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Medium: Ink
Abstract Landscape India Edition 3/5 Linocut Print Nature Red Orange Black
Located in Norfolk, GB
There is a natural and raw understanding in Mukesh Sharma’s prints that both depict, and are influenced by, the Rajastani communities of his home town in rural India. In these Limited Edition fine-art prints, made over a period of twenty years, we are offered the colours of India’s ancient land, the textures, light and the patterns that are everywhere. In the patterns of the arable fields to the jali's (carved screens) in the architecture. This work is however not romantic nor nostalgic but shows a deeper rooted need to offer a visual heritage of place, of where the artist is from and the journey that he is taking. The results are both compelling and honest. Mukesh Sharma, Celebration “O”, Lino-cut chin-coll’e on German Ivory paper Edition: 3 of 5, 2005 Image size: 50 x 33 cm / Sheet size: 79 x 55 cm Unframed "In this piece I use multiple layering of image, repetition of shape, layered shapes to inform my life celebration and my investigation into Indian culture" Mukesh Sharma's work: It is often in childhood that paths are set for what we will become. Mukesh Sharma hails from a rural, agricultural village in Rajasthan, India. His Father is a craftsman who fixed and mended farm machinery and understood the working parts in the processes. Sharma followed in his Father’s footsteps, as is often the case in Indian families, but his was not the machines of the fields but the presses of the printing studio. Like his Father, Mukesh Sharma is fascinated with understanding how things work and how he can manipulate the metal in his hands. It is not surprising then that his medium of choice is printing. One of the most physically challenging of all the practices, it can often be physically challenging as well as technical and detailed. In his youth, Sharma would draw with stones on walls and floors. He was lucky his family encouraged this and he is grateful for his early art-training at the Jaipur School of Art but it was at the Baroda Art Department that he was introduced to the great printing traditions of Jyoti Bhatt...
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Early 2000s Abstract Ink Figurative Prints

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Linocut, Archival Pigment

Native Civilians of America -- "De L'Amerique" Published Frankfurt / 1683
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful etching, originally page 365 in a book De L'amerique by Alain Manesson Mallet, circa 1683, depicts the artist's concept of the appearance and activities of the native occupants of America in graphic detail. Unsigned. Displayed in a black and giltwood frame. Image, 6.5"H x 4.5"L. 1683 Manesson Mallet "Bresiliens" Amerindians, Indigenous Native Brazilians, Brazil, South America, Antique Print...
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1680s Realist Ink Figurative Prints

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Paper, Ink, Woodcut

Late 19th Century Normandy French Market Engraving
Located in Soquel, CA
Charming engraving of the market in Aumale, France in Normandy by Charles John Watson (British, 1846-1927), circa 1880. Signed within engraving and below by artist. Presented under g...
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1880s Impressionist Ink Figurative Prints

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Paper, India Ink

Colosseo Quadrato - iconic neoclassical architectural elements in Rome
Located in San Francisco, CA
Colosseo Quadrato by Frank Schott, from a series of photographic observances capturing urban textures and color palettes of Roman architecture 30 x ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Ink Figurative Prints

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Giclée, Archival Pigment

Orpheus - Drawing By Gustave Bourgogne - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Orpheus is an artwork realized by Gustave Bourgogne in the 1940s.  Pencil and watercolor, ink on paper.  Good conditions. Gustave Bourgogne (1888-1968), a french painter born in 1888 in Veigné in Indre et Loire and died in Paris in 1968. He excelled in landscapes, still lifes and portraits and specialized in the abstract interpretation of great musical compositions. In 1928, hearing the great carillon of the cathedral of Mechelen, he had the revelation of the correspondence of sounds and colors and began to reproduce in his paintings the impressions felt while listening to music, considering that painting is like music, the result of the same deep rhythm. In the company of Henri Valensi, Charles Blanc-Gatti and Vito Stracquadaini, Gustave Bourgogne published the Musicalism Manifesto in 1932 and created with them the Association of Musical Artists. He exhibited his works at the first three salons of musical artists (which were held at the Renaissance Gallery) which were joined by, among others, Louise...
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1940s Modern Ink Figurative Prints

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Pencil

Male Nude, framed hand pulled artist's proof print, brown tones
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This vintage work by Esteban Chavez illustrates his skills as a master-printer. Plate size dimension is 4.25" x 4" Framed, the work measures 16.5" x 14" Please note, there is a sm...
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2010s Contemporary Ink Figurative Prints

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Aquatint, Etching, Archival Paper, Archival Ink

Young Girl by the Window, Mid-century Portrait
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid-century portrait of a young girl by a window by acclaimed California artist Ben Messick (American, 1891-1981). Signed "Ben Messick" in plate, and in pencil in the lower right corner, by the estate. Presented in an off-white mat. Unframed. Paper size: 12"H x 12"W The following is submitted by Jim Lafferty whose sources include the autobiography of the artist: William Washington Messick married Sarah A. Bristow January 2,1889 and from this marriage a son, Benjamin Newton Messick was born on January 9, 1891 on a farm near Strafford, Missouri. His art talent was apparent from the time he was a child and later recognized by his commanding officer in World War I. He completed his training in Los Angeles at Chouinard in the late-1920s and is well-known for his Regionalist scenes and Modernist paintings. He was an instructor at Chouinard through the 1950s & influenced a generation of LA Modernists. Little is recorded in his autobiography about Messick's life from his teen years and service during the War. He enrolled at Chouinard Institute in the Fall of 1925, and was given a three-year scholarship by Mrs. Chouinard. In 1925 he won a cash award at the Los Angeles County Fair for a group of pen and charcoal drawings done in the parks and streets of Los Angeles. These works give the appearance of being spontaneous and fluid. In 1930 Messick left Chouinard as a full-time student and rented an apartment on West Eighth Street to use as a studio and living quarters. He had his own ideas on what he was trying to accomplish in art. "If you should ask what is the message of my drawings, I should say that they may explain themselves or may be just a technical exercise." By the mid 1940s, Messick's position in the art world had been well established as a teacher, painter, printmaker, writer and critic. Over his life time he had over 400 shows and exhibitions. Starting in 1939 he produced a number of stone lithographs that appear to the untrained eye as original drawings. To Messick the image was the most important aspect of his lithographs, and his signature in the plate was sufficient. Hand signing each lithograph did not seem necessary to him. He exhibited prints widely including the Albany Print Club and the Metropolitian Museum. To further substantiate the authenticity of Messick's prints the Eclectic Gallery under the authority of the Messick family posthumously pencil signed each estate-acquired stone lithograph. Messick had a childhood fascination with the circus and started drawing and painting the circus in 1935. His circus work, especially his clown studies, and his lithographs became his trademark work for in the 1940s and 1950s. A critic for ART REVIEW described his Big Top work this way: "His circus canvases...
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1940s American Impressionist Ink Figurative Prints

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Paper, Ink

J.L. Stripes
Located in Burlingame, CA
An iconic female Frohsin figure with red and white stripes and heavy hand coloring. Monotype EV Ed 4/4. Signed front in pencil by Frohsin, who is strongly associated with the Bay Are...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Ink Figurative Prints

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Gouache, Ink, Mixed Media, Monotype, Pencil, Pigment

"Sun Saburo Matsugaya" - Mid 19th Century Figurative Japanese Woodblock Print
Located in Soquel, CA
"Sun Saburo Matsugaya" - Mid 19th Century Figurative Japanese Woodblock Print Beautiful mid 19th century figural Japanese woodblock print of a seated man with lilies in the background by Utagawa Toyokuni III (Kunisada) (Japanese, 1786-1864/5). Artist's chop is in the lower right corner of the piece. The actor is Magosaburo Matsugaya from the play "Katakiuchi Rumors" Presented in a new grey-blue mat with foamcore backing. Mat size: 21"H x 16"W Paper size: 14"H x 9.75"W During his lifetime Kunisada Utagawa...
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1850s Edo Ink Figurative Prints

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Paper, Ink, Woodcut

A Revelation
Located in Southampton, NY
In continuing with representing fine artists that are connected to the music industry we are please to announce that we are the only gallery in the United States representing the wor...
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2010s Ink Figurative Prints

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Pigment

"Dodge Rebellion Girls" - 1967 Original Silkscreen on Paper Artists Proof
Located in Soquel, CA
"Dodge Rebellion Girls" - 1967 Silkscreen on Paper 1967 color silkscreen depicting the Dodge Rebellion Girls by Marc Foster Grant (American, b. 1947). A silhouette of the 'dodge gi...
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1960s American Modern Ink Figurative Prints

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Paper, Ink, Screen

Finely Detailed Abstract W/Woman Carrying a Young Child Collotype on paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Finely Detailed Abstract W/Woman Carrying a Young Child Collotype on paper Finely detailed etching or collotype of a complicated fine line drawing o...
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1990s Abstract Expressionist Ink Figurative Prints

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Paper, Ink, Etching

Purple Kimono with Red Stripes
Located in Soquel, CA
Purple and red kimono by Patricia A. Pearce (American, b. 1948). This piece is unsigned, but was acquired with a collection of Pearce's work. No frame. Image, 27.5"H x 22.5"W Patrici...
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1980s Contemporary Ink Figurative Prints

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Paper, Ink, Laid Paper, Gouache

H.O. Miethke Das Werk folio "Judith I" collotype print
Located in Chicago, IL
Judith I, no. 9 from the second installment of Das Werk Gustav Klimts Much like his treatment of the Classical personage, Danae, from Greek mythology, Klimt’s depiction of Judith takes an Old Testament character, a heroine who avenges the death of her husband by killing an Assyrian king, and firmly positions her in his present-day Vienna. His multicolored collotype rips the canvas from its gilded frame which directly references the subject with its title: “Judith und Holofernes”. Now in print form, Judith, holding the severed head of a male in murky shadow, is the ultimate Viennese femme fatale. Her likeness is unmistakably similar to a former lover of Klimt’s and famous Viennese soprano, Anna von Mildenburg. Though his allusion to ancient Assyria is apt, Klimt literally lifted the gold patterned background’s design motif from a relief detail from Sennacherib’s Palace displayed in a London museum. His context then is contemporary. In a sensual and sexually powerful tour de force, Klimt’s Judith...
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Early 1900s Vienna Secession Ink Figurative Prints

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Paper, Ink

"Changuitos en la ciudad" contemporary neo-barroque surrealist city with monkeys
Located in Ciudad de México, MX
The repetition of patterns and rhythm is present in almost every piece of Pedro´s work. The hybrid topographies that Pedro Friedeberg´s unclassifiable practice recreates we must rec...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Ink Figurative Prints

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Parchment Paper, Ink, Digital

A little Bit of London and A little bit of Canary Wharf diptych
Located in Deddington, GB
A little Bit of London and A little bit of Canary Wharf diptych Overall size cm : H48 x W102 Jayson Lilley A little bit of Canary Wharf Limited Edition City Scape Print Hand pulled Screen Print with Gold Leaf, Finished with Pen and Ink on Archival Museum Board Size: H 24cm x W 51cm x Sold Unframed Edition of 50 (Please note that in situ images are purely an indication of how a piece may look.) Jayson Lilley A little Bit of London Limited Edition City Scape Art...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Ink Figurative Prints

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Gold Leaf

Remarkable Ruins of Morea, formerly called the Peloponnesus
Located in Middletown, NY
Engraved by Pierre François TARDIEU, after Giovanni Paolo PANNINI London: Alexander Hogg, c1778. Etching with engraving on light weight wove paper, 7 1/2 x 11 1/4 inches( 190 x 285...
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Late 18th Century Ink Figurative Prints

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Ink, Handmade Paper

Mars driven away from Peace and Abundance by Minerva
By Agostino Carracci
Located in Middletown, NY
Agostino CARRACCI, after Jacopo TINTORETTO Sapientia Martem depellente Pax et Abundantia cogaudent; Mars driven away from Peace and Abundance by Minerva Engraving on handmade laid ...
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16th Century Old Masters Ink Figurative Prints

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Ink, Handmade Paper, Laid Paper, Woodcut

Hugh Masekela, The Father of South African Jazz - Signed Lithograph Ink on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Hugh Masekela, The Father of South African Jazz - Signed Lithograph Ink on Paper Bold lithograph by Eugene Hawkins (American, b. 1933). Rendered in a s...
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1960s American Modern Ink Figurative Prints

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Paper, Ink, Lithograph

Helen Escobedo Mexican woman 2004 original engraving signed musicians abstract
By Helen Escobedo
Located in Miami, FL
Helen Escobedo (Mexico, 1934-2010) Untitled from portfolio 'El exilio de los sentidos', 2004 Etching and Aquatint on paper 15 x 15 in. (38 x 38 cm.) Edition of 75 ID: ESC1662-001 Han...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Ink Figurative Prints

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Aquatint, Etching, Engraving, Ink

Signed Keith Haring letter 1984 (Keith Haring Tony Shafrazi Gallery 1984)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Keith Haring Tony Shafrazi Gallery 1984: A RARE signed Keith Haring letter produced in 1984 by Haring's long-time gallerist, Tony Shafrazi in reference to Keith Haring's wood panel s...
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1980s Pop Art Ink Figurative Prints

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Ink, Paper

St. Gervais - Watercolor and China Ink by C. Lartigue- Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
St. Gervais is an original drawing in mixed media: watercolor and China ink on paper, realized by the French Artist C. Lartigue in the early 20th Century Hand-signed on the lower ri...
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Early 20th Century Art Deco Ink Figurative Prints

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Ink, Watercolor

Abstract W/Woman Carrying a Young Child Finely Detailed Collotype on paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Abstract W/Woman Carrying a Young Child Finely Detailed Collotype on paper Finely detailed etching or collotype of a complicated fine line drawing o...
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1990s Abstract Expressionist Ink Figurative Prints

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Paper, Ink, Etching

"A Midsummer Night's Dream" - Surreal Lithograph in Ink on Paper (#1/9)
Located in Soquel, CA
Detailed and vivid close-up of an eye with a reflection by an unknown artist (American, 20th Century). In the reflection of the eye, there is a person seated on the ground with a lar...
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1990s Surrealist Ink Figurative Prints

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Paper, Ink

Signed Print of “Cabo Kiss 8”
Located in Fresno, CA
Frank Arnold is thought by many to be one of the foremost abstract figurative painters and sculptors of our time. He is a living master whose work is considered to be both personal a...
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2010s Abstract Ink Figurative Prints

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Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, Archival Ink

Original Pink Panther Supporting Characters, Production Cel/Drawing
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: MGM Studios Title: Pink Panther, Supporting Characters Year: 1993-1995 Medium: Original, hand-painted production animation cel with laser color background, plus pencil drawin...
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1990s Pop Art Ink Figurative Prints

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Ink, Acrylic

FROZEN CUSTARD and STUDY FOR FROZEN CUSTARD
Located in Portland, ME
Marsh, Reginald. FROZEN CUSTARD. S.183. Etching and engraving, 1939. Second State of two. Edition of only 18, printed by Marsh and signed and titled in pencil. 7 x 10 inches, 178 x 2...
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1930s Ink Figurative Prints

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Ink, Engraving, Etching

Nude Woman - Mixed Media on Cardboard by Leo Guida - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Nude Woman is an original mixed media on cardboard artwork by Leo Guida in the XX century. The state of preservation is good except for some foxings. Sheet dimension: 35 x 50 ONn...
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1970s Ink Figurative Prints

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Ink, Mixed Media, Watercolor

"Fairy Rush" - Hand-Altered Iridescent Butterfly Lithograph, 2/20
Located in Soquel, CA
Delicate and iridescent limited edition lithograph of a butterfly by an unknown artist. Titled "Fairy Rush", numbered "2/20", and signed along the bottom edge (illegible). Presented ...
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1990s Contemporary Ink Figurative Prints

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Glitter, Ink, Acrylic, Lithograph

Kcho, Untitled I, 2019 Original Woodcut 45x31in landscape abstract povera art
Located in Miami, FL
Kcho (Alexis Leiva Machado) (Cuba, 1970) 'Untitled I', 2019 woodcut, silkscreen on paper Intaglio 300 g. 44.7 x 31.2 in. (113.5 x 79 cm.) Edition of 30 ID: KCH-121 Unframed
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2010s Contemporary Ink Figurative Prints

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Woodcut, Ink

Penny's Rainbow Lane - Vintage 1960's Abstract Psychedelic Pop Art Poster
Located in Soquel, CA
Penny's Rainbow Lane - Vintage 1960's Abstract Psychedelic Pop Art Poster Take a trip down rainbow lane with this bold and beautiful authentic 1967 P...
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1960s Pop Art Ink Figurative Prints

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Ink, Paper

Original Pink Panther Supporting Characters, Production Cel/Drawing
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: MGM Studios Title: Pink Panther, Supporting Characters Year: 1993-1995 Medium: Original, hand-painted production animation cel with laser color background, plus pencil drawin...
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1990s Pop Art Ink Figurative Prints

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Ink, Acrylic

Original Pink Panther Supporting Characters, Production Cel/Drawing
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: MGM Studios Title: Pink Panther, Supporting Characters Year: 1993-1995 Medium: Original, hand-painted production animation cel with laser color background, plus pencil drawin...
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1990s Pop Art Ink Figurative Prints

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Ink, Acrylic

Original Pink Panther Supporting Characters, Production Cel/Drawing
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: MGM Studios Title: Pink Panther, Supporting Characters Year: 1993-1995 Medium: Original, hand-painted production animation cel with laser color background, plus pencil drawin...
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1990s Pop Art Ink Figurative Prints

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Ink, Acrylic

Grotesque, Surrealist Ink Drawing on Paper by Leonard Baskin
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Leonard Baskin, American (1922 - 2000) Title: Grotesque Year: 1969 Medium: Ink on Paper, signed Size: 40 in. x 27.5 in. (101.6 cm x 69.85 cm) Frame Size: 45 x 32 inches
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1960s Surrealist Ink Figurative Prints

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Ink, Paper

Original Pink Panther Supporting Characters, Production Cel/Drawing
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: MGM Studios Title: Pink Panther, Supporting Characters Year: 1993-1995 Medium: Original, hand-painted production animation cel with laser color background, plus pencil drawin...
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1990s Pop Art Ink Figurative Prints

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Ink, Acrylic

Derriere Le Miroir
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Derriere Le Miroir" is an original color lithograph created by the artist Saul Steinberg. Edition: 53/150 Artwork Size: 14"x 20" Frame Size: 33 1/8"x 25 5/8" From the Saul Steinb...
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1970s Contemporary Ink Figurative Prints

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Ink, Lithograph

"Eyes 58" Limited Print • Edition of 58 by Frank Arnold
Located in Fresno, CA
Frank Arnold is thought by many to be one of the foremost abstract figurative painters and sculptors of our time. He is a living master whose work is considered to be both personal a...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Ink Figurative Prints

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Archival Pigment, Archival Ink, Archival Paper

3 Panel Hand Colored Japanese Woodcut Print Lithograph
Located in Soquel, CA
3 Panel Hand Colored Japanese Woodcut Print Lithograph Three panel hand colored woodcut lithograph from Nanso Satomi hakkenden, Tale of the Eight Dogs...
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Early 19th Century Edo Ink Figurative Prints

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Paper, Ink, Woodcut

Midnight Moth and Midnight Garden, Animal Art, Gardening Print, Floral Art
Located in Deddington, GB
These circular garden prints features a medley of summer dahlias standing proud in the moonlight and a majestic Emperor Moth. The prints are cut from 5 individual Lino blocks. Limite...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Ink Figurative Prints

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Paper, Ink

"Jaguares II" Jaguars, contemporary, surrealist print, nature, green, Friedeberg
Located in Ciudad de México, MX
This print is a series of 60, and it has a silver leaf on the moons. This edition is special in its color since the artist doesn't usually work with a green palette but this piece wa...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Ink Figurative Prints

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Gold Leaf, Silver

“New Place” Limited Print - Edition of 58 by Frank Arnold
Located in Fresno, CA
Frank Arnold is thought by many to be one of the foremost abstract figurative painters and sculptors of our time. He is a living master whose work is considered to be both personal a...
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2010s Abstract Ink Figurative Prints

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

John Chamberlain, Signed Western Union cable re: sculpture show at Leo Castelli
Located in New York, NY
John Chamberlain Hand Signed Letter re: Leo Castelli Exhibition, 1982 Typewriter on paper (hand signed) 6 1/2 × 8 1/2 inches Hand-signed by artist, Signed in purple felt tip marker Hand signed telegraph/letter refers to Chamberlain's exhibition at the legendary Leo Castell Gallery. A piece of history! John Chamberlain Biography John Chamberlain (1927 – 2011) was a quintessentially American artist, channeling the innovative power of the postwar years into a relentlessly inventive practice spanning six decades. He first achieved renown for sculptures made in the late 1950s through 1960s from automobile parts—these were path-breaking works that effectively transformed the gestural energy of Abstract Expressionist painting into three dimensions. Ranging in scale from miniature to monumental, Chamberlain’s compositions of twisted, crushed, and forged metal also bridged the divide between Process Art and Minimalism, drawing tenets of both into a new kinship. These singular works established him as one of the first American artists to determine color as a natural component of abstract sculpture. From the late 1960s until the end of his life, Chamberlain harnessed the expressive potential of an astonishing array of materials, which varied from Plexiglas, resin, and paint, to foam, aluminum foil, and paper bags. After spending three years in the United States Navy during World War II, Chamberlain enrolled in the Art Institute of Chicago and Black Mountain College, where he developed the critical underpinnings of his work. Chamberlain lived and worked in many parts of the United States, moving between New York City, Long Island, Los Angeles, Santa Fe, Connecticut, and Sarasota, before finally settling on Shelter Island. In many ways, each location provoked a distinct material sensibility, often defined by the availability of that material or the limitations of physical space. In New York City, Chamberlain pulled scrap metal and twelve-inch acoustic tiles from the ceiling of his studio apartment. He chose urethane in Los Angeles in 1965 (a material he had been considering for many years), and film in Mexico in 1968. He eventually returned to metal in 1972, and, in Sarasota, he expanded the scale of his works to make his iconic Gondolas (1981 – 1982). The movement of the artist and the subsequent evolution of the work is indicative not only of a kind of American restlessness but also of Chamberlain’s own personal evolution: he sometimes described his use of automobile materials as sculptural self-portraits, infused with balance and rhythm characteristic of the artist himself. Chamberlain refused to separate color from his practice, saying, ‘I never thought of sculpture without color. Do you see anything around that has no color? Do you live in a world with no color?’. He both honored and assigned value to color in his practice—in his early sculptures color was not added, but composed from the preexisting palette of his chosen automobile parts. Chamberlain later began adding color to metal in 1974, dripping and spraying—and sometimes sandblasting—paint and lacquer onto his metal components prior to their integration. With his polyurethane foam works, color was a variable of light: ultraviolet rays or sunlight turned the material from white to amber. It was this profound visual effect that brought the artist’s personal Abstract Expressionist hand into industrial three-dimensional sculpture. Chamberlain moved seamlessly through scale and volume, creating material explorations in monumental, heavy-gauge painted aluminum foil in the 1970s, and later in the 1980s and 1990s, miniatures in colorful aluminum foil and chromium painted steel. Central to Chamberlain’s works is the notion that sculpture denotes a great deal of weight and physicality, disrupting whatever space it occupies. In the Barges series (1971 – 1983) he made immense foam couches, inviting spectators to lounge upon the cushioned landscape. At the end of his career, Chamberlain shifted his practice outdoors, and through a series of determined experiments, finally created brilliant, candy-colored sculptures in twisted aluminum foil. In 2012, four of these sculptures were shown outside the Seagram Building in New York, accompanied by playful titles such as ‘PINEAPPLESURPRISE’ (2010) and ‘MERMAIDSMISCHIEF’ (2009). These final works exemplify Chamberlain’s lifelong dedication to change—of his materials, of his practice, and, consequently, of American Art. Chamberlain has been the subject of numerous solo exhibitions, including two major Retrospectives at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York NY in 2012 and 1971; ‘John Chamberlain, Squeezed and Tied. Foam and Paper Sculptures 1969-70,’ Dan Flavin Art Institute, Dia Center for the Arts, Bridgehampton NY (2007); ‘John Chamberlain. Foam Sculptures 1966–1981, Photographs 1989–2004,’ Chinati Foundation, Marfa TX (2005); ‘John Chamberlain. Current Work and Fond Memories, Sculptures and Photographs 1967–1995,’ Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands (Traveling Exhibition) (1996); and ‘John Chamberlain. Sculpture, 1954–1985,’ Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles CA (1986). Chamberlain’s sculptures are part of permanent exhibitions at the Chinati Foundation in Marfa TX and at Dia:Beacon in upstate New York. In 1964, Chamberlain represented the United States in the American Pavilion at the 32nd International Exhibition of the Venice Biennale. He received many awards during his life, including a Doctor of Fine Arts, honoris causa, from the College for Creative Studies, Detroit (2010); the Distinction in Sculpture Honor from the Sculpture Center, New York (1999); the Gold Medal from The National Arts Club Award, New York (1997); the Lifetime Achievement Award in Contemporary Sculpture by the International Sculpture Center, Washington D.C. (1993); and the Skowhegan Medal for Sculpture, New York NY (1993). -Courtesy Hauser & Wirth Leo Castelli Leo Castelli was born in 1907 in Trieste, a city on the Adriatic sea, which, at the time, was the main port of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Leo’s father, Ernest Kraus, was the regional director for Austria-Hungary’s largest bank, the Kreditandstalt; his mother, Bianca Castelli, was the daughter of a Triesten coffee merchant. With the outbreak of World War I in 1914 the Kraus family relocated to Vienna where Leo continued his education. A particularly memorable moment for Leo during this period of his life was the funeral of Emperor Francis Joseph which he witnessed in November of 1916. Leo and his family returned to Trieste when the war ended in 1918. With the fall of the Austro-Hungarian Empire Trieste embraced its new Italian identity. Motivated by this shift Ernest decided to adopt his wife's more Italian-sounding maiden name, Castelli, which his children also assumed. In many ways the Castelli’s return Trieste after the war marked an optimistic new beginning for the family. Ernest was made director of the Banca Commerciale Italiana, which had replaced the Kreditandstalt as the top bank in Trieste. This elevated position allowed Ernest and Bianca to cultivate a cosmopolitan life-style. Together they hosted frequent parties which brought them in contact with a spectrum of political, financial, and cultural luminaries. Growing up in such an environment fostered in Leo and his two siblings, Silvia and Giorgio, a strong appreciation of high culture. During this time Leo developed a passion for Modern literature and perfected his fluency in German, French, Italian, and English. After earning his law degree at the University of Milan in 1932, Leo began his adult life as an insurance agent in Bucharest. Although Leo found the job unfulfilling and tedious, the people he met in Bucharest made up for this deficiency. Among the most significant of Leo’s acquaintances during this time was the eminent businessman, Mihail Shapira. Leo eventually became friendly with the rest of the Shapira family and in 1933 he married Mihail's youngest daughter, Ileana. In 1934 Leo and Ileana moved to Paris where, thanks to his step-father’s influence, Leo was able to get a job in the Paris branch of the Banca d'Italia. In the same year, Leo met the interior designer René Drouin, who became his close friend. In the spring of 1938, while walking through the Place Vendôme, Leo and René came across a storefront for rent between the Ritz hotel and a Schiaparelli boutique. The space immediately impressed them as an ideal location for an art gallery, a plan which became reality the following spring in 1939. The Drouin Gallery opened with an exhibition featuring painting and furniture by Surrealist artists including Léonor Fini, Augene Berman, Meret Oppenheim, Max Ernst, and Salvador Dali. Despite the success of this initial exhibition, the gallery proved short-lived. Germany invaded Poland on September 1, 1939 marking the start of World War II and consequently the temporary end of the Drouin gallery. René was called to serve in the French army, while Leo, Ileana, and their three-year-old daughter Nina moved to the relative safety of Cannes, where Ileana’s family owned a summer house. As the war escalated, it became evident that Europe was no longer safe for the Castelli family—Leo and Ileana were both Jewish. In March of 1941, Leo, Ileana and Nina fled to New York bringing with them Nina’s nurse Frances and their dog, Noodle. After a year of moving around the city, the family took up permanent residence at 4 East 77 Street in a townhouse Mihail had bought. Nine months after his arrival in New York, in December of 1943, Leo volunteered for the US army, expediting his naturalization as a US citizen. Owing to his facility with languages, Leo was assigned to serve in the U.S. Army Intelligence Corp, a position which he held for two years, until February 1946. While on military leave in 1945 Leo visited Paris and stopped by Place Vendôme gallery where René had once more set up business selling work by European avant-garde artists such as Jean Dubuffet and Jean Fautrier. The meeting not only rekindled René and Leo’s friendship but also the latter’s interest in art dealing, a pursuit which Leo began to view as more than a mere hobby but as a potential career. After reconnecting, the two friends decided to go back into partnership with Leo acting as the New York representative for the Drouin Gallery. Working in this capacity, Leo began to form relationships with some of the New York art world’s most influential figures, including Peggy Guggenhiem, Sydney Janis, Willem De Kooning, and Jackson Pollock. By the late 40s Leo’s ties with René Drouin had begun to slacken, while his alliance with the dealer Sydney Janis became closer. Janis opened his New York gallery in 1948 and in 1950 invited Leo to curate an exhibition of contemporary French and American artists. The show drew a significant connection between the venerable tradition of European Modernism and the emerging artists of the New York School. Not long after this, in 1951, Leo was asked by these same New York School artists to organize the groundbreaking Ninth Street Show. This exhibition was instrumental in establishing Abstract Expressionism as the preeminent art movement of the post-war era. Leo founded his own gallery in 1957, transforming the living room on the fourth floor of the 77th Street townhouse into an exhibition space. Perhaps the most critical moment of Leo’s career occurred later that year, when he first visited the studios of Robert Rauschenberg and Jasper Johns. In 1958 Leo gave Johns and Rauschenberg solo shows, in January and March respectively. For Johns, this was the first solo show of his career. These exhibitions received wide critical acclaim, solidifying Leo’s reputation not only as a dealer but as the arbiter of a new and important art movement. Over the course of the 1960s Leo played a formative role in launching the careers of many of the most significant artists of the twentieth century including Roy Lichtenstein, Andy Warhol, Claes Oldenberg, Cy Twombly, Donald Judd, Dan Flavin, Robert Morris, Bruce Nauman, Richard Serra, Joseph Kosuth and Lawrence Weiner. Through his support of these artists Leo likewise helped cultivate and define the movements of Pop, Minimalism, Conceptual Art, and Post-Minimalism. As business expanded over the course of the 60s and artistic trends shifted in favor of larger artworks, Leo realized that his townhouse gallery was not sufficient to meet these new demands. Indicative of the trend toward maximal art...
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Ink Figurative Prints

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Ink, Lithograph, Offset

“Inside Out 1” Black & White Photography 24" x 36" in Ed. of 7 by Brian Ziff
Located in Culver City, CA
“Inside Out 1” Black & White Photography 24" x 36" in Ed. of 7 by Brian Ziff Giclee (Archival Ink) Print on Canson Platine Fibre Rag From "Park Drive" series Brian Ziff is a mult...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Ink Figurative Prints

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Archival Ink, Rag Paper, Giclée

Reconstruction of the citadel, or acropolis, of Athens
Located in Middletown, NY
Engraving with hand coloring on H & I Honig watermarked laid paper, 7 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches (191 x 262 mm); sheet 9 1/4 x 13 1/4 inches (235 x 332 mm), full margins. In good condition ...
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Early 19th Century Old Masters Ink Figurative Prints

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Ink, Handmade Paper

Six Yellow Poppies, 2021
Located in Fairfield, CT
Color silkscreen with enamel inks, flocking, and over printed flocking on Somerset 500 gsm Satin Radiant White with deckle edges. Edition of 60
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2010s Contemporary Ink Figurative Prints

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Ink, Satin Paper

"Untitled Back Series", Figurative, Human Figure, Monoprint, Drawing
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled " "Untitled" Back Series" " is an original print by James Rose and is made from drawing/ monoprint. This piece measures 27"h x 21"w, signed by the artist, and is sh...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Ink Figurative Prints

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Ink, Monoprint

Vintage Chinese Hatamen Cigarette Calendar Poster, c. 1931
Located in Chicago, IL
The famous commercial advertising artist Hu Boxiang created this advertisement calendar poster for the British American Tobacco Company in 1931. Unlike other poster artists, Hu was k...
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Early 20th Century Art Deco Ink Figurative Prints

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Paper, Ink

ROBY DWI ANTONO - CLARA Limited edition hand signed & numb. Contemporary Modern
Located in Madrid, Madrid
Roby Dwi Antono - BULAN Date of creation: 2022 Medium: Silkscreen with curable UV inks on Somerset paper Edition: 200 Size: 50 x 44 cm Condition: In perfect conditions and never fra...
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2010s Modern Ink Figurative Prints

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Paper, Archival Ink, Screen

Vintage Chinese Cigarette Advertisement Poster, c. 1930
Located in Chicago, IL
This poster, an advertisement calendar for Excel Cigarettes from the 1930s, melds the meticulous detail of traditional Chinese painting with the craft of color lithography. This advertisement depicts a fashionable woman in traditional Chinese dress...
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Early 20th Century Art Deco Ink Figurative Prints

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Paper, Ink

“The Wiz” Limited Print • Edition of 250 by Frank Arnold
Located in Fresno, CA
Frank Arnold is widely regarded as a leading contemporary abstract figurative painter and sculptor. Acknowledged as a living master, his art seamlessly blends personal and universal ...
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2010s Abstract Ink Figurative Prints

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Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, Archival Ink

Perception - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Africa, Women, Linocut
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure Unmounted artwork Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity. About Artist Tosin Oyeniyi is an intrinsically talente...
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21st Century and Contemporary Old Masters Ink Figurative Prints

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Canvas, Linen, Ink, Linocut

“Protect Your Heart” Photography 36" x 28" inch Edition of 24 by Brian Ziff
Located in Culver City, CA
“Protect Your Heart” Photography 36" x 28" inch Edition of 24 by Brian Ziff Giclee (Archival Ink) Print on Canson Platine Fibre Rag From the "Aequinoctium" series Brian Ziff is...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Ink Figurative Prints

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Archival Ink, Rag Paper, Giclée

Henri Toulouse Lautrec "À La Gaieté Rochechouart: Nicolle", 1893
Located in Dallas, TX
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (French 1864-1901) "À La Gaieté Rochechouart: Nicolle", 1893 Printer: Edward Ancourt Lithograph in black on velin paper Artist's red monogram stamp lower le...
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1890s Art Nouveau Ink Figurative Prints

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Ink, Archival Paper

ROBY DWI ANTONO - BULAN Limited edition hand signed & numb. Contemporary Modern
Located in Madrid, Madrid
Roby Dwi Antono - BULAN Date of creation: 2022 Medium: Silkscreen with curable UV inks on Somerset paper Edition: 200 Size: 50 x 44 cm Condition: In perfect conditions and never fra...
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2010s Modern Ink Figurative Prints

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Paper, Archival Ink, Screen

“Out Of” Limited Print - Edition of 58 by Frank Arnold
Located in Fresno, CA
Frank Arnold is thought by many to be one of the foremost abstract figurative painters and sculptors of our time. He is a living master whose work is considered to be both personal a...
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2010s Abstract Ink Figurative Prints

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Still Life with Snippers
Located in Buffalo, NY
Richard Huntington (b. 1936) is an american painter, printmaker, and writer, is Critic Emeritus at The Buffalo News and has written for High Performance magazine, ARTnews, and Art Ne...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Ink Figurative Prints

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper

Mexican Garden Tangle
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This is an artist proof (one of a kind) aquatint and watercolor depicting a cactus-filled Mexican garden, a mirror tilted up and an image of the artist s...
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2010s Contemporary Ink Figurative Prints

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Paper, Ink, Archival Ink, Aquatint, Watercolor

Vintage Chinese Deco Calendar Poster for White Horse Cigarettes, c. 1936
Located in Chicago, IL
This calendar advertisement poster for White Horse cigarettes was produced by Hu Boxiang, a famous commercial advertising artist in Shanghai during th...
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Early 20th Century Art Deco Ink Figurative Prints

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Paper, Ink

"Kimono 4" (Tan Kimono with Red Paper Strips)
Located in Soquel, CA
Paper applique kimono with red paper strips by Patricia A. Pearce (American, b. 1948). Numbered, titled, and signed along the bottom edge ("AP Kimono 4 Patricia A. Pearce"). No fra...
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1980s Abstract Impressionist Ink Figurative Prints

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Paper, Ink, Lithograph, Tissue Paper

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