Torsos: Ace Gallery/Grand Palais-Paris (Signed)

1977

Artist: Tom Wesselmann (American, 1931-2004) Title: "Nude (Lithograph)" *Signed, dated, and numbered by Wesselmann in pencil lower right Year: 1976 Medium: Original Lithograph and Sc...

Artist: Walasse Ting (Chinese-American, 1929-2010) Title: "Galerie Adrien Maeght I (Bleue)" *Issued unsigned Year: 1974 Medium: Original Lithograph, Exhibition Poster on wove paper L...

Artist: Tom Wesselmann (American, 1931-2004) Title: "Nude (Lithograph)" *Signed, dated, and numbered by Wesselmann in pencil lower right Year: 1976 Medium: Original Lithograph and Screenprint with Embossing on Rives BFK paper Limited edition: 49/75, (there were also 12 artist's proofs) Printer: Styria Studio, New York, NY Publisher: Multiples Inc., New York, NY Reference: "Tom Wesselmann" - Stealingworth page 285; "Synthesis and Tension: Tom Wesselmann's Editions" - Cristea Roberts Gallery No. 9, page 36-37 Sheet size: 22.5" x 30.13" Image size: 13.5" x 23.63" Condition: A superior example in mint condition Rare Notes: Provenance: one owner ever - private collection - Chicago, IL; acquired from van Straaten Gallery, Chicago, IL in 1979, retaining their original gallery label. This work is also sometimes referred to as "Nude with Rose". Printed in thirty-four colors. Styria Studio chop mark/blind stamp lower right. Multiples Inc. chop mark/blind stamp lower left. Rives BFK watermark lower left. Some pencil inscribed reference numbers on verso. Our example here is in mint condition with strong colors as the day it was printed having been previously archivally framed and properly stored. For reasons unknown, most all examples of "Nude (Lithograph)" that appear today, their colors have greatly attenuated (faded) over the past 45 years. Also, the printer and publisher of this edition are almost always incorrectly defined backwards, as Styria Studios as the publisher and Multiples Inc. as the printer. William (Bill) van Straaten (1937-2013) founded van Straaten Gallery in Chicago in 1969, a contemporary art gallery with an international reputation. He served as president of the Chicago Art Dealers Association. He ran the gallery at 646 North Michigan Avenue for 33 years until 2002. In 2003, van Straaten moved his operations to Steamboat Springs, Colorado establishing Riverhouse Editions, a fine art publisher. In 2008, van Straaten moved to Denver and acquired the Sandy Carson Gallery on Santa Fe Drive, which operated as the van Straaten Gallery for five final years before closing in 2012. Biography: Thomas K. Wesselmann (February 23, 1931 – December 17, 2004) was an American artist associated with the Pop Art movement who worked in painting, collage and sculpture. Born on February 23, 1931, in Cincinnati, Ohio, cartoonist and collagist Tom Wesselmann eventually moved to New York City to become one of the founding figures of the Pop Art movement, making waves with his "Great American Nude" series. He later became well known for his huge canvas...

Artist: (after) Karl Schmidt-Rottluff (German, 1884-1976) Title: "Kunsthandel Wolfgang Werner KG (Nudes)" Year: 1984 Medium: Original Offset-Lithograph, Exhibition Poster on yellow wove paper Limited edition: Unknown Printer: Unknown Publisher: Kunsthandel Wolfgang Werner KG, Bremen, Germany Framing: Recently framed in a contemporary black moulding with frame space Framed size: 29.25" x 19.5" Sheet size: 27.25" x 17.75" Image size: 9.5" x 12" Condition: In excellent condition Extremely rare Notes: Poster produced for a special posthumous exhibition of Rottluff's early watercolors and printmaking "Schmidt Rottluff" at Kunsthandel Wolfgang Werner KG, Bremen, Germany from March 8 - May 12, 1984, in tribute to the artist's, would have been, 100th birthday. GIA Gallery Poster Disclaimer: Not to be confused with thousands of contemporary inkjet/giclée/digital reproductions ignorantly or deliberately passed off as originals on the market today. The examples we offer here are the original period vintage (exhibition) posters, created and designed by, or under the supervision and authorization of the artist or their respective estate (posthumously), for various exhibitions and events in which they participated. If applicable, this poster is also fully documented within its respective artists' official catalogue raisonné of authentic graphic works, prints, and or posters. Biography: Karl Schmidt-Rottluff (born December 1, 1884, Rottluff, near Chemnitz, Germany—died August 9, 1976, West Berlin [now Berlin]), German painter and printmaker who was noted for his Expressionist landscapes and nudes. In 1905 Schmidt-Rottluff began to study architecture in Dresden, Germany, where he and his friend Erich Heckel met Ernst Ludwig Kirchner and Fritz Bleyl, two other architecture students who shared their passion for painting. Together they formed the organization of Expressionist artists known as Die Brücke...

Artist: (after) Roy Lichtenstein (American, 1923-1997) Title: "Leo Castelli Gallery at Northpark National Bank (Reclining Bather)" Year: 1978 Medium: Original Screenprint, Exhibition Poster on heavy wove paper Limited edition: Unknown Printer: Unknown Publisher: Leo Castelli Gallery, New York, NY Sheet size: 39.38" x 25.63" Image size: 16.5" x 24.5" Condition: A few minor handling creases and scuffmarks. A few small areas of surface debris. Two small spots of discoloration upper right edge and lower right corner. In otherwise very good condition with strong colors and clean paper and edges Extremely rare Notes: Provenance: private collection - New York, NY. Poster produced for a special exhibition of Lichtenstein and other artists' work "Leo Castelli Gallery at Northpark National Bank" at the Northpark National Bank, Dallas, TX from June 15 - August 15, 1978. The image featured on this poster is Lichtenstein's 1978 painting "Reclining Bather". This 1978 exhibition "Leo Castelli Gallery at Northpark National Bank" featured the work of various represented artists by Leo Castelli Gallery including Richard Artschwager, Donald Judd, James Rosenquist, Kenneth Noland, Robert Rauschenberg, Jasper Johns, Roy Lichtenstein, Claes Oldenburg, Frank Stella, Ron Davis, and Andy Warhol. GIA Gallery Poster Disclaimer: Not to be confused with thousands of contemporary inkjet/giclée/digital reproductions ignorantly or deliberately passed off as originals on the market today. The examples we offer here are the original period vintage (exhibition) posters, created and designed by, or under the supervision and authorization of the artist or their respective estate (posthumously), for various exhibitions and events in which they participated. If applicable, this poster is also fully documented within its respective artists' official catalogue raisonné of authentic graphic works, prints, and or posters. Biography: American artist Roy Lichtenstein was born in New York City on October 27, 1923, and grew up on Manhattan's Upper West Side. In the 1960s, Lichtenstein became a leading figure of the new Pop Art movement. Inspired by advertisements and comic strips, Lichtenstein's bright, graphic works parodied American popular culture and the art world itself. He died in New York City on September 29, 1997. Lichtenstein was committed to his art until the end of his life, often spending at least 10 hours a day in his studio. His work was acquired by major museum collections around the world, and he received numerous honorary degrees and awards, including the National Medal of Arts in 1995. In 2013 the painting "Woman with Flowered Hat" set another record at $56.1 million as it was purchased by British jeweller Laurence Graff...

Artist: Henri Fantin-Latour (French, 1836-1904) Title: "Vérité (Truth)" Portfolio: Revue de l'Art Ancien & Moderne *Issued unsigned Year: 1900 (third state of three) Medium: Original Lithograph on chine appliqué on wove paper Limited edition: Unknown Printer: A. Clot, Paris, France Publisher: Revue de l'Art Ancien & Moderne, Paris, France Reference: Floury No. 156; Hediard-Mason No. 156; L No. 139 Sheet size: 11.5" x 8.5" Image size: 7.5" x 5.5" Condition: In excellent condition This review was founded in 1897 in the continuity of the review Les Beaux-Arts published between 1861 and 1865; Jules Comte, the founder, entitled his first issue Les Beaux-Arts - Revue nouvelle then changed the title to La Revue de l'art ancien et moderne. Jules Comte directed the review until his death in 1912. Raymond Woog took over , who was provisional director until the start of the war in July 1914. In 1919, André Dezarrois took over this review and was its director until December 1937, date of last issue (published in January 1938). In the meantime, it publishes the Bulletin of ancient and modern art, which has gained a certain notoriety in the community. Biography: Henri Fantin-Latour, in full Ignace-Henri-Jean-Théodore Fantin-Latour (born Jan. 14, 1836, Grenoble, France—died Aug. 25, 1904, Buré), French painter, printmaker, and illustrator noted for his still lifes with flowers and his portraits, especially group compositions, of contemporary French celebrities in the arts. Fantin-Latour’s first teacher was his father, a well-known portrait painter. Later, he studied at the school of Lecoq de Boisbaudran and attended the École des Beaux-Arts. He exhibited at the official French Salons, but in 1863 he also showed his work in the rebel Salon des Refusés. Although academic in manner, Fantin-Latour was independent in style. He had numerous friends among the leading French painters of his day, including J.-A.-D. Ingres, Eugène Delacroix, Camille Corot, Édouard Manet, and Gustave Courbet. His portrait groups, often arranged in rows of heads and figures like 17th-century Dutch guild...

SALE ONE WEEK ONLY "For Adults Only I" is an exquisite offset lithograph print with colors of an alluring corseted and stockinged nude female in a confrontational pose filling the f...

Mel Ramos at Kantor Gallery (Hand Signed), 1997 Limited Edition Offset Lithograph (hand signed by Mel Ramos) Pencil signed and dated on lower front Frame Included: framed in dark woo...

Raymond Pettibon illustrated Punk flyer 1996:
 Super rare 1996 punk flyer illustrated by Raymond Pettibon for a Los Angeles, CA venue where Pettibon performed among friends (Pettibon presented as a performer on mid lower right). Imagery references Charles Manson - a revolving character of Pettibon´s since the early 1980s. Here Pettibon presents Manson being worshiped by a punk rocker with a mohawk under the shadow of the text, Helter Skelter - a Manson cult movement named after the famous Beatles White album song of the same name. Medium: Offset printed Punk flyer. Dimensions: 8.5 x 11 inches. Very good overall vintage condition. Unsigned from an edition of unknown. Further History:
 Between the years 1978 and 1986 Raymond Pettibon (aka, Raymond Pettibon; St. Pettibone) produced a now historic amassment of graphic works for seminal Southern California punk bands such as Black Flag, the Dead Kennedys...

Tomi Ungerer Nude Gun: a selection from Underground Sketchbook: First printing, 1965. Medium: Vintage poster. Dimensions: 23 in. x 29 in. (58.42 cm x 73.66 cm). Very good overall vi...

Original 1987 Keith Haring Safe Sex poster: Illustrated by Keith Haring in conjunction with his many Aids Awareness efforts. A historical vintage 1980s Keit...

Keith Haring Record Art 1987: A rare highly sought-after Keith Haring illustrated album cover featuring vibrant colors that make for stand-out wall art. Off-Set Lithograph on vinyl record jacket, 1987. Dimensions: 12 x 12 inches. Features a printed Keith Haring signature on the lower right. Minor shelf & edge wear; in otherwise good overall vintage condition. Includes original record (in good condition). Haring artwork credit found at bottom of last image. Keith Haring Album Art: a brief history:  Whether collaborating with Grace Jones, Andy Warhol, and Jean-Michel Basquiat, regularly frequenting clubs like Paradise Garage alongside close friend Larry Levan, or sketching DJ robots, New York artist and activist Keith Haring’s work was deeply entwined with the music world lending his vision to sounds by everyone from David Bowie to Run DMC. Looking for something cool to complement this work? Please feel free to browse additional items like this from Jean Michel Basquiat, Andy Warhol, Damien Hirst, Keith Haring & more on our 1stDibs gallery page.  Related Categories Vintage Keith Haring. Keith Haring prints. Street art. Pop art...