1980s Art

This print by Red Grooms is part of an 8-piece portfolio published by The New York Graphic Society in 1983 and includes works from Red Grooms, Robert Indiana, Alex Katz, R.B. Kitaj, ...

Paper Size: 68.5 x 47.5 inches ( 173.99 x 120.65 cm ) Image Size: 68.5 x 47.5 inches ( 173.99 x 120.65 cm ) Framed: No Condition: B-: Good Condition, Signs of Handling and Age ...

Abstract watercolor with bold, dynamic colors by Les (Leslie Luverne) Anderson (American, 1928-2009). From the estate of Les Anderson in Monterey, California. Unsigned and unframed. ...

Artist: Larry Zox Title: Niagara Series No. 5 Year: circa 1980 Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 175 Image Size: 34 x 13 inches Paper Size: 39 in. x 20.5 i...

Bruce Springsteen 1981 Original Vintage Poster Measures 32×23″ inches / 81×58 cm Condition : Excellent As part of the European leg of Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band’s ‘Th...

Original Paul Klee 1981 exhibition poster for the Florence, Italy in the Orsanmichele Museum. (The Orsanmichele is known as the kitchen garden of St. Michael.) The church - mus...

Paris by Claude Marin (French 1914-2001) signed oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 24 x 28.5 inches Provenance: private collection, Paris, France Condition: very good condition Origina...

ROMARE BEARDEN 1970-1980 The Brooklyn Museum, September 26-November 29, 1981 Vintage 1981 Exhibition Poster "Jamming At The Savoy" (image from original 14" x 18" collage on board by ...

Christian - Signed limited edition archival pigment print, 1984 - Edition 2 of 5 This image was captured on film. The negative was scanned creating a digital file which was then ...

Helen Frankenthaler (1928-2011) is one of the most revered abstract painters of the 20th century, and one of the most successful and collected female artists of all time. She was a ...

This original 1980 poster by Salvatore Scarpitta, from the collection of the esteemed Leo Castelli, represents a significant piece of contemporary art history. Designed for an exhibi...

This framed, 25 inch x 23 inch oil on canvas painting is by Robert Bonaparte, completed in 1980. The work is painted in an abstract manner with visible brush strokes and features a ...

David HOCKNEY (after) Cubist Portrait : Vogue Original Vintage Poster (offset-lithograph) Printed in France by Imprimerie Union in Paris 83 x 50 cm (c. 32.6 x 19.6 inch) This poster...

Roland Ayers (1932-2017). Untitled, 1983. Ink on paper, measures 17 x 23 inches. Unframed and unmounted. Signed and dated lower left. Ayers holds the distinction of having participated in the first important survey of African-Americans, Contemporary Black Artists in America, a 1971 show at The Whitney. Biography: Artist and art educator, Roland Ayers was born on July 2, 1932, the only child of Alice and Lorenzo Ayers, and grew up in the Germantown district of Philadelphia. Ayers served in the US Army (stationed in Germany) before studying at the Philadelphia College of Art (currently University of the Arts). He graduated with a BFA in Art Education, 1954. He traveled Europe 1966-67, spending time in Amsterdam and Greece in particular. During this period, he drifted away from painting to focus on linear figurative drawings of a surreal nature. His return home inaugurated the artist’s most prolific and inspired period (1968-1975). Shorty before his second major trip abroad in 1971-72 to West Africa, Ayers began to focus on African themes, and African American figures populated his work almost exclusively. In spite of Ayers’ travel and exploration of the world, he gravitated back to his beloved Germantown, a place he endowed with mythological qualities in his work and literature. His auto-biographical writing focuses on the importance of place during his childhood. Ayers’ journals meticulously document the ethnic and cultural make-up of Germantown, and tell a compelling story of class marginalization that brought together poor families despite racial differences. The distinctive look and design of Germantown inform Ayers’ visual vocabulary. It is a setting with distinctive Gothic Revival architecture and haunting natural beauty. These characteristics are translated and recur in the artist’s imagery. During his childhood, one of the only books in the Ayers household was an illustrated Bible. The images within had a profound effect on the themes and subjects that would appear in his adult work. Figures in an Ayers’ drawing often seem trapped in a narrative of loss and redemption. Powerful women loom large in the drawings: they suggest the female role models his journals record in early life. The drawings can sometimes convey a strong sense of conflict, and at other times, harmony. Nature and architecture seem to have an antagonistic relationship that is, ironically, symbiotic. A critical turning point in the artist’s career came in 1971 when he was included in the extremely controversial Whitney Museum show, Contemporary Black Artists in America. The exhibition gave Ayers an international audience and served as a calling card for introductions he would soon make in Europe. Ayers is a particularly compelling figure in a period when black artists struggled with the idea of authenticity. A questioned often asked was “Is your work too black, or not black enough?” Abstractionists were considered by some peers to be sell-outs, frauds or worse. Figurative* work was accused of being either sentimental or politically radical depending on the critical source. Ayers made the choice early on to be a figurative artist, but considered his work devoid of political content. Organizations such as Chicago’ s Afri-Cobra in the late 1960‘s asserted that the only true black art of any relevance must depict the black man and woman...

Originally produced for the 1981 art show at Navy Pier in Chicago, these posters were part of an estimated edition size of about 2,000. The cropped version is particularly rare, as i...

'Hidden Portraits XVII', acrylic on canvas mounted on board, Florentine School (circa 1980s-90s). This gallery has acquired a number of paintings through an intermediary of an ageing...

Pierre Coquet - Still life with red peppers Reference number F286 Framed with a natural oak wood floated frame. 51 x 60 cm frame included (46 x 55 cm wit...

Sunrise at Village by River in the English Countryside with Church Spire & Birds by 20th Century British Artist Art measures 16 x 12 inches Frame measures 21 x 17 inches This ori...

John Beerman, American (1958 - ) - Sunset River, Year: 1986, Medium: Etching Aquatint, signed in pencil, Image Size: 23.5 x 38 inches, Size: 28 x 41 in. (71.12 x 104.14 cm), Prin...

Bagatelle, French Impressionist. Claude Fossoux was born 1946 in Paris of a Savoyard father and a Parisian mother. After school, Claude obtained a grant to study at the Ecole Nationa...

Surrealist Female Nude with Cosmic Orbs and Biomorphic Landscape Artist: Ángel Preciados Vega Title: Surrealist Nude Vision with Cosmic Orbs, Spanish Oil Painting, 1987 Date: 1987 M...

'Hidden Portraits I', acrylic on canvas mounted on board, Florentine School (circa 1980s-90s). This gallery has acquired a number of paintings through an intermediary of an ageing ar...

Jon D'Orazio, American (1942 - ) - Windswept. Year: 1980, Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 300, HC 10, Image Size: 21.5 x 29.5 inches, Size: 25 in. x 33 in...

Printer's Proof /5 Beryl Cook's appeal was classless and she rapidly became Britain’s most popular artist. She was a ‘heart and soul’ painter, compelled to paint with a passion. Her...

(Unique) 1/1 edition Max, Peter Cosmic Flyer, c. 1989 Mixed media with watercolor and serigraphy on paper 11 x 15 in.

Andy Warhol (1928-1987) Committee 2000 Glasses (1982) Unique polaroid print 4.25 x 3.375 in (10.8 x 8.6 cm) Authenticated by the Authentication Board of Andy Warhol Foundation for ...

Paul Davis's 1983 offset lithograph, "The Bear Dance...Or Wall Street Jubilee II," measuring 24 x 18 inches, offers a satirical commentary on the financial markets. The term "bear" i...

'Hidden Portraits XXIV', acrylic on board, Florentine School (circa 1980s-90s). This gallery has acquired a number of paintings through an intermediary of an ageing art professor fro...

Paper Size: 59.75 x 30.5 inches ( 151.765 x 77.47 cm ) Image Size: 59.75 x 30.5 inches ( 151.765 x 77.47 cm ) Framed: No Condition: A-: Near Mint, very light signs of handling ...

Katz, Alex Jayne Anne, 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

Artist: Gene Davis (1920-1985) Title: Giant Green Year: 1980 Medium: Silkscreen on Arches paper Edition: 43/250, plus proofs Size: 29.75 x 32.5 inches Condition: Good Inscription: Si...

René Gruau 🇮🇹 (1909 - 2004) was a fashion illustrator, whose style revolutionized haute-couture, theater, art and commercial design in the 1940s. Throug...

Signed limited edition print of Robert Smith and The Cure taken on Columbus Ave, NYC, April 1980 by Allan Tannenbaum 17" x 22" Paper - Edition 50 Printed to the highest quality on...

Printer's Proof /5 Her appeal was classless and she rapidly became Britain’s most popular artist. She was a ‘heart and soul’ painter, compelled to paint with a passion. Her paintin...

Jean-Michel Basquiat, Annina Nosei Gallery, New York, 1982-1988: A set of 2 rare vintage original Basquiat announcement cards from 1982 & 1988, respectively published on the occasion(s) of: - ‘Basquiat Anatomy’ 1982 (a suite of 18 screen prints). - Jean-Michel Basquiat December 3, 1988. Medium: 2 off-set printed gallery announcements. Dimensions: 4 x 6 inches & 6 x 8 inches 9 (anatomy). Each in good to very good overall vintage condition. Published by Annina Nosei Gallery, New York, 1982-1988. Each unsigned from an edition of unknown. Scarce. Jean-Michel Basquiat’s dramatic life and iconic paintings—which variously feature obsessive scribbling, enigmatic symbols and diagrams, and iconography including skulls...

Sam Francis - Poster Exhibition is a mixed colored offset print realized in 1983. This print was realized in occasion of the exhibition dedicated to the artist and held in Studio Ma...

Homemade print Edition 16 of 40 129.5 x 55.9 cm (51.1 x 22 in) (Framed: 138 x 65 x 4.5 / 54.3 x 25.6 x 1.7 in) Signed, numbered and dated on the front Mint. Artwork not inspected ou...

Pair, sisal, wool, stilon, 125" x 77", 1989. This large figurative, abstract tapestry was done by textile artist, Lilla Kulka (b. 1946, Krakow, Poland). Artist Statement: "I creat...

Highly impasto still life of brightly colored flowers in a vase by Doreen Gadsby (Australian, b. 1926). Signed "Gadsby" in lower right corner. Presented in a green wood frame. Image size: 44.25"H x 22.13"W Doreen Gadsby (Australian, b. 1928) was born to a farming family in Lismore, Australia, and later studied at East Sydney Technical College (now the National Art School) in Darlinghurst during World War II. As a young mother of four, she joined the same art club as Lloyd Rees and a 17-year-old Brett Whiteley...

Bronze sculpture with three different patinas. Conceived in 1977 and first cast in 1984. Incised Salvador Dali signature on top of the base. Stamp numbered 264/350 on the back ed...

M.C. Escher’s Belvedere is framed in a shiny black metal frame with a 3/8-inch front profile and a 7/8-inch side profile, lending it a sleek, contemporary appearance. The overall dim...

A beautiful painting of two young girls at the beach. One picking flowers and the other gazing out onto the beach. The painting is oil on wood panel and the condition is good. The s...

This original 1982 lithograph, Crucifixion (Christ of Gala), stands as one of Salvador Dalí’s most hauntingly spiritual reinterpretations of the crucifixion theme. Inspired by his 19...

Edition of 10 signed by the artist printed later Also available in 40 x 50 cm / 16 x 20 inch, Edition of 25 Black and white portrait of Singer and Songwriter Michael Jackson with l...

Mary Tyler Moore Show Hollywood Emmy Award TV Legends Ed Asner Valerie Harper Al Hirschfeld (1903 – 2003) Mary Tyler Moore Show Sight Size: 17 1/2 x 13...

River Meadow with Cattle & Cottage in the English Countryside by British Artist, Tony Mercier (Born 1945) Art measures 16 x 12 inches Frame measures 20 x 16 inches Signed Vi...

Keith Haring, Run DMC Christmas 1987: Rare sought-after Run DMC "Christmas In Hollis" featuring Original Artwork by Keith Haring. Truly vibrant colors that make for stand-out wall ar...

Artist:Knox Martin, American (1923 - ) Title: Flowers 8 Year: 1981 Medium: Silkscreen on Heavy Hand-Made Paper, signed in pencil Paper Size: 42 x 30 inches Printed by American Atelier...

Lucio Muñoz Martinez (Spain, 1929-1998) 'Discurso para navegantes I', 1983 engraving on paper 18.2 x 13 in. (46 x 33 cm.) ID: MUÑ1114-011-007 Hand...

Issued in 1982 and titled New York, New York, this Budweiser advertising poster presents a surreal, vertical composition in which an oversized Budweiser bottle rises dramatically, re...

Printer's Proof /5 Beryl Cook's appeal was classless and she rapidly became Britain’s most popular artist. She was a ‘heart and soul’ painter, compelled to paint with a passion. He...

"Pergusa III Exhibition Poster" is a signed poster by American artist Frank Stella (1936-2024), dated 1983, edition 89/100. The work reproduces Stella's "Pergusa III" -- an intricate...

Oil on wooden panel realized by Alessio Paternesi (1937-2023). Hand signed. Very good condition.

Laurent Marcel Salinas, Egyptian/French (1913 - 2010) - Boats at Dock, Year: circa 1980, Medium: Lithograph, signed in pencil, Edition: 125, EA, Image Size: 24 x 16 inches, Size:...

Artist: Sandro Chia Title: Untitled 7 Medium: Carborundum etching with hand coloring on handmade paper, each piece is unique Size: 48 x 38 Inches Signed: Hand Signed Edition: 31/50...

A captivating oil painting by the Haitian master, Albert Desmangles. This piece is a wonderful example of his work within the highly sought-after School of Beauty art movement, which...

Original Mudd Club street poster 1979: A must have for any true Jean-Michel Basquiat, & Keith Haring collector! The Mudd Club was the first venue where ...

Summer Pastoral Contemporary Regionalism Rural Modern American Scene Art Realism Roger Medearis (1920 – 2001) Summer Pastoral (1984) Acrylic on canvas stretched over board 27 × 40 i...

Dimensions with frame: 52 x 42 x 3 cm. Signed and dated "Lison Favarger 86" in the lower left corner. A striking abstract composition executed in shades of blue, featuring a rhythmi...

No Transport Problems 1982 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Mrs Woolworth Donahue with car and bicycles on her motor yacht, ‘Hartline’. 30 x 40" inches / 76 x 102 cm paper size Estat...