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Period: 1970s
Picasso, Composition, Chant funèbre pour Ignacio Sanchez Mejías (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on grand vélin d’Arches paper. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition; unframed. Notes: From the folio, Chant funèbre pour Ignacio Sanc...
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Modern 1970s Art

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Lithograph

Froid du l'Etang, French Expressionist Oil on Canvas Lake Landscape
Located in Cotignac, FR
Mid 20th Century French Expressionist oil on canvas of a lake in its frozen landscape by Jacques Pinon. The painting is signed bottom right and is titled on the stretcher and signed to the back of the canvas. Pinon was noted as an artist in various mediums as well as painting, including tapestry and stained glass. His appreciation of colours and forms are very evident in this painting where he has captured a winter landscape but with subtle colours and forms giving movement and a jewel like feeling to the composition. The cold frosty light of the day animating a rural landscape, his use of layers of colour against raw canvas giving the feeling of the glassy lake. Jacques Pinon was a 'Renaissance Man', accomplished in many aspects of art and literature. he painted, worked in stained glass as well as sculpture and tapestry - he studied and worked at the National School of Decorative Art of Aubusson. He was also a poet and published writer. “All the forms of expression of the artist Jacques Pinon are brought together. A journey of fabulous encounters for this artist, his work is impressive, not to mention his work in collaboration with very great artists." Pinon exhibited extensively and internationally including a major exhibition in PARIS in 1954. “JAZZ.HOT” alongside Dali – Courtaud – (les) Delaunays – Dubuffet – Duffy – Leger and Mondrian. He also an exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art – Sacred Art Salon in 1960 in PARIS, at the Salomon Guggenheim Museum in New York and the Foundation Royaumont. His tapestries were exhibited in France in 1969 in the city of Lyon at the Galerie Verrières with GilioliI and Lurcat. His painting and sculpture are at the crossroads of several universes. Lively and luminous like a Corrida afternoon, the light reminds us of the work the artist did for the stained glass windows, he plays with both using different techniques and styles and his thirst for discovering new forms of expression. He came from a noted family of artist and artisans. His great-uncle was Alfred de Musset; his great-grandfather and his grandfather both Courtots from the Gobelins factory in Paris, and his family were all friends of Rodin. In 1952, his meeting with the architect Le Corbusier was a close collaboration around projects carried out with Lucien Herve...
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Abstract Expressionist 1970s Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Untitled - Screen Print by Iginio Legnaghi - 1977
Located in Roma, IT
Hand signed and numbered by the artist. Specimen no 54/200. Very good conditions.
Category

Abstract 1970s Art

Materials

Screen

A Day in Venice
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original oil on canvas painting by American female artist Enid Smiley. Enid Smiley (1924-2004) American New York. Born as Enid Ginsberg and later the family name changed to Gilb...
Category

Modern 1970s Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Café de la Place
Located in London, GB
'Café de la Place', gouache on paper, by Raymond Debiève (circa 1970s). A solitary stroller in a small French town crosses the street in front of a café al...
Category

Modern 1970s Art

Materials

Paper, Gouache

1970 original poster by Marc Chagall for the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art
Located in PARIS, FR
The 1970 original exhibition poster by Marc Chagall for the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art is a striking piece of visual art that captures the essence of Chagall's unique style. This...
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1970s Art

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Paper

Symbols Devil
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Symbols Devil MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed PUBLISHER: EGI/Vanguard Studios (Beverly Hills) EDITION NUMBER: 26/150 MEASUREMENTS: 16" x 16" ...
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Surrealist 1970s Art

Materials

Etching

Mao
Located in New York, NY
After Andy Warhol Mao, 1977 Offset lithograph exhibition poster on rag paper 37 × 24 inches Unframed This uncommon lithographic poster depicting one of Wa...
Category

Pop Art 1970s Art

Materials

Offset

Tapies 10 Engraved With Plastic Collage and Polychrome stamping abstract
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
engraved with plastic collage and polychrome stamping abstract pàinting. Aguatinta. Arches 63x90 Ed galeria Maeght, Barceloa. Imp. J. Barbara, Barcelona Catalogue razonne 1973/1978,...
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Abstract 1970s Art

Materials

Engraving

Gianni Morandi - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Gianni Morandi - Vintage Photo is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s. Good conditions.
Category

Modern 1970s Art

Materials

Photographic Paper

Hölle XXIV (Field 189-200; M/L 1039-1138), Die Göttliche Komödie
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Woodcut in colors on vélin de Rives BFK paper, mounted on vélin d’Arches support, as issued. Paper size: 13 x 10.375 inches. Inscription: Signed in the block, and unnumbered, as issu...
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Surrealist 1970s Art

Materials

Woodcut

Le Village (The village)
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Le Village (The village) Original lithograph in colors, lsied in the artist's catalog raisonne of his prints, 1977 From: Derriere le Miroir, No. 225, Edition 15,000 as published in ...
Category

French School 1970s Art

Materials

Lithograph

Miró, Composition (Cramer 145; Mourlot, 738-740), Derrière le miroir (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition, with centerfold, as issued. Notes: From the volume, Derrière le miroir, N° 193-194. Publis...
Category

Surrealist 1970s Art

Materials

Lithograph

Rouault, Composition, XXe Siècle (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered. Good condition. Notes: From XXe siècle, Hommage à Georges Rouault, 1971. Published and printed under the direction of...
Category

Modern 1970s Art

Materials

Lithograph

Baia delle Zagare - Vintage Offset Print by Franco Fontana - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
"Baia delle Zagare, 1970" is a beautiful offset realized by Franco Fontana. Rondanini Galleria D'arte Contemporanea - Roma. Coloured poster from a photograph by Franco Fontana (Mod...
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Contemporary 1970s Art

Materials

Offset

ART, poster for Colby College Museum hand signed and inscribed by Robert Indiana
Located in New York, NY
Robert Indiana ART, poster for Colby College Museum exhibition (hand signed and inscribed by Robert Indiana), 1973 Offset lithograph poster Hand signed and inscribed by the artist on the front 35 × 23 inches This uniquely signed and inscribed poster was published on the occasion of an exhibition at Colby College Art Museum from September 16 - November 3, 1973, featuring new acquisitions...
Category

Pop Art 1970s Art

Materials

Offset, Permanent Marker, Lithograph

The Pincers - Etching by Jim Dine - 1973
Located in Roma, IT
The Pincers is an original artwork realized by Jim Dine in 1973. Hand-signed in pencil on the lower left margin, dated, numbered edition of 49/75 prints. Good conditions, except for some cuts on the whitish margins of the frame, which do not affect the artwork. Impressive artwork represented through complex simplicity, the well-defined performance of aesthetic visual codes, neat and delicate creation of a hard object "pincers". Jim Dine (Cincinnati, Ohio, 1935) is an American artist who rejected any formal association with Pop Art, but who is still commonly considered an important exponent of this art movement. He became famous for his " happenings ", chaotic art performances originally invented together with other important artists, such as Claes Oldenburg and Allan Kaprow...
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Modern 1970s Art

Materials

Etching

Nude Montage
Located in Cologne, DE
Vintage, Montage, signed, Number 1977/2
Category

Modern 1970s Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Reclining Nude Lady Model 1970's French Modernist Painting Provence Collection
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Artists Model Nude Lady Model French School, circa 1970's signed oil painting on card, unframed size: 17.5 x 24.5 inches condition: overall very good, a very few light markings...
Category

Impressionist 1970s Art

Materials

Oil

Striped Woman at Studio 54
Located in New York, NY
Arlene Gottfried Striped Woman at Studio 54 January 1, 1979 Vintage gelatin silver print 14 x 11 inches Arlene Gottfried was a New York City street photographer celebrated for h...
Category

Contemporary 1970s Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Le centaur de Crête
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - Le centaur de Crête Lithograph from 1970. Dimensions of work: 68 x 50 cm On B.F.K Rives paper as stated in the Field catalogue. Reference: Field 72-6S...
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Surrealist 1970s Art

Materials

Etching, Aquatint, Lithograph

Robert De Niro in The Godfather Part II - Original 1974 Lobby Card #1
Located in London, GB
The Godfather Part II - Original 1974 Lobby Card #1 Vintage 1974 The Godfather Part II Lobby Card: The early life and career of Vito Corleone in 192...
Category

1970s Art

Materials

Paper, Cardboard

1970's California Neighborhood Landscape in Oil on Canvas
By P. DeRosa
Located in Soquel, CA
1970's California Neighborhood Landscape in Oil on Canvas Charming oil painting of typical mid-1900s California neighborhood houses by P. DeRosa (American, 20th century), circa 1970...
Category

American Modern 1970s Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars

Valerio Adami, Composition, L'édition de tête (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin de Lana paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, tête edition, Consacré à Valerio Adami, Derrière le miroir,...
Category

Pop Art 1970s Art

Materials

Lithograph

Salvador Dalí­ -- Deux nus (Gémeaux)
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Salvador Dalí Deux nus (Gémeaux), 1970 Lithograph Sheet size: 77 x 57 cm. Hand signed lower right Numbered XI/XXV lower left Printed by Desjobert Published by Musee de L' Athenee, G...
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1970s Art

Materials

Lithograph

Le Tempest, Etching with Intaglio by Hoi Lebadang
Located in Long Island City, NY
Lebadang (aka Hoi), Vietnamese (1922 - 2015) - Le Tempest. Year: circa 1970, Medium: Etching with Intaglio, signed in pencil, Edition: EA, Image Size: 23 x 23 inches, Size: 25 x 34....
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Abstract 1970s Art

Materials

Etching

David Wojnarowicz and Brian Buttrick at Tiffany's
Located in New York, NY
David Wojnarowicz and Brian Buttrick at Tiffany's (1979), by artist Dirk Rowntree, featured in "The Queer Show, Part I" at Hal Bromm Gallery
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1970s Art

Materials

Digital

Pollensa Mallorca mediterranean seascape oil on board painting Spain spanish
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Josep Puigdengolas Barella (1906-1987) - Mediterranean - Oil on tablex Oil measures 33x46 cm. Frameless. Josep Puigdengolas Barrella (Barcelona (1906 - 1987), was a Spanish landscap...
Category

Post-Impressionist 1970s Art

Materials

Oil, Board

Spanish Artist signed limited edition original art print numbered lithograph n16
Located in Miami, FL
Antoni Tapies (Spain, 1923-2012) 'Nocturn Matinal', 1970 lithograph on paper. Lithograph in gray with two inks, black and red, on hand-operated newspaper printing 29.6 x 41.4 in. (75...
Category

Abstract 1970s Art

Materials

Paper, Lithograph

Reclining Nude "Dawn" Fauvist Colors Heavily textured Original Oil on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Reclining Nude "Dawn" Fauvist Colors Original Abstract Expressionist on Canvas Abstract expressionist figurative composition of a woman by California artist Harald "Harry" Dry Schm...
Category

Post-War 1970s Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Marco
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Nicola Simbari – Italian (1927-2012) Title: Marco Year: 1978 Medium: Screen Print Image size: 28.5 x 31.75 inches. Sheet size: 35 x 37.5 inches. Signature: Signed lower ri...
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Modern 1970s Art

Materials

Paper, Screen

Solitude
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas Golden wooden frame 66.5 x 56.6 x 3.5 cm
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1970s Art

Materials

Oil

The 1977 original exhibition poster by Pierre Soulages for "Bronzes et peintures
Located in PARIS, FR
The 1977 original exhibition poster by Pierre Soulages for "Bronzes et peintures sur papier" at FIAC (Foire Internationale d'Art Contemporain) is a testament to the artist's innovati...
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1970s Art

Materials

Paper

'The Dancers', French Late Mid Century Gouache on Textured Paper
Located in Cotignac, FR
Late Mid Century French watercolour and Gouache on handmade paper of a pair of dancers by Damien Hermellin. Signed and dated bottom right. Pres...
Category

Abstract Impressionist 1970s Art

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Gouache, Handmade Paper

Picasso, Le Goût du Bonheur 50 (Cramer 148; Bloch 2013) (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph and Silkscreen with grease crayon, lithographic tusche, lead pencil, and charcoal on vélin d'Arches paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition;...
Category

Cubist 1970s Art

Materials

Lithograph

Victorian Home Watercolor Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
A place where lives have been well-lived is conveyed in this watercolor painting of a Victorian home by Diane Baldwin (American, 20th century). Signed "...
Category

American Impressionist 1970s Art

Materials

Watercolor, Archival Paper

“Shore Sentry”
Located in Southampton, NY
Shore Sentry, is an original color, limited edition lithograph on handmade German black etching paper; printed by Topaz Editions in 1977. Artist proofs 10. Edition size 100. Provenance:: A Sarasota, Florida collector Signed: Artist signed lower left with edition size Image size: 22 by 30 inches Sheet size: 30 by 38 inches Edition 38/100 Condition: Excellent Overall framed size: 30.25 by 38.25 inches Framed under plexiglass in chrome colored metal gallery frame SYD SOLOMON BIOGRAPHY Written by Dr. Lisa Peters/Berry Campbell Gallery “Here, in simple English, is what Syd Solomon does: He meditates. He connects his hand and paintbrush to the deeper, quieter, more mysterious parts of his mind- and he paints pictures of what he sees and feels down there.” --Kurt Vonnegut Jr. from Palm Sunday, 1981 Syd Solomon was born near Uniontown, Pennsylvania, in 1917. He began painting in high school in Wilkes-Barre, where he was also a star football player. After high school, he worked in advertising and took classes at the Art Institute of Chicago. Before the attack on Pearl Harbor, he joined the war effort and was assigned to the First Camouflage Battalion, the 924th Engineer Aviation Regiment of the US Army. He used his artistic skills to create camouflage instruction manuals utilized throughout the Army. He married Ann Francine Cohen in late 1941. Soon thereafter, in early 1942, the couple moved to Fort Ord in California where he was sent to camouflage the coast to protect it from possible aerial bombings. Sent overseas in 1943, Solomon did aerial reconnaissance over Holland. Solomon was sent to Normandy early in the invasion where his camouflage designs provided protective concealment for the transport of supplies for men who had broken through the enemy line. Solomon was considered one of the best camoufleurs in the Army, receiving among other commendations, five bronze stars. Solomon often remarked that his camouflage experience during World War II influenced his ideas about abstract art. At the end of the War, he attended the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. Because Solomon suffered frostbite during the Battle of the Bulge, he could not live in cold climates, so he and Annie chose to settle in Sarasota, Florida, after the War. Sarasota was home to the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, and soon Solomon became friends with Arthur Everett “Chick” Austin, Jr., the museum’s first Director. In the late 1940s, Solomon experimented with new synthetic media, the precursors to acrylic paints provided to him by chemist Guy Pascal, who was developing them. Victor D’Amico, the first Director of Education for the Museum of Modern Art, recognized Solomon as the first artist to use acrylic paint. His early experimentation with this medium as well as other media put him at the forefront of technical innovations in his generation. He was also one of the first artists to use aerosol sprays and combined them with resists, an innovation influenced by his camouflage experience. Solomon’s work began to be acknowledged nationally in 1952. He was included in American Watercolors, Drawings and Prints at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. From 1952–1962, Solomon’s work was discovered by the cognoscenti of the art world, including the Museum of Modern Art Curators, Dorothy C. Miller and Peter Selz, and the Whitney Museum of American Art’s Director, John I. H. Baur. He had his first solo show in New York at the Associated American Artists Gallery in 1955 with “Chick” Austin, Jr. writing the essay for the exhibition. In the summer of 1955, the Solomons visited East Hampton, New York, for the first time at the invitation of fellow artist David Budd. There, Solomon met and befriended many of the artists of the New York School, including Jackson Pollock, Franz Kline, Willem de Kooning, James Brooks, Alfonso Ossorio, and Conrad Marca-Relli. By 1959, and for the next thirty-five years, the Solomons split the year between Sarasota (in the winter and spring) and the Hamptons (in the summer and fall). In 1959, Solomon began showing regularly in New York City at the Saidenberg Gallery with collector Joseph Hirshhorn buying three paintings from Solomon’s first show. At the same time, his works entered the collections of the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, and the Wadsworth Athenaeum in Hartford, Connecticut, among others. Solomon also began showing at Signa Gallery in East Hampton and at the James David Gallery in Miami run by the renowned art dealer, Dorothy Blau. In 1961, the Guggenheim Museum’s H. H. Arnason bestowed to him the Silvermine Award at the 13th New England Annual. Additionally, Thomas Hess of ARTnews magazine chose Solomon as one of the ten outstanding painters of the year. At the suggestion of Alfred H. Barr, Jr., the Museum of Modern Art’s Director, the John and Mable Ringling Museum in Sarasota began its contemporary collection by purchasing Solomon’s painting, Silent World, 1961. Solomon became influential in the Hamptons and in Florida during the 1960s. In late 1964, he created the Institute of Fine Art at the New College in Sarasota. He is credited with bringing many nationally known artists to Florida to teach, including Larry Rivers, Philip Guston, James Brooks, and Conrad Marca-Relli. Later Jimmy Ernst, John Chamberlain, James Rosenquist, and Robert Rauschenberg settled near Solomon in Florida. In East Hampton, the Solomon home was the epicenter of artists and writers who spent time in the Hamptons, including Alfred Leslie, Jim Dine, Ibram Lassaw, Saul Bellow...
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Post-Modern 1970s Art

Materials

Handmade Paper, Lithograph

Shadow of Light - Nude Figurative Study with a Bottle of California Wine
Located in Soquel, CA
Shadow of Light - Nude Figurative Study with a Bottle of California Wine Abstract expressionist watercolor and charcoal painting depicting a nude woman lounging by acclaimed bluegra...
Category

Abstract Expressionist 1970s Art

Materials

Paper, Charcoal, Watercolor

JOSEF ALBERS Formulation: Articulation Portfolio 2, Folder 20, 1972
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Paper Size: 15 x 40 inches ( 38.1 x 101.6 cm ) Image Size: 12 x 9 inches ( 30.48 x 22.86 cm ) Framed: No Condition: A-: Near Mint, very light signs of handling Additional Details: D...
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1970s Art

Materials

Screen

Tina Chow
Located in New York, NY
Listing includes framing with UV plexi, free shipping to the continental US and a 14-day return policy. One 4.5 x 3.25 inch unique vintage Kodak print of Tina Chow (1975). Prints ar...
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1970s Art

Materials

Polaroid, Photographic Film

Picasso, Composition (Orozco 193-204), Au Baiser D'Avignon (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin d’Arches paper. Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Picasso au baiser d'Avignon, douze dessins, lavis, aquarelle...
Category

Cubist 1970s Art

Materials

Lithograph

Vote McGovern for President, color lithograph, signed/N Alexander Calder, 1972
Located in New York, NY
Alexander Calder McGovern for President, 1972 Lithograph on wove paper with deckled edges Signed and numbered 93/200 in graphite pencil on the front; also bears blind stamp from Styr...
Category

Abstract 1970s Art

Materials

Lithograph

Pinwheels and Pyramids with Circles
Located in Naples, Florida
Alexander Calder's "Pinwheels and Pyramids," a lithograph from 1970, is a striking example of his signature style that blends abstraction with a sense of playfulness. Known for his i...
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1970s Art

Materials

Lithograph

Orchestral, opera, and piano composer Samuel Barber, signed by Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Orchestral, opera, and piano composer Samuel Barber, photographed in 1977. Signed by Jack Mitchell on the p...
Category

Pop Art 1970s Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Abstract Geometric Composition
Located in Kansas City, MO
Roland Martin Abstract Geometric Composition Medium: Color Silkscreen Year: 1972 Signed, numbered and dated by hand Edition: 15 Condition: Minor Defects Size: 23.2 × 16.4 inches COA provided Roland Martin (born July 29, 1927 in Tuttlingen ) is a German sculptor . As a 16-year-old Martin was used in 1943 as a Luftwaffenhelfer, towards the end of the war he was taken prisoner. From 1946 to 1951 he studied at the Bernstein School in Glatt with Hans Ludwig Pfeiffer and Paul Kälberer In 1950 he was for a short time at the State Academy of Fine Arts Karlsruhe, Field Office Freiburg in Freiburg im Breisgau with Wilhelm Gerstel, from 1951 to 1952 he was a student of Fritz Nuss. Since 1952 Martin works as a freelance sculptor in Tuttlingen. Among his students is Jörg Bach...
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Abstract Geometric 1970s Art

Materials

Screen

Sophia Loren Cooking an Omelette
Located in Austin, TX
Awesome candid capture of actress Sophia Loren candid in the kitchen, cooking an omelette. Sophia Loren is an Italian actress, active in her native country and the United States. Wi...
Category

Contemporary 1970s Art

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Untitled Four Panel Suite (Quadtych) by Robert Zakanitch
Located in Hudson, NY
This work is comprised of four 36" x 34" canvases, which combine into a quadtych measuring 72" x 67". Provenance: Private collection, California, 1974-2017. The artist responded to...
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Abstract 1970s Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Reflections, Impressionist Nude Screenprint by Jan de Ruth
Located in Long Island City, NY
Reflections Jan De Ruth, Czech (1922–1991) Date: circa 1970 Screenprint, signed, numbered and titled in pencil Edition of HC Image Size: 25 x 16.5 inches Size: 29 x 23 in. (73.66 x 5...
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1970s Art

Materials

Screen

Historical Photo - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo  is a  vintage photo, realized in the 1970s. The artwork is a well-balanced composition.
Category

Modern 1970s Art

Materials

Photographic Paper

On the beach - Lithograph by Nicola Simbari - 1977
Located in Roma, IT
On the beach is an original lithograph realized by Nicola Simbari in 1977. Hand-signed on the lower right. Edition of 100 prints. The artwork represents a beach with an abstract m...
Category

Contemporary 1970s Art

Materials

Lithograph

French Argentine Modernist 74.47 Abstract Expressionist Painting
By Sergio de Castro
Located in Surfside, FL
Sergio de Castro (15 September 1922 – 31 December 2012) was a French-Argentinian Sergio de Castro was born in Argentina, in an aristocratic family of Spanish origins (Galicia and the Basque Country), the House of Castro. His father was a diplomat, which is why, from 1923 until 1932, Castro lived in Switzerland with his parents and his two sisters. During these years he visited cities like Lausanne, Geneva and Turin. In 1933 he entered a Jesuit school in Montevideo and he started studying music. He discovered poetry by learning to speak and write in Spanish. He was specially touched by the works of César Vallejo. Through the years Castro would become close friends with writers like Octavio Paz, Julio Cortázar, Samuel Beckett, Kostas Papaioannou and Georges Schéhadé. Later, during a trip to Uruguay, he met Joaquín Torres García, with whom he studied painting and monumental art from 1941 until 1949. In 1942 he moved to Argentina, where he would live until 1949. Castro was also friends with other artists like Nikos Hadjikyriakos-Ghikas, Maria Helena Vieira da Silva and Arpad Szenes. In 1945 he found a job as a secretary in the Astronomy Observatorium of the city of Córdoba, where we also worked as the assistant to the musician Manuel de Falla in Alta Gracia, until his death in 1946. In 1945 and 1946 he had a grant from the French government to study musical composition. During the year of 1946 he had an exhibition in New York City among other members of Torres Garcia's workshop. That same year he traveled to the northeast of Argentina and the south of Perú to study pre-columbian art with Gonzalo Fonseca, Julio Uruguay Alpuy and Jonio Montiel. In 1949 he started teaching History of Music in the new music school of the city of La Plata. His work as a musician drew attention from relevant figures such as Wilhelm Furtwängler, Aaron Copland and Juan José Castro. He quit this job when he got a grant from the French government to improve his musical studies in Paris, where he settled in November 1949. Since 1951 he devoted himself exclusively to painting. In 1955, his friend the German writer and translator Edith Aron introduced him to Julio Cortázar, who would become a close friend of him. Castro inspired the character of Etienne in Cortázar's novel Rayuela (Hopscotch). In the book is featured the intimate friendship of the protagonist, Horacio Oliveira, with his companion in the Serpent Club, whom he often visited in his studio in Paris. In 1960 he won the Hallmark Prize in New York. In 1979 he obtained the French nationality. In 1980 he showed his works at the Argentinian pavilion in the 39th Venice Biennale. He was associate professor in the Human Sciences Faculty of the University of Strasbourg from 1981 until 1986. In 1997 he became Officer in the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. In 2006, Sergio de Castro made a 220-work donation to the Fine Arts Museum of Saint-Lô. He was also a close friend of the musician Alberto Ginastera, who made reference to Sergio de Castro and his first works in his notes on modern Argentinian music. Castro died 31 December 2012 in Paris. He is buried in the Montparnasse cemetery, in Paris, close to his dear friend Samuel Beckett. Monumental works Two wall paintings for the Martirené Pavilion of the Hospital Saint-Bois (1942), in Montevideo (Uruguay), in collaboration with Joaquín Torres García and his disciples, among which Castro was the youngest. The Creation of the Universe (1956–1958), 6m x 20m stained-glass window. Castro worked with painter and glass-maker J. J. K. Ray (1898–1979) in Paris. Selected Exhibitions 1952 Galerie Jeanne Castel Paris 1954 Galería Bonino Buenos Aires and Galerie Pierre Loeb, Paris 1956 Galerie Rive Gauche, Paris 1958 Matthiesen Gallery, London 1959 documenta 2 Kunst nach 1945 Kassel 1961 Matthiesen Gallery, London 1963–64 Galeria Lorenzelli, Bergamo and Milano 1964 Galería Bettie Thommen, Basel 1965 Kunstverein Hamburg Retrospektive 1966 Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, Fribourg, Switzerland (retrospective) 1966 Recklinhausen, Variationen über ein Thema, Städtische Kunsthalle 1970 Retrospektiven in Oslo, Kunstforering, and Kunst Industriemuseet, Copenhagen, Kunstforening, Oslo, Kunstforening, Holstebro 1972 Wildenstein Gallery, London Landscapes of Light 1974 Galerie Jacob, Paris 1975 Kunsthalle Bremen, Retrospektive, Berlin Tempelhof, Kunstamt (Berlin Festival) 1975–76 Retrospective exhibition the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Caen (68 artworks from 1956 to 1966), France 1979 Hommage à Pierre Loeb, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris 1980 39th Venice Biennale 1987 French Institute London. Museo de Arte Moderno de Buenos Aires 1988 Galerie des Ambassades y Galerie Galarte, Sergio de Castro, Natures Mortes, 1958–1965. Paris/ Bayeux, Diocesan Museum of Sacred Art 1989 Galerie des Ambassades, Paris 1991–92 Romont, Swiss Stained Glass...
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Abstract Expressionist 1970s Art

Materials

Paper, Oil

Picasso, Le Goût du Bonheur 40 (Cramer 148; Bloch 2013) (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph and Silkscreen with grease crayon, lithographic tusche, lead pencil, and charcoal on vélin d'Arches paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition;...
Category

Cubist 1970s Art

Materials

Lithograph

Cube Station, Geometric Abstract Screenprint by Marko Spalatin
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Marko Spalatin, American (1945 - ) Title: Cube Station Year: circa 1970 Medium: Silkscreen, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 48/50 Image Size: 21 in. (diameter) Size: 3...
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Op Art 1970s Art

Materials

Screen

Ultra Violet & friends, nude for After Dark magazine signed by Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
Art dealer Jason McCoy, Warhol Superstar Ultra Violet, and Art Historian Ron Caran, photographed nude for After Dark magazine, 1971. Vintage silver gelatin exhibition photograph mad...
Category

Pop Art 1970s Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Futuro - iconic midcentury futuristic architectural design in icy wilderness
Located in San Francisco, CA
Iconic futuristic architectural design of midcentury prefab "Futuro" in Great Tetons Yellowstone landscape, designed by Finnish architect Matti Suuronen...
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Contemporary 1970s Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Archival Ink, Giclée

PLAY Signed Lithograph, Young Woman In Tree Playing with Cats, Rainbow Sunset
Located in Union City, NJ
PLAY by the American painter and printmaker Will Barnet (born May 25, 1911 - died Nov. 13, 2012) is an original hand drawn lithograph printed using hand lithography techniques on arc...
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Contemporary 1970s Art

Materials

Lithograph

Soft Ground Doodle, by Charles Eckart
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Abstract "doodle" design in blue. Signed, titled and numbered in pencil, Edition of 3. Charles Eckart was born in Oakland, California and grew up in Yosemite Valley. He is a painte...
Category

Abstract 1970s Art

Materials

Etching

Seated Figure, 20th century figural abstract expressionist ink drawing
Located in Beachwood, OH
Joseph Glasco (American, 1925-1996) Seated Figure 1970 India ink on paper 16 x 11.5 inches Signed and dated lower right Joseph Glasco was born in Paul’s Valley, Oklahoma and grew up...
Category

Abstract Expressionist 1970s Art

Materials

India Ink

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