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Figurative Prints For Sale
Artist: James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Artist: J.M.W. Turner
Billingsgate
Located in Middletown, NY
Etching printed in dark brownish black ink on cream laid paper, 6 x 8 7/8 inches (152 x 226 mm); full margins. Extremely minor and unobtrusive band of toning along the top sheet edg...
Category
Mid-19th Century Impressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Drypoint, Laid Paper, Etching
Gants de Suede
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Gants de Suede (Suede Gloves)
Lithograph, 1890
Signed in the stone with the butterfly signature (see photo)
Published in: The Studio 3, No. 13 (16 April 1894)
Printed by Way in an edition of 3000 impressions, with the blind stamp of The Studio, London lower left
Stone polished out in 1904
Condition: Excellent
Image size: 8 1/2 x 4 inches
Sheet size: 11 5/8 x 8 1/4 inches
Reference: Spink/Tadeschi 35, published state
"Gants de Suede is a portrait of Whistler’s sister-in-law, Ethel Birnie Philip. Whistler was apparently pleased with this lithograph, for after a small number of impressions were printed he agreed that it could be published by The Studio, an art magazine that had recently been launched; it appeared as part of a special issue." Harris Schrank
Category
1890s Aesthetic Movement Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Billingsgate - Etching by James Whistler - 1859
Located in Roma, IT
Signed and dated on plate. Eighth state of 8 (final state), after different works with drypoint, with margins.
Published in 1878/79 on Japan paper in "The Portfolio". Matting includ...
Category
1850s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Florence Leyland
Located in New York, NY
A very good impression of this extremely scarce drypoint. MacDonald's eleventh state "b" (of 11b), restored after cancellation.
Category
1870s Impressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Drypoint
The Master Smith
Located in Storrs, CT
The Master Smith. 1895. Lithograph. Way 84; Levy 123; Tedeschi, Stratis and Spink 120.i/ii. 4 1/2 x 5 1/2 (sheet 76 x 5 3/8). Only 15 lifetime impressions (in 2 states) were listed by Way; Goulding printed 38 impressions on 14 December 1903. The stone was erased in 1903. Printed on cream wove proofing paper. Monogrammed with the butterfly in the stone. A fine impression of this extremely rare lithograph.
Tedeschi, Stratis, and Spink write, page 366: As originally transferred to stone, the image includes trial marks made with a pointed crayon to the left of the sitter's shoulder. There is also a smudge at lower right below the image and a small stry mark upper right. Only one impression of this state has been located. Now in the Britigh Museum, London, it once belonged to Thomas Way and is illustrated in the Levy (1975) catalogue.' The impression illustrated above lacks the stray mark on the right, as the sheet is too small to accommodate it.
Tedeschi, Stratis and Spink write, page 366: 'This portrait of George Govier, was drawn ad the master smith conversed with the artist during a break from his work. Govier was born in Lyme Regis...
Category
Late 19th Century Impressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Bibi Lalouette - Etching by James Whistler - 1859
Located in Roma, IT
Etching and drypoint in black ink on fine ivory laid Japan paper.
Second state of two.
Signed and dated in plate lower right "Whistler. 1859".
Very good condition.
Ref. Kennedy 51 i...
Category
1850s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Venus
Located in New York, NY
A brilliant, richly-inked impression of this etching and drypoint printed in dark brownish black on antique cream laid paper with very strong contrasts....
Category
1850s Impressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Drypoint, Etching
The Forge
Located in Fairlawn, OH
The Forge
Drypoint, 1861
Signed in the plate lower right (see photo)
Published as part of the Thames Set, 1871
Printed between 1894 and 1896 when the plate was canceled. This impress...
Category
1860s Impressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Drypoint
The Rag Gatherers - Original Etching by J.A. Whistler - 1858
Located in Roma, IT
Signed and dated on plate.
An early state on the 5 issued, with very fresh impression and marked contrasts,
Includes passepartout (cm. 53x37).
The American artist James Abbott McNei...
Category
1850s Post-Impressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
'En Plein Soleil' from the French Set, 'Douze eau-fortes d'apres Nature'
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
James Abbott McNeill Whistler, 'En Plein Soleil' from the French Set (Douze eau-fortes d'apres Nature), etching, 1858, edition 61, 4th state of 4, Kenn...
Category
1850s Impressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Bibi Valentin
Located in Storrs, CT
Bibi Valentin. 1859. Etching and drypoint. Kennedy catalog 50 state ii; Glasgow catalog 34 state ii. 6 x 8 7/8 (sheet 8 11/16 x 10 11/16). Glasgow records 44 known impressions. A rich impression with burr, printed on watermarked laid paper with full margins. Signed and dated in the plate. Housed in a 20 x 16-inch archival mat
A young girl, sits facing the viewer, leaning on her left elbow, legs extended to left. She wears a high-necked smock and buttoned boots...
Category
19th Century American Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching, Drypoint
Rue Furstenberg
Located in Storrs, CT
Rue Furstenberg. 1894. Lithograph. Way 59; Levy 90; Tedeschi, Stratis and Spink catalog 97. Only state. 8 7/8 x 6 1/4 (sheet 14 1/4 x 8 7/8). A fine ...
Category
Late 19th Century Impressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
The Fair
Located in Storrs, CT
The Fair. 1895-96. Lithograph. Way 92, Levy 144, Tedeschi, Stratis and Spink 135 state ii. Image 9 1/4 x 6 1/2 (sheet 13 x 9 5/8). A fine impression printed on antique cream-laid paper. Way lists 15-lifetime impressions (Goulding printed...
Category
Late 19th Century American Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Drypoint, Etching
Rotherhithe
Located in Storrs, CT
Rotherhithe (Originally published as Wapping). 1860. Etching. Kennedy catalog 66 state iii; Glasgow catalog 70. state vi. 10 3/4 x 7 3/4 (sheet 12 7/8 x 9 1/2). Series: "Sixteen Etc...
Category
Mid-19th Century American Impressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Drypoint, Etching
Mother and Daughter
Located in San Francisco, CA
A superb impression of Spink’s only state From the edition of approximately 200 commissioned by Ambroise Vollard, and printed by Auguste Clot, Paris
Catalog: Spink 174; Levy 77
Collections in which impressions from this edition can be found: Chicago Art Institute (3 impressions); Hunterian Art Gallery, University of Glasgow (1 impression); National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. (1 impression); Cleveland Museum of Art (1 impression); The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (1 impression); The Achenbach Foundation for the Graphic Arts, San Francisco (1 impression).
“Mother and Daughter...
Category
19th Century Figurative Prints
AFTERNOON TEA
Located in Portland, ME
Whistler, James A. M. AFTERNOON TEA. Way 147, Levy 114, TS&S 173. Lithograph, 1897. The only State, printed by Clot in an edition of 100, and published b...
Category
1890s Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Alderney Street - Etching by J.A. Whistler - 1881
Located in Roma, IT
Not signed. Edition of the "Gazette des Beaux-Arts" .The American artist James Abbott McNeill Whistler can be considered a forerunner of the Post-Impressionist movement.
Very good co...
Category
1880s Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
The Little Wheelwright's
Located in Storrs, CT
The Little Wheelwright's. 1886. Etching. Kennedy 245; Glasgow 242. 2 1/2 x 3 3/4 (sheet 5 1/8 x 6 1/8). There was no lifetime edition. Glasgow lists only 13 other known impressions. A fine impression printed in black ink on white laid paper. Monogrammed with the butterfly in the plate. Housed in a 10 X 11 1/2 X 1-inch gold leaf period carved Celtic...
Category
Mid-19th Century American Impressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Drury Lane
Located in New York, NY
James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1834-1903), DRURY LANE, etching, 1880-81, signed with the butterfly and inscribed imp in pencil [also with the butterfly upper right in the plate], on...
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Lindsey Row, Chelsea
Located in Storrs, CT
Lindsey Row, Chelsea. 1888. Lithograph. Way 20; Levy 33; Tedeschi, Stratis and Spink 23. 5 x 8. Edition of 56 posthumous impressions printed by Goulding, in addition to the 14 lifet...
Category
Late 19th Century American Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Tête-à-Tête in the Garden
Located in Storrs, CT
Tête-à-Tête in the Garden. 1894. Lithograph. Way 54, Levy 85, Tedeschi, Stratis and Spink 90. 8 x 6 1/2(sheet 10 7/8 x 8 1/2). Edition of 25-lifetime impressions plus a few proofs re...
Category
Late 19th Century American Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Victoria Club
Located in Storrs, CT
Victoria Club. 1879 and 1887. Lithograph. Way catalog 11 state ii; Levy catalog 22; Tedeschi, Stratis and Spink catalog number 15 state ii. 8 x 5 3/8 (sheet 16 5/8 x 12 1/16). A ri...
Category
Late 19th Century American Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
"The Rag Gatherers (Kennedy 23V)"Etching signed by James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"The Rag Gatherers" is an original etching on zinc plate by J. A. M. Whistler. The artist signed and dated the piece in the plate. It features a scene...
Category
1850s Art Nouveau Figurative Prints
Materials
Fabric, Etching
Chelsea Rags
Located in Storrs, CT
Chelsea Rags.
Chelsea Rags. 1888. Lithograph. Way 22, Levy 35, Tedeschi, Stratis and Spink 26. 7 1/8 x 6 5/16 (sheet 12 3/4 x 8). Printed on cream laid paper. Provenance: Miss Rosalind Birnie Philip, Whistler's sister-in-law, her seal verso: (Lugt 405). Michael Parkin Fine Art, Ltd. from whom purchased in 1972. Christie's, King Street.Signed with the butterfly in the image. One of 13 impressions listed by Way, before the image was transferred to supplementary stones for the edition of 500-1,000 printed by Way and issued in the Albemarle, January, 1892. Signed with the butterfly in the stone and in pencil. Housed in an elegant silk mat with a silver liner, and in a 16 3/4 x 14 3/4-inch silver leaf frame decorated with fleur-de-lis decorations.
"And his interest in London has not been restricted to the Thames. Seeing the beautiful, where other men might be discouraged by dullness, he has taken his subject, now in the little cheap shop opening a low window upon the street, now in the forgotten church hidden away in a lonely square. And Chelsea Rags, the Shops of Chelsea, the Drury Lane, as well as The Butcher's Dog, are impressions of vague Rembrandtesque interiors where figures, grim or graceful, peer from out deep shadows— shops as lovely in his prints as the halls of a Veronese, or the palaces of a Claude." Elizabeth Robins...
Category
Late 19th Century American Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Seymour seated
Located in Roma, IT
Not signed. The American artist James Abbott McNeill Whistler can be considered a forerunner of the Post-Impressionist movement.
Passepartout included : 53 x 37 cm
Image Dimensions ...
Category
Late 19th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
The Venetian Mast
Located in Storrs, CT
The Venetian Mast. 1879-80. Etching and drypoint. Kennedy catalog 195 state .vi; Glasgow catalog 219 state x/xii. 13 3/8 x 6 3/8. Glasgow records 53 impressions. A fine, atmospheric...
Category
1870s American Impressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Drypoint, Etching
The Beggars
Located in New York, NY
James Whistler (1834-1903), The Beggars, etching and drypoint, 1879-80, signed with the butterfly and inscribed “imp”. Reference: Glasgow 190, seventh sta...
Category
1870s Impressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Drypoint, Etching
The Shoemaker
Located in San Francisco, CA
Original lithograph printed in black ink on China paper.
Signed on the stone with the artist’s butterfly monogram upper center.
A superb, richly printed impression of Spink’s only state From the edition of unknown size printed by Lemercier, Paris (apart from the posthumous edition of 58 printed by Goulding in 1904).
Catalog: Spink 169; Levy 129; Way 151
Collections in which impressions from this edition can be found: Art Institute of Chicago (4 impressions); Hunterian Art Gallery, University of Glasgow (1 impression); British Museum, London (1 impression); Freer Art Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. (1 impression); National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. (1 impression); University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor (1 impression); Boston Public Library (1 impression); Museum of Fine Art, Boston (1 impression); Cleveland Museum of Art (1 impression); Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (2 impressions); Achenbach Foundation for the Graphic Arts, San Francisco (1 impression) .
“The Shoemaker” was one of the first lithographs that Whistler made after his acrimonious break with his London printers, the Ways. It was entitled “The Shoemaker, Dieppe” by Rosalind Birnie Philip in her 1903 inventory of the artist’s estate, and indeed it does seem to have been drawn during a period when Whistler was making frequent Channel crossings...
Category
19th Century American Impressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
The Sisters
Located in New York, NY
James Abbott McNeill Whistler 1834 Lowell, Massachusetts – London 1903
The Sisters 1894/95
transfer lithograph with scraping, printed on ivory laid Jap...
Category
1890s American Impressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Nude Model, Reclining
Located in San Francisco, CA
Original lithograph printed in black ink on antique laid paper.
Signed on the stone with the artist’s butterfly monogram center left.
A superb impression of Spink’s third and f...
Category
19th Century Aesthetic Movement Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Afternoon Tea (or La Conversation)
Located in San Francisco, CA
A superb impression of Spink’s only state from the edition of 100 published and issued by Ambroise Vollard in L’Album d’estampes originales de la Galerie Vollard (second album), Pari...
Category
Late 19th Century Figurative Prints
Decorating with Figurative Art Prints and Works on Paper
Bring energy and an array of welcome colors and textures into your space by decorating with figurative fine-art prints and works on paper.
Figurative art stands in contrast to abstract art, which is more expressive than representational. The oldest-known work of figurative art is a figurative painting — specifically, a rock painting of an animal made over 40,000 years ago in Borneo. This remnant of a remote past has long faded, but its depiction of a cattle-like creature in elegant ocher markings endures.
Since then, figurative art has evolved significantly as it continues to represent the world, including a breadth of works on paper, including printmaking. This includes woodcuts, which are a type of relief print with perennial popularity among collectors. The artist carves into a block and applies ink to the raised surface, which is then pressed onto paper. There are also planographic prints, which use metal plates, stones or other flat surfaces as their base. The artist will often draw on the surface with grease crayon and then apply ink to those markings. Lithographs are a common version of planographic prints.
Figurative art printmaking was especially popular during the height of the Pop art movement, and this kind of work can be seen in artist Andy Warhol’s extensive use of photographic silkscreen printing. Everyday objects, logos and scenes were given a unique twist, whether in the style of a comic strip or in the use of neon colors.
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