Late 20th Century Mixed Media

Keith Haring handwritten letter 1986: A rare 1980’s handwritten letter by Keith Haring executed on the artist's personal stationary. A personal response by Haring to a New York based editor named Ira...

Raymond Pettibon, "No Mag,'" 1981: A rare late 70's/early 80's Los Angeles Punk scene publication featuring several stand out illustrations by Raymond Pettibon ...

The Magicians Message From Cuevas' Comedies. Screenprint with collage additions and five lithographs from a portfolio of ten lithographs (one with screenprint and embossing, one with embossing) and five screenprints (two double-sided, one with collage additions). Pencil signed and dated 1971, edition 84/100, blindstamp visible, published by Collector's Press, San Francisco. Framed under Plexiglas. Jose Louis Cuevas was born in Mexico City in 1933 -2017. A master draftsman, Jose Luis Cuevas played a pivotal role in Latin America's drawing and printmaking renaissance of the sixties and seventies. He is also associated with Latin America's neofigurative movement, along with artists such as Fernando Botero and Antonio Segui. By the age of fourteen, he had illustrated numerous periodicals and books and had had his first exhibition in Mexico City. In 1953 Cuevas published La cortina del nopal (The Cactus Curtain), an article condemning aspects of the Mexican Mural movement and advocating greater artistic freedom. This philosophy inspired the founding in 1960 of the group Nueva Presencia, which he joined for a brief time. It promoted individual expression and figurative art reflecting the contemporary human condition. Cuevas' work was influenced by the graphic art of Goya and Picasso as well as by Posada and Orozco, whose representations of deformed creatures, degraded humanity and prostitutes were of particular thematic interest. Over the years, he has paid homage to his favorite painters as well as writers, such as Dostoevsky, Kafka, Quevedo and Sade, in numerous series of drawings and prints. Cuevas has said that his drawing represents the solitude and isolation of contemporary man and man's inability to communicate. It is for this reason that he often distorts and transforms the human figure to the point of uniqueness. Cuevas has had solo exhibitions in museums and galleries throughout the world including the: University of Texas, Austin, 1961, the San Francisco Museum of Art, California,1970, the Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City, 1972, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo, Caracas, 1974, Phoenix Art Museum, Arizona, 1975, Musee d'Art Moderne, Paris, 1976. His work was included in Four Masters of Line: Jose Luis Cuevas, Alexander Calder, Stuart Davis, and Morris Graves, Musee de la Napoule, France, 1957 and in The Emergent Decade, Cornell University and Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, 1965. Among his many awards are First International Prize for Drawing, Biennial of Sao Paulo, 1959, First Prize, International Black and White Exhibition, Lugano, Switzerland, 1962, First International Prize for Printmaking, Triennial of Graphic Arts, New Delhi, India, 1968, First Prize, III Latin American Print...

Pioneer Activists is an ongoing series of artworks by Suzanne Benton. Consisting largely of monoprints with Chine collé where the artist references suffragists, feminists, writers and educators from the 19th century and beyond. These works embody the artist’s stellar theme of bringing past to present. Antoinette B Blackwell in the Blue Circle, monoprint with Chine collé, 9 3/4 x 7 3/4 inches, 1996 (1825 –1921) Reverend Antoinette Louisa Brown Blackwell graduated from the Ladies¹Department in 1847 and returned to Oberlin to take theology courses, having been denied the right to participate as a member of the Theological Department.  When she completed the course of study in 1850, she was also denied ordination and recognition at commencement, but in 1853 was ordained in her home church in Butler New York and, despite Oberlin Collége...

nylon and stainless steel

Marcus Amerman (1959- ) Kills Enemy 1988 Cut Glass Beads 10 inches H. x 10 inches W. 26 inches H. x 26 inches W. x 9 inches D. in frame of structural steel. Kills Enemy is a unique ...

Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - Le centurion Lithograph from 1972. The edition of 187/250. Dimensions of work: 68 x 50 cm On B.F.K Rives paper as stated in the Field catalogue. Refe...

American School, unsigned and painted circa 1975. A vivid and upbeat oil abstract comprising discrete areas of golden-yellow, coral and aqua-turquoise composed to evoke a sunlit lan...

Elfi Schuselka (Austrian, b. 1940), Surrealist Composition, Mixed Media on Paper, stamped "Studio / Elfi Schuselka" to verso. 39.75" H x 29.75" W. Provenance: From the Collection o...

lacquered Chinese newspapers

Young Model II Expressionist Portrait Rutsch is always "scribbling and scrabbling." He is an artist of the purest breed—an artist who has no choice but to paint. He is a chosen traveler of the depths of existence; a man who follows a longing to explore his inner self and relate his findings with the energy and identity of the universe. The celebrated Austrian artist approaches painting and sculpture as he lives life—with the eyes of a child and the hand of a poet. Constantly in the quest for rhythms of form and vibrations of color, he catches those "sparks in the shadow" and evidences their fullest reality and beauty in his creations. Each of his paintings is a careful construction as it is a spontaneous act of love. While he might attribute certain artistic expressions to "coincidence," his inspiration comes from such diverse sources as: memories, dreams, sounds, numbers, telephone poles and drift wood. Rutsch has an affinity to vibrant colors, strong contours and rich brush strokes which are apparent in his oils, mixed media works and ink drawings. He has a sensitivity to the unusual, the discarded and a fondness for the ugly as well as the chaotic. These, he often transforms into poignant welded steel abstractions. Rutsch has an aversion to politics, citing dates and expounding upon honors achieved. There is no talk about 'profound symbolism' in his work and as Carlo McCormick writes in the introduction to Rutsch's monograph, "Meaning is not a seed that Rutsch plants, nurtures and then harvests. It is what grows wild in a volcanic swamp of fossilized, decaying and new-born fancies—as an afterthought and aftershock." Alexander Rutsch is not concerned with interpretations; he is, however, passionate about the process of making art and surrenders his entire being as an instrument to the act of creation. The geometry of his imagination overflows with figures, profiles and penetrating strong eyes—windows to a deeper place. Their vitality and sensuality pulsate through the "dreamscapes" of Rutsch's created worlds. At times romantic, yet always wild with energy, human forms and experiences are essential to the artist's vocabulary. The son of opera singers and a singer himself, Rutsch speaks of "the art of painting as the art of silence" and the job of the painter "to dedicate himself to the silence." He adds though, "that this silence is the greatest existing sound in the universe." One wonders why then, if painting is "the art of silence," that Rutsch's paintings scream with sound. Sometimes melancholy, sometimes sensual, sometimes dissonant and sometimes whispering, the rhythms are always rich in the celebration of life and our shared humanity. Painter, sculptor and poet, Rutsch's oeuvre over the past four decades is tremendous. Celebrated and collected especially in Vienna, Paris, Brussels and New York, he studied with renowned teachers like Boeckl and Dorowsky and collaborated with such geniuses as Salvador Dali. Having left Vienna in the fifties, Rutsch moved to Paris and took the city's art scene by storm. There, Picasso was so enthralled with a portrait Rutsch has done of him that, in a state of great excitement, he countersigned it. Biography Alexander Rutsch was born in Russia in 1916 but raised in Belgrade, Yugoslavia. After studying voice in Austria he became an opera singer like his parents, but after WWII, Rutsch's love for visual expression propelled him to change careers. He was a painter, sculptor, philosopher, musician, singer and poet. His life as a romantic is reflected in his work, as he sought to perfect his soul and humanity, "I paint my dreams," said Rutsch. "My dreams are color and life. They soar in my head like millions of symphonies. I can never stop building dreams." In 1952, after studying under Josef Dobrowsky, Josef Hoffmann and Herbert Boeckl at the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts, Alexander Rutsch received a scholarship to study in France. There he made contacts and began collaborations with his contemporaries, Picasso and Dali. Rutsch said of his experiences with Picasso, "Picasso played a short but important moment in my life in Paris that affected my entire artistic future. I learned from him that it is not important if art is not aesthetically finished. It can be raw, uncooked, rough. If an artist feels he has said it—it is not important to polish or finish it. Because of Picasso, I learned that if I don't feel the need to finish—I don't have to." In 1954 he exhibited his work at the Salon Artistique International de Saceux and won first prize for abstract painting, the first of may awards received during his prolific career. During the 13 years he lived in Paris, Rutsch exhibited in many prominent galleries there and throughout Europe. In 1958, The City of Paris awarded him the prestigious Arts, Science and Letters Silver Medal. In 1966, Jean Desvilles presented his prize winning film "Le Monde de Rutsch" at the Cannes Film Festival and the Venice Biennial. In 1968 Rutsch moved to Pelham, New York where he continued to work in his studio and exhibit in galleries and museums worldwide. Rutsch's work, as seen through his mastery of many art forms—sculpture, painting, print-making, and drawing, and a wide variety of other media has been described as "vibrating showers of lines, bold geometries, wounded anatomically rambling scrap-wood skeletons...

Original painting on canvas. Hand signed on front by the artist. Canvas is stretched. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of Authenticity included. All reasonable offer...

"Looking North" is a Mixed Media (Acrylic Paint and Collage) piece by the artist MATTHEW HANNA (American, Born 1961-originally from Redford, Michigan). It measures 25.5 x 19 inches ...

Monochrome Accumulation No. 3001, 1988 by Arman (1928-2005) Acrylic paint tubes and acrylic paint on canvas 40 ¼ x 32 ⅞ inches framed (102.235 x 83.5025 cm) 36 ¼ x 28 ¾ inches unframed (92.075 x 73.025 cm) Inscribed (SA) and numbered (3001) on the reverse Provenance: A.H. Graphics, Stockholm Private Collection, Europe Sotheby's, London, Contemporary Art, 20 March 1997, Lot 74 Description: This mixed media work titled "Monochrome Accumulation No. 3001" by Armand Pierre Fernandez, typically styled as "Arman," is a brilliant collage of found objects and traditional painting techniques. The bright, monochromatic yellow...

Elfi Schuselka (Austrian, b. 1940), Surrealist Composition, Mixed Media on Paper, stamped "Studio / Elfi Schuselka" to verso, unframed. 39.75" H x 29.75" W. Provenance: From the Coll...

4 panels hinged together of bronze metalic textured paper over wood.

Limited editions layered paper and etching composition of an abstracted urban landscape, with fractured yellow and green color fields, by Julia Pitcher (American, b. 1942). Numbered ...

The Buildings in the night is an original mixed media, realized by Bernadette Kelly in about 1980 s. Is not signed The artist depicts the night city, where the buildings rise into t...

Keith Haring handwritten letter 1989: A rare 1989 handwritten letter by Keith Haring executed on the artist's personal stationary. An endearing personal response by Haring to a young...

Sam Francis’s Untitled (1981) exemplifies his mastery in blending vibrant color with dynamic form. The composition features a central block of deep red, surrounded by splashes and sp...

Elfi Schuselka (Austrian, b. 1940), Abstract Composition, Mixed Media on Paper, stamped "Studio / Elfi Schuselka" to verso, unframed. 26" H x 18" W. Provenance: From the Collection o...

Joseph Glasco (American, 1925-1996) Lanzorate, 1985 Monotype with fabric collage and mixed media on paper Signed and dated lower right, 1/1, titled lower left 31.5 x 48 inches 37 x 5...

The Eye Eater Pop Singer is an original collage artwork, realized by Sergio Barletta in 1981. Hand-signed on the lower right, and titled on the lower cente...

Domenick Capobianco (American, b. 1928), Double-Sided Chalkboard with Chalk Drawings, unsigned, in wood frame. 36" H x 61" W x 2.5" D. Provenance: From the Collection of the artist. ...

Jules Olitski Abare, 1987 Signed and dated on the reverse Oil-based acrylic and water-based acrylic on plexiglass 44 3/4 x 23 5/8 inches Provenance The artist Andre Emmerich Gallery...

Artist: Manuel Bea Cervera (Barcelona, 1934 – Switzerland, 1997) Technique: Mixed media on paper Dimensions: 34 x 52 cm (13.4 x 20.5 in) Framed dimension...

"Field Study - Notes on the Goddess" is an original mixed media piece by Terri Warpinski. The artist used photographs layered with fragments of her notebook and sketchbook to make th...

Artist: Peter Max (1937) Title: Better World Year: 1998 Medium: Acrylic, lithograph on Arches paper Size: 14 x 12 inches Inscription: Hand signed Notes: Published, printed by Via Max...

Artist: Peter Max (1937) Title: Mona Lisa Year: 1998 Medium: Acrylic, lithograph on Arches paper Size: 12 x 14 inches Inscription: Hand signed Notes: Published, printed by Via Max, N...

Artist: Peter Max (1937) Title: Two Sages Year: 1997 Medium: Acrylic, lithograph on Arches paper Size: 12 x 14 inches Inscription: Hand signed Notes: Published, printed by Via Max, N...

Artist: Peter Max (1937) Title: Zero Man in Love Year: 1997 Medium: Acrylic, lithograph on Arches paper Size: 8.5 x 10.5 inches Inscription: Hand signed Notes: Published, printed by ...

Artist: Peter Max (1937) Title: Flag Year: 1997 Medium: Acrylic, lithograph on Arches paper Size: 12 x 14 inches Inscription: Hand signed Notes: Published, printed by Via Max, New Yo...

"Abstract I" is a Framed and Matted Mixed Media Print with Gold-Leaf. The artist signature is illegible. It measures 40.5 x 34.5 inches. The date of creation is unknown but is believ...

Original Mixed media on paper, signed lower left "Strazza 79". Dedicated on rear by the artist to a friend. Certificate of authenticity signed by the Artist.

Keith Haring, Run DMC Christmas 1987: Rare sought-after Run DMC "Christmas In Hollis" featuring Original Artwork by Keith Haring. Truly vibrant colors that make for stand-out wall ar...

Signed lower right, 'Mario Cespedes' (Bolivian-American, born 1942) and created circa 1985. Matted dimensions: 24 H x 18 W x .25 D inches. Born in Bolivia, Mario Cespedes immigrated...

Horace Champagne, Canadian, b 1937 Pastel on paper 9 x 12 in 22.4 x 29.2 cm Signed lower right framed

Limited Edition Keith Haring spray paint published circa 2018 featuring the Estate trademark of Keith Haring. A unique Haring collectible that makes for a fantastic display piece. Me...

This work on paper by Cleve Gray is lovely in person - delicate and yet singular and eye catching. Framed in a white washed new wood frame with white matting and plex. Common to al...

A striking and unique abstraction by abstract expressionist, Cleve Gray. His works on paper translate very well as he carefully chose his papers and combined ab-ex action painting w...

Elfi Schuselka (Austrian, b. 1940), "Spiritz II", Acrylic on Tarlatan, 1980, signed and dated to the verso, titled in pencil on backing paper with studio label. 36.5" H x 39.25" W. P...

TECHNICAL INFORMATION Damien Hirst Love Will Tear Us Apart Plexiglas and sintra cabinet with various sized surgical syringes and needles 14 x 20 x 8 3/4 in. Edition of 30 Signed, da...

"how far can you stretch the ego?" Collage with Social Commentary Elaborate mixed media collage by Mickey "Kano" Kane (American, 20th century). A large biomorphic form, evocative of...

"Reigning Capital" Satirical Bond Paperwork Collage Elaborate collage by Mickey "Kano" Kane (American, 20th century). This piece is a satirical collage that mimics the ornate design...

"I've Already Left Home" Satirical Bond Paperwork Collage Elaborate collage by Mickey "Kano" Kane (American, 20th century). This piece is a satirical collage that mimics the ornate ...

James Brown (American, 1951-2020) Mixed media 1994, "Dessin (Star)", Paint and collage on paper, Hand signed and dated lower right, bears label verso Dimensions: 19.5"h x 29.5"w (sheet), 26"h x 36"w (frame) Provenance: Galerie Bernd Klüser, Bears label verso They represented internationally renowned artists such as Joseph Beuys, Tony Cragg, Enzo Cucchi, Jannis Kounellis, Mimmo Paladino and Andy Warhol. Their first exhibitions were with Andy Warhol, Tony Cragg, Julião Sarmento...

This is an authentic Polymorph kinetic art work by world-renowned Israeli artist Yaacov Agam (b. 1928), one of the leading figures in Op Art and Kinetic Art. It is hand singed on bot...

Original mixed media on 10.5 x 7.5 inch paper mounted on 14 x 11 inch paper. Hand signed on front by Purvis Young. Frame size approx 20 x 17 inches. Artwork is in excellent condit...

Joan Snyder's early 1970s period is known as the best of her career, now an iconic period of time for feminist abstract painting of the era. This fully finished work on paper reads l...

"Ducks & Habitat" is an original acrylic on paper and wood construction by Tom Shelton. The artist signed the piece on the reverse. This piece depicts many different types of ducks f...

Sanguine Drawing on Canvas Adja Yunkers b. 1900, Riga, Russia; d. 1983, New York Adja Yunkers was born Adolf Junkers on July 15, 1900, in Riga, Russia (now Latvia). He studied art i...

this is a bright vibrant abstract wall hanging tapestry by Calman Shemi. I believe the material is wool with a linen backing but i am not positive. it can also be used as a floor rug...

The murder of John Lennon. The birth of my children. Nixon’s resignation. Brain surgery. Driven by the desire to express myself, and leave a physical record of my life and times, I’v...

African American artist Alvin Hollingsworth part of the famous Spiral Group , created an inventive and intriguing close-up portrait with figures in the distance. Found objects such as swatches of burlap, plastic spoons, press type and wood shapes are adhered to the surface make this work an object as much as an image. The overall image is bathed in a super hot orange-yellow. This is Hollingsworth interpretation of the soul of Africa. Indistinctly signed lower right in red. The work makes a powerful statement in person. Provenance: The Artist to a personal friend. Private collection Framed dimensions 19 1/4 x 25 1/4 in. Alvin Carl...

"Faulkner in Fresno" is a dynamic and original 1986 abstract painting by acclaimed American artist Sidney Guberman (b. 1936). Created with oil and pastel on paper, this large-scale w...

John Walker British (b. 1939) Salsipuedes Forms (1991) Monoprint relief print with dry pigment, monotype Hand signed lower right Provenance: Garner Tullis Workshop A monotype is literally one of a kind; it is not a method of multiplication. The artist makes an image with a liquid medium on wood, metal or glass, and paper is laid over the moist image and bonded under pressure the paper is then removed bringing with it the transposed monotype. John Walker (born 1939) is an English painter and printmaker. He has been called "one of the standout abstract painters of the last 50 years." Walker studied in Birmingham at the Moseley School of Art, and later the Birmingham School of Art and Académie de la Grande Chaumière in Paris. Some of his early work was inspired by abstract expressionist art and post-painterly abstraction, and often combined apparently three-dimensional, sculptural shapes with "flatter" elements. These pieces are usually rendered in acrylic paint. In the early 1970s, Walker made a series of large Blackboard Pieces using chalk first exhibited at the opening of Ikon Gallery, in Birmingham Shopping Centre, Birmingham in 1972 and the Juggernaut works which also use dry pigment. From the late 1970s, his work marked allusions to earlier painters, such as Francisco Goya, Edouard Manet and Henri Matisse, either through the quoting of a pictorial motif, or the use of a particular technique. Also during this time, he began to use oil paint more in his work. His paintings of the 1970s are also notable for what has come to be termed canvas collage, the application of glued-on, separately painted patches of canvas to the main canvas. Beginning in the 1970s John Walker was one of the most influential and imitated painters working in the UK; he exhibited alongside Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein, represented his country at the 1972 Venice Biennale, had extensive survey shows at both the Tate and Hayward galleries and was nominated for the Turner Prize in 1985. After spending some time in Australia, Walker got a position at the Victoria College of the Arts in Melbourne. He produced the Oceania series around this time which incorporates elements of native Oceanic art. Walker is currently the head of the graduate painting program at Boston University. Walker won the 1976 John Moores Painting Prize and was nominated for the Turner Prize in 1985. In September 2010, Walker and five other British artists including Howard Hodgkin, John Hoyland, Ian Stephenson, Patrick Caulfield and R.B. Kitaj were included in an exhibition entitled The Independent Eye: Contemporary British Art From the Collection of Samuel and Gabrielle Lurie, at the Yale Center for British Art. His art was influenced by Boston Expressionism. Along with Aaron Fink, Gerry Bergstein, Jon Imber, Michael Mazur, Katherine Porter, Jane Smaldone, John Walker, and Philip Guston. Through Garner Tullis at Experimental Press he met Sean Scully, Friedel Dzubas, Helen Frankenthaler, Sam Francis, William Wiley, and others. Select Group Exhibitions (partial list) 1965 John Moores Liverpool Exhibition. Walker Art Center, Liverpool. 1966 Recent Aspects of British Art. Australia and New Zealand (traveled). 1967 4 Artists. Betty Parsons Gallery, New York. John Walker, Michael Kidner, Bruce Tippett, Michael Tyzack...

Robert Motherwell Pull Out All Flags (Engberg, Banach 263), 1980 Aquatint and etching in colors, on German Etching paper, with full margins Hand-signed by artist, Pencil signed and n...

Elfi Schuselka (Austrian, b. 1940), Untitled, Mixed Media on Tarlatan and dried paint, with foamcore elements, 1980, signed and dated to verso, unframed. 36.5" H x 39" W. Provenance:...

Untitled (USA), (1989) by artist David Wojnarowicz, featured in "The Queer Show, Part I" at Hal Bromm Gallery

Alain Kirili (French/American, 1946-2021), Post-Minimalist Composition, Mixed Media on Paper, with collage elements, signed to reverse, wood frame. Image: 29.5" H x 41" W; frame; 32"...