort #10/50
By Pierre Alechinsky
Located in New York, NY
d'Architecture et des Arts Décoratifs (La Cambre, Brussels). At the same time, he started painting and joined the
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Prints
Materials
Offset, Lithograph, Pencil
Alessandro Mendini - "Dipylon" Rand Totem Sculpture
By Alessandro Mendini
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
avant-garde design and an important trend-setter. His work is exemplary for the cross-over between art
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
H 70.87 in W 11.82 in D 11.82 in
Avigdor Arikha Modernist Israeli Lithograph Jerusalem Landscape Bezalel School
By Avigdor Arikha
Located in Surfside, FL
de la Ville Paris, Paris, France
1989 Prix des Arts des Lettres et des Sciences, Fondation du
Category
1970s Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Lithograph
Avigdor Arikha Modernist Israeli Lithograph Jerusalem Landscape Bezalel School
By Avigdor Arikha
Located in Surfside, FL
de la Ville Paris, Paris, France
1989 Prix des Arts des Lettres et des Sciences, Fondation du
Category
1970s Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Lithograph
Avigdor Arikha Modernist Israeli Lithograph Jerusalem Landscape Bezalel School
By Avigdor Arikha
Located in Surfside, FL
de la Ville Paris, Paris, France
1989 Prix des Arts des Lettres et des Sciences, Fondation du
Category
1970s Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Lithograph
Avigdor Arikha Modernist Israeli Lithograph Jerusalem Landscape Bezalel School
By Avigdor Arikha
Located in Surfside, FL
de la Ville Paris, Paris, France
1989 Prix des Arts des Lettres et des Sciences, Fondation du
Category
1970s Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Lithograph
Avigdor Arikha Modernist Israeli Lithograph Jerusalem Landscape Bezalel School
By Avigdor Arikha
Located in Surfside, FL
de la Ville Paris, Paris, France
1989 Prix des Arts des Lettres et des Sciences, Fondation du
Category
1970s Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Lithograph
Avigdor Arikha Modernist Israeli Lithograph Jerusalem Landscape Bezalel School
By Avigdor Arikha
Located in Surfside, FL
de la Ville Paris, Paris, France
1989 Prix des Arts des Lettres et des Sciences, Fondation du
Category
1970s Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Lithograph
Avigdor Arikha Modernist Israeli Lithograph Jerusalem Landscape Bezalel School
By Avigdor Arikha
Located in Surfside, FL
de la Ville Paris, Paris, France
1989 Prix des Arts des Lettres et des Sciences, Fondation du
Category
1970s Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Lithograph
Femme au bouquet de fleurs (Lady with Flower Bouquet)
By (after) Marc Chagall
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
bouquet de fleurs (Lady with Flower Bouquet). Signed on the stone by the Artist. From Lettre à mon peintre
Category
1960s Surrealist Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
H 11.82 in W 9.45 in D 0.04 in
Harpy
By Edvard Munch
Located in London, GB
image, and 'avant la lettre' in pencil under the signature. With the stamp of the collector Harald Holst
Category
Late 19th Century Modern Nude Prints
Materials
Drypoint
Mid-Century Modern Parry Lounge Chair Model Lotus in Teak and Grey New Fabric
By Rob Parry, De Ster Gelderland
Located in Beek en Donk, NL
, high quality wool (Ploegwool by De Ploeg).
Parry was an Industrial designer 'avant la lettre', and
Category
Vintage 1960s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Materials
Metal
H 30.32 in W 25.2 in D 30.71 in
Fulvio Bianconi for Venini 1970s Turquoise Vase with Applied Lines
By Fulvio Bianconi & Paolo Venini
Located in Halstead, GB
obligations. A freelancer 'avant la lettre'. His style is fluent, organic abstract (with influences from the
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Art Glass
Watercolor of a Statenjacht, Signed F.H. Onslow
Located in Werkendam, NL
-called million dollar yacht "avant la lettre, a so-called Statenjacht, like the one presented to Charles
Category
Early 20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Paper
Terres de grand feu, 1956
By Joan Miró
Located in Oakland Hills, CA
, it is hand-signed by the artist in the lower right. An H.C. edition and avant la lettre edition on
Category
1950s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
Exceptional Burr Walnut Imperial Monogrammed Bureau-Bookcase, Scriban
Located in Werkendam, NL
, for daily use the mirror room behind the little door as a shrine or an entertainment-center avant la
Category
Antique 18th Century Dutch Baroque Secretaires
Materials
Brass
Free Shipping
H 91.62 in W 51.58 in D 26.62 in
Rare 18th Century Masonic Painting "Freemasonry a Secret Unveiled"
By Jan Punt
Located in Werkendam, NL
la lettre" were the first the new government received. Incidentally George C. Marshal was also a
Category
Antique 1760s Dutch Baroque Paintings
Materials
Linen
Free Shipping
H 26.38 in W 22.84 in D 0.79 in
Deux canards volants devant la grande pleine lune.
By Katsushika Hokusai
Located in PARIS, FR
Katsushika HOKUSAÏ
(Edo (Tokyo) 1760 † 1849)
Deux canards volants devant la grande pleine lune
Category
19th Century Animal Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Les martyrs du Japon.
By Jacques Callot
Located in PARIS, FR
la limite du trait carré à droite, au sujet en haut et à gauche, sous la lettre en pied. Petits
Category
17th Century More Prints
Materials
Etching
Une Reine du cirque. c.1820.
By Francisco Goya
Located in PARIS, FR
belle épreuve avant lettre. Edition probable à 5 exemplaires. Marges.
CAT XXIV n°8
Category
1820s More Prints
Materials
Aquatint, Etching
Affiche avant la lettre No. 142
By Jean-Paul Riopelle
Located in Westmount, QC
Jean-Paul Riopelle, 1923-2002, Canadian
Affiche avant la lettre No. 142
Lithograph
27.5 x 19.25 in
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
1982 Pablo Picasso 'Tauromachie (avant la lettre)' Cubism Multicolor, White
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Arches paper without text, (avant la lettre), engraved by Henri Deschamps, printed at Mourlot, in Paris
Category
1980s Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
H 34 in W 24.25 in D 0.1 in
Homenatge a Gaudi
By Joan Miró
Located in Paris, FR
la lettre sur vélin d'Arches
Exhibition "Homenatge a Gaudi" Galeria Maeght, Barcelona June-July 1079
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Original Vintage Poster 'LES METAMORPHOSES' by Braque, 1963
By Georges Braque
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
designs. We believe this is the poster before the text was added ‘avant la lettre.
"Georges Braque was
Category
Vintage 1960s French International Style Posters
Materials
Paper
Expo 60 - Musée Galliéra
By Tsuguharu Leonard Foujita
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
(1886-1968) titled "Expo 60 - Musée Galliéra (avant la lettre)", 1960. Signed in the plate by Foujita
Category
1960s Romantic Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Dove of Peace
By (after) Pablo Picasso
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
in pencil in the lower left. This work is from the 'avant la lettre' edition. There was also an
Category
1940s Expressionist Animal Prints
Materials
Offset
Affiche no.87 - 1964 - Eduardo Chillida - Lithograph - Contemporary
By Eduardo Chillida
Located in Roma, IT
held at the Maeght Gallery, Paris, in 1964. In addition, 125 copies before text ("avant la lettre
Category
1960s Contemporary Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
1969 After Pablo Picasso 'Portrait of Rene Char (no text)' Cubism
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Brooklyn, NY
#291
Original lithograph (avant la lettre) by Picasso created for the Musee d'Art Moderne de Ceret
Category
1960s Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Tomado Wall Unit by Adriaan Dekker / WO1
By Adriaan Dekker
Located in Antwerp, BE
teak as well, like this one. The system is DIY Avant-la-lettre, the shelves easily hook onto their
Category
Vintage 1960s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Shelves
Materials
Steel
Le Pont Marie - Original Etching by Auguste Lepère - 1902
By Auguste Lepère
Located in Roma, IT
left corner. Éprouve avant la lettre.
Excellent conditions.
Very fresh and beautiful impression
Category
Early 1900s Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
H 9.06 in W 11.82 in D 0.04 in
Ivanhoe Gambini Ceramic Tableau, Italy 1940s
Located in Hellouw, NL
contrast even greater. The composition and style of this work are a kind of Keith Haring avant la lettre
Category
Vintage 1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Jamaican Colonial Engraved Tortoiseshell Comb-Case with Two Combs, Dated 1670
Located in Amsterdam, NL
regarded as plastic avant la lettre, having the ability to bend when heated. These turtles were common in
Category
Antique 17th Century Jamaican Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Silver
H 7.68 in W 4.93 in D 0.24 in
"Composition" Abstract Postwar Avant-Garde, Oil & marble powder on canvas
Located in PARIS, FR
also befriended other great masters of the Italian avant-garde - Lucio Fontana, Enrico Castellani and
Category
1960s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Other Medium
"La Jeune Femme" Painting by Fernand Toussaint
By Ferdinand Toussaint
Located in Wiscasset, ME
dreamy. Avant-garde art magazines in Paris took notice of him when he was awarded the gold medal for a
Category
Vintage 1920s Belgian Paintings
1960s Pop Art Miguel Berrocal Embossed Relief Print Aquatint Etching Torso
By Miguel Ortiz Berrocal
Located in Surfside, FL
Petite Rapsodie de la Main, This is for the one pencil signed and numbered relief print.
Published
Category
1960s Pop Art Abstract Prints
Materials
Paper, Etching, Screen, Aquatint
Salvador Dali (after) - New-York: Plaza (poster edition) - Lithograph
By (after) Salvador Dali
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
/"avant la lettre" poster edition)
Printed Signature, dated 1964
Dimensions: 50 x 65 cm
Provenance
Category
1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
H 19.69 in W 25.6 in D 0.04 in
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