20th Century Figurative Paintings

Artist: Peter Max, German/American (1937 - ) Title: Woman Seated Year: 1980 Medium: Lithograph with extensive Hand-painting, signed and dated in paint, dedicated to Carolyn Size: 25 ...

While McNeil was a pioneer of the New York Abstract Expressionism movement, later in his life his work became more figurative, he focused on dancers and discos, like this piece. Alth...

Artist: Edd Meyers Title: A Kiss Year: 1983 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed l.c. Size: 45 in. x 57 in. (114.3 cm x 144.78 cm)

Hand signed by the artist on verso. Hand Painted Unique Silkscreen on Canvas. Artwork is in excellent condition. Canvas is not stretched. Certificate of authenticity included. All...

Robin Winters (b. 1950) hand signed; 1986. Acrylic, rhoplex and powdered pigment on screenprint Dimensions: 36”h, 32”w Title: "Home" Provenance: Brooke Alexander Gallery, New York, New York. Gallery label verso. Robin Winters is known for his conceptual works in a wide variety of two- and three-dimensional media and performance/durational art. The reliquary and other recurring themes that appear in his works can be seen in the collection of sculptures and paintings offered in this sale (lots 170, 171, 173, 393, 396). Gallery label to reverse: Brooke Alexander Gallery, New York, New York. Provenance: Brooke Alexander Gallery, New York, New York. Robin Winters (born 1950 in Benicia, California) is an American conceptual, multi-disciplinary, artist and teacher based in New York. Winters is known for creating solo exhibitions containing an interactive durational performance component to his installations, sometimes lasting up to two months. Winters first emerged in the burgeoning Soho NYC art scene of the 1970s. An early practitioner of the Relational Aesthetics (social interaction as an art medium) Winters also created in works through sculpture, installation, performance, painting, drawing and prints. His art maintains a whimsical spirit, and he often returns to ongoing themes involving faces, boats, cars, bottles, hats and jesters or fools. Winters has incorporated such devices as blind dates, double dates, dinners, fortune telling, and free consultation in his performances. Throughout his career he has engaged in a wide variety of media, such as performance art, film, video, writing prose and poetry, photography, installation art, printmaking, drawing, painting, ceramic sculpture, bronze sculpture, and glassblowing. Winters was born in Benicia, California in 1950 to lawyer parents. As a child his hobby was collecting glass bottles found on the beach and under old buildings, which would later influence him as an artist. In 1968, Winters had his first durational performance, entitled Norman Thomas Travelling Museum. The artist drove a Volkswagen bus decorated in collage, many of the images relating to current events and politics. Inside was what the artist described as a “reliquary” containing many objects, including a bottle collection. Winters took the van to shopping centers and even as far as Mexico. That same year, Winters opted not to register for the military draft. Although he was deemed fit to serve, Winters refused. In 1975 the resulting legal proceedings finally came to a close after it was proven that the artist had been harassed by the local draft board. In his teens and early twenties, Winters became acquainted with several local artists who helped shape his aesthetic, most notably Manuel Neri and Robert Arneson. By the early 1970s, Winters was studying at the San Francisco Art Institute (SFAI) and had relocated to San Francisco. At this time Winters became friends with the Bay Area conceptual artists Terry Fox and Howard Fried, and participated in several of Fried's performance works. In 1972 Winters was accepted into the Whitney Independent Study Program in New York City. After coming to New York City, Winters helped support himself by working for various artists, among them the performance artist Joan Jonas and sculptor Donald Judd. In 1974, Winters performed The Secret Life of Bob-E or Bob-E Behind the Veil eight hours a day, five days a week for a month in his studio apartment. Behind a one-way mirror the audience could watch Winters play the character of Bob-E, whose goal was to make a monument for everyone in the world in the form of blue and yellow rubber top hats. By the end of the month the artist had constructed 262 hats. The following year, Winters was invited to take part in the Whitney Museum's 1975 Biennial Exhibition. Entitled W.B. Bearman Bags a Job or Diary of a Dreamer. These meetings led to the formation of the Group Collaborative Projects, or Colab, of which Winters is a founding member. Also in 1976, Winters formed the partnership “X&Y” with fellow artist Coleen Fitzgibbon that would last two years. Together they performed a series of shows in the Netherlands, most notably a show entitled Take the Money and Run. Performed at De Appel in Amsterdam, the show involved the artists robbing their audience. The following day the audience was given an apology, as well as the opportunity to retrieve any valuables and participate in a lottery to win the artists’ services. They also made a Super 8 film in NY called Rich-Poor, in which they asked people on the streets their thoughts on the rich and poor. In 1980 Winters participated in The Real Estate Show and in Absurdities at ABC No Rio. That same year he and artists Peter Fend, Coleen Fitzgibbon, Peter Nadin, Jenny Holzer, and Richard Prince also formed The Offices of Fend, Fitzgibbon, Holzer, Nadin, Prince & Winters. This short-lived collective was based out of an office on lower Broadway and offered “Practical Esthetic Services Adaptable to Client Situation”, as stated on their business card. Their goal was to offer their art as “socially helpful work for hire”. In June of that year Winters participated in The Times Square Show, Colab's most well-known exhibition. The month-long show took place in a four floor building on West 41st Street and was densely packed with art. To cap off a busy year, Winters also became one of the first artists to join the Mary Boone Gallery, showing a successful solo exhibition in 1981. His work was shown in the New York/New Wave show in 1981 at MoMA PS1 along with Jean-Michel Basquiat, Roberta Bayley, William S. Burroughs, David Byrne, Sarah Charlesworth, Larry Clark, Crash (John Matos), Ronnie Cutrone, Brian Eno, Peter Fend, Nan Goldin, Keith Haring, Ray Johnson, Joseph Kosuth, Marcus Leatherdale, Christopher Makos, Robert Mapplethorpe, Elaine Mayes, Frank Moore, Kenny Scharf and others. In 1982, Winters had his first solo exhibition in Los Angeles at the Richard Kuhlenschmidt Gallery. At the Mo David Gallery in 1984, Winters created an installation piece that consisted of a floor of plaster tiles. Underneath each tile, hidden from view, was a drawing. He designed the stage sets for the musician Nico, and assisted French artist Orlan, American artist Stuart Sherman, and American poet Gregory Corso. Two years later Winters was invited to take part in Chambres d’Amis (In Ghent there is Always a Free Room for Albrecht Durer) in Ghent, Belgium. In it, 51 artists created installations in 50 different sites, mostly private homes. Winters chose the home of a local art historian. The artist made 90 drawings based on images found in the large collection of art books in the home's library. He made two copies of each drawing and placed the originals in the books themselves. One set of copies was exhibited in the sponsoring museum, Museum van Hedendaagse, as "The Ghent Drawings". The drawings were also on display at Winters’ solo exhibition at Luhring Augustine & Hodes Gallery in New York City in 1987. In 1986, Winters had a solo exhibition at Maurice Keitelman Gallery in Brussels, Belgium, and the following year a solo exhibition at the Centre Régional d'Art Contemporain Midi-Pyrénées in Toulouse, France. Also in 1986, Winters' Playroom was held at the Institute for Contemporary Art in Boston, Massachusetts. The exhibition was part of Think Tank, a retrospective of Winters' work which traveled to the Stedelijk Museum in the Netherlands, the Centre Regional d’Art Contemporain in France, and the Contemporary Arts Center in Ohio. Winters spent a month in 1989 working with students at the San Francisco Art Institute. Never having worked with ceramics, he spent the month making numerous ceramic pieces, which were then shown in the aptly named One Month in San Francisco. Other components of the piece included Winters’ childhood bottle collection and a video showing each piece in the show filmed briefly next to a ruler.[ Also that year, Robin served as a visiting artist at the Pilchuck Glass School, where he met artist John Drury, who was then working as the school's artist liaison. In the summer of 1990, Winters interviewed fellow artist Kiki Smith for her eponymous book, which was published later that year. That same year (1990), Winters was invited by the Val Saint Lambert glass factory in Belgium to create glassworks in their facility. Winters, artists John Drury and Tracy Glover...

Original acrylic and silkscreen painting on canvas. Hand signed on front by the artist. Studio stamp on verso. Canvas size 13.5 x 16.5 in. Framed size approx 23 x 26 in. Artwork ...

Hand signed by the artist on verso. Hand Painted Unique Silkscreen on Canvas. Artwork is in excellent condition. Canvas is not stretched. Certificate of authenticity included. All...

Original painting on canvas. Hand signed and dated on front; Signed, titled and dated on verso by the artist. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of authenticity included...

Hand signed and numbered by the artist on verso. Hand Painted with Embellishment by the Artist on Canvas. Artwork is in excellent condition. Stretched. TP edition of 50. Certifica...

Michel YAKOVLEV, known as YAKO was born in New York in 1963, he grew up in Geneva where he made his first graffiti and his first exhibitions in the 80 ', at a time when this culture ...

Michel YAKOVLEV, known as YAKO was born in New York in 1963, he grew up in Geneva where he made his first graffiti and his first exhibitions in the 80 ', at a time when this culture ...

A unique American oil painting depicting two stylized interior views in neon colors.

Original painting on canvas. Hand signed and dated on front by the artist. Custom framed with hand painted fillet. Canvas size 14 x 18 in. Framed size approx 22.25 x 26.25 in. Ar...

Artist: Michael Knigin, American (1942 - 2011) Title: Nothing Ventured Year: 1995 Medium: Acrylic & Enamel on Canvas, signed and titled verso Size: 26.5 x 48 inches

Michel YAKOVLEV, known as YAKO was born in New York in 1963, he grew up in Geneva where he made his first graffiti and his first exhibitions in the 80 ', at a time when this culture ...

Michel YAKOVLEV, known as YAKO was born in New York in 1963, he grew up in Geneva where he made his first graffiti and his first exhibitions in the 80 ', at a time when this culture ...

Original painting on canvas. Hand signed on front by the artist. Studio stamp on verso. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of Authenticity included. All reasonable off...

Hand signed by the artist on verso. Hand Painted Unique Silkscreen on Canvas. Artwork is in excellent condition. Canvas is not stretched. Certificate of authenticity included. All...

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

Hand signed by the artist on verso. Hand Painted Unique Silkscreen on Canvas. Artwork is in excellent condition. Canvas is not stretched. Certificate of authenticity included. All...

Brains in a basket? Unwrapped turkeys piled up in a shopping cart are symbolic of a family exposed brains. This symbolic Pop Art Illustration brilliantly depicts Sigmund Freud holding a baby with a family in the parking lot of a shopping center...

Original painting on canvas. Hand signed on front by the artist. Stretched. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of Authenticity included. All reasonable offers will be...

Michel YAKOVLEV, known as YAKO was born in New York in 1963, he grew up in Geneva where he made his first graffiti and his first exhibitions in the 80 ', at a time when this culture ...

Michel YAKOVLEV, known as YAKO was born in New York in 1963, he grew up in Geneva where he made his first graffiti and his first exhibitions in the 80 ', at a time when this culture ...

A substantial figurative oil painting showing two figures, a Royal Canadian Mounted Police man and a Native American warrior. Signed upper left, "J.F. Scott" (20th century) and dat...

Hand signed by the artist on verso. Hand Painted Unique Silkscreen on Canvas. Artwork is in excellent condition. Canvas is not stretched. Certificate of authenticity included. All ...

Hand signed and numbered by the artist on verso. Hand Painted Silkscreen with Embellishment by the Artist on Canvas. Artwork is in excellent condition. Canvas is not stretched. Edi...

Hand signed, dated and numbered by the artist. Sheet size: 30.125 x 29.875 in. Edition of 60. Published by Gemini, G.E.L., Los Angeles. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certifica...

Original painting on canvas. Hand signed on front by the artist. Studio stamp on verso. Custom framed with hand painted fillet. Canvas size 40 x 30 inches. Framed size approx 49 ...

Original painting on canvas. Hand signed and dated on front by the artist. Custom framed with hand painted fillet. Canvas size 10 x 14 in. Framed size approx 19.25 x 23.5 in. Art...

Hand signed by the artist on verso. Hand Painted Unique Silkscreen on Canvas. Artwork is in excellent condition. Canvas is not stretched. Certificate of authenticity included. All...

Hand signed by the artist on verso. Hand Painted Unique Silkscreen on Canvas. Artwork is in excellent condition. Original Steve Kaufman Art Studio Certificate of tirage included. C...

Artist: Michael Knigin, American (1942 - 2011) Title: Loyal Pal Year: 1994 Medium: Acrylic on Canvas, signed, titled and dated on stretchers Size: 72 inches, Diameter

4-color lithograph on La Paloma handmade paper. Published and printed by Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles. Hand signed and dated lower right margin of sheet beneath image. Edition lower le...

Artist: Michael Knigin, American (1942 - 2011) Title: Bare Essence Year: 1995 Medium: Acrylic & enamel on linen, signed, titled and dated verso Size: 27 x 36 inches

Artist: Michael Knigin, American (1942 - 2011) Title: Be Tender Year: 1991 Medium: Enamel and Acrylic on Canvas on Board, signed and dated in pencil Size: 48 x 58 inches

Artist: Michael Knigin, American (1942 - 2011) Title: At His Peril Year: 1994 Medium: Acrylic on Canvas, signed and dated Size: 96 x 40 inches

Artist: Michael Knigin, American (1942 - 2011) Title: Sign of Power Year: 1990 Medium: Acrylic and enamel on canvas, signed and dated in pencil Size: 75...

Artist: Michael Knigin, American (1942 - 2011) Title: Guilded Native Year: 1988 Medium: Acrylic on Canvas, signed and dated in pencil Size: 84 x 45 inches

Hand signed and dated by the artist. Unique hand embellished with acrylic paint on serigraph. Framed. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of authenticity included. All...

Hand signed and dated by the artist. Unique hand embellished with acrylic paint on serigraph. Framed. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of authenticity included. All ...

This is dreamy psychedelic depiction of a golfer hitting a ball in a psychedelic wonderland of chickens moons, starts and groovy flowers Gurvin was Graphic Designer & Visual artist Abe Gurvin...

Hand signed and dated by the artist. Unique hand embellished with acrylic paint on serigraph. Framed. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of authenticity included. All ...

Hand signed by the artist on verso. Hand Painted Unique Silkscreen on Canvas. Artwork is in excellent condition. Canvas is not stretched. Certificate of authenticity included. All ...

Original acrylic paint and silkscreen on flag. Framed. Hand signed, titled, and dated by the artist. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of authenticity included. All r...

Hand signed, numbered, and dated by the artist. Hand embellished. Limited edition of 150. Each embellished print is unique. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of authenti...

A monumental work by the inimitable Billy Dee Williams. This large work consists of 48 conjoined canvas paintings in one frame. It will ship crated in two...

Artist: Peter Max, German/American (1937 - ) Title: Colossus Version 1 No. 1 Year: 1971 Medium: Acrylic and Silkscreen on Canvas, signed and dated l.r. Size: 36 in. x 26 in. (91.44 c...

Acrylic/neon/objects on iron. Signed by the artist in the lower right. Free shipment worldwide. Acquired directly from the artist. Artist Peter Klasen is a master of contrasts. Of...

Artist: Max Epstein, Canadian (1932 - 2002) Title: O' Canada 2 Year: 1976 Medium: Acrylic on Canvas, signed and dated l.r. Size: 36 in. x 50 in. (91.44 cm x 127 cm)

Ceravolo was introduced to Lichtenstein at a museum show in 1995, at that show, Lichtenstein and Ceravolo discussed the fact that Andy Warhol had painted portraits of Roy in the 1970...

The Three Philadelphians, Large-Scale Modern Figurative Cityscape Bold color creates tension and arrests the eye of the viewer in Dick Crispo's "Porto Rican Trilogy." (Puerto Rican). Saturated colors are achieved through layering and painterly application. Among the three figures is Roberto Clemente...

A substantial pop art style oil painting of famed Olympian Bruce Jenner (now Caitlyn Jenner) composed of contrasting mosaic-like rectangles in rainbow of ...

A simple palette of red and flesh colors defines this noir portrait by Coby Whitmore, Seductive Femme Fatale Kim Novak Look-a-like Illustration in Red It's a...

Artist: Martin Barooshian, American (1929 - ) Title: Flygirl No. 3 Year: 1996 Medium: Acrylic on Canvas, signed Size: 36 in. x 24 in. (91.44 cm x 60.96 cm) Frame Size: 36.5 x 24.5 in...

Artist: Martin Barooshian, American (1929 - ) Title: Flygirl No. 1 Year: 1996 Medium: Acrylic on Canvas, signed Size: 36 x 24 in. (91.44 x 60.96 cm) Frame Size: 36.5 x 24.5 inches

Artist: Martin Barooshian Title: Dancing Couple (Blue) Year: 1997 Medium: Acrylic on Canvas, signed Size: 36 x 24 in. (91.44 x 60.96 cm) Frame Size: 36.5 x 24.5 inches

A great iconic image of two legends John Lennon and Groucho Marx. The symbolism is classic Ron English, these greats represent the opposites of their namesakes Karl Marx and Vladimi...