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Size: Miniature
Star Clusters. Antique Astronomy print
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Colour lithograph, 1890. 285mm by 210mm (sheet). From W Peck's 'A Handbook and Atlas of Astronomy', 1890. Sir William Peck FRSE FRAS (1862 – 1925) was a Scottish astronomer and scien...
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Late 19th Century Victorian More Prints

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Lithograph

Les Revolutions Sceniques du XXe Siecle - II, Lithograph by Joan Miro
Located in Long Island City, NY
Les Revolutions Sceniques du XXe Siecle - II (Cramer 207) Joan Miro, Spanish (1893–1983) Date: 1975 Lithograph Image Size: 12 x 9.5 inches Size: 14.5 in. x 10 in. (36.83 cm x 25.4 cm...
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1970s Modern Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Sheaves - Original Lithograph (Wye Smith #79-2)
Located in Paris, IDF
Louise BOURGEOIS (1911-2010) Sheaves, 1985 Original lithograph Signed on the plate On Arches vellum, 31 x 21 cm (c. 12 x 8 in) REFERENCES: Wye Smith Catalogue Raisonné #79-2 INFOR...
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1980s American Modern Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Cahiers d'art, Surrealist Composition 1
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Cahiers d'art, Surrealist Composition 1 Pochoir, 1934 Unsigned as issued in Cahier's edition Published in Cahier's d'art, 1934 Unsigned Edition of 1200 There was also a pencil signed...
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1930s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Stencil

'M', Hockney's Alphabet, David Hockney and Stephen Spender, Lithograph, 1991
Located in Manchester, GB
David Hockney, 'M' from 'Hockney's Alphabet', 1991 Edition of 250 Free Delivery to UK Customers From the special edition of Hockney's Alphabet, published in 1991, and signed on th...
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1990s Contemporary Abstract Prints

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Paper, Lithograph

Matisse, Série L, var. 6 (Duthuit 9), Dessins, Thèmes et variations (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin pur fil paper. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Henri Matisse, Dessins, Thèmes et Variations, 19...
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1940s Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

1945 Mexican Modernist Silkscreen Serigraph Print Regional Dress Carlos Merida
Located in Surfside, FL
This listing is for the one Silkscreen serigraph piece listed here. Mexico City, 1945. First edition. plate signed, limited edition of 1000, these serigraph plates depict various types of traditional and folk art indigenous clothing...
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1940s Folk Art Figurative Prints

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Screen

Marc Chagall - Opera
Located in OPOLE, PL
Marc Chagall (1887-1985) - Opera Lithograph from 1965. Dimensions of work: 32 x 23.5 cm. Publisher: André Sauret, Monte Carlo. The work is in Excellent condition.
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1960s Abstract More Prints

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Lithograph

Variant I /// Josef Albers Abstract Geometric Screenprint Minimalism Bauhaus Art
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Josef Albers (German-American, 1888-1976) Title: "Variant I" Portfolio: Ten Variants *Unsigned edition Year: 1967 Medium: Original Screenprint on Rives BFK paper Limited edit...
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1960s Abstract Geometric Abstract Prints

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Screen

Sans titre, Société internationale d'art XXe siècle
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph, stencil on vélin paper. Paper Size: 12.4 x 9.65 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the album, XXe siècle, Nouvelle série N° 7 (double) J...
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1950s Modern Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Luis Gordillo Spanish Artist Original Hand Signed engraving 2000, 15x11 in
Located in Miami, FL
Luis Gordillo (Spain, 1934) 'Sin título', 2000 engraving on paper 15 x 10.7 in. (38 x 27 cm.) Edition of 75 ID: GOR1205-013-000_2 Hand-signed by author
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Early 2000s Abstract Prints and Multiples

Materials

Paper, Engraving

Kandinsky, Composition, Derrière le miroir (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From Derrière le miroir, N° 154, 1965. Published by Aimé Maeght, Éditeur, Paris; pr...
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1960s Modern Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Star Chart. Antique Astronomy celestial print
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Colour lithograph, 1890. 210mm by 285mm (sheet). From W Peck's 'A Handbook and Atlas of Astronomy', 1890. Sir William Peck FRSE FRAS (1862 – 1925) was a Scottish astronomer and scien...
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Late 19th Century Victorian More Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Monograph: Working (Hand signed and inscribed twice by Ursula von Rydingsvard)
By Ursula von Rydingsvard
Located in New York, NY
Ursula Von Rydingsvard Working (Hand signed and inscribed twice by Ursula von Rydingsvard), 2011 Hardback monograph with no dust jacket as issued (Hand signed and inscribed twice by ...
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2010s Abstract More Art

Materials

Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Lithograph, Offset

Abstract Composition - Lithograph by Primo Conti - 1973
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract composition is an original colored lithograph on cream-colored paper realized by the Italian artist Primo Conti (1900-1988). A beautiful origina...
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1970s Abstract Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Lithographier Originale (Abstract Expressionism)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Joan Miro Lithographier Originale Original Color Lithograph Year: 1961 Size: 14.5x10.5in Edition: 1,500 Portfolio: DLM 125-126 Publisher: Maeght Editeur, Paris 1961 Additional text...
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1960s Modern Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Moresque, French antique 19th century Racinet art design lithograph print
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Moresque - Mauresque - Maurisch' Late 19th century interior design chromolithograph, from Racinet’s ‘L’Ornement Polychrome’, 1887. Published in Paris. Albert Racinet's 'L' Ornemen...
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Late 19th Century French School Interior Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Sans titre, Contes de Boccace, Verve: Revue Artistique et Littéraire
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin des Papeteries du Marais paper. Paper Size: 14 x 10.25 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the album, Contes de Boccace, peinture...
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1950s Expressionist Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Untitled By Alexander Calder
Located in London, GB
Untitled By Alexander Calder Alexander Calder was a pioneering American sculptor known for his innovative mobiles and stabiles, which challenged traditional notions of sculpture b...
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1960s Contemporary Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Matisse, Ilya Ehrenbourg, Portraits par Henri Matisse (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Héliogravure on vélin paper, mounted on vélin paper backing sheet, as issued. Paper Size: 12 x 9.25 inches; image size: 9.05 x 7.08 inches. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnum...
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1950s Fauvist Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Hardback Monograph: hand signed and inscribed to ex owner of 20th Century Fox
Located in New York, NY
Ed Ruscha Ed Ruscha, Hand Signed and inscribed to Marvin Davis, former owner of 20th Century Fox, and his wife Barbara, 2000 Hardback illustrated monograph (book) with color plates. ...
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Early 2000s Pop Art Mixed Media

Materials

Ink, Mixed Media, Offset, Board

Picasso, Quatre femmes en fuite, Les Métamorphoses (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin papier Vergé fin blanc des papeteries de Bellerive paper. Paper size: 11.02 x 8.66 inches; image size: 4.6 x 5.5 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as ...
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1970s Cubist Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Fanfare
Located in Bournemouth, Dorset
George Dannatt (1915-2009) Fanfare, 1983 Screenprint Image measures: 27.5 x 23.0 cm Paper size: 62.0 x 49.5 cm Editions available Mint condition: 22/120, 27/120, 94/120, 95/120, 10...
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1980s Abstract Abstract Prints

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Screen

Fanfare
Fanfare
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'Sylvan Maze' — Mid-century American Surrealism
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Robert Vale Faro, 'Sylvan Maze', color lithograph, 1946, edition 20. Signed, dated, titled and numbered '112' and '11/20' in pencil. A fine, richly-inked impression with fresh colors, on heavy, off-white wove paper; full margins (1 to 1 1/2 inch), in excellent condition. Image size 13 11/16 x 9 11/16 inches; sheet size 16 1/8 x 12 5/16 inches. Scarce. Matted to museum standards, unframed. ABOUT THE ARTIST Robert Vale Faro (1902-1988) was a modernist architect and artist associated with the Chicago Bauhaus. He received his degree in architecture and design from the Armour Institute in Chicago and worked at L'Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris, from 1924-27, where he was influenced by Harry Kurt Bieg and Le Corbusier. Upon his return to Chicago, Faro worked with the important modernist Chicago architects George and William Keck under Louis Sullivan. Faro founded the avant-garde printmaking group Vanguard in 1945. The group counted Atelier 17 artists Stanley William Hayter, Sue Fuller...
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1940s American Modern Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Derriere Le Miroir No. 201, Cover
Located in Austin, TX
Artist: Alexander Calder Title: Derriere Le Miroir No. 201, Cover One page Lithograph from the Derriere le Miroir No. 201 publication. Unsigned and unnumbered from an edition of pre...
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1970s Abstract Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Sans titre, Société internationale d'art XXe siècle
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph, stencil on vélin paper. Paper Size: 12.4 x 9.65 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the album, XXe siècle, Nouvelle série N° 7 (double) J...
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1950s Modern Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Agnes Martin Recent Paintings Limited Edition 1977 PACE Gallery invite on vellum
Located in New York, NY
Agnes Martin Recent Paintings, 1977 Offset Lithograph invitation on Vellum 12 × 12 inches Edition of 2000 Unframed This early print is an exhibition invitation to the Pace Gallery's 1977 Agnes Martin show in New York. The image is a reproduction of a painting from the show, approved by Martin to be used on the invitation to the show. It is printed on a fragile, almost transparent vellum that captures the delicate power of the art. Less than 2000...
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1970s Abstract Geometric Abstract Prints

Materials

Offset, Lithograph

Braque, Fleurs rouges, Georges Braque, Le Solitaire, XXe siècle (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph, stencil on vélin d'Arches paper. Paper Size: 7.25 x 9.375 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the album, Georges Braque, Le Solitaire, 19...
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1950s Cubist Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Walled Off Hotel Boxed Set Assemblage w/original embossed receipt from Bethlehem
Located in New York, NY
Banksy (after) Walled Off Hotel Boxed Set Assemblage, 2018 Mixed Media assemblage: unique piece of concrete/cement wall with framed lithograph. Accompanied by original embossed rece...
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2010s Street Art Abstract Prints

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Concrete

Arctic Bloom /// Josef Albers Blue Orange Screenprint Homage to the Square Print
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Josef Albers (German-American, 1888-1976) Title: "Arctic Bloom" Portfolio: Soft Edge - Hard Edge *Unsigned edition, (there was also a signed edition of 50 on Rives BFK paper)...
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1960s Abstract Geometric Abstract Prints

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Screen

Calder, Sans titre, Musée National d'Art Moderne, Paris (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin paper. Paper Size: 12.5 x 9.25 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the album, Calder. Published and printed by Musée National d'A...
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1960s Modern Still-life Prints

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Lithograph

Sans titre (Axsom Ia), Derrière le miroir
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin paper. Paper Size: 15 x 11 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Catalogue raisonné references: Axsom, Richard H., and Ellsworth Kelly. The Pri...
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1950s Hard-Edge Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

L’air (Dupin 1310; Mourlot 6), Verve: Revue Artistique et Littéraire
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin des Papeteries du Marais paper. Paper Size: 14 x 10.25 inches. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Catalogue raisonné references: Dupin, J...
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1930s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Sans titre (Cramer 24; Mourlot 117), Société internationale d'art XXe siècle
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin paper. Paper Size: 12.4 x 9.65 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Catalogue raisonné references: Cramer, Patrick, and Joan Miró. Joan Miró, ...
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1950s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Comets. Antique Astronomy print
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Colour lithograph, 1890. 285mm by 210mm (sheet). From W Peck's 'A Handbook and Atlas of Astronomy', 1890. Sir William Peck FRSE FRAS (1862 – 1925) was a Scottish astronomer and scien...
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Late 19th Century Victorian More Prints

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Lithograph

Amsterdam III ed 12/50 black-white canal house facade aquatint etch print
Located in Doetinchem, NL
Amsterdam III is an intriguing early career aquatint dry-needle etch print by renowned French-Dutch artist Olivier Julia. It depicts a detail of an old Amsterdam house facade and is ...
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1980s Contemporary Abstract Prints

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Rag Paper, Etching, Aquatint

Matisse, Mademoiselle P.C., Portraits par Henri Matisse (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Héliogravure on vélin paper, mounted on vélin paper backing sheet, as issued. Paper Size: 12 x 9.25 inches; image size: 9.45 x 5.91 inches. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnum...
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1950s Fauvist Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

One plate from DLM "Peintures Murales de Miró" (~31% OFF)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Joan Miró One plate from DLM "Peintures Murales de Miró" Medium: Color lithograph Publisher: Maeght, Paris Size: 13.3 × 10.7 on 14.8 × 10.9 inches Reverse Side: Continued text about "Peintures Pour De...
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1960s Modern Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Sans titre, Société internationale d'art XXe siècle
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin paper. Paper Size: 12.4 x 9.65 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the album, XXe siècle, Nouvelle série, XXVIe Année N°24, Décem...
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1960s Modern Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Le Banquet (Bloch 267-272; Cramer 24), Lysistrata, Pablo Picasso
Located in Southampton, NY
Etching on vélin de Rives BFK paper. Paper Size: 11.5 x 9 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the album, Lysistrata, 1934. Published by The Limited E...
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1930s Cubist Abstract Prints

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Etching

Butterfly Heart (Small) H7-4 print on aluminum panel new in publishers packaging
Located in New York, NY
Damien Hirst Butterfly Heart (Small) H7-4, 2020 Laminated Giclée print on aluminium composite panel in original publisher's packaging Signed by Damien Hirst & numbered 1483/3510 on t...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Prints

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Metal

L'aquarium sur la caisse, Une Aventure méthodique, Georges Braque
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin d'Arches paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Une Aventure méthodique, 1950; published by Fernand Mourlot, Paris, a...
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1950s Modern Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Arrived /// Bauhaus Abstract Geometric Josef Albers Screenprint Yellow Minimal
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Josef Albers (German-American, 1888-1976) Title: "Arrived" Portfolio: Soft Edge - Hard Edge *Signed and dated by Albers in pencil lower right ...
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1960s Abstract Geometric Abstract Prints

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Screen

I Can Still Love, coveted hand signed homemade print British Pop Art Tracey Emin
Located in New York, NY
Tracey Emin I Can Still Love, 2012 Home made Inkjet Print 11 7/10 × 16 1/2 inches Limited Edition Rare Edition of approx. 150 (unnumbered) Hand signed and dated 2012 with the red Em...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Prints

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Handmade Paper, Inkjet

Hand Painted Aluminium Limited Edition#1-Dahlias-Briitish Awarded Artist
Located in London, GB
Shizico painted plein air ; this painting is a part of Summer Bloom Series, it is Shizico Yi's ongoing project in every summer at her garden. She began gardening in 2015 to create a ...
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2010s Abstract Impressionist Landscape Prints

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Metal

Barbara Kruger, I Shop Therefore I Am - Printed Paper Shopping Bag
Located in Hamburg, DE
Barbara Kruger (1945, American) I Shop Therefore I Am, 1990 Medium: Photolithograph on paper shopping bag Edition size: 9000 Dimensions: 17 5/16 x 10 3/4 in (43.9 x 27.3 cm) Publishe...
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20th Century Pop Art Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Les poissons rouges, Une Aventure méthodique, Georges Braque
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin d'Arches paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Une Aventure méthodique, 1950; published by Fernand Mourlot, Paris, a...
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1950s Modern Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

La Femme Visible
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: La Femme Visible MEDIUM: original Heliogravure - Etching in the book titled "La Femme Visible" SIGNED: Hand Signed by Salvador Dali on the frontispie...
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1930s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Etching

Monograph: You Left Me Breathing (Hand signed and inscribed by Tracey Emin)
Located in New York, NY
Tracey Emin You Left Me Breathing (Hand signed and inscribed with a hand drawn heart flourish by Tracey Emin), 2008 Hardback monograph with no dust jacket as issued (Hand signed and ...
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Early 2000s Pop Art More Art

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Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Lithograph, Offset

Prospectus for publication of I-S k
By (after) Josef Albers
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Prospectus for publication of I-S k Reduced format prospectus announcement for the publication of I-S k, 1973 Unsigned (as usual) Printer: Sirocco Screenprints, New Haven Publisher: ...
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1970s Abstract Prints

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Screen

Automne
Located in Kansas City, MO
Johnny Friedlander Automne 1977 Etching on Arches teinte’ paper Visible: 10 x 7.25 inches Framed: 16.375 x 13.5 x 1 inches Edition: 135 Signed and numbered in pencil along lower edge...
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1970s Abstract Abstract Prints

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Etching

'Exhortation' (Priest) — Mid-Century Modernism
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Edward Landon 'Exhortation (Priest)', color serigraph, 1957, edition 28, Ryan 72. Signed, titled, and numbered '21/28' in pencil. A superb, richly-inked impression, with strong color...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Abstract Prints

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Screen

Abstract Composition - Screen Print by Antonio Vangelli - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Screen print realized by Antonio Vangelli in the mid-20th Century. Edition of 17/30, hand signed and numbered in pencil. Includes a blue wooden frame cm. 74x53.5 Very good condition.
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Abstract Prints

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Screen

Condo, Pink and Yellow Sweep, Drawing Paintings (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Four color process print on vélin paper. Paper size: 10.75 x 9.25 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the folio, George Condo, Drawing Paintings, 201...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Prints

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Archival Pigment

'Chinoiserie' — Mid-Century Modernism
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Edward Landon 'Chinoiserie', color serigraph, 1947, edition 50, Ryan 36. Signed in pencil in the image, lower right. Titled, dated, and annotated '4 COLORS – EDITION 50' in the scree...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Abstract Prints

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Screen

Obra Inèdita Recent V
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Joan Miró is one of the greatest artists of the 20th century. He is renowned internationally as a painter, sculptor, printmaker, and ceramicist. Miró’s works, which were at the int...
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1960s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Composition (Saphire 24-38), Les Illuminations, Fernand Léger
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on papier vélin teinté, fait a la main paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Les Illuminations, 1949. Published by...
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1940s Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Composition - Original Woodcut by Luigi Spacal - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Composition is an original contemporary artwork realized by Luigi Spacal (Trieste, 1907 - Trieste, 2000) in the 1970s. Original Colored woodcut on cardboard. Good conditions. Image Dimensions: 14 x 12.5 cm Lojze Spacal, also known as Luigi Spacal, was born on the Trieste Karst, at the time of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, from a family of Slovenian nationality.In 1930 he was arrested on charges of anti-fascism and confined for some time to Accettura, in Basilicata. Here he discovered his artistic vocation. In 1934 he graduated in Venice. He began to exhibit his first works in 1937. In 1942 he was again sent to confinement, this time in Abruzzo and, later, assigned to a special working battalion in Forte dei Marmi. Nevertheless, he managed to continue to exhibit his works so much that, in 1944, he set up his first solo show. In 1948 he participated for the first time in the Venice biennial. In 1958 he won the International Grand Prix "for a draftsman and engraver" at the Venice Biennale. In 1959 he received the 2nd prize at the International Biennial of Graphic Art in Ljubljana. In 1974 he was awarded the Prešeren prize, the highest Slovenian artistic recognition, and the “San Giusto d'Oro” in 1977. In 1998 a museum was dedicated to him in the castle of San Daniele...
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1970s Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Au Jardin d'Allah, Verve: Revue Artistique et Littéraire
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin des Papeteries du Marais paper. Paper Size: 14 x 10.25 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the album, Verve: Revue Artistique et ...
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1930s Fauvist Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Still Life — Mid-century Modern
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Charles Quest, 'Still Life', 1947, wood engraving, edition 8. Signed, dated, and numbered '3/8' in pencil. Titled and annotated 'wood engraving' in the bottom left margin. A fine impression, on off-white wove paper, with full margins (1 to 2 inches), in excellent condition. Scarce. Matted to museum standards, unframed. ABOUT THE ARTIST Charles Quest, painter, printmaker, and fine art instructor, worked in various mediums, including mosaic, stained glass, mural painting, and sculpture. Quest grew up in St. Louis, his talent evident as a teenager when he began copying the works of masters such as Michelangelo on his bedroom walls. He studied at the Washington University School of Fine Arts, where he later taught from 1944 to 1971. He traveled to Europe after his graduation in 1929 and studied at La Grande Chaumière and Academie Colarossi, Paris, continuing to draw inspiration from the works of the Old Masters. After returning to St. Louis, Quest received several commissions to paint murals in public buildings, schools, and churches, including one from Joseph Cardinal Ritter, to paint a replica of Velasquez's Crucifixion over the main altar of the Old Cathedral in St. Louis. Quest soon became interested in the woodcut medium, which he learned through his study of J. J. Lankes' A Woodcut Manual (1932) and Paul Landacre's articles in American Artist magazine ‘since no artists in St. Louis were working in wood’ at that time. Quest also revealed that for him, wood cutting and engraving were ‘more enjoyable than any other means of expression.’ In the late 1940s, his graphic works began attracting critical attention—several of his woodcuts won prizes and were acquired by major American and European museums. His wood engraving entitled ‘Lovers’ was included in the American Federation of Art's traveling print exhibition in 1947. Two years later, Quest's two prize-winning prints, ‘Still Life with Grindstone’ and ‘Break Forth into Singing’, were exhibited in major American museums in a traveling show organized by the Philadelphia Print Club. His work was included in the Chicago Art Institute's exhibition, ‘Woodcut Through Six Centuries’, and the print ‘Still Life with Vise’ was purchased by the Museum of Modern Art in New York. In 1951 he was invited by artist-Curator Jacob Kainen to exhibit thirty wood engravings and color woodcuts in a one-person show at the Smithsonian's National Museum (now known as the American History Museum). Kainen's press release praised the ‘technical refinement’ of Quest's work: ‘He obtains a great variety of textural effects through the use of the graver, and these dense or transparent grays are set off against whites or blacks to achieve sparkling results. His work has the handsome qualities characteristic of the craftsman and designer.’ At the time of the Smithsonian exhibition, Quest's work was represented by three New York galleries in addition to one in his home town. He had won 38 prizes, and his prints were in the collections of the Library of Congress, the Chicago Art Institute, the Metropolitan Museum, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art. In cooperation with the Art in Embassies program, his color woodcuts were displayed at the American Embassy in Paris in 1951. Recognition at home came in 1955 with his first solo exhibition in St. Louis. Press coverage of the show heralded the ‘growth of graphic arts toward rivaling painting and sculpture as a major independent medium’. An exhibition of his prints at the Bethesda Art Gallery in 1983 attracted Curator Emeritus Joseph A. Haller, S.J., who began purchasing his work for Georgetown University's collection. In 1990 Georgetown University Library's Special Collections Division was the recipient of a large body of Quest's work, including prints, drawings, paintings, sculpture, stained glass, and his archive of correspondence and professional memorabilia. These extensive holdings, including some 260 of his fine prints, provide a rich opportunity for further study and appreciation of this versatile and not-to-be-forgotten mid-Western American artist...
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1940s American Modern Abstract Prints

Materials

Woodcut

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