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Medium: Woodcut
Horizontal 'Spots' I, Minimalist Woodcut Print, 2018
By Damien Hirst
Located in New York, NY
The Horizontal 'Spots' by Damien Hirst is a multi-color woodcut in his signature palette formed with series unique colors. This exquisite piece is created in a limited edition of onl...
Category
2010s Pop Art Woodcut Abstract Prints
Materials
Paper, Woodcut
Damien Hirst Minimalist Spots Woodcut Print, 'Tryptophan', 2010
By Damien Hirst
Located in New York, NY
Tryptophan (2010) is a striking woodcut print created by the renowned British artist Damien Hirst, as part of his celebrated 12 Woodcut Spots series. Signed by the artist in the lowe...
Category
2010s Contemporary Woodcut Abstract Prints
Materials
Paper, Woodcut
Year of the Dog #5, Abstract Expressionist Hand Colored Woodblock and Collage
By Judy Pfaff
Located in Long Island City, NY
Judy Pfaff, American (1946 - ) - Year of the Dog #5, Year: 2008, Medium: Hand Colored Woodblock and Collage, signed, dated and numbered in pencil, Edition: 20/20, Size: 38.5 x 86...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Woodcut Abstract Prints
Materials
Woodcut
The Queen's Croquet Ground, from Alice in Wonderland
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Salvador Dali
Medium: Heliogravure
Title: The Queen's Croquet Ground
Portfolio: 1969 Alice in Wonderland
Year: 1969
Edition: 2430/2500
Frame Size: 24 1/4" x 19 1/2"
Sheet Siz...
Category
1960s Woodcut Abstract Prints
Materials
Woodcut
"Portal I", Abstract Patterns, Geometric Abstraction, Woodcut Monoprint on Panel
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Portal I" is an original piece by Alexis Nutini and is made from a woodcut monoprint mounted on panel. This piece measures 14.5"h x 9.5"w.
Born in Mexico City, A...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Woodcut Abstract Prints
Materials
Panel, Monoprint, Woodcut, Paper
Sean Scully, Standing 2, colored woodcut on handmade paper, signed #14/35 Framed
By Sean Scully
Located in New York, NY
Sean Scully
Standing 2, 1986
Color Woodcut on handmade Okawara paper
Signed, inscribed with title and numbered from the limited edition of only 35 in graphite on the front. Matted an...
Category
1980s Abstract Woodcut Abstract Prints
Materials
Rice Paper, Woodcut
Down the Rabbit Hole, from Alice in Wonderland
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Salvador Dali
Medium: Heliogravure
Title: Down the Rabbit Hole
Portfolio: 1969 Alice in Wonderland
Year: 1969
Edition: 2430/2500
Frame Size: 24 1/4" x 19 1/2"
Sheet Size: 16 ...
Category
1960s Woodcut Abstract Prints
Materials
Woodcut
"Portalito", Abstract Patterns, Geometric Abstraction, Woodcut Monoprint
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Portalito" is an original piece by Alexis Nutini and is made from a woodcut monoprint mounted on panel. This piece measures 7.25"h x 9.5"w.
Born in Mexico City, ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Woodcut Abstract Prints
Materials
Panel, Monoprint, Woodcut
Clinton Hill, Title Page II, 1956, woodcut, landscape/abstraction
By Clinton Hill
Located in New York, NY
Clinton Hill (1922-2003), lived in SoHo, New York, and was a frequent Gallery visitor. Born in Idaho and raised on a working ranch, he joined the US Navy during World War II and beca...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Woodcut Abstract Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Circle, Smoke and Braid
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Christopher Brown (1951- )
Title: Circle, Smoke and Braid
Date: 1990
Medium: Color woodcut in 28 colors
Image Size: 37 x 30.5 inches
Sheet size: 42.5 x 35.5 inches
Framed size: 52.5 x 44.5 inches
Signature: signed, dated lower right
Publisher: Experimental Workshop, San Francisco
Edition: 40 This one: 27/40
This large woodcut...
Category
1990s Neo-Expressionist Woodcut Abstract Prints
Materials
Color, Woodcut
Three Birds, Modern Woodcut by Mitsuaki Sora
Located in Long Island City, NY
Mitsuaki Sora, Japanese (1933 - ) - Three Birds, Year: 1972, Medium: Woodcut, signed, dated and numbered in pencil, Edition: 3/50, Image Size: 30 x 15 inches, Size: 37 x 25 in. ...
Category
1970s Modern Woodcut Abstract Prints
Materials
Woodcut
1969 Woodcut, Titled "Andalusian Sky" by Bauhaus Master Werner Drewes
Located in Chicago, IL
A 1969 woodcut, titled "Andalusian Sky" by Bauhaus Master Werner Drewes. Signed and numbered in pencil. Edition: 21/XXX. An impression of this print is in the collection of the Sm...
Category
1960s Bauhaus Woodcut Abstract Prints
Materials
Paper, Woodcut
Bogenschütze (Roethel 79), XXe Siècle, Wassily Kandinsky
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Woodcut on wove paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, XXe Siècle, n°3, July-August-September 1938. Published and printed und...
Category
1930s Modern Woodcut Abstract Prints
Materials
Woodcut
"Follow Me", Abstract Patterns, Geometric Abstraction, Woodcut Monotype on Panel
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Follow Me" is an original piece by Alexis Nutini and is made from a woodcut monoprint mounted on panel. This piece measures 9.5"h x 14.5"w.
Born in Mexico City, ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Woodcut Abstract Prints
Materials
Panel, Monoprint, Woodcut
Patrouille - Woodcut by Michel Seuphor - 1969
Located in Roma, IT
Hand signed. Artist's proof.
Good conditions.
Image Dimensions: 16 x 31 cm
Category
1960s Abstract Woodcut Abstract Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Salute to 1965, Modern Lithograph with Woodblock and Intaglio
Located in Long Island City, NY
June Mary Ann Hildebrand - Salute to 1965, Year: 1965, Medium: Lithograph, Woodblock and Intaglio on Japon, signed, titled and numbered in pencil, Edition: 5/8, Image Size: 22 x ...
Category
1960s Modern Woodcut Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph, Woodcut
'LUV', 2023, Contemporary Abstract Print
Located in New York, NY
Harland Miller's 'LUV', 2023 is a contemporary woodcut print with masterful play of neon colors that creates beautiful visual harmony between line, typography, and depth. Miller emul...
Category
2010s Young British Artists (YBA) Woodcut Abstract Prints
Materials
Woodcut
"Portal I", Abstract Patterns, Geometric Abstraction, Woodcut Monoprint on Panel
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Portal I" is an original piece by Alexis Nutini and is made from a woodcut monoprint mounted on panel. This piece measures 14.5"h x 9.5"w.
Born in Mexico City, A...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Woodcut Abstract Prints
Materials
Panel, Monoprint, Woodcut, Paper
Composition - Woodcut by Luigi Spacal - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Composition is a contemporary artwork realized by Luigi Spacal (Trieste, 1907 - Trieste, 2000) in the 1970s.
Original Colored woodcut print on cardboard. Image Dimensions: 18 x 14 cm
Good conditions.
Lojze Spacal...
Category
1970s Abstract Woodcut Abstract Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Big Seascape XII Left - Ocean Waves Woodcut Print in Shades of Blue, 2015
By Eve Stockton
Located in Kent, CT
This contemporary woodcut print on paper evokes the peacefulness of ocean waves depicted in bright, cerulean blue and vibrant cobalt. The woodcut print brings to mind the tradition o...
Category
2010s Contemporary Woodcut Abstract Prints
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Woodcut
Mul, Bul Dang & Sentimentality, Abstract Woodblock by A.R. Penck
Located in Long Island City, NY
Mul, Bul Dang & Sentimentality
A.R. Penck, German (1939–2017)
Date: 1988
Woodblock, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition of 300
Size: 35 in. x 27 in. (88.9 cm x 68.58 cm)
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Woodcut Abstract Prints
Materials
Woodcut
La Grande Preugne - by Skadi Engeln Contemporary Abstract Wood Print
Located in DE
Skadi Engeln, a Berlin- and France-based artist, studied sculpture at FH Ottersberg with Robert van de Laar and painting with Michael Kohr and Hermanus Westendorp. Her work has been exhibited in numerous solo and group shows in cities like Berlin, Düsseldorf, Paris, New York, and more, and is part of international collections.
Engeln explores landscape as a dynamic, ever-changing entity dissolving into light, water, and weather, only to reassemble itself. Like painting, landscapes blur the line between the visible and the hidden, revealing deeper truths in their transitions. The horizon plays a central role in her work, both separating and connecting what lies above and below, the seen and the concealed. Rather than decoding these layers, she preserves their mystery and beauty.
Since 2001, she has focused on abstract landscape painting. Her recent works depict landscapes veiled by lines, stripes, and distortions, creating a sense of distance, like reflections in a train window...
Category
2010s Contemporary Woodcut Abstract Prints
Materials
Paper, Woodcut
Foliage (Black and Blue)
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Signed in bottom right corner. Also signed and on the reverse, This is unique color woodcut monoprint numbered 1/1. An abstracted view into foliage at night..
In January 2018, the ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Woodcut Abstract Prints
Materials
Woodcut, Monoprint
Damien Hirst Minimalist Woodcut Print, 'Vertical Spots' IV, 2016
By Damien Hirst
Located in New York, NY
The vertical Spots 'Gly-Gly-Ala' by Damien Hirst is a multi-color woodcut in his signature palette formed with series unique colors. This exquisite piece is created in a limited edit...
Category
2010s Contemporary Woodcut Abstract Prints
Materials
Woodcut
The Lobster Quadrille, from Alice in Wonderland
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Salvador Dali
Medium: Heliogravure
Title: The Lobster Quadrille
Portfolio: 1969 Alice in Wonderland
Year: 1969
Edition: 2430/2500
Frame Size: 24 1/4" x 19 1/2"
Sheet Size: 16...
Category
1960s Woodcut Abstract Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Werner Drewes Woodblock Print Cubist Colorful Rare Framed Green Black Red 1982
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original woodblock print by American artist Werner Drews.
This composition comes in an archival frame presentation which measures 26 x 30 on the wall.
Werner Drewes (1899-1985)
Werner Drewes, painter, printmaker, and teacher was born in Canig, Germany in 1899. His father, a Lutheran Minister, hoped he would become and architect but Werner chose the life of an artist. After he served on the front line in France during the war, Werner was admitted to the Bauhaus in 1921 where he studied under Klee, Itten, and Muche. Later, he traveled through Europe to study such old masters as Tintoretto, Velasque, and El Greco. After marrying Margaret Schrobsdorff, they traveled throughout South America, North America, and Asia.
In 1930, Werner immigrated to New York City with his family. In New York City, despite the Depression, Werner joined other Bauhaus artists such as Mondrian and Feininger to make a living as an artist. This group became the core of the American Abstract Artists group. Werner taught at Columbia University, worked on the design of the 1939 Worlds Fair building...
Category
1980s Cubist Woodcut Abstract Prints
Materials
Paper, Woodcut
'Masken (Masks)' — German Expressionism, Bauhaus
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Lyonel Feininger, 'Masken (Masks)' also 'Carnival Masks', woodcut, 1920, proofs only. Prasse W193. Signed and titled in pencil. Annotated '1973', the artist’s inventory number. A fin...
Category
1920s Bauhaus Woodcut Abstract Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Night Form 2 1970 Signed Limited Edition Large Woodcut
Located in Rochester Hills, MI
Peter Green
Night Form #2, 1970
Paper Size = 26½" x 38½" inches
Signed in pencil, titled, dated and marked 2/30
Born in 1933, Peter Green studied at Brig...
Category
1960s Modern Woodcut Abstract Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Norcamphor from “40 Woodcut Spots"
By Damien Hirst
Located in Calabasas, CA
Artist: Damien Hirst
Title: Norcamphor from “40 Woodcut Spots"
Year: 2011
Medium: Woodcut on 410gsm Somerset White Paper
Edition: 43/55; signed (recto) and numbered (verso) in penci...
Category
2010s Contemporary Woodcut Abstract Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Damien Hirst Minimalist Woodcut Print, 'Vertical Spots' IV, 2016
By Damien Hirst
Located in New York, NY
The vertical Spots 'Gly-Gly-Ala' by Damien Hirst is a multi-color woodcut in his signature palette formed with series unique colors. This exquisite piece is created in a limited edit...
Category
2010s Contemporary Woodcut Abstract Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Günther Uecker, Lichtungen III: Woodcut, Abstract Art, Zero, Signed Print
Located in Hamburg, DE
Günther Uecker (German, born 1930)
Lichtungen III, 1997/1998
Medium: Woodcut on wove paper
Dimensions: 62.5 x 51.5 cm
Edition of 100 + XX: Hand-signed and (Roman) numbered in pencil
...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Woodcut Abstract Prints
Materials
Woodcut
"Lisa's Trip", Abstract Patterns, Geometric Abstraction, Woodcut Monoprint
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Lisa's Trip" is an original piece by Alexis Nutini and is made from a woodcut monoprint mounted on panel. This piece measures 14.5"h x 19"w.
Born in Mexico City,...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Woodcut Abstract Prints
Materials
Found Objects, Panel, Monoprint, Woodcut
Methionine, from 12 Woodcut Spots Damien Hirst Spot Print, YBA Abstract print
By Damien Hirst
Located in Bristol, GB
Woodcut in colours on Somerset White paper
Edition of 48
Signed on the front
Artwork in mint condition. Artwork not inspected outside of frame. Minor scratches throughout frame
Float...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Woodcut Abstract Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Composition (Roethel 201), XXe Siècle, Wassily Kandinsky
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Woodcut on wove paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, XXe Siècle, n°5-6, February-March 1939. Published and printed under th...
Category
1930s Modern Woodcut Abstract Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Invocation
By Max Weber
Located in New York, NY
M a x W e b e r – – 1 8 8 1 – 1 9 6 1
Invocation- – 1919-20, Color Woodcut.
Rubenstein 27. Proofs only. Signed in pencil.
Image size 3 3/4 x 2 1/8 inches (124 x 54 mm); sheet size ...
Category
1910s Cubist Woodcut Abstract Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Reiterweg (Roethel 111), XXe Siècle, Wassily Kandinsky
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Woodcut on wove paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, XXe Siècle, n°3, July-August-September 1938. Published and printed und...
Category
1930s Modern Woodcut Abstract Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Salute to 1965, Modern Lithograph with Woodblock and Intaglio
Located in Long Island City, NY
June Mary Ann Hildebrand - Salute to 1965, Year: 1965, Medium: Lithograph, Woodblock and Intaglio on Japon, signed, titled and numbered in pencil, Edition: 5/8, Image Size: 22 x ...
Category
1960s Modern Woodcut Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph, Woodcut
Winter on Cruise
By Jim Dine
Located in New York, NY
A very good impression of this color woodcut and lithograph diptych. Signed and dated in pencil by Dine. From a limited edition of 12.
Category
Early 2000s Modern Woodcut Abstract Prints
Materials
Color, Lithograph, Woodcut
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...
Category
1970s Abstract Woodcut Abstract Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Motif (Purple), African American Artist Viola Leak Woodcut or Silkscreen Print
Located in Surfside, FL
Motif (Abstract) in lavender purple.
From the small edition of 10. from 1982. I am not sure if this is a woodcut or woodblock print or a silkscreen screenprint or some combination.
Viola Burley Leak, American (1944 - )
Viola Leak was born in Nashville, Tennessee, she received a B.A. in Art from Fisk University, a B.F.A. in Fashion Design from Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, an M.A. from Hunter College, NY and an M.F.A. in Media from Howard University, Washington, DC. Leak was an art consultant for both the New York State Board of Education and the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Print Department, in addition to working for the Experimental Gallery of Art at the Smithsonian Institute. Her mixed media work often references religious motifs and those of her African-American experience and heritage.
She is a multimedia artist, her works include printmaking, textile designing, soft sculpture, appliqué tapestries, doll making, and multi-media.
Viola has studied with many renowned artists such as Aaron Douglas, Romare Bearden, Robert Blackburn, and Charles White. Her works can be found in the collections of World Federation of United Nations, New York State Office Building, Manufacturers of Hanover Trust Company, Atlanta Life Insurance Company and many more organizations.
Viola's exhibition experience is extensive - more than 100 showings over a decade, national and international. Her quilts exude a miraculous and magical presence. They have traveled in two international shows and three national quilt projects in the past three years.
A proud moment for her was being featured in the December 20, 2000 of the Smithsonian magazine; the article praised her mural "Afro Dance Scan" as one of the outstanding artworks in the "When the Spirit Moves: African American Dance in History and Art" exhibit.
This fine artist has taught art at several prestigious universities, conducted art workshops for the Smithsonian Institution, worked as an Art Specialist for the District of Columbia Public Schools, and toy designer for Ideal Toy Company.
She has been sold in Swann Auction Galleries African-American Fine Art sales. (alongside Henry Ossawa Tanner, Dox thrash, Elizabeth Catlett, Beauford Delaney, Kara Walker and Carrie Mae Weems amongst other greats)
Select Exhibitions:
Gallery Serengeti, Capitol Heights, MD – Saluting Women in the Fine Arts, featuring Gwen Aqui, Jenne Glover, Viola Leak, Tamara Little, Evelyn Holland-Walker
The Charles Sumner...
Category
1980s Contemporary Woodcut Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen, Woodcut
Untitled (Edition 6/200)
Located in New York, NY
Unknown/ Unidentified Artist, "Untitled" Edition 6/200, Abstract Woodcut Print numbered and signed in pencil, 22.50 x 17, Late 20th Century, 1963
Colors: Black. White, Red
*Unident...
Category
1960s Abstract Woodcut Abstract Prints
Materials
Woodcut
DECORATION - Rare - 1 of only 4 signed Impressions
Located in Santa Monica, CA
PAUL LANDACRE (1893 – 1963)
DECORATION (Design for Green Mansions) 1932-3 (Wien 125), Wood engraving.
RARE. Only four titled and signed impressions, ...
Category
1930s Abstract Woodcut Abstract Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Face of a Woman, Figurative Abstract Pop Art Woodcut Portrait on Handmade Paper
By Paula Walzer
Located in Soquel, CA
Face of a Woman, Figurative Abstract Pop Art Woodcut Portrait on Handmade Paper
Bold pop art woodcut print on handmade paper of a woman's face in black and red, repeated in 4 vertical registers like a film strip, by Monterey Bay artist Paula Walzer...
Category
Late 20th Century Pop Art Woodcut Abstract Prints
Materials
Paper, Handmade Paper, Woodcut
Peter Green Astral Form 1969 Signed Limited Edition Woodcut
Located in Rochester Hills, MI
Artist: Peter Green
Title :Astral Form
Year:1969
Edition: Signed, Dated and marked 19/30
Paper Size = 26½" x 38½" inches
Type: Woodcut
Born in 1933, Peter Green studied at Brighto...
Category
1960s Modern Woodcut Abstract Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Composition (Arntz 148-175; Hagenbach A 25; Bolliger 54), Dreams and Projects
By Jean Arp
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Woodcut on vélin d’Arches paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Jean Arp, Dreams and Projects, 1951-1952. Published by Curt V...
Category
1950s Modern Woodcut Abstract Prints
Materials
Woodcut
'Da - Da I' — German Expressionism, Rare
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Lyonel Feininger, 'Da-Da I' also titled by the artist 'Der Abgott' (The Idol), woodcut, 1918, a proof impression. Prasse W91. Signed in pencil and annotated '1876', the artist’s inv...
Category
1920s Bauhaus Woodcut Abstract Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Millepertuis Corail, Woodcut Print by Gaston Petit
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Gaston Petit, Canadian (1933 - )
Title: Millepertuis Corail
Year: 1971
Medium: Woodcut, signed, numbered, and titled in pencil
Edition: 3/37
Ima...
Category
1970s Abstract Woodcut Abstract Prints
Materials
Woodcut
"Huipil III", Abstract Patterns, Geometric Abstraction, Woodcut
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Huipil III" is an original piece by Alexis Nutini and is made from a reductive woodcut print. This piece measure 46"h x 36"w frame...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Woodcut Abstract Prints
Materials
Woodcut, Paper, Ink
Rainbow Music, Woodcut by Rokushu Mizufune
Located in Long Island City, NY
Rokushu Mizufune was born in 1912 in Kure, Hiroshima. He entered the Tokyo School of Fine Arts where he studied sculpture and graduated in 1936. From ...
Category
1960s Abstract Expressionist Woodcut Abstract Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Underwater — Mid-century Modern
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Charles Quest, 'Underwater', 1948, chiaroscuro wood engraving, edition 12. Signed, titled, dated and numbered '3/12' in pencil. A fine, richly-inked impression, in dark brown and warm black, on off-white wove paper, with full margins (5/8 to 1 1/2 inch), in excellent condition. Scarce.
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...
Category
1940s American Modern Woodcut Abstract Prints
Materials
Woodcut
'Bullfight'— Mid-century American Surrealism
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Robert Vale Faro, 'Bullfight', wood engraving, 1945, edition 15. Signed, dated, titled, and numbered '105' (the artist's inventory number) and '13/15' in pencil. A fine, richly-inked impression, on cream wove paper, with full margins (1 1/16 to 2 3/8 inches), in excellent condition. Scarce. Matted to museum standards, unframed.
Image size 5 1/16 x 4 1/16 inches (129 x 103 mm); sheet size 8 9/16 x 6 5/16 inches (217 x 160 mm).
An impression of this work is included in the museum collection of the National Gallery of Art.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Robert Vale Faro (1902-1988) was a well-known 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, and Anne Ryan as New York members and Francine Felsenthal...
Category
1940s Surrealist Woodcut Abstract Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Falls Var Four, Woodcut Print, Waterfall in Light Mint Blue, Cobalt
By Eve Stockton
Located in Kent, CT
This is a unique woodcut print of a waterfall in a forest in light mint blue against a dark cobalt background. The monotype brings to mind the tradition of Japanese printing...
Category
2010s Contemporary Woodcut Abstract Prints
Materials
Ink, Archival Paper, Woodcut
Stanton Macdonald-Wright "Departing Spring" Woodblock Print c.1966
Located in San Francisco, CA
Stanton Macdonald-Wright
Woodblock on Laid Paper 1966-67
Departing Spring Hesitates
Appears to be an artist proof. The pencil text and signature a...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Woodcut Abstract Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Damien Hirst's Dog
Located in Deddington, GB
Damien Hirst’s Dog By Mychael Barratt [Mychael Barratt]
limited_edition
Woodcut
Image size: H:50 cm x W:51 cm
Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:63...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Woodcut Abstract Prints
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Woodcut
'Improvisation 7' original first ed. woodcut from 'Klänge' by Wassily Kandinsky
Located in Milwaukee, WI
The present woodcut print comes from 'Klänge (Sounds),' a book of original graphics and poetry by Wassily Kandinsky. This first edition was released in an edition of 300, each book signed and numbered by the artist. The title of the album and this particular print, 'Improvisation,' demonstrated Kandinsky's interest in music and how abstract musical forms could be translated into images on a two-dimensional surface. This particular composition is difficult to read, but through the abstraction, one can make out various figures and a landscape beyond.
7.5 x 5 inches, image
22 x 19.5 inches, frame
Woodcut in black ink on laid paper (watermark Van Gelder Zonen)
Signed with encircled 'K' in the block, lower right
Framed to conservation standards using 100 percent acid free archival materials including silk-lined matting with 1/4 inch bevel, museum glass, and a gold-gilded moulding
Ref. Roethel 124
The Museum of Modern Art described 'Klänge (Sounds)' as follows:
Vasily Kandinsky's self-described "musical album," Klänge (Sounds), consists of thirty-eight prose-poems he wrote between 1909 and 1911 and fifty-six woodcuts he began in 1907. In the woodcuts Kandinsky veiled his subject matter, creating increasingly indecipherable images (though the horse and rider, his symbol for overcoming objective representation, runs through as a leitmotif). This process proved crucial for the development of abstraction in his art. Kandinsky said his choice of media sprang from an "inner necessity" for expression: the woodcuts were not merely illustrative, nor were the poems purely verbal descriptions. Kandinsky sought a synthesis of the arts, in which meaning was created through the interaction of, and space between, text and image, sound and meaning, mark and blank space. The experimental typography shows his interest in the physical aspects of the book.
Klänge is one of three major publications by Kandinsky that appeared shortly before World War I, alongside Über die Geistige in der Kunst (Concerning the Spiritual in Art) and the Blaue Reiter almanac...
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1910s Blue Rider Woodcut Abstract Prints
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Woodcut
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Located in Miami, FL
Gabriel Macotela (Mexico, 1954)
'Untitled', 2020
woodcut on paper Guarro Super Alpha 250g.
30 x 44.1 in. (76 x 112 cm.)
Edition of 20
ID: MAG-103
Unframed
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Materials
Woodcut
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Medium: Woodcut on paper
Dimensions: 124.2 x 68 cm
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Woodcut
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Woodcut
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Charles Arthur Arnoldi (b. 1946)
Macchu Picchu 4, 2019
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Woodcut
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Located in Norfolk, GB
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Woodcut
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