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Ben Schonzeit is one of the pioneers of the Photorealist movement in Soho NY in the 1970's. He is well known for his large still life of flowers, arresting canvases that explore the artist dream world. The artist has had numerous one man exhibitions and his work can be found in the permanent collections of major museums around the world including: Butler Institute of American Art Delaware Art Museum Denver Art Museum Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco Guggenheim Museum of Art, NYC This work, executed in 1987, appears to be a rider ready to enter the show ring at the Hampton Classic...

Exclusivity New photo recently released from the archives of Bert stern Marilyn new black dress 2009 draw 72 copies Signature on front and back Dated...

Marilyn Looking up in the Wedding Veil Print on photo paper Inkjet technique Paper dimension: 48 X 33 cms Dimension photo: 30 X 30 cms 50 copies Photo of ...

Marilyn in the wedding veil Bern Stern print on photo paper inkjet technique paper dimension: 48 X 33 cms dimension photo: 26 X 38 50 copies photo of 19...

Bert stern Marilyn WITH BERT'S NIKON No 16/72 Mythical photo of the last seance (1962) Ink jet print by bert stern 2011 No 8/62 taille image : 25 X 35,5 cms signed on both sides ...

Bert stern Brigitte Bardot so French inkjet print by Bert stern 2010 edition of 50 copies 48 X 33 cms (image 36 x 25 cms) signed on the front and back by the artist signed, dated and...

Ben Schonzeit Yankee Flame, from the portfolio: America: the Third Century, 1975 Collotype on wove paper Pencil signed and numbered 50/200 on the front Publisher: APC Editions, Chermayeff & Geismar Associates, Inc Printer: Triton Press 27 × 19 3/10 inches Unframed Note: this is the original hand signed and numbered collotype; not to be confused with the separate (unsigned) poster edition. This hand-signed, numbered and dated collotype in colors by photorealist pioneer artist Ben Schonzeit was created in 1975 for the portfolio America: the Third Century, commissioned by Mobil Oil Corporation in which 13 American artists, including Roy Lichtenstein, Ed Ruscha, Robert Rauschenberg, James Rosenquist and others created works celebrating America's bicentennial. Yankee Flame combines the iconic images of George Washington, Coca-Cola and the Statue of Liberty into a collaged interpretation of contemporary American life and the meaning of freedom. "Yankee Flame" is in excellent condition and never framed. It was acquired as part of the America: The Third Century full portfolio. Ben Schonzeit (b. 1942, Brooklyn, New York) is one of the original Photorealist painters and is considered to have pioneered the airbrush technique. His works often depict still life arrangements that are intentionally out of focus. He received his B.F.A. from The Cooper Union in 1964 and has since had over 50 solo exhibitions both in the United States and abroad. His paintings are held in numerous museum collections including the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond, Virginia, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. In 1973 Nancy Hoffman introduced me to Ben Schonzeit in the backroom of her gallery on West Broadway. She had been open less than a year, and Ben was one of the artists in her original stable. His large Crab Blue It had arrived from his studio a few days earlier and was leaning against the wall. I thought at the time it was one of the most impressive, virtuosic Photorealist works I had seen. That first encounter was more than a quarter of a century ago and I have always considered it to be one of the quintessential, tour de force paintings of American Photorealism. In the early seventies one could stand on West Broadway on any pleasant, sunny weekday and see less than a dozen people on the street between the Nancy Hoffman Gallery and OK Harris Works of Art. Almost all of the SoHo galleries, such as Leo Castelli, Paula Cooper, Ward-Nasse, and Ivan Karp’s Hundred Acres, could be visited in an afternoon. At night the streets were almost deserted. With the exception of Andy Warhol, there were no art world superstars. More importantly, none of the artists expected to achieve celebrity status. That was a phenomenon of the eighties and nineties. There were a only a handful of restaurants and watering holes, such Elephant and Castle, Fanelli’s, the Spring Street Bar and Prince Street Bar. Fanelli’s closed on weekends, which was a holdover from their sweatshop clientele during lunch and ragtag group of artists in the evenings. In those early days of SoHo, the drafty, raw sweatshop spaces with their large windows, rough floors, and service elevators provided large, inexpensive living quarters and studios for many artists. Unlike today, there were no boutiques. The area was not chic and with the exception of Lowell Nesbett’s showplace, the lofts were not glamorous. Schonzeit was in the same living and working space the he now occupies when I first visited him, but SoHo was a very different time and place. When the National Endowment of the Arts recommended me to curate America 1976, which turned into one of the major visual arts projects for the Bicentennial, Ben Schonzeit was on the first list of participants I made up for the U.S. Department of the Interior. His large diptych, Continental Divide, was one of the most memorable works produced for the exhibit. I stopped by his studio four or five times while it was in progress and have visited him many times over the years. We have maintained a very cordial working relationship and friendship over the past three decades. I saw The Music Room exhibit in 1978 and realized at the time that the vigorously rendered mural sized canvases and mirror and related works represented a major catharsis in his painting. In many ways, it and the other paintings and drawings based on the same image represented a sharp, decisive break with the tenets of Photorealism, or at least the photo-replicative aspects that had been so widely heralded in America and abroad in the mid-seventies. Over the years we have continued to work together. He has been in almost all of the major exhibitions I have curated here and abroad and in almost all of the books I have written. I am familiar with his studio habits, his quiet, internalized restlessness that manifests itself in the hundreds of small, unknown drawings and watercolors, doodles on napkins during lunch, and imaginary landscapes. I also know that he would rather do a painting than think or talk about it. Over the years I have followed the shifts in his studio procedure from the monumental airbrushed fruit and vegetable paintings to the most recent bouquets of flowers and decorative paintings. Our discussions of these matters tends to lapse into a verbal shorthand at this point. The following essay is based on both my longstanding familiarity and admiration for his work and involvement with contemporary realism and figurative painting. A booklet of color xeroxes with notes made up by Schonzeit was extremely helpful. In addition to several interviews, much of the information unfolded through a lengthy series of Emails. Due to our different working habits these were composed and sent out very late at night and answered by Ben the following morning. They dealt with the specifics of many of the paintings, generalities, his background and childhood in Brooklyn, and occasional bits of art world gossip. And there were odd discoveries. Prior to discussing his witty, tongue in cheek painting of Buffalo Bill, I did not know or had long forgotten that William Cody...

This set of 12 Serigraphs , each mounted on board, was published in Avant Garde Magazine in March, 1968. Avant Garde magazine only published 14 issues between January 1968 and July 1...

Blue-toned silkscreen portrait print of actress Marilyn Monroe by legendary photographer Bert Stern. The piece features a blue headshot portrait of Marilyn in blue on a metallic silv...

C-print on paper. Hand signed and numbered by Bert Stern. Frame size approx 33 x 33 inches. AP edition of 6. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of Authenticity include...

AUTHENTIC C. 1970 MARILYN MONROE 'ROSES' BY BERT STERN Edition of 98/300 SIGNED SERIGRAPH PHOTO Mint Condition

Rare photograph printed by Bert Stern. Has been framed since purchase. Selling unframed. Signed and stamped on verso. Please note picture was taken w...

Sometimes referred to as Marilyn with Pearls or Marilyn Laughing into Camera. Taken with 35mm hence the format, image size smaller. Printed on 16x20 paper. Signed on front in pen. T...

Twiggy wearing Cardin with wine, break and a television monitor. Twiggy - Paris Collection Vogue 1967 Printed by Bert Stern Printed 1985 Stamped and signed on verso

Mint Condition silver gelatin photography printed by Bert Stern. Stamped on verso. Vogue 1962

Taken 1961 possible 1962. Printed 1988 Signed and stamped on verso. Story told to me by his friend – “The jacket is on backwards because Mr. Stern was having issues getting the ligh...

Excellent Condition Rare Signed and stamped on verso

Taken for Playboy 1995 Color Photograph. Print Date Unknown. Overall Size 26x36" Mint Condition

Printed by artist in 1987 Excellent Condition

Rare early print. Printed by Bert Stern 1958 Stamped on Verso

Rare portrait of Ray Charles. Signed, Title and Date and stamped on Verso For Vogue 1969

Printed by Bert Stern Signed and titled on verso in pen 1989

Excellent Condition Printed in 1988 by the artist

Excellent Condition Taken 1961 Published Vogue 1963 Printed 1988

Excellent Condition Printed by artist Signed and Stamped on Verso 1989

Signed, stamped and dated on verso. Excellent condition. Unframed. Comes with over mat.

Bert stern Marilyn Monroe pink angel Mythical photo of the last seance (1962) ink jet print by bert stern 2012 signed on both sides certificate signed by the artist in his lifetime ...

This piece is a silkscreen montage with unique coloring, originally shot by Bert Stern in 1962 and printed at a later date. This piece depicts Marilyn Monroe for "The Last Sitting" photo shoot, taken six weeks before Marilyn Monroe’s death...

Bert Stern - Marilyn Monroe, the last sitting Silver photograph 1962 50,7x61 Signed and numbered 220/250 3900€

Marilyn Arabian Bern Stern Print on photo paper Inkjet technique Paper dimension: 48 X 33 cms Photo dimension: 35.6 X 25.4 72 copies Photo of 1962 Dra...

Bert stern Marilyn Monroe sexy back Mythical photo of the last session (1962) inkjet printing by bert stern 2011 signed on both sides certificate signed by the artist during his lif...

Artist: Bert Stern Title: Marilyn Monroe -The Last Sitting Year: 1962 (printed 2009) Medium: Color Photograph, signed and numbered in red crayon Edition: 12...

Bert stern Marilyn Monroe in chinchilla coat Mythical photo of the last seance (1962) ink jet print by bert stern 2010 signed on both sides certificat...

Marilyn in the Slanted Scarf Bern Stern print on photo paper inkjet technique paper dimension: 48 X 33 cms photo dimension: 25.4 X 25.4 cms 50 copies phot...

Bert stern Marilyn Monroe classic Pink roses Mythical photo of the last seance (1962) Ink jet print by bert stern 2011 signed on both sides certificate signed by the artist in his lifetime single copy 25 X 40,5 cms perfect condition never exposed to light. New from antique stock...

Marilyn Monroe by Bert Stern (1964) new baby on the bed circa 2009 hand double signed and dated by Bert Stern COA hand signed by bert stern edition of 72 perfect condition

Bert stern Marilyn Monroe black and white scarf Mythical photo of the last seance (1962) Ink jet print by bert stern 2012 signed on both sides ...

Artist: Ben Schonzeit, American (1942 - ) Title: Roses with Dutch Landscape Year: 1990 Medium: Lithograph, signed, dated, and numbered in pencil Edition: 66/72 Paper Size: 43 x 48 ...

Marilyn Monroe by Bert Stern (1964) passed out on the bed circa 2009 hand double signed and dated by Bert Stern COA hand signed by bert stern edition of 72 perfect condition

Lolita (Stanley Kubrick) Bern Stern Print on photo paper Inkjet technique Paper dimension: 48 X 33 cms Photo dimension: 38 X 25.4cms 50 copies Photo of 19...

Bert stern Marilyn Monroe The last sitting Pearls 2 Tirage inkjet 50 exemplaires 2011 33 x 48 cms Signé recto / verso Daté et signé au dos Certificat signé et daté de la main de ...

Bert stern Marilyn Crucifix 2 The last sitting (1962) great and big photo of Marilyn Monroe photographic paper format 61 X 61 cms image 51 x 51 cms signed...

Marilyn Monroe the last setting nude on the bed 2009 double hand signed and dated COA hand signed perfect condition

Unique work Screen printing Bert stern MM/BS6/21/62 (Marylin Monroe . Bert Stern . 21 June 62) Signed BS Pencil annotated: 1962 avant-garde collectors proof I Artist’s proof for th...

Bert Stern - Screen printing The last session - GREEN Large screen print in a single run which was used as a proof for the No2 issue of the US Avant Garde magazine in August 1968. ...

Bert stern Marilyn Monroe The last sitting Pearls 2 Tirage inkjet 50 exemplaires 2011 33 x 48 cms Signé recto / verso Daté et signé au dos Certificat signé et daté de la main de ...

Bert Stern - Silkscreen The last session - RED Large screen print in a single run which was used as a proof for the No2 issue of the US Avant Garde magazine in August 1968. Signed ...

Bert Stern - Silkscreen The last session - YELLOW Large screen print in a single run which was used as a proof for the No2 issue of the US Avant Garde magazine in August 1968. Sig...

Bert stern Marilyn Monroe pink wink roses Mythical photo of the last seance (1962) Ink jet print by bert stern 2011 signed on both sides certificate signed by the artist in his lifetime single copy 25 X 41 cms perfect condition never exposed to light. New from antique stock...

Bert stern Marilyn stretching beads No 21/72 Mythical photo of the last seance (1962) Ink jet print by bert stern 2010 signed on both sides certificate signed by the artist in his...

Print on photo paper Inkjet technique Paper dimension: 48 X 33 cms Dimension photo: 26 X 30 72 copies Photo of 1962 2010 print Certificate of the artist Photos of Marilyn taken on ...

Artist: Bert Stern Title: Marilyn Monroe -The Last Sitting Year: 1962 (printed 2009) Medium: Color Photograph, signed and numbered in red crayon Edition: ...

Bert stern Marilyn in Vogue The last sitting (1962) superb and large photo of Marilyn Monroe in Christian Dior's mythical black dress for Vogue magazine photographic paper format 9...

Marilyn Monroe by Bert Stern (1964) wine on the bed circa 2009 hand double signed and dated by Bert Stern COA hand signed by bert stern edition of 72 perfect condition

Bert stern MARILYN IN CHENILLE No 16/72 Mythical photo of the last seance (1962) Ink jet print by bert stern 2011 signed on both sides certificate signed by the artist in his li...

A pioneer of the Photorealist movement, Ben Schonzeit has been recognized by the legendary art dealer Louis Meisel—who himself named the movement—as one o...

Bert stern MARILYN in pink scarf 2012 No 58/72 25 X 35,5 cms Mythical photo of the last seance (1962) Ink jet print by bert stern 2012 signed on both si...

Bert stern Marilyn in Toga No 17/36 Mythical photo of the last seance (1962) Ink jet print by bert stern 2012 signed on both sides certificate signed by the artist in his lifetime single copy 25 X 38 cms perfect condition never exposed to light. New from antique stock...