Bronx Zoo - New York, New York, Lithography by Larry Rivers
View Similar Items
Larry RiversBronx Zoo - New York, New York, Lithography by Larry Rivers1983
1983
About the Item
- Creator:Larry Rivers (1923 - 2002, American)
- Creation Year:1983
- Dimensions:Height: 26 in (66.04 cm)Width: 34 in (86.36 cm)
- Medium:
- Movement & Style:
- Period:
- Framing:Framing Options Available
- Condition:In very good condition.
- Gallery Location:Long Island City, NY
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU46610046062
Larry Rivers
Figurative artist Larry Rivers was born in the Bronx in 1923 to Ukrainian Jewish parents, and was named Yitzak Loiza Grossberg. Rivers belonged to the second generation of the New York School of painters, although unlike most of his contemporaries he stayed away from abstraction instead preferring narrative paintings. He began his artistic career playing the jazz saxophone, and when one night his group was introduced as "Larry Rivers and the Mudcats," he decided to keep the name.
After a brief period in the army during World War II, Rivers attended Juilliard School of Music for one year before returning to the jazz saxophone. After he met the painter Jane Freilicher, he decided to devote himself to painting. Rivers attended Hans Hofmann's school for nearly two years. In 1949, he had his first solo show at the Jane Street Gallery, an artist's co-op in the Village. Rivers received favorable reviews and was invited to join the Tibor de Nagy Gallery uptown.
Rivers continued to show annually at the Tibor de Nagy Gallery from 1952 to 1962. In 1963, he joined the Marlborough Gallery, where he stayed until his death. In 1955, The New York Museum of Modern Art acquired his painting Washington Crossing the Delaware, and in 1956 the Whitney Museum purchased Double Portrait of Berdie, two of his more famous paintings. He had periodic museum shows in Europe and the United States throughout his career.
Rivers had two sons, Joseph and Steven, by his first wife, Augusta. In 1961 he married Clarice Price and had two more children, Gwynne and Emma. In the 1970s he had another son with the painter Daria Deshuk.
The subjects of River's figurative paintings were family, history, politics, religion and sex. His work done in oils often included the use of stencils, cutouts, blank canvas and image reversals. He often painted family members including his mother in law, his sons and his ex-wife. Rivers favored historical subjects such as History of Matzah: The Story of the Jews (1984-85), History of the Russian Revolution (1965) and often painted parodies including his Washington Crossing the Delaware. He enjoyed controversial subjects and shocking the public. Lapman Loves It (1966) is a nine-foot electrified assemblage complete with strategically located light bulbs. French Vocabulary Lesson (1961-62) is a nude with body parts labeled in French.
Rivers was also a writer. In 1979 he published Drawings and Digressions with Carol Brightman. In 1992 he published What Did I Do? The Unauthorized Autobiography with Arnold Weinstein.
Find original Larry Rivers prints and paintings on 1stDibs.
(Biography provided by Lincoln Glenn)
- How it all Began from the "After Noon" Portfolio, Lithograph by Richard LindnerBy Richard LindnerLocated in Long Island City, NYArtist: Richard Lindner, German/American (1901 - 1978) Title: How it all Began from the "After Noon" Portfolio Year: 1969 Medium: Lithograph on Arches, signed and numbered in pencil ...Category
1960s Pop Art Animal Prints
MaterialsLithograph
- Punchinello Signed Lithograph on Arches, LeRoy NeimanBy LeRoy NeimanLocated in Long Island City, NYArtist: LeRoy Neiman, American (1921 - 2012) Title: Punchinello with Text Year: 1970 Medium: Lithograph on Arches, signed in pencil Edition: AP Paper Size: 30 x 24 inchesCategory
1970s Pop Art Animal Prints
MaterialsLithograph
$1,440 Sale Price20% Off - Giant Panda, Pop Art Pin-Up Lithograph by Mel RamosBy Mel RamosLocated in Long Island City, NYArtist: Mel Ramos, American (1935 - ) Title: Giant Panda Year: 2012 Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 199 Paper Size: 34.6 in. x 39.3 in. (87.88 cm x 99.82 cm)Category
2010s Pop Art Nude Prints
MaterialsLithograph
- Bird, Pop Art Print by Michael KniginBy Michael KniginLocated in Long Island City, NYBird Michael Knigin, American (1942–2011) Date: 1971 Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil Edition of 9/100 Image: 28.5 x 17 inches Size: 30.5 x 23 inchesCategory
Early 2000s Pop Art Animal Prints
MaterialsLithograph
- The Search, Pop Art Print by Michael KniginBy Michael KniginLocated in Long Island City, NYThe Search Michael Knigin, American (1942–2011) Date: 2002 Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil Edition of 14/90 Image: 22 x 16 inches Size: 30 x 22 in. (76.2 x 55.88 cm)Category
Early 2000s Pop Art Animal Prints
MaterialsLithograph
- "Boldest Flyer, " Lithograph by Michael Knigin, 1980By Michael KniginLocated in Long Island City, NYArtist: Michael Knigin, American (1942 - 2011) Title: Boldest Flyer Year: 1980 Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 250 Size: 33 x 24 inchesCategory
1980s Pop Art Animal Prints
MaterialsLithograph
- The Red Horsemen (Equestrians) signed offset lithograph poster with Olympic COABy Roy LichtensteinLocated in New York, NYRoy Lichtenstein The Red Horsemen, aka The Equestrians (with COA from the 1984 Olympic Committee), 1982 Limited Edition Offset Lithograph on Parsons Diploma Parchment Paper. Pencil...Category
1980s Pop Art Animal Prints
MaterialsOffset, Pencil, Lithograph
- Birds (charming, small edition realist and abstract lithograph by Pop artist)By Donald BaechlerLocated in New York, NYDONALD BAECHLER Birds, 1995 Lithograph on wove paper 11 63/100 × 7 47/50 inches Hand signed, dated and numbered 9/20 on the front; bears the publishers' distinctive blind stamp lower...Category
1990s Pop Art Abstract Prints
MaterialsLithograph
- Paintings Drawings Collages Prints at Kent State UniversityBy Roy LichtensteinLocated in New York, NYRoy Lichtenstein Paintings Drawings Collages Prints at Kent State University, 1976 Historic Offset Lithograph Poster 21 × 15 3/4 inches Unframed Limited edition highly collectible vintage Roy Lichtenstein poster. It was acquired from the estate of Ohio artist Joseph O' Sickey, a personal friend of Roy Lichtenstein, who was involved with the creation of the show. Very few of these posters remain, and in fact the only other one we have seen in recent years also came from O'Sickey's estate. "Lichtenstein", 1976, exhibition invite/poster, Kent State University School of Art, January 4-23-1976, lithograph on paper. This image is a 2 color version of Lichtenstein's 1972 work "still life with goldfish bowl and painting of a golf ball", which was inspired by Henri Matisses's 1912 work "goldfish." In very good condition with original folds, as issued Over the course of his career, Roy Lichtenstein designed 70 posters...Category
1970s Pop Art Animal Prints
MaterialsLithograph, Offset
- Earth Day, Original historic limited edition lithographic poster RauschenbergBy Robert RauschenbergLocated in New York, NYRobert Rauschenberg Earth Day, 1970 Offset Lithograph Plate signed and dated on the front Publisher: Castelli Graphics 33 1/2 × 22 1/4 inches Unframed This is the original 1970 offse...Category
1970s Pop Art Animal Prints
MaterialsLithograph, Offset
- Untitled (Totem) Canada SuiteBy Yargo De LuccaLocated in Surfside, FLOriginal serigraph silkscreen prints by German/Canadian expressionist Yargo de Lucca (1925-2008) from the “Canada Suite” series, a hand-signed and numbered Inuit-inspired silkscreen prints depicting an Abstract Surrealist depiction of Canadian wildlife.10.5X13.5 plate size. similar in style and feel to tapestry artists...Category
20th Century Pop Art Animal Prints
MaterialsLithograph
- Rooster Pop Art Triptych Lithograph Suite Hand SignedBy Bob StanleyLocated in Surfside, FLthere are three states of the same image image each with Progressively increasing detail and color. the edition size is 175. Hand signed, numbered and dated. on hand made French Arches paper. Bob (Robert) Stanley (1932-1997) was a painter, photographer and printmaker whose early work was figurative painting about contemporary American life. In the 1960s and early 1970s, he based his paintings on photographs, which he manipulated from black and white or silkscreen colored shapes. In the early 1960's, he began to base his paintings on images clipped from newspapers and magazines, following the example of Pop artists like Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein, who would become his brother-in-law. Enlarged and often simplified to two vibrant saturated colors Stanley's images could be reduced to the abstract or be powerfully explicit. His preferred subjects, including rock stars, athletes and pornography, always seemed to grate against the pretenses of high art. Similar in bold use of color to Malcolm Morley. In the late 1960's Mr. Stanley started using his own photographs, basing paintings on images of tree branches or the ground, and also using pictures of life-drawing models at the School of Visual Arts. EDUCATION The Brooklyn Museum of Art School, Brooklyn, NY Columbia University, New York, NY The High Museum Art School, Atlanta, GA Columbia University, New York, NY Oglethorpe University, Atlanta, GA B.A. 1953 Max Beckmann Scholarship Award for Painting and Sculpture, The Brooklyn Museum of Art School, Brooklyn, NY TEACHING School of Visual Arts, New York, NY, Instructor: Painting and Drawing The New Arts Program, Kutztown, PA, Visiting Artist Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, Visiting Artist School of Visual Arts, New York, NY, Instructor: Painting and Drawing SELECT INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS Figureworks, Brooklyn, NY, Celebrating the Erotic Work of Pop-Artist Bob Stanley The Mayor Gallery, London, England, “Bob Stanley – Works from the Sixties” Beatrice Conde Gallery, New York, NY, Late Paintings Mitchell Algus Gallery, New York, NY, Paintings: 1963-1967 Gallerie Georges Lavrov, (Paris), Die International Kunstmesse, Art Basel, Switzerland Galerie Georges Lavrov, Paris, France, Catalog text by Richard Artschwager The Paul Bianchini Gallery, New York, NY Galerie Ricke, Kassel, Germany Bianchini-Birillo Gallery, New York, NY SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS Mitchell Algus Gallery, New York, NY, Exquisite Corpe – Cadavre Exquis Karolyn Sherwood Gallery, “Up Close and Personal: A Collection of Minimalist and Figurative Drawings” Steven Vail Gallery, “Paintings and Drawings” 2 person exhibition with Jan Frank...Category
1970s Pop Art Animal Prints
MaterialsLithograph, Screen
Recently Viewed
View AllRead More
Chryssa’s 1962 Neon Sculpture Was Way ahead of the Art-World Curve
By working with lettering, neon and Pop imagery, Chryssa pioneered several postmodern themes at a time when most male artists detested commercial mediums.
7 Exciting Works by Female Artists from the RoGallery Auction
Prints by these modern and contemporary visionaries are relatively affordable — for now.