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Art For Sale
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Seal Sail (SF-92)
Located in London, GB
Lithograph in colours, 1969, on BFK Rives paper, signed and annotated ‘AP’ in pencil, an artist’s proof aside from the standard edition of 20, printed and published by Tamarind Litho...
Category

1960s Art

Materials

Lithograph

Babes BY SIMON DRY, Sweet Art, Contemporary Silkscreen Prints, Gummy Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Simon Dry Babes Limited Edition Silkscreen Print Edition of 50 Size: H 46cm x W 64cm x D 0.1cm Sold Unframed (Please note that in situ images are purely an indication of how a piece ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Art

Materials

Paper, Screen

Original Vintage Soviet Poster We Live In Peace USA USSR Cold War Tea Samovar
Located in London, GB
Original vintage Soviet Cold War propaganda poster - We shall live in peace! - featuring traditional style artwork depicting a samovar with a flora...
Category

1980s Art

Materials

Paper

Ancient Roman Relief - Original Etching by Vincenzo Campana - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Relief, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Vincenzo Campana in the 18th century. Signed on the plate on the lower...
Category

Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

Materials

Etching

Rafael Alberti - Grafica Internazionale - Lithograph by Rafael Alberti - 1970
Located in Roma, IT
Rafael Alberti by Rafael Alberti, from Alphabet series, is a lithograph, realized by Rafael Alberti in 1970. The state of preservation is very good. The artwork represents a poeti...
Category

1970s Contemporary Art

Materials

Lithograph

Original Music Poster The Rolling Stones Some Girls Studio Album 2-CD Hot Lips
Located in London, GB
Original music advertising poster for The Rolling Stones Some Girls studio album double CD featuring the iconic tongue and lips logo (aka Hot...
Category

2010s Art

Materials

Paper

Le Liseron vert from Lettera amorosa, 1963
Located in Palo Alto, CA
Famed printer Mourlot describes the years-long development of this collaboration between the poet René Char and the artist; the project grew from an "Understanding between Georges Br...
Category

1960s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Albert Clark
Located in New York, NY
HOCKNEY, David Albert Clark, 1979, 1995 Color Lithograph, edition of 16 27 x 24 inches
Category

1990s Pop Art Art

Materials

Lithograph

Pompeii
Located in New Orleans, LA
As an artist I make paintings that exist in the sliver of space between abstraction and representation. My work compresses time into the surface of painting, that old technology. Inc...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Seated woman with shawl, Gustav Klimt Handzeichnungen (Sketch), 1922
Located in Chicago, IL
Original collotype lithograph of Gustav Kilmt’s Seated woman with shawl, published in the 1922 Handzeichnungen portfolio by Thyrsos Verlag, Leipzig and Vienna, in an edition of 375. This artwork is presented in archival rag mat and arrives accompanied by a certificate of authenticity. Klimt’s mastery of depth is most evident in the gentleness of his linework. Without the aid of shadow or the subtlety of values, the gestures of line allow the viewer a sense of a three-dimensional person or object. The meticulous lithographic process used to create Klimt’s Handzeichnungen portfolio ensures exceptionally crisp markings bearing a strong resemblance to the original sketches. This series showcases the quintessence behind Klimt’s signature visual style. This artwork arrives accompanied by a certificate of authenticity. Century Guild has curated collections of Gustav Klimt’s printed...
Category

1920s Vienna Secession Art

Materials

Lithograph, Paper

Peter Collins ARCA - Signed 1980 Sanguine, Portrait of Jessica
Located in Corsham, GB
A wonderful portrait of a young girl by the listed British artist Peter Collins. Very well presented in a contemporary black frame with card mount. Inscribed with the name of the sit...
Category

20th Century Art

Materials

Chalk

After Matisse by K. Hormel - Nude Contemporary abstract colorful painting
Located in DE
Elegant in their color scheme Hormel's paintings are beautifully contemporary and unobtrusive, yet full of life, happiness and color. This is inspired by Modigliani drawings. Abou...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Art

Materials

Ink, Canvas, Acrylic

Ancient View of Athens - Lithograph - Midy-19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient View of Athens is an original modern artwork realized in the mid-19th Century. Original B/W Lithograph on Ivory Paper. Inscripted on the lower margin in Capital Letters: ...
Category

Mid-20th Century Art

Materials

Lithograph, Paper

Camping - Contemporary, Abstract, Expressionist, Modern, Pop art, Surrealist,
Located in London, London
Camping, 2010 Digital pigment print Ultrachrome ink on Fabriano Rosaspina paper. Hand signed by the artist, and certificate of authenticity. (Unframed) His work has been shown in R...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

The Perception of Eye - Etching on Cardboard by Danilo Bergamo - 1975
Located in Roma, IT
The Perception of Eye is an original etching on cardboard realized by Danilo Bergamo in 1975. Numbered in pencil, 4 of 50 prints, on the lower left margin. Hand-signed in pencil on...
Category

1970s Modern Art

Materials

Etching

Lying Female Nude - Original Drawing - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Lying Female Nude is an original drawing realized between the end of the XIX and the beginning of the 20th Century in France by an Anonymous artist . Pencil on paper. Cardboard passe...
Category

Early 20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Pencil, Paper

Staying Power, Abstract Print by Darryl Hughto
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Darryl Hughto, American (1943 - ) Title: Staying Power Year: circa 1981 Medium: Serigraph, Signed and Numbered in Pencil Edition: 180 Size: 42 in. x 29.5 in. (106.68 cm ...
Category

1980s Abstract Expressionist Art

Materials

Screen

Plate 7, from Derriere Le Miroir #141 (Stabiles)
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Alexander Calder Title: Plate 7 Portfolio: Derriere Le Miroir #141 (Stabiles) Medium: Lithograph Date: 1963 Edition: Unnumbered Sheet Size: 15" x 22" Image Size: 15" x 22" Si...
Category

1960s Abstract Art

Materials

Lithograph

L'anglais au Moulin Rouge (after) Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1970
Located in New York, NY
Artist: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec Medium: Lithographic Poster, 1970 Dimensions: 28.25 x 18.75 in, 71.8 x 47.6 cm Classic Poster Paper - Perfect Condition A+ This vintage lithographic poster of "Englishman at the Moulin Rouge" (1892) was reproduced by Mourlot Master printer Henri Deschamps for an exhibition of the Donald...
Category

1970s Art

Materials

Lithograph

URGE Title Page
By KAWS
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: KAWS Title: URGE Title Page Medium: Screenprint on Saunders Waterford 425gm HP hi-white Portfolio: URGE Year: 2020 Edition: 250 Frame Size: 21 1/2" x 17" Sheet Size: 17" x 1...
Category

2010s Street Art Art

Materials

Screen

Ex Libris Salvatore Bono - Original Woodcut - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Ex Libris Salvatore Bono is an original Modern Artwork realized in the 1940s. Original B/W woodcut print on ivory-colored paper. The work is glued on cardboard. Total dimensi...
Category

1940s Modern Art

Materials

Woodcut

El Arcabuz Produce Monsters - Mixed Media attr. to Salvador Dalì - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
El arcabuz produce monsters is an original contemporary artwork, plate n.35 from the series "Les Caprices de Goya". Heliogravure with pochoir by J.J.J. Rigal after Goya...
Category

1970s Surrealist Art

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media, Etching

The Physiognomy - The Eye - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
The Physiognomy - The Eye is an original etching artwork realized by Thomas Holloway for Johann Caspar Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to Promote the Knowledge and the Lov...
Category

1810s Modern Art

Materials

Etching

The Eye - The Physiognomy - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 181
Located in Roma, IT
The Eye - The Physiognomy is an original etching artwork realized by Thomas Holloway for Johann Caspar Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to Promote the Knowledge and the Lov...
Category

1810s Modern Art

Materials

Etching

Lobby Arc, Abstract Mixed Media Collage on Paper, 2020
Located in Boston, MA
Lobby Arc, Abstract Mixed Media Collage on Paper, 2020 7" x 6" (HxW), hand-signed in the lower right-hand corner This small format mixed media collage combines hand cut paper and fo...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Foil

Oil Painting on Board of People, Animals and Birds
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Modernist oil painting on board depicting an unexpected gathering of personalities all with a common expression. Signed by the noted artist Ken Nielsen and...
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Oil

Invisible Forces #41
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Doug Glovaski is a professional artist, now living and working in the small town of Spreckels, Ca. located in Monterey County. He has been a professional artist for over thirty years...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Acrylic, Archival Paper

The Hug - Original Lithograph after Aubrey Beardsley - 1970
Located in Roma, IT
The Hug is an original lithograph realized after Aubrey Beardsley (1970). It is part of the volume "Erotiques de Beardsley". The drawing is part of the 1970 "Eyes Open" edition. A...
Category

1970s Art

Materials

Lithograph

'Seated Nude' Paris, Louvre, Salon d'Automne, Académie Chaumière, LACMA, SFAA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Stamped, verso, with estate stamp for Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) and created circa 1950. A graphite study of a young woman shown nude and seated in an armchair. Winner of...
Category

1950s Post-Impressionist Art

Materials

Graphite, Paper

Donation Braque - Le Louvre (After) Georges Braque, 1965
Located in New York, NY
Artist: Georges Braque Medium: Lithographic Poster, 1965 Dimensions: 23.5 x 17.5 in, 59.7 x 44.5 cm Classic Poster Paper - Excellent Condition A This rare lithographic poster was...
Category

1960s Art

Materials

Lithograph

The shadow and his shadow
Located in Winterswijk, NL
Black and white photographic painting of Georgette and René Magritte, an autonomous work that treating the theme of the "hidden-invisible". Photography Silver gelatin print from est...
Category

1980s Art

Materials

Photographic Paper

The Fisher-Bird - Original Lithograph by J.J Grandville - 1852
Located in Roma, IT
The Fisher-Bird is an original lithograph on ivory-colored paper realized by J.J. Grandville from Scènes de la vie privée et publique des animaux, 1852. Published by Manesq & Harvard...
Category

1850s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph, Paper

The Fraudulents - Woodcut Print attr. to S. Dalì - 1963
Located in Roma, IT
The Fraudulents is a woodcut print after Salvador Dalì's original watercolor. The work is realized in 1963, as illustration of the "Divine Comedy" by Dante. Good conditions. Not sig...
Category

1960s Surrealist Art

Materials

Woodcut

L'Oeuf est Cuit - Original Drawing by Leka - 1910s
Located in Roma, IT
L'oeuf est cuit is an original satiric artwork realized by the illustrator Leka. Ink and watercolor. Hand-signed on the lower left by Leka. Titled on the lower right. Dated 1914-19...
Category

1910s Modern Art

Materials

Watercolor, Ink

The Physiognomy - Face and Babies - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
The Physiognomy - The Stony Face and Babies is an original etching artwork realized by Thomas Holloway for Johann Caspar Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to Promote the Kno...
Category

1810s Modern Art

Materials

Etching

PRÉVOST. Print from Collection des Fleurs et des Fruits
Located in London, GB
Original stipple engraving by Charles-Louis Ruotte, printed in colour and finished by hand. Framed and glazed, overall size: 63.3 by 47.2 cm. [Paris 1805]. Prevost came from a lo...
Category

Early 1800s Naturalistic Art

Materials

Color, Engraving, Handmade Paper

Below the Eyes 1061 - Signed, Limited Edition LGBTQ+ Contemporary Fine Art Print
Located in New York, NY
Linda Stein's Below the Eyes prints draw from her Profiles series—drawings, collages and paintings of facial profiles she made in the 1960s and 1970s when she was coming to terms wit...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Prince Louis Bourbon - Original Lithograph by Antonio Zezon - 1850s
Located in Roma, IT
Prince Louis Bourbon is an original lithograph by Antonio Zezon. Interesting colored lithograph which describes the Prince Louis Bourbon, Count of Aquil...
Category

1850s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

White Shirt Portfolio
Located in Calabasas, CA
Artist: Alex Katz Title: White Shirt Portfolio Year: 2021 Medium: Archival pigment ink on Innova Etching Cotton Rag 315 gsm fine art paper Sheets: 26 × 15 in (66× 38.1 cm) Edition: ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Big Funky Monstera Suncatcher
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This Mixed Media piece titled "Big Monstera Deliciosa Suncatcher" is an original artwork by Roxana Azar made of a digital print on acrylic, plastic chain, metal, and glass. The piece...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Lucite, Pigment, Digital

Wigwam rouge et jaune
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Wigwam rouge et jaune" is a gouache on paper by Alexander Calder. The unique work is signed in the lower right, “Calder 65”. Although renowned for his innovative and groundbreaking...
Category

1960s Abstract Art

Materials

Paper, Ink, Gouache

Sketch - Original Drawing by Bernard Bécan - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Sketch is an Original Black Marker Drawing realized by Bernard Becan in the Mid-20 Century. The little artwork is in good condition except for being age...
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Permanent Marker

1980 After David Hockney 'Celia, Paris'
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Paper Size: 27 x 19.5 inches ( 68.58 x 49.53 cm ) Image Size: 27 x 19.5 inches ( 68.58 x 49.53 cm ) Framed: No Condition: A-: Near Mint, very light signs of handling Additional...
Category

1980s Pop Art Art

Materials

Offset

Strawberries - Painting by Zhang Wei Guang - 2007
Located in Roma, IT
Strawberries is an original oil painting realized in 2007 by Zhang Wei Guang (Mirror). Includes frame Oil painting on canvas Hand-signed and dated on the back Good conditions. Z...
Category

Early 2000s Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Silhouette Profile -The Physiognomy- Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
The Silhouette Profile - The Physiognomy is an original etching artwork realized by Thomas Holloway for Johann Caspar Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to Promote the Knowle...
Category

1810s Modern Art

Materials

Etching

Indiana in Lewiston
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Robert Indiana Title: Indiana in Lewiston Medium: Silkscreen on wove paper Date: 1991 Edition: 150 Sheet Size: 46 1/2" x 26 3/4" Signed: Hand signed in pencil
Category

1990s Art

Materials

Screen

Truth and Illusions - textured, white, modernist glass wall sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Recalling images of snow and ice, this modernist wall sculpture is by Cheryl Wilson Smith. The Canadian artist lives where the road ends in Northern Ontario surrounded by lakes, rock...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Glass

The Cat - Original Lithograph by Paul Gervais - 1854
Located in Roma, IT
The Cat is an original lithograph on ivory-colored paper, realized by Paul Gervais (1816-1879). The artwork is from The Series of "Les Trois Règnes de la Nature", and was published i...
Category

1850s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph, Paper

Composition - Original Ink and Watercolor by Bertrand Mogniat - 1940
Located in Roma, IT
Composition is an original drawing in china ink and watercolor on cardboard realized by Bertrand Mogniat-Duclos in 1940. This Artwork is depicted through strong and confident stroke...
Category

1940s Modern Art

Materials

Watercolor, Ink, Cardboard

Doing What I Do
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Danny Brown is a first-generation American urban artist born in Los Angeles. His parents relocated their family from Oaxaca, Mexico in search of opportunity in the United States. Dan...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Art

Materials

Paper, Oil Pastel, Mixed Media

VI Hunter Battalion Simple Product - Original Lithograph by Antonio Zezon - 1853
Located in Roma, IT
VI Hunter Battalion is an original lithograph by Antonio Zezon. Naples 1853. Interesting colored lithograph which describes some members of the Hunter Battalion: Individual ready to...
Category

1850s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Keith Haring drawing 1982 (Keith Haring 1982 drawing)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Keith Haring drawing Japan 1982: Keith Haring executed this rare double drawing during his key breakout year of 1982 on behalf of the historic Japanese pop cultural publication: Popeye. The work emanates from the personal collection of a Popeye magazine editor, with the final versions published in the January 10, 1983 edition of the magazine (to be provided to the buyer of this work). Corresponding to such, are a series of hand-written publishing instructions by Haring & a bold well-preserved signature dated November 1982 along the right folded margin(s). This visually rich 1982 drawing is defined by Haring dancing figures, lizards, televisions, a three-eyed face - visual elements at the core of what would define Keith Haring’s style for years to come. Further details as follows: Medium: Felt-tip pen and ink on wove paper, 1982. Dimensions: 14x17 inches. Good overall vintage condition; contains two folded flaps outside drawings; softened vertical creases in flaps; minor signs of handling; minor edge wear at top; pale toning and scattered spotting with some scattered, small mild staining; adhesive/tape residue on the verso. Signed, titled and dated: "82 Nov. 12" in felt-tip pen and ink, right edge recto, with notes in ball-point pen and ink, lower right recto. Handwritten instructions on the right are that of Keith Haring. Provenance: Popeye magazine editor, Tokyo; gifted to a private collection, Tokyo; Swann Auction galleries, New York. Accompanied by a letter of provenance. Literature/References: Published in the January 10, 1983 edition of Popeye: issue number 142, pages 75 & 97, respectively (see last 3 listing images). *This publication is included with the drawing. “Drawing is making a mark and cutting into space and just finding something that didn’t exist before. It’s pure creation in its simplest form.” — Keith Haring Related Categories: Keith Haring drawings. Keith Haring 1983. Basquiat. Andy Warhol. Keith Haring three eyed face. Keith Haring Japan...
Category

1980s Pop Art Art

Materials

Ink

Copper Wall Relief
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Val Bertoia (b. 1949) Val Bertoia was born in Santa Monica, California in 1949 to the artist, Harry Bertoia and his wife, Brigitta Valentiner. The family relocated to Pennsylvania i...
Category

1990s Art

Materials

Copper

The Mouse - Original Lithograph by Paul Gervais - 1854
Located in Roma, IT
The Mouse is an original lithograph on ivory-colored paper, realized by Paul Gervais (1816-1879). The artwork is from The Series of "Les Trois Règnes de la Nature", and was published...
Category

1850s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Apeles Fenosa Spanish Sculptor Mourlot Lithograph Abstract Expressionist Figures
Located in Surfside, FL
This is from a hand signed, limited edition (edition of 125) folio or full page lithographs some having a poem verso. The individual sheets are not signed or numbered. This listing is just for the one sheet, not for the cover sheet or the signed sheet. This was printed at Mourlot in Paris, France, on velin D'Arches paper. Apel les Fenosa i Florensa (1899 - 1989) lived in Spain. Apelles Fenosa is known for Expressionist Sculpture. Artist's alternative names: Apel·les Fenosa, Apelles Fenosa Spanish Sculptor Fenosa was born in Barcelona, Spain in 1899 and as a young man worked in the studio of sculptor Enrique Casanovas where he came into contact with the ideas and adherents of the Modernist Movement and its influence in Barcelona, Paris and other European cities. In 1917 he founded together with Joan Rebull, Josep Granyer and Josep Viladomat the group The Evolutionists. He arrived in Paris in 1921. There he quickly gravitated into the Parisian avant garde artist community and became friends with Pablo Picasso, who became an early patron of his work, buying a significant number of his sculptures, and with the sculptor Max Jacob. By 1924 Fenosa was exhibiting in Paris and in his native city of Barcelona. Max Jacob wrote the preface to the catalogs of Fenosa's first Paris exhibition, and his show at the Zborowski gallery in 1928. In 1931 Fenosa was in Catalonia when the Second Spanish Republic was declared. There he remained in order to work with the anarchist movement and participate in the Republican ranks during the Spanish Civil War. He participated in the Venice Biennale in 1936 and with the coming to power of the Franco Fascist regime left Spain once again to settle in Paris. In 1942, he met the painter and poet, Paul Eluard, who became a close friend. In 1944, the Comite de Liberation du Limousin (Organization for the Liberation of the Limousin) commissions a sculpture to commemorate the Nazi killings of Oradour-sur-Glane. He creates the "Monument aux Martyrs d'Oradour-sur-Glane" (Monument to the Martyrs of Oradour) presently in Limoges. From 1946 Fenosa exhibited individually or collectively in Paris, London, Barcelona, ​​Madrid, Prague, New York, Tokyo, Rabat, Osaka, Casablanca, Carrara. His personal exhibition catalogs are prefaced by the most famous writers and poets of his time, including Paul Eluard, Jean Cocteau, Jules Supervielle, Josep Carner, Alexandre Cirici-Pellicer, Francis Ponge, Pablo Neruda, Michel Cournot, Roger Caillois, Salvador Espriu. He was part of a generation of Spanish and Catalan artists that included Jose Amat Pages, Ramon Pichot, Alfredo Opisso Cardona, Ramon Aguilar More, Juan Cardona Llados, Josep Miquel Serrano...
Category

1970s Expressionist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Grazing Herds with Figures - Original Print by Jean-Honoré Fragonard - 1772
Located in Roma, IT
Grazing herds with figures is a wonderful etching and aquatint realized in 1772 by the Abbot of Saint-Non, after Jean-Honoré Fragonard. Titled, dated and signed on plate on the lower...
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1770s Art

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

Life Lines
Located in Boston, MA
About the artist: Oi Fortin is an award-winning monotype printmaker, working in New Haven, CT, USA. Her contemporary abstract expressionist prints are notable for a vivid palette and...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Paper, Oil, Monotype

Owl - Original Lithograph By Jean Lurçat - 1948
Located in Roma, IT
Owl is an original artwork realized by the french artist Jean Lurçat (1892 Bruyeres - 1966 St.-Paul-de-Vence). Lithograph print, belongs to the suite "Géographie Animale", publis...
Category

1940s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

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