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Period: 1970s
Picasso, Le Chat (The Cat) (Orozco p.82), Histoire naturelle (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on papier bouffant des Papeteries de Casteljoux paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Paper Size: 12.99 x 9.84 inches. Catalogue raisonné reference: Orozco, Miguel. T...
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Cubist 1970s Animal Prints

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Lithograph

Cow
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Andy Warhol Title: Cow Medium: Screenprint on wallpaper Date: 1976 Edition: Unnumbered Frame Size: 52 1/2" x 36 1/4" Sheet Size: 45 1/2" x 29 3/4" Signature: Unsigned Refere...
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Pop Art 1970s Animal Prints

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Screen

Sky Bird, Braniff International Airways Flying Colors Collection
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Alexander Calder (1898-1976) Title: Sky Bird, Braniff International Airways Flying Colors Collection Year: 1975 Medium: Lithograph on vélin d’Arches paper Size: 20 x 26 inche...
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Surrealist 1970s Animal Prints

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Lithograph

Picasso, L'Autruche (The Ostrich) (Orozco p.82), Histoire naturelle (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on papier bouffant des Papeteries de Casteljoux paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Paper Size: 12.99 x 9.84 inches. Catalogue raisonné reference: Orozco, Miguel. T...
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Cubist 1970s Animal Prints

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Lithograph

Victor Vasarely "Zebres 1" 1976 French Op Art Serigraph, Hand Signed & Numbered
Located in Miami, FL
VICTOR VASARELY – "ZEBRES 1" ⚜ Serigraph ⚜ Hand Signed and Numbered ⚜ Edition of 120 VASARELY’S ICONIC ZEBRAS Created in 1976 and published by the Foundation Vasarely in an edition ...
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Op Art 1970s Animal Prints

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Screen

CIRCUS Signed Lithograph, Big Top Tent, Animals, Trapeze Act, Acrobats, Clowns
Located in Union City, NJ
CIRCUS is a hand drawn original lithograph by the Argentine born woman artist Ivel Weihmüller printed using traditional hand printmaking techniques on archival paper 100% acid free. ...
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Contemporary 1970s Animal Prints

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Lithograph

Picasso, Le Taureau (The Bull) (Orozco p.82), Histoire naturelle (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on papier bouffant des Papeteries de Casteljoux paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Paper Size: 12.99 x 9.84 inches. Catalogue raisonné reference: Orozco, Miguel. T...
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Cubist 1970s Animal Prints

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Lithograph

Lines in Four Directions, Rubber Stamp Portfolio, Sol LeWitt
Located in Southampton, NY
Printer’s ink from rubber stamp on vélin d’Arches Satine paper. Paper Size: 8 x 8 inches. Inscription: Unsigned, as issued. Notes: From the folio, Rubber Stamp Portfolio, 1977. Publi...
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Minimalist 1970s Animal Prints

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Printer's Ink

"Leopard Dreaming" - Fantasy Lithograph in Ink on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
"Leopard Dreaming" - Fantasy Lithograph in Ink on Paper Bold lithograph of a leopard by Carol Jablonsky (American, 1932-1992). A leopard is depicted in a fantastical, surrealist man...
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Modern 1970s Animal Prints

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Paper, Ink, Lithograph

The Book, Silkscreen, S/N from the 1776-1976: USA Bicentennial Prints portfolio
Located in New York, NY
Will Barnet The Book, from the 1776 USA 1976: Bicentennial Prints portfolio, 1975 Silkscreen in colors on white Arches wove paper Pencil signed, titled and numbered 65/75 on the fron...
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Contemporary 1970s Animal Prints

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Screen

BIrds - Lithograph by Aldo Pagliacci - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Hand signed. Edition of 130 copies (105/130).
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Contemporary 1970s Animal Prints

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Lithograph

Horses in the Moonlight, Lithograph by Lebadang
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Lebadang, Vietnamese (1922 - 2015) Title: Horses in Moonlight Year: circa 1975 Medium: Lithograph, signed in pencil Edition: Epreuve d'Artiste Size: 25.25 x 19.5 in. (64.14 x...
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Modern 1970s Animal Prints

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Lithograph

Devil Cat
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Karel Appel Title: Devil Cat Portfolio: 1978 Cats Medium: Lithograph in colors on Japon paper Date: 1978 Edition: XV/LXV Sheet Size: 24 3/4" x 32 1/4" Signature: Hand signed ...
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Abstract 1970s Animal Prints

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Lithograph

PLAY Signed Lithograph, Young Woman In Tree Playing with Cats, Rainbow Sunset
Located in Union City, NJ
PLAY by the American painter and printmaker Will Barnet (born May 25, 1911 - died Nov. 13, 2012) is an original hand drawn lithograph printed using hand lithography techniques on arc...
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Contemporary 1970s Animal Prints

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Lithograph

Horses - Oil on Canvas by Aldo Pagliacci - 1973
Located in Roma, IT
Bizarre Horses is an original contemporary artwork realized by Aldo Pagliacci in 1973. Mixed colored oil on canvas. Hand signed and dated on the lower right margin. Titled and sig...
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Contemporary 1970s Animal Prints

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Canvas, Oil

Cow
Located in New York, NY
Color screenprint on wallpaper, 1976. With the printed text in the left margin "Andy Warhol Whitney Musemm". Printed by Bill Miller's Wallpaper Studio, Inc., New York. Published b...
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Pop Art 1970s Animal Prints

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Screen

Salvador Dali, American Trotting Horses No. 2, Lithograph with collage
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Salvador Dali Title: American Trotting Horses No. 2 Date: 1971 Portfolio: Currier & Ives as Interpreted by Salvador Dali Medium: Litho...
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Surrealist 1970s Animal Prints

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Mixed Media, Lithograph

Conquest of Cosmos Saturnian Giraffe
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Conquest of Cosmos Saturnian Giraffe MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed by Salvador Dali EDITION NUMBER: EA MEASUREMENTS: 27.5" x 38.5" YEAR: 1974...
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Surrealist 1970s Animal Prints

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Etching

Leonor Fini, Cats, rare lithograph on Rives paper, circa 1970
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Leonor Fini, Cats, rare lithograph on Rives paper, circa 1970 Texte : Rare print handsigned by surrealist artist Leonor Fini, inscreasingly esteemed with the movement of rediscoveri...
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1970s Animal Prints

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Paper

The End of the Game Rare 1970s ICP print (Hand Signed, inscribed by Peter Beard)
Located in New York, NY
Peter Beard The End of the Game (Hand Signed by Peter Beard), 1977 Offset Lithograph Poster (hand signed by Peter Beard and inscribed with a heart) Han...
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Contemporary 1970s Animal Prints

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Lithograph, Offset

Romare Bearden, Dreams of Exile (Green Snake), 1971, by African-American, signed
Located in New York, NY
A North Carolina native, the African-American Romare Bearden spent most of his career in New York City. For several decades he was a social worker in Harlem. But of course he traveled widely, read and studied with great care, and created a phenomenal body of work. This 1971 lithograph is a good example of his oeuvre -- far reaching though it may be. It speaks to his skill and knowledge of contemporary printmaking while featuring a complex subject representative of his interests. A lush jungles is packed with flora and fauna. 'Green Snake' is part of the title and there is a particularly winsome reptile showing up so well on the sand-colored border between the dense forest and the aquamarine water. There are of course many other land and sea animals showing themselves -- even a curious ginger cat...
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Contemporary 1970s Animal Prints

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Lithograph

Picasso, Le Chien (The Dog) (Orozco p.82), Histoire naturelle (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on papier bouffant des Papeteries de Casteljoux paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Paper Size: 12.99 x 9.84 inches. Catalogue raisonné reference: Orozco, Miguel. T...
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Cubist 1970s Animal Prints

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Lithograph

Andy Warhol Musee d’Art Moderne catalog (Warhol Cow)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Andy Warhol Paris, Musee d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, 1970: Rare original Andy Warhol exhibition catalog featuring a Warhol Pink Cow cover. Published on the occasion of the Warhol solo show at the MAM, Paris, Dec. 16, 1970 - Jan. 14, 1971. A must have rare vintage Andy Warhol Cows collectible. 1st edition; 1970. Single sheet folded, twelve-page accordion style booklet. Text by Alfred Pacquement (French). Exhibition checklist found within. Reverse features a candid, black and white portrait of Warhol. Medium: Offset printed Exhibition Catalog. Dimensions: Folded 7.75 × 10.5 inches; Unfolded: 7.75 x 47 inches. Condition: Very good overall vintage condition; hand written notations to interior first page. Unsigned from edition of unknown. Further Background: Andy Warhol was inspired to by art dealer Ivan Karp to create his Cows in the 1960s. Warhol’s printer Gerard Malanga chose the photograph of the cow, however it was Warhol’s unique pop art style that made the final product so interested. He chose a bold color scheme of bright pink on yellow, which turned the pastoral animal into an amusing and oddly exciting subject matter. Warhol then printed the electrifying Cow image on wallpaper, introducing this process to his creative production. In Warhol’s classic mode of repetition, every inch of the walls were covered with hot pink and yellow Cows. Castelli was so moved by the show, that he had professionals install the wallpaper so that the guests could experience Andy Warhol’s vision. _ Obsessed with celebrity, consumer culture, and mechanical reproduction, Pop Art king, Andy Warhol created some of the 20th century’s most iconic images. Warhol was widely influenced by popular & consumer culture, with this being evident in some of his most famous works: 32 Campbell's soup cans, Brillo pad box sculptures, and portraits of Marilyn Monroe & Mick Jagger, for example. Rejecting the standard painting and sculpting modes of his era, Warhol embraced silk-screen printmaking to achieve his characteristic hard edges and flat areas of color. The artist mentored Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat and continues to influence contemporary art around the world: His most bold successors include Richard Prince, Takashi Murakami, and Jeff Koons. Warhol has been the subject of exhibitions at the Whitney Museum of American Art, Museum of Modern Art, Tate Modern, and Centre Pompidou, among other institutions. Related Categories Warhol prints. Warhol prints. Warhol screen print...
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Pop Art 1970s Animal Prints

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Paper, Offset

La Licorne (The Unicorn), Surrealist Lithograph by Salvador Dali
Located in Long Island City, NY
A woman with flowing gold hair kneels before a unicorn. The horse theme was frequently used by Dali throughout his career. The horse is seen as a symbol of beauty and elegance as wel...
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Surrealist 1970s Animal Prints

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Lithograph

Original Salon du Cheval Place de la Bastille French Horse Racing affiche
Located in Spokane, WA
Original 1972 Salon du Cheval French Poster – Vintage Equestrian Art. Archival linen backed in Grade A condition, ready to frame Step into the golden age of French equestrian culture...
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85 New Wave 1970s Animal Prints

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Lithograph

20th century color lithograph poster cartoon Snoopy animal print dog bird text
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Snoopy Come Home" is an original lithograph poster by Charles Schulz. It features the popular characters from Peanuts, Snoopy and Woodstock, on top of ...
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Pop Art 1970s Animal Prints

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Lithograph

Original San Diego (Home Federal) 1974 vintage poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original travel poster: San Diego (Home Federal), artist: Robert Kinyon, 24.25" x 38", 1974; original Southern California poster. Excellent condi...
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American Modern 1970s Animal Prints

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Offset

The Horse Trader, Pop Art Intaglio by Jean Sariano
Located in Long Island City, NY
Jean Sariano, Algerian/American (1943 - ) - The Horse Trader, Year: circa 1979, Medium: Intaglio, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 95/99, Image Size: 5 x 4.5 inches, Size:...
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Pop Art 1970s Animal Prints

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Intaglio

Cats Dot and Swirl
Located in Columbia, MO
LEONOR FINI Cats Dot and Swirl 1973 Color lithograph Ed. 157/230 12.5 x 9 inches
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Surrealist 1970s Animal Prints

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Lithograph

The Vitraux : Pink Elephant - Original Lithograph Handsigned (Field #76-2F)
Located in Paris, IDF
Salvador DALI The Vitraux : Elephant-stork, 1973 Original lithograph Handsigned in pencil Numbered 3/250 On Arches vellum, 65 x 48 cm (c. 25.6 x 18.9 inch) References : - Catalo...
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Surrealist 1970s Animal Prints

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Lithograph

Cat Duo
Located in Columbia, MO
LEONOR FINI Cat Duo 1973 Color lithograph Ed. 157/230 12.5 x 9 inches
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Surrealist 1970s Animal Prints

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Lithograph

Tip-Toe Cat
Located in Columbia, MO
LEONOR FINI Tip-Toe Cat 1973 Color lithograph Ed. 157/230 12.5 x 9 inches
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Surrealist 1970s Animal Prints

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Lithograph

Hatted Cats
Located in Columbia, MO
LEONOR FINI Hatted Cats 1973 Color lithograph Ed. 157/230 12.5 x 9 inches
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Surrealist 1970s Animal Prints

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Lithograph

Picasso, Le Papillon (The Butterfly) (Orozco p.82), Histoire naturelle (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on papier bouffant des Papeteries de Casteljoux paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Paper Size: 12.99 x 9.84 inches. Catalogue raisonné reference: Orozco, Miguel. T...
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Cubist 1970s Animal Prints

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Lithograph

Picasso, Le Bœuf (The Bull) (Orozco p.82), Histoire naturelle (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on papier bouffant des Papeteries de Casteljoux paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Paper Size: 12.99 x 9.84 inches. Catalogue raisonné reference: Orozco, Miguel. T...
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Cubist 1970s Animal Prints

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Lithograph

Tauromachie Surrealiste The Giraffe on Fire
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Tauramachie Surrealiste The Giraffe on Fire MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed EDITION NUMBER: LXIV/C MEASUREMENTS: 20" x 26" YEAR: 1970 FRAMED:...
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Surrealist 1970s Animal Prints

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Etching

Polo Fields, American Realist Screenprint by Harry Schaare
Located in Long Island City, NY
Harry Schaare, American (1922 - 2008) - Polo Fields, Year: circa 1976, Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 300, AP 50, Size: 28 x 36 in. (71.12 x 91.44...
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American Realist 1970s Animal Prints

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Screen

Bucéphale
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - Bucéphale Lithograph from 1972 The edition of 187/250.. Dimensions of work: 68 x 50 cm On B.F.K Rives paper as stated in the Field catalogue. Referen...
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Surrealist 1970s Animal Prints

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Lithograph

Bucéphale
Bucéphale
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Picasso, L'Épervier (The Hawk) (Orozco p.82), Histoire naturelle (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on papier bouffant des Papeteries de Casteljoux paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Paper Size: 12.99 x 9.84 inches. Catalogue raisonné reference: Orozco, Miguel. T...
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Cubist 1970s Animal Prints

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Lithograph

Bear with Predella, Rubber Stamp Portfolio, Don Nice
Located in Southampton, NY
Printer’s ink from rubber stamp on vélin d’Arches Satine paper. Paper Size: 8 x 8 inches. Inscription: Unsigned, as issued. Notes: From the folio, Rubber Stamp Portfolio, 1977. Publi...
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Pop Art 1970s Animal Prints

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Printer's Ink

Jester Cat
Located in Columbia, MO
LEONOR FINI Jester Cat 1973 Color lithograph Ed. 157/230 12.5 x 9 inches
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Surrealist 1970s Animal Prints

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Lithograph

Cat Creature
Located in Columbia, MO
LEONOR FINI Cat Creature 1973 Color lithograph Ed. 157/230 12.5 x 9 inches
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Surrealist 1970s Animal Prints

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Lithograph

NIGHT ANIMAL Signed Lithograph, Abstract Cat, Color Stripes Pink Yellow Red Blue
Located in Union City, NJ
NIGHT ANIMAL is an original limited edition lithograph by the Dutch artist Karel Appel on printed using traditional hand lithography techniques on archival printmaking paper, 100% ac...
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Abstract 1970s Animal Prints

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Lithograph

Surrealist Dream : Couple of Roosters - Original lithograph (Spies #p. 438)
Located in Paris, IDF
Max Ernst (1891-1976) Surrealist Dream : Couple of Roosters, 1970 Original color lithograph Printed signature in the plate On Arches vellum 33.5 × 61 cm (c. 13 x 24 in) REFERENCES...
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Surrealist 1970s Animal Prints

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Lithograph

Cat Arabesque
Located in Columbia, MO
LEONOR FINI Cat Arabesque 1973 Color lithograph Ed. 157/230 12.5 x 9 inches
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Surrealist 1970s Animal Prints

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Lithograph

Cat with Hat
Located in Columbia, MO
LEONOR FINI Cat with Hat 1973 Color lithograph Ed. 157/230 12.5 x 9 inches
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Surrealist 1970s Animal Prints

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Lithograph

Ostrich - Lithograph by Alberto Mastroianni - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Ostrich is an artwork realized by Alberto Mastroianni in 1970 ca. Lithograph. Hand Signed. Numbered, Edition of 150 pieces.
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Contemporary 1970s Animal Prints

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Paper, Lithograph

The Cow, etching by Stan Washburn
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Signed, titled and numbered etching from the edition of 100. In individual prints, and his illustrated books, Washburn cleverly skewers human frailties with Renaissance-style engravi...
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Contemporary 1970s Animal Prints

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Etching

LeRoy Neiman 'Delacroix Tiger' 1977, Signed & numbered serigraph
Located in Pembroke Pines, FL
"Delacroix's Tiger" by LeRoy Neiman Media: Serigraph on Paper Image Dimensions: 28 5/8 x 38 1/8" Year Produced: 1977 Edition Size: 300 Numbered, 50 Artists Proofs, 6 Printers Proofs ...
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Contemporary 1970s Animal Prints

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Screen

Rhinoceros
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Rhinoceros MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed PUBLISHER: Michelle Broutta, Paris EDITION NUMBER: 97/150 MEASUREMENTS: 35.4" x 25" YEAR: 1971 F...
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Surrealist 1970s Animal Prints

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Etching

La Quete du Graal Viviane et Lancelot di Lac
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: La Quete du Graal Viviane et Lancelot di Lac MEDIUM: Etching EDITION NUMBER: XV/XXV SIGNED: Hand Signed by Salvador Dali PUBLISHER: Pamela Verlog ...
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Surrealist 1970s Animal Prints

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Etching

Seahorse Cat
Located in Columbia, MO
LEONOR FINI Seahorse Cat 1973 Color lithograph Ed. 157/230 12.5 x 9 inches
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Surrealist 1970s Animal Prints

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Lithograph

American Trotting Horse No II from Currier & Ives suite by Salvador Dali
Located in Paonia, CO
American Trotting Horses No. 2 by Salvador Dali has dynamic movement in the two trotting horses with an added giant Dalian insect head in coll...
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Surrealist 1970s Animal Prints

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Lithograph

Back Of The River, American Western Art Lithograph by Duane Bryers
Located in Long Island City, NY
Duane Bryers, American (1911 - 2012) - Back Of The River, Year: 1979, Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 300, AP, Image Size: 17 x 22 in., Size: 21 in. ...
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American Realist 1970s Animal Prints

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Lithograph

The Cat - Etching on Paper by Gianpaolo Berto - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
The Cat is an original etching on paper realized by Gian Paolo Berto in 1970s. Good conditions. The artwork represents a cat through perfect hatching. The artwork is depicted skill...
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Modern 1970s Animal Prints

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Etching

Performing Cats
Located in Columbia, MO
LEONOR FINI Performing Cats 1973 Color lithograph Ed. 157/230 12.5 x 9 inches
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Surrealist 1970s Animal Prints

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Lithograph

Frogs and Toad, Signed lithograph (AP), from Conspiracy: The Artist as Witness
Located in New York, NY
Jack Beal Frogs and Toad, 1971 Hand signed in pencil by Jack Beal, annotated AP One-color lithograph proofed by hand and pulled by machine from a zinc plate on Arches buff paper with deckled edges at the Shorewood Bank Street Atelier Stamped, hand numbered AP, aside from the regular edition of 150 Stamped on reverse: COPYRIGHT © 1971 BY JACK BEAL, bears blind stamp 18 × 24 inches Unframed 18 x 24 inches Stamped on reverse: COPYRIGHT © 1971 BY JACK BEAL, bears distinctive blind stamp of publisher (shown) Publisher: David Godine, Center for Constitutional Rights, Washington, D.C. Jack Beal's "Frogs and Toads" is a classic example of protest art from the early 1970s - the most influential era until today. This historic graphic was created for the legendary portfolio "CONSPIRACY: the Artist as Witness", to raise money for the legal defense of the Chicago 8 - a group of anti-Vietnam War activists indicted by President Nixon's Attorney General John Mitchell for conspiring to riot during the 1968 Democratic National Convention. (1968 was also the year Bobby Kennedy was killed and American casualties in Vietnam exceeded 30,000.) The eight demonstrators included Abbie Hoffman, Jerry Rubin, David Dellinger, Tom Hayden, Rennie Davis, John Froines, Lee Weiner, and Bobby Seale. (The eighth activist, Bobby Seale, was severed from the case and sentenced to four years for contempt after being handcuffed, shackled to a chair and gagged.) Although Abbie Hoffman would later joke that these radicals couldn't even agree on lunch, the jury convicted them of conspiracy, with one juror proclaiming the demonstrators "should have been shot down by the police." All of the convictions were ultimately overturned by the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals. This lithograph has fine provenance: it comes directly from the original Portfolio: "Conspiracy The Artist as Witness" which also featured works by Alexander Calder, Nancy Spero and Leon Golub, Romare Bearden Sol Lewitt, Robert Morris, Claes Oldenburg, Larry Poons, Peter Saul, Raphael Soyer and Frank Stella - as well as this one by Jack Beal. It was originally housed in an elegant cloth case, accompanied by a colophon page. This is the first time since 1971 that this important work has been removed from the original portfolio case for sale. It is becoming increasingly scarce because so many from this edition are in the permanent collections of major museums and institutions worldwide. Jack Beal wrote a special message about this work on the Portfolio's colophon page. It says, "In 1956, shortly after Sondra and I moved to New York, two friends were arrested and jailed for protesting air-raid drills. From them and their friends came our education. This work is dedicated to them and their families. "In Memory of Patricia McClure Daw and AL Uhrie" - This print was made for their children. Jack Beal Biography: Early in his career Walter Henry “Jack” Beal Jr. painted abstract expressionist canvases, because he believed it was “the only valid way to paint.” By the early 1960s he totally altered his approach and fully repudiated abstraction. Turning to representation, he painted narrative and figurative subjects, often enhanced by bright colors and dramatic perspectives. Beal was born in Richmond, Virginia, and from 1950 to 1953 he attended the Norfolk Division of William and Mary College Polytechnic Institute, (now Old Dominion University) where he studied biology and anatomy. Shifting gears, he sought art training at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago where he focused on drawing, and met his wife, artist Sondra Freckelton. His art history instructor encouraged her students to paint in the manner of established artists, and to that end he frequented the Institute’s galleries. For Beal this was significant: “Until I saw pictures of real quality I had tended to think of painting as just so much self-indulgent smearing around, but when I saw masterpieces by Cézanne and Matisse, and other painters of similar stature, I was bowled over; suddenly I realized the force of art.” After spending three years (1953–1956) at the Art Institute, Beal concluded his studies there without getting a terminal degree, thinking it was only useful if he wanted to teach, which, at the time, he did not. He also took courses at the University of Chicago in 1955 and 1956. During this period he married Freckelton, a fellow student and sculptor who began her career working in wood and plastic. Together they moved to New York’s SoHo District before its transformation from a wasteland of sweatshops and small factories into an arts district. They were active with the Artist Tenants Association which was instrumental in getting zoning laws changed so that artists could live and work in the well-lit lofts. Embracing what came to be called “New Realism,” Beal initially painted an occasional landscape as well as earthy-toned still lifes which consisted of jumbled collections filled with personal objects. His signature style started with a series of female nudes—all modeled by Freckelton—based on Greek mythology. These were large canvases with flat paint surfaces, dramatic foreshortening, and unusual perspectives. He further enlivened them with vivid colors, stark lighting, and dynamic patterns derived from textiles and overstuffed furniture. He stopped painting nudes after two episodes. The first came as he was loading a canvas of his naked wife onto a truck in lower Manhattan; several laborers walked by and started to fondle and kiss the painting. On the one hand he felt his wife had been violated, while on the other he was pleased that his realism was so convincing. The second occurred after a solo exhibition in Chicago at which the reception had been sponsored by Playboy magazine. A few days later he was approached by a publicist and asked if Playboy bunnies could be photographed in front of his paintings. He refused. Some portrait commissions came Beal’s way, but he preferred only portraying friends. More significant were four large murals on the History of Labor in America, the 20th Century: Technology (1975), which he undertook for the headquarters of the United States Department of Labor in Washington. Following a historical timeline, the themes were: colonization, settlement, nineteenth century industry, and twentieth century technology. The unveiling ceremony was attended by government officials and Joan Mondale, an arts advocate and wife of the vice-president. The reviewer for the Washington Post wrote enthusiastically: “They’re heartfelt and they’re big (each is 12 feet square). Their many costumed actors (the Indian, the trapper, the scientist, the hardhat, the capitalist in striped pants, the union maid, etc.) strike dramatic poses in dramatic settings (a seaside wood at dawn, an outdoor blacksmith’s forge, a 19th-century mill, a 20th-century lab). The lighting is theatrical. Beal’s compositions, with their swooping curves and bunched diagonals, are as complicated as his interwoven plots.” To accomplish the murals Beal assembled a team of assistants and models, much in the manner of Renaissance masters, which included artist friends and Freckelton. who by then was painting brightly colorful still lifes. A second mural commission ensued from New York City’s Metropolitan Transit Authority for two twenty-foot long installations for the Times Square Interborough Rapid Transit Company subway station. Beal’s designs for The Return of Spring (installed in 2001, three days after the terrorist attacks in New York, Washington, DC and Philadelphia) and The Onset of Winter (installed in 2005), Beal captured the appearance of his models in an oil painting made to the scale of the intended mosaic. A collaboration with Miotto Mosaics, the canvases were shipped to the Travisanutto Workshop, in Spilimbergo, Italy, where craftsmen fabricated the design to glass mosaics. The Return of Spring depicted construction workers and other New Yorkers in front of a subway kiosk and an outdoor produce market and in The Onset of Winter, a crowd watches a film crew recording a woman entering the subway as snow falls against the city’s skyline. Harkening back to some of his early nudes based on Greek myth, Persephone, goddess of fertility and wife of Hades, appears in both. The symbolism is pertinent, since she spent six months each year below ground. Although he disparaged teaching early on, Beal and Freckelton offered four summertime workshops on their farm in Oneonta, New York. He was an instructor at the New York Academy of Art, a graduate art school he helped to establish in 1982. Returning to Virginia, he taught at Hollins College...
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Realist 1970s Animal Prints

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Lithograph

Robed and Hatted Cat
Located in Columbia, MO
LEONOR FINI Regal Cat with her Cat 1973 Color lithograph Ed. 157/230 12.5 x 9 inches
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Surrealist 1970s Animal Prints

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Lithograph

Cat in Heels
Located in Columbia, MO
LEONOR FINI Cat in Heels 1973 Color lithograph Ed. 157/230 12.5 x 9 inches
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Surrealist 1970s Animal Prints

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Lithograph

Last to Arrive, American Western Art Lithograph by Noel Daggett
Located in Long Island City, NY
Noel Daggett, American (1925 - 2005) - Last to Arrive, Year: circa 1979, Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 300, AP 40, Image Size: 19 x 23 inches, Size:...
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American Realist 1970s Animal Prints

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Lithograph

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