Skip to main content
Want more images or videos?
Request additional images or videos from the seller
1 of 11

Richard Florsheim
Wharf-side

1962

$360
£267.32
€313.95
CA$500.86
A$560.76
CHF 294.03
MX$6,928.59
NOK 3,704.92
SEK 3,497.30
DKK 2,342.47
Shipping
Retrieving quote...
The 1stDibs Promise:
Authenticity Guarantee,
Money-Back Guarantee,
24-Hour Cancellation

About the Item

Richard Florsheim created this color lithograph entitled “Warf-Side” in 1962 in an edition of 60 pieces. This impression is signed and inscribed “Trial Proof” and printed at the Mourlot Press, Paris. It is in good condition with full original color. The printed Image size is 23.50 x 15.75 inches and the paper size is 26 x 20 inches. Richard Florsheim was born on October 25, 1916, in Chicago, Illinois. He attended the University of Chicago (1935-36) and studied in New York with Aaron Bohrod (1934–35). Florsheim continued his studies in Europe between the years (1936-38) exhibiting his work in France at the Salon des Refusés, and the Musée du Jeu de Paume, before returning to Chicago in 1939. He began working in lithography in 1940 and was included in a two-man show at Quest Gallery, Chicago. During World War II, Florsheim was commissioned as an Ensign in the United States Navy and served in a map-making detail. Following his time of service, he gained national attention for his somber interpretations of the devastation he had witnessed during the war. Florsheim established himself in New York and his paintings became widely recognized. ACA, his major gallery, considered him to be their star. In the 1950s and 1960s, as a printmaker, he sold more graphics than any other artist represented by the AAA (Associated American Artists) Gallery. As a mature artist, Florsheim’s paintings and graphics were concerned with refracted light in landscapes, scenes of industry and night-time cities. Among his best-known images are views of the Chicago skyline at night and the bright yellow and orange flames from steel mills seen against dark backgrounds. The lyrical works reflecting his summer stays in Provincetown were also concerned with the refraction and distortion of light. Those works showed sailboats, marshes, and surf set against elegant clouds and reflections on the sea. Florsheim’s work is in the permanent collections of The Art Institute of Chicago; the Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH; Detroit Institute of Arts; Kunsthalle Hamburg, Germany; La Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, France; the Library of Congress, Washington, D. C.; the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Museo d’Art Moderna, Milan, Italy; Museum de Arte Moderna, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; the Philadelphia Museum of Art; Syracuse University, New York; Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England; and Yale University, New Haven, CT; among others.
  • Creator:
    Richard Florsheim (1905-1979, American)
  • Creation Year:
    1962
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 26 in (66.04 cm)Width: 20 in (50.8 cm)Depth: 0.97 in (2.47 cm)
  • Medium:
  • Movement & Style:
  • Period:
  • Framing:
    Framing Options Available
  • Condition:
    This piece is in good to excellent condition with a gentle paper crease at the lower left paper edge. Wharf-Side has never been in a frame or exposed to sunglight.
  • Gallery Location:
    New York, NY
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU331212949522

More From This Seller

View All
Approaching Storm
By Richard Florsheim
Located in New York, NY
Richard Florsheim created this color lithograph entitled “Approaching Storm” in 1967 in an edition of 125 pieces. Published by Associated American Artists and printed by Mourlot Press, Paris, this impression is signed and inscribed “Artist Proof.” It is in good condition with full original color. The printed image size is 28.25 x 19 3/4 inches and the paper size is 31.12 x 22 inches. RICHARD ABERLE...
Category

1960s American Modern Landscape Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Carnival
By Richard Florsheim
Located in New York, NY
Richard Florsheim created this color lithograph entitled “Carnival” in 1972 in an edition of 30 pieces. Published by Associated American Artists and printed by Landfall Press, this i...
Category

1970s American Modern Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Waves
By Richard Florsheim
Located in New York, NY
Richard Florsheim created this color lithograph entitled “Waves” in 1973 in an edition of 50 pieces. Printed by Mourlot Press, Paris, this impression is signed and inscribed “3/50” – the third print of fifty. It is in good condition with full original color. The printed image size is 16 3/8 x 23.75 inches and the paper size is 19.75 x 26.50 inches. RICHARD ABERLE FLORSHEIM...
Category

1970s American Modern Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Incandescent City
By Richard Florsheim
Located in New York, NY
Richard Florsheim created this color lithograph entitled “Incandescent City” in 1960 in an edition of 35 pieces. This impression is signed and inscribed “34/35.” It is in good condit...
Category

1960s American Modern Landscape Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Los Toldos
By Emilio Sanchez
Located in New York, NY
Emilio Sanchez (1921-1999) created this lithograph entitled “LOS TOLDOS” in 1973. This impression is signed, titled, and inscribed “21/50” in pencil. The printed Image size is 22.13...
Category

1970s Modern Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

View of Venice II - Bacino
By Antonio Frasconi
Located in New York, NY
Antonio Frasconi created the color woodcut entitled "View of Venice II – Bacino" in 1968. It is signed, titled, dated, and inscribed “13/18” in pencil. The paper size is 24 x 36 inch...
Category

1960s American Modern Landscape Prints

Materials

Woodcut

You May Also Like

Guiramand, Le port de New York, Prints from the Mourlot Press (after)
By Paul Guiramand
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin d'Arches paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the album, Prints from the Mourlot Press, 1964. Published by Fernand Mourlot, Par...
Category

1960s Modern Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

1964 Paul Guiramand 'Le Port de New York'
By Paul Guiramand
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Paper Size: 10 x 7.5 inches ( 25.4 x 19.05 cm ) Image Size: 10 x 7.5 inches ( 25.4 x 19.05 cm ) Framed: No Condition: A-: Near Mint, very light signs of handling Additional Det...
Category

1960s Modern Prints and Multiples

Materials

Lithograph

Harbor Party, Modern Gouache by John von Wicht
By John von Wicht
Located in Long Island City, NY
Harbor Party by John von Wicht, German (1888–1970) Date: circa 1965 Gouache and Pastel on Japon, signed in pencil lower right Size: 15.5 x 23 in. (39.37 x 58.42 cm) Frame Size: 22 x ...
Category

1960s Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Oil Pastel

In the Harbor
By Earl Horter
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Born in Germantown, Pennsylvania, Earl Horter was a self-taught artist who began his career working in New York City as a draftsman at an advertising agenc...
Category

1920s Modern Landscape Prints

Materials

Aquatint

'Boats in the Harbour' Abstract 20th century painting of boats, sails, landscape
By Claude Venard
Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
'Boats in the Harbour' by Claude Venard is an early 20th Century abstract painting of a harbour scene. Venard reflects his post-c...
Category

20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Le port de New York" original lithograph
By Paul Guiramand
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. Printed in Paris in 1964 by Mourlot Freres and issued in an edition of 2000 on Arches wove paper. Size: 10 x 7 1/2 inches (255 x 185 mm). Not signed.
Category

1960s Prints and Multiples

Materials

Lithograph