Book Abstract Prints

Abstract Lithograph with Organic Shapes and Linework by American Beat artist Will Peterson (1928-1994.) This lithograph features a composition of organic shapes which feel reminiscent of tide pools or rock formations. The main hue of the piece is a warm green with ochre undertones. In the center of the piece a blue shape emerges from the green. The inks in this lithograph are lightly pearlescent, giving it a reflective quality and allowing it to shimmer slightly when viewed at an angle. Lithograph is printed on wove paper which is fixed to a larger piece of handmade paper containing the artists signature and a small embossing found on his other pieces from this time period. This paper is displayed on top of a linen covered board with sturdy wood edges and a plexiglass over over the entire piece. Will Peterson was born in Chicago in 1928 to German immigrant parents. He contracted Polio when he was in High School and thus spent much of his early years ill. During this time he started working as a cartoonist for his high school’s paper. He started his official art studies at Wilber Wright College in Chicago and later earned a BA and a MA at Michigan State University. Here he studied print making and lithography under John S. deMartelly. He began enjoying artistic success while still in graduate school, exhibiting at the Detroit Art Institute, the Terry Art Institute, the National Print Exhibition, and the Boston Printmakers. Peterson was drafted into the army in 1952 and thus spent time in Korea and Japan. His time as an educational specialist in Hokkaido was a formative experience for him and his interest in Japanese calligraphy and other arts influenced his later work. Upon returning to the United States, he moved to Oakland, California. He became involved with the beat movement and after founding the Bay Printmakers Society with fellow artist Mel Strawn...

R. B. Kitaj Femme de Peuple II (hand signed and inscribed to poet Robert Duncan), 1978 Offset Lithograph (hand signed and inscribed to poet Robert Duncan) Hand signed and inscribed o...

Rick Griffin's Masterpiece Aoxomoxoa is one of the most requested Grateful Dead designs ever. The image was created for a 1969 Avalon Ballroom performance...

FAILE (American, founded 1999) Kool Living, 2020 Medium: Archival Ink on Entrada 290gsm Cotton paper Dimensions: 29 9/10 × 24 in 76 × 61 cm Edition of 335: Hand-signed and numbered ...

Candida Höfer (German, b. 1944) Shelves, 2009 Medium: 5-part leporello, digital pigment print on card stock Dimensions: 25 x 160 cm Edition of 75: Hand-signed and numbered Condition:...

Raymond Pettibon Captive Chains, 1978: Recently featured in its entirety at The New Museum in New York, Pettibon's well documented first artist book is widely regarded as a seminal piece in the development of the artist's style and themes. Catalogue raisonné: Pettibon’s artists’ books: Raymond Pettibon: the Books 1978-1998. Offset printed. 68 pages. 7.25 x 10.5 inches (26.6 x 18.4 cm). Very good condition for its age with fading to interior pages consistent with medium; front & back cover is well preserved & sharp. Published by Black Flag's label SST Productions in 1978. More on Raymond Pettibon: A significant figure of the Southern Californian punk scene in the late 70s and 80s, Raymond Pettibon started his artistic career making scrappy zines, handbills and flyers for his band Black Flag and his brother’s record...