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Period: 20th Century
Intimite (Mourlot, Paris, Master Printer)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Jacques Villon
Intimite
1964
Original Reproduction of a Gouache on Velin d'Arches
Size: 10x7.375in
Signed in the stone
Edition: 2,000
Annotated verso
Publisher: Mourlot, Paris
Printer: Mourlot, Paris
COA provided
Notarized facsimile of the imprint showing the edition size included
Framing in a simple white or black frame made from composite wood with plex and mat available for $90. Please inquiry within.
Ref.: 924802-1542
Jacques Villon (July 31, 1875 – June 9, 1963), also known as Gaston Duchamp, was a French Cubist and abstract painter and printmaker.
Many important museums include works by Villon in their collections, including the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco; Minneapolis Institute of Arts; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Art Institute of Chicago; Columbus Museum of Art (Columbus, Ohio); Museum of Modern Art, New York City...
Category
Modern 20th Century Art
Materials
Vellum
$96 Sale Price
70% Off
Untitled, Woodcut on Paper, Figurative by Haren Das "In Stock"
By Haren Das
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Haren Das - Untitled
Woodcut on Paper
12.28 x 9 inches, 1991
( Unframed & Delivered )
This 1991 print by Haren Das beautifully captures a serene rural scene with fine detailing and ...
Category
Modern 20th Century Art
Materials
Paper, Woodcut
Bullfight, the Arena - Vintage lithograph exhibition poster # Mourlot
Located in Paris, IDF
Pablo Picasso (after)
Bullfight, the Arena, 1982
Lithograph (printed in Atelier Mourlot)
Printed signature in the plate
On heavy paper 89 x 60 cm (c. 36 x 24 inch)
Original lithogra...
Category
Modern 20th Century Art
Materials
Lithograph
Still life of peaches and cherries oil on canvas painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
José Miret Aleu (1912-1999) - Still life of peaches and cherries - Oil on canvas
Oil measurements 50x61 cm.
Frameless.
Painter born in Barcelona in 1912. He studied drawing at the B...
Category
Impressionist 20th Century Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
$592 Sale Price
50% Off
Surrealist composition
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: collotype (after the Miro lithograph). Printed in 1947 in an edition of 1500 by Meriden Gravure and published by Curt Valentin for "The Prints of Joan Miro" portfolio. Size: ...
Category
Surrealist 20th Century Art
Materials
Photogravure
'Sunny Afternoon', Paris, Grande Chaumière, AIC, Chicago Woman Impressionist
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
'Sunny Afternoon' by Pauline Palmer.
Chicago Impressionist, Paris, Grande Chaumiére, Woman Artist
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Signed lower left, 'Pauline Palmer' (American, 1867-1938) and painted circa 1...
Category
American Impressionist 20th Century Art
Materials
Oil, Illustration Board
Paris : Saint Michel Bridge - Original Etching (Duthuit-Matisse #108)
Located in Paris, IDF
Henri MATISSE (1869-1964)
Paris : Saint Michel Bridge, 1927
Original etching
Printed signature in the plate
Limited to 225 copies
On BFK Rives vellum 25 x 33 cm (c. 9.8 x 12.9 in)...
Category
Modern 20th Century Art
Materials
Etching
Andy Warhol 1993 German Print
By Andy Warhol
Located in San Francisco, CA
This is a fabulous colorful print after a 1964 Andy Warhol painting. It was printed in Germany in 1993. The print measures 28 inches high by 28 inches wide. The custom frame measures...
Category
Pop Art 20th Century Art
Materials
Offset
Femme Bleue
Located in OPOLE, PL
This work will be exhibited at Art on Paper NYC, September 4–7, 2025.
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Henri Matisse (1869-1954) - Femme Bleue
Lithograph from 1958.
Dimensions of work: 35.5 x 26.4 cm.
Publish...
Category
Surrealist 20th Century Art
Materials
Lithograph
$858 Sale Price
20% Off
Mid 20th century French Original Line Drawing sketch Nude Male - Stamped
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait sketch
original drawing by Jean-Paul LE VERRIER (1922-1996)
studio stamped
pencil drawing on paper, unframed
Double sided (drawing on both sides)
10.5x 8.25 inches
provenan...
Category
Impressionist 20th Century Art
Materials
Pencil
Early 20th century English Antique portrait of a Polo Pony
By George Paice
Located in Woodbury, CT
This early 20th-century portrait of a Polo Pony by the esteemed English artist George Paice is an exquisite representation of equine artistry, showcasing Paice’s remarkable skill in ...
Category
Victorian 20th Century Art
Materials
Oil, Board
Original Signed Oil Painting on Canvas, Landscape, Genre Scene, Framed
Located in Palm Coast, FL
This original oil painting on canvas is a traditional pastoral landscape, capturing a serene and idyllic rural scene. The composition is rich in earthy tones, with warm browns, green...
Category
Impressionist 20th Century Art
Materials
Oil
Casablanca Iconic Scene
Located in Austin, TX
Casablanca is a 1942 American romantic drama film directed by Michael Curtiz, and starring Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, and Paul Henreid. Filmed and set during World War II, it focuses on an American expatriate (Bogart) who must choose between his love for a woman (Bergman) and helping her and her husband (Henreid), a Czech resistance leader, escape from the Vichy-controlled city of Casablanca to continue his fight against the Germans. The screenplay is based on Everybody Comes to Rick's, an unproduced stage play by Murray Burnett and Joan Alison. The supporting cast features Claude Rains, Conrad Veidt...
Category
Contemporary 20th Century Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Pigment
The Basque Boy also called Boy with Beret and Fabian.
Located in Storrs, CT
The Basque Boy also called Boy with Beret and Fabian. 1944. Lithograph. Fletcher Lithographs 3.ii. zinc plate. 13 x 10 1/4 (sheet 7 1/8 x 13 7/8). Edition 10. Printed on countermarke...
Category
Modern 20th Century Art
Materials
Lithograph
$550 Sale Price
38% Off
1920s Deco etching & aquatint Lake Shore Drive, Chicago by S. Chester Danforth
Located in Chicago, IL
A 1920s, Art Deco etching & aquatint of Lake Shore Drive -- Chicago, by notable print maker S. Chester Danforth. Image size: 8 1/4" x 10 1/4". Archivally matted to 14" x 16".
Mandel Brothers...
Category
Art Deco 20th Century Art
Materials
Paper, Etching, Aquatint
1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - 'Jungle Struggle' Fantasy Abstract
By Elvic Steele
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Stunning original oil painting by Elvic Steele depicting this surrealist fantasy abstract painting.
Elvic Steele is a fascinating English painter. Her works entrance the observer, d...
Category
Surrealist 20th Century Art
Materials
Oil
Portrait of West Highland Terrier White Dog Vintage English Oil painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Snowy"
English School, 20th century
signed oil on board, framed
framed: 15.5 x 19.5 inches
board: 12.5 x 16 inches
Provenance: private collection, UK
Condition: very good condition
...
Category
English School 20th Century Art
Materials
Oil
Marilyn Monroe, unique print of 1988 from original negative
Located in Cologne, DE
Ed Feingersh photographed Marilyn Monroe for Redbook magazine in March 1955 for a story which would follow Monroe through her daily routine, the photography to be candid and shot wit...
Category
Modern 20th Century Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
$1,048 Sale Price
20% Off
Huge French 20th Century Blue & Purple Abstract Expressionist Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Expressionist Composition
by Marie Deloume (French born 1942)
signed on back, inscribed verso
oil on card stuck on canvas, unframed
canvas size: 46 x 35 inches
condition: ov...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 20th Century Art
Materials
Canvas, Paper, Oil
Andy Warhol, 'Mick Jagger FSII.139', Framed Announcement-card, 1975
Located in Pembroke Pines, FL
Artist: Andy Warhol.
Title: 'Mick Jagger' FS II.139 Framed Announcement card.
Medium: Lithograph
Size: Image size: 6" x 4"
Framed: 10" x 8"
Year: 1975
Description: Signed and numbere...
Category
Pop Art 20th Century Art
Materials
Offset
Flowers, Galerie Sonnabend announcement invitation card addressed with postmark
By Andy Warhol
Located in New York, NY
Andy Warhol (after)
Flowers, Galerie Sonnabend announcement invitation card, 1970
Offset lithograph on smooth card, addressed with postmark
7 1/5 × 7 1/5 inches
Unframed
Instead of observing flowers in nature, Andy Warhol found his botanical inspiration in a 1964 issue of Modern Photography. He transformed a photograph of hibiscus blossoms into a technicolor series of silkscreens, each simply titled Flowers and debuted at the influential Leo Castelli Gallery later that same year. Silkscreens from that exhibition have since sold for over $2 million at auction. While they evoke the Flower Power movement of the 1960s, Warhol’s Flowers have also be interpreted as a symbol of mourning, as the artist created these works just after President John F. Kennedy’s assassination...
Category
Pop Art 20th Century Art
Materials
Offset, Lithograph
The Protectress
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "The protectress" 1997 is a original stone cut with stencil on thin paper by noted Canadian Inuit artist Kakulu Saggiaktok, 1940-...
Category
Other Art Style 20th Century Art
Materials
Stencil
"Fortified Farm of Soujet" by Claude Sauthier - Oil on Canvas - 130x130 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Claude Sauthier was born in Geneva, Switzerland, in 1929 and passed away in the same city in 2016. He studied at the Geneva School of Decorative Arts and initially worked as a graphi...
Category
Modern 20th Century Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Watercarrier, Orientalist Gouache and Watercolor on Paper.
Located in Cotignac, FR
Early 20th century orientalist watercolour on paper by Aiveill, signed bottom right.
In art history, Orientalism is the imitation or depiction ...
Category
Realist 20th Century Art
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
Antique French Still Life of Flowers in Vase Signed Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Classical Still Life of Flowers in a Vase
Attributed to Edouard Charton (French, born 1855)
signed oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 22 x 18 inches
provenance: private collection, Fran...
Category
French School 20th Century Art
Materials
Oil
Signed Vintage American Modernist Cityscape Framed Fauvist Palette Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
American modernist abstract cityscape oil painting. Framed. Oil on canvas. Signed. Image size, 30H by 24L.
Category
Modern 20th Century Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Basquiat Gagosian Gallery Los Angeles 1983 (announcement)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Jean-Michel Basquiat, Gagosian Gallery, Los Angeles, 1983:
RARE historic Basquiat announcement card published on the occasion of:
Jean- Michel Basquiat. Larry Gagosian Gallery, Los ...
Category
Pop Art 20th Century Art
Materials
Paper
GARDEN ROMANCE Signed Lithograph, Black Couple, Collage Portrait Lovers, Flowers
Located in Union City, NJ
GARDEN ROMANCE by the artist James Denmark is an original hand drawn, limited edition lithograph(not a photo reproduction or digital print) printed on archival Somerset paper using traditional hand lithography techniques. GARDEN ROMANCE is one of Denmark's expressive, colorful collage compositions of everyday African American life - a lovely flower garden scene featuring a romantic black couple, the woman seated amid the blossoming plants wearing a green and yellow paisley print dress and head wrap; her standing male companion with flower in hand, dressed in blue denim jeans, and pastel color patchwork print shirt. Vivid coloration, watercolor patterns, and collage effect textures captivate the eye with visual variety in a striking palette of blues, greens, white, red, orange, magenta, touches of yellow, lavender and dark black - a fine example of the intricacies of hand lithography!
Print size - 32 x 21.25 in., archival framing, double mat, excellent condition, pencil signed and numbered - Certificate of Authenticity provided
1 / 15 H.C. by James Denmark, publisher's chop embossed lower left corner
Edition size - 250, plus proofs
Year published - 1996
Printer - JK Fine Art Editions Co. NJ
Publisher - Mojo Portfolio...
Category
Contemporary 20th Century Art
Materials
Lithograph
Lincoln in Dalívision /// Salvador Dalí Abraham Lincoln Surrealism Lithograph
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Salvador Dalí (Spanish, 1904-1989)
Title: "Lincoln in Dalívision"
*Signed by Dalí in pencil lower right
Year: 1977
Medium: Original Photolithograph and Etching with Embossing...
Category
Surrealist 20th Century Art
Materials
Etching, Lithograph
Landscape 124 by Jean Krille - Oil on masonite 70x50 cm
By Jean Krille
Located in Geneva, CH
Jean Krillé’s paintings are known for their expressive use of color and dynamic, abstract forms, blending realism with abstraction in his depictions of nature. His landscapes often f...
Category
Neo-Expressionist 20th Century Art
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Mid Century Desert Mountain Landscape
By Faith Dougherty
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid Century Desert Mountain Landscape
Sweeping mid century landscape of stark desert mountains by Faith Dougherty (American, 20th Century). The viewer looks out over a dry valley, s...
Category
Contemporary 20th Century Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,200 Sale Price
20% Off
Toulouse-Lautrec, Composition, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Dessinateur (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin paper. Paper size: 9.25 x 12.25 inches. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the album, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Dessinateur,...
Category
Post-Impressionist 20th Century Art
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
20% Off
Balancing Elephant, Circa 1930s, Art Deco, Louis-Albert Carvin (1875-1951)
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Balancing Elephant
Louis-Albert Carvin (France, 1875-1951)
Bronze, marble
Circa 1930s, Art Deco
8 x 7.5 x 2 (4 1/4 x 7 1/2 x 1 7/8 figure) inches
Artist Louis-Albert Carvin, born in Paris in 1875, was exposed to art from an early age through his painter father. Carvin's formal education in art began at the École des Beaux-Arts, where he studied under artists like Émmanuel Frémiet and Georges Gardet. Over the years, artist Louis-Albert Carvin became a renowned sculptor, dedicating his life’s work to the modeling of human and animal figures. He studied under Fremiet and Gardet and became a member of the Société des Artistes Français, exhibiting at the Salon des Artists Francais from 1894 until 1933 winning the Medal of Honor in his first year in 1894.
Remarkably, he sculpted La Muse de l’Aviation, the bronze trophy...
Category
Art Deco 20th Century Art
Materials
Marble, Bronze
'Young lady' on Paper by Pietro Annigoni Painter of Queen Elisabeth 1970
Located in Brescia, IT
This fine and elegant woman portrait in red pastel on paper was drawn by Pietro Annigoni, an Italian artist of the 20th Century called the 'Queen's pa...
Category
Modern 20th Century Art
Materials
Carbon Pencil
Mid-Century Original Printed Menu, Transatlantic French Line, 'Ile de France'.
Located in Cotignac, FR
Mid-century French transatlantic liner menu with printed illustration by French artist Jean Adrien Mercier. Signed in the print, top left and dated 1956 inside centre.
This highly c...
Category
Modern 20th Century Art
Materials
Paper, Printer's Ink
Ford Cabrio Tour with little boy and dog – 1936
Located in Cologne, DE
Germany, 1936 – Photograph by Heinz Pollmann
In this charming moment captured by Heinz Pollmann, a young boy gazes up in awe at a confident Fox Terrier perched proudly atop the folde...
Category
Modern 20th Century Art
Materials
Black and White
Picasso, 8.10.74 XVI (Cramer 148), Le Goût du Bonheur (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph and silkscreen with grease crayon, lithographic tusche, lead pencil, charcoal on vélin d'Arches paper. Paper size: 12.8 x 9.84 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered...
Category
Cubist 20th Century Art
Materials
Lithograph
$796 Sale Price
20% Off
Cottage in the Countryside - Etching by Luigi Kasimir - 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Cottage in the Countryside is a splendid print in etching technique colored engraved by Luigi Kasimir (1881-1962).
The state of preservation of the artwork is excellent.
Sheet Dimension: 25.5 x 19 cm
Image Dimensions: 15 x 15 cm
This artwork represents a Cottage in the Countryside, with beautiful colors.
Illegible original hand-signed, on the lower right.
Luigi Kasimir (1881-1962): He was an Austro-Hungarian-born etcher, painter, printmaker and landscape artist. Kasimir was among the first to develop the technique of the coloured etching. Before this, prints were usually hand-coloured with the colour being applied in a casual, haphazard manner. Kasimir would first create a sketch—usually in pastel. He then transferred the design on as many as four to six plates, printing one after the other and applying the colour on the plate—all done by hand.
Kasimir is mainly famous for his etchings, but he also produced some oil painting, as well as some pastels. One of his favourite genres was the landscape, or veduta. He demonstrated a predisposition for monuments, street scenes, and tourist landmarks. He depicted places from all over Europe, mainly Italy, Austria, and Germany. He also travelled to the United States to do a series of etchings of famous sights ranging from urban landmarks such as New York City skyscrapers to natural wonders like Yosemite Valley. Luigi Kasimir’s etchings...
Category
Modern 20th Century Art
Materials
Etching
1900 original poster La Topaze by Alphonse Mucha, part of Les Pierres Précieuses
Located in PARIS, FR
The 1900 original poster "La Topaze" by Alphonse Mucha, part of the renowned "Les Pierres Précieuses" series, is a quintessential example of the Art Nouveau movement. This work, prin...
Category
Art Nouveau 20th Century Art
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
Snow Covered Roofs - Mid 20th Century French Impressionist Winter Oil Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A beautiful mid 20th century French impressionist oil on canvas board depicting snow covered roofs in winter, by Claude Vallet. Very...
Category
Impressionist 20th Century Art
Materials
Oil
Newspapers on the Table - Still Life Etching on Heavy Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Newspapers on the Table - Still Life Etching on Heavy Paper, #20/150
Black and white etching by Darien Payne (American, b. 1951). This piece is a meticulously detailed depiction of ...
Category
Photorealist 20th Century Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Drypoint, Etching
$601 Sale Price
35% Off
Henri Matisse 'Red Interior: Still Life on a Blue Table' 1994- Vintage
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Discover the charm of Henri Matisse through this vibrant image from a 1994 portfolio published by Taschen and printed in Germany. This reproduction captures the essence of Matisse’s ...
Category
Impressionist 20th Century Art
Materials
Offset
Evening Light, large oil painting by Australian artist J. King 20thC. landscape
Located in Hillsborough, NC
Contemporary oil on canvas, this very large painting has fine naturalistic detail, with deep sky tones, rich coloring, crisp trees/leaves and lines of lighted meadow reflected in the...
Category
Naturalistic 20th Century Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Amate Bark Painting - Harvest Dance with Giant Rabbits
Located in Soquel, CA
Amate Bark Painting - Harvest Dance with Giant Rabbits
In this scene, people are carrying baskets to the village, through dense foliage. There are...
Category
Folk Art 20th Century Art
Materials
Ink, Handmade Paper
$875 Sale Price
30% Off
View of Montjuïc Barcelona Spain oil on canvas painting seascape
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Antonio Sala Herrero (1927-2012) - View of Montjuic Barcelona - Oil on canvas
Oil measures 50x61 cm.
Frame measures 66x77 cm.
Category
Post-Impressionist 20th Century Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Sleepy Provence Tow in Lush Green Landscape Mid 20th Century French Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Provence
signed by Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
oil painting on artist paper, unframed
paper: 9.5 x 13 inches
very good condition
provenance: the artists estate, France
Josine ...
Category
Post-Impressionist 20th Century Art
Materials
Oil
lithograph for Florilege des amours de Ronsard
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: lithograph (after Matisse). Printed in sanguine ink on cream laid paper from the Papeteries Casteljoux and published in Geneva by Edito-Service in 1970. This reproduces one o...
Category
20th Century Art
Materials
Lithograph
Huge Mid Century French Oil Floral Still Life Pink Blossoms in Terracotta Vase
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Elegant Floral Still Life
French School, mid 20th century
signed oil on canvas, unframed
Canvas : 39.5 x 32 inches
Provenance: private collection, France
Condition: very good conditi...
Category
Impressionist 20th Century Art
Materials
Oil
I. Cahue Maternity in Blues Red original abstract acrylic canvas painting
By Isidro Cahue
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Maternity in Blues- original abstract acrylic canvas painting . framed
Artwork by Spanish artist ISIDRO CAHUE.
Acrylic on canvas
Perfect state
The personality of the artist is refle...
Category
Contemporary 20th Century Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Woodcut Heart 1993 Signed Limited Edition Lithograph
By Jim Dine
Located in Rochester Hills, MI
Artist: Jim Dine
Title: Woodcut Heart. 1993
Image Size: 15 1/8 x 13 1/8 inches
Paper size: 23 × 17½ inches
Carrier: Mohawk Superfine Cover
Medium: Woodcut
Proiect Began:January 26, 1...
Category
20th Century Art
Materials
Lithograph
$2,800 Sale Price
20% Off
Sibila III y IV - Óleo sobre tela - Año 1990
By Mark Wilson
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
La obra va firmada por el artista en la parte trasera, también va fechada del año 1990 y titulada "Sibila III y IV"
Se presenta enmarcada la pintura
Medidas de la obra: 213 cm. alt...
Category
Contemporary 20th Century Art
Materials
Oil
Large Pastel Landscape Purple Mountains Landscape American Modernist Painting
Located in Surfside, FL
LARRY HOROWITZ (American b. 1956)
"Purple Mountains," 1988, pastel on paper
Hand signed and dated L/R, "Horowitz '88,"
Dimensions sight 19 1/2" x 23", framed, 26 1/2" x 30 1/2".
L...
Category
Post-Impressionist 20th Century Art
Materials
Pastel
Landscape with Figures oil on board painting Spain european art
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Title: Landscape with Figures
Artist: Sebastià Congost i Pla (1919-2009)
Technique: Oil on panel
Dimensions: 13 x 16 in (without frame) / 17.7 x 20.9 in (with frame)
Signature: Signe...
Category
Post-Impressionist 20th Century Art
Materials
Oil, Board
Le Pont Marie Paris, Tranquil River Seine View, signed & dated 1946 French Oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Claude Pelletier, French signed & dated 1946.
Title: Le Pont Marie, Paris (old exhibition labels verso).
Medium: oil painting on ...
Category
Impressionist 20th Century Art
Materials
Oil
Untitled
By Roland Ayers
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
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...
Category
Abstract 20th Century Art
Materials
Paper, Ink
$960 Sale Price
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"Abstract Composition XI" Abstract Painting 10" x 14" in by Shaker El Maadawy
Located in Culver City, CA
"Abstract Composition XI" Abstract Painting 10" x 14" in by Shaker El Maadawy
signed & dated
Shaker El Maadawy graduated from the Faculty of Fine Arts in painting in 1967 in his na...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 20th Century Art
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
1950's English Marine Oil Painting Three Masted Sailing Ships Choppy Seas
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Sailing on the High Seas
English School, mid 20th century
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 19.5 x 25.5 inches
canvas: 14 x 20 inches
provenance: private collection, England
condition: v...
Category
Impressionist 20th Century Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Wyeth, New Leaves, The Four Seasons (after)
By Andrew Wyeth
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Published and printed by Art in America, New York in an edition of CDVII/D. From the folio, The Four Se...
Category
American Realist 20th Century Art
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
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Modernist Mid century Swedish tram and figure scene in Fauvist colors
Located in Woodbury, CT
Acquiring a mid-20th-century Fauvist painting by Wilhelm Henning is an opportunity to own a piece of art that captures the vibrant spirit and expressive color palette of the Fauvist ...
Category
Fauvist 20th Century Art
Materials
Oil, Board
Rare XL Vintage Blue Horse. silkscreen on glass bowl, Rosenthal for Andy Warhol
By Andy Warhol
Located in New York, NY
Andy Warhol (After)
Vintage Large Rosenthal Bowl (Blue Horse), ca. 1991
Large Silkscreen Glass bowl (authorized signature fired onto plate)
Warhol's signature is printed on the plate...
Category
Pop Art 20th Century Art
Materials
Glass, Mixed Media, Screen