Adriaan Willem Driessen

"Beter Wonen - GB Interieur" Dutch 1970s Interior Design Original Vintage Poster

circa 1970

Some People Together, 1974 Hand-signed and dated in pencil Color lithograph and screenprint Sheet 22 x 29 3/4 inches; 559 x 756 mm. Edition 110

Some People Together, 1974 Hand-signed and dated in pencil Color lithograph and screenprint Sheet 22 x 29 3/4 inches; 559 x 756 mm. Edition 110

"Sacrifice Economy" Silkscreen 39" x 27.5" inch by Patricio Gonzalez Silkscreen Not framed From "Looking for Happiness" series LOOKING FOR HAPPI...

First edition exhibition serigraph by Dubuffet.

1976 Screenprint in colors, on heavy wove paper Sheet: 30 x 42 in. Edition of 100 Signed, dated and numbered in pencil, lower margin Unframed, very good condition

Anthony Velonis (1911-1997) was an extremely innovative artist. He learned the technique of screen printing, also known as silkscreen, (for which he also coined the term serigraphy) while working with a wall paper manufacturer. Unusual for fine prints, the image is made by the artist in the same direction as it will print, as the colored inks are forced through fabric (silk) directly onto a paper surface. (He also invented a machine that could print onto column-shaped items such as cocktail glasses or make-up bottles and a rack system for drying sheets of paper with wet ink in which the sheets are just inches apart.) The technique allows extreme versatility on the part of the artist and the ink tends to sit on top of the paper rather than soak into the fibers. In 1934 Velonis used this new technique on Mayor LaGuardia's NYC Poster...