1980s Art

Pioneering female illustrator Gwenda Morgan creates an exuberantly complex image of a squad of broom-riding - pointed-hatted witches with black cats in tow. They fly through an inky black moonlit sky and are witnessed by only a rooftop owl. With the simple means of black and white, Morgan has rendered a highly charged composition that pluses with electricity. The whole image is on the cusp of being abstract while being representational. It is brilliantly designed with great attention to detail and is evocative of a sorcerer's malignant powers. Unframed. not signed Printed from the original block as part of the suite of 8 prints that accompanied the limited edition book Diary of a Land Girl, Whittington Press, 2000. The suite of prints was included with the first 50 copies of the book, and a further 8 suites were printed, from which this print comes. Gwenda Morgan (1 February 1908 – 1991) was a British wood engraver. She lived in the town of Petworth in West Sussex. Early life Morgan was born in Petworth, her father having moved there to work at the ironmongers, Austen & Co, of which he later became proprietor. He was the son of a Welsh-born military farrier. Education Following school in Petworth and at Brighton and Hove High School, Morgan, studied at Goldsmiths' College of Art in London from 1926. From 1930 she attended the Grosvenor School of Modern Art in Pimlico where she was taught and strongly influenced by the principal, Iain Macnab. The Grosvenor School was a progressive art school and the championing of wood engraving and linocuts fitted with its democratic approach to the arts. Works Morgan was commissioned to illustrate a number of books published by private presses. For the Samson Press she produced the frontispiece for Duke Hamilton...

Grayson Perry (British, b. 1960) Sponsored by You, 2019 Medium: Colour etching Dimensions: 68.9 x 101.4 cm (27 1/8 x 39 15/16 in) Edition of 68: Hand signed and numbered Condition: Mint

Takashi Murakami, Kanye West, Louis Vuitton; Los Angeles 2007 (Murakami Gala): Rare folding invitation published on the occasion of a 2007 reception honoring Takashi Murakami and fashion icon Marc Jacobs with a special performance by Kanye West; October 28th, 2007; MOCA Los Angeles; hosted by Louis Vuitton. Front side imagery features a reproduction of Murakami’s ‘Jellyfish...

after Roy Lichtenstein Title: As I opened Fire Poster Dimensions: 64 x 52 cm This work was conceived in 1966 and published by the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterd...

Jean-Michel Basquiat Enrico Navarra Gallery Paris 2000: Rare vintage Basquiat announcement published on the occasion of: Jean-Michel Basquiat, Gallery Enrico Navarra Paris during the...

This offset lithograph in colors in three panels was created in 2002 and is from the unsigned edition of unknown size measuring
 
25 x 20 ½  in. (63.5 x 52 cm.) each and 25 x 62 in. ...

Some People Together, 1974 Hand-signed and dated in pencil Color lithograph and screenprint Sheet 22 x 29 3/4 inches; 559 x 756 mm. Edition 110

A very good impression of this color screenprint on wallpaper. Printed by Bill Miller's Wallpaper Studio, Inc., New York. Published by Factory Additions, New York, with the copyright...

Basquiat Cover Art 1983: Rare early 1980s exhibition catalogue published on the occasion of: “Expressive Painting After Picasso”- a group featuring works by: Pablo Picasso, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Francis Bacon, Georg Baselitz, Joan Miro & more at the Beyeler Gallery, Basel Switzerland. Medium: Exhibition catalog 1983; softcover, 48 pages. Dimensions: 10 x 11.5 Inches Very good overall vintage condition. Unsigned from an edition of unknown. Jean-Michel Basquiat’s dramatic life and iconic paintings—which variously feature obsessive scribbling, enigmatic symbols and diagrams, and iconography including skulls, masks, and the artist’s trademark crown—make him one of the most famous artists of the 20th century. The self-taught painter embraced graffiti before committing to a studio practice. He found a mentor and friend in Andy Warhol, who helped the young artist navigate the 1980s New York art world. Across his oeuvre, Basquiat drew on his own Caribbean heritage; a convergence of African American, African, and Aztec cultural histories; classical themes; and pop cultural figures including athletes and musicians. The immediacy and intellectual depth of his paintings won him widespread acclaim both before and after his untimely death at the age of 27. Basquiat’s paintings now belong in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, among others. In 2017, Basquiat’s Untitled (1982) notched $110.5 million at auction and became the most expensive artwork by an American artist to ever be sold. Related Categories: Basquiat ephemera. Basquiat Picasso. Vintage Basquiat. Basquiat 1983.

Takashi Murakami Record Art 2018 (Takashi Murakami Kanye West Kid Cudi): This Takashi Murakami designed cover & record album is for Kids See Gh...

Tracey Emin I Need Art Like I Need God (Hand signed by Tracey Emin), 1998 Softback monograph with stiff wraps (Hand signed by Tracey Emin) Hand signed in black ink by Tracey Emin on ...

The original “Aretha” vintage music promotional poster features Aretha Franklin and artwork created by Andy Warhol. Archivally backed linen is in very good condition and ready to f...