Fran Ciscus

"Under the Mountain" - Modern Abstract Lithograph

1981

Abstract blue circle lithograph by Patricia A. Pearce (American, b. 1948). This piece is unsigned, but was acquired with a collection of other Pearc...

Abstract figurative lithograph with a lively jumble of abstracted animal and figurative forms by Michael William Eggleston (American, 20th Century). Titled (illegible), numbered ("5/...

Bold abstract lithograph by Dennis john Ashbaugh (American, b. 1946). "Proof" is written in the lower left corner. Signed "Dennis John Ashbaugh" in the lower right corner. Presented in a new grey mat with foam core backing.Unframed. Image size: 5"H x 4.75"W. Dennis John Ashbaugh (American, b. 1946) was born in Red Oak, Iowa, and attended California State University at Fullerton, receiving his MA in 1969. Ashbaugh has spent most of his career in New York City. In 1992, he collaborated with William Gibson, fiction writer, and with publisher Kevin Begos on a book, Agrippa, meaning 'book of the dead'. Exhibition venues include the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, the P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, the Seattle Art Museum, and the Whitney Museum of American ArtPublic collections holding his work include the Hirshhorn Museum, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and the New York Metropolitan. He received a Guggenheim Fellowship. Ashbaugh lives in a trim frame house in Flamingo Park...

Miniature contemporary black and white abstract expressionist lithograph of a highly abstracted face in white by Bay Area artist Peter Foley (American, 20th/21stCentury). Signed "P.F...

Dramatic and compelling abstract lithograph of an abstracted lava-like form or glowing skyline under a full moon on a pitch black background by Patricia A. Pearce (American, b. 1948)...

Dramatic and compelling abstract lithograph of an abstracted lava-like form or glowing skyline under a full moon on a pitch black background by Patricia A. Pearce (American, b. 1948)...

1981 Lithograph in colors, on Arches 88 wove paper Sheet: 35 x 26 in. Edition of 58 Signed, dated and numbered in pencil, lower margin Framed

1963 Lithograph in colors, on Rives BFK paper Sheet: 23 7/10 x 18 7/10 in. (60.2 x 47.5 cm) Edition of 20 Signed and numbered in pencil, lower margin Unframed, excellent condition

2006 Lithograph in colors, on wove paper Sheet: 22 1/4 x 27 1/2 in. (56.5 x 69.9 cm) Edition of 35 Signed and numbered in pencil, lower margin Framed, excellent condition

A very good impression of this color lithograph on TGL handmade paper. Initialed and numbered 6/40 in pencil. Printed and published by Tyler Graphics, Ltd., Mount Kisco, with the bli...

Artist: Helen Frankenthaler (American, 1928-2011) Title: "Altitudes" *Signed, dated, and numbered by Frankenthaler in pencil lower right Year: 1978 Medium: Original Lithograph on light yellow-pink J.B. Green Hayle Mill Bodleian handmade paper Limited edition: 29/42 Printer: Bill Goldston and John A. Lund of Universal Limited Art Editions, West Islip, NY Publisher: Universal Limited Art Editions, West Islip, NY Reference: "Frankenthaler: A Catalogue Raisonné - Prints 1961-1994" - Harrison No. 72, page 264, 268-270; ULAE - Sparks No. 33, page 88, 323; Clark No. 67; Williams No. 67 Sheet size (irregular margins): 22.25" x 30.88" Condition: Remnants of previous mounting tape on verso. In excellent condition with strong colors Very rare Notes: Provenance: private collection - New York, NY; private collection - notable fashion illustrator Jay Hyde Crawford, New York, NY, acquired from an art gallery in New York, NY; likely acquired directly from the publisher ULAE. Lithograph drawn with tusche wash. Printed in two colors from two stones: red and green. ULAE chop mark/blind stamp lower right. "Frankenthaler: A Catalogue Raisonné - Prints 1961-1994" - Harrison - "Frankenthaler carefully chose a European handmade paper that would add another color and texture to the print" ... "By contrast, in "Altitudes", the artist created a bleed image so that the sheet of paper is smaller than the stone's image and the large red tusche wash sweeps across the surface of the yellow-pink J.B. Green Hayle Mill Bodleian paper, becoming warmed and enhanced by its color and texture." "Universal Limited Art Editions - A History and Catalogue: The First Twenty-Five Years" - Sparks - "In "Bronze Smoke" (cat. no. 32), "Altitudes" (cat. no. 33), and "Door" (cat. no. 34), minimal compositions were replaced by fields of drifting, multilayered color, as rich and satisfying as her work on a much grander scale." Biography: Frankenthaler was an American abstract expressionist painter. She was a major contributor to the history of postwar American painting...

1978 Lithograph in colors, on brown wove paper Sheet: 31 1/2 x 22 1/2 in. Edition of 38 Signed, dated and numbered in pencil, lower margin