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Period: 1960s
Mid Century Don Quixote Portrait Spanish Catalan Expressionist Oil
Mid Century Don Quixote Portrait Spanish Catalan Expressionist Oil

Mid Century Don Quixote Portrait Spanish Catalan Expressionist Oil

By Jaume Muxart Domenech

Located in Sitges, Barcelona

Mid Century Don Quixote Portrait Spanish Catalan Expressionist Oil TECHNICAL SHEET Oil on canvas Mid-20th century 55 × 33 cm (21.7 × 13 in) Frame: 58 × 36 cm (22.8 × 14.2 in) Signed lower right Metal frame with matte finish Very good overall condition DESCRIPTION Striking Mid-Century modernist interpretation of Don Quixote by Jaume Muxart, executed in a strong Catalan Neo-Figurative Expressionist language characteristic of Spanish post-war painting. The elongated vertical figure is constructed through palette-knife structure and dense impasto, reducing Cervantes’ legendary knight to a symbolic psychological presence rather than a literal portrait. The helmet-like white head emerging from a deep burgundy background creates a dramatic apparition typical of Muxart’s mature figurative period. The figure represents Don Quixote as an existential literary archetype frequently explored in Spanish modern painting and particularly within the renewal of Catalan modern art associated with artists connected to the Grupo Taüll, one of the key movements in the evolution of post-war avant-garde painting in Barcelona. Compact in scale but visually intense, the painting combines strong decorative presence with the intellectual depth characteristic of Muxart’s Quixote interpretations. ARTIST BIO Jaume Muxart (1922–2019) was a major Catalan painter and founding member of the influential Grupo Taüll, alongside Antoni Tàpies, Modest Cuixart, Josep Guinovart and Joan-Josep Tharrats. After early exhibitions in Barcelona in the late 1940s he travelled to Paris on scholarship, where he encountered the international avant-garde that shaped his expressive language. He later represented Spain at the São Paulo Biennial and exhibited widely across Europe and the Americas. Muxart served as professor and later dean of the Faculty of Fine Arts at the University of Barcelona and became a member of the Royal Catalan Academy of Fine Arts of Sant Jordi. His work is held in numerous institutional and private collections. ARTISTIC CONTEXT / INSPIRATION This painting belongs to the expressive Neo-Figurative tradition developed in post-war Spain and Catalonia, where literary archetypes such as Don Quixote became vehicles for psychological and symbolic exploration. Comparable resonances can be found in the structural figuration of Bernard Buffet, the expressive intensity of Antonio Saura, and the material experimentation associated with Antoni Tàpies, Modest Cuixart and Josep Guinovart within the post-war Catalan avant-garde. don quixote painting...

Category

Abstract Expressionist 1960s Art

Materials

Oil

After Man Ray 'Lips' 1966 Original Poster, Vintage

After Man Ray 'Lips' 1966 Original Poster, Vintage

By Man Ray

Located in Brooklyn, NY

First edition exhibition poster designed and created by Man Ray for the opening of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in 1966. It is unsigned and not numbered. An undetermined amou...

Category

Contemporary 1960s Art

Materials

Offset

'Lolita' 1962 Original Vintage Lobby Card Unframed

'Lolita' 1962 Original Vintage Lobby Card Unframed

Located in London, GB

Lolita 1962 Unframed Original Vintage Cinema Lobby Card Extra Large 10x14" inches / 25x36 cm paper size Unframed (framing options available - please enquire) About the film: Lolit...

Category

Modern 1960s Art

Materials

C Print

Untitled, Nude
Untitled, Nude

Untitled, Nude

By June Felter

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist: June Felter (1919-2019) Title: Untitled Year: 1964 Medium: Watercolor Sight size: 20 x 14.25 inches. Framed size: 29.25 x 23 inches Signature: Si...

Category

Modern 1960s Art

Materials

Watercolor

Button, Sans titre, In Memory of My Feelings (after)
Button, Sans titre, In Memory of My Feelings (after)

Button, Sans titre, In Memory of My Feelings (after)

By John Button

Located in Southampton, NY

Lithograph on vélin Mohawk Superfine Smooth paper. Paper Size: 11.937 x 8.96 inches. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the folio, In Memory of M...

Category

Academic 1960s Art

Materials

Lithograph

Joan Miro, Untitled, from Derriere le miroir, 1967
Joan Miro, Untitled, from Derriere le miroir, 1967

Joan Miro, Untitled, from Derriere le miroir, 1967

By Joan Miró

Located in Southampton, NY

This exquisite lithograph by Joan Miro (1893–1983), titled Sans titre (Untitled), originates from the 1967 folio Derriere le miroir, L'oiseau solaire, l'oiseau lunaire, etin-celles (...

Category

Surrealist 1960s Art

Materials

Lithograph

Flowers II.6
Flowers II.6

Flowers II.6

By Andy Warhol

Located in New York, NY

1964 Offset lithograph in colors, on wove paper Sheet: 23 x 23 in. (58.4 x 58.4 cm) Edition of 300 Signed and dated in black ink, lower right

Category

Pop Art 1960s Art

Materials

Lithograph, Offset

Portrait de Mlle D.M. (Dora Maar), c. 1960
Portrait de Mlle D.M. (Dora Maar), c. 1960

Portrait de Mlle D.M. (Dora Maar), c. 1960

By Pablo Picasso

Located in Palo Alto, CA

Pablo Picasso Portrait de Mlle D.M. (Dora Maar), c. 1960; When Dora Maar met Pablo Picasso she was 28 years old, younger than the established painter by over two decades. They met th...

Category

1960s Art

Materials

Collotype Print

Pablo Picasso, Toros y Toreros, 1961, Lithograph, Framed
Pablo Picasso, Toros y Toreros, 1961, Lithograph, Framed

Pablo Picasso, Toros y Toreros, 1961, Lithograph, Framed

By Pablo Picasso

Located in Barcelona, ES

A vibrant original lithographic plate from Toros y Toreros, the celebrated 1961 monograph dedicated to Pablo Picasso’s exploration of the Spanish bullfight. Published by Éditions Cer...

Category

Abstract 1960s Art

Materials

Paper

Rare Andy Warhol Record Cover Art set of 2
Rare Andy Warhol Record Cover Art set of 2

Rare Andy Warhol Record Cover Art set of 2

By Andy Warhol

Located in NEW YORK, NY

Rare 1960s Andy Warhol Record Art: set of 2 works: This set includes two original vintage pressings: 'This Is John Wallowitch' by John Wallowitch and 'The Academy In Peril' by John ...

Category

Pop Art 1960s Art

Materials

Lithograph, Offset

"Window" Oil cm. 134 x 126, 1968
"Window" Oil cm. 134 x 126, 1968

"Window" Oil cm. 134 x 126, 1968

By Maya KOPITZEVA

Located in Torino, IT

Open window to the city in spring, light, roofs, City, Interior MAYA KOPITZEVA (Gagra, Georgia, 1924 - 2005) Signature in the bottom right corner. Maya kopitzeva’s works have bee...

Category

Post-Impressionist 1960s Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Joan Miro, Figure and Stars, from The Painters My Friends, 1965
Joan Miro, Figure and Stars, from The Painters My Friends, 1965

Joan Miro, Figure and Stars, from The Painters My Friends, 1965

By Joan Miró

Located in Southampton, NY

This exquisite lithograph by Joan Miro (1893–1983), titled Personnage et Etoiles (Figure and Stars), from the folio Les Peintres mes amis (The Painters My Friends), originates from t...

Category

Modern 1960s Art

Materials

Lithograph

Marc Chagall, Inspiration, from Chagall Lithographer II, 1963
Marc Chagall, Inspiration, from Chagall Lithographer II, 1963

Marc Chagall, Inspiration, from Chagall Lithographer II, 1963

By Marc Chagall

Located in Southampton, NY

This exquisite lithograph by Marc Chagall (1887–1985), titled L'Inspire (Inspiration), from Chagall Lithographe II (Chagall Lithographer II), originates from the September 1963 issue...

Category

Expressionist 1960s Art

Materials

Lithograph

"Femme et oiseau I" pochoir on sandpaper

"Femme et oiseau I" pochoir on sandpaper

By (after) Joan Miró

Located in Henderson, NV

Medium: pochoir on sandpaper (after the oil painting on sandpaper). This unusual work was printed in 1967 on actual sandpaper for the rare catalogue "Oiseau solaire, oiseau lunaire, ...

Category

Abstract 1960s Art

Materials

Lithograph, Stencil

original lithograph

original lithograph

Located in Henderson, NV

Medium: original lithograph. Printed in Paris in 1967 by Clot, Bramsen et Georges and issued in an edition of 2500 for "Les Temps Situationistes" (The Situationist Times -- a radical...

Category

1960s Art

Materials

Lithograph

'Big Surf, Point Lobos' California Impressionism, Carmel Art Association, Taos
'Big Surf, Point Lobos' California Impressionism, Carmel Art Association, Taos

'Big Surf, Point Lobos' California Impressionism, Carmel Art Association, Taos

By Edward Norton Ward

Located in Santa Cruz, CA

Signed lower right, 'Edward Norton Ward' (American, born 1928) and painted circa 1960; additionally signed, verso, and titled 'Heavy Seas, Pt. Lobos'. A substantial evening seascape...

Category

American Impressionist 1960s Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Red Pepper and Garlic Still Life
Red Pepper and Garlic Still Life

Red Pepper and Garlic Still Life

By Eleanor Perry

Located in Soquel, CA

Red pepper and garlic still life by San Francisco artist Eleanor Perry (American, 20th century). Exhibited California Art Club; listed in Artists in Califor...

Category

Impressionist 1960s Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Cardboard

Joan Didion, Hollywood, 1968 (Frame 33a.)

Joan Didion, Hollywood, 1968 (Frame 33a.)

By Julian Wasser

Located in New York, NY

This is a limited edition 16 x 20 inch print of Joan Didion by photographer Julian Wasser shot for her iconic interview with TIME in 1968. Listing includes free shipping to the continental US and a 14-day return policy. Please inquire for framing options or international shipments. We offer framing services through our New York location. Joan Didion by Julian Wasser Gelatin Silver Print Paper Size: 16 x 20 inches Image Size: 11.5 x 17.5 inches Edition 9 of 15 Signed and on the back by Julian Wasser and editioned on adhesive certificate History Behind the Photograph - Julian Wasser started his career in photography in the Washington DC bureau of the Associated Press where he met and accompanied the famous news photographer Weegee – who would become a lasting influence on him. In the mid-60s Wasser moved to Los Angeles as a contract photographer for TIME, LIFE, and FORTUNE magazines and becoming internationally known as the go to guy for getting candid but memorably composed photographs. (His iconic images of Jack Nicholson and Anjelica Huston; Marcel Duchamp and Eve Babitz...

Category

1960s Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

Jean Cocteau, Flamenco, from Bulls, 1965 (after)
Jean Cocteau, Flamenco, from Bulls, 1965 (after)

Jean Cocteau, Flamenco, from Bulls, 1965 (after)

By Jean Cocteau

Located in Southampton, NY

This exquisite lithograph after Jean Cocteau (1889–1963), titled Flamenco (Flamenco), from the folio Taureaux, Lithographies de Jean Cocteau (Bulls, Lithographs by Jean Cocteau), ori...

Category

Modern 1960s Art

Materials

Lithograph

Italian Surrealist "Butterflies Under the Sea, 1962" Painting
Italian Surrealist "Butterflies Under the Sea, 1962" Painting

Italian Surrealist "Butterflies Under the Sea, 1962" Painting

By Giordano Falzoni

Located in Surfside, FL

Genre: Contemporary Subject: Abstract Medium: Oil Surface: Canvas Country: Italy Dimensions: 19 3/4" x 15 1/2" x 3/4" Dimensions w/Frame: 26" x 22" Giordano Falzoni (Italian, 1925-...

Category

Surrealist 1960s Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

American Impressionist Interior of the artists studio
American Impressionist Interior of the artists studio

American Impressionist Interior of the artists studio

By Marion Huse

Located in Woodbury, CT

A printmaker, painter, and commercial artist, Marion Huse created work that ranged from realism to abstraction and included portraits, figure subjects, landscapes, and floral still l...

Category

American Impressionist 1960s Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

original lithograph

original lithograph

By Pierre Tal-Coat

Located in Henderson, NV

Medium: original lithograph. Printed in 1960 for the "Poetes, Peintres, Sculpteurs" issue of the art revue Derriere le Miroir (No. 119) and published in Paris by Maeght. Size: 15 x 2...

Category

1960s Art

Materials

Lithograph