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Period: 1970s
VB-VB-Rouge (framed hand signed serigraph)
Located in Aventura, FL
Serigraph in colors on paper. Hand signed lower right by Victor Vasarely. Hand numbered 194/200 lower left. Sheet Size: 32.5 x 32.5 inches. Image size: 29.5 x 29.5 inches. Frame...
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Op Art 1970s Abstract Prints

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Paper, Screen

Art Expo, Abstract Psychedelic Poster by Max Epstein
Located in Long Island City, NY
Max Epstein, Canadian (1932 - 2002) - Art Expo, Year: 1977, Medium: Poster, Size: 29 x 23 in. (73.66 x 58.42 cm)
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Pop Art 1970s Abstract Prints

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Offset

Untitled - Lithograph by Bram Van Velde - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Untitled is an artwork realized by BRAM VAN VELDE (1895-1981) Lithograph , cm 31x20 Signed in pencil on the front. Very good condition.
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Contemporary 1970s Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Untitled (Skull)
Located in New York, NY
This signed and numbered lithograph by Jasper Johns, produced in an edition of 100, is offered by CLAMP in New York City.
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Contemporary 1970s Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Nothing to Do, Karel Appel
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Karel Appel (1921-2006) Title: Nothing to Do Year: 1974 Medium: Silkscreen on Somerset paper Edition: H.C.;110, plus proofs Size: 27 x 39.25 inches Condition: Good Inscriptio...
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Abstract Expressionist 1970s Abstract Prints

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Screen

Colored Composition - Screen Print by Uberto Maria Casotti - 1971
Located in Roma, IT
Colored Composition is an original screen print realized by Umberto Maria Casotti in 1971. Hand-signed and dated on the lower right. Numbered on the lower left. Edition of 27/80 pri...
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Abstract 1970s Abstract Prints

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Screen

Sérigraphie no. 12 - Original Screenprint, Handsigned & / 75 (BNF #104)
Located in Paris, IDF
Pierre SOULAGES (1919-2022) Serigraph n°12, 1979 Original serigraph Signed in pencil Numbered 27/75 copies On Arches vellum 52 x 37 cm (c. 21 x 15 in) REFERENCE: Catalogue raisonné of the original prints of Pierre Soulages, BNF #104 INFORMATION: This serigraph is part of the series "On the wall opposite", published by Bernard Frize...
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Abstract 1970s Abstract Prints

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Screen

African American artist Richard Hunt, Paper piece V, Terracotta Voyage, signed/N
Located in New York, NY
Richard Hunt Paper piece V, Terracotta Voyage, 1978 Artwork made exclusively from colored paper pulps, formed, handmade Twinrocker paper made by hand utilizing stencils to apply the wet colored paper pulp to the wet backing layer of pulp for the main image, in order to keep it consistent. The colored washes of pulp vary slightly with each print - similar to ones that are hand colored with watercolor washes. Signed and numbered 12/50 in graphite front; bears Lakeside Studio blind stamp 18 31/50 × 23 1/2 × 1/5 inches Unframed Formed, handmade Twinrocker paper Signed and numbered 12/50 on the front Published and printed by Lakeside studio, Lakeside, Michigan with blind stamp Also accompanied by gallery issued Certificate of Guarantee Richard Howard Hunt...
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Abstract 1970s Abstract Prints

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Handmade Paper

Untitled
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Willem de Kooning (1904-1997) was one of the torchbearers of post-war American abstraction and one of the most important artists of the 20th century. With a career spanning nearly ...
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Abstract Expressionist 1970s Abstract Prints

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Paper, Screen

Barcelona
Located in BARCELONA, ES
Eduardo Chillida "Barcelona" 1971 Engraving Hand signed Print run of 75 copies (33/75) 49 x 70 cm.
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Abstract Expressionist 1970s Abstract Prints

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Etching

Eau Forte XXV, 1974, Etching, Limited Edition of 100 by Pierre Soulages -BNF27
Located in Hong Kong, HK
Pierre Soulages Eau Forte XXV 1974 Edition number: 82/100 Etching in colors, signed in pencil by the artist on Velin d'Arches paper Printed and published by Lacouriere-Frelaut, Paris...
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Abstract 1970s Abstract Prints

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Etching

Abstract Geometric Composition
Located in Kansas City, MO
Roland Martin Abstract Geometric Composition Medium: Color Silkscreen Year: 1972 Signed, numbered and dated by hand Edition: 15 Condition: Minor Defects Size: 23.2 × 16.4 inches COA provided Roland Martin (born July 29, 1927 in Tuttlingen ) is a German sculptor . As a 16-year-old Martin was used in 1943 as a Luftwaffenhelfer, towards the end of the war he was taken prisoner. From 1946 to 1951 he studied at the Bernstein School in Glatt with Hans Ludwig Pfeiffer and Paul Kälberer In 1950 he was for a short time at the State Academy of Fine Arts Karlsruhe, Field Office Freiburg in Freiburg im Breisgau with Wilhelm Gerstel, from 1951 to 1952 he was a student of Fritz Nuss. Since 1952 Martin works as a freelance sculptor in Tuttlingen. Among his students is Jörg Bach...
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Abstract Geometric 1970s Abstract Prints

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Screen

Florals Tiger Lilies
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Florals Tiger Lilies MEDIUM: Etching on Heavy Paper SIGNED: Hand Signed by Salvador Dali EDITION NUMBER: 91/350 MEASUREMENTS: 21.5" x 30" YEAR: 197...
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Surrealist 1970s Abstract Prints

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Etching

Chinatown Portfolio II, Image 1, Conceptual Screenprint by Chryssa
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Chryssa, Greek (1933 - 2013) Title: Chinatown Portfolio II, Image 1 Year: circa 1978 Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 150 Size: 40 in. x 30.5 in....
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Conceptual 1970s Abstract Prints

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Screen

Homage to the Square - P1, F15, I2
Located in Long Island City, NY
"Homage to the Square - Portfolio 2, Folder 4, Image 2" from the portfolio “Formulation: Articulation” created by Josef Albers in 1972. This monumental series consists of 127 origina...
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Abstract Geometric 1970s Abstract Prints

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Screen

A feminine thought Dieter Roth portfolio abstract geometric black white etching
Located in New York, NY
A Feminine Thought (portfolio), 1971 Plate 11.6 x 9.6 in. / 29.5 x 24.5 cm Paper 27.2 x 20.9 in. / 69 x 53 cm 2 prints in portfolio with label, intaglio printing (drypoint) in dark g...
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Abstract 1970s Abstract Prints

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Drypoint, Etching

Miró, Composition (Mourlot 872-881; Cramer 164), El tapís de Tarragona (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin Sarrió paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition, with centerfold, as issued. Notes: From the folio, Tapís De Tarragona, il·lustracions, Joan Miró...
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Modern 1970s Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Pulse, Geometric Op Art Screenprint by Kyohei Inukai
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Kyohei Inukai, American (1913 - 1985) Title: Pulse Year: circa 1970 Medium: Silkscreen, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 37/100 Image Size: 21.75 x 25.5 inches Size: 23...
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Op Art 1970s Abstract Prints

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Screen

Plate II, from 1977 Lithographe III
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Joan Miro Title: Plate II Portfolio: Lithographe III Medium: Lithograph Date: 1977 Edition: Unnumbered Frame Size: 19 5/8” x 16 3/4” Sheet Size: 13" x 10" Signature: Unsigned...
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1970s Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Willem de Kooning rare 1970s Abstract Expressionist lithograph, pencil signed/N
Located in New York, NY
Willem de Kooning Annual Spring Invitational Art Exhibition (limited edition, hand signed & numbered by Willem de Kooning), 1979 Offset lithograph (hand signed and numbered) Signed a...
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Abstract Expressionist 1970s Abstract Prints

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Lithograph, Offset

Carnival
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...
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American Modern 1970s Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

"Avant Hier" - Lithograph on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
"Avant Hier" - Lithograph on Paper Abstract expressionist lithograph on paper depicting figures, with clouds of white by Jim Crabb (American, b. 1947). Hues of brown take up the pap...
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Contemporary 1970s Abstract Prints

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Paper, Ink, Lithograph

"Architettura" [Architecture]
Located in Astoria, NY
Gianfranco Pardi (Italian, 1933-2012), "Architettura" [Architecture], Lithograph in Colors, 1974, depicting a geometric composition in red and white, signed in pencil, dated, and num...
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Minimalist 1970s Abstract Prints

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Paper, Lithograph

ORANGE OVAL
Located in Portland, ME
Gottlieb, Adolph (American, 1903-1974) ORANGE OVAL, Screenprint in colors, 1972. Edition of 150, printed on wove paper. Signed in pencil, dated and numbered 143/150. Printed by Kelpr...
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1970s Abstract Prints

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Screen

Flashback I, Flashback Series, John Chamberlain
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: John Chamberlain (1927-2011) Title: Flashback I Year: 1979 Medium: Lithograph on vélin d’Arches paper Edition: 50/175, plus proofs Size: 28 x 20 inches Inscription: Signed an...
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Abstract Expressionist 1970s Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Diamond Composition, Geometric Abstract Screenprint by Hugo Dietz
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Hugo Dietz, Swiss (1930 - 1973) Title: Diamond Composition Year: 1973 Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 25/50 Size: 22 x 22 inches Frame: 31.5 x 31....
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Abstract Geometric 1970s Abstract Prints

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Screen

Letter P - Lithograph by Rafael Alberti - 1972
Located in Roma, IT
Letter P, from the Alphabet series,  is a lithograph, realized by Rafael Alberti in 1972. Hand-signed and dated on the lower right margin.  Numbered in pencil on the lower, from an...
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Contemporary 1970s Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Flashback II, Flashback Series, John Chamberlain
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: John Chamberlain (1927-2011) Title: Flashback II Year: 1979 Medium: Lithograph on vélin d’Arches paper Edition: 88/175, plus proofs Size: 28 x 20 inches Inscription: Signed a...
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Abstract Expressionist 1970s Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Japanese Living Room - Modern Geometric Screen Print
By Yuichiro Kato
Located in Soquel, CA
A minimal geometric silkscreen of a traditional Japanese living room with cushions and a portable hand warmer by Yuiichiro Kato (Japanese, b- 1926). Displayed in a metal frame. Image...
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Post-Modern 1970s Abstract Prints

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Printer's Ink, Laid Paper, Screen

Vintage Rosenquist Exhibition Poster - 1970
Located in Roma, IT
Rosenquist Exhibition Poster is an original contemporary artwork realized in 1970. Offset poster realized in occasion of the James Rosenquist ex...
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Abstract 1970s Abstract Prints

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Lithograph, Offset

Plate 12
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Plate 12 From: 10 Origi, 1942 Signed in the block with the artist's initials lower left (printed) From: 10 Origin Not from the First edition 100, published by Allianz-Verlag, Zurich,...
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Expressionist 1970s Abstract Prints

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Woodcut

Abstract Composition - Original Screen Print by Giulio Turcato - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract Composition is a colored screen print realized by the contemporary artist Giulio Turcato. Hand-signed in pencil on the lower right. Numbered on the lower left margin, edit...
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Abstract 1970s Abstract Prints

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Screen

Sign No. 5, Geometric Abstract Etching by Jack Sonenberg
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Jack Sonenberg, American/Canadian (1925 - ) Title: Sign No. 5 Year: 1971 Medium: Etching with Aquatint, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 38/110 I...
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Minimalist 1970s Abstract Prints

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Etching, Aquatint

1980s Abstract Expressionism Color Field Silkscreen Serigraph Print Pale Yellow
Located in Surfside, FL
Michael Steiner, American, New York City (1945 - ) this is 49 of 160 from the edition. Michael Steiner A leading member of the Bennington school, abstract artists associated with ...
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Abstract Expressionist 1970s Abstract Prints

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Screen

1970's Op Art Cintique Geometric Abstract Color Gradations Silkscreen Domberger
Located in Surfside, FL
Silkscreen serigraph Op art print. Luitpold Domberger (1912-2005 ) was a pioneer of artistic screen printing in Germany. Luitpold (Poldi) Domberger...
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Op Art 1970s Abstract Prints

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Screen

Chevaux et Cavaliers IV
Located in New York, NY
A very good impression of this color lithograph with strong colors. Signed and numbered 38/50 in pencil by Marini. Printed by Mourlot, Paris. Published by XXe Siècle, Paris.
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Modern 1970s Abstract Prints

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Color, Lithograph

Personages - Etching by Wifredo Lam- 1974
Located in Roma, IT
Personages is print realized by Wifredo Lam (Sagua La Grande 1902 - Paris 1982) Colored etching on paper. Hand-signed and numbered, edition of XXI/XXV lower in pencil.
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Surrealist 1970s Abstract Prints

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Etching

Le Lézard aux Plumes d'Or - Lithograph by Joan Mirò - 1971
Located in Roma, IT
Le Lézard aux Plumes d'Or, Plate X is a beautiful color lithograph on Japanese paper, realized in 1971 by the Spanish Surrealist artist Joan Miró (Montroing, 1893 - Mallorca, 1983)...
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Surrealist 1970s Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Large Abstract Expressionist Lithograph SIlkscreen Robert Motherwell St Michael
Located in Surfside, FL
Robert Motherwell, American, 1915-1991 St. Michel III 1979 Lithograph and Screenprint On handmade paper Hand signed in white pencil and numbered 71/99. Dimensions: Sight 40 3/4 x 32 ...
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Abstract Expressionist 1970s Abstract Prints

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Lithograph, Screen

Album 21, Plate 20
Located in Austin, TX
Artist: Miro, Joan Title: Plate 20 from Album 21 (Maeght 1135) Series: Album 21 Date: 1978 Medium: Lithograph in colors on Arches Unframed Dimensions: 25.5" x 19.5" Signature: Pencil...
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Abstract 1970s Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Balloons - Original lithograph - Mourlot, 1971
Located in Paris, IDF
Alexander Calder Balloons and Color Mosaic, 1971 Original Lithograph (4 color stones) Printed in Mourlot workshop On vellum 31 x 24 cm (c. 12,2 x 9,5 in) Edited by San Lazzaro in 1...
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Abstract 1970s Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Beryll, Souvenirs et Portraits d'Artistes
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin d'Arches paper. Paper Size: 12.81 x 9.81 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the album, Souvenirs et Portraits d'Artistes, 1972. ...
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Op Art 1970s Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Armour 1979 Signed Limited Edition Mixed Media
Located in Rochester Hills, MI
Agustin Fernandez Armour - 1979 Print - Lithograph on Arches archival paper Deluxe Edition with Matchsticks Collage Paper size 21.75'' x 29.5'' Edition: Signed in pencil, dated and m...
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1970s Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

A thought by Dieter Roth abstract geometric black and white etching
Located in New York, NY
Sliced sausage, a fork and knife, a cutting board, and a cow mid-slurp comprise this elegant yet tongue-in-cheek black and white Dieter Roth etching. Diet...
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Abstract 1970s Abstract Prints

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Drypoint, Etching

Complementaries
Located in Llanbrynmair, GB
’Complementaries’ By Yutaka Takayanagi. Medium - Relief and lithographic print Edition - 19/20 Signed - Yes Size - 615mm x 780mm Date - 1976 Condition - Good. 9 out of 10. Born in Tokyo in 1941, Takayanagi's artistic journey began when he enrolled at Tokyo University of the Arts in 1960, studying under the renowned oil painter Kaoru Yamaguchi. His talent was quickly recognized when he received an Honorable Mention at the 8th Shell Arts Award Exhibition in the same year. During his time at university, Takayanagi took an intensive course in copper plate printing under Tetsuro Komai, receiving his degree from the graduate school in 1966. Fascinated by the simultaneous color print method, he started creating copperplate prints and soon gained recognition for his unique metallic reliefs, which he produced using collages of English newspapers. Takayanagi's passion for experimentation led him to create metallic emboss reliefs using his own photographs, and in the latter half of the 1980s, he moved on to silkscreen prints. He continued to push the boundaries of his art, constantly exploring new techniques and mediums. In 1978 and the following year, Takayanagi was appointed as an arts researcher for the Ministry of Culture and traveled to the United States, France, and the UK. These experiences enriched his artistic perspective and further cemented his reputation as a highly regarded artist. Takayanagi was part of the influential printmaking group Sosaku Hanga, which emerged in the early 20th century in Japan. This movement emphasized the artist's involvement in every stage of the printmaking process, from designing the image to carving and printing the blocks. Takayanagi's work often incorporates elements of nature and landscape, with an emphasis on texture and pattern. He also experimented with collage, incorporating found materials like newspaper clippings and photographs into his prints. Takayanagi's work has been exhibited extensively in Japan and internationally, including at the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the National Museum of Modern Art in Tokyo. He has also received numerous awards for his contributions to printmaking, including the Japan Print Association Award and the Purple Ribbon Medal...
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Abstract 1970s Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

The Cascade from Indelible Miro, Surrealist Offset Lithograph after Joan Miro
Located in Long Island City, NY
Joan Miro, After, Spanish (1893 - 1983) - The Cascade from Indelible Miro, Year: 1972, Medium: Offset Lithograph, signed in the plate, Size: 14 x 9.75 in. (35.56 x 24.77 cm), Fr...
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Surrealist 1970s Abstract Prints

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Lithograph, Offset

WITH MY BIRD Signed Lithograph, Figurative Abstract, Dutch Expressionist artist
Located in Union City, NJ
WITH MY BIRD is a rarely seen original limited edition lithograph by the Dutch artist Karel Appel printed using hand lithography techniques on archival printmaking paper, 100% acid f...
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Abstract 1970s Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Untitled (Geometric Composition, Vasarely, Op-Art) (~38% OFF)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Nikolaus von Georgi Untitled (Geometric Composition, Vasarely, Op-Art) Color Offset Lithograph Year: 1978 Size: 19.7×23.6 on 23.6×27.6in Edition: 180 Signed, numbered and dated by ...
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Op Art 1970s Abstract Prints

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Lithograph, Offset

British Pop Art Artist RB Kitaj Screenprint Day Book Serigraph Silkscreen Signed
Located in Surfside, FL
R.B. Kitaj (British American 1932-2007) Hand signed and numbered Screenprint This is from the Robert Creeley daybook. They were done in a variety of mixed media including serigraph, ...
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Pop Art 1970s Abstract Prints

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Screen

Abstract Geometric 1970s Vintage Silkscreen Screen Print Manner of Vasarely
Located in Surfside, FL
Paul Levy (American, b. 1944) An established designer and illustrator, Paul M. Levy was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1944. He received his B.S. in Industrial Design from the University of Cincinnati, Ohio in 1968, returning later to do independent study there. He also did independent study at Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York, in 1969 and received an M.F.A. in Sculpture and Printmaking from Ohio University, Athens. From 1964 through 1971 he worked for design firms in Ohio, New York and California. From 1971 through 1973 he taught at the University of Cincinnati and Ohio University, Athens. He has exhibited in galleries, museums and art groups. In 1971 he was one of a number of artists who created enormous outdoor murals in a Cincinnati project called "Urban Walls." His graphic designs and illustrations for such firms as Container Corporation of America have appeared in publications such as Fortune, Business Week...
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Abstract Geometric 1970s Abstract Prints

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Screen

Composition pour Eric, Souvenirs et Portraits d'Artistes
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin d'Arches paper. Paper Size: 19.62 x 12.81 inches, with centerfold, as issued. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the album, S...
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Abstract Expressionist 1970s Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Robert Motherwell UNTITLED (YELLOW/BLACK) Screenprint
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Artist/Designer; Manufacturer: Robert Motherwell (American, 1915-1991) Marking(s); notes: signed; ed. 84/150; 1971 Materials: screenprint on J.B. Green mould-made Double Elephant pap...
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Modern 1970s Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Egg 2 (Purple), Abstract Geometric Screenprint by Kyohei Inukai
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Kyohei Inukai, American (1913 - 1985) Title: Egg 2 (Purple) Year: circa 1970 Medium: Silkscreen, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 45 Image Size: 20 x 26 inches Size: 2...
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Op Art 1970s Abstract Prints

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Screen

Untitled - Original Screen Print by G. Salvatori - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Untitled is a beautiful serigraph on aluminum plate applied on paper, realized around 1970 by Giuseppe Salvatori (Rome 1955). Hand-signed in pencil on lower right margin. Hand-numbe...
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Abstract 1970s Abstract Prints

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Screen

New York State Council on the Arts vintage offset lithograph poster abstract
Located in New York, NY
Kenneth Snelson New York State Council on the Arts vintage poster, 1971 Offset lithograph on wove paper Unsigned, Unnumbered 35 × 25 inches Unframed Scarce original 1970s offset lit...
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Abstract 1970s Abstract Prints

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Lithograph, Offset

"Changes with the wind" 1972 original signed engraving lithograph American artis
Located in Miami, FL
Robert Smith (United States, 1944) 'Changes with the wind', 1972 Engraving 21.7 x 29.6 in. (55 x 75 cm.) Edition of 75 ID: SMI1158-003-075 Hand-signed by author
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Contemporary 1970s Abstract Prints

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Lithograph, Engraving, Etching

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. ...
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Modern 1970s Abstract Prints

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Woodcut

A Square with Four Squares Cut Away, Rubber Stamp Portfolio, Robert Mangold
Located in Southampton, NY
Printer’s ink from rubber stamp on Cambersand paper, mounted on vélin paper, as issued. Paper Size: 8 x 8 inches. Inscription: Unsigned, as issued. Notes: From the folio, Rubber Stamp Portfolio, 1977. Published by Parasol Press, Ltd., New York; distributed by Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York; rubber stamp engraved by Unity Engraving Company Inc, Englewood; printed by Parasol Press, Ltd., New York, under the direction of Aaron Arnow, New York, from an edition of M, 1977. ROBERT MANGOLD (1937) is an American minimalist artist. His son is the film director, producer and screenwriter James Mangold. “Robert Mangold’s paintings...
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Minimalist 1970s Abstract Prints

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Printer's Ink

Transformable Dialogue #1
Located in Hollywood, FL
Artist: Yaacov Agam Title: Transformable Dialogue #1 Medium: Lithograph with magnetic paint palette Signed: Hand Signed by Yaacov Agam Edition Number: 6/90 Measurements: Lithogra...
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Abstract Geometric 1970s Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Richard Pettibone The Appropriation Warhol, Stella, Lichtenstein, Unique Signed
Located in New York, NY
Richard Pettibone The Appropriation Print Andy Warhol, Frank Stella, Roy Lichtenstein, 1970 Silkscreen in colors on masonite board (unique variant on sculpted board) Hand-signed by artist, Signed and dated on the front (see close up image) Bespoke frame Included This example of Pettibone's iconic Appropriation Print is silkscreened on masonite board rather than paper, giving it a different background hue, and enabling it work to be framed so uniquely. The Appropriation print is one of the most coveted prints Pettibone ever created ; the regular edition is on a full sheet with white background; the present example was silkscreened on board, allowing it to be framed in 3-D. While we do not know how many examples of this graphic work Pettibone created, so far the present work is the only one example we have ever seen on the public market since 1970. (Other editions of The Appropriation Print have been printed on vellum, wove paper and pink and yellow paper.) This 1970 homage to Andy Warhol, Frank Stella and Roy Lichtenstein exemplifies the type of artistic appropriation he was engaging in early on during the height of the Pop Art movement - long before more contemporary artists like Deborah Kass, Louise Lawler, etc. followed suit. This silkscreen was in its original 1970 vintage period frame; a bespoke custom hand cut black wood outer frame was subsequently created especially to house the work, giving it a distinctive sculptural aesthetic. Measurements: Framed 14.5 inches vertical by 18 inches horizontal by 2 inches Work 13 inches vertical by 16.5 inches horizontal Richard Pettibone biography: Richard Pettibone (American, b.1938) is one of the pioneering artists to use appropriation techniques. Pettibone was born in Los Angeles, and first worked with shadow boxes and assemblages, illustrating his interest in craft, construction, and working in miniature scales. In 1964, he created the first of his appropriated pieces, two tiny painted “replicas” of the iconic Campbell’s soup cans by Andy Warhol (American, 1928–1987). By 1965, he had created several “replicas” of paintings by American artists, such as Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein (1923–1997), Ed Ruscha (b.1937), and others, among them some of the biggest names in Pop Art. Pettibone chose to recreate the work of leading avant-garde artists whose careers were often centered on themes of replication themselves, further lending irony to his work. Pettibone also created both miniature and life-sized sculptural works, including an exact copy of Bicycle Wheel by Marcel Duchamp (French, 1887–1968), and in the 1980s, an entire series of sculptures of varying sizes replicating the most famous works of Constantin Brancusi (Romanian, 1876–1957). In more recent years, Pettibone has created paintings based on the covers of poetry books by Ezra Pound, as well as sculptures drawn from the grid compositions of Piet Mondrian (Dutch, 1872–1944). Pettibone straddles the lines of appropriation, Pop, and Conceptual Art, and has received critical attention for decades for the important questions his work raises about authorship, craftsmanship, and the original in art. His work has been exhibited at the Institute for Contemporary Art in Philadelphia, the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Miami, and the Laguna Art Museum in Laguna Beach, CA. Pettibone is currently based in New York. "I wished I had stuck with the idea of just painting the same painting like the soup can and never painting another painting. When someone wanted one, you would just do another one. Does anybody do that now?" Andy Warhol, 1981 Since the mid-1960s, Richard Pettibone has been making hand-painted, small-scale copies of works by other artists — a practice due to which he is best known as a precursor of appropriation art — and for a decade now, he has been revisiting subjects from across his career. In his latest exhibitions at Castelli Gallery, Pettibone has been showing more of the “same” paintings that had already been part of his 2005–6 museum retrospective,1 and also including “new” subject matter drawn from his usual roster of European modernists and American postwar artists. Art critic Kim Levin laid out some phases of the intricate spectrum from copies to repetitions in her review of the Warhol-de Chirico showdown, a joint exhibition at the heyday of appropriation art in the mid-1980s when Warhol’s appropriations of de Chirico’s work effectively revaluated “the grand old auto-appropriator”. Upon having counted well over a dozen Disquieting Muses by de Chirico, Levin speculated: “Maybe he kept doing them because no one got the point. Maybe he needed the money. Maybe he meant it when he said his technique had improved, and traditional skills were what mattered.” On the other side, Warhol, in her eyes, was the “latter-day exemplar of museless creativity”. To Pettibone, traditional skills certainly still matter, as he practices his contemporary version of museless creativity. He paints the same painting again and again, no matter whether anybody shows an interest in it or not. His work, of course, takes place well outside the historical framework of what Levin aptly referred to as the “modern/postmodern wrestling match”, but neither was this exactly his match to begin with. Pettibone is one of appropriation art’s trailblazers, but his diverse selection of sources removes from his work the critique of the modernist myth of originality most commonly associated with appropriation art in a narrow sense, as we see, for example, in Sherrie Levine’s practice of re-photographing the work of Walker Evans and Edward Weston. In particular, during his photorealist phase of the 1970s, Pettibone’s sources ranged widely across several art-historical periods. His appropriations of the 1980s and 1990s spanned from Picasso etchings and Brancusi sculptures to Shaker furniture and even included Ezra Pound’s poetry. Pettibone has professed outright admiration for his source artists, whose work he shrinks and tweaks to comic effect but, nevertheless, always treats with reverence and care. His response to these artists is primarily on an aesthetic level, owing much to the fact that his process relies on photographs. By the same token, the aesthetic that attracts him is a graphic one that lends itself to reproduction. Painstakingly copying other artists’ work by hand has been a way of making it his own, yet each source is acknowledged in his titles and, occasionally, in captions on white margins that he leaves around the image as an indication that the actual source is a photographic image. The enjoyment he receives in copying is part of the motivation behind doing it, as is the pleasure he receives from actually being with the finished painting — a considerable private dimension of his work. His copies are “handmade readymades” that he meticulously paints in great quantities in his studio upstate in New York; the commitment to manual labor and the time spent at material production has become an increasingly important dimension of his recent work. Pettibone operates at some remove from the contemporary art scene, not only by staying put geographically, but also by refusing to recoup the simulated lack of originality through the creation of a public persona. In so doing, Pettibone takes a real risk. He places himself in opposition to conceptualism, and he is apprehensive of an understanding of art as the mere illustration of an idea. His reading of Marcel Duchamp’s works as beautiful is revealing about Pettibone’s priorities in this respect. When Pettibone, for aesthetic pleasure, paints Duchamp’s Poster for the Third French Chess...
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Pop Art 1970s Abstract Prints

Materials

Masonite, Pencil, Screen

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