Michael Graves (b.1934)

Disney Diptych - Pair of Screenprints by Disney Architect Michael Graves

1991

Artist: Malcolm Morley, British (1931 - 2018) Title: Pictures from the Azores Year: circa 2005 Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: dedicated to Eric Image: 29...

A series of four Pop Art screenprints of the famed Disney character, Donald Duck, by Psychedelic artist Peter Max. Each piece is nicely framed and signed by the artist. Donald Duck ...

Marion McClanahan, American (1921 - 1993) - Dune Shack, Year: Circa 1980, Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: AP 50, Image Size: 24 x 29 inches, Size: 3...

An original signed silkscreen by American Pop Artist, William Copley (1919 - 1996). In a fine black contemporary frame measuring 33 x 26.5 inches. Artist: William Copley, American (1919 - 1996) Title: American Girl...

Add a bold, modern statement to your collection with this striking pair of original woodblock prints, featuring an expressive, hand-drawn portrait in vibrant hues of tangerine orange...

Medium: original lithograph. Printed in 1970 for the art revue Derriere le Miroir (issue number 188) and published in Paris by Maeght. Size: 15 x 11 inches (380 x 278 mm). There is t...

Sir Eduardo Luigi Paolozzi CBE RA (Scottish, 1924 – 2005) Industrial abstract; and another similar Pencil, crayon and ink on paper 8 x 11.1/2 in. (20.3 x 29 cm.) (both)

Michael Graves (July 9, 1934 – March 12, 2015) was an American architect. Identified as one of The New York Five, as well as Memphis Group, Graves was known first for his contemporary building designs and some prominent public commissions that became iconic examples of Postmodern architecture, such as the Portland Building and Denver Public Library. His recognition grew through designing domestic products sold by premium Italian housewares maker Alessi, and later low-cost new designs at stores such as Target and J. C. Penney in the United States. He was a representative of New Urbanism and New Classical Architecture and formerly designed postmodern buildings, and was recognized as a major influence in all three movements. Michael Graves was one of the most prominent and influential architects and designers of the late- 20th and early- 21st centuries. In his buildings and in his furniture and housewares, Graves embodied the essence of Postmodernism — a refined classicism inflected with a humanistic sense of joy. The Indiana-born Graves attended the University of Cincinnati’s architectural program and continued his studies at Harvard as well as at the American Academy in Rome. In 1962, he began teaching at Princeton, and remained there throughout his career. Following a seminal 1972 Museum of Modern Art group survey of rising modernist architects, Graves, along with Richard Meier, Charles Gwathmey, Peter Eisenman...