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Period: 1980s
Democratic Party Human Rights Dinner (signed Pop Art print edition of only 100)
Located in New York, NY
Robert Rauschenberg Human Rights Award, 1981 Silkscreen and Lithograph with Collage Embossing on Hodgkins Handmade Paper Pencil signed and numbered 73/100 on the front Silkscreen and Lithograph with Collage Embossing on Hodgkins Handmade Paper Published by the Democratic Party...
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Pop Art 1980s Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph, Screen, Pencil

Garden - Lithograph by Orfeo Tamburi - 1973/75
Located in Roma, IT
Garden is a beautiful artwork realized by Orfeo Tamburi beetween 1973 and 1975. Mixed colored lithograph. Edited and printed by Graphis Arte, Livorno The artwork is from the portf...
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Contemporary 1980s Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Large Donald Saff Surrealist Pop Art Aquatint Etching Bee, Chair, Pot
Located in Surfside, FL
Artist: Donald Saff Medium: Etching with Aquatint, Hand signed and numbered in pencil Donald Jay Saff (born 12 December 1937) is an artist, art historian, educator, and lecturer, specializing in the fields of contemporary art in addition to American and English horology. Saff was born in Brooklyn, New York. Donald Saff began his undergraduate degree at Queens College, City University of New York, in 1955, initially envisioning a career as an electrical engineer. However, the following year Saff changed his major to art and learned printmaking, to graduate with a B.A. in 1959 and a M.A. in art history from Columbia University in 1960. In the years following, Saff was awarded a M.F.A. from Pratt Institute in 1962 and an Ed.D. in studio art and art history from Columbia University in 1964. In his early career, Saff studied with Robert Goldwater, Robert Branner, Louis Hechenbleikner, and Meyer Schapiro. Saff is primarily known for his work and collaboration with the leading artists of the late-twentieth century, including Robert Rauschenberg, Jim Dine, Roy Lichtenstein, James Rosenquist, Nancy Graves, Philip Pearlstein, and James Turrell. Saff's prolific career is the subject of Marilyn S. Kushner's book, Donald Saff: Art in Collaboration (2010). Saff began his teaching career at Queens College as a lecturer in Art History, Design, and Drawing, from 1961 to 1964. In 1965, Saff was appointed as an associate professor in the visual arts department of the University of South Florida in Tampa, Florida, and became professor and chairman of the visual arts department two years later. In 1971, Saff became the founding dean of the College of Fine Arts at U.S.F., and was awarded the rank of distinguished professor at the university in 1982. Saff was later named dean emeritus by USF in 1989, and distinguished professor emeritus in 1996. In 1999, Saff was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Fine Arts at U.S.F. He was appointed the Director of Capital Projects of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, New York, in 2001, followed by the appointment of Senior Curator of Prints and Drawings in 2002. In 1968, Saff founded Graphicstudio at U.S.F. through funding by a seed grant from the Florida Arts Council and community supporters; the following year, Philip Pearlstein was the first artist invited to Graphicstudio to collaborate with Saff and his team. Saff became Founding Dean of the College of Fine Arts at U.S.F. in 1971. Under Saff's directorship, Graphicstudio collaborated with artists such as James Rosenquist, Robert Rauschenberg, Richard Anuszkiewicz, Shusaku Arakawa, Jim Dine, Lee Friedlander, Nancy Graves, Ed Ruscha, and Roy Lichtenstein. The collection of Graphicstudio is archived in the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. Graphicstudio was founded by Dr. Donald Saff as part of the renaissance in American printmaking in the 1960s, in the company of studios such as ULAE, Tamarind, and Gemini GEL. This renaissance brought artists involved in the Pop art movement, such as Robert Rauschenberg, James Rosenquist, and Jim Dine, together with a growing number of trained printmakers from around the world. After Saff retired from U.S.F., he continued to collaborate with these artists, as well as James Turrell, at Saff Tech Arts in Oxford, Maryland, which was established in 1991. While Saff and Rauschenberg were traveling in China, Rauschenberg conceived of the Rauschenberg Overseas Culture Interchange (ROCI) in 1982, which began in 1984 with Saff as the artistic director. Saff travelled to over twenty countries and met with poets and writers in order to decide which were the most appropriate venues for the show and prepare for Rauschenberg's visit and exhibition. In recent years, Saff has continued to lecture and write on art and the history and mechanics of nineteenth-century clocks; in particular, the work of Charles Fasoldt, in addition to the development of time distribution from the Harvard College Observatory, and the horological innovations of Richard F. Bond. He has lectured on Fasoldt for the Antiquarian Horological Association in Cincinnati, OH (2001), the National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors in Pittsburgh, PA, and Anheim, CA (2003), and at the 26th Annual Ward Francillon Time Symposium in Houston, TX (2004), among other venues. Saff continues to work with the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, collaborating with Jonathan Betts and Rory McEvoy, on the trials of Burgess Clock B. (See "Honors.") Exhibitions Saff's individual work spans across his career of collaborative art. As early as 1965, Saff produced Duino Elegies, a print suite that was published and exhibited by Martin Gordon Gallery in New York and at the Galleria Academia in Rome; it was acquired by the Library of Congress, the Brooklyn Museum, and Lessing Rosenwald. Saff also collaborated with printers Galli and Arduini in Urbino to create print suites Breezes (1969), exhibited and published by the Martin Gordon Gallery. Additionally, Saff collaborated with Galli on print suites Paradise Lost (1970) and Numbers (1972), the former printed in Tampa, FL, and exhibited at the Martin Gordon Gallery, the University of South Florida Gallery, the Toronto Art Gallery, and the Loch Haven Art Center, FL. Numbers was exhibited at Multiples Gallery, New York. In 1979, Saff produced print suite Fables that was published and exhibited by the Getler/Pall Gallery in New York, followed by the print suite Constellations (1980), which was also exhibited at the Tom Lutrell Gallery in San Francisco. In 1981, Saff had solo exhibitions of his artwork in the Galleria d'Arte Moderna in Udine, Italy, Youngstown State University, OH, the Leo Castelli Gallery, NY, and in "Recent Acquisitions" at The Museum of Modern Art, NY. Additionally, Saff had solo exhibitions at Dyansen Gallery, NY (1982), at I. Feldman Gallery, Sarasota (1983), and at Edison Community College, FL (1988). In 1989, the retrospective Donald Saff: Mixed Metaphors, 1956–1989 was held at the Tampa Museum of Art and traveled to the Virginia Beach Center for the Arts, followed by his solo exhibition Winged Metaphors: Sculpture and Prints by Donald Saff at the Barbara Gillman Gallery in Miami later that year. In 1997, Brenau University Galleries exhibits Poetics: The Work of Donald Saff in Gainesville, GA. The same year, the Tampa Museum of Art exhibited Donald Saff/Robert Rauschenberg: In Collaboration. Finally, the Academy Art Museum in Easton, MD, exhibited Donald Saff: Gravity and Constellations; Selected Works in 2006. Honors Saff was awarded a Teaching Fellowship at Queens College (1960), a Yaddo Fellowship, Saratoga Springs, NY (1963), and Fulbright Fellowship (1964) to Italy where he studied at Istituto Statale di Belle Arti. While in Urbino, Saff met lifelong friend and colleague Deli Sacilotto, with whom he would co-author Printmaking: History and Process (1978) and Screenprinting: History and Process (1979). He received the Governor's Award for the Arts from the State of Florida in 1973, and was awarded the Florida Endowment for the Arts Individual Artist Grant in 1980. In 1997, Saff was awarded the title "Printmaker Emeritus" by the 25th Southern Graphics Council Conference in Tampa, F.L. In 2002, he was appointed as Visiting Distinguished Professor of Rhode Island School of Design. In April 2015, Saff was awarded a certificate from the Guinness World Records for his work on completing the world's most accurate pendulum clock, "Clock B", which was started by Martin Burgess in 1975. The official title awarded by Guinness World Records, as "the most accurate mechanical clock with a pendulum...
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Pop Art 1980s Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

Nude - Etching on Paper by Sergio Barletta - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Nude is an original etching realized by Sergio Barletta. Hand-signed on the lower right in pencil. In very good conditions. Sheet Dimension: 50 x 34 cm. The artwork represents ...
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1980s Figurative Prints

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Etching

Séléné - after Georges Braque - Lithograph - 1988 - Figurative Print
Located in Sint-Truiden, BE
Color lithograph after a gouache by Georges Braque from the edition of 398 published by Armand & Georges Israel in 1988. Printed signature. Artwork en...
Category

Cubist 1980s Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Untitled
Located in Barcelona, ES
the painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
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Conceptual 1980s Figurative Prints

Materials

Ink, Mixed Media

Ex Libris Sergio Silva - Original Woodcut - 1982
Located in Roma, IT
Ex Libris Sergio Silva is an original Modern Artwork realized in 1982. Original Colored woodcut print on ivory-colored paper. The work is glued on cardboard. Total dimensions:...
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Modern 1980s Figurative Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Thanksgiving, Folk Art print by Colette Raker
Located in Long Island City, NY
Thanksgiving by Colette Raker, French/American (1938) Date: circa 1980 Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil Edition of 450 Image Size: 25.5 x 33 inches Size: 28 x 36.5 in. (71....
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Folk Art 1980s Figurative Prints

Materials

Screen

Couple - Black and White Etching by Leo Guida - 1988
Located in Roma, IT
Couple is an original black and white etching realized in 1988 by Leo Guida. Hand-signed and dated by the artist on the lower margin. The state of preservation is good, except for...
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1980s Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

DRESS REHEARSAL Signed Lithograph, Dancers, Pink Walls Checkered Floor
Located in Union City, NJ
DRESS REHEARSAL by the woman artist Robin Morris, is an original hand drawn limited edition lithograph(not a photo reproduction or digital print) printed in 13 colors using hand lithography techniques on archival Arches paper, 100% acid free. DRESS REHEARSAL depicts a group of blonde female dancers rehearsing in the dance studio wearing bold black striped color leotards. Dramatic purple arched windows against a pink wall and bold black and white checkered floor...
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Contemporary 1980s Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

PKZ- Man in Bowler Hat - Reprint 1981
By Niklaus Stoecklin
Located in New York, NY
PKZ Reprint - 1981 - Official 1981 reprint for Kunstgewerbemuseum, Zurich Printer: JE Wolfensberger Niklaus Stoecklin – PKZ – 1935 PKZ Burger-Kehl & Co. AG, Zurich, C Switerland Lit...
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Art Deco 1980s Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Figurative Abstract -- Man at the Well
Located in Soquel, CA
Figurative abstract with a colorful textured background and figure in black by an unknown artist (American, 20th Century). Hand pulled lithograph with hand work augmentation. Unsign...
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Modern 1980s Figurative Prints

Materials

Paper, Ink

Jack and Jill -- Print, Nursery Rhymes, Etching, Aquatint by Paula Rego
Located in London, GB
Jack and Jill, 1989 Paula Rego Etching with aquatint, on Velin Arches wove Signed and inscribed ‘A/P’ One of fourteen artist’s proofs aside from the number...
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Contemporary 1980s Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

Suitors, Lithograph by John Lennon
Located in Long Island City, NY
A lithograph depicting a woman and her suitors, drawing by John Lennon, print published by his estate (Bag One Arts) in 1986. Date: 1986 Lithograph on ...
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Pop Art 1980s Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

FILLE FLEUR (SILVER)
Located in Aventura, FL
Serigraph on paper.. Hand signed and numbered by the artist. Image size 25.75 x 16 inches. Sheet size 29.75 x 19.5 inches. Rare silver version. From the roman numeral edition of 15...
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Op Art 1980s Figurative Prints

Materials

Paper, Screen

Poppea - Original Lithograph by Tono Zancanaro - 1981
Located in Roma, IT
Poppea is an original lithograph realized by Tono Zancanaro in 1981. Hand-signed.
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Contemporary 1980s Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Lies - From The Allegories - Original Offset by Renato Guttuso - 1981
Located in Roma, IT
Lies - From The Allegories is a mixed colored offset print by the Sicilian artist Renato Guttuso. This print was realized on the occasion of the exhibition held in Rondanini Galler...
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Modern 1980s Figurative Prints

Materials

Offset

Woman - Original Lithograph by Ugo Attardi - 1985
Located in Roma, IT
Woman is an original lithograph artwork realized by Ugo Attardi in 1985. Hand-signed in pencil on the lower right. Numbered edition 29/200. In very good condition. The artwork re...
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Contemporary 1980s Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Green Signal - Original Etching by Leo Guida - 1984
Located in Roma, IT
Green Signal is an original artwork realized in 1984 by the Italian contemporary artist Leo Guida (1992-2017). Original colored etching on ivory-colored cardboard. Hand-signed and ...
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Contemporary 1980s Figurative Prints

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Etching

Views of Hotel Well I, from Moving Focus series
Located in Aventura, FL
Views of Hotel Well I, from Moving Focus series (T. 280; DH. 67). Lithograph printed in colors on TGL handmade paper. Hand signed, dated and numbered by the artist. original Artist's...
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Pop Art 1980s Figurative Prints

Materials

Paper, Lithograph

Bullfight In Red - Original Screen Print by José Guevara - 1989
Located in Roma, IT
Bullfight In Red is a very colorful artwork realized by Josè Guevara in 1989 . Serigraph on paper. The print is hand-signed in pencil on the lower left. Numbered on the lower rig...
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Contemporary 1980s Figurative Prints

Materials

Screen

BLUE HORSE, THREE GEISHAS Signed Lithograph, Asian Women, Parrots, Teal Blue
Located in Union City, NJ
BLUE HORSE, THREE GEISHAS is an original lithograph printed using hand drawn lithography techniques on archival Somerset printmaking paper, 100% acid free, by the renowned Chinese born artist Walasse Ting (DING XIONGQUAN, Chinese, 1929-2010). Ting's use of bold colors and expressive calligraphic brush drawn forms convey vivid life energy. He is well known for his colorful images of women, flowers, fish, parrots and horses and was associated with artists Karel Appel, Asger Jorn, and Pierre Alechinsky, members of the avant-garde group called COBRA. Throughout his artistic life, Ting imbued his passion and spirit into his paintings, poetry and sculpture. BLUE HORSE, THREE GEISHAS is a freely expressed Chinese Ink Brush drawing depicting a colorful rich blue horse with dark purple mane and tail standing with three Asian women...
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Contemporary 1980s Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Women - Lithograph by Aligi Sassu - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Women is an original lithograph realized by the Italian artist Aligi Sassu. This Artwork is depicted through strong and confident strokes in a well-balanced composition. Signed on ...
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Modern 1980s Figurative Prints

Materials

Paper, Lithograph

Presence (Man with Bull and Animals) - Original vintage poster, 1987
Located in Paris, FR
Le Corbusier (Charles-Édouard Jeanneret, called) Presence (Man with Bull and Animals) Original vintage poster (offset print) With the printed signature in the plate On wove paper 50...
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Modern 1980s Figurative Prints

Materials

Offset

The House of the Architect - Vintage Poster After G. Marotta - 1982
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage offset poster realized by Galleria Rondanini, Roma, in 1982 in occasion of the Exhibition of Gino Marotta's works.
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Contemporary 1980s Figurative Prints

Materials

Offset

Liberty - Lithograph by Bettino Craxi - 1989
Located in Roma, IT
Liberty is an original lithograph on paper realized by the Italian politician Bettino Craxi in 1989. Original lithograph on paper. Hand-signed in pencil on the lower right corner...
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Modern 1980s Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Adios General - Lithograph by Bettino Craxi - 1989
Located in Roma, IT
Adios General is an original lithograph on paper realized by the Italian politician Bettino Craxi in 1989. Original lithograph on paper. Good conditions. Hand-signed in pencil o...
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Modern 1980s Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Ex Libris Tonstein - Original Woodcut - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Ex Libris Tonstein is an original Contemporary Artwork realized in the 1980s. Original B/W woodcut print on ivory-colored paper. The work is glued on cardboard. Total dimensio...
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Modern 1980s Figurative Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Roman Castels - Vintage Offset Poster by Franco Fontana - 1983
Located in Roma, IT
Roman Castels is a beautiful offset realized by Franco Fontana . Good conditions. Colored poster from a photograph by Franco Fontana (Modena, 1933), one of the Italian most famous...
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Contemporary 1980s Figurative Prints

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Offset

Saint Michel - Original Handsigned Lithograph
Located in Paris, FR
Eduardo Arroyo Saint Michel, 1984 Original lithograph Handsigned in pencil On Arches vellum, 45 x 61 cm (c. 17,7 x 24 cm) Numbered /100 copies INFORMATION : This lithograph is part...
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1980s Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

REFLECTIONS PORTFOILO II
Located in Aventura, FL
Hand signed & numbered by the artist. Sheet size: 22 x 19 inches. Image size: 13 x 11 inches. Edition of 295. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of authenticity includ...
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Contemporary 1980s Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph, Paper

Hammam - Screen Print by Deanna Frosini - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Hammam is an original contemporary screen print artwork on paper realized by Deanna Frosini. Hand-signed on the lower right and numbered. Good conditi...
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Modern 1980s Figurative Prints

Materials

Screen

Marilyn Monroe as Jean Harlow , Poster signed by Richard Avedon
Located in Long Island City, NY
Richard Avedon was an American fashion and portrait photographer who's work often showed the vulnerability and humanity in celebrities. This poster is signed in marker. Published by ...
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Post-Modern 1980s Figurative Prints

Materials

Offset

Woman and Donkey under Moon (Greeting Card) - Original lithograph - Moulot #984
Located in Paris, FR
Marc CHAGALL Woman and Donkey under the Moon (Greeting Card), 1980 Original lithograph Printed in Mourlot workshop On vellum 14 x 10.5 cm (c. 5.5 x 4 in) Open size 14 x 21 cm (c. 5....
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Modern 1980s Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Vladimir: Greek column abstract etching and screenprint, handmade paper frame
Located in New York, NY
An abstract black and white shadowbox drawing of a Greek column, with a unique handmade, hand printed, leather brown wood grain frame. According to Roberta Smith, Michael Hurson "......
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Contemporary 1980s Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph, Intaglio, Screen

Pinccohio Portfolio by Mimmo Paladino
Located in Long Island City, NY
A portfolio of 12 prints using various printmaking techniques illustrating the story of Pinocchio, by Italian artist Mimmo Paladino. The portfolio is in its original wooden case wit...
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Contemporary 1980s Figurative Prints

Materials

Woodcut, Etching

IDENTITY CRISIS (WHITE)
Located in Aventura, FL
Screen print in colors on paper. Hand signed and numbered by Ronnie Cutrone. From the edition of 150. Certificate of Authenticity included. Please do not hesitate to ask us any further questions. All reasonable offers will be considered. Please note our gallery has more than 1 of this artwork in stock and the exact edition number you may receive may be different than pictured. About the artist: Ronnie Cutrone (American, b.1948) is a Pop artist renowned for his vibrant, satirical paintings...
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Pop Art 1980s Figurative Prints

Materials

Screen, Paper

Landscape - Original Lithograph by Jiri Kolar - 1983
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape is an original lithograph realized by Jiri Kolar in 1983. Good conditions. Not signed. The artwork is depicted through harmonious colors in a well-balanced composition.
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Modern 1980s Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

The Journey to India, Etching by Jan Peter Tripp
Located in Long Island City, NY
The Journey to India Jan Peter Tripp German (1945) Date: 1986 Etching, signed, numbered, dated, and titled in pencil Edition of 46/300 Image Size: 15 x 18 inches Size: 21.5 x 24.5 in...
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Surrealist 1980s Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

SPACE BALLS
Located in Aventura, FL
Hand signed, dated and numbered by the artist. Serigraph on paper. Edition of 150. Additional images available upon request. Certificate of authenticity included. Artwork in excelle...
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Pop Art 1980s Figurative Prints

Materials

Paper, Screen

'Two Women', Yale, Cooper Union, Prix de Rome, Tyler School of Art, Smithsonian
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Alan Evan Feltus' (American-Italian, born 1943), dated 1981 and with number and limitation, '58/60'. Blind stamped, lower right, 'E.P.' for Editions Press and stamped, verso, 'Editions Press'. Paper dimensions: 20.5 x 26 inches. This contemporary classical painter of the human figure first studied at the Tyler School of Art at Temple University in Philadelphia and, subsequently, at Cooper Union in New York City, where he received his BFA in 1966. In 1968, he earned his MFA from Yale University. Over the course of a distinguished career, Alan Feltus has been the recipient of numerous prizes, medals and juried awards including the Prix de Rome...
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Modern 1980s Figurative Prints

Materials

Laid Paper, Etching

The Box - Original Lithograph by Bettino Craxi - 1989
Located in Roma, IT
The Box is an original contemporary artwork realized by the Italian politician Bettino Craxi in 1989. Original Lithograph on paper. Hand-signed in pencil on the lower right corner...
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Modern 1980s Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Salima - Original Screen Print by S. Fiume - 1980
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions: 57 x 36,5 cm. Salima is original serigraph realized by Italian artist Salvatore Fiume in 1980, Hand-signed in pencil and numbered, edition of V/XXV prints. In ver...
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Contemporary 1980s Figurative Prints

Materials

Screen

SHOES FS II.253
Located in Aventura, FL
Screenprint in colors with diamond dust on Arches Aquarelle paper. Hand signed and numbered by the artist on verso. Printed by Rupert Jasen Smith, published by the artist, New York....
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Pop Art 1980s Figurative Prints

Materials

Paper, Screen

Cartella A
Located in London, GB
Set of 4 color screenprints, 1983, on polished aluminum foil, signed and numbered from the edition of 500, published by Fratelli Alinari Stamperia d'Arte, Florence, 42 x 33 cm. (16 3/4 x 13 in.) Including La Testa...
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Arte Povera 1980s Figurative Prints

Materials

Screen

CATALINA
Located in Aventura, FL
Serigraph on paper. Hand signed and numbered by the artist. Image size 26.5 x 30.25 inches. Custom framed as pictured. Frame size approx 37.5 x 41.5 inches. From the roman numer...
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Contemporary 1980s Figurative Prints

Materials

Screen, Paper

The Woman With Bird - Original Lithograph by Oscar Pelosi - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
The Woman With Bird is an original colored Lithograph realized by Oscar Pelosi during the 1980s . The artwork is hand-signed in pencil by the artist on the lower right. Numbered, o...
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Contemporary 1980s Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Large Donald Saff Surrealist Pop Art Aquatint Etching African Elephant
Located in Surfside, FL
Artist: Donald Saff Medium: Etching with Aquatint, Hand signed and numbered in pencil. Donald Jay Saff (born 12 December 1937) is an artist, art historian, educator, and lecturer, specializing in the fields of contemporary art in addition to American and English horology. Saff was born in Brooklyn, New York. Donald Saff began his undergraduate degree at Queens College, City University of New York, in 1955, initially envisioning a career as an electrical engineer. However, the following year Saff changed his major to art and learned printmaking, to graduate with a B.A. in 1959 and a M.A. in art history from Columbia University in 1960. In the years following, Saff was awarded a M.F.A. from Pratt Institute in 1962 and an Ed.D. in studio art and art history from Columbia University in 1964. In his early career, Saff studied with Robert Goldwater, Robert Branner, Louis Hechenbleikner, and Meyer Schapiro. Saff is primarily known for his work and collaboration with the leading artists of the late-twentieth century, including Robert Rauschenberg, Jim Dine, Roy Lichtenstein, James Rosenquist, Nancy Graves, Philip Pearlstein, and James Turrell. Saff's prolific career is the subject of Marilyn S. Kushner's book, Donald Saff: Art in Collaboration (2010). Saff began his teaching career at Queens College as a lecturer in Art History, Design, and Drawing, from 1961 to 1964. In 1965, Saff was appointed as an associate professor in the visual arts department of the University of South Florida in Tampa, Florida, and became professor and chairman of the visual arts department two years later. In 1971, Saff became the founding dean of the College of Fine Arts at U.S.F., and was awarded the rank of distinguished professor at the university in 1982. Saff was later named dean emeritus by USF in 1989, and distinguished professor emeritus in 1996. In 1999, Saff was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Fine Arts at U.S.F. He was appointed the Director of Capital Projects of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, New York, in 2001, followed by the appointment of Senior Curator of Prints and Drawings in 2002. In 1968, Saff founded Graphicstudio at U.S.F. through funding by a seed grant from the Florida Arts Council and community supporters; the following year, Philip Pearlstein was the first artist invited to Graphicstudio to collaborate with Saff and his team. Saff became Founding Dean of the College of Fine Arts at U.S.F. in 1971. Under Saff's directorship, Graphicstudio collaborated with artists such as James Rosenquist, Robert Rauschenberg, Richard Anuszkiewicz, Shusaku Arakawa, Jim Dine, Lee Friedlander, Nancy Graves, Ed Ruscha, and Roy Lichtenstein. The collection of Graphicstudio is archived in the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. Graphicstudio was founded by Dr. Donald Saff as part of the renaissance in American printmaking in the 1960s, in the company of studios such as ULAE, Tamarind, and Gemini GEL. This renaissance brought artists involved in the Pop art movement, such as Robert Rauschenberg, James Rosenquist, and Jim Dine, together with a growing number of trained printmakers from around the world. After Saff retired from U.S.F., he continued to collaborate with these artists, as well as James Turrell, at Saff Tech Arts in Oxford, Maryland, which was established in 1991. While Saff and Rauschenberg were traveling in China, Rauschenberg conceived of the Rauschenberg Overseas Culture Interchange (ROCI) in 1982, which began in 1984 with Saff as the artistic director. Saff travelled to over twenty countries and met with poets and writers in order to decide which were the most appropriate venues for the show and prepare for Rauschenberg's visit and exhibition. In recent years, Saff has continued to lecture and write on art and the history and mechanics of nineteenth-century clocks; in particular, the work of Charles Fasoldt, in addition to the development of time distribution from the Harvard College Observatory, and the horological innovations of Richard F. Bond. He has lectured on Fasoldt for the Antiquarian Horological Association in Cincinnati, OH (2001), the National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors in Pittsburgh, PA, and Anheim, CA (2003), and at the 26th Annual Ward Francillon Time Symposium in Houston, TX (2004), among other venues. Saff continues to work with the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, collaborating with Jonathan Betts and Rory McEvoy, on the trials of Burgess Clock B. (See "Honors.") Exhibitions Saff's individual work spans across his career of collaborative art. As early as 1965, Saff produced Duino Elegies, a print suite that was published and exhibited by Martin Gordon Gallery in New York and at the Galleria Academia in Rome; it was acquired by the Library of Congress, the Brooklyn Museum, and Lessing Rosenwald. Saff also collaborated with printers Galli and Arduini in Urbino to create print suites Breezes (1969), exhibited and published by the Martin Gordon Gallery. Additionally, Saff collaborated with Galli on print suites Paradise Lost (1970) and Numbers (1972), the former printed in Tampa, FL, and exhibited at the Martin Gordon Gallery, the University of South Florida Gallery, the Toronto Art Gallery, and the Loch Haven Art Center, FL. Numbers was exhibited at Multiples Gallery, New York. In 1979, Saff produced print suite Fables that was published and exhibited by the Getler/Pall Gallery in New York, followed by the print suite Constellations (1980), which was also exhibited at the Tom Lutrell Gallery in San Francisco. In 1981, Saff had solo exhibitions of his artwork in the Galleria d'Arte Moderna in Udine, Italy, Youngstown State University, OH, the Leo Castelli Gallery, NY, and in "Recent Acquisitions" at The Museum of Modern Art, NY. Additionally, Saff had solo exhibitions at Dyansen Gallery, NY (1982), at I. Feldman Gallery, Sarasota (1983), and at Edison Community College, FL (1988). In 1989, the retrospective Donald Saff: Mixed Metaphors, 1956–1989 was held at the Tampa Museum of Art and traveled to the Virginia Beach Center for the Arts, followed by his solo exhibition Winged Metaphors: Sculpture and Prints by Donald Saff at the Barbara Gillman Gallery in Miami later that year. In 1997, Brenau University Galleries exhibits Poetics: The Work of Donald Saff in Gainesville, GA. The same year, the Tampa Museum of Art exhibited Donald Saff/Robert Rauschenberg: In Collaboration. Finally, the Academy Art Museum in Easton, MD, exhibited Donald Saff: Gravity and Constellations; Selected Works in 2006. Honors Saff was awarded a Teaching Fellowship at Queens College (1960), a Yaddo Fellowship, Saratoga Springs, NY (1963), and Fulbright Fellowship (1964) to Italy where he studied at Istituto Statale di Belle Arti. While in Urbino, Saff met lifelong friend and colleague Deli Sacilotto, with whom he would co-author Printmaking: History and Process (1978) and Screenprinting: History and Process (1979). He received the Governor's Award for the Arts from the State of Florida in 1973, and was awarded the Florida Endowment for the Arts Individual Artist Grant in 1980. In 1997, Saff was awarded the title "Printmaker Emeritus" by the 25th Southern Graphics Council Conference in Tampa, F.L. In 2002, he was appointed as Visiting Distinguished Professor of Rhode Island School of Design. In April 2015, Saff was awarded a certificate from the Guinness World Records for his work on completing the world's most accurate pendulum clock, "Clock B", which was started by Martin Burgess in 1975. The official title awarded by Guinness World Records, as "the most accurate mechanical clock with a pendulum...
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Pop Art 1980s Figurative Prints

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Aquatint, Etching

Guerrilla Girls Do Women Have to Be Naked To Get Into the Met Museum?
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Guerrilla Girls: Vintage original 1989 poster for: Guerilla Girls: Do Women Have To Be Naked To Get Into the Met. Museum? Pictured here is the much i...
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Feminist 1980s Figurative Prints

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Screen

JEANE Signed Lithograph, Fashion Portrait, Exotic Woman, Dark Sunglasses, Gloves
Located in Union City, NJ
JEANE is an original, hand drawn, limited edition lithograph by the Dutch artist Nico Vrielink printed using traditional hand lithography techniques on archival Arches paper 100% acid free. JEANE depicts an energetic contemporary female fashion portrait of a standing young woman dressed in a tight fitting black skirt, deep V-cut turquoise blue top, light pink gloves and large dark sunglasses...
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Contemporary 1980s Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Olivetti Information Service - Original Offset Print - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Olivetti Information Service is an original offset advertising by an anonymous artist of 1980s. There is The state of preservation of the artwork is very good except for some small ...
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Modern 1980s Figurative Prints

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Offset

Flowerpot - Original Lithograph by Jovan Vulic - 1988
Located in Roma, IT
Flowerpot is a beautiful colored lithograph on paper, realized in 1988 by the artist Jovan Vulic (b. 1951). Hand-signed and Artist's proof in pencil on the lower margin. This co...
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Contemporary 1980s Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Delvaux Composition - Original Lithograph after Paul Delvaux - 1982
Located in Roma, IT
Composition is a mixed colored lithograph realized after Paul Delvaux by atelier Mourlot. The artwork is from A même la pierre, Fernand Mourlot Litho...
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Surrealist 1980s Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

The Dance Of Horses - Original Lithograph by Jovan Vulic - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
The Dance Of Horses is a beautiful colored lithograph on paper, realized in the 1980s by the artist Jovan Vulic (b. 1951). Hand-signed and numbered in pencil on the lower margin. ...
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Contemporary 1980s Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Maritime Palio - Original Lithograph by Osvaldo Peruzzi - 1989
Located in Roma, IT
Maritime Palio is an original artwork realized by Osvaldo Peruzzi in 1989. Mixed colored lithograph. Hand-signed by the artist on the lower right. Numbered on the lower left margin. 22/125 Good conditions. Osvaldo Peruzzi (Milan, 1907 - Livorno, 2004) was an Italian painter, attracted by the artistic researches of Prampolini, Fillia and Munari. In 1933 he participated in the exhibition "Futurist homage to Umberto Boccioni...
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Contemporary 1980s Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Flowerpot - Original Lithograph by Jovan Vulic - 1988
Located in Roma, IT
Flowerpot is a beautiful colored lithograph on paper, realized in 1988 by the artist Jovan Vulic (b. 1951). Hand-signed and numbered in pencil on the lower margin. Edition of 150 ...
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Contemporary 1980s Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

ICARUS 2 Signed Lithograph, Abstract Male Figure, Black Lines, Greek Mythology
Located in Union City, NJ
ICARUS 2 is an original hand-drawn lithograph created in 1986 by the French American artist Marius Sznajderman, printed in neutral warm grays and intense black on archival Arches pa...
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Abstract 1980s Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

See-saw, Margery Daw -- Print, Etching, Nursery Rhymes by Paula Rego
Located in London, GB
See-saw, Margery Daw, 1994 Paula Rego Etching with aquatint and hand-colouring, on velin Arches Signed and numbered from the edition of 50 From Nursery Rhymes Printed by Culford P...
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Contemporary 1980s Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

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