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Period: 20th Century
Fantastical character - Hand-signed lithograph Leonor Fini Surrealist, 1975
By Leonor Fini
Located in New York, NY
Leonor Fini
Fantastical character, 1975
Colored etching on Arches paper
11 × 15 in 28 × 38 cm
Limited edition of 185
Category
Surrealist 20th Century Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Sunrise. 1984. Paper, linocut, 25x34 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Sunrise. 1984. Paper, linocut, 25x34 cm
imprint size 14x25,5 cm total page size 25x34cm
Dainis Rozkalns (1928 - 2018)
Artist, graphic artist, illustrator of folklore and fiction pu...
Category
Folk Art 20th Century Animal Prints
Materials
Paper, Linocut
$185 Sale Price
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Tossing the Bone /// Contemporary Pop Art Nude Screenprint Dog Pet Animal Black
By Dan May
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Dan May (American, 1955-)
Title: "Tossing the Bone"
*Signed and numbered by May in pencil lower left
Year: 1999
Medium: Original Screenprint on unbranded black wove paper
Lim...
Category
Contemporary 20th Century Animal Prints
Materials
Screen
Surrealist composition - Hand-signed lithograph Leonor Fini Surrealist, 1975
By Leonor Fini
Located in New York, NY
Leonor Fini
Surrealist composition, 1975
Colored etching on Arches paper
11 × 15 in 28 × 38 cm
Limited edition of 185
Category
Surrealist 20th Century Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Blue Dog "The Millennium"
Located in Mount Laurel, NJ
This Blue Dog work consists of a blue background. This picture is multi-dimensional with butterflies, blue dogs, a gondola, Earth, and an Egyptian. The dogs all have soulful yellow ...
Category
Pop Art 20th Century Animal Prints
Materials
Screen
Canada Suite Signed Serigraph
Located in Surfside, FL
Original serigraph silkscreen prints by German/Canadian expressionist
Yargo de Lucca (1925-2008) from the “Canada Suite” series, a
hand-signed and numbered Inuit-inspired silkscre...
Category
20th Century Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Wings. 1975., Woodcut, 70x50 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Wings. 1975., Woodcut, 70x50 cm
Dainis Rozkalns (1928 - 2018)
Artist, graphic artist, illustrator of folklore and fiction publications. The main directions of Rožkalns' professiona...
Category
Abstract Geometric 20th Century Animal Prints
Materials
Paper, Woodcut
$581 Sale Price
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Max Ernst - Abstract Birds - Original Lithograph
By Max Ernst
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Max Ernst - Birds - Original Lithograph
Birds, 1962
Dimensions: 32 x 24 cm
From the art review XXe siècle
Unsigned and unumbered as issued
Category
Surrealist 20th Century Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Mod Animal Print
Located in Surfside, FL
Original serigraph silkscreen prints by German/Canadian expressionist
Yargo de Lucca (1925-2008) from the “Canada Suite” series, a
hand-signed and numbered Inuit-inspired silkscre...
Category
20th Century Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Bride. 1994. Paper, linocut, 25x33 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Bride. 1994. Paper, linocut, 25x33 cm
imprint size 13x25 cm total page size 25x33cm
Dainis Rozkalns (1928 - 2018)
Artist, graphic artist, illustrator of folklore and fiction public...
Category
Folk Art 20th Century Animal Prints
Materials
Paper, Linocut
$185 Sale Price
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Lucky Penny (Horse Stable)
Located in Hollywood, FL
Artist: Richard McLean
Title: Lucky Penny
Medium: Lithograph
Signed: Hand Signed
Edition: Edition of 250
Measurements: 22.5" x 29.75"
Note: This piece is sold UNFRAMED
Conditio...
Category
Contemporary 20th Century Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Pig farmer's job. 1979. Paper, linocut, 25x34 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Pig farmer's job. 1979. Paper, linocut, 25x34 cm
imprint size 13x25,5 cm total page size 25x34cm
Dainis Rozkalns (1928 - 2018)
Artist, graphic artist, illustrator of folklore and f...
Category
Folk Art 20th Century Animal Prints
Materials
Paper, Linocut
$185 Sale Price
20% Off
Love in Paradise, 1980 Signed Screenprint by Yannis Amoryanos
Located in Long Island City, NY
Love in Paradise
Yannis Amoryanos
Greek
Date: 1980
Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition of 300, AP 45
Size: 28 in. x 22 in. (71.12 cm x 55.88 cm)
Category
Folk Art 20th Century Animal Prints
Materials
Screen
20th century drypoint etching figurative animal print horses sketch signed
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Combat Equestre" is an original lithograph by Claude Weisbuch. The artist signed the piece lower right and wrote the edition number (24/100) in the lower left. This piece depicts mu...
Category
Modern 20th Century Animal Prints
Materials
Drypoint, Etching
Latvian folk songs, volume VII, 1994. Paper, linocut, 23, 5x33 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Latvian folk songs, volume VII, 1994. Paper, linocut, 23,5x33 cm
imprint size 9x26 cm total page size 23,5x33cm
Dainis Rozkalns (1928 - 2018)
Artist, graphic artist, illustrator of...
Category
Realist 20th Century Animal Prints
Materials
Paper, Linocut
$215 Sale Price
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Martins day. 1984. Paper, linocut, 25x34 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Martins day. 1984. Paper, linocut, 25x34 cm
imprint size 13x25 cm total page size 25x34cm
Dainis Rozkalns (1928 - 2018)
Artist, graphic artist, illustrator of folklore and fiction ...
Category
Folk Art 20th Century Animal Prints
Materials
Paper, Linocut
$185 Sale Price
20% Off
Herdsman's misdeeds, vices. 1979. Paper, linocut, 19x33 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Herdsman's misdeeds, vices. 1979. Paper, linocut, 19x33 cm
imprint size 7x25 cm total page size 19x33cm
Dainis Rozkalns (1928 - 2018)
Artist, graphic artist, illustrator of folklor...
Category
Folk Art 20th Century Animal Prints
Materials
Paper, Linocut
$185 Sale Price
20% Off
Max Ernst - Composition - Original Lithograph
By Max Ernst
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Max Ernst - Composition - Original Lithograph
1958
Dimensions: 32 x 24 cm
XXe siècle
Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued
Max Ernst was born in Bruhl, a place near Cologne, in Germany. He was raised in a strict Catholic family, and both of his parents were disciplinarians who were dedicated to training their children into God-fearing and talented individuals. Although his father was deaf, Ernst learned so much from him, particularly when it comes to painting. In fact, much of his early years were lived under the inspiration of his father who was also a teacher. He was the one who introduced painting to Ernst at an early age.
In 1914, Ernst attended the University of Bonn where he studied philosophy. However, he eventually dropped out of school because he was more interested in the arts. He claimed that his primary sources of interest included anything that had something to do with painting. Moreover, he became fascinated with psychology, among other subjects in school.
Primarily, Ernst's love for painting was the main reason why he became deeply interested with this craft and decided to pursue it later on in his life. During his early years, he became familiar with the works of some of the greatest artists of all time including Claude Monet, Paul Cezanne and Vincent van Gogh. He was also drawn to themes such as fantasy and dream imagery, which were among the common subjects of the works of Giorgio de Chirico.
During World War I, Ernst was forced to join the German Army, and he became a part of the artillery division that exposed him greatly to the drama of warfare. A soldier in the War, Ernst emerged deeply traumatized and highly critical of western culture. These charged sentiments directly fed into his vision of the modern world as irrational, an idea that became the basis of his artwork. Ernst's artistic vision, along with his humor and verve come through strongly in his Dada and Surrealists works; Ernst was a pioneer of both movements.
It was Ernst's memories of the war and his childhood that helps him create absurd, yet interesting scenes in his artworks. Soon, he took his passion for the arts seriously when he returned to Germany after the war. With Jean Arp, a poet and artist, Ernst formed a group for artists in Cologne. He also developed a close relationship with fellow artists in Paris who propagated Avant-Garde artworks.
In 1919, Ernst started creating some of his first collages, where he made use of various materials including illustrated catalogs and some manuals that produced a somewhat futuristic image. His unique masterpieces allowed Ernst to create his very own world of dreams and fantasy, which eventually helped heal his personal issues and trauma. In addition to painting and creating collages, Ernst also edited some journals. He also made a few sculptures that were rather queer in appearance.
In 1920s, influenced by the writings of psychologist Sigmund Freud, the literary, intellectual, and artistic movement called Surrealism sought a revolution against the constraints of the rational mind; and by extension, they saw the rules of a society as oppressive. Surrealism also embraces a Marxist ideology that demands an orthodox approach to history as a product of the material interaction of collective interests, and many renown Surrealism artists later on became 20th century Counterculture symbols such as Marxist Che Guevara. In 1922 Ernst moved to Paris, where the surrealists were gathering around Andre Breton. In 1923 Ernst finished Men Shall Know Nothing of This, known as the first Surrealist painting. Ernst was one of the first artists who apply The Interpretation of Dreams by Freud to investigate his deep psyche in order to explore the source of his own creativity. While turning inwards unto himself, Ernst was also tapping into the universal unconscious with its common dream imagery.
Despite his strange styles, Ernst gained quite a reputation that earned him some followers throughout his life. He even helped shape the trend of American art during the mid-century, thanks to his brilliant and extraordinary ideas that were unlike those of other artists during his time. Ernst also became friends with Peggy Guggenheim, which inspired him to develop close ties with the abstract expressionists.
When Ernst lived in Sedona, he became deeply fascinated with the Southwest Native American navajo art. In fact, the technique used in this artwork inspired him and paved the way for him to create paintings that depicted this style. Thus, Ernst became a main figure of this art technique, including the rituals and spiritual traditions included in this form of art. Pollock, aside from the other younger generations of abstract expressionists, was also inspired by sand painting of the Southwest...
Category
Surrealist 20th Century Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Arbitrariness of the master. 1982. Paper, linocut, 20x34 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Arbitrariness of the master. 1982. Paper, linocut, 20x34 cm
imprint size 9,5x26 cm total page size 20x34cm
Dainis Rozkalns (1928 - 2018)
Artist, graphic artist, illustrator of folk...
Category
Folk Art 20th Century Animal Prints
Materials
Paper, Linocut
$185 Sale Price
20% Off
Hoi Lebadang Horse in Red Lithograph, Signed , Numbered & Framed
By Hoi Lebadang
Located in Plainview, NY
An abstract Lithograph by Lebadang , known as Hoi ( Vietnamese , French 1921 - 2015) of a horse in red with a hint of blue, yellow and black.
The art work is signed by the artist " ...
Category
Abstract 20th Century Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Tree of life. 1982, Paper, linocut, print size 50x56 cm; total 60x65 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Tree of life. 1982, Paper, linocut, print size 50x56 cm; total 60x65 cm
Dainis Rozkalns (1928 - 2018)
Artist, graphic artist, illustrator of folklore and fiction publications. The ...
Category
Abstract Geometric 20th Century Animal Prints
Materials
Paper, Linocut
Strange Animals
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Strange Animals
Engraving, 1949
Signed, dated, and titled in pencil by the artist
The composition was created at the Univerisity of Iowa while the artist was enrolled in the famous M...
Category
American Modern 20th Century Animal Prints
Materials
Engraving
"A Carp Leaping in a Pool" by Katsushika Taito. Haddad's Fine Arts, Inc.
By Katsushika Taito II
Located in Chesterfield, MI
Published By Haddad's Fine Arts, Inc
Distressed condition, water damage
Measures 35 in x 22.5 in
Category
20th Century Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Leo Browne Color Etching, Pencil Signed - Green Parrot and Butterfly
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Beautiful color etching by Leo Browne. Created circa 1930's and 1940's.
Image size: 14 x 11 inches. Sheet size: 19 5/8 x 15 1/4
The print is in excellent condition and presents in a ...
Category
20th Century Animal Prints
Materials
Paper
Wild Boar, from Images by Elisabeth Frink, 1967
Located in Kingsclere, GB
Wild Boar, from Images by Elisabeth Frink, 1967
Additional information:
Medium: lithograph
79 x 59 cm
31 1/8 x 23 1/4 in
signed and inscribed 'D' in pencil
Dame Elisabeth Jean Frank was an English sculptor and printmaker.
Born in Thurlow, Suffolk, Frink studied at the Guildford School of Art (1946–1949), under Willi Soukop...
Category
20th Century Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Small Soldier Travelling in a Fish - Original Handsigned Etching - Ltd 60 copies
Located in Paris, IDF
Richard DAVIES (1945-1991)
Small Soldier Travelling in a Fish
Original etching and mezzotint
Handsigned in pencil
Numbered / 60
On vellum 41 x 33 cm (c. 16 x 13 inch)
REFERENCES : ...
Category
Modern 20th Century Animal Prints
Materials
Mezzotint, Etching
Lurçat, le radeau de la méduse, huit dessins à la plume (after)
By Jean Lurçat
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Published by Aux Éditions Jeanne Bucher, Paris, 1933; printed by F. Duval, February 20, 1933. Notes: Fr...
Category
Surrealist 20th Century Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
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Lurçat, derniers monuments aux victimes, huit dessins à la plume (after)
By Jean Lurçat
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Published by Aux Éditions Jeanne Bucher, Paris, 1933; printed by F. Duval, February 20, 1933. Notes: Fr...
Category
Surrealist 20th Century Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
20% Off
Lurçat, aprèsça on recommence, huit dessins à la plume (after)
By Jean Lurçat
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Published by Aux Éditions Jeanne Bucher, Paris, 1933; printed by F. Duval, February 20, 1933. Notes: Fr...
Category
Surrealist 20th Century Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
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Music : the Trumpet - Original handsigned black-manner etching - 100 copies
By Mario Avati
Located in Paris, IDF
Mario AVATI
Music : the Trumpet
Original black manner etching
Handsigned in pencil
Numbered / 100 copies
On BFK Rives vellum 30 x 19.5 cm (c. 12 x 8 in)
Excellent condition
Category
Modern 20th Century Animal Prints
Materials
Etching
Woman Riding a Dove - Original handsigned black-manner etching - 100 copies
By Mario Avati
Located in Paris, IDF
Mario AVATI
Woman Riding a Dove
Original black manner etching
Handsigned in pencil
Numbered / 100 copies
On BFK Rives vellum 30 x 19.5 cm (c. 12 x 8 in)
Excellent condition
Category
Modern 20th Century Animal Prints
Materials
Etching
Le Goût de Bonheur: one plate - Colorful Portrait
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Artist: Pablo Picasso (after)
Medium: lithograph, Arches paper
Portfolio: Le Goût de Bonheur
Year: 1970
Edition: Total of 1998 copies (666 each in German, French and English)
Sheet S...
Category
Modern 20th Century Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Gustave Singier - Abstract Fish - Original Lithograph
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Gustave Singier - Abstract Fish - Original Lithograph
Conditions: excellent
32 x 24 cm
1955
From XXe siècle, San Lazzaro
Unsigned and unumbered as issued
Category
Contemporary 20th Century Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
"Two Horses from Homage to Marino Marini, " an Original signed by Marino Marini
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Two Horses from Homage to Marino Marini" is an original color lithograph signed in stone by Marino Marini. It depicts a horse and rider in abstracted contour lines and black shapes ...
Category
Post-Modern 20th Century Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Millbrook Steeplechase 1930 by Paul Brown for The Derrydale Press
Located in Bristol, CT
Paul Desmond Brown (1893-1958) Millbrook Steeplechase proof-plate from The Derrydale Press book Gentlemen Up pub. 1930
Print Sz: 14 5/8"H x 8 1/4"W
F...
Category
20th Century Animal Prints
Materials
Paper
Set of Four Hand Colored Humming Bird Prints
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Here are four framed hand colored humming bird species published in the early 20th century representing the original 19th century work of Scottish naturalist, Sir William Jardine. Presented under glass with marbleized mating...
Category
Naturalistic 20th Century Animal Prints
Materials
Paint, Paper
After Georges Braque - Oiseaux - Pochoir
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
after Georges Braque
Oiseaux
Color Pochoir on Paper
Published in the deluxe art review, XXe Siecle (issue number 11 "Les nouveaux rapports de l'art et de la nature")
1958
Dimensions:...
Category
Modern 20th Century Animal Prints
Materials
Stencil
Graphisms & 14. 1980, paper, silk screen, 15x22.5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Graphisms & 14. 1980, paper, silk screening, 15x22.5 cm
Maris Argalis (1954-2008)
Born in Riga.
1971. - graduated the Janis Rosenthal Riga Art School.
O...
Category
Conceptual 20th Century Animal Prints
Materials
Paper, Screen
$360 Sale Price
20% Off
Waiting For My TV Dinner White - Signed Silkscreen Blue Dog Print
Located in Mount Laurel, NJ
This Blue Dog work consists of 3 dogs; 1 large blue dog centered in the foreground, 1 smaller black and white dog sitting on a fuchsia chair and 1 smaller red dog sitting on a dark blue chair in the background. There is also a blue tree and a blue moon in the background all on a full white background. The Dogs all have soulful yellow eyes. This pop art animal original silkscreen print on paper is guaranteed authentic and is hand signed by the artist.
Artist: George Rodrigue
Title: Blue Dog “Waiting For My TV Dinner...
Category
Pop Art 20th Century Animal Prints
Materials
Screen
Max Ernst - Elektra - Lithograph
By Max Ernst
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Max Ernst - Elektra
Lithograph
1939
Dimensions: 32 x 24 cm
Signed in the plate
From XXe siècle
Unsigned and unumbered as issued
Category
Surrealist 20th Century Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Damien Hirst THE EMPRESSES Suite of 5 Prints sold as a set
By Damien Hirst
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Artist/Designer; Manufacturer: Damien Hirst (British, b. 1965)
Marking(s); notes: signed on labels; ed. 810/3041 (all); 2022
Materials: laminated giclee print on aluminum composite p...
Category
Pop Art 20th Century Animal Prints
Materials
Glitter, Panel, Giclée, Screen
Spirits In the Trees - Signed Silkscreen Print
Located in Mount Laurel, NJ
This Blue Dog work consists of a dog sitting on a marbled white box with a tree and moon on a background of blue and purple. The dog has soulful yellow eyes. This pop art animal or...
Category
Pop Art 20th Century Animal Prints
Materials
Screen
Three Herons - At the flaming lake -
Located in Berlin, DE
Rudolf Hayder (active in the 1st half of the 20th century), Heron. Color woodcut on thin Japanese paper, 24 x 29 cm (image), 29 x 36 cm (sheet size), signed by hand at lower right "R. Hayder" and titled by hand as "Reiher". Lower left inscribed by hand "Orig.[inal] woodcut, hand print".
- A little bit stained in the margins and very occasionally in the image, minimal hole above the signature, traces of creasing. At the back side's margins with remnants of an old mounting.
About the artwork
In the context of French Japonism, the color woodblock print, which was widespread in the Asian region, was rediscovered for Western art. The artists of the time, such as Édouard Manet, Claude Monet, Edgar Degas, Paul Gauguin and Vincent van Gogh, were inspired not only by the cultural influence, but also by the two-dimensionality of the pictorial spaces. Thus, color woodcuts became an important moment in the development of the modern pictorial concept founded by Impressionism.
In Rudolf Hayder's "Herons", too, the two-dimensionality of the pictorial space is decisive for the pictorial effect. The herons, surrounded by reeds, are framed by the yellow background of the lake, followed by the dark blue-greenish stripe of the opposite shore and, above it, the sky in a lighter blue-green. Formally, it is a sequence of planes, but the two-dimensionality of the motif creates a spatial effect. This spatiality in the surface creates an intense pictorial effect. Hayder intensifies this effect with the blazing lake. In terms of color, the water becomes a sunset. The yellow turns reddish brown toward the shore, then fades to brownish red, while the shore is a watery turquoise...
Category
Realist 20th Century Animal Prints
Materials
Color
RESCUE THE REEF
Located in Aventura, FL
Hand signed, titled and numbered by the artist. Image size approx 20 x 24 inches.
Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of Authenticity is included. All reasonable offers ...
Category
Contemporary 20th Century Animal Prints
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
$150 Sale Price
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Bonnard, Composition (Terrasse 54), Pierre Bonnard Correspondences (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin d’Arches paper, mounted on vélin d’Arches backing sheet, as issued. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the album, Corres...
Category
Modern 20th Century Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
44% Off
Bonnard, Composition (Terrasse 54), Pierre Bonnard Correspondences (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin d’Arches paper, mounted on vélin d’Arches backing sheet, as issued. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the album, Corres...
Category
Modern 20th Century Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
44% Off
Bonnard, Composition (Terrasse 54), Pierre Bonnard Correspondences (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin d’Arches paper, mounted on vélin d’Arches backing sheet, as issued. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the album, Corres...
Category
Modern 20th Century Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
44% Off
Bonnard, Composition (Terrasse 54), Pierre Bonnard Correspondences (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin d’Arches paper, mounted on vélin d’Arches backing sheet, as issued. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the album, Corres...
Category
Modern 20th Century Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
44% Off
Leonor Fini - Magical Cat - Original Etching
By Leonor Fini
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Leonor Fini - Cats - Original Engraving
Mme.Helvetius' Cats
Original etching created in 1985, Printed Signature (LF).
Conditions: excellent
Edition: 100
Support: Arches paper.
Dimensions: Paper dimensions: 44 x 28 cm
Editions: Moret, Paris.
Leonor Fini is considered one of the most important women artists of the mid-twentieth century, along with Leonora Carrington, Frida Kahlo, Meret Oppenheim, Remedios Varo, and Dorothea Tanning – most of whom Fini knew well. Her career, which spanned some six decades, included painting, graphic design, book illustration, product design (the renowned torso-shaped perfume bottle for Schiaparelli’s Shocking), and set and costume design for theatre, ballet, opera, and film. In this compellingly readable, exhaustively researched account, author Peter Webb brings Fini’s provocative art and unconventional personal life, as well as the vibrant avant-garde world in which she revolved, vividly in life.
Born in Buenos Aires in 1907 (August 30 – January 18, 1996, Paris) to Italian and Argentine parents, Leonor grew up in Trieste, Italy, raised by her strong-willed, independent mother, Malvina. She was a virtually self-taught artist, learing anatomy directly from studying cadavers in the local morgue and absorbing composition and technique from the Old Masters through books and visits to museums.
Fini’s fledging attempts at painting in Trieste let her to Milan, where she participated in her first group exhibition in 1929, and then to Paris in 1931.
Her vivacious personality and flamboyant attire instantly garnered her a spotlight in the Parisian art world and she soon developed close relationships with the leading surrealist writers and painters, including Paul Eluard, Salvador Dali, Man Ray, and Max Ernst, who became her lover for a time. The only surrealist she could not abide because of his misogyny was André Breton. Although she repeatedly exhibited with them, she never considered herself a surrealist. The American dealer Julien Levy,
very much impressed by Fini’s painting and smitten by her eccentric charms, invited her to New York in 1936, where she took part in a joint gallery exhibition with Max Ernst and met many American surrealists, including Joseph Cornell and Pavel Tchelitchew. Her work was included in MoMA’s pivotal Fantastic Art, Dada and Surrealism exhibition, along with De Chirico, Dali, Ernst, and Yves Tanguy.
In 1939 in Paris she curated an exhibition of surrealist furniture for her childhood friend Leo Castelli for the opening of his first gallery.
Introductions to her exhibition catalogues were written by De Chirico, Ernst, and Jean Cocteau.
A predominant theme of Fini’s art is the complex relationship between the sexes, primarily the interplay between the dominant female and the passive, androgynous male. In many of her most powerful works, the female takes the form of a sphinx, often with the face of the artist. Fini was also an accomplished portraitist; among her subjects were Stanislao Lepri...
Category
Modern 20th Century Animal Prints
Materials
Etching
Keith Haring Club DV8 poster 1991 (Keith Haring balloon dog)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Keith Haring Club DV8 San Francisco 1991:
A rare 1991 Club DV8's poster featuring Keith Haring balloon dog artwork originally created by the artist for DV...
Category
Pop Art 20th Century Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph, Offset
$500 Sale Price
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PKZ Fox
Located in New York, NY
1935. Color Lithograph.
Alois Carigiet was a Swiss graphic designer, painter, and illustrator. He may be known best for six children's picture books set in the Alps, A Bell for Ur...
Category
Art Deco 20th Century Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Mechanical Parrots - Aquatint and Etching by Fifo Stricker - 1997
Located in Roma, IT
Mechanical Parrots is a contemporary artwork realized by the artist Fifo Stricker in 1997.
Mixed colored aquatint and etching.
Hand signed and dated by the artist on the lower rig...
Category
Contemporary 20th Century Animal Prints
Materials
Etching
The Wasp, 1942 (Histoire Naturelle - Textes de Buffon, B.351)
Located in Greenwich, CT
The Wasp is an aquatint and drypoint print on chine from one of the deluxe copies of Picasso's 1942 Histoire Naturelle - Textes de Buffon series. The image size is 10.6 x 8 inches, u...
Category
Modern 20th Century Animal Prints
Materials
Drypoint, Aquatint
Maurice Estève - Composition - Original Lithograph
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Maurice Estève - Composition - Original Lithograph
Colorful Abstraction
1969
From the art review XXe Siecle
Dimensions: 32 x 24 inches
Edition: G. di Sa...
Category
Modern 20th Century Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
LEOPARDENJAGD (LEOPARD HUNT)
Located in Portland, ME
Bresslern-Roth, Norbertine (Austrian, 1891-1978). LEOPARDENJAGD (LEOPARD HUNT). Linoleum cut in colors, 1927. Signed, titled and inscribed "Handdruck" (ha...
Category
20th Century Animal Prints
Materials
Linocut
Blue Dog "Equal Justice Blue" - Signed Numbered Print
Located in Mount Laurel, NJ
This Blue Dog work consists of 1 blue and 1 red dog on either side of Lady Justice centered and standing on a moon. All are on a two-toned blue background and the dogs have soulful ...
Category
Pop Art 20th Century Animal Prints
Materials
Screen
Insekt II - Aquatint and Etching by Fifo Stricker - 1982
Located in Roma, IT
Insekt II is a contemporary artwork realized by the artist Fifo Stricker in 1982.
Mixed colored aquatint and etching.
Hand signed and dated by the artist on the lower right margin....
Category
Contemporary 20th Century Animal Prints
Materials
Etching
$664 Sale Price
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Marcel Gromaire (after) - Homage to Dufy - Lithograph
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
(after) Marcel Gromaire
Lithograph after a watercolor, published in the book "Lettre à mon peintre Raoul Dufy." Paris, Librairie Académique Perrin, 1965.
Printed signatur...
Category
Fauvist 20th Century Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Poster-N'Compleat Workes, Moody Gallery/Anonymous Box Company
Located in Chesterfield, MI
BOB BILYEU CAMBLIN (American, 1928-2010). Poster-N’Compleat Workes, Moody Gallery November 12-December 3, 1977, Houston, Texas: “Waterhole." Measures 22 ...
Category
20th Century Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$160 Sale Price
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"Ram's Head" from the suite "Bestiary and some Correspondences"
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Ram's Head" from the suite "Bestiary and some Correspondences" 1968 is an original color lithograph on Arches paper by renown British artist Graham Vivian Suther...
Category
Surrealist 20th Century Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph