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Medium: Woodcut
FLOWERS Signed Woodcut, Young Woman Portrait, Tropical Floral Dress, Woodgrain
By Otto Neals
Located in Union City, NJ
FLOWERS is an original limited edition woodcut print by the African-American painter and sculptor, Otto Neals. The woodblock used to print FLOWERS was hand carved by Otto Neals and printed in two colors - burnt orange and black on Rives BFK printmaking paper, 100% acid free, enhanced with hand colored accents. FLOWERS portrays an exotic portrait of a young black woman posed in profile with long dark wavy hair, looking downward wearing a lively floral print dress and large silver hoop earrings...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Woodcut Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut
"Various Himochi" Wagashi Festival Japanese Woodblock Print by Utagawa Toyokuni
Located in Soquel, CA
"Various Himochi" Wagashi Festival Japanese Woodblock Print by Utagawa Toyokuni
Rare oversized early 19th century 5-tiered woodblock by Utagawa Ichiyosai Toyokuni, (Japan, 1769-1825), a Japanese lord and wife oversee a sekku festival of food, music, and dolls or toys. '"oshi" is the first day of “Mi (Snake)” in the third month of the lunar calendar. This day, known in modern Japan as the Girls' Festival, originated in China as a form of purification ceremony in which water and drinking peach blossom wine were used to drive away evil. Many kinds of hishi-mochi appear in this picture of hina ningyo (dolls associated with Hinamatsuri, or the Girl’s Day) from Omochae.
The custom of eating special dishes at events throughout the year and at milestones in people's lives has existed since ancient times. This paragraph specifically focuses on the annual event called sekku, and life events that involve eating sweets. Joshi is the first day of “Mi (Snake)” in the third month of the lunar calendar. This day, known in modern Japan as the Girls' Festival, originated in China as a form of purification ceremony in which water and drinking peach blossom wine were used to drive away evil. According to the Keiso saijiki, in ancient China, on the third day of the third lunar month, people ate “ryuzetsuhan,” which is the juice of gogyo (Jersey cudweed) mixed with rice flour and nectar. In Japan, there is a record in the Heian period history book Nihon Montoku tenno jitsuroku [839-5] that it was an annual event to make kusamochi using gogyo on the third day of the third month of the lunar calendar, which may have been influenced by Chinese customs.
The tradition of eating kusamochi on the third day of the third month of the lunar calendar continued after that. By the Edo period, however, hishimochi had come to be used as a sweet to serve on the third day of the third month. A picture of a hishimochi is included in the Morisada manko , which we mentioned in Part 1. According to it, hishimochi in the Edo period were often three layers of green-white-green instead of the now common red-white-green. However, it is possible to see from our collection that not all hishimochi were made in this way. Omochae published in 1857, is a good example. Omochae is a type of ukiyoe print...
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1820s Edo Woodcut Figurative Prints
Materials
Ink, Rice Paper, Woodcut
The Rabbit - Original Woodcut by Giselle Hallf - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Rabbit is an original woodcut print by Giselle Hallf in the first half of the 20th Century.
Good conditions.
The artwork is depicted through strong strokes in a well-balanced c...
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Early 20th Century Modern Woodcut Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Vendeur de Masques Chinois
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Le Vendeur de Masques Chinois" {The Chinese Masks Seller) 1940 is an original color woodcut by French artist Paul Jacoulet, 1896-1960. It is hand signed in penci...
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Mid-20th Century Realist Woodcut Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Bernard, Composition, Éloge de Émile Bernard (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Woodcut on vélin d’Arches paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, Éloge de Émile Bernard, 1962. Published by Editions d'Art Ma...
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1960s Post-Impressionist Woodcut Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut
$796 Sale Price
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John E. Billmyer, Flower Piece, WPA wood engraving
Located in New York, NY
'Flower Piece' shows the artist, John Billmyer, to be a highly accomplished wood engraver. There are endless patterns and created details -- all executed flawlessly. Mostly made up o...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Woodcut Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Japanese Original Woodblock Print
Located in Soquel, CA
Japanese Original Woodblock Print
Harunobu Suzuki (né Hozumi) (Japanese, 1724 - 1770)
Presented in a black mat.
Mat: 16"H x 12"W
Paper: 12"H x 9"W
I...
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18th Century Edo Woodcut Figurative Prints
Materials
Ink, Rice Paper, Woodcut
3 Panel Hand Colored Japanese Woodcut Print Lithograph
By Keisai Eisen
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 Woodcut Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink, Woodcut
The Bird - Woodcut print - early 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
The bird is a woodcut print realized by an unknown artist in the early 20th Century.
Very Good conditions.
the artwork is depicted through confident strokes.
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Woodcut Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut
$141 Sale Price
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Chinese Theatrical Mask - Woodcut - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage chinese woodcut print depicting a theatrical mask.
Realized in the mid-20th Century.
Framed under glass.
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Woodcut Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Ichikawa Danjuro in the Role of Chobei - Woodcut by Utagawa Toyokuni - 1810s
Located in Roma, IT
Ichikawa Danjuro in the role of Chobei is an original modern artwork realized by Utagawa Toyokuni (Edo, 1769 – Edo, 1825).
Original Woodcut Print.
Oban from a Triptych, around 1810.
The actor Ichikawa Danjuro sitting on a bench and fretting, behind him a green curtain with peony motif.
Signed: Toyokuni ga. Publisher: Yamamotoya Heikichi.
Excellent impression, cut, centrefold, a little bit rubbed and soiled.
Utagawa Toyokuni (Edo, 1769 – Edo, 1825), also often referred to as Toyokuni I...
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1810s Modern Woodcut Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Rare 1923 Cubist Reuven Rubin Woodcut Woodblock Print Israeli Hasidic Judaica
By Reuven Rubin
Located in Surfside, FL
This is from the original first edition 1923 printing. there was a much later edition done after these originals.
These are individually hand signed in pencil by artist as issued.
This listing is for the one print. the other documentation is included here for provenance and is not included in this listing.
The various images inspired by the Jewish Mysticism and rabbis and mystics of jerusalem and Kabbalah is holy, dramatic and optimistic Rubin succeeded to evoke the spirit of life in Israel in those early days.
They are done in a modern art style influenced by German Expressionism, particularly, Ernst Barlach, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, and Franz Marc, as introduced to Israel by Jakob Steinhardt, Hermann Struck and Joseph Budko.
Reuven Rubin 1893 -1974 was a Romanian-born Israeli painter and Israel's first ambassador to Romania.
Rubin Zelicovich (later Reuven Rubin) was born in Galati to a poor Romanian Jewish Hasidic family. He was the eighth of 13 children. In 1912, he left for Ottoman-ruled Palestine to study art at Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in Jerusalem. Finding himself at odds with the artistic views of the Academy's teachers, he left for Paris, France, in 1913 to pursue his studies at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts. He was of the well known Jewish artists in Paris along with Marc Chagall and Chaim Soutine,
At the outbreak of World War I, he was returned to Romania, where he spent the war years.
In 1921, he traveled to the United States with his friend and fellow artist, Arthur Kolnik. In New York City, the two met artist Alfred Stieglitz, who was instrumental in organizing their first American show at the Anderson Gallery. Following the exhibition, in 1922, they both returned to Europe. In 1923, Rubin emigrated to Mandate Palestine.
Rubin met his wife, Esther, in 1928, aboard a passenger ship to Palestine on his return from a show in New York. She was a Bronx girl who had won a trip to Palestine in a Young Judaea competition. He died in 1974.
Part of the early generation of artists in Israel, Joseph Zaritsky, Arieh Lubin, Reuven Rubin, Sionah Tagger, Pinchas Litvinovsky, Mordecai Ardon, Yitzhak Katz, and Baruch Agadati; These painters depicted the country’s landscapes in the 1920s rebelled against the Bezalel school of Boris Schatz. They sought current styles in Europe that would help portray their own country’s landscape, in keeping with the spirit of the time. Rubin’s Cezannesque landscapes from the 1920s were defined by both a modern and a naive style, portraying the landscape and inhabitants of Israel in a sensitive fashion. His landscape paintings in particular paid special detail to a spiritual, translucent light. His early work bore the influences of Futurism, Vorticism, Cubism and Surrealism.
In Palestine, he became one of the founders of the new Eretz-Yisrael style. Recurring themes in his work were the bible, the prophet, the biblical landscape, folklore and folk art, people, including Yemenite, Hasidic Jews and Arabs. Many of his paintings are sun-bathed depictions of Jerusalem and the Galilee. Rubin might have been influenced by the work of Henri Rousseau whose naice style combined with Eastern nuances, as well as with the neo-Byzantine art to which Rubin had been exposed in his native Romania. In accordance with his integrative style, he signed his works with his first name in Hebrew and his surname in Roman letters.
In 1924, he was the first artist to hold a solo exhibition at the Tower of David, in Jerusalem (later exhibited in Tel Aviv at Gymnasia Herzliya). That year he was elected chairman of the Association of Painters and Sculptors of Palestine. From the 1930s onwards, Rubin designed backdrops for Habima Theater, the Ohel Theater and other theaters.
His biography, published in 1969, is titled My Life - My Art. He died in Tel Aviv in October 1974, after having bequeathed his home on 14 Bialik Street and a core collection of his paintings to the city of Tel Aviv. The Rubin Museum opened in 1983. The director and curator of the museum is his daughter-in-law, Carmela Rubin. Rubin's paintings are now increasingly sought after. At a Sotheby's auction in New York in 2007, his work accounted for six of the ten top lots. Along with Yaacov Agam and Menashe Kadishman he is among Israel's best known artists internationally. Education
1912 Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem
1913-14 École des Beaux Arts, Paris and Académie Colarossi, Paris
Select Group Exhibitions
Eged - Palestine Painters Group Eged - Palestine Painters Group, Allenby Street, Tel Aviv 1929
Artists: Chana Orloff, Abraham Melnikoff, Rubin, Reuven Nahum Gutman, Sionah Tagger,Arieh Allweil,
Jewish Artists Association, Levant Fair, Tel Aviv, 1929
Artists: Ludwig Blum,Eliyahu Sigad, Shmuel Ovadyahu, Itzhak Frenel Frenkel,Ozer Shabat, Menahem Shemi...
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1920s Abstract Woodcut Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Figure - Original Woodcut Print by Amadore Porcella - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Figure is an original woodcut print realized by Amadore Porcella.
The state of preservation of the artwork is very good.
Passepartout dimension: ...
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Early 20th Century Modern Woodcut Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Asagiri - Woodcut by Utagawa Hiroshige - 1832
Located in Roma, IT
Asagiri is a woodcut print realized by Utagawa Hiroshige in 1832.
It is part of the suite "The Fifty-three Stations of Tokaido".
Very good condition.
Category
1830s Modern Woodcut Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Panorama d'un Paysage - Woodcut by Utagawa Kunisada - Mid-19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
This beautiful woodcut print in the tradutional "oban" format is the work of the great Japanese master Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858).
It represents the landscape from a high point o...
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Mid-19th Century Modern Woodcut Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut
The Samurai Genta Kajiwara - Japanese Woodblock Diptych in Ink on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
The Samurai Genta Kajiwara - Japanese Woodblock Diptych in Ink on Paper
Boldly colored woodblock by Utagawa Yoshitora (Japanese, active c.1840-1880)...
Category
1860s Edo Woodcut Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink, Woodcut
$1,280 Sale Price
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Kabuki Actor - Original Woodcut by Utagawa Kunisada - 1830 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
Kabuki actor is a superb colored woodblock print realized around 1830 by one of the most famous Japanese Ukiyo-e artists Utagawa Kunisada, also known as Utagawa Toyokuni III (1786 - ...
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1830s Modern Woodcut Figurative Prints
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Woodcut
Kabuki Actor in Water Lily Robe with Samurai Sword - Japanese Woodblock Print
Located in Soquel, CA
Kabuki Actor in Water Lily Robe with Samurai Sword- Japanese Woodblock Print
Finely detailed woodblock by Utagawa Toyokuni (Japanese, 1769-1825). A kabuki actor ("Master Haranyuki Sawamura") is standing on stage with mountainous backdrop, wearing a robe in a water lily pattern. He is wearing a samurai sword.
Presented in a gold colored frame with a silk mat.
Frame size: 20"H x 14.25"W
Image size: 14"H x 9"W
Utagawa Toyokuni (Japanese, 1769-1825) was born in Edo, the son of Kurahashi Gorobei, a carver of dolls and puppets...
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Early 19th Century Edo Woodcut Figurative Prints
Materials
Ink, Rice Paper, Woodcut
Kabuki - Woodcut by Utagawa Kunisada II - 1862
Located in Roma, IT
Kabuki is an original artwork realized in 1862 by Utagawa Kunisada II (1823-1880).
Boatman with elegant passenger in snowy landscape.
Sign: Kochoro Kuni...
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1860s Modern Woodcut Figurative Prints
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Woodcut
Stage 48 of the 53 Stages of the Tokaido - Japanese Woodblock on Rice Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Stage 48 of the 53 Stages of the Tokaido - Japanese Woodblock on Rice Paper
Woodblock print of clothing vendors by Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797-1858). Originally printed in 183...
Category
1830s Impressionist Woodcut Figurative Prints
Materials
Rice Paper, Woodcut
Judge Dai Hanji Kiyozumi - Woodcut Print by Utagawa Kunisada - 1859
Located in Roma, IT
Judge Dai Hanji Kiyozumi is an original modern artwork realized by Utagawa Kunisada in 1859.
Woodcut Print Oban Format, from a triptych, 1859.
Actor in the role of Judge Dai Hanji ...
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19th Century Modern Woodcut Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Landscape from Fugaku Hyakkei- Woodcut Print by Katsushika Hokusai-1878
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape from "Fugaku hyakkei" is an original modern artwork realized by Katsushika Hokusai (31 October 1760 – 10 May 1849).
Original Woodcut print from the series "Fugaku Hyakkei" (100 views of Mount Fuji). From the second posthumous edition 1878.
Passepartout is included.
Publisher Eiraku Toshiro.
Sheet dimensions: 24 x 26 cm.
Good conditions. Signs of age and wear.
Hokusai created the monumental Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji both as a response to a domestic travel boom in Japan and as part of a personal obsession with Mount Fuji.
Katsushika Hokusai (31 October 1760 – 10 May 1849) known simply as Hokusai, was a Japanese artist, ukiyo-e painter and printmaker of the Edo period. Hokusai is best known for the woodblock print series Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji which includes the internationally iconic print The Great Wave off Kanagawa...
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19th Century Modern Woodcut Figurative Prints
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Woodcut
Fujikawa - Woodcut by Utagawa Kunisada - 1832
Located in Roma, IT
Fujikawa is a woodcut print realized by Utagawa Hiroshige in 1833.
It is part of the suite "The Fifty-three Stations of Tokaido".
Very good condition.
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1830s Modern Woodcut Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Latin American Judaica Conceptual Chassidic Art Modern Woodcut Luis Camnitzer
Located in Surfside, FL
Luis Camnitzer and Martin Buber (1878-1965),
New York: JMB Publishers Ltd, 1970.
Printed at The New York Graphic Workshop.
Hand signed on Arches paper. (Edition 24/100, numbered on Justification page)
Woodblock prints based on folktales from the Hasidic Jewish tradition in Eastern Europe, selected by Camnitzer from the early masters section of Buber’s Die chassidischen Bücher as translated by Olga Marx. German Expressionist style Jewish woodcuts...
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1970s Expressionist Woodcut Figurative Prints
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Woodcut
Signpost - Woodcut by Maurits Cornelis Escher - 1931
Located in Roma, IT
Woodcut print realized by Escher in 1931.
It belongs to the series "Emblemata".
Monogrammed in the plate upper right.
Excellent condition.
Prov. Collection W.F. Veldhuysen, Baarn...
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1930s Modern Woodcut Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Sumo Fighters - Woodblock Print by Utagawa Kunisada - Mid-19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Sumo Fighters is an original Woodcut print realized in mid 19th century by Utagawa Kunisada.
Good condition and Beautiful colored woodblock print.
This wonderful modern artwork re...
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Mid-19th Century Modern Woodcut Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Woman - Woodcut by Mino Maccari - Mid-20th Century
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
"Woman" is an original woodcut realized by Mino Maccari (1898-1989).
In good conditions.
This artwork represents a standing woman at the top left and a detailed leg while a hand is...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Woodcut Figurative Prints
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Woodcut
"Plovers at Tamagawa" from "Six Jewel Rivers" - Woodblock Print on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
"Plovers at Tamagawa" from "Six Jewel Rivers" - Woodblock Print on Paper
This print, sometimes titled "Chidori No Tamagawa" "Plovers at Tamagawa", is from the series Mu Tamagawa ("Six Views of Tama River", also known as "Six Jewel Rivers" or "Six Crystal Rivers") by Kubo Shunman...
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Late 18th Century Edo Woodcut Figurative Prints
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Paper, Ink, Woodcut
Delicate Makeup in Fashion - Woodcut Print by Utagawa Kunisada - 1830
Located in Roma, IT
Delicate makeup in fashion is an original modern artwork realized by Utagawa Kunisada in 1830s.
Woodcut Print Oban Dyptich Format. From the series "Jisei usugesho" (Delicate makeup in fashion). An actor prepares him self for a rolle as Onnagata in a Shosagoto play, with the ghost characters of the sister Matsukaze and Murasame. He sits in front of a makeup table and applies makeup to his eyebrows, behind him on a black lacquer shelf...
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19th Century Modern Woodcut Figurative Prints
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Woodcut
Relaxing Bull - Original Woodcut Print by Mino Maccari - Mid 20th Century
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Relaxing Bull is an original woodcut print realized by Mino Maccari.
Included a white Passepartout: 49 x 34 cm.
The state of preservation is very good except for small riping along...
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Mid-20th Century Woodcut Figurative Prints
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Woodcut
The Angel of Mercy - Woodcut attr. to Salvador Dali- 1963
Located in Roma, IT
The Angel of Mercy - from the Series "The Divine Comedy" is a woodcut print realized in 1963 for a series illustrating the Medieval poem of the "Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri. No...
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1960s Surrealist Woodcut Figurative Prints
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Woodcut
The Protest - Woodcut Print by Paul Baudier - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
The Protest is a woodcut print on ivory-colored paper realized by Paul Baudier (1881-1962) in the 1930s.
Good conditions.
Paul Baudier, (born October 18...
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1930s Modern Woodcut Figurative Prints
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Woodcut
Dante's Repetance - Plate n. 30 Purgatory - WoodcutPrint - 1963
Located in Roma, IT
Dante's Repetance from the Series "The Divine Comedy" - Plate n. 30 Purgatory is a woodcut print realized in 1963 for a series illustrating the Medieval poem of the "Divine Comedy" ...
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1960s Surrealist Woodcut Figurative Prints
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Woodcut
Erotic Scene - Woodcut by Mino Maccari - 1945
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Erotic Scene is an original xilography artwork realized by Mino Maccari in 1945. Hand-signed in the pseudonym of "Jean Baschie" which is the artist's signature in 1944-45 ca. erotic ...
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1940s Woodcut Figurative Prints
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Woodcut
$306 Sale Price
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"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 Woodcut Figurative Prints
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Paper, Ink, Woodcut
Jacob Pins "Lonely Walker" 1960 Woodcut
By Jacob Pins
Located in San Francisco, CA
Jacob Pins: 1917-2005. Was a German born Israeli woodcut artist and art collector. He has had auction results over $3000 for a print. This powerful scarce example...
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1960s Expressionist Woodcut Figurative Prints
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Woodcut
Miró, Composition (Dupin 1290), Miró Graveur (after)
By Joan Miró
Located in Southampton, NY
Woodcut on vélin paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, miró graveur 1. 1928- 1960, 1984. Published by Daniel Lelong, éditeur...
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1980s Surrealist Woodcut Figurative Prints
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Woodcut
$716 Sale Price
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"Lendas Africanas Da Bahia" from the suite.
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled " Lendas Africanas Da Bahia" from the suite, 1978, is an original colors woodcut by renown Brazilian/Argentinian artist Hector Julio Paride Barnabo Carybe, 1911-1997. It is hand signed and numbered 83/200 in pencil by the artist. The Wood block mark (image) is 23.65 x 15.75 inches, sheet size is 26.75 x 19 inches. It is in excellent condition, has never been framed. It will be shipped in a 8 inches diameter heavy duty tube.
About the artist:
Héctor Julio Páride Bernabó (7 February 1911 – 2 October 1997) was an Argentine-Brazilian artist, researcher, writer, historian and journalist. His nickname and artistic name, Carybé, a type of piranha, comes from his time in the scouts. He died of heart failure after the meeting of a candomblé community's lay board of directors, the Cruz Santa Opô Afonjá Society, of which he was a member.
Quick Facts Born, Died ...
Carybé
Born
Héctor Julio Páride Bernabó
7 February 1911
Lanús, Argentina
Died
2 October 1997 (aged 86)
Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
Nationality
Brazilian
Known for
Painter, engraver, draughtsman, illustrator, potter, sculptor, mural painter, researcher, historian and journalist
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He produced thousands of works, including paintings, drawings, sculptures and sketches. He was an Obá de Xangô, an honorary position at Ilê Axé Opô Afonjá.
Orixá Panels in the Afro-Brazilian Museum in Salvador
Some of Carybé's work can be found in the Afro-Brazilian Museum in Salvador: 27 cedar panels representing different orixás or divinities of the Afro-Brazilian religion candomblé. Each panel shows a divinity with their associated implements and animal. The work was commissioned by the former Banco da Bahia S.A., now Banco BBM S.A., which originally installed them in its branch on Avenida Sete de Setembro in 1968.
Murals at Miami International Airport
American Airlines, Odebrecht and the Miami-Dade Aviation Department partnered to install two of Carybé's murals at Miami International Airport. They have been displayed in the American Airlines terminal at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York since 1960. The 16.5 x 53-foot murals were accredited when Carybé won the first and the second prize in a contest of public art pieces for JFK airport.
As its terminal at that airport was due for demolition, American Airlines donated the murals to Miami-Dade County, and Odebrecht invested in a project to remove, restore, transport and install the murals at Miami International Airport.
The mural "Rejoicing and Festival of the Americas" portrays colorful scenes from popular festivals throughout the Americas, and "Discovery and Settlement of the West" depicts the pioneers’ journey into the American West.
Carybé's Woodcuts in Gabriel García Márquez's Books
Carybé illustrated four books by the Colombian writer Gabriel García Márquez, including One Hundred Years of Solitude, The Autumn of the Patriarch, Chronicle of a Death Foretold, and Love in the Time of Cholera "Carybé: um mestre da cultura baiana". ArqBahia Arquitetura, design, arte e lifestyle (in Brazilian Portuguese). 26 April 2023.. In particular, the woodcuts in One Hundred Years of Solitude are well-known for providing a visual image of the fictional town of Macondo, where the story takes place. The illustrations depict the colorful and winding houses, the railway bridge, and the hot and humid climate of the region, contributing to the reader's immersion in the story.
Carybé's woodcuts are, therefore, an important part of Gabriel García Márquez's literary legacy, bringing a visual dimension to his stories that further enriches the reader's experience.
Timeline
1911 — Birth in Lanús, Argentina.
1919 — Moved to Brazil.
1921 — The name Carybé is first given to him by the Clube do Flamengo scouts group, in Rio de Janeiro.
1925 — Beginning of his artistic endeavours, going to the pottery workshop of his elder brother, Arnaldo Bernabó, in Rio de Janeiro.
1927–1929 — Studies at the National School of Fine Arts, in Rio de Janeiro.
1930 — Worked for the newspaper Noticias Gráficas, in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
1935–1936 — Works with the writer Julio Cortázar and as a draughtsman for the El Diario newspaper.
1938 — Sent to Salvador by newspaper Prégon.
1939 — First collective exhibition, with the artist Clemente Moreau, at the Buenos Aires City Museum of Fine Arts, Argentina; illustrates the book Macumba, Relatos de la Tierra Verde, by Bernardo Kardon, published by Tiempo Nuestro.
1940 — Illustrates the book Macunaíma, by Mário de Andrade.
1941 — Draws the Esso Almanach, the payment for which allows him to set on a long journey through Uruguay, Brazil, Bolivia, and Argentina.
1941–1942 — Study trip around several South American countries.
1942 — Illustration for the book La Carreta by Henrique Amorim, published by El Ateneo (Buenos Aires, Argentina).
1943 — Together with Raul Brié, translates the book Macunaíma, by Mário de Andrade, into Spanish; produces the illustrations for the works Maracatu, Motivos Típicos y Carnavalescos, by Newton Freitas, published by Pigmaleon, Luna Muerta, by Manoel Castilla, published by Schapire, and Amores de Juventud, by Casanova Callabero; also publishes and illustrates Me voy al Norte, for the quarterly magazine Libertad Creadora; awarded First Prize by the Cámara Argentina del Libro (Argentine Book Council) for the illustration of the book Juvenília, by Miguel Cané (Buenos Aires, Argentina).
1944 — Illustrates the books The Complete Poetry of Walt Whitmann and A Cabana do Pai Tomás, both published by Schapire ; as well as and Los Quatro Gigantes del Alma by Mira y Lopez, Salvador BA; attends capoeira classes, visits candomblé meetings and makes drawings and paintings.
1945 — Does the illustrations for Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe, for the Viau publishing house.
1946 — Helps in setting up the Tribuna da Imprensa newspaper, in Rio de Janeiro.
1947 — Works for the O Diário Carioca newspaper, in Rio de Janeiro.
1948 — Produces texts and illustrations for the book Ajtuss, Ediciones Botella al Mar (Buenos Aires, Argentina).
1949–1950 — Invited by Carlos Lacerda to work at the Tribuna da Imprensa, in Rio de Janeiro.
1950 — Invited by the Education Secretary Anísio Teixeira, moves to Bahia, and produces two panels for the Carneiro Ribeiro Education Center (Park School), in Salvador, Bahia.
1950–1997 — Settles in Salvador, Bahia.
1950–1960 — Actively participate in the plastic arts renewal movement, alongside Mário Cravo Júnior, Genaro de Carvalho, and Jenner Augusto.
1951 — Produces texts and illustrations for the works of the Coleção Recôncavo, published by Tipografia Beneditina and illustrations for the book, Bahia, Imagens da Terra e do Povo, by Odorico Tavares, published by José Olímpio in Rio de Janeiro; for the latter work he receives the gold medal at the 1st Biennial of Books and Graphic Arts.
1952 — Makes roughly 1,600 drawings for the scenes of the movie O Cangaceiro, by Lima Barreto; also works as the art director and as an extra on the film (São Paulo, SP).
1953 — Illustrations for the book A Borboleta Amarela, by Rubem Braga, published by José Olímpio (Rio de Janeiro, RJ).
1955 — Illustrates the work O Torso da Baiana, edited by the Modern Art Museum of Bahia.
1957 — Produces etchings, with original designs, for the special edition of Mário de Andrade's Macunaíma, published by the Sociedade dos 100 Bibliófilos do Brasil.
1958 — Makes an oil painting mural for the Petrobras Office in New York, USA; illustrates the book As Três Mulheres de Xangô, by Zora Seljan, published by Editora G. R. D. (Rio de Janeiro, RJ); Receives a scholarship grant in New York, USA.
1959 — Takes part in the competition for the New York International Airport panels project, in New York, USA, winning first and second prizes.
1961 — Illustrates the book Jubiabá, by Jorge Amado, published by Martins Fontes (São Paulo, SP).
1963 — Awarded the title of Honorary Citizen of Salvador, Bahia.
1965 — Illustrates A Muito Leal e Heróica Cidade de São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, published by Raymundo Castro Maya (Rio de Janeiro, RJ).
1966 — With Jorge Amado, co-authors Bahia, Boa Terra Bahia, published by Image (Rio de Janeiro, RJ); writes and illustrates the book Olha o Boi, published by Cultrix (São Paulo, SP).
1967 — Receives the Odorico Tavares Prize – Best Plastic Artist of 1967, in a competition ran by the state government to stimulate the development of plastic arts in Bahia; makes the Orixás Panels for the Banco da Bahia (currently at the UFBA Afro-Brazilian Museum) (Salvador, BA).
1968 — Illustrates the books Carta de Pero Vaz de Caminha ao Rei Dom Manuel, published by Sabiá (Rio de Janeiro) and Capoeira Angolana, by Waldeloir Rego, published by Itapoã (Bahia).
1969 — Produces the illustrations for the book Ninguém Escreve ao Coronel, by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, published by Sabiá (Rio de Janeiro, RJ).
1970 — Illustrates the books O Enterro do Diabo and Os Funerais de Mamãe Grande, published by Sabiá (Rio de Janeiro, RJ), Agotimé her Legend, by Judith Gleason, published by Grossman Publishers (New York, USA).
1971 — Illustrates the books One Hundred Years of Solitude, by Gabriel Garcia Marquez and A Casa Verde by Mario Vargas Llosa, both published by Sabiá (Rio de Janeiro, RJ); produces texts and illustrations for the book Candomblé da Bahia, published by Brunner (São Paulo, SP).
1973 — Illustrations for Gabriel Garcia Marquez's A Incrível e Triste História de Cândida Erendira e sua Avó Desalmada (Rio de Janeiro, RJ); paints the mural for the Legislative Assembly and the panel for the Bahia State Secretary of the Treasury.
1974 — Produces woodcuts for the book Visitações da Bahia, published by Onile.
1976 — Illustrates the book O Gato Malhado e a Andorinha Sinhá: uma história de amor, by Jorge Amado (Salvador, BA); receives the title of Knight of the Order of Merit of Bahia.
1977 — Certified with the Honor for Afro-Brazilian Cult Spiritual Merit, Xangô das Pedrinhas ao Obá de Xangô Carybé (Magé, RJ).
1978 — Makes the concrete sculpture Oxóssi, in the Catacumba Park; illustrates the book A Morte e a Morte de Quincas Berro D´Água, by Jorge Amado, published by Edições Alumbramento (Rio de Janeiro, RJ).
1979 — Produces woodcuts for the book Sete Lendas Africanas da Bahia, published by Onile.
1980 — Designs the costumes and scenery for the ballet Quincas Berro D´Água, at the Teatro Municipal in Rio de Janeiro.
1981 — Publication of the book Iconografia dos Deuses Africanos no Candomblé da Bahia (Ed. Raízes), following thirty years of research.
1982 — Receives the title of Honorary Doctor of the Federal University of Bahia.
1983 — Makes the panel for the Brazilian Embassy in Lagos, Nigeria.
1984 — Receives the Jerônimo Monteiro Commendation – Level of Knight (Espírito Santo); receives the Castro Alves Medal of Merit, granted by the UFBA Academy of Arts and Letters; makes the bronze sculpture Homenagem à mulher baiana (Homage to the Bahian woman), at the Iguatemi Shopping Center (Salvador, BA).
1985 — Designs the costumes and sets for the spectacle La Bohème, at the Castro Alves Theater; illustrates the book Lendas Africanas dos Orixás, by Pierre Verger, published by Currupio.
1992 — Illustrates the book O sumiço da santa: uma história de feitiçaria, by Jorge Amado (Rio de Janeiro, RJ).
1995 — Illustration of the book O uso das plantas na sociedade iorubá, by Pierre Verger (São Paulo, SP).
1996 — Making of the short film Capeta Carybé, by Agnaldo Siri Azevedo, adapted from the book O Capeta Carybé, by Jorge Amado, about the artist Carybé, who was born in Argentina and became the most Bahian of all Brazilians.
1997 — Illustration of the book Poesias de Castro Alves.
Exhibitions
ммIndividual Exhibitions:
1943 — Buenos Aires (Argentina) — First individual exhibition, at the Nordiska Gallery
1944 — Salta (Argentina) — at the Consejo General de Educacion
1945 — Salta (Argentina) — Amigos del Arte, Buenos Aires (Argentina) — Motivos de América, at the Amauta Gallery, Rio de Janeiro RJ — individual exhibition at the IAB/RJ
1947 — Salta (Argentina) — Agrupación Cultural Femenina
1950 — Salvador BA — First individual exhibit in Bahia, at the Bar Anjo Azul; São Paulo SP — MASP.
1952 — São Paulo SP — MAM/SP
1954 — Salvador BA — Oxumaré Gallery
1957 — New York (USA) — Bodley Gallery; Buenos Aires (Argentina) — Bonino Gallery * 1958 - New York (USA) — Bodley Gallery
1962 — Salvador BA - MAM/BA
1963 — Rio de Janeiro RJ — Bonino Gallery
1965 — Rio de Janeiro RJ — Bonino Gallery
1966 — São Paulo SP — Astrea Gallery
1967 — Rio de Janeiro RJ — Santa Rosa Gallery
1969 — London (England) — Varig Airlines
1970 — Rio de Janeiro RJ — Galeria da Praça
1971 — Rio de Janeiro RJ — MAM/RJ, São Paulo SP — A Galeria; Belo Horizonte MG, Brasília DF, Curitiba PR, Florianopolis SC, Porto Alegre RS, Rio de Janeiro RJ and São Paulo SP — The Orixás Panel (exhibition tour), at the Casa da Cultura in Belo Horizonte, MAM/DF, the Public Library of Paraná, the Legislative Assembly of Santa Catarina State, the Legislative Assembly of Rio Grande do Sul, MAM/RJ and MAM/SP
1972 — The Orixás Panel in Fortaleza CE — at the Ceará Federal University Art Museum, and in Recife PE — at the Santa Isabel Theater
1973 — São Paulo SP — A Galeria
1976 — Salvador BA — at the Church of the Nossa Senhora do Carmo Convent
1980 — São Paulo SP — A Galeria
1981 — Lisbon (Portugal) — Cassino Estoril
1982 — São Paulo SP — Renot Art Gallery, São Paulo SP — A Galeria
1983 — New York (USA) — Iconografia dos Deuses Africanos no Candomblé da Bahia, The Caribbean Cultural Center
1984 — Philadelphia (USA) — Art Institute of Philadelphia; Mexico — Museo Nacional de Las Culturas; São Paulo SP — Galeria de Arte André
1986 — Lisbon (Portugal) — Cassino Estoril; Salvador BA — As Artes de Carybé, Núcleo de Artes Desenbanco
1989 — Lisbon (Portugal) — Cassino Estoril; São Paulo SP — MASP
1995 — São Paulo SP — Documenta Galeria de Arte, São Paulo SP — Casa das Artes Galeria, Campinas SP — Galeria Croqui, Curitiba PR — Galeria de Arte Fraletti e Rubbo, Belo Horizonte MG — Nuance Galeria de Arte, Foz do Iguaçu PR — Ita Galeria de Arte, Porto Alegre RS — Bublitz Decaedro Galeria de Artes, Cuiabá MT — Só Vi Arte Galeria, Goiânia GO — Época Galeria de Arte, São Paulo SP — Artebela Galeria Arte Molduras, Fortaleza CE — Galeria Casa D'Arte, Salvador BA — Oxum Casa de Arte
Collective Exhibitions:
1939 — Buenos Aires (Argentina) — Carybé and Clemente Moreau Exhibition, at the Museo Municipal de Belas Artes
1943 — Buenos Aires (Argentina) — 29th Salon de Acuarelistas y Grabadores — first prize
1946 — Buenos Aires (Argentina) — Drawings by Argentine Artists, at the Kraft Gallery
1948 — Washington (USA) — Artists of Argentina, at the Pan American Union Gallery
1949 — Buenos Aires (Argentina) — Carybé and Gertrudis Chale, at the Viau Gallery; Salvador BA — Bahian Showroom of Fine Arts, at the Hotel Bahia
1950 — Salvador BA — 2nd Bahian Showroom of Fine Arts; São Paulo SP — MAM/SP
1951 — São Paulo SP — 1st São Paulo Art Biennial, Trianon Pavilion.
1952 — Salvador BA — 3rd Bahian Showroom of Fine Arts, at Belvedere da Sé; São Paulo SP — MAM/SP
1953 — Recife PE — Mario Cravo Júnior and Carybé, at the Santa Isabel Theater; São Paulo SP — 2nd São Paulo Art Biennial, at MAM/SP
1954 — Salvador BA — 4th Bahian Showroom of Fine Arts, at the Hotel Bahia. — Bronze medal
1955 — São Paulo SP — 3rd São Paulo Art Biennial, at MAM/SP — first prize for drawing
1956 — Salvador BA — Modern Artists of Bahia, at the Oxumaré Gallery; Venice (Italy) — 28th Venice Biennial
1957 — Rio de Janeiro RJ — 6th National Modern Art Show — exemption from the jury; São Paulo SP — Artists from Bahia, at the MAM/SP
1958 — San Francisco (USA) — Works by Brazilian Artists, at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Washington and New York (USA) — Works by Brazilian Artists, at the Pan American Union and the MoMA
1959 — Seattle (USA) — 30th International Exhibition, at the Seattle Art Museum; Salvador BA — Modern Artists of Bahia, at the Dentistry School.
1961 — São Paulo SP — 6th São Paulo Art Biennial, at MAM/SP — special room
1963 — Lagos (Nigeria) — Brazilian Contemporary Artists, at the Nigerian Museum; São Paulo SP — 7th São Paulo Art Biennial Bienal, at the Fundação Bienal
1964 — Salvador BA — Christmas Exhibition, at the Galeria Querino
1966 — Baghdad (Iraq) — collective exhibition sponsored by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation; Madrid (Spain) — Artists of Bahia, at the Hispanic Culture Institute; Rome (Italy) — Piero Cartona Palace; Salvador BA — 1st National Biennial of Plastic Arts (Bienal da Bahia) — special room; Salvador BA — Draughtsmen of Bahia, at the Convivium Gallery
1967 — Salvador BA — Christmas Exhibition at the Panorama Art Gallery; São Paulo SP — Artists of Bahia, at the A Gallery
1968 — São Paulo SP — Bahian Artists, at the A Gallery
1969 — London (England) — Tryon Gallery; São Paulo SP — 1st Panorama of Current Brazilian Art at the MAM/SP; São Paulo SP — Carybé, Carlos Bastos...
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Late 20th Century Modern Woodcut Figurative Prints
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Woodcut
The Angel of the 7th Heaven - Woodcut - 1963
Located in Roma, IT
The Angel of the 7th Heaven - "The Divine Comedy" - Song 22 - Paradise is a woodcut print realized in 1963 for a series illustrating the Medieval poem of the "Divine Comedy" by Dan...
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1960s Surrealist Woodcut Figurative Prints
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Woodcut
$276 Sale Price
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Portrait of Giorgio Morandi - Woodcut Print by Mino Maccari - 1950s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Giorgio Morandi is an original modern artwork realized the half of the XX Century by the Italian artist Mino Maccari (Siena, 1898 - Rome, 1989).
Original woodcut print o...
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1950s Modern Woodcut Figurative Prints
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Woodcut
Deutzia Flowers: The Wife of Kasamori - Original Woodblock Print
Located in Soquel, CA
Deutzia Flowers: The Wife of Kasamori - Original Woodblock Print
Deutzia Flowers: The Wife of Kasamori, from the Series "Beauties of the Floating World Associated with Flowers" by S...
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1760s Edo Woodcut Figurative Prints
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Woodcut, Ink, Rice Paper
Kabukie - Woodcut by Utagawa Kunisada - 1840
Located in Roma, IT
Kabukie is an original artwork realized in 1840 by Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865).
Dialogue on stage between the actors Mimasu Gennosuke and Nakamura Shikan as a courtesan.
Signed: ...
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1850s Modern Woodcut Figurative Prints
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Woodcut
The Sun Flower
By Ruth Leaf
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "The Sun Flower" c.1990, is an original colors woodcut on Wove paper by noted American artist Ruth Leaf, 1923-2015. It is hand signed, titled and numbered 9/20 in...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Woodcut Figurative Prints
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Woodcut
Once upon a time in London, Afternoon, Woodcut, Vincent Van Gogh, Park, Pagoda
Located in Deddington, GB
A limited edition woodcut on paper print by Mychael Barratt of Vincent Van Gogh with a lady on a walk in london, passing a grand tree and Great Pagoda. The print is compromised of blue, green, purple, pink and yellow tones
Additional information:
Mychael Barratt
Once upon a time in London, Afternoon [2023]
Woodcut on paper
Signed and titled in pencil
Numbered from the edition of 100
Please note that insitu images are purely an indication of how a piece may look
Please note sheet sizes may differ.
Image size:
Height: 28cm
Width: 28cm
Complete size of sheet:
Height: 39.5cm
Width: 38.3cm
Depth: 0.1cm
ARTIST BIO:
Mychael Barratt was born in Toronto, Canada, however, considers himself to be a Londoner since arriving for what was supposed to be a two-week stay thirty years ago. He is a narrative artist whose work is steeped in imagery relating to art history, literature, theatre and everything else that overfills his bookshelves. He was an artist in residence for Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre...
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2010s Contemporary Woodcut Figurative Prints
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Paper, Woodcut
Japanese Artisans - Silk Dying -Japanese Woodblock Print
By Tosa Mitsuyoshi
Located in Soquel, CA
Japanese Artisans - Japanese Woodblock Print J
Japanese woodblock depicting six women, all wearing vibrant kimonos, working on crafts by Tosa Mitsuoki (Japanese, 1617-1691). Japanese,c. 1600. Handcraft depiction (dye works).Section from a painted screen with presentations of handcraft.Kita-in, Saitama.
Stamped lower left.
Presented in a white mat and giltwood frame.
Frame: 19"H x 14"W
Mat: 18.25"H x 13.25"W
Image: 14.5"H x 9.5"W
Tosa Mitsuoki was a Japanese painter, reinvigorating the Yamato style of classical Japanese painting. Yamato-e originated from interest in reproducing early Tang dynasty paintings, and was later reinvented and further refined to fit Japanese cultural perceptions in the late Heian period. Yamato, sometimes referred to as wa or kazu had become synonymous with the Tosa-ha by the Muromachi period as a way for Japanese artist to distinguish their works from those of mainland Chinese paintings, kara-e. Yamato-e incorporated various visual and literary techniques for establishing narrative. Works were not always accompanied with text and may rely on heavily on period specific visual motifs, icons, and symbols to relay a story or theme. Tosa style by the time of Mitsuoki focused heavily on depicting themes of plants and nature, famous places, meisho, the four seasons, shik, bird-and-flower, kacho. Many of these popular symbols and icons from mimicking Chinese practices, treating the original Chinese masterwork as a sort of prototype to improve upon. Popular formats for Mitsuoki's pictures were wall scrolls kakemono, or handscrolls that would be read from right to left with the accompanied story, sliding doors fusuma and folding screen panels byobu that featured up to six panels. Mitsuoki's style incorporated the depth and calligraphy techniques of ink wash brushwork similar to Song dynasty and Yuan dynasty Chinese court paintings...
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1920s Edo Woodcut Figurative Prints
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Paper, Ink, Woodcut
Squirrel - Woodcut by Maurits Cornelis Escher - 1931
Located in Roma, IT
Woodcut print realized by Escher in 1931.
It belongs to the series "Emblemata".
Signed with initials in the plate lower right.
Ref. F.H. Bool, J.R. Kist, J.L. Locher and F. Wierda...
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1930s Modern Woodcut Figurative Prints
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Woodcut
Oriental Woman - Woodcut by Utagawa Kunisada - 1830 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
Oriental Woman is an original print realized around 1830 by Utagawa Kunisada.
Beautiful colored woodblock print.
Good conditions except for some folds...
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1830s Woodcut Figurative Prints
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Woodcut
Cat - Woodcut by Simon Haret- Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Woodcut Print Cat is a woodcut print realized by Simon Haret in the Mid-20th Century.
Good condition with minor foxing.
Monogrammed on a plate.
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Early 20th Century Modern Woodcut Figurative Prints
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Woodcut
Arashi Rinosuke II - Woodcut Print by Utagawa Hirosada - 1848
Located in Roma, IT
Arashi Rinosuke II is an original modern artwork realized by Utagawa Hirosada (Japanese, active 1825–75) in 1848.
Woodcut Print Chuban format, 1848
From the series "Kokon yujin ki"...
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19th Century Modern Woodcut Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut
$460 Sale Price
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Balance - Woodcut by Maurits Cornelis Escher - 1931
Located in Roma, IT
Woodcut print realized by Escher for the series "Emblemata", and published in 1931.
On Hollande van Gelder paper.
Edition of 300.
Unsigned, as issued. Excellent condition, matted....
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1930s Modern Woodcut Figurative Prints
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Woodcut
The Radiant Prince Genji - Woodcut Print by Utagawa Kunisada - 1850s
Located in Roma, IT
Plate from Faithful Images of the Radiant Prince Genji is an original modern artwork realized by Utagawa Kunisada in 1850s.
Woodcut print Oban yokoe format.
From the series "Sono...
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19th Century Modern Woodcut Figurative Prints
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Woodcut
Saruwaka-machi District and Kinryûzan Temple Seen from Matsuchiyama
Located in Houston, TX
Three women in the Saruwaka-machi District with a view of Kinryûzan Temple seen from the famous landmark Matsuchiyama. The woodblock print is from the series "Famous Places in Edo". ...
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1850s Edo Woodcut Figurative Prints
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Woodcut
Rare 1923 Cubist Reuven Rubin Woodcut Woodblock Kabbalah Print Israeli Judaica
By Reuven Rubin
Located in Surfside, FL
This is from the original first edition 1923 printing. there was a much later edition done after these originals.
These are individually hand signed in pencil by artist as issued.
This listing is for the one print. the other documentation is included here for provenance and is not included in this listing.
The various images inspired by the Jewish Mysticism and rabbis and mystics of jerusalem and Kabbalah is holy, dramatic and optimistic Rubin succeeded to evoke the spirit of life in Israel in those early days.
They are done in a modern art style influenced by German Expressionism, particularly, Ernst Barlach, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, and Franz Marc, as introduced to Israel by Jakob Steinhardt, Hermann Struck and Joseph Budko.
Reuven Rubin 1893 -1974 was a Romanian-born Israeli painter and Israel's first ambassador to Romania.
Rubin Zelicovich (later Reuven Rubin) was born in Galati to a poor Romanian Jewish Hasidic family. He was the eighth of 13 children. In 1912, he left for Ottoman-ruled Palestine to study art at Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in Jerusalem. Finding himself at odds with the artistic views of the Academy's teachers, he left for Paris, France, in 1913 to pursue his studies at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts. He was of the well known Jewish artists in Paris along with Marc Chagall and Chaim Soutine,
At the outbreak of World War I, he was returned to Romania, where he spent the war years.
In 1921, he traveled to the United States with his friend and fellow artist, Arthur Kolnik. In New York City, the two met artist Alfred Stieglitz, who was instrumental in organizing their first American show at the Anderson Gallery. Following the exhibition, in 1922, they both returned to Europe. In 1923, Rubin emigrated to Mandate Palestine.
Rubin met his wife, Esther, in 1928, aboard a passenger ship to Palestine on his return from a show in New York. She was a Bronx girl who had won a trip to Palestine in a Young Judaea competition. He died in 1974.
Part of the early generation of artists in Israel, Joseph Zaritsky, Arieh Lubin, Reuven Rubin, Sionah Tagger, Pinchas Litvinovsky, Mordecai Ardon, Yitzhak Katz, and Baruch Agadati; These painters depicted the country’s landscapes in the 1920s rebelled against the Bezalel school of Boris Schatz. They sought current styles in Europe that would help portray their own country’s landscape, in keeping with the spirit of the time. Rubin’s Cezannesque landscapes from the 1920s were defined by both a modern and a naive style, portraying the landscape and inhabitants of Israel in a sensitive fashion. His landscape paintings in particular paid special detail to a spiritual, translucent light. His early work bore the influences of Futurism, Vorticism, Cubism and Surrealism.
In Palestine, he became one of the founders of the new Eretz-Yisrael style. Recurring themes in his work were the bible, the prophet, the biblical landscape, folklore and folk art, people, including Yemenite, Hasidic Jews and Arabs. Many of his paintings are sun-bathed depictions of Jerusalem and the Galilee. Rubin might have been influenced by the work of Henri Rousseau whose naice style combined with Eastern nuances, as well as with the neo-Byzantine art to which Rubin had been exposed in his native Romania. In accordance with his integrative style, he signed his works with his first name in Hebrew and his surname in Roman letters.
In 1924, he was the first artist to hold a solo exhibition at the Tower of David, in Jerusalem (later exhibited in Tel Aviv at Gymnasia Herzliya). That year he was elected chairman of the Association of Painters and Sculptors of Palestine. From the 1930s onwards, Rubin designed backdrops for Habima Theater, the Ohel Theater and other theaters.
His biography, published in 1969, is titled My Life - My Art. He died in Tel Aviv in October 1974, after having bequeathed his home on 14 Bialik Street and a core collection of his paintings to the city of Tel Aviv. The Rubin Museum opened in 1983. The director and curator of the museum is his daughter-in-law, Carmela Rubin. Rubin's paintings are now increasingly sought after. At a Sotheby's auction in New York in 2007, his work accounted for six of the ten top lots. Along with Yaacov Agam and Menashe Kadishman he is among Israel's best known artists internationally. Education
1912 Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem
1913-14 École des Beaux Arts, Paris and Académie Colarossi, Paris
Select Group Exhibitions
Eged - Palestine Painters Group Eged - Palestine Painters Group, Allenby Street, Tel Aviv 1929
Artists: Chana Orloff, Abraham Melnikoff, Rubin, Reuven Nahum Gutman, Sionah Tagger,Arieh Allweil,
Jewish Artists Association, Levant Fair, Tel Aviv, 1929
Artists: Ludwig Blum,Eliyahu Sigad, Shmuel Ovadyahu, Itzhak Frenel Frenkel,Ozer Shabat, Menahem Shemi...
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1920s Abstract Woodcut Figurative Prints
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Woodcut
La Fille de Minos (Daughter of Minos) - 1978
Located in Roma, IT
La Fille de Minos (The Daughter of Minos) is a woodcut print on Arches Paper realized in 1978 to illustrated "L'Art d'Aimer" (The Art of Love) by Ovid.
Hand signed and numbered in ...
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1970s Surrealist Woodcut Figurative Prints
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Woodcut
Romantic Drama - Woodcut Print by Utagawa Kunisada - 1850s
Located in Roma, IT
Romantic Drama is an original modern artwork realized by Utagawa Kunisada in 1853.
Woodcut print oban diptych format from a tryptich. Signature: Toyokuni ga. Publisher: Tsujiokaya B...
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19th Century Modern Woodcut Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Christ and the Little Saint John Playing with the Lamb (2nd State)
Located in Chicago, IL
Woodcut after Peter Paul Rubens (Siegen 1577 - 1640 Antwerp)
337 x 451 mm.; 13 1/4 x 17 3/4 inches
Provenance:
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Duplicate stamp on verso...
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17th Century Baroque Woodcut Figurative Prints
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Woodcut
Kumasaka Chōhan to Ushiwakamaru - One of a Diptych Original Woodcut Print
Located in Soquel, CA
Kumasaka Chōhan to Ushiwakamaru is a Japanese Ukiyo-e print created between 1848 and 1854 by artist Utagawa Kunisada (Japanese, 1786-1864). The print is a Diptych, and is part of the...
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1850s Realist Woodcut Figurative Prints
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Printer's Ink, Rice Paper, Woodcut
Courtesans at Yoshiwara Edomachi - Figurative Japanese Woodblock Print on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Courtesan at Yoshiwara Edomachi - Figurative Japanese Woodblock Print on Paper
Full color woodcut print of two women in elaborate gowns by Utagawa Yoshiiku (Ochiai Yoshiiku) (Japanese, 1833-1904). Two women are dressed in colorful robes with crossed arms. They are underneath a plum blossom tree in bloom, at night. In the background there is a building with many rooms. Valuable polychrome woodblock print of vertical large oban (大判) format made by Utagawa Yoshiiku (歌川芳幾), the famous artist also known as Ochiai Yoshiiku (落合芳幾), and depicting the courtesan Shizuka (しづか), of the house of pleasure Matsumotoro (松本楼), together with her young kamuro (禿) assistant. The couple is escorted by a kanabohiki (金棒引き) watchman holding a lantern and a metal rod with rings to make noise and alert the crowd.
The work, produced in August 1869 by the publisher Tsunajima Kamekichi (綱島亀吉), is taken from the “Twelve Months of Yoshiwara” (よし原十二ヶ月のうち), an elegant series of prints dedicated to the famous red light district of Edo (江戸), and is paired with the “month of leaves” Hazuki (葉月), that is August.
Ochiai Yoshiiku (Japanese, 1833-1904) was an ukiyo-e artist from the end of the Edo Period to the Meiji Period. He has created works which are essential to the history of ukiyo-e, such as“Twenty-eight Famous Murders with Verse”, a series of chimidoro-e (bloody paintings) which Yoshiiku and Tsukioka Yoshitoshi collaborated together, and “Shimbun (newspaper) Nishiki-e” that illustrated Meiji news articles with ukiyo-e.
Born the son of teahouse proprietor Asakusa Tamichi in 1833, Yoshiiku became a student of ukiyo-e artist Utagawa Kuniyoshi toward the end of the 1840s. His earliest known work dates to 1852 when he provided the backgrounds to some actor prints by his master.
Yoshiiku's earliest works were portraits of actors (yakusha-e), beauties (bijin-ga), and warriors (musha-e). He later followed Kuniyoshi into making satirical and humorous pieces, and became the leading name in the field after Kuniyosh's death in 1861. He illustrated the Tokyo Nichi Nichi...
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1860s Impressionist Woodcut Figurative Prints
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Paper, Ink, Woodcut
Oiso Station in the Rain - Woodcut by Utagawa Hiroshige -1833
Located in Roma, IT
Oiso Station in the Rain is an original modern artwork realized by Utagawa Hiroshige (1797 – 12 October 1858) in 1833-1834.
Original Woodcut print Oban yokoe, lifetime impression.
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1830s Modern Woodcut Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut
$1,637 Sale Price
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Beauties under a Maple Tree Japanese Woodblock Print
Located in Houston, TX
Three Beauties under a maple tree from the series "A Contest of Fashionable Beauties of the Gay Quarters". The woodblock print is printed on rice paper....
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1780s Edo Woodcut Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Woodcut figurative prints for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Woodcut figurative prints available on 1stDibs. While artists have worked in this medium across a range of time periods, art made with this material during the 21st Century is especially popular. If you’re looking to add figurative prints created with this material to introduce a provocative pop of color and texture to an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of orange, yellow, blue, green and other colors. There are many well-known artists whose body of work includes ceramic sculptures. Popular artists on 1stDibs associated with pieces like this include Salvador Dalí, Mino Maccari, Michel Fingesten, and Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III). Frequently made by artists working in the Modern, Surrealist, all of these pieces for sale are unique and many will draw the attention of guests in your home. Not every interior allows for large Woodcut figurative prints, so small editions measuring 0.04 inches across are also available
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