Prints and Multiples

The Vulture is an aquatint and drypoint print on chine from one of the deluxe copies of Picasso's 1942 Histoire Naturelle - Textes de Buffon series. The image size is 10.6 x 8 inches, unsigned as issued, and framed in a contemporary silver and gray moulding. One of about 36 prints that exist with Picasso's remarqued title in French, from the edition of 262 (there were 226 portfolios, some with additional sets on varying papers). Catalogue - Cramer #37 The exceptional etchings from Picasso’s Histoire Naturelle – Textes de Buffon are a masterful combination of sugar-lift aquatint and drypoint, showcasing a full range of gray tonalities. The etchings of animals, birds and insects are considered some of the most beautiful and most unusual examples of Picasso’s graphic work. Roger Lacourière, Picasso’s master printer, pulled the prints for each etching between 1939-1942. It was Lacourière who taught Picasso the sugar-lift aquatint technique which allowed him to mimic the effect of brushstrokes in these etched images. Picasso first explored the technique in his plates for the Vollard Suite, but it was in the creation of the Buffon images that he fully realized its stunning, painterly potential. For the edition, 226 portfolios were produced with the first thirty-six counting as deluxe compilations. These rare deluxe sets were on diverse papers (chine, japon or vergé ancien) and each included a complete additional suite showing Picasso’s title remarques along the bottom. As such, the remarqued versions of the prints are quite rare with just thirty-six of each produced for the edition (with the exception of The Wolf which is never remarqued – the image always fills the entire etching plate). These prints are based on the writings of French naturalist Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, who extensively documented the natural world in his monumental work Histoire Naturelle. Picasso’s association with the project to illustrate parts of the Buffon came during a tumultuous time in European history – the prelude to, and early years of, World War II. As the continent was ravaged, Picasso lived through the disaster in Paris, which the Germans occupied in 1940. These prints could be seen as a political statement – Picasso channeling his artistic expression into a form of resistance art...

Hand signed in ink. Edition of 125 prints. Very good condition. Catalogue Bloch n.132.

Hand Signed. Edition of 99 prints. Plate 24 from "La Suite Vollard". Catalogue Bloch n.227. Passepartout included (cm.50x70). Prov. Private Collection, France.

Hand signed in red pencil and numbered. Dated in plate. Edition 14/50. On Arches Wove Paper. Excellent condition. Reference: Bloch n.443; Mourlot 86

Hand Signed. Aquatint  and drypoint.  Editions of 50 pieces. Hand numbered. Catalogue Bloch n.1219; Cat. Baer 1201 Passepartout included 49x59 cm.

Shepard Fairey Wetland Powers (Big Oil, Corrupt Supreme Court, Common Assets) Screenprint on thick cream Speckletone Paper Year: 2023 Size: 24x18in Edition: 55...

Realized by Picasso in 1956. Original Lithograph. Hand Signed and numbered. Edition of 50 prints.  Ref. Bloch n.790. 

"La Comedie Humaine VIII" Lithograph in Color on Thick Wove Paper After The Original. The plates executed under the direct supervision of Pablo Picasso. First edition, 1954. Printed ...

Homme nu avec femme ivre et jeune flutiste Etching, 1955 Signature stamp lower right (see photo) Annotated in penci lower leftl: "epreuve d'artiste" (see photo) Inventory number vers...

Shepard Fairey Post-Punk Flower (Red) Letterpress on cream cotton paper with hand-deckled edges Year: 2022 Size: 12 x 18 inches Edition: 375 Signed, dated and numbered by hand COA pr...

“This piece is based on a painting I did for my ‘Earth Crisis’ show in Paris. The entire body of work for that show used these shades of blue/turquoise as a connection to the air and...

Homme couche et femme accroupie Lithograph on Arches paper, 1956 Signature stamp lower right )see photo) Annotated in pencil lower left: "epreuve d'artiste" (see p[hoto) Edition: 50, plus a few artist's proofs One of at least six artist's proofs apart from the edition of 50 Printed by Mourlot, Paris Inventory number verso: 50. Edition: 50, plus a few artist's proofs One of at least six artist's proofs apart from the edition of 50 Provenance: Pablo Picasso Inventory number verso: 50.014 (recorded in the Picasso Archives, Paris) Marina Picasso Collection...

Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Degas with Three Nude Women, 1971 Original etching Signed with the artist stamp signature Numbered / 50 On vellum 50 x 65 cm (c. 20 x 26 in) Image size 36....

PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973) Hibou (A. R. 253) Terre de faïence pitcher, painted in colors and glazed, 1954, from the edition of 500, inscribed 'Edition Picasso' and 'Madoura', with ...

SHEPARD FAIREY Bureau of Public Works (on Wood), 2004 Mixed media silkscreen on wood panel. Hand signed and annotated on both the recto and verso. In original handmade artist's frame...

I’ve enjoyed bringing some of the spray paint textures from my fine art into my screen prints. I like the subtle color shifts and ethereal gradients that can be achieved with spray p...

PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973) Chouette femme (A. R. 119) Terre de faïence vase, 1951, from the edition of 500, partially glazed and painted, with the Edition Picasso and Madoura stamps.

Frank Shepard Fairey was born February 15, 1970 in Charleston, South Carolina, USA. Fairey's adolescence was shaped by the influences of punk-rock and skateboarding. In his teens, he began creating his own bootlegged clothing and skateboard decals featuring bands and brands he liked. Fairey’s early bootlegs were created because his generally conservative parents would not purchase the clothing he wanted. In 1986, he stumbled upon the Andre the Giant image for which he has become famous for, in a local newspaper. The image was selected when Fairey demonstrated to a friend how to make a stencil; it was modified slightly to include the meaningless caption “Andre the Giant has a Posse” and made into a sticker. The sticker was reproduced en masse and began to appear around Charleston as it spread through the skateboarding community. While the sticker had no inherent meaning, the public response varied from disregard to curiosity to out-right fear. Civic groups editorialized and theorized that the Andre image was affiliated with everything from a band to a hate group. Nevertheless, the stickers were considered vandalism and in time, Fairey would face numerous charges for defacing public property. Fairey's record includes 15 arrests as of March 2009, for defacing property as a result of his so called bombing campaigns. Fairey affixed the stickers on municipal properties nearly everywhere he went, and the Andre sticker was being seen in Boston and New York City, soon others procured the image and were encouraged to spread the campaign worldwide in the form of stickers, stencils and wheat-paste posters. Following high school, Fairey was accepted to the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), where, with an interest in screen printing, he majored in illustration. In 1992, while still attending RISD, Fairey started Alternate Graphics, a mail order catalog business through which he could merchandise his own t-shirts, skateboards, posters and stickers. He also took small commercial illustration jobs to help supplement his income. Shortly thereafter, the Andre the Giant Has a Posse logo was shortened simply to Obey Giant. The Obey, for which Fairey has also become synonymous, is derived from the 1988 John Carpenter film They Live. In the film, aliens who appear as human, rule the governments and economies of the world while the humans are reduced to an unwitting, hypnotized slave-class. Themes from the film continue to appear in Fairey’s work. Over time, the Andre the Giant face was modified into a more simplified and streamlined appearance, reminiscent of Russian Constructivist/Rodchenko style Soviet propaganda posters of the 20th Century. In 1994, filmmaker Helen Stickler featured Fairey and his sticker phenomenon in her documentary: Andre the Giant has a Posse. The following year, Fairey started Subliminal Projects with the late Blaize Blouin, his friend and pro-skateboarder. Subliminal Projects created and released several Obey-Giant themed posters and skateboard decks. Fairey directed a short skateboarding film featuring some of his friends through Subliminal Projects and Alternate Graphics titled A.D.D.(Attention Deficit Disorder). In 1996, Fairey moved to San Diego, California to create Giant Distribution with partner Andy Howell. Later, with Howell, Phillip De Wolff, Dave Kinsey, he formed First Bureau of Imagery (FBI), a branding, marketing and design firm established to focus on the increasingly lucrative sports market. FBI was closed in 1999 and Fairey, along with De Wolff and Kinsey created BLK/MRKT, similar to FBI. At this time, Fairey met and began working with Amanda Alaya, whom he would later marry. BLK/MRKT moved to Los Angeles in 2001. Here, they could expand and were able to incorporate a small gallery. Fairey and Kinsey eventually bought out De Wolff’s share of the partnership and by then had set up offices in the Pellissier Building (home of the historic Wiltern Theater), in the Koreatown section of Downtown Los Angeles. In December 2001, Fairey and Alaya were married in Charleston, South Carolina, Amanda has occasionally been the model for Fairey's prints (see: Commanda, 2007). Additionally, Amanda Fairey works in the capacity as publicist, agent and representative of her husband. In 2003, Kinsey and Fairey split. Kinsey retained the BLK/MRKT name and gallery, which he relocated to Culver City, California. Fairey retained the offices and most of the employees to create Studio Number One and the gallery was renamed Subliminal Projects. Studio No. 1 has since gone on to produce numerous memorable album covers, concert and film posters. In 2004, Fairey created the magazine Swindle with his old friend Roger Gastman. Swindle is a quarterly publication that features fashion, art, music and other pop-culture elements. During the 2004 presidential election, Fairey teamed up with artists Mear One...

Pablo Ruiz Picasso (Spain, 1881-1973) 'Visitante con nariz borbónica en casa de la Celestina', 1968 aquatint, sugarlift on oiled plate, dry point on paper 9.7 x 12.9 in. (24.6 x 32.6 cm.) Edition of 50 Conservation: The paper and the beards have been recently restored Unframed ID: PIC2001-007 Hand-signed by author The work is documented in the catalog raisonné Picasso Suite 347...

16 Mai 1970 is an artwork realized by Pablo Picasso in 1970. Etching on paper. Date printed on plate. Artist's stamp of signature lower right. Numbered in pencil in the lower marg...

Shepard Fairey Just a Minor Threat (Hardcore, Punk Rock, Skateboarding, D.I.Y. Culture, Energy, Outspoken) Screenprint on thick cream Speckletone paper Year: 2023 Size: 18x24 inches ...

La Pique (The Pike) Lithograph, 1950 Original lithograph drawn with chalk and "frottage textures" transferred to stone, 1950. Unsigned printer's proof Inscribed on the verso in Mourl...

Visage de femme Pomone Ed. 47/100 pcs 1968 Red earthenware clay, engobe ground, engraving enhanced with oxides under partial brushed glaze 31.5 x 31.4 cm Numbered, inscribed and sta...

Artist: Pablo Picasso Title: Face with Two Images in the Eyes (Plate XXXVII) Portfolio: Carmen Medium: Etching on Montval wove paper Year: 1949 Edition: 289 Frame Size: 21" x 18" She...

The Pattern of Denial print is an examination of image versus reality. The image is inspired by the sleek and idealized mid-century architecture of both deluxe homes and deluxe facto...

The exhibition poster for the original posters by the masters of the École de Paris at the Maison de la Pensée Française in 1959, created by lege...

Pablo Ruiz Picasso (Spain, 1881-1973) 'Sueño y mentira de Franco I', 1937 aquatint, etching on paper 15.2 x 22.4 in. (38.5 x 56.7 cm.) Editio...

Plate VI, Le Cocu Magnifique etching & aquatint, 1968 Unsigned as usual From the unsigned edition of 200 impressions printed on Rives BFK paper There is also a signed edition of 30 i...

Shepard Fairey Pattern of Denial (Mid-Century Architecture, Fossil Fuels, Deluxe Lifestyle, Naive Driver, Sleek, Idealized) Screenprint on thick cream Speckletone paper Year: 2023 Si...

Pablo Picasso - Original Lithograph La Petite Corrida (The Small Bullfight) 1958 Edition of 2000, unsigned Published in the journal XXe Siecle Dimens...

Plate I, Le Cocu Magnifique Etching, 1968 From: Le Cocu Magnifique Unsigned as issued in the portfolio The set of 12 etching & aquatints is signed by Picasso on the justification pa...

PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973) Profil de Jacqueline (A. R. 309) Terre de faïence dish, 1956, from the edition of 100, with the workshop numbering, w...

PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973) Dormeur (A. R. 343) Terre de faïence plate, 1956, an unnumbered example aside from the edition of 100, this plate was used as the mould for Ateliers Hugo'...

Pablo Ruiz Picasso (Spain, 1881-1973) 'Viol (the rape) – Le cocu magnifique (The Magnificent Cuckold)', ca.1966-1968 aquatint, etching, dry point on paper Velin Arches 250 g. 14.4 x ...

The Ideal Power print was inspired by the need to address gender inequality regarding both wages and basic respect. I believe power should come from the quality and merit of one’s wo...

Shepard Fairey - Earth Guardians, Rewrite the Law, Power to the Polls - Complete 3 Print Set Description: Presenting a powerful trio of prints by the iconic American contemporary a...

Pablo Ruiz Picasso (Spain, 1881-1973) 'Paloma', 1952 lithograph on paper Velin Arches 250 g. 26 x 19.9 in. (66 x 50.5 cm.) Edition of 50 Unframed ID: PIC2001-001 Hand-signed by autho...

PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973) Chouette (A. R. 48) Terre de faïence dish, 1948, numbered 145/200, with the workshop numbering, glazed and painted, with the Edition Picasso and Madoura s...

Shepard Fairey Sub-Standard (Corporate Greed, Fossil Fuels, Collapsing Ecosystems) Screen print on thick cream Speckletone paper Year: 2023 Size: 24x12 inches Edition: 550 Signed, da...

Shepard Fairey Mujer Fatale Offset lithograph on paper Year: 2019-2022 Signed and dated by hand Size: 33.7 × 22.2 on 35.7 × 23.8 inches *Sample image. Year might differ from the yea...

Shepard Fairey Global Harmony (Mandala, Harmony, Wholeness, Unified Global Perspective) Screen print on thick cream Speckletone paper Year: 2023 Size: 24x24 inches Edition: 550 Signe...

Shepard Fairey The Angles of Sedation and Destruction (Ethereal, Gradients, Spray Paint, Geometric, Minimalism, Hypnotic, Poppy) Screenprint on thick cream Speckletone paper Year: 2...

Plate IV, Le Cocu Magnifique etching & aquatint, 1968 Unsigned on the print Signed on the portfolio justification page (see photo) From the unsigned edition of 200 impressions printe...

Linocut in colours, 1959, on watermarked Arches paper, signed in pencil, an artist’s proof aside from the standard edition of 50, printed by Imprimerie Arnéra, published by Galerie L...

Artist: Picasso, Pablo Title: The Old King (Le Vieux Roi) Date: 1959 Medium: Lithograph Framed Dimensions: 37.5" x 31.5" Signature: Signed Edition of 1000 (aside from numbered ...

"This print is a comment on the relationship between corporate greed, fossil fuels, and the warming of the planet and collapsing ecosystems. Standard operating, pushed by players like Standard Oil and its many offshoots, should be redefined as sub-standard. If we want to maintain the standard of health our planet needs to avoid catastrophe, we can't allow big oil to put profits before the planet and profits before people (as well as many other threatened species). Keep in mind that big oil, which is already very profitable, is subsidized by you, the taxpayer, for up to $50 billion per year. In contrast, renewable energy sources are subsidized for only a quarter of that amount. We need to push for change." -Shepard Fairey A portion of proceeds from this print went to Greenpeace USA. Materials: Fine Art Paper with Gold Metallic Inks Size: 24 × 12 in 61 × 30.5 cm Rarity: Limited edition Medium: Print Condition: Print is in pristine condition and has been stored flat since purchase. Signature: Hand-signed by artist, Hand signed and numbered by the artist in pencil, Shepard Fairey. Certificate of authenticity Included (issued by gallery) Publisher: Obey Giant Studio...

Artist: Pablo Picasso Title: Table des Eaux-Fortes (from Honoré de Balzac, Le Chef-d'Oeuvre Inconnu) Year: 1931 Medium: Original etching Edition: ha...

Based on a photo taken by Ted Soqui during the LA riots of spring 1992. "This image is equally emblematic of the current wave of protests for racial justice and police reform that the nation has been experiencing in the wake of the murder of George Floyd...

It is the night before Lent, the season when Catholics fast and abstain from pleasure in order to bring themselves closer to God. But it is Fat Tuesday, ...

Manufacturer Obey Giant Edition Details: Year: 2020 Class: Fine Art Print Status: Official Released: 02/12/20 Run: 314550 Technique: Screen Print Paper: Thick Fine Art Cream Specklet...

This "Lifeguard Not On Duty" print was inspired by some old photos I saw of oil derricks down on the beach at Playa Del Rey and Long Beach. There are still oil drilling platforms vis...

"Femme assise en pyjama de plage" is a linocut by Pablo Picasso. It is edition 47/100. The work is signed in the lower right, "Picasso". The framed size is 23 1/4 x 18 5/8 x 1 1/2 in...

"Based on one of my art pieces focused on peace and harmony included in my exhibition at the Straat Museum in Amsterdam. I have replicated many of the textures of the original art pi...

Shepard Fairey New Clear Power Screen print on thick cream Speckletone paper Year: 2022 Size: 24 x 18 inches Edition: 350 Signed, dated and numbered by hand COA provided Ref.: 924802...

The poster for Picasso's exhibition "Les Ménines" at the Galerie Louise Leiris in 1959, printed by Mourlot, is a remarkable work that testifies to Picasso's artistic genius and his b...

Aquatint on wove paper. Hand signed and numbered by Pablo Picasso. Plate 106, from the serie "347 gravures" (B. 1586; BA. 1602 II B b 1). Published by Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris. ...

Pablo Picasso Peintre peignant la nuque de son jeune modele, 1968 From La Serie 347 Aquatint with sugar lift on vélin de Rives paper Edition 43/50 Hanf signed low right Image Size 1...

Silkscreen Print on Fine Art Cream Speckletone 24 × 18 in | 61 × 45.7 cm Edition of 500 Silkscreen / Graffiti and Street Art / Pop and Contemporary Pop / Cultural Commentary / Contemporary Academic Realism "The Earth's eco-system is beautifully complex but fragile. Biodiversity is essential to maintain the delicate balance our world needs to remain healthy. 68% of the Earth's species have disappeared in the last 50 years alone. Many beautiful creatures are gone forever, and each loss erodes the foundation of our eco-system. My poster...