1980s Art

James Joyce Catalog raisonné: Schellmann 511 Offset 1984 In great condition

Marcel Marceau, French (1923 - 2007) - Crowd of Clowns, Portfolio: Le Troisieme Oeil (The Third Eye), Year: 1981, Medium: Lithograph on Arches Paper, signed and numbered in pencil...

Artist: Robert Motherwell Title: Telemachia - Odyssey - Nostos Medium: Etching on Johannot paper Date: 1988 Edition: 27/40 Frame Size: 16 7/8" x 13 7/8" Sheet Size: 13" x 10" Signatu...

Extra-large dramatic painting from 1985 by Francois Boissiere (1956 - )

Mary Faulconer, American (1912 - 2011) - Strawberry Plant and Figaro, Year: circa 1980, Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 250, AP 35, Image Size: 11.5 x...

Artist: Roy Ahlgren, American (1927 - 2011) Title: Thermal Inversion Year: 1980 Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 140 Image Size: 18 x 25 inches Size: 22 x 29...

Medium: original lithograph. Printed in 1981 for the art revue Derriere le Miroir (issue number 246) and published in Paris by the Maeght atelier. Sheet size, including margins: 15 x...

Artist: Thomas McKnight (American, 1941-) Title: "Westhampton" Portfolio: The Hamptons *Signed by McKnight in pencil lower right Year: 1987 Medium: Original Screenprint on soft-white...

Colorful, tropical interpretation of the Garden of Eden in Jacmel, Haiti by Haitian artist Dieudonne Vital. The work features a pair of central figures...

"Raku Vase with Fireworks" is an original ceramic vase by Marty Marcus. The artist signed the piece on the bottom. It features brightly colored abstract patterns on an earth-toned background. The vessel is a unique piece of décor priced well under $900. Part of the Design Lovers Sale...

Alvin Carl Hollingsworth, American (1928 - 2000) - 3 Miles, Medium: Lithograph, Image Size: 5.75 x 16.5 inches, Frame Size: 14.25 x 24.25 inches, Description: This lithograph by ...

Wayne Ensrud, American (1934 - ) - Untitled Flowers 18, Year: 1980, Medium: Hand-Painted Lithograph, signed lower right, Edition: I/I, Size: 35 in. x 26 in. (88.9 cm x 66.04 cm)

Artist: Mark Kostabi (1960) Title: Oedipus Year: 1989 Edition: 47/56, plus proofs. Medium: Mezzotint on Rives BFK paper Size: 15.5 x 11.25 inches Condition: Good Inscription: Signed ...

"The Artists Wife" Realistic Nude Woman in Conté on Paper by Garth Benton Detailed nude drawing by Paul "Garth" Garfield Benton (American, 1940-2012). Po...

Howdy Doody By Andy Warhol Andy Warhol, a leading figure in the Pop Art movement, revolutionized the art world with his iconic works that celebrated consumer culture and celebrity...

Katz, Alex Serena 1984 Vernis mou and aquatint on Hahnemuehle paper 18 1/8 x 15 1/2 in. 24 from the limited edition of 40 Hand Signed and Numbered Mint Condition

Red Strike - Abstract Expressionist Composition in Acrylic on Paper A bold abstract painting by California-based artist, Ricardo de Silva (American/Brazil, 20th C). This piece is a ...

This exquisite heliogravure after Sir Cecil Beaton (1904–1980), titled John Weissmuller, from the folio Cecil Beaton, Electa Editrice Portfolios, 1981, originates from the 1981 editi...

Artist: Richard Bosman, American (1944 - ) Title: Revenge of the Cat Year: 1983 Medium: Sugarlift Etching with white ground, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 33/40 Image: 24 x...

This striking 1979 original poster was created in anticipation of the XXII Olympic Games, held in Moscow in 1980. With bold Soviet-era graphic design, the image captures the triumpha...

Gary Hansmann (1947-2008) was active/lived in California. He is known for abstract, Surrealism figure painting. Gary William Hansmann was born Dec. 4, 1940, in San Diego to Ethel May...

Blue Striped Abstract Expressionist Composition in Acrylic on Paper Bright, saturated abstract painting by California-based artist Ricardo de Silva (American/Brazil, 20th C). This p...

MOTHER and CHILD is an original hand drawn lithograph by the American artist/sculptor Chaim Gross printed using hand lithography techniques on archival Arches printmaking paper, 100% acid free. MOTHER and CHILD is an endearing figurative portrait drawing of a mother with her young daughter hand printed from lithographic plates in shades of pale lavender and dark graphite gray. Sensitive sculptural composition of a reclining curly haired woman, balancing her cherub faced child on her lap. Print size - 7.5 x 17 inches, unframed in excellent condition, hand signed in pencil by Chaim Gross Edition size - 75, plus proofs Year published - 1985 Printer - JK Fine Art Editions Co., NY Chaim Gross,(1904 - 1991) was a sculptor, artist, and teacher, known for his wood carvings, sculptures of moving human figures, religious imagery, acrobats, mothers and children. Chaim was born on March 17, 1904 to a Jewish family in Austrian Galicia, in the village of Wolowa in the Carpathian Mountains...

Signed oil on canvas still life in landscape circa 1980 by sought after French post impressionist painter Marcel Dyf. The work depicts a view of a harbour from beyond the open green ...

Vintage poster realized in occasion of Gino Marotta's Exhibition at Galleria Rondanini in 1982. Limited edition of 1000. Very good condition.

Hassan Ertugrul Kahraman (1952-) Nude Woman Profile Acrylic paint on panel Signed bottom left and signed again on the back Dated 1989 Size : 40 x 30 cm (c. 16 x 12 in) Excellent co...

Tom Wesselmann Bedroom Blonde, 1987 Transfer-printed glazed porcelain plaque in colours Size 34.5 x 44.5 x 3.5 cm Signed, titled and numbered 97/100 on an insert on the reverse Pub...

This black and white portrait, taken by Paula Gately Tillman in 1986, is offered by CLAMP in New York City. John Kelly, Backstage, at the Limelig...

Jim Jonson, American (1928 - 1999) - Tennis Serve, Year: circa 1980, Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 300; AP, Size: 28 in. x 21 in. (71.12 cm x 53.34 ...

Minou-Study of Head Charcoal and pencil on vellum, 1984 Signed and dated in pencil by the artist Minou was Barnet's feline companion throughout many of his most prolific years. It has been said that if you entered Barnet's studio and Minou did not like you Barnet lost interest and dismissed you almost immediately. Provenance: Susan Teller Gallery, prior to 2005 (one of Barnet's friends and dealers) Babcock Galleries, 2005-2008 This drawing is related to a similar composition reproduced in the Richard Boyle catalog for Babcock Galleries. References: Boyle, Will Barnet Drawings, related to works reproduced on pp. 21, 41 (see photo of page 41) Minou is the cat on the back right. Condition: Excellent Stray ink and paint consistent with a working studio drawing Archival framing with DEN Glass (see photo) Image size: 9 x 11 7/8 inches Frame size: 17 x 19 inches Will Barnet Born May 25, 1911, Beverly, Massachusetts, US Died November 13, 2012 (aged 101), New York City, US Will Barnet (May 25, 1911 – November 13, 2012) was an American artist known for his paintings, watercolors, drawings, and prints depicting the human figure and animals, both in casual scenes of daily life and in transcendent dreamlike worlds. Biography Born in 1911 in Beverly, Massachusetts, Barnet knew by the age of ten that he wanted to be an artist. As a student, he studied with Philip Leslie Hale at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and viewed first-hand John Singer Sargent at work on the murals of the Boston Public Library. In 1930, Barnet studied at the Art Students League of New York, with Stuart Davis and Charles Locke, beginning his long association with the school. Here he concentrated on painting as well as printmaking, and, in 1936, he became the official printer for the Art Students League. There, he later instructed students in the graphic arts at the school and taught alongside the likes of Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Robert Beverly Hale and Richard Pousette-Dart. Barnet influenced a generation of artists, including James Rosenquist, Knox Martin, Emil Milan, Paul Jenkins, Ethel Fisher and Cy Twombly. Barnet continued his love of teaching with positions at the Cooper Union, at Yale University, and at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. He was represented by the Bertha Schaefer Gallery in New York City. Barnet had three sons, Peter, Richard, and Todd Barnet, by his first wife Mary Sinclair. Barnet later married Elena Barnet, with whom he had a daughter, Ona Barnet. Death A longtime resident of the National Arts Club, Barnet died in New York City on November 13, 2012, at the age of 101. Works Barnett's works span the various "movements" of their era, from his early social realist work to his final signature style of clean lines and carefully placed volumes of solid color in a kind of minimalist representational approach. His work is concerned with humanity, yet at his core he always remained a formalist, cerebral in his approach to the elements that make up a good picture. In his interviews he articulated his well thought out principles regarding color use, composition and subject matter, in a professorial manner reflecting the theoretical acumen he brought to his teaching. Like many American painters of his generation he was digesting the evolving trends in Europe and integrating the new visual vocabulary into his American style while remaining universal, referencing his own personal history with images of his wife, his daughter, and their family pets. As James Thomas Flexner wrote, Barnet's work "makes us experience the interplay between the personal and the universal." While remaining representational, the simple elegance of the figures and their flat surfaces reflect his exploration with abstraction. Will's artistic output spans eighty years. Few artists, other than Picasso or Monet, can claim such a long continuous period of inspired art making, nor the logical progression of moving through artistic phases: in the 1930s he was a social realist, in the 1940s a Modernist, in the 1950s an Abstract Expressionist and in the 1960s and onward he settled on a representational minimalism honed from the refinement of his earlier explorations. His early work is decidedly social realist, with sullen portraits done in dark tonalities that suggest both the struggle of the depression era and the hope in the simple love of family life. He moves out of this phase with the improving economy and in the 1940s adds vibrant color and more abstract figures, suggesting a lifting of the depression era malaise. He was a key figure in the 1940s New York movement called Indian Space Painting, artists who based their abstract and semi-abstract work on Native American art; a striking movement which had a handful of practitioners (notably Steve Wheeler...

The Tortoise and the Hare is a vintage poster realized by the artist Kyu Hwang (Pusan 1932), in occasion of the XIV Winter Olympics games in Sarajevo, in 1984. Very good condition. ...

Artist: Cuca Romley– Spanish/American (1933- ) Title: Country Wedding Year: circa 1981 Medium: Color etching Sight size: 15.75 x 22.75 inches. Sheet s...

16 x 20" vintage silver gelatin photograph of dancer/choreographer Trisha Brown and dancer Lance Grier performing, "Set and Reset" in 1987. It is signed b...

This still-life is an acrylic on canvas work that depicts a jar full of various paint brushes bunched together brushes up. In contrast to many still-lifes that depict the setting tha...

Unique vintage abstract with burnt sienna and cobalt blue expressive strokes by Carmel, California watercolor artist Richard Brace (American, 20th-century...

Vintage black and white photograph depicting Diego Armando Maradona. Very good condition.

From a Portfolio with 26 exclusive works of Jeanloup Sieff, limited to 200 copies. The photograph of Jeanloup Sieff has been produced as Collotype under the direct commandment of the...

Red, Black, and Brown Figurative Abstract Expressionist in Acrylic on Paper A bold abstract painting by California-based artist, Ricardo de Silva (American/Brazil, 20th C). The left...

Polynesian Mother and Baby - Original Abstract Expressionist Figurative Acrylic on Paper Abstract Expressionist figurative painting by Michael William Eggleston (American, 20th Cent...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of American Ballet Theater principal dancers Cynthia Gregory and Fernando Bujones costumed for ‘Black Swan’,...

Waddell's paintings are a combination of rough marks, thick paint, transparent elegant strokes, and, on a few occasions a slow, hard line scratched into the canvas. You can feel the ...

Genre: Judaica Subject: Religious Medium: Oil Surface: Canvas Country: United States Dimensions: 20.5" x 16" Chaim Goldberg -- born in the Polish shtetl of Kazimierz Dolny Chaim Go...

' Prison Visit ' by Alain Le Garsmeur Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print A prisoner with his visiting children in Tegucigalpa main prison, Honduras, Central America, 1981. P...

Keith Haring New York City 1989: RARE original 1989 Keith Haring designed Sound Factory Halloween invite featuring a dazzling array of Keith Haring Skeletons: “Keith Haring & Sound...

Le Troisième Oeil (The Third Eye) Lithograph on Arches paper Hand signed and numbered 1981 Dimensions: 21.5 X 30 inches Marcel Marceau (French: born Marcel Mangel; 1923 – 2007) was ...

Artist: Alex Katz, American (1927 - ) Title: Night: William Dunas Dance 1 (Pamela) Year: 1983 Medium: Lithograph on Arches, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 100, 42 AP Size: 25...

Vintage black and white photograph depicting Diego Armando Maradona. Very good condition.

Vintage black and white photograph depicting Diego Armando Maradona wearing the Napoli shirt. Very good condition.

Black Cat Color lithograph, 1981 Signed in pencil lower right Annotated: AP (Artist Proof) Printer: Jorge Dumas, Atelier Dumas, New York Condition: Very fresh colors Slight creasing ...

Gelatin silver print Misha Gordin was born in 1946, the first year after World War II ended. Having survived the hardships of evacuation, Gordin's parents returned back home to Riga...

Hot fan - Vintage style, Signed limited edition archival pigment print - Edition of 5 Record cover for 'Hot Little Mamma' , London 1981 This image was captured on film. The ne...

Friedel Dzubas Untitled, 1982 Monotype on handmade paper 33 1/4 x 33 inches A noted figure in the New York School, Friedel Dzubas was associated with the Color Field painting movem...

Tennis is a contemporary artwork realized by the artist Fifo Stricker in 1982. Mixed colored aquatint and etching.  Hand signed and dated by the artist...

Silkscreen on Arches paper, Hand signed and Numbered in Pencil. Serigraph in white, back, blue gray (silver). Chryssa Vardea-Mavromichali (Greek: Χρύσα Βαρδέα-Μαυρομιχάλη; December 31, 1933 – December 23, 2013) was a Greek American artist who worked in a wide variety of media. An American art pioneer in light art and luminist sculpture widely known for her neon, steel, aluminum and acrylic glass installations, she has always used the mononym Chryssa professionally. She worked from the mid-1950s in New York City studios and worked since 1992 in the studio she established in Neos Kosmos, Athens, Greece. Chryssa was born in Athens into the famous Mavromichalis family from the Mani Peninsula. one of her sisters, who studied medicine, was a friend of the poet and novelist Nikos Kazantzakis. Chryssa began painting during her teenage years and also studied to be a social worker.In 1953, on the advice of a Greek art critic, her family sent her to Paris to study at the Académie de la Grande Chaumiere where Andre Breton, Edgard Varese, and Max Ernst were among her associates and Alberto Giacometti was a visiting professor. In 1954, at age twenty-one, Chryssa sailed for the United States, arrived in New York and went to San Francisco, California to study at the California School of Fine Arts. Returning to New York in 1955, she became a United States citizen and established a studio in the city. Chryssa's first major work was The Cycladic Books preceded American minimalism by seventeen years. 1961, Chryssa's first solo exhibition was mounted at The Guggenheim. 1963, Chryssa's work was shown at the Museum of Modern Art in curator Dorothy Canning Miller's Americans 1963 exhibition. The artists represented in the show also included Richard Anuszkiewicz, Lee Bontecou, Robert Indiana, Richard Lindner, Marisol, Claes Oldenburg, Ad Reinhardt, James Rosenquist and others. 1966, The Gates to Times Square, regarded as "one of the most important American sculptures of all time" and "a thrilling homage to the living American culture of advertising and mass communications." The work is a 10 ft cube installation of two huge letter 'A's through which visitors may walk into "a gleaming block of stainless steel and Plexiglas that seems to quiver in the play of pale blue neon light" which is controlled by programmed timers. First shown in Manhattan's Pace Gallery, it was given to the Albright-Knox Art Gallery in Buffalo, New York in 1972. 1972, The Whitney Museum of American Art mounted a solo exhibition of works by Chryssa. That's All (early 1970s), the central panel of a triptych related to The Gates of Times Square, was acquired by the Museum of Modern Art between 1975 and 1979. 1973, Chryssa's solo exhibition at the Gallerie Denise René was reviewed for TIME magazine by art critic Robert Hughes before it went on to the Galleries Denise René in Düsseldorf and Paris. Other works by Chryssa in composite honeycomb aluminum and neon in the 1980s and 1990s include Chinatown, Siren, Urban Traffic, and Flapping Birds. Chryssa 60/90 retrospective exhibition in Athens in the Mihalarias Art Center. After her long absence from Greece, a major exhibition including large aluminum sculptures - cityscapes, "neon boxes" from the Gates to the Times Square, paintings, drawings etc. was held in Athens. In 1992, after closing her SoHo studio, which art dealer Leo Castelli had described as "one of the loveliest in the world," Chryssa returned to Greece. She found a derelict cinema which had become a storeroom stacked with abandoned school desks and chairs, behind the old Fix Brewery near the city center in Neos Kosmos, Athens. Using the desks to construct enormous benches, she converted the space into a studio for working on designs and aluminum composite honeycomb sculptures...

Small Fields Robert Kipniss, American (1931) Date: circa 1980 Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition of 139/250 Size: 4 x 3.25 in. (10.16 x 8.255 cm) Frame Size: 11.25 x 9...

Black Sun in the Red and White Sky - Acrylic on Paper Bold abstract by Ricardo de Silva (American/Brazil, 20th C). A large black and yellow orb sits in a swirling white and yellow s...

Artist: Lowell Blair Nesbitt, American (1933 - 1993) Title: Two Yellow Irises on Sage I Year: 1980 Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 200 Image Size: 22.5 x ...

Artist: Peter Max Title: Untitled Original Watercolor on Paper Medium: Original Watercolor on Paper Signed: Hand Signed Measurements: Paper: 6" x 19" Frame: 19" x 32.5" Condition...

Freeport Fishing Boats Max Epstein, Canadian (1932–2002) Date: 1980 Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil Edition of 150 Image Size: 19 x 28 inches Size: 23 in. x 35 in. (58.42 ...

Salvador Dali Museum St. Petersburg Florida 1985 poster is advertising the exhibition of the collection of the original Salvador Dali paintings owned by the Sidney and Phyllis Lucas ...